MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2019 for English Alternative

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HS/XII/A. Sc. Com/Ae/19

2019

ALTERNATIVE 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 : 30 )

1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the right word(s) from
the alternatives given in the brackets (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) All the animals were present except Moses, the
tame _____ who slept on a perch behind the back
door.
( raven / beast )

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(b) Man is the only real _____ we have.
( friend / enemy )

(c) It’s a sensible hunter who is willing to learn from
the _____.
( Indians / natives )

(d) As the darkness greyed we saw that something
had been caught in the _____.
( net / lime )

(e) There was a farmer who owed Sethji _____
rupees.
( ten / five )

(f) The woman picked up a small fan and began to
wave it over _____.
( Sethji / ekka man )

(g) The man walked slowly towards the _____.
( house / club )

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2. Write whether the following statements are True or
False (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) Old Major’s body was buried in the Manor Farm.

(b) A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot
that the farmhouse should be preserved as a
museum.

(c) The Indians believed that the jaguar would
return by the same trail.

(d) Wild animals usually don’t ask for trouble.

(e) When the ekka man heard this fulsome praise
he understood that the gentleman was a
champion talker.

(f) Religion meant even more than money to Sethji.

(g) Jenny was sitting on the swing, leaning sideways
against a rope, with her head down, apparently
in deep thought.

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3. Complete the following sentences using the right
word from the alternatives given in the brackets
(any five) : 1×5=5

(a) And Death the shadow of My _____.
( Life / Face )

(b) She shall be _____ as the fawn.
( playful / sportive )

(c) He has his lusty _____, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span.
( Spring / Summer )

(d) A _____ falls on us and grows.
( shadow / light )

(e) Another phase was reached when we were _____
attacked, and lost our way.
( thrice / twice )

(f) In many a _____ place
Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
( quiet / secret )

(g) Spare me no bliss, no pang of _____.
( strife / life )

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4. Write whether the following statements are True or
False (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) The Soul’s Prayer is about the poet’s imaginary
conversation with God as she pleads with Him.

(b) In The Education of Nature, Wordsworth has
personified Lucy as a teacher.

(c) Four seasons fill the measure of a year.

(d) Autumn is compared to the first period of our
lives.

(e) Home is where we have to gather grace.

(f) The expectations of the pilgrims were completely
fulfilled.

(g) Sarojini Naidu longs to know the universal
truths relating to life and death.

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5. Answer any five of the following questions in
2/3 sentences each, choosing either from Group—A
or from Group—B : 2×5=10

GROUP—A

(a) Why did the Bishop go to see Marie’s mother?

(b) What happened to the silver saltcellars?

(c) What made the convict so wild and ferocious in
his behaviour?

(d) Why did the Bishop give the candlesticks to the
convict?

(e) Why did the Bishop save the convict from the
police?

(f) Why was Persomé angry with Marie?

GROUP—B

(a) What did Lady Macbeth do with the bloody
daggers?

(b) How did Macbeth try to justify his killing of the
two guards?

(c) What did the three witches foretell?

(d) What unnatural scene did the old man witness?

(e) Why did Macbeth leave for Scone?

(f) How did Duncan reward Macbeth’s hospitality?

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SECTION—II
( Marks : 20 )

6. Answer any five of the following questions in
2/3 sentences each : 2×5=10

(a) Why did Old Major wish to hold a meeting at
night?

(b) Describe the first sight of the jaguar. What was it
doing?

(c) Why did the debt-collector not want to eat the
‘pan’ made by the ekka driver’s wife?

(d) What was the state of the Quicks’ garden?

(e) What secret will the Lord share with the poet in
The Soul’s Prayer ?

(f) In The Education of Nature, why does nature
wish to take over the child?

(g) How has youth been described in The Human
Seasons?

(h) What was the mood of the pilgrims at the start of
their pilgrimage?

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7. Rewrite the following sentences as directed : 1×10=10

(a) They were carrying the patient in a stretcher.
( Change the voice )
(b) Capable of being seen through
( Substitute one word for the
underlined words )
(c) He is so weak that he cannot walk without
support.
( Rewrite the sentence using ‘too’ )
(d) Do not forget to bring your camera with you.
( Change into an affirmative sentence )
(e) We can achieve nothing without hard work.
( Change into an interrogative sentence )
(f) We heard _____ his failure.
( Insert an appropriate preposition )
(g) Let’s go to the beach.
( Add a question tag )
(h) The three friends never quarrelled between
themselves.
( Correct the sentence )
(i) These sums will not be done by her.
( Change the voice )
(j) _____ wise man never wastes his time.
( Insert an appropriate article )

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

8. Answer any one of the following questions : 10

(a) Give a summary of the speech on rebellion made
by Old Major.

(b) Describe how Rod and his men eventually
captured the jaguar.

(c) Write how the clever ekka driver finally realized
his fare from the miserly debt-collector.

(d) What were Jenny and Kate doing in the garden?
How would you describe each of their moods?

9. Answer any one of the following questions : 10

(a) Critically analyze the poem, The Soul’s Prayer.

(b) What are the qualities that Wordsworth wishes
nature to confer on Lucy?

(c) Describe the ‘Summer’ and the ‘Spring’ of man’s
life as seen by the poet John Keats.

(d) What positive action did the pilgrims take on
their way? Where did they face their first
difficulty?

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10. Explain with reference to the context any two, either
from Group—A or from Group—B : 5×2=10

GROUP—A
( The Bishop’s Candlesticks )

(a) They took away my name, they took away my
soul, and they gave me a devil in its place.

(b) My son you have suffered much, but there is
hope for all.

(c) He has more need of them than I. My mother
would have wished it so had she been here.

GROUP—B
( Macbeth )

(a) Will all the waters of the ocean wash this blood
clean from my hands?

(b) O horror ! horror ! horror !
Tongue nor heart, cannot conceive nor
name thee !

(c) The labour we delight in physics pain.

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11. Write a précis of the following passage and give a
suitable title to it : 8+2=10
Man is the architect of his own fate. If he makes a
proper division of his time and does his duties
accordingly, he is sure to improve and prosper in life;
but if he does otherwise, he is sure to repent when it is
too late, and he will have to drag a miserable existence
from day to day. To kill time is culpable as to commit
suicide, for our life is nothing but the sum-total of
hours, days and years. Youth is the seedtime of life. In
youth, the mind is pliable and soft and can be
moulded in any form we like. If we lose the morning
hours of life, we shall have to repent afterwards.

12. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions that follow :
Einstein was very simple in his ways of life and
indifferent to his astounding fame. Once the Queen of
Belgium invited him to Brussels. When he got down
from the train at Brussels, he could not think that
there were actually many gorgeously dressed officials
to receive him at the station. The officials also
expected to see somebody who would appear to be rich
and aristocratic to them. They never imagined that
this shabby man would be Einstein himself. So they
went back to the queen and informed her that he had
not come by the train. Einstein, however, walked the
whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in

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the other. When he reached the destination the queen
said to him, ‘‘I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein’’. ‘‘I did
not think’’, replied the great scientist with a smile,
‘‘that anybody would send a car for me. But I can
assure you, I have greatly enjoyed the walk.’’

(a) What was unexpected to Einstein at the Brussels
Railway Station? 2

(b) What did the officials expect to see at the railway
station? 2

(c) How was Einstein dressed as he came down
from the train? What did he carry in his hands? 2

(d) Describe in two sentences Einstein’s attitude
towards life and fame. 2

(e) What did the officers report to the queen? 2

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