MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2022 for English Elective

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2022

ELECTIVE 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 : 20 )

1. State whether the following statements are True or
False : 1×6=6

(a) Velan’s brother was about twenty-one, a semi-moron
who had grown up as a dependant in Velan’s house.

(b) Inside the railway platform, the stationmaster and
the porter are the best company for man.

(c) The Natya Shastra of Bharatamuni, a book on the
ancient works of art, was a thousand years old.

(d) Raju’s father married thrice in his lifetime.

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(e) The last page of the Illustrated Weekly always
displayed Nalini’s photograph, the venue and price
tickets to her show.

(f) The Peak House, a forest bungalow, was perched on
the topmost cliff on Mempi Hills.

2. Name the speaker and the person spoken to : 1×6=6

(a) You have a low, shopkeeping mind. You think of
things that would never come into a gentleman’s
head.

(b) Oh, give me the man who will defy to the death any
power on earth or in heaven that sets itself up
against his own will and conscience : he alone is the
brave man.

(c) And since when, pray, have you taken to cooking?

(d) This particular rush will soon pass through; but the
pursuit will go on all night by fits and starts. I must
get off in a quiet interval.

(e) My orders ! Why should I order you to bring Captain
Bluntschli’s luggage out here?

(f) I am sorry to intrude; but there is a fugitive hiding
on the balcony.

3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words : 1×8=8

(a) Whate’er the theme, the _____ sang.
( Reaper / maiden / Highland Lass )

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(b) Breaking the _____ of the seas
Among the farthest Hebrides.
( quietness / stillness / silence )

(c) For Bess could see, through her _____, the road that
he would ride.
( casement / window / inn-door )

(d) They had bound a _____ beside her.
( gun / pistol / musket )

(e) Who best _____ His mild yoke, they serve Him best
( carry / bear / suffer )

(f) At the next station in came a couple of men, one of
whom talked to his friend for the rest of the journey
in a loud and _____ voice.
( pretentious / pompous / thundering )

(g) _____ discovery brought him honours, but not
wealth.
( Manson’s / Ross’ / Laveran’s )

(h) Manson retired from practice in _____ and came and
lived in England.
( Algeria / India / China )

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SECTION—II

( Marks : 30 )

4. Answer any ten of the following questions in
2 to 3 sentences each : 3×10=30

(a) What did Catherine say to Bluntschli during their
brief meeting in the garden?

(b) The Man uses two weapons to stop Raina from
shouting. What are they?

(c) Where did the title Arms and the Man come from?

(d) What made Raju’s father send his son to school and
why was Raju made to attend the ‘Pyol’ school
instead of Albert Mission?

(e) Why were the village boys afraid to cross the river at
night? What was Raju’s advice regarding this?

(f) What is the meaning of the closing line, “They also
serve who only stand and wait”?

(g) What are the themes of the Reaper’s song?

(h) Name the two songbirds. Where are they found in
Wordsworth’s The Solitary Reaper ? 1+2=3

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(i) Who is Tim? Why is this character presented as
quite repulsive?

(j) Describe the lovers’ meeting before the highwayman
gallops away to the west.

(k) How is the stout lady ‘liberty-drunk’ ?

(l) What does A. G. Gardiner want to convey through
the illustration of the trombone?

(m) Why is malaria a ‘plague’ ?

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

5. Who according to Gardiner is a civilized man? 5
Or
What were Ross’ two discoveries that led to the conquest
of malaria?

6. Describe Milton’s feelings and emotions in On His
Blindness. 5
Or
How are the themes of love, violence and sacrifice
explored in the poem, The Highwayman ?
Or
Who does Wordsworth encounter in the Highlands of
Scotland? Describe the effect it had on him.

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7. Answer any one of the following questions : 10

(a) Bring out the dramatic significance of the
coat-episode and the photograph-episode in
Arms and the Man.

(b) Comment on the Sergius-Louka relationship in
Arms and the Man.

(c) Write short notes on any two of the following :
5×2=10
(i) Major Petkoff
(ii) Catherine
(iii) Raina

8. Answer any one of the following questions : 10

(a) Write in detail about Rosie’s character as a romantic
and artistic spirit thirsting for life.

(b) The Guide describes a saint who is neither born nor
made but simply happens. Do you agree? Give
reasons to support your answer.

(c) Write short notes on any two of the following :
5×2=10
(i) Raju’s father
(ii) Gaffur
(iii) Velan

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9. Read the poem given below and answer the questions
that follow :

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

(a) Where has the poet stopped? Why? 2

(b) What is the speaker concerned about in the first
stanza? 2

(c) What did the horse find queer? Why? 2

(d) What are the sounds that the poet hears in the
forest? 2

(e) What is the significance of the last stanza? 2

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10. Write an essay in about 250 words on any one of the
following topics : 10

(a) The joy of travelling

(b) The major source of stress in a youth’s life

(c) My hopes and concerns for the future

(d) Social media and its impact on the youth

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