SUGGESTION FOR 2019 (wbchse)
CLASS –XII SUBJECT- ENGLISH B
Part—B (Marks 20)
Multiple Choice Type Questions (MCQ) & Short Answer Type Questions (SAQ) of 1mark.
(A) Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided : (4 out of 4) 1x4=4
1. 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
2. The girl said she was getting off at -- (i) Dehra (ii) Mussorie (iii) Rohana (iv) Saharanpur
From Dehera, Ruskin Bond was going – (i) to Mussoorie (ii) Rohana (iii) to a hill station (iv) to Saharanpur
3.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
4. When did the girl love the hills of Mussoorie? (i) in March (ii) in December (iii) in September (iv) in October
What did the third passenger notice in the girl? (i) her hair (ii) her beautiful figure (iii) her beautiful eyes (iv) her voice
Kalam’s father started his day – (i) at 4p.m. (ii) at early morning (iii) at 4a,m, (iv) at dawn
The ancestral house of Kalam was in – (i) the Mosque street (ii) the Mosque street in Madras (iii) the mosque street in Rameswaram
Rameswaram was famous to pilgrims for – (i) the Vishnu temple (ii) the Shiva temple (iii) the Tirupati temple (iv) the Mosque
A.P J. Abdul Kalam was by birth a – (i) Telugu (ii) Tamil (iii) Kannad (iv) Malayali
The woman worked in a – (i) hotel (ii) shop (iii) hotel bar (iv) hotel beauty shop
What was 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
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
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
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
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
The Tsar went to the hermit – (i) alone (ii) with his hoarse (iii) with his friend (iv) with his bodyguard
The title 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
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
The hermit received – (i) only the minister (ii) only the poor people (iii) only the kings (iv) only the common people
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
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
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 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.
2. 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.
3. When do the hills look lovely, according to Ruskin Bond?
Ans: According to Ruskin Bond the hills looklovely in October.
Who would come to receive the girl at Saharanpur?
Ans: the aunt of the girl would come to receive the girl at Saharanpur.
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.
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.
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’
Where did Kalam sit to eat? Answer: Kalam normally sat on the floor on the kitchen to eat with his mother.
Where did Kalam’s father go to collect coconuts? Answer: Kalam’s father went to their coconut grove to collect coconuts.
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.
Who took Kalam for the evening prayer? Answer: Kalam’s father took Kalam to the mosque for the evening prayer.
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.
Name a distinguished friend of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s father. Answer: the name of the distinguished friend of Kalam’s father was PakshiLakshmanaShastr
Why did learned men come to the Tsar? Answer: the learn men came to the Tsar to get answer of his tree questions.
How was the hermit? Answer: The hermit was frail and weak.
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.
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.
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.
How many beds had the Tsar dug? Answer: The Tsar had dug two beds.
What was the second question of the Tsar? Answer: The second question of the Tsar was who the most necessary people were.
What was the first question of the Tsar? Answer: The first question of the Tsar was what the right time for every action was.
What was the third question of the Tsar? Answer: The third question of the Tsar was whatthe most important time to do was.
Where did Mrs. Jones turn the loose? Answer: Mrs. Jones turned the boy loose at her large kitchenette furnished room at the rear of his house.
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.
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”.
Who broke the reverie of the narrator in train? Answer: The new passenger broke the reverie of the narrator in train.
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. 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.
3. What does Shakespeare compare his friend to?
Answer: Shakespeare compares his friend to a summer’s day.
4. Where the grasshopper does rests at ease in summer?
Answer: In summer the grasshopper rests at ease beneath some pleasant weeds.
5 .‘A then it is done’— What act is referred to here?
Answer: The ‘accomplishment’ of having killed the tree is referred to here.
6. ‘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.
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’.
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
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.
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”.
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.
Where were the soldier’s feet? Answer: The soldier’s feet were among the flowers.
What type of poem is ‘On Killing a Tree’? Answer: ‘On Killing a Tree’ is a free verse.
What does the slow stream leave on the bright grass? Answer: The slow stream leaves long strands of silver on the bright grass.
What is the soldier’s pillow made of? Answer: The soldier’s pillow is made of fern.
What shakes the darling buds of May? Answer: The rough winds shake the darling buds of May.
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.
