ENGLISH
Class-XII
Time Allowed : 1:3 Hours Maximum Marks : 40
Section-A
Objective type Questions (1×8=8)
1.What were the two boys selling?
Ans:Wild strawberries
2.Name the author of “The Story of my life”.
Ans:Helen Keller
3.Name Helen Keller’s teacher.
Ans:Miss Anne Mansfield Sullivan
4.Who was Lucia?
Ans:Ans. Nicola and Jacopo’s sister
5.Who was the central figure in the lesson ‘The Gold Frame’?
Ans.Datta
6.What was the colour of the photograph?
Ans. sepia brown
7.Who was the narrator’s close friend in the story ‘The Barber’s Trade Union’?
Ans. Chandu
8.Who was called to discuss the unholy emergency arisen in the village due to Chandu?
Ans. Pandit Parmanand
Section-B
Short Questions (2×4=8)
1.How did the narrator learn to spell the words?
Ans. The narrator learnt to spell the words by learning finger-play.
2.What did the narrator learn at the well-house?
Ans. She attained consciousness and learnt the mystery of language as the cool water flowed over her hands.
3.Where was the ‘The Modern Frame Works’ situated?
Ans: The Modern Frame Works was situated in a gap between a drug store and a radio repair shop.
4.Who was the owner of ‘The Modern Frame Works’?
Ans.Datta was the owner of ‘The Modern Frame Works’.
5.Who was Anne Mansfield Sullivan?
Ans. Anne Mansfield Sullivan was Helen Keller’s teacher.
Section-C (2×3=6)
1.Draw a brief Character-Sketch of the narrator From ‘The Story of My Life.’
Ans.The narrator of this chapter is Helen Keller. Helen Keller was only nineteen months old when she became blind, deaf
and dumb. She was a hapless victim of fate. Anger and bitterness preyed upon her. Her life before her education was a
ship without a rudder. Only her teacher, Miss Anne Sullivan steered her life into right and purposeful direction. She
revealed to her the hidden mysteries of language and communication. She showed exceptional capabilities for learning
and very soon could learn to read, write or even speak. Whenever she learnt any new thing, her joy found no
boundaries. She learned lip-reading (Tadoma) and learned to read and write Braille. With a lot of struggle and an
unending urge to learn, she became perfect in these skills. When she picked up the pieces of broken doll, her eyes
filled with tears. This incident made her sensitive and thoughtful. Now she started feeling life in everything around
her. She worked so hard that she became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She came to be
a writer and lecturer. Her autobiography ‘The Story of My Life’ is a source of inspiration for one and all.
2.Give the central idea of the poem ‘Father Returning Home’
Ans.‘Father Returning Home’ is written by ‘Dilip Chitre’. The poem shares the idea that today everyone is busy in
his life. Nobody has time for others. In particular, the old people feel ignored in the society. The man in the
poem is stuck in his daily routine. He is not happy in the busy world around him. He feels comfortable only in
his past memories.
3.How did the author describe the shop owned by Datta?
Ans: The name of Datta’s shop was ‘The Modern Frame Works’ but the shop lacked any modernity. It was, in fact, a
large wooden packing case situated in a gap between a drug store and a radio repair shop. It was fixed on shaky legs.
The walls of this shop were covered with the pictures of gods, saints, hockey players, children, and cheap prints of the
Mona Lisa, national leaders, wedding couples, Urdu calligraphy, the snow-clad Fujiyama and many others.
Section-D (1×4=4)
Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow:
His eyes dimmed by age
Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night.
Now I can see him getting off the train
Like a word dropped from a long sentence.
He hurries across the length of the grey platform
Crosses the railway line, enters the lane.
(a) Write two reasons for father’s eyes being dimmed?
Ans. His eyes are dimmed because of his old age and the humid monsoon night.
(b) Which line in the poem describes father’s irrelevance to the train?
Ans. The line is:
‘Now I can see him getting off the train
Like a word dropped from a long sentence.’
(c) Where does father go after getting off the train?
Ans. He crosses the railway line and enters the lane.
(d) Which figure of speech is used in the line ‘Like a word dropped from a long sentence.’?
Ans. Simile
Section-E
Change the Voice
1.I like my teacher
Ans.My teacher is liked by me.
2. Will you take coffee?
Ans. Will coffee be taken by you
G.Transform the sentence
1.He is so slow that he cannot catch her.
Ans:He is too slow to catch me.
2.The case is too urgent to postponed.
Ans:The case is so urgent that it cannot be postponed.
H.Translation (4 Marks)
1.क्या आप किराए के मकान में रहते हैं ?
Ans. Do you live in rented house?
2.मैं अपने माता-पिता का दिल की गहराइयों से सम्मान करता हूं।
Ans. I respect my parents from the core of my heart.
3.हम ट्रैफिक नियमों का पालन करते हैं।
Ans.We obey the traffic rules.
4.तुम मुझे पसंद नहीं करते।
Ans.you don’t like me.
I. Your friend is celebrating his birthday. You are not able to attend it. Send him a message by E-mail.
Raman
it is your Birthday on Monday. I am so sorry, i can not attend it.My Mother is lying in the Intensive care unit of
a Rameshwar Hospital.Her situation was critical but now she is doing well and recovered a lot.However,I am
sending you a camera through Rohit.He has been instructed to deliver it to you well in time.
Wishing you many happy return’s of the day again and again.
Sham Sunder
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