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Document Described : English Question Paper, Madhya Pradesh Question Paper

SPECIAL ENGLISH
XII
Time : 3 Hrs. M.M. 100

Instructions :
1. All questions are compulsory
2. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions.
3. Marks of each question is indicated against it.
4. Answer must be complete and to the point.

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SECTION - A :
Q.1A. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
We live in a highly competitive age of science and technology and can no
longer afford the luxury of mediocrity if we are to forge ahead. This rapidly changing nuclear age requires our youth to be intellectually far more alert and competent than their predecessors, and therefore every young man and woman today studying in schools, colleges and universities must aim at academic ability of the highest order. In a developing nation like ours, where large numbers are still unable to acquire even primary education, those undergoing higher education constitute a privileged elite.
(i) Find a word opposite in meaning to "Successors 01
(ii) Give the words from extract which have the same meanings ? 02
a) Being not good at something 01
b) People who have a lot of power 01
(iii) What is the state of education in our country ? Who are the "Privileged elite"? 02
Q.1 B. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
How soon hath time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom sheweth.
(i) Give the words from extract which have the same meanings ? 03
a) Something not obvious. 01
b) Hurrying in 01
c) Maturity 01
(ii) What has the thief stolen ? 02
Q.2 Answer any two questions: 12
(a) Why does the speaker not want the battle cry to be raised ?
(b) How does global warming affect the climate pattern ?
(c) What moral do you draw from the story ? "The Beggar"
Q.3 Answer any two question: 08
(a) How would you rate Mathilde - as an ambitious woman or as an honest woman ?
Justify your answer.
(b) What according to the poetess are the great curses of mortal existence ?
(c) What is the poets opinion about 'over much beauty ? Does he want his daughter to possess it ?

SECTION - B :
Q.4 Do as Directed - Any five
(i) Pick the odd one out 01
ear, mere, dare, pear
(ii) Give the correct syllable structure of the word - 'book' 01
cvc, ccvc, cvcc, vccv
(iii) How many syllables are there in the word 'discipline' 01
one, two, three, four
(iv) Mark the stress the word 'perfect' as verb: 01
(v) Give the American spelling of the word 'encyclopaedia' 01
(vi) Which word in American English is used for 'Autumn' 01
Q.5 Do as Directed - Any five 05
(i) He told the doctor that his son ____________________(break) his leg.
(Supply the correct past perfect tense of the verb given in the brackets)
(ii) Mohan wished that he ________________get a lottery.
(Fill in the blank with may or might)
(iii) Good manners make character. (Change the voice)
(iv) The boy said, "I am a good student". (Change into indirect speech)
(v) The thief saw the police. He ran away (Join using no sooner than)
(vi) The Everest is the highest peak of the Himalaya (Change into positive degree )

SECTION - C :
Q.6 Answer any one of the following: 09
(i) On the basis of what you have read, write the character. Sketch of Swaminathan ?
(ii) Describe in your own words the activities that took place in Swaminathan's house at the night when his new brother arrived ?
Q.7 Answer any two of the following questions. 06
(a) Describe Swaminathan's feelings when his friends called him 'tail' and stopped talking to him ?
(b) Write about the four persons who were Swami's friends ?
(c) How did Mani and Rajam, instead of fighting, become friends ?
Q.8 Answer the following questions (any one) 09
(a) Justify the title of the play "The silver box" ?
(b) "The play is an attack on the hypocrisy of the British higher class", Discuss.
Q.9 Answer any two of the following questions. 06
(a) Write a note on the dramatic significance of the unknown lady episode ?
(b) What is the dramatic significance of the conversation between Mrs. Jones and her husband ?
(c) Write in your own words the proceedings of the case of the two little girls in the court?

SECTION - D :
Q.10 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below :
The scriptures clearly define the three qualities of Tamas, Rajas and Sattva present in all of us. Tamas is inertia or resistance to transformation. Rajas is aggressiveness, restlessness or result oriented action. Sattva is the characteristic of purity inside us. As human beings, all of us have this quality of Sattva, which gives us patience, tolerance and establishes us in a state of utter tranquility. But our Sattvic nature has been pushed to the back ground. That is why we make no progress in spritual practices like meditation. Total confusion, problems and worries are the fruits of
Tamas. Lack of peace or a disturbed mind is the fruit of Rajas. Peace, happiness and contentment are the fruits of Sattva.
Out Sattvic nature is given to us in the form of energy by God himself. It empowers us to cope with problems in a very systematic way without affecting our mental peace or depleting our human qualities. It turns us to divinity and activates our soul. Just like we preserve our minds using the energy called Sattva. If we want to have unflagging inspiration, zeal, zest and dynamism, we have to soak our minds in Sattva.
Sattva gives us the ability to remain unruffled at all times. We interact with so many people. Whatever people say, we should never allow inner peace to get destroyed. If there is a grain of Sattva in us, other people's thoughts, words and actions will bombard and kill it if we react to them. Even if somebody accuses us, keep quiet.
After a while that person will realise his mistake. when we don't react and become completely quiet inside, what comes out of us is Sattva and peace. This is in the form of a vibration.
We cannot see it, but we can feel and experience. These diving vibrations are extremely powerful. They transform people and situations, as no words can.
(i) We get peace of mind from being - (choose one) 01
a) Rajas
b) Tamas
c) Sattvic
d) None of the above.
(ii) Holy writings of a religion (find out the meaning from the passage) 01
(iii) Sattva comes out of us in the form of (choose one) 01
a) Meditation
b) Vibrations
c) Energy
d) Peace
(iv) Give the noun form of word 'content' 01
(v) What inherent qualities are found in all of us ? 02
(vi) What is represented by Tamas and Rajas ? 02
(vii) What do Tamas and Rajas result in ? 02
Q.11 Read the poem and answer the question.
Knowledge is truest wealth, not this which dies.
It cherishes a strange deep peace with in
Unutterably, not the robbers eyes
Ever shall find it out, to give it is gain
It then grows most when parted with and poured
with sleepless hand fills gloriously its lord.
Worlds perish, may knowledge survive their fall,
This wise men cherish ; O Kings, Your pride recall,
You have but wealth, they inner royalty
of lordliest wisdom. Who will these shall vie ?
(i) Give the words from extract which have same meanings.
(a) Protect and care for someone 01
(b) To continue to live or exist 01
(c) Too bad to be expressed in words 01
(ii) Whose fall is survived by knowledge ? 02

SECTION - F :
Q.12 Write an essay on any one of the following - 10
(i) Computer that changed our life.
(ii) My ambition in life.
(iii) Importance of games
(iv) A visit to a hill station.
(v) My daily routine.
(vi) Increasing population.
Q.13 You are Abraham John, the secretary of your school's science club.
A science exhibition is being organized in your school. Write a notice for the school notice board inviting projects and models from the students. Also encourage them to volunteer their services in managing the event. The exhibition is to be held on 28th February.