MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2025 for English Alternative

Meghalaya Board of School Education

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Total No. of Printed Pages—15
HS/XII/A. Sc. Com/Ae/25

2025

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH

Full Marks : 100

Time : 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

General Instructions :

(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script.

(ii) Attempt Part—A (Objective Questions) serially.

(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place.

( PART : A—OBJECTIVE )
( Marks : 50 )

SECTION—I
( Marks : 30 )

1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the right word from the
alternatives given in the brackets (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) And even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed
to reach their ——— span.

( natural / original )

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(b) They had not been milked for twenty-four hours, and
their ——— were almost bursting.

( bladders / udders )

(c) Like most good fishermen, it was too ——— to pay
much attention to anything else.

( busy / preoccupied )

(d) “That will keep him busy for ———,” said Xingu.

( a week / three weeks )

(e) This barrel by the way, wasn’t empty.
It was chock-full of ——— and vitality.

( energy / strength )

(f) But a rich man’s ——— has got to live like a
rich man.
( child / son )

(g) The garden belonged to the ———, and Quick was
even proud of it.
( parents / children )

(h) Their eyes passed over their father as if he did
not exist, or rather as if he existed only as
another ———, to be waited on.
( guest / person )

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2. Write whether the following statements are True or False
(any five) : 1×5=5

(a) Old Major’s name under which he had been exhibited
was Willingdon Beauty.

(b) Mollie was the oldest animal on the farm, and the
worst tempered.

(c) A hunter once told Rod how he captured a male
jaguar by using a female to attract him.

(d) The jaguar was too preoccupied cleaning itself to pay
attention to the hunters surrounding it.

(e) The Ekka driver was pleased with the fulsome
praises and gave the Seth a free ride.

(f) The Seth quickly ate the pan made by the Ekka
man’s wife.

(g) Robert Quick was too tired to be concerned with his
daughters’ whereabouts.

(h) Kate was a year younger than Jenny.

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3. Fill in the blanks by choosing the right word from the
alternatives given in the brackets (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) Lord, Thou didst answer ——— and low.
( soft / stern )

(b) And pain shall cleanse thee like a flame,
To ——— the dross from thy desire.
( purify / purge )

(c) Myself will to my darling be Both law and ——— .
( impulse / inspiration )

(d) And vital feelings of delight
Shall rear her form to ——— height.
( princely / stately )

(e) Spring’s honied cud of ——— thought he loves to
ruminate.
( youthful / beautiful )

(f) When his wings He furleth close; ——— so to look on
mists in idleness.
( satisfied / contended )

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(g) The second stage ——— but did not test the call.
( reached / explored )

(h) But when the differences arose
On how to cross a desert ———.
( stretch / patch )

4. Write whether the following statements are True or False
(any five) : 1×5=5

(a) The soul of the poetess demands that God should
reveal the mystery of life and death.

(b) Life is a prism of God’s light.

(c) Nature undertakes the responsibility of educating
Lucy and turns her into a Lady.

(d) The stars of the midnight sky shall be Lucy’s friend.

(e) A child’s dream is nearest unto heaven.

(f) Autumn marks the end of a spirit for adventures.

(g) The pilgrims doubted the success of the pilgrimage
since the beginning.

(h) The pilgrims were happy to reach their destination.

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5. Answer any five of the following questions in
2/3 sentences each. Choose either Group—A or
Group—B : 2×5=10

GROUP—A
( The Bishop’s Candlesticks )

(a) What was the Bishop doing when the convict entered
his house?

(b) Why did Persome refer to Meré Gringoire as ‘the old
witch’?

(c) What did the convict think of the Bishop’s kindness
to him?

(d) Why does the convict say that he was free to starve?

(e) How did Persome react when the candlesticks were
brought back to the Bishop’s house?

(f) Why did the convict say that he didn’t believe that
there was ‘any good in the world’?

(g) Why did the convict cry at the Bishop’s house?

HS/XII/A. Sc. Com/Ae/25/202 [ Contd.

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GROUP—B
( Macbeth )

(a) “Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready,
She strike upon the bell.”
Why would Lady Macbeth ‘strike upon the bell’?

(b) What were the preparations made by Lady Macbeth
before the murder?

(c) What did Macbeth do to the grooms when the murder
was found and why?

(d) Why had Macduff gone to Macbeth’s castle so early in
the morning?

(e) What did the Old Man say about the night that
King Duncan was murdered?

(f) Who appeared to Lenox to be the murderers of
King Duncan?

(g) Where did Macduff go when King Duncan’s body was
carried to Colmekill to be buried?

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SECTION—II
( Marks : 20 )

6. Answer any five of the following questions in
2/3 sentences each : 2×5=10

(a) What was Old Major’s dream? What did it remind
him of ?

(b) How could a hunt degenerate into a complete
boredom?

(c) What kind of crimes would the Ekka driver accuse
his passengers at the police station?

(d) How did Jenny’s face appear to her father while she
seized him by the Collar?

(e) What will the experience of love and pain do to the
soul of the poetess?

(f) What will the ‘floating clouds’ and ‘bending willow’
teach Lucy?

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(g) When does a person feel that he is ‘nearest unto
heaven’?

(h) What happened to the pilgrims when they lost a
friend whose ‘stylish prose was the best’?

7. Rewrite the following sentences as directed : 1×10=10

(a) They called off the meeting.

( Change the voice )

(b) They are so tired that they cannot think about it.

( Replace ‘so’ by ‘too’ )

(c) They could hear me.

( Add a question tag )

(d) My dog was walked home by her.

( Change into Active voice )

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(e) She lives in Scotland now, but is from ———
Netherlands.

( Insert an appropriate article )

(f) ——— I come with you to the book fair?

( Choose the correct word to fill in
the blank : Can / Could )

(g) The bridge stretches ——— the river.

( Use the correct preposition )

(h) I don’t need to finish this today.

( Add a question tag )

(i) The teacher’s decide is final.

( Correct the sentence )

(j) Khushwant Singh wrote his own life’s story.

( Give one word for the underlined words )

HS/XII/A. Sc. Com/Ae/25/202 [ Contd.

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( PART : B—DESCRIPTIVE )
( Marks : 50 )

8. Answer any two of the following questions : 5×2=10

(a) Narrate the incident that led to the rebellion. Why did
the animals react as they did? 3+2=5

(b) Describe Rod’s investigation inside the cave. Why did
he end up in the net? 4+1=5

(c) Mention the strategies used by the Ekka driver to
beat the Seth at his game.

(d) What did the girls do whenever their father returned
from a business trip? How did they behave with him
at the garden? 1+4=5

9. Answer any two of the following questions : 5×2=10

(a) What does the soul of the poetess ask God for? How
did God reveal the mysteries? 2+3=5

(b) How would the different things in Nature teach Lucy
the qualities needed to be a Lady?

(c) Why has John Keats described Autumn so
elaborately? Give reasons.

(d) Give an account of the experiences and conflicts of
the pilgrims in the poem, Enterprise.

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10. Explain with reference to the context (any two). Choose
either Group—A or Group—B : 5×2=10

GROUP—A
( The Bishop’s Candlesticks )

(a) “What, the old witch who lives at the top of the hill,
and who says she is bedridden because she is too
lazy to do any work?”

(b) “The knife, oh, well, you see, dear, perhaps he may
have thought that I-I had sold ours.”

(c) “You gave him, him your candlesticks? Holy Virgin!”

(d) “Monseigneur, I’m glad I didn’t away with them,
curse me, I am, I’m glad.”

GROUP—B
( Macbeth )

(a) “Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.”

(b) “O, yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them.”

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(c) “Too cruel anywhere
Dear Duff, I pr’y thee, contradict thyself
And say it is not so.”

(d) “To Ireland, I; our separated fortune
Shall keep us both the safer.”

11. Write a précis of the following passage and give a suitable
title to it : 8+2=10

When we survey our lives and efforts, we soon observe
that almost the whole of our actions and desires are
bound up with the existence of other human beings. We
notice that the whole nature resembles that of the social
animals. We eat the food that others have produced, wear
clothes that others have made, live in houses that others
have built. The greater part of our knowledge and beliefs
has been passed on to us by other people through the
medium of a language which others have created. Without
language and mental capacities, we would have been poor
indeed, comparable to higher animals. We have, therefore,
to admit that we owe our principal knowledge, over
the least to the fact, of living in human society. The
individual, if left alone from birth, would remain primitive
and beast like in his thoughts and feelings to a degree
that we can hardly imagine. The individual is what he is
and has the significance that he has, not much in virtue
of the individuality, but rather as a member of a great
human community, which directs his material and
spiritual existence from the cradle to the grave.

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

Although stupidity is commonly defined as ‘a lack of
normal intelligence’, stupid behaviour is not the
behaviour of a person lacking in intelligence but the
behaviour of a person not using good judgement or sense.
In fact, stupidity comes from the Latin word that means
‘senseless’. Therefore, stupidity can be defined as the
behaviour of a person of normal intelligence who acts in a
particular situation as if he or she is not very bright. First,
is the simple, relatively harmless level. Behaviour at this
level is often amusing. It is humorous when someone
places the food from a fast food restaurant on the roof of
a car while unlocking the door and then drives away with
the food still on the roof. We call this absent-minded. The
person’s good sense or intelligence was temporarily
absent. At this level, other than passing inconvenience or
embarrassment, no one is injured by the stupid
behaviour.

The next type—serious stupidity is more dangerous.
Practical jokes such as putting sugar in the salt shakers
are at this level. The intention is humorous, but there is a
chance of harm. Irresponsible advise given to other is also
serious stupidity. An example is a person who plays
psychiatrist on the basis of an introductory psychology
course or doing a TV program on psychiatry. The
intention may be to help, but if the victim really needs
psychiatric help, an amateur will only worsen the
situation.

HS/XII/A. Sc. Com/Ae/25/202 [ Contd.

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Even worse, is the third of stupidity. Kind people, who
would never injure another living being, stupidly throw
away a box of kittens along a country road. Lacking the
heart to kill the poor things, they sentenced them to
almost certain death from wild animals and other
infections. Yet they are able to tell themselves that they
will find ‘nice homes’ or ‘other animals which they can get
along in the wild’.

Questions :

(a) How is stupidity defined as? 2

(b) How many levels of stupidity are there? 2

(c) What is absent-mindedness? 1

(d) Why are practical jokes harmful? 1

(e) How could an amateur psychiatrist do more harm
than good to a person? 3

(f) What is the worst stupidity of all? 1

HHH

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