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()Thisquestion paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsor,.
question paper contains three sections:
) This
Skills
Section A: Reading
Skille
Section B: Creative Writing
Section C: Literature.
questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the correct question number
(i) Attempt all answer sheet.
and part thereof in your
(i) Separate instructions are given with each questionlpart, wherever necessay.
() Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

SECTION -A:READING SKILLS (22 Marks)

1, Read the following passage carefully. 12

1, Adominance and hierarchy exists for everything, including space. A dominant animal controls
the space around it. Even in grooming, hierarchy is reflected. Grooming is simply a cleaning
mechanism, and it is highly effective, as one can see by comparing lions and baboons. Although
lions are clean animals, the backs of their necks, where they cannot reach to clean, are thick
with ticks,whereas the baboon's hair is totally free of them as the inferior baboons clean the
dominant one's neck.
2. This dominant hierarchy' is a form of animal social structure in which a linear or nearly linear
ranking exists, with each animal dominant over those below it and submissive to those above
it. In most of the cases this hierarchy is relatively stable from day-to-day. Direct conflict is rare
as the weaker animal itself steps aside when it sees the dominant or much stronger around
in its path. These submissive displays and their calming effect on the dominant animal evolve
because they avoid or prevent fighting as it may result in unnecessary injury to a social group
dependent on one another for their welfare.
3. Japanese monkeys were intensely studied during the 1940s. Their discipline was surprising. In the
morning, the group would set out from its sleeping sites to a feeding station established by Japanese
zoologists. They walked always in the same order, the young males frolicking on ahead and at the
Sides, the dominant male walking in the centre, together with the females and the infants.
4. The meek ones lagged behind in submission. They fed always in similar order of ranks: the
dominant monkeys first, then the others in descending gradation of status. And, while resting,
the dominant males surrounded by females and infants, occupied the most attractive area in
the middle of the feeding station, where no subordinates were allowed to encroach.
D. There is no mistaking a dominant male monkey. These are superbly muscled monkeys. Their
hair is sleek and carefully groomed, their walk calm, assured and majestic. They move in an

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indirectly.

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mental and physical
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SECTION -B: CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS
one of the two, (A) or (B), in about 50
words (18 Mat
3. Attempt any
Rohini has decided to organise aseminar for
A. Oxford PublicSchool, the
as the unifyingforce for the
and XIl on the topic, 'Culture
Cultural Secretary, draft a noticefor
the schoolI modern
noticeboard informingworld. As studentsPranoyof claKunsE
in it.
Or students to partici
President of D.A.V Public School, Ranchi.
B. You are Apoorva Sen.
to organise a lecture on 'Holistic Education'.
Draft a
informing the students about it. Include all the necessary details
notice for yourTheschool
school is go
4. Attempt any one of the two, (A) or (B), in about 50 words.
noticebog
A. The Literary Club of your school is putting up the play Waiting for Godot'. As
the chub, draft an invitation inviting the famous writer Sudesh Gupta to be the Secretar
are guest hony
at the function. Write the invitation in not more than 50 words. You of
Or Govind/Gaun
B. As the principal of a reputed school, you have been invited to inaugurate a
in vour neighbourhood. But you have to attend a meeting Book Fthik,
with the governing body of s
school on the same day at the same time. Draft a reply to the
inability to attend the function. You are Somya Chaturvedi.
invitation expressing v:
5. Attempt any one of the two, (A) or (B), in 120-150 words.
A. You have realised the necessity of education and financial
family, society and in turn for the nation. Write a letter toindependence of women for t
the editor of Hindustan Im:
highlighting your ideas on the importance of education of women leading to a better sa.
1or them. Use the given cue/s along with vour own
ideas to compose this leter. 0
Rahul/Ravina, a concerned city resident.
women's education-a burning issue
rural women- illiterate
" literacy campaigns
"
illiteracy- a matter of concern
" needs
economic independence
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6 Attempt any
Parul/Pankaj of class-XII-A. Having a fair skin complexion is fairness creams are
A You are brides in matrimonial columns and sale of
Demand for fair on 'Beautiful
society.
for your school magazine, sharing your views
evidence enough. Write an article
complexion'. Use the given cue/s along with
your own ideas to
minds are better than a fair
compose this article.
be tanned
" the West, people are likely to
" fair complexion, only skin deep
beautiful mind
complexion doesn't matter if one has
" attitude towards life
people, etc.
" behaviour of society towards dark complexioned

seriously injured at Nicholas Road, Chennai. Luckily

B. A major bus accident left several people information from the eyewitnesses
no life was lost. As Roshan, Staff Reporter, collect the
it. Support your ideas with cue/s
and send a report to any esteemed newspaper to publish
given below, to craft your report.
" Where did the accident take place?
" How many people were injured?
" How did the bus overturn?
" Compensation announced by the government

SECTION-C: LITERATURE (40 Marks)

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7. Read the following extracts and answer the questions for any one of the given two-A or B.
A. What I want should not be
confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
want no truck with death.
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
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fretut rsees
Keping iet)
arniaton beween
mac a inactivity
the and
the

given death?
W guabtesis est represented in
Wt f e lowing () Futuristic
(o) Hypritical extract
sutab
Camiete the iing the poets suggestion of
those gen in brackets to
the erprSiOn, If we fill in the
The nome of the were not so blank
Assertis The pet
Reasos Lt
Ss to 0 sit-ntrospection
eant o r happiness
C o he r t opD rearing the
statements.
with reference to the
singie-ine
given eTac
are true, and the
Rc he asroc an the reaS00 reason is the
R r d the reNO are true but the correCt epla
Cpia of the serioe reason is not
the cn
false
The zseto s e but the reason is
(s) The osae but the reon is true.
of threatening
W s blae or he condition ourselves with
he pe
Or
death, ac0or
mCoctin le Frdoy

Ires prting (My Mother at Sty-sir)

(a) Wha does the phrase young trees sprinting indicate?
(b) Whact of the foüoaing options NOT Complete the sentence appropriately?
Tbe thee of the poem is which is the law of nature.
() ging (iü) aspirations of young generation
() fezr of losing 2 loved one (iv) life is eternal
(c) Complete the following suitabBy.
The poem does not follow any rhyming scheme. thus, it has been written in
(d) Sciet the corect option from those given in brackets, to fill in the blaik.
The poen is written in a singje sentence punctuated by commas, which highlights
steam of consciousness effect where one (thought/siuation) leads
another.

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xssertion and the reason bekw, with reference to the gven
e) Read the human relationsh1ps
Assertion: This extract depicts the theme ofas she thought.
Reason: The poet's mother was not s oldstatements.
Choose the correct option regarding the explanation
true. and the reason is the correct
() Both the assertion and the reason are
of the assertion.
the corret
u) Both the assertion and the
reason are true but the reason is not
explanation of the assertion.
reason s false
() The assertion is true. but the
reason is true
) The assertion is false. but the
o What message does the phrase 'ashen
like that of a corpse highisghr?
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questions for any one of the given two, (A) or (B).
dthe following extracts and answer the and never leav t There was a man who
MR LAMB: You could lok yourself up in a oom Everthing n ths word A buas magh: run hum
did that. He was afraid. you see Of enthing
onto him or a donkey mught kack um to
death, or
OY. Or a man might breathe deady gems and he grd would lene him and he
ishtning might strike hum down, or he mught love a grt
saw hum would laugh their heads off So
might slip on a banana skin and fall and people who and staved there
and got into hus bed
ine went into this room, and locked the door, On the Face of It)

(a) Complete the following suitably.

The speaker refers to the uncertainty of life becausce
locked humseif in the room?
(b) Why does the speaker refer to the erample of a man who
(c) Which intolerable situation is best described in the given extract?
(i) The situation when people laughed at him.
(ü) The situation when people abused him.
(üü)) The situation when people passed sarcastic remarks on him.
(i) None of these
(d) What was Mr Lamb doing by giving such example to him?
Or
B. Shuddering at the sight of the gun, the dewan cried out Your Maies I am not a tiger
Which idiot would call you a tiger?"
"No, and Im not agun!
"You are neither tiger nor gun Dewan saheb, I summoned you here for a diferen: purpose. I
have decided to get maried."
The dewan began to babble even more. Your Majesn, I have o whes alread lf I manm vou
"Dont talk nonsense! Why should I marr you? What I want is a iger..
Your Majesty! Please think t over. Your ancestors were maried to the sword If you like may
the gun. A Tiger King is more than enough for this state. It doæsn i need a Tigr ueen as well!"
(The Tiger King)
(a) Complete the following suitably.
Dewan said "Your Majesty; I have wo wies alread" because
(b) What confusion does exist between the two characters as per the extract?
(c) Which of the following best summarises King's attitude towards his kingdom?
(i) Self before everything else.
(ü) King is all powerful and can do on his will.
(üi) Absolute power is most important.
(iv) King is the supreme.
(d) Comment on the writing style of The Tiger King.
9. Read the following extracts and answer the questions for any one of the given two, A or B. 6
A. Iused every way Iknew to overcome this fear, but it held me fimiy in its grip. Fnally, one
October, I decided to get an instnuctor and leam to swim. I went to a pool and practiced fe
days a week, an hour each day. The instnuctor put abelt around me. Arope atached to the belt
went through a pully that ran on an overhead cable. He held on to the end of the rope. and we
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hack and forth across
wYNY hact and forthacISs hepol a bit of the panicod
aftme.er hour, day
seizod
Hrek Cn cach tnp and I went unde,. some of the heleror Each time
after
op Then and he
t
returnedh doy. wek ut
hs hold on the

and shedpand
bu l cohale.
the tension
to slack.
began
thee months befor raist my nose and inhale I repeated taught
me to put my
the
exercise
t oftothe panic that sei|cd me when m head went under water.
was the hinng of the
instructor?
my face instructor wnder
legs re h
hundreds of Iroe
ia) What kind of act
the correct option from those given
in brrackets to fill in t(Deipmes. We:Buwu
(practiceienternainment)thet0 blank
(b) Seiect
more
The narrator did
following suitably.
(c) Compiete the
The writer uses the phrase bit
in by him as
by bit to refer to the

allows the reader to infer

regular OVercome
and gradual
hi

that the
is flors
d ldentift the textual clue that
free from his fear.
(c) Which of the following
options best suggests the central idea of narrato r p

swimmer (ü) To
overcome the
() The anxicty of a
() The importance of swimming (iv) The importance
extract, showcase?
the fear
of
ext
of ract?
a water
(n What does the following line from the
I used een wav I knew to overcome
this fear, but it held me
(ii) expectation offirmly in its
swimmer
() realisation of a new experience
(2i) combat fear of water (iv) affirmation
a
new thinggrip.
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Months passed. Shukla was sitting on his haunches at the

B.
appointed
Gandhi arived he waited till Gandhi was free. Then the two of them
spot in
cin of Patna in Bihar There Shukla led him to the house ofa lawyer boarded Calcut a when
a
named train for thy
who later became President of the Congress party and of India.
Rajendra Rajendra
1OwT. but the senvants knew Shukla as a poor yeoman who pestered their Prasad was outPrasaod
indigo sharecroppers. So, they let him stay on the grounds with his master to help the
thes took to be another peasant. But Gandhi was not companion,
permitted to draw water Gandhi, whom
lest some drops from his bucket pollute the entire source; how did they know from the wel
an untouchabie? that he was not
la) What is the most likely reason for Gandhi to agree to come alonp with Sh.
(b) Scieca the correct option from those given in brackets to fill in the blank (Indigo,
Rajkumar Shukla waited Gandhi till he was free, shows his
indecistveness).
(c) Complete the folowing suitabBy.
(resolutenes
The author's views on the character of Shukla, in the
statements based on
extract, can best be descritbed ax
(d) Expiain any one inference that can be drawn from the
was a resolute man will not following, "To say that Shukla
be an extravagant claim."
(e) The line, "But Gandhi was not permitted to draw
water from the well lest some drops
from his bucket polute the entire source" can be best
(i) a social practice
classified as:
(ü) an opinion
(i) a faliacy
(iv) a personal bias
) Which of the following headlines gives a clear aAd
problen mentioned in the extract? accurate picture of the sharecroppeh
() The farmers wanted compensation from the
15% arrangement. landlords to release them trom u
(u) 1he landiords wanted compensation from the farmers to
15% arrangement. release them rom
(üu) The farmers refused to
(iv) The landlords wanted togrow
replaceindigo in theirnatural
expensive, holdings.
indigo with the cheap, synthetic
version.
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each:
five of the following six questions in 40-50 words are craving for
human
10.
Answerany
What can be inferred from the
chapter The Rattrap where the people
(a) dealing with loneliness? intensity." What
company and understood only when it is
felt with
(The Last Lesson)
"Importance of freedom or education is
(b) conclude from the given statement? 'Poets and
can you literary inclinations from the account in the lesson,
Ashokamitran has
a The author
Pancakes'. Give some cvidences from the text. assurance on lips and smile on
the face,
and words of
With fear and ache inside
her heart the poet put on a
contrasting experiences. Why does
the poct presents two
opposite and (My Mother at Suty-su)
Identify some
smile?
lesson. "Indigo' illustrate Gandhi's method of working.
non-violence.
e) The events in the to his ideas of satyaggaha and
instances of this method and link them he went down the water with a yellow glow. How
Douglas as (Deep Water)
(n Some sort of terror seized
was still alive? 2x2=4
could he feel that he
questions in 40-50 words each:
of the following three Comment.
1 Answer any two
Tiger King's death is a matter of extraordinary interest. patriot."
a) The manner of the being than being a professional or a true
to be a good human
(b) It's important reference to the character of Sadao in
The Enemy
Elaborate with On the Face of It.
Answer the question in the context of the following lines from mainstream so
(c) people with deformities into the
Inclusive education' is a step to bring the
morale.
as to build up their confidence and
the importance of 'inclusive education?
To what extent do you consider words. 5
Answer any one of the following two questions, in about 120-150 Roadside Stand'.
12, people discussed in Robert Frost's A
A. Imagine you are roadside people, the Jennifer, in the context of her exploitation, as displayed
What advice might youoffer to Aunt
in the given lines
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
Pen down your advice to her in a paragraph.
You may begin like this:
Since time immemorial, women have been regarded as the weaker sex...
Or
B. The characters in prose section, Mukesh in The Lost Spring and Sophie in Going Places are
two different kinds of daydreamers. One is who fulfilled his dreams in real and the other is
one who always lives in imaginary dreams. The daydreaming can affect our lives positively
as well as negatively. Compare this with reference to these two prescribed text.
You may begin like this: As cach coin has two faces...
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13. Answer any one of the following two questions, in about 120-150 words.
A. Both Sam and Charley experienced the presence of the third level at Grand Central Station.
Instead of coming out from this illusion, Sam, being apsychiatrist got trapped in this illusion.
It is a story about time travel.
Imagine yourself to be Sam, and express your thoughts whether the third level exists or not.
Or
B. Dr Sadao and his wife, despite every possibility of being caught, save the life of the American
prisoner and finally let him escape. Nothing is bigger than patriotism, but there is one
sentiment that is above all.
As the American Prisoner, create a diary entry, discussing the value that was displayed by
Dr Sadao and his wife.

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