MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2018 for English

Total No. of Printed Pages—15
HS/XII/A. Sc. Com. V/E/18

2018

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

(a) The annual convention of the Indian National
Congress party was held in _____.

( Lucknow / Calcutta )

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(b) Three medicines were available _____, quinine
and sulphur ointment.

( olive oil / castor oil )

(c) The vagabond compared the whole world to a
_____ rattrap.

( huge / big )

(d) Edla Willmansson addressed the rattrap peddler
as _____.

( captain / lieutenant )

(e) The ironmaster thought that the peddler must
have left and stolen some _____ spoons from the
cupboard.

( gold / silver )

(f) Seemapuri was then a _____.

( jungle / wilderness )

(g) Mukesh insists on being his own _____.

( self / master )

(h) This _____ stayed with me as the years rolled by.

( handicap / disadvantage )

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

(a) Gandhi remained in Champaran for a period of
seven months.

(b) The planters offered to refund to the extent of
25 percent of the share croppers’ money.

(c) The ironmaster managed to persuade the
peddler to go to his house.

(d) One dark evening the peddler caught sight of a
white cottage.

(e) It is a tradition for ragpickers to stay barefoot.

(f) The bangle makers do not know that it is illegal
for children to work in glass furnaces.

(g) Saheb’s family had migrated from Bangladesh to
India in 1971.

(h) William Douglas already had a plan in mind as
he went down towards the bottom of the pool.

(i) Finally one September, Douglas decided to get
an instructor and learn how to swim.

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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) Fishermen in the _____ sea would not harm
whales.

( blue / cold )

(b) What I want should not be confused with
total _____.

( inactivity / idleness )

(c) A fly without shadow and without _____.

( idea / thought )

(d) Take in the whipped _____ and the blinded owl.

( dog / cat )

(e) Trees old and young sprouting a shady _____.

( gift / boon )

(f) The dust of unlettered years clouding
instant _____.

( recognition / identification )

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(g) Her three _____ floating like safe planets
near her.

( girls / daughters )

(h) We have imagined for the mighty _____.

( heroes / dead )

4. Write whether the following statements are True or
False (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) Later, each one pulled,
sitting crosslegged in the hall.

(b) Sundari loves to squirrel up and down forbidden
Neem trees.

(c) Jon Silkin goes to the sky and serene blue water
for answers.

(d) The animals deserve our mercy and love.

(e) A flowery band to bind us to the earth.

(f) Three flowers are mentioned in A Thing of
Beauty.

(g) Pablo Neruda wants us to learn the worth of
stillness from the earth.

(h) Sadness refers to the inability of man to
understand himself.

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SECTION—II
( Marks : 30 )

5. Answer any five of the following questions in not
more than 2 sentences each : 1×5=5
(a) What was the long-term contract between the
landlords and the tenants in the Champaran
district?

(b) Why is Rajkumar Shukla being described as
‘resolute’ ?

(c) Why was the ironmaster displeased after the
guest was found well-groomed?

(d) What was the peddler’s parting gift?

(e) Name the two boys that represent ‘Stolen
Childhood’, in the chapter, Lost Spring, and
give the family background of each boy.

(f) What is garbage to the children and to the
adults?

(g) Why does William hate to walk naked up to
the pool?

(h) From what age, did William Douglas have an
aversion to water and when?

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6. Answer any five of the following questions in not
more than 2 sentences each : 1×5=5

(a) How would the world be like if all of us stopped
talking or moving for a few seconds?

(b) What do the words ‘rush’ and ‘engines’ bring
to mind?

(c) Name from the poem, some objects of beauty in
nature.

(d) What is the ‘endless fountain’ the poet is
referring to?

(e) Mention all the creatures in the poem that are
misused by man.

(f) Why do animals have ‘bitter eyes’?

(g) What does the poet mean by ‘unletterd years’, in
the poem, And So It Eventually Happened ?

(h) What consists of the family lunchtime meal in
the poem, during the family reunion?

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7. (a) Rewrite the following as directed : 1×8=8

(i) These mangoes are so cheap that they
cannot be good.

( Use ‘too’ )

(ii) She is your friend.

( Change into negative )

(iii) He can do this work.

( Change into interrogative )

(iv) His uncle is a famous designer of buildings.

( Give one word for the
underlined words )

(v) When the war started, there was a boon in
the market.

( Use ‘No sooner .... than’ )

(vi) He is very generous.

( Change into an exclamatory sentence )

(vii) An earthquake destroyed the town.

( Change into passive voice )

(viii) Meena is an arrogant person.

( Give an opposite word for the
underlined word )

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(b) Change the following into direct/indirect
speech : 1×4=4

(i) Alice said, “How clever I am !”

(ii) He enquired when she intended to make
the payment.

(iii) “I will wash the car tomorrow”, Tim said to
his father.

(iv) His mother told him not to play with the
matches.

(c) Rewrite any three of the following sentences in
the correct form : 1×3=3

(i) There is no harm to do this.

(ii) The cat jumped in the table.

(iii) She can neither read or sing.

(iv) Can I call you in your first name?

8. Answer any five of the following questions in not
more than 2 sentences each : 1×5=5

(a) Why did the stranger smile at Matrena?

(b) How did Simon teach the stranger to work for
a living?

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(c) When was the second time Michael smiled?

(d) What were the three truths Michael was sent to
learn?

(e) According to the author, what makes Meghalaya
unique?

(f) Name Meghalaya’s three most well-known
caves.

(g) Who led the team of British cavers to the
Meghalaya caves?

(h) What is posing a threat to the cave ecosystem?

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

9. Answer any two of the following questions : 5×2=10

(a) What incident made Gandhi exclaim that “the
battle of Champaran is won”?

(b) What gift was left behind by the peddler for Edla
Willmansson? Summarize the content of his
letter to her. 2+3=5

(c) Describe the conditions that the bangle makers
of Firozabad live in. Why cannot they leave that
trade and come out of their poverty? 3+2=5

(d) How did William prepare himself to get over his
fear of water?

10. Answer any two of the following questions : 5×2=10

(a) What are the activities that Pablo Neruda
speaks out against in his poem, Keeping Quiet ?

(b) Why does Keats feel that “a thing of beauty is a
joy for ever”?

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(c) “From growing mercy and a moderate love
Great love for the human animal occurs.
And your love grows, Your great love grows.”

(i) What is the ‘human animal’ ?

(ii) What are the qualities that develop in a
person by caring for animals?

(iii) Mention all the creatures in the poem that
are misused by man. 2+1+2=5

(d) When was for the last time the whole family
got together? What was the general feeling of the
family members at the next meeting? Where
was the next reunion being held? 1+3+1=5

11. Answer any one of the following questions : 10

(a) Why did Michael smile the third time? Narrate
the incident. 2+8=10

(b) How do we know that both Simon and Matrena
were kind-hearted people and that they believed
in God?

(c) Describe the cave life of the caves of Meghalaya.
How have animals been affected by the cave
environment? 5+5=10

(d) “Caves are regarded as natural museums.”
Substantiate this statement.

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12. Write an essay on any one of the following topics : 10

(a) Your plans after you passed the Board
Examination

(b) Road conditions in Meghalaya

(c) Importance of Hobbies

Or

As a school head boy/girl, draft a notice to your
fellow students to take part in the general health
checkup programme to be held in your institution.

Or

Write a letter to your friend asking him/her to join
you for the holidays while awaiting your results.

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

All forms of work—manual or intellectual are called
labour. when we till a land or carry a load, we work
with our hands and are said to be doing manual
work. But when we read a book or write, our tongue
or hand is at work, but our brain or intellect plays
the main part. We are then engaged in intellectual
work. Dignity of labour chiefly means respectability
of manual labour.

Manual labour is very useful to us. The daily
affairs of life cannot run without it. Ploughmen

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supply us with bread by toiling the field, masons
build our houses, carpenters make furnitures,
smiths shape our ploughshares and other iron
implements by the sweat of their brow.

Unfortunately in our country, the educated youths
are generally averse to manual labour under a false
sense of dignity. They forget that respectability lies,
not in whether a work is done with hands or with
intellect, but how well it is done. A sweeper who
works honestly is more praiseworthy than a high
official who neglects his duties.

In western countries, even university students
sometimes work as menials in hotels and other
places during summer or winter vacations in order to
meet their expenses.

Manual labour is beneficial in other aspects—it
keeps us physically fit, fosters self-help and helps
moral growth.

Moreover our hands are for work. If we do not use
them, we are guilty of neglecting one of the highest
blessings of God, which is very shameful and wasted.

Questions :

(a) What does ‘dignity of labour’ mean? 1

(b) What is the usefulness of manual labour? 3

(c) In our country, what are the views of educated
youth on manual labour? 3

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(d) In western countries, how do students spend
their vacation? 2

(e) What other benefits do we gain when we work
with our hands? 1

HHH

8K—34190/16 HS/XII/A. Sc. Com. V/E/18