Std.

12th Preliminary Exam (Activity Sheet)

(Sub-English) Marks-80

Expected Answers

Q.1 (A)
A1.
1) The vishu is the new year festival of Kerala.
2) The vishupakshi is a migratory bird.

A2.
Vishupakshi wakes up the farmers to do farming activities. This bird is a
migratory bird. Its song would be heard only in March and April. It gives background
music to the farmers during their farming activities. It is now rarely seen in Kerala. It
sings sweet songs.

A3.
Vishupakshi is not seen in Kerala. Its reasons are- No cultivation of seeds and
felling of the big and tall trees where this bird likes to sit.

A4.
1) Stayed away
2) Connected with farming
3) A storehouse for threshed grain
4) Urgent

A5.
Few ways to protect birds:-
1) Grow more trees
2) Develop bird sanctuaries.
3) Increase seed cultivation
4) Do not hunt birds.

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A6.
1) Weren’t we an agrarian people?
2) Often I have enjoyed the sight of these little birds to balance on the tender
stalks.

B)
1) One of the most common causes of malnutrition is an unhealthy environment.
2) They stood in silence as a mark of honour to him.
3) He told her that she was his friend.

Q.2.(A)
A1.

Friend inquired about taking fresh

water
The narrator wanted to drink it.

The Friend dialed a phone number.

The local toddy tapper responded to

him.
He brought the coconuts down.

The narrator got fresh coconut water.

A2.
The narrator’s book is called ‘The Elephant, the Tiger and the
Cellphone’. It is a book about the transformation of India. He begin the book
with a Panchatantra-type fable about India as a lumbering, slumbering,
ponderous elephant, mired in its own dust and mud, covered in flies, slow to
move, slow to change,

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 A3.
India is compared with the elephant because Indian people mostly
show behaviour like elephant. They do not ready to accept new changes
quickly. Their progress is slow like the elephant. The do not want to change
their position easily.

A4.
1) rural
2) book
3) slow
4) urban

A5.
I do not think that Indian people do not accept changes quickly now. It may
happen in the past time but now Indian people are ready to accept changes easily
and quickly. India is changing in every four or five years. The changes are very quick
and concrete. India is really new country after each year.
(Accept any reasonably correct answer)
A6.
1) 4
2) Recently I visited the country farm and it was of a friend in Kerala.
B)
Advertising
Benefits
Done through
To Producers To Customers
Newspaper Introduce equipment
Reduction in price
Magazines Stabilize demand
Cinema Screen Consistent production Guarantee of
Radio, T.V. Reduction of waste quality

Q.3. (A)
A1.
1) False
2) True
3) False
4) True
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A2.
Symptoms of Dengue include a high fever, headaches, joint and muscle pain,
vomiting, and a rash. In some cases, dengue turns into dengue hemorrhagic fever,
which causes bleeding from nose, gums, or under your skin.

A3.
The intention of writing this extract is to give information about dengue. It is
for arousing the readers to know the seriousness of this disease which may be fetal
if ignored in the first stage.

A4.
1) Hospital
2) Medicine
3) Doctors
4) Fever

A5.
I suggest the following ways to overcome the problem of mosquito in my
area:-
1) Keep the surrounding clean.
2) Schedule a weekly "litter patrol." Throw away bottles, cups, cans and other
detritus. Almost anything that holds water — even a small amount — can turn
into a mosquito nursery.
3) Grow some mosquito-repelling herbs, flowers and plants, including
peppermint, lavender, and marigolds.
4) Remove old car tires from your property, and drill holes in the bottom of tire
swings to allow for drainage.

A6.
1) You cannot get it unless an infected mosquito bites you.
2) How life – threatening these forms of dengue are!

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B)

Dengue

Dengue is caused due to viruses. Infected mosquito bite spreads dengue. Its
symptoms may be a high fever, headaches, joint and muscle pain, vomiting, a rash
and bleeding from nose, gums, or under the skin. Drinking lots of fluids, resting and
taking non-aspirin fever-reducing medicines and hospitalization helps to overcome
dengue. Keep away from mosquitoes is the good precaution.

Q.4.
A1.
Feeble Braggarts
Middle
Class
persons
Unfinished Travelers

A2
Examples of Climax:-
1) The feeble, the braggarts, the unfinished.
2) until they were robbed of their laurels,
their medals, their titles, their names.

A3.
The life of middle class people in cities is not so good. They have to live far
away from the central part of the city. They cannot afford the big houses so they are
living in flats. Their life is very busy as they have to work hard to ern their livelihood.
They do not get luxuries life as their income is not very much.

A4.
And we with our big vanities,
our uncontrolled hunger for climbing
and do not getting as far as everybody else has gotten
because it does not seem that is the way of the world.

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Q.5.(A)

A1.
1) They had to break open the lock as the keys were missing.
2) A skeleton tumbled out from the cupboard.
3) The police confirmed the skeleton was of a woman.
4) The police took the skeleton away.

A2.
After few days, the police searched out everywhere. They got one interesting
story that happened during the glorious time of the hotel. One woman who came to
enjoy natural area of the surrounding stayed in that hotel. She lost one day. No one
thought that she might be inside the cupboard as it was shifted in the deserted area.
It was not clear how she reached there but on the basis of the DNA test, her identity
was proved. She had donated blood and its sample was preserved in the forensic
computer lab. So the identity was proved.

(B)
A1.
1) The extract is about the meeting of the narrator and an apple girl.

2) It is about the goodness of one person to help other showing courage.

A2.
Herman: Hay! Are you there?

Girl: Yes, I am here. What do you want?

Herman: Do you have something to eat?

Girl: I have an apple.

Herman: Throw it.

Girl: Catch the apple.

Herman: Yes. I get it. Thanks.

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Girl: I’ll see you tomorrow.

Herman: I will wait for you.

Girl: I will bring something to eat to you.

Herman: You are really nice person behaving like an angel.

Girl: Thank you very much.

Q.6 (A)
1)
XYZ
Ram Nagar
M.G. Road
Chalisgaon
Feb.21, 2019
The Editor
‘Lokmat’
Chalisgaon
Subject - Insanitary condition of City streets.
Respected Sir,
I shall be much obliged if you allow me a little space in your esteemed paper
to draw the attention of the authorities to the insanitary condition of our City
streets. Even though we have a Municipal Corporation, no steps have yet been taken
by the Municipal authorities to improve the sanitation of the un-healthy streets in
the City. Nearly all the drains are blocked with rubbish and the filthy water is not
allowed to flow causing foul smell. They have become breeding centers of
mosquitoes and other contagious disease germs.
I would like to suggest that the streets should be provided with more drains
and the existing ones properly covered and cleaned. Some more dustbins are to be
provided and placed in different parts so that the people may be stopped from
throwing the waste on the streets. There should be daily cleaning of the roads.
Hoping my suggestions will be taken up and acted on.
I remain,
Yours truly,
XYZ

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2)

Plot No.20
Ram Nagar,
M.G. Road,
Chalisgaon,
20th Feb., 2018
To,
The Principal,
Rashtriya Jr.College,
Chalisgaon
Dist.Jalgaon
Subject: Application for issuing a bona fide certificate.
Respected Sir,
I am X.Y.Z. I am a regular student of your college. I am studying in Class XII,
Division “B’. I am writing this letter for issuing me a bona fide certificate.
Presently, I am coming from a village which is 12 k.m. away from the college.
So I have to travel by MSRTC bus. The MSRTC is giving a concession of 50% bus fare
to the students. I want to take the monthly bus fare concession pass. To get this
concession pass, I need a bona fide certificate showing my birth date.
So I am requesting you to give me a bona fide certificate as soon as possible.
Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,
X.Y.Z.

Encl.

1) Photo copy of leaving certificate.

2) Photo copy of Identity card.

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Q.6 (B)

 Inclusions:
1) Transfer Mumbai / Pune to Panchagani and return
2) Breakfast and Lunch Only pay Rs.500 to reserve a slot
3) Entrance Fees
First come, first serve!
4) Taxes and surcharges
 Exclusions Balance shall be paid
1) Goggles, Guide Charges A DAY BEFORE THE TRIP
2) Other meals and expenses

Sight-seeing by
Only pay tour charges
AC car or Luxuary Bus Rs.5000 per person
One night and two days.
Stay : Golden Resorts

 Places: Evergreen Hills and valleys, sun set points, temple, boating,
Museum, Gardens, Market, etc .
 Adventurous activities: 1) Rope way,
2) Mountain trekking
3) Horse riding

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B)
Annual Social Gathering Celebrated
Chalisgaon, December 31,
(Our Reporter) The other guest, Dr.Raj Patil,
advised the students to take care of
The Annual Social Gathering of their parents as well as their health.
the Rashtriya Junior College, He shared his college day moments.
Chalisgaon was held at College He gave a short speech to take care
Assembly Hall, on Monday, of our eyes. He stated that we
December 30, 2018. The chief guest should donate our eyes. Both guests
on this occasion was P.S.I. Mr. Sushil distributed the prizes for various
Kumar and the guest of honour was competitions and sports.
Super specialist Dr. Raj Patil. Both The cultural programme was
Shushil Kumar and Raj Patil are the also organized there. The different
ex-students of the college. Other types of dances were presented on
dignitaries present were Board of the stage. Some students showed
managements. their singing talent. The Principal of
Before distributing prizes, the Rashtriya Junior College praised the
chief guest, P.S.I. Mr. Sushil Kumar, students.
delivered his speech. He told the This function was well organized
students that the student life is the by the students of 12th Class. Miss.
best time. He advised the students to Sunita Chavan from 12th commerce,
study more and to avoid any bad the all-round student of the year,
habit. He also said that the proposed the vote of thanks, reports
prosperity of a country depends on our reporter.
the students. So they should build up
themselves properly.

Q.6.(C)
Oil is necessary in the nutrition of our body but the excess use of oil should be
avoided. There are three types of oils. We use groundnut oil, vegetable oil and
mineral oil in our diet. Groundnut oil is prepared from groundnuts which we use for
eating. Groundnut oil is used in cooking food. Vegetable oil prepared from vegetable
seeds. Vegetable oil is used in manufacturing of soaps, medicines and scents, etc. The
third type of oil is mineral oil which is obtained from the crust of the earth. Mineral oil
is very useful. It is used for driving machines. It is used in the industry also.

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(C) Counterview:
I do not agree with the above statement that there is a need for multiple
question paper sets (A, B, C, D) for class Xll. The significant reason behind introducing
multiple question paper set was to tackle the problem of mass copying, which on the
contrary remains unaccomplished. Instead of proposing this complex plan, the school
boards should have taken other measures to stop the problem of mass copying. They
should have taken into consideration that the students of XII standard are mature
enough to understand the dangers of mass copying, which may lead to one's
debarring from exams. Different sets of paper evaluate the examinees differently and
no one can deny the possibility of different sets having varying difficulty levels. This
also hinders the spirit of healthy competition amongst the students striving for high
marks, as higher score not only becomes a matter of hard work but also a game of
chance. Same question paper and structure provides an equal opportunity to all the
examinees since they all get to answer the same questions to the best of their
abilities. While on the other hand, different sets of paper increase the chance of one
paper being more or less difficult in comparison to the other. In the wake of all these
arguments, I believe that this pattern of examination is not only awkward but also
purposeless and thus, there is no need to have the multiple question paper sets (A, B,
C, D) for class Xll.

Q.7. (A)
1. Tell me about your childhood.

2. How did you turn to farming?

3. How many obstacles did you face in farming?

4. How much time do you give to farming?

5. What is the effect of this year’s drought in your crop production?

6. What kind of changes do you make in your farm to face the scarcity of water?

7. Which is your unforgettable incident?

8. What do you expect from the Government?

9. What message would you like to give our readers?

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B)
Honourable teachers and my dear friends! Today, on 22nd March we are
celebrating ‘World Water Day.’ On this occasion, I want to give a speech on the topic
‘Water Conservation’.
Friends! It is said that if there is a third world war, it will be over water. Are you
aware of the severe water crises we are facing? With the onset of summer, let’s all
become alert to water conservation. According to WHO report one in three persons of
Maharashtra has no access to safe drinking water. Maharashtra ranks third in worlds
black list of twenty seven worst performing states. Water save every drop of water
and cope with this scarcity. If the people and the government work hand in hand,
nothing is impossible. We can make our earth a paradise to live in. Let’s all resolve
from today to save water in every way- mend your leaking taps today, take water in a
glass when you brush your teeth, use a bucket instead of washing hands and face with
the tap water running waste.
Remember drop by drop makes an ocean. So friends! Don’t waste water. With
these words, I conclude my speech.
Thank you.

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Rashtriya Jr. College, Chalisgaon
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