PSEB 12th Class Syllabus 2025 General English – Text
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Punjab Board
2024-2025
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2024-25
GENERAL ENGLISH
Class- XII
UNSEEN PASSAGES FOR TESTING READING SKILLS
TEXT BOOK
Section A (Lessons for Intensive study)
1. Hassan's Attendance Problem Sudha Murthy
2. The March King Katherine Little Bakeless
3. Thinking Out of the Box: Lateral Thinking (Adapted from the article
from Internet)
4. On Saying 'Please' A. G. Gardiner
5. The Story of My Life Helen Keller
6. Two Gentlemen of Verona A. J. Cronin
7. In Celebration of Being Alive Dr. Christian Barnard
8. Gadari Babas in Kalapani Jail Dr. Harish Puri
Section B (Poetry)
1. Prayer of the Woods Anonymous
2. On Friendship Khalil Gibran
3. The Echoing Green William Blake
4. Once upon a Time Gabriel Okara
5. Father Returning home Dilip Chitre
6. The Road Not Taken Robert Frost
7. On His Blindness John Milton
Section C (Lessons for Extensive study)
1. The School for Sympathy E. V. Lucas
2. A Chameleon Anton Chekhov
3. Bholi K. A. Abbas
4. The Gold Frame R. K. Luxman
5. The Barber's Trade Union Mulk Raj Anand
6. The Bull beneath the Earth K. S. Virk
GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION & TRANSLATION
Grammar
1. Determiners
2. Use of Non-finites (Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles)
3. Transformation of Sentences
4. Voice
5. Narration
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Composition
1. Precis writing
2. Letter writing (Official/Business/To Editors)
3. Applications
4. Explaining Newspaper Headlines
5. E-Mail writing
Translation from English to Hindi/Punjabi and Translation from Hindi/
Punjabi to English.
(From Chapter 18 The Art of Translation given in the book English
Grammar And Composition for XI and XII)
Note:- Following two lessons & one poem have been deleted from the syllabus from
academic session 2020-21 onwards.
Robots and People Isaac Asimov
On Giving Advice Joseph Addison
Cheerfulness Taught by Reason Elizabeth Barret Browning
Books prescribed and published by Punjab School Education Board
1 A Rainbow of English for 12
2 English Grammar and Composition for 11 and 12
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Study Materials
Notes
Model Papers Class 6 Notes
Sample Papers Class 7 Notes
Half Yearly Sample Papers Class 8 Notes
Class 9 Notes
Important Resources
Class 10 Notes
Periodic Table
Class 11 Notes
Writing Skills / Formats
Maps of India / World Class 12 Notes
Books and Solutions
NCERT Books
NCERT Book Solutions
HC Verma Chapter Wise Solutions
RD Sharma Solutions
CGBSE Solutions