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Here we have given U P Board Pre Board Exam 2022-23 English Class 12 Question Paper.
U P Board Pre Board Examination – 2023
Class-XII Subject – English
Time: 3.00 hours M.M.: 100
Note- i. This paper is divided into four sections.
ii. All the sections are compulsory.
iii. Marks are indicated against the questions.
iv. Read the questions very carefully before you start answering them.
Section-A “Reading”
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
The old Turkish and other races; Who inhabited Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia before the advent of Islam, were largely Buddhists and earlier still, during the period of the Epics, Hindus.
The frontier area was one of the principal centres of old Indian culture and it abounds still with ruins of monuments and monasteries and, specially, of the great university of Taxila, which was at the height of its fame two thousand years ago, attracting students from all over India as Well as different parts of Asia. Changes of religion made difference but could not change entirely the mental backgrounds which the people of those areas had developed.
a. What religious groups inhabited Afghanistan before the advent of Islam? (3)
b. What is meant by the phrase “the period of the Epics” What was Taxila famous for? (3)
d. What has been common to the people of Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia despite their different religions? (3)
e. i. Which word in the passage means ‘arrival’ or ‘coming’? (1)
ii. What is meant by ‘monuments’ and ‘monasteries? (1)
iii. Give the synonym of ‘entirely’. (1)
Section-B “Writing”
2. Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 100-150 words. (10)
a. Is English Surpassing Indian Language?
b. Online Classes
c. How to Preserve our Cultural Heritage
3. Write a letter to the Editor of a national daily showing you over ‘high rise in water-tax’. (10)
Or
Write a letter to the principal of your college to complain against the shortage of books in your collage library.
Section-C “Grammar”
4. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions.
a. The act of intentionally killing oneself. (2)
i. Homicide
ii. Genocide
iii. Regicide
iv. Suicide
b. The Phrase ‘Get rid of’ means- (2)
i. To dispose of something
ii. To Kill something or someone
c. The synonyms of ‘Embrace’ is- (2)
i. Accept
ii. Reject
iii. Disturb
iv. Exclude
d. I am too happy to see you. (2)
Which word in the sentence is an ‘error’?
i. I
ii Too
iii. To
iv. you
e. The antonym of ‘Timid’ is- (2)
i. Gentle
ii. Tired
iii. Brave
iv. Snicker
5. a. Change any one of the following sentences to indirect speech. (2)
i. His father said. “Bravo! you have secured distinction in three subjects”.
ii. He said to his friend. “Good morning! How are you?”
b. Change any one of the following as directed. (2)
i. Sheela must work hard to succeed. (Compound Sentence)
ii. We eat to live, (Complex sentence)
c. Change any one of the following as directed. (2)
i. Every rose has a thorn. (Negative Sentence)
ii. Switch off the fan. (Passive Voice)
d. Correct any one of the following sentences. (2)
i. He is most perfect gentleman.
ii. Milk is preferable than tea.
e. Use any one of the following pairs of words in your sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear. (2)
i. Wave- Waive
ii. Career- Carrier
6. Translate the following into English :- (5)
अनुशासन ही जीवन का सार है। अनुशासन न हो तो जीवन रूपी गाड़ी पटरी से उतर जाती है। यदि सभी लोग सड़क पर चलते समय अपने- अपने नियम का पालन करने लगें और सड़क पर किसी भी तरफ गाड़ी चलाने लगें, तो पूरी तरह अव्यवस्था फैल जाएगी। नियमों का पालन करते हुए अनुशासित जीवन व्यतीत करके ही हम देश और समाज की उन्नति में सहायक हो सकते हैं।
Section-D “Literature”
7. Answer any two of the following questions. (8)
a. What hospitality did the peddler receive from the crofter?
Or
Why did Gandhi decide to go Muzaffarpur before going to Champaran?
b. Why did the stronger not tell the ironmaster that he was not Nils Olof?
Or
What were the terms of the Indigo contract between the British landlords and the Indian peasants?
8. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words. (7)
a. What happened with the stronger at the ironmaster’s house? How was he treated by Edla Willmansson?
b. Why did the court scene at Motihari change the course of India’s struggle for freedom?
9. Read the following extract given below and answer the questions that follow. (6)
Aunt Jennifer’ tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric Certainty
a. Are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers real? (2)
b. Write any figure of speech that is used in the given extract. (2)
c. Why do the tigers not fear the man beneath the tree? (2)
10. Give the Central Idea of any one of the poems. (4)
a. A Thing of Beauty
b. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
c. Keeping Quiet
11. Answer any two of the following questions. (8)
a. Who was Hana? How did she meet Sadao?
Or
Why does Mr. Lamb leave his gate always open?
b. What part of the story did Jack himself enjoy the most and why?
Or
“It ate my face up. It ate me up.” Who said these words and Why?
12. Answer any one of the following questions- (7)
a. Why did Sadao Hoki go to America? Narrate his experiences there.
b. What was Derry infirmity? How had it made him withdrawn and defiant?
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