Class 12th English Past Paper PDF
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This English exam paper for Class 12 covers various sections like reading, writing, grammar, and literature. It includes questions based on prose and poetry from Flamingo and Vistas textbooks. Key figures of speech are also expected to be understood.
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Subject- English (Class-XII) There will be one question paper of 100 marks. Section A- Reading 15marks. 1. One long unseen passage followed by four short answer type questions an...
Subject- English (Class-XII) There will be one question paper of 100 marks. Section A- Reading 15marks. 1. One long unseen passage followed by four short answer type questions and three vocabulary questions. 4x3=12(short answer questions) 3x1=3(vocabulary) Section B- writing 20 marks 2. Article (Descriptive, Argumentative/ autobiographical) -100 to 150 words 10 3. Letter to the Editor/ complaint letters/Business letter (Placing orders / Booking or cancellation / making enquiries etc) 10 Section C- Grammar 25 marks. 4. Ten questions (MCQ and very short answer type questions) based on Narration, Synthesis, Transformation, Syntax, Idioms and Phrases/ phrasal Verbs, Synonyms, Antonyms, One word substitution, Homophones 10x2=20 5. Translation from Hindi to English- 7 to 8 Sentences 5 Section D- Literature 40 marks Flamingo- Text book Prose 6. Two short answer type questions 4+4=8 7. One long answer type question 7 Poetry 8. Three very short answer type questions based on the given poetry extract- 3x2=6 Note- (Questions related to identification of the following figures of speech will be included in the poetry section- Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Oxymoron, Apostrophe, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia). 9. Central idea of the given poem 4 Vistas- Supplementary Reader 10. Two short answer type questions. 4+4=8 11. One long answer type question 7 Following books are prescribed:- Flamingo- Text Book PROSE- 1. The Last Lession Alphonse Daudet 2. Lost Spring Anees Jung 3. Deep Water William Douglas 4. The Rattrap Selma Lagerlof 5. Indigo Louis Fischer 6. Poets And Pancakes Ashokamitran 7. The Interview-Part I And Part II Christopher Silvester 8. Going Place A.R. Barton POETRY- 1. MY Mother At Sixty-Six Kamala Das 2. Keeping Quit Pablo Neruda 3. A Thing Of Beauty John Keats 4. A Road Side Stand Robert Frost 5. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Adrienne Rich Vistas- Supplementary Reader- 1. The Third Level Jack Finney 2. The Tiger King Kalki 3. Journey to the end of the Earth Tishani Doshi 4. The Enemy Pearl S. Buck 5. On the Face of it Susan Hill 6. Memories of childhood Zitkala Sa & Bama Note- No book has been prescribed for grammar. Students can select any book recommended by the subject teacher.
