sample question papers - Central Board of Secondary Education
sample question papers - Central Board of Secondary Education sample question papers - Central Board of Secondary Education
(iii) Explain - “Their dreams that drip with murder”, 2 Marks (iv) What is the contradiction in the last line? OR 2 Marks “Where are the songs of Spring! Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble plains’ with rosy hue.”, (i) Name the poet and the poem. 2 Marks (ii) Who is referred to as, “thou”? 1 Mark (iii) What does the poet mean when he says “songs of spring”? 2 Marks (iv) What image is conjured up with “stubbled plains”? 2 Marks 11. Answer any two of the following in 50 words each: 4 × 2 = 8 Marks (i) What is a poem according to Archibald Macleish? . (ii) What are the images used by Ramanujan to describe his mother as a young woman? (iii) Cite two instances of irony from the poem “Curtain”. 12. Answer any one of the following (80 to 100 words): 5 Marks Alexander is a wiser man at the end. How has he changed?What would you attribute these changes to? OR Seargeant Morris was very apprehensive about handing over the paw to anyone else. That night he writes a diary entry expressing his feelings and why he is apprehensive. Write his diary entry. 13. Answer any two in 50 words each: 4 × 2 = 8 Marks (i) “I remained in the litchi tree, pondering over his wisdom ....” says the narrator of ‘What’s YourDream?’ What was the wisdom? (ii) Why does Robert Lynd say, “ .... the bee is morally far higher in the scale than the mosquito”? (iii) How was Doronin’s attitude towards the love they felt for each other different from Lisa’s? 14. Answer any one in 100–125 words : 7 Marks (i) It is said that man proposes and god disposes. Bring out the truth of this statement with reference to the story “A Room 10’ × 8". OR (ii) “1 have known children who preferred school time to vacation” What are the suggestions made by Einstein to make school an enjoyable place for children? 44
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH Class – XII Sample Question Paper – II Marking Scheme Section A : Reading Max. Marks : 20 1. Objectives (Goa) • to read and comprehend the given text • to understand the writers attitude and bias • to infer • to differentiate between claims and realities. Answers 1.1. She has been able to link up autobiography and the collective history of Goa. 1 Mark 1.2. • easy going Goan drunkard • sun and sand kingdom • Goan culture seen as Europian India (Any 2) 2 Marks 1.3. • lives of thinkers in Goa • the pictures of conversion' 2 Marks 1.4. • they fought the conversion' • they went away to Kerala 1 Mark 1.5. Two cultures Indian and European. 2 Marks 2. (1) tapestry 4 Marks (2) stereotypes (3) reminiscences (4) imposition 2. Objectives (Stress) • to make notes from various resources • to develop the extracted ideas into sustained pieces of writing. Answers Title: Free of Stress/ Acupuncture and Stress (any other suitable title) I. Medical conditions - result of stress (a) diabetes (b) B.P. (c) heart problems (d) ulcers II. Facts about Stress 45
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FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH<br />
Class – XII<br />
Sample Question Paper – II<br />
Marking Scheme<br />
Section A : Reading Max. Marks : 20<br />
1. Objectives (Goa)<br />
• to read and comprehend the given text<br />
• to understand the writers attitude and bias<br />
• to infer<br />
• to differentiate between claims and realities.<br />
Answers<br />
1.1. She has been able to link up autobiography and the collective history <strong>of</strong> Goa. 1 Mark<br />
1.2. • easy going Goan drunkard<br />
• sun and sand kingdom<br />
• Goan culture seen as Europian India (Any 2) 2 Marks<br />
1.3. • lives <strong>of</strong> thinkers in Goa<br />
• the pictures <strong>of</strong> conversion' 2 Marks<br />
1.4. • they fought the conversion'<br />
• they went away to Kerala 1 Mark<br />
1.5. Two cultures Indian and European. 2 Marks<br />
2. (1) tapestry 4 Marks<br />
(2) stereotypes<br />
(3) reminiscences<br />
(4) imposition<br />
2. Objectives (Stress)<br />
• to make notes from various resources<br />
• to develop the extracted ideas into sustained pieces <strong>of</strong> writing.<br />
Answers<br />
Title: Free <strong>of</strong> Stress/ Acupuncture and Stress<br />
(any other suitable title)<br />
I. Medical conditions - result <strong>of</strong> stress<br />
(a) diabetes<br />
(b) B.P.<br />
(c) heart problems<br />
(d) ulcers<br />
II. Facts about Stress<br />
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