BSEB Class 12 English Question Paper 2022

1. Who has written 'Indian Civilization and Culture'?

1. (A) Mahatma Gandhi
2. (B) Jawaharlal Nehru
3. (C) Socrates
4. (D) Plato

2. Dr. Zakir Husain delivered his speech after becoming the President in ______.

1. (A) 1967
2. (B) 1968
3. (C) 1969
4. (D) 1970

3. Which country's civilization is the oldest in the world?

1. (A) Indian
2. (B) Egyptian
3. (C) Greek
4. (D) Roman

4. According to 'A Pinch of Snuff', the speaker is ______.

1. (A) a very clever person
2. (B) a notorious person
3. (C) a criminal
4. (D) a saint

5. Who is the author of 'I Have a Dream'?

1. (A) Martin Luther King Jr.
2. (B) Barack Obama
3. (C) Nelson Mandela
4. (D) Malcolm X

6. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an idea that has helped mankind?

1. (A) Polygamy
2. (B) Agriculture
3. (C) Invention of Printing
4. (D) Invention of Writing

7. The story 'The Artist' is about a young ______.

1. (A) painter
2. (B) sculptor
3. (C) potter
4. (D) singer

8. According to 'A Child is Born', a baby is born ______.

1. (A) with sin
2. (B) without sin
3. (C) with a curse
4. (D) with a blessing

9. Who is the author of 'How Free is the Press'?

1. (A) Doris Lessing
2. (B) Pearl S. Buck
3. (C) Rupert Brooke
4. (D) Harold J. Laski

10. John Donne is a prominent ______ poet.

1. (A) Metaphysical
2. (B) Romantic
3. (C) Modern
4. (D) Victorian

11. Who celebrates 'Song of Myself'?

1. (A) Walt Whitman
2. (B) John Keats
3. (C) William Wordsworth
4. (D) Percy Bysshe Shelley

12. The poem 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' expresses a sense of ______.

1. (A) gloom and despair
2. (B) joy and celebration
3. (C) love and romance
4. (D) peace and tranquility

13. Who wrote 'Ode to Autumn'?

1. (A) John Keats
2. (B) William Blake
3. (C) William Wordsworth
4. (D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

14. An epitaph is inscribed on a ______.

1. (A) tombstone
2. (B) building
3. (C) statue
4. (D) book

15. Rupert Brooke is famous for his ______ sonnets.

1. (A) war
2. (B) love
3. (C) nature
4. (D) patriotic

16. Macavity is a ______ cat.

1. (A) criminal
2. (B) domestic
3. (C) wild
4. (D) lonely

17. The poet of 'Snake' is ______.

1. (A) D.H. Lawrence
2. (B) John Donne
3. (C) Walt Whitman
4. (D) William Wordsworth

18. Who is the writer of 'My Grandmother's House'?

1. (A) Kamala Das
2. (B) Shashi Deshpande
3. (C) Anita Desai
4. (D) Nayanatara Sehgal

19. The phrase 'sweetest love' suggests ______.

1. (A) deep affection
2. (B) playful banter
3. (C) formal address
4. (D) sadness

20. The poem 'Fire-Hymn' is associated with ______.

1. (A) Parsi culture
2. (B) Hindu culture
3. (C) Christian culture
4. (D) Muslim culture

21. He ______ English for ten years.

1. (A) has been learning
2. (B) is learning
3. (C) learned
4. (D) learns

22. The passive voice of 'She sings a song' is ______.

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

23. Change the following into indirect speech: He said, 'I am going to Delhi.'

1. (A) He said that he was going to Delhi.
2. (B) He said that he went to Delhi.
3. (C) He said that he will go to Delhi.
4. (D) He said that he is going to Delhi.

24. The police caught the thief ______ the night.

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

25. What is a synonym for 'ancient'?

1. (A) old
2. (B) new
3. (C) modern
4. (D) recent

26. What is an antonym for 'generous'?

1. (A) selfish
2. (B) kind
3. (C) noble
4. (D) giving

27. A person who knows everything is called ______.

1. (A) omniscient
2. (B) intelligent
3. (C) wise
4. (D) learned

28. Which word means 'a strong liking for something'?

1. (A) fondness
2. (B) hatred
3. (C) dislike
4. (D) aversion

29. Which of the following words means 'to make something seem less important'?

1. (A) minimize
2. (B) maximize
3. (C) amplify
4. (D) exaggerate

30. The teacher ______ the lesson yesterday.

1. (A) explained
2. (B) explains
3. (C) is explaining
4. (D) will explain

31. Mahatma Gandhi views Indian civilization as superior to western civilization because it elevates the ______.

1. (A) mind
2. (B) body
3. (C) wealth
4. (D) machine

32. In 'Bharat is My Home', Dr. Zakir Husain pledges himself to the service of the totality of ______ culture.

1. (A) Indian
2. (B) Western
3. (C) Ancient
4. (D) Modern

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

1. (A) Sohanlal Ratram
2. (B) Nanukaka
3. (C) The author
4. (D) Ratiram

34. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals for justice so that freedom might ring from the prodigious hilltops of ______.

1. (A) New Hampshire
2. (B) California
3. (C) Colorado
4. (D) New York

35. Bertrand Russell argues in 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind' that the most important intellectual novelty was ______.

1. (A) language
2. (B) fire
3. (C) agriculture
4. (D) domestication

36. In 'The Artist', Seibei's hobby of collecting gourds was strongly disliked by his ______.

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

37. According to 'A Child is Born', in traditional societies, childbirth is considered an event of ______ significance.

1. (A) family
2. (B) communal
3. (C) medical
4. (D) private

38. Dorothy L. Sayers states that the freedom of the press is largely controlled by ______ and advertisers.

1. (A) the government
2. (B) wealthy owners
3. (C) readers
4. (D) foreign powers

39. In H.E. Bates's story 'The Earth', Johnson's son ______ was simple-minded and dull.

1. (A) Benjy
2. (B) John
3. (C) David
4. (D) Sam

40. Pearl S. Buck's perspective in 'India Through a Traveller's Eyes' reflects her upbringing by ______ parents in China.

1. (A) missionary
2. (B) diplomat
3. (C) merchant
4. (D) traveler

41. In 'A Marriage Proposal', Lomov visits Chubukov to ask for the hand of his daughter named ______.

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

42. John Donne wishes to go away from his beloved because he wants to learn how to endure ______ partings.

1. (A) mock
2. (B) painful
3. (C) sudden
4. (D) long

43. In 'Song of Myself', the poet sings of ______ and invites his soul to loaf with him.

1. (A) himself
2. (B) nature
3. (C) America
4. (D) humanity

44. W.H. Auden describes the travelers in 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' as ______ who are stranded in distress.

1. (A) real
2. (B) moving
3. (C) wooden
4. (D) lost

45. Keats describes autumn in his ode as a season of mists and mellow ______.

1. (A) fruits
2. (B) rains
3. (C) sunshine
4. (D) wind

46. Walter de la Mare describes the most beautiful lady of the ______ country in 'An Epitaph'.

1. (A) western
2. (B) northern
3. (C) eastern
4. (D) southern

47. Rupert Brooke expresses passionate patriotism in his war poem titled 'The ______'.

1. (A) Soldier
2. (B) Warrior
3. (C) Fighter
4. (D) Hero

48. T.S. Eliot describes Macavity as a master criminal who defies the law of ______.

1. (A) gravity
2. (B) nature
3. (C) Scotland Yard
4. (D) physics

49. Keki N. Daruwadham recalls seeing burning logs and ______ embers in 'Fire-Hymn'.

1. (A) red
2. (B) gray
3. (C) black
4. (D) white

50. D.H. Lawrence describes meeting a venomous snake near a ______ trough in the heat of Sicily.

1. (A) water
2. (B) stone
3. (C) wooden
4. (D) muddy

51. By the time the doctor arrived, the patient ______ away.

1. (A) passed
2. (B) had passed
3. (C) passes
4. (D) was passing

52. Choose the correct passive voice: 'They will finish the project tomorrow.'

1. (A) The project will be finished by them tomorrow.
2. (B) The project is finished by them tomorrow.
3. (C) The project was finished tomorrow.
4. (D) The project has been finished by them.

53. 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 I am going.
3. (C) He asked me where am I going.
4. (D) He asked that where I was going.

54. He succeeded ______ hard work and perseverance.

1. (A) by
2. (B) throughout
3. (C) on
4. (D) in

55. What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who looks at the bright side of things'?

1. (A) Optimist
2. (B) Pessimist
3. (C) Realist
4. (D) Fatalist

56. In 'Indian Civilization and Culture', Mahatma Gandhi states that the mind is a restless ______.

1. (A) bird
2. (B) horse
3. (C) lion
4. (D) monkey

57. Dr. Zakir Husain considers India to be his ______ home.

1. (A) native
2. (B) ancestral
3. (C) boundless
4. (D) peaceful

58. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', Nanukaka went to meet a ______ minister in Delhi.

1. (A) foreign
2. (B) union
3. (C) state
4. (D) railway

59. Martin Luther King Jr. dreams that one day his four children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their ______.

1. (A) wealth
2. (B) character
3. (C) education
4. (D) faith

60. According to Bertrand Russell in 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', what was the most important step in the development of man?

1. (A) Invention of fire
2. (B) Use of language
3. (C) Domestication of animals
4. (D) Building houses

61. In 'The Artist', Seibei spent most of his time polishing ______.

1. (A) paintings
2. (B) gourds
3. (C) stones
4. (D) metals

62. According to Germaine Greer in 'A Child is Born', in traditional societies, women usually gave birth surrounded by ______.

1. (A) doctors
2. (B) women of the family
3. (C) nurses
4. (D) strangers

63. Dorothy L. Sayers argues in 'How Free is the Press' that freedom of the press is a ______ of modern democracy.

1. (A) menace
2. (B) delusion
3. (C) safeguard
4. (D) hindrance

64. In H.E. Bates's 'The Earth', John's father, Mr. Johnson, originally rented the land from ______.

1. (A) Sanders
2. (B) Pearson
3. (C) Johnson
4. (D) Brown

65. Pearl S. Buck's attitude towards India in 'India Through a Traveller's Eyes' is one of ______ and understanding.

1. (A) criticism
2. (B) sympathy
3. (C) indifference
4. (D) anger

66. In 'A Marriage Proposal', Natalya is the daughter of ______.

1. (A) Lomov
2. (B) Chubukov
3. (C) Mironov
4. (D) Ivanov

67. In 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', the speaker says that death is but ______.

1. (A) sleep
2. (B) fear
3. (C) sorrow
4. (D) journey

68. In 'Song of Myself', the speaker is a native of ______.

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

69. The 'messenger of death' in W.H. Auden's poem 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' refers to ______.

1. (A) autumn
2. (B) winter
3. (C) trolls
4. (D) angels

70. John Keats's 'Ode to Autumn' celebrates the season of ______.

1. (A) spring
2. (B) rain
3. (C) fruitfulness
4. (D) storm

71. In 'An Epitaph', the poet laments the death of a lady who belonged to the ______ country.

1. (A) western
2. (B) northern
3. (C) southern
4. (D) eastern

72. Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier' presents an idealized picture of ______.

1. (A) war
2. (B) England
3. (C) nature
4. (D) death

73. Macavity is called the ______ of crime.

1. (A) Hidden Paw
2. (B) Black Shadow
3. (C) Master Thief
4. (D) Silent Cat

74. In 'Fire-Hymn', the speaker is shocked to see the grey ash that ______ half-burnt wood.

1. (A) hides
2. (B) forgets
3. (C) destroys
4. (D) protects

75. In 'Snake', D.H. Lawrence felt honored that a snake came to drink at his ______.

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

76. Choose the correct sentence in future continuous tense:

1. (A) He will be reading a book.
2. (B) He will read a book.
3. (C) He has read a book.
4. (D) He is reading a book.

77. Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I am reading a novel.'

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

78. Choose the correct preposition: She is afraid ______ dogs.

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

79. What is the synonym for the word 'abundant'?

1. (A) scarce
2. (B) plentiful
3. (C) little
4. (D) rare

80. What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who speaks many languages'?

1. (A) linguist
2. (B) polyglot
3. (C) translator
4. (D) philologist

81. Choose the correct sentence in present perfect continuous tense.

1. (A) She has been living here for five years.
2. (B) She is living here for five years.
3. (C) She was living here for five years.
4. (D) She lives here since five years.

82. Choose the correct passive voice: 'The mason is building the wall.'

1. (A) The wall is built by the mason.
2. (B) The wall is being built by the mason.
3. (C) The wall was being built by the mason.
4. (D) The wall has been built by the mason.

83. Choose the correct indirect speech of: She said to him, 'Open the door.'

1. (A) She asked him to open the door.
2. (B) She told him that he should open the door.
3. (C) She said him to open the door.
4. (D) She requested him opening the door.

84. Choose the correct preposition: Divide the sweets ______ the two children.

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

85. What is the synonym for the word 'courage'?

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

86. What is the antonym for the word 'artificial'?

1. (A) Natural
2. (B) Fake
3. (C) Synthetic
4. (D) Plastic

87. What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who doesn't believe in the existence of God'?

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

88. Which word means 'a person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion'?

1. (A) Tourist
2. (B) Pilgrim
3. (C) Wanderer
4. (D) Explorer

89. Which of the following words means 'to officially cancel a law or an agreement'?

1. (A) Approve
2. (B) Repeal
3. (C) Establish
4. (D) Promote

90. Choose the correctly spelled word.

1. (A) Gouvernment
2. (B) Government
3. (C) Goverment
4. (D) Govement

91. In 'Indian Civilization and Culture', Mahatma Gandhi asserts that our ancestors preferred ______.

1. (A) machinery and cities
2. (B) true home rule
3. (C) western luxury
4. (D) endless wealth

92. In 'Bharat is My Home', Dr. Zakir Husain views the past as ______.

1. (A) dead and static
2. (B) alive and dynamic
3. (C) useless and forgotten
4. (D) a burden to avoid

93. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', Nanukaka managed to impress the under-secretary by speaking in ______.

1. (A) English
2. (B) Hindi
3. (C) his mother tongue
4. (D) French

94. In 'I Have a Dream', Martin Luther King Jr. insists that they must not allow their creative protest to degenerate into ______.

1. (A) physical violence
2. (B) silent submission
3. (C) political corruption
4. (D) foolish despair

95. According to Bertrand Russell in 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', the utilization of ______ was a milestone in human progress.

1. (A) electricity
2. (B) fire
3. (C) the wheel
4. (D) computers

96. In 'The Artist', Seibei's teacher confiscated his gourd and handed it over to a ______.

1. (A) student
2. (B) headmaster
3. (C) porter
4. (D) police officer

97. In 'A Child is Born', Germaine Greer points out that in traditional societies, an expectant mother is looked after by ______.

1. (A) modern hospitals
2. (B) the whole family and community
3. (C) only her husband
4. (D) professional nurses

98. Dorothy L. Sayers in 'How Free is the Press' states that the press serves to keep the public ______.

1. (A) fully enlightened without bias
2. (B) informed and entertained
3. (C) ignorant and misled
4. (D) completely silent

99. In H.E. Bates's 'The Earth', John's father consulted a doctor regarding his son's condition and was advised to keep him ______.

1. (A) busy with something
2. (B) locked in a room
3. (C) away from animals
4. (D) resting all day

100. In Pearl S. Buck's 'India Through a Traveller's Eyes', the author notes that basic Indian life is centered around ______.

1. (A) bustling industrial cities
2. (B) villages and agriculture
3. (C) coastal ports
4. (D) mountain resorts