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English - XII 1999(CBSE)
You are on
Class questions
3 to 10
SECTION B-(ADVANCE
WRITING SKILLS)
Q 3 (a) You are Manav/Manasi working as he Students's
Representative on the School Development Committee. The committee is
going to meet next week to prepare a Calendar of Activities for the
School for the year 1999-2000. To ensure that you play your role
effectively at the proposed meetingyou have decided to invite the
students' suggestions on this subject. Write a notice in this regard
innot more than 50 words to be put up on your school notice-board.
(5 marks)
(b) You are
Abhinav/Aakriti. You have received a letter from your close friend,
inviting you to attend the marriage of
his sister. But unfortunately, you can not attend it due to your
previous commitments. Write him a
letter regretting your inability to attend the marriage ceremony. (5
marks)
Q 4. You are Kushan/Kajol working for The Times of
India as a reporter. Yesterday you were invited to attend a press conference called by the
Chief Minister of delhi on "Unprecedented Price Rise of
Vegetables and Pulses." Write a report for
the paper in not more than 100 words covering what the Chief Minister said to tackle this issue
against the background of the forthcoming assembly elections.( 5 marks)
OR
You are Rajat/Ranjita. The
other day you participated in an inter-school debate competition as
a contestant, organized by the Lions Club of your area, in which you
spoke for the motion and stood first. The topic for the debate was
"In the opinion of the house, free education upto Secondary level is
the fundamental right of every Indian child"" Write a reporton this
event in not more than 100 words for publication in your school
magazine.
Q 5. You are
Amol/Anubha staying at 162, Kailash Hills, New Delhi. Last month,
you bought a cordless electric iron from
'Premier electronic Goods', South Extn., New Delhi against a
warranty of 2 years. Now you discover that
there is something wrong with this iron. Its heat lasts hardly for a
few seconds after it is taken off the mains.
Write a letter to the dealer complaining about it. Also request him
to change this defective iron against the
warranty that goes with it (Word limit: 2000 words). (10
marks)
OR
You are Aakanksha/Abhijeet
staying in Kanishka Cooperative Group housing Society, Indira Nagar,
Mumbai. There are no street lights on themain road leading to this
colony. The road gets so dark after seven in the evenings in winter
that the possibility of some major accident cannot be ruled out.
Write a letter to the editor of a national daily drawing attention
of the government to this serious problem of the residents of Indira
Nagar. (Word limit: 200 words) (10 marks)
Q 6. While going to
your school in the morning you noticed hundreds of men and women
queuing up before the vegetable booth of your
locality. On inquiring you were told that they were waiting to buy 2
Kgs. Of onion on their ration cards, which were
available only at a very high price in the open market. In anguish
you decide to write an article for publication in
a national daily, suggesting ways and means to overcome
this problem and avert its recurrence in future .
(Word limit : 200 words) (10 marks)
OR
This year children of many
schools in Delhi took a vow not to use crackers and other fire-works
on the occasion of Deepawali to reduce air and noise pollution and
also to register their protest against the child labour involved in
this industry. The next day, almost all the important national
dailies published this news with great appreciation for this unique
gesture on the part of the children. Getting motivated by this news,
write an article on `Role of children in curbing Black-Marketing and
Criminalization in Politics' for publication in the Education Times.
(Word limit: 200 words.) (10 marks)
SECTION - C (Text
Books)
Q 7. Read the following
passage and answer the questions that follow:
The ground was too muddy and
he slithered . He had hardly gone five yards when a stick caught him
in the middle and he broke his back. A volley of blows reduced him
to a squishy-squashy pulp of black and white jelly, spattered with
blood and mud. His head was still undamaged.
(i) Name the lesson from which
the above lines have been extracted. (1 mark)
(ii) Who is the victim? (1 mark)
(iii)
Why could't he save himself from his attackers? (2
marks)
(iv) Why did the attackers try to kill him? (1
mark)
(v) Why did they avoid damaging his hood? (1
mark)
(vi) Select words from the above passage which convey
similar meanings: (3 marks)
(a)
shower
(b)
mash
(c) hurt
Q 8. Answer the
following questions in 30-40 words each:
(i) What causes the old tiger's death? (2
marks)
(ii) Why does Charlie fail to attract Nancy in spite
of his passionate love for her? (2 marks)
(iii) Did Miss
Stubbs have a knowledge of her impending death? Give a reason. (2
marks)
(iv) Why did Mikali's fellow Aremenians chase him
away? (2 marks)
(v) Why did the 'Titanic look fascinating'
just before diping into the sea? (2 marks)
(vi) Both
Robichon and Quinquart loved Brouette equally. Who did she say she
would finally marry, and why? (2
marks)
(vii) What happened to life and property after the
atom-bomb was dropped? (2 marks)
(viii) Why did Cassius not
ring up his white millionaire sponsors? Give two reasons.
Q 9. Imagine yourself
to be a Gafur, the character in the story Drought by Sarat Chand
Chatterjee. Being persecuted by the village
Zamindar you decide to leave the village. Justify your decision of
leaving the village in about 150 words. (10
marks)
OR
`Both Mr. Patch and Miss Straw
got the kind of spouse they had been looking for.' Point out
relevant traits of their personality to justify this remark. (word
limit : 150)
Q 10. 'A Man Who Had No
Eyes is a story of two totally different outlooks on life.' Cite
relevant instances from the
story to justify this remark. (Word limit : 150 ) (10
marks)
OR
Fatima's parents wanted her to
marry a man whom she despised. Do you think it was proper on the
part of her parents to arrange such a marriage? Give at least three
reasons in support of your view.
(Word limit:150)
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