XII- ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER
PART-1
Choose the most appropriate synonyms of the words underlined in the following sentencs.
- One is liable to put in too much milk a) Likely b) responsible c)eager d) certain
- Liberty is not a personal affair only but a social contract
3.Individual liberty would have become social anarchy
a) concern b) commitment c) allotment
4.He had full confidence in the mechanic
a)Trust b) diffidence c) reliance d)acceptance
5.A Stout old lady was walking with her basket in the middle of a street
a)fat b)bulky c)plump d)thin
6.china tea has virtues which are not to be despised nowadays
a)disliked b)hated c) liked d)accepted
7.choose the suitable phrasal verb for the underlined word
Ram’s request was rejected by his manager
a)turned off b)turned down c)turned in d)turned away
8.choose the right expansion of NOC
- A) national optional company b)Name of the company c)No objection certificate d) Nation oriented programme
9.choose the clipped form of the word newscast
a)cast b)new c) casts d) news
10.choose the right definition for the given term Theophobia
A)fear of height b) fear of God c) fear of devil d) fear of rain
11.which word can be placed before power to form a compound word
a)head b) house c) horse d) meet
12.Form a new word by adding a suitable suffix to the root word cease
a)age b) less c)ive d)ness
13.Choose the correct plural form of Analysis
a)analysises b)analyses c) analysis d)analysi
14.choose the correct blended word for breathalyzer
a)breath+analyser b) breathing+analyze c)bread+analyser d)breath+analyse
15.choose the correct preposition for the following statement
This chapter is quite interesting_______
- Isn’t it? b) aren’t they c)are they? d)is it?
16.Numismatics is the study of
a)numbers b)money and coin c)speech sounds d)lunatics
17.choose the monosyllabic word
a)weight b) command c) biscuit d)able
18.choose the correct question tag for the following statement
I am a teacher_____
a)amn’t I? B) aren’t I? C) don’t I? d)am I?
19.choose the word that has been spelt correctly
- a) existance b) espionage c)repurcussions d) technicality
20._____ is one who studies climate
weather and atmosphere
- Meteorologist b) geologist c) archeologist d) seismologist
PART-2
SECTION-1
Choose any four of the following sets of poetic lines and answer the questions that follow
21.All through that summer at ease we lay and daily from the turret wall we watched the mowers in the way
a)who does we refer to?
b)what could they watch from the turret wall?
22.Then the whining school boy with his satchel and shining morning face creeping like a snail
a)Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
- b) Identify the figure of speech employed in the second line
23......free imaginatios bringing changes into a world resenting change”
a)How dies free imaginatio help the world?
- b) Identify the figure if speech
24.All the world’sa stage
- a) what’sthe world compared with?
- b) Identify the figure of speech
25.He will be lonely enough to have time for the work he knows as his own
- a) Who does the word he refer to?
- b) how does loneliness help the person?
26.Legs wide arm locked behind as If to balance the prone brow oppressive with its mind
a)whose action is described here?
- B) what is meant by prone brow?
SECTION-2
Do as directed
Answer any three questions
27.Raju said, “I was playing tennis the whole morning”(Change in to indirect speech)
28.I was not invited to the party(change the voice)
29.I met a man at the party.He is the chairman of a computer firm(combine into a single sentence)
30.unless we plant more trees,we can not save our planet(rewrite using if without change the meaning)
PART-III
SECTION-1
EXPLAIN ANY TEO OF THE FOLLOWING WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT
31.Without rich wanting nothing arrives.
32.This is my son my own Telemachus to whom I leave my sceptre
33.May at thou be numbered when my days are done with deathless trees-like those in borrowdale
SECTION-2
Answer any two of the following questions
34.What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
35.Difine liberty as perceived by AG Gardiner
36.what was the profound lesson that Dr.barnard learnt from the boys?
Section-3
Answer any three if the following
37.Complete the proverbs
Choosing the right words from the list
- Variety is the _____of life
- Source b)spice c)need
- Every dog has its ______
- Bone b) meat c) day
- Time and ____ wait for none
- A) rude b) side c) tide
38.Rearrangethe following jumbled sentence correctly
a)delayed/ denied/justice/is justice
b)spoil/and/rod/spare/the/child/the
- C) time / a/nine/Stitch/saves/in
39.Temperature of various space in tamilnadu
Mattupalayam 25 degree Celcius
Ooty 15degree Celcius
Kodaikanal 14 degree Celcius
Chennai 32 degree Celcius
Madurai 38 degree Celcius
Form 3 sentences about this pie chart
40.descrine the process of making mango juice
PART -4.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
41.a)Smmarise the distinctive ideas of George Orwell in the essay A nice cup of tea
Or
B.what do you infer from Gardiner’sessay on the rule of the road
42.a) describe the various stages of man’s life picturized in the poem All the world’sa stage
Or
B.How was the young soldiers patriotism described in the poem
43.a)Ivan Dmitrich aksionov-young merchant-sets out to fair-against wife’s warning-stays in an inn-next morning sets off- gets arrested-suppose to have killed the merchant-is sent to siberia-spends the time reading and praying-gains respect-makar semyonich-comes there-sees to know Aksionvo- his behaviour makes Aksionvo suspect- finally learns that makar had murdered- the merchant- Aksinovo forgives makar- orders of release arrive- Aksionov is dead
Or
- Children in Venus- long for the sun- Margot exception- seen sun five years ago- has come from the earth- other children- seven years ago- cannot recall the sun- all await excitedly- sun is predicted- to come out the day- they seize the Margot- Lock her up in the closet- run out- enjoy remember Margot- open the closet- let her out.
44.Make summary of the following passage
(A) one of the key factors which suntain the peace of Morden life style is telecommunication.it plays a very vital role in the commercial, industrial and economic activities of man kind and has helped to shrink the world into a global village
Exchange of information,data facts and figures, including live pictures from one part of the world to any other part is now routinely possible. Telegraph was the earliest means of communication between two points separated by distance. In 1876, Alexander Graham bell discovered the telephone which made possible the transmission of human voice over long distances . In both telegraph and telephone, the transmitting and receiving point have to be connected by metal wires through which electrical signals travel in the from of current variation. The discovery of wireless at the turn of the century by Marconi was a revolution In history of communication technology.
It is no longer necessary to connect the transmitter and the receiver by Maxwell in 1873, could be used to carry information and massage from one point to another. The advent of artificial satellites has marked new age in the history of global communications.
OR
(B) Write a paragraph on the ‘Value of time’ .
45.(a) write a letter to your friend congratulating him/her on having been selected for the semi- Finals of a state- level hockey tournament.
OR
(b) Write a Letter to the editor of a newspaper about the menace caused by rash driving of bike and car Racer in the city .
46.46)Spot the error
*The lawyer gave me some valuable advices
*My teacher told me that my answer is wrong
* I go to school by walk
*As the weather was pleasant so we went for a walk
* Many students have passed with distinction
Or
b)fill in the blanks appropriately
1)I had no _____my friend gave me a _____ of advice(peace/piece)
2)How ____ you open my bag(fill in the blank with semi modal)
3)we____(see)a wonderful film last night(suitable right tense)
4)_____(shop) is my favourite hobby(use the gerundial form of the verb)
47.a)Develop the hints into a story of 150 words
A milkman-became wealthy-dishonest way-had to cross a river-reached citu-mixed-river water-sold-customers bought—good ptofit-went around purchased articles-clothes-returned to river-while crossing—boat capsized-All purchases lost-right punishment -for greed.
OR
- Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
The earth is losing its forests.Trees cover about 30 percent of the earth’s surface,but they are being destroyed at an alarming rate especially in the tropics.Timbet harvesting is a major reaso for the destruction of the forests.Trees are used for building houses,making furniture and providing pulp for paper products,such as newspapers and magazines.Atleast 40 hectares of rain forests are being felled every minute,mostly in order to Extract the valuable timber.
1)what is the major reason for the destruction of forests?
2)Many any two uses of trees
3)why are rain forests being destroyed?
How much of earth’s surface is occupied by trees?
Pick out the word from the passage that means the same as”wood”.
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