UP Board Class 12th Model Paper 2027 English

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UP Board Class 12th
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UP Class 12 2027 Sample Paper English

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Class - 12
Time : 3 hr 15 mins Max Marks-100
General Instructions :
1. The first 15 minutes are allotted to the candidates for reading the question
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2. All questions are compulsory.
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3. Marks are indicated against questions.
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Q-1. Read

Of all the memories from my schooldays, one regret stands out sharply: I did not
ask enough questions. Like most of my classmates, I listened quietly, scribbled notes,
and accepted whatever was taught as settled truth. We were obedient learners, not
curious ones. At the time, silence felt like discipline. With hindsight, it was a missed
opportunity.

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This realisation returned to me recently at a seminar on the India-Pakistan war

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of 1947-48 - the first major military operation fought by the Indian Army after
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The schedule clearly allotted 30 minutes for questions and answers. To my
surprise, it was quietly dropped. During the tea break, when I asked the organiser
about it, he casually replied that it was not really required; it had merely been included
in the printed programme as a formality.

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That moment was disappointing, but it was also revealing. It underlined a
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(a) Why did the writer call students ‘obedient learners, not curious ones’? 3
(b)Why was the writer disappointed at the seminar? 3
(c) Elaborate the underlined portion. 3
(d)What seems to be the writer’s mood in the passage? 3
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(ii) Which word in the passage is opposite to ‘notorious’? 1
(iii) Find a phrase from the passage that means ‘to feel excited about 1
something’.

Writing

Q-2. Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 150 words- 10
a) Online Shopping- Necessity or Craze
b) Need for Career Counselling in Schools
c) My Childhood Fantasy
Q-3. You are Ruchi/Ravi, residing at 13, Park Avenue Colony, New Delhi. Write
a letter to the editor of a national daily to show your concern towards
growing linguistic intolerance in the country. 10
Or

You are Shubha/Subrat of 17, Sarojini Nagar, Varanasi. Write a letter to
the Branch Manager of a bank in your vicinity to complain against the
non-functional passbook printing machine.

Grammar

Q-4. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions- 6x1=6

a- Which of the following sentences has a synonym for ‘mitigate’?
i. Government schemes aim to alleviate poverty.
ii. You must elevate your life style.
iii. One mistake will eliminate you from the game.
iv. The rescue team will evacuate the site.
b- Which of the following are a pair of synonyms?
(1) bid – forbid
(2) acquire – require
(3) brittle – fragile
(4) calm – serene
i. only 1 and 2
ii. only 2 and 3
iii. only 3 and 4
iv. only 2 and 4
c- Which of the following sentences has an antonym for ‘callous’?
i. Don’t be so quarrelsome.
ii. He was very conscious during the interview.
iii. We need compassionate souls for a peaceful world.
iv. The new warden is a bit too harsh with inmates.

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(2) variety – monotony
(3) curiosity – inquiry
(4) vanity – modesty
i. only 2 and 3
ii. only 1,2 and 3
iii. only 2,3 and 4
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i. to fall flat
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iv. to meet someone halfway
f- The phrase ‘stand by’ means –
i. to support
ii. to wait
iii. to face difficulty
iv. to hide
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iv. behaves well with others
b- A person who is fond of company is called –
i. boisterous
ii. graceful
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(2) I will stay if he asks me.
(3) Both you and I have been invited.
(4) I and you are good players.
i. only 1 and 3
ii. only 2 and 4
iii. only 2 and 3
iv. only 1 and 4
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d- Which of the following sentences are incorrect?

(1) What is the time by your watch?
(2) Explain me the matter.
(3) Many a nation is against war.
(4) I am agree with you.
i. only 1 and 2
ii. only 2 and 4
iii. only 1 and 3
iv. only 2 and 3
Q-6. a) Change any one of the following into indirect speech- 2
i) Joseph always says. “My daughter was my life.”
ii) The king said, “Farewell ! My countrymen.”

b) Combine any one of the following as directed- 2
i) It was raining heavily. The school was closed (complex sentence)
ii) Take all. Take nothing. (compound sentence)

c) Transform any one of the following as directed- 2
i) This is the scariest movie I have ever seen. (Comparative degree)
ii) It has rained everyday this week. (Negative sentence)

d) Correct any one of the following sentences. 2
i) He was enough kind to help me.
ii) The excess produce of wheat can be imported to other countries.

e) Use any one of the following pairs of words in your own sentences to 2
make the difference in their meanings clear-
i) clause–claws
ii) pain-pane

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Literature
Q-8. Answer the following questions in about 40 words each- 4+4=8
a) What is the city of Firozabad famous for? Mention any two hazards of
working in the industry there.
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Who were Sophie and Jansie? What family problems was Sophie facing?
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What is ironical about the name ‘Sahab-e-Alam?

Q-9. Answer any one of the following in about 80 words- 7
What is an interview? What was Umberto Eco’s perspective on interviews?
Give some specific examples from the text to show if he liked being
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Subbu and what did he do at the Gemini studios? What impression
ofaKothamangalam Subbu do you form on the basis of the lesson ‘ Poets and
Pancakes'?

Q-10. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that 3x2=6
follow -
It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines,
We would all be together
In a sudden strangeness.
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b) What is the poet trying to indicate by ‘without rush, without engines’?
c) How would keeping quiet be helpful for our environment?

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a) A Thing of Beauty
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astrologer's prediction regarding his death?
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Who started the ' Students on Ice' programme and what were its aims?

b) Describe Derry's feelings in your words, when he did not find Mr Lamb in
the end.
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Suppose you are the prisoner of war in the story 'The Enemy'. Express
your feelings about Sadao after the safe exit.

Q-13. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words- 7

Who were Bama and Zitkala Sa and what kind of discrimination did they
face? Do you think Bama's brother was right in thinking that education can
change a person's life positively?
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Where was the third level situated? What unusual things were there? Is
there any intersection of time and space? Elucidate your answer.

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