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BSEB Class 12 English Question Paper 2022

Board-pattern practice paper modelled on the BSEB 2022 Class 12 English (Core) paper: 50 objective marks + 50 subjective marks.

100 marks 195 minutes53 questions
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Section A — Objective (50 marks)

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. 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. 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. 10. John Donne is a prominent ______ poet.

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

  11. 11. Who celebrates 'Song of Myself'?

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

  12. 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. 13. Who wrote 'Ode to Autumn'?

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

  14. 14. An epitaph is inscribed on a ______.

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

  15. 15. Rupert Brooke is famous for his ______ sonnets.

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

  16. 16. Macavity is a ______ cat.

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

  17. 17. The poet of 'Snake' is ______.

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

  18. 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. 19. The phrase 'sweetest love' suggests ______.

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

  20. 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. 21. He ______ English for ten years.

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

  22. 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. 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. 24. The police caught the thief ______ the night.

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

  25. 25. What is a synonym for 'ancient'?

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

  26. 26. What is an antonym for 'generous'?

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

  27. 27. A person who knows everything is called ______.

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

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

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

  29. 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. 30. The teacher ______ the lesson yesterday.

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

Section B — Short answer questions

  1. 1. Briefly explain the significance of 'a pile of documents' in Pearl S. Buck's 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

    2 marks

  2. 2. What does the author mean by 'a great deal of the world's pain' in 'The Earth is a Battlefield'?

    2 marks

  3. 3. How does the 'king' in 'The Adventures of Toto' try to make Toto comfortable?

    2 marks

  4. 4. Explain the meaning of the line 'And miles to go before I sleep' in Robert Frost's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'.

    2 marks

  5. 5. What is the central theme of George Lamming's 'A Farewell to Madam'?

    2 marks

  6. 6. Why does the poet describe the child's laughter as 'a thing of the earth' in 'The Song of the Little Roadster'?

    2 marks

  7. 7. What is the 'blight' that K.A. Abbas mentions in 'The Boy Who Was Born a Girl'?

    2 marks

  8. 8. How does the speaker in 'As the World Turns' feel about the approaching end of summer?

    2 marks

  9. 9. What does the author imply about the nature of 'God' in John Donne's 'The Hymn to God, My God, in My Sickness'?

    2 marks

  10. 10. Explain the role of the 'old man' in Anton Chekhov's 'The Old Woman'?

    2 marks

Section C — Long answer questions

  1. 1. Explain the central idea of the poem 'An Epitaph'.

    6 marks

  2. 2. Explain the significance of the following passage: 'Education is, therefore, a process of drawing out the best that is in man.' (Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi in 'Arts')

    6 marks

  3. 3. Discuss the message of the poet in 'The Soldier'.

    6 marks

  4. 4. Explain the significance of the title 'A Pinch of Snuff' and discuss its relevance to the story.

    6 marks

  5. 5. Discuss the writer's view on the role of tradition and modernity in Indian society as presented in 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

    6 marks

Section D — Writing & grammar

  1. 1. You are Rohan/Rohan Sharma, a resident of Munger. Write a letter to the Editor of a leading newspaper about the problem of water scarcity in your area.

    5 marks

  2. 2. Write a short paragraph (about 100 words) on 'The Importance of Environmental Protection'.

    5 marks

  3. 3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: The mind is like a garden. We can make it a place of beauty and wonder, or we can let it become overgrown with weeds. The quality of our thoughts determines the quality of our lives. If we fill our minds with positive, constructive thoughts, we cultivate a garden of happiness and success. If we allow negative, destructive thoughts to dominate, our lives will be filled with misery and failure. Questions: (a) What is the mind compared to? (b) What determines the quality of our lives? (c) What happens if we fill our minds with positive thoughts? (d) What happens if negative thoughts dominate?

    5 marks

  4. 4. Translate the following Hindi sentences into English:

    5 marks

  5. 5. Translate the following Hindi sentences into English:

    5 marks

  6. 6. Change the voice of the following sentences:

    5 marks

  7. 7. Change the voice of the following sentences:

    5 marks

  8. 8. Write a composition on 'The Role of Technology in Modern Education' in about 200-250 words.

    10 marks