HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION OCT-2021

Class: XII ENGLISH CORE (301) Time: 1 1/2 hrs

11/10/21 MARKING SCHEME Marks:40

READING (14 Marks)

I. PASSAGE 1 ( 8 marks)

1.b) have changed for the worse

2.a) were consistent with biodiversity

3. d) high consumption of processed foods

4. c) a medicinal effect

5.b) force of market

6. d) all these

7. b) most items are available throughout the year

8. d) attractively packaged processed food

9.b) A2B3C1

10. d) 2 and 4

II. Passage 2 ( 6 marks)

11. c) The science of Geology

12. c) ii and iii

13. b) occur more frequently in newly formed land or sea formations

14. b) tidal waves

15. c) levelling of land

16. b) The tallest mountain on the earth measures lesser than the depth of the deepest “Deep” in
the ocean

17. a)

18. b)

WRITING (10 MARKS)

III. NOTICE (4 marks)

19. D)Session on precautions required for Covid-19.

20. C) This is to inform all the students about a session which will be conducted on the precautions
required for Covid-19.

21. D) All the above

22. A) Yes, because they are the persons to be contacted

23. B) For further queries, please contact

IV. ARTICLE (6 marks)

24. C ) Illiteracy is still a major blot on India, after more than seventy years of its achieving
independence.

25.C) (ii) (iii) (v)

26. C)2,4

27. D) (i) achieving (ii) attained

28 B) We should also include personal information.

29. B) Illiteracy is the root cause of many problems

30. C) each one teach one.

LITERATURE

This section has sub-sections V, VI, VII, VIII & IX. There are a total of 30 questions in the section.
Attempt any 26 questions from the sub-sections V to IX.

V. 31.c) enhance the contrast

32. b) cause- effect

33. b) age has fogged mother’s youthful appearance

34. d) option.4

35.c) fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age.

VI. 36. D) Nobody in particular, it’s a figure of speech

37.c) orthodox, upper class

38. c) re-imagining a warless future: Technology for peace

39.d) 2 and 4

40. b) idealised sentimentality

41.d) temporary

42.a) hyperbole

43.b) necessity

44.c) rag picking has attained a position of a skill

45a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

46.b) The manager complained about the employee’s sluggishness.

47.c) Sadao: prudent Hana: suspicious

48. d) to be in hot water

49.Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false.

50.b) Pearl S Buck

IX. 51.b. 1870-1871

52.a) sadness and patriotism

53) d. repression

54) b. Of Men and Mountains

55) b. metaphor

56.d) irony

57d) growing insecurity of man to pain

58. d) Assertion is false and reason is true

59. b) 3 and 4

60d) Charlie‘s tendencies of escapism realities.