M.P.BOARD 12TH ENGLISH -2024 Maximum Marks: 80 SOLVED PAPER - ...
M.P.BOARD 12TH ENGLISH -2024 Maximum Marks: 80
SOLVED PAPER - Time : 3 Hors
Instructions - Total Questions: 15
1) Attempt all questions
2) Read the instructions carefully.
3) Marks allotted to each question are indicated against it.
SECTION - ' A'
(Reading)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below: 10
Compared to me, other wonders of the universe pale into insignificance. I am a one-and-a-half kilo mushroom of grey and white tissue of gelatinous consistency. No computer exists that can duplicate all my myriad functions. My component parts are staggering in number: some 30 billion neurons and five to ten times that number of glial cells. And all this fitted into the crown of a size 7 hat! I am Joe's brain.
But I am not just part of Joe. I am Joe- his personality, his reactions, his mental capacity. He thinks that he hears with his ears, tastes with his tongue, and feels with his fingers. All these things happen inside of me - ears, tongue, and fingers merely gather information. I tell him when he is sick when he is hungry; I govern his urge, his moods, everything.
Even when he is asleep I continue to handle traffic that would swamp all the world's telephone exchanges. The amount of information flooding in on Joe from the outside is staggering. How can I cope with it all? I simply select what is important, and Joe ignores the rest. If Joe puts a photograph record on and attempts to read at the same time, he will concentrate on the record or the book, but not both. If Joe becomes involved in a particularly good novel, he should not be surprised if he doesn't remember hearing his favourite musical passage.
Of course, if something potentially dangerous happens, I instantly shift gears. Let Joe slip on the ice and I immediately direct him to regain his balance, and then signal his arms to break the fall. Finally, if he hits the ground, I let Joe know if he is hurt. And the event is stored in my memory to warn Joe to walk carefully on ice in the future.
In addition to taking care of such emergencies, I have thousands of housekeeping chores to perform. Observing breathing, for example, sensors inform me that carbon dioxide is rising in Joe's blood and that he needs more oxygen. I step up the breathing rate timing contraction and relaxation of chest muscles.
In thousands of such ways, I baby Joe. In return, I am piggishly demanding. Although I represent only two percent of Joe's body weight, I require 20 percent of Joe's body weight, I require 20 percent of the oxygen he inhales and a fifth of the blood his heart pumps. I am utterly dependent on a constant supply. Let there be a temporary shortage and Joe faints. Let the supply be cut off for a few minutes and I suffer grave damage- paralysis or death may result. I also demand a steady supply of nourishment-glucose. Even in situations of acute starvations, I get the first call on any available, for without me Joe would die.
Questions :
1) Who is 'I' in the passage?
a) Joe b) Joe's brain c) Joe's nose d) Joe's ears
Ans - b) Joe's brain.
2) The weight of the brain is :
a) Half kg b) 1kg c) 1.5 kg d) 2kg
Ans - c) 1.5 kg.
3) Joe's brain is Joe's :
a) personality b) reactions c) mental capacity d) all of these
Ans - d) all of these.
4) The brain shifts ---------- when something dangerous happens.
a) gears b) mind c) nose d) ears
Ans - a) gears.
5) Ears, tongue, and fingers collect ----------- only'
a) collection b) information c) production d) inspiration
Ans - b) information.
6) The --------- inform the brain that carbon dioxide is rising in Joe's blood.
a) nose b) ears c) brain d) sensors
Ans - d) sensors.
7) Which among these is the adjective form of ' information'.
a) informative b) inform c) informally d) informing
Ans - a) informative.
8) ' In thousands of such ways I baby Joe'
Here ' baby' means:
a) elder b) young children c) young animal d) Joe's brain
Ans - d) Joe's brain.
9) The brain requires ------------ of the oxygen he inhales.
a) 2 percent b) 10 per cent c) 20 per cent d) 30 per cent.
Ans - c) 20 percent.
10. Give the verb form of ' contraction".
a) contractor b) contract c) contribution d) contributor
Ans - b) contract.
2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below :
The ultimate challenge is to make your mind calm. And the ultimate solution is meditation. In today's age, every second person recommends meditation to the first! And for a student, there can't be a powerful technique to improve long-term performance in studies.
A calm mind, better retention, better health, focus, and concentration are the obvious benefits. You will realize the benefits, as your practice includes a general sense of well-being and happiness, and spiritual growth. The " mood " problem can be taken care of in this way - meditation.
There are many types of meditation. The simplest is, of course, focussing on breathing. Since your breath is always with you, it can be done anytime, any place. But the best is to settle down in a cool place with dim light and relatively quiet.
You must focus all your attention on your breathing. Observe your breath as it comes in and goes out. You will see that your mind will tend to wander a lot - but soon you will be able to bring it back on breathing. Don't obstruct thoughts, let them go off. All you need to do is to keep your focus on breathing.
When you try this initially, you'll see how difficult it is! But soon, you'll gain mastery over it and who knows you might end up as a Zen master or a spiritual guru!
Questions :
1) Make notes on the above passage in points. 3
2) Give a suitable title to the passage. 1
1) Ans -
Notes -
1) Today's ultimate challenge - calm mind.
2) Ultimate solution - Meditation.
3) Benefits of Meditation -
a) Helps students to perform better.
b) calm mind, better retention, better health, focus, and concentration.
c) Leads to happiness and spiritual growth.
4) Types of Meditation -
a) Focus on breathing.
b) With regular breathing practice - One can become a Zen Master, or spiritual guru.
2) Ans - Title of the above passage - " The Meditation - A Divine Technique ".
3. You are the head boy of your school. Draft a notice for house captains and vice captains to attend a meeting presided over by the principal to prepare a plan for the annual function.
OR
Design an attractive poster on behalf of Indore Police to educate and warn the people against unclaimed articles like dolls, tiffins, bags, suitcases, transistors, and mobiles lying in public places, trains, and buses. 4
Ans -
Notice -
M. G. M. Higher Secondary School, Khandwa.
Annual Function Meeting
Date - 8th Feb. 2024
Time: 10.30 A. M.
As per our school co-curricular activity schedule, the school management has decided to celebrate the annual function. For that, the meeting is scheduled for next Monday to finalize certain points like the theme of the function, number, and nature of the performances, prize distribution ceremony, volunteers, etc. It is going to be presided by the principal. So, all the Captains and Vice-Captains are advised to be present in the meeting at 11.00 A.M. in the school auditorium.
Head Boy
Shashank Vajpai
12th (science group)
4. You are Sunil, residing at 26, Gandhi Colony, Ujjain. Write a letter to your friend Lalit/ Leena telling him/her how you spent summer vacation. 4
OR
Write a letter to the Post Master of Head Post Office to complain about the postman in your area. You are Priyanshi Batra, residing at 17- Ekta Colony, Guna.
Ans - OR
17- Ekta Colony,
Guna.
Date - 8th. Feb-2024
To, The Postmaster,
Ekta Colony,
Guna.
Sub - An Application complaining about the irregularities of the area postman.
Respected Sir,
I am a resident of Ekta colony and our area postman Mr. Suresh, is neither reliable nor punctual, he does not deliver the letters and parcels on time, many times he delivers wrong parcels, as a 12th science student I have subscribed for a coaching class and I expects some notes, books and assignments every month by post, but because of his negligence I do not get it on time.
My mother is a Govt. Officer and he also expects some important letters and documents from his Delhi head office, but he also suffers a lot. Many times, I have seen him in a drunken state.
I humbly request you, sir, please look into the matter, and either take strict action against or replace him.
Thanking You
Yours Sincerely
Priyanshi Batra
5. Write a paragraph in about 120 words on any one of the following topics: 4
1) The Role of Computers in everyday life.
2) The Importance of Trees.
3) Value of Games.
4) My Ideal Teacher.
OR
You have witnessed an accident. Write a report for a newspaper in about 120 words about the accident using the following details.
Where, when, and how did the accident happen, people, vehicles involved, loss of life and property. The scene of the accident, details of casualties - deaths, injured, hospitalized.
Ans -
2) The Importance of Trees -
Introduction - Trees are always been part of human civilization, culture, and the progress of mankind. We simply can not imagine life in the absence of trees, they are not only known for uncountable offerings like wood, flowers, fruits, leaves, shade, and shelter but also play a crucial role in maintaining environmental balance and ecosystem. They absorb all the harmful gases from the environment and convert them into pure oxygen. Trees make the world promising, inspiring, peaceful, and smoothening, Just imagine one green tree and its cool shade standing firmly amid dry land. Trees also provide enormous benefits such as minimizing the temperature, attracting rain clouds, controlling floods and soil erosion, increasing the water table, providing shelter to wild creatures and birds, combating natural and manmade disasters, and many uncountable advantages.
Every second day, we hear about increasing temperatures, global warming, and changing weather, but we hardly make any sincere efforts to combat this, now the time has come to become very sincere about this, otherwise, we may not be in a position to make eye contact with the future generations to come, because they are going to face a real problem. Last year, in the forest fire, we already lost the maximum amount of these green treasures, and if we start today, it will take years to compensate for the loss, but the need of the hour is to start.
SECTION - 'C '
( Grammer )
6. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct option : ( any five ) 5
1) We keep our bread in the fridge ---------- it doesn't go bad.
a) after b) so that c) since d) although
Ans - b) so that.
2) How --------- milk do you buy daily.
a) many b) few c) all d) much
Ans - d) much.
3) Indian youth is full --------- hope for the bright future of the country.
a) of b) for c) at d) on
Ans - a) of.
4) Mohan ---------- speak two languages.
a) need b) dare c) can d) used to
Ans - c) can.
5) ---------- man who wrote this book is my friend.
a) A b) An c) The d) No article.
Ans - c) The.
6) I know -------- he is ill.
a) who b) that c) which d) where.
Ans - b) that.
7. Do as directed: ( any five) 5
1. My friend sent me a letter. ( change the voice)
Ans - A letter was sent to me by my friend.
or - I was sent a letter by my friend.
2. As soon as I met my friend, I started weeping.
( Rewrite the sentence using ' No sooner ------- than)
Ans - No sooner did I meet my friend than I started weeping.
3. You can catch the bus if you take a taxi,
( Rewrite using 'unless' in place of 'if')
Ans - You can not catch the bus unless you take a taxi.
4. He had his lunch.
(change into ' past perfect tense)
Ans - He had had his lunch.
5. a) She did not talk to me.
b) She did not look at me.
( combine using ' neither ...... nor)
Ans - Neither she talked to me nor looked at me.
6. You/ have/ how much/ experience/got?
(Rearrange the words and make a sentence)
Ans - How much have you got experience?
7. The tea is so hot that I can't drink it.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'too......to)
Ans - The tea is too hot to drink.
8. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions given below: 5
When I first visited Gandhi in 1942 at his ashram in Sevagram, in central India, he said, " I will tell you how it happened that I decided to urge the departure of the British. It was in 1917".
He had gone to the December 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress in Lucknow. There were 2301 delegates and many visitors. During the proceedings, Gandhi recounted, "A peasant came up to me looking like any other peasant in India, poor and emaciated, and said,' I am Rajkumar Shukla. I am from Champaran, and I went you to come to my district'!". Gandhi had never heard of the place. It was in the foothills of the towering Himalayas near the Kingdom of Nepal.
Questions :
1. How many delegates were there at the annual convention of the Indian National Congress Party?
a) 2301 b) 2401 c) 2500 d) 2600
Ans - a) 2301.
2. When did Rajkumar Shukla meet Gandhi?
a) in 1916 b) in 1917 c) in 1942 d) in 1947
Ans - b) in 1942.
3. Give the similar meaning of the word ' peasant':
a) visitor b) traveller c) convener d) farmer
Ans - d) farmer.
4. Champaran is situated :
a) in Sevagram b) in Lucknow c) near Nepal d) near Sri Lanka
Ans - c) near Nepal.
5. From which lesson this extract has been taken?
a) The Last Lesson b) Indigo c) The Interview d) Going Places
Ans - b) Indigo.
9 ( A) Read the extract carefully and answer the questions given below : 3
Driving from my parents
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open-mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she looked but soon
put that thought away.
Questions :
1. The poetess is coming from
a) Cochin b) her parent's home c) the airport d) Delhi
Ans - b) her parent's home.
2. The word ' corpse' means
a) father b) a body part c) parents d) dead body
Ans - d) dead body.
3. Name the poet
a) Kamla Das b) Pablo Neruda c) John Keats d) Robert Frost
Ans - a) Kamla Das.
( B) Read the extract carefully and answer the questions given below: 4
The chief astrologer placed his finger on his nose in wonder. A baby barely 10 days old opens its lips in speech! Not only that, but it also raises intelligent questions! Incredible! Rather like the bulletin issued by the war office, than facts
The chief astrologer took his finger off his nose and fixed his eyes upon the little prince.
"The prince was born in the hour of the Bull. The Bull and the Tiger are enemies, therefore death comes from the tiger," he explained.
1. The cheap astrologer placed his finger:
a)on his mouth b) on his head c) on his nose d) on his leg
Ans - c) on his nose.
2. How many days hold is the baby when he opens his lips in speech?
a) 10 days b)20 days c) 30 days d) 40 days
Ans - a) 10 days
3. The Prince was born
a) in the hour of the bull b) in the hour of the tiger
c) in the hour of the Bull and the tiger d) all of these
Ans - a) in the hour of the bull.
4. From which lesson this extract has been taken?
a) the third level b) the enemy c) the tiger king d) on the face of it
Ans - c) the tiger king.
10. Answer the following questions in about 30 words ( any five) 10
1. What had been put up on the bulletin board?
2. What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? where has he come from?
3. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
4. What doubts did Edla have about the Peddler?
5. List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.
6. Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
11. Answer the following questions in about 30 words ( any three ) 6
1. Why has the mother been compared to the' late winter's moon'?
2. What is the' sadness' that the poet refers to in the poem ' Keeping quiet'?
3. List the things of beauty mentioned in the poem' A thing of beauty'?
4. What is the' childish longing' that the poet refers to?
12. Answer any two of the following questions in about 30 words each: 4
1. What does the third level refer to?
2. Who is the tiger king? Why does he get that name?
3. Will Hanna help the wounded man and wash him herself?
13. Answer the following questions in about 75 words each: ( any two ) 6
1. What did Mr. Hamel say about the French language?
2. What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into rattrap?
3. Is Sahib happy working at the tea stall? Explain.
14. Answer any one of the following questions in about 75 words each: 3
1. Write the central idea of the poem' keeping quiet'.
2. Summarize the poem' A Thing of Beauty'.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in about 75 words each: 3
1. What are the indications for the future of humankind?
2. What did the royal infant grow up to be?
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