HBSE Class 12 Question Paper 2022 English Special

CLASS : 12th (Sr. Secondary) Code No. 5622
Series : SS-April/2021
Roll No.

ENGLISH (Special)

ACADEMIC/OPEN

(Only for Fresh/Re-appear Candidates)

Time allowed : 2 21 hours ] [ Maximum Marks : 80

• Please make sure that the printed pages in this question paper are 3 in number and it
contains 4 questions.

• The Code No. on the right side of the question paper should be written by the
candidate on the front page of the answer-book.

• Before beginning to answer a question, its Serial Number must be written.
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the written answer.

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• Before answering the questions, ensure that you have been supplied the correct and
complete question paper, no claim in this regard, will be entertained after
examination.

Note : (i) Attempt all questions.

(ii) Marks are indicated against each question.

1. Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to take all preventive
measures necessary during Covid-19 Pandemic. 15

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OR

Write a letter to the editor drawing attention to ever-increasing unrest among
youth due to unemployment.

2. Write a paragraph in about 100 words on any one of the following : 15

(a) Dangers of communal media

(b) Role of a good politician

(c) Food security for the poor

(d) Wide-spread corruption in public life

3. Write a paragraph of about 100 words on any one of the following : 15

(a) A stitch in time saves nine

(b) He who plays with fire gets burnt

(c) A friend in need is a friend indeed

(d) A bird in hand is better than two in the bush

4. Make a precis of the following passage in about one-Third of its original length
and suggest a suitable title : 35

Nature is like business. Business sense dictates that we guard our capital and
live from the interest. Nature's capital is the enormous diversity of living
things. Without it, we cannot feed ourselves, cure ourselves of illness or
provide industry with the raw material of wealth creation.

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The folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us is the ongoing loss of
genetic and species diversity. This will take millions of years to correct.

Over 150 plants species have ever been widely cultivated. Yet over 75,000
edible plants are known in the world. In a hungry world, with a population
growing by 90 million each year, so much wasted potential is tragic. Medicines
from the wild are worth around 40 billion dollars a year. Over 5000 species are
known to yield chemical with cancer fighting potential. But the web of life is
torn when mankind exploits natural resources in short-sighted ways.

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