Subject

English

Class

CBSE Class 12

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Sample Papers

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 Multiple Choice QuestionsShort Answer Type

1.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport's
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter's moon and felt that
old
familiar ache, _ _ _

 (a) How can the trees sprint?
 (b) Why did the poet look at her mother again?
 (c) What did she observe?
 (d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.

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2.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
and
On their slag heap, them children
Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel
 With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones
 (a) Who are these children?
 (b) What is their slag heap?
 (c) Why are their bones peeping though their skins?
 (d) What does 'with mended glass' mean?

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3. Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:
What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents?
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4.

Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:                    
How did Rajkumar Shukla establish that he was resolute?

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5.

Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:
'Life is what it is all about...' How is keeping quiet related to life?

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6.

Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:                    
Mention any four things of beauty that add joy to our life.

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7. Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:
The manner of his (the Tiger King's) death is a matter of extraordinary interest. Comment.
                    
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8. Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:
In what condition did Dr. Sadao find the American soldier at the seashore?
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 Multiple Choice QuestionsLong Answer Type

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9.

Everybody during the last lesson is filled with regret. Comment.   


According to the order from Berlin, only German was to be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. This order left Mr. Hamel, the village people and the Mr. Hamel's students in deep regret. The villagers regretted not having made utmost use of the French lessons that they had been given by Mr Hamel. They had engaged themselves in their profession to earn a living and had not taken their French lessons seriously. The children and the villagers sitting in the class had always thought that they had enough time to learn the language. But now, during the last French lesson, everybody realized their mistake. They realized how little they knew their native language. They all attended the last lesson to show their respect to their teacher and their country, which was no longer theirs. 

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10.

Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot realize. Comment.

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