CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2015 Delhi

Time allowed : 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100

General instructions:

• This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
• Separate instruction are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions
• very carefully and follow them faithfully.
• Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

** Answer is not given due to change in present syllabus

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2015 Delhi Set – I

Note: Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in the previous sets.

Section – B
(ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
Every year in the central park of the city a flower show is held in the month of February. Your school has received a circular from the District Collector inviting your students to visit it. Write a notice in about 50 words informing the students about the show and advising them to go and enjoy it. You are Navtej/Navita, Head Boy/Head Girl, Sunrise Public School, Surat. [4]
OR
Sarvoday Education Society, a charitable organisation is coming to your school to distribute books among the needy students. As Head Boy/Head Girl, Sunrise Public School, Surat, write a notice in about 50 words asking such students to drop the lists of books they need in the box kept outside the Principal’s office. You are Navtej/Navita.
Answer:

OR

Question 5.
Recently you went to your native village to visit your grandparents. You saw that some of the children in the age group 5-14 (the age at which they should have been at school) remained at home, were working in the fields or simply loitering in the streets.
Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a national daily analyzing the problem and offering solutions to it. You are Navtej/Navita, M-114 Mount Kailash, Kanpur. [6]
OR
When cricket teams go abroad the members are allowed to take their wives, even friends along with them. Does this fact distract them or help them to focus on their game in a better way? If it is good, why don’t we allow our athletes to enjoy the same privilege?
Write a letter to the editor of a national daily in 120-150 words giving your views on the issue. You are Navtej/Navita, M-114 Mount Kailash, Kanpur.
Answer:
M-114, Mount Kailash,
Kanpur

3 March, 20XX

The Editor,
The Times of India,
Kanpur

Subject: Pathetic condition of children
Dear Sir,
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the government and NGOs towards the children of Hoshiarpur village who are not receiving formal education at school. They either remain at home, work in fields or loiter in the streets. Education, which is a necessity, is still a luxury here and rather they are made to work in the fields. Poor people hesitate to send their children to school. On a recent visit to this village, I could not help but notice the sheer amount of children who should have been in the school, but were not. Children in the age group of 5-14 are supposed to attend school to make a bright future. But in the villages, they are either seen loitering around or helping their parents in the fields, which is a very painful and a depressing situation.

It is high time that the government and the NGOs should take up the issue seriously and implement measures to solve it. Besides, literate villagers can also help by starting makeshift schools to educate the children till reformation are made by the government.
Yours sincerely,
Navita/Navtej
OR
M-114, Mount Kailash,
Kanpur

3 March, 20XX

The Editor,
The Times of India,
Kanpur

Subject: Difference in the status of Cricketers and Athletes.
Dear Sir,
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to express my views on the difference in the status of Cricketers and Athletes.

Cricket is a very popular game in India and Cricketers are idolised. The public as well as the officials are willing to give special privileges to them. The extent of their love is such that rules are easily bent for them. Cricketers are allowed to take their families with them when they go on tours, irrespective of the fact that this may distract them while playing. But when it comes to other games, Indian Government becomes rather stingy and the players do not get the same treatment. Why do we have two policies? I believe, this is because Cricket and Cricketers are worshipped, while the other games and their players are ignored. Even the finances that are allotted to these games are either too less or are utilised by the officers themselves

The perspective of India needs a revolution and all the games need equal treatment, after all they all bring glory to the country. Government needs to implement measures to keep all the games at par.
Yours sincerely,
Navtej/Navita

Question 6.
Mobile phone of today is no longer a mere means of communication. Music lovers are so glued to it that they don’t pay attention even to the traffic while crossing the roads. This leads to accidents sometimes even fatal ones.
Write a speech in 150-200 words to be delivered in the morning assembly advising the students to be careful in the use of this otherwise very useful gadget. Imagine you are this Principal of your school. [10]
OR
Power shortage has become a norm even in the metropolitan cities. One way to face this situation is by preventing the wastage of power.
Write a speech in 150-200 words on the importance of power in our daily life and how to save power at school and at home. Imagine that you are the Principal of your school.
Answer:
MOBILE AND ITS ILL-EFFECTS
“I fear the day when technology surpasses human interaction, we will have a generation of idiots”.
My dear students, a very good morning to one and all.
Mobile phone is a wonderful invention. It is multipurpose instrument from which you can note only make calls and text people but it is also installed with music facility, broadcasting facilities such as radio and television, a standard camera, internet browsing facility through which information from the whole world the lies at just one click. But to much attention has this gadget gained and it becomes a menace when people forget about their surroundings being engrossed in their phones. Just the other day, I read in a newspaper that a girl in New York fell off the harbour because she was too involved in her phone to notice where she was going.

Even while crossing roads, children don’t seem to notice the oncoming cars and music lovers always have earphones plugged in and they don’t seem to hear the blaring horns of the traffic. They should be used sparingly and judiciously without risking self or others. If they are lucky enough to survive, they have to live with a disability for the rest of their lives due to the accident.
Children, you should understand that you have a bright life ahead if you adhere to safety. Gadgets are for our help and convenience.
Thank You.
OR
SAVING POWER
Good morning to one and all!
A lot of power is being wasted majorly due the carelessness and indifference at home, school business premises etc. Power is the lieblood of regulating operations in our environment. Power is responsible for our life conveniences, comfort, running equipment, appliances and gadgets which are entirely dependent on power supply.

Though electricity can be generated, it is not easy to do so and this fact needs to be recognized and realized at the earliest. We dread power failure but do nothing to save power, so that we may not face such a situation. It is high time we should make judicious use of power. Saving electricity will save fossil fuel too. We should switch off the lights, fans, geysers, ACs, TV when not in use. Students should be taught about saving electricity at school and public recognition should be given to students who take initiative in this regard. Awareness should be spread in the neighbourhoods and everyone should cooperate.

Remember, power needs to be saved and used efficiently for future use. So, children please pay heed to my advice and save electricity. Set an example for others in doing so and lead the country towards a brighter future.
Thank you and wish you a ‘powerful’ day.

Question 7.
In the year to come (if you have not already done this year) you are going to celebrate your 18th birthday. Write an article in 150-200 words on the joys and responsibilities of being eighteen. You are Navtej/Navita. [10]
OR
Write an article in 150-200 words on how we can make India a carefree and enjoyable place for women when they can go wherever they like to without any fear of being stared at, molested or discriminated against. You are Navtej/Navita.
Answer:
RESPONSIBILITIES AND JOYS
OF BEING EIGHTEEN
By Navita/Navtej
Eighteen is a magic birthday, a milestone into adulthood of unlimited freedom accompanied by great privileges as well as serious legal implications. At 18, a teen can vote, buy a house or attain a driving licenses. He can also go to jail, get sued, gamble away his/her tuition via online poker, and make terrible stock market investments.

Some teens think it’s acceptable to get out of control just because they’re of the legal age. But they are wrong. Becoming 18 years old one should become more responsible one and mature instead of careless and stupid.

You can start working, get your own apartment or go off to college and live alone. The age of 18 is a transition from your young adult years to adulthood. You have to be conscientious; you’ll still make mistakes as you try to find your way, but don’t forget everything you were taught. The law is harsher on legal teens than minors, so you should keep that in mind. Being legal and grown up are two different things. Have fun while you’re young and live life to the fullest, but make wise decisions and choices because it will affect your future.

At the age of 18, you can do whatever you want. However, if you make the wrong move, you should also be adult enough to face the consequences. One thing to remember is that if you still live with your parents, you have to abide by their rules. So, if they say no, you might want to listen to them, so you don’t end up on the streets.
As long as you’re safe and smart about what you decide to do when you reach the legal age, then go ahead be adventurous! Discover yourself. You only live once.
OR
HOW SAFE ARE WOMEN?
By Navtej/Navita
One woman killed for dowry, a minor raped by an acquaintance, eve-teasing in broad day light, road rage leads to death of a woman driver – these are the headlines of everyday newspaper. On one hand, we talk of women liberation and on the other, we are so cruel to them. Is this humanity? The land where women are considered to be the manifestation of Goddess Durga and Shakti, there they are worshipped in so many forms, should they witness such ghastly crime? —folk is shocking.

What is surprising is that these incidents occur in big cities, where most of the people are educated and broad-minded as compared to rural India where honouring a women is not acceptable. It’s high time that awareness is created amongst people; organization of the Police Force is done on such humanitarian issues. We should stop treating women as an object but rather look at them as home makers, mothers, sisters, colleagues and friends. With increasing pressures on family life, with increasing education and awareness, it is evident that women need to work. We all require money and comfort, then isn’t it our duty to make their safety our prime concern? We must consider safety options for them, increase police patrolling in lonely places and sensitive areas like colleges, hostels and universities.

Women police and personnel should be mobilised and women should be given training in Self-Defence and Martial Arts. Self-defense techinques should be taught to girls and women in schools and colleges mandatorily. Police should adopt a sensitive approach in handling cases of atrocities against women, so that women can come out to lodge complaints more openly. Punishments should be given for heinous crimes like rape and dowry deaths. All these measures, if needed can go a long way in making life of women safer and better.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXTS)

Question 8.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: [4]
I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with
pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away, ………..
(a) What worried the poet when she looked at her mother ? [1]
(b) Why was there pain in her realization ? [1]
(c) Why did she put that thought away ? [1]
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. [1]
OR
Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces. Like rootless weeds, the hair tom round their pallor:
The tall girl with her weighed-down head.
(a) Who are these children ? [1]
(b) What does the poet mean by’gusty waves’? [1]
(c) What has possibly weighed-down the tall girl’s head ? [1]
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. [1]
Answer:
(a) The poet was worried about her mother’s advancing age.
(b) There was pain in the poet’s realization because her mother now looked as old as she was, her bodily infirmities that come with old age were visible on her face and she was fast approaching her death.
(c) The poet put that thought away because she would not be able to go through with her plan of travelling away from home if she continued to dwell on her mother’s old age. (as old as she looked)
(d) The figure of speech used is a ‘simile.’
OR
(a) The children referred to in the poem are the slum children who attend an elementary school in that slum.
(b) “Gusty waves” refer to the sea and its waves. It is uses to denote that the children were far away from the presence of nature and sinking further and further into a hopeless mire in spite of receiving education.
(c) The tall girl’s head is possibly weighed-down by the troubles and tribulations of living out her life in abject poverty and thinking of a future within the hopeless confines of a slum.
(d) The figure of speech is a ‘simile.’ (Like rootless weeds)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each : [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) Who occupied the backbenches in the classroom on the day of the last lesson? Why?
(b) Why did Douglas’ mother recommend that he should leam swimming at the YMCA swimming pool?
(c) What will counting upto twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
(d) What does a thing of beauty do for us?
(e) Which do you think is a better ending of Roger Skunk’s story, Jo’s or her father’s? Why?
(f) What could the Governor have done to securely bring Evans back to the prison from the ‘Golden Lion’?
Answer:
(a) Old Hauser the former mayor, the former postmaster and several other villagers occupied the backbenches in the classroom because they had come to know about the new order that has come from Berlin. They sat down on the backbenches as it was their way of thanking their teacher who had devoted his life for the welfare of the society. They also felt sorry as they had ignored the school and the lessons.

(b) When Douglas was ten or eleven years old, he decided to learn swimming. He chose YMCA pool because it was safe and his mother had also warned him to learn swimming in. Yakima River was full of danger and she warned Douglas against it by reminding him of every drowning incident in this river.

(c) Counting up to twelve and keeping still helps us to introspect. We will be able to find our inner- self, think and redetermine our future for the betterment of ourselves as well as environment in which we live. It is necessary for creating a feeling of mutual understanding among men. This way people will be together in sudden strangeness and it would be an exotic moment.

(d) Beautiful things are good for mind as well as soul. They give us aesthetic pleasure and permanent joy. Its beauty increases forever. They divert our mind from all the ugly things of the world. They allow us to find a ray of hope even in despair, sorrow and sufferings.

(e) Jo wanted the story to have another end in which the wizard should hit the mommy by his magic wand because for her the smell of roses was awful. Jo thought that Roger was the hero of the story so he must not look ugly or stinky. Jo’s perspective of life was different from her father’s.
Whereas, her father thought in a different way. He wanted to convey that for a mother, her son can never smell bad. The adults’ world is full of hardships and they can had to face the reality of life. His ending may not be very pleasing but is realistic and he wanted to highlight the fact that for a mother, her child is always an object of love. His smell makes no difference.
Thus, the original ending is acceptable.

(f) The Governor was extra careful at every place except in the end. He took all the steps and precautions for not letting Evan escape anyway. He got success also to bring Evan back to the prison from Golden Lion but in the end acted foolishly. He could not judge Evan’s cleverness. He should understand that Evans could not go out of the cell in McCleery’s disguise. McCleery was found injured and covered with blood in the cell. No one took the pain to check the identity of the injured. It was Evans himself. Further, when Evans was arrested and handcuffed, he was made to sit in the police van. But the van and driver’s identification was not done and Evans was successful escaping.

Question 10.
Answer the following in 120-150 words : [6]
Giving a bribe is evil practice. How did Tiger King bribe the British officer to save his kingdom? How do you view this act of his?
OR
Dr. Sadao was a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. How could he honour both the values?
Answer:
The Tiger King dispatched a telegram to a famous British Company of jewellers in Calcutta to send samples of expensive diamond rings of different designs. Some fifty rings arrived and the king sent the entire lot to the British officer’s wife. The king and his minister had expected that the Duraisani would choose one or two rings and send the rest back. However, it turned out that the Duraisani had kept the entire lot and replied with a thank you note for the gifts. In two days, a bill for three lakh rupees came from the British jewellers, which the Maharaja was happy to pay because he had managed to retain his kingdom. This act of the king sheds light on the deplorable practice of bribery that perpetuates the vicious cycle of corruption, especially considering the fact that the king had personal interests to protect rather than the welfare of his kingdom.
OR
Dr. Sadao Hoki was not only a trained surgeon but also a fervent patriot who dedicated himself to the cause of serving his country in wartime through Scientific Research. However, the dilemma that Sadao faced in lieu of the arrival of the wounded enemy soldier on his doorstep was a clash between his duties as a doctor and that of a citizen of a particular nation. Sadao remarked that if the man had been whole and uninjured, then he would not have faced any difficulty in turning him over to the police. However, the fact that he was wounded, complicated this issue because as a doctor, Sadao had taken the oath to put his professional duties first and serve mankind as a whole, without any discrimination on the basis of nationality. But, he was able to protect his patriotism by informing the General about the matter. In this way, he balanced both his values by tending the soldier and helping him escape at the end, while having informed the General about his presence. He did not let national prejudice override his duties as a doctor.

Question 11.
Answer the following in 120-150 words: [6]
Describe the difficulties the bangle makers of Firozabad have to face in their lives.
OR
The peddler declined the invitation of the ironmaster but accepted the one from Edla. Why?
Answer:
Every family in Firozabad was engaged in the task of making bangles. It was the centre of India’s glass-blowing industry, where families had spent generations working around glass furnaces, with high temperatures spend long hours in dingy rooms without air and light, welding glass and making bangles for apparently all the women in the country.

The circumstances that kept them in this trade were the vicious circle of middlemen who would interfere if the young men tried to form a cooperative. Moreover, these youngsters would be hauled up by the police, beaten and dragged to jail for doing something illegal, while it was the middlemen who performed such practices. There was no leader among them who could help them see things differently. Their fathers were as tired as they and continued to sink in the mire of an endless spiral of poverty, apathy, greed and injustice. The bangle seller’s families were caught in a web of poverty, burdened by the stigma of the caste into which they were born and simultaneously suffered under the oppressive regime of a vicious circle of sahukars, middlemen, policemen, bureaucrats and politicians. Together they imposed a baggage on the children born into such families, from which they could not free themselves.
OR
Edla proved to be much more persuasive than her father in dealing with the peddler. Her gentle and kind treatment managed to effect a monumental change in the latter. Although, Edla had misgivings, she convinced her father to let the peddler stay and reveled in the opportunity to actually help a poor, hungry, homeless man, who was always chased away by everyone. She wanted him to enjoy a day of peace and partake in the Christmas festivities. She was kind, sympathetic and friendly with the stranger, taking hold of his hand and leading him to the dinner table, thus, making him a part of her family, at least for a day. It was this act of kindness that helped the peddler to change himself. Besides, before leaving, he left a Christmas present for her and signed it as Captain Von Stahle.

Question 12.
Answer the following in 120-150 words:** [6]
Describe the ironical situation in which Silas Mamer had to leave Lantern Yard.
OR
Within a few days of his arrival in Iping, people became suspicious of Griffin. Why?

Question 13.
Answer the following in 120-150 words:** [6]
Describe Dolly Winthrop as the most lovable character in George Eliot’s ‘Silas Mamer’.
OR
Attempt a character sketch of Marvel.

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CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Outside Delhi

Time allowed : 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100

General instructions:

• This paper is divided into three sections : A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
• Separate instruction are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and-follow them faithfully.
• Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

** Answer is not given due to change in present syllabus

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Outside Delhi Set – I

Section – A

(READING) 30

Question 1.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: [12]

1. We sit in the last row, bumped about but free of stares. The bus rolls out of the dull crossroads of the city, and we are soon in the open countryside, with fields of sunflowers as far as the eye can see, their heads all facing us. Where there is no water, the land reverts to the desert. While still on level ground, we see in the distance the tall range of the Mount Bogda, abrupt like a shining prism laid horizontally on the desert surface. It is over 5,000 metres high, and the peaks are under permanent snow, in powerful contrast to the flat desert all around. Heaven lake lies part of the way up this range, about 2,000 meters above sea level, at the foot of one of the highest snow-peaks.1

2. As the bus climbs, the sky, brilliant before, grows overcast. I have brought nothing warm to wear. It is all down at the hotel in Urumqi. Rain begins to fall. The man behind me is eating overpoweringly smelly goat’s cheese. The bus window leaks inhospitably but reveals a beautiful view. We have passed quickly from the desert through arable land to pasture and the ground is now green with grass, the slopes dark with pine. A few cattle drink at a clear stream flowing past moss-covered stones; it is a Constable landscape. The stream changes into a white torrent, and as we climb higher I wish more and more that I had brought with me something warmer than the pair of shorts that have served me so well in the desert. The stream (which, we are told, rises in Heaven Lake) disappears, and we continue our slow ascent. About noon, we arrive at Heaven Lake, and look for a place to stay at the foot, which is the resort area. We get a room in a small cottage, and I am happy to note that there are thick quilts on the bed.

3. Standing outside the cottage, we survey our surroundings. Heaven Lake is long, sardine-shaped and fed by snowmelt from a stream at its head. The lake is an intense blue, surrounded on all sides by green mountain walls, dotted with distant sheep. At the head of the lake, beyond the delta of the inflowing stream, is a massive snow-capped peak which dominates the vista; it is part of a series of peaks that culminate, a little out of view, in Mount Bogda itself.

4. For those who live in the resort, there is a small mess-hall by the shore. We eat here sometimes, and sometimes buy food from the vendors outside, who sell kabab and naan until the last buses leave. The kababs, cooked on skewers over charcoal braziers, are particularly good; highly spiced and well-done. Horse’s milk is available too from the local Kazakh herdsmen, but I decline this. I am so affected by the cold that Mr. Cao, the relaxed young man who runs the mess, lends me a spare pair of trousers, several sizes too large but more than comfortable. Once I am warm again, I feel a pre-dinner spurt of energy—dinner will be long in coming—and I ask him whether the lake is good for swimming in.

5. “Swimming ?” Mr. Cao says. “You aren’t thinking of swimming, are you ?”

6. “I thought I might,” I confess, “What’s the water like ?”

7. He doesn’t answer me immediately, turning instead to examine some receipts with exaggerated interest. Mr. Cao, with great off-handedness, addresses the air. “People are often drowned here,” he says. After a pause, he continues. “When was the last one ?” This questions is directed at the cook, who is preparing a tray of mantou (squat, white steamed bread rolls), and who now appears, wiping his doughy hand across his forehead. “Was it the Beijing athlete ?” asks Mr. Cao.

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer the statements given below with the help of options that follow : [1 × 4 = 4]

(a) One benefit of sitting in the last row of the bus was that:
(i) the narrator enjoyed the bumps.
(ii) no one stared at him.
(iii) he could see the sunflowers.
(iv) he avoided the dullness of the city.
Answer:
(ii) No one stared at him

(b) The narrator was travelling to :
(i) Mount Bogda
(ii) Heaven Lake
(iii) a 200 metre high snow peak
(iv) Urumqi
Answer:
(i) Mount Bogda

(c) On reaching the destination, the narrator felt relieved because:
(i) he had gotten away from the desert.
(ii) a difficult journey had come to an end.
(iii) he could watch the snow peak.
(iv) there were thick quilts on the bed.
Answer:
(iv) there were thick quilts on the bed.

(d) Mount Bogda is compared to :
(i) a horizontal desert surface.
(ii) a shining prism.
(iii) a Constable landscape.
(iv) the overcast sky.
Answer:
(ii) a shining prism.

Answer the following questions briefly: [1 × 6 = 6]

(e) Which two things, in the bus, made the narrator feel uncomfortable ?
Answer:
As the bus climbs higher, the sky grows overcast and the narrator has not brought anything warm to wear. Also, the man sitting behind the narrator starts eating overpoweringly smelly goat’s cheese which made the narrator uncomfortable.

(f) What made the scene look like a Constable landscape ?
Answer:
A few cattle were drinking at a clear stream flowing past moss-covered stones. It made the scene look like a Constable landscape.

(g) What did he regret as the bus climbed higher?
Answer:
The narrator regreted that he didn’t bring anything warm to wear other than of a pair of shorts.

(h) Why did the narrator like to buy food from outside ?
Answer:
The narrator liked to buy food from outside because the kebabs cooked on skewers over charcoal braziers were particularly good, highly spiced and well done.

(i) What is ironic about the pair of trousers lent by Mr. Cao ?
Answer:
Mr. Cao lends the narrator a spare pair of trousers and the irony about it was that those trousers were several sizes big.

(j) Why did Mr. Cao not like the narrator’s wish to swim in the lake ?
Answer:
Mr. Cao did not like the narrator’s wish to swim in the lake because he had seen people drown in the lake.

(k) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following : [1 × 2 = 2]
(i) sellers (para 4)
(ii) increased (para 7)
Answer:
(i) vendors
(ii) exaggerated

Question 2.
Read the passage given below and answer the following questions that follow : [10]

1. Thackeray reached Kittur along with a small British army force and a few of his officers. He thought that the very presence of the British on the outskirts of Kittur would terrorise the rulers and people of Kittur and that they would lay down their arms. He was quite confident that he would be able to crush the revolt in no time. He ordered that tents to be erected on the eastern side for the fighting forces, and a little away from the western slopes, tents be put up for the family members of the officers who had accompanied them. During the afternoon and evening of 20th October, the British soldiers were busy making arrangments for these camps.

2. On the 21^st morning, Thackeray sent his political assistants to Kittur fort to obtain a written assurance from all the important officers of Kittur rendering them answerable for the security of the treasury of Kittur. They be accordingly, met Sardar Gurusiddappa and other officers of Kittur and asked them to comply with the orders of Thackeray. They did not know that the people were in a defiant mood. The commanders of Kittur dismissed the agent’s orders as no documents could be signed without sanction from Rani Chennamma.

3. Thackeray was enraged and sent for the commander of the Horse Artillery, which was about 100 strong, ordered him to rush his artillery into the fort and capture the commanders of the Desai’s army. When the Horse Artillery stormed into the fort, Sardar Gurusiddappa, who had kept his men on full alert, promptly commanded his men to repel and chase them away. The Kittur forces made a bold front and overpowered the British soldiers.

4. Meanwhile, the Desai’s guards had shut the gates of the fort and the British Horse Artillery men, being completely overrun and routed, had to get out through the escape window. Rani’s soldiers chased them out of the fort, killing a few of them until they retreated to their camps on the outskirts.

5. A few of the Britishers had found refuge in some private residences, while some were hiding in their tents. The Kittur soldiers captured about forty persons and brought them to the palace. These included twelve children and a few women from the British officers’ camp. When they were brought in the presence of the Rani, she ordered the soldiers to be imprisoned. For the women and children she had only gentleness, and admonished her soldiers for taking them into custody. At her orders, these women and children were taken inside the palace and given food and shelter. Rani came down from her throne, patted the children lovingly and assured them that no harm would come to them.

6. She, then, sent word through a messenger to Thackeray that the British women and children were safe and could be taken back any time. Seeing this noble gesture of the Rani, he was moved. He wanted to meet this gracious lady and talk to her. He even thought of trying to persuade her to enter into an agreement with the British to stop all hostilities in lieu of an inam (prize) of eleven villages. His offer was dismissed with a gesture of contempt. She had no wish to meet Thackeray. That night she called Sardar Gurusiddappa and other leading Sardars and after discussing all the issues, they came to the conclusion that there was no point of meeting Thackeray who had come with an army to threaten Kittur into submission to British sovereignty.

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage complete the statements given below with the help of options that follow: [1 × 2 = 2]

(a) Thackeray was a/an:
(i) British tourist
(ii) army officer
(iii) adviser to Rani of Kittur
(iv) treasury officer
Answer:
(ii) army officer

(b) British women and children came to Kittur to:
(i) visit Kittur
(ii) enjoy life in tents
(iii) stay in the palace
(iv) give company to the army officers
Answer:
(iv) give company to officers

Answer the following questions briefly: [1 × 6 = 6]

(c) Why did Thackeray come to Kittur ?
Answer:
Thackeray came to Kittur as he believed that the presence of the Britishers on the outskirts of Kittur would terrorise the rulers and people of Kittur due to which they would lay down their arms. He was quite confident that he would be able to crush the revolt in no time.

(d) Why did the Kittur officials refuse to give the desired assurance to Thackeray ?
Answer:
The Kittur officials refused to give the desired assurance because they were in a defiant mood. Moreover, no documents could be signed without sanction from Rani Chennamma.

(e) What happened to the Horse Artillery ?
Answer:
When the Horse Artillery stormed into the fort, Sardar Gurusidappa, who kept his men on full alert, promptly commanded his men to repel and chase them away. The Kittur forces made a bold front and overpowered the British soldiers.

(f) How, do we know that the Rani was a noble queen ?
Answer:
The Kittur soldiers captured about forty people and brought them to the palace. These included twelve children and a few women from the British officers’ camp. The Rani ordered the soldiers to imprison all the man, whereas for the women and children, she was gentle and admonished her soldiers for taking them into custody. At her order, the women and children were taken inside the palace and given food and shelter. The Rani came down from her throne, patted the children lovingly and assured them that no harm would come to them.
So, this is how we come to know that the Rani was a noble queen.

(g) How in your opinion, would the British 3. women have felt after meeting the Rani ?
Answer:
The British women must have felt guilty as their husbands attacked the queen who was so humble and generous to them.

(h) Why did the Rani refuse to meet Thackeray?
Answer:
Rani refused to meet Thackeray because there wasn’t any point in meeting a person who had come with an army to threaten Kittur and its people for submission to the British sovereignty.

(i) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following : [1 × 2 = 2]
(i) entered forcibly (para 3)
(ii) aggressive/refusing to obey (para 2)
Answer:
(i) (i) stormed
(ii) defiant.

Question 3.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : [8]

The most alarming of man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with lethal materials. This pollution is for the most part irrevocable; the chain of evil it initiates is for the most part irreversible. In this contamination of the environment, chemicals are the sinister partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world; radiation released through nuclear explosions into the air, comes to the earth in rain, lodges into the soil, enters the grass or com, or wheat grown there and reaches the bones of a human being, there to remain until his death. Similarly, chemicals sprayed on crops lie long in soil, entering living organisms, passing from one to another in a chain of posioning and death. Or they pass by underground streams until they emerge and combine into new forms that kill vegetation, sicken cattle and harm those who drink from once pure wells.

It took hundreds of millions of years to produce the life that now inhabits the earth and reached a stage of adjustment and balance with its surroundings. The environment contained elements that were hostile as well as supporting. Even within the light of the sun, there are short wave radiations with power to injure. Given time, life has adjusted and a balance reached. For time is the essential ingredient, but in the modern world there is no time.

The rapidity of change and the speed with which new situations are created follow the heedless pace of man rather than the deliberate pace of nature. Radiation is no longer the bombardment of cosmic rays; it is now the unnatural creation of man’s tampering with the atom. The chemicals to which life is asked to make adjustments are no longer merely calcium and silica and copper and all the rest of the minerals washed out of the rocks and carried in the rivers to the sea; they are the synthetic creations of man’s inventive mind, brewed in his laboratories, and having no counterparts in nature.

(a) One the basis of your understanding of the above passage make notes on it using headings and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary-minimum four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply a title to it. [5]
Answer:
(a)
THE DEGRADATION OF ENVIRONMENT
I. Contamination of the environment.
1. Pollution is for most part irrevocable
i. Initiates an irreversible chain of evil.
2. Chemicals are the sinister partners of radiation
i. Radiations released through nuclear exp.
ii. Comes to Earth in F. O. rain.
iii. Enters the body of humans and remain till death.
3. Chemical & lying in soil
i. Passes from one to another in F. C.
ii. kills veg.’ sickens cattle etc.
II. Establishment of life on earth.
1. Took hundreds of millions of yrs.
2. The env. contained elements that were hostile and supporting.
III. Changes in life on earth
1. Life has adj. and reached balance.
2. i. Time is essential but modem world has no time.
3. The heedless pace of man
i. Radiation no longer the bombardment of cosmic rays.
ii. The chemicals are no longer natural.
iii. They have tinned out to be synthetic.
Key:

(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. [3]
Answer:
SUMMARY
The above passage tells us about the degradation of environment since the human life has evolved on this planet. The chain of evil initiated by pollution is for the most part, irreversible and irrevocable. The various chemicals that come to the Earth in the form of rain and are sprayed in the soil get transferred through the food chain and remain there till the death of the host organisms. The modem world does not have much time to spare as it is well-adjusted and balanced. But the rapidity in change follows the heedless pace of man rather than the deliberate pace of nature. The radiations and chemicals are no longer natural but, rather synthetic or man-made.

Section – B

(WRITING SKILLS) 30

Question 4.
Your friend, PV. Sathish, has invited you to attend the wedding of his sister, Jaya. You find that you have an important paper of pre-board examination on the day of the wedding. Thus you cannot attend the event. Write in about 50 words a formal reply to the invitation expressing your regret. You are Puneet/Puneeta Vij, M-114, Fort Road, Chennai. [4]
OR
You are Vikram/Sonia, an electronics engineer, who has recently returned from the U.S., and are looking for a suitable job in the IT industry. Draft an advertisement in about 50 words for the Situations Wanted column of a national newspaper. Your contact number is 9193010203.
Answer:
M-114
Fort Road
Chennai
14 May 20XX
Subject: Reply to the invitation of the wedding
Dear Sathish,
Thank you for your kind invitation for the wedding of your sister Jaya. I am sorry to say that I shall not be able to attend the wedding as I have to appear in an important Pre-Board exam on the same day. I wish her all the best for the future.
Congratulations
With warm regards
Puneet/Puneeta.
OR

Question 5.
Mountview Public School, Kalka is run by an NGO to give quality education to the children of the deprived sections of society. The Principal of the school feels that blackboards in the classrooms need to be replaced. She decides to ask the chairperson of the NGO named, ‘Education for All’ for funds. Write her letter in 120-150 words. Her name is Shweta Pandit. [6]
OR
National Book Trust organised a week-long book fair at Anna Grounds, Chennai. You visited the fair and bought a few books, You were pleased with the arrangements, enthusiasm of the visitors and the fact that books have not yet lost their relevance in the world of the Internet. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a local newspaper to express your feelings. You are Lalit/Latha, 112, Mount Road, Chennai.
Answer:
Mountview Public School
Kalka
6 May 20XX
The Chairperson
Education for All
New Delhi.
Subject : Replacement of Blackboards in classrooms
Sir,
Through this letter, I want to bring to your notice that the condition of the blackboards in the classrooms are very pathetic. Students are not able to read what is written on them properly. Hence, lessons in classrooms are not unders tood by the students effectively and quality teaching is hampered. Keeping in mind the inconvenience caused to the students, I request you to get them replaced. There are 25 classrooms in the school, so there is a need for 25 blackboards.
It will be very kind of you to do this before the commencement of the session.
Thanking you
Yours sincerely
Shweta Pandit
OR
112, Mount Road
Chennai
6 May 20XX
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
Chennai
Subject: Visit to the book fair
Sir,
Through the column of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to share my pleasant feelings of visiting the book fair at Anna Grounds.
I, along with my friends went to the book fair and was thrilled and overjoyed to find among so many books that I love. There were many stalls with books on different subjects. There was a rich collection of English Literature which I was looking forward to. The arrangement was superb. Though there was a big crowd of people, we could move around and search books of our interest smoothly. There was a lot of enthusiasm as well as discipline among the visitors. What was amazing is the fact that books have not yet lost their relevance in the world of internet. I bought a few books. It was a thrilling experience. I am looking forward to visit the fair again.
Yours truly
Lalit.

Question 6.
Every teenager has a dream to achieve something in life. What they are going to become tomorrow depends on what our youth dream today. Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘What I want to be in life’. You are Simranjit/Smita. [10]
OR
History Society of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Krishna Nagar sent a group of students to visit a place of historical interest. You, Anant/Anita, were its leader. Write a report in 150-200 words for the school newsletter on the tour, describing the place, its history, how you reached there and all that you have learnt.
Answer :
WHAT I WANT TO BE IN LIFE
By Simranjit/Smita
Ten years down the line, we will be reading books and admiring the people associated with them. I developed a habit of reading books and as a result, I happened to read about Kalpana Chawla, a girl from a small town, who touched the skies. In her message to the college students of Chandigarh, she said that it is always neccessary to realise one’s dream. One could get success provided he had the vision and the courage.

This germinated the seed of dream in my mind and I also aspired to soar high and achieve something big. Her struggles and achievements gave me courage to nurture my dream. I want to go into the fashion industry. I doubt whether my parents would approve my idea or not. But I have decided not to give up on my dream for any wrong reasons. I enjoy watching fashion shows and designing clothes. I am also very good at fine arts. It is my passion. I visualise myself as the most successful fashion designer in the future, designing dresses for the biggest celebrities. So, I will work hard to achieve it.
OR
A VISIT TO THE TAJ MAHAL
By Anant/Anit
I, along with a group of ten students, visited the Taj Mahal last week. It was a trip of five days organised by the History Society of our school. It was done to enhance students’ interest in History and historical places.

The place was a unique marvel. Shah Jahan gave India the gift that no one has given ever. His profuse love for his wife gave birth to his eternal beauty. Its captivating charm left us stunned. More than being the wonder of the world, it is a brand. It is built on emotion and drenched in it. It is the undying marble refusing to lose its shine. Rarest talent and unrestricted investment went into the making of it.

Its stunning symmetry and enticing inlay makes every Indian proud.
When the President of USA, Bill Clinton visited the Taj Mahal in the year 2000, he was spell bounded by its beauty. After visiting the Taj Mahal, he said that there are two types of people in the world-those who saw the Taj Mahal and those who didn’t. It’s immensely beautiful and that’s why it is reckoned as one of the seven wonders of the world.

Question 7.
Holi is a festival of colours. It expresses pure and simple joy. Sometimes, we start throwing coloured water and that too on strangers. As the Head boy/girl of your school write a speech in 150-200 words that you will deliver in the morning assembly of your school, describing why Holi is played and how it should be played.
[10]
OR
“It is cruel to put stray dogs to sleep.” Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion.
Answer:
HOLI
Good Morning respected teachers and my dear friends.
Today, I am here to share my views on why Holi is played and how it should be played. Holi is a festival of colours. It is celebrated every year on a full-moon day in the month of March. It is also known as the festival of love, joy, happiness, unity, renewal and triumph. We celebrate it with vibrant colours indicating joy and happiness. There is a great reason, belief and significance behind celebrating this festival.
Long ago, there was a king Hiranyakashyap; he had a sister, Holika and a son, Prahlad. Prahlad was devoted to God. He was a holy spirit. His father, however, was keen on having everyone worship him. But, his son Prahlad did not worship him. He kept worshipping God. This enraged the king and he planned to kill him by burning him. He asked his sister to sit in the fire with Prahlad in her lap. Holika had a boon that fire could not harm her. So, she was ready to do so. But she died in the fire and Prahlad was saved by the Lord. This originated the celebration of Holi.
So, we should celebrate Holi to spread joy and happiness, to celebrate the triumph of good over evil. We can enjoy the day by playing with colours, meeting near and dear ones and having lots of fun throughout the day safely.
Thank you.
OR
IT IS CRUEL TO PUT STRAY DOGS TO SLEEP
Honourable Chairperson, members of the Jury and my dear friends. I am Pulkit and I am here to speak for the motion “It is cruel to put stray dogs to sleep.”
It is rather perplexing to see humans torturing the poor and silent souls and putting them to permanent sleep. Is it because they cannot speak; express their pain and suffering ?

I want to ask who gives this right to them ? In fact, every living being has the right to survive on this planet. God has granted us the wisdom, but we steep down so low that we kill another living creature, that too for sheer pleasure. Is putting someone to sleep a pleasure ? It is a shameful thing. Such an act on our part is heinous and all living beings have the right to breathe in the open air.

Instead of killing them, we should find a different solution and relocate them to a place where stray dogs could be put together without causing anyone any problems. Dogs are very faithful and loyal by nature. If we take care of them, they respond very lovingly in their own manner. Putting them to sleep, either out of fear or out of joy, is not a sensible thing. It is high time that we take it seriously and punish the offenders adequately.

Section – C

(LITERATURE : TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT) 40

Question 8.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : [1 × 4 =4]
At back of the dim class
One unnoted, sweet and young. His eyes live in a dream,
Of squirrel’s game, in tree room, other than this.
(a) Why is the class dim ?
(b) How is the young child different from others?
(c) What is he doing ?
(d) What is a tree room ?
OR
Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory, needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
(a) What is Aunt Jennifer doing with her wool?
(b) Why does she find it difficult to pull her ivory needle ?
(c) What does ‘wedding band’ stand for ?
(d) Describe the irony in the third line.
Answer:
(a) The class is not maintained properly. It is dim-lighted and ill-equipped.
(b) The young child is not sad or morbid like the other children.
(c) He is lost in his dreams of having a bright future.
(d) A tree room is the hiding place of the squirrel in the hollow of a tree trunk.
OR
(a) Aunt Jennifer is weaving the image of tigers with her wool.
(b) She finds it difficult to pull the ivory needle through the tapestry more because of mental suppression by her husband than because of her physical weakness.
(c) Wedding band stands for male authority and power. She is trapped in gender oppression and feels burdened by the authority of her husband which is represented by her wedding band.
(d) The irony is that the wedding band might be small and light but it has burdened her spirit. She seems to have lost her identity under its weight.

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each: [3 × 4 =12]
(a) Why were some elderly persons occupying the back benches that day ?
Answer:
(a) After the announcement that German was to be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine, the elderly people came to the school that day to attend the last French lesson.They, perhaps, wanted to thank M. Hamel for his valuable service of teaching, and it was also to pay homage to their country that was not theirs anymore.

(b) WhydidJansiediscourageSophiefromhaving dreams ?
Answer:
Jansie discourages Sophie from dreaming because dreams are wild and unachievable. She feels that it is Sophie’s immaturity, trying to pursue such dreams as they can lead her astray.

(c) Having looked at her mother, why does Kamala Das look at the young children ?
Kamala Das looks at the young children as they are in contrast to her mother’s pale and old face. They are full of life, energy and vitality.

(d) How would keeping quiet affect life in and around the sea ?
Answer:
The fishermen cause harm to the whales and the men at sea hurt their hands in their effort to gather salt. Stopping these activities will allow whales to live a wholesome life without any fear of being trapped and it will bring peace, healing and tranquility to the lives of men at sea.

(e) Why did the Maharaja decide to get married?
Answer:
The Maharaja decided to get married because he had to kill 30 more tigers to complete his tally of a hundred tigers. So, he wanted to marry a girl in the royal family of a state with a large tiger population.

(f) What is mother Skunk’s role in the story ?
Answer:
Mother Skunk’s role in the story is to keep a balance. Her act indicates that what is natural is not ungraceful. Taking any deviation is the violation of nature. Moreover, parents are quite well known about what is best for their children.

Question 10.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words :
“For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of survival.” What kind of life do the rag-pickers of Seemapuri lead ?
OR
The peddler believed that the whole world is a rattrap. How did he himself get caught in the same ? [6]
Answer:
The childern of slums like Seemapuri are the offsprings of homeless ragpickers. As they live in poverty and hunger, they start picking rags at an early age. They grow up in shifting shacks, without drainage or running water. For elders, garbage is a means of survival but for children, it has surprises. Finding a coin or a currency note by chance, thrills them. This profession gives them a roof over their heads, even if it leaks.
OR
The peddler believed that the whole world was nothing but a big rattrap. It baited people in the form of riches and joys. The peddler could not make ends meet, so he had to indulge into begging and petty theft. As he got lured by the bait of thirty kronors, the world closed in on him and trapped him. He got lost in the forest. At that moment, he realised that his end was near.

Question 11.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
In India, the so-called lower castes have been treated cruelly for a long time. Who advised Bama to fight, when and how, against this prejudice ?
OR
To choose between professional loyalty and patriotism was a dilemma for Dr. Sadao. How did he succeed in betraying neither ?
Answer:
Bama’s brother Annan advised her to fight against the prejudice. One when Bama saw an elder person holding the packet of food with its string without touching its content, she narrated the incident to her brother who told her that the person she saw, belonged to their community which doesn’t get respect or honour. He asked Bama to study hard in order to prosper in life and shed all indignities as only then could lower caste community earn the honour and respect that it deserved.
OR
Dr. Sadao succeeded as a doctor as well as a true citizen. As a doctor, he took the enemy home and treated him. He even did an operation and gave a post-operative treatment to the prisoner. He did all this amidst the opposition of his servants and a risk of arrest. But as a patriot, he informed the General about the whole incident and did not allow himself to get emotionally involved with the prisoner.

Question 12.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words :** [6]
Attempt a character sketch of Dr. Kemp as a law-abiding citizen.
OR
Lammeter sisters have money but not class or education. What do you think about them ?

Question 13.
Attempt the following question in 120-150 words : ** [6]
Why and how did Griffin burglarise the vicarage ?
OR
How did Silas’ treatment of Sally Oates affect his life at Raveloe ?

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Outside Delhi Set – II

Note : Except for the following questions, all the remanining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B

(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
The Principal, Sunshine Public School, Dindigul has invited the Inspector of Police (Traffic) to deliver a lecture on ‘Road Safety in her school. Draft a notice in about 50 words informing the students to assemble in the school auditorium. [4]
OR
Publicly we proclaim that dowry is an evil. Privately we want our sons to fetch good dowries. Right from our school days we should be taught that demanding and even giving dowry is not only illegal but immoral too. Draw a poster in about 50 words highlighting dowry as a curse. You are Vikram/Sonia.
Answer:

OR

Question 5.
There is a senior secondary school running right in the middle of Manu Vihar, a middle class colony full of housing society flats. In the morning as well as in the afternoon, the road passing in front of the school is congested with school buses, mini buses, private cars, etc. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the Dy. Commissioner (Traffic) to provide at least two traffic police constables to regulate the traffic. You are Gautam/Gita, A-21. Akashdeep Apartments, Manu Vihar, Delhi. [6]
OR
Sunshine Public School, Pune requires two sports coaches (one male and one female). Each should be a degree holder in physical education as well as an SAI certified coach in athletics. You have seen their advertisement and you know that you have these qualifications. Write an application in 120-150 words along with your resume. You are Praveen/Praveena, M-114, Najafgarh. Delhi.
Answer:
A-21
Akashdeep Apartments
Manu Vihar
Delhi
6 May 20XX
The Deputy Commissioner
Traffic Police
Gole Market
New Delhi
Subject: Monitoring the traffic
Sir,
Our colony is full of housing society flats. I want to bring to your notice the inconvenience caused to the common man due to traffic jam in the area. There is a senior secondary school running right in the middle of Manu Vihar. In the morning as well as in the afternoon, the road passing in front of the school is congested with school buses, mini buses and private cars. At that time, it gets difficult to pass through the road. Nobody cares for the traffic signal.
Much of this nuisance will be dealt with if a traffic police officer is there at that time. It will be so kind of you if you could provide at least two traffic police constables to regulate the traffic during the morning and the afternoon hours. Thank you
Yours sincerely
Gautam/Gita
OR
M-114
Najafgarh
Delhi
10 May 20XX
The Principal
Sunshine Public School
Pune
Subject : Application for the job of a sports coach.
Sir,
This is with reference to your advertisement in The Times of India, dated 2^nd May, 20XX, for the job of a sports coach.
I am, at present, working in a private school in Delhi. Since my family is stationed in Pune, I want to shift to the city. Hence, I am looking for a job in Pune.
I have 3 years of experience and can assure you of my best services, if given a chance.
I am enclosing my resume for your perusal.
Yours faithfully
Praveen/Praveena
Encl. Resume

RESUME

Question 7.
After the rainy season is over, mosquitoes start breeding. They cause malaria, dengue, chikungunya, etc. These diseases can sometimes prove to be fatal. As the Principal of your school, you have decided to deliver a speech on protection from mosquitoes. Write that speech in 150-200 words. [10]
OR
“A career counsellor (not you, yourself) is the best person to guide you in the choice of a career.” Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion.
Answer:
PROTECTION FROM MOSQUITOES
Good morning dear students, today I want to make you aware of the outspread of malaria, chikungunya and dengue. These may take a great toll on health if precautions are not taken. So, it is pertinent on our part, that we save ourselves by keeping the mosquitoes away.
For this, we should not allow water to stagnate at a place that becomes a breeding place for mosquitoes. We should be very alert and cautious to make sure that water is removed from our coolers, pots and from other such areas where there is a likelihood of water to stagnate. We should spray insecticides, use mosquito nets or repellents at night. We should also cover our bodies properly to avoid mosquito bites. Thus, we can avert the dengue, malaria and chikungunya menace by putting a very little effort on our part. In case, we feel any symptoms of the fever, we must immediately consult the doctor.
OR
Honourable Chairperson, Members of Jury and my dear friends, I am Pulkit and I am here to speak for the motion “A career counsellor is the best person to guide you in the choice of a career.”

The world is changing at a fast pace. New avenues are coming up; but how the young children can be made aware of the opportunities For students, it is their moulding period. They focus mainly on studies. But not all students are bright academically and it does not mean that they can’t do anything. They might be gifted with another type of talent or skill like : music, atheletics, visual intelligence. The good thing in it is that there are good opportunities out in the world for such talent. A Career Counseller works as a guide to help them to understand and utilise those opportunities. Finding their worth, recognising their interests and choosing the right career path for themselves becomes too much of a burden for the students. So, the role of a career counsellor is to help them to find and acknowledge the area of their interest and guide them to the right career options. They provide career mapping support and motivation to the students and help to boost their morale. So, let us not be a parasite on the society. Let us make an intelligent and professional move and step ahead in the right direction with the help of those who are more aware and informed.

Section – C

(LITERATURE: TEXT BOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each : [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) “What a thunderclap these words were to me!” (Franz). What were those words and what was their effect on Franz?
Answer:
(a) Franz was thunderstruck when Mr. Hamel announced that French will not be taught any longer. He was there to teach his last lesson of French that day. They had received orders from Berlin that teaching French was being barred. Franz felt very sorry for not learning his French lessons. He felt very sad.

(b) Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he hoped to ?
Answer:
Douglas failed to come to the surface of the pool because when he reached the bottom, he felt his lungs were ready to burst. He tried to spring up, but came up slowly. He could see and feel nothing but water. He felt too suffocated. Fear gripped him and his legs seemed to have been paralyzed. Before he knew it, he was sinking back to the bottom.

(c) What was Kamala Das’s childhood fear ?
Answer:
Since her childhood, Kamala Das had a fear that she would lose her mother in some way or the other or she would be separated from her. Now that her mother was sixty-six years old and had a deteriorating health, the poet’s fear returned with an even greater intensity.

(d) How is the Earth a source of life when all seems dead on it ?
Answer:
When everyting seems to be dead, the Earth still remains alive. Stillness cannot be confused with total inactivity. The seed that lie dormant through the winters, come to life in the spring season. So, there is a life under apparent stillness.

(e) How does Mr. Lamb react when Derry enters his garden?
Answer:
Derry enters Mr. Lamb’s garden by climbing over the wall. When Mr. Lamb saw him entering his garden, he was startled, derry tried to explain that he didn’t intend to steal anything, but Mr. Lamb welcomed derry instead of getting angry and treated him as his friend. He also asked him to pick up the apples lying in the long grass.

(f) Which problem did the Maharaja face when he had killed seventy tigers ? How did he solve it ?
Answer :
After killing seventy tigers, the Maharaja found that the tigers had become extinct in his kingdom and thirty tigers were still remained to be killed. So, he decided to marry a girl in the royal family of a state which has a large tiger population.

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Outside Delhi Set – III

Note : Except for the following questions, all the remanining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B

(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 6.
To have a fair complexion is an obsession in our society. Demand for fair brides in matrimonial columns and sale of fairness creams are evidence enough. Write article in 150-200 words giving your view, on ‘Beautiful mind, better than a fair complexion.’ You are Natwar/ Nimmi. Use the following clues : [10]

• The west, people like to be tanned
• Fair complexion, only skin deep
• Beautiful mind
• Attiude to life
• Behaviour in society, etc.

OR
Your school is situated near a road intersection. Last week, in the morning, a bus coming at a great speed overturned when it braked suddenly. Senior students of your school rushed out and did everything to save the passengers. You were part of the rescue efforts. Write a report in 150-200 words on the accident and your friends’ role, for your school newsletter. You are George/Mary.
Answer:
BEAUTIFUL MIND, BETTER THAN A FAIR COMPLEXION
By Natwar/Nimmi
Beauty is not in the face but is a light in the heart. There is much difference between looking beautiful and feeling beautiful. Fair complexion is about visual and superficial beauty Complexion preference varies from person to person, for intstance, people in the west like to get tanned voluntarily., The term ’beauty’ refers to the inner beauty. Inner beauty is based on personality traits such as attitude and behaviour.
But, demand for brides in matrimonial columns and sale of fairness creams make it clear that to have a fair complexion is an obsession in our society. There is a clear discrimination being carried out across our country and society. It is shocking that such trend is not only ruling our mind but is being shamelessly marketed across our TV screens as well.
Our real progress will occur when we get rid of such racist mindset within the general masses of our society.

OR

A GHASTLY BUS ACCIDENT
By George/Mary
Death and disasters come uninvited. They have no time-table. Last week, dated 6th May, 20XX. I was at my school gate in the morning when I heard a loud screeching of brakes. A blue line bus was approaching at a dangerously fast speed while the students of our school were crossing the road intersection. The bus was moving so rapidly that the driver could not stop it and it overturned when he applied the brakes suddenly. The scene became a havoc. Passengers were badly injured. Some senior students and I rushed out and tried to save the passengers. The bus driver fled from the scene. There were people with multiple fractures and injuries. Many people came to help. Injured people were rushed to Safdar Jung Hospital where as two people died on the spot. It was a tragic sight. Rash driving of a driver took away the lives of the innocent people. I wonder how long will this recklessness continue!

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXT BOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each : [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) How were the parents and M. Hamel responsible for the children’s neglect of the French language ?
Answer:
M. Hamel feels that the parents and he himself are responsible for the children’s neglect of the French language. Parents preferred to have their children work on their farms or in the mills. Even Hamel used to send the children on petty errands for his convenience or would dismiss the classes when he wanted to go fishing, thus, making them miss their lessons of french language.

(b) How did Douglas’ introduction to YMCA pool revive his childhood fear of water ?
Answer:
The YMCA pool revived unpleasant memories of Douglas’ childhood. He recollected the experience on the beach in California when he was three or four years old. He remembered how waves overpowered him despite his father’s presence. He had nearly drowned and felt his limbs got paralysed. But, he was determined to learn swimming. So, he decided to learn it by imitating.

(c) In the last line of the poem, ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’, why does the poet use the word ‘smile’ repeatedly ?
Answer:
The poet uses the word smile repeatedly to cover up her pain and fear of losing her mother. She tries to put on a brave front by hiding her fear behind a smile.

(d) How is total inactivity on the Earth in the winter months full of life ?
Answer:
Total inactivity on Earth does not mean that everything is dead. The Earth is still alive. Life goes on as usual. The seeds that lie dormant through winter come to life in the spring. So, there is a life under apparent stillness.

(e) When did the Maharaja decide to double the land tax for a village ?
Answer:
The Maharaja decided to double the land tax for a village when he was not able to locate the tiger in the forest suggested by the villagers. This had infuriated and frustrated the Maharaja as he was just left with one more tiger fio complete his target of killing hundred of them, but he missed it.

(f) What kind of garden does Mr. Lamb have ? Why does he like it ?
Answer:
Mr. Lamb’s gk. len is a place where there is an occasional round of birdsongs and rustling of tree leaves. There are crab apple trees and Mr. v Lamb shares the apples with the children who come t^his garden. His philosophy is to love all the creatures of God so he likes his garden as it gives him a chance to be in contact with the nature and people

Question 13.
Attempt the following question in 120-150 words : ** [6]
Describe the circumstances that led to the unveiling of Griffin’s invisibility.
OR
How did Dunstan Cass meet his end ?

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers

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CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Delhi

Time allowed : 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100

General instructions:

• This paper is divided into three sections : A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
• Separate instruction are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and-follow them faithfully.
• Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

** Answer is not given due to change in present syllabus

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Outside Delhi Set – I

Note : Except for the following questions, all the remanining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B

(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
You are Vikram/Sonia, an Hon’s graduate in history with specialization in Medieval India. You are well acquainted with places of historical interest in Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. You are looking for the job of a tourist guide. Write an advertisement in about 50 words for the situations wanted column of a local newspaper. Your contact no. is 999751234. [4]
OR
While walking in a park in your neighbourhood you found a small plastic bag containing some documents and some cash. Write a notice in about 50 words to be put on the park notice board asking the owner to identify and collect it from you. You are Amar/Amrita 9399123456.
Answer:

OR

OR

Question 5.
In our society we do not give to our women the respect and status that they deserve. Women are stared at, stalked and even molested. We need to change the male mindset about women. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a national newspaper giving your views on the problem. You are Omar/Amna, A 114 Mall Road, Delhi.
You want to spend a week-long holiday at Shimla in the month of October decided to stay at Hotel Snow view. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the manager to book a room. Mention the dates, facilities in the room, food, sight-seeing facilitities that you will need. You are Amar/Amrita M114, Lake Road, Kamal.
Answer:
A-114
Mall Road
Delhi,
12th Feb, 20XX
The Editor
The Times of India
Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, Delhi
Subject: Respecting the Dignity of women.
Sir,
I shall feel highly obliged if you publish the following views in the valuable columns of your esteemed paper.
Women have always been the most vulnerable in any age, time, place and society. It has been observed over quite a long time that women are humiliated, tortured, harassed, stalked and molested. The other problems include sexual harassment, domestic violence and marital discord which cause a lot of embarrassment. Though strict measures are taken to improve the status of women in the society, the problem remains where it was.

As we all know, in modern India, women are playing a major role and have significant contribution in the welfare of democratic values. So, it is necessary to change the male mindset towards women. It is only possible by spreading awareness among women and the society at large Also, the bringing up of boys and girls should be done equally at home. This growing rate of violence against women can be stopped. Strict measures should be adopted by the society and the government in order to do so. Moreover, we should take a pledge to start campaigns against women violence and other such issues in order to increase the status and social standing of women, economically and politically.
Your Sincerely
Omar/Amna
OR
M-114
Lake Road,
Karnal
12th Feb., 20XX
The Manager
Snow View Hotel
Shimla
Subject: Booking a Room in Hotel
Sir,
It gives me an immense pleasure to inform you that I shall be visiting Shimla during the autumn break. I intend to reach there on 15th Oct., 20XX for a week-long vacation. During the stay at Shimla, you are requested to reserve a room for me in your hotel from 15th Oct. to 21st Oct., 20XX. Please see to it that the room should be well- equipped with all the modern facilities. I am enclosing a bank draft of ₹ 5000/- as an advance for reservation charges. It would be highly appreciated if you can provide me with a guide to show me around Shimla. Please confirm the booking so that the remaining amount shall be sent to you. I shall also need a chauffeur driven car to take me in and around Shimla.
Yours Sincerely
Amar/Amrita

Question 6.
Our performance in the Rio Olympics has told us that we do not pay enough attention to athletics and outdoor games. It is the time we revise our attitude. Sports should be an important part of every school’s daily routine. Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘Importance of Outdoor Games’. You are Sreej a/Thomas. [10]
OR
Cultural Society, Sunshine Public School, Nellore organised an adult literacy camp in its neighbourhood. Write a report in 150-200 words on the camp for your school newsletter. You are P. V. Sunitha, Secretary. Use the following clues: no. of volunteers—hours spent in teaching— location of the class—chairs, blackboards—no. of people attending the camp—benefit.
Answer:
IMPORTANCE OF OUTDOOR GAMES
By Sreeja/Thomas
As in the words of Muhammad Ali:
“Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, — a desire, a dream, a vision”.
But our performance in Rio Olympics tells a different story. A nation of more than 125 crores has not been able to produce a sportsperson, or an athlete of International standards even after 76 years of independence! What really is the reason behind the adverse condition of Indian sports? Growing craze of cellphones and video games among children are the official apathy and the lack of facilities are like an additional handicap. Also, at present, there is a lot of emphasis on academics which leads to the lack of time for the students to get indulge in sports activities. So, to brighten up the image of sports and games, indoor and outdoor games are equally important-one for relaxation and the other for physical exercise. Games such as Volleyball, Hockey, Cricket, Basketball, Football and Lawn Tennis provide recreation, develop sportsmanship and broaden the base of sports. There is no doubt that these outdoor games develop good habits, skills, knowledge and other social qualities required in a sportsperson. Sports personalities and players should be given proper training for them to be properly motivated. If we really want to revive our sports, the Govt, and sports authorities of India must put serious efforts into the matter. Proper facilities should be provided to the atheletes and new talent should be encouraged. In order to enhance the performance, we should chalk out weekly plans, meso-cycle plans, micro cycle and yearly plans for the sports person. Sports play an intergal part in education. So we should motivate all the students of an institution to take parts in games and sports. ‘A game for each and each for a game’ may be considered the motto of sports.
OR
AN ADULT LITERACY CAMP
By P. V. Sunitha, Secretary
In order to enlighten the fruits of education, an adult literacy campaign Was conducted by Cultural Society, Sunshine Public School, Nellore from 2nd Feb., to 5th Feb. 20XX in our neighbourhood. The campaign was held with the motive of ensuring education for adults and helping them to become literate. During the campaign, 50 volunteers participated and spent 4 hours in teaching them. For this noble task, the community hall was selected at Janakpuri. Both males and females were enagaged and given a taste of education. They had arranged chairs, desks and blackboards for teaching them. More than 200 people attended the camp. They were provided with free copies, pencils and other necessary items. Every illiterate person was given special attention. It was hoped not only to achieve our target, but also to exceed the same. It was positively determined to make the campaign grand success. The chief-co-ordinator, Mr. Joshi, thanked all the volunteers, teachers and all the members who motivated the adults for gaining education, and for making the campaign a grand success.

Question 7.
Your PGT English Ms. Geetha is a short story writer also. ‘Sky is not Far’ is a collection of her latest short stories. This book has won a national award. Write a speech in 150-200 words you will deliver in her honour in the morning assembly.
‘Private cars should be banned in the congested commercial areas of the cities.’ Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion.
Answer:
IN HONOUR OF MS GEETHA’S ACHIEVEMENT
It is righty said that :
‘Surprises render more pleasure, especially when they are totally unexpected.’
A very good morning to one and all. Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends !
I, Vinod, a student of class, XII feel extremely proud and honoured to speak about my loving teacher, Ms. Geeta P.G.T. (Eng.), who wrote the short story, ‘Sky is Not far’, which has won a national award. It is really a matter of pride for our school. Each one of us wants to touch the sky but only a few of us dare to chase our dreams and our English teacher fulfiled her dream with a strong determination and a keen hobby of writing stories. Her easy style of writing along with the issues linking to the everyday problems was well received by readers, particularly the youth. This short story deals with women’s struggles and essentially their attainment of the desired goals and the more women relate to it, it goes on and comes up with some other ‘newer issues’. This is really a great achievement for her and our school. Pier story is ultimate, unmatched and an excelled one. I feel extremely honoured for her service to the society and her excellent work. She will continue to be a source of inspiration to one and all.
Thank you.
OR
PRIVATE CARS TOBE BANNED IN CONGESTED AREAS
A very good morning to all of you here. Respected panel of jury members, teachers and my friends !

I, Raja, stand before you today to express my views regarding; Should private cars be banned in the congested commercial areas of cities’ ?

I am in favour of the motion. It is causing a lot of inconvenience to the people who are forced to be stuck in congested areas. We must think unconventionally and alternatively to solve this problem. The roads leading to the commercial areas should be made one way roads during the peak traffic hours, i.e., between 8 am to 10 am and 5 pm to 8 pm respectively. Heavy fine should be levied on people who wait inside their vehicles in the ‘No waiting’ area. More underground parking facilities need to be provided as there is a lack of parking lots. The officials should keep strict vigilance on this issue. It is noted, that a lot of cars generally hinders the efficiency of the commercial areas, because it creates traffic jams and they are the main cause of pollution. The Govt, should ban cars to force the people to use the public transportation provided and to reinforce the efficiency of commerce.

Section – C

(LITERATURE : TEXT BOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 8.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: [1 × 4 = 4]
Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces. Like rootless weeds, the hair tom round their pallor;
The tall girl with her weighed-down head.
(a) Who are these children ?
(b) Which figure of speech has been used in the first two lines ?
(c) Why is the tall girl’s head weighed down?
(d) What does the word, ‘pallor’ mean ?
OR
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen, Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
(a) Why are the tigers called Aunt Jennifer’s tigers ?
(b) How are they described here ?
(c) How are they different from Aunt Jennifer ?
(d) What does the word, ‘chivalric’ mean ?
Answer:
(a) These children are the victims of social injustice and acute poverty.
(b) Simile and Alliteration have been used in the first two lines of the poem,
(c) The tall girl is malnourished and depressed. That’s why she has her head weighed down.
(d) Pallor means ‘an unhealthy pale appearance.’
OR
(a) The tigers are called Aunt Jennifer’s tigers because they represent her hidden aspirations and desires.
(b) They are described as the inhabitant of a dense green forest, prancing unafraid with bright eyed.
(c) They are different from Aunt Jennifer, as the animals created by her displayed chivalry and fearlessness, though, she herself is oppressed and fearful
(d) Chivalric means brave.

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each : [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) Why did Franz not want to go school that day ?
Answer:
Franz did not want to go to school that day because the weather was very tempting. The bright day, chirping of birds, woods and fields, free environment outside along with the drilling by Prussion soldiers all restricted him from going to school. Moreover, he did not prepare his lesson and feared Mr. M. Hamel’s scolding on that day.

(b) What was Sophie’s ambition in life ? How did she hope to achieve that ?
Answer:
Sophie’s ambition in life was to set-up a boutique or becoming a manager or an actress. Morever, she wanted to be a fashion designer for earning money.

(c) What kind of pain does Kamala Das feel in ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’ ?
Answer:
The failing health of the old mother upset and haunts the poetess. She feels that her mother is swiftly nearing the death. She is leaving her mother for sometime and going abroad; she fears that she would not find her alive upon her return.

(d) How can ‘mighty dead’ be things of beauty?
Answer:
John Keats was the youngest of all Romantic Poets. He was famous for sensuousness, describing the mighty dead as the magnificent warrior who selflessly sacrificed his life for his nation and won grandeur or greatness. So, achieving this is equal to achieving a thing of beauty.

(e) Why was the Maharaja once in danger of losing his kingdom ?
Answer:
The Maharaja had annoyed a senior British officer by refusing him the permission to hunt tigers in Pratibandapuram and even refusing to allow him to get photographed with a dead tiger. As a result, he was in danger of losing his throne. Later, to amend, he sent about fifty samples of expensive diamond rings to the officer’s wife as a bribe.

(f) What was the basic plot of each story told by Jack ?
Answer:
Jack always used to tell a story to his little daughter, Jo, about Roger. Usually, every story had a small creature named Roger fish, Roger squirrel or Roger chipmunk, who always had a problem, so he went to the wise owl for advice and then the wise owl directed him to go to the wizard who solved the problem for a fee. then Roger would go to the well to get some pennies to pay the fee. The wizard used his magical spell to solve the problem after which, he went home and had a family dinner.

Question 10.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
Garbage to them is gold. How do ragpickers of Seemapuri survive ?
OR
The peddler thinks that the whole world is a rattrap. This view of life is true only of himself and of no one else in the story. Comment.
Answer:
Garbage provides the rag-pickers a means to survive. It is there daily bread. Sometimes, they find currency notes or even silver coins in the heaps of garbage. For them, it is wrapped in wonder and this grabage is nothing less than gold for them.

Poor Ragpicker like saheb spend their lives looking for gold in garbage dumps. The ragpickers of Seemapuri lived in structures of mud, tin and tarpaulin with no sewage or drainage system for running water. Their parents have no fixed income. They wage war against poverty and hunger. They have no dream except finding the means of survival. These people have lived there for more than thirty years without an identity or permit. They have got ration cards that enable them to buy grains and get names on the voter list. For them, food is more important for survival than an identity, rag picking is the means of their survival;
OR
This view of life is universal. It relates to everyone who was ever a victim of circumstances. The Peddler, a poor vagabond, makes and sells rattraps to make both ends meet. He even found a parable between the world and the rattrap. He had been living a despicable life of misery, poverty and frustation, visualising the whole world to be a rattrap ready to engorge anyone who succumbed to the bots of its riches and joy. The world had been rather unkind to only him as others like crofter, Edla and Ironmaster were not tempted with anything as they already had everything, so he felt happy to think ill about it. Despite the Crofter’s kindness and hospitality, he betrayed his trust and stole his money. But Edla’s compassion and understanding finally brought about a transformation in his nature. So, in his own opinion, only he suffars.

Question 11.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
Untouchability is not only a crime, it is inhuman too. Why and how did Bama decide to fight against it ?
OR
Good human values are far above any other value system. How did Dr. Sadao succeed as a doctor as well as a patriot ?
Answer:
When Bama acquainted her elder brother with that ‘funny episode’ about an elderly man from low caste carrying a food packet by a string without touching it, those comic details could not make him laugh. He guided her properly. He explained to her the soical stigma of untouchability. He told her that they were the victim of social prejudice. Bama was highly inspired by the words of her elder brother.

She fought against untouchability by out classing the achievements of the higher class, thus, proving that she is no less than the higher classes. Filled with anger and revolt, she said, ‘We too are Human Beings; our people should never do these humiliating things for them. She fought against this oppression, prejudice, stigma, superstition and ignorance. She studied hard and earned a name for herself. She used writing as a tool in her struggle against the discrimination that constraints and binds the free flow of the spirit.
OR
The story, The Enemy, set during the World War, deals with a dilemma. When man faces difficult choices to be a patriotic or to be a professional, he acts impatiently in both the situations. Dr. Sadao is thoroughly professional and when it comes to his patients, he becomes oblivious to other facts. So, despite the fact that the injured man is an American Soldier, and an enemy, Dr. Sadao gives top priority to save the life of the dying soldier. As a doctor, he performed his first and foremost duty which is towards the sick and the injured who needs, his immediate attention, irrespective of his nationality. But later on, being a true patriotic nationalist and a loyal citizen of Japan, he handed him over to the police by informing the General about him. But the General is totally governed by self-absorption. This ultimately set Dr. Sadao to comply with the plan for him to escape. Thus, Dr. Sadao managed to serve as a doctor as well as a patriot.

Question 12.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words : [6]
Describe Marvel as an opportunist.
OR
George Eliot has portrayed Godfrey as a morally weak character. Comment.

Question 13.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words : ** [6]
How does Dr. Cuss’s encounter with Griffin end in a disaster?
OR
What kind of life did Silas lead at Lantern Yard?

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Outside Delhi Set – II

Note : Except for the following questions, all the remanining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B

(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
After the rains, cases of dengue, chikungunya etc., are on the rise in your city. As the Principal of Sunshine Public School, Manu Vihar, you have decided to allow your students to wear full sleeve shirts and trousers in the school for a period of one month. Write the notice in about 50 words. [4]
OR
You are Health Secretary, Students Council Citizens Public School, Ram Bagh, Varanasi. The Council has decided to start from the second of October a week-long cleanliness drive around the school. Draft a notice in about 50 words asking the Class XI students to enrol for the drive.
Answer:

OR

Question 5.
Last month you purchased a TV set from Ram Electronics, Pushp Vihar, Ambala. It is not working properly (imagine a few defects). Write a letter of complaint in 120-150 words to the Manager asking for repair or replacement. You are Amar/Amrita, M114 Model Town, Ambala.
You are living in a village along a national highway. The state roadways bus does not stop near your village. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the General Manager. State Railways requesting a bus stop for your village. Give all the reasons why you need a bus stop there. You are Omar/Amna, Gopalpur, Dist. Ramnagar.
Answer:
M114, Model Town,
Ambala
24th January, 20XX
The Manager
Ram Electronics
Pusp Vihar Ambala
Subject: Complaint against defective T. V. Set.
Sir,
IboughtaL.G. 21″colourT.V. set from your show-room against cash memo no. 3212 dated 15th Jan, 20XX. You assured me that your T.V. sets were far superior in function than that of other companies.
Last week, it started showing major defects like blurred vision and sound. I thought that the sound problem was due to weak signals and that it will rectify shortly but it stayed with a more stronger frequency. Now, the situation is that the sound is not clear at all. It is jarring and, the colours are fading away suddenly. Since the T.V. set is within the guarantee period of two years, you are requested to get the defects rectified by your service engineers. In case, if the set is beyond repair, kindly get it replaced.
Thank you,
Your sincerely
Amar/Amrita
OR
Gopalpur,
Dist. Ramnagar
16th March, 20XX
The General Manager
The State Roadways Authority
Ramnager
Subject: Request for a bus stop.
Sir,
I beg to draw your kind attention to the problem of transport in our village, Gopalpur. As you are aware, Gopalpur is situated along the national highway but the villagers are facing the brunt of isolation as there is no bus stop within a radius of 2 km. Since the state buses are unavailable, the autos and taxis also don’t have a stand nearby. It becomes extremely difficult to commute from the place except in one’s own vehicle.
I request you to start the bus service in our village at the earliest so that the inconvenience being caused to the villagers is permanently eradicated, looking forward to an early action by the concerned authorities Your truly Omar/Anna

Question 7.
Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in the Rio Olympics; every Indian felt proud of her. You, Head girl of your school, want to deliver a speech in order to express your feelings. Write the speech in 150-200 words. Apart from your own ideas, use the following clues :
Wrestling mostly a male sport-Sakshi born in conservative surroundings-most unfavourable gender ratio for females-parental encouragement-one can’t forget the look of determination on her face in the last three minutes of the bout. [10]
OR
‘Our large population is not a cause of poverty but an asset, a resource’. Write a debate in 150-200 words, either for or against the motion. Answer:

SAKSHI MALIK’S ACHIEVEMENT

Good morning everyone!
Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends. I, xyz the head girl of the school, am going to deliver a speech on Sakshi Malik. In India, where all the sisters were celebrating the day with their brothers on Raksha Bandhan, far away in Rio de Janeiro, a 23-year-old wrestler, Sakshi Malik, made the nation proud by winning a bronze medal.

Malik became the first female Indian wrestler who has bagged a medal in the Olympics.

Sakshi Malik, the daughter of a bus conductor, comes from a small district in Haryana. She started her training at the age of 12. Malik and her coach, Ishwar Dahiya, faced many problems during the initial stages of the former’s career as the mentality of the conservative society thought that wrestling was not meant for girls; it was thought to be a male sport. There are still so many people who are living with such male-dominant thinking.
Not only has she proved to be one of the. best wrestlers in the world but also fought off long odds, bureaucratic obstacles, lack of facilities, and the conservative Indian society. Sakshi taught the nation that women in the country need support more than protection. We are proud to be the citizens of the nation where women like Sakshi Malik are born.
OR

LARGE POPULATION NOT A CAUSE OF POVERTY BUT AN ASSET

A very good morning to the jury members, all my dear friends and my fellow participants. Today, I am going to speak for the topic ‘our large population is not a cause of poverty but an asset, a resource’.

India has the second highest population in the world with 125 crore people and also is the biggest provider of skilled manpower in the world, currently India provides the maximum number of engineers to the world. It is also one of the largest markets for automobiles, high-value foods, etc. Large population means more intelligence that can be put to good effect and also skilled population draws more projects from foreign companies as well.

I, therefore, agree with the view that our large population is not a cause of poverty but an asset as every hand can become an earning hand for the economy and not a cause of poverty.

Section – C

(LITERATURE: TEXT BOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each : [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) Why was Franz not scolded for reaching the school late that day ?
(b) Sophie was dreaming of so many things in her life. What were they ?
(c) Why are the youngsters described as springing ? (My Mother at Sixty-Six).
(d) In the hot season, how do man and beast get comfort? (A thing of Beauty)
(e) How did the Maharaja deal with a high ranking British officer who wanted to shoot a tiger ?
(f) Having got rid of his stink, what problem did Roger Skunk face ?
Answer:
(a) Mr. H. Hamel did not scold Franz. He only said that it is not good to put off learning. He was overwhelmed with emotions as it was his last French lesson. So, he asked him to sit in his place quickly.
(b) Sophie dreamt of becoming as boutique owner, and actress, a manager or a fashion designer. She wanted to be a part of the sophisticated world so that she could visit exotic places that the believed her brother want to.
(c) While driving to the airport, in an effort to distract herself from the thoughts of her ageing mother, the poet looks at the young trees, ‘sprinting’. The trees seem to be running past the moving car. The sprinting of the trees symbolises the rapidly passing years of a human’s life from childhood to old age. This image, showing activity and strength, is contrasted with that of her old and weak mother who seems pale and dormant, sleeping in the car. The ‘young’ trees represent life in contrast to her mother’s approaching death.
(d) In the hot season, both men and beast relax in a bower and walk by a cooling covert made by the rills
(e) The British Officer told the Maharaja that he wanted to hunt tigers in his kingdom but the Maharaja refused to give him his permission. The Maharaja himself wanted to kill a hundred tigers, so he had to refuse to give permission to the British Officer. Instead, he told the officer that if he wants to hunt boars, rats or even mosquitoes, there will be no problem. But hunting tigers could never be allowed.
(f) He faced the problem from his mother who felt extremely annoyed. She could not stand that smell. She decided to take him right back to that ‘awful’ wizard and ask him to give the original smell back to her boy.

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2017 Outside Delhi Set – III

Note : Except for the following questions, all the remanining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B

(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
RJ Public School is located in a Central Government employees’ residential colony. Cultural Society of the School has decided to organise a fancy dress show on 25th of January in which each participant will wear the dress particular to his/her region. The aim is to show the cultural diversity of India. As Secretary, write a notice in about 50 words the names of those who want to participate. [4]
OR
An NGO has approached your school to offer book grants to the needy students. As Head Girl of Sunshine Public School, Aram Bagh, write a notice in about 50 words asking students, who are in need, to put their requests into the box kept outside the Principal’s office.
Answer:

OR

Question 5.
You are Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ramnagar. The number of students in the computer class is increasing. Next year, starting in April 2017, you will need 25 more computers in your lab. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the Commissioner, K. V. Sangathan for funds. [6]
OR
You are Aslisha/Nimmi Dhar B-94 fort Road, Jammu. You have read the advertisement given below. You are qualified for the job. Write an application in 120-150 words along with a resume.

India Chemical Industries, Delhi
requires
Accounts Officers
Qualification: B. Com.
Experience : Minimum 4 years
Job requirement: Maintaining books of accounts,
preparation of Balance Sheet, etc.
Salary: Best in the Industry
Apply to : Managing Director, ICI,
B-12 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi

Answer:
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Ramnagar
16th March, 20XX
The Commissioner,
K.V. Sangathan
Subject: Request for funds regarding purchase of new computers
Sir,
I am writing this letter in regard with the upgradation of the computer lab. The number of students in the computer class is increasing rapidly but the number of computers is not enough. Most of the computers are outdated which causes inconvenience to the students. The lab has to be renovated. More desktop computers and an adequate seating arrangement is needed. Therefore, I request for a grant of sufficient funds in order to purchase 25 more computer for the new session of the school. Kindly take a quick decision so that there no inconvenience is caused to the students.
Thank you,
Your’s sincerely,
R. K. Sharma
Principal
OR
B-94
Fort Road
Jammu.0.1
The Managing Director, ICI,
B-12 Barakhamba Road.
New Delhi.
Subject : Application for the post of Accounts officer.
Sir,
With reference to your advertisement published in the Times of India, dated 15th Feb., 20XX, I would like to apply for the post of accounts officer in your company.
Since, I have a keen interest in the subject, I found your offer quite alluring. I am enclosing my Bio Data to enable you to assess my suitability for the post.
So please consider my application and favour me with an interview.
Thanking you,
Yours Truely.
Aslisha/Nimmi Dhar
End: Bio Data.

BIODATA

Section – C

(LITERATURE : TEXT BOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each: [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day ?
(b) What shocking experience did Douglas have at YMCA pool ?
(c) Why does Kamala Das compare her mother to ‘a pale winter’s moon’ ?
(d) What rich boimty has the heaven given us? (A Thing of Beauty)
(e) Why did the Maharaja have to pay a bill of three lakh rupes to the British jewellers ?
(f) What problem did Roger Skunk face he went to play with his friends. How did he solve it ?
Answer:
(a) Franz had a bundle of surprises when he entered the class room. The village people were sitting quietly on the back benches. Mr. Hamel did not get angry with Franz, rather he requested him very kindly to go to his place and sit quietly. Mr. Hamel was dressed in his French lessons. He felt very sad.

(b) Douglas failed to come to the surface of the pool because when he reached the bottom, he felt his lungs were ready to burst. He tried to spring up, but came up slowly. He could see and feel nothing but water. He felt too suffocated. Fear gripped him and his legs seemed to have been paralyzed. Before he knew it, he was sinking back to the bottom.

(c) Since her childhood, Kamala Das had a fear that she would lose her mother in some way or the other or she would be separated from her. Now that her mother was sixty-six years old and had a deteriorating health, the poet’s fear returned with an even greater intensity.

(d) When everyting seems to be dead, the Earth still remains alive. Stillness cannot be confused with total inactivity. The seed that lie dormant through the winters, come to life in the spring season. So, there is a life under apparent stillness.

(e) Derry enters Mr. Lamb’s garden by climbing over the wall. When Mr. Lamb saw him entering his garden, he was startled, derry tried to explain that he didn’t intend to steal anything, but Mr. Lamb welcomed derry instead of getting angry and treated him as his friend. He also asked him to pick up the apples lying in the long grass.

(f) After killing seventy tigers, the Maharaja found that the tigers had become extinct in his kingdom and thirty tigers were still remained to be killed. So, he decided to marry a girl in the royal family of a state which has a large tiger population.

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CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2015 Outside Delhi

Time allowed : 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100

General instructions:

• This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
• Separate instruction are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions
• very carefully and follow them faithfully.
• Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

** Answer is not given due to change in present syllabus

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2015 Outside Delhi Set – I

Section – A
(READING) 30

Question 1.
Read the passage given below carefully: [12]
1. For four days, I walked through the narrow lanes of the old city, enjoying the romance of being in a city where history still lives – in its cobblestone streets and in its people riding asses, carrying vine leaves and palm as they once did during the time of Christ.

2. This is Jerusalem, home to the sacred sites of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. This is the place, where there is a church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place where Jesus was finally laid to rest. This is also the site of Christ’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

3. Built by the Roman Emperor Constantine at the site of an earlier temple to Aphrodite, it is the most venerated Christian shrine in the world. And justifiably so. Here, within the church, are the last five stations of the cross, the 10th station where Jesus was stripped off his clothes, the 11th where he was nailed to the cross, the 12th where he died on the cross, the 13th where the body was removed from the cross, and the 14th, his tomb.

4. For all this weighty tradition, the approach and entrance to the church is non descriptive. You have to ask for directions. Even to the devout Christian pilgrims walking along the Via Dolorosa – The Way of Sorrow – first nine stations look clueless. Then a courtyard appears, hemmed in by other buildings and a doorway to one side. This leads to a vast area of huge stone architecture.

5. Immediately inside the entrance is your first stop. It’s the stone of anointing: this is the place, according to Greek tradition, where Christ was removed from the cross. The Roman Catholics, however, believe it to be the spot where Jesus’ body was prepared for burial by Joseph.

6. What happened next? Jesus was buried. He was taken to a place outside the city of Jerusalem where other graves existed and there, he was buried in a cave. However, all that is long gone, destroyed by continued attacks and rebuilding; what remains is the massive – and impressive – Rotunda (a round building with a dome) that Emperor Constantine built. Under this, and right in the centre of the Rotunda, is the structure that contains the Holy Sepulchre.

7. “How do you know that this is Jesus’ tomb?” I asked one of the pilgrims standing next to me. He was clueless, more interested, like the rest of them, in the novelty of it all and in photographing it, than in its history or tradition.

8. At the start of the first century, the place was a disused quarry outside the city walls. According to the gospels, Jesus’ crucifixion occurred ‘at a place outside the city walls with graves nearby Archaeologists have discovered tombs from that era, so the site is compatible with the biblical period.

9. The structure at the site is a marble tomb built over the original burial chamber. It has two rooms, and you enter four at a time into the first of these, the Chapel of the Angel. Here the angle is supposed to have sat on a stone to recount Christ’s resurrection. A low door made of white marble, partly worn away by pilgrims’ hands, leads to a smaller chamber inside. This is the ‘room of the tomb’, the place where Jesus was buried.

10. We entered in single file. On my right was a large marble slab that covered the original rock bench on which the body of Jesus was laid. A woman knelt and prayed. Her eyes were wet with tears. She pressed her face against the slab to hide them, but it only made it worse.

I. On the basis of your understanding of this passage answer the following questions with the help of given options : [1 × 4 = 4]
(a) How does Jerusalem still retain the charm of an ancient era?
(i) There are narrow lanes.
(ii) Roads are paved with cobblestones.
(iii) People can be seen riding assess.
(iv) All of the above.

(b) Holy Sepulchre is sacred to _________ .
(i) Christianity,
(ii) Islam.
(iii) Judaism.
(iv) Both (i) and (iii).

(c) Why does one have to constantly ask for directions to the church?
(i) Its lanes are narrow.
(ii) Entrance to the church is non descript.
(iii) People are not tourist-friendly.
(iv) Everyone is lost in enjoying the romance of the place.

(d) Where was Jesus buried?
(i) In a cave.
(ii) At a place outside the city.
(iii) In the Holy Sepulchre
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)
Answer:
(a) (iv) All of the above.
(b) (i) Christianity.
(c) (ii) Entrance to the church is non-descript.
(d) (iv) Both (i) and (ii).

II. Answer the following questions briefly : [1 × 6 = 6]
(e) What is the Greek belief about the ‘stone of anointing’?
(f) Why did Emperor Constantine build the Rotunda?
(g) What is the general attitude of the pilgrims?
(h) How is the site compatible with the biblical period?
(i) Why did the pilgrims enter the ‘room of the tomb’ in a single file?
(j) Why did ‘a woman’ try to hide her tears?
(k) Find words from the passage which mean the same as: [1 × 2 = 2]
(i) A large grave (para 3)
(ii) Having no interesting features/dull (para 4)
Answer:
(e) According to the Greek belief, the stone of anointing is a place where Christ was removed from the cross.
(f) Emperor Constantine built Rotunda to safeguard the Holy Sepulchre and the remaining structure around it.
(g) Pilgrims have a very casual attitude and they are completely unaware of the history and tradition. They are more into capturing pictures and appreciating the novelty of the church.
(h) According to the gospels, Jesus’ crucifixion occurred ‘at a place outside the city walls with graves nearby…’ and as the archaeologists have discovered tombs from the Biblical era, the site is compatible.
(i) ‘Room of the tomb’ is a very small place, hence the pilgrims entered in a single file.
(j) Like a true Christian she felt overwhelmed as Jesus was buried there. Her eyes were wet with tears but she tried to hide as she didn’t want to he seen crying by others.
(k) (i) Tomb, (ii) Non-descript.

Question 2.
Read the passage given below: [10]
1. We often make all things around us the way we want them. Even during our pilgrimages we have begun to look for whatever makes our heart happy, gives comfort to our body and peace to the mind. It is as if external solutions will fulfill our needs, and we do not want to make any special efforts even in our spiritual search. Our mind is resourceful – it works to find shortcuts in simple and easy ways.

2. Even pilgrimages have been converted into tourism opportunities. Instead, we must awaken our conscience and souls and understand the truth. Let us not tamper with our own nature of that of the Supreme.

3. All our cleverness is rendered ineffective when nature does a dance of destruction. Its fury can and will wash away all imperfections. Indian culture, based on Vedic treatises, assists in human evolution, but we are using our entire energy in distorting these traditions according to our convenience instead of making efforts to make ourselves worthy of them.

4. The irony is that humans are not even aware of the complacent attitude they have allowed themselves to sink in. Nature is everyone’s Amma and her fierce blows will sooner or later corner us and force us to understand this truth. Earlier, pilgrimages to places of spiritual significance were rituals that were undertaken when people became free from their worldly duties. Even now some seekers take up this pious religious journey as a path to peace and knowledge. Anyone travelling with this attitude feels and travels with only a few essential items that his body can carry. Pilgrims traditionally travelled light, on foot, eating light, dried chickpeas and fruits, or whatever was available. Pilgrims of older days did not feel the need to stay in special AC bedrooms, or travel by luxury cars or indulge themselves with delicious food and savouries.

5. Pilgrims traditionally moved ahead, creating a feeling of belonging towards all, conveying a message of brotherhood among all they came across whether in small caves, ashrams or local settlements. They received the blessings and congregations of yogis and mahatmas in return while conducting the dharma of their pilgrimage. A pilgrimage is like penance of sadhana to stay near nature and to experience a feeling of oneness with it, to keep the body healthy and fulfilled with the amount of food, while seeking freedom from attachments and yet remaining happy while staying away from relatives and associates.

6. This is how a pilgrimage should be rather than making it like a picnic by taking a large group along and living in comfort, packing in entertainment, and tampering with the environment. What is worse is giving a boost to the ego of having had a special darshan. Now, alms are distributed, charity done while they brag about their spiritual experiences!

7. We must embark on our spiritual journey by first understanding the grace and significance of a pilgrimage and following it up with the prescribed rules and rituals – this is what translates into the ultimate and beautiful medium of spiritual evolution. There is no justification for tampering with nature.

8. A pilgrimage is symbolic of contemplation and meditation and acceptance, and is a metaphor for the constant growth or movement and love for nature that we should hold in our hearts.

9. This is the truth!
I. On the basis of your understanding of the
above passage answer the questions that follow with the help of given options : [1 × 2 = 2]
(a) How can a pilgrim keep his body healthy?
(i) By travelling light
(ii) By eating small amount of food
(iii) By keeping free from attachments
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)

(b) How do we satisfy our ego?
(i) By having a special darshan
(ii) By distributing alms
(iii) By Making it like a picnic
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)

II. Answer the following as briefly as possible: [1 × 6 = 6]
(c) What change has taken place in our attitude towards pilgrimages?
(d) What happens when pilgrimages are turned into picnics?
(e) Why are we complacent in our spiritual efforts?
(f) How does nature respond when we try to be clever with it?
(g) In olden days with what attitude did people go on a pilgrimage?
(h) What message does the passage convey to the pilgrims?
(i) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following: [1 × 2 = 2]
(i) made/turned (para 3)
(ii) very satisfied (para 4).
Answer:
I.
(a) (iv) Both (i) and (ii)
(b) (iv) Both (i) and (ii)
II
(c) Earlier pilgrimages were a penance to stay near nature and did not require luxury rooms and big cars to travel, now they have become more of a tourism opportunity where people go for a picnic.

(d) When pilgrimages turn into picnics, the entire significance of pilgrimage as sadhana is lost. It becomes more of a social gathering, a life of comfort and a boost to ego, where pilgrims don’t achieve spiritual upliftment.

(e) Pilgrimages are no more of travelling on foot and living in the ashrams with basic necessities, it has become a picnic with all the comfort, AC rooms, travelling by car with a large group to have all the fun and entertainment. We have distorted traditions according to our conveniences. Hence, we are complacent in our spiritual efforts.

(f) When we try to be clever with nature it does a dance of destruction. Its anger washes away all imperfections that are ruining our bodies because of the extra comfort that we are adapting our bodies to. We are not making any efforts to make our body work and adjust in adverse conditions rather making it all the more tender. Nature is just like everyone’s Amma and would act destructively by affecting our health, etc. Sooner or later nature will force us to understand this truth.

(g) In older days, pilgrimages were more of a sadhana to love people, stay close to the nature, understand it, stay healthy and eat healthy. It was also for seeking freedom from attachment. They took it as a path to peace and knowledge.

(h) It conveys the message that pilgrimages are symbolic of contemplation meditation and acceptance and undertaken to understand the realities of life, to stay close to nature and should not be taken as a tourism opportunity where you gather in a large group, enjoy amongst all the luxuries and make a life rest upon only comfort.
(i) Rendered
(ii) Complacent.

Question 3.
Read the passage given below: [8]
It is surprising that sometimes we don’t listen to what people say to us. We hear them, but we don’t listen to them. I was curious to know how hearing is different from listening. I had thought both were synonyms, but gradually, I realized there is a big difference between the two words. Hearing is a physical phenomenon. Whenever somebody speaks, the sound waves generated to reach your ears and you definitely hear whatever is said to you. However, even if you hear something, it doesn’t always mean that you actually understand whatever is being said. Paying attention to whatever you hear means you are really listening. Consciously using your mind to understand whatever is being said is listening. Diving deeper, I found that listening is not only hearing with attention, but is much more than that. Listening is hearing with full attention, and applying our mind. Most of the time, we listen to someone, but our minds are full of needless chatter and there doesn’t seem to be enough space to accommodate what is being spoken.

We come with a lot of prejudices and preconceived notions about the speaker or the subject on which he is talking. We pretend to listen to the speaker, but deep inside, we sit in judgement and are dying to pronounce right or wrong, true or false, yes or no. Sometimes, we even come prepared with a negative mindset of proving the speaker wrong. Even if the speaker says nothing harmful, we are ready to pounce on him with our own version of things.

What we should ideally do is to listen first with full awareness. Once we have done that, we can decide whether we want to make a judgement or not. Once, we do that, communication will be perfect and our interpersonal relationship will become so much better. Listening well doesn’t mean one has to say the right thing at the right moment. In fact, sometimes if words are left unspoken, there is a feeling of tension and negativity. Therefore, it is better to speak out your mind but do so with awareness after listening to the speaker with full concentration. Let’s look at this in another way. When you really listen to, you imbibe not only what is being spoken, but you also understand what is not spoken as well. Most of the time we don’t really listen even to people who really matter to us. That’s how misunderstandings grow among families, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters.

(A) On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it, using headings and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary – minimum four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to
it. [5]
Answer:
Title: Listening Vs. Hearing
1. Difference between the two synonyms
(i) Hearing but not listening
(ii) Paying attention
(iii) Hearing as a physical phenomenon
(iv) Consciously using your mind
(v) Minds are full of needless chatter
(vi) Accommodating what is said

2. Barries to Listening
(i) Prejudices and preconceived notions
(ii) Negative Mindset
(iii) Pretend to listen
(iv) Proving our ver. of things right

3. Ideal way of listening
(i) Listen first
(ii) Listen with awareness
(iii) Think before you judge
(iv) Words unspoken leave a feeling of tension and negativity
(vi) Speak your mind out

4. Listening to understand people
(i) Imbibe what is not spoken
(ii) Times when we don’t listen to people who matter
(iii) Triggers misunderstanding

5. Importance of listening
(i) Reduce misunderstanding
(ii) Perfect communication
(iii) Inprove interpersonal relationships
List of abbreviations used
1. Vs. – Versus
2. Ver. – Version
3. Don’t – Do not

(B) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. [3]
Answer:
Sometimes, we hear people but do not listen to them attentively. The difference between the two synonyms is that one is a physical phenomenon while the other is a conscious use of mind.
We, as listeners, often have preconceived notions about the speaker. We come prepared with a negative mindset, tend to prove them wrong . and put forward our own version of things. Ideally, we should listen to them, understand their perception and stop judging them in order to avoid misunderstandings.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS) 30

Question 4.
Your school, Akash Public School, Agra needs a canteen manager. On behalf of the Principal, write an advertisement in about 50 words to be published in the classified columns of a local daily. Mention the educational and professional qualifications, other qualities required in the manager, who to apply to and the last date for the receipt of applications. [4]
OR
Your club is going to organize an interclass singing competition. Write a notice in about 50 words inviting names of the students who want to participate in it. Give all the necessary details.
You are Navtej/Navita, Secretary, Music Club, Akash Public School, Agra.
Answer:

OR

Question 5.
You are Navtej/Navita, Secretary, Environment Club, Akash Public School, Agra. You, along with a group of students, went on a 3-day tour to Corbett National Park. You found how the tourists abuse the available facilities and thus endanger the environment. Write a letter in 120 -150 words to the editor of a national daily highlighting the situation.
Suggest ways through which the environment of the Park can be saved. [6]
OR
On Teacher’s Day, you read in a newspaper that privately owned and managed schools in small towns or even in the suburbs of metropolitan cities exploit their teachers by paying them just a fraction of their authorized salaries. This affects their performance in the classroom and thus the lives of their students. Write a letter in 120 – 150 words to the editor of a national daily raising your voice against such exploitation. Suggest ways to solve this problem. You are Navtej/Navita, 112 Taj Road, Agra.
Answer:
Akash Public School,
Agra.

5 March, 20XX

The Editor,
The Hindu,
New Delhi

Subject: The harmful effects of tourism on the Corbett National Park.
Dear Sir,
Through the esteemed columns of your daily newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authority to the rampant abuse of available facilities in the Corbett National Park by tourists and the subsequent endangerment to the environment.

The tourists not only litter the place with non- biodegradable plastic packets and wrappers but also use wood from the forests for cooking purposes. Excessive trampling of the soil has been reported to have a harmful effect on the natural ecosystem. The tranquility of the habitat, which is so crucial to the resident fauna, is habitually disturbed by the tourists playing loud music in their safari jeeps and during their camps.

The Corbett National Park is the oldest in the country, established in 1936, to protect the endangered Bengal Tiger. The public should be made aware of the fact that eco-tourism should not be facilitated at the cost of harming the environment. There should be an increase in staff and stricter implementation. The penalty should be implemented for abuse of facilities and allows. Use of only non-polluting fuel should be allowed. It is my humble request that this issue should be immediately be taken up by your esteemed publication to generate further awareness.

Yours sincerely,
Navita/Navtej
Secretary
Environment Club
OR
112, Taj Road,
Agra

2 March 20XX

The Editor,
The Hindu
New Delhi

Subject: Exploitation of Teachers.
Dear Sir,
It is said that the teachers in privately owned and managed schools in small towns and metropolitan suburbs are being exploited. On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, this issue was brought to light in another national daily, mentioning that the teachers employed in such schools are paid a fraction of their authorized salaries.

Such malpractice is seen to affect the performance of the teachers in the classroom. The school trust pays these teachers much less than the amount they were promised, leading to resignations and constant changes in the faculty. This has affected students’ performance and led to an atmosphere of uncertainty in the schools, which is detrimental to the cause of education.

As a nation that prides itself on revering its teachers, it must be noted that we cannot build a future for our students if we do not give due credit to our teachers. The goverment should insure that such schools pay salaries as per the goverment’s fixed pay scales. Payments should be made through banks and the goverment agencies should monitor the salary perks etc. Therefore, I request your esteemed publication to take up this matter in order to investigate the issue further and mobilize the public towards calling for a complete overhaul in the education system of the country.
Yours sincerely,
Navtej/Navita

Question 6.
The government has banned the use of animals in the laboratories for the purpose of dissection. Write a debate in 150 – 200 words either for or against this decision. [10]
OR
Some people feel that electronic media (TV news) will bring about the end of print media (newspapers). What are your views on the issue? Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against this view.

• use of visuals on TV
• authentic and fast
• not enough news for 24-hour telecast
• may fabricate news
• become repetitive and dull
• even scandals become news
• print media – time tested
• analyzed, verified news
• editorial comments
• cater to all interests

Answer:
BAN ON THE USE OF ANIMALS
Good morning everyone, Today I am going to express my views against the motion “Banning the use of animals for dissection”.

Dissection of animals in the school laboratories provides a practical experience for the theoretical knowledge that students gain from books. They procure an opportunity to actually put their learning into practice. It should not be looked at as unjust practice because such an activity is meant to develop the student’s knowledge of the elements and functions of the living being.

The dissection of animals has a scientific purpose; it is a mode of hands-on education for students such that they learn outside of the pages of the textbook and actually look at what they are being taught. We should give more credit to the sensitivity and intelligence of our students, so as not to believe that a dissection class will make them more prone to animal violence. Students should be taught the value of animal life by making them understand how an animal has the same kind of organs as human beings that perform similar functions. The governing philosophy behind teaching students to dissect animals should be that life, whether human or animal, is the same; each living being is tied to each other by their inner similarity.

Thus, a ban on dissection of animals in school laboratories would not be the best course of action. I hope my views on this topic were substantial enough to throw light on this topic.
Thank you.
OR
ELECTRONIC MEDIA THE END OF PRINT
MEDIA
AGAINST THE MOTION:
Good morning everyone. Today I take the opportunity to express my argument against the motion on the belief that electronic media (TV news) will bring about the end of print media (newspaper).

TV news that strives towards authentic and fast reportage is always at risk of fabricating its content to continue being in circulation. The governing principle for the 24-hours news format is that whether or not news constitutes the element of worthiness, it should be covered on the channel. If there is nothing worth reporting then the content can be made sensational just to gain better TRP and currency. It tends to become repetitive and dull, scandals are allowed to become news and popularity becomes the main objective.

The ambition of TV news is to be the soul guardian of objective truth in the field of journalism can be considered to be a tall claim as more often it becomes a site for the promotion of commercial products and sensational content in the grab of news. Print media is a time tested medium of information dissemination. The time taken to publish engenders that the content of the report has been analyzed and verified to offer a composite picture to the reader. Editorial commentary ensures an informed view of the issues at hand. Newspapers are far from extinction, they are still a tried and time tested mode of receiving the world at our doorstep. Thus, the electronic media can never overrule the print media.
Thank you.

FOR THE MOTION:
The means for obtaining news of the world has been a paradigm shift from newspapers to television, especially due to the arrival of the 24-hours news format, reception of news is constant and on the go. The entire news landscape has changed as we are subjected to the concept of breaking news, that is, receiving news as it breaks and without waiting for the newspaper to arrive the next day with an account of events that have already been telecasted by them. It is helpful to illiterate peole. E-media is faster and environment friendly. The power of the television medium is that the image is a direct message which does not need to be read or deciphered. TV news strives towards authenticity, covering all vantage points for maximum coverage and it is delivered fresh and fast. In such a case, it contributes towards the redundancy of the print media.

Question 7.
Ragging has raised its ugly head again. A recent incident at a prestigious school has shown that this evil has not yet come to an end. Write an article in 150 – 200 words on ‘Ragging, an Evil’. You are Navtej/Navita. [10]

• a practice from the British era
• original aim, respect for hierarchy
• enforcing traditions, discipline
• Prefect – a teacher substitute
• misuse of authority
• vulgar aspect
• fatalities
• solution

OR
India is a tourist’s dream destination. Give your views on the tourism potential of India in an article in 150 – 200 words. You are Navtej/Navita.

• places of worship – religious tourism
• foreigners – places of historical interest
• the rich – hill stations during summers
  • the sun-kissed beaches in winters
  • leisure tourism
• medical tourism – world-class hospitals

Answer:
THE EVIL OF RAGGING IN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
By Navita/Navtej
Ragging is an evil heirloom, left over from the British era when it was practised in English colleges and Universities to teach the social hierarchy and instills important values since it was believed that the students were lacking in such knowledge due to their immaturity. Unfortunately, these practices gradually became prevalent in educational institutions. The history of the best educational institutions in India is blackened with traumatic cases of brutal ragging, especially in Engineering and Medical Colleges. Ragging was practiced to enforce traditions and discipline freshers into respecting their seniors and the academic hierarchy at such institutions. In a school, ‘Prefect’ is considered to be a teacher’s substitute. However, that does not mean that he/she can misuse his/her authority and indulge in the abuse of power, which happened in a recent case at a prestigious school.

Schools are centres of learning and wholesome development, but when power equations within the student, displaying its vulgar aspect, it can lead to fatalities such as continued mental trauma or even death. The solution is to sensitive students and bring awareness to stop the harmful practice of ragging. In order to have able-bodied and healthy-minded future citizens of India, we need to eradicate such practices.
OR
TOURISM POTENTIAL OF INDIA
By Navtej/Navita
India has been blessed with a geographical, cultural and linguistic diversity, which is so rich and varied that one will need a lifetime to explore each and every part of India. The tourism potential of India is immense and still to be explored fully. Each century has brought a new culture to Indian soil leading to a diversified commingling that has shaped modem India.

India is well known all over the world, for its ancient civilization and the artifacts recovered and being excavated till today, prove the genuineness of the claims.

The ancient history of our culture has left behind exquisite monuments and temples together with archaeological finds for the tourist who are interested in them. Besides this, our country has been blessed with natural scenic beauty, right from the coast lines and beaches to the majestic mountains and hill stations.

Tourism is a high-potential industry over the world and there are several economies which are totally based on the tourism industry for their survival. The amount of money involved and high value returns could be mind-boggling and India likely, would successfully develop an infrastructure conducive to the promotion of the tourism industry.

There are so many places of historical interest, heirlooms left over from the various centuries. From the mosques to the temples and churches, India is a living testament to its vast and varied religious heritage. Being a democratic country, every religion in India has full liberty to celebrate its special festivals in which the entire country participates as a whole. For those, looking to just get away from the madding crowd, hill stations during summers, the sun-kissed beaches in winter and leisure tourism are the go-to options. Over the years, medical tourism has also emerged as an extremely viable option, considering world-class facilities are made available at half the prices here, enabling more people to come to India for their healthcare.

The options enumerated so far are just some instances of India’s diversified tourist potential. There is so much more waiting to be explored in what can truly be the dream destination for tourists.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT) 40

Question 8.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: [4]
and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale as a late winter’s moon and felt that
old familiar ache, …………
(a) How do the trees sprint? [1]
(b) Why did the poet look at her mother again? [1]
(c) What did she observe? [1]
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. [1]
OR
On their slag heap, these children
Wear skins peeped through by bones and
spectacles of steel
With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones.
(a) Who are these children? [1]
(b) What is their slag heap? [1]
(c) Why are their bones peeping through their skins? [1]
(d) What does ‘with mended glass’ mean? [1]
Answer:
(a) The poetess is driving to the Cochin Airport. When she looks outside, the young trees seem to be moving backwards as the car moves ahead. With the speed of the car they seem to be running fast or sprinting. The poetess represents a contrast between her ‘dozing’ mother and the ‘sprinting’ young trees.

(b) The poetess looked at her mother again because there were obvious signs that the mother would pass away soon. She was deeply attached to her mother and had the childhood fear of losing her mother. She was pained to look at her ageing, pale face after she saw the world full of life and activity.

(c) She observed the pale and colourless face of her mother that resembles the late winter moon which lacks brightness as well as strength, like her mother did at that age.

(d) The figures of speech used in these lines are simile: The “wan, pale” face to the mother is compared to “a late winter’s moon”, and personification: for “trees sprinting…”
OR
(a) These are impoverished children of the slums.
(b) Their slag heap is the heap of waste on which they live, roam and play.
(c) Their bones are peeping through their skins _ as they are malnourished.
(d) ‘Mended glass’ means broken spectacles. This shows their poverty and inability to buy new glasses.

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following in 30 to 40 words: [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents?
(b) How did Rajkumar Shukla establish that he was resolute?
(c) ‘Life is what it is all about’ How is keeping quiet related to life?
(d) Mention any four things of beauty that add joy to our life.
(e) The manner of his (the Tiger King’s) death is a matter of extraordinary interest. Comment.
(f) In what condition did Dr. Sadao find the American soldier at the seashore?
Answer:
(a) Small slum children scrounged heaps of garbage. They expected to get some coins, notes or valuable things in it. Sometimes, they would find a rupee or even a ten rupee note. This gave the hope of finding more. So, they searched it excitedly. For children, garbage was wrapped in wonder. For the elders, it was a means of survival. Thus, garbage has two different meanings.

(b) Rajkumar Shukla established that he was resolute as he had come all the way from Champaran District in the foothills of Himalayas to Lucknow to speak to Gandhiji. Shukla accompanied Gandhiji everywhere. He also followed him to the Ashram near Ahmedabad. For weeks, he never left Gandhi’s side till Gandhiji asked him to meet at Calcutta.

(c) The poet says, ‘Life is what it is about …’ as he advocates and suggests the necessity of quiet introspection but does not advocate total inactivity and death. Total inactivity brings death, while stillness entails rest for a moment so that one can have calm self¬realisation as otherwise the people of the world are overactive and always on the move. The poet wants ‘no truck with death.’ Keeping quiet is related to doing activities in a purposeful and thoughtful manner.

(d) Everything of nature is a thing of beauty and a source of pleasure. Some of them are: the sun, the moon, old and young trees, flowers, small streams with clear water, masses of ferns, blooming musk rose and lovely tales, etc. all of these are the things of beauty.

(e) The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram was told that a tiger would be the cause of his death and warned him to be careful of the hundredth tiger. When the Maharaja tried to shoot the hundredth tiger it had only fainted.
The king purchased a wooden tiger to offer to his son as a birthday present. Its silver pierced Maharaja’s right hand. It is ironical that the infection spread and the king died. The manner of death made the prediction come true in the most extraordinary manner,

(f) Dr. Sadao found the American soldier in a wounded condition at the sea shore. He was very weak and pale. He had a bullet stuck in his wound. His face looked tortured and his back was stained with blood. From his battered cap, he learnt that he was a sailor from an American Warship. He was almost at the verge of death, if Sadao had not saved him.

Question 10.
Answer the following in 120-150 words : [6]
Even today so many among us believe in superstitions. An astrologer predicted about ‘the Tiger King’ that he would be killed by a tiger. He “killed’ one hundred tigers yet was himself “killed” by a tiger. How did the superstitious belief “prevail”?
OR
Dr. Sadao faced a dilemma. Should he use his surgical skills to save the life of a wounded person or hand an escaped American P.O.W. over to the Japanese police? How did he resolve this clash of values?
Answer:
On his birth, the astrologers had predicted that the Maharaja’s death would be caused by the hundredth tiger. As soon as the Maharaja learnt this, he started killing tigers. This shows that though people believed in superstition, the Maharaja wanted to prove the prophecy wrong. After killing all the tigers in his kingdom, he married a girl whose state had a large tiger population. He killed the tigers in his father-in-law’s kingdom too. He was assured that he had killed hundred tigers and was still alive, but ironically, his death was caused by a wooden tiger. While playing with his son and his wooden tiger, a rough surface pierced Maharaja’s hand causing infection that later led to his death. Destiny had taken its revenge for trying to overrule it. The superstitious belief prevailed as the hundredth tiger led to the Maharaja’s death.
OR
A conflict of interests arises in a situation when someone in a position of trust, such as a doctor, has competing interests that make it difficult to fulfill his duties. Dr. Sadao was a Japanese surgeon who lived in Japan during the Second World War. He had spent several years in the United States where he had experienced cultural prejudice and bias. He struggled with issues of duty, wartime medicine and racism. Yet, he risked his life to save an enemy, an American and a prisoner of war. He, like a real hero, stood up for what he believes in and does not calculate the repercussions. His sentimentality for the suffering and would help him rise above narrow national prejudices and extend help and services to an enemy He tends to the soldier, reveals the truth about him to the General and later on helped the soldier escape to safety. He can be viewed as a true hero for his bravery and professional competence.

Question 11.
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words: [6]
Everybody during the last lesson is filled with regret. Comment. (The Last Lesson)
OR
Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot realize. Comment.
Answer:
According to the order from Berlin, only German was to be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. This order left Mr. Hamel, the village people and Mr. Hamel’s students in deep regret. The villagers regretted not having made utmost use of the French lessons that had been given by Mr. Hamel. They had engaged themselves in their profession to earn a living and had not taken their French lessons seriously. The children and the villagers sitting in the class had always thought that they had enough time to learn the language. But now, during the last French lesson, everybody realized their mistake. They realized how little they knew of their native language. They all attended the last lesson to mark their respect towards their teacher and their country, which was no longer theirs.
OR
The chapter “Going Places” begins with Sophie telling Julie that one day she would either have a boutique or be an actress. If she ever becomes an actress, she would have the boutique as a side business as actresses do not work full time. This clearly shows that Sophie loves living in a world of dreams. Perhaps, we can take these dreams as being achievable ones. But her fantasy about the football player Danny Casey shows us that she lives completely lost in her world of fantasies. She strongly believes that she has met Danny Casey despite people not believing in her words.
She is so deeply lost in her world of dreams that she does not even doubt her capability of achieving them.

Question 12.
Answer the following in 120-150 words:** [6]
Describe how Silas Mamer is betrayed by his friend, William Dane.
OR
Why and how did Griffin rob the Vicar’s house?

Question 13.
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:** [6]
‘Evil begets evil’. In the light of this remark, describe the character of Dunstan Cass.
OR
Attempt a character sketch of Mrs. Hall.

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2015 Outside Delhi Set – II

Note: Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in the previous sets.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
Midday meal scheme in the school introduced by the government serves several purposes. Millions of children from the deprived sections of the society get nutritious food leading to good health, are attracted to the schools, kept from going astray and, thus developed into good citizens. The scheme may have some drawbacks too. Write an article in 150-200 words on all aspects of the scheme. You are Navtej/Navita. [10]
OR
Morning assembly in the school gives a cool and calm start to the otherwise hectic schedule of the day. It can be a means of passing important information to the students. What are your views on this significant event of the day? Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘Importance of Morning Assembly’. You are Navtej/Navita.
Answer:
MID DAY MEAL
By Navtej/Navita
The mid day meal scheme in schools was initiated with the dual objective of improving the nutritional status of children in classes, 1-5 in government schools and government-aided schools also encouraging children from socially ‘ and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to attend school regularly. It is a measure taken by the government to ensure that by meeting the nutritional requirements of the students, they would also be helping them in concentrating in school activities. The aim is also to keep children in schools, enable them to devote time to their education rather than leave the school to labour for food or get involved in criminal activities. The scheme estimates that a cooked mid day meal provides a child with a minimum of 300 calories and 8-12 grams of protein. This scheme was revised to cover children in the upper primary section, from the year 2007.

The programme is carried out with the help of the local authorities. However, certain issues have cropped up. There have been a lot of cases of food poisoning resulting from the partaking of these mid-day meals. In some schools, funds meant for such purposes have been funnelled off into the pockets of those who are in charge of distributing the grains. The government must inquire into all aspects of the schemes, check the supply chain of food grains, impose strict measures for observance of cleanliness in the school kitchens and ensure that the intention with which the scheme was started, i.e., to help the students, continues to be the cornerstone of the scheme.
OR
IMPORTANCE OF MORNING ASSEMBLY
By: Navita/Navtej
The morning assembly in schools starts the day on a cool and calm note, a short breath before the hectic school day begins with classes, courses and extra-curricular activities. It offers a moment of reflection before the working day begins, the school community meets together and the assembly becomes a medium of communicating matters of significance to the students. The morning assembly is a time when the whole school assembles in the field or school auditorium, prays together, shares information and begins the day jointly on a note of quiet reflection, which is so crucial in preparing for the hectic day ahead. The most important thing is that the assembly imparts a clear sense of vision that there are moments of peace, even if the day seems like there is too much on our plates.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each: [3 × 4=12]
(a) What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps?
(b) How was Gandhi treated at Rajendra Prasad’s house?
(c) Why does one feel ‘a sudden strangeness’ on counting to twelve and keeping quiet?
(d) Mention any two things which cause pain and suffering (A Thing of Beauty).
(e) When was the Tiger King in danger of losing his throne?
(f) What role did the American professor play in bringing Hana and Sadao together?
Answer:
(a) For Saheb, the garbage dump was like a mysterious package, full of wonders and magic. He looked for different kinds of treasures in the garbage, like a silver coin or other titbits.

(b) When Shukla took Gandhi to Rajendra Prasad’s house, he was out of town. The servants knew Shukla as a poor farmer who was pestering their master to help the indigo sharecroppers. Seeing Gandhi with him they presumed him to be another farmer and allowed him to stay as Shukla’s companion.

(c) Counting to twelve and keeping quiet brings in us a sudden strangeness because we are not used to such quiet and peaceful moments. We fail to understand ourselves, and have created a threat of self-destruction, which will be reduced by counting to twelve.

(d) The things that cause suffering and pain include the scarcity of people with a noble temperament and the unhealthy and miserable ways in which humanity is searching for meaning in life.

(e) It happened when a high-ranking British officer visited Pratibandapuram. He was very fond of hunting tigers and being photographed with the ones he had shot. However, he was refused by the Maharaja for hunting as well as being clicked with the killed tigers. This infuriated him and the Tiger King stood a chance of losing his throne for this.

(f) Dr. Sadao had met Hana at his American professor’s house. The professor and his wife were kind people who wanted to help the foreign students and so invited them to their house. After completing their studies in America, Sadao and Hana returned to Japan and got married.

Question 10.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
How different from usual was the atmosphere at school on the day of the last lesson? (The Last Lesson)
OR
How different is Jansie from Sophie?
Answer:
On usual days, when the school started there would be a huge bustle that could be heard out in the street. Sounds of desks being opened and closed and lessons repeated in unison could be heard. While repeating the lessons, students would put their hands on their ears for better understanding of their lessons and the sound of the teacher’s great ruler rapping on the table could also be heard. But, on the day of the last lesson, the school was as quiet as on a Sunday morning.

The narrator saw his classmates already in their respective places and Mr. Hamel walking up and down holding the scary iron ruler under his arm. When the narrator felt frightened to enter the class Mr. Hamel kindly told him to quickly go to his place as they were about to begin the class without him. Moreover, he saw some villagers were sitting on the last benches.
OR
Though Jansie and Sophie were friends, Jansie was completely unlike Sophie. In the beginning of the chapter “Going places,” when we find Sophie telling Jansie about her dream of having a boutique, Jansie, wearing an expression of doubt, tried to make sense to Sophie by telling her that having a boutique required a good investment. When Sophie replied that she would manage to gather the sum, Jansie again revealed her practical mind by saying that it would take Sophie a long time to gather the required amount.

She also told Sophie that she would not be made the manager straight away. This shows that Jansie had a fair idea about the hard truth of life, which Sophie lacked. She knew that both Sophie and she were destined to work in a biscuit factory and that Sophie’s dreams were just wishful thinking.

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2015 Outside Delhi Set – III

Note: Exceptforthe following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in the previous sets.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
Consumerism is increasing day-by-day. Luxu¬ries of yesterday have become necessities of today. The result is that the more we want the more miserable we become. Write a debate in 150-200 words on ‘The only way to minimize human suffering and pain is to control our needs/ You are Navtej/Navita. [10]
OR
Migration from villages to cities has led to the spread of urban slums. People living in these slums lead a miserable life. Economic disparity leads to the problems of law and order. Write a debate in 150-200 words on the ‘Solution to the problem of misery in the urban slums lies in creating jobs in the villages/ You are Navtej/ Navita.
Answer:
‘There is sufficiency in this world for man’s needs but not for man’s greed’ said Mahatma Gandhi. A respected panel of jury, teachers, my dear friends and not to forget my worthy but misguided opponents. Today, I, Navita/Navtej stand before you to speak for the motion on the topic “The only way to minimize human suffering and pain is to control our needs.”

We know that there is sufficiency, in this world for man’s needs, but what if a man mistakes his greed to be his need? Unfortunately, this is the scenario of today. The things that were regarded luxuries by our forefathers are now termed as necessities. We cannot imagine life without certain items like a blender, a washing machine or even a mobile phone. But weren’t our forefathers able to lead their lives even without these things? It is time that we understand that we have become slaves of a time when diseases like diabetes weren’t even heard off, why? It was because people worked hard without taking the help of such things and so kept their body’s metabolism running. Whatever be the problem, there is only one simple Solution-Controlling our needs and differentiating them from our greed. The more we enslave ourselves, the more we suffer.
Thank You.
OR
Respected panel of jury, teachers, my dear friends and not to forget my worthy but misguided opponents. Today, I Navita/Navtej, stand before you to speak for the motion of the topic “Solution to the problem of misery in the urban slums lies in creating jobs in the villages.”

Migration is a major issue faced by cities. In search of a better and brighter future and to fulfill their dreams, people from small towns and villages leave their life back home and move to cities. Unfortunately, their dreams shatter as they get to live in the already overpopulated urban slums, where they gradually get entangled in the deplorable conditions. Besides, the economic disparity that they face in the cities leads them to the problems of law and order. But, have we ever wondered what is the root cause of migration and the problems attached to it? Yes, it is the dearth of jobs in their native place. There is a huge scope for expansion in villages and small towns but people refuse to see it. The more jobs we create in villages and small towns, the less people will migrate, thereby leading to an economically as well as medically stronger India.
Thank you

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 6.
Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each: [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) “It is his karam, his destiny.” What is Mukesh’s family’s attitude towards their situation?
(b) What were the terms of the indigo contract between the British landlords and the Indian peasants?
(c) How will ‘keeping quiet’ protect our environment?
(d) Which objects of nature does Keats mention as sources of joy in his poem, ‘A Thing of Beauty’?
(e) Why did Tiger King decide to get married?
(f) What was Sadao’s father’s dream for him? How did Sadao realize it?
Answer:
(a) Mukesh’s family had resigned themselves to their fate. His father was a poor bangle maker and could not send his sons to school. He could only teach them how to make bangles. His family accepted it as their fate and felt that God-given lineage could not be broken.

(b) Most of the arable land in the Champaran district was divided into large estates that were owned by Englishmen and Indian tenants worked for them. They got the agreements from the sharecroppers to pay them compensation for being released from the 15% arrangement.

(c) By ‘Keeping Quiet’ the poet means that we should stop all our destructive activities that harm nature. If we count up to twelve and do not talk, the environment will be saved from us.

(d) The poet says that a beautiful thing is a source of everlasting happiness. The few things that add joy to our life are The Sun, The Moon, a bower of trees and a clear stream of water.

(e) The Tiger King was able to kill only seventy tigers in his kingdom. To prove the prophecy wrong, he needed to kill thirty more tigers. He decided to marry a girl from a royal family of a state with a large tiger population so that he could kill thirty more tigers.

(f) Sadao’s father dreamt of a bright future for his son. He wanted him to reach the sky as the limit and take Japan towards a better future too. Sadao understood that education was the most important thing to his father and at the age of twenty-two, he went to America to study Surgery and Medicine. At the age of thirty, he returned having realized his father’s dream.

Question 11.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words? [6]
How did the order from Berlin change the situation in the school? (The Last Lesson)
OR
It is not unusual for a lower middle-class girl to dream big. How unrealistic were Sophie’s dreams?
Answer:
The order from Berlin was received with an uncanny silence in the school. There were new copies for the students with ‘France, Alsace’ written on them. They looked like little flags floating everywhere in the classroom. This was in contrast to the usual scene when the school would be bazzing with activity. The sound of opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in chorus and the teachers’ great ruler banging on the table could be heard on the street.

But that day, everyone was working quietly and Mr. Hamel, who was dressed formally in the attire that he never wore except on special occasions, was walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm. The only sound that was heard was, the scratching of pen over paper. The villagers had gathered in the classroom and were sitting quietly on the lock benches.
OR
Sophie was a lower middle class girl who had great aspirations. To achieve a glamorous and sophisticated life, she wanted to own a boutique after she finished school. She felt as if she could save the money by working as a manager, or may become an actress as there was real money in it. She was romantic, who was far off from the reality. Sophie did not have a decent house to live in; her father worked hard to fend for the family and her brother was a mechanic. Her mother worked hard to do the household chores daily.

But Sophie dreamt of doing something beyond all this and wanted to own a shop like Mary Quant, which would be the most amazing shop that the city had ever seen. She also longed to go to places she had never seen. These places lured her towards them because they were distant and mysterious. Sophie’s dreams would never come true as they were unrealistic and not laced with practicality.

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Maulana Azad Scholarship Application Process

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Integrate the functions in Exercises 1 to 37:

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Question 4.
sinx sin(cosx)
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Question 5.
sin(ax+b) cos(ax+b)
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Question 21.
tan²(2x-3)
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∫tan²(2x-3)dx = ∫[sec²(2x-3)-1]dx = I
put 2x-3 = t
so that 2dx = dt
I = ∫sec²t dt-x+c
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sec²(7-4x)
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cotx log sinx
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Choose the correct answer in exercises 38 and 39

Question 38.

(a) 10x – x10 + C
(b) 10x + x10 + C
(c) (10x – x10) + C
(d) log (10x + x10) + C
Solution:

Question 39.

(a) tanx + cotx + c
(b) tanx – cotx + c
(c) tanx cotx + c
(d) tanx – cot2x + c
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गणित कक्षा 12 समाकलन प्रश्नावली 7.2

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– sin x dx = dt ⇒ sin x dx = – dt
∴(1) से, I = ∫sin (cos x) (sin x) dx = -∫sint dt
= cos t + C = cos (cos x) + C

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sin (ax + b) cos (ax + b)
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माना sin (ax + b) = t, दोनों पक्षों का x के सापेक्ष अवकलन करने पर,
a cos (ax + b) dx = dt

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CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Delhi

Time allowed : 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100

General instructions:

• This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
• Separate instruction are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions
• very carefully and follow them faithfully.
• Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

** Answer is not given due to change in present syllabus

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Delhi Set – I

Note: Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
Principal, Sunrise Global School, Agra requires a receptionist for her school. Draft a suitable advertisement in about 50 words to be published in the classified columns of a national newspaper giving all the necessary details of qualifications and experience required in the receptionist. [4]
OR
Water supply will be suspended for eight hours (10 am to 6 pm) on 6th of March for cleaning of the water tank. Write a notice in about 50 words advising the residents to store water for a day. You are Karan Kumar/Karuna Bajaj, Secretary, Janata Group Housing Society, Palam Vihar, Kurnool.
Answer:

OR

Question 5.
Yesterday you went to Sunrise Hospital, Market Road, New Delhi taking with you the victim of a hit and run accident. There were chaotic conditions in the casualty department. The injured was attended to after a lot of precious time had been lost.
Write a letter of complaint in 120-150 words to the Medical Superintendent. You are Karan/ Karuna, M-114, Mall Road, Delhi. [6]
OR
Lack of job opportunities in rural areas is forcing people to migrate to cities. Every big city thus has a number of slums in it. Life in these slums is miserable.
Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a national newspaper on how we can improve the living conditions in these slums. You are Karan/ Karuna, M-114, Mall Road, Delhi.
Answer:
M-114, Mall Road
Delhi

20th March, 20XX

The Medical Superintendent,
Sunrise Hospital, Market Road,
New Delhi.

Subject: Chaotic conditions in the casualty department
Dear Sir,
I, Karan/Karuna, a resident of New Delhi want to bring to your kind notice the conditions of the Sunrise hospital. Yesterday, while I was going to my office, I witnessed a person lying on the road in a pool of blood. There was a crowd around him. On enquiry, I came to know that he was hit by an unidentified vehicle and nobody took the pain to take him to Sunrise hospital. So, I brought him to hospital where I was further shocked to see the pathetic condition a of the casualty ward. The corridors were full of people where the smell of medicines prevailed and cotton dabs were thrown away on the floor. I requested the doctor on duty to attend the patient immediately to avoid any mishap but was asked to file a police complaint first.

The patient was left unattended for about an hour during which he lost ample amount of blood which could have been proved to be fatal. Later, when all the formalities were completed, the doctor came to see him and by God’s grace his life was saved. Then, again drugs were administered in an inappropriate way by the staff who came only after being reminded. I think this negligence could cost anyone their life someday. So, I request you to be more vigilant towards the working of the hospital.
Yours truly,
Karuna/Karan
OR
M-114, Mall Road,
Delhi.

20th March, 20XX

The Editor,
Times of India,
New Delhi.

Sub: Improvisation of the living conditions in slums
Dear Sir,
Through the esteemed columns of your prestigious newspaper, I would like to highlight the quality of life of the people living in slums. Each family consists of six to seven members who share a single room. Their children can be seen playing on the heaps of garbage and breeding grounds of flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches. Sincere efforts are required to improve the physical, social and economic conditions of these slum dwellers. Practical action should be taken by providing access to clean drinking water, proper health and sanitation facilities, waste management services and better housing facilities.

Slum upgrading should be a major part of the government’s agenda to alleviate the poor living standards of the people. But unless government takes a quick action, there can be no sustainable solution to the housing challenges. The government is not doing much regarding this reasons which may include low incentives, less financial resources, lack of provision of any such reform due to their short-term electoral period. But NGOs, training institutes, local residents, community groups can join hands together with government to eradicate the miseries of slum dwellers.
Hope my letter would find a place in your newspaper.
Yours Truly,
Karuna/Karan

Question 6.
‘The policy of reservation of seats for admission to the professional courses is good for the deprived sections of society.
Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion. [10]
OR
Write a speech in 150-200 words on ‘Benefits of early rising’ to be delivered by you in the morning assembly of your school. You are Karuna/Karan, Head Girl/Head Boy.
Answer:
POLICY OF RESERVATION OF SEATS’ IN PROFESSIONAL COURSES
Good morning, respected judges and the esteemed audience! The topic of today’s debate is ‘Policy of reservation of seats for professional courses’, is good for the deprived section of the society, I, stand before you to speak against the motion.

According to the Indian constitution, reservation in all the fields whether education, jobs or any other place, has been made to bring underprivileged classes at par with privileged or general ones. There are numerous reservations like reservation for women, reservation for physically challenged, reservation for economically backward class, reservation for scheduled castes, etc. But, I believe that this leads to further discrimination in the society. It had started with a very good objective of uplifting the socially backward society to give them equal opportunities. But with time its meaning has been changed and the aim of starting it is lost. People have started taking undue advantage of it. This has resulted in widespread protests and counter protests as it has affected thousands of jobs and admissions opportunities. Students securing 80 or 90 percent sometimes lag behind the underprivileged who do secure only 40 or 50 percent for taking admission in the vocational or professional courses.

It denies the equality of opportunity to those who do not belong to backward communities. They are denied admissions even though they have secured a good percentage. This would also perpetuate caste feeling among people and hamper national unity. Also the reservation systems in India is creating manpower which is not able to compete at the global level. India needs people who can work for the growth and development but reservation is raising undeserving candidates at higher positions. Hence, I think a reservation system should be demolished.
OR
‘BENEFITS OF EARLY RISING’
Honorable Principal, respected teachers and my dear friends, Good Morning! I am Karan/Karuna, Head boy/Head Girl of the school; it is a great opportunity for me to share my views on the topic ‘Benefits of rising early’ in today’s assembly.

We derive pleasure from many things, people, and places in our life. One such pleasure is when we get up early in the morning. It gives a good start to our mood. The air we breathe is so fresh that it refreshes our whole day. One should not miss the wonderful art of nature, rising of the sun from the dark color of midnight and gradually turning brighter, spreading its vibrant colors in the sky. This glory can’t be explained in words. We come into close contact with nature when we hear the chirping of birds, see green trees, flowers and leaves dancing. There is no chaos in the early morning and we can easily concentrate on our studies.

It is well said that whatever we study in the early hours of morning is learnt quickly and our mind retains it forever. Early morning meditation helps in keeping our body and soul fit. Breakfast, the most important meal of the day can be taken up timely. Besides, many other things, one may get enough time to exercise which keeps the body energetic and fit throughout the day. Then our productivity and capacity to work also increases. There is no distraction in the morning hours in case we want to indulge in some creative activities.
To sum up, I can say that I have full faith in the saying, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

Question 7.
India is a land of diversity. One way in which it makes us feel proud of it is the number of festivals we enjoy. Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘Festivals of India’. You are Karuna/ Karan. [10]
OR
Rising pollution, fast and competitive lifestyle, lack of nutritious food etc. have caused health woes for a large section of our population. Providing health care used to be a charitable and ethical activity. Today it has become commercialized, a money spinning business. Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘How to provide proper health care to the common man’. You are Karan/Karuna.
Answer:
‘FESTIVALS OF INDIA’
By Karuna/Karan
India is a land of colors. It is a country populated by the people of many castes, religions, faiths, communities, languages and creeds. Therefore, many festivals, celebrations, social and cultural gatherings, fairs take place every year. India is said to be a country which is full of pleasures, joys and festivities. Throughout the year, we celebrate many festivals. They represent the grandeur of the country. These are the occasions when families gather at one place and celebrate happy moments. Festivals are celebrated throughout the year and people await these festivals with great enthusiasm. These have an important place in the hearts of Indians as they believe that fasting on these occasions purify their soul and help them to lead a problem free life.

Some festivals are celebrated all over India and people celebrate them irrespective of their status and social position. These include Diwali, Holi and Dusshera. Each festival has its religious value and contains some mythology behind it. For example, Dusshera is celebrated on account of victory of good over evil and when Lord Ram killed Ravana. Similarly, Janmashtami has also a social and religious significance as Lord Krishna was bom to kill all the demons on the earth. Thus, each and every festival has its own value which . teaches people to come closer and forget all their differences.
OR
‘HOW TO PROVIDE PROPER HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMON MAN’
By Karuna/Karan
A large section of our population is suffering from physical as well as mental problems like, fever, injury, epilepsy, learning disability, etc. Women have problems related to pregnancy and childbirth whereas children require immunization against common diseases. Most of these health woes have been the result of our changing life style, rising pollution, lack of nutritive value in food. Hence, they require access to health-care facilities and treatment. Unfortunately, health services are often planned without consulting the community members. To meet the necessities of the people for accessible and affordable services, community members should be consulted and involved in their planning. Health centers should be more vigilant.

Most people prefer home remedial measures and go to the hospital or refer to a doctor only when the situation is beyond their control. But it’s not necessary that they will go to a well-qualified doctor, they may approach local pharmacist or traditional healers. Therefore, it is necessary that the health sector must intervene and create awareness among the people.

Health care facilities should be within the reach of the common man. Government’s investment in public health care is very low. As a result, many hospitals run by the government do not provide sufficient medical facilities. Therefore, improvements are required in this sector and it is a positive thing that the government is now planning to allocate more funds for the renovation of hospitals.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 8.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : [4]
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness, but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and asleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
(a) Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?
(b) Identify the phrase which says that ‘it’ is immortal.
(c) What is a ‘bower’?
(d) Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives?
OR
Old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile ………….
(a) What does the phrase, ‘familiar ache’ mean?
(b) What was the poet’s childhood fear?
(c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet’s feelings for her mother?
(d) What does the repeated use of the word, ‘smile’ mean?
Answer:
(a) Loveliness of anything that is beautiful keeps on increasing. It gives us immense joy, unending and everlasting pleasure.
(b) “It will never pass into nothingness” is the phrase which says that it is immortal.
(c) ’Bower’ literary means leafy shelter or a pleasant shady place under a tree.
(d) We need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives as they refresh us and give eternal joy and remove our sorrows and sufferings. Thus, we want to remain bound to the earth.
OR
(a) By the phrase ‘familiar ache’ the poet means the pain which she had already felt in her childhood. The pain was due to the fear of getting separated from her mother and the realization that she had not cared enough for her. She suppressed it by smiling again and again at her and by promising to meet her soon.

(b) The poet’s childhood fear was that her mother was old and had a pale and colorless face, she might not live very long and the poet might lose her someday.

(c) The poet had the childhood fear that she would lose her mother soon. She possessed the same fear while going away from her. But she did not say anything to her except the optimistic note ‘see you soon Amma’. She gave her a cheerful farewell.

(d) The word ‘smile’ has been repeated to show that in order to hide her fearful thought of separating from her mother, she puts on a false smile. Secondly, she gives moral support to her mother by promising to meet her soon. She tries to hide her feelings by smiling again and again.

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each: [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) Describe the irony in Saheb’s name.
(b) Why was Gandhiji opposed to C.F. Andrews helping him in Champaran?
(e) When he was only ten days old, a prediction was made about the future of the Tiger King. What was ironic about it?
(f) What was his father’s chief concern about Dr. Sadao?
Answer:
(a) Saheb’s full name was Saheb-E-Alam which means the ‘Lord of the Universe’. The irony in his name was that he was a poor rag picker who did not even have chappals to wear. He walked on the streets barefoot to earn his living and looked into the garbage for gold coins or something to survive.

(b) Gandhiji was opposed to C.F. Andrews helping him in Champaran because he wanted the Indians to be self-dependent and self- reliant in their struggle against injustice. He told him that Indians were strong enough to fight their own battle and had the capability to win it. Therefore, Gandhiji refused his help.

(e) When The Tiger King was only ten days old, the chief astrologer predicted that the death of the prince would result from a tiger. So when he grew up, he killed hundred tigers without knowing that the hundredth tiger didn’t die by his bullet. Ironically, the King died because of a wooden toy tiger.

(f) Sadao’s education had been his father’s chief concern. At the age of twenty-two, he sent his son to America to learn about surgery and medicine. He lined up to his father’s expectations. By the time his father died, Sadao had established himself as a famous surgeon as well as a scientist.

Question 10.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
Our language is a part of our culture and we are proud of it. Describe how regretful M. Hamel and the village elders are for having neglected their native language, French.
OR
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie’s dreams?
Answer:
There is no doubt that our language is a part of our culture and we feel proud of it. But the true value of it can be realized only when the freedom of speaking it, is taken away from us.

The story ‘The Last Lesson’ depicts the pathos of the whole situation, how people feel in not learning their language and losing an asset. One day Franz, one of the students came unwillingly to the school and noticed that everything was still and as quiet as a Sunday morning and there were elder people sitting quietly at the back of the classroom. There was an order from Berlin that French would not be taught any further in the schools and instead German was to be taught. This news shocked everyone. All the villagers gathered in the classroom to attend their last French lesson and to pay their respect for the French teacher, M. Hamel, who was going to deliver his last speech in French, the adults felt sorry that they had not attended the school and thanked Hamel for his faithful service.

To honor his French lesson, M. Hamel also put on his fine Sunday clothes. His behavior changed to kindness. He even blamed himself for neglecting french as he used to give holidays when he wanted to go fishing or for watering his flowers. He told his students that it was the most beautiful and logical language and they should not forget it.
OR
It is a natural thing for teenagers to dream. They don’t have much liabilities and burden at that stage of life so they are free to dream. It is a part of their life but sometimes these dreams are impractical and non-realistic and when they are shattered, they cause a lot of pain.

In the story ‘Going Places’, the author has described the feelings and dreams of a girl, a school-going teenager Sophie. She was a day dreamer and fantasized that she had met with Danny Casey, a football player from Ireland. She dreamt of having met him twice in the arcade. For her, he was a hero to be worshipped. She went to the place where she thought he would meet her and when he didn’t turn up, she felt disappointed. Then she thought of owning a boutique, becoming a manager, a fashion designer or an actress irrespective of her weak socio-economic status.

She had not thought about where the money would come for opening a boutique. She was blind to the bitter truth of life. She dreamt of an imaginary life, full of beautiful things. It can be said that she wanted to lead a lavish and grand life which was not possible. She was over ambitious. Her dreams were unrealistic in the sense that ultimately she would have to work in a biscuit factory.

Question 11.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
Derry sneaked into Mr. Lamb’s garden and it became a turning point in his life. Comment.
OR
How did Jo want the Roger Skunk story to end? Why?
Answer:
Derry sneaked into Mr. Lamb’s garden and it became a turning point in his life. Before that, Derry used to live an isolated life. He did not like meeting people or socializing. The reason was his acid-burnt face, seeing which people often got terrified. He began leading a secluded life.

Meeting Mr. Lamb brought a change in his life. His attitude towards life was completely changed. Mr. Lamb gave him confidence and supported him morally as he was too physically impaired like him. He had a tin leg because the original one was blown off in the war. He told Derry that he was not affected by people’s sarcastic remarks. He motivated Derry to face the challenges of life and not to lament over his burnt face. According to him, he was lucky to have two arms, two legs, ears, eyes and tongue. He could do far better than others.

All these preachings left an impression on Derry and then he started looking at things and the world differently. He began to help Mr. Lamb with crab apples and developed a positive attitude towards life.
OR
Jack used to tell his little daughter Jo, bedtime stories. As soon as she grew a bit older, she began to ask questions from her father. Once her father told her a story of a little animal called Skunk who smelled bad. He therefore, met with a wizard who solved his problem a magic wand and made him smell like roses. But the Skunk’s mother did not like it and took him back to the wizard to smell bad once again.

This ending was not acceptable to Jo as she wanted the story to have another ending where the wizard would hit the mommy with his magic wand and shop off her arms ‘forcibly.’ Jo thought that Roger was the hero of the story so he must not look ugly; or stinky. Jo’s perspective on life was different from her father’s. She wanted the wizard to hit mommy on head as a punishment as she imposed her will on her son unnecessarily. According to Jo, Roger should be allowed to choose his own life. Moreover, she didn’t want the story to end sadly.

She wanted to change the end of the story to assert her views on her father. She had her own ideals and views which she wanted to pursue.

Question 12.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words:** [6]
What do we learn about Mrs. Hall and Griffin from their first interaction at Coach and Horses inn?
OR
What kind of life did Silas lead before coming to Raveloe?

Question 13.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words:**
Everyone who comes into contact with Griffin suffers. Attempt a character sketch of Griffin in the light of this remark. [6]
OR
Attempt a character sketch of Nancy Lammeter.

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Delhi Set – II

Note: Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
You need to buy a flat. Draft a suitable advertisement in about 50 words to be published in the classified columns of a local newspaper giving all the necessary details of your requirement. You are Karan/Karuna, M 114, Mall Road, Delhi. [4]
OR
Sunrise Global School, Agra is going to organize a one-act play competition in the school auditorium. You have decided to invite noted stage artist, Nalini to grace the occasion. Draft a formal invitation for her in about 50 words. You are Karuna/Karan, Cultural Secretary.
Answer:

OR
Sunrise Global School Agra

15th May, 20XX

Nalini
Abhilasha Vihar,
Delhi

Subject: Invitation to preside over one-act play competition.
Dear Ma’am,
Our school is going to organize a one-act play competition in the school auditorium. A large number of students from classes XI and XII are likely to participate in this inter-school competition. We shall be highly honored if you will grace the occasion with your presence on the 30th of June, 20XX at 2 pm. Kindly confirm your appearance in time.
Regards Karan/Karuna
(Cultural Secretary)
Sunrise Global School Agra

Question 5.
Park Lane, Chanakyapuram, Mysore is proud of having four reputed public schools in close proximity to each other. In the morning and afternoon there is a heavy traffic along the road and hundreds of student are put to a lot of inconvenience. [6]
Write a letter in 120-150 words to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) describing the problem. Suggest a few measures to regulate the traffic. You are Karuna Shetty/Karan Kumar, Principal, Sunrise Global School.
OR
Write an application (including a resume) in 120¬150 words for the post of receptionist advertised in a national newspaper by JKL Publishers, Peshwa Road, Pune. You are Karima, M-114 Mall Road, Pune, a graduate from SNDT University and have done a Secretarial Practice Course from YWCA, Mumbai.
Answer:
Sunrise Global School,
Park Lane, Chanakyapuram,
Mysore

1st March, 20XX

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic)
Chanakyapuram,
Mysore

Dear Sir/Madam,
Subject: Traffic congestion on the road surrounding the schools.
This letter intends to be to your kind the serious problem of traffic mess near the school’s surroqnding which has caused great inconvenience. There are four reputed public schools in the ambit of the area. In the morning, the movement of the school transport, staff vehicles and the vehicles of the parents, who come to drop their children, along with the general traffic, creates a huge chaos on the road. The same chaos could be witnessed in the afternoon when the school gets off. The situation gets worse when the traffic lights don’t work. The children, who come from the nearby areas, find it difficult to cross the roads and face a huge risk.

The safety of the children is of utmost importance for the schools. Therefore I would request you to appoint traffic police on different points of the roads around the schools, so as to avoid traffic jams. Also, a regular check of the traffic lights would help in reducing inconvenience. The schools are also planning to arrange traffic rules awareness workshop for their respective staff, parents, and children. I request you to look into the matter and solve the issue at the earliest.
Yours Sincerely
Karan Kumar/Karuna Shetty
Principal
Sunrise Global School
OR
M-114, Mall Road
Pune

1st March, 20XX

JKL Publishers
Peshwa Road,
Pune.

Subject: Application for the post of Receptionist.
Dear Sir, With reference to your advertisement of the job in the newspaper. I want to apply for the post of a receptionist I am a graduate from SNDT University and have completed a Secretarial Practice Course from YWCA, Mumbai. I have been working as a receptionist with Gupta & Sons Textiles Ltd. since March, 201XX. I have a proven record of meeting my goals by accepting all challenges throughout my professional career.

My resume has been attached herewith. Please let me know, if any further information regarding my background and qualifications, is needed. Looking forward to hear from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Karuna
Enclosure: Resume and two passport-size photographs
RESUME
Name: Karuna
Father’s Name : Om Prakash Chauhan
Date of Birth : 11 – 07 – 1989
Residential Address : M-14, Mall Road, Pune
Contact Number: +91-xxxxxxxxxx
Educational Qualifications : (i) Graduation (SNDT University) (ii) Secretarial Practice Course (YWCA, Mumbai)
Computer Proficiency: MS Office and Adobe Photoshop
Experience: Working as Receptionist with Gupta & Sons Textiles Ltd. since March 20XX
Salary Expected : ₹ 15,000
Marital Status: Unmarried
Hobbies : Travelling, reading and socializing
Languages Known : Hindi and English
References : (i) Mr. Anil Thackrey Marketing
Head Mumbai
(ii) Mrs. Shabha Rana HRM, Surat

Question 6.
‘Rising prices can be controlled only by the government.’ Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion. [10]
OR
Write a speech in 150-200 words on the topic, ‘Library plays an important role at school’. It is to be delivered in the morning assembly. You are Karuna/Karan, Head Girl/Head Boy.
Answer:
RISING PRICES CAN BE CONTROLLED ONLY BY THE GOVERNMENT’
A very good morning to jury members, friends and my fellow opponents!! am Karan/Karuna of Head boy/Head girl. Today, I am going to speak against the motion’ Rising prices can be controlled only by the government.’ The role of government in an economy is to announce measures of regulation and control. A government can impose restrictions on hoarding, the export of some items and track prices of limited commodities. However, the execution vests in the custody of the people residing in the nation.

It would not be correct to put the blame wholly on the government. The consumer is no less to be blamed for inflation. Some consumers allow themselves to be robbed due to the fear of insufficient good supply and adverse price trends. Also, some consumers indulge themselves into hoarding and black marketing of the products. Such practices not only deprive the country of much-needed resources but also serve as bad examples for those who cannot afford to pay such high prices. By reducing the demand of a good, its price can be controlled by the consumers. Thus, I believe, the rising prices or inflation can be controlled by the combined effort of the government and consumers.
Thank you.
OR
LIBRARY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE AT SCHOOL
Good morning everyone!
Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends, I am Karan/Karuna, the head boy/ Head Girl of your school, and I am going to give a short speech on how ‘Library plays an important role at school.’ A school library is a place that plays an important role in encouraging innovation and thirst for knowledge. It provides support for learning and teaching throughout the school. The school library exhibits positive impact on the academic achievement of the student, as it helps in developing the mind of the student. It is integral to the teaching and learning process. A library at school not only provides academic references but a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, digital and print resources. It develops the habit of reading in students and helps to to enhance students’ intellectual, cultural and emotional growth. The school library also provides opportunities for teachers to plan, implement and evaluate new learning programs.

It also plays a critical role in assisting the students in compiling, critically analyzing and organizing information, and then presenting their findings. A school library provides a safe environment that encourages curiosity and imagination. The students become users of information and start to develop a better understanding of the world.
Thank you

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Delhi Set – III

Note: Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 6.
‘The policy of no detention till class VIII is not in the interest of students.’ Write a debate in 150-200 words either in favour of or against the motion.’ [10]
OR
Write a speech in 150-200 words on the topic, ‘A student must know how to manage his time.’ It is to be delivered in the morning assembly. You are Karan/Karuna, Head Boy/Head Girl of the school.
Answer:
THE POLICY OF NO DETENTION TILL CLASS VIII IS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF STUDENTS
A very good morning to jury members, friends, and my fellow opponents. Today, I am going to speak for the motion ‘The policy of no detention till class VIII is not in the interest of the students.’ Firstly, let me tell you what the no-detention policy states. The policy states that no child shall be held back in any class or expelled from the school till the completion of elementary education. The step was taken to reduce stress and pressure among students, but the policy has led to poor outcomes, as there has hardly been any improvement in the academic standard. It has encouraged negligence and reluctance in children to study. The student develops a carefree and an easy going attitude, due to an automatic promotion system up to class VIII, and in class IX, he is unable to change his attitude. Suddenly, they fail to cope up with the academic pressure and end up performing badly in board exams.

I, therefore, firmly agree that the policy of no detention till class VIII is not in the interest of students, as it gives then the security of making it to the next class, regardless of a child’s competence to learn higher concepts.
OR
A STUDENT MUST KNOW HOW TO MANAGE HIS TIME
Good morning everyone!
Respected principal, teachers and all my dear friends, I, Karan/Karuna, the head boy/head girl of your school, am going to give a short speech on the topic, ‘A student must know how to manage his time’.

When life takes a highway and everything seems to be going out of control, the only thing that can bring back the required pace in life is time management because a student’s time is so valuable, it is important to use it wisely. This can be done by taking advantage of an idle time that could be spent studying. This could happen during lunch, on the bus ride to and fro from school or before a class starts.

A student must prioritize what comes first in his life.
Spending time with friends, family and having fun is important to provide a healthy balance. To successfully satisfy their personal life and meet education obligations, students must learn to juggle the two effectively by managing their time well.

When you get into the habit of procastinating as a student, you tend to do the same as an adult. Habits that are learned at an early are hard to change when you become old. Therefore, develop a sense of responsibility towards your task at an early.
Thank you.

Question 7.
India is an emerging economy, we are rich in natural resources. Yet a significant proportion of our people is living below poverty line. One cause of this poverty is our rising population. Write an article is 150-200 words on ‘How to keep a check on population/ You are Karuna/Karan. [10]
OR
Women feel unsafe on the road, at their place of work and even at home. There is an urgent need to change the male mindset in its attitude towards women.
Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘How to make women feel safe’. You are Karan/Karuna.
Answer:
HOW TO KEEP A CHECK ON POPULATION
By Karan/Karuna
An economy requires the support of its population to function smoothly. The fact remains intact that India is extremely rich in its natural resources, yet incapable of sustaining its population. We often ponder over the question. Who is responsible for the imbalance? Is it the current government? Is it the lack of facility? Or is it just ignorance?

The disproportionate distribution of wealth in the country is mostly an outcome of the humongous population, hyperbolically termed as the ‘Population Explosion’. The government, at regular intervals, has introduced birth control schemes and programmes, such as ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’.

Such programs have failed tremendously because of the illiteracy and religiously guided notions of the people. The only way possible to curb the population is to educate the Indian population. The beliefs and desirability of having a male child also increases the population, which can be checked by making people understant that it is better to facilitate the children in a manner to empower them without being gender biased. The government can work effectively only when the population understands the fragility and the need of the moment.
OR
‘HOW TO MAKE WOMEN FEEL SAFE’
By: Karan/Karuna
The safety of women in the modern society is increasingly becoming a grave concern by each passing day. It is no longer an issue of morals but of criminalist mentality of a majority of the male sector of our society. Ensuring security of women can never be possible by restraining them to their houses. It can never be the solution. It is said, that to solve a problem effectively and efficiently, its root needs to be targeted’ and in the same way, we need to put efforts into educating our boys and quite evidently, men as well, to respect the women. Rather than teaching a girl how to live with restrictions, we should teach a boy how to respect and accept the girl’s wishes. This will help to reduce the cause a lot, but in order to eradicate the problem, severe legal measures are needed to be taken.

The criminals should be punished severely and the legal procedures should be shortened. Domestic violence against women should not be tolerated and programs should be set-up to support women suffering in these scenarios. The aggressors in such cases need to be adequately penalized. The women should be trained the basic self-defense at an early age. Besides, taking these measures, special forces need to be posted at all places where crimes against women are more frequent, like tourist sites and secluded places. Special help-line numbers need to be set-up and effective and quick aid should be provided to women whenever and wherever required.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each: [12]
(a) How did his experience at the YMCA swimming pool affect Douglas?
(b) What hospitality did the peddler receive from the crofter?
(e) What kind of life was enjoyed by crown prince Jung Bahadur till he reached the age of twenty?
(f) Where, when and how did Dr. Sadao meet Hana?
Answer:
(a) The experience created a terrible fear in the heart of Douglas for a long time, after his YMCA swimming pool experience when Douglas hit the pool, he started drowning when he was saved, he became weak and rembled badly. He conldn’t even eat for many days as he felt sick in the stomach. This made Douglas more afraid of water. The very sight of water made him ill. Douglas decided not to play any water sports.

(b) Unlike the indifferent attitude of the others towards him, the peddler was whole heartedly welcomed by the crofter in his cottage. The crofter, at once, put the porridge pot on fire and gave him supper. He gave him a roll of tobacco for his pipe. He also played a game of cards with him.

(e) The British dominance and its effect on the Indian royalty are evident in the upbringing of the crown prince Jung Bahadur. He was brought up by an English nanny, drank the milk of an English cow, taught English by an Englishman and watched English films.

(f) Dr. Sadao met Hana in America at the house of a professor Harley where some foreign students were living. He liked her but waited to fall in love with her until he was sure she was a pure Japanese.

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CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Outside Delhi

Time allowed : 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100

General instructions:

• This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
• Separate instruction are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions
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** Answer is not given due to change in present syllabus

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Outside Delhi Set – I

Section – A
(READING) 30

Question 1.
Read the passage given below: [12]
1. Maharana Pratap ruled over Mewar only for 25 years. However, he accomplished so much grandeur during his reign that his glory surpassed the boundaries of countries and time turning him into an immortal personality. He along with his kingdom became a synonym for valour, sacrifice and patriotism. Mewar had been a leading Rajput kingdom even before Maharana Pratap occupied the throne. Kings of Mewar, with the cooperation of their nobles and subjects, had established such traditions in the kingdom, as augmented their magnificence despite the hurdles of having a smaller area under their command and less population. There did come a few thorny occasions when the flag of the kingdom seemed sliding down. Their flag once again heaved high in the sky, thanks to the gallantry and brilliance of the people of Mewar.

2. The destiny of Mewar was good in the sense that barring a few kings, most of the rulers were competent and patriotic. This glorious tradition of the kingdom almost continued for 1500 years since its establishment, right from the reign of Bappa Rawal. In fact, only 60 years before Maharana Pratap, Rana Sanga drove the kingdom to the pinnacle of fame. His reputation went beyond Rajasthan and reached Delhi. Two generations before him, Rana Kumbha had given a new stature to the kingdom through victories and developmental work. During his reign, literature and art also progressed extraordinarily. Rana himself was inclined towards writing and his works are read with reverence even today. The ambience of his kingdom was conducive to the creation of high quality work of art and literature. These accomplishments were the outcome of a long standing tradition sustained by several generations.

3. The lives of the people of Mewar must have been peaceful and prosperous during the long span of time; otherwise such extraordinary accomplishment in these fields would not have been possible. This is reflected in their art and literature as well as their loving nature. They compensate for lack of admirable physique by their firm but pleasant nature. The ambience of Mewar remains lovely thanks to the cheerful and liberal character of its people.

4. One may observe astonishing pieces of workmanship not only in the forts and palaces of Mewar but also in public utility buildings. Ruins of many structures which are still standing tall in their grandeur are testimony to the fact that Mewar was not only the land of the brave but also a seat of art and culture. Amidst aggression and bloodshed, literature and art flourished and creative pursuits of literature and artists did not suffer. Imagine, how glorious the period must have been when the Vijaya Stambha which is the sample of our great ancient architecture even today, was constructed. In the same fort, Kirti Stambha is standing high, reflecting how liberal the then administration was which allowed people from other communities and kingdoms to come and carry out construction work. It is useless to indulge in the debate whether the Vijay Stambha was constructed first or the Kirti Stambha. The fact is that both the capitals are standing side by side and reveal the proximity between the king and the subjects of Mewar.

5. The cycle of time does not remain the same. Where the reign of Rana Sanga was crucial in raising the kingdom to the acme of glory, it also proved to be his nemesis. History took a turn the fortune of Mewar—the land of the brave, started waning. Rana tried to save the day with his acumen which was running against the stream and the glorious traditions for some time.
On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer each of the questions given below with the help of the options that follow: [1 × 4 = 4]
(a) Maharana Pratap became immortal because:
(i) he ruled Mewar for 25 years
(ii) he added a lot of grandeur to Mewar
(iii) of his valour, sacrifice and patriotism
(iv) both (ii) and (iii)

(b) Difficulties in the way of Mewar were :
(i) lack of cooperation the nobility
(ii) ancient traditions of the kingdom
(iii) its small area and small population
(iv) the poverty of the subjects

(c) During thorny occasions :
(i) the flag of Mewar seemed to be lowered
(ii) the flag of Mewar was hoisted high
(iii) the people of Mewar showed gallantry
(iv) most of the rulers heaved a sigh of relief

(d) Mewar was lucky because :
(i) all of its rulers were competent
(ii) most of its people were competent
(iii) most of its rulers were competent
(iv) only a few of its people were incompetent

Answer the following questions briefly: [1 × 6 = 6]
(e) Who is the earliest King of Mewar mentioned in the passage?
(f) What was Rana Kumbha’s contribution to the glory of Mewar?
(g) What does the writer find worth admiration in the people of Mewar?
(h) How could art and literature flourish in Mewar?
(i) Howdidtherulersshowthattheycaredfortheir subjects?
(j) What does the erection of Vijaya Stambha and Kirti Stambha in the same fort signify?
(k) Find words from the passage which mean the same as each of the following : [1×2=2]
(i) surprising (para 4),
(ii) evidence (para 4)
Answer:
(a) (ii) he added a lot of grandeur to Mewar
(b) (iii) its small area and small population
(c) (i) the flag of Mewar seemed to be lowered
(d) (iii) most of its rulers were competent
(e) Bappa Rawal is the earliest king of Mewar.
(f) Rana Kumbha had given a new stature to the kingdom through victories and development in work. During his reign, literature and art also progressed extraordinarily. Rana himself was inclined towards writing and his works are read with reverence even today.

(g) The people of Mewar are loving, cheerful, liberal, peaceful, prosperous and have a pleasant nature. According to the writer, these are the qualities that make them worth admiration.

(h) During Rana Kumbha’s reign, literature and art progressed extraordinarily. The peaceful and prosperous atmosphere of his kingdom was suitable for the creation of high quality work of literature and art. The king himself countributed to literature. Even amidst wars and bloodshed, literature and art flourished.

(i) By building Vijaya Stambha and Kirti Stambha side by side, rulers revealed the proximity between the king and subjects of Mewar.

(j) Vijaya Stambha is the sample of our great ancient architecture even today. Kirti Stambha reflects how liberal the then administration was, which allowed people from other communities and kingdoms to come and carry out construction work in Mewar. Along with mining wars, the ruler patronized art.

(k) (i) astonishing (ii) testimony

Question 2.
Read the passage given below : [10]
1. To ensure its perpetuity, the ground is well held by the panther both in space and in time. It enjoys a much wider distribution over the globe than its bigger cousins and procreates sufficiently profusely to ensure its continuity for all time to come.

2. There seems to be no particular breeding season of the panther, although its sawing and caterwauling is more frequently heard during winter and summer. The gestation period is about ninety to hundred days (Whipsnade, ninety-two days). The litter normally consists of four cubs, rarely five. Of these, generally two survive and not more than one reaches maturity. I have never come across more than two cubs at the heels of the mother. Likewise, graziers in the forest have generally found only two cubs hidden away among rocks, hollows of trees, and other impossible places.

3. Panther cubs are generally in evidence in March. They are bom blind. This is a provision of Nature against their drifting away from the place of safety in which they are lodged by their mother, and exposing themselves to the danger of their being devoured by hyenas, jackals, and other predators. They generally open their eyes in about three to four weeks.

4. The mother alone rears its cubs in seclusion. It keeps them out of the reach of the impulsive and impatient male. As a matter of fact the mother separates from the male soon after mating and forgets all about their tumultuous union. The story that the male often looks in to find out how the mother is progressing with her cubs has no foundation except in what we wish it should do at least.

5. The mother carries its cubs about by holding them by the scruff of their necks, in its mouth. It trains them to stalk, and teaches them how to deliver the bite of death to the prey. The cubs learn to treat all and sundry with suspicion at their mother’s heels. Instinctively the cubs seek seclusion, keep to cover and protect their flanks by walking along the edge of the forest.

6. I have never had an opportunity to watch a mother panther train its cubs. But in Pilibhit forests, I once saw a tigress giving some lessons to its little ones. I was its kill at Mala. As the sunset, the tigress materialized in the twilight behind my machan. For about an hour, it scanned and surveyed the entire area looking and listening with the gravest concern. It even went to the road where my elephant was awaiting my signal. The mahout spotted it from a distance and drove the elephant away.

7. When darkness descended upon the scene and all was well and safe the tigress called its cubs by emitting a low haa-oon. The cubs, two in number and bigger than a full-grown cat, soon responded. They came trotting up to their mother and hurried straight to the kill in indecent haste. The mother spitted at them so furiously that they doubled back its heels immediately. Thereafter, the mother and its cubs sat under cover about 50 feet (15 m) away from the kill to watch, wait, look, and listen. After about half an hour’s patience and fidgetless vigil the mother seemed to say ‘paid for’. At this signal, the cubs cautiously advanced, covering their flanks, towards the kill. No longer did they make a beeline for it, as they had done before.

8. The mother sat watching its cubs eat, and mounted guard on them. She did not partake of the meal.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage complete the statements given below with the help of options that follow: [1 × 2 = 2]
(a) To protect its cubs, the mother panther hides them:
(i) among rocks
(ii) in the branches of the trees
(iii) behind the tree trunks
(iv) at its heels

(b) The male panther:
(i) is protective of its cubs
(ii) trains its cubs
(iii) watches the progress of the mother
(iv) is impulsive and impatient
Answer the following questions briefly: [1 × 6 = 6]
(c) How many cubs does the mother panther rarely deliver?
(d) What may happen if the panther cubs are not born blind?
(e) Why did the mahaut drive his elephant away?
(f) Why did the tigress spit at its cubs?
(g) From the narrator’s observation, what do we learn about the nature of the tigress?
(h) Why does the panther not face the risk of extinction?
(i) Find words from the passage which mean the same as each of the following : [1 × 2 = 2]
(i) moving aimlessly (para 3)
(ii) came down/fell (para 7)
Answer:
(a) (i) among rocks
(b) (iv) is impulsive and impatient
(c) The mother panther delivers litter of four cubs, rarely five.
(d) If the panther cubs are not blind they drift away from the place of safety in which they are lodged by their mother.
(e) The mahaut drove away his elephant to protect it from the tigress by avoiding to disturb it.

(f) The mother tigress spitted at its cubs to call them back to its heels and watch the prey carefully, instead of running towards it in haste.

(g) The tigress is very protective about her cubs. She rears them alone without the help of the male. She trains them to hunt and guards them while they eat.

(h) The panther does not face the risk of extinction because it procreates sufficiently and profusely to ensure its continuity for all time to come.
(i) drifting, (ii)descended

Question 3.
Read the passage given below: [8]
People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so. They can have a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned. Those who never have to change houses become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be described as clutter. They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years in the belief that they may one day need them. Old people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, and sentiment. Things owned for a long time are full of associations with the past, perhaps with the relatives who are dead, and so they gradually acquire a sentimental value.

Some things are collected deliberately in an attempt to avoid wastage. Among these are string and brown paper, kept by thrifty people when a parcel has been opened. Collecting small items can be a mania. A lady cuts out from newspapers sketches of model clothes that she would like to buy if she had money. As she is not rich, the chances are that she will never be able to afford such purchases. It is a harmless habit, but it litters up her desk.

Collecting as a serious hobby is quite different and has many advantages. It provides relaxation for leisure hours, as just looking at one’s treasure is always a joy. One doesn’t have to go out for amusement as the collection is housed at home. Whatever it consists of- stamps, records, first editions of books, china-there is always something to do in connection with it; from finding the right place for the latest addition to verifying facts in reference books. This hobby educates one not only in the chosen subject but also in general matters which have some bearing on it.

There are other benefits also. One gets to meet like-minded collectors to get advice, compare notes, exchange articles, to show off one’s latest finds, etc.; so, one’s circle of friends grows. Soon the hobby leads to travelling, perhaps a meeting in another town, possibly a trip abroad in search of a rare specimen, for collectors are not confined to one country. Over the years, one may well become an authority on one’s hobby and will probably be asked to give informal talks to little gatherings and then, if successful, to larger audiences.
(a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage make notes on it, using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary – minimum four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it. [5]
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. [3]
Answer:
(a) Collecting-A Hobby
1. Reasons
(i) Ppl can have delightful surprises
(ii) Become indiscriminate collectors
(iii) Senti values
(iv) Mania

2. Advantayes
(i) Avoid wastage
(ii) Saver money
(iii) Educational values
(iv) Relaxation
(v) Doesn’t have to go out for amusement

3. Other benefits
(i) One may meet like-minded collectors
(ii) Frnd circle grows
(iii) Hbby leads to travelling

(b) Summary:
People sometimes collect things due to various reasons which may be related to their need, lack of energy or sentimental values. Sometimes collection may be done to avoid wastage which later becomes a mania. But it has many advantages too; it relaxes, amuses and educates. It has additional benefits where one may meet like-minded collectors to get advice, compare notes, exchange articles, to show off one’s latest findings, etc. As a result, their friend circle grows bigger. In fact, hobby further leads to travelling.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS) 30

Question 4.
You are Karan Kumar/Karuna Bajaj, a leading lawyer practising in Surat. You want to buy an independent house at City Light Road to be used as office-cum-residence. Draft an advertisement in about 50 words for the classified columns of a local newspaper. You can be contacted at 45645678 [4]
OR
On 30^th November your school is going to hold its annual sports day. You want Mr. Dhanraj Pillai, a noted hockey player to give away the prizes to the budding sportspersons of the school. Write a formal invitation in about 50 words requesting him to grace the occasion. You are Karuna/Karan, Sports Secretary, Sunrise Global School, Agra.
Answer:

OR
Sunrise Global School, Agra

15th November, 20XX

Mr. Dhanraj Pillai
Abhilasha Complex
Chennai

Subject: Invitation to preside over Annual Sports Day
Dear Sir,
Our school is going to hold its annual sports day on 30th November. A number of students are likely to participate in various sports events.

We shall be highly honored if you kindly give your consent to preside over the programme and to give away the prizes to the budding sportspersons of the school at 10 a.m. at the school playground.

With warm regards
Karima/Karan
(Sports Secretary)

Question 5.
Along with air and water pollution, our cities are also under an attack of noise pollution. Marriage processions, DJs during wedding receptions, loud music from neighbourhood flats etc. are all sources of noise which is not good for the old, the ailing and students. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a local newspaper describing the problem and making a request to the concerned authorities to solve it. You are Karuna/Karan, M-114, Mall Road, Delhi. [6]
OR
In all big cities road rage has become a serious problem. A minor scratch, a little push, or a small brushing past can lead to a scuffle sometimes resulting even in murder. Write a letter in 120¬150 words to the Police Commissioner giving your views on the problem and its solutions. You are Karuna/Karan, M-114, Mall Road, Delhi.
Answer:
M-114, Mall Road
Delhi

20th March, 20XX

The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi

Subject: Time to become aware of the hazards of noise pollution
Dear Sir,
Through the esteemed columns of your prestigious newspaper, I, a resident of New Delhi, want to bring forth the issue of increasing noise pollution to the notice of the general public and concerned authorities. In the metro cities, there has been a tremendous increase in the levels of noise pollution. It’s not only the shrieking horns and roars of vehicles but also marriage processions, loud DJ’s, aircraft and machines in industrial areas which cause a lot of noise pollution.

The consequences are extremely hazardous. They lead to increasing cases of deafness, insomnia, palpitation of heart, mental fatigue, etc. Among the sufferers are the small babies and old people who can’t sleep properly, there are patients who can’t take rest and students who can’t study. Then there are ‘Jagrans’ that force the public to keep awake the whole night. The problem further adds to the fact that noise control laws are neither followed properly nor implemented completely. The culprits bribe the police and other officials and get away easily.

So, I think that law alone is not sufficient until and unless we citizens take an oath to make the city noise-free and educate the people about its ill effects. Above all, everybody has a right to enjoy a noiseless, peaceful sleep at night. Hope your newspaper will take initiative in this regard and relieve us from the menace of noise pollution.
Yours Truly
Karuna/Karan
OR
M-114, Mall Road,
Delhi

20th March, 20XX

The Commissioner
Delhi Police

Sub: Increasing cases of Road Rage
Dear Sir,
I am writing this letter to bring to your kind notice, the problem of increasing cases of road rage. Day by day, it is becoming a serious problem which should be sorted out as quickly as possible. We often come across many incidents like minor scratch, a little push or a small brushing past, leading to scuffles which escalate quickly ana sometimes even result in death. Everyday, there are many fatal accidents, happening and the number of hit and run cases are also rising. In Delhi alone, 532 people died in road accidents in the year 2014. It is observed that people are losing patience and tolerance due to their modem lifestyle. They begin to fight over minor issues. The feeling of ignorance, irresponsibility, lawlessness and indifference is prevailing. Everybody is taking undue advantage of the freedom provided to them by the democracy. Now, it’s high time to realize the need of the hour. I hope the concerned authorities would realize the gravity of the situation and put a check to these people and their activities either by imposing penalties or fines.
Yours Truly
Karuna/Karan

Question 6.
‘Brain drain is not a bane for a developing country like India’. Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion. [10]
OR
Write a speech in 150-200 words on the topic, ‘Discipline shapes the future of a student’. It is to be delivered in the morning assembly. You are Karuna/Karan.
Answer:
BRAIN DRAIN IS NOT A BANE FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE INDIA’
Good morning, respected judges and the esteemed audience, I would like to speak against the motion-‘Brain Drain is not a bane for a developing country like India’.

Brain Drain is a major problem of India that has been harmful to the country. Brain drain means the intelligent minds that do not get desirable jobs or recognition in their own country thus they migrate to other countries for better prospective where they are provided with favorable working conditions. They prove their intelligence there and are recognized throughout the world. They also become the pride of the country. Every year a large number of people go abroad either for acquiring higher studies or getting good jobs. It is because their worth and intelligence is not acknowledged aptly in the country. Sometimes, the most brilliant people also leave India and prefer to stay in a well-developed country like America, England, Canada, etc. This is the most common thing in India as compared to other countries as the companies over here fail to provide necessary working conditions and acceptable salaries to their own countrymen.

But the question arises what if they show their worth in their own country? How can they be stopped from migrating or persuaded to return to India?

It is a matter of serious concern for the government of India because it is a complete loss for India. The professional training that the students receive in India and for which the government spends lakhs of rupees, goes waste; plus it is a gain for receiving countries. They can be attracted to India if the conditions here are altered to their liking; if the merit and talent is given due consideration. Therefore, sincere efforts are required to bring them back by offering jobs according to their caliber, so as to make the country more efficient in all fields.
OR
‘DISCIPLINE SHAPES THE FUTURE OF A STUDENT’
Good Morning, honorable Principal, respected Teachers and my dear friends. I am Karuna, student of class XII of your school. It is a great opportunity for me to share my views in today’s assembly, on the topic, ‘Discipline shapes the future of a student’.

The students of today are the leaders of tomorrow. They are the backbone of the society. They are going to be the future leaders, administrators and nation shapers. Student life is the time when their character is formed and takes shape. But .nowadays, schools and colleges have become places of complete indiscipline. Whether it is the morning assembly, annual function, sports meet or examinations, one can see complete indiscipline in it. Man is a social being and he lives and dies in a society. So, he has to follow the rules of the society for which he has to discipline himself and this begins from the school itself.

Aristotle said,” Discipline is obedience to rules formed by the society for the good of all”. Without disciplines, one cannot acquire knowledge and as the schools and colleges are abodes of learning, it is required much over there. Students cannot gain much without discipline and the result can never be good. Thus, it is clear that the need of discipline is much required in the student life. Indiscipline leads to failure but discipline paves the road of success.

Question 7.
Education has always been a noble profession. Our ancestors received their learning at gurukuls and ashrams. Even in the near past pathshalas (schools) were associated with places of worship. Today, education is fast becoming commercialized. Parents have to shell out a lot of money on coaching classes, tuition fees etc. Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘The State of Education, Today’. You are Karan/Karuna. [10]
OR
According to 2011 census, literacy rate of hundred percent or around has been achieved by only a couple of states in India. Illiteracy is found mostly among the old and the deprived sections of society. What can the youth do to spread literacy in society? Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘Role of students in eradicating illiteracy’. You are Karuna/Karan.
Answer:
THE STATE OF EDUCATION TODAY
By Karuna/Karan
Our ancestors have received their learning at gurukuls and ashrams. Pathshalas were regarded as the place of worship. But the scenario has completely changed now. Today, education has been totally commercialized. Whether its school or college, students have to rush to coaching classes and parents have to shell out a lot of money on them. They don’t rely on classroom teaching. On the other hand, parents’ expectations for their children have increased. They want them to secure highest marks so as to get the highest paid jobs. They want them to become doctors, administrative officers, engineers, etc. For this, they send their children to the most reputed schools; still they are not satisfied with their performance. They want their child to get some extra knowledge to excel in others fields. Thus, craze the for coaching classes has increased.

Another reason for joining the coaching classes is the inferiority complex which children face when they do not go for extra coaching. Although, these so called coaching classes are just like school classes because they too follow group teaching method is used but still parents as well as children think them to be far superior to classroom teaching. They should realize that these coaching classes are no better than a money-making business. The students must pay attention in class and must concentrate more on self-study in order to be successful.
OR
ROLE OF STUDENTS IN ERADICATING ILLITERACY
By Karuna/Karan
Youth plays a very important role in building the nation. With the increase in population, the responsibilities of students have also increased. They are the pivot on which the development of any nation depends. We know that India is a land of villages and most of its population is illiterate, In most of the villages, there are no schools or teaching facilities.

Thus, villagers don’t get any opportunity to learn. Poverty and ignorance have deprived them and the weaker section from becoming literate. Therefore, it becomes the duty of the youth to render their services to them by teaching them.They can share their valuable advice and guidance to educate them. We know that education helps in economic, social, spiritual and mental development. It broadens ones outlook towards society. Being illiterate or uneducated, is like a curse. Students can help these people by organizing evening classes and by adopting the motto’ each one, teach one’. Out of their twenty-four hours, the students can spare at least one hour for the unprivileged people. They can spread awareness among the illiterates regarding the hazards of overpopulation and recommend the need of having a small family. Many NGOs and governmental agencies are there to assist these youths in this regard. They can be encouraged to do so by giving them the incentive of gaining additional marks or extra grades.

Youth, therefore, can play a major role in making the country progressive and prosperous by bringing complete change in the attitude and thinking of the illiterate by educating them. So, let’s join hands to eradicate illiteracy from our country.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT) 40

Question 8.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : [4]
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the Earth
let’s not speak in any language,
let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
(a) What is the significance of the number ‘twelve’?
(b) Which two activities does the poet want us to stop?
(c) What does the poet mean by let’s not speak in any language’?
(d) Describe the pun on the word, ‘arms’.
OR
………….. I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with pain
(a) Who is T?
(b) What did T realise with pain?
(c) Why was the realisation painful?
(d) Identify and name the figure of speech used in these lines.
Answer:
(a) The significance of the number twelve is that at twelve O’ Clock, the hands in the clock unite suggesting annity and unity.
(b) The two activities which the poet wants us to stop are speaking and moving our arms.
(c) By ‘let’s not speak language’ the poet means that we should keep quiet for some time so that we can perform a self-analysis. It is necessary for creating a feeling of mutual understanding among ourselves.
(d) The pun on the word ‘arms’ is that if we won’t move our arms then we will never lift ‘arms’ i.e. weapons. Symbolically by this he means no war or no violence.
OR
(a) T is used to refer to the poet Kamala Das.
(b) The poet realized in anguish that her mother had grown old and that her end was near. This expression was borne out of the fear of her separation.
(c) The realization was painful as she knew that her mother might not live long and she might lose her some day. It brought forth her fear of separation.
(d) The figure of speech that has been used here is simile in the lines ‘her face ashen like that …………..’.

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each: [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) What does the reference to chappals in ‘Lost Spring’ tell us about the economic condition of the rag pickers?
(b) What do we learn about the crofter’s nature from the story, ‘The Rattrap’?
(c) How is ‘Shakespeare wicked and the map a bad example’ for the children of the school in a slum?
(d) What picture of male chauvinism (tyranny) do we find in the poem, ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
(e) How did the Governor, Oxford Prison describe Evans to the Secretary, Examination Board?
(f) At the dining table why did Zitkala-Sa begin to cry when others started eating?
Answer:
(a) The reference to chappals in ‘Lost Spring’ tells about the miserable life of the rag pickers settled in Seemapuri. Most of the impoverished children busy in rag-picking, were not wearing footwear. The boys were barefeet as if it was a tradition to remain barefeet. It had become their habit not to wear chappals. But according to the writer-it was their excuse to conceal their poverty.

(b) The crofter was a lonely old man who neither had a wife a child. He wanted someone to talk to, therefore, he allowed the peddler to spend the night at his house. He not only gave him shelter, but also gave him food to eat and tobacco to smoke. He started a conversation with him and told him everything about himself and his earnings.

(c) The portrait of Shakespeare and the world map in the classroom of the slum children is far from the actual condition of the classroom. Shakespeare is the synonym of knowledge and excellence but the children of the slum school have no meaning for that. The map exhibits the world with all its bounties, whereas, for these children there is no world beyond poverty and hunger. Thus, Shakespeare is wicked and the map a bad example.

(d) In the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’, we find the picture of a woman oppressed by the male chauvinism. She needs freedom from her burdensome husband, whose ring on her finger is like a handcuff which has snatched all her freedom and happiness. She has a lot of constraints in her life because of her dominating husband and from whom she wants to get free.

(e) The Governor of the Oxford Prison made a call to the Secretary of Examination Board telling him that a prisoner named Evans wanted to take the O-level examination in German. He told him that Evans is not a violent person but he is a congenital Kleptomaniac. The Governor then requested the Secretary to see whether the arrangements could be made in the prison itself.

(f) At the dining table, Zitkala-Sa heard a man’s voice and as she looked around to see him, she caught the eyes of a pale-faced woman upon her. She was so keenly watched by the strange woman. Moreover she wasn’t used to eating by fomula. So, as the third bell rang and everybody started eating, Zitkala began to cry as she could do nothing at that time and felt out of place.

Question 10.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
Every teenager has a hero/heroine to admire. So many times they become role models for them. What is wrong if Sophie fantasizes about Danny Casey and is ambitious in life?
OR
Our native language is a part of our culture and we are proud of it. How does the presence of village elders in the classroom and M. Hamel’s last lesson show their love for French?
Answers:
It is a natural thing for teenagers to fantasize and dream. They don’t have much liabilities and burden at this stage of life so they are free to dream which is sometimes impractical and non-realistic. It is a part of their lives but sometimes these dreams have disadvantages.

In the story ‘Going Places’, the author has described the feelings and dreams of such a girl. Sophie, who was a school going teenager, was a day dreamer who fantasized about her future life with Danny Casey, an acid football player from Ireland. She dreamt of having met him twice in the arcade. For her, he was the hero to be worshipped. Then, she thought of owning a boutique. She was blind to the bitter truth of life. She dreamt of an imaginary life, full of beautiful things. She also dreamt of becoming an actress as there was a lot of money and fame in that profession. She wanted to be a fashion designer too. It can be said that she wanted to lead a lavish and grand life which was not possible. Her dreams were unrealistic in the sense that ultimately she would have to work in a biscuit factory. Thus, we can say that she wanted to achieve the things which were quite impossible but there’s nothing wrong in fantasizing.
OR
That Sunday morning, everything was quite normal. Franz’s classmates and teacher were already in the class but there was no sound of opening and closing of desks. Even unison repetition of lessons and rapping of teacher’s great ruler was absent. It was all due to the order from Berlin that from then onwards, only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine instead of French. Then only the people realized how precious their language was to them. That day, all the villagers occupied the back benches in the classroom to attend the last French lesson and to mark the respect for their French teacher, Mr. M. Hamel, who devoted his selfless service to the society. They felt very sad. They also regretted not learning French properly.

Franz was shocked to hear this news and Hamel’s words were like thunderclaps to him. He was so sorry French before and for having wasted his time. His books suddenly became his friends. Even Mr. Hamel talked a lot about the French language. According to him, it was the most beautiful language in the world. It was the most logical one too. He asked his students never to forget this language.

Question 11.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words: [6]
Both Derry and Lamb are victims of physical impairment, but much more painful for them is the feeling of loneliness. Comment.
OR
How did Jack end the Roger Skunk story? How and why did Jo want to change it?
Answers:
A disabled or a handicapped person is considered to be an outcaste. People sympathize with them but do not accompany them. They are excluded from the society. The feeling of loneliness and alienation is much more troublesome than the pain which disabled people experience due to their physical impairment. This is very well revealed in the story, ‘On the face of it’, where the character, Derry has an acid burnt face and people often sympathized with him but it was not a heart-felt one. This resulted in his pessimistic approach towards life and people. Derry had no association with the outer world till he met Mr. Lamb who had. Mr. Lamb’s attitude and outlook towards people and life uplifted him. He learnt to live a respectful life.

Mr. Lamb inspired him to face the world in spite of his own disability. Mr. Lamb successfully infused in him the courage and self-determination. He advised him to ignore the comments made by people on his physical impairment and enjoy the beauty of life and nature. Although, the loneliness of Derry dominates the play but there are evident traces of Mr. Lamb’s loneliness also. The old man had no one to be with. He spent his day in the sun, reading books. By the end of the first scene, it becomes clearer that he is lonely when he mutters that no one comes back to him after meeting him for the first time.
OR
Jack used to tell his little daughter, Jo, bedtime stories. When she grew older, she began to ask questions to her father. Once her father told her a story of a little animal called Roger Skunk who smelled awfully bad. He, therefore, met with a wizard who solved his problem with a magical wand and made him smell like roses. But, Skunk’s mother did not like it and took him back to the wizard to make him smell originally bad once again. This ending was not acceptable to Jo as she wanted the story to have another end in which the wizard should hit the mommy by his magic wand and leave Roger skunk emitting the pleasant smell of roses. Jo thought that Roger was the hero of the story so he must not look ugly or stinky. Jo’s perspective on life was different from her father’s. She wanted to change the end of the story to assert her views on her father. She had her own ideals and views which she wanted to be pursued by her father.

Question 12.
Attempt the following question in 120-150 words:** [6]
How did Mrs. Hall show her excitement when Griffin came to stay at Coach and Horses?
OR
How do William Dane’s deceit and Sarah’s desertion affect Silas?

Question 13.
Attempt the following question in 120-150 words:** [6]
Marvel is the only character in ‘The Invisible Man’ who interacts with Griffin and gains something. Comment.
OR
Attempt a character sketch of Eppie.

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Outside Delhi Set – II

Note: Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 4.
You are Karan/Karuna of M 114, Mall Road, Delhi. You are a civil engineer and have recently returned from UAE. You are looking for a suitable job in India. Draft an advertisement for the same in about 50 words. Give details of your qualifications, experience, nature of job and expected remuneration. [4]
OR
Yesterday, during lunch break, you misplaced your notes on the chemistry lectures. You want to get them back. Write a notice in about 50 words for the school notice board. You are Karuna/ Karan, a student of class XII A.

Answer:

Question 5.
It gives you a good feeling when you read in the newspapers how patients from abroad come to hospitals in India and get themselves treated at a fraction of expenses they will have incurred elsewhere. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a national daily describing the importance of medical tourism for India. You are Karan/Karuna M 114, Mall Road, Kanpur. [6]
OR
You bought a flat from PQR Builders, Sector 55, NOIDA. Within a period of two months you have started facing a lot of problems like seepage in the walls and ceilings, wall paint peeling off, leaking sanitary fittings, lift getting stalled, etc. Write a letter of complaint in 120-150 words to the Works Manager. You are Karuna/Karan, A9D Apoorva Apts., NOIDA.
Answer:
M-114, Mall Road, Kanpur

20th March, 20XX

The Editer,
The Times of India
New Delhi

Sub- Importance of medical tourism in India
Dear Sir,
Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I, Karuna/Karan would like to emphasis on the importance of medical tourism in India. As we know that India is the most popular tourist place people from all over the world come to India for their treatment by the most experienced and world class physicians. The medical facilities available in the high- end hospitals of India are excellent. They are equipped with the latest technologies and the doctors are super-specialized in their respective fields. With the advent of globalization, the world has shrunk.

The concept of medical tourism was devised to help global citizens to enjoy their tourist sojourns while being cost effective world-class medical quality. Over the last decade, India has emerged as the preferred destination for medical tourism. The city of Chennai has been termed as ’India’s health capital’. India’s medical tourism sector is expected to experience an annual growth rate of 30% making it a $2 Billion industry. Therefore, medical tourism should also be promoted by the government along with other tourist sectors.
Yours Sincerely
Karuna/Karan
OR
A9D, Apoorva Appartments
Noida

12 February, 20XX

Work Manager
PQR Builders,
Sector 55 Noida

Sub: Complaint against the poor condition of the flat
Dear Sir,
On 20^th December, 20XX, I purchased a flat from PQR Builders in ‘Ashiana Apartments’. The flat is on the first floor of D-Wing in sector 55, Noida. Initially, when the flat was shown to us, it was in excellent condition with walls, doors, ceiling perfectly painted and well-furnished. The kitchen and bathroom were very well-equipped with attractive fittings, seeing it we were tempted to buy it immediately.

But now, I’m very hurt to inform you that the flat which I purchased only two months before is in a very poor condition and so I, hereby, lodge a complaint against the negligence and dereliction on your part. Within a period of two months I’m facing a lot of problems like seepage in the walls and ceilings, wall paint peeling off, leaking of sanitary fittings, lift getting stalled, etc. Even the service men do not turn up on time to rectify the problems.

Please ask your mechanic and service men to check the fittings and do the required repair work.
Yours faithfully
Karuna/Karan

Question 7.
Increase in the number of private vehicles has caused problems like rising air pollution, traffic jams, lack of parking space, road rage etc. The solution lies in the use of public transport. Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘The Importance of Public Transport’. You are Karan/Karuna. [10]
OR
In certain states of India, there is a great imbalance in the male female ratio. This is the result of special treatment given to boys in the family. Why is it so? How can we change this mindset? Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘Gender discrimination in society’. You are Karuna/Karan.
Answer:
‘IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT’
By Karuna/Karan
Recently, I heard that traffic police has started a new drive against the pollution causing vehicles. Traffic police is stationed at the important intersections. Each and every vehicle is checked for ‘No Pollution’ certificates and they are fined ₹. 500 for the lapse. But, what is the use of all this and how long could it go because people find too many excuses for their negligence. Next, from every house, a minimum of two to three vehicles are used by the people for going to their working places. Sometimes, they are stuck with their vehicles for long hours due to heavy traffic jams. So, it would be far better if the government provides public transport facilities. It would create a lot of convenience for the public and daily commuters. It has many social, economic and environmental benefits.

Social benefits of using public transport are multifold. It helps in developing a sense of unity among people. They feel a Social connection with those who are traveling with them. It encourages people to have a healthy lifestyle if they walk to their station, stand or stop. Moreover, it is less stressful as it saves a lot of time and fuel. Then economic benefits include less expenditure of money on buying cars or spending money on their maintenance. Traveling by public transport is much cheaper than private transport. It also reduces pollution and road congestion thus, helping in environmental conservation.
OR
‘GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY’
By Karuna/Karan
In India, attitude towards men and women has been discriminating since generations. Although, the Constitution of India has provided equal rights to men and women, gender disparity prevails. Nature has also divided human-beings into two equal halves and both are given equal responsibilities according to their capacity, thus, stating the rights to both of them. But we humans have shown discrimination which has now become a practice in society. The powerful become aggressors and the others face the aggression.

Usually women are considered to be weaker as compared to men and are considered to be uncapable of doing everything just because of their fragile appearance. Gender discrimination prevails in many homes, it is generally seen in families where there are sisters and brothers and where brothers are favored over sisters. Female infanticide and female foeticide are still common in many regions of the country. Sexual harassments, eve teasing, bride burning, woman trafficking, dowry deaths and many more evils are being perpetrated. Economically, females are less privileged as they do not have control on financial matters.

In the rural areas and villages the situation, is still bad. There has been no change in the social, economic and family status of the women. They are subjected to exploitation, domination and harassment by their male counterparts. But now it’s time that women should be empowered and encouraged so that the gap between men and women may be reduced.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each: [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) Why did the Crofter show the thirty kroner to the peddler?
(b) What deep meaning did his experience at the YMCA swimming pool have for Douglas?
(f) How Did Zitkala-Sa’s first day in the land of apples begin?
Answer:
(a) The crofter was very proud of his cow as it used to give enough milk to support him in his old age. When the peddler came to him, he felt so excited that he told him about the thirty kroner from the creamery as the payment of the previous month’s supply. He wanted to share his joy and moreover, he thought that peddler would not believe him, so he showed him the money to convince him.

(b) Experience at the YMCA swimming pool had a deep meaning for William Douglas. He had nearly escaped from drowning in the pool when he was sitting alone on the edge of the pool and a strong young man picked him up and tossed him into the pool. The experience had a deeper meaning for Douglas; he had experienced the fear of dying but at the same time, he learned to be confident and determined to overcome his fear.

(f) The first day in the land of apples was a bitter cold one. The snow covered the ground and the trees were bare. The large metallic sound of the bell crashed through Zitkala’s ears and then she heard an annoying clatter of shoes on bare floors. There was a harsh noise which was unknown to her. She found herself bound and her spirit strugged for its lost freedom.

CBSE Previous Year Question Papers Class 12 English 2016 Outside Delhi Set – III

Note: Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in previous sets.

Section – B
(WRITING SKILLS)

Question 6.
‘The Internet cannot replace a classroom teacher’. Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion. [10]
OR
Write a speech in 150-200 words to be delivered in the morning assembly on the topic. Water, a valuable asset, conservation at home and at school’. You are Karuna/Karan.
Answer:
THE INTERNET CANNOT REPLACE A CLASSROOM TEACHER
Good morning, respected judges and the esteemed audience! Today, I have the privilege of speaking in support of the motion: ‘The Internet cannot replace a classroom teacher’.

It is indeed a truth that the internet can solve a bulk of problems and provide all the necessary answers with illustrations to students but it cannot replace a classroom teacher as it is devoid of any kind of emotion which is required while teaching children. While teaching, teachers have to face all types of students with different mental abilities and they have to adjust their teaching pattern according to them. They motivate their students accordingly and help the weaker students to excel. There are some queries which cannot be solved by the internet but only a teacher can resolve it. The teacher understands the emotions and sentiments of the children; they realize the positive as well as the negative feelings of the students.

Teachers help us to remain alert and active in the classroom during teaching whereas a machine can never be. It’s not necessary that all the information provided by the internet is genuine. The question is that where has all the information or knowledge on the internet come from? It is us humans who have fed all of this information into the computers.
In the end, 1 would like to say that a machine can never replace a living and breathing knowledgeable person, i.e, a teacher
OR
‘WATER, A VALUABLE ASSET, CONSERVATION AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL’
Honorable Principal, respected teachers and dear friends! Good Morning. I am Karuna/Karan, a student of class XII. It is a great opportunity for me to share my views on the topic ‘Water, a valuable asset, conservation at home and at school’ in today’s assembly.

Water scarcity today has become a big issue which if not dealt with in time, will turn out to be a hazard. With the increasing population, people are facing the problem of acute water shortage. People waste water in many ways which include washing cars, bathing animals, construction work, leaving taps running, etc. Apart from this, we can see leaking water pipes at many places which should be repaired at once. Children and adults should be taught not to leave the taps running while brushing the teeth or washing utensils and clothes. At home, water used for washing fruits and vegetables can be reused for gardening purpose.

To make people aware conservation of water, importance of rainwater harvesting and the method to recycle the water should be explained. There is no life without water. The public should be encouraged to improve water management practices that reduce the wastage of water and enhance the beneficial use of it. Some ancient methods of water conservation should also be practiced. In case the water is not used wisely by anyone, then a heavy fine should be imposed on them.

Question 7.
For admission to colleges, there is a lot of competition today. For one available seat there are hundreds of candidates. Such a situation leads to stress on the minds of students in the schools. However, the practice of Yoga can help them to feel calm and stress free. Write an article in 150-200 words on the topic, ‘Importance of Yoga to students.’ You are Karan/Karuna. [10]
OR
While watching TV what we generally dislike most are commercial breaks, yet, a number of advertisements do add to our information. Write an article in 150-200 words on. ‘Advertisements as a source of information’. You are Karuna/ Karan.
Answer.
IMPORTANCE OF YOGA TO STUDENTS
By Karuna/Karan
Today’s sedentary lifestyle has given invitation to many diseases as man has limited time to spare for his health. But practicing yoga helps to keep a person away from several health problems. It is the science that cures many serious diseases and helps the mind as well as body to remain sound. It helps in maintaining balance between mental and social status of a human being. With regular practice of yoga, we tend to become more sensitive to the kind of food our body demands. A few minutes of yoga helps in getting relief from stress. It helps detox the body and de-stress the mind. We all want to live in a peaceful atmosphere surrounded by nature, but we hardly realize that peace can be found within us. Yoga is the best way to calm a disturbed mind.

On the other hand, yoga postures massage organs and strengthen muscles; breathing techniques and meditation release stress and improves the immune system. Yoga and meditation work on keeping the mind happy and peaceful. When we feel drained out of energy, a few minutes spend on yoga provides the freshness and energy. It also helps in improving body posture. Today, students face many problems due to the burden of studies and they feel depressed but yoga acts as a stress buster for them. In many schools, yoga has been practiced on a daily basis as a part of the curriculum. It is gaining popularity not only in India but also in European countries.
In the end, I would like to tell that yoga is a continuous process, so keep practicing!
OR
ADVERTISEMENTS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION
By Karuna/Karan
Advertisements have become an inseparable part of our life. We can’t get away from them as they have surrounded us from all sides, when me go out of the house, we see various hoardings displaying one or the other things, when we switch on the television, they start attacking us in between the serials and movies. Even news channels are interrupted by them. In all, we can say that we can’t escape from the advertisements. But, there are certain things that can be said in favor of advertisements. The cost of production is lowered when the advertisers give money to newspapers, magazines, radio and television for mass marketing. Advertising is a way of delivering proper message to the customers. This way, we get the information as well as knowledge of various products.

Advertisements help in drawing customers to the business. It benefits the consumers also as there is a competition between the manufacturers and they try to sell their products at a lower cost than the others. Buyers, on the other hand, get wider choice to select the products according to their pocket and taste. They inform us about all the new products which are launched in the market. Without them, we would not be able to know about the new things and its benefits. Therefore, advertisements seek to generate increase in consumption of a product or a service by introducing it to the target consumers.

Section – C
(LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each : [3 × 4 = 12]
(a) All we have to fear is fear itself. When did Douglas learn this lesson?
(b) Why did the iron master speak kindly to the peddler and invite him home?
(e) What was his German teacher’s opinion of Evan’s proficiency in German?
(f) According to Zitkala-Sa what does ‘eating by formula’ mean?
Answer.
(a) Douglas had a ’near to death’ experience of drowning and the fear of water took control . of his physical and mental strength. Finally, he decided to overcome this fear because of his interest in water activities like canoeing, swimming, fishing, boating etc. Ffe decided to get an instructor and learn to swim. He practiced an hour daily for five days a week. He learnt to exhale in water and inhale after coming out of it. He swam two miles across the Lake Wentworth.Thus, he had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror it can produce. He was finally able to learn the lesson that ‘all we have to fear is the fear itself and overcome his fear of water.

(b) The iron master took the peddler for an old regimental comrade, Nils Olof. He considered the peddler as an old acquaintance who had fallen on evil days so he talked to him kindly and invited him to come home to help him.

(e) Evans’ German tutor started giving him tuitions for six months in night classes in the prison itself. Evans wanted to take the (O) level examination in German. When he was permitted by the Governor and the Board to take the examination, his tutor came to meet him the day before. He wished him good luck but said that he hardly had any ‘chance of getting through’. But Evans gave an ironical twist by saying that he would surprise everybody.

(f) On the first day in the land of apples, Zitkala noticed a very unusual thing. All the girls were lined up who were marching into the dining room. These were Indian girls, in stiff shoes and clinging dresses. When the first bell rang, all pupils pulled out their chairs from under the table. On the second bell, everybody sat down and picked up their knife and fork and began eating. She called this method ‘eating by formula.’

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NTSE Uttarakhand 2019-20: SCERT for Uttarakhand has released the official notification for NTSE application form on their official website which is scert.uk.gov.in. NTSE Uttarakhand exam for stage 1 will be conducted on November 3, 2019, for 10th class students. The eligibility criteria are that students should be a permanent resident of Uttarakhand. For applying, students have to download the NTSE Uttarakhand application form online or submit the form till September 4, 2019. Candidates also have to pay the application fee of Rs. 200 while SC, ST, PH, the fees are Rs. 100 to the school authorities along with the NTSE Uttarakhand application form. The admit card will be given to the students by school authorities only. Candidates that qualify the NTSE Uttarakhand stage 1 exam is eligible for stage 2 exam.

National talent search exam also is known as NTSE is a scholarship program that is conducted annually is 2 stages which are stage 1 and stage 2. NTSE stage 2 exam is conducted after the selection through stage 1 exam. So, students that qualify the NTSE exam will succeed for the final stage of NTSE 2020 exam. Ncert will be conducting the stage 2 exam on 10th May 2020.

NTSE Uttarakhand 2019-20 Exam Overview

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NTSE Uttarakhand 2019-20 Important Dates

NTSE Uttarakhand Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria include the marks required, age, and other parameters. Before applying for NTSE Uttarakhand exam it is important that candidates ensure that they meet the NTSE 2020 eligibility criteria.

• For class 9 students a minimum of 60% is required for students of general category while for SC, ST, and PH category minimum qualifying marks is 55%.
• Candidates pursuing class 10 in the current year are eligible for this exam.
• Candidates should have studied in private, government, or government-recognized schools in Uttarakhand.
• Candidates opting for open distance learning is eligible to apply for the exam but their ace should not be above 18 years.
• Students applying should be of Indian nationality.

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NTSE Uttarakhand Application Form

Students applying for the NTSE Uttarakhand exam can apply through online as well as offline mode. The NTSE Uttrakhand exam application form can be downloaded in PDF format through the official SCERT website or can be obtained from the respective schools. Below are the steps one should follow for filling the application form.

• Go to the SCERT Uttarakhand official website which scert.uk.gov.in
• Download and take a printout of the NTSE Uttarakhand application form along with the admit card.
• Enter all the required credentials in the forms.
• The two passports sized colored photos should be attached along with the forms.
• Both the photographs should be attested by the head of the Institution or school principal.
• Submit these forms to the head of school along with the fee receipts.

Required Documents for NTSE Uttarakhand

For OBC Candidates the required documents are other backward class applicants should send a copy of their caste certificate and attach it with the application. But the reservation of the candidates will be applicable only if below-mentioned criteria are met:

• One must locate as well as identify the community or caste in the central list of OBCs by NCBC of the backward class.
• Only noncreamy layer students will get to avail of the reservation. So OBC candidates whose certificates mention the creamy layer will not get the reservation benefits.

For SC or ST category students a copy of the caste certificate, category, reservation, and disability certificates are required. The students that fail to do this must be categorized under the general category students.

NTSE Uttarakhand Exam Pattern

The exam will be a mix of mental ability test as well as scholastic ability test. For the exam, language comprehension will not be a part of the exam. Both of these tests will have a total of 100 questions each and thus there are a total of 200 questions. There is no negative marking for this exam and every question will be of 1 mark each.

For detailed information, below is the table given below:

How To Prepare for NTSE Uttarakhand Exam?

NTSE Uttarakhand 2020 students are shortlisted on the basis of rigorous tests like SAT and MAT. To crack these exams a candidate should have logical reasoning and good analytical skills. Students should go through the syllabus thoroughly and start the preparation accordingly. Students should follow the steps given below for NTSE Uttarakhand 2019-20 preparation and score good marks.

• Cover all the subjects that are required for the exam. For this, students should refer the best books for preparing the NTSE Uttarakhand 2020 exam.
• Make a regular study schedule and follow it rigorously.
• For solving difficult questions, take help from friends or teachers.
• In order to have a better understanding of the types of questions asked in the exam candidates should practice the NTSE Uttarakhand mock papers.
• Revise more and more numbers of reasoning as well as aptitude questions.

NTSE Uttarakhand Answer Key and Result

The result for the main exam will contain the overall scores of the candidate as well as the MAT and SAT section. Along with the result, the council will release the cutoff and merit lists for each state. The candidates that are shortlisted can sit for the NTSE stage 2 exam. The NTSE stage 1 exam result will be announced in September. There are a total of 2000 students that will be selected and awarded the scholarship.

Candidates that are appearing for the Uttarakhand 2020 exam can check the official answer key on the official website. The answer key will have all the answers to the questions asked in the main exam. Candidates can use this key to calculate the scores for NTSE Uttarakhand 2020 exam.

NTSE Uttarakhand Scholarship Amount

Under the NTSE program, approximately 2000 students are selected for the scholarship. This scholarship is distributed every year by the national organizing body. Students that are selected through NTSE Uttarakhand stage 1 are selected for stage 2 exam.

FAQ’s on NTSE Uttarakhand

Question 1.
What is the deadline for the NTSE Uttarakhand application form 2019?

Answer:
Students have to download the NTSE Uttarakhand application form online or submit the form till September 4, 2019.

Question 2.
What is the application fee for students for NTSE Uttarakhand 2019 exam?

Answer:
Candidates also have to pay the application fee of Rs. 200 while SC, ST, PH, the fees are Rs. 100 to the school authorities.

Question 3.
How many questions will be there in the NTSE Uttarakhand stage 1 exam (MAT and SAT)?

Answer:
Both of these tests will have a total of 100 questions each and thus there are a total of 200 questions.

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1. Chemical Reactions And Equations
2. Chemical Equations
3. Types Of Chemical Reactions
4. Have You Observed The Effects Of Oxidation Reactions In Everyday Life? Y Life?

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• Chemical Equation
• Oxidation in Everyday Life
• Types of Chemical Reactions

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 1 Intext Questions

Page Number: 6

Question 1
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air ?
Answer:
Magnesium gets covered with a layer of magnesium oxide when kept in air for a long time. This layer hinders the burning of magnesium. Hence, it is to be cleaned before burning.

Question 2
Write the balanced equation for the following chemical reactions.
(i) Hydrogen + Chlorine → Hydrogen chloride
(ii) Barium chloride + Aluminium sulphate → Barium sulphate + Aluminium chloride
(iii) Sodium + Water → Sodium hydroxide + Hydrogen
Answer:
(i) H₂ + Cl₂ → 2HCl
(ii) 3 BaCl₂ + Al₂(SO₄)₃ → BaSO₄ + 2 AlCl₃
(iii) 2Na + 2H₂O → 2NaOH + H₂↑

Question 3
Write a balanced chemical equation with state symbols for the following reactions :
(i) Solutions of barium chloride and sodium sulphate in water react to give insoluble barium sulphate and the solution of sodium chloride.
(ii) Sodium hydroxide solution (in water) reacts with hydrochloric acid solution (in water) to produce sodium chloride solution and water.
Answer:
(i) BaCl₂ (aq) + Na₂SO₄ (aq) → BaSO₄(s) + 2NaCl (aq)
(ii) NaOH (aq) + HCl(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H₂O(l)

Page Number: 10

Question 1
A solution of a substance ‘X’ is used for white washing.
(i) Name the substance ‘X’ and write its formula.
(ii) Write the reaction of the substance ‘X’ named in (i) above with water.
Answer:
(i) The substance whose solution in water is used for white washing is calcium oxide (or quick lime). Its formula is CaO.

Question 2
Why is the amount of gas collected in one of the test tubes in text book Activity 1.7 (i.e., electrolysis of water) double of the amount collected in the other? Name this gas. [CBSE 2015 (Delhi)]
Answer:
In Activity 1.7, water is electrolysed to give H₂ gas at one electrode and O₂ gas at the other electrode.
2H₂O(l) → 2H₂(g) + O₂(g)
Thus two molecules of water on electrolysis give two molecules of hydrogen gas and one molecule of oxygen gas or in other words the amount of hydrogen gas collected would be double than that of oxygen gas.

Page Number: 13

Question 1
Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is dipped in it ?
OR
An iron nail is dipped in the solution of copper sulphate for about 30 minutes. State the change in colour observed. Give reason for the change. [CBSE 2015 (Delhi)]
Answer:
When an iron nail is dipped in copper sulphate solution, the displacement reaction takes place. The colour of copper sulphate solution fades due to the formation of light green solution of iron sulphate.

Question 2
Give an example of a double displacement reaction other than the one given in Activity 1.10 (NCERT Text Book).
Answer:
Sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid react to form sodium chloride and water.

Question 3
Identify the substances that are oxidised and the substances which are reduced in the following reactions.
(i) 4Na(s) + O₂(g) → 2Na₂O(s)
(ii) CuO (s) + H₂(g) → Cu (s) + H₂O(l)
Answer:
(i) Substances oxidised is Na as it gains oxygen and oxygen is reduced.
(ii) Substances reduced is Cu as hydrogen is oxidised as it gains oxygen.

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 1 Textbook Chapter End Questions

Question 1
Which of the statements about the reaction below are incorrect ?
2 PbO(s) + C(s) → 2Pb (s) + CO₂(g)
(a) Lead is getting reduced.
(b) Carbon dioxide is getting oxidised.
(c) Carbon is getting oxidised.
(d) Lead oxide is getting reduced.

(i) (a) and (b)
(ii) (a) and (c)
(iii) (a), (b) and (c)
(iv) All
Answer:
(i) (a) and (b)

Question 2
Fe₂O₃ + 2Al → Al₂O₃ + 2Fe
The above reaction is an example of a
(a) combination reaction
(b) double displacement reaction
(c) decomposition reaction
(d) displacement reaction
Answer:
(d) Displacement reaction.

Question 3
What happens when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to iron filings ? Tick the correct answer :
(a) Hydrogen gas and iron chloride are produced.
(b) Chlorine gas and iron hydroxide are produced.
(c) No reaction takes place.
(d) Iron salt and water are produced.
Answer:
(a) Hydrogen gas and iron chloride are produced.

Question 4
What is a balanced chemical equation ? Why should chemical equations be balanced ?
Answer:
A balanced chemical equation has an equal number of atoms of different elements in the reactants and products.
The chemical equations should be balanced to satisfy the law of conservation of mass.

Question 5
Translate the following statements into chemical equations and then balance them.
(a) Hydrogen gas combines with nitrogen to form ammonia.
(b) Hydrogen sulphide gas burns in air to give water and sulphur dioxide.
(c) Barium chloride reacts with aluminium sulphate to give aluminium chloride and a precipitate of barium sulphate.
(d) Potassium metal reacts with water to give potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.
Answer:
(a) 3H₂ (g) + N₂ (g) → 2NH₃ (g)
(b) H₂S (g) + 3O₂ (g) → SO₂ (g) + 2H₂O(l)
(c) 3BaCl₂ (aq) + Al₂(SO₄)₃ (aq) → 2AlCl₃ (aq) + 3BaSO₄ ↓(s)
(d) 2K (s) + 2H₂O (l) → 2KOH (aq) + H₂ (g)

Question 6
Balance the following chemical equations :
(a) HNO₃ + Ca (OH)₂ → Ca (NO₃)₂ + H₂O
(b) NaOH + H₂SO₄ → Na₂SO₄ + H₂O
(c) NaCl + AgNO₃ → AgCl + NaNO₃
(d) BaCl₂ + H₂SO₄ → BaSO₄ + HCl
Answer:
(a) 2HNO₃ + Ca(OH)₂ → Ca(NO₃)₂ + 2H₂O
(b) 2NaOH + H₂SO₄ → Na₂SO₄ + 2H₂O
(c) NaCl + AgNO₃ → AgCl + NaNO₃
(d) BaCl₂ + H₂SO₄ → BaSO₄ + 2HCl

Question 7
Write the balanced chemical equations for the following reactions :
(a) Calcium hydroxide + Carbon dioxide → Calcium carbonate + Water
(b) Zinc + Silver nitrate → Zinc nitrate + Silver
(c) Aluminium + Copper chloride → Aluminium chloride + Copper
(d) Barium chloride + Potassium sulphate → Barium sulphate + Potassium chloride
Answer:
(a) Ca (OH)₂ + CO₂ → CaCO₃ + H₂O
(b) Zn + 2AgNO₃ → Zn(NO₃)₂ + 2 Ag
(c) 2Al + 3 CuCl₂ → 2AlCl₃ + 3 Cu
(d) BaCl₂ + K₂SO₄ → BaSO₄ + 2KCl

Question 8
Write the balanced chemical equation for the following and identify the type of reaction in each case :
(a) Potassium bromide (aq) + Barium iodide (aq) → Potassium iodide (aq) + Barium
(b) Zinc carbonate(s) → Zinc oxide (s) + Carbon dioxide (g) bromide(s)
(c) Hydrogen (g) + Chloride (g) → Hydrogen chloride (g)
(d) Magnesium (s) + Hydrochloric acid (aq) → Magnesium chloride (aq) + Hydrogen (g)
Answer:
(a) 2KBr (aq) + Bal₂(aq) → 2Kl(aq) + BaBr₂(s)
Type : Double displacement reaction

(b) ZnCO₃ (s) → ZnO (s) + CO₂ (g)
Type : Decomposition reaction

(c) H₂ (g) + Cl₂ (g) → 2HCl(g)
Type : Combination reaction

(d) Mg (s) + 2HCl (aq) → MgCl₂ (aq) + H₂ (g)
Type : Displacement reaction

Question 9
What does one mean by exothermic and endothermic reactions ? Give examples.
Answer:
Exothermic reactions : Those reactions in which heat is evolved are known as exothermic reactions. An exothermic reaction is indicated by writing “+ Heat”on the products side of an equation.
Example :
(i) C (s) + O₂ (g) → CO₂ (g) + Heat
(ii) N₂ (g) + 3H₂ (g) → 2NH3 (g) + Heat

Endothermic reactions : Those reactions in which heat is absorbed are known as endothermic reactions. An endothermic reaction is usually indicated by writing “Heat” on the product side of a chemical equation.
Examples :
(i) C (s) + 2S (s) → CS₂ (l) – Heat
(ii) N₂ (g) + O₂ (g) → 2NO(g) – Heat

Question 10
Why is respiration considered an exothermic reaction ? Explain.
Answer:
Respiration is an exothermic process because during respiration glucose combines with oxygen in the cells of our body to form carbon dioxide and water along with the production of energy.

Question 11
Why are decomposition reactions called the opposite of combination reactions? Write equations for these reactions.
Answer:
In a decomposition reaction, a single compound breaks down to produce two or more simpler substances.
For example:

While, in a combination reaction, two or more substances simply combine to form a new substance.
For example:

Question 12
Write one equation each for the decomposition reactions where energy is supplied in the form of heat, light or electricity.
OR
Decomposition reactions require energy either in the form of heat or light or electricity for breaking down the reactants. Write one equation each for decomposition reactions where energy is supplied in the form of heat, light and electricity. [CBSE 2015 (Delhi)]
Answer:

Question 13
What is the difference between displacement and double displacement reactions? Write equations for these reactions.
Answer:
In displacement reactions, a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from its solution. For example,
Fe(s) + CuSO₄(aq) → Cu(s) + FeSO₄(aq)
This is a displacement reaction where iron displaces copper from its solution.
In double displacement reactions, two reactants in solution exchange their ions. For example,
AgNO₃(aq) + NaCl (aq) → AgCl(s) + NaNO₃ (aq)
This is a double displacement reaction where silver nitrate and sodium chloride exchange Cl^– and NO₃^– ions between them.

Question 14
In the refining of silver, the recovery of silver from silver nitrate solution involved displacement by copper metal. Write down the reaction involved.
Answer:

Question 15
What do you mean by a precipitation reaction ? Explain by giving examples.
Answer:
A reaction in which an insoluble solid called precipitate is formed that separates from the solution is called a precipitation reaction.
Example : When a solution of iron (III) chloride and ammonium hydroxide are mixed, a brown precipitate of iron (III) hydroxide is formed.

Question 16
Explain the following in terms of gain or loss of oxygen with two examples each:
(a) Oxidation and
(b) Reduction.
Answer:
(a) Oxidation : The addition of oxygen to a substance is called oxidation.
Example :
(i) S(s) + O₂(g) → SO₂(g) (Addition of oxygen to sulphur)
(ii) 2Mg(s) + O₂ (g) → 2MgO(s) (Addition of oxygen to magnesium)

(b) Reduction : The removal of oxygen from a substance is called reduction.
Example: (i) CuO + H2 Cu + H₂O
Here, copper oxide is being reduced to copper because oxygen gets removed from copper oxide.

(ii) ZnO + C → Zn + CO
Here, zinc oxide is being reduced to zinc because oxygen gets removed from zinc oxide.

Question 17
A shiny brown coloured element ‘X’ on heating in air becomes black in colour. Name the element ‘X’ and the black coloured compound formed.
Answer:
Element ‘X’ is copper (Cu).
The black coloured compound is copper oxide (CuO). The reaction involved is

Question 18
Why do we apply paint on iron articles ?
Answer:
Paint does not allow iron articles to come in contact with air, water and saves iron articles from damage due to rusting.

Question 19
Oil and fat containing food items are flushed with nitrogen. Why ?
Answer:
To keep food items fresh and save from getting oxidised, food items are flushed with nitrogen.

Question 20
Explain the following terms with one example each (a) Corrosion, (b) Rancidity.
Answer:
(a) Corrosion : It is the process in which metals are eaten up gradually by the action of air, moisture or a chemical (such as an acid) on their surface.
Example : When iron is exposed to moist air for a long period of time, its surface acquires a coating of a brown, flaky substance called rust. Rust is mainly hydrated iron (III) oxide [Fe₂O₃.xH₂0].

(b) Rancidity : The condition produced by aerial oxidation of fats and oils in foods marked by unpleasant smell and taste is called rancidity.
Rancidity spoils the food materials prepared in fats and oils which have been kept for a considerable time and makes them unfit for eating.
Rancidity can be prevented by adding anti-oxidants to foods containing fats and oils. It can also be prevented by flushing fat and oil containing foods with nitrogen before sealing.

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 1 Chemical Reactions and Equations

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science (Chemistry) Chapter 1 Chemical Reactions and Equations are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science. Here we have given Class 10 Science NCERT Solutions Chapter 1.

Question 1
Which of the given statements about the reaction below are incorrect?

a. Lead is getting reduced
b. Carbon dioxide is getting oxidised
c. Carbon is getting oxidised
d. Lead oxide is getting reduced
(i) (a) and (b)
(ii) (a) and (c)
(iii) (a), (b) and (c)
(iv) all
Solution:
(i) (a) and (b)

Question 2

The above reaction is an example of a
(i). Combination reaction
(ii). Double displacement reaction
(iii). Decomposition reaction
(iv). Displacement reaction
Solution:
(iv) Displacement reaction

Question 3
What happens when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to iron fillings? Tick the correct answer.
a. Hydrogen gas and iron chloride are produced
b. Chlorine gas and iron hydroxide are produced
c. No reaction takes place
d Iron salt and water are produced
Solution:
Hydrogen gas and iron chloride are produced

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Question 4
What is a balanced chemical equation? Why should chemical equations be balanced?
Solution:
An equation for a chemical reaction is an equation in which the number of atoms for each element in the reaction and the total charge is the same for both the reactants and the products. In other words, the mass and the charge are balanced on both sides of the reaction.

Question 5
Translate the following statements into chemical equations and then balance them.
a. Hydrogen gas combines with nitrogen to form ammonia
b. Hydrogen sulfide gas burns in air to give water and sulfur dioxide
c. Barium chloride reacts with Aluminium sulfate to give Aluminium chloride and a precipitate of barium sulphate
d. Potassium metal reacts with water to give a potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas
Solution:
a. 3H₂ + N₂ → 2NH₃
b. 2H₂S + 3O₂ → 2H₂O + 2SO₂
c. 3BaCl₂ + Al₂(SO₄)₃ → 2AlCl₃ + 3BaSO₄
d. 2K + 2H₂O → 2KOH + H₂

Question 6
Balance the following chemical equations.
a. HNO₃ + Ca(OH)₂ → Ca(NO₃)₂ + H₂O
b.NaOH + H₂SO₄ → Na₂SO₄ + H₂O
C. NaCl + AgNO₃ → AgCl + NaNO₃
d. BaCl₂ + H₂SO₄ → BaSO₄ + HCl
Solution:
a. 2HNO₃ + 2Ca(OH)₂ → Ca(NO₃)₂ + 2H₂O
b. 6NaOH + 3H₂SO₄ → 3Na₂SO₄ + 6H₂O
C. NaCl + AgNO₃ → AgCI + NaNO₃
d. BaCl₂ + H₂SO₄ → BaSO₄ + 2HCl

Question 7
Write the balanced chemical equations for the following reactions:
(a) Calcium hydroxide + Carbon dioxide → Calcium carbonate + Water(b) Zinc + Silver nitrate → Zinc nitrate + Silver(c) Aluminium + Copper chloride → Aluminium chloride + Copper(d) Barium chloride + Potassium sulphate → Barium sulphate + Potassium chlorideAnswer:(a) Ca (OH)2 + CO2 → CaCO3 + H2O(b) Zn + 2AgNO3 → Zn(NO3)2 + 2 Ag(c) 2Al + 3 CuCl2 → 2AlCl3 + 3 Cu(d) BaCl2 + K2SO4 → BaSO4 + 2KCl

Question 8
Write the balanced chemical equation for the following and identify the type of reaction of each case.

Solution:
a. 2KBr + BaI₂ → 2KI + BaBr₂ — Double Displacement reaction
b. ZnCO₃ → ZnO + CO₂ — Decomposition reaction
c. H₂ + Cl₂ → 2HCl — Combination reaction
d. Mg + 2HCl → MgCl₂ + H₂ — Displacement reaction

Question 9
What is meant by exothermic and endothermic reactions? Give examples.
Solution:
An exothermic reaction is one that releases heat.
If 1 mole of N₂ molecule reacts with 1 mole of O₂ molecule, the heat of 184 KJ has to be supplied to initiate the reaction to give 1 mole of NO molecule. This means that the bonds between N – N and O – O are so strong that they do not break easily. N₂ has triple covalent bond between the two N atoms. O₂ has a double covalent bond. Thus energy has to be put into the reaction to break the strong bonds. Thus the above reaction is a good example of an endothermic reaction.

Question 10
Why is respiration considered an exothermic reaction?
Solution:
During respiration, glucose combines with oxygen in the cells of our body to form carbon dioxide and water along with the production of energy.
Glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water + energy
It is an exothermic reaction, because energy is produced during this process.

Question 11
Why are decomposition reactions called the opposite of combination reactions? Write equations for decomposition reactions.
Solution:
Essentially, decomposition reactions are the opposite of combination reactions. A compound decomposes (i.e., “splits-up”) into two or more compounds and/or elements. For example, mercury (II) oxide will, decompose into mercury metal and oxygen, upon heating:
2HgO →  2Hg + O₂
Since heat had to be added to make this reaction occur, it is an endothermic reaction. Most decomposition reactions are endothermic. Another example of decomposition reaction is the heating of calcium carbonate (sea shells, chalk):

Question 12
Write one equation each for decomposition reactions in which energy is supplied in the form of heat, light or electricity?
Solution:
When calcium carbonate is heated, it decomposes to give calcium oxide and carbon dioxide:

Question 13
What is the difference between displacement and double displacement reactions? Write relevant equations for the above?
Solution:
The difference between the displacement and double displacement reactions is that in a displacement reaction one element displaces another by virtue of it being more reactive whereas in a double displacement two anions and two cations switch places between two compounds respectively.
For example:
CuSO₄ (aq) + Zn(s) → ZnSO₄ + Cu(s)
Blue copper sulphate solution reacting with solid zinc will give rise to colourless zinc sulphate solution and solid copper. Thus Zn displaces Cu in the salt form. Zn is more reactive than Cu.
An example of double displacement reaction is the reaction between sodium carbonate and calcium chloride, both in aqueous
Solution:
Na₂CO₃ (aq) + CaCl₂ (aq) → CaCO₃ (ppt) + 2NaCl(aq)

Question 14
In the refining of silver, the recovery of silver from silver nitrate solution involves displacement by copper metal. Write down the reaction involved.
Solution:

Question 15
What do you mean by a precipitation reaction? Explain by giving examples:
Solution:
A precipitation reaction is a reaction in which soluble ions in separate solutions are mixed together to form an insoluble compound that settles out of solution as a solid. This insoluble compound is called a precipitate.

An example of a precipitation reaction
Aqueous silver nitrate (AgNO3), when added to a solution containing potassium chloride (KCl), precipitates a white solid, and silver chloride is observed.
AgNO_{3 (aq)} + KCl_(aq) → AgCl_(s) + KNO_3(aq)
The silver chloride (AgCl) has formed a solid, which is observed as a precipitate.

Question 16
A shiny brown colored element ‘X’ on heating in the air becomes black in color. Name the element ‘X’ and the black coloured compound formed.
Solution:
The shiny brown colored element X is copper metal (Cu). When copper metal is heated in air, it forms a black colored compound copper oxide. So, the black colored compound is the copper oxide or copper (II) oxide, CuO.

Question 17
Why do we apply paint on iron articles?
Solution:
Rust is a soft and porous substance, which gradually falls from the surface of an iron object, and then the iron below starts rusting. Thus, rusting of iron (or corrosion of iron) is a continuous process which, if not prevented in time, eats up the whole iron object. So, when we apply paint on iron articles it reduces the rusting of iron.

Question 18
Oil and fat containing food items are flushed with nitrogen. Why?
Solution:
Packaging fat and oil containing foods in nitrogen gas can prevent rancidity. When the fat and oil present in food materials gets oxidised (in air), their oxidation products have an unpleasant smell and taste. When it is surrounded by unreactive gas, nitrogen, there is no oxygen (of air) to cause its oxidation and make it rancid.

Question 19
Explain the following terms with one example each.
a. Corrosion
b. Rancidity
Solution:
a. Corrosion is the process in which metals are eaten up gradually by the action of air, moisture or a chemical on their surface. Corrosion is caused mainly by the oxidation of metals by the oxygen of air.
Example: Rusting of iron is the most common form of corrosion. When an iron object is left in damp air for a considerable period of time, it gets covered with a red-brown flaky substance called ‘rust’. This is called rusting of iron.
b. The condition produced by aerial oxidation of fat and oil in food which is marked by an unpleasant smell and taste is called rancidity.
Example: Rancidity can be retarded by keeping food in a refrigerator.
The refrigerator has a low temperature inside it. When the food is kept in a refrigerator, the oxidation of fat and oil in it is slowed down due to low temperature. So, the development of rancidity due to oxidation is retarded.

Question 20
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air?
Solution:
To remove the oxide layer and facilitates rapid burning.

Question 21
Write the balanced equation for the following chemical reactions.
i. Hydrogen + Chloride → Hydrogen chloride
ii. Barium chloride + Aluminium sulphate → Barium sulphate + Aluminium chloride
iii. Sodium + water → Sodium hydroxide + Hydrogen
Solution:
i. H₂ + Cl₂ → 2HCl
ii. 3BaCl₂ + Al₂(SO₄)₃ → 3BaSO₄ + 2AlCl₃
iii. 2Na + 2H₂O → 2NaOH + H₂

Question 22
Write a balanced chemical equation and state symbols for the following reactions.
a. Solutions of barium chloride and sodium sulphate in water react to give insoluble barium sulphate and the solution of sodium chloride
b. Sodium hydroxide solution (in water) reacts with hydrochloric acid solution (in water) to produce sodium chloride solution and water.
Solution:

Question 23
A solution of a substance ‘X’ is used for white washing.
Name the substance ‘X’ and write its formula.
(i) Write the reaction of the substance ‘X; named in (ii) above with water
Solution:

Question 24
Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is dipped into it?
Solution:
In this reaction, iron displaces copper from copper sulphate solution. The deep blue colour of copper sulphate solution fades due to the formation of light green solution of iron sulphate. A red-brown coating of copper metal is formed on the surface of the iron metal. This displacement reaction occurs because iron is more reactive than copper.

Question 25
Identify the substances that are oxidised and the substances that are reduced in the following reactions.
i. 4Na(s) + O₂ (g) → 2Na₂O(s)
ii. CuO(s) + H₂(g) → Cu(s) + H₂O(l)
Solution:
i. 4Na(s) + O₂ (g) → 2Na₂O(s)
Here oxygen is added to sodium. The addition of oxygen is Called oxidation. So the substance that is oxidized is sodium Na.
ii. CuO(s) + H₂(g) → Cu(s) + H₂O(l)

In this reaction, copper oxide (CuO) gives the oxygen required for the oxidation of hydrogen; therefore, copper oxide is the oxidizing agent. Hydrogen is responsible for removing oxygen from copper oxide; therefore, hydrogen is the reducing agent here.

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 1 (MCQs) [1 Mark each]

Question 1.
When crystals of lead nitrate are heated strongly in a dry test tube
(a) crystals immediately melt
(b) a brown residue is left
(c) white fumes appear in the test tube
(d) a yellow residue is left
Answer:
(b)Pungent smelling, brown fumes are evolved due to NO₂ gas and brown coloured residue of lead oxide (PbO) is left.

Question 2.
A dilute ferrous sulphate solution was gradually added to the beaker containing acidified permanganate solution. The light purple colour of the solution fades and finally disappears. Which of the following is the correct explanation for the observation? [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) KMnO₄ is an oxidising agent, it oxidises FeSO₄
(b) FeSO₄ acts as an oxidising agent and oxidises KMnO₄
(c) The colour disappears due to dilution, no reaction is involved
(d) KMnO₄ is an unstable compound and decomposes in the presence of FeSO₄ to a colourless compound
Answer:
(a)Potassium permanganate (KMnO₄) in the presence of dil. H₂SO₄, i.e. in acidic medium, acts as a strong oxidising agent. In acidic medium, KMnO₄ oxidises ferrous sulphate to ferric sulphate.

Question 3.
Dilute hydrochloric acid is added to granulated zinc taken in a test tube. The following observations are recorded. Point out the correct observation.
(a) The surface of metal becomes shining
(b) The reaction mixture turns milky
(c) Odour of a pungent smelling gas is recorded
(d) A colourless and odourless gas is evolved
Answer:
(d)Zinc metal reacts with dil. HCl to form zinc chloride and bubbles of colourless and odourless hydrogen gas is evolved.

Question 4.
When a magnesium ribbon is burnt in air, the ash formed is
(a) black
(b) white
(c) yellow
(d) pink
Answer:
(b)When a Mg ribbon is burnt in air, the ash formed is of magnesium oxide which is white in colour.
2Mg(r) + O₂(g) → 2MgO(f)

Question 5.
Three beakers labelled as A, B and C each containing 25 mL of water were taken. A small amount of NaOH, anhyd. CuSO₄ and NaCl were added to the beakers A, B and C, respectively. It was observed that there was an increase in the temperature of the solutions contained in beakers A and B whereas, in case of beaker C, the temperature of the solution falls. Which one of the following statements is/are correct?
I. In beakers A and B, exothermic process has occurred.
II. In beakers A and B, endothermic process has occurred.
III. In beaker C, the exothermic process has occurred.
IV. In beaker C, endothermic process has occurred. [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) I and IV
(d) II and III
Answer:
(c)As in case of beakers A and B, heat is given out, so temperature became high, hence it is an exothermic reaction while in beaker C, heat is absorbed from water, so temperature falls, hence it is an endothermic process.

Question 6.
Which of the following will be required to identify the gas evolved when dilute hydrochloric acid reacts with zinc metal?
(a) Red litmus paper
(b) pH paper
(c) Lime water
(d) A burning splinter
Answer:
(d)On reacting with dil. HCl, zinc metal forms zinc chloride and hydrogen gas is evolved. Presence of hydrogen gas can be checked by a burning splinter because H₄ gas burnt in a splinter with a pop sound.

Question 7.
On immersing an iron nail in CuSO₄ solution for few minutes, you will observe that
(a) no reaction takes place
(b) the colour of solution fades away
(c) the surface of iron nails acquire a black coating
(d) the colour of solution changes to green
Answer:
(b)Fe(s) + CuSO₄ (aq) → FeSO₄ (aq) + Cu(s)
Fe is present above in the reactivity series of metals. Hence, Fe displaces Cu from CuSO₄ solution. And the colour of the solution fades away. This is an example of displacement reaction.

Question 8.
What happens when ferrous sulphate crystals are heated? [CCE 2014]
(a) A gas having the smell of burning sulphur is evolved
(b) No gas is evolved
(c) Brown coloured gas is evolved
(d) Colourless and odourless gas is evolved
Answer:
(a)The green colour of ferrous sulphate crystals changes to brownish black ferric oxide and smell of burning sulphur is evolved due to SO₂ and SO₃.

Question 9.
The colour of the precipitate formed when barium chloride solution is mixed with sodium sulphate solution is [CCE 2014]
(a) blue
(b) black
(c) white
(d) green
Answer:
(c)This is an example of a double displacement reaction and a white precipitate of barium sulphate is formed.

Question 10.
How the colour changes when the gases after thermal decomposition of ferrous sulphate come in contact with an acidified solution of potassium dichromate?
(a) Green to orange
(b) Red to colorless
(c) Orange to green
(d) Blue to green

Answer:
(c) The color changes from orange to green due to the formation of iron (III) sulphate

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 1 Chemical Reactions and Equations (Hindi Medium)

Class 10 Science Chemical Reactions and Equations Mind Map

Chemical Equation

The representation of chemical reaction by means of symbols of substances in the form of formulae is called chemical equation.
For example N₂ + 3H₂ ⇌ 2NH₃

Balanced Chemical Equation

A balanced chemical equation has equal number of atom of each element participating in the reaction on both left and right hand sides of the reaction.
According to Law of Conservation of Mass, total mass of the elements present in the products of a chemical reaction has to be equal to the total mass of the element present in the reactants.

Balancing Of A Chemical Equation
Total No of Atoms on R.H.S = Total no of Atoms on L.H.S.
Fe₃O₄ T H₂ → Fe + H₂0
[Fe] Fe₃O₂ + H₂ → 3Fe + H₂0
[0] Fe₃O₄ + H₂ → 3Fe + 4H₂0
[H] Fe₃O₄ + 4H₂ → 3Fe + 4H₂0

Oxidation In Everyday Life

Rusting
When iron reacts with oxygen and moisture it forms a red substance called rust.

Corrosion
Metals on coming in contact with oxygen, water, acids or gases presents in air changes its surface. This is called corrosion for e.g. black coating on silver and green coating on copper.
Prevention – painting, galvanization, oiling, greasing

Rancidity
Oil and fats on exposure to air show a change in taste and smell. This property is known as rancidity.
Prevention – adding antioxidants, Vacuum packing, refrigeration, flushing food with nitrogen

Types Of Chemical Reactions

The transformation of chemical substance into a new chemical substance by making and breaking of bonds between different atom is known a chemical reaction.

Combination Reaction
When two elements or one compound and one element or two compounds combine to form a new product.
Foi example
• H₂ + Cl₂ → 2HCl
• Zn + CuS0₄ → ZnS0₄ + Cu
• NaOH + H₂SO₄ → Na₂SO₄ + H₂O

Exothermic Reactions
Reactions producing energy are called exothermic reactions.
Most of the combination reactions are exothermic in nature.
For example : CaO + H₂O → Ca(OH)₂ + Heat

Oxidation
Gain of oxygen or removal of hydrogen is called oxidation eg.
• Zn + O₂ → ZnO
• Mn + HCl → MnCl₂ + H₂

Reduction
Gain of hydrogen or removal of oxygen is called reduction.
e.g. CuO + H₂ → Cu + H₂0

Redox Reactions
A chemical reaction in which both oxidation and reduction takes place simultaneously are called redox reactions.
For example
CuO + H₂ → Cu + H₂O

Decomposition Reaction
When a compound-split into two or more simple products for example

Decomposition reaction require energy either in the form of heat, light or electricity for decomposing the reactions

Endothermic Reactions
Reactions which require energy to occur are known as endothermic reactions.
For example:

Displacement Reactions
It takes place when a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal. For Example:
Fe + CuSO₄ → FeSO₄ + Cu

Double Displacement Reactions
In this reactions ions are exchanged between two reactants and forming new compounds.

Precipitation Reaction :
In some reactions, an insoluble mass is formed which is known as precipitate and such reactions are called precipitation reaction.
For Example
Na₂SO₄ + BaCl₂ → 2NaCl + BaSO₄ Precipitate

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 1 Number Systems Ex 1.6

• Number systems
• Introduction
• Irrational Numbers
• Real Numbers And Their Decimal Expansions
• Representing Real Numbers On The Number Line
• Operations On Real Numbers
• Laws Of Exponents For Real Numbers
• Summary
• Chapter 1 Number System NCERT Solutions Ex 1.1
• Chapter 1 Number System NCERT Solutions Ex 1.2
• Chapter 1 Number System NCERT Solutions Ex 1.3
• Chapter 1 Number System NCERT Solutions Ex 1.4
• Chapter 1 Number System NCERT Solutions Ex 1.5
• Extra Questions for Number Systems

Question 1.
Find:

Solution:

Question 2.
Find:

Solution:

Question 3.
Simplify:

Solution:

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths

1. Chapter 1 Number systems
2. Chapter 2 Polynomials
3. Chapter 3 Coordinate Geometry
4. Chapter 4 Linear Equations in Two Variables
5. Chapter 5 Introduction to Euclid Geometry
6. Chapter 6 Lines and Angles
7. Chapter 7 Triangles
8. Chapter 8 Quadrilaterals
9. Chapter 9 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
10. Chapter 10 Circles
11. Chapter 11 Constructions
12. Chapter 12 Heron’s Formula
13. Chapter 13 Surface Areas and Volumes
14. Chapter 14 Statistics
15. Chapter 15 Probability
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MMMUT Syllabus 2020: The Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology has conducted Entrance examination for admission to UG and PG Courses, in different colleges of the state of Uttar Pradesh by University Admission Committee (UAC). So the candidates who are planning to appear for MMMUT Entrance Test must be aware of MMMUT Syllabus and Exam Pattern. Having good knowledge over MMMUT Syllabus will help aspirants to schedule their preparation plan.

MMUT Syllabus

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Entrance Exam Syllabus

Syllabus for MMMUT Entrance Exam 2019 UG and PG

Paper – 1 (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics)

Section A – Physics

• Measurement
• Motion in one dimension
• Laws of Motion
• Motion in two dimensions
• Work, Power, and Energy
• Linear Momentum and collisions
• Rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis
• Gravitation
• Oscillatory motion
• Mechanics of solids and fluids
• Heat and thermodynamics
• Wave
• Electrostatics
• Current Electricity
• Magnetic Effect of Current
• Magnetism in Matter
• Electromagnetic induction
• Ray Optics and optical instruments
• Wave Optics
• Modern Physics

Section B – Chemistry

• Atomic Structure
• Chemical Bonding
• Redox Reactions
• Chemical Equilibrium and Kinetics
• Acid-Base Concepts
• Electrochemistry
• Catalysis
• Colloids
• Colligative Properties of Solution
• Periodic Table
• Preparation and Properties
• Thermochemistry
• General Organic Chemistry
• Isomerism
• IUPAC
• Polymers
• Carbohydrates
• Solid State
• Petroleum

Section C – Mathematics

• Algebra
• Probability
• Trigonometry
• Coordinate Geometry
• Calculus
• Vectors
• Dynamics
• Statics

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Paper – 2 (Aptitude Test for Diploma Holders In Engineering)

Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Graphics, Basic Electrical Engg., Basic Electronics Engg., Elements of computer science, Elementary Biology, Basic Workshop Practice and Physics/Chemistry/Maths of Diploma standard.

Paper – 3 (Aptitude Test for B.Sc. Graduate In Engineering)

• Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and Eigen vectors.
• Calculus: Mean value theorems, Theorems of integral calculus, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial Derivatives, Maxima and minima, multiple integrals, Fourier series. Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green’s theorems.
• Differential equations: First order equation (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchy’s and Euler’s equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Linear partial differential equations with constant coefficients of 2nd order and their classifications and variable separable method.
• Complex variables: Analytic functions, Cauchy’s integral theorem, and integral formula, Taylor’s and Laurent’ series, Residue theorem, solution integrals.
• Probability and Statistics: Sampling theorems, Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Discrete and continuous distributions, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distribution, Correlation and regression analysis.
• Fourier Series: Periodic functions, Trigonometric series, Fourier series of a period, Euler’s formulae, Functions having an arbitrary period, Change of the interval, Even and odd functions, Half range sine and cosine series.
• Transform Theory: Laplace transform, Laplace transform of derivatives and integrals, Inverse Laplace transform, Laplace transform of periodic functions, Convolution theorem, Application to solve simple linear and simultaneous differential equations. Fourier integral, Fourier complex transform, Fourier sine and cosine transforms and applications to simple heat transfer equations. Z – Transform and its application to solve differential equations.

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The test is aimed at evaluating the verbal ability, quantitative aptitude, logical and abstract reasoning and knowledge of current affairs. The following is a brief description of the contents of the test paper.

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• Section-D (General Awareness): Knowledge of current affairs and other issues related to trade, industry, economy, sports, culture, and science.

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Mathematics

• Modern Algebra: Idempotent law, identities, complementary laws, Demorgan’s theorem, mapping, inverse relation, equivalence relation, Piano’s Axiom, the definition of rational numbers and integers through equivalence relation.
• Algebra: Surds, solution of simultaneous and quadratic equations, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progression, Binomial theorem for any index, logarithms, exponential and logarithmic series, determinants.
• Probability: Definition, Dependent, and independent events, numerical problems on addition and multiplication of probability, theorems of probability.
• Trigonometry: Simple identities, trigonometric equations, properties of triangles, use of mathematical tables, solution of triangles, height and distance, inverse functions, DeMoiver’s theorem.
• Co-Ordinate Geometry: Co-ordinate geometry of the straight lines, pair of straight lines, circle, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola, and their properties.
• Calculus: Differentiation of function of functions, tangents and normals, simple examples of maxima or minima, limits of function, integration of function (by parts, by substitution and by a partial fraction), definite integral (application to volumes and surfaces of frustums of the sphere, cone, and cylinder).
• Vectors: The Position vector, addition, and subtraction of vectors, scalar and vector products and their applications.
• Dynamics: Velocity, the composition of velocity, relative velocity, acceleration, the composition of acceleration, motion under gravity, projectiles, laws of motions, principles of conservation of momentum and energy, the direct impact of smooth bodies, pulleys.
• Statics: Composition of coplanar, concurrent and parallel forces, moments and couples, resultant of a set of coplanar forces and conditions of equilibrium, determination of Centroides in a simple case, problems involving friction.

Statistics

Theory of probability, Mean, Median, Mode, Dispersion and Standard Deviation.

Logical Ability

Questions shall be set to test the analytical and reasoning capability of candidates.

Paper – 6 (M.Tech. Admission Test)

For admission to M.Tech. programmes, the admission test shall include objective type questions from general Engineering Aptitude consisting of Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Graphics, Basic Electrical Engineering, Basic Electronics Engineering, Basic Computer Science, Workshop practice, Basic Mechanical Engineering, Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics of Degree standard.

Paper – 7 (M.Sc.Physics (Specialization in Electronics) Admission Test)

• Mathematical Methods
• Mechanics and General Properties of Matter
• Oscillations, Waves, and Optics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics
• Modern Physics
• Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics
• Atomic Physics and Laser

Paper – 8 (Ph.D. Admission Test)

For admission to the Ph.D. program, the admission test shall include objective type questions from the core subject of the respective disciplines.

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CBSE Class 6 Hindi Grammar विराम-चिह्न

विराम शब्द का अर्थ है – रुकना या ठहरना।
वाक्यों के बीच-बीच में थोड़ी देर के लिए रुकने का संकेत करने वाले चिह्नों को विराम-चिह्न कहते हैं।
हिंदी में प्रयोग किए जाने वाले प्रमुख विराम-चिह्न निम्नलिखित हैं

1. पूर्ण विराम ( । ) – पूर्ण विराम वाक्य के अंत में लगाया जाता है। जब वाक्य पूरा होता है, तब इसका प्रयोग करते हैं। जैसे

• पक्षी दाना चुग रहे हैं।
• सूर्योदय हो रहा है।

2. अल्प विराम ( , ) – अल्प विराम का अर्थ है-थोड़ा विराम। जब पूर्ण विराम से कम समय के लिए वाक्य के बीच में रुकना पड़े, तो अल्पविराम चिह्न का प्रयोग किया जाता है; जैसे- भारत में गेहूँ, चना, बाजरा, मक्का, आदि बहुत सी फ़सलें उगाई जाती हैं।

3. अर्ध विराम ( ; ) – वाक्य लिखते या बोलते समय, एक बड़े वाक्य में एक से अधिक छोटे वाक्यों को जोड़ने के लिए अर्धविराम का प्रयोग किया जाता है; जैसे—निरंतर प्रयत्नशील रहो; रुकना कायरता है।

4. प्रश्नवाचक चिह्न ( ? ) – बातचीत के दौरान जब किसी से कोई बात पूछी जाती है अथवा कोई प्रश्न पूछा जाता है, तब वाक्य के अंत में प्रश्नसूचक चिह्न का प्रयोग किया जाता है; जैसे

• आपका क्या नाम है?
• तुमने क्या कहा है?

5. विस्मयाधिबोधक चिह्न ( ! ) – विस्मयः आश्चर्य, शोक, हर्ष आदि भावों को प्रकट करने वाले शब्दों को विस्मयादि बोधक चिह्न कहते हैं।

• वाह! हम यह मैच भी जीत गए।
• छिः यहाँ इतनी गंदगी क्यों है?

6. योजक या विभाजक चिह्न ( – ) – दो शब्दों को जोड़ने के लिए इसका प्रयोग किया जाता है; जैसे-छोटा-बड़ा, रात-दिन, धीरे-धीरे। उदाहरण-जीवन में सुख-दुख तो चलता ही रहता है।

7. निर्देशक (डैश) चिह्न ( _ ) – कोई भी निर्देश अथवा सूचना देने वाले वाक्य के बाद निर्देशक-चिह्न का प्रयोग किया जाता है, जैसे-नेहा ने कहा-मैं कल जाऊँगी।

8. उद्धरण चिह्न (“…..”) (‘ ‘) – उद्धरण चिह्न दो प्रकार के होते हैं- एकहरे (‘ ‘) तथा दोहरे (” “) एकहरे उद्धरण चिह्न का प्रयोग किसी विशेष व्यक्ति, ग्रंथ, उपनाम आदि को प्रकट करने के लिए किया जाता है; जैसे

• रामचरित मानस’ तुलसीदस द्वारा रचित ग्रंथ है।
• रामधारी सिंह ‘दिनकर’ महान कवि थे।

दोहरा उद्धरण चिह्न (” “) – इस चिह्न का प्रयोग किसी के द्वारा कही गई बात अथवा कथन को ज्यों-का-त्यों दिखाने के लिए किया जाता है; जैसे

• महात्मा गांधी ने कहा, “सत्य ही ईश्वर है।”
• लोकमान्य तिलक ने कहा था, “स्वतंत्रता हमारा जन्मसिद्ध अधिकार है।”

9. विवरण चिह्न (:-) – इसका प्रयोग निर्देश देने के लिए होता है या किसी विषय का विवरण देने के लिए। जैसे कारक के आठ भेद हैं:

10. कोष्ठक – वाक्य के बीच में आए शब्दों अथवा पदों का अर्थ स्पष्ट करने के लिए कोष्ठक का प्रयोग किया जाता है; जैसे कालिदास (संस्कृत के महाकवि) को सभी जानते हैं।

11. त्रुटिपूरक चिह्न (λ) – हँसपद-लिखते समय जब कोई अंश शेष रह जाता है तो इस चिह्न को लगाकर उस शब्द को ऊपर . लिख दिया जाता है; जैसे

• बगीचे में λ फूल खिले हैं
• मैंने λ तुमसे पहले λ ही कह दिया था।

12. लाघव चिह्न (०) – किसी बड़े अंश का संक्षिप्त रूप लिखने के लिए इस चिह्न का प्रयोग किया जाता है; जैसे मेंबर ऑफ पार्लियामेंट- एमपी, डॉक्टर-डॉ., अर्जित अवकाश-अ००।

बहुविकल्पी प्रश्न

1. (,) इस चिह्न को कहते हैं
(i) पूर्ण विराम
(ii) प्रश्नसूचक
(iii) अल्पविराम
(iv) इनमें से कोई नहीं

2. विस्मयादिबोधक चिह्न है
(i) ?
(ii) ,
(iii) !
(iv) ।

3. वाक्य के पूर्ण होने पर लगाया जाने वाले चिह्न कहलाता है
(i) अल्पविराम
(ii) पूर्णविराम
(iii) विस्मयादि सूचक
(iv) प्रश्नसूचक

4. ( .) इस चिह्न को कहते हैं?
(i) योजक चिह्न
(ii) लाघव चिह्न
(iii) पूर्णविराम चिह्न
(iv) इनमें कोई नहीं

5. (|^) चिह्न को कहते हैं।
(i) अर्ध विराम चिह्न
(ii) पूर्णविराम चिह्न
(iii) लाघव चिह्न
(iv) त्रुटि चिह्न

उत्तर-
1. (iii)
2. (ii)
3. (ii)
4. (ii)
5. (iv)

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पाठ्यपुस्तक के प्रश्न-अभ्यास

एकांकी से

प्रश्न 1.
‘सड़क के किनारे एक सुंदर फ्लैट में बैठक का दृश्य। उसका एक दरवाज़ा सड़क वाले बरामदे में खुलता है… उस पर एक फ़ोन रखा है। इस बैठक की पूरी तसवीर बनाओ।
उत्तर-
बैठक में फ़र्श पर कालीन बिछा है। इसके ऊपर सोफा सेट रखा है। कोने में तिपाही पर फूलदान सज़ा है। दूसरे कोने में टेबल लैंप रखा है। कमरे के बीच में शीशे की मेज़ रखी है। मेज़ पर अखबार और पत्रिकाएँ रखी हैं। दीवार पर दो सुंदर पेंटिंग टॅगी हुई है।
छात्र दिए गए विवरण के आधार पर चित्र बनाएँ।

प्रश्न 2.
माँ मोहन के ‘ऐसे-ऐसे’ कहने पर क्यों घबरा रही थी?
उत्तर-
माँ का घबराना स्वाभाविक था क्योंकि मोहन कुछ बताता ही नहीं था बस ऐसे-ऐसे किए जा रहा था। माँ ने सोचा पता नहीं यह कौन-सी बीमारी है और कितनी भयंकर है। इसलिए मोहन की माँ घबरा गई थी।

प्रश्न 3.
ऐसे कौन-कौन से बहाने होते हैं जिन्हें मास्टर जी एक ही बार सुनकर समझ जाते हैं? ऐसे कुछ बहानों के बारे में लिखो।
उत्तर-
पेट दर्द, सिर दर्द, बुखार, माता-पिता के साथ कहीं जाना, माता-पिता द्वारा किसी काम के लिए कहा जाना, शादी में जाना, बस छूट जाने का बहामा, माँ की बीमारी का बहाना इत्यादि।

अनुमान और कल्पना

प्रश्न 1.
स्कूल के काम से बचने के लिए मोहन ने कई बार पेट में ऐसे-ऐसे’ होने के बहाने बनाए। मान लो, एक बार उसे सचमुच पेट में दर्द हो गया और उसकी बातों पर लोगों ने विश्वास नहीं किया, तब मोहन पर क्या बीती होगी?
उत्तर-
स्कूल के काम से बचने के लिए मोहन ने कई बार पेट में ऐसे-ऐसे’ होने के बहाने बनाए। यदि किसी दिन मोहन को सचमुच पेट में दर्द हो गया तो कोई भी उसकी बात को नहीं मानेगा तथा उसका दर्द बढ़ता जाएगा जो कि परेशानी का कारण बन सकता है। यदि किसी दिन मोहन के पेट में सचमुच दर्द हुआ होगा तो लोगों ने उस पर विश्वास नहीं किया हो और यही समझा होगा कि वह बहाने बना रहा है। ऐसे में वह तड़पा होगा और सबको बार-बार कहा होगा कि उसके पेट में सचमुच दर्द हो रहा है। तब जाकर मोहन को पता चला होगा कि झूठ बोलने से क्या नुकसान होता है। उसे अपनी आदत पर पछतावा होगा और संभवतः वह भविष्य में कभी झूठ बोलने से तौबा कर ले।

प्रश्न 2.
पाठ में आए वाक्य ‘लोचा-लोचा फिरे है, के बदले ढीला-ढाला हो गया है या बहुत कमज़ोर हो गया है-लिखा जा सकता है लेकिन, लेखक ने संवाद में विशेषता लाने के लिए बोलियों के रंग-ढंग का उपयोग किया है। इस पाठ में इस तरह की अन्य पंक्तियाँ भी हैं; जैसे-
इत्ती नई-नई बीमारियाँ निकली हैं,
राम मारी बीमारियों ने तंग कर दिया,
तेरे पेट में तो बड़ी दाढ़ी है।
अनुमान लगाओ, इन पंक्तियों को दूसरे ढंग से कैसे लिखा जा सकता है।
उत्तर-
इतनी नयी-नयी बीमारियाँ निकली हैं।

– इन बीमारियों ने परेशान कर दिया है।
– तुम तो बहुत चालाक हो।

प्रश्न 3.
मान लो कि तुम मोहन की तबीयत पूछने जाते हो। तुम अपने और मोहन के बीच की बातचीत को संवाद के रूप में लिखो।
उत्तर-
में-अरे मोहन ! कैसे हो? क्या हुआ है तुम्हें?
मोहन-कुछ नहीं भाई। बस पेट में ऐसे-ऐसे हो रहा है।
मैं-ऐसे कैसे?
मोहन-बस ऐसे-ऐसे।
मैं-डॉक्टर को दिखाया?
मोहन-डॉक्टर को भी दिखाया और वैद्य की भी दवा मिली है खाने को।
मैं-क्या कहा उन्होंने?
मोहन-उन्होंने कब्ज और बदहजमी बताया है।
मैं-ठीक है, दवा खाओ और जल्दी ठीक होने की कोशिश करो। कल से स्कूल खुल रहा है, याद है न।।
मोहन-हाँ, हाँ, याद है।
मैं-अब मैं चलता हूँ। कल स्कूल जाते समय आऊँगा। अगर पेट ठीक हो जाए तो तुम भी तैयार रहना।
मोहन-अच्छा भाई ! धन्यवाद ।

प्रश्न 4.
संकट के समय के लिए कौन-कौन से नंबर याद रखे जाने चाहिए? ऐसे वक्त में पुलिस, फायर ब्रिगेड और डॉक्टर से तुम कैसे बात करोगे? कक्षा में करके बताओ।
उत्तर-
संकट के समय पुलिस, फायर ब्रिगेड और हॉस्पिटल एवं चिकित्सक के नंबर याद रखे जाने चाहिए। पुलिस की नंबर-100, फायर ब्रिगेड की-101, एंबुलेंस की-102
यदि कोई वारदात होती है तो पुलिस को जानकारी देंगे। यदि आग लगती है तो फायर ब्रिगेड को खबर देंगे। यदि कोई बीमारे है तो डॉक्टर को फ़ोन करेंगे।
हम इनसे नम्र स्वभाव में प्रार्थना करते हुए बातें करेंगे।
हम उन्हें घर का पता बता देंगे।

उनसे शीघ्र आने के लिए कहेंगे। डॉक्टर को मरीज़ की बीमारी के लक्षण बता देंगे ताकि वह आवश्यक दवा साथ ला सके।
ऐसा होता तो क्या होता…
मास्टर- स्कूल का काम तो पूरा कर लिया है?
(मोहन हाँ में सिर हिलाता है।)
मोहन- जी, सब काम पूरा कर लिया है।
इस स्थिति में नाटक का अंत क्या होता? लिखो।
उत्तर-
ऐसी स्थिति में मास्टर जी समझ जाते कि सचमुच दर्द है। वह मोहन के माता-पिता को उसका ठीक से इलाज कराने की सलाह देते हैं।

भाषा की बात

(क) मोहन ने केला और संतरा खाया।
(ख) मोहन ने केला और संतरा नहीं खाया।
(ग) मोहन ने क्या खाया?
मोहन केला और संतरा खाओ।
उपर्युक्त वाक्यों में से पहला वाक्य एकांकी से लिया गया है। बाकी तीन वाक्य देखने में पहले वाक्य से मिलते-जुलते हैं, पर उनके अर्थ अलग-अलग हैं। पहला वाक्य किसी कार्य या बात के होने के बारे में बताता है। इसे विधिवाचक वाक्य कहते हैं। दूसरे वाक्य का संबंध उस कार्य के न होने से है, इसलिए उसे निषेधात्मक वाक्य कहते हैं। (निषेध का अर्थ नहीं या मनाही होता है।) तीसरे वाक्य में इसी बात को प्रश्न के रूप में पूछा जा रहा है, ऐसे वाक्य प्रश्नवाचक कहलाते हैं। चौथे वाक्य में मोहन से उसी कार्य को करने के लिए कहा जा रहा है। इसलिए उसे आदेशवाचक वाक्य कहते हैं। आगे एक वाक्य दिया गया है। इसके बाकी तीन रूप तुम सोचकर लिखो।

बताना- रूथ ने कपड़े अलमारी में रखे।
नहीं/मना करना : ……….
पूछना : ………
आदेश देना : ……….
उत्तर-
नहीं/मना करना :   रुथ ने कपड़े अलमारी में नहीं रखे।
पूछना              :   क्या रुथ ने कपड़े अलमारी में रखे ?
आदेश देना       :   रुथ कपड़े अलमारी में रखो।

कुछ और करने के लिए

प्रश्न 1.
क्या तुम स्कूल का काम न करने पर उल्टे-सीधे बहाने बनाते हो?
उत्तर-
नहीं, मैं स्कूल का काम नहीं कर पाने पर कोई बहाना नहीं बनाता। मैं माँ को साफ़-साफ़ बता देता हूँ कि आज मैं स्कूल न जाकर गृह कार्य पूरा करूंगा। तभी अगले दिन स्कूल जाऊँगा। मुझे झूठ बोलना कतई पसंद नहीं है।
एकांकी का मंचीकरण

बच्चे इस एकांकी को बाल सभा के मंच पर प्रस्तुत करेंगे।
पात्रों को चुनाव कर उन्हें संवाद याद करने के लिए दिए जाएँगे। अध्यापक/अध्यापिका दो दिनों तक रिहर्सल कराने के उपरांत प्रस्तुतीकरण के लिए कहेंगे। अभिनय कौशल को परखा जाएगा।
इससे बच्चों की अभिव्यक्ति का विकास होगा तथा मंच भय से मुक्ति मिलेगी।

अन्य पाठेतर हल प्रश्न

बहुविकल्पी प्रश्नोत्तर

(क) ‘ऐसे-ऐसे’ एकांकी के लेखक कौन हैं?
(i) जयंत विष्णु
(ii) विष्णु प्रभाकर
(iii) गुणाकर मुले
(iv) अनुबंधोपाध्याय

(ख) मोहन ने पिता के दफ़तर में क्या खाया था?
(i) बर्गर
(ii) समोसे
(iii) फल
(iv) मिठाई

(ग) किन बहानों को मास्टर जी समझ जाते हैं?
(i) पेट दर्द
(ii) सिर दर्द
(iii) चक्कर आना
(iv) उपर्युक्त सभी

(घ) वैद्य जी को बुलाकर कौन लाया?
(i) मोहन की माँ
(ii) मोहन के पिता
(iii) मोहन के पड़ोसी दीनानाथ
(iv) मोहन का मित्र

(ङ) मोहन कैसा लड़का था?
(i) कमज़ोर
(ii) कम बुद्धिवाला
(iii) भला
(iv) शरारती

उत्तर-

(क) (ii)
(ख) (iii)
(ग) (iv)
(घ) (i)
(ङ) (iv)

अतिलघु उत्तरीय प्रश्न

प्रश्न 1.
मोहन ने पिता के दफ़तर में क्या खाया था?
उत्तर-
मोहन ने पिता के दफ़तर में एक केला और एक संतरा खाया था।

प्रश्न 2.
वैद्य जी को बुलाकर कौन लाया?
उत्तर-
मोहन के पड़ोसी वैद्य जी को बुलाकर लाए थे।

प्रश्न 3.
वैद्य जी ने मोहन को देखने के बाद क्या कहा?
उत्तर-
वैद्य जी मोहन को देखकर कहते हैं कि घबराने की कोई बात नहीं। मामूली बात है, पर इससे कभी-कभी बड़े भी तंग आ जाते हैं।

प्रश्न 4.
मोहन ने क्या बहाना बनाया?
उत्तर-
मोहन ने स्कूल न जाने के लिए बहाना बनाया कि उसके पेट में ऐसे-ऐसे’ दर्द हो रहा है।

प्रश्न 5.
क्या मोहन के पेट में सचमुच दर्द था?
उत्तर-
नहीं, मोहन के पेट में कोई दर्द नहीं था। वह केवल बहाना कर रहा था।

लघुउत्तरीय प्रश्न

प्रश्न 1.
मोहन की हालत देख माँ क्यों अधिक परेशान थी?
उत्तर-
मोहन की हालत देखकर मोहन की माँ ने मोहन को हींग, चूरन, पिपरमेंट आदि दिया था, पर मोहन ठीक नहीं हुआ था। वह बार-बार कहता था कि उसके पेट में ऐसे-ऐसे हो रहा है। माँ उसकी हालत देखकर परेशान थी क्योंकि मोहन को क्या हो रहा है, यह पता नहीं चल रहा था। उसने ‘ऐसे-ऐसे’ की बीमारी का नाम न सुना था। वह सोच में पड़ गई थी कि उसे कोई नई बीमारी तो नहीं हो गई है इसीलिए वह मोहन की हालत देखकर परेशान थी।

प्रश्न 2.
मोहन की माँ क्यों कहती है-हँसी की हँसी, दुख का दुख?
उत्तर
मोहन की माँ बार-बार मोहन से उसके पेट-दर्द के बारे में पूछती है। वह बस यही कहता है कि पेट में ऐसे-ऐसे’ हो रहा है। उसकी बात सुनकर माँ हँस पड़ती है और परेशान भी होती है। वह बेटे के दुख से दुखी होती है। इसी | मनः स्थिति में वह कहती है की हँसी की हँसी दुख का दुख। यह उसे अजीब बीमारी लगती है।

प्रश्न 3.
ऐसे कौन-कौन से बहाने होते हैं जिन्हें मास्टर जी एक ही बार में सुनकर समझ जाते हैं। ऐसे कुछ बहानों के बारे में लिखो।
उत्तर
ऐसे अनेक बहाने होते हैं; जैसे-आज स्कूल में कुछ नहीं होगा, बस सफ़ाई कराई जाएगी। कुछ छात्र कहते हैं कि मैं रात में पढ़ाई कर रहा था मेरी किताब और कॉपी वहीं छूट गई। कभी-कभी छात्र दूर के रिश्तेदार की बीमारी का बहाना बना लेते हैं। इसके अलावे छात्र पेट दर्द, सिर दर्द, माता-पिता के साथ कहीं जाना, जिन्हें एक ही बार सुनकर मास्टर जी समझ जाते हैं।

प्रश्न 4.
वैद्य जी मोहन को क्या बीमारी बताते हैं? वह उसे क्या दवा देते हैं।
उत्तर-
वैद्य जी मोहन के पेट-दर्द का कारण बताते हैं वात का प्रकोप है, कब्ज़ है। पेट साफ़ नहीं हुआ है। मल रु क जाने से वायु बढ़ गई है। वह मोहन को दवा की पुड़िया हर आधे-आधे घंटे बाद गरम पानी से लेने को कहते हैं।

प्रश्न 5.
डॉक्टर मोहने को क्या बीमारी बताते हैं और ठीक होने का क्या आश्वासन देते हैं?
उत्तर
डॉक्टर मोहन की जीभ देखकर कहते हैं कि उसे कब्ज़ और बदहजमी है। फिर वह बताते हैं कि कभी-कभी हवा रु क जाती है और फंदा डाल लेती है। मोहन के पेट में बस उसी का ऐंठन है। वह मोहन को आश्वासन देते हैं कि दवा की एक खुराक पी लेने के बाद तबियत ठीक हो जाएगी।

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Environment Class 7 Extra Questions Social Science Geography Chapter 1

NCERT Extra Questions for Class 7 Social Science Geography Chapter 1 Environment

Prelude

Question 1.
What made Ravi sad while going to school after vacation?
Answer:
After the long vacation while going to school Ravi noticed that the only play-ground next to the school is dug up. He was told that a multi storey building would be constructed there.

This made him sad as the big playground with grass, marigolds and butterflies would be gone forever. He shared his feelings with his classmates.

Question 2.
What all are the part of our environment?
Answer:
Our Surroundings constitute environment. Buildings furniture like tables, chairs, open field, road, garbage etc. are all part of our environment. Some things like mountains, rivers, trees are created by nature. Others like chair, table, roads and clothes are made by man.

Question 3.
Why is our environment changing?
Answer:

• It is all because of our needs.
• They are increasing day by day.
• We are therefore modifying and at times even destroying our natural surroundings.

Question 4.
How do human beings modify the environment?
Answer:
Environment provides the basic life support system like air, water, food and land. The man made things like car pollute the air, factories build on land, containers for food and water are the examples of modification of environment.

Question 5.
Distinguish between biotic and abiotic environments.
Answer:
Biotic Environment

• The world of living organisms is called biotic environment.
• Examples: Plants and animals.
  Abiotic Environment
• The world of non-living elements is called abiotic environment.
• Example: Land.

Question 6.
Explain with examples the different components of environment.
Answer:
Major Components of environment are – Man-made, natural and Human beings.
Major Components of the Environment:
Natural Components:

• Land (Lithosphere).
• Water (Hydrosphere).
• Air (Atmosphere).
• Living things (Organisms).

Human-made Components:

• Buildings.
• Parks.
• Bridges.
• Roads.
• Monuments.
• Industries.

Humans

• Individuals
• Family
• Community
• Religion
• Education
• Economic
• Political situation

Examples of Human-made Environment:

• Buildings
• Parks
• Bridges
• Roads
• Monuments
• Industries

Question 7.
What is environment?
Answer:
The surrounding in which we live forms environment. It is the basic life support system having natural and man-made components.

• The people, the place, the things, the nature and the living organisms that surround us are called environment.
• It is a combination of natural and human made phenomena.
  • The natural environment refers to both biotic and abiotic conditions existing on the earth.
  • Human environment reveals the activities, creations and interactions among human beings.

Natural Environment

Question 1.
What comprises natural environment?
Answer:
Land, air, water, plants and animals are all the part of natural environment.

Question 2.
Describe lithosphere and hydrosphere.
Answer:
Lithosphere

• It is the solid crust or the hard top layer of the earth.
• It is made up of rocks and minerals.
• It is covered by a thin layer of soil.
• It is an irregular surface with various landforms like mountains, plateaus, plains, valleys etc.
• Landforms spread over the continents and also on the ocean floors.
• Lithosphere provides us the following:
  • Forests.
  • Grasslands for grazing.

• • Land for agriculture and
  • Human settlements.
  • It is also a source of mineral wealth.

Hydrosphere is the domain of water.

• It comprises various sources of water.
• The different types of water bodies like rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, etc. are its major components.
  • It is essential for all living organisms.

Question 3.
Give an account of the atmosphere.
Answer:

• The atmosphere is the thin layer of air that surrounds the earth.
• The gravitational force of the earth holds the atmosphere around it.
• It protects us from the harmful rays and scorching heat of the sun.
• It consists of numerous gases, dust and water vapour.
• The changes in the atmosphere produce changes in the weather and climate.

Question 4.
Define the term ‘Biosphere’.
Answer:
Biosphere: Plants and animals found in the narrow strip at the junction of lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere together make biosphere.

What is Ecosystem?

Question 1.
What do you understand by the term “Ecosystem”?
Answer:
Ecosystem: An ecosystem is formed by the interaction of all living organisms with one another and with the physical and chemical factors of the environment in which they live. All are linked by transfer of energy and material. They are interdependent.

Question 2.
Compare and contrast the climatic conditions of Kerala and Rajasthan.
Answer:
Kerala, a southern state of India gets ample rainfall. It has lush green vegetation and coconut plantations.
Rajasthan, on the other hand, gets very less rainfall. It has thorny bushes, kikar and babul as vegetation.

Question 3.
Name some animals found in deserts.
Answer:
Camels, snakes, lizards, insects are found in deserts.

Question 4.
Why do the animals and vegetation vary from place to place?
Answer:
Animals and vegetation vary from place to place because

• They are dependent on their immediate surroundings.
• They depend on the environmental conditions like climate, soil, water etc.
• All of them sire interdependent on each other.

Question 5.
What forms the ecosystem? Give some examples of ecosystems.
Answer:
The relationship between the living organisms and their surroundings form the ecosystem. Rain forest, grassland, deserts, mountains, lake, river, ocean and pond are some of the examples of ecosystems.

Question 6.
Do you think the park in which Ravi and his friends played formed an ecosystem?
Answer:
Yes.

Human Environment

Question 1.
Define barter system.
Answer:
Barter system is the exchange of goods without the use of money.

Question 2.
What has brought a change in interaction between humans and their surroundings?
Answer:
Human being modifies nature according to their need. Early humans adapted themselves to their natural surroundings. They led a simple life fulfilling their needs from nature.

With changes in needs new methods and technologies were invented. Settled life brought agriculture domestication of animals. Invention of wheel, surplus food led to development of trade and commerce. Barter system emerged.

Industrial revolution, changes in transportation increased production. Growth in communication system made life easier and speedy. Humans learned new ways to use and change the surroundings.

Question 3.
What is important for a harmonious life?
Answer:
Certain things are used in a certain way like watermelon in summer or roasted peanuts in winter. We need a balance between natural and human environment. Human beings must use their natural environment in a sustainable way to maintain the balance.

Question 4.
Why did Nurie invited Ravi to her place?
Answer:
Ravi was upset at losing his playground to building construction .Nurie invited him to her home in Mizoram in the lush green surroundings.

Objective Type Questions

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1. Hydrosphere is a part of …………………………
2. Two main constituents of environment are ………………………… and ………………
3. ………………………… is the hard top layer of the earth.
4. ………………………… modify the natural environment.
Answer:
1. biosphere
2. natural, man-made
3. Lithosphere
4. Human beings

Question 2.
Write whether the given statements are true or false:
1. Landforms are found only over continents.
2. Trade in which goods are exchanged without the use of money is called barter system.
3. Gravitational force of the earth holds the atmosphere around it.
4. No life can exist in biosphere.
5. Abiotic environment consists of living organism.
Answer:
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False

Question 3.
Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B.
Answer:
1. (c)
2. (d)
3. (a)
4. (b)

Multiple Choice Questions

Prelude

Question 1.
Which one of the following is a basic life support system?
(a) Music system
(b) Environment
(c) Transportation
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Environment

Question 2.
Which one of the following is created by nature?
(a) Cars, scooters and buses
(b) Mountains, rivers and trees
(c) Roads, books, pen and copies
(d) All of these
Answer:
(b) Mountains, rivers and trees

Natural Environment

Question 1.
The domain of water is referred to
(a) hydrosphere
(b) lithosphere
(c) atmosphere
(d) biosphere
Answer:
(a) hydrosphere

Question 2.
What do plant and animal kingdom make together?
(a) Biosphere
(b) Hydrosphere
(c) Atmosphere
(d) All of these
Answer:
(a) Biosphere

What is Ecosystem?

Question 1.
Which one of the fallowing animals is called the ship of the desert?
(a) Camel
(b) Goat
(c) Cow
(d) Dogs
Answer:
(a) Camel

Question 2.
When is the World Environment Day celebrated every year?
(a) 25th December
(b) 23rd June
(c) 26th January
(d) 5th June
Answer:
(d) 5th June

Human Environment

Question 1.
Who interacts with the environment and modify it according to their needs?
(a) Human beings
(b) Animals
(c) Rivers
(d) Mountains
Answer:
Human beings

Question 2.
Which one of the following is not a threat to environment?
(a) Growing population
(b) Growing plants
(c) Growing industries
(d) All of these
Answer:
Growing plants

Extra Questions for Class 7 Social Science

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CBSE Class 6 Hindi Grammar शब्द-भंडार

एक से अधिक वर्षों के सार्थक समूह को शब्द कहते हैं।

शब्दों के भेद

भाषा के शब्द-भंडार में निरंतर वृद्धि होती रहती है। ये शब्द विभिन्न स्त्रोतों से भाषा में मिलकर उसे और समृद्ध बनाते हैं। शब्दों की रचना के मुख्य रूप से निम्नलिखित चार आधार होते हैं।

1. उत्पत्ति के आधार पर – (तत्सम, तद्भव, देशज, विदेशी)
2. रचना के आधार पर – (रूढ़, यौगिक, योगरूढ़)
3. प्रयोग के आधार पर-

• विकारी शब्द
• अविकारी शब्द

(i) विकारी शब्द – (संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, क्रिया)
(ii) अविकारी शब्द – (क्रियाविशेषण, संबंधबोधक, समुच्चयबोधक, विस्मयादिबोधक)

4. अर्थ के आधार पर शब्द भेद – शब्द प्रयोग में प्रवीणता प्राप्त करने के लिए उसके विभिन्न रूपों के ज्ञान का होना आवश्यक है। अर्थ के आधार पर विभिन्न शब्द रूप निम्नलिखित हैं
(क) पर्यायवाची शब्द
(ख) विलोम शब्द
(ग) वाक्यांशों के लिए एक शब्द
(घ) समान अर्थ प्रतीत होने वाले शब्द
(ङ) एकार्थक शब्द
(च) अनेकार्थक शब्द
(छ) श्रुतिसमभिन्नार्थक शब्द

(क) पर्यायवाची शब्द – अर्थ की दृष्टि से समान शब्द, पर्यायवाची शब्द कहलाते हैं। ये शब्द समान अर्थ रखते हुए भी सूक्ष्म सा अंतर प्रकट करते हैं। नीचे कुछ पर्यायवाची शब्दों की सूची दी जा रही है। उन्हें ध्यान से पढ़िए और याद कीजिए।

(ख) विलोम शब्द

जो शब्द अर्थ की दृष्टि से एक-दूसरे के विपरीत अर्थ का ज्ञान कराते हैं, वे विलोम अथवा विपरीतार्थक शब्द कहलाते हैं। ऐसे शब्दों की रचना अधिकांशतः विभिन्न उपसर्गों (सु, कु, अप, नि, अ, अव आदि) के प्रयोग से होती है। कुछ विलोम शब्द स्वतंत्र भी होते हैं। नीचे कुछ विलोम शब्दों की सूची दी जा रही है। उन्हें आप ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़ें, समझें और याद करें-

(ग) अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द

जिन शब्दों का प्रयोग वाक्यांश या अनेक शब्दों के स्थान पर किया जाता है, उन्हें शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द कहते हैं। अनेक शब्दों के स्थान पर एक शब्द का प्रयोग करने से भाषा में संक्षिप्तता, स्पष्टता तथा सुंदरता आती है।

(घ) समरूपी भिन्नार्थक शब्द (शब्द-युग्म)

ऐसे शब्द जो पढ़ने और सुनने में लगभग एक से लगते हैं, परंतु अर्थ की दृष्टि से भिन्न होते हैं, श्रुतिसमभिन्नार्थक शब्द कहलाते हैं; जैसे–अंश-हिस्सी, अंस-कंधा।

(ङ) एकार्थी शब्द

जिन शब्दों का अर्थ सदैव एक सा रहता है, उन्हें एकार्थी या एकार्थक शब्द कहते हैं; जैसे-

(च) अनेकार्थी शब्द

जिन शब्दों के एक से अधिक अर्थ होते हैं, वे अनेकार्थी शब्द कहलाते हैं।
कुछ शब्द ऐसे होते हैं जिनके एक से अधिक अर्थ होते हैं। इन शब्दों का अर्थ प्रयोग के अनुसार बदलता रहता है। यानी विभिन्न परिस्थितियों में भिन्न-भिन्न अर्थ देने वाले ये शब्द अनेकार्थी शब्द कहलाते हैं; जैसे-कल शब्द का अर्थ मशीन भी है और बीता या आने वाला दिन भी।

कुछ अनेकार्थी शब्द
अर्थ – कारण, धन, मतलब
पत्र – चिट्ठी, पत्ता, पंख
उत्तर – जवाब, एक, दिशा बाद का
बल – शक्ति, सेना, बलराम, ऐंठन
अंबर – आकाश, वस्त्र, केसर, कपास, अभ्रक
मत – राय, नहीं, विचार
अक्ष – आँख, सर्प, पहिया, छुरी, पासों का खेल
मित्र – सूर्य, दोस्त, वरुण देवता
अक्षर – वर्ण, धर्म, मोक्ष, सत्य
मधु – शहद, मीठा, सोमरस, मद्य, वसंत ऋतु
अर्थ – धन, मतलब, प्रयोजन, कारण
योग – युक्ति, ध्यान, उपाय, जोड़, संयोग
ईश्वर – स्वामी, परमेश्वर, संपन्न
सोम – चंद्रमा, अमृत, कपूर, एक पर्वत, सप्ताह का एक दिन
कुल – वंश, सारा, सभी
हंस – आत्मा, सूर्य, विष्णु, घोड़ा, एक प्रकार का पक्षी
गुरु – शिक्षक, भारी, श्रेष्ठ, बड़ा
श्री – कांति, लक्ष्मी, शोभा, संपत्ति, सौदर्य, वृद्धि, सिद्धि
घट – घटा, शरीर, मन
विधि – ढंग, रीति, शास्त्र, नियम तरीका, उपाय, कानून, भाग्य, ब्रह्मा
जड़ – मूर्ख, अचेतन, मूल
पट – वस्त्र, पर्दा, कपाट, छत, सिंहासन
ताल – तालाब, संगीत की ताल
आतुर – रोगी, व्याकुल, उत्सुक, विकल, पीड़िते।
दल – पत्ता, सेना, झुंड, पार्टी
हरि – विष्णु, बंदर, सिंह, इंद्र, सर्प, सूर्य ।

(छ) समान अर्थ प्रतीत होने वाले शब्द

जो शब्द समान अर्थ देने वाले लगते हैं पर वास्तव में उनके अर्थ भिन्न होते हैं। ऐसे शब्द समान अर्थ प्रतीत होने वाले शब्द कहलाते हैं; जैसे

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