12th Eng Long Test -25M Miscellaneous ch-6,p-2,3

WEEKLY TEST

Grade—12th

Subject-English Core  —(301)


Question paper carries 

THREE SECTIONS-A/B/C

Section—A

Q1: Read The Extract carefully and answers the questions anyone 

“Seeing me sitting at my desk tearing up newspapers day in and day out, most people thought I was doing next to nothing. It is likely that the boss thought likewise too. So anyone who felt I should be given some occupation would barge into my cubicle and deliver an extended lecture.” 1x5=5


(a) Who is seen sitting at his desk? (1st line)

(b) What did the boss think?


(i) He was tearing up newspapers

(ii) He was mixing paint

(iii) He was doing next to nothing

(iv) None of the above

(c) Who would deliver him an extended lecture?

(i) His boss (ii) The legal adviser

(iii) Anyone who felt like (iv) None of the above

(d) Who is the 'Boss'?

(e) 'Barge' means

(f) Give an antonym of 'extended'.


Q2- Answer any five questions out of six 2x5=10


A. What is the example of national integration that the author refers to?

B. Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harboring an enemy?

C.What does The God that Failed refer to?

D.What is the message of the ‘A Thing of Beauty’?

E.What are the kinds of wars mentioned in the poem?

F.How is inactivity different from death? What does the poet mean by

`to have no truck with death’?


Q3.Long Questions—(1x4=4marks)

A.Dr Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier.

What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?


OR


B.Explain the title of the poem— ‘A thing of beauty’



Section —B— WRITING SKILLS 3x2=6


Q4.You are Prakhar /Pummy staying at the Adarsha Apartments, Mayur Vihar,

Phase-I, New Delhi. There is no bus stop within the radius of 2 km from the apartments, causing a lot of inconvenience to the residents. Write a letter to the Editor of The

Hindustan Times drawing attention of the government to this problem of the residents for rectification.

OR

Draft an application for the post of an accountant in Pioneers (Pvt.) Ltd. Co. Hyderabad

in response to their advertisement that appeared in The Times of India dated 1stAugust, 20XX. Prepare a biodata to be enclosed. You are Nipun/Aparna.


Q5.Recent floods in many metropolitan cities of the country during the monsoon season laid

bare the hollowness of the claims of the civic authorities of their preparedness. The poor had

to bear the brunt of the problem while no one was ever held accountable. Write an article in 150 – 200 words on the common man’s woes during the monsoons and the need for

accountability of the officials concerned. You are Sumit/Smita Verma.

OR

The school’s NSS team organized a Community Service programme on the occasion of

Mother Teresa Day. As the Head Boy/Girl, write a report for your school newsletter in 120-150

words with the help of the following cues:

Date and timings – provision of food – covered 5 sectors on foot – gratitude of the beggars and street families


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