CLASS 12 SEMESTER III
MODEL SET 1 2026 BY PKGWAY
Total
Time: 1 Hour 15 minutes | Total Marks: 40
Multiple
Choice Questions
UNIT I (Prose)
1 X 10 =
10 marks
1. The poet
was afraid of discovering ---
(A) what
really not happed to the girl.
(B) what
really happed to the girl.
(C) what
really occurred to the girl.
(D) what truly
happed to the girl.
2. The
narrator in Ruskin Bond's "The Night Train at Deoli" met the basketselling
girl for the second time during his:
(A) Summer
vacation
(B) Autumn
break
(C) Winter
holidays
(D) Spring
trip
3. Kalam's
father, Jainulabdeen, would begin his day at 4 a.m. by:
(A)
Reading the namaz
(B)
Visiting the coconut grove
(C)
Dipping his fingertips in water
(D)
Walking to the town market
4. Pakshi
Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of the Rameswaram temple, was a very close
friend of:
(A)
Samsuddin
(B)
Jalaluddin
(C)
Kalam's father
(D) Ahmed
Jallaluddin
5. In
"The Bet", during the first year of his confinement, the prisoner
sent messages indicating that he suffered greatly from:
(A) Hunger
and thirst
(B)
Loneliness and depression
(C) Severe
physical illness
(D)
Intense cold and dampness
6. Choose
the appropriate reason for the following assertion:
Assertion:
In the tenth year of his solitary confinement, the lawyer sat immovably at the
table and read only one single work.
(A) He was
preparing to study civil and criminal codes
(B) He
spent the entire year reading nothing but the New Testament
(C) He had
lost interest in reading printed literature
(D) He had
gone blind from reading under dim lamplight
7. How
many languages did the prisoner master during his study of languages,
philosophy, and history?
(A) Four
(B) Six
(C) Eight
(D) Two
8.
According to Kalam, his father possessed great innate wisdom and a true:
(A)
Ambition for worldly wealth
(B)
Generosity of spirit
(C)
Knowledge of modern science
(D) Pride
in his family lineage
9. The
banker decided to kill the prisoner on the dark autumn night because:
(A) The
prisoner had insulted him in his letter
(B) Paying
the bet of two millions would completely ruin him financially
(C) He
wanted to save the lawyer from lifelong despair
(D) The
watchman urged him to end the confinement
10.
Rearrange the following events from Anton Chekhov's "The Bet" in
chronological order:
I. The
banker locked the paper containing the lawyer's renunciation in his fireproof
safe.
II. The
banker gave a lively party where the guests debated capital punishment.
III. The
banker crept into the garden lodge with the intention of stifling the prisoner.
IV. The
lawyer left the lodge five minutes before the agreed term expired.
(A) II,
III, IV, I
(B) II, I,
III, IV
(C) I, II,
IV, III
(D) IV,
II, III, I
UNIT II (Verse)
1 \times
10 = 10 marks
11. In
"Our Casuarina Tree", the creeper winds round the tree trunk like a:
(A)
Slender ribbon
(B) Huge
Python
(C) Raging
serpent
(D)
Coiling ivy
12.
"What is that dirgelike murmur that I hear / Like the sea breaking on a
shinglebeach?"
The poet
describes this murmur as:
(A) The
sea waves reaching her window
(B) The
lament of the tree whispering through memory
(C) The
sound of the wind rattling the casement
(D) The
song sung by the waterlilies
13. The
casuarina tree is dear to the speaker's soul primarily because:
(A) It is
the tallest tree in the garden
(B)
Beautiful crimson blossoms cover its boughs
(C)
Beneath its boughs, she played with loved companions in childhood
(D) It
provides shelter to birds, bees, and baboons
14. In
"Our Casuarina Tree", the poetess consecrated the lay to the tree in
honour of those who are:
(A)
Resting in sweet slumber in their graves
(B)
Traveling across foreign oceans
(C)
Fighting bravely in distant battles
(D) Living
in lonely exile in Italy and France
15. Choose
the false statement regarding "Our Casuarina Tree":
(A) Toru
Dutt wishes to shield the tree from oblivion's curse.
(B) The
shadow of the giant tree falls upon the snowwhite waterlilies.
(C) The
poetess only remembered the tree when she was in her home garden in India.
(D) The
tree trunk wears the creeper like a gallant scarf.
16.
Statement 1: Ulysses declares that his purpose is to sail beyond the sunset and
the baths of all the western stars until he dies.
Statement
2: Ulysses intends to take his son Telemachus along on his final ocean voyage.
(A) Both
statements are true
(B)
Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
(C)
Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
(D) Both
statements are false
17.
Ulysses refers to his subjects in Ithaca as:
(A) Loyal
warriors who honour their king
(B) A
savage race that hoard, and sleep, and feed
(C) Wise
citizens eager for noble learning
(D) Weary
sailors waiting for the tides
18.
"How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnish'd, not to
______ in use!"
(A) glow
(B) shine
(C) burn
(D) live
19. In
"Ulysses", Telemachus is described as being well suited to:
(A)
Explore the dark, broad seas
(B) Soften
a rugged people through slow prudence
(C) Lead
mighty armies in foreign conquests
(D) Seek
adventures in the Happy Isles
20. What
is Ulysses' view of experience?
(A) It is
an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world
(B) It is
a heavy burden that slows down old men
(C) It is
a closed book meant only for scholars
(D) It is
a quiet haven of peaceful memory
UNIT III (Drama)
1 \times 5
= 5 marks
21. Nora
and Cathleen identify Michael's clothes primarily by:
(A) A
silver ring sewn into the sleeve
(B)
Counting the dropped stitches in the stocking
(C) The
distinct blue pattern of the knitted flannel
(D) A red
ribbon tied around the collar
22. Maurya
was unable to give Bartley her blessing before he set out for the Connemara
fair because:
(A) She
had fallen into a deep sleep
(B) She
saw the vision of Michael riding behind him on the gray pony
(C) She
was angry at Nora and Cathleen
(D) The
priest forbade her from speaking
23. Assertion
(A): Maurya does not weep or wail when Bartley's dead body is brought into the
cottage.
Reason
(R): Having lost all six sons, husband, and fatherinlaw to the sea, she has
reached a state of resignation where the sea has nothing left to take from her.
(A) Both
(A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both
(A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is
true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is
false, but (R) is true
24. What
fatal accident took Bartley's life?
(A) His
boat capsized near the black cliffs
(B) The
gray pony knocked him into the sea over the rocks
(C) He
fell from the pier into the deep surf
(D) A
sudden wave washed him away while tying his horse
25. Read
the following statements carefully and choose the correct option:
I. Bartley
went to Galway to sell the red mare and the gray pony.
II. The
young priest firmly believed that the Almighty God would not leave Maurya
destitute with no son living.
III.
Maurya purchased white boards from the Connemara timberman to make Michael's
coffin.
IV. Nora
and Cathleen hid the bundle of clothes inside the turfloft so Maurya would not
see it.
(A) (I) True, (II) True, (III) False, (IV) True
(B) (I) False, (II) True, (III) True, (IV) False
(C) (I) True, (II) False, (III) True, (IV) True
(D) (I) False, (II) True, (III) False, (IV) True
UNIT IV (Textual Grammar)
1 \times 5
= 5 marks
26. My
father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, downtoearth
Tamil.
Change
into Passive Voice:
(A)
Complex spiritual concepts could conveyed in very simple, downtoearth Tamil by
my father.
(B)
Complex spiritual concepts could be conveyed in very simple, downtoearth Tamil
by my father.
(C) In
very simple, downtoearth Tamil complex spiritual concepts were convey by my
father.
(D)
Complex spiritual concepts can be conveyed by my father in simple Tamil.
27. The
young lawyer was twentyfive years old. He believed that capital punishment and
lifeimprisonment were equally immoral.
Join into
a single complex sentence:
(A) The
young lawyer, who was twentyfive years old, believed that capital punishment
and lifeimprisonment were equally immoral.
(B) Being
twentyfive years old, the young lawyer believed both punishments were equally
immoral.
(C) The
young lawyer was twentyfive years old and he believed capital punishment and
lifeimprisonment were immoral.
(D)
Believing capital punishment and lifeimprisonment to be immoral, the lawyer
reached twentyfive years of age.
28. She
stood by the window with a basket. She smiled at me.
Join into
a simple sentence:
(A) She
stood by the window with a basket and smiled at me.
(B)
Standing by the window with a basket, she smiled at me.
(C) While
she was standing by the window with a basket, she smiled at me.
(D) As she
stood by the window with a basket, she smiled at me.
29. “If
you mean what you say,” said the banker, “I will bet you two millions.”
Change the
mode of narration:
(A) The
banker told that if he meant what he said, he will bet him two millions.
(B) The
banker said that if the lawyer had meant what he said, he would bet two
millions.
(C) The
banker declared that if the lawyer meant what he said, he would bet him two
millions.
(D) The
banker exclaimed whether he meant what he said to bet two millions.
30. I
resolved that I would not forget her face.
Rewrite
using the noun form of 'resolved':
(A) I took
a resolution that I would not forget her face.
(B) I made
resolute that I would not forget her face.
(C) In my
resolute mind, I would not forget her face.
(D) My
resolving was that I would not forget her face.
UNIT V (Reading Comprehension Unseen)
1 \times
10 = 10 marks
Read the
passage given below carefully and choose the correct alternatives:
In the
heart of the Western Ghats lies the Silent Valley, an evergreen tropical
rainforest largely undisturbed by human settlement. For centuries, the dense
canopy shielded this vibrant ecosystem, preserving rare species of flora and
fauna found nowhere else on earth. Among its most celebrated inhabitants is the
endangered liontailed macaque, an elusive primate adapted to life high above
the forest floor.
In the
late 1970s, this tranquil reserve faced grave peril when a hydroelectric
project was proposed across the Kunthipuzha River, threatening to submerge a
vast tract of pristine wilderness. Scientists, local teachers, and
environmentalists united in protest under the banner of the "Save Silent
Valley" movement. Rather than viewing the valley merely as a reservoir of
untapped power, they highlighted its irreplaceable biodiversity and
evolutionary significance. Public rallies, poetry, and scientific debates
successfully altered national policy, leading to the shelving of the dam
project in 1983. Silent Valley was officially designated a National Park in
1984, standing today as a monument to ecological awareness and collective
citizen action.
31. Silent
Valley is located in which mountain range?
(A) The
Eastern Ghats
(B) The
Western Ghats
(C) The
Aravalli Range
(D) The
Himalayas
32. The
endangered primate highlighted in the passage is the:
(A) Golden
langur
(B)
Nilgiri tahr
(C) Liontailed
macaque
(D)
Slender loris
33. Which
river was slated to have a hydroelectric dam constructed across it?
(A)
Periyar
(B)
Kunthipuzha
(C)
Bharathapuzha
(D) Kaveri
34. The
proposed dam project was formally shelved in the year:
(A) 1970
(B) 1979
(C) 1983
(D) 1984
35. Silent
Valley was declared a National Park in:
(A) 1981
(B) 1983
(C) 1984
(D) 1989
36. Choose
the word from the passage that means "quiet and peaceful":
(A)
Pristine
(B)
Tranquil
(C)
Elusive
(D)
Significant
37. Choose
the antonym of the word "endangered" based on general context:
(A)
Threatened
(B) Secure
(C) Rare
(D)
Perilous
38.
Statement I: The primary threat to Silent Valley was industrial timber logging.
Statement
II: The "Save Silent Valley" movement involved scientists, educators,
and citizens.
(A) Both
statements are true
(B) Only
Statement I is true
(C) Only
Statement II is true
(D) Both
statements are false
39. The
environmentalists and researchers opposed the dam primarily because:
(A) The
river did not have enough water flow
(B) It
would submerge an irreplaceable biodiversity hotspot
(C) The
cost of construction was too high
(D) The
state did not need electricity
40.
Statement I: Silent Valley is a deciduous forest cleared every spring.
Statement
II: The reserve today serves as a testimony to public environmental
conservation.
(A) Both
statements are true
(B) Only
Statement I is true
(C) Only
Statement II is true
(D) Both
statements are false
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