Class Test (Long Test)

Class Test 12th English

Time:1hr Zero Period

Weekly Test

Class Test 12th English

Time:1hr Zero Period

MM:20

Set-A

Q1.Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

Ah, that's the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, 'How is it, you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language?' But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We've all a great deal to reproach ourselves with."1x5=5

1. State about Alsace with reference from the passage:

(a) a girl (b) a district (c) not mentioned

(d) both (a) and (b)

2. Who are 'those fellows'?

3. Why does he call Franz poor?

4. Find the analogy of 'scold' taking clues from passage.

5.'A Great deal' refers in the passage to-

(a) a big matter/issue (b) a big business deal

6. 'Pretend' is used in context of

(a) false assumption (b) false presentation

Q2.Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow

Q2.Driving from my parent's home to Cochin last Friday morning, 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,1x5=5

(a) Where was the poet coming from?

(b) Where was the poet's mother?

(i) At Cochin airport (ii) In Madras

(iii) In the car (iv) At her home

(i) She was young and smart

(ii) She was beautiful

(iii) She looked old and sick

(iv) All of the above

(d) State whether the given statement is True or False.

She' refers to the poet's mother in the second last line of the stanza.

(e) What does 'corpse' mean?

(f) They are in…..and going to…..

Q3.Answer following questions given below 3x2=6

A. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?

B.What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?

C.Why was there a crowd in front of the bulletin board at the town hall?

D.What convinced Charley that he had reached the third level at Grand Central Station and not the second level?

Q4.You are Sports Secretary of Lalwani Public School, Udaipur. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board asking the students to give their names for participation in various events to be held on the Annual Sports Day of your school. Invent the details of the events. Sign as Lalit/Lalita (2)

Q5.New India Anoderses, A-10 Phase-II, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi advertised regarding the vacancy for the post of an accountant. In response to it, apply for the post giving your Resume. You are Saran/Sarnaya of Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi.(2)

Set-B

Q1.Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow

The clerk figured the fare- he glanced at my fancy hat band, but he figured the fare and I had enough for two coach tickets, one way. But when I counted out the money and looked up, the clerk was staring at me. He nodded at the bills. "That ain't money, mister," he said, "and if you're trying to skin me, you won't get very far," and he glanced at the cash drawer, beside him. Of course the money was old-style bills half again as big as the money we use nowadays and different looking. 1x5=5

(a) Why did Charley ask for two tickets?

(b) Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option:

When Charley offered money to the booking clerk, the latter stared at Charley because the booking clerk:

(i) thought it wasn't money.

(ii) did not trust Charley.

(iii) thought Charley was trying to tease him.

(iv) thought that Charley had given him less money.

(i) a cheat (ii) gullible

(iii) an opportunist (iv) an escapist

(d) 'If you're trying to skin me' suggests…….

(e)Name the chapter and it's writer

(f) what does the ‘skin’mean 1x5=5

Q2.Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow 2x3

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, and looked out at Young

Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes.1x5=5

(a)Identify the phrase that indicates youthful energy.

(b)Which thought is the poet trying to put away?

(i) missing the flight (ii) fear of losing her mother

(iii) leaving her mother behind

(iv) reaching Cochin

(i) she is curious (ii) she is surprised

(iii) she was dead (iv) she was dozing

(d) Complete the following analogy:

children spilling metaphor :: :

personification.

(e) The sight of the trees and the children helped the poet……..

(f)In the given stanza, the phrase 'realised with pain' indicates the poet's……

(i) anxiety (ii) desperation (iii) troubled past

(iv) ill-health

Q3.Answer following questions given below 3x2=6

A.Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’ ?

B.Franz thinks, "Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?" What could this mean?

C.How does Charley, the narrator describe the third level at Grand Central Station?

D.How did Franz's feelings about M. Hamel and school change?

Q4.You lost your Titan wrist-watch in your school. Draft a notice, in not more than 50 words, to be placed on your school notice board. You are a student of Class XII of Rani Ahalya Devi Senior Secondary School, Gwalior. Sign as Rani/Ram (2)

Q5. You are Ankit/Ankita staying at 4, South Extn. Road, Mumbai. You have come across an advertisement in 'The Times of India' for the recruitment of computer engineer trainees by MKG software. Apply in response to this advertisement giving your detailed Curriculum vitae. Invent all necessary details.(2)

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