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RBSE Class 12 E-English Compulsory Self Evaluation Test Papers

Time : 2 Hours 45 min.
Max. Marks : 80

General Instruction to the Examinees :

• Candidates must write first their Roll Nos. on the question paper.
• All the questions are compulsory.
• Write the answer to each question in the given answer book only.
• For questions having more than one part, the answers to those parts are to be written together in continuity.
• This paper is divided into four sections A, B, C and D. All sections are compulsory.

RBSE Class 12 E-English Compulsory Self Evaluation Test Paper 1

Section – A

Question 1.
Choose the correct alternative:

(i) What is the name of the English pacifist, who was a devoted follower of Gandhiji? (1)
(a) Andrews
(b) Louis Fischer
(c) Anees Jung
(d) Alphonse Daudet

(ii) When the church-clock stuck ………………………………………. the teacher wrote his last words. (1)
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 13

(iii) Mukesh was born, in the family destined to make ………………………………………. (1)
(a) bangles
(b) pick rags
(c) nothing
(d) houses

(iv) What is the name of the month when the narrator got an instructor? (1)
(a) September
(b) October
(c) November
(d) December

(v) The ironmaster invited the tramp to celebrate ………………………………………. with them. (1)
(a) Deepawali
(b) Christmas
(c) Holi
(d) Rakhi

(vi) Rajkumar Shukla was: (1)
(a) poor
(b) rich
(c) illiterate
(d) greedy

(vii) The wedding bands sits upon Aunt Jennifer’s ………………………………………. (1)
(a) hands
(b) legs
(c) fingers
(d) head

(viii) On seeing her mother the poet feels ………………………………………. (1)
(a) happy
(b) glad
(c) sad
(d) nothing

(ix) What are the children compared to? (1)
(a) rootless weeds
(b) a blooming plant
(c) nothing
(d) a plant full of flowers

(x) The fishermen catches ………………………………………. in the cold seas. (1)
(a) fish
(b) birds
(c) nests
(d) crabs

(xi) What removes the pall from our dark spirits? (1)
(a) Some beautiful shapes
(b) A thing of beauty
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

(xii) A new teacher would come to teach ………………………………………. (1)
(a) French
(b) German
(c) Hindi
(d) English

Question 2.
Combine the sentences using the words given in brackets:
(i) Who was that man? I saw you with him. (whom) (1)
(ii) There is a cottage. A saint lives in it. (which) (1)

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks by choosing words given in brackets:

(i) She spoke …………………………………. slowly …………………………………. nobody could hear it.
(ii) …………………………………. you and he came here.
(iii) Their marriage ………………………………….
(iv) Shri Lai Bahadur Shastri …………………………………. a poor family.
(v) I am sure …………………………………. my success.
(vi) She is expert …………………………………. singing.

Section – B

Question 4.
Read the passage given belbw and answer the questions that follow:

Today, there is a lot of talk about the environment. All nations are coming to an agreement to save planet earth. We pollute the earth, we pollute the water; we also pollute the subtle environment through our negative feelings and emotions. We have become a victim of our greed and needs. We are not in control of our mind. We hear a lot about other things in life but we spend very-little time to hear about ourselves. How to handle our mind? How to be in the present moment? How to be happy and grateful? This we have not learnt. This is the most unfortunate thing. Then what is the solution? This is where we are reminded of a very fundamental”principle that – governs our environment, our mind, our emotions and our life in general. Our body has the capaetiy to sustain much longer the vibration of bliss and peace than it does negative emotions because positivity is in the centre of our existence. As with the structure of atom, protons and neutrons are in the centre of the atom and electrons constitute inly thfe periphery; the saniO is With our lives; the centre eofe of our existence is bliss, positivity and joy but it is surrounded by a cloud of negative ions. Through the help of the breath we can easily get over our negative emotions in a shoe period of time. Through meditation and certain breathing techniques, we can clear this negative cloud.

This life has so much to offer to you. You can see this once you take some time off, rejuvenating the soul. Your soul is hungry for a smile from you. If you could give this, you feel energised the whole year and nothing whatsoever can take the smile from you.

Everyone wants to be successful in life. But without knowing what is success, you want to be successful. What is the sign of success? Just having a lot of money, is that success? Why do you think money means success? Because money gives you freedom so that you can do whatever you want. You may have a big bank balance, but, you have stomach aches, ulcers, you may have to go for bypass surgery; cant’ eat this, can’t do this, can’t do that. We expend half our health to gain wealth and then spend half our wealth to gain back the lost health. Is this success? Infact, it is very bad mathematics.

Look at the those who claim, to be successful- are they successful? No, they are miserable. Then, what is the sign of success? It is confidence, compassion, generosity and a smile that none can snatch away, being really happy and being able to be more free. These are the signs of a successful person.

Take some time off to look a little deeper into yourself and calm the mind down. Thus erasing all the impressions that we are carrying in our minds and experience the presence of the divine that is the very core of our existence.

(i) What is the most unfortunate thing? (2)
(ii) How can we get rid of our negative emotions? (2)
(iii) What is ‘Bad Mathematics’, according to the passage? (2)
(iv) What are the main signs of a successful person? (2)
(v) Find the similar word for bear and antonym for problem from the passage. (2)

Question 5.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Thackeray reached Kittur along with a small British army force and a few of his officers. He thought that the. very presence of the British oh the outskirts of Kittur would terrorise the rulers and people of Kittur, and that they would lay down their arms. He was quite confident that he would be able to crush the revolt in no time. He ordered that tents be erected on the eastern side for the fighting forces, and a little away on the western slopes, tents be put up for the family members of the officers who had accompanied them. During the afternoon and evening of 20th October, the. British soldiers were busy making arrangements for these camps.

On the 21st morning, Thackeray sent his political assistants to Kittur fort to obtain a written assurance from all the important officers of Kittur rendering them answerable for the security of the treasury of Kittur. They, accordingly, met Sardar Gurusiddappa and other officers of Kittur and asked them to comply with the orders of Thackeray. T hey did not know that the people were in a defiant mood. The commanders of Kittur dismissed the agent’s orders as ho documents c ould be signed without sanction from Rani Chennamma.

Thackeray was enraged and,sent for the commander of the Horse Artillery, which was about 100 strong, and ordered him to rush his artillery into the fort and capture the commanders of Desai’s army. When the Horse Artillery stormed into the fort, Sardar Gurusiddappa, who had kept his men on full alert, promptly commanded his men to repel and chase them away.

The Kittur forces made a bold front and overpowered the British soldiers. The Kittur soldiers captured about forty persons and brought them to the palace. These included twelve children and a few women from the British officers’ camp When they were brought in the presence of the Rani, she ordered the soldiers to be imprisoned. For the women and children, she had only gentleness, and admonished her soldiers for taking them into custody. At her orders, these women and drrWfST were taken inside the palace and given food and.shelter. Rani came down from her throne, patted the children lovingly and told them that no harm would come to them.

She then sent word through a messenger to Thackeray that the British women and children were safe and could be taken back any time. Seeing this noble gesture of the Rani, he was moved. He wanted to meet this gracious lady and talk to her. He even thought of trying to persuade her to enter into an agreement with the British to stop all hosiillities in lieu of aninam (prize) ofeidven villages. His offer was dismissed with a gesture of contempt. She had no wish to meet Thackeray.

(i) How’ did Rani treat the British women and children, who were brought before her?
(ii) What happened when Thackeray’s artillery stormed into the Kittur Fort?
(iii) Why did Thackeray send his political assistants to Kittur the next day?
(iv) What did Thackeray think about the people of Kittur?
(v) Why did Thackeray wish to meet and talk to Rani?

Write the answers of the following in about 20 words:

Question 6.
In what way did Zitkala-Sa try to save her long hair? (Memories of Childhood) (1)

Question 7.
How did Sam reach Galesburg? (The Third Level) (1)

Question 8.
Narrate the ultimate end of the Tiger King. (The Tiger King) (1)

Question 9.
What was the gardener’s reaction on giving shelter to a white man in the house? (The Enemy) (1)

Question 10.
What is Mr Lamb’s reaction to see Derry in his garden? (On the Face of ft) (1)

Write the answers of the following in about 30-40 words:

Question 11.
How did M. Hamel blame himself for Franz’s not learning French? (The Last Lesson) (2)

Question 12.
How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family? (Lost Spring) (2)

Question 13.
What is specific about the tigers created by Jennifer? (Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers) (2)

Question 14.
How does the poet describe her mother? (My Mother at Sixty-six) (2)

Question 15.
What message does the poet convey through this poem? (An Elementary School Classroom in Slum) (2)

Question 16.
“Now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder.” What were Zitkala-Sa’s feelings while saying so? (Memories of Childhood) (2)

Question 17.
What proof did Charley have that the third level really existed? (The Third Level) (2)

Question 18.
Why did the Maharaja order the Diwan to double the land tax? (The Tiger Kins) (2)

Section-C

Write the answers of the following in about 60-80 words:

Question 19.
Why did Douglas have fear of water? How did he overcome it? (Deep Water) (3)
OR
Who was Edla? How did she change the peddler’s behaviour? (The Rattrap)

Question 20.
Why is Charnparan episode considered to be the beginning of the Indian struggle for independence? (Indigo) (3)
OR
Why was it. so difficult for the teacher to leave his school? (The Last Lesson)

Question 21.
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances? (The Enemy) (3)
OR
Derry and Mr Lamb both are victims of physical impairment, but their attitudes towards life are completely different. Elaborate. (On the Face of It)

Question 22.
What was the hardest trial faced by Zitkala-Sa? (Memories of Childhood) (3)
OR
What do you think about Charley’s experience of the third level? (The Third Level)

Section-D

Question 23.
You want lady teachers for D. A. V. Public School, Jaipur. They should be M. A.M.Sc. in their subjects with first division preferably trained. Draft an advertisement to be published in the local newspaper for walk-in interview. State date, time and venue for the interview. (4)
OR
You have received an invitation from the principal and staff of Govt Senior Secondary School, Rajakhera which is going to celebrate its annual function on 6th February 20 at 03:00 p.m. Dr Pradeep Bhatia will be the chief guest of the function. Write a formal reply for not being able to accept the invitation.

Question 24.
Your school celebrated Teachers’ Day’ on 5th September. Write a report to be sent to ‘The Patrika Times.’ (4)
OR
Translate the passage into Hindi:
Now-a-days, corruption is soaring high in every sphere of society. Everyday a new scandal unfolds and makes a news in the newspaper. But the respected names associated with the same make wrong use of their power and the case gets closed before the accused is proved guilty.

Corruption is basically the degradation of moral values in human beings which ultimately has ruined the society we live in. Wealth seems to have become their only motto in life and they are ready to tell their souls for it. The restoration of old values, a big no to all the ways of achieving quick success and giving a chance to real talent can help eradicate this burning issue.

Question 25.
We can read the news about atrocities against women everywhere. Write a letter to the editor of the Hindustan Times expressing your views. You are Sharad Chand from Jhalawar. (4)
OR
Write a letter to the Standard Book Co., Ajmer, complaining about the poor quality of books supplied to your library. You are Nikhil, Librarian of Govt Senior Secondary School, Ajmer.

RBSE Class 12 E-English Compulsory Self Evaluation Test Paper 2

Section – A

Question 1.
Choose the correct alternative:

(i) What kind Of dress was Mv Hamel wearing that day? (1)
(a) Sunday clothes
(b) School dress
(c) Wedding dress
(d) Normal dress

(ii) If the bangle makers try to get organized, they will be sent to (1)
(a) school
(b) hospital
(c) prison
(d) no where

(iii) The Y.M.C.A. pool was (1)
(a) two or three
(b) four
(C) five
(d) nine

(iv) When the rattrap seller entered the forge, who noticed? (1)
(a) Mastersmith
(b) Helper
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Nobody

(v) In Muzzafarpur Gandhiji stayed at home. (1)
(a) Professor Maikhani’s
(b) J.B.Kriplani’s
(C) Rajkumar Shukla’s
(d) Rajendra Prasad’s

(vi) Who defeated France? (1)
(a) Alexander
(b) Bismarck
(c) M. Hamel
(d) Franz

(vii) The poet saw the children… (1)
(a) sleeping
(b) weeping
(c) moving out
(d) doing nothing

(viii) At the back of the dim class is sitting. (1)
(a) an unnoticed boy
(b) by an intelligent boy
(C) a dull boy
(d) a handsome boy

(ix) What should we not do for a second? (1)
(a) cease all activities
(b) kill others
(c) destroy others
(d) all of these

(x) sprout a shady boon for sheep:
(a) Old trees
(b) Young tress
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

(xi) How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers described?
(a) dynamic
(b) sleek
(c) full of strength
(d) all of these

(xii) All the ragpickers children appear like
(a) morning birds
(b) evening birds
(c) morning dogs
(d) afternoon dogs

Question 2.
Combine the sentences using the words given in brackets:

(i) This is the man. His son is our college captain.
(ii) Can you Show me the school? You teach there.

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks by choosing words given in brackets:
(i) This stone is ……………………………………  heavy …………………………………… I cannot lift it.
(ii) I shall teach him ……………………………………  he is very weak and poor.
(iii) While walking I ……………………………………  my old friend.
(iv) Kunti could not …………………………………… with her insult.
(v) There is no way …………………………………… this forest.
(vi) She came here …………………………………… her car.

Section-B

Question 4.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Smoking is the major cause of mortality with bronchogenic carcinoma of the lung and is one of the factors causing death due to malignancies of larynx, oral cavity, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, uterine cervix and coronary heart diseases.

Nicotine is the major substance present in the smoke that causes physical dependence. The additives do produce damage to the body-for example, ammonia can result in a 100-fold increase in the ability of nicotine to enter into the smoke.

cigarette smoke contains nitrogen, oxygen and toxic gases like carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, acrolein, hydrogen cyanide and nitrogen oxides. These gases are poisonous and in many cases interfere with the body’s ability to transport oxygen. Like many carcinogenic compounds, they can act as tumour promoters or tumour initiators by acting directly on the genetic make-up of cells of the body leading to development of cancer. During smoking, within the first 8-10 seconds, nicotine is absorbed through the lungs and quickly ‘moved’ into the bloodstream and circulated throughout the brain. Nicotine can also enter the bloodstream through the mucous membranes that line the mouth (if tobacco is chewed) or nose (if snuff is used) and even through the skin. Our brain is made up of billions of nerve cells. They communicate with each other by chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. Nicotine is one of the most powerful nerve poisons and binds stereo-selectively to nicotinic receptors located in the brain, autonomic ganglia, the medulla, neuro-muscular junctions. Located throughout the brain, they play a critical role in cognitive processes and memory. In high concentrations, nicotine is more deadly. In fact, one drop of purified nicotine on the tongue will kill a person. It has been used as a pesticide for centuries. Recent research studies suggest that acute nicotine administration would result in increased dopamine release from the brain, producing perceptions of pleasure and happiness, increased energy and motivation, increased alertness, increased feeling of vigour during the early phase of smoking.

New research shows that the relationship between smoking and memory loss is the strongest in people who smoke more than 20 cigarettes each day. Smoking may speed up age related memory loss and the details are not yet clear. One of the causes of memory decline in relation to the brain function could be nerve cell death.

(i) What is the major substance present in the smoke? (2)
(ii) What does the new research show? (2)
(iii) What can be the cause of memory decline? (2)
(iv) Name the toxic gases present in the smoke of cigarette. (2)
(v) Find the similar word for ‘death’ and antonym for ‘non-toxic’ from the passage. (2)

Question 5.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Selfie is the latest trend in teenagers and hundreds of people are risking their lives to take a selfie which will fetch them more ‘likes’ on the social media. Famous social networking platforms encourage users to take seifies. Selfie trend is used in politics and government campaigns too. The Prime Minister of India started a ‘Selfie with Daughter’ campaign in the country which was very successful. Even the astronauts take seifies in space and it is becoming a staple diet for marketing Strategies.

When people take a selfie and post it on the social media, they get ‘likes’ and ‘shares’. It makes them feel good about themselves. People who generally don’t express themselves can show their emotions through it, All in all, it can boost the confidence of such people for some time.

Though seifies in themselves are harmless, peoples’ behaviour around them add negative connotations to them. There are hundreds of reported deaths because of seifies. People go to dangerous places such as railway lines, cliffs, building tops, dam sites, etc., to take a selfie which will give them.more ‘likes’. Sometimes, an accident happens in such places, causing the death of the person taking a selfie. However, peer pressure makes teenagers and youth take risky actions.

Is a selfie good or bad? It depends on us, how crazy we are for a selfie, how much importance we are giving to it. There is nothing bad in taking seifies, but one should not allow this addiction to take control over our senses.

(i) Which habit shouldn’t be allowed to take control over our senses? (1)
(ii) How can people, who generally can’t express themselves, show their emotions? (1)
(iii) Can taking seifies sometimes prove to be harmful? (1)
(v) Wfrrdo teenagers generally take seifies and send them? (1)
(v) Name the campaign which our Prime Minister started, as mentioned in the passage. (1)

Write the answers tjf the following in about 20 words:

Question 6.
Why could Charley never again find the third level? (The Third Level)

Question 7.
What was the reason that the Tiger King had come very close to losing his throne?
Question 8.
Why was Dr Sadao not arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?

Question 9.
How does Derry enter Mr Lamb’s garden?

Question 10:
Why did Zitkala-Sa feel uncomfortable in the dining room?

Write the answers of the following in about 30-40 words:

Question 11.
Why did Saheb’s family migrate to India?

Question 12.
What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?

Question 13.
“All I did was smile, smile and smile” – What does the poet mean by this? (4)

Question 1.
What has been described for the tall girl? (An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum) (2)

Question 15.
How will ‘Keeping Quiet’ protect our environment? ‘ (Keeping Quiet) (2)

Question 16.
How did “The World” help Charley to confirm his doubts regarding the existence of a third level? (The Third Level) (2)

Question 17.
How did the-Tiger King’s Diwan prove to be resourceful? (The Tiger King) (2)

Question 18.
What instructions did Dr Sadao give to the American soldier before leaving his (Dr Sadao’s) house? (The Enemy) (2)

Section – C

Write the answers of the following in qbout 60-80 words:

Question 19.
The lesson ‘The Rattrapl deals with ‘the human tendency to redeem oneself from dishonest ways. Comment on this statement. (The Rattrap) (3)
OR
Why was the official inquiry commission appointed? What did the findings of the commission reveal? What was its impact on British planters? (Indigo)

Question 20.
How did Franz begin to like the school he hated earlier? (The Last Lesson) (3)
OR
“Can a god-given lineage ever be broken?” Explain this statement of Mukesh’s grandmother with reference to the lesson.

Question 21.
Which story does Mr Lamb tell Derry and why?
OR
In what way did Zitkala-Sa rebel to save her hair from being shingled?

Question 22.
What picture of the modem world rises in your mind on reading the story?
OR
What was the rumour rife in Pratibandaptiram?

Question 23.
Prepare arguments for or against the idea/topic : Commercialisation of Education.
OR
You are working for an advertising agency. Draft an attractive advertisement for a company which is launching a new toothpaste.

Question 24.
Independence Day function was celebrated in your school with pomp and show. Write a report how it was celebrated. (4)
OR
Translate the passage into Hindi:
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ is a government social scheme launched by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in order to address the gender imbalance and discrimination against girl child in the Indian society. This scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on 22nd of Janaury, in 2015 at Panipat, Haryana. This scheme is to aware people about the impprtance of girls in the society. It is to increase awareness among common people to save the lives of girl child by completely removing the female foeticide. People should celebrate the birth of their girl child and educate them with full responsibility as they do for their boy child.

Question 25.
Govt Sr Sec. School, Pureini requires guest faculty to teach English. You are a post graduate in English with B.Ed, and an eligible candidate for the post mentioned. Draft an application. (4)
OR
Write a letter to Ajay Trading Company regarding supply of sports articles to your club.

RBSE Class 12 E-English Compulsory Self Evaluation Test Paper 3

Section – A

Question 1.
Choose the correct alternative:

(i) What is more necessary than an identity?
(a) food
(b) fields
(c) rivers
(d) water

(ii) The Y.M.C.A. pool was …. deep at the shallow end. (1)
(a) one or two feet
(b) two or three feet
(c) three or four feet
(d) nine feet

(iii) The rattrap seller compares the world to a big (1)
(a) box
(b) ball
(c) rattrap
(d) cage

(iv) Who were the members of the official commission? (1)
(a) landlords
(b) government officials
(c) Gandhiji
(d) All of these

(v) M. Hamel had served for at the same place. (1)
(a) ten years
(b) twenty years
(C) thirty years
(d) forty years

(vi) Who is the narrator of the lesson’Lost Spring’? (1)
(a) Anees Jung
(b) Douglas
(c) Alphonse Daudet
(d) A. R. Barton

(vii) The slum children inherit… te(1)
(a) twisted bones
(b) diseases
(C) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these

(viii)The fisher men should not (1)
(a) harm seas
(b) kill birds
(c) hurt whales
(d) hurt birds

(ix) What does the poet mean by mighty dead? (1)
(a) powerful ancestors
(b) powerful persons
(C) great person
(d) nobody

(x) Aunt Jennifer made her tigers on
(a) walls
(b) panel
(C) books
(d) roof

(xi) Why did the poet smile at her mother?
(a) to show her teeth
(b) to show her smile
(C) to hide her shyness
(d) to hide her

(xii) Piece by piece, the instructor made Douglas a perfect
(a) don
(b) swimmer
(c) runner
(d) athlete

Question 2.
Combine the sentences using the words given in brackets:
(i) Can you remember the time? Your grandfather died.
(ii) This is the boy. All like him. .

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks by choosing words given in brackets:

(i) Rohit speaks …………………………………… fast …………………………………… she cannot be understood.
(ii) He is ill …………………………………… he works hard.
(iii) Several people …………………………………… to help her.
(iv) The capseller …………………………………… his cap.
(v) Who is knocking …………………………………… the door?
(vi) He is true …………………………………… his word.

Section-B

Question 4.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that foHow:

One summer day in 1955, on a beach near the village of Opononi, New Zealand, 13 year old Jill Baker waded into the water tp join a friend, one of the strangest playmates the world has ever known. A torpetlo like body streaked toward her and swam between her legs, spilling her into the surf. She put her arms around the huge creature, got on its back and took a ride. Later Jill tossed a beach ball to her playmate. Rising from the water, huge mouth spread in a grin, the creature batted it back with its nose. As the game progressed, people gathered on the beach staring in amazement. Jill Baker’s playmate was a porpoise.

The ancients, who called the porpoise a dolphin, knew him as friendly. “He is the only Creature who loves man for his own sake”, wrote Plutarch. “Some land animals avoid man altogether, and the tame ones such as dogs and horses are tame because he feeds them. To the dolphin alone, nature has given what the best philosophers seek; friendship for no. advantage”. Pliny the Elder wrote of a w ild porpoise that took a boy for a ride at Hippo, a Roman settlement in Africa: Roman coins of 74 B.C. show such a scene.

Everything about the porpoise could be written in superlatives. Not a fish but an air-breathing mammal, he swims incredibly fast kills sharks, communicates with his own kind, herds fish. He may have the world’s best sonar equipment.

One scientist believes that his brain is so similar to a human being’s that he might even be taught to talk.

(i) What has nature given to the porpoise alone? (2)
(ii) What did Jill Baker do when a torpedo-like body swam between her legs? (2)
(iii) What type of a scene is shown in Roman coins? (2)
(iv) Why did people gather on the beach? (2)
(v) Find the similar word for ‘colony’ and antonym for ‘dispersed’ from the passage. (2)

Question 5.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Food wastage is a sensitive issue and the bitter truth is that we do not have any law that can prevent it. The wastage of food is more prominent during weddings, festivals and other family events. On the other hand, many people in our country are witnessing hunger and starvation.

Actually, food wastage is the culmination of insensitivity. Not only the government, but also the social organisations are concerned with food wastage. Around 1.3 billion tonnes of food, which is prepared every year world-wide is wasted. Another report states that with increasing prosperity in India, people are becoming insensitive to food. The tendency to throw away food is increasing along with the ability to spend. Even today, more than 40% of food is thrown in garbage bins kept near marriage vanues in the country.

According to a report by. World Food Organisation, every seventh person in the world sleeps hungry. If this waste can be stopped, many people can be fed. Several countries in the world have enacted legislations to encourage donation of food and grocery products. France has become the first country in the world to ban the wastage of fruits, vegetables and other foods by supermarkets.

In the name of serving more and more dishes on weddings, wastage has become a tradition, and this is an undesirable act. People are spending money on weddings lavishly, resulting in greater increase in social spending on poof families. This tradition should be stopped. Even in homes, housewives should take care of this and be alert to cook food items only as per the requirement of family members.

Religions leaders and voluntary organisations should also take initiative in this direction. Children should have the feeling from the beginning that they take as much food in the plate as they need. The contribution of religion, philosophy, thought and tradition can also create a new environment in this process of change.

In Indian culture, food has been given the status of a God, but in the race of modernity, we have become so blind that leaving food uneaten jn the plate is considered as faction. The government should also consider limiting the number of guests invited at weddings as well as the number of dishes served.

The Marriage Ceremony Act, 2006 takes into account the ban on pretence, performance and extravagance, but it is not strictly adhered to. If a new and effective law is made in this regard, it will certainly be a major reform.

(i) How can-the children contribute in stopping wastage of food? (1)
(ii) Which country in the world has made’a law to ban wastage of edibles? (1)
(iii) What does the Marriage Ceremony Act, 2006 impose a ban on? (1)
(iv) Approximitely, how much of food is thrown in garbage bins during a wedding dinner in our country? (1)
(v) What should housewives do to minimise the wastage of food? (1)

Write the answers of the following in about 20 words:

Question 6.
How did the writer indicate that Dr Sadao’s father was a very traditional conventional man? (The Enemy) (1)

Question 7.
‘There is nothing that God made that doesn’t interest me.’ How do the words reflect Mr Lamb’s philosophy of life? (On the Face of It) (1)

Question 8.
Describe the scene at the threshing floor observed by Bama on her way back from school. (Memories of Childhood) (1)

Question 9.
How is the Grand Central Station a symbol of escape? (The Third Level) (1)

Question 10.
What dispelled the Maharajas gloom? (The flger King) (1)

Write the answers of the following in about 30-40 words:

Question 11.
Why did the peddler sign himself as Captain von Stable? (The Rolltop) (2)

Question 12.
How was the commission of inquiry appointed? Whom did it consist of? (indigo) (2)

Question 13.
Why is the poet against total inactivity? (Keeping Quiet) (2)

Question 14.
What is the message that the poet wants to convey through this poem? (2)

Question 15.
What is the central theme of the poem?

Question 16.
Dr Sadao and servants were only partly loyal to their country. Comment.

Question 17.
Why does Deny enter Mr Lamb’s garden?

Question 18.
Jiidewin said, “We have to submit, because they are strong.” What is your idea about

Section – C

Write the answers of the following in about 60-80 words:

Question 19.
How did M. Hamel look different on the day of the last lesson?
OR
What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?

Question 20.
How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?
OR
What was the peddler’s theory of the world? How did he himself become a part of it?

Question 21.
What time did the third level indicate and how?
OR
How was the hundredth tiger killed?

Question 22.
What thoughts came to the mind of Sadao and Hana as they saw the white man?
OR
What change did Mr Lamb bring in Derry’s attitude towards life?

Section – D

Question 23.
Write an advertisement to be published in the matrimonial columns for seeking a bridegroom for a girl. (1)
OR
an advertisement for the To let’ column giving necessary information.

Question 24.
Yon are Harish, reporter of the Times of IndiQuestion Write a repprt in about 100 words on ‘Cruelty to Animals’ (4)
0R
Translate the passage Into Hindi:
Rajasthan has a vast stretch of desert. Most of the land being devoid of plantations, soil erosion is a very common phenomenon. The soil being bare, the wind picks up speed due to the flat land and blows away the unprotected soil. Even though rain falls infrequently in Rajasthan; when it does rain, it causes a large run of surplus water that washes away the top layer of the soil as we saw during the rainy season of 2017 in some parts of Rajasthan.

The flood in Pali, Jalore and Rajsamand etc. caused a lot of soil erosion. The best step in the direction of soil conservation is planting appropriate trees. The construction of bunds to check the flow of water will also prove helpful.

Question 25.
You are Mahesh Sharma 75-A, Ranjit Nagar, Bharatpur. Write an application to the Director, Shivaji Senior Secondary School Patel Nagar, Nadbai for the post of a clerk. Say that you have read the advertisement in the Northern India Patrika. (4)
OR
Your school building is in a very miserable condition. Heavy rains have caused severe damage to it. Write a letter to the Collector of your district to take necessary action to get it repaired as early as possible.

RBSE Class 12 E-English Compulsory Self Evaluation Test Paper 4

Section – A

Question 1.
Choose the correct alternative

(i). What was the name of the river at the Y.M.C.A.?
(a) Maches River
(b) Tleton River
(c) Yakima Riyer
(d) Columbia River

(ii) The daughter of ironmaster, …………………………………… could get the rattrap seller ready to go with her.
(a) Edla
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Nils Olof
(d) Anees

(iii) Chief commercial crop at Champaran was …………………………………… L.
(a) tea
(b) rice
(c) indigo
(d) wheat

(iv) What topic did M. Hamel teach that day after grammar?
(a) writing
(b) reading
(c) speaking
(d) singing

(v) Survival in Seemapuri means
(a) making bangles
(b) rag-picking
(C) working on tea stall
(d) working on milk booth

(vi) After taking out train the pool where did they carry to Douglas? (1)
(a) locker-room
(b) court-room
(C) hospital
(d) class-room

(vii) What kind of moment will keeping quiet be? (1)
(a) enticing
(b) beautiful
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) nOOÉ of these

(viii) The source of ihr endless fountain of immortal drink is (1)
(a) nature
(b) books
(c) poems
(d) songs

(ix) Where wete Aunts lingers fluttering through?
(a) her wool
(b) her paper
(c) her plate
(d) her wood

(x) The mother of the poet is compared with
(a) moon
(b) sun
(c) boys
(d) children

(xi) What tempts the children of the slum?
(a) ships
(b) sun
(c) beautiful things
(d) all of these

(xii) The old man got out an old pack of …………………………………… and played ‘majlis’.
(a) books
(b) cards
(c) tobacco
(d) note books

Question 2.
Combine the sentences using the words given in brackets:
(i) I saw Sohan. He was a bus conductor.
(ii) He had a cow. The cow supported him. .

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks by choosing words given in brackets:
(i) Do not work …………………………………… the teacher comes.
(ii) I drew my sword ……………………………………  I might defend myself.
(iii) Twill …………………………………… the business even without your help.
(iv) His case was …………………………………… in the meeting.
(v) He applied …………………………………… the post of a clerk.
(vij Do it …………………………………… March.

Section – B

Question 4.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

For four days, I walked through the narrow lanes of the old city, enjoying the romance of being in a city where history still lives-in its cobblestone streets and in its people riding asses, carrying vine leaves and palms, as they once did during the time of Christ.

This is Jerusalem, home to the sacred sites of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. This is the place that houses the church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place where Jesus was finally laid tb rest.” This is also the site of Christ’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

Built by the Roman Emperor Constantine at the site of an earlier temple to Aphrodite, it is the most venerated Christian shrine In the world. And justifiably so. Heft, within the church, are the last five stations of the cross, the 10th station where Jesus was stripped of his clothes, the 11th where he was nailed to the cross, the 12th where he died on the cross, the 13th where the body was removed from the cross, and the 14th, his tomb.

For all this weighty tradition, the approach and entrance to the church is non-descript. You have to ask for directions. Even to the devout Christian pilgrims walking along the Via Dolorosa-the Way of Sorrows-first nine stations look clueless. Then a courtyard appears, hemmed in by other buildings and a doorway to one side. This leads to a vast area of huge stone architecture.

Immediately inside the entrance is your first stop. It’s the stone of anointing: this is the place, according to Greek tradition, where Christ was removed from the cross. The Roman Catholics, however, believe it to be the spot where Jesus’s body was prepared for burial by Joseph.

What happened next? Jesus was buried. He was taken to a place outside the city of Jerusalem where other graves existed and there, he was buried in a cave. However, all that is long gone, destroyed by continued attacks and rebuilding; what remains is the massive-and impressive-Rotunda (a round building with a dome) that Emperor Constantine built.

Under this, and right in the centre of the Rotunda, is the structure that contains the Holy Sepulchre.

“How do you know that this is Jesus’s tomb?” I asked one of the pilgrims standing next to me. He was clueless, more interested, like the rest of them, in the novelty of it all and in photographing it, than in its history or tradition.

(i) According to the’narrator, why is Jerusalem famous for? (2)
(ii) Where is the’stone of amointing’situated, as mentioned in the passage? (2)
(iii) What was the narrator enjoying in the city? (2)
(iv) Which is the most venerated Christian shrine in the world? (2)
(v) Find the similar word for ‘rebirth’ and antonym for ‘tiny’ form the passage. (3)

Question 5.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Coronavifus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly-discovered corona virus. It spreads from animals to humans. It has become a pandemic within a short period. Most of the world’s population has come under its influence.

The virus that causes,COVID-19 is mainly transmitted through droplets-generated when an infected person coughs sneezes or exhales or spits out. These droplets are too heavy to hang on in the air and quickly fall on floors or surfaces. We can be infected by breathing in the virus if we are within a close proximity of someone who is corona positive or by touching a contaminated surface and then our eyes, nose or mouth. As the virus weakens our immunity power, many other complications are likely to develop in the human body. Some of these may prove fatal and cause death. People of all ages who experience fever, cough, associated with difficulty in breathing or shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of speech or movement, tiredness, are doubted as corona positive cases.

We should stay safe by taking simple preventions such as physical distancing, wearing a mask, regularly cleaning our hands, coughing into a tissue, keeping rooms well-ventilated and avoiding crowds and close contacts.

Till now, there is no proper cure identified for COVID-19. Scientists and doctors are trying their hands at a number of experiments and treatment plans to control the spread of the disease.

COVID-19 vaccines have been working on and are now available in our country. An intensive vaccine drive has begun strategically under different phases. In the last ten months, we had succeded in lowering down the number of corona positive cases in India, as the vaccination drive was implemented rapidly and simultaneously. But unfortunately, the third wave of corana is appearing in India and abroad, which may prove to be even more harmful.

Tt is the result of carelessness shown by the’people. They started taking the disease less seriously. People were coming out unmasked, attending meetings, weddings, etc. Schools were also started at many places.

(i) What is the probable cause of spread of third wave of corona disease? (1)
(ii) What are the preventive measures to remain unaffected from corona? (1)
(iii) After how many weeks, the second dose of vaccini tion can be administered to the people? (1)
(iv) What are the different symptoms of corona positive cases? (1)
(v) How does COVID-19 spread among human beings? (1)

Write the answers of the following in about 20 words:

Question 6.
Who was the Tiger King? Why did he get that name?

Question 7.
What efforts did Dr Sadao and Hana make to save the Amer can soldier?

Question 8.
What is the state of Derry’s mind due to his burnt face?

Question 9.
What terrible warning did Judewin give Zitkala-Sa? How did it disturb her?

Question10.
Why could Charley not buy tickets to Galesburg?

Write the answers of the following in about 30-40 werds:

Question 11.
How did the narrator have an aversion to water?

Question 12.
Why did the peddler decline the invitation?

Question 13.
Describe the boy sitting in the last row. (An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum) (2)

Question 14.
What does the poet advocate in the poem?

Question 15.
What image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?

Question 16.
What posed the danger of job loss before the Dewan?

Question 17.
“Why are we different from other Japanese?” What does Hana mean by saying this? Question18. Why does Mr Lamb leave the gate of his house always open?

Section – C

Write the answers of the following in about 60-80 words:

Question 19.
Describe the difficulties faced by Gandhiji at Champaran.
OR
What message does the teacher want to convey in his last lesson?

Question 20.
Why should phild labour be eliminated and how?
OR
How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror? (DeepWater)

Question 21.
Why did Bama stroll in the market place instead of hurrying back home? Describe the sites she enjoyed seeing there, (Memories of Childhood) (3)
OR
The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them? (The Third Level)

Question 22.
Describe the episode w hen the Maharaja stood in danger of losing his kingdom. How did he solve the crisis? (The Tiger King) (3)
OR
Give a character sketch of Dr Sadao. (The tiger king)

Section – D

Question 23.
You want to purchase a flat with three rooms in Malviya Nagar, Jaipur. It should preferably be on the ground floor. You can pay upto ₹ 25 lac. Draft an advefhsemient detail of your requirements.
OR
The Principal of Sunrise Globals School, Bikaner requires a receptionist for her school. Draft a suitable advertisement stating necessary qualifications and a good command of spoken Engh h. Attractive salary.

Question 24.
You are Harish, reporter of the Times of India. There was a train robbery near Kishanpura. Write a report in about 100 words on a train robbery. (4)
OR
Translate the passage into Hindi:

‘Hard work is the key to success’, is an old but true saying which will remain valid till the endless generations to come. Many people escape from hard work and try to veil their laziness under the myths of futile thoughts. For example they base their tattered position of life and failure on destiny and turn to take a lame excuse for sitting completely idle. Even if ihe role of destiny is admitted, it doesn’t entitle anybody to stop doing his part of ‘Karma’. The food on plate cannot be eaten without the movements of hand and mouth.

Success encourages to work harder and discover sew heights. However, failures also come but they must not be taken with the spirit of a loser.

Question 25.
Along with air and water pollution, our cities arc also an attack of noise pollution. Marriage processions, DJs during1 wedding receptions, loud music from neighbourhood flats, etc. are all sources of noise which is not good for the old, the ailing and students. Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper describing the problem and making a request to the concerned authorities to solve it. You are Karan/Karuna, M-114, Mall Road, Jodhpur. (4)
OR
You are Deepii Shah / Deepak Shah of Station Road, Alwar. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner of Alwar complaining. Tout the poor condition of roads in Alwar and asking for their improvement.

Students must start practicing the questions from RBSE 12th English Model Papers Set 9 with Answers provided here.

RBSE Class 12 English Compulsory Model Paper Set 9 with Answers

Time : 2 Hours 45 min.
Max. Marks : 80

General Instruction to the Examinees :

• Candidates must write first their Roll Nos. on the question paper.
• All the questions are compulsory.
• Write the answer to each question in the given answer book only.
• For questions having more than one part, the answers to those parts are to be written together in continuity.
• This paper is divided into four sections A, B, C and D. All sections are compulsory.

Section – A

Question 1.
Choose the correct alternative –

(i) What was there on the way to school where Franz saw a crowd? (1)
(a) a magic show
(b) a bulletin board
(c) a school board
(d) a juggler show
Answer:
(a) a magic show

(ii) Saheb’s family settled in (1)
(a) Dhaka
(b) Seemapuri
(c) Firozabad
(d) Nepal
Answer:
(b) Seemapuri

(iii) The Y.M.C.A. pool was – (1)
(a) dangerous
(b) unsafe
(c) safe
(d) none of these
Answer:
(c) safe

(iv) What did the peddler use to sell? (1)
(a) nest
(b) toys
(c) books
(d) rattraps
Answer:
(d) rattraps

(v) Gandhiji’s ashram in central India is in (1)
(a) Seemapuri
(b) Champaran
(c) Sevagram
(d) Muzzafarpur
Answer:
(c) Sevagram

(vi) What was the name of topic on which M. Hamel was going to ask questions? (1)
(a) Participles
(b) Modals
(c) Passive Voice
(d) Tense
Answer:
(a) Participles

(vii) The poet was going to the airport. (1)
(a) Jaipur
(b) Cochin
(c) Delhi
(d) Jodhpur
Answer:
(b) Cochin

(viii) The children are compared to (1)
(a) rootless weeds
(b) rose plants
(c) wheat plants
(d) tea plants
Answer:
(a) rootless weeds

(ix) In which language does the poet ask us to speak? (1)
(a) English
(b) Hindi
(c) Not any
(d) All
Answer:
(c) Not any

(x) A thing of beauty is a forever. (1)
(a) pain
(b) sorrow
(c) despondence
(d) joy
Answer:
(d) joy

(xi) Where are the tigers of Aunt Jennifer?
(a) on screen
(b) on board
(c) on wall
(d) on
Answer:
(a) on screen

(xii) Saheb’s family came to India from
(a) Seemapuri
(b) Dhaka
(c) Delhi
(d) Firozabad
Answer:
(b) Dhaka

Question 2.
Combine the sentences using the words given in brackets:
(i) That was his fault. He told a lie. (that) (1)
(ii) Who wrote the Ramcharitmanas? Can you tell me? (who) (1)
Answer:
(i) That he told a lie was his fault.
(ii) Can you tell me who wrote the Ramcharitmanas?

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks by choosing words given in brackets:
(i) He worked hard …………….. he failed, (although/yet/so) (1)
(ii) John will go to Delhi to Jaipur, (either or/so that) (1)
(iii) Drinking his ruin, (brought about/broke with) (1)
(iv) She has after her husband’s death, (brought down/broken down) (1)
(v) Would you like to sit please? (down/up) (1)
(vi) I have been learning driving a month, (since/for) (1)
Answer:
(i) yet
(ii) either or
(iii) brought about
(iv) broken down
(v) down
(vi) for

Section – B

Question 4.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Marriage is an important institution of human society. In the remote past of human history, man was living and behaving like an animal. Then he was hardly ever aware of his relationship to his parents, brothers and sisters. In the biological kingdom, this primitive man was even subordinate in status to the animals, Neither did he have the strength of an elephant nor the sharp teeth and claws of the carnivore. He did not even have the hard protective hide of the rhinoceros and could not protect himself by any other extraordinary physical capability.

Nevertheless, he did possess the unique human instinct of cooperation and organization, with the help of which, he could dominate over the animals besides protecting and proliferating his own species. But in spite of this natural trait, in absence of permanent arrangements for housing, food and clothes, the primitive man was living in small groups, in large caves and on trees.

Since in those days the institution of family had not come into existence, the relation between man and woman was different from what it is today, in modem times. There is little doubt that tradition of marriage has made a significant contribution in organization and development of human society and with the help of this institution man has been able to make significant achievements by joining much larger families and thereby enlarging fields of activities. Giving due importance to this human necessity, the Indian philosophers declared the ceremony of marriage as a great religious rite, decreeing that the bond between husband and wife be considered ever-lasting, pious in all activities of life. The couple were to participate with absolute cooperation so that their resultant contribution became many times than even their combined individual input.

This institution of family further enlarged to constitute ethnic groups, which later became the foundation stones for the various nations of the world. The tradition of marriage was adopted by people all over the world with ceremonial modifications according to local requirements and local atmosphere of the region. Nevertheless, the basic framework of the process continued to be the same in that the suitablity of the would-be husband for maiden was first ascertained by the father of the girl and on his approval, the couple was declared as man and wife after participating in some religious ceremony. While handing over the responsibilities for looking after bride (Kanya Dan), the groom was also gifted with articles of domestic requirements like eatables, clothes and kitchenware.

Nowhere in the scriptures, there is reference to the so-called tradition of pre-fixing a dowry prior to matrimony, entertaining large number of guests from the groom’s party or celebrating the event with pompous dance, music and feasts for days.

(i) How did humans live in the remote past? (2)
(ii) What contributed in the development of human society? (2)
(iii) What is not mentioned in the. scriptures? (2)
(iv) What is Kanya Dan? (2)
(v) Find the similar word for defensive and antonym for output from the passage. (2)
Answer:
(i) Humans lived like animals in the remote past.
(ii) Marriage contributed in the development of human society.
(iii) The so-called tradition of pre-fixing a dowry prior to matrimony, entertaining large number of guests from the groom’s party or celebrating the event with pompous dance, music and feasts for days are not mentioned in the scriptures.
(iv) Handing over the responsiblities for looking after the bride is called Kanya Dan.
(v) protective, input

Question 5.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Science not only provides knowledge about nature but also provides means for controlling nature. So, besides general ideas, science also affects practical affairs and everyday life. Perhaps the most obvious example concerns transport. Up to the end of the eighteenth century, transport on land differed very little from what it had been in Roman times. A Roman officer in the second century could get from London to New York just about as quickly and comfortably as an eighteenth-century gentleman. Owing to the compass and to improved design of ships, sea transport had improved a little, but not much. Then came the invention of the steam – engine, and its improvement, which I was dependent on the general scientific knowledge of the time.

Steamships, and railways with steam engines, completely changed the business of travel and of the transport of goods. The internal combustion engine, again based on the scientific study of heat and how it is generated: by gas explosions, made possible first the motor – car and the diesel engine and then the aeroplane. Now people are talking of the; possibility of flying at five hundred miles an hour or more by means of rocket propulsion in the thin higher layers of the atmosphere. It is interesting to note down the highest speeds possible for, land, sea and air travel every ten years from 18(2)0 to the present day.

Similarly with communications. Not only did the steam engine, and then the aeroplane, speed up the sending of letters and newspapers, but the discoveries about electricity made possible first the telegraph, then the telephone, then wireless, and now television.

As a result of science, the possibilities of tying the world together by quick transmission of facts and ideas have completely changed in less than a century.

Or again, think of the lighting of houses and streets, candles – oil lamps – gas – are lights – electric filament lamps – now vapour discharge lighting. Or sanitation – all it means to have pure water in every house. Or the differences between a surreal r operation before – an aesthetic and aseptic method, and a surgical operation today. Not only has science provided all kinds of new substances and machines and sources of power, but in doing so it has changed our everyday life.

However, we should not imagine that the practical applications of science are always necessarily a benefit. We have already described how recklessly men are exploiting the resources of nature. This waste would not be possible but for the applications of science. Our industrial civilization makes new demands for sources of power mining responds with increased activity and new scientific methods for getting coal and oil more cheaply and more quickly. Improved transport brings men more easily into the remote parts of the earth, and enables them to kill the wild creatures. The applied science which makes it possible for everyone to have their morning newspaper causes the reckless cutting down of forests to provide wood for making paper from.

(i) How are we exploiting the resources of nature? (1)
(ii) How do we get paper? (1)
(iii) What does science provide us? (1)
(iv) What made a motor – car possible? (1)
(v) What has changed our everyday life? (1)
Answer:
(i) We are exploiting the resources of nature recklessly.
(ii) We get paper from wood.
(iii) Science provides us both knowledge about nature and means for controlling it.
(iv) Internal combustion engine made a motor-car possible.
(v) Science has changed our everyday life.

Section – C

Write the answers of the following in about 20 words:

Question 6.
Why do the people in the modem world want to escape? (The Third Level) (1)
Answer:
The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, wars and worries. So, the people want to escape from it.

Question 7.
Why did the British officer want to kill a tiger? Could he kill the tiger? (The Tiger King) (1)
Answer:
The British officer was fond of hunting tigers. He could not kill the tiger because the Tiger King refused permission.

Question 8.
Why was Dr Sadao not sent to the battle – field? (1)
Answer:
Sadao was perfecting a discovery and the old General might need an operation any time. So, Sadao was not sent with the troops.

Question 9.
Who was the master of the garden? What type of a person was he? (On the Face of It) (1)
Answer:
Mr Lamb was the master of the garden. Ha was a fellow who loved life. Though one of his legs was of tin, he never suffered from inferiority complex.

Question 10.
Why did Zitkala – Sa feel her freedom to have been lost? (Memories of Childhood) (1)
Answer:
In the chapter ‘Memories of childhood’ Zitkala-Sa was forc.ed to get her hair cut against her will. Therefore she felt her freedom was lost.

Write the answers of the following in about 30 – 40 words:

Question 11.
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day? (The Last Lesson) (2)
Answer:
There used to be a great hustle and bustle in the school on normal days but that day there was silence all about the school. No noise of the opening and closing of desks and of lessons being repeated loudly in unison could be heard.

Question 12.
What does the reference to chappals in ‘Lost Spring’ tell us about the economic condition of ragpickers? (The Last Lesson) (2)
Answer:
The author has seen children walking barefoot without any chappals in cities and on village roads. Most people think that it is not lack of money but a tradition to stay barefoot but the writer thinks otherwise. She considers that it is the perpetual state of poverty that makes them walk barefoot.

Question 13.
Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’?
Answer:
By describing ‘sprinting1 trees, the poet presents comparison and contrast in the poem. It is between old age and young age. Old age is lifeless and pale while young age is full of joy and energy.

Question 14.
How do the children of the elementary school in a slum look like? (An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum) (2)
Answer:
They look grim. Their faces are pale and lifeless. Their disorderly hair falls on their faces like rootless weeds. Their bones peep through their skins. Yet a little boy has dreams in his eyes.

Question 15.
What will counting upto twelve and keeping still help us achieve? (Keeping Quiet) (2)
Answer:
Counting upto twelve and keeping still will give us some moments of peace to feel the beauty of life, introspect our ownselves and restore energy to move in the right direction.

Question 16.
What does the third level refer to? (The Third Level) (2)
Answer:
The third level at the Grand Central Station of New York does not really exist. There are only two levels at the station. The third level is a product of Charley’s imagination. He finds it as a place where he can escape from the modem world of insecurity and fear.

Question 17.
Who was the Tiger King? Why did he get that name? (The Tiger King) (2)
Answer:
The Tiger King was the king of Pratibandapuram. At the time of his birth, royal astrologers predicted his death to be caused by a tiger. When he grew up, he hunted ninety-nine tigers. For killing so many tigers, he got the name Tiger King’.

Question 18.
Who was Dr sada? Where was his house? (The Enemy) (2)
Answer:
Dr Sadao was a famous doctor in Japan. He had studied surgery and medicine in America. His house was built on a spot on the Japanese coast. It was set upon a narrow beach that was outlined with bent pines.

Write the answers of the following in about 60 – 80 words:

Question 19.
How did the instructor ‘build a swimmer” out
OR
Compare and contrast the character of the
Answer:
Douglas was scared of water. The instructor had to put in extra effort to make him a complete swimmer. The instructor used a rope and pulley to train Douglas. He held on to the end of the rope and made Douglas go back and forth across the pool over and over again. Whenever the instructor relaxed his hold on the rope, the author would get extremely frightened. The terror of water began to get diminished within three months. That is how the instructor, made Douglas a swimmer.
Or
The ironmaster’s daughter is more persuasive than him – We are introduced with the ironmaster and his daughter when they try to take the peddler with them to their house. The former fails to persuade him while his daughter succeeds in doing so.

The daughter is more kind and generous Edla is kind and generous to the poor. She wants to give the peddler happiness and peace of mind. Her father threatens the peddler as soon as he comes to know that he is not the captain.

Daughter is greater observer – The daughter is a greater observer than her father. Seeing the peddler, she observes that he is afraid. Her father does not pay attention to all these things.

Question 20.
How did the episode change the plight of the peasants? (Indigo) 3
OR
Why does the teacher feel that they all have a great deal to reproach themselves with? (The Last Lesson)
Answer:
The peasants in Champaran were sharecroppers. The British landlords had an agreement with them. The peasants were to grow indigo on 3/20 or 15 per cent of their land. They were forced to give their whole indigo crop as rent to the British landlords. With the advent of synthetic indigo, the British landlords asked for compensation from the peasants to free them from the agreement. Gandhiji led them in their struggle to get their right and succeeded too. They also learned to behave courageously. The British landlords were so much demoralised that they abandoned their estate which was given to the peasants and indigo sharecropping disappeared.
OR
The teacher is teaching his last lesson. In his opinion, nobody was serious enough to study French. Children did not take their lesson seriously. Their parents preferred to put them to work on a farm oi: at the mills, so as to get a little more rrloney. The teacher feels that he was equally guilty. He had often sent the students to water his flowers instead of learning their lessons. Also he often gave them holidays when he wanted to go fishing. Now he wants his entire nation to keep their language alive.

Question 21.
What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself? (Oil the Face of It)
OR
What kind of insults do the people of so-called lower castes have to bear? How can they overcome this situation? (Memories of Childhood)
Answer:
Derry has an acid burnt face. He hates people staring at him and therefore avoids their company.

He suffers from a kind of inferiority complex. Mr Lamb himself is handicapped in one leg. But he seems to have ho inferiority complex. Instead, he loves meeting people. Mr Lamb’s personality is an example for him to live life without feeling ashamed of himself. All this draws Derry to Mr Lamb. He seems to be loving his company.
OR
The people of so-called lower castes have to face discrimination in social life. They have to bear insult at every step. They have to do petty jobs for the upper caste people without getting any wages for it. Contact with them is avoided by the so-called upper caste people. These people can overcome this situation by studying and making progress.

Question 22.
How is the Grand Central Station a symbol of escape? (The Third Level) (3)
OR
Why did the Tiger King decide to kill a hundred tigers? Describe the efforts he made to attain his target. (The Tiger King)
Answer:
Yes, I think the third level was a medium of escape for Charley. He was living with the fear, worries, stress and insecurity of modem life. He wished to live in a peaceful world that existed long before. So, an imagination of the third level cropped up in his mind. He found this to be a place that existed much before the two world wars. He thought of buying tickets from there to a place of the past. He thought of living there away from the hue and cry of the modem world.
OR
The Tiger King decided to kill a hundred tigers because it was predicated that he would be killed by the 100th tiger. He, then, spent much time and made many efforts to fulfil his target of killing a hundred tigers. He stayed in the forest for many days and nights. The Tiger King even married a girl frorfl another kingdom which had a large tiger population, when tigers became extinct in his own kingdom.

Section – D

Question 23.
Suppose you have lost your watch. Write a notice requesting the students to return it to you if anyone has found it. (4)
OR
Recently you have started Yoga classes for women. Draft an advertisement for publication in a newspaper giving details.
Answer:
Govt Senior Secondary School, Kaman
6 August, 20–
Notice
Lost ! Lost ! Lost !
I have lost my wrist watch on the school playground today morning. It is of Titan make with a white dial and steel chain. Tea and friendship are promised to the person who has found it and will return it to me.

Anish Kumar
Class XII A
OR
Yoga Classes
Yoga classes for women have been started in Ram Niwas Hall of the town. Yogic exercises are taught practically by experts. Some time for meditation is also given. Timings from 6 am to 7.30 am. Contact-Savita Jain, Director, Yoga Classes, Pushkar.

Question 24.
A heavy flood takes seven lives in your neighbouring village. Write a report on it with the help of given outline. (4)

(continuous rain – dam – broke – people – homeless – houses – collapsed – electricity failed – cattle – drowned – relief work – ambulance – rescue team)
OR
Translate the passage into Hindi:
General Bipin Rawat was the first Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces.

He was a four-star general of the Indian Army. He served as CDS from 1 January 2020 to 8 December 2021. Bipin Rawat was bom in Pauri District of Uttarakhand on 16 March 1958. He belonged to the family that had been serving in the Indian Army for multiple generations. His father was a lieutenant General. In his career of 43 years, General Rawat received numerous honours and awards like: the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Yudh Seva Medal, Sena Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal. On 8 December 2021, he was killed in a helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamilnadu.
Answer:

Devastating Flood Takes
Seven Lives
(Isha, a reporter)

Gangdhar: 25 July Yesterday a heavy and continuous rain took the life of seven persons. It rained for two days. The Choti Kalisind River was flooded and the dam broke. The water of the river entered the nearby village, Gangdhar. The homes on the bank of the river drowned in the flood. People became homeless. Many houses collapsed due to flood and heavy rain. People took shelter in the houses situated on the high area. Several cattle drowned. It is estimated that about seven people were missing and feared dead. Electricity failed due to flood in the area. Many N.G.O.’s and government agencies started rescue work and relief work.
OR

Question 25.
You are Mahesh Sharma 75 – A, Ranjit Nagar, Bharatpur. Write an application to the Director, Shivaji Senior Secondary School Patel Nagar, Nadbai for the post of a clerk. Say that you have read the advertisement in the Northern India Patrika. (4)
OR
Write a letter to the editor of the ‘Dainik Bhaskar’ complaining against noise pollution in your area giving suggestions to reduce it.
Answer:
75-A Ranjit Nagar
Bharatpur
27 August 20…
The Director
Shivaji Senior Secondary School
Patel Nagar
Nadbai
Subject : Application for the post of clerk

Sir,
With reference to your advertisement in the Northern India Patrika dated 25 August 20… for the post of a clerk, I beg to offer my candidature for the same and submit my resume for your kind consideration. If I am given a chance, I shall do my best to give you full satisfaction in the field of my work.

Hoping to receive an early favorable decision.

Yours faithfully
Mahesh Sharma
Enclosed – Resume

Resume

Name : Mahesh Sharma
Father’s name : Mr Harish Sharma
Date of Birth : 15 March 2000
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Married
Educational Qualifications :

• High School from UP Board, Allahabad with 68 percent marks in the year 2014.
• Senior Secondary from Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan, Ajmer with 72 percent marks in the year 2016.
• B. Com from Rajasthan University, Jaipur with 80 percent marks in the year 2019.

Other Qualifications : Typing English 35 words per minute Typing Hindi 30 words per minute
Activities :

• Member of District Hockey Team.
• Secretary, College Union

Experience : Working as a clerk in a local private senior secondary school for two years.
OR
17 Bihari Pura
Duasa
10 March 20–
The Editor
The Dainik Bhaskar
Dausa

Subject : Regarding nuisance caused by loudspeakers during exams

Sir,
Through your esteemed daily I want to draw the attention of the authorities concerned that nowadays the examination of the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan is being conducted. The loudspeakers keep blaring throughout the night due to which we are unable to prepare ourselves for the examination, since the noise interferes in our studies. If these loudspeakers continue to create disturbance, we may fail in the examination. It is, therefore, earnestly requested to put a ban against the use of loudspeakers during our examination days. I hope that the authorities concerned will pay attention to solve this genuine problem of the students.

Yours faithfully
Hari Singh