Bihar Board Class 12th Model Paper 2023 English (Sci, Comm)

INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION – 2023 (ANNUAL)
Sub. Code - 105 ENGLISH (Compulsory)
I.Sc, I.Com
Time : 3 Hours 15 Minutes Full Marks :- 100
Instructions to the candidates :-
1. Candidates must enter their Question Booklet Serial No. (10 Digits) in
the OMR Answer Sheet.
2. Candidates are required to give answers in their own words as far as
practicable.
3. Figures in the right hand margin indicate full marks.
4. An extra time of 15 minutes has been allotted for the candidates to
read the questions carefully.
5. This question booklet is divided into two sections – Section-A and
Section-B.
6. In Section-A, there are 100 objective type questions, out of which any
50 questions are to be answered. If more than 50 questions are
answered, only first 50 will be evaluated. Each question carries 1
mark. For answering these darken the circle with blue/black ball pen
against the correct option on OMR Answer Sheet provided to you. Do
not use whitener / liquid / blade / nail etc. on OMR Answer Sheet,
otherwise the result will be treated as invalid.
7. In Section-B, there are 7 Descriptive Type Questions. While
answering the questions, candidates should adhere to the word limit
as far as practicable.
8. Use of any electronic appliances is strictly prohibited.

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SECTION - A

Objective Type Questions

Question Nos. 1 to 100 have four options, out of which only one is correct.

You have to mark your selected option on the OMR Sheet. Out of 100

questions, you have to attempt only 50 questions. 50x1=50

1. You must write to the Principal.

(Choose the correct passive voice)

(A) You will write to the Principal.

(B) The Principal must be written to.

(C) Write to the Principal.

(D) Written to the Principal should be

2. The Antonym of ‘Vague’ is :

(A) Hard (B) Clear

(C) Polite (D) Refuse

3. They said, “How silly of him!”

(Choose the correct indirect narration)

(A) They said that it is silly of him.

(B) Silly of him is what they said.

(C) They exclaimed that it was very silly of him.

(D) They were angry that it was silly of him.

4. I …………. him two years ago.

(Choose the correct form of tense)
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(A) saw (B) see

(C) seeing (D) have seen

5. Some actresses are …………. dancers.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) brilliant (B) courteous

(C) dangerous (D) rapid

6. …………. they live near you ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Does (B) Do

(C) Have (D) Are

7. Choose the correct sentence ;

(A) We saw a wonderful show next day.

(B) We show a wonderful saw yesterday.

(C) We show a wonderful saw today.

(D) We saw a wonderful show yesterday.

8. The book, in parts, …………. boring.

(Choose the correct option)
(A) is (B) are
(C) were (D) had
9. You have made all preparations …………. the marriage.
(Choose the correct preposition)
(A) to (B) for
(C) of (D) on

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10. Where did …………. buy that dress ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) her (B) him

(C) his (D) she

11. I would appreciate …………. from you.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) to hear (B) heard

(C) hear (D) hearing

12. The boss ordered to follow him.

(Choose the correct direct narration)

(A) The boss said, “Follow me.”

(B) The boss says, “Will follow me.”

(C) The boss will say, “Following me.”

(D) The boss has said, “Following me.”

13. Choose the correctly spelt word.

(A) Transfered (B) Trunsfered

(C) Transferred (D) Trensfired

14. Try …………. with what you have.

(Choose the correct phrase)

(A) to make do (B) produce it

(C) create it (D) to do it

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15. I often suffer from …………. backache.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) a (B) an

(C) the (D) no article

16. You bought a car, …………. ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) did not you (B) haven’t you

(C) weren’t you (D) don’t you

17. I eat rice …………. my hand.

(Choose the correct preposition)

(A) in (B) at

(C) with (D) for

18. I want a …………. for higher studies.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) lone (B) loan

(C) loen (D) lonely

19. Choose the correct sentence :

(A) He was standing right for his father.

(B) He was standing right of his father.

(C) He was standing in front of his father.

(D) He was standing right from his father.

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20. Choose the correct antonym of ‘sterile’.

(A) Short (B) Common

(C) Wild (D) Fertile

21. Did she see …………. ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) us (B) they

(C) their (D) his

22. I …………. black hair and brown eyes.

(A) has (B) have

(C) is (D) was

23. Choose the odd one out :

(A) Flute (B) Violin

(C) Sitar (D) Guitar

24. Choose the correct word.

When a room is tiny, it is ………….

(A) small (B) light

(C) cold (D) hot

25. For …………. information, go to the office.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) further (B) farther

(C) either (D) neither

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26. He wanted to buy …………. mangoes.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) much (B) any

(C) little (D) some

27. Nistha tried to solve the problem but she …………. not.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) can (B) could

(C) may (D) might

28. He will stay here …………. Monday.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) by (B) at

(C) to (D) till

29. Oh no! …………. I late for the exam ?

(A) Am (B) Is

(C) Are (D) Isn’t

30. I sat on my front step. I looked across the street.

(Choose the correct combination of sentences)

(A) I sat and looked on my front step ad across the street.

(B) I sat on my front step and looked across the street.

(C) I sat on my front step to looked across the street.

(D) I sat and looked on my front step across the street.

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31. One who loves one’s country: ………….

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Revolutionary (B) Traitor

(C) Patriot (D) Ambassador

32. You can …………. words in a dictionary.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) look up (B) look

(C) look down (D) look after

33. To drive home.

(Choose the correct meaning)

(A) To find one’s root (B) To return to place of rest

(C) Back to original position (D) To emphasize

34. Choose the correct spelling.

(A) Servent (B) Servant

(C) Sarvent (D) sarvant

35. I tried to resolve the complex situation.

(Identify the adjective)

(A) tried (B) complex

(C) resolve (D) situation

36. Hardly had he left, …………. his brother came.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) then (B) than
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(C) when (D) that

37. We should …………. the plane now.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) bored (B) board

(C) boat (D) bore

38. Choose the correct synonym of ‘Rectify’.

(A) To build (B) To command

(C) To destroy (D) To correct

39. Choose the correct antonym of ‘Sympathetic’.

(A) Insensitive (B) Thoughtful

(C) Caring (D) Compassionate

40. Your friends …………. for you for an hour.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) waits (B) waited

(C) will waiting (D) waiting

41. I …………. working all afternoon and have just finished the

assignment.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) have been (B) had been

(C) shall be (D) am

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42. There is a wall …………. the garden.

(Choose the correct preposition)

(A) around (B) across

(C) on (D) into

43. They usually spend their holidays in …………. mountains.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) a (B) an

(C) the (D) no article

44. He made a clean breast of it during the last days of his life.

(Choose the correct meaning of the underlined phrase)

(A) fought like a hero (B) confessed honestly

(C) faced bravely (D) shaved his breast

45. One who does not believe in the existence of God :

(Choose the correct meaning)

(A) Theist (B) Heretic

(C) Atheist (D) Fanatic

46. Yesterday I …………. finish my geography project.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) must (B) mustn’t

(C) had to (D) have to

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47. He …………. to Agra tomorrow.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) will go (B) went

(C) shall go (D) will went

48. I like Chinese food …………. my husband doesn’t like it al all.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) so (B) but

(C) because (D) and

49. It is very hot. I can’t go out.

(Choose the best combination of sentences)

(A) It is very hot, can I go now ?

(B) It is hot, so I cannot go.

(C) It is too hot for me to go out.

(D) Too hot it is, so can’t go out.

50. We …………. a lot of volunteer work.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) doing (B) do

(C) does (D) are do

51. Choose the correct sentence :

(A) Let’s go to the church to find some peace.

(B) Let go to church to find some peace.

(C) Let’s go to church to find some piece.
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(D) Let’s go to the church to find at peace.

52. Everybody …………. leaving now.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) is (B) are

(C) am (D) was

53. What type of sentence is this ?

How Surprising!

(A) Declarative (B) Interrogative

(C) Exclamatory (D) Imperative

54. The country lies …………. those mountains that your can see from

here.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) below (B) beyond

(C) against (D) beneath

55. They are proud winners.

(Choose the adjective)

(A) Proud (B) Are

(C) They (D) Winners

56. Does a mother not love her child ?

(Choose the correct Assertive Sentence)

(A) A mother loves her child not.

(B) A mother loves her child.
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(C) Loves her child a mother.

(D) Loves her child a mother not.

57. Nobody should …………. on the poor.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) look over (B) look on

(C) look at (D) look down

58. …………. article he is reading is very interesting.

(Choose the suitable option)

(A) A (B) An

(C) The (D) no article

59. Use mask as a precaution …………. Corona Virus.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) for (B) against

(C) from (D) to

60. These days, Ram …………. his homework quite often.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) forgotten (B) forgot

(C) forget (D) forgets

Instruction : Question from 61 to 100 are based on the prescribed texts:

61. Indian Civilization is ………….

(A) Godless (B) based on partiality

(C) based on matter (D) based on belief in God
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62. Mahatma Gandhi was not …………. of material progress of the West.

(A) enamoured (B) critical

(C) pleased (D) contemptuous

63. ‘A Pinch of Snuff’ is ………….

(A) a short story (B) an essay

(C) a drama (D) a speech

64. If America becomes a great nation, it mustn’t overlook the problems of

………….

(A) Farmers (B) Labourers

(C) Negroes (D) Unemployeds

65. Bertrand Russell was a philosopher and a ………….

(A) Geologist (B) Chemist

(C) Botanist (D) Mathematician

66. The teacher who caught Seibei playing with gourd ………….

(A) appreciated him (B) depreciated him

(C) awarded him (D) punished him

67. In Bangladesh, children are looked after by the ………….

(A) father only (B) mother only

(C) whole family (D) maids

68. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by …………. factors.

(A) three (B) two

(C) four (D) five
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69. Benjy’s hens were producing an average of …………. a week.

(A) 300 eggs (B) 200 eggs

(C) 100 eggs (D) 400 eggs

70. India was a part of the background of ………….

(A) The doctor’s life (B) The wife’s life

(C) The Kashmiri man’s life (D) Pearl S. Buck’s life

71. Natalia is the daughter of ………….

(A) Choobookov (B) Chekhov

(C) Ivan (D) Vassilievich

72. …………. is ever present in India.

(A) Religion (B) Fear

(C) Hatred (D) Jealousy

73. Seibei’s mother was …………. with him.

(A) angry (B) happy

(C) terrified (D) sad

74. The …………. of a few women raised in warning cannot be heard over

the humming and throbbing of our machines.

(A) singing (B) crying

(C) voices (D) sleeping

75. Benjy showed no signs of …………. while driving away his parents.

(A) normal emotion (B) sadness

(C) anxiety (D) fear
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76. The redness of the fire appears …………. to the poet.

(A) nice (B) cruel

(C) comfortable (D) acceptable

77. Who composed ‘Song of Myself’ ?

(A) John Donne (B) W. H. Auden

(C) John Keats (D) Walt Whitman

78. ‘Nurse’ in the poem ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ stands for

………….

(A) a plant (B) a fruit

(C) a tree (D) a bird

79. ‘Ode to Autumn’ exhibits the principle of …………. in nature.

(A) joy (B) contentment

(C) sorrow (D) beauty

80. ‘An Epitaph’ deals with a beautiful ………….

(A) girl (B) lady

(C) baby (D) puppy

81. ‘The Soldier’ is ………….

(A) an ode (B) a sonnet

(C) an epic (D) an elegy

82. Macavity is a …………. cat.

(A) miserable (B) mystery

(C) appealing (D) respectable
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83. The term ‘Zoroastrian’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for ………….

(A) Hindu (B) Muslim

(C) Christian (D) Parsi

84. ‘A king in exile’ in the poem ‘Snake’ stands for ………….

(A) the rat (B) the elephant

(C) the snake (D) the lion

85. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is proud of ………….

(A) her parent’s house (B) her grandmother’s house

(C) her uncle’s house (D) her aunt’s house

86. The poet had gone to the water trough on a …………. day.

(A) hot (B) stuffy

(C) cold (D) pleasant

87. Macavity is the bafflement of ………….

(A) Lower yard (B) Buscot yard

(C) Dcot yard (D) Scotland yard

88. The theme of the poem ‘An Epitaph’ is ………….

(A) patriotic (B) melancholic

(C) romantic (D) mysterious

89. According to W. H. Auden, the …………. has become dumb to see the

leafless tree.

(A) hen (B) sparrow

(C) nightingale (D) peacock
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90. Who wrote ‘The Scholar Gipsy’ ?

(A) Matthew Arnold (B) W. B. yeats

(C) Robert Bridges (D) Thomas Hardy

91. Who wrote ‘Endymion’ ?

(A) William Wordsworth (B) John Keats

(C) P. B. Shelley (D) S. T. Coleridge

92. The 18th century is known as the ………….

(A) Cavalier Age (B) Jacobean Age

(C) Augustan Age (D) Romantic Age

93. A major linguistic change in English is ………….

(A) The Great Vowel Shift (B) Received Pronunciation

(C) Language Change (D) Vocabulary Shift

94. The Old English Period is characterized by ………….

(A) vacabulory (B) mood

(C) inflection (D) gender

95. Goldsmith and Sheridan made contributions to the ………….

(A) Novel (B) Non-fiction writing

(C) Poetry (D) English stage

96. Who wrote ‘Huckleberry Finn’ ?

(A) Herman Melville (B) Henry James

(C) Earnest Hemingway (D) Mark Twain

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97. The …………. helped in simplifying English.

(A) Bible (B) Quran

(C) Mahabharata (D) Ramayana

98. Who wrote Macbeth and ‘Julius Caesar’ ?

(A) Johnson (B) Goldsmith

(C) Shakespeare (D) Sheridan

99. The word ‘drama’ comes from a …………. word.

(A) Latin (B) Indian

(C) Scandinavian (D) Greek

100. Who wrote ‘Tughlaq’ ?

(A) Girish Karnad (B) R. N. Tagore

(C) Toru Dutt (D) Aurobindo

SECTION - B

(Descriptive Type Questions)

1. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 150-200 words :-

[1 x 8 =8]

(A) My School

(B) National Integration

(C) Health is Wealth

(D) Value of Time

(E) Plastic Bag should be banned

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2. Explain any one of the following: [1x4=4]

(A) This work, as I see it, has two aspects : work on one’s self and

work for the society around.

(B) I have a dream that one day this nation will rise and live out the

true meaning of its creed.

(C) India had always been part of the background of my life, but I

had never seen it whole and for myself until now.

(D) He knew nothing about the stock markets. But he knew

everything about a hen.

3. Explain any one of the following: [1x4=4]

(A) At whatever time the deed took place

MACAVITY WASN’T THERE!

(B) And when I crumble, who will remember

This lady of the West Country?

(C) …………. I who have lost

My way and beg now at strangers’ doors to

Receive love, at least in small change?

(D) I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume, you shall assume.

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4. Write an application to your Headmistress asking her for leave for a

week to attend your cousin’s marriage. [5]

OR

Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper, explaining to him about the

deplorable condition of the roads in your locality.

5. Answer any five of the following in about 40-50 words each.[5x2=10]

(A) What does our civilization depend upon ?

(B) What are the trials and tribulations in ‘I Have a Dream ?’

(C) Did language play a role in human development ?

(D) Why had Sudanese women officials stopped going to

international conferences ?

(E) What makes a man’s power feeble ?

(F) In what way will the travellers be blessed ?

(G) What does the poet think about ‘beauty’ ?

(H) What is meant by the Great Vowel Shift ?

(I) Who were known as University Wits ?

(J) What were the major concerns of the early Indian poets writing in

English ?

6. Answer any three of the following in about 100-120 words:

[3x5=15]

(A) Write the summary of any one of the following:-

(i) Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast
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(ii) Snake

(iii) My Grandmother’s House

(B) Write the summary of any one of the following:-

(i) Indian Civilization and Culture

(ii) A Marriage Proposal

(iii) The Artist

(C) Write a note on the Middle English.

OR

Write a note on English as an International language.

OR

Give a brief description of modern age in English literature.

(D) Match the name of the poems given in List-A with their poets in

List-B.

List A List B

a) Song of Myself i) D. H. Lawrence

b) Snake ii) Rupert Brooke

c) Fire-Hymn iii) Walt Whitman

d) The Soldier iv) John Keats

e) To Autumn v) Keki N. Daruwala

(E) Translate any five into English:

(i) eSa lqcg tYnh mBrk gw¡A

(ii) D;k vki eq>s viuh dye ns ldrs gSa \
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(iii) eq>s lcdk vknj djuk pkfg,A

(iv) vki nksigj esa D;k [kkrs gSa \

(v) pyks] ?kweus pyrs gSaA

(vi) mls ,d di dkWQh pkfg,A

(vii) eSa dy vius pkpk ls feyus tkšxkA

(viii) eq>s cgqr Hkw[k yxh gSA

(F) Match the name of the prose-pieces in List-A with their authors in

List-B

List A List B

a) A Child is Born i) Anton Chekhov

b) A Marriage Proposal ii) Bertrand Russell

c) The Artist iii) H. E. Bates

d) Ideas That Have Helped Mankind iv) Germaine Greer

e) The Earth v) Shiga Naoya

7. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow :- [4]

There are many uses for old items that might otherwise be

thrown away. Reusing items is the best way to reduce waste. With a

little time and creativity, you can turn trash into treasures. For example,

there is quick and easy project that can be done with a can. With the

help of an adult, remove the top of the can with a can opener carefully

wash and dry the can. Then draw the shapes on coloured paper with a

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pencil. Use scissors to cut the coloured paper into different shapes.

Finally decorate the can by pasting the shapes on the outside of the

can. You may also add buttons, glitter and fabric. The old can is now

ready for a new life as a stationery holder or a vase for flowers.

Questions:-

i) What are the four items you need for the project mentioned in the

passage ?

ii) Whose help should you take to help you remove the top of the

can ?

iii) How can you decorate the can ?

iv) What are the uses of the old can when the project is complete ?

OR

Write a précis of the following passage and give a suitable title :

Being social animals, human beings have their actions and

desires bound up with society. In matter of food, clothes, knowledge

and belief they are interdependent. They use language created by

others. Without language their mental power would not grow. They are

superior to beast, because they live in human society. An individual life

left alone from birth would grow utterly beast like. So human society

and not individuality guides man’s material and spiritual existence.

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