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HS question paper English 2015
SECTION - B
( Advanced Writing Skills: 25 marks )2. Write an attractive poster for a cultural show in your village / town. 5
OR
You are the Personal Manager of Hotel Taj International, Guwahati. You need two lady receptionist ans five security guards for the hotel. Write out an advertisement for the post which to be published in an English daily.
3. Your School / College has recently celebrated " Cleanliness week " Organising a number of programmes and competitions. Write a report in about 125 words to be published in a local newspaper. 10
OR
Write an article on " Mobile Phones ' Uses and Abuses " to be published in your School / College magazine. ( maximum 135 words )
4. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on reckless driving. You are Roshan / Divya living in Duliajan. 10
OR
You are Firoz / Meena. You have seen an advertisement for the post of Sales Executive in a multi national company . Write a formal application for the post in response to the advertisement.
SECTION - C
( Grammar : 20 marks )5. Change the form of narration in the following sentences : 2×2=4
(a) "Where do you go every sunday ?" I asked the girl. She replied , "I go to the church"(b) The teacher asked Rumi if she had read the Bible. She replied that she hadn't.
6. Change the voice of any three of the following sentences : 1×3=3
(a) She bought the baby a doll.(b) They were refused admission.
(c) He was found guilty of murder.
(d) The leader was welcomed by the people.
(e) My watch has been stolen.
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms : 1×5=5
(a) I usually (go) to bed at 10 O'clock.(b) The teacher (know) the boy was lying.
(c) He (work) here since 2009.
(d) When I reached the station, the train (leave)
(e) I will (go) to Delhi tomorrow.
(f) I (write) an essay now.
(g) When I went to her house, She ( sing) a song,
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate preposition : 1×4=4
(a) I have heard a lot about you .......your teacher.(b) His father is a principal......a school in Jorhat.
(c) Please sit down........a few minutes.
(d) Tom is addicted........gambling.
(e) Don't be afraid...... telling the truth.
(f) Sheila is proud ....... her beauty.
9. Rewrite any four of the sentences as directed. 1×4=4
(a) Kolkata is the most populous city in India. ( Change into comperative degree)(b) No other boy is as intelligent as Raju. ( Change into superlative degree)
(c) No sooner did he see me than he began to quarrel. ( Change into affirmative )
(d) I know where he was born. ( Change into a simple sentence )
(e) He tried all his plans. ( Change into negative)
(f) I shall never forget you. ( Change into Interrogative )
SECTION - D
( Text -Books : 45 marks )10. Read the following extracts and answer the question that follow :
(a) " .........and felt that oldFamiliar ache, my childhood's fear,
but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and smile......"
Questions :
(i) What was the childhood fear that now troubled the poet ? 1(ii) What do the poet's parting words suggest ? 2
(iii) Why do the poet smile and smile ? 1 OR
(b) " Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing."
Questions :
(i) What are the different kinds of wars mentioned by the poet in the passage ?(ii) What kind of victory do they achieves ? 1
(iii) What should the warmongers do ? 1
(iv) Find the words in the passage that mean 'those left alive' and 'win' 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words : 2×3=6
(i) Why has the poet mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon' ?(ii) What is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem "keeping Quite'?
(iii) What is the legend on which the poem 'A thing of Beauty' is written?
(iv) What according to Keats, never passes into nothingness ?
(v) What is in the news as mentioned in 'A road side stand'?
(vi) Why do the people who are running the roadside stand 'ask for some city mone'?
12. Answer any five of the following questions : 1×5=5
(i) What did M Hamel write at the end of the class ?(ii) What does the author of lost Spring find Saheb doing every morning ?
(iii) What does Mukesh want to be ?
(iv) Who is Chota Sahib in the Memoirs of a Chota Sahib ?
(v) What did Shukla want Gandhi to be ?
(vi) Who was Sir Edward Gait ?
(vii) Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey ?
(viii) Where was it most likely that Sophie and her friend would find work after school ?
13. Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2×5 =10
(a) What was Franz expected to be prepare with for school that day ?(b) What was the commotion that Franz anticipated in the classroom ?
(c) What explanation does the author of lost spring offer for the children does not wearing footwear ?
(d) What is Firozabad famous for and why ?
(e) What was the belief about the dividing channel between Peacock island and the main land of Guwahati ?
(f) What does Rowntree state about the large Bheel close to the bungalow at Rajapara ?
(g) What other dreams does Sophie have besides having a boutique ?
14. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80-100 words : 5×1=5
(a) Give a detailed account of the scene in the classroom on the day of the Last Lesson.(b) The battle of Champaran is won, Gandhi exclaimed. Explain the context in which this was said.
(c) Describe the miserable plight of the people of Firozabad.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 7×1=7
(a) What impression do you form of Mr Lamb ? How does he look at life ?(b) Describe Trishani's journey to the end of the earth - The Antartic region and her experience during that journey.
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40words: 2×4 =8
(a) How did the Tiger king celebrate the killing of the hundreth tiger ?(b) Why is Antartica the perfect place to study changes in the environment ?
(c) Why and how did Derry enter Mr Lamb's garden ?
(d) How and why do people comment so painfully about Derry's face ?
(e) When did Bama experience untouchability ?
(d) Why did Zitkala Sa feel uncomfortable in the dinning room ?
last year question paper class 12 English paper
HS English paper 2016
SECTION -B
( Advanced Writing Skills: 25 marks2. Write an attractive poster for promoting cleanliness in neighbourhood. (Maximum 50 words)
OR
You are Arun/Arunima. A resident of 16 Gopinath Nagar. You have lost a black handbag containing valuable documents while travelling from Dibrugarh to Tinusukia by bus. draft an advertisement in not more than 50 words.for publication in an english daily giving details of it mentioning when you have lost it and giving your contact address requesting the finders to return it to you.
3. You are an eyewitness to a road accident in which a school going boy was killed and many passengers were injured. As a press reporter of an English Daily write a report about the accident in 100-120 words. You are Nitu/Saurav. 10
OR
You attended in Edufair 2015, organising by Assam Tribune Pvt.ltd in Guwahati in which some top colleges and universities of India participated and gave information about their undergraduate and graduate programmes. Write a detailed account of the fair in 100-125 words. You are Parveen /Pravin.
4. Write a letter to the editor of The Assam Tribune . Guwahati 03 drawing the attention of the authorities concerned to the erratic power supply.particularly during study hours in your locality. You are Rita/ Augustine. 10
OR
You are Imran/Rongmili You have seen an advertisement for the post of an English Teacher in Lakhimpur Public school, Lakhimpur. Write a formal letter to the President of the Managing Committee of the school in response to the advertisement applying for the post. Give your detailed Bio Data.
SECTION - C
( Grammar : 20 marks )5. Change the form of narration in the following sentences : 2×2=4
(a) " How long do you have to wait for your train?" The woman asked me. "About an hour" I replied.(b) I asked Ranjan where Neena lived. Ranjan replied regretfully that he didn't know.
6. Change the voice of any three of the following sentences : 1×3=3
(a) She handed me the letter.(b) They laughed at us
(c) The stranger made an attempt to break into the house
(d) The student was told to leave the room.
(e) Have they done the work ?
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms : 1×5=5
(a) I usually (go) to bed at 11 O'clock.(b) We (do) our lesson when the lights went out.
(c) All the answers to the questions (be)wrong.
(d) He( sit) in the library when I saw him.
(e) Your letter (reach)me yesterday.
(f) I (wait) for you since morning.
(g) Football (play) everywhere in the world.
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate preposition : 1×4=4
(a) The train arrived......the platform a minute ago.(b) The Children were looking forward........their visit to Kaziranga.
(c) I have to finish this report........tonight.
(d) The girl standing.........the two boys is their sister.
(e) Douglas jumped.......the swimming pool.
(f) The office is closed........second and fourth saturday
9. Rewrite any four of the sentences as directed. 1×4=4
(a) No other boxer is as great as Mary Kom. ( Change into comperative degree)(b) Everybody must admit that Tendulkar is a great cricketer. ( change into negative)
(c) He hoped that he would win the prize. ( Change into a simple sentence)
(d) I know his name. ( Change into a complex sentence )
(e) None but Anita can do the sum. ( Change into affirmative )
(f) It is not a foolish idea. ( Change into statement )
SECTION -D
( Text -Books : 45 marks )10. Read the following extracts and answer the question that follow:
Now we will count twelve...................,.................
Not move our arma so much
Questions :
(i) How long does the poet want to stay still ? 1
(ii) Why does he aak us to keep still and not use any language ? 2
(iii) What does the poet mean by not move our arms so much? 1 OR
(b) " A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
..............................................................
Full of sweet dreams and health and quite breathing"
Questions :
(i) Who is the poet of these lines and what is the title of the poem ? 1
(ii) Why is a thing of beauty is a joy forever ? 2
(iii) What is a bower ? 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words : 2×3=6
(i) Why has the poet brought the image of the merry children spilling out of their homes' ?(ii) What is the exotic moment the poet Pablo Neruda wishes for?
(iii) Name the things of nature that are constant source of beauty ?
(iv) What is the message that John Keats wants to give through A thing of Beauty ?
(v) Of all the thousand selfish cars some stop there but not for buying something. Why do they stop there at stall ?
(vi) Who will soothe the rural poor out of their wits and how ?
12. Answer any five of the following questions : 1×5=5
(i) What did Franz think for a moment ?(ii) What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps ?
(iii) Where has Saheb come from ?
(iv) Who position did John Rowntree hold before leaving Shillong a few days after independence ?
(v) Who was Rajkumar Shukla ?
(vi) What was Gandhi's politics intertwined with ?
(vii) For whom does Sophie ask Danny Casey an autograph ?
(viii) Who was Geoff ?
13. Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2×5 =10
(a) Why did Franz want to spend his day out of doors ?(b) What are M Hamel's view about the French language ?
(c) What is the irony inherent in Saheb's full name ?
(d) Why do the young inhabitants of Firozabad end up losing their eye sight ?
(e) Give a brief description of Peacock Island ?
(f) Why was the Champaran episode so significant in Gandhi's life ?
(g) What was incongruous about the delicate bow which fastened the apron strings of Sophie's mother ?
14. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80-100 words : 5×1=5
(a) Draw a character sketch of M Hamel as it is known in The Last Lesson.(b) Describe Rowntree's experience of crossing a flooded river on horseback.
(c) The battle of Champaran is won. Gandhi exclaimed . Explain the context in which this was said.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 7×1=7
(a) Though both Mr Lamb and Derry suffer from a physical disability their attitudes to life are different. Justify the relevance of this statement with reference to the story of On the face of it ?(b) Describe Trishani's journey to the end of the earth - The Antartic region and her experience during that journey.
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40words: 2×4 =8
(a) What was Zitkala's idea regarding short shingled hair ?(b) What did Annan say about his community to the narrator ?
(c) How Has Antartica remained relatively pristine ?
(d) What explanation was given by the chief astrologer to the query of the little Tiger King ?
(e) Why are not there any curtains at the windows of Mr Lambs house ?
(d) Why and how did Derry enter Mr Lamb's garden ?
last year question paper class 12 English paper
Final exam paper of English 2017
SECTION -B
( Advanced Writing Skills: 25 marks
2. Design a poster for the world Environment Day creating awareness among the people about the threats of environment degradation. 5 (Maximum 50 words)
OR
You are Binod / Seema the Cultural Secretary of st Anthony's college, Guwahati. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words for the notice board informing the students about the inter college Song and Dance competition that your institution is going to organise.
3. You recently visited some flood affected areas of Dhemaji District. As a press reporter of an English Daily write a report on the flood situation in 100-125 words You are Nitu/ Amar. 10
OR
You are Gopal / Anita of Govt Highschool, Karimganj. Your school has organised a blood Donation camp on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations. Write a report in 100-125 words as an editor for your school magazine. On this widely acclaimed actively.
4. Write a letter to the editor of an English Daily drawing the attention of the authorities concerned to the menace of reckless driving in your town.You are Mukul / Ayesha . 10
OR
You are Rita / Gourav. You have seen an advertisement for the post of Sales Executive in a reputed company . Write a formal application to the Regional Director of the company for the post in response to the advertisement.
SECTION - C
( Grammar : 20 marks )
5. Change the form of narration in the following sentences : 2×2=4
(a) The boy said to the teacher." Sir, I am weak in English and seek your advice." "Read the text thoroughly and try to express your ideas in simple correct English." said the teacher.
(b) My friend told me that he was very thirsty and requested me to give him a glass of water.
6. Change the voice of any three of the following sentences : 1×3=3
(a) Football is played everywhere.
(b) Do the work immediately.
(c) Who opened the door ?
(d) I have lost my book.
(e) The coach is training the players.
(f) Who has broken the window pane ?
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms : 1×5=5
(a) Recently the price of petrol (go) up.
(b) I (do) a lot of work today.
(c) The train (leave) before we reached the station.
(d) I wish my brother (be) here.
(e) As he (cross) the road a bus knocked him down.
(f) I (think) of going abroad for quite sometime.
(g) This paper (appear) twice a week.
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate preposition : 1×4=4
(a) I met him.......the road.
(b) I congratulate you.......your success.
(c) John was annoyed.......his mother.
(d) The work should be finished........next friday.
(e) We are not interested........your story.
(f) He was frightened........the noise.
9. Rewrite any four of the sentences as directed. 1×4=4
(a) The Brahmaputra is the longest river in India. ( change it into positive degree)
(b) Everybody wishes to be happy. ( change into interrogative)
(c) Only Ram was present there. ( Change into a negative sentence)
(d) He desired that I should go there. ( Change into a simple sentence )
(e) He is so lazy that he cannot shine in life. ( Change into simple sentence)
(f) Having done his work he left the place.( Change into compund sentence)
SECTION -D
( Text -Books : 45 marks )
10. Read the following extracts and answer the question that follow:
(a) The little old house was out with a little new shed
.........................................
The flowers of cities from sinking and withering faint.
Questions :
(i) Where was the shed put up ? 1
(ii) What was its purpose ? 1
(iii) Why does the poet use the word pathetic ? 1
(iv) Who are reffered to as the flower of cities ? 1OR
(b) " Those who prepare green wars
.........................................
.....................
In the shade doing nothing.
Questions :
(i) What are the different kinds of wars mentioned by the poet in the passage ? 1(ii) What kind of victory do they achieves ? 1
(iii) What should the warmongers do ? 1
(iv) Find the words in the passage that mean 'those left alive' and 'win' 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words : 2×3=6
(i) How is a thing of beauty a joy forever ?
(ii) Why does the poet Neruda wish to count to twelve ?
(iii) What do the young trees signify ?
(iv) What are being sold in the Road side stand ?
(v) What is the Childish longing that the poet refers to? Why is it in vain ?
(vi) Why has the mother been compared to the late winters moon ?
12. Answer any five of the following questions : 1×5=5
(i) What was written on the new copies brought by M Hamel for the students in a beautiful round hand ?
(ii) What does the garbage mean for the elders of seemapuri ?
(iii) Where does Mukesh live ?
(iv) Where did John Rowntree and his family make their first home at Gauhati ?
(v) Whom did Gandhi and Shukla want to meet at Patna ?
(vi) Who is Geoff ?
(vii) Which was the only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person ?
13. Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2×5 =10
(a) Why did Franz want to spend his day out of doors ?
(b) Why did M Hamel not blame Franz alone for bis inability to learn ?
(c) What is the significance of bangles in Indian society ?
(d) What does Rowntree say about the rivers banks in the Manas Sanctuary ?
(e) What was the incident that promoted Gandhi to raise his voice of protest against the British ?
(f) What other option that Sophie dreams of besides owning a boutique ?
(g) What job Geoff engaged in ? Does he entertain wild and impractical dreams like his sisters does ?
14. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80-100 words : 5×1=5
(a) Describe the unusual things that Franz noticed on the day of the last lesson.
(b) Describe the miserable plight of the people of Firozabad.
(c) Describe the exploitation of the indigo sharecroppers by the English landlords. Did Gandhi help them to get an honourable settlement ?
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 7×1=7
(a) Why is Antartica the place to go to understood the earth's present, past and future ?
(b) Bama's experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala Sa's experience depict ? What are their responses to their respective situations ?
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40words: 2×4 =8
(a) What did the chief astrologer predict about the tiger King ?
(b) What is Gondwana ?
(c) Why and how did Derry enter Mr Lamb's garden ?
(d) Why does Derry go back to Mr Lamb in the end ?
(e) When did Bama experience untouchability ?
(d) What was Zitkala Sa's idea regarding short shingled hair ?
last year question paper class 12 English paper
Final exam paper of English 2019
SECTION B
(advanced writing skills : 25 marks)2. Water is precious and each one of us must stop its wastage. Prepare a poster in not more than 50 words urguing people to employ various methods of rain water harvesting in their own locality. 5
OrWrite a classified advertisement for the Lost and Found column of a local newspaper starting the loss of your cell phone while travelling in the local bus. You are Anwesha/ Abhilash. ( word limit: 50 words)
3. Your school has recently celebrated Tree Plantation week organising a number of inter school competitions highlighting the ecological balance. As the secretary of the Eco Club of your school, prepare a report in 100-125 words, suitable to be published in your school magazines. You are Nilim / Nilima. 10
OrYour District Administration has celebrated Silpi Divas at the District Library auditorium recently. Prepare a report on it in 100 -125 words to be published in The Assam Tribune.
4. You are Asha / Amit, You have seen an advertisement for the post a sales executive in a reputed company. Write an application. Along with your detailed resume. To the Regional Director of the company in response to the advertisement applying for the post. 10
OrYou are Aruna / Arun living in Amolapatty ,Sivsagar . Write a letter to the Editor of The Sentinel drawing the attention of the concerned authority to the poor condition of water supply in your locality.
SECTION C
(Grammar : 20 marks )5. Change the form of the narration in the following sentences: 2×2=4
(a) Reena said to the boy, " What's the matter ? Why are you crying ? Be cheerful.(b) The customer inquired if he could get a garden roller in that shop. The assistant respectfully replied that he would get it in the hardware department.
6. Change the voice of any three of the following sentences : 3×1=3
(a) Drive the car slowly.(b) I am writing a letter now.
(c) We should not encourage indiscipline.
(d) Who wrote the Ramayana.
(e) Promises should be kept.
(f) He will be forgotten in a few years.
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms : 5×1=5
(a) I met him while (go) to his office.(b) They (live) in this place since 1970.
(c) The train (leave) before I reached the station.
(d) I wish I (be) a bird !
(e) Your letter (reach) me yesterday.
(f) He (make) a doll now.
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate preposition: 4×1= 4
(a) What is the time........your watch now ?(b) The students of this college have free access........the Principal.
(c) You should take proper care........your books.
(d) A sage no desire........material wealth.
(e) India is rich..........minerals.
(f) He is very particular........his health.
(g) I did that without any malice.........you.
9. Rewrite any four of the sentences as direct : 4×1=4
(a) Your hair is very lovely. ( make it an exclamatory sentence)(b) The Bhupen Hazarika Xetu at Dhola Sadiya is the longest bridge in India. ( change it into positive degree)
(c) I tried every plan. ( make it negative without changing the meaning )
(d) He wants me to help him. ( make it complex sentence)
(e) The enemy fled as soon as they saw us. ( make it compound sentence)
(f) A stone that is rolling gathers no moss. ( make it a simple sentence)
SECTION -D
( Text Book: 45 marks )10. Read one of the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
(a) " Therefore on every morrow are we wreathing.......From our dark spirits ".Questions:
(i) What so we do everyday ? 1
(ii) What removes the pall from the dark spirits ? 1
(iii) What is the message expressed in these line ? 2
OR
(b) " Driving from parent's home to coachin last Friday..........ashen like that of a corpse"
(a) Where was the speaker driving to ? 1
(b) What did she notice when her mother sat beside her ? 1
(c) Find two words from the passage that mean' sleep lightly' and 'dead body' 1
(d) Why was her mother's face like that of a corpse ? 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30 to 40 words: 3×2=
(i) How did the travellers on the highways react to the roadside stand ?(ii) What according to keats makes human beings love life in spite of all its problems and miseries ?
(iii) Why quietness would be an exotic moment for the speaker in Keeping Quiet ?
(iv) What is Pablo Neruda's opinion about different kinds of wars ?
(v) What is the significance of the parting words of the speaker and her smile in My Mother at Sixty Six ?
12. Answer any five of the following questions : 5×1=5
(a) What is the name of the river mentioned in the last lesson ?(b) Where does Saheb originally hail from ?
(c) Which country had developed synthetic indigo ?
(d) Where did Gandhi stay in Muzzarfarpur ?
(e) Who is Derek ?
(f) What did Sophie dream of ?
(g) Name the book from which Memoirs of a Chota Sahib is taken ?
13. Answer any five in 30 -40 words : 5×2=10
(a) What words did M Hamel write on the black board before dismissing the last class ? What did they mean ?(b) What would Franz love to do that sunny morning instead of going to school ?
(c) What is the actual name of Saheb ? What does it signify ?
(d) How was a solution to the problem of indigo sharecroppers of Champaran found ?
(e) Why didn't Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny ?
(f) Give a brief description of the Peacock Island.
(g) What is a marboat and how is it operated ?
14. Answer any one of the following questions in 80-100 words ; 1×5=5
(a) Describe the character of Sophie's father and the role played by him in the story Going Places.OR
(b) Describe the exploitation of the indigo sharecroppers by the English Landlords. How did Gandhi help them to get an honourable settlement ?
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 1×7=7
(a) Write a character sketch of Dr Sadao Hoki as depicted in The Enemy.OR
(b) Though both Mr Lamb and Derry suffer from a physical disability. Their attitude to life is different. Justify the relevance of this statement with reference to the story On The Face of it.
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words: 4×2= 8
(a) What did the Maharaja decide to do when he remembered the astrologer's prediction ?(b) How was Hana ? What did she notice coming out of the mist ?
(c) How did Derry get his face burnt ?
(d) Why was Zitkala Sa in tears on the first day in the land of people ?
(e) What is the meaning of Domahi ? What do people usually have for lunch on that day ?
(f) How is the delicasy Sunga pitha prepared ?
Final year paper 2020 English class 12
2020
ENGLISHFull Marks : 100
Pass Marks : 30
Time : Three hours
The figure in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
Q. No. 1 Section - A (reading skills ) 10
Q. Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Section - B(Advanced Writing Skills) 25
Q. Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Section - C (Grammar) 20
Q. Nos10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Section - D (Text books) 45
SECTION - A
( Reading Skill : 10 Marks )
1. Read the following passage carefully :
The next time you take printouts unnecessarily or you throw a paper into the bin, think for a minute as to how many trees have been felled to manufacture something you use so often every day.
Can you take out some time from your everyday routine and devote it to starting a simple recycling programme at your school or your neighbourhood ? Not only would you save our planet from the torture of felling greenery, but you would also reduce generation and dumping of waste into the environment.
Using recycled papers conserves natural resources. As our worldwide population grows, the strain on these resources becomes even greater. You can drastically reduce the number of trees cut down for manufacturing paper. In addition to saving landfill space, you cut down on your expenses of trash-disposal. There is a reduction in air pollution caused due to incineration. Making papers from discards instead of trees not only saves forests, but it also reduces energy use by up to three quarters and requires less than half as much water. Items that are made of paper, a few examples are paper bags, magazines, newspapers and cardboard egg - trays.
A paper-recycling programme gives a positive image to large corporations or business organizations. Parents can teach their children the importance of recycled paper by bringing about simple changes in their lifestyle. Schools can also train students to make paper products like folders, penholders, material for the display board, lampshades, teaching / learning aids etc. Students can creatively make their own cards, files, folders, invitation cards and certificates for the school. Working on a paper recycling plant demonstrates the concept of recycling waste into 'wealth'. The real success of such programmes is visible in the seemingly simple acts like students exchanging books in a new academic session, indirectly saving paper and thereby, trees. This is amazing that only a single sheet is saved by each child, 40,000 trees could be saved per year by students only.
Learning the facts about recycling paper will help you as you fulfil your part to keep the environment green. If we keep our minds focused on the desire to be friendly to our earth and her resources, recycling will become important. After a while, we will be in the habit of recycling the paper that we use in the course of a given day.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions :
(a) why do you need to think before you take printouts unnecessarily ? 2
(b) Name some of the products that can be obtained from recycled paper. 2
(c) How can parents and schools help in creating awareness about paper recycling ? 2
(d) How can students help in saving trees indirectly ? 2
(e) Give a synonym of 'conserve' 1
(f) Find a word in the passage which means "the destruction of something, especially waste material by burning". 1
SECTION -B
(Advanced Writing Skills : 25 Marks )
2. You are Gautam / Geeta, General Secretary of Radhakrishnan College, Guwahati. Your college is organising an educational trip to Delhi during the summer vacations. Write a notice for the college notice board giving all the details of the trip.
(Word Limit : 50 words) 5
OR
Design a poster in not more than 50 words to create awareness about the safety measures to be taken during an earthquake. 5
3. A team of twenty students from Japan visited your school as part of a cultural exchange programme. A special welcome assembly was organized for them. Write a report about the same in 100-150 words for your school magazine. 10
OR
The students of the local college have organized a campaign on 'Say no to Plastic' in your town. Prepare a report in 100-150 words to be published in an English daily. 10
4. You are Rekha / Ramesh of Barpeta. You have seen an advertisement for the post of a sports teacher in Lakhimpur High School. Write a letter to the President of the Managing Committee of the school applying for the post. Give your detailed bio-data as well. 10
OR
You are Gaurav / Garima, a resident of Guwahati. Write a letter to the editor of a local daily expressing your views against the insensitive use of loudspeaker during festival. 10
SECTION - C
(Grammar : 20 Marks )
5. Change the form of the narration in the following sentences : 2×2=4
(a) Alexander said to Porus, "How do you desire to be treated ? " He answered , "Like a king".
(b) The boys exclaimed in joy that they had all passed the test and that they would celebrate their success the next day.
6. Change the voice of Any three of the following sentences : 1×3 = 3
(a) The nurse is looking after this little girl.
(b) Morning shows the day.
(c) The glass has not been broken by anybody.
(d) What causes an earthquake ?
(e) The ground has to be cleared by us.
(f) The Governor gave him a reward.
7. Rewrite Any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms : 1×5=5
(a My brother (practise) law these days.
(b) The patient (die) before the doctor reached.
(c) You (sleep) when I entered the room.
(d) She (come) here the day after tomorrow.
(e) They (win) the match.
(f) We (visit) the Taj Mahal last year.
8. Rewrite Any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions : 1×4=4
(a) The ship is sailing -------- the shore.
(b) Cut the rope -------- a knife.
(c) I am taller than you -------- two inches
(d) There was a bridge --------- the river.
(e) We depend -------- you
(f) He begged ------- help from me.
(g) I do not believe -------- his honesty.
9. Rewrite Any four of the following sentences as directed : 1×4=4
(a) Why waste time in this fruitless occupation ? (Make it assertive)
(b) It is often difficult to speak the truth. (Make it negative without changing the meaning)
(c) Being ill, he could not attend school. (Make it a compound sentence)
(d) On seeing the lion, he ran away. (Make it a complex sentence)
(e) The students who are good do their homework regularly. (Make it a simple sentence)
(f) Atul is the best boy in the class. (Change it into positive degree)
SECTION-D
(Text books : 45 Marks)
10. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :
(a) " 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".
Questions :
(i) How long does the poet want to stay still ? 1
(ii) Why does he ask us to keep still and not use any language ? 2
(iii) What does the poet mean by 'not move our arms so much'? 1
OR
(b) "Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear
The thought of so much childish longing in vain,
The sadness that lurks near the open window there,
That waits all day in almost open prayer
For the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car".
Questions :
(i) What is the 'childish longing' that the poet refers to ? Why is it 'in vain' ? 1+1=2
(ii) Who waits near the open window ? 1
(iii) What does the person waiting near the open window pray for ? 1
11. Answer Any three of the following questions in 30-40 words : 2×3 = 6
(i) What is the message that Keats wants to convey through "A Thing of Beauty"?
(ii) What do the young sprinting tress signify in the poem, " My Mother at Sixty-six" ?
(iii) Why has the mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon' in the poem "My Mother at Sixty-six"?
(iv) What is the 'sadness' that the poet refers to in the poem " Keeping Quiet" ?
(v) What is 'in the news' as mentioned in the poem "A Roadside Stand" ?
12. Answer Any five of the following questions : 1×5=5
(a) What, according to M. Hamel, is the greatest trouble with Alsace ?
(b) What does Mukesh want to become ?
(c) Where was the original home of Saheb's family ?
(d) Why was Gandhi visiting Lucknow in 1916 ?
(e) For whom does Sophie ask Danny Casey an autograph ?
(f) What work does Geoff do ?
(g) What position did John Rowntree hold before leaving Shillong a few days after Independence ?
13. Answer Any five in 30-40 words : 2×5=10
(a) Why did Watcher, the blacksmith, tell Franz that he would reach school in 'Plenty of time' ?
(b) Give a brief description of Seemapuri.
(c) Was Saheb happy with his job at the tea stall ?
(d) Why was Professor Malkani's action of offering shelter to Gandhi 'extraordinary' ?
(e) What other dreams does Sophie have besides having a boutique ?
(f) Why was Sophie fascinated by Danny Casey ? Was it a one - sided affair ?
(g) Write, in brief, the scene observed by the author from the veranda of his bungalow on the bank of the Brahmaputra.
14. Answer Any one of the following questions in 80-100 words : 5×1=5
(a) How does M. Hamel make the people realize how they, the students and he have been responsible for not learning their language well ?
OR
(b) Write briefly on the hazard of working in the glass bangles industry.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150words : 7×1 =7
(a) Compare and contrast the stories of Zitkala-Sa and Bama.
OR
(b) Give an elaborate account of the celebration associated with Uruka, the important part of Magh Bihu.
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2×4=8
(a) How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge on the tiger king ?
(b) Why did the messenger come to Dr. Sadao ?
(c) How did Mr. Lamb try to give courage and confidence to Derry ?
(d) Why did it take Bama to reach home in 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes ?
(e) How did Annan explain the elder man's action to Bama ?
(f) What are the different sports held on the occasion of Magh Bihu or Maghor Domahi ?
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