Sit with your English Textbook of std XII , Notebook and Pen( Maharashtra State Board )
Go get it if you haven't and use it only for poetry section (Q2 of this paper)!!
Subject : English
Std : XII Arts , Science and Commerce ( Maharashtra State Board)
Duration : 70 minutes only ( 5 minutes extra to read questions )
Marks : 35
Time management (Follow your own Time management because you know yourself better !❤️)
Q.1. 15 minutes ( If saving time here , you can use it for Novel section)
Q2. 20 minutes
Q3. 20 minutes
Q4. 15 minutes
Q1.
A. Summary Writing (03 marks)
Read the following extract and write summary of it in about 120 words with a suitable title.
When he was born everyone 'advised' his parents to get rid of the kid as he was blind. But his parents, who were not affluent by any counts, chose to take care of him, that too, to the best of their abilities and gave him education. Forbes has named him in the list of super achievers from Asia under the age of 30 but visually challenged Shrikanth Bolla is in no mood to celebrate. His goal is to get in to the Forbes list of richest person and he won't settle for anything else.
Such is the determination of the 25 year-old. who was born blind and overcome all adver sities to become the first international blind student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and now heads a Rs 30 crore ($4.6 million) company.
Visiting manufacturing plants in different locations in Telangana and Karnataka, attending business meetings and, in between, troubleshooting over the phone, the CEO of Bollant Industries is a busy man.
Born in a family of farmers in Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, life has been one long struggle for him. After passing his class 10th exam he chose the science stream for the plus-two stage but was not permitted to write the Joint Entrance Exam for IIT- aspirants as he was blind.
"I said when IIT doesn't want me, I don't want IIT either. Let me find the best opportunity in the world- better than IIT. MIT being the top school in the world. I always wanted to go there and I went there," said Srikanth, who was B.SC.in management from MIT.
When his bachelor's course was ending, few questions hindered Srikanth he decided to give up the 'golden opportunity, in corporate America and came back to India in search of answer to his question.
Srikanth Bolla set up a support service platform to rehabilitate, nurture and integrate differently abled people in society. Srikanth helped about 3000 students in acquiring educational and vocational rehabilitations. Later, when he thought about their employment he built this company which now employs 150 differently abled people. Srikanth's three most important life lessons are - show compassion and make people rich. Include people in your life and remove loneliness, and lastly do something good: it will come back to you. Srikanth Bolla, the guy who was born blind is now a new ray of hope for many people.
B. Mind Map (03 marks)
Using your own design , develop a mind map on the topic "Students' role and responsibilities"
Q2. Poetry Section
A. Read the given extract and answer the questions given below : (10 marks)
Line 1..... canst hear......Page 106
Line 2.....the devil below...Page 106
A1. Rearrange the following incidents as per their occurrence in the poem :
a. Sir Ralph cursed himself in despair.
b. The vessel strikes with a shivering shock.
c. sir Ralph heard a dreadful sound.
d. The mariners wished to hear the Inchcape bell.
A2. Give two reasons for the sinking of the ship.
A3. " Evil digs a pit for others but falls into the same." Share your thoughts on the given statement in about 70 words.
A4. "Oh Christ ! It is the Inchcape rock !"
Identify the figure of speech in the given line and explain.
A5. Compose four lines on the topic "Jealousy"
B. Appreciation (04 marks)
Write an appreciation of the poem" Small towns and rivers". Write it in paragraph format only. (06 paragraphs need to be made)
Q3. Writing Skills
A. Speech writing (04 marks)
You are an active member of an NGO working for water-conservation. Prepare a speech for the school children / students where you are invited on the eve of 'World Environment Day' to guide them about water-harvesting. Your speech should not exceed 150 words.
B. Expansion of idea :
Expand the following idea with help of the points given below (100 to 150 words) -
" Experience is the best teacher"
1. It's practical and not theoretical experience
2. Learning from real life situations
3. Direct and first hand knowledge
Q4. Novel Section ( 07 marks)
A. Fill in the blanks :
1. Novels with the elements of horror,bloodshed and mystry are called.........
2. There are..... essential elements of "Novel".
B. Answer in about 50 words : (02 marks)
1. Describe how Miss Phillips justifies the importance of P.T. to Denham.
C. Answer in about 50 words : (02 marks)
1. Give reasons why Phileas Fogg knocked detective Fix down.
D. Answer in about 50 words : (02 marks)
1. " Our quest does not appear to take us to a very fashionable regions." Find out who the speaker of this dialogue is , his/her tone and style and significance of the dialogue.
