Half Yearly Examination 2024-25

Class-12TH
Subject-ENGLISH
Time: - 3:00 hrs.
M.M=80
Instructions:
 Question No. 1 & 2 carry 5 marks.
 Question No. 3 to 5 carry 4 marks.
 Question No. 6 & 7 carry 5 marks.
 Question No. 8 carry 4 marks.
 Question No. 9 carry 5 marks.
 Question No. 10 carry 3 marks.
 Question No. 11 carry 4 marks.
 Question No. 12 carry 10 marks
 Question No. 13 carry 6 marks.
 Question No. 14 carry 4 marks.
 Question No. 15 carry 6 marks
 Question No. 16 & 17 carry 3 marks.
SECTION A (READING SKILL)
Q. 1. Read the following passage and answer the following questions.
Life is a struggle. “We live in deeds and not in years.” If we rest, we rust. If we work, we shine jewels. Adventures are the essence of life but action also
entails contemplation. Proper action needs the proper initiative.
Napoleon took the wrong initiative and brought the downfall of France. Proper action is always taken by the wise persons. The wise person always
foreshadows the hardships for executive a policy.
They become passive when they forecast that their efforts are at stake. All great leaders and diplomats take steps- keeping in view their reputation.
We should strike when the iron is hot. Some persons take the steps haphazardly with the result that they lose the opportunity and thus they are treated as a
fool. Angels are wise people are very particular about their actions. It was been the aim of all philosophers to understand the world. After understanding,
they move very gradually and not like fools who plunge into the situation without contemplation.
Select the right one from the following:-
1) according to writer:
a) Napoleon acted wisely (b) adventures are not essence (c) we may shine like metals (d) leaders and diplomats act keeping view their reputation.
2) some people are treated as fool because:-
a) they act haphazardly (b) they act like philosophers (c) they strike when iron is hot (d) they always foreshadow the hardships.
3) the aim of philosopher is:-
a) to act like angels (b) to act like a saint (c) to act like a poet (d) to understand the world
4) opposite of ‘rise’ is:-
a) sit (b) progress (c) promotion (d) downfall
5) we should strike when the iron is……
a) cool (b) wet (c) dry (d) hot
Q. 2. Read the following passage and answer the following questions.
Discipline must be enforced early in life. Discipline at home makes for the future greatness of a boy. It forms his character and makes him a fit citizen. The
child who is allowed to have his own way becomes way-ward. The child who is allowed all sorts of excesses like running about in the sun, exposing himself
to cold, eating wholesome things, and as a result will fall ill frequently. A child, whose habits have been disciplined and who has been taught to rise early,
attend to his lessons properly, take physically exercise at the proper time and avoid things that are injurious will grow up to be a useful member of the
society. The spoilt child who has been allowed to run his own course will show vice contact in younger days. His parents would wish that he had not been
born at all.
Questions:
1) What does discipline and makes him a fit citizen:-
a) forms character and makes him fit citizen (b) makes child dull (c) makes him strong (d) none of the above.
2) how does a boy’s a character form?
a) by discipline (b) by good habits (c) both (a) & (b) (d) none of these.
3) what evils does a child pick up when he is allowed to do what he likes?
a) make himself happy (b) catches cold and falls ill (c) develops good habits (d) none of these
4) what are good habits?
a) running in the sun (b) playing all the time (c) avoiding things that are injurious. (d) none of the all.
SECTION -B (WRITING SKILL)
Q. 3 Design an attractive poster to urge the public to avoid plastics.
OR
Prepare a notice regarding NSS Camp informing students of New Era H.S. School,Ratlam
Q. 4 Last month you purchased a TV set from Ram Electroics , Pushpa vihar, Bhedaghat. It is not working properly. Imagining a few defects write a letter of
complaint to the manager asking for repair or replacement. You are Amar M- 114, Model Town, Bhopal.
OR
You are Krapa Shankar , residing at M 3G-64, Area colony, Bhopal. Write a letter to your friend Jaspal Singh residing in Chetna Nagar, Indore inviting him
to Bhopal in summer vacation and stay with you some days.
Q. 5 Write a paragraph on the following topics in 200 words. (any one)
1. The importance of English 2. Online education: Boon or Bane 3. Value of Games and Games
SECTION – C (GRAMMAR)
Q.6 Fill in the blanks.
1. They have no house to live ……(in/at)
2. Beware …., these mad dogs. (of/off)
3. I will always stand ….. you. (by/for)
4. The boys dived ….. the pool. (into/in)
5. Potatoes grow ……. the round. ( under/inside)
Q. 7 Do as directed.
1) Neha said,” I want to open this bag. (change into Narration)
2) He makes tea. (change the voice)
3 )We saw a very good film yesterday. (change into Negative)
4) (a) She is a singer.
(b) She is a dancer. (Combine the sentence using ‘not only…but also’)
5) (a) We take a taxi.
(b) We miss the meeting. (combine the sentence with ‘either…or’)
Q. 8 Read the following passage carefully.
In modern world honesty lost its meaning. Wealth plays an important role in man’s life. Value of money has gone high. Everyone wants to become rich
without hard labour. He does not hesitate to adopt any means at all to become rich. But still some people appreciate honesty. All religions lay down great
stress on honesty.
An honest man is always brave. He is not afraid of anybody. He is truthful and is liked by everybody. On the other hand, liar, greedy and cunning people
earn more money but they are not liked by people.
Honesty should be maintained everywhere, at home, in school, among friends and even in the playground. An honest person always obeys the law so he is
free from serious trouble.
Honesty also gives rise to spiritual. So, one takes up any challenge with confidence. On the other hand, a dishonest person can never be sure of anything. He
is always busy in plotting. So he never gets peace. An honest man is rewarded with success. Even after his death, people remember him. He gets love and
respect from others.
Questions-
a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage make notes on it, using sub-
headings, use abbreviations and give an suitable title to it.
b) Write a summary of the above passage.
SECTION-D (LITERTAURE)
Q. 9 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
When I first visited Gandhi in 1942 at his ashram in Sevagram, in central India, “I will tell you how it happened that I decided to urge the departure of the
British. It was in 1917.”
He had gone to the December 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress party in Lucknow. There were 2,301, delegates and many
visitors. During this proceedings, Gandhi recounted, “ a peasant came up to me looking like any other peasant in India, poor and emaciated, and said, ‘ I am
Rajkumar Shukla. I am from Champaran, and I want you to come to my district!’ “Gandhi had never heard of the place. It was in the foothills of the
towering, Himalayas, near the kingdom of Nepal.
Questions:-
1) Who came to meet Gandhiji?
2) Gandhiji had gone to the annual convention of Indian National Congress party in which year?
3) Where is Champaran situated?
4) Gandhi had never heard of Champaran . (true/false)
5) How many delegates were there in annual convention of Indian National Congress?
Q.10 Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions.
“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.”
Questions:
1) The poet refers ‘loveliness’ to whom?
2) What is a joy forever?
3) What refers to ‘bower’?
Q.11 Read the following passage and answer the following questions?
Sadao knew that his education was his father’s chief concern. For this reason he had been sent at twenty two to America to learn all that be learned of
surgery and medicine. He had come back at thirty ,and before his father died he had seen Sadao become famous not only as a surgeon but as a scientist.
Because he was perfecting a discovery which would render wounds entirely clean, he had not been sent aboard with the troops. Also, he knew, there was
some slight danger that the old General might need an operation for a condition for which he was now being treated medically, and for this possibility Sadao
was being kept in Japan.
Questions:-
1) What was the chief concern of Dr. Sadao father?
2) At what age did Dr. Sadao go to America?
3) Why was Dr. Sadao sent to America?
4) Find the word from the extract which is opposite of” Fraction”.
Q. 12 Answer the following questions in 30 words.
1) Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
2) Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 percent refund to the farmers?
3)Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini studios?
4) What was Gandhi’s politics intertwined with?
5) Why did the peddler decline the invitation of the ironmaster?
Q. 13 Answer the following questions in 30 words.
1)What is ‘grandeur’ associated with the ‘mighty dead’?
2) List the things that cause suffering and pain?
3) what image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?
Q.14) Answer the following questions in 30 words.
1) Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
2) What are the indications for the future of humankind?
Q.15) Answer the following question in 75 words.
1) What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into a rattrap?
2) “Freedom from fear is more important than legal justice for the poor.” Do you think that the poor of India are free from fear after independence?
Q.16) Answer the following question in 75 words.
1) What is the message that John Keasts wants to give through,’A thing of Beauty’?
Q.17) Answer the following question in 75 words.
1) Who was Dr. Sadao? Why did the servants leave Dr. Sadao’s house?