SUGGESTION FOR 2020
CLASS –XII SUBJECT- ENGLISH B
Part—B (Marks 20)
Multiple Choice Type Questions (MCQ) & Short Answer Type Questions (SAQ) of 1mark.
Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided : (4 out of 4) 1x4=4
1. The blind girl’s voice had –(i) the ringing of a bell (ii) the buzzing of a face (iii) the sparkle of mountain stream (iv) magic spell
2. The girl said she was getting off at -- (i) Dehra (ii) Mussorie (iii) Rohana (iv) Saharanpur
3. From Dehera, Ruskin Bond was going – (i) to Mussoorie (ii) Rohana (iii) to a hill station (iv) to Saharanpur
4.According to the blind narrator – (i) few girls can resist flattery (ii) all girls like flattery (iii) all girls can resist flattery (iv) no girls like flattery
5. When did the girl love the hills of Mussoorie? (i) in March (ii) in December (iii) in September (iv) in October
6.What did the third passenger notice in the girl? (i) her hair (ii) her beautiful figure (iii) her beautiful eyes (iv) her voice
6.Kalam’s father started his day – (i) at 4p.m. (ii) at early morning (iii) at 4a,m, (iv) at dawn
7.The ancestral house of Kalam was in – (i) the Mosque street (ii) the Mosque street in Madras (iii) the mosque street in Rameswaram
8.Rameshwaram was famous to pilgrims for – (i) the Vishnu temple (ii) the Shiva temple (iii) the Tirupati temple (iv) the Mosque
9. A.P J. Abdul Kalam was by birth a – (i) Telugu (ii) Tamil (iii) Kannad (iv) Malayali
10.The woman worked in a – (i) hotel (ii) shop (iii) hotel bar (iv) hotel beauty shop
11.What's the intension of the woman in “Thank YouMa’am”?- (i) to punish the boy (ii) to clean his dirty face (iii) to teach him right from wrong (iv) to hand him over to the police
12. Where did the woman bring the boy? –(i) to her home (ii) to the police station (iii) to her home town (iv) to the home of the boy
13.The boy in Thank you Ma’am’ would never in his life – (i) like Luella Bates (ii) remember Luella Bates (iii) dislike Luella Bates (iv) forget Luella Bates
14. The boy could hardly say more than “ Thank you Ma’am” because – (i) he did not see the lady (ii) he was very afraid (iii) the door was shut (iv) he never saw the lady again
15.The boy in “Thank you Ma’am” wanted to buy a pair of – (i) red shirts (ii) blue suede shoes (iii) faded jeans (iv) black suede shoes
16.The Tsar went to the hermit – (i) alone (ii) with his hoarse (iii) with his friend (iv) with his bodyguard
17. The Tsar belonged to –(i) the Prime Minister of Great Britain (ii) the President of Russia (iii) the King of Japan (iv) the King of Russia
18. The most important time of the Tsar according to the hermit was – (i) the future time (ii) the past time (iii) the present time (iv) the time when he was digging the beds
19) The hermit received – (i) only the minister (ii) only the poor people (iii) only the kings (iv) only the common people
20)The hermit never quitted (i) the cottage he lived in (ii) the road he could see (iii) the retreat he lived in (iv) the wood he lived in
What did the Tsar bring to the wounded man to drink –(i) hot milk (ii) fresh water (iii) hot water (iv) cold milk
The beard man was wounded by ---(i) the Tsar (ii) the Tsar’s bodyguard (iii) the hermit (iv) his brother
Leo Tolstoy’s “Three Questions” can be taken as a –(i) Novel (ii) short story (iii) drama (iv) Epic
Mrs. Jones cut for Roger –(i) half of her ten cent cake (ii) full of ten cent cake (iii) quarter of her twenty cent cake (iv) half of her fifty cent cake
What further arouses the narrator’s curiosity about the girl in “The Eyes have it”? – (i) her perfume (ii) her appearance (iii) her voice (iv) her sense of humour
N.B.: Examinees are requested to go through the text attentively.
Answer any four of the following questions in a single sentence: 1X4= 4
(1) What does kalam's father say about the relevance of prayer?
Ans: Kalam's father says that prayer makes a possible communion of the spirit between people.
(2) Describe the ancestral house of Kalam.
Answer: Kalam's ancestral house built in the middle of the 19th century was a fairly large pucca house made of limestone and brick, on the Mosque street in Rameshwaram.
(3) Where did Kalam sit to eat?
Answer: Kalam normally sat on the floor on the kitchen to eat with his mother.
(4) Where did Kalam’s father go to collect coconuts?
Answer: Kalam’s father went to their coconut grove to collect coconuts.
(5) Who waited for Kalam’s father outside the mosque after the evening prayer?
Answer: People of different religions waited for Kalam’s father outside the mosque after the evening prayer.
(6) Who took Kalam for the evening prayer?
Answer: Kalam’s father took Kalam to the mosque for the evening prayer.
(7) Who got the title of ‘Bahadur’ from the British?
Answer: One of the forebears of Abdul Kalam’s mother got the title of ‘Bahadur’ from the British.
(8) Name a distinguished friend of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s father.
Answer: The name of the distinguished friend of Kalam’s father was Pakshi Lakshmana Shastri.
(9) Who was bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' in 'Strong Roots'?
Answer: In 'Strong Roots' one of the forebears of kalam's mother was bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' by the British.
(10) Who was the priest of Shiva temple in 'Strong Roots'?
Answer: In 'Strong Roots' Pakshi Lakshmana sastry was the priest of Shiva temple in Rameshwaram
(11) What did the narrator ask the new passenger about the girl?
Ans: the narrator asked the new passenger how the hair of the departing girl was.
(12) Why could not the girl bear a long journey in a train?
Ans: The girl could not bear a long journey in a train because she could not bear to sit long hours in a train.
(13) What remark did the narrator make about people with good eyesight?
Answer: The narrator remarked that people with good eye-sight often fail to see what is right in front of them as they have too much to take in.
(14) How did the narrator in 'The Eyes Have It' describe the voice of the blind girl?
Answer: The narrator in 'The Eyes Have It' said that the voice of the blind girl had The sparkle of a mountain stream.
(15) What were the eyes of the narrator in 'The Eyes Have It' sensitive to?
Answer: The eyes of the narrator in 'The Eyes Have It' are sensitive to light and darkness.
(16) How did the girl describe the narrator?
Answer: The girl remarked that the narrator was very gallant young man.
(17) When do the hills look lovely, according to Ruskin Bond?
Ans: According to Ruskin Bond the hills look lovely in October.
(18) Who would come to receive the girl at Saharanpur?
Ans: the aunt of the girl would come to receive the girl at Saharanpur.
(19) What did the second fellow- passenger say to the blind narrator about the girl’s eyes?
Answer: The second fellow-passenger told the blind narrator that the girl’s eyes were beautiful and attractive but were of no use to her.
(20) Why was the girl in “The Eyes Have It” startled by the narrator’s question?
Answer: The girl was startled by the narrator’s question because she did not know that there was any one in the compartment as she could not see even.
(21) What was the girl’s reply when the narrator told the girl that she had an ‘interesting face’?
Answer: The girl laughed and admitted that many of her acquaintances had already told her that she had an ‘interesting face’.
(22) At which station did the blind girl get into the train?
Answer: The blind girl got into the train at Rohana station.
(23) How did the narrator know that the girl wore slippers?
Answer: the narrator knew that the girl wore slippers from the sound of slippers when they slapped against her heels.
(24) Who broke the reverie of the narrator in train? Answer: The new passenger broke the reverie of the narrator in train.
(25) What advice did Mrs. Jones give to Rodger at the end of the story?
Answer: At the end of the story Mrs. Jones advised Roger to behave properly and never to steal anyone's pocketbook because it would bring him misfortune.
(26) What did Mrs. Luella Jones ask the boy to pick up?
Answer: Mrs. Luella Jones ask the boy to pick up her pocket-book.
(27) Why did Roger try to snatch the purse of Mrs. Jones?
Answer: Roger tried to snatch the purse of Mrs.Jones to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
(28) When did Roger try to snatch the purse of Mrs. Jones?
Answer: Roger tried to snatch the purse of Mrs. Jones at about 11 o’clock at night.
(29) What was the full name of Mrs. Jones?
Answer: The full name of Mrs. Jones was Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.
(30) According to Mrs Jones, how old was the boy?
Answer: According to Mrs. Jones the boy was 14 or 15 years old.
(31) What were there behind the screen in Mrs. Jones's room?
Answer: A gas plate and an icebox were there behind the screen in Mrs. Jones's room.
(32) Where did Mrs. Jones turn the boy loose?
Answer: Mrs. Jones turned the boy loose at her large kitchenette furnished room at the rear of his house.
(33) What was the price of the cake the boy was given a part of in “Thank you Ma’am”?
Answer: The price of the cake the boy was given a part of was ten cents in “Thank you Ma’am”.
(34) How did the Tsar meet the hermit?
Answer: The Tsar put on a simple clothes like a common man, left his bodyguards behind him and went alone to meet the hermit.
(35) Why did the Tsar put on simple cloth before meeting the hermit?
Ans: The Tsar put on a simple cloth before meeting the hermit because the hermit received only the common folk.
(36) Why did learned men come to the Tsar?
Answer: the learn men came to the Tsar to get answer of his three questions.
(37) What was the hermit doing when the Tsar came to visit him?
Answer: The hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut when the Year came to visit him.
(38) Where did the Tsar fall asleep?
Answer: The Tsar fell asleep on the threshold of the hermit's hut.
(39) Why did the man want to take revenge?
Answer: The man wanted to take revenge because the Tsar killed the man's brother and seized his property.
(40) Where did the hermit in 'Three Questions' live?
Answer: The hermit in 'Three Questions' lived in a wood that he never left.
(41) Which part of the body of the bearded man was injured in the story 'Three Questions'?
Answer: In the story 'Three Questions' the bearded man was injured in his stomach.
(42) How was the hermit?
Answer: The hermit was frail and weak.
(43) Why did the Tsar want to know the answers of all his questions?
Answer: the Tsar wanted to know the answers of all his three questions because the Tsar would never fail in anything if he knew this.
(44) How many beds had the Tsar dug?
Answer: The Tsar had dug two beds.
(45) What was the second question of the Tsar?
Answer: The second question of the Tsar was who the most necessary people were.
(46) What was the first question of the Tsar?
Answer: The first question of the Tsar was what the right time for every action was.
47) What was the third question of the Tsar?
Answer: The third question of the Tsar was whatthe most important time to do was.
N.B.: Students are requested to memorize excess from exercise book.
POETRY
4. Complete the sentences which follow, choosing the correct answers from the alternatives given: (MCQ) 1x4=4
“Miniature boughs/which if unchecked will expand again.” – the word Miniature means (i) small (ii) very small (iii) not so big (iv) very big
To kill a tree – (i) is not easy (ii) is almost impossible (iii) is a right thing (iv) takes less time
A tree grows—(i) rooted deep in the earth (ii) shedding leaves (iii) slowly consuming the earth (iv) eroding soil
The soldier lies in the valley because he is a – (i) winner in the war (ii) casualty of war (iii) sleeping person (iv) chocolate-cream soldier
The dead soldier was – (i) not very young (ii) middle aged (iii) very young (iv) an aged person
The poet requests Nature – (i) to lull the soldier to sleep (ii) to disturb the soldier’s sleep (iii) to keep the soldier warm (iv) to make the soldier catch cold
“Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” The word ‘thou’ refers to – (i) the poet’s lady love (ii) the poet’s mother (iii) the poet’s friend (iv) the poet himself
‘But the eternal summer shall not fade’ The word opposite in meaning to ‘eternal’ is – (i) universal (ii) momentary (iii) temporal (iv) decayed
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.” The reference here is to –(i) Mars (ii) the Sun (iii) the Moon (iv) Jupiter
Grasshoppers fly in England – (i) in autumn (ii) in winter (iii) in spring (iv) in summer
According to Keats, the music of earth ceases – (i) in summer (ii) in winter (iii) in autumn (iv) at no point of time
A winter evening is (i) hazy (ii) silent (iii) gloomy (iv) delightful
Who represents the music of winter in the ‘Poetry of Earth’?—(i) fly (ii) cricket (iii) bee (iv) grasshopper
N.B.: Students are requested to go through the text attentively.
5. Answer any four of the following questions in a single sentence each (Sof Poems) 1x4=4
(1) Where will green twigs rise from?
Answer: The green twigs will rise from close to the ground.
(2) "not so much pain will do it......." What task does the word 'it' refer to?
Answer: The word 'it' refers to the task of killing a tree.
(3) What according to Gieve Patel is 'the most sensitive part of a tree'?
Answer: According to Gieve Patel 'the most sensitive part of the tree' is root.
(4) What does the phrase 'earth cave' refer to?
Answer: The phrase 'rarth cave' refers to the large hole in the ground created by the uprooting of the tree.
(5) What type of poem is ‘On Killing a Tree’? Answer: ‘On Killing a Tree’ is a free verse.
(6) What scorch and choke the tree after it is pulled out?
Answer: The sun scorch and choke the tree after it is pulled out.
(7) ‘And then it is done’— What act is referred to here?
Answer: The ‘accomplishment’ of having killed the tree is referred to here.
(8) How does a tree grow?
Answer: Atree grows slowly by consuming the earth and absorbing sunlight, air and water for years.
(9) What is to be done with the root in the poem “On Killing a Tree”?
Answer: The root is to be pulled out of the anchoring earth in the poem “On Killing a Tree”.
(10) What causes the bark of a tree to bleed?
Answer: The cruel act of hacking and chopping of a tree causes the bark to bleed.
(11) In what manner does the soldier lie in the countryside?
Answer: The soldier in the countryside is lying in as if he is first asleep.
(12) Why is the soldier pale?
Answer: The soldier is pale because he is dead.
(13) How does the poet bring out the innocence of the soldier in 'Aseep in the Valley'?
Answer: In 'Asleep in the Valley' the poet brings out the innocence of the soldier by comparing the soldier's smile to an infant.
(14) What is the smile of the dead soldier compare to?
Answer: The smile of the dead soldier is compared to an infant’s gentle and pure smile.
(15) The humming insects don’t disturb his rest”; Why?
Answer: The humming insects don’t disturb his rest because he is enjoying an eternal sleep.
(16) Where were the soldier’s feet?
Answer: The soldier’s feet were among the flowers.
(17) What is described as ' gentle', without guile
Answer: The innocent smile lingering on the face of the dead soldier is described as 'gentle without guile'.
(18) Where does the stream live 'long strands of silver'?
Answer: The stream leaves 'long strands of silver' on the bright grass of a small green valley
(19) What does the slow stream leave on the bright grass?
Answer: The slow stream leaves long strands of silver on the bright grass.
(20) What is the soldier’s pillow made of?
Answer: The soldier’s pillow is made of fern.
(21) Why does the poet ask nature to keep the soldier warm?
Answer: The poet ask nature to keep the soldier warm so that he may not catch cold.
(22) What does Shakespeare compare his friend to?
Answer: Shakespeare compares his friend to a summer’s day.
(23) What shall death not brag?
Answer: death will not be able to brag about the charming existence of the poet’s friend in his ‘shade’.
(24) What will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal?
Answer: Eternal poetry will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal.
(25) How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed?
Answer: The cloud makes the gold complexion of summer dimmed.
(26) "And summer's lease hath all too short a date" ----What is meant by summer's lease?
Answer: summer's lease means short duration of Summer.
(27) "So long lives this" --- What is referred to by the word 'this'?
Answer: The word 'this' refers to Shakespeare's sonnet No. 18
(28) Where does grasshopper rest at ease in summer?
Answer: In summer the grasshopper rests at ease beneath some pleasant weeds.
(29) What gives life to the poet's friend in Shakespeare's sonnet No. 18?
Answer: This poem (Sonnet No. 18) gives life to the poet's friend.
(30) How long will the young man be remembered in Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 18?
Answer: In Shakespeare's sonnet No. 18, the young man will be remembered so long as men can breath or eyes can see.
(31) What shakes the darling buds of May?
Answer: The rough winds shake the darling buds of May.
(32) who takes the lead in summer?
Answer: The grasshopper takes the lead in summer.
(33) what do the birds do in summer?
Answer: The birds faint due to the heat of sun in summer and height in the following trees.
(34) "A voice will run from hedge to hedge"-- Whose voice is referred to here?
Answer: The voice of the grasshopper has been referred to here.
(35) "He has never done with his delights"-- Who is 'he' referred to here?
Answer: Here 'he' refers to the grasshopper.
(36) What does the cricket’s song seem to one in drowsiness half-lost?
Answer: The cricket’s song seems to be the songs of grasshopper to ‘one in drowsiness
(37) What does Keats celebrate in the poem “The Poetry of Earth”?
Answer: In the poem “The Poetry of Earth “, Keats celebrates the music of earth through the cycle of seasons.
(38) Where does the grasshopper rest?
Answer: The Grasshopper takes rest beneath some pleasant weed.
(39) From where is the song of the cricket heard in 'The poetry of Earth'?
Answer: The cricket's song seems to shrill from the stove.
(40) What might one hear on a lone, cold and silent winter evening?
Answer: On a lone, cold and silent winter evening one might hear the cricket's song from the stove
N.B.: Students are requested to memorize excess from exercise book.
PLAY
7. Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided: 1x4=4
(i) Lomov has come to Chubucov to ask for- (a) the Oxen Meadows, (b) some money (c) the hands of Natalya in marriage, (d) none of the above
(ii) The Proposal is a/an---- (a) one –act play, (b) tragedy, (c) comedy, (d) farce
(iii) The setting of the play is- (a) Lomov’s drawing room, (b) Museum, (c) Chubucov’s country house (d) French
(iv) The first argument is over- (a) land, (b) labour, (c) hunting dogs, (d) inheritance.
N.B.: Students are requested to go through the text attentively.
