CBSE Class 12 Question Paper 2022 English Elective (Solved)

ENGLISH (Elective) ENGLISH (Elective) ENG

Series A1BAB SET-4
ENGLISH (Elective) ENGLISH (Elective) ENG

Q.P. Code 28
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students will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on
the answer-book during this period.

ENGLISH (Elective)

Time allowed : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 40

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General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them :
1. This question paper has five sections Section A, B, C, D and E.
2. It is compulsory to attempt each section.
3. Section A Reading is of 14 marks.
4. Section B Creative Writing Skills is of 5 marks.
5. Section C Applied Grammar is of 5 marks.
6. Section D Literature is of 11 marks.
7. Section E Fiction is of 5 marks.

SECTION A
(Reading)

1. Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow : 8

1 Through several decades, Lata Mangeshkar sang for the righteous and
chaste Indian woman on-screen, while her sister Asha Bhosle sang
numbers that called for sensuality. Mangeshkar had such charisma
that film-makers and composers realised very early on that having her
in a project signalled credibility and impeccable standards. Much
before a film was shot, the composer, lyricist and singers were signed
on for the project. This meant that several films that did badly at the
box-office had outstanding music helmed by Mangeshkar, that reached
listeners through radio, a universal mode of entertainment in those
early days after Independence. In fact, it was radio that took her voice
to different parts of the country and made her synonymous with Hindi
playback singing.
2 Mangeshkar never took her talent for granted. She would spend time
on her rehearsals, practise her diction and ensure immaculate
renditions. Once, when superstar Dilip Kumar told her to improve her
diction, she asked a family friend, an Imam, to come and teach her to
read and write Urdu. She sang in a range of Indian languages from
Bengali to Marathi her mother tongue to Punjabi. She was a
unifying factor, who brought the nation together as a repository of its
culture, entertainment and, of course, music.
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3 As films moved to less formulaic tropes, Bollywood, too, underwent
changes. Directors moved towards authencity in representation, and,
here Mangeshkar was a huge success, setting standards in playback
singing. She sang the way her heroines spoke, moving from the thick,
nasal gayaki popularised by Noor Jehan or Shamshad Begum, that
had till then been the standard. She could sing for an entire range of
characters from a poetry-loving village girl in a prison, to a witty
and defiant cour , to an emotional
mother trying to fend her children by ploughing the field, or to a young
woman who had just broken away from the shackles of a
claustrophobic relationship. And who can fo
seminal Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War
of 1962 that brought tears in the eyes of people. This song has been a
fixture at every patriotic function for nearly five decades.
)

(a) Answer any three out of the given four questions : 3 2=6

(i) What makes Lata Mangeshkar different from her sister Asha
Bhosle in terms of songs ?

(ii) What did the filmmakers and composers realise about the
project in which Lata Mangeshkar sang ?

(iii) Which song of Lata Mangeshkar brought tears in the eyes of
people ?

(iv) In what way was Lata Mangeshkar instrumental in national
integration ?

(b) Pick out the words/phrases from the passage which are similar in
meaning to the following : 2 1=2
(i) Seeming to be everywhere (Para 1)
(ii) Abnormal fear of being in an enclosed space (Para 3)

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2. Read the given case-
questions that follow : 6

1 One of the most exciting races ever run is now in progress between
doctors fighting malaria, and mosquitoes. According to the most recent
count, 225 million people a year suffer attacks of malaria and more
than two million die. Public health workers around the world are doing
all they can to destroy malaria before the mosquitoes that pass on the
disease become resistant to the chemicals now used against them. It is
a race against time and against difficulties, with millions of lives in
ur.

2 Malaria, it is true, has been practically wiped out in thirteen countries,
including the United States, and is under attack in many others. But it
is equally worrying that in some parts of the world certain types of
malaria-carrying mosquitoes have already become immune to the
sprays.

3 The World Health Organization is helping national governments to get
rid of malaria before resistance among the mosquito population
becomes so great that new chemicals will have to be found to replace
those in use at present. Most of the countries in the world have
started, or are planning campaigns against mosquitoes. If the race
against resistance is won by man, it is possible that ten years from now
this fatal disease will have disappeared completely from the world.

4 Malaria is the wor
Chinese and Indian writings. It was one of the causes leading to the
downfall of both the Greek and Roman empires. People recognized a
long time ago that there must be some connection between malaria and
swamps, and some believed that insects living near swamps might be
the carriers of the disease. The Romans dried the swamps and reduced
the mosquito population. This was the best method used for the next
fifteen centuries.

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5 Not until 1632 did Europeans find a successful treatment for the
disease. The Spanish discoverers of the New World learned from the
Indians of Peru that the bark of one of the trees growing there, often
. The Dutch planted quinine trees in
the East Indies and in time established almost complete control of the
medicine made from it. When the East Indies supply was cut off during
the two World Wars, two other drugs were developed which proved
even more successful than quinine. Today, most of the world uses these
newer drugs.

After studying the passage on Malaria, answer any three of the following
questions : 3 2=6
(a) What are the public health workers around the world busy doing ?
(b) What is the cause of worry in regard to malaria eradication ?
(c) What is the silver lining in the campaign against eradication of
malaria ?
(d) What had possibly caused the downfall of the Greek and Roman
empires ?

SECTION B
(Creative Writing Skills)

3. Answer any one out of the given two questions in about 120 150 words : 5

(a)
pic on which Parmeshwaran/Parineeti is

celebration function in your school. Write a speech within the given
word limit.
OR
(b) Growing Crimes in our
S The seminar
included a panel discussion, a PPT followed by an interactive session, a
short skit and distribution of pamphlets made by the students. Write a
report in 120 150 words mentioning date, venue, activities and
response of participants for your school magazine. You are
Rishabh/Roshni.
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SECTION C
(Applied Grammar)

4. Answer any five out of the given six questions as per the instructions
given within brackets against each sentence : 5 1=5
(a) (Should, Would, Shall) you like another cup of coffee ?
(Choose the correct word)
(b) The news that the enemy had landed spread like wildfire.

(c) He is both a fool and a knave.
( ly ... )
(d) I am very busy. I will submit the assignment.
(Rew
(e) What do you wish to have ? I will give you everything.
(Combine into a single sentence)
(f) I have told him something. He knows only that much .

SECTION D
(Literature)
5. Answer any one out of the given two questions in 30 40 words : 1 2=2
(a) What are the
wife Gretl ?
OR
(b) Who were the Senciminers ?

6. Answer any two out of the given three questions in 40 50 words : 2 3=6
(a) A Bird sat careless on the fence. ?
( Trees by Emily Dickinson)
(b) What does the poet mean by the expression Eyeless, silent, a
zigzag sky showing ? (Time and Time Again)
(c) Scatter wheeling in
great broken rings ? (The Wild Swans At Coole)

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7. Answer any one out of the given two questions in 40 50 words : 1 3=3
(a) How does D.H. Lawrence differentiate animate things from the
inanimate ?

OR
(b) How does Bergman explain the relationship between a film-maker
and his audience ?

SECTION E
(Fiction)

8. Answer any one of the following questions in 120 150 words : 1 5=5
(a) ew life opens before you. Men, women
and children, particularly children, hundreds of them will come to

Who speaks these words to Raja and what is the occasion ?

OR
(b)
that there is a tiger

public grievances ?
OR
(c)
. What was the cause of
worry in the mind of the protagonist ?

OR
(d)
speaks this sentence to whom and at what occasion ?

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