HBSE Class 12 Question Paper 2018 English Special

CLASS : 12th (Sr. Secondary) Code No. 3622
Series : SS-M/2018
Roll No.

ENGLISH (Special)
ACADEMIC/OPEN
(Only for Fresh/Re-appear Candidates)
Time allowed : 3 hours ] [ Maximum Marks : 80
• Please make sure that the printed question paper are 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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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 a friend describing the celebration of Diwali Festival.
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Write a letter to your MC complaining about the supply of dirty
drinking water.

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

(a) Role of education in poverty alleviation.

(b) Need for a systemic change in administration.

(c) Rat race for materialism.

(d) Your views about a modern society.

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

(a) Too wrongs don't make a right.

(b) A golden key can open any door.

(c) A journey of a thousand miles begins with a step.

(d) A leopard cannot change its spots.

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

What is the future which awaits our children ? The underlying
assumption of the question that Indian children have a common future
is itself dubious. It can legitimately be asked whether a student who is

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well-fed, attending a boarding school in a city, and learning to use
computers has any future in common with a mal nourished child who
goes to a school with no black-boards, if indeed he goes to school. The
latter may have no worthwhile future at all. And it might be worthwhile
to analyse the significance of this marginalization of more than 75
percent of the children of this country.

The failure to provide an infrastructure for primary education in
the villages of India more than 60 years after Independence is in sharp
contrast with the sophisticated institutions, for technical institutes of
higher learning are funded by government with the money coming from
taxes –– both direct and indirect. Hence this financial burden is borne
by all the people. According to L. K. Jha, 25 paise of every rupee spent
on educating an IIT student comes from the pockets of those whose
children may never enter a proper classroom.

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