HBSE Class 12 Question Paper 2019 English Elective

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CLASS : 12th (Sr. Secondary) Code No. 4302
Series : SS-M/2019
Roll No.

ENGLISH (Elective)
ACADEMIC/OPEN
(Only for Fresh/Re-appear Candidates)
Time allowed : 3 hours] [ Maximum Marks % 80

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Note : (i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) This question paper is divided into four
Sections : A, B, C and D.

(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together.

(iv) Stick to the word limit wherever prescribed.

SECTION – A

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer
the questions that follow :

Progress in the life depends a good deal on
crossing one threshold after another. Sometime
ago a man watched his little nephew try to write
his name. It was hard work, very hard work. The

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little boy had arrived at an effort threshold.
Today, he writes his name with comparative
ease. Now new threshold confronts him. This is
the way with all of us. As soon as we cross one
threshold, as soon as we conquer one difficulty,
a new difficulty appears, or should appear. Some
people make the mistake of steering clear
of thresholds. Anything that requires genuine
thinking and use of energy they avoid. They
prefer to stay in a rut where thresholds are not
met. Probably, they have been at their job a
number of years. Things are easy for them. They
make no efforts to seek out new obstacles to
overcome. Real progress stops under such
circumstances. Some middle-aged and elderly
people greatly enrich their lives by continuing to
cross thresholds. One man went into an entirely
new business when he was past middle life, and
made a success of it. Dr. Morgan didn't start to
write novels until he was past sixty.
Psychologists have discovered that man can
continue to learn throughout his life. And it is
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undoubtedly better to try, and fail than not to
try at all. Then one can be placed in the category
of the Swiss mountaineer of whom it was said,
"He died climbing". When a new difficulty arises
to obstruct your path, do not complain. Accept
the challenge. Determine to cross this threshold
as you have crossed numerous other thresholds
in your past life. In the words of the poet, do not
rest but strive to pass 'from dream to dream'.

Questions : 1×6=6

(i) What does progress in life depend upon ?
(a) good habits

(b) hard work

(c) overcoming one difficulty after another
(d) spirit of service and co-operation

(ii) When did Dr. Morgan start to write novels ?

(a) when he was sixty years old
(b) when he was twenty years old

(c) when he was above sixty years old

(d) when he was a student

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(iii) What does Dr. Morgan's life teach ?

(a) that it is futile to learn many things

(b) that one is never old in case he has
vigour

(c) that it is never too late to learn

(d) that creative writing can be made even
late in life

(iv) What obstructs real progress in life ?

(a) avoiding the use of thinking energy

(b) remaining at one and the same post

(c) shunning every work

(d) stopping education

(v) How do middle-aged and elderly people add
brilliance to their lives ?
(a) by making fine speeches
(b) by getting sycophants to surround
them
(c) by overcoming one difficulty after
another
(d) by acquiring resourcefulness

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(vi) What does 'He died climbing' signify' ?

(a) he died when he was climbing the hill

(b) he died before getting to the top

(c) strove hard till the last moment of life

(d) he climbed the hill and then died

2. Read the stanza given below and answer the
questions that follow :

Don't bite your nails, Amanda!

Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda!

Stop that slouching and sit up straight,

Amanda!

(There is a languid, emerald sea,

where the sole inhabitant is me–

a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)

Did you finish your homework, Amanda ?

Did you tidy your room, Amanda ?

I thought I told you to clean your shoes,

Amanda!

(I am an orphan, roaming the street.
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I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.

The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)

Don't eat that chocolate, Amanda ?

Remember your acne. Amanda!

Will you please look at me when I'm speaking to you,

Amanda!

(I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;

life in a tower is tranquil and rare;

I'll certainly never let down my bright hair!)

Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!

You're always so moody, Amanda!

Anyone would think that I nagged at you,

Amanda!

Questions : 1×6=6

(i) What is Amanda doing to her nails ?

(ii) Who is the sole inhabitant of the sea ?

(iii) Has Amanda cleaned her shoes ?

(iv) Where is the orphan roaming ?

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(v) What does the speaker tell Amanda about

chocolate ?

(vi) How should Amanda sit ?

3. Attempt any one of the following : 6

(i) You are Paras/Priyanka, a student of class

XII of S. D. School, Ambala. Write an

application to the Principal of your school

requesting her/him to arrange remedial

classes of Maths after school hours.

(ii) Write a paragraph on 'Importance of Yoga

in Modern Age'.

(iii) You are Rakesh/Reena, studying in class

XII. You attended an NSS camp recently.

Mentioning the date, the number of

participants and other important details,

write a brief report for your school

magazine.

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SECTION – B

4. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions that follow :

Frua Frieda did not think she could earn a
living with her talent until life caught her by the
throat during the cruel Viennese winters. Then
she looked for work at the first house where she
would have liked to live, and when she was
asked what she could do, she told only the
truth: 'I dream'. A brief explanation to the lady of
the house was all she needed, and she
was hired at a salary that just covered her minor
expenses, but she had a nice room and three
meals a day – breakfast in particular, when the
family sat down to learn the immediate future of
each of its members : the father, a refined
financier; the mother, a joyful woman passionate
about Romantic chamber music; and the two
children, eleven and. nine years old. They were
all religious and therefore inclined to archaic

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superstitions, and they were delighted to take in
Frau Freida, whose only obligation was to
decipher the family's daily fate through her
dreams.

Questions : 1×4=4

(i) Name the story from which the above
passage has been taken.

(ii) Name the writer of the story.

(iii) What was Frau Frieda's job ?

(iv) What did Frau Frieda explain to the lady of
the house ?

5. Read the stanza given below and answer the
questions that follow :

A damsel with a dulcimer

In a vision once I saw:

It was an Abyssinian maid,

And on her dulcimer, she played.

Singing of Mount Abora.

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Could I revive within me

Her symphony and song,

To such a deep delight, 'twould win me,

That with music loud and long,

I would build that dome in air,

That sunny dome! those caves of ice!

And all who heard should see them there,

And all should cry, Beware! Beware!

His flashing eyes, his floating hair!

Weave a circle round him thrice,

And close your eyes with holy dread,

For he on honeydew hath fed,

And drunk the milk of paradise.

Questions : 1×4=4

(i) Name the poem from which the above lines
have been taken.

(ii) Name the poet.

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(iii) What did the poet see in a vision ?

(iv) What would the poet build in air ?

6. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions that follow :

What is a perfectly free person? Evidently a
person who can do what he likes, when he likes,
and where he likes, or do nothing at all if he
prefers it. Well, there is no such person, and
there never can be any such person. Whether we
like it or not, we must all sleep for one third of
our lifetime – wash and dress and undress – we
must spend a couple of hours eating and
drinking – we must spend nearly as much in
getting about from place to place. For half the
day we are slaves to necessities which we cannot
shirk, whether we are monarchs with a
thousand slaves or humble labourers with no
servants but their wives. And the wives must
undertake the additional heavy slavery of child-
bearing, if the world is still to be peopled.

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Questions : 1×4=4

(i) Name the chapter from which the above

lines have been taken.

(ii) Name the author of the chapter.

(iii) What according to the passage a perfectly

free person is ?

(iv) Why can there never be a perfectly free

person ?

7. Answer any two of the following in about 100

words : 6 + 6 = 12

(i) Imagination and reality have beautifully

been interwoven in the story 'I Sell My

Dreams'. Comment.

(ii) Describe the characteristics of Romantic

Poetry reflected in Kubla Khan.

(iii) Describe G. B. Shaw's views about

governments.

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8. Answer any four of the following in about 30
words each, choosing at least one from each
subpart a, b & c : 2×4=8

(a) (i) Why has the wedding been called 'a
feast of poisons' ?
(A Wedding in Brownsville)

(ii) Describe the childhood of Eveline.

(b) (i) What guides human souls towards
divinity as explained in the poem
'On Time' ?

(ii) Comment on the 'Form' of 'The Human
Abstract'.

(c) (i) Enumerate the risks involved in film
making. (Film Making)

(ii) Describe Amartya Sen's views on
Gender.

SECTION – C

9. Answer in about 100 words : 6 + 6 = 12

(a) Prakriti has no special desire or need. She
only wishes to obtain human status.
Comment. (Chandalika)
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OR

'A religion that insults is a false religion.'
Comment on this statement of Prakriti with
reference to the play 'Chandalika'.

(b) Draw a pen portrait of Manjula's sister.
(Broken Images)

OR

Broken Images has one set – a T. V. Studio
but a multi-layered theme. Comment.
(Broken Images)

10. Answer any four of the following questions in
about 30 words each, choosing two from each of
the two parts (a) and (b) : 2×4=8

(a) (i) Describe the transformation of Prakriti
after meeting Ananda. (Chandalika)

(ii) Describe the role the mother plays in
the play 'Chandalika'.

(iii) Describe the significance of offering
water to a stranger in the play
'Chandalika'.

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(b) (i) Describe the role of TV image in the
play 'Broken Images'.

(ii) Describe Manjula Nayak's relationship
with Malini. (Broken Images)

(iii) Describe the issue of hegemony of
English over Indian Languages as
mentioned in 'Broken Images'.

SECTION – D

11. Write notes on any five of the following :
2 × 5 = 10

Rhyme scheme, paradox, lyric, metaphor,
rhythm, imagery, pun.

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