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CLASS XII SEMESTER IV

MODEL QUESTION PAPER - BY PKG SIR

SET-1

Time: 2 hrs. Marks: 40

PROSE

1. Answer any two of the following questions: 2×2=4

1. What did the Hermit do when the Tsar approached him? What was he digging? 1+1
2. Where did Alice find the tiny golden key? What did it open? 1+1
3. Why did the bearded man want to kill the Tsar?
4. What did Alice see through the small door into the garden?

2. Answer any one of the following questions: 6×1=6

1. "Forgive me!"—Who said this and to whom? Why did he ask for forgiveness? How did the listener react to this confession? 1+1+2+2
2. Describe the "Pool of Tears" scene in Alice in Wonderland. Who else fell into the pool with Alice? 4+2

VERSE

3. Answer any two of the following questions: 2×2=4

1. What do the "bare ruined choirs" signify in 'Sonnet 73'?
2. How does the Hawk describe his physical features in the first stanza?
3. "The sun is behind me"—Who says this? What does it imply about the speaker's power? 1+1
4. What warning does the poet give about the future in 'The Greenhouse Effect'?
5. Which time of day is described in the second quatrain of 'Sonnet 73'?
6. What is the "sophistry" mentioned in 'Hawk Roosting'?

4. Answer any one of the following questions: 6×1=6

1. Analyze the central theme of power and arrogance in Ted Hughes' poem 'Hawk Roosting'.
2. How does Shakespeare use the metaphors of Autumn, Twilight, and Fire to describe his old age in 'Sonnet 73'? 2+2+2
3. Discuss the impact of global warming on the planet as depicted in 'The Greenhouse Effect'.

DRAMA

5. Answer any one of the following questions: 5×1=5

1. Sketch the character of Maurya in 'Riders to the Sea'. How does she represent the universal suffering of mothers? 3+2
2. "No man at all can be living for ever, and we must be satisfied." — Who says this? Explain the context and the significance of this final line. 1+2+2

GRAMMAR

6. Do as directed: 2×1=2

1. The Tsar said to him, "You have already been answered."
   (Change the mode of Narration)
Or
2. I found the window.
   (Change the Voice)

7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles/prepositions: 1×3=3

The sun began ____________ sink behind the trees, and ____________ Tsar at last stuck ____________ spade into the ground.

WRITING

8. Attempt either (a) or (b):

1. Write an essay within 150 words on 'Impact of Social Media on Students'. 10
Or
2. Compose an e-mail within 75 words to the Local BDO requesting the arrangement of safe drinking water in your locality during summer. 5
   
   AND
   
   Write a blog within 75 words on 'The Benefits of Reading Newspapers Daily'. 5

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