BSEB Class 12 English Question Paper 2024

1. Who said, 'A proper man is one who is not cruel and is true to his friends'?

1. (A) Mahatma Gandhi
2. (B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
3. (C) Jawaharlal Nehru
4. (D) S. Radhakrishnan

2. Who is the author of 'A Pinch of Snuff'?

1. (A) H.E. Bates
2. (B) Leo Tolstoy
3. (C) S. Mulk Raj Anand
4. (D) John Donne

3. 'I Have a Dream' is a speech delivered by:

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

4. According to 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', what is the greatest invention of man?

1. (A) The wheel
2. (B) Fire
3. (C) Printing
4. (D) Agriculture

5. Who wrote the essay 'The Artist'?

1. (A) Rabindranath Tagore
2. (B) Shiga Naoya
3. (C) Leo Tolstoy
4. (D) Pearl S. Buck

6. 'A Child is Born' focuses on the importance of:

1. (A) Education
2. (B) Motherhood
3. (C) Nationalism
4. (D) Democracy

7. According to 'How Free is the Press', a free press is essential for:

1. (A) Economic growth
2. (B) Social reform
3. (C) Democratic government
4. (D) Cultural development

8. Mahatma Gandhi was a strong proponent of:

1. (A) Violence
2. (B) Non-violence
3. (C) Imperialism
4. (D) Communism

9. Dr. Zakir Hussain believed that the entire Bharat is his:

1. (A) Ancestral land
2. (B) Spiritual home
3. (C) Kingdom
4. (D) Possession

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

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

11. 'Song of Myself' is a part of a larger work by:

1. (A) Walt Whitman
2. (B) Robert Frost
3. (C) T.S. Eliot
4. (D) W.B. Yeats

12. The poem 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' deals with the theme of:

1. (A) Joy and celebration
2. (B) Love and romance
3. (C) Mortality and decay
4. (D) Nature's beauty

13. Who is the poet of 'Ode to Autumn'?

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

14. The poem 'An Epitaph' is a tribute to:

1. (A) A king
2. (B) A common man
3. (C) A poet
4. (D) A soldier

15. 'The Soldier' is a poem by:

1. (A) Rupert Brooke
2. (B) Wilfred Owen
3. (C) Siegfried Sassoon
4. (D) Alfred Lord Tennyson

16. Macavity, the mysterious cat, is described as:

1. (A) A loyal pet
2. (B) A criminal mastermind
3. (C) A circus performer
4. (D) A detective

17. The poem 'Fire-Hymn' is associated with the religion of:

1. (A) Buddhism
2. (B) Jainism
3. (C) Zoroastrianism
4. (D) Hinduism

18. Who wrote the poem 'Snake'?

1. (A) D.H. Lawrence
2. (B) William Shakespeare
3. (C) Charles Dickens
4. (D) Thomas Hardy

19. The poem 'My Grandmother's House' evokes a sense of:

1. (A) Adventure
2. (B) Nostalgia
3. (C) Fear
4. (D) Anger

20. They ______ cricket when it started raining.

1. (A) play
2. (B) played
3. (C) are playing
4. (D) will play

21. She ______ that she was tired.

1. (A) says
2. (B) said
3. (C) will say
4. (D) saying

22. The letter was ______ by him.

1. (A) write
2. (B) writing
3. (C) written
4. (D) wrote

23. He is interested ______ classical music.

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

24. Find the synonym of 'benevolent'.

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

25. Find the antonym of 'temporary'.

1. (A) Permanent
2. (B) Fleeting
3. (C) Brief
4. (D) Momentary

26. One who believes in God is called a:

1. (A) Atheist
2. (B) Agnostic
3. (C) Theist
4. (D) Monotheist

27. Choose the correct sentence.

1. (A) He is good in English.
2. (B) He is good at English.
3. (C) He is good with English.
4. (D) He is good for English.

28. The opposite of 'depart' is:

1. (A) Leave
2. (B) Go
3. (C) Arrive
4. (D) Stay

29. A person who writes poems is called a:

1. (A) Novelist
2. (B) Dramatist
3. (C) Poet
4. (D) Essayist

30. In 'Indian Civilization and Culture', Mahatma Gandhi argues that mind is a:

1. (A) restless bird
2. (B) calm ocean
3. (C) wild horse
4. (D) guided missile

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

1. (A) supreme arrogance
2. (B) prayerful humility
3. (C) total indifference
4. (D) fearful hesitation

32. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', who was coming to visit Nanukama's family?

1. (A) A minister
2. (B) The Prime Minister
3. (C) A foreign delegate
4. (D) The Governor

33. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals for the rights of which community in 'I Have a Dream'?

1. (A) Native Americans
2. (B) Negroes
3. (C) Asian immigrants
4. (D) Hispanic workers

34. According to Bertrand Russell in 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', what first made man fearful of nature?

1. (A) Fire
2. (B) Language
3. (C) Religion
4. (D) Agriculture

35. Seiichi's hobby in 'The Artist' was collecting:

1. (A) stamps
2. (B) gourds
3. (C) coins
4. (D) butterflies

36. Germaine Greer's essay 'A Child is Born' discusses traditional customs related to:

1. (A) marriage
2. (B) childbirth
3. (C) education
4. (D) farming

37. According to 'India Through a Traveller's Eyes', Pearl S. Buck observed the real India through:

1. (A) luxury hotels
2. (B) the common people and villages
3. (C) modern factories
4. (D) political meetings

38. In John Donne's 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', why does the poet part from his beloved?

1. (A) He is bored
2. (B) To practice dying by feigning death
3. (C) He hates her
4. (D) To find a new job

39. The opening line of 'Song of Myself' is:

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

40. In 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the travellers are:

1. (A) tourists visiting towns
2. (B) the human beings heading toward death
3. (C) birds flying south
4. (D) sailors crossing the sea

41. 'Ode to Autumn' is written by:

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

42. Walter de la Mare makes us aware of the inhumanity of modern life through his poem:

1. (A) An Epitaph
2. (B) Snake
3. (C) Fire-Hymn
4. (D) The Soldier

43. Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Soldier' is a fine example of a:

1. (A) satire
2. (B) war sonnet
3. (C) ballad
4. (D) comedy

44. Macavity is called a 'criminal' because he:

1. (A) defies the law of Scotland Yard
2. (B) steals expensive cars
3. (C) robs banks at night
4. (D) bites innocent children

45. Keki N. Daruwalla describes the red glow of the fire as:

1. (A) cruel and merciless
2. (B) warm and comforting
3. (C) healing and bright
4. (D) peaceful and sacred

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

1. (A) river bank
2. (B) water-trough
3. (C) deep cave
4. (D) mango tree

47. Kamala Das remembers her grandmother's house with a feeling of:

1. (A) bitter hatred
2. (B) extreme grief and loss
3. (C) joyful excitement
4. (D) anger and revenge

48. Choose the correct sentence:

1. (A) He does not knows how to swim.
2. (B) He do not know how to swim.
3. (C) He does not know how to swim.
4. (D) He not know how to swim.

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

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

50. Choose the correct passive voice: 'They will finish the work tomorrow.'

1. (A) The work will be finished by them tomorrow.
2. (B) The work would finish tomorrow.
3. (C) The work is finished tomorrow.
4. (D) They will be finished by the work.

51. 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 was reading a book.
3. (C) He says that he reads a book.
4. (D) He said that he has read a book.

52. Find the synonym of 'ancient':

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

53. Find the antonym of 'artificial':

1. (A) natural
2. (B) fake
3. (C) synthetic
4. (D) false

54. Choose the correct spelling:

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

55. In 'Indian Civilization and Culture', what does Gandhi say human mind is?

1. (A) A restless bird
2. (B) A calm river
3. (C) A wise guide
4. (D) A stone statue

56. Dr. Zakir Hussain took the oath as the President of India with:

1. (A) Total dedication
2. (B) Fear and doubt
3. (C) Anger
4. (D) Indifference

57. Who was waiting on the platform in 'A Pinch of Snuff'?

1. (A) The author
2. (B) Soohanlal
3. (C) The minister
4. (D) The ticket collector

58. Martin Luther King Jr. says that his dream is deeply rooted in the:

1. (A) American dream
2. (B) European culture
3. (C) British history
4. (D) African tradition

59. According to Bertrand Russell, fire was discovered in:

1. (A) Prehistoric times
2. (B) The Middle Ages
3. (C) The Modern era
4. (D) The Renaissance

60. Seiichi spent most of his time polishing:

1. (A) Gourds
2. (B) Shoes
3. (C) Stones
4. (D) Pots

61. In traditional societies discussed in 'A Child is Born', childbirth is regarded as:

1. (A) A communal event
2. (B) A secret matter
3. (C) An illness
4. (D) A burden

62. Pearl S. Buck came to India because she wanted to see:

1. (A) The young intellectuals and common people
2. (B) Only the monuments
3. (C) The royal palaces
4. (D) Wild animals

63. In 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', the poet compares his departure to:

1. (A) The sun's going away
2. (B) A falling leaf
3. (C) A fading star
4. (D) The changing wind

64. Walt Whitman in 'Song of Myself' sings and:

1. (A) Invites his soul
2. (B) Cries for help
3. (C) Prays to God
4. (D) Sleeps peacefully

65. In 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the 'messenger of death' refers to:

1. (A) Death
2. (B) Old age
3. (C) Winter
4. (D) A doctor

66. 'Ode to Autumn' is addressed to the season of:

1. (A) Mists and mellow fruitfulness
2. (B) Harsh winds and snow
3. (C) Thunder and rain
4. (D) Bright flowers and heat

67. The lady who died in 'An Epitaph' belonged to:

1. (A) The West Country
2. (B) The North Province
3. (C) An Eastern island
4. (D) A mountain village

68. In 'The Soldier', Rupert Brooke expresses his immense love for:

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

69. Macavity is an expert in breaking the:

1. (A) Law of gravity
2. (B) Rules of chess
3. (C) Traffic signals
4. (D) School discipline

70. In 'Fire-Hymn', the poet saw ember losing its:

1. (A) Cruelty
2. (B) Color
3. (C) Shape
4. (D) Heat

71. The snake came to D.H. Lawrence's water trough on a:

1. (A) Hot day
2. (B) Cold night
3. (C) Rainy evening
4. (D) Windy morning

72. Kamala Das thinks of her grandmother's house with:

1. (A) Blind eyes
2. (B) Anger
3. (C) Joy
4. (D) Indifference

73. Choose the correct tense: Look! The train ______.

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

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

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

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

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

76. Choose the correct preposition: Divide the mangoes ______ the two children.

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

77. Find the synonym of 'courage':

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

78. Find the antonym of 'accept':

1. (A) Refuse
2. (B) Take
3. (C) Receive
4. (D) Agree

79. One word substitution for 'a person who speaks many languages':

1. (A) Polyglot
2. (B) Bilingual
3. (C) Auditor
4. (D) Speaker

80. In 'Indian Civilization and Culture', Mahatma Gandhi states that the Gujarati equivalent for civilization means:

1. (A) Good conduct
2. (B) Modern living
3. (C) Material progress
4. (D) High education

81. Dr. Zakir Hussain considers the whole of India his:

1. (A) Home
2. (B) Kingdom
3. (C) Office
4. (D) Country

82. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', Ratiram was the son of:

1. (A) Sohanlal Ratiram
2. (B) The Minister
3. (C) Nanukama
4. (D) The Foreign Secretary

83. 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) Character
2. (B) Wealth
3. (C) Education
4. (D) Family

84. According to Bertrand Russell, which invention played a major role in helping mankind?

1. (A) Fire
2. (B) Wheel
3. (C) Printing press
4. (D) Computer

85. In 'The Artist', Seibei's teacher confiscated his gourd and gave it to:

1. (A) A school porter
2. (B) The headmaster
3. (C) Another student
4. (D) Seibei's mother

86. In John Donne's poem 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', the poet is not tired of his:

1. (A) Beloved
2. (B) Journey
3. (C) Life
4. (D) World

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

1. (A) You
2. (B) Nature
3. (C) Earth
4. (D) God

88. In 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the whisperers are:

1. (A) The neighbors
2. (B) The death's messengers
3. (C) The falling leaves
4. (D) The passing travelers

89. John Keats' 'Ode to Autumn' is a rich and vibrant description of:

1. (A) Nature's beauty and fruitfulness
2. (B) Winter's coldness
3. (C) Spring's arrival
4. (D) Summer's heat

90. Choose the correct tense: By next year, we ______ our course.

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

91. Choose the correct passive voice: 'Someone has stolen my bicycle.'

1. (A) My bicycle has been stolen.
2. (B) My bicycle was stolen.
3. (C) My bicycle is stolen.
4. (D) My bicycle had been stolen.

92. Choose the correct indirect speech: She said to me, 'Are you happy?'

1. (A) She asked me if I was happy.
2. (B) She told me that I am happy.
3. (C) She asked me whether are you happy.
4. (D) She said if I was happy.

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

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

94. Find the synonym of 'rapid':

1. (A) Quick
2. (B) Slow
3. (C) Lazy
4. (D) Late

95. Find the antonym of 'cruel':

1. (A) Kind
2. (B) Hard
3. (C) Strict
4. (D) Bad

96. One word substitution for 'a person who looks at the bright side of things':

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

97. Choose the correct spelling:

1. (A) Environment
2. (B) Enviroment
3. (C) Environmant
4. (D) Envirnoment

98. 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.

99. Choose the correct passive voice of: 'Shut the door.'

1. (A) Let the door be shut.
2. (B) The door is shut.
3. (C) Let the door shut.
4. (D) Shut be the door.

100. Find the antonym of 'abundant':

1. (A) Scarce
2. (B) Plentiful
3. (C) Enough
4. (D) Ample