Model Question Paper
Set Six | Compulsory English
Grade XII
Full marks: 100 | Pass marks: 40 Time: 3 hours
Q.N.1.Read the following passage and answer the questions below. [5*3=15]
An old lady was walking with her basket down the middle of a street to the great confusion of the traffic and putting herself in danger. It was pointed out to her that the pavement was the place for foot passengers, but she replied, ‘I’m going to walk where I like. We’ve got liberty now.’ It did not occur to the dear old lady that if liberty entitled the foot passengers, to walk down the middle of the road it also entitled the cab-driver to drive on the pavement, and that the end of such liberty would be universal disorder. Everybody would be getting in everyone else’s way and nobody would get anywhere.
Question:-
a) What had caused confusion on the road?
b) What was the old lady’s reason for walking on the road?
c) How was the liberty misused in the incident?
d) On what condition could the cab-driver drive on the pavement?
e) Why was the woman wrong in walking on the street?
Q.N.2. Add an appropriate relative clause to these sentences. (5*1=5)
a. At last they managed to repair the telephone, ---------------.
b. The teacher, --------------, turned round suddenly.
c. Phil, ---------------, kept his foot pressed hard down on the accelerator.
d. The dog, ----------------, seemed unconcerned about the matter.
e. We were all very grateful to Richard, -----------------.
Q.N.3. Re-write these sentences beginning ‘If there’s one thing ------------. (5*1=5)
Example:- People who smoke in restaurants annoy me.
If there’s one thing that annoys me its people who smoke in restaurants.
a. People who are cruel to animals upset me.
b. People who break promises make me angry.
c. I hate people who smoke in restaurants.
d. I detest people who interrupt when I’m speaking
e. I loathe people who ring me up early in the morning.
Q.N.4. How would you describe these people? (5*1=5)
Example:- Gives away lots of money – generous
a. Believes whatever you tell him/her
b. Doesn’t boast
c. Doubts what you tell him/her
d. Has a high opinion of himself/herself
e. Worries about what people think
Q.N.5. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with for, in, until or by. (5*1=5)
a. They talked on the telephone --------------- 20 minutes.
b. We played golf on Sunday -------------- dusk.
c. We did all our housework -------------- couple of hours.
d. I borrowed my neighbour’s power drill -------------- a few days.
e. We had to change the wheel --------------- five minutes.
Q.N.6. Change the following sentences using ‘seem’. (5*1=5)
a. He never stops to chat with you if you’ve got your dog with you.
b. There are African masks on the wall of his sitting room.
c. The postman always delivers a lot of letters with foreign stamps to his house.
d. You only see his children during the school holidays.
e. He usually carries a walking stick when he goes out.
Q.N.7. Rewrite the following sentences as shown in the example adding the verb ‘spend’ or ‘take’. Answer them using the words in brackets. (5*1=5)
Example:- He mowed the lawn. (ten minutes)
It took him ten minutes to mow the lawn.
a. I read the whole of “War and Peace”. (two weeks)
b. She painted the bathroom ceiling. (six o’clock)
c. She did some piano practice. (bedtime)
d. She waited at the bus stop. (ages)
e. I wrote all my letters. (lunchtime)
Q.N.8. Stating suitable qualification and experiences, write a job application for the post of English Teacher addressing the Principal, Gyan Bigyan College, Kathmandu. (10)
Q.N.9. What disadvantages do think there are in using computer in education? (5)
Q.N.10. Choose one of these sentences below and develop it into an essay in which you describe your reaction. (10)
I was really impressed by that film --------------
OR
I found that TV documentary rather boring ---------------
Q.N.11. Write a short description of a person you love most. (5)
Q.N.12. Answer any five of the following questions. (3*5=15)
a. What impression of grandmother does the speaker give in the poem‘Grandmother?’
b. How did Alyohin define love? (About Love)
c. Why does the old man want to ‘spit into the face of time?’
(The Lamentation ofthe Old Pensioner)
d. Describe the humorous aspect of Thomas (the boy’s uncle) and his wife.
(A Story)
e. Give a short account of the life of the people of Karnali.
(Hurried Trip to Avoid a Bad Star)
f. Is death meaningful in the poem "Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies"
Q.N.13. Answer any one of the following question. (10)
a. What is wrong in Nissani’s view, with a treeless Nepal? What two problems
is he talking about? (Two Long-Term Problems)
b. What is the central idea of the poem "God's Grandeur"? Why does
the writer think the 'God' and the 'Earth' are so enduring, calm and caring?
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