Jharkhand English Model Question Paper : www.jac.nic.in Plus Two / 12th Std / +2

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Document Described : English Question Paper, Jharkhand Question Paper

ENGLISH
(Core)
(Compulsory)
Full Marks – 100
Time – 3 Hours

General Instructions :
I. All questions are compulsory.
II. Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
III. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper.
IV. All the parts of a question must be written together.
V. This question paper consists of 3 (three) Sections.
VI. Figures in the right margin indicate full marks.
VII. Strictly adhere to the word limit given in each question.
VIII. Answers of the questions must be in the contexts of the instructions given therein.

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Section – A :
(Reading Skills)
Marks – 20
A.1. Read the passage and answer the questions :
The old lady was glad to be back at the flat where she lived. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier. In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest but when she got out she discovered her front door open. She was thinking that she must reprimand her daily maid the next morning for such a monstrous piece of negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after her maid had left
and she had turned both the keys in their locks. She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following her regular practice she had, shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing room, she saw a scene of confusion over by her writing desk. It was as clear as daylight then that burglar had forced an entry in her absence. Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter form the basement.
The time her legs were beginning to tremble, she sat down and accepted a cup of strong tea, while she telephoned to the police. Then her compound regained, she was ready to set off the porter’s assistance to search for any intruders who might be still lurking in her flat.
They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for finger tips. She had lived in the flat for thirty years. Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat. The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked the front door locks had not been forced, thereby proving that the burglars had
either used skeleton keys or entered over the balcony.

There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers. So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglar’s first job that day and they must have been disturbed. The inspector then asked the lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights. The old lady thoughts that she was a fussy creature, but since the porteragreed with him, she rang up her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother.

Answer the following questions : 2×6=12
(i) Why did the old lady feel glad to be back at her flat ?
(ii) Why was the old lady surprised to find her front door open ?
(iii) What made her realize that burglars had entered the flat ?
(iv) Why did she go to the basement ?
(v) Why she didn’t touch anything while going through the rooms ?
(vi) What did the police inspector find while searching fingerprints ?

A.2. Read the following passage :
The work of the heart can never be interrupted. The heart’s job is to keep oxygenrich blood flowing through the body. All the body’s cells need a constant supply of oxygen especially those in the brain. The brain cells live only four or five minutes after the oxygen is cut-off and death comes to the entire body. The heart is a specialized muscle that serves as a pump. This pump is divided into four chambers. In the lungs, the blood gives
up its carbon dioxide and picks up fresh oxygen. Then it is pushed into a big blood vessel called aorta and sent round the body by way of arteries.
Heart diseases can result from damage to the heart muscle, the valves or the pacemaker, if the muscle is damaged, the heart is unable to pump properly. If the valves are damaged, blood cannot flow normally and easily from one chamber to another.

(a) On the basis of your reading make notes
on it, using headings and sub-headings.
Also use 4 abbreviations. Use a format
you consider suitable and supply an
appropriate title. 5
(b) Write a summary of the above passage
in about 60 words. 3

Section – B :
(Advanced Writing Skills)
Marks – 35
B.1. You are Nandita/Naresh. As secretary of the Cultural Club of your school write a thanks giving programme in a notice for your school notice-board, giving necessary information about the programme in not moe than 50 words. 5
Or
You are going to contest the elections for the post of the president of the student’s council of your school. Design a poster in not more than 50 words for your voters impressing upon them why they would vote for you. You may use slogans.
B.2. You are Ampra/Avinash of Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Sr. Sec. School, Chandigarh. Recently you had the honour of having participated as a contingent leader of your school was adjudged as the best participating
team. Write a report in not more than 100 words about this memorable event for publication in your school magazine. (100 words) 10
B.3. You are Radha/Anil of 162 K. Nagar, Andhra. Last week you bought an automatic Onida Washing Machine from Modern Gadgets,
Namili, Andhra. Now you find that the machine is not clearing clothes properly and making on unbearable wise. Write a letter to the dealer complaining about the same and requesting him to change the washing
machine and the earliest (150 words). 10
B.4. You are Kamlesh/Kareena of Tatanagar. Write a letter to the Editor of the Ranchi Express, Ranchi about the speeding vehicles causing
road accidents. Draw the attentions of the concerned authorities and offer your suggestions. 10