Sample Questions Paper for H.S. 2nd year for board exam 2022

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Board Exam Paper 2022 H.S. 2nd year English

This sample questions paper is designed on the basis revised syllabus for AHSEC Board Exam 2022. Try to solve different typologies of sample questions papers for all subjects. Here I'll be providing you sample paper for board exam 2022 on English subject. 

2022

ENGLISH

Full 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 Section - C    (Grammar) 20

Q. Nos 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Section - D    (Text books) 45

SECTION - A

(Reading skills : 10 Marks) 

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (10 Marks)

1. In 1889, the fifth session of the Indian National Congress was held in Mumbai. Leaders from all over the country were in the packed hall.
2. A bright-eyed pretty young lady with a glowing, intelligent face rose to address the gathering. It was unprecedented.
3. There were no loud speakers and people at the back could not hear her. They started surging forward. “Brothers, excuse me, my voice cannot reach you. But I am not surprised. For centuries, did you ever try to listen to the voice of a woman? Did you give her the strength to make her voice audible to you ?”
4. The delegates had no answer.
5. There was more to come from the courageous young lady known as Pandita Ramabai. Till that day women hardly ever attended Congress sessions. It was Pandita Ramabai’s effort that resulted in nine women delegates attending the 1889 session of the Congress.
6. She was not content to be a dumb delegate. She made a forceful speech on the resolution about the practice of cutting off the hair of widowed women. “You men are demanding the right of representation in British Parliament, so that you can voice the opinion of Indians. You have been crying hoarse in this very pandal for freedom of expression. Then why don’t you give the same freedom to women in your families ? Why do you force a woman to become ugly and dependent as soon as she becomes a widow? Does a widower ever do that ? He has the freedom to do whatever he wants. Then why not the woman ?”
7. One can say that Pandita Ramabai laid the foundation of the movement of women’s liberation in India.
8. Ramabai never minced words. She had the courage of her conviction and stood by it. She had inherited this courage to defy social injustice from her parents, Pandit Anantshastri Dongre and Laxmibai Dongre.
9. Anantshastri was a great scholar. He defied society and taught Sanskrit to his wife and two daughters. “There is noting in Shastras which prohibits women from learning Sanskrit”, he maintained, and proved his contention by giving more than 300 references. But the orthodox scholars were not convinced. They ostracized him. Anantshastri did not care. He established his Ashram in the wilderness of Gangamul in Andhra Pradesh. His generosity and the unscrupulous behaviour of his elder son-in-law deprived him of all his assets. He was forced to live the life of a nomad, reciting and interpreting Puranas, Bhagwat and other holy books to people. The family survived on whatever little cash or grain offered by the audience.
10. Ramabai wrote: “Two third of the audience consisted of women who never go empty-handed to a discourse. They always offer something to the diety as well as to the kirtankar or kathakar. Men just ring the bell and do Namaskar. Thus, half of the expenditure of these temples is met by the generosity of women. Even then these priests and so-called scholars consider women as obstacles in pursuit of knowledge. They deny women the right to learn. How ungrateful: what injustice !”.
11. The family travelled around for sixteen years, and that helped to broaden Ramabai’s outlook.
12. Right from childhood she could not stand injustice. One day she tried to save a little girl of nine from being burnt with the dead body of her husband. “If a women has to burn and become sati, does man become sata after his wife’s death?” She asked indignantly, the young girl’s mother has no answer and simply said. “It is man’s world, they make laws: women have to obey.” “Why do women tolerate such laws?” countered Ramabai. “When I grow up, I will fight against these laws” And fight she did against every type of exploitation of women by men.
13. Perhaps it was to make her strong enough for her future mission that Providence made her go through one disaster after another.
14. Her father died when she was sixteen. They could not give sugar and water which he asked for on his deathbed. They were then travelling through the famine-affected area of Venkatgiri. With tears in their eyes and love in their heart, Ramabai’s family could only give some water to the dying man. Nobody helped them in his burial. After great persuasion one Brahmin got a pit dug. Srinivas, Ramabai’s brother, wrapped the dead body in a sheet and carried it to the pit. And the great scholarly sanyasi was buried.

Answer the following questions:

1. Which session of the Indian National Congress was held in Mumbai in 1889 ? 1

2. How many women did delegates attend the 1889 session of the Indian National Congress ? 1

3. Who, according to the passage, laid the foundation of the women liberation movement ? 1

4. How did Anantshastri defy society ? 2

5. Who are ‘they’ referred to here ? 1

6.Explain the meaning of the sentence. 1

7. Which incident made her fight against every type of exploitation of women by men ? 3

      SECTION - B        

(Advanced Writing Skills : 25 Marks )

2. 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. (Word Limit: 50 words) 5 

Or

 

You are Amrit / Namita , the Head boy /Head girl of Sankardev Public School,Write a notice for the school notice board informing students about school inspection to be held on 25 April, 20xx by the Inspector of the school. The notice should be of 50 words.

3. Write a report on Covid 19 (Corona virus) Panemic and its impact in 100 - 125 words. 10

4. You are Rekha / Ramesh of Barpeta. You have seen an advertisement for the post of a science teacher in Gordon 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

SECTION - C

(Grammar  :  20 Marks )

5.  Change the form of the 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) "Nothing can be avoided," Said Caesar, "Which the god had purposed. Those omens appear to everyone, not only to Caesar."

6.  Change the voice of Any five of the following sentences : 1 × 5 = 5

(a) Decent people dislike bad manners.

(b) Let the bill be paid today.

(c) Somebody completed the bridge in a record time.

(d) Many Protester were arrested during the Satyagraha.

(e) The clown is being laughed at.

(f) The teacher is correcting our copies.

(g) They promised Mary a new doll. 

7. Rewrite Any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms : 1 × 5= 5

(a) The first world war (last) for four years and ended in 1918.

(b) It is time, we (go) home. 

(c) This paper (appear) twice a week. 

(d) When we went to her house, She (sing) a song. 

(e) All the students (leave) when I reached the school.

(f) We (walk) for two hours at a stretch and now we need to rest.

8. Rewrite Any six of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions : 1 × 6= 6

(a) He was annoyed........missing the bus. 

(b) Who is responsible.......breaking this mirror ? 

(c) We tried to dissuade her........marrying an old man. 

(d) They are thinking........moving to another house. 

(e) I met him........the road. 

(f) John was annoyed........his mother. 

(g) The work should be finished......next friday. 

(h) The girl standing......the two boys is their sister. 

SECTION-D

(Text books : 45 Marks) 

9. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :

(a) " .........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......"

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, 

would put on clean clothes 

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 ? 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

10. Answer Any three of the following questions in 30-40 words : 2 × 3 = 6

(i) What according to keats makes human beings love life in spite of all its problems and miseries ?

(ii) What is the significance of the parting words of the speaker and her smile in My Mother at Sixty Six ?

(iii) Name the things of nature that are constant source of beauty ?

(iv) What is Pablo Neruda's opinion about different kinds of wars ?

(v) Why does the poet Neruda wish to count to twelve ?

(vi) Why has the poet brought the image of the merry children spilling out of their homes' ?

11. 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) Who was Rajkumar Shukla ?

(iv) What was written on the new copies brought by M Hamel for the students in a beautiful round hand ?

(v) Give equivalent of the destiny. 

(vi) What was Gandhi's politics intertwined with ?

(vii) What does the garbage mean for the elders of seemapuri ?

(viii) What did Franz think for a moment ?

12. Answer Any five in 30-40 words : 2 × 5= 10

(a) What words did M Hamel write on the black board before dismissing the last class ? What did they mean ?

(b) What explanation does the author of lost spring offer for the children does not wearing footwear ?

(c) What was the incident that promoted Gandhi to raise his voice of protest against the British ?

(d) Why did M Hamel not blame Franz alone for bis inability to learn ?

(e) What is the irony inherent in Saheb's full name ? 

(f) How was a solution to the problem of indigo sharecroppers of Champaran found ?

(g) Why do the young inhabitants of Firozabad end up losing their eye sight ?

13. Answer Any one of the following questions in 80 - 100 words : 5 × 1= 5

(a) "The battle of Champaran is won, Gandhi exclaimed." Explain the context in which this was said.

Or

(b) Describe the unusual things that Franz noticed on the day of the laat lesson.

14. Answer any one of the following questions in 125 - 150 words : 7 × 1 = 7

(a) Write a character sketch of Dr Sadao Hoki as depicted in The Enemy.

Or

(b) What is the significance of Magh Bihu among the people of Assam ?

15. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2×4=8

(a) What are the various and delicious food items are prepare in Magh Bihu ?

(b) Why and how did Derry enter Mr Lamb's garden ?

(c) How was Hana ? What did she notice coming out of the mist ?

(d) What does the ploughman do for the protection of his crops ?

(e) Why are not there any curtains at the windows of Mr Lambs house ?

(f) Who was Dr Sadao ? Where was his house situated ?

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