SHRISHTI VIDY ASHRAM SR. SEC.

SCHOOL
CT 2 ( 2021-2022)
Class : XII Marks : 25
Sub : English Time : 1hr

I. Choose the best answer for the following questions. ( 1x 4 = 4 )

1. What is Sam's letter to Charley represent?

A A blend
8 . an acceptance to visit
C. a proof of his fantasy
D. a blend of reality with fantasy

2. What did Charley see at the Third Level?

A. flickering gas lights and people with funny moustaches

8 . brass spittoons
C. men wearing a tan gabardine suit and a straw hat
D. All of these
3. The Psychiatrist explained to Charley that

A. Third level is a beautiful place

8 . Third level is worth seeing
C. Third level is well maintained
D. That it was the result of stress and anxiety of his mind

4. What is the meaning of 'Waking dream wlfhfuljilment'?

A. a pleasant wish that makes one forget the present

8 . a pleasant wish that takes one to the future
C. A pleasant wish which inspires to work
D. a pleasant wish that makes one live in present
 II. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
( lx8 = 8)
EI. I'm }ult an ordinary guy named Charley, thirty-one years old, and I was wearing a

tan gabardine suit and a straw hat wiJh a fancy band; I passed a doz;en ,m en who looked

just like me. A nd I wasn't trying to escape from anything; l just wanted to get home to

Louisa, my wife. I turned Into Grand Central from Vanderbilt A venue, and went dt,wn

the steps to the first level, where you take trains like the Twentieth Century. Then I

walked down another flight to the second level, where the suburban trains leave from,

ducked into an arched doorway heading for the subway - and got losL Thal's ea.\y to

do.

1. What is 'Gabardine' ?
A. A firm durable fabric
8 . Brown colour
C. Kind of tight outfit
D. None of these
2. What does the speaker mean by 'suburban'?
A. Place located on the outskirts of the city
B. Place located in the city
C. Place located far away from the city
D. Place located in the centre of the city

3. What does 'l)uck into' mean?

A. To move downwards and enter
8 . To move upwards and enter
C. To move aside and enter
D. None of these

4. Where does the narrator get lost?

A. On the first level
B. On the second level
C. On the third level
D. All of these
E2. But I never told my psychiatrist friend about that idea. The corrido:r I was in began

angling left and slanting downward and I thought that was wrong, but I kept on walling.

All I could hear was the empty sound ofmy own f oob1eps and I didn't pass a souL Then

I heard that sort of hollow roar ahead that means open space and people tailing. The

tunnel turned sharp left; I went down a short JUght of stairs and came out on the third

level at Grand Central Station.

5. Why did Charley not tell anything to his psychiatrist?

A. Because his psychiatrist would have gone to Galesburg

B. Because his psychiatrist would have rejected his claims
C. Because his psychiatrist would have told everything to Louisa
D. None of these
6. What does 'pass a soul' mean?

A. That nobody was there

B. That everybody was there
C. That lots of people were there
D. That there were many roaming souls
7. Choose the synonym of the word 'Empty' from the following.

A. Hollow
B. Vacuous
C. Drained
D. All of these
8. Which noun bas been used in 'flight' of stairs?

A. Proper noun
8 . Com.moo Noun
C. Collective noun
D. None of these
 III. Answer the following questions given below in 30 to 40 words each.
(2x4 = 8)
1. How much money does Charley get in exchange of three hundred dollars ? Why ?
2. When and how did Charley find the letter of Sam ?
3. What did the ticket clerk say to Charlie ?
4. What is a first-day cover ?

IV. Answer the following question in 120 to I~ words. (5xl = 5)

l. What was the third Level like ? How did Charley know he had bumped into the past ?
 SHRISHTI VIDYASHRAM SENIOR SEC.SCHOOL
CYCLE TEST-2 Si1Ri5i1ri
Name: - - - - - Subject: MATHEMATICS G r oup O f Sc h oo l s

THE ESSENCE OF EDUCATION

Class:XII Date:26 /04/2021
Sec: A1,A2,A3,A4,AS,C TIME: 40MINS Max Marks:2 5

1. i)Find area of the triangle with vertices at the point

a)(-2,-3),(3,2),(-1 ,-8)
ii)Find values of k if area of triangle is 4 sq. units and vertices are
a)(-2,0),(0,4),(0,k)

2. Let A=[~ ~] and B=[~ :J. Verify that {AB)" 1

s·1A· 1
.1 1 1 .
3. For the matrix A=[1 2 -3]
2 -1 3
Show that A3-6A2+5A+ 11 l=O. Hence, find A·1.
4. Solve the following system of equations by matrix method.
3x-2y+3z=8
2x+y-z= l
4x- 3y + 2z=4
3
5. If A=[~ -; !4] find A·'. Using A· 1solve the system of equations
1 1 -2
2x - 3y + Sz =I I
3x + 2y - 4z=-5
x +y-2z = -3
 SHRISHTI VIDYASHRAM SENIOR SEC.SCHOOL
CYCLE TEST-2 (2021- 2022)
Group Of' School~
Name: - - - - Subject: Chemistry
THE ESSENCE OF EDUCATION
Class: XII Date: 29.04.21
Sec: Al, A2, A3, A4, AS, 81 Duration: 40 MIN MARKS:25

I. Complete the reaction: (Jxl 3)

1. 6
a

2.
 a

3.

4. Explain zaitsev rule with an example. (Jx2 2)

II. Write a note on the following naming reactions: (5x2=10)

5. Sandmeyer' s reaction
6. Finkelstein reaction
7.Wurtz reaction
8. Friedel craft's acylation
9. Wurtz - Fittig reaction

n1. Write Long answer for the following: (2x5=)0)

10. Write the mechanism for SN 1 and SN2 reactions.
11 . Explain the factors which makes haloarenes unreactive towards nucleophilic
substitution reaction.
 SHRISHTI VIDYASHRAM SENIOR SEC.SCHOOL
CYCLE TEST-2
Name: - - - - - Subject: BIOLOGY (044) G ro up O f Sch ool s

lliE ESSENCE OF EDUCATION

Class: XII Date:30/04/2021
Sec: A1,A2,A3,A4,AS Duration: 40MINS Max Marks:25

Answer the following (5 marks)

1. Removal of in anther in a bisexual flower in tenned as

2. What do you mean by parthenocarpy
3. Mention 2 types of endosperm in a coconut
4. In the grass family the cotyleton is called _ _ _ __
5. Why is apple called false fruit?
SECTION - B (6 marks)

6. What is coleoptile & Coleorrhiz.a

7. Differentiate between pericarp & perisperm
8. In the given figure of a dicot embryo label the parts (a) & (b) give this
function

Figl6e 1
 SECTION-C (9 marks)
9. Why is process of fertiliz.ation in flowering plants referred to as double
fertilization?
IO.Brief about the strategies evolved to prevent self pollination in flower
II.Draw alabeled diagram of monocot embryo
SECTION - D(5 marks)
I2.a) Define apomixis & Polyembrony (2)
b) Explain the development of embryo in adicot plant (3)
 SHRISHTl VIDYASHRAM SENIOR SEC.SCHOOL
CYCLE TEST-2 Si-1Ri5i1Ti
"' ,
Name: _ _ _ __ Subject: PHYSICS (042) G r o up O f Sc h oo l s
THE ESSENCE OF EDUCATION
Class: XII Date:27/04/2021
Sec: A1,A2,A3,A4,AS Duration: 40MJNS Max Marks:25

Answer the following questions

1. What is inten1al reflection and derive relation between refractive index and critical
angle. (4)
2. Explain how optical fibre cable is working (3)
3. How do you invert the in1age and rotate the object 90° & 180° by using prism? (3)
.
4 . Denve ereIatlon---=--
th . n2 nl n2-nt (5)
v u R

5. Derive lens maker's formula (5)

6. Derive the effective focal length. power and magnification of a combination of two
convex lens of focal length f, and f2. (5)