May Unit Test-50 Marks 12th Eng With Solutions
M.R.CITI SR.SEN.PUBLIC SCHOOL BALACHAUR - Set-B
Class- 12 paper- English
Time : 2hours
Maximum Marks : 50
General Instructions :
Section A
READING SKILLS -10 Marks
1. This paper is divided into three sections, A, B, and C.
2. Separate instructions are given for each section and question. Read them carefully and follow them.
3. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
Q1- Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions
1. Giving soothes an individual with the vibration of joy. Unconditional giving is a natural principle and evident everywhere in nature which gives us solids, liquids and minerals. Water gives itself away for our agriculture and other uses. Trees give flowers, fruits and wood. Air gives us the very life-breath and the sun gives us light of life.
2. Even the animals give us milk, egg, meat, skin and various services. But what do we humans contribute to the cosmos in return? Isn't our role predominately selfish and destructive? We expand civilisation to disturb ecological balance, spread pollution in the fresh natural atmosphere, indulge in ruthless deforestation, kill animals even for sport and consume all natural resources for our own selfish interest.
3. It is always great to make donations, but what about giving your own time? It's wonderful to drop off used clothing, books and toys at a shelter for the homeless, but what about spending an hour each week reading and playing with the deprived children? Come face-to-face with the person you are
helping. It will make your giving more meaningful.
4. It is not about just the time that you give to the deprived children, but what you give to your family. Are you there when they need you? Or, is it always you who demand help and cooperation from the rest of your family members? How much do you care for the elderly that live with you or are far away from you? How do you utilise your spare moments? Isn't it that you just sit before the television and keep on flipping the channels trying to find something that suits your interest? Shut it down! You can use these precious spare moments making a 'Get Well Soon' card for your grandmother, or someone dear to you not in good spirits, or send a letter via Internet. Why be on the 'Facebook' all the
time chatting with your friends whom you already meet daily at school?
5. The law of Karma is a natural law whereby we are paid back in the same coin. We have added much for our comforts but we have not been able to attain any tranquillity. We are constantly haunted by excessive greed for grabbing which is severely disturbing peaceful coexistence. We rarely do what we can for preservation of nature and even our own fellow men. We have not moved much from the primitive selfish mentality where self-preservation was the law for survival.
6. What can we give back to the cosmos? We humans are predominantly gifted with mind and intellect. These are very sharp instruments indeed which can be used as surgeon's knife for healing or an instrument for killing. Instead of nurturing anger, jealousy, hatred, selfishness and animosity, we can spread love, care, kindness and benevolence to all, thereby transform the earthly vibration into a heavenly one. If not anything else, we can at least pray for the happiness and well being of all. We are here in the image of God. We have divine inheritance of love, wisdom and self-transformation. We may resolve to be engaged in divine enjoyment of nature and God's creation with love, Jesus said, "Those that give shall receive."
7. Instead of being always at the receiving end, let us abide the principle of giving by all means and see how things change for humanity at large.
Answer the following questions, based on the above passage.
(a) The principle of…… is seen everywhere in nature.
(i) law
(ii) discipline
(iii) love
(iv) unconditional giving
b) Giving becomes worthwhile by:
(i) donating old clothes to the needy
(ii) donating books and toys to the homeless
(iii) spending an hour with the deprived children
(iv) None of the above
(c) Our peaceful co-existence is disturbed by…….
(d) The sharp instruments humans are gifted with are……
(e) How is our attitude towards nature?
(f) What is the 'law of Karma'?
(g) Read the given statements and choose the correct option.
A. Come face-to-face with the person you are helping.
B. We have moved much from the primitive selfish mentality.
(i) B elaborates A
(ii) B contradicts A
(iii) A is true but B is false
(iv) Both A and B are false
(h) We have divine inheritance of:
A. Wisdom
B. Self-transformation
C. Love
(i) A and C (ii) B and C
(iii) A and B (iv) All A, B and C
(i) What can we give back to the cosmos?
Section -B
Writing Skills (10 Marks)
Q2.Due to a sudden landslide and inclement weather, St. Francis School, Vasco has to be closed for a week. As Principal of that school, draft notice in not more than 50 words to be displayed at the school main gate notice board. 1x5=5
Q3.People have adapted to wearing face masks as a ‘new normal’. But most of them do not know how to dispose of them properly. Spread awareness regarding the disposal of protective masks by writing a letter to an editor of a popular newspaper.1x5=5
Section- C Literature (30 M)
Q4.Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions. 1x5=5
but after 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, my childhood's fear but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
All I did was smile and smile and smile......
(a) Choose the correct option:
In the above extract the narrator feels:
(i) satisfied (ii) fearful (iii) nostalgic
(iv) regretful
(b) Identify the word in the extract that means 'colourless'.
(c) Complete the following analogy correctly:
She sang like a bird: Simile
All I did was smile and smile and smile:
(d)Read the following statement and choose the correct option:
(1) The poet had gone through the security check.
(II) She did not want to look at her mother.
(i) (1) is true, but (II) is false.
(ii) (1) is false. but (II) is true.
(iii) Both (1) and (II) are true.
(iv) Both (1) and (II) are false.
(e) What childhood fear is the poet referring to?
Q5.Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions.1x5=5
But now it was all so still! I had counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being seen; but, of course, that day everything had to be as quiet as Sunday morning. Through the window I saw my classmates, already in their places, and M. Harnel walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm.
1. With inference from the passage counted on means
(a) To count numbers (b) To depend on
(d) To think (c) To borrow
2. Find the analogy of 'movement’
3. Why did the narrator want to reach his desk without being seen?
(a) He was afraid of the enemy soldiers
(b) He was afraid of being caught by the teacher
(c) He was afraid of his classmates
(d) He was afraid of his mother
4. Why was everything quiet on a Sunday morning?
5. State True or False:
The statement: "M. Hamel walking up and down" means that he was walking on the wall of the classroom.
Q6. Answer the following questions in about 25-40 words 2x5=10
(a) What explanation does the author give for the children not wearing footwear?
(b) What do you mean by the first day cover according to the Third Level?
© . What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
(d) What is M Hamel’s character as per your reading of last lesson by alphonse Doudet
(e) Write tow qualities of Mukesh and Saheb a Alam
(f) Why is poet's mother compared to the late winters moon?
Q7.Q A.Answer the following questions in about 50-60 words 1x5=5
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangle industry.
Or
Why could Kamla Das not express her thoughts for her mother at the airport?
B. What could be some of the reason
for the migration of people from villages to cities
1x5=5
Or
Give a brief account of the things and persons on the third level of the grand Central station New York that Charlie had seen there?
ANSWER
May Test - 50 Marks Set-B
Marking Scheme
Solution
Q1 10 Marks
a. (iv) unconditional giving
b. (lil) spending an hour with the deprived children
c. our excessive greed
d. mind and intellect
e. Our attitude towards nature is predominately selfish and destructive. We expand civilisation to disturb ecological balance, spread pollution. Indulge in deforestation, kill animals even for sport and consume all natural resources for selfish interest.
f. The law of Karma is a natural law whereby we are paid back in the same coin. We have added much for our comforts but we have not been able to attain any tranquillity.
g. (iii) A is true but B is false
h. (iv) All A, B and C
I.. We humans are gifted with mind and intellect. We can spread love, care, kindness and benevolence to all, thereby transform the earthly vibration into a heavenly one. If not anything else, we can at least pray for the happiness and well being of all
Q2.Notice
Q3.Ans. spread awareness regarding disposal of protective masks
Answer:
House no. 123
friends colony
new Delhi
21 May, 2024
The editor
The Times of India.
Shalimar Nager new Delhi
subject- people do not know how to dispose mask properly.
sir,
Through the esteemed column I would like to have your attention towards a dangerous problem that people have started wearing mark, but they are not knowing how to dispose mask properly
as,we all know that the last 2 years were very difficult for us but the situation is in control, there chances variant may come again because people are being careless after using masks. They are throwing it on the road or anywhere else, people won't understand how important throwing masks is. Before throwing masks, sanitize the mask or put the mask in paper bag or something then dispose it into the dustbin as our germs may remain in the mask and cannot transfer to the other person also.,
As the situation is very serious I would like to draw you to print this in your newspaper so that people are aware of precautions they have taken before. disposing a mask
yours sincerely
Gaurav katiyar
Q4.Extract
But after security check…….. smile and smile….
Ans.
a.(ii) Fearful
b. Wan,pale
c.repetition
d.(i) (1) Is true but (ii) is false
e.the childhood fear of poetess is falling health of her mother,or loosing her mother
Q5.Extract.
But now it was all so still….. ruler under his arm
Ans.
(b) depend on
Commotion
© He was afraid of being caught by the teachers
Everything was quite on Sunday morning because it was a holiday.
False
Q6. Answer the following questions in about 25- 40 words 2x5=10
Ans.
(a)According to her, one explanation for this habit of remaining barefoot is that it is a tradition among the poor children of this country. However, the author quickly mentions that calling it a tradition could be just a means of justification for utter destitution.
(b)Stamp collectors buy new stamps on the day they are released, paste them on letters, and mail them to their own address; when the letter arrives at their house with the postmark and the date, they save it in their collection. This type of letter is known as a first-day cover.
(c )her farewell to her mother and an effort to leave her with optimism and cheer. They also enable the poet to empathize with the sense of isolation faced by her mother in the old age. Her smiles signify her helplessness at the face of her mothers inevitable death.
(d)Hamel was a French teacher who had been teaching for forty years in the school at Alsace. He was a strict teacher who always kept an iron ruler under his arm in order to punish the children for not doing their work. He thought for the welfare of the children and their better future.
(e)Saheb, on one hand, has lost his freedom to a life of responsibility, poverty, and exploitation, Mukesh, on the other hand, dreams to break out of the circle of poverty and become a car mechanic one day. He is ambitious and is even willing to walk all the way to the garage to achieve his dream.
(f) The poet's mother has been compared to the late winter's moon to bring out the similarity of ageing and decay. The late winter moon looks hazy and obscure. It lacks shine and strength. The poet's mother has an 'ashen' face resembling a corpse.
Q7. A.
The workers often end up blind if they are exposed to the work for many years. The furnaces are set in extremely elevated temperatures and lack proper ventilation. Since most of the workers are poor, they work without protective eye gear and leaves them blind.
Or
she was overwhelmed with worry and pain at the thought of losing her mother. Moreover , any such expression would have aggravated the mother's condition. So she just said, “See you soon, Amma” and repeatedly smiled to bid her mother a cheerful adieu.
B.There are many factors that cause migration of people from villages to cities. Some villagers voluntarily move to the cities in search for jobs and better civic and health facilities etc. Others are forced to migrate when natural disasters like flood storm drought famine etc. destroy their houses and properties.
Or
There were fewer ticket windows and train gates, and the information booth was wooden and old-looking. He also gives a detailed description about the people he saw at the third level and their dresses. He says the people wore nineteenth century dresses; many men had beards, sideburns and fancy mustaches..
Set-A
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