Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board - English Questions - August 2024 PDF

ગજ ુ રાત માધ્યમમક અને ઉચ્ચતર માધ્યમમક મિક્ષણ બોર્ડ , ગાાંધીનગર ઓગષ્ટ - ૨૦૨૪, પ્રશ્નબેંક આધારિત મૂલ્ાાંકન માટે અગત્્ની સૂચનાઓ.  શાળાએ પોતાની િીતે બોર્ડ પિ લેખન કા્ડ કિીને, રપ્રન્ટ કઢાવીને, પસાંરિત પ્રશ્નોને પ્રોજેક્ટિ વર્ે રર્સ્પ્લે કિીને અથવા મૌરખક િીતે લખાવીને પોતાની અનુકૂળતા મુજબ મૂલ્ા...

ગજ ુ રાત માધ્યમમક અને ઉચ્ચતર માધ્યમમક મિક્ષણ બોર્ડ , ગાાંધીનગર ઓગષ્ટ - ૨૦૨૪, પ્રશ્નબેંક આધારિત મૂલ્ાાંકન માટે અગત્્ની સૂચનાઓ.  શાળાએ પોતાની િીતે બોર્ડ પિ લેખન કા્ડ કિીને, રપ્રન્ટ કઢાવીને, પસાંરિત પ્રશ્નોને પ્રોજેક્ટિ વર્ે રર્સ્પ્લે કિીને અથવા મૌરખક િીતે લખાવીને પોતાની અનુકૂળતા મુજબ મૂલ્ાાંકન કા્ડવાહી હાથ ધિવાની િહેશે.  ૨૫ ગુણના મૂલ્ાાંકન કા્ડના ઉત્તિ લખવા માટે નો સમ્ પૂિા ૧ કલાકનો ફાળવવાનો િહેશે. જે તે રવષ્ની પ્રશ્નબેંક પિ રવભાગને ધ્્ાને લીધા રવના પ્રશ્નોના ક્રમ સળાં ગ ક્રમમાાં િાખવાના િહેશે. (િા.ત.પ્રશ્ન નાં. ૧ ,૨,૩,૪,૫,૬,૭,૮,૯,૧૦,૧૧,૧૨,૧૩,૧૪,૧૫,……..)  પ્રશ્નબેંકમાાંથી અધ્્ન રનષ્પરત આધાિીત સૂચનાઓ પ્રમાણે રવભાગવાિ પ્રશ્નો પસાંિ કિી કુ લ-૨૫ ગુણનુાં મૂલ્ાાંકન થા્ તે િીતે આ્ોજન કિવાનુાં િહેશે.  તા. ૨૫/૦૭/૨૦૨૪ અને તા.૨૯/૦૭/૨૦૨૪ના િોજ કોઇ પ્રવાહમાાં મૂલ્ાાંકન કા્ડમાાં રવષ્ોની સાંખ્ ્ા વધાિે હો્ તો ધોિણ-૧૧ અને ૧૨ સામાન્્ પ્રવાહમાાં જો કોઇ રવદ્યાથીને બે કિતાાં વધુ રવષ્ની મુલ્ાાંકન કસોટી આપવાની થા્ ત્્ાિે ત્રીજા રવષ્નુાં આ્ોજન બીજા રિવસે કિી શકાશે.  પ્રશ્નબેંકમાાં કોઇ જોર્ણી, ભાષાિોષ જણા્ તો પાઠ્્પુસ્પતકને ધ્્ાને િાખી સ્પથારનક કક્ષાએ સુધાિો કિવાનો િહેશે. રવષ્ રશક્ષક દ્વાિા સમ્સિ મૂલ્ાાંકન કિી રવદ્યાથીઓનુાં રનિાન કા્ડ હાથ ધિવાનુાં િહેશે.  મૂલ્ાાંકન બાિ રવદ્યાથી મેળવેલ ગુણની ર્ેટાએન્ટર ી રવદ્યા સમીક્ષા કે ન્ર ગાાંધીનગિ ખાતે ક્ષમતાએપમાાં ર્ેટાએન્ટર ીનુાં કા્ડ હાથ ધિવાનુાં િહેશે.  રવદ્યાથીઓની ઉત્તિવહીઓ તેમજ રવદ્યાથીઓનુાં સાંકરલત ગુણપત્રક શાળાએ એક વષડ સુધી સાચવવાનુાં િહેશે. અને રજલલા રશક્ષણારધકાિીશ્રીની ટીમને વારષડક રનિીક્ષણ વખતે રનિીક્ષણ માટે આપવાનુાં િહેશ.ે  GUJARAT SECONDARY AND HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION BOARD GANDHINAGAR EVALUATION BASED ON QUESTION BANK – 2, AUGUST 2024 Subject: English (SL) Subject Code : 013 Time : 1 hour Standard : 12 (SCIENCE) Marks: 25 ==================================================================== Section- A ➤ Teachers have to prepare evaluation questions for students from this question bank. ➤ Read the instructions carefully before preparing the evaluation. ➤ There are 4 sections and 17 questions in this question bank. ➤ Marks are allotted to each question in every section. ➤ Evaluation should be of 25 marks. Section – A - is of 8 Marks [Questions-1 to 8] Section – B - is of 7 Marks [Questions-9 to 13] Section – C - is of 5 Marks [Question-14 to 16] Section – D -is of 5 Marks [Questions-17] ➤ Teachers can give the evaluation questions to students by dictating, writing on board, giving print copies or as per convenience.  GUJARAT SECONDARY AND HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION BOARDGANDHINAGAR EVALUATION BASED ON QUESTION BANK - AUGUST 2024 Subject: English (SL) Subject Code : 013 Time : 1 hour Standard : 12 (SCIENCE) Marks : 25 ============================================================================ Section-A LO: E₂ 1240 Comprehends and analyses text critically. *Select the most appropriate answer from the given options. (Select any FOUR questions) (Que. Nos : 1 to 4) 1) What is not good at all? (A) deep thinking (B) positive thinking (C) thinking (D) over thinking 2) We can open a source of …………………with the technique of anticipating success. (A) optimism (B) pessimism (C) imagination (D) creation 3) What is the first step of Anticipating success exercise? (A) Bent on your knees (B) Settle back in a chair with opened eyes (C) Settle back in a chair and close your eyes (D) Bent back with your arm support 4) What is the benefit of Screen exercise? (A) It makes the person calm and composed (B) It makes the person very indecisive (C) It makes the person restless (D) It makes the person nervous 5) …………………thoughts start weakening your energy. (A) hectic (B) frantic (C) positive (D) negative 6) ‘Languidly’ is similar in meaning to the word…………………… (A) slowly (B) rapidly (C) eventually (D) frequently 7) What is caused by shallow breathing? (A) happiness (B) sadness (C) stress (D) freshness 8) The Crown Pull influences the flow of ……………….fluid in a positive way. (A) chemical (B) cerebrospinal (C) purgatory (D) acidic 9) Expect to be …………… (A) lucky (B) unlucky (C) energetic (D) hectic 10) Delete the phrase ……………….from your vocabulary. (A) I can (B) I can’t (C) I like (D) I dislike 11) How long should we rub our hands to create energy? (A) for an hour (B) for a minute (C) for two minutes (D) for a moment 12) The skin on top of the head is called………………… (A) bone (B) spine (C) scalp (D) vertebrae LO: E₂ 1248 reads silently with comprehension and to identify the complexity of ideas in differenttypes of text; and relates learning with personal, social experiences in writing and speech. *Read the passage and answer the questions: [Que. Nos: 5,6 & 7,8] (Select any TWO extracts)  → Mind, emotions and body are all closely interlinked and always work together. It helps you distinguish them more clearly if you try to understand them separately. Your mental capacities are your abilities to concentrate, to take in new information, to remember old and new information and to be in a position to think logically. You need your mental capacity in order to study, to work, to impose a constructive and workable order on your life, and to make rational day-to-day decisions. 1) What are closely interlinked? 2) Why do you need your mental capacity? → Basically, the day hasn't even started but you are already in a tizz. What is happening is that your mind is racing ahead of you and anticipating how tired and stressed you will feel once you have completed all the tasks ahead. 1) When do you find yourself in a tizz? 2) What does your mind anticipate while in a tizz? → Half the problem with being stressed and unable to concentrate properly is that you don't breathe deeply enough to supply your brain with sufficient oxygen. When we get stressed, we tend to hold our breath or only breathe in a shallow way, using only the top part of our lungs. 1) What is the cause of being stressed? 2) Explain ‘shallow breathing’. → Write down all your worries. Putting them on a piece of paper gets them out of your head. Get out into nature and walk. Concentrate on what is right now rather than what might happen tomorrow. Sing in the bath and use the shampoo bottle as a micro-phone. 1) How can you bring all your worries out of your head? 2) What should you concentrate on? Section B LO: E₂ 1249 recites poems, enjoys them and finds meaning. * Read the stanza and answer the questions: (Que. Nos: 9 & 10) (Select any ONE stanza) In days gone by I used to be A potter who would feel His fingers mould the yielding clay To patterns on his wheels; But now through wisdom lately won, That pride has died away; I have ceased to be the potter And have learned to be the clay. 1) What was the poet in his past? (A) Poet (B) Potter (C) Clay (D) Wise man 2) Why did the poet learn to be the clay? (A) Because he has pride on his patterns (B) Because he became lazy (C) Because he got wisdom earlier (D) Because his pride had gone away I was a fashioner of swords In days that now are gone Which on a hundred battlefields, Glittered and gleamed and shone; But now that I am brimming with The silence of the Lord, I have ceased to be sword-maker And have learned to be the sword.  1) The poet was a maker of…………………….. (A) battlefield (B) swords (C) Lord (D) silence 2) For what are the adjectives ‘glittered’, ‘gleamed’ and ‘shone’ used? (A) Sword (B) Poet (C) Lord (D) None of these LO: E₂ 1259 reads and understands literature depicting natural calamities, pandemics, etc. in terms of medical, geographical contexts, terminology etc; speaks on scientific facts, economic issues in simple words using examples from everyday life. *Read the news clipping and answer the questions: (Select ANY ONE passage) (Que. 11) 1) Patanjali stops sale of 14 products after suspension of license. NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd said on Tuesday that it had stopped the sale of 14 products after Uttarakhand suspended its manufacturing licenses with immediate effect. It informed the Supreme Court that it had instructed 5,606 franchise stores to withdraw these products. 1) How many products did Patanjali stop to sell? 2) Which state suspended the manufacturing licence? 3) What did it instruct the franchise stores? 2) Cancellation of NEET-UG 2024 in its entirety is an ‘extreme last resort’, says Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday (July 8) said the cancellation of the undergraduate National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2024 in its entirety was an “extreme last resort” as it affected the lives of over 23 lakh students who wrote the prestigious exam for medical admissions across the country. 1) When was the cancellation of NEET declared by the Supreme Court? 2) How many students are affected by this issue? 3) What is an ‘extreme last resort’ according to Supreme Court? LO: E₂ 1258 reads literature from different parts of the world, gives opinion on the characters, events, traditions and cultural norms of societies, writes with logic, evidence etc. about Indian knowledge, traditions, and practices. *Read the passage and answer the questions: (Select any ONE passage) (Que.Nos: 12 &13) → "Goalie, Goalie," called the man dressed in black and white. The two goalies simultaneously raised their right hands in air, indicating that they were ready. The game could begin. This was it. The whistle sounded, and the ball was soon kicked in my direction.I received the ball and kicked it twenty feet toward the goal just in time for my teammate to meet it and pound it right into the net. 'Goal" everyone shouted. The game had started out well. 1) Which out of these is correct? (A) The two goalies simultaneously raised their left hands. (B) The two goalies simultaneously raised their right legs. (C) The two goalies simultaneously raised their right hands. (D) The two goalies simultaneously raised their left legs. 2) At what distance was the ball kicked towards the goal post? (A) 10 feet (B) 20 feet (C) 15 feet (D) 25 feet → By the time I reached high school, I was so stressed out by the thought of answering question and doing group projects that my self confidence problem would get in the way of my ability to study. I was nervous and agitated about being wrong and how people would react to me. My school and work started to suffer. Because of my inferiority complex, I couldn't go out. I was afraid of even going for shopping. I couldn't speak to people or mark decisions. I hid myself away and felt like a real loser. 1) By which thought was the writer so stressed? (A) The thought of answering question. (B)The thought of doing group projects. (C) Both A & B (D) None of these  2) Why could the writer not go out? (A) Because of his illness. (B) Because of his superiority complex. (C) Because of his indecisive nature. (D) Because of his inferiority complex. → I have stepped out of the house in the middle of a summer night to watch the grass and flowers in our garden. Suddenly my mother is at my side. Instead of sending me back tobed, she joins me, we sit there together. Listening to the noise made by cicadas. "Look" she says pointing to a shooting star. But I am looking at the light in her eyes.Later I fall asleep with my head in her lap. 1) Cicadas is a kind of…………………… (A) animal (B) bird (C) insect (D) plant 2) Which season and time is mentioned in this extract? (A) a summer night (B) a summer noon (C) a summer morning (D) a summer day Section-C LO: E₂ 1212 uses grammatical items such as connectors, tenses, reported speeches etc. in day to day communications. *Render the following dialogue/conversation into Indirect speech. (Select Any One ) (Que. No : 14) 1) “What will you do with this huge amount of money, Walt?"said Roy. “I will reinvest it in this studio.” “What a great idea it is!” 2) Kajal: Where are you, mummy? Mother: I am in the kitchen. Kajal: Prepare tea for me,please. 3) “Let’s visit the science city today”, said Alap. “What a good suggestion it is!”, said Mihir. “Book tickets online first before we go.” LO: E₂1238 frames questions to assess their comprehension. *Select the correct questions to get the underlined words/phrase as their answers: (Select Any Two) (Que. Nos. 15 & 16) 1) Prichh visited her friend at the hospital last week. (A) When did Prichh visit her friend at the hospital? (B) Why did Prichh visit her friend at the hospital? (C) Where did Prichh visit her friend last week? (D) Whom did Prichh visit last week? 2) The fight between the wrestlers last for five minutes. (A) How long did the fight between the wrestlers last? (B) How much did the fight between the wrestlers last? (C) How far did the fight between the wrestlers last? (D) How did the wrestlers fight?  3) My mother is fond of making Rangoli. (A) What is your mother fond of? (B) What is your mother fond of making? (C) What is your mother? (D) What is your mother making? 4) Vande Bharat train arrives Kalupur at 6 p.m. (A) Which train arrives Kalupur? (B) When did Vande Bharat train arrive Kalupur? (C) When does Vande Bharat train arrive Kalupur? (D) When does Vande Bharat train arrived Kalupur? 5) Narmada is the longest river of Gujarat. (A) Who is the longest river of Gujarat? (B) What is the longer river of Gujarat? (C) Is Narmada the longest river of Gujarat? (D) Which is the longest river of Gujarat? Section-D LO: E₂1254 Writes formal letters/applications/requests/resume etc. seeking information regarding admission, courses, fees etc. with clarity and precision; and using appropriate vocabulary, expressions etc. * Writing Section: (Que. No: 17) (Select Any One) 1) Jiken Vyas from 2-B, Aroma society, Paliyad road, Botad writes an application for the post of a computer programmer to the director of Wizard Software Pvt. Ltd., Chhani jakatnaka, Vadodara. Draft an application on his behalf. 2) Mohit Chaudhari from 65, Gokul society, Gunja road, Amreli writes an application for the post of a teacher of Physics to Aryajyoti English medium high school, Modasa. Draft an application on his behalf. 3) Fiona Roy from 15, Himalaya Heights, Anand wants to apply for the post of a librarian in Nest Public Library, Gulbai tekra, Ahmedabad. Draft an application on her behalf.