17 Feb 2023

Board Paper HS 2nd Year Exam 2023 Question Paper English AHSEC 2023

HS 2nd Year Exam 2023 Question Paper English AHSEC 2023

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HS 2nd Year Exam 2023 Question Paper English AHSEC 2023

HS 2nd Year Exam 2023 Question Paper English AHSEC 2023


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HS Final Exam 2023 Question Paper ENGLISH

Students who are studying in class 12 must be looking for model question paper/sample question paper. Practicing model question papers is a good source for exam preparation.

In this article you can find a sample question paper for upcoming AHSEC Final Exam 2023 according to updated syllabus.


Important Questions for AHSEC 2023 English

ENGLISH

Full Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 30

Time: Three hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.

Q. No. 1 Section-A (Reading Skill) 10

Q. Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Section-B (Advanced Writing Skills) 25

Q. Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8&9 Section-C (Grammar) 20

Q Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 Section-D (Textbooks) 45

Total = 100



SECTION-A

(Reading Skill : 10 Marks)

1. Read the following passage carefully;

    1. In spite of all the honours that we heaped upon him, Pasteur, as has been said, remained simple of heart. Perhaps the imaginary of his boyhood’s days, when he limned the familiar scenes of his birthplace, and the longing to be a great artist, never wholly left him. In truth he did become a great artist, though after his sixteen years he abandoned the brush forever. Like every artist of worth, he put his whole soul and energy into his work, and it was this very energy that in the end wore him out. For him, each sufferer was something more than just a case that was to be cured. He looked upon the fight against hydrophobia as a battle, and he was absorbed in his determination to win. The sight of injured children, particularly, moved him to an indescribable extent. He suffered with his patients, and yet he would not deny himself a share in that suffering. His greatest grief was when sheer physical exhaustion made him give up his active work. He retired to the estate at Villeneuve Estang, where he had his kennels for the study of rabies, and there he passed his last summer, as his great biographer, Valley Radot, has said, “practicing the Gospel virtues.”

2. “He reverenced the faith of his fathers”, says the same writer, and wished without ostentation or mystery to receive its aid during his last period.

3. The attitude of this man to the science he had done so much to perfect can be best summed up in a sentence that he is reputed once to have uttered, concerning the materialism of many of his contemporaries in similar branches of learning to his own: “The more I contemplate the mysteries of Nature, the more my faith becomes like that of a Breton peasant’s wife.”

4. But even then in retirement he loved to see his former pupils, and it was then he would reiterate his life principles:”work”, he would say, “never cease to work”. So well had he kept this precept that he began rapidly to sink from exhaustion.

5. Finally on September 27, 1895, when someone leant over his bed to offer him a cup of milk, he said sadly: “I cannot”, and with a look of perfect resignation and peace, seemed to fall asleep. He never again opened his eyes to the cares and sufferings of a world, which he had done so much to relieve and to conquer. He was within three months of his seventy-third birthday.

6. Thus passed, as simply as a child, the man whom the French people were to vote at a plebiscite as the greatest man That France had ever produced. Napoleon, who has always been considered the idiot of France, was placed fifth.

7. No greater tribute could have been paid to Louis Pasteur, the tanner’s son, the scientist, the man of peace, the patient worker for humanity.  

Answer the following questions:

(a) Even accolades and honours did not change the simple man that Pasteur was. Why ? 2

(b) How did Pasteur view those who suffered from diseases ? 2

(c) How did Pasteur engage himself in the estate ? 2

(d) What advice did he always give to his pupils ? 2

(e) How did France, the country of his birth, honour this great scientist ? 2


Section-B

(Advanced Writing Skills: 25 Marks)

2. You are Amrit/Namita, General Secretary of St Joseph's College. Write a notice for the college notice board informing all the students about the event going to be organised on the eve of of Lachit Diwas. (word limit 50 words) 5

Or

Water is precious and we should stop wastage. Prepare a poster in more than 50 words creation awareness people about the dangerous effects of global warming to the future of our planet. 5


3. Your scool/college has celebrated 400th Birth Anniversary of Verr Lachit Barphukan recently. Prepare a report on Lachit Divas in 100-125 words to be published in an English Daily. 10

Or

Your school celebrated Independence Day. Write a report on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and events related to it in 150 words. You are Navin/Neha. 10


4. You are Mridul/Mitali. You have come across an advertisement in a news paper seeking application for the post of a tourist guide for a travel agency working in North East. Write the application to the Manger of the travel agency. Imagine a name of the agency. 10

Or

Write a letter to the editor of 'The Sentinel' complaining about the noise pollution in your locality drawing attention of the Government to take steps to check the same. 10


Section: C

(Grammar: 20 marks)

5. Change the form of any two narration in the following sentences: 2×2=4

(a) "You are not the only one to be blamed, Franz." said M Hamel, "Your parents and I are equally responsible for the poor condition of your education.”

(b) Reena said to the boy, "What's the matter ? Why are you crying ? Be cheerful."

(c) My uncle said to me, "You should consult with Dr. Baruah immediately. Tell him about me. He is a friend of mine."

(d) 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: 1x3=3

(a) He will not be remembered after his death.

(b) The ground has to be cleared by us.

(c) Drive the car slowly.

(c) He bought his son a watch.

(d) The nurse is looking after the little girl.

(e) Who broke the window ?

(f) Whom did you laugh at ?


7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in correct tense forms: 1x5=5

(a) I met him while (go) to his office.

(b) I wish I (be) a king.

(c) He (not return) yet.

(d) They (win) the match.

(e) He (come) here in the month of April every year.

(f) It is time we (do) our work.

(g) The meeting (start) when we arrived at the auditorium.

(h) He (wear) not any helmet when police accosted him.

(i) My father (go) to Shillong this morning but has returned just now.

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

8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions: 1×4=4

(a) What is the time _______ your watch ?

(b) I usually go to bed _______ at 10 o'clock.

(c) The students of this college have free access _______ the principal.

(d) We stayed in a hotel _______ Chandmari.

(e) She takes pride _______ her wealth.

(f) The ship is sailing _______ the shore.

(g) The begged help _______ from me.

(h) I wonder if you could get it done _______ tomorrow.

9. Rewrite any four of the following sentences as directed: 1×4=4

(a) Is this the kind of dress to wear in school ? (make it assertive)

(b) A hard working person will always succeed (Make it a complex sentence)

(c) Gold is one of the most precious metals. (make it comparative)

(d) On seeing the lion he ran away. (make it complex)

(e) There is no smoke without fire. (make it affirmative

(f)He tried all plan. (make it negative)

(g) Coming home he began to work. (make it compound)

(h) This is the best book on the subject. (change into comperative degree)

(i) On hearing the news, he started to jump in joy. (Make it a compound sentence)

Section: D

(Textbooks: 45 marks)

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

(a)Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth,

Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth

Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,

Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways

Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,

Some shape of beauty moves away the pall

From our dark spirits

Questions:

(i) What do we do everyday ? 1

(ii) What remove the pall from our dark spirits ? 2

(iii) Find a word in the stanza that means 'depression' or 'discouragement'. 1


Or


(b) The little old house was out with a little new shed 

In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped,

A roadside stand that too pathetically pled,

It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread,

But for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports

The flower 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 referred to as 'the flower of cities' ? 1


Or


(c) A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases, it will never

Pass into nothingness; but will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing

A flowey band bind us to the earth,

Questions:

(i) What does increase in a thing of beauty ? 1

(ii) What Where will it never pass into ? 1

(iii) What kind of a sleep will "it" keep for us ? 1

(iv) Why are "we" wreathing a flowery band ? 1


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

(a) Why has the mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon' in the poem, "My Mother at Sixty Six" ?

(b) Why do the people who are running the roadside stand ask for some city money ?

(c) What does the poet Keats tell us about a "thing of beauty".

(d) What is the 'sadness' that the poet refers to in the poem "Keeping Quiet" ?

(e) What did the poet of My Mother at Sixty Six see in the outside world ?

(f) What is the childish longing of the rural folk who put up the roadside stand ?

(g) What are the different kinds of wars mentioned in the poem Keeping Quiet ?

(h) How is a thing of beauty a joy forever ?

12. Answer any five of the following questions: 1x5=5

(a) What did M. Hamel write at the end of the class on the day of the last lesson ?

(b) Why did Saheb not wear a pair of sandal according to himself ?

(c) What was the promise made by Anees Jung to Saheb ?

(d) What did Mukesh want to be ?

(e) Why have Saheb and his family migrated to Seemapuri ?

(d) Whom did Gandhi and Shukla proposed to meet at Patna ?

(e) What is the name of the river mentioned in "The Last Lesson" ?

(f) Why did Gandhi visit Lucknow in 1916 ?

(g) What did Sophie dream of ?

(h) Which country had developed synthetic Indigo ?

(i) Name the book from where "Memoirs of a Chota Sahib" is taken ?

(j) What was the name of the blacksmith that Franz met on his way to school ?


13. Answer any five in 30-40 words: 2×5=10

(a) What did Franz love to do instead of going to school ?

(b) What is the significance of bangles in Indian society ?

(c) What did the landlords demand from the share cropper ?

(d) Why was Sophie fascinated by Donny Carey ?

(e) Briefly describe the scene observed by the narrator from his bungalow in "The Memoirs of a Chota Sahib".

(f) What are M. Hamel's views about the French language ?

(g) Was Saheb happy working at the tea stall ? Why ?

(h) How did Rajkumar Shukla try to impress Gandhi?

(i) What is the significance of Champaran movement?

(j) What fault did M. Hamel blamed himself of ?

(k) How was Sophie's relation with her brother Geof ?

(l) Give a brief description of the "Peacock Island" ?

(m) Describe the special dress that M. Hamel wore on the day of the last lesson ?

(n) What dream did Sophie nurture ?

14 Answer any one of the following questions in 80-100 words: 5×1=5

(a) Describe the unusual things that Franz noticed on the day of the last lesson?

Or

(b) Describe the life and livings of the rag pickers of Seemapuri.

Or

(c) Describe the exploitation of Indigo sharecropers by English landlords. Did Gandhi help them to get an honourable settlement ?

Or

(d) Describe Rowntree's experience of crossing a flooded river on horseback.


15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 7x1=7

(a) Describe the character of Tiger King in your own words.

Or

(b) Compare and contrast the character of Mr. Lamb and Derry.

Or

(c) What impression do you form of Mr Lamb ? How does he look at life ?

Or

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


16 Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words: 2x4=8

(a) Who was the Tiger King ? Why did he get the name ?

(b) What did Annan say about his community to the narrator ?

(c) Why and how did Derry get into Mr. Lamb's garder ?

(d) What are the various games observed in Magh Bihu ?

(e) How did the narrator feel after she had lost her lovely hair ?

(f) Why was Sadao Hoki not sent with the troops ?

(g) Why did Derry go back to Mr. Lamb in the end ?

(h) What is the meaning of Domahi ? What do people usually have for lunch on that day ?



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