BSEB Class 12 English Question Paper 2018

1. Spot the error: 'Would you mind closing the door?'

1. (A) Would you mind
2. (B) closing
3. (C) the door
4. (D) No error

2. Which word is a synonym for 'benevolent'?

1. (A) Kind
2. (B) Cruel
3. (C) Selfish
4. (D) Angry

3. Why is 'The honesty is the best policy' incorrect?

1. (A) Because honesty is a proper noun.
2. (B) Because abstract nouns used generally do not take 'the'.
3. (C) Because best should be better.
4. (D) Because policy requires 'an'.

4. A word or phrase that means the opposite of another word or phrase is called a ____.

1. (A) Antonym
2. (B) Synonym
3. (C) Homonym
4. (D) Metaphor

5. The committee _______ divided in its opinion.

1. (A) was
2. (B) were
3. (C) is
4. (D) are

6. Who ____ this? (Active)

1. (A) wrote
2. (B) was written
3. (C) is written
4. (D) writes

7. Fill in the blank with the correct article: 'He wants to be ___ honest man.'

1. (A) a
2. (B) an
3. (C) the
4. (D) none

8. What is the term for 'a government by the people'?

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

9. Who is the poet of 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast'?

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

10. The cake ________ by my mother every Sunday.

1. (A) is baked
2. (B) was baked
3. (C) baked
4. (D) baking

11. He is very strong; he _______ lift that box easily.

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

12. Which sentence correctly expresses a possibility using 'might'?

1. (A) It might raining heavily tomorrow.
2. (B) It might rains heavily tomorrow.
3. (C) It might rain heavily tomorrow.
4. (D) It might to rain heavily tomorrow.

13. What impact did the Black Death have on the English language during the Middle English period?

1. (A) It led to a greater use of English by the lower classes as French-speaking clergy and nobility died
2. (B) It caused a decline in the use of English
3. (C) It led to the adoption of more Latin words
4. (D) It had no significant impact on the language

14. What does Gandhi mean by 'blind imitation'?

1. (A) Adopting practices without understanding their consequences
2. (B) Following traditions blindly
3. (C) Learning from others critically
4. (D) Adapting foreign customs selectively

15. What is the primary difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English?

1. (A) The pronunciation of vowels
2. (B) The grammatical structure
3. (C) The vocabulary and scope of the language
4. (D) The alphabet used

16. He has two sons, ______ are doctors.

1. (A) both of whom
2. (B) who
3. (C) whom
4. (D) which

17. 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.

18. She is very good ______ playing the guitar.

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

19. When is 'a' used before a word?

1. (A) When it starts with a vowel sound.
2. (B) When it starts with a consonant sound.
3. (C) When it refers to something specific.
4. (D) When it is a proper noun.

20. We ______ here since 2010.

1. (A) have lived
2. (B) lived
3. (C) are living
4. (D) have been living

21. He exclaimed with joy, "What a beautiful day!" Change into indirect speech.

1. (A) He exclaimed with joy that it was a beautiful day.
2. (B) He exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.
3. (C) He said joyfully that it was a beautiful day.
4. (D) He said that it was a beautiful day.

22. The late Modern English period (from around 1800 onwards) is characterized by:

1. (A) The end of the Great Vowel Shift
2. (B) Rapid vocabulary growth due to industrialization and technology
3. (C) A decrease in the influence of French
4. (D) The dominance of a single, universally spoken dialect

23. He gave me ___ useful advice.

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

24. Honesty is ___ best policy.

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

25. Choose the correct sentence:

1. (A) A lot of students has registered for the course.
2. (B) A lot of students have registered for the course.
3. (C) A lot of students is registered for the course.
4. (D) A lot of students was registered for the course.

26. He is fond ______ music.

1. (A) of
2. (B) with
3. (C) for
4. (D) about

27. Which of the following is an incorrect usage of articles?

1. (A) The dogs bark loudly (general dogs)
2. (B) Dogs bark loudly
3. (C) The dogs in my yard bark loudly
4. (D) Some dogs bark loudly

28. He is ____ best student in the class.

1. (A) a
2. (B) an
3. (C) the
4. (D) any

29. Find the correctly spelled word:

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

30. According to Mahatma Gandhi in 'Indian Civilization and Culture', what does the Gujarati equivalent for civilization mean?

1. (A) Good conduct
2. (B) Wealth accumulation
3. (C) Modern living
4. (D) Physical comfort

31. Sun rises in ___ east.

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

32. In 'Bharat is My Home', Dr. Zakir Hussain considers India as:

1. (A) A young nation
2. (B) His home
3. (C) A foreign land
4. (D) A temporary workplace

33. Who is the author of the story 'A Pinch of Snuff'?

1. (A) H. E. Bates
2. (B) Seán Ó Faoláin
3. (C) मनोहर Malgonkar
4. (D) Pearl S. Buck

34. In 'The Artist', Seibu's hobby of collecting gourds was primarily focused on:

1. (A) Painting them
2. (B) Selling them for profit
3. (C) Playing with them
4. (D) Boring holes and scraping the inside

35. Who is the poet of 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe'?

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

36. The opening line of 'Song of Myself' begins with the words:

1. (A) Now the leaves are falling fast
2. (B) I celebrate myself, and sing myself
3. (C) Sweetest love, I do not goe
4. (D) Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

37. In W. H. Auden's 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the 'tenders' refer to:

1. (A) Nightingales
2. (B) Travellers
3. (C) Angels of death
4. (D) Young children

38. Which of the following poets wrote 'Ode to Autumn'?

1. (A) Walter de la Mare
2. (B) T. S. Eliot
3. (C) Kamala Das
4. (D) John Keats

39. Choose the correct preposition: 'She was angry ______ my behavior.'

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

40. Choose the correct passive voice: 'Open the door.'

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

41. Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I am reading a book.'

1. (A) He said that he is reading a book.
2. (B) He said that he has read a book.
3. (C) He said that he was reading a book.
4. (D) He says that he was reading a book.

42. Choose the correct tense form: 'By next month, we ________ this project.'

1. (A) will finish
2. (B) finish
3. (C) are finishing
4. (D) will have finished

43. What is the synonym of the word 'abundant'?

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

44. What is the antonym of the word 'ancient'?

1. (A) Old
2. (B) Modern
3. (C) Aged
4. (D) Stale

45. Give one-word substitution for: 'A person who writes books.'

1. (A) Publisher
2. (B) Reader
3. (C) Author
4. (D) Editor

46. Choose the correctly spelled word:

1. (A) Government
2. (B) Govement
3. (C) Govrnment
4. (D) Gavernment

47. In 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', Bertrand Russell discusses the two broad categories of contributions to human civilization: knowledge/technique and:

1. (A) Agriculture
2. (B) Moral standards
3. (C) Warfare
4. (D) Industry

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

1. (A) Education
2. (B) Childbirth
3. (C) Politics
4. (D) Marriage

49. In Dorothy L. Sayers' 'How Free is the Press', the primary financial support of the press comes from:

1. (A) Government grants
2. (B) Subscriptions
3. (C) Advertisements
4. (D) Donations

50. In H. E. Bates' 'The Earth', Johnson was a tenant farmer who rented land from:

1. (A) Benji
2. (B) Sanders
3. (C) Mr. Percy
4. (D) Mr. Shand

51. Pearl S. Buck, in 'India Through a Traveller's Eyes', expresses her views on:

1. (A) Indian music and dance
2. (B) Indian village life and poverty
3. (C) Ancient Indian philosophy
4. (D) Indian political leaders

52. In Anton Chekhov's play 'A Marriage Proposal', Lomov visits Chubukov to propose to:

1. (A) Natalya
2. (B) Natasha
3. (C) Nadezhda
4. (D) Nina

53. Who is the poet of 'An Epitaph', known for his poems about children and ordinary people?

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

54. Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Soldier' is an example of a:

1. (A) Ballad
2. (B) Sonnet
3. (C) Ode
4. (D) Epic

55. In T.S. Eliot's poem, Macavity is described as:

1. (A) A barking dog
2. (B) A gentle pet
3. (C) A mystery cat
4. (D) A fierce tiger

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

1. (A) satisfied bird
2. (B) restless bird
3. (C) peaceful animal
4. (D) caged beast

57. Dr. Zakir Hussain entered the office of the President of India in a spirit of:

1. (A) absolute power
2. (B) prayerful humility
3. (C) total indifference
4. (D) strict authority

58. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', who is described as a second-class English under-secretary?

1. (A) Ratan
2. (B) Sohanlal
3. (C) Sohan Lal
4. (D) The minister's boss

59. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals for freedom in 'I Have a Dream' to ring from the prodigious hilltops of:

1. (A) New Hampshire
2. (B) California
3. (C) Texas
4. (D) Florida

60. In 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', Bertrand Russell states that human survival was primarily threatened by:

1. (A) wild animals and starvation
2. (B) lack of water
3. (C) excessive reading
4. (D) modern technology

61. Seibei's father in 'The Artist' worked at a:

1. (A) carpenter's shop
2. (B) paint factory
3. (C) fish market
4. (D) temple

62. Germaine Greer argues in 'A Child is Born' that in traditional societies, childbirth is viewed as:

1. (A) an exclusively private medical event
2. (B) an occasion for collective celebration
3. (C) an unimportant chore
4. (D) a scientific experiment

63. Dorothy L. Sayers asserts in 'How Free is the Press' that free expression is largely controlled by:

1. (A) advertisers and wealthy owners
2. (B) ordinary readers
3. (C) school teachers
4. (D) foreign governments

64. In H.E. Bates' story 'The Earth', John's son is named:

1. (A) Johnson
2. (B) Benji
3. (C) Sanders
4. (D) Tom

65. Pearl S. Buck's primary impression of India in 'India Through a Traveller's Eyes' was shaped by her meeting with:

1. (A) ordinary villagers and intellectuals
2. (B) only the British viceroy
3. (C) foreign diplomats
4. (D) industrial tycoons

66. In Anton Chekhov's 'A Marriage Proposal', Natalya Stepanovna's dog is named:

1. (A) Guess
2. (B) Squeezer
3. (C) Rover
4. (D) Spot

67. The speaker in John Donne's 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe' is parting from his beloved because he wants to:

1. (A) abandon her forever
2. (B) accustom himself to death
3. (C) travel across the oceans
4. (D) join the military

68. In 'Song of Myself', Walt Whitman declares that what belongs to him:

1. (A) belongs to everyone else
2. (B) must be kept hidden
3. (C) is only for his family
4. (D) is bought with money

69. W.H. Auden's 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' addresses the travelers who are:

1. (A) moving to another country
2. (B) heading towards death
3. (C) visiting a forest
4. (D) climbing a mountain

70. John Keats describes Autumn in his ode as a season of:

1. (A) harsh winter storms
2. (B) mists and mellow fruitfulness
3. (C) scorching summer heat
4. (D) blooming spring flowers

71. The poet of 'An Epitaph' expresses deep sorrow for:

1. (A) a beautiful lady who died
2. (B) a soldier killed in battle
3. (C) a lost pet cat
4. (D) the passing of youth

72. Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Soldier' expresses deep patriotism towards:

1. (A) France
2. (B) England
3. (C) America
4. (D) India

73. Macavity the mystery cat is described as the:

1. (A) friend of Scotland Yard
2. (B) Napoleon of crime
3. (C) chief protector of mice
4. (D) laziest cat in London

74. In K.N. Daruwalla's poem 'Fire-Hymn', the burning ghats appeared:

1. (A) cruel and unforgiving
2. (B) phosphorescent and glowing
3. (C) dim and forgotten
4. (D) dark and cold

75. In D.H. Lawrence's poem 'Snake', why does the speaker feel a sense of guilt after hitting the snake?

1. (A) He broke his stick
2. (B) He acted like a petty human voice
3. (C) He ruined his clothes
4. (D) He missed his target

76. Choose the correct preposition: 'He is afraid _______ dogs.'

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

77. Choose the correct passive voice of: '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.

78. Choose the correct indirect speech of: He said to me, 'Where are you going?'

1. (A) He asked me where I was going.
2. (B) He told me where are you going.
3. (C) He asked me where am I going.
4. (D) He said where I was going.

79. What is the synonym of the word 'courage'?

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

80. Give the one-word substitution for: 'A life history written by oneself.'

1. (A) Biography
2. (B) Autobiography
3. (C) Bibliography
4. (D) Chronicle

81. According to Mahatma Gandhi in 'Indian Civilization and Culture', the people of Europe learned their lessons from the writings of:

1. (A) Rome and Greece
2. (B) France and Germany
3. (C) America
4. (D) China and Japan

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

1. (A) Only the state of Bihar
2. (B) The totality of India's culture
3. (C) Foreign nations
4. (D) Economic organizations

83. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', who was waiting on the platform for the narrator's uncle, Nanukaka?

1. (A) The author himself
2. (B) The Minister
3. (C) Sohan Lal
4. (D) Ratiram

84. Martin Luther King Jr. in 'I Have a Dream' insists that they must not allow their creative protest to degenerate into:

1. (A) Physical violence
2. (B) Peaceful negotiation
3. (C) Legal battles
4. (D) Political speeches

85. According to Bertrand Russell in 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', what first major invention helped early humans secure their food supply?

1. (A) Fire
2. (B) Taming of animals and agriculture
3. (C) Writing
4. (D) The wheel

86. In 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', John Donne says that he must go away because:

1. (A) He is tired of her
2. (B) Death must claim him eventually, so he practices dying by parting
3. (C) He is banished by the king
4. (D) He wants to find another lover

87. In 'Song of Myself', Walt Whitman states that 'every atom belonging to me as good belongs':

1. (A) To the government
2. (B) To you
3. (C) To nature
4. (D) To nobody

88. In W. H. Auden's 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', what does 'real lovers' freezing mean?

1. (A) They are standing in the cold snow
2. (B) Isolation and death separating them from living joy
3. (C) They stopped loving each other
4. (D) They migrated to cold countries

89. John Keats' 'Ode to Autumn' personifies Autumn as a:

1. (A) Reaper sitting careless on a granary floor
2. (B) Fierce warrior fighting battles
3. (C) Sad maiden crying in the woods
4. (D) Cruel king demanding taxes

90. In Walter de la Mare's 'An Epitaph', what does the poet lament about the beautiful lady?

1. (A) She was poor
2. (B) Her beauty passed and was forgotten
3. (C) She lived in a city
4. (D) She hated poetry

91. Choose the correct sentence:

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

92. Choose the correct passive voice of: 'They are building a new bridge.'

1. (A) A new bridge is built by them.
2. (B) A new bridge was being built by them.
3. (C) A new bridge is being built by them.
4. (D) A new bridge has been built by them.

93. Choose the correct indirect speech of: She said to me, 'I will help you tomorrow.'

1. (A) She told me that she will help me tomorrow.
2. (B) She told me that she would help me the next day.
3. (C) She told me that she helps me tomorrow.
4. (D) She told me that I would help her the next day.

94. Choose the correct tense form: 'Look! The train ____________.'

1. (A) is coming
2. (B) came
3. (C) has come
4. (D) comes

95. Choose the correct preposition: 'Divide the apples ____________ the two children.'

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

96. What is the synonym of the word 'rapid'?

1. (A) Slow
2. (B) Quick
3. (C) Heavy
4. (D) Dull

97. What is the antonym of the word 'transparent'?

1. (A) Clear
2. (B) Opaque
3. (C) Bright
4. (D) Visible

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

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

99. Choose the correctly spelled word:

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

100. Choose the correct indirect form of the imperative sentence: He said to his servant, 'Shut the door.'

1. (A) He asked his servant to shut the door.
2. (B) He told his servant that shut the door.
3. (C) He ordered his servant to shut the door.
4. (D) He requested his servant shutting the door.