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marks
10 marks

20 OR
You are Satish/Sonali, the student prefect incharge of the school library. You have
been asked to place an order for children’s story books (Ages 10-13 yrs). Write
a letter to M.S. Book Depot Ramnagar, Bikaner placing an order for the books.
Invent the necessary details.
Q.6. India is a country with diverse cultures, traditions, religious and political beliefs.
To keep such a country together, to bind the people and take the nation ahead on
the path of progress, democracy is the most suitable form of government. Write
an article in about 150-200 words. You are Akshay/Asha a class XII student at
Rosary Senior Secondary School Lucknow.
OR
You are Amit/Amita a student of class XII at K.N. Senior Secondary School
Nagpur. You recently visited a hill station alongwith your parents. It was an
exhilarating, adventrous and joyful experience. Write an article for the school
magazine sharing your experience in 150-200 words.
Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Section C : Text Books.
Q7. Read the extract given below and answer the question tha follow : 4 marks
a)Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
(a) Why were Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering? 1 mark
(b) What is suggested by the image the massive weight of uncle’s wedding
band?1 mark
(c) Why did Aunt Jennifer create animals which were so different from her
own character? 2 marks
OR
And yet, for these
Children, these windows, not this map, their world,
Where all their future’s painted with a fog,
A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky
Far far from rivers, capes and stars of words.
(a) What does the map on the wall signify? 1
(b) Who are these children? What is their world like? 2
(c) What kind of future does the poet foresee for them? 1
(b) Answer any three of the following questions in about 30-40 words. 6 marks
(a) What does Stephen Spender want for the children of the slums?
How can their lives change?
(b) How will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us?
(c) What is the childish longing that the poet refers to? Why is it ‘vain’ ?10 marks

21 (d) Why is grandeur associated with the mighty dead?
Q.8.Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words. 10 marks
(a) Why was Franz afraid when he was going to school that day?
(b) What is the misadventure that William Douglas speaks about?
(c) Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
(d) Why was Sophie jealous of her brother’s silence?
(e) Why did Rajkumar Shukla go to meet Gandhi?
Q.9. Answer any one of the following in about 125-150 words. 10 marks
The life of bangle makers of Firozabad was full of obstacles which forced them
to lead a life of poverty and deprivation. Discuss with reference to Lost Spring.
Or
Asokamitran has used humor and satire effectively in Poets and Pancakes.
Discuss.
Q.10. Answer any one of the following in about 125-150 words. 7 marks
Individuals who belong to enemy countries tend to hate each other even if they
do not know each other personally. At times it is seen that some of them rise
above such prejudices. What makes a human being do so?
Or
An adult’s perspective is different from that of a child. Why? Answer with
reference to the story Should Wizard hit Mommy?
Q.11. Answer the following briefly (30-40 words) 8 marks
(1) Why does Charley say that grand station is growing like a tree in the story
The Third level?
(2) Why does Derry tell Mr. Lamb that he is afraid of seeing himself in the mirror
in the story On the Face of It?
(3) Why did people doubt Evan’s sincerity towards taking the ‘O’ Level Exam, in
Evan Tries an O-Level?
(4) What does Zitkala-sa do to avoid having her hair cut?

22 ENGLISH CORE
CODE NO.: 301
Class-XII
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER II
Marking Scheme
Section A: Reading Max. Marks : 20
Answer Key
1.a. to mind our thoughts, for our thoughts are the foundation, the inspiration, the
motivating power of our deeds, and are the causes and the conditions of the effects.
b. Krishna says this because even when inactive on the bodily plane, we are all the time
acting on the thought plane. Therefore, if we observe ourselves, we can easily mould
our thoughts,
c. our thoughts affect the whole body. Each thought once generated and sent out
becomes independent of the brain and mind and we live upon its energy depending
upon its intensity
d. We can change our mood by mixing with people who are cheerful. We can bring
about the desired result by following:
• by choosing the thought seeds of right ideas, noble and courageous aspirations
that will be received by minds of the same nature,
a. Right introspection will be required of us to determine what we really desire
to effect.
1.2 a. Dynamic
b. Cyclic
c. introspection
2.1 Title: Temple of Somnathpur
Notes 1. Prominent temples at Somnathpur
i. built around 1268 A.D. by the Hoyasalas.
ii. built by the most prolific temple-builders.
(ii) Belur and Helebid
(iii) suffered during the invasions of the 14 century
2. Temple: the beauty and vitality
(a) Detailed sculpture- covering walls, pillars, ceilings.
(b) Three shikharas- stands star-shaped, raised platform -