Class Xii Semester 4 English Model Question Paper Set-4

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Class Xii Semester 4 English Model Question Paper Set-4

PKG ENGLISH STUDY CENTRE

CLASS XII SEMESTER IV

MODEL QUESTION PAPER - BY PKG SIR

SET-5
Time: 2 hrs. Marks: 40
PROSE
1. Answer any two of the following questions: 2×2=4
  1. "You do not know me, but I know you." — Who said this? Why did the speaker say he knew the listener? 1+1
  2. What did the 'Drink Me' bottle taste like? Mention any two flavors Alice identified. 1+1
  3. How did the Tsar help the wounded man? Mention two actions.
  4. Why did Alice think the mouse might be French?
2. Answer any one of the following questions: 6×1=6
  1. "Curiouser and curiouser!" — Describe the physical changes Alice underwent. How did she react to these sudden changes in her size? 2+2+2
  2. What is the moral of the story "Three Questions"? How does the Hermit explain it to the Tsar at the end? 2+4
VERSE
3. Answer any two of the following questions: 2×2=4
  1. What does the image of the "death-bed" signify in the third quatrain of 'Sonnet 73'?
  2. "I hold Creation in my foot" — Who says this and why?
  3. How does the poem 'The Greenhouse Effect' describe the future of the rivers?
  4. Explain the phrase "convenience of the high trees" in 'Hawk Roosting'.
  5. What do "yellow leaves, or none, or few" symbolize?
  6. What is the 'manna' mentioned in 'Hawk Roosting'?
4. Answer any one of the following questions: 6×1=6
  1. How does Shakespeare visualize old age through the imagery of the dying fire in 'Sonnet 73'? Explain the paradox of "consumed with that which it was nourished by". 4+2
  2. "My manners are tearing off heads" — Discuss the brutality and the remorseless nature of the Hawk as depicted in the poem. 6
  3. Summarize the poet's concern for the environment in 'The Greenhouse Effect'.
DRAMA
5. Answer any one of the following questions: 5×1=5
  1. How does the death of Bartley affect Maurya? Is her reaction one of despair or resignation? Discuss. 2+3
  2. Discuss the use of symbols in 'Riders to the Sea' (e.g., the white boards, the bread, the rope). 5
GRAMMAR
6. Do as directed: 2×1=2
  1. I do not know you, and have nothing to forgive you for.
    (Change the Voice)
    2. Or
  2. Alice said, "How queer everything is to-day!"
    (Change the mode of Narration)
7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles/prepositions: 1×3=3
Alice opened the door and found that it led ____________ a small passage, not much larger ____________ a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage ____________ the loveliest garden you ever saw.
WRITING
8. Attempt either (a) or (b):
  1. Write an essay within 150 words on 'The Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence'. 10
    2. Or
  2. Compose an e-mail within 75 words to the Branch Manager of a bank inquiring about an education loan for higher studies. 5

    AND

    Write a blog within 75 words on 'Why Traveling is the Best Form of Education'. 5
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