MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2023 for English Elective

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2023

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) Raju feared that the ancient temple was actually a
crocodile place.

(b) To Raju, Rosie was very glamorous.

(c) Gaffur knew a king cobra charmer.

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(d) The jail superintendent was a stern disciplinarian.

(e) In jail, Raju was referred to as Vadhyar.

(f) Rosie sold all her diamonds to help Mani.

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

(a) Don’t ask me for promises until I know what I’m
promising.

(b) It’s so hard to know what a gentleman considers
right. I thought from your trying to kiss me that you
had given up being so particular.

(c) You have deceived me. You are my rival. I brook no
rivals.

(d) You could have annexed Serbia and made Prince
Alexander Emperor of the Balkans. That’s what I
would have done.

(e) Civilized people don’t hang out their washing to dry
where visitors can see it; so you’d better have all that
put somewhere else.

(f) Be quick. If you are away five minutes, it will seem
five hours.

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

(a) The red-coats looked to their _____.
She stood up, straight and still.

( priming / lading / forming )

(b) Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a _____ to
the sky.

( coerce / curse / spurt )

(c) Will no one tell me what she _____?

( thinks / sings / flings )

(d) They also _____ who only stand and wait.

( work / labour / serve )

(e) The great moments of heroism and sacrifice are _____.

( precious / rare / special )

(f) The first few _____ placed under the microscope
revealed nothing.

( mosquitoes / larvae / worms )

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(g) A French doctor named Laveran, working in Algeria,
definitely suggested that the mosquito might spread
_____.

( fever / elephantiasis / malaria )

(h) You have liberty to laugh at me, but I have liberty to
be _____ to you.

( detached / indifferent / unconcerned )

SECTION—II
( Marks : 30 )

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

(a) What did Raina put in the coat that was lent to
Bluntschli and why?

(b) According to Petkoff, what is the reason for
Catherine’s ‘usual’ sore throats?

(c) How does Raina introduce the Petkoffs to Bluntschli?

(d) Why did Sergius challenge Bluntschli to a duel?

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(e) What is the main theme of The Guide?

(f) Briefly describe what Raju learned from scrap.

(g) What was Rosie’s new name? What did it indicate?

(h) What does the narrator mean by ‘social sense’? (Rule
of the Road )

(i) Why is malaria called ‘a Plague’?

(j) What was the similarity between Milton and the third
servant in the Parable of the Talents?

(k) Who was Tim? Describe his appearance. (The
Highway Man)

(l) How did Wordsworth feel after hearing the song of
that reaper?

(m) In brief, describe the setting of the poem, The Solitary
Reaper.

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

5. Who according to the narrator was not a ‘clubbable man’?
What reasons did he give to support his statement? 5

Or

Write a note on Manson’s work on elephantiasis.

6. How does Milton hope to serve God in his poem, On His
Blindness? 5

Or

Show how the poem, The Highwayman celebrates the true
love of its central characters.

Or

What is the central idea of Wordsworth’s poem, The
Solitary Reaper?

7. Answer any one of the following questions : 10

(a) Attempt a character sketch of Sergius.

(b) What is ‘higher love’ according to Raina? Bring out
the scene of ‘higher love’ between Raina and Sergius.

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

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8. Answer any one of the following questions : 10

(a) Describe Raju’s activities in the Central Jail.

(b) Analyze the character of Velan as reflected in the
novel, The Guide.

(c) Write short notes on any two of the following : 5×2=10

(i) Raju

(ii) Marco

(iii) Rosie

9. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that
follow :
O FRIEND! I know not which way I must look
For comfort, being, as I am, opprest,
To think that now our life is only drest
For show; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook,
Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook
In the open sunshine, or we are unblest :
The wealthiest man among us is the best :
No grandeur now in nature or in book
Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense,
This is idolatry; and these we adore;
Plain living and high thinking are no more :
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
And pure religion breathing household laws.

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Questions : 2×5=10

(a) Why is the poet ‘opprest’?

(b) What are the things that do not delight ‘us’ anymore?

(c) Mention the things that the poet associates with
idolatry.

(d) What does the expression ‘plain living and high
thinking’ mean?

(e) What according to the poet is ‘The homely beauty of
the good old cause’?

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

(a) The demerits of social media

(b) Should plastic be banned?

(c) Your favourite childhood memory

(d) Online shopping

HHH

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