D.A.

V BHEL SCHOOL, RANIPET – 6

CLASS:12 SET – 3 ENGLISH CORE
DATE:30.11.2020 MARKS: 25
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I. Text based questions: (5X1=5)

1. When, at about ten o’clock, they drove back from the church, the young girl sat

and her head even more dejectedly than usual. At church she had learned that

one of the crofters of the ironworks had been robbed by a man who went

around selling rattraps.

(a) What did Edla learn at the church?

(b) Find a word from the extract that means ‘Dispirited’.

2. ‘…. They accordingly went back to Gandhi and told him they were ready to

follow him into jail. “The battle of champaran is won,” he exclaimed.

(a) Why did Gandhi feel that the battle of Champaran was won?

(b) What was the major consequence of this defiance?

3. “…. It is his karam, his destiny,” says Mukesh’s grandmother, who has watched

her own husband go blind with the dust from polishing the glass of bangles.

“Can a God-given lineage ever be broken?’ She implies….”

(a) What is Mukesh’s grandmother implying when she mentions ‘his karam’?

II. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each: (5x2=10)

 1. “Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds…” In the context of Mukesh, the

bangle maker’s so, which two worlds is Anees Jung referring to?

2. What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into a rattrap?

3. Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25% refund to the farmers?

4. Did Hana think that the Japanese tortured their prisoners of war? Why?

5. How do people console Derry when they look at his face?

III. Answer any two of the following questions in 120-150 words each: (2X5=10)

1. Both Derry and Mr. Lamb suffer from handicaps, yet their attitude to life is totally

different. Discuss.

2. Self-reliance, Indian Independence and help to sharecroppers were all bound

together. Elucidate with reference to the lesson ‘Indigo’.

3. “For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of

survival.” What kind of life do the ragpickers of Seemapuri lead?