BSEB Class 12 English Question Paper 2015

1. Which major linguistic event, characterized by changes in the pronunciation of long vowels, is a hallmark of the transition to Modern English?

1. (A) The Norman Conquest
2. (B) The Great Vowel Shift
3. (C) The Printing Press Revolution
4. (D) The Industrial Revolution

2. What type of phrase is 'to run a marathon'?

1. (A) Gerund phrase
2. (B) Infinitive phrase
3. (C) Participial phrase
4. (D) Prepositional phrase

3. The Middle English period is generally considered to have begun with which historical event?

1. (A) The Norman Conquest of 1066
2. (B) The end of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy
3. (C) The signing of the Magna Carta
4. (D) The Black Death

4. The preposition 'by' can indicate ____.

1. (A) agency or means
2. (B) location within a larger area
3. (C) duration of time
4. (D) movement away from something

5. The teacher said, "The Earth revolves around the Sun." Change into indirect speech.

1. (A) The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
2. (B) The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
3. (C) The teacher told that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
4. (D) The teacher said the Earth to revolve around the Sun.

6. She ____ a beautiful song.

1. (A) sings
2. (B) is singing
3. (C) sang
4. (D) sung

7. He said, "I have finished my work." Change into indirect speech.

1. (A) He said that he had finished his work.
2. (B) He said that he has finished his work.
3. (C) He told that he had finished his work.
4. (D) He said he finished his work.

8. Choose the sentence with the correct article:

1. (A) This is the most interesting book I have ever read.
2. (B) This is a most interesting book I have ever read.
3. (C) This is an most interesting book I have ever read.
4. (D) This is most interesting book I have ever read.

9. Which tense describes an action completed in the past, with relevance to the present?

1. (A) Past Perfect Tense
2. (B) Simple Past Tense
3. (C) Present Perfect Tense
4. (D) Past Continuous Tense

10. A person who writes or performs plays is called a ________.

1. (A) playwright
2. (B) novelist
3. (C) poet
4. (D) screenwriter

11. The 'Great Vowel Shift' began during the late Middle English period. What did it primarily affect?

1. (A) The spelling of English words
2. (B) The pronunciation of long vowels
3. (C) The grammatical structure of sentences
4. (D) The adoption of foreign loanwords

12. Identify the correctly spelled word:

1. (A) Definately
2. (B) Definitely
3. (C) Definitly
4. (D) Definatly

13. _______ you please pass the salt?

1. (A) Can
2. (B) Could
3. (C) Will
4. (D) Would

14. Choose the correct sentence:

1. (A) The news are very interesting.
2. (B) The news is very interesting.
3. (C) The news were very interesting.
4. (D) The news being very interesting.

15. Identify the type of phrase in bold: 'He lives in a **beautiful red house**'.

1. (A) Verb phrase
2. (B) Adjective phrase
3. (C) Noun phrase
4. (D) Adverb phrase

16. She ______ in London for five years.

1. (A) has been living
2. (B) lives
3. (C) lived
4. (D) was living

17. She ______ to the market every Sunday.

1. (A) goes
2. (B) go
3. (C) going
4. (D) gone

18. Which modal verb indicates obligation or necessity?

1. (A) Could
2. (B) Might
3. (C) Will
4. (D) Must

19. He gave me ___ useful advice.

1. (A) a
2. (B) an
3. (C) the
4. (D) no article

20. Choose the correct sentence regarding university:

1. (A) He studies at a university.
2. (B) He studies at an university.
3. (C) He studies at university.
4. (D) He studies at the university.

21. He ______ his homework already.

1. (A) has done
2. (B) did
3. (C) was doing
4. (D) had done

22. If I were you, I _______ accept the offer.

1. (A) will
2. (B) shall
3. (C) would
4. (D) should

23. The number of students _______ increased this year.

1. (A) has
2. (B) have
3. (C) had
4. (D) is

24. Synthesizing sentences using 'although' or 'though' typically indicates what relationship?

1. (A) Cause and effect.
2. (B) Purpose.
3. (C) Contrast or concession.
4. (D) Sequence of events.

25. Which modal verb expresses a suggestion or advice?

1. (A) Shall
2. (B) Should
3. (C) Can
4. (D) Would

26. Which significant event is often cited as the primary catalyst for the transition from Old English to Middle English?

1. (A) The Viking invasions
2. (B) The Norman Conquest of 1066
3. (C) The Gutenberg printing press
4. (D) The Renaissance

27. Choosing the right synonym can help to:

1. (A) Make your writing sound repetitive.
2. (B) Convey precise shades of meaning.
3. (C) Decrease the complexity of vocabulary.
4. (D) Avoid using adjectives altogether.

28. Choose the correct sentence:

1. (A) He wished that he were rich.
2. (B) He wished that he was rich.
3. (C) He wished he were rich.
4. (D) He wished he could be rich.

29. Which word is the antonym of 'ancient'?

1. (A) Modern
2. (B) Old
3. (C) Historic
4. (D) Timeless

30. Who is the author of 'Indian Civilization and Culture'?

1. (A) Dr. Zakir Hussain
2. (B) Mahatma Gandhi
3. (C) Martin Luther King Jr.
4. (D) Bertrand Russell

31. We ______ go for a picnic tomorrow if the weather is good.

1. (A) shall
2. (B) should
3. (C) would
4. (D) may

32. Dr. Zakir Hussain delivered his speech 'Bharat is My Home' in:

1. (A) 1965
2. (B) 1967
3. (C) 1969
4. (D) 1971

33. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', who was waiting on the platform for the author's uncle?

1. (A) Soanlal
2. (B) Ratiram
3. (C) Nanukaka
4. (D) Hasan

34. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals for justice and equality in his speech:

1. (A) I Have a Dream
2. (B) Ideas that Have Helped Mankind
3. (C) The Artist
4. (D) A Child is Born

35. Seibei, the main character of 'The Artist', had a hobby of collecting:

1. (A) Stamps
2. (B) Gourds
3. (C) Coins
4. (D) Feathers

36. Germaine Greer is the author of:

1. (A) How Free is the Press
2. (B) A Child is Born
3. (C) The Earth
4. (D) India Through a Traveller's Eyes

37. Who wrote 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe'?

1. (A) John Donne
2. (B) Walt Whitman
3. (C) John Keats
4. (D) Rupert Brooke

38. The poem 'Song of Myself' is composed by:

1. (A) W. H. Auden
2. (B) Walt Whitman
3. (C) Walter de la Mare
4. (D) T. S. Eliot

39. 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' deals with the ______ of human life.

1. (A) happiness
2. (B) frustrations
3. (C) wealth
4. (D) strength

40. John Keats's 'Ode to Autumn' is a celebration of:

1. (A) Spring
2. (B) Summer
3. (C) Autumn
4. (D) Winter

41. An epitaph in the poem 'An Epitaph' is meant for a:

1. (A) soldier
2. (B) beautiful lady
3. (C) cat
4. (D) child

42. Rupert Brooke is remembered as a ______ poet.

1. (A) war
2. (B) nature
3. (C) romantic
4. (D) metaphysical

43. Choose the correct sentence:

1. (A) He does not knows the answer.
2. (B) He do not know the answer.
3. (C) He does not know the answer.
4. (D) He not know the answer.

44. Choose the correct preposition: She is fond ______ music.

1. (A) in
2. (B) of
3. (C) on
4. (D) at

45. Choose the correct passive voice of: 'Ram killed a snake.'

1. (A) A snake is killed by Ram.
2. (B) A snake was killed by Ram.
3. (C) A snake has been killed by Ram.
4. (D) A snake killed Ram.

46. Choose the correct indirect speech of: He said to me, 'I am reading a book.'

1. (A) He told me that he is reading a book.
2. (B) He told me that he was reading a book.
3. (C) He told me that I was reading a book.
4. (D) He says that he is reading a book.

47. Choose the correct spelling:

1. (A) Occasion
2. (B) Ocasion
3. (C) Ocassion
4. (D) Okasion

48. Give one-word substitution for: 'A person who speaks many languages.'

1. (A) Bilingual
2. (B) Polyglot
3. (C) Linguist
4. (D) Optometrist

49. The synonym of 'Courage' is:

1. (A) Fear
2. (B) Bravery
3. (C) Cowardice
4. (D) Weakness

50. The antonym of 'Victory' is:

1. (A) Defeat
2. (B) Win
3. (C) Success
4. (D) Triumph

51. Choose the correct article: He wants to be ______ engineer.

1. (A) a
2. (B) an
3. (C) the
4. (D) no article

52. Choose the correct form of verb: Look! The train ______.

1. (A) leaves
2. (B) is leaving
3. (C) left
4. (D) has left

53. Macavity is called a 'mystery cat' in the poem by:

1. (A) T. S. Eliot
2. (B) K. N. Daruwalla
3. (C) Kamala Das
4. (D) W. H. Auden

54. In 'Snake', D. H. Lawrence encounters the snake near a:

1. (A) well
2. (B) water-trough
3. (C) river
4. (D) tree

55. Kamala Das remembers her ancestral house and her grandmother in:

1. (A) My Grandmother's House
2. (B) Snake
3. (C) Fire-Hymn
4. (D) An Epitaph

56. Who wrote 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind'?

1. (A) Bertrand Russell
2. (B) Mahatma Gandhi
3. (C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
4. (D) H. E. Bates

57. In 'A Marriage Proposal', who is the daughter of Chubukov?

1. (A) Natalya
2. (B) Lomov
3. (C) Seibei
4. (D) Benjy

58. Pearl S. Buck is the author of which essay in the syllabus?

1. (A) India Through a Traveller's Eyes
2. (B) How Free is the Press
3. (C) A Child is Born
4. (D) The Earth

59. Who is the speaker in the poem 'Fire-Hymn'?

1. (A) Keki N. Daruwalla
2. (B) T. S. Eliot
3. (C) John Donne
4. (D) Walt Whitman

60. The poem 'The Soldier' is written by whom?

1. (A) Rupert Brooke
2. (B) W. H. Auden
3. (C) John Keats
4. (D) Walter de la Mare

61. In 'My Grandmother's House', the author remembers ____.

1. (A) her grandmother
2. (B) her mother
3. (C) her teacher
4. (D) her friend

62. Choose the correct preposition: He is good ______ mathematics.

1. (A) at
2. (B) in
3. (C) on
4. (D) with

63. Choose the correct passive voice of: 'Open the door.'

1. (A) Let the door be opened.
2. (B) The door is opened.
3. (C) Let open the door.
4. (D) Open be the door.

64. Choose the correct indirect speech of: She said to him, 'Where are you going?'

1. (A) She asked him where he was going.
2. (B) She asked him where is he going.
3. (C) She told him where he was going.
4. (D) She asked him where was he going.

65. Identify the correctly spelled word:

1. (A) Environment
2. (B) Envirnment
3. (C) Enviroment
4. (D) Enviornment

66. Give one-word substitution for: 'A person who does not believe in the existence of God.'

1. (A) Atheist
2. (B) Theist
3. (C) Optimist
4. (D) Pessimist

67. The synonym of 'Brave' is:

1. (A) Courageous
2. (B) Cowardly
3. (C) Fearful
4. (D) Weak

68. The antonym of 'Accept' is:

1. (A) Reject
2. (B) Receive
3. (C) Take
4. (D) Adopt

69. Choose the correct article: She reads ______ Gita every day.

1. (A) the
2. (B) a
3. (C) an
4. (D) no article

70. Choose the correct form of verb: By next month, we ______ our course.

1. (A) will have completed
2. (B) complete
3. (C) will complete
4. (D) completed

71. What is the name of the author of 'A Pinch of Snuff'?

1. (A) Manohar Malgonkar
2. (B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
3. (C) Mahatma Gandhi
4. (D) Sigthorp

72. Who is the author of 'The Earth'?

1. (A) H. E. Bates
2. (B) Anton Chekhov
3. (C) Pearl S. Buck
4. (D) Dorothy L. Sayers

73. Dorothy L. Sayers wrote which lesson?

1. (A) How Free is the Press
2. (B) A Child is Born
3. (C) The Artist
4. (D) Indian Civilization and Culture

74. The poet of 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' is:

1. (A) W. H. Auden
2. (B) John Keats
3. (C) Walt Whitman
4. (D) Rupert Brooke

75. Macavity is a cat who is the main character in the poem by:

1. (A) T. S. Eliot
2. (B) Keki N. Daruwalla
3. (C) D. H. Lawrence
4. (D) Walter de la Mare

76. Choose the correct sentence:

1. (A) He speaks English fluently.
2. (B) He speak English fluently.
3. (C) He speaking English fluently.
4. (D) He is speak English fluently.

77. Choose the correct preposition: Divide the apples ______ the two children.

1. (A) between
2. (B) among
3. (C) in
4. (D) with

78. Choose the correct indirect speech of: He said, 'I am tired.'

1. (A) He said that he was tired.
2. (B) He said that he is tired.
3. (C) He said he has been tired.
4. (D) He told that he is tired.

79. Give one-word substitution for: 'A book published after the death of its author.'

1. (A) Posthumous
2. (B) Anonymous
3. (C) Biographical
4. (D) Autobiography

80. The synonym of 'Happy' is:

1. (A) Joyful
2. (B) Sad
3. (C) Gloomy
4. (D) Angry

81. According to Mahatma Gandhi in 'Indian Civilization and Culture', the mind is a:

1. (A) restless bird
2. (B) calm ocean
3. (C) fierce animal
4. (D) pure temple

82. In 'Bharat is My Home', Dr. Zakir Hussain pledges himself to the service of:

1. (A) his family
2. (B) the totality of India's culture
3. (C) only the state of Bihar
4. (D) foreign countries

83. Who is the author of the essay 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind'?

1. (A) Bertrand Russell
2. (B) H. E. Bates
3. (C) Sigmund Freud
4. (D) Mahatma Gandhi

84. In 'A Child is Born', Germaine Greer discusses traditional and modern approaches to:

1. (A) childbirth and motherhood
2. (B) industrialization
3. (C) political freedom
4. (D) agricultural farming

85. Who is the author of 'A Marriage Proposal'?

1. (A) Anton Chekhov
2. (B) T. S. Eliot
3. (C) W. H. Auden
4. (D) John Donne

86. In the poem 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', the poet John Donne is parting from his:

1. (A) beloved
2. (B) mother
3. (C) brother
4. (D) friend

87. The opening line of Walt Whitman's poem 'Song of Myself' begins with:

1. (A) I celebrate myself, and sing myself
2. (B) Water, water, everywhere
3. (C) Now the leaves are falling fast
4. (D) Beauty is truth, truth beauty

88. In 'Fire-Hymn', Keki N. Daruwalla describes the scene of a burning:

1. (A) ghat
2. (B) forest
3. (C) house
4. (D) church

89. T. S. Eliot describes Macavity as a:

1. (A) master criminal
2. (B) gentle pet
3. (C) sleepy kitten
4. (D) wild tiger

90. In the poem 'Snake', D. H. Lawrence drank water from a pitcher before meeting the snake near the:

1. (A) water-trough
2. (B) deep well
3. (C) river bank
4. (D) kitchen sink

91. Choose the correct tense form: He ______ to the market yesterday.

1. (A) go
2. (B) went
3. (C) gone
4. (D) is going

92. Choose the correct passive voice: 'She writes a letter.'

1. (A) A letter is written by her.
2. (B) A letter was written by her.
3. (C) A letter has been written by her.
4. (D) A letter is being written by her.

93. Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I am busy now.'

1. (A) He said that he was busy then.
2. (B) He says that he is busy now.
3. (C) He said that he is busy then.
4. (D) He told that he was busy now.

94. Choose the correct preposition: She jumped ______ the river.

1. (A) in
2. (B) into
3. (C) on
4. (D) at

95. Choose the synonym of the word 'Abundant':

1. (A) Scarce
2. (B) Plentiful
3. (C) Little
4. (D) Short

96. Choose the antonym of the word 'Artificial':

1. (A) Natural
2. (B) False
3. (C) Fake
4. (D) Man-made

97. Give one-word substitution for: 'A government by the people.'

1. (A) Monarchy
2. (B) Autocracy
3. (C) Democracy
4. (D) Oligarchy

98. Choose the correct spelling:

1. (A) Environment
2. (B) Enviroment
3. (C) Invairoment
4. (D) Enveronment

99. Choose the correct article: He is ______ most intelligent boy in the class.

1. (A) a
2. (B) an
3. (C) the
4. (D) no article

100. Choose the correct sentence:

1. (A) He speaks English fluently.
2. (B) He speak English fluently.
3. (C) He speaking English fluently.
4. (D) He is speak English fluently.