XII ENGLISH PUBLIC EXAMINATION– MARCH 2024 – ANSWER KEY (BASED ON GOVT.

OFFICIAL KEY – WIN ENGLISH GUIDE

PART -1 PART –II PART-III PART-IV
ONE MARK (20X1=20) TWO MARK THREE MARK FIVE MARK (7X5=35 MARKS)
1. a. scold SECTION -1( SECTION -1( 41. a. IN CELEBRATION OF BEING ALIVE
2. d. suffering TWO MARK (4X2=8) ANY FOUR (2X3=6) ANY TWO b. THE SUMMIT
3. c. continued 21. a. Napoleon is compared to Mother Eagle 31. All the world’s stage –William Shakespeare 42. a. OUR CASUARINA TREE
4. b. abnormal and the soldier to an Eaglet. 32. The Castle – Edwin Muir b. A FATHER TO HIS SON
5. d. appeared b. bruised -breathes 33. Ulysses – Alfred Tennyson 43. a. GOD SEES THE TRUTH BUT WAITS
6. c. adequate b. REMEMBER CAESAR
22. a. Monkey’s / baboon’s -offspring SECTION -2
7. a,b,c,d (2x3=6 marks) ANY TWO
ALL ARE CORRECT* b. on the lower branches/boughs/the 44. a. summary(Title-1, Rough copy/draft-1,Fair
copy/draft-3)
8. d. stay+vacation trees / casuarina tree
34. Why does Orwell prefer a cylindrical b. a para on a recent interesting news item
9. b. Research and 23. a. with courage / like steel, like rock /
teacup to a flat one? 45. a. Job application letter for the post of
Analysis Wing boldly / strongly / hard
- to hold more tea and keep it warm– keep it clerk in a glass manufacturing company with Bio-
10. c. pails b. Metaphor
hot. data(from,to -1, salu…1, body -1, subscription, date-1, biodata-1)
11. a. vibrations
12. b. misapparopriate
24. a. Ulysses/ the King / King of Ithaca b. a letter to friend about summer holiday plans
35. What were the various jobs undertaken (placedate-1, salu..-1, body-2, subscription, envelope – 1)
13. d. being idle b. They are savages who do nothing but
by Nicola and Jacopo? What made them 46. a. i.seller, cellar - (2 marks)
14. d. container hoard, sleep and feed.
work so hard? ii. aren’t they
15. c. vague 25. a. betrayal/disloyalty by the warder/the - hawking newspapers, shining shoes, selling iii. not only, but also/neither..nor/both..and
16. b. truck act of treachery / they lost the castle fruits, guiding tourists/ ran errands - for their iv. had seen
17. a. Moreover without fight or effort. sister’s treatment b. i. My mother asked me when I would return from
18. a. crumbled b. Rhetorical question / Alliteration/ school.
36. How was the chair made and how did
19. d. in spite of Interrogation ii. There weren’t many women tourists in the group.
the villagers react to it?
20. c. SVOA 26. a. jealous in honour / sudden and quick in iii. One of my sisters lives in Canada.
Made of black wood /shining / beautiful–
quarrel / seeks reputation / honour and fame iv. The Captain as well as his soldiers was ready…/
perfectly shaped front legs /curved back legs
b. temporary fame / short-lived glory The captain and his soldiers were…
– villagers arrived in hordes – groups to see -
SECTION -2( v. I borrowed these books from the library.
stroked - commended
(3X2=6) ANY THREE
27. The boy removed /had removed the shoes SECTION -3 47. a. telephonic conversation between you
and /and then/at once the boy jumped into (3X3=9) ANY THREE and employee of a Packers and Movers company
37. slogan writing. (ANY SUITABLE SLOGAN) regarding shifting household things.
the river.
a. Blood donation b. Importance of b. i. Dr.Carver was a slave but he became a
28. I am not allowed to eat junk food by my parents. or) scientist and educator by his ability.
education c. Textile Showroom
I am not allowed by my parents to eat junk food. (or) {{

Junk food is not allowed by my parents to be 38. five precautions to keep your eyes ii. American Black slave, got up before
Best wishes by eaten by me. healthy sunrise, very poor, left home at 10 years old,
WIN 29. Mickey Mouse is more popular than
39. a. Bare words buy no barley.
did small jobs (*ANY ONE POINT)
iii. scholarship for research in Agricultural
(many/most) other cartoon characters among
ENGLISH children.
b. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. chemistry
GUIDE c. keep your friends close and your
30. Weston asked Roger if/whether he had opened iv. a national monument –built in America
enemies closer.
9043732201 the door to the gardener. Roger replied negatively v. Yes/ He never felt proud a.”I discovered
(to his lord) that he had spoken through the 40. three sentences on Indian Premier nothing” b. “I am God’s agent” (*ANY ONE)
shutter. League based on data. WIN