KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO 3 NAL BIKANER

PT-1, SESSION 2021-22

CLASS 12
SUBJECT- ENGLISH CORE
TIME – 90 MIN MM- 50
Read the questions given below and tick the correct answer. 1x12=12 M
1 The last lesson changed Franz’s attitude towards
a) His studies
b) His friends
c) His family
d) His sports
2 Which topic was Franz expected to prepare as Home-Work?
a) Nouns
(b) Adjectives
(c) Participles
(d) Verbs
3 What did M. Hamel write on the board at the end of the lesson?
(a) School is dismissed
(b) You may go
(c) Vive la France
(d) long live France

4 What was the image of M.Hamel among his students initially?

A) A loving teacher
B) A kind and humble teacher
C) A strict teacher
(e) An understanding teacher
5 Pick the quote that best describes the theme of the story.

(a) World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious
leader. World belongs to humanity.
(b) You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean
are dirty, the ocean does not become dirt.
(c) The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help
others.
(d) To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

6 ‘She did not wish to be left alone with the white man.’
Why did Hana feel so, despite having studied in America? This was so because
a) being Japanese, it wasn’t appropriate to stay on with a stranger.
b) America and Japan were not allies in the ongoing World War.
c) He was someone she’d recognised from her past in America

d) her husband had cautioned her against the American

7 What were the words written on the battered cap? ( The Enemy)
a. U.S. Army b. U.S. Navy c. U.S. Air Force d. U.S. Prisoner of War
8 Why did the servants leave the house?
a. To show their disapproval b. They wanted more pay
c. They had found better jobs d. They were overworked

9 Where have Saheb’s parents come from?

a. Bangladesh
b. Nepal
c. Bhutan
D India
10 The famous quote on fear by Roosevelt is:
a. All we have to fear is fear itself
b. All we have to fear is death itself
c. All we have to fear is failure itself
d. All we have to fear is dangers itself

11 How did Douglas develop extreme fear of water?

a. Misadventure at Lake Wentworth
b. Misadventure at Meade Glacier
c. Misadventure at the Yakima River
D Misadventure at YMCA pool
12 The chap that threw me in was saying, “But I was only fooling.” Choose the option
mentioning the personality traits of this ‘chap’.
1. persuasive
2. irresponsible
3. domineering
4. manipulative
5. callous

a) 1, 2, 4
b) 2, 4, 5
c) 2, 3, 5
d) 1, 3, 5

Q 13 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow(MCQ) 1x4=4 M
 She still has bangles on her wrist, but no light in her eyes. “Ek waqt ser bhar khana bhi
nahin khaya.” she says, in a voice drained of joy. She has not enjoyed even one full meal in
her entire lifetime-that’s what she has reaped! Her husband, an old man with a flowing
beard says, “I know nothing except bangles. All I have done is make a house for the family to
live in.”
Hearing him one wonders if he has achieved what many have failed in their lifetime. He has
a roof over his head!
The cry of not having money to do anything except carry on the business of making bangles,
not even enough to eat, rings in every home. The young men echo the lament of the elders.
Little has moved with time, it seems in Firozabad, years of mind-numbing toil have killed all
initiative and the ability to dream.

(i) ‘She still has bangles on her wrist, but no light in her eyes.’ This implies that
a) she is married but has lost the charm in her eyes.
b) she is a married woman who has lost her grace and beauty.
c) though she is married, her eyes are devoid of happiness.
d) she is a married woman who has lost her eyesight
(ii) ‘He has a roof over his head!’ The tone of the author is
a) pessimistic.
b) empathetic.
c) sympathetic.
d) optimistic
(iii)Choose the term which best matches the statement ‘The young men echo the lament of
their elders.’
a) acceptance
b) reflection
c) reiteration
d) doubtfulness
(iv)‘Years of mind-numbing toil have killed all initiative and the ability to dream’. This shows
that
a) the bangle makers are exhausted yet they are enterprising and have dreams.
b) the drudgery of work has destroyed their willingness to improve their lot.
c) the daily grind has stolen the dreams of the bangle makers and made them dull.
d) the bangle makers have been working so hard that there’s no time to dream.
Q 14 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow(MCQ) 1x 4=4 M
My breath was gone. I was frightened. Father laughed, but there was terror in my heart at
the overpowering force of the waves. My introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool
revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish fears. But in a little while I gathered
confidence. I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn
by aping them. I did this two or three times on different days and was just beginning to feel
at ease in the water when the misadventure happened.

(i) Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

Statement 1: The author’s father laughed to mock his son’s inability to swim.
Statement 2: The author wanted to swim just to prove to his father that he can swim.

a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.

b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred.
d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred
(ii)“My introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred
childish fears.” It can be inferred that this was a clear case of
a) suppression
b) oppression
c) depression
d) repression

(iii)The misadventure that took place right after the author felt comfortable was that
a) the author slipped and fell into the swimming pool.
b) a bully tossed him into the pool for the sake of fun.
c) his coach forgot to teach him how to handle deep water.
d) his father couldn’t help him from drowning into the water.
(iv)Choose the option that describes the equipment used by the author while learning to
swim.

a) Option 1
b) Option 2
c) Option 3
d) Option 4

Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract

Q 15 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow 1x4=4M

And
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache…

(i)What is the most likely reason the poet capitalised ‘Young Trees’?
This was to
a) convey a clearer meaning.
b) highlight the adj.-noun combination.
c) enhance the contrast.
d) draw a connection with the title.

(ii)Choose the option that appropriately describes the relationship between the two
statements given below.
Statement 1: The poet knows her mother has aged.
Statement 2: The poet feels the pain of separation.

a) Beginning – Ending
b) Cause – Effect
c) Question – Answer

d) Introduction – Conclusion
(iii)Choose the option that completes the sentence given below.
Just as the brightness of the winter’s moon is veiled behind the haze and mist, similarly,
__________________.
a) the pain of separation has shaded mother’s expression.
b) age has fogged mother’s youthful appearance.
c) growing up has developed a seasoned maturity in the poet.
d) memories warm the heart like the pale moon in winter

Q 16 Read the extract and answer the questions that follows. ( Short Answer) 2x4=8 M
........I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed , ‘Her face ashen like that of a
corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought
away,
Questions:
a) What did the poet realize on seeing her mother?
b) How did the poet try to put this thought away ?
c) Identify the literary device used in the second line.
d) Name the poem and the poet.

Q 17 Read the extract and answer the questions that follows. ( Short Answer) 2x4=8 M
“While I was wondering about it all my teacher mounted his chair and in the same grave, gentle tone
said, ”My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you”
A)Identify the lesson, also name its writer.
B) Who do ‘I’ and “My teacher’ refer to?
C) Why do you think was the teacher’s tone grave as well as gentle?
D )What impact this announcement must have had on children?

Q 18 READING (10 marks)

Q.1. Read the passage given below. [1x10 = 10]

1. Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature
and ideals of education. It can be considered a branch of both philosophy and
education. Education can be defined as the teaching and learning of specific skills, and
the imparting of knowledge, judgment and wisdom, and is something broader than
the societal institution of education we often speak of.
2. Many educationists consider it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the
practical applications of the real world to be useful. But philosophers dating back to
Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given the area much thought and emphasis, and
there is little doubt that their work has helped shape the practice of education over
the millennia.
3. Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential
element in "The Republic" (his most important work on philosophy and political
theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods:
removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state,
and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the
most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less
able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical
discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not distributed
genetically and thus is be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed
system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does
not really follow a democratic model.
4. Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces
to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good
and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically,
and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates'
emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the
balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he
explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education,
literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also
considered important.
5. During the Medieval period, the idea of Perennialism was first formulated by St.
Thomas Aquinas in his work "De Magistro". Perennialism holds that one should teach
those things deemed to be of everlasting importance to all people everywhere,
namely principles and reasoning, not just facts (which are apt to change over time),
and that one should teach first about people, not machines or techniques. It was
originally religious in nature, and it was only much later that a theory of secular
perennialism developed.
6. During the Renaissance, the French skeptic Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592) was
one of the first to critically look at education. Unusually for his time, Montaigne was
willing to question the conventional wisdom of the period, calling into question the
whole edifice of the educational system, and the implicit assumption that university-
 educated philosophers were necessarily wiser than uneducated farm workers, for
example.

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer ANY TEN questions from
the eleven given below. [1X10=10]

i Philosophy of Education is a branch of both –

a. Psychology and Education
b. Philosophy and Education
c. Psychology and Teaching
d. None of the above

ii What is the difference between the approaches of Socrates and Aristotle?

a. Aristotle felt the need for repetition to develop good habits in students; Socrates felt that
students need to be constantly questioned
b. Aristotle felt the need for rote-learning; Socrates emphasized on dialogic learning
c. There was no difference
d. Aristotle emphasized on the importance of paying attention to human nature; Socrates
emphasized upon science

iii Why do educationists consider philosophy a ‘weak and woolly’ field?

a. It is not practically applicable
b. Its theoretical concepts are easily understood
c. It is irrelevant for education
d. None of the above

iv What do you understand by the term ‘Perennialism’, in the context of the given
comprehension passage?
a. It refers to something which is of ceaseless importance
b. It refers to something which is quite unnecessary
c. It refers to something which is abstract and theoretical
d. It refers to something which existed in the past and no longer exists now

v ‘The Republic’ is an important work on

a. Philosophy
b. Political Theory
c. Education
d. both a and b above

vi Were Plato’s beliefs about education democratic?

a. He believed that only the rich have the right to acquire education
b. Yes, Plato’s beliefs were democratic but not his suggested practices
c. He believed that only a select few are meant to attend schools
d. He believed that all pupils are not talented

vii According to Aristotle ultimate aim of education is

a. Produce virtuous citizens
b. Produce intelligent citizens
c. Produce good citizens
d. both a and c above

viii Why did Aquinas propose a model of education which did not lay much emphasis on
facts?
a. Facts are not important
b. Facts do not lead to holistic education
c. Facts change with the changing times
d. Facts are frozen in time

ix Who questioned the assumption that university-educated philosophers were

necessarily wiser than uneducated farm workers?
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Montaigne
d. Socrates

x Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in
bold.

‘skeptic’ (Para 6)
a. believer
b. doubter
c. optimist
d. disciple

xi Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in
bold.

‘Explicitly’ (Para 4)
a. uncertain
b. precisely and clearly
c. indefinitely
d. questionable