Rajasthan Board Class 12 Question Paper 2025 English Literature

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SENIOR SECONDARY EXAMINATION, 2025

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

Time : 3 Hours 15 Minutes

Maximum Marks : 80

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SECTION - A

1) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The first thing which a scholar should bear in mind is that a book ought not to
be read for mere amusement. Half-educated persons read for amusement and are
not to be blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that
belong to a really great literature. But a young man who has passed through a
course of university training should discipline himself at an early day never to read
for mere amusement, and once the habit of discipline has been formed, he will find
it impossible to read for mere amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any
book from which he cannot obtain intellectual food, any book which does not
make an appeal to the higher emotions and to his intellect. But on the other hand,
the habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the
same kind of habit as wine-drinking or opium-smoking; it is like a narcotic, something
that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up a perpetual condition of
dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought,
giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind, and leaving the deeper springs
of feeling and higher faculties of perception employed.
The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than
once. Any really great book we want to read the second time even more than we
wanted to read it the first time; and every additional time that we read it we find
new meanings and new beauty in it. A book that a person of education and good
taste does not care to read more than once is very probably not worth much. But
we cannot consider the judgment of a single individual infallible. The opinion that
makes a book great must be the opinion of many. For even the greatest critics are
apt to have certain dullness. Carlyle, for example, could not endure Browning;
Byron could not endure some of the greatest of English poets. A man must be
many-sided to utter a trustworthy estimate of many books.

i) Who could not endure Browning? [1]
A) Byron B) Carlyle
C) A young man D) A scholar
ii) The opinion that makes a book great must be : [1]
A) the opinion of many
B) the opinion of a scholar
C) the opinion of Carlyle
D) the opinion of English poet
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iii) Every additional time that we read a good book we find : [1]
A) amusement in it B) incapable of appreciating
C) new meanings and new beauty in it D) only to pass the time
iv) Fill in the blank from the passage :
But we cannot consider ............ . [1]
v) Why did half educated persons read a book? [1]
vi) When does a young man who has passed through a course of university
throw down any book? [1]
vii) Find the word from the passage which is opposite of : [1]
'temporary'
viii) Find the word from the passage which is same of : [1]
'Incapable of making mistakes'

2) Read the given poem carefully and answer the following questions.
Full are my pitchers and far to carry, 1
Lone is the way and long, 2
Why, O why was I tempted to tarry 3
Lured by the boatmen's song? 4
Swiftly the shadows of night are falling, 5
Hear, O hear, is the white crane calling, 6
Is it the wild owl's cry? 7
There are no tender moonbeams to light me, 8
If in the darkness a serpent should bite me, 9
Or if an evil spirit should smite me, 10
Ram Re Ram! I shall die. 11
My brother will murmur, 'Why doth she linger?' 12
My mother will wait and weep, 13
Saying, 'O safe may the great gods bring her, 14
The Jamuna's waters are deep ... , 15
The Jamuna's waters rush by so quickly, 16
The shadows of evening gather so thickly, 17
Like black birds in the sky ........ . 18

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i) Which figure of speech is used in the thirteenth line of the poem? [1]
A) Assonance B) Alliteration
C) Simile D) Metaphor
ii) Select the most suitable meaning of word 'tender' from the given options: [1]
A) delicate B) tough
C) hard D) tensile
iii) Which literary device is used in seventeenth and eighteenth lines of the poem?[1]
A) Simile B) Metaphor
C) Personification D) Paradox
iv) Fill in the blank from the poem :
The poetess thought that she was lured by........ . [1]
v) What is the poetess thinking about her brother and mother? [1]
vi) What thoughts are emerging in the poetess' mind in the darkness? [1]
vii) Name the creatures those are mentioned in the poem. [1]
viii) Find the similar word of the following from the given poem: [1]
'hit'

SECTION - B

3) Write an essay in about 150-200 words on the given topic : [6]
'Women Empowerment'
OR
'Make in India'

4) You are Sachin/Sakshi of class XII of Govt. S.S. School, Dholpur. Write a speech
in about 150-200 words to be delivered in the prayer assembly on :- [6]
'Water conservation'
OR
You are Ajay/Arti of class XII of Govt. S.S. School, Sanganer, Jaipur. Write an
article in about 150-200 words to be published in your school magazine on :-
'Importance of tree-plantation'

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SECTION - C

5) Define any two literary terms in about 60 words : [2×3=6]
i) Impressionism
ii) Stream of consciousness
iii) Indo-Anglian Literature
iv) Ango-Indian Literature

6) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
Gazing at her, he knew his love had returned with full force. Already, he was
trembling at the thought that they might soon have to part. The excitement and
expectancy of youth filled him. He wanted to take her in his arms and kiss her, but
at any moment someone might come in. He stood beside her, ashamed that he had
married someone else, that he had not personally confirmed the reports of her
death. 'How could I have suppressed all this love? How could I have accepted the
world without her? And what will happen now with Gretl?-I'll give her everything,
my last cent.' He looked round toward the stairway to see if any of the guests had
started to come up. The thought came to him that by Jewish law he was not
married, for he and Gretl had had only a civil ceremony. He looked at Raizel.

i) Who was Raizel? [1]
A) Dr. Margolin's wife B) Dr. Margolin's daughter
C) Dr. Margolin's beloved D) Dr. Margolin's pet cat
ii) To whom did Dr. Margolin want to kiss? [1]
A) Gretl B) Raizel
C) His wife D) His cat
iii) Why was Dr. Margolin trembling? [2]
iv) Why did Dr. Margolin look round toward the stairway? [2]

7) Answer the following question in about 100 words: [6]
Draw a character sketch of 'Frank'. (Eveline)
OR
Draw a character sketch of 'Xiaoye'. (One Centimetre)

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8) Answer the following question in about 60 words: [4]
What thought emerged in the narrator's mind when her eye lodged for a moment
upon burning coals? (The Mark on the Wall)
OR
What do you know about J. Robert Oppenheimer? (The Argumentative Indian)

9) Answer the following question in about 60 words: [4]
What is the great revelation for Prakriti? Describe. (Chandalika)
OR
According to Manjula -
- Which were the happiest days of her life? (Broken Images)

10) Read the extract of the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God our father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is Man, his child and care.
For Mercy has human heart
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.
i) Who is the poet of the above poem? [1]
A) William Blake B) John Milton
C) Emily Dickinson D) John Donne
ii) Who has human face? [1]
A) Love B) Peace
C) Mercy D) Pity
iii) Name the virtues those are described in the poem. [2]
iv) Personification is used in this extract of the poem. Describe how? [2]

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11) Answer the following question in about 100 words : [6]
Why does Milton feel it is not necessary to put up a monument in stone for
Shakespeare? (On Shakespeare, 1630)
OR
What vision did the poet see about A damsel with dulcimer? (Kubla Khan)

12) Answer the following question in about 60 words : [4]
What was the constant grudge of Captain's wife? (A Tiger for Malgudi)
OR
How did the Captain get the entire circus from Dadhaji? (A Tiger for Malgudi)

13) Answer the following question in about 100 words : [6]
Write the summary of the novel 'A Tiger for Malgudi'.
OR
Draw a character sketch of 'The Master'.

Choose the correct option for (Q.Nos. 14-17)

14) Who framed pictures? [1]
A) Gopal B) Shekhar
C) Jayaraj D) Ramu

15) Who was arrested during the 'Quit India' Movement? [1]
A) Master B) Captain
C) Alphonse D) Dadhaji

16) Who had double barrel gun? [1]
A) Jaggu B) Alphonse
C) Madan D) Shekhar

17) The Villagers used to give gifts like as pumpkin, cucumber etc. to: [1]
A) The Collector B) The Master
C) The Captain D) The Clerk

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