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English Core (Code: 301)

2019-20

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English Core Sample Papers (Code : 301)

2019-20

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Class XII English Core (301)

Revised Sample Question Paper As per CBSE 2020

Time allowed: 3 hrs. Max. Marks: 80 General Instructions: 1. This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. 2. All the sections are compulsory. 3. Read the instructions very carefully given with each section and question and follow them faithfully. 4. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

SECTION-A (READING)

Q1. Read the passage and on the basis of your understanding of the passage answer the questions given below: (12)

1. I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional.

The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instill

is of more value than any thought they may contain.

2. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for

all men, —that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, — and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment. Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.

3. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain

alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide

by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility than most when the whole cry of voices is

on the other side. Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have

thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.

4. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance;

that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide

universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that

plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but

he knows what he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

5. Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him, and another none.

This sculpture in the memory is not without pre-established harmony. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it is faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope.

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6. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has

found for you, the society of your contemporaries, and the connection of events. Great men have always

done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the

absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their

being. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not

minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers,

and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.

7. There are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the

world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most requests is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

(An Extract from the essay ‘Self-Reliance’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

1.1 Answer any five questions from the questions given below by choosing the most appropriate

option: (1×5=5)

(i) How does the soul of the writer feel when he read the verses of the eminent painter? (a) Sense of alienation (b) Sense of warning (c) Sense of oneness (d) Sense of originality (ii) Our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of (a) The Last Judgement (b) The Beginning (c) The Voice of Conscience (d) The Second Coming (iii) According to the writer, one should accept (a) The place the divine providence has found for you (b) The society of your contemporaries (c) The connection of events (d) All of the above

(iv) Moses, Plato, and Milton spoke (a) The thoughts of men (b) The thoughts of sages (c) The thoughts of themselves (d) The thoughts of bards

(v) What is the characteristic of our rejected thoughts? (a) They come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. (b) They forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. (c) They arise while looking at the arts of genius. (d) Both (a) and (c)



(vi) The author of the above passage is: (a) Henry David Thoreau (b) Ralph Waldo Emerson (c) Emily Dickinson (d) William Makepeace Thackeray

1.2 Answer the following questions briefly: (1×5=5) (i) What is a genius trait according to the above passage? (ii) Highlight on the teachings of the great works of art. (iii) According to the writer, why we would be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another? (iv) When does a man feels relieved and happy? (v) ‘Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.’ Why? 1.3 Pick out the word/phrases from the passage which are similar in the meaning to the following: (1×2=2) (i) hidden, dormant (para 2) (ii) fate, destiny, God (para 6)

Q2. Read the passage and answer the questions given below: (08)

1. Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: 'Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to

do.' Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that I was told, and acquired a conscience which has kept

me working hard down to the present moment. But although my conscience has controlled my actions, my

opinions have undergone a revolution. I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that

immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern

industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached.

2. Everyone knows the story of the traveler in Naples who saw twelve beggars lying in the sun (it was before the days of Mussolini), and offered a lira to the laziest of them. Eleven of them jumped up to claim it, so he gave it to the twelfth. This traveler was on the right lines. But in countries which do not enjoy Mediterranean sunshine idleness is more difficult, and a great public propaganda will be required to inaugurate it. I hope that, after reading the following pages, the leaders of the YMCA will start a campaign to induce good young men to do nothing. If so, I shall not have lived in vain.

3. Before advancing my own arguments for laziness, I must dispose of one which I cannot accept.

Whenever a person who already has enough to live on proposes to engage in some everyday kind of job,

such as school-teaching or typing, he or she is told that such conduct takes the bread out of other people's

mouths, and is therefore wicked. If this argument were valid, it would only be necessary for us all to be idle

in order that we should all have our mouths full of bread.

4. What people who say such things forget is that what a man earns he usually spends, and in spending he gives employment. As long as a man spends his income, he puts just as much bread into people's mouths in spending as he takes out of other people's mouths in earning. The real villain, from this point of view, is the man who saves. If he merely puts his savings in a stocking, like the proverbial French peasant, it is obvious that they do not give employment. If he invests his savings, the matter is less obvious, and different cases arise.



5. One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some Government. In view of the fact

that the bulk of the public expenditure of most civilized Governments consists in payment for past wars or preparation for future wars, the man who lends his money to a Government is in the same position as the bad men in Shakespeare who hire murderers. The net result of the man's economical habits is to increase the armed forces of the State to which he lends his savings. Obviously it would be better if he spent the

money, even if he spent it in drink or gambling.

(Extract from ‘In Praise of Idleness’ by Bertrand Russell)

2.1 On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make notes on it using headings and

sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary- minimum four) and a format

you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.

(4)

2.2 Write a summary of the passage in about 100 words. (4)

SECTION-B (ADVANCE WRITING SKILLS)

Q3. St. Arnold Hr. Sec. School, Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) is organizing an Inter-School Poetry

Recitation competition for Class VI-VIII. As the Head boy/girl of the school, draft an invitation inviting all the

CBSE Schools of your city to participate in the competition. Two students from each school can participate

in the competition. Invent the necessary details. You are Sumeet Srivastava/Sanjana Sharma.

OR

You are Jagat Lad/Jahanvi Sen, Deputy Head boy/girl of St. Anthony’s Convent School, Bhubaneswar

(Orissa). Your school is organizing an Inter-House Story Writing competition for Classes IX-XII on Saturday,

March 2, 2019. Write a notice for the same to be displayed on the notice board.

(4)

Q4. You are Bhavik Mehta/Bhamini Solanki, resident of 16, Kala Bagh, Raipur (Chhatisgarh). You have

bought a new One Plus 6T smart phone from Mobile-Galaxy, Raipur but found that the charging slot of the smart phone and the earphones is not working. Write a letter of complaint to the proprietor for the replacement of the product in 120-150 words.

OR

Last week you visited to various historical and natural sites of Madhya Pradesh. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a national newspaper highlighting the services of MP Tourism, your own experience and some suggestions to attract more tourists. You are Hardik Sugandhi/Harshita Goyal, resident of 33, New Palasia, Indore (Madhya Pradesh). (6)

Q5. You are Utkarsh Verma/Urvashi Jain of St. Thomas’s Hr. Sec. School, Ranchi (Jharkhand) thinking to

establish an NGO in near future. Write a speech in 150-200 words to deliver in your school assembly on the ‘Importance of NGOs in India’ highlighting the success of some of the major NGOs.

OR



It is evident that people in India show their dissent against government through cartoons, graffiti, hateful speeches and articles or public demonstrations such as rallies and strikes under their constitutional right of Freedom of Speech and Expression. Write a debate in about 150-200 words either for or against the motion on the topic ‘Freedom of Speech and Expression is perilous for India’. You are Parag Shah/Pooja Sahu, of Carmel Convent School, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh). (10) Q6. You are Ishan Kumawat/Isha Dixit of Class XII ‘F’ of St. Peter’s Hr. Sec. School, Gangtok (Sikkim).

Yesterday, you witnessed the celebration of ‘Christmas’ in the school which included various dances, skits

and giving alms to the needy. Inventing the required facts, write a report for your school newsletter on this

event in about 150-200 words.

OR

The ethnic culture of India is vanishing with time and people are wearing the cloak of modernization. You feel that one should be loyal towards his/her culture and maintain its legacy. Write an article in about 150-200 words for your school magazine on the topic ‘Conservation of Ethnic Culture’. You are Manvinder Singh/Manpreet Singh of Class XII ‘F’ of St. Aloysius’s Hr. Sec. School, Chandigarh (Punjab). (10)

SECTION-C (LITERATURE: TEXTBOOK AND LONG READING TEXT)

Q7. Read the following extracts and answer the following questions briefly: (1×8=8)

A. The hurt to the scenery wouldn’t be my complaint So much as the trusting sorrow of what is unsaid: Here far from the city we make our roadside stand And ask for some city money to feel in hand To try if it will not make our being expand. And to give us the life of the moving-pictures promise That the party in power is said to be keeping from us.

(i) Who made a road side stand and where?

(ii) Who wanted to feel the money in hand?

(iii) Who hoped to be helped and by whom?

(iv) What was the promise made and who made it?

B. MR LAMB: You want me to ask....say so, then. DERRY: I don’t like being with people. Any people. MR LAMB: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a fire. DERRY: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it burned it all away. It ate my face

up. It ate me up. And now it’s like this and it won’t ever be any different.

(i) Why did Derry want Mr. Lamb to ask about his burnt face? (ii) How do you say that Derry didn’t like the company of other people? (iii) Do you think that the accident cause Derry to lose his self-confidence? How? (iv) Are Mr. Lamb and Derry similar to each other? Give reason.



Q8. Answer any five of the following questions in about 30-40 words each: (2×5=10)

(i) ‘Where there is a will, there is a way.’ To what extent does the case of Evans prove this statement? Explain. (ii) Despite the revelation of peddler’s identity, the ironmaster did not call the sheriff. Why? (iii) What two contradictory foreign elements did the General want Sadao to combine in himself? Give reasons for the same. (iv) Why did the rag pickers leave their ‘beautiful land of green fields and rivers’? (v) How did Charley’s friends relate his stamp collecting habit to his being abnormal? (vi) ‘All we have to fear is fear itself.’ Who said this statement? How did it affect the life of Douglas? (vii) Spender’s Speech was a shock for him and a matter of utter shame for the literati of the Gemini

Studios. Explain. Q9. ‘The importance of a thing dawns upon us when it is no longer with us.’ Do you agree? Give reasons

with the reference of the story ‘The Last Lesson’. 6

OR

‘The visit undertaken casually on the entreaty of an unlettered peasant occupied almost a year of Gandhi’s life.’ What events unfolded and with what results? Explain on the basis of the story, ‘Indigo’. 6 Q10. What is the moral issue raised in the story, ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy’? What makes Jack feel caught in an ugly middle position? 6

OR How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order? Elucidate on the basis of the story, ‘The Tiger King’. 6


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