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Sample Paper Term 2 Class 12 English With Solutions Set A
Section–A
Reading
1. Read the passage given below.
1. Few would know about Voltaire, the eminent French philosopher, writer, historian and fierce critic of The Roman Catholic Church. His real name was Francois-Marie Arouet. He decided to cross the English Channel and fell in love with England. He was extremely happy to find that there was a breath of fresh air. The works of Newton amazed him. His works represented the opposite of the arcane and ancient country that France was. A nation held to ransom by the aristocratic system. Newton’s prediction of the trajectory impressed him, how the planets moved exactly the way his laws predicted.
The Roman Catholic Church. His real name was Francois-Marie Arouet. He decided to cross the English Channel and fell in love with England. He was extremely happy to find that there was a breath of fresh air. The works of Newton amazed him. His works represented the opposite of the arcane and ancient country that France was. A nation held to ransom by the aristocratic system. Newton’s prediction of the trajectory impressed him, how the planets moved exactly the way his laws predicted.
2. When he returned to Paris, he pushed Newton’s new vision. To be on the safe side, he had adopted a new pen name: Voltaire. To promote his views he needed a place, a patron who was not locked into the old guard’s thinking. He founded it in a girl, a tomboy of sorts, Émilie du Châtelet. A patron quite apart from other girls of her age. A real investigator of the physical world. She almost came very close to come up with the law of conservation of mass, much before Lavoisier was born. Only it was her laboratory equipment that were not accurate.
3. Émilie was different. She came alongside the German mathematician, Gottfried Leibniz’ analysis to believe that energy cannot be lost. The final conclusion of energy being proportional with mv2 was due to her tireless efforts. Of course it was the decisive evidence that came from the recent experiments of a Dutch researcher, Willem Jacob’s Gravesande. Willem wasn’t a kind of theoretician like Leibniz to put it all together. Émilie’s work on this topic bridged the gap. It was a huge discovery that went unnoticed.
Even Lavoisier who shared fame for discovering the law of conservation of mass couldn’t come to grasp this important concept.
4. Although Voltaire thought that she was wasting her time but she was unfazed. When it came to her own work, she took time and was very methodical. Along with her colleagues she published her finding without any delay. Émilie died whilst in labour in early September 1749 and Lavoisier was born on August 26, 1743. A century later even Michael Faraday and others used mv2. The commanding role of this wonderful lady was nearly forgotten.
5. “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” This was a famous quote made by Voltaire that hinted at a break with old tradition and his attack on the Catholic Church and perhaps a close association with Émilie might have been a motivation to contribute towards the progress of science and scientific temper, although indirectly.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer ANY EIGHT questions from the nine given below
i. State any one trait of Voltaire that is evident from paragraph 1 and provide a reason for your choice.
Answer: Voltaire was a visionary who was very much willing to step into an advanced tomorrow, by shunning the archaic feudalism of French Aristocracy.
ii. When looking for a patron, Voltaire founded it in a girl, a tomboy of sorts. Why did he think of her as a ‘tomboy’?
Answer: Émilie was a great mathematician, a real investigator of the physical world which was very unlikely for an 18th Century woman. Such traits were generally associated with men at that time. Thus, Voltaire thought of her as a tomboy.
iii. Cite a point in evidence, from the text, to suggest that Voltaire was in awe of Newton’s work.
Answer: Newton’s prediction of the trajectory impressed Voltaire, how the planets moved exactly the way his laws predicted. When he returned to Paris, he pushed Newton’s new vision into his philosophy as well.
iv. Rewrite the given sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with another one, from paragraph 1.Our school decided to host a themed farewell party which was a pleasantly different change.
Answer: Our school decided to host a themed farewell party which was a breath of fresh air.
v. Why do you think Émilie’s works were left largely overlooked regarding the law of conservation of mass?
Answer: Émilie had the potential of being the greatest scientist of her time but was confined because of her gender. Her approach to law of conservation of mass was correct, only it was her laboratory equipment that were not accurate
vi. Which other scientists reap the benefits from Émilie’s works?
Answer: Willem Jacob’s Gravesande, Lavoisier and Michael Faraday all applied Émilie’s discoveries in their works.
vii. Analyse why Voltaire thought that Émilie was wasting her time?
Answer: Émilie took time and was very methodical in substantiating her calculations. A huge portion of her works was left unnoticed which made Voltaire feel like she was wasting her time.
viii. Select a suitable phrase from paragraph 3 to complete the following sentence appropriately.
We successfully achieved communal harmony by finding an endearing common ground that _____________between the groups.
Answer: We successfully achieved communal harmony by finding an endearing common ground that bridged the gap between the groups.
ix. What does the use of the quote ‘Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers’ suggest in the context of the Voltaire’s viewpoint?
Answer: Voltaire’s quote hinted at a break with old tradition and his attack on the Catholic Church by promoting the progress of science and scientific temper.
2. Read the passage given below.
1. 1 in every 10 workers in India is a child; a child who is guaranteed protections under the Indian Law,and guaranteed an education and mid-day meals, till the age of 14. The sight of a chotu running to fetch you a chai on the train platform or at your local tea stall, isn’t much of a sight in India. In fact, one could almost say that the chotu has become so ubiquitous, that him not being there would be a bit confusing for some of the regulars. It has been normalised and has become an internalised personality trait of the larger Indian society, which tacitly continues to support the chotu culture at the tea stall and within the home.
2. In fact it’s become so natural that, when engaging with some of our more conscientious friend, both chotu and we, know the routine to pull off. You casually ask chotu how old he is as he cleans your table, and he, with a pail the size of his torso, responds saying he’s 18. His gangly limbs and prepubescent face are a dead giveaway, but now that he said he is 18, there’s not much you can do… is there?
3. According to the UNICEF, there are about 10.1 million children employed in child labour in India today.
That amounts to approximately 13% of our workforce. India has been trying to combat this blight since pre-republic times with the passing of the Employment of Children Act, 1938. While primitive, it was evident that even under an extractive colonial regime, it was understood that the use of children in the production process was anathema. Post-independence, the Factories Act, 1948 and the Mines Act, 1952,banned the practice of using children below the age of 14 and 18, in their respective production processes.
4. This set the tone for the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986 which prevents the employment of children below the age of 14 years in life-threatening occupations identified in a list by the law and finally the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) of children Act of 2000 made the employment of children a punishable offence.
5. The JJ Act came into force shortly after India ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),in 1992 and made the offence punishable with imprisonment from three months to one year or with fine no less than INR 10,000–20,000 rupees or with both. The Right to Education Act, passed in 2009, was supposed to go beyond punishing people for child labour to creating a conducive environment for building the capabilities of all Indian children, so that they could have a complete education and enter the workforce out of choice and not compulsion. However, even after all this, child labour continues to be the norm in a lot of industries.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer ANY SIX questions out of the seven given below.
i. What is the data of UNICEF regarding child labour?
Answer: According to the UNICEF, there are about 10.1 million children employed in child labour in India today.
That amounts to approximately 13% of Indian workforce.
ii. What does the writer mean by ‘chotu culture’?
Answer: The term ‘chotu’ has become so ubiquitous while referring to all forms of child labour, that it has been normalised and has become an internalised personality trait of the larger Indian society
iii. As per the chart given in the passage, which sector is the lowest child employer?
Answer: Construction sector is the lowest child employer as of 2011.
iv. When did India ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)?
Answer: India ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), in 1992 and made the offence punishable with imprisonment from three months to one year or with fine no less than 10,000–20,000 rupees or with both.
v. What can be concluded by the data of children employed within service sector from 2001-2011, with reference to the chart given?
Answer: The percentage of children under 14 employed within service sector from 2001-2011 went from 11.4% to 29.9% which has only accelerated because of the exploitative practices and demand of cheap labour
vi. What is the purpose of The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act?
Answer: The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986 prevents the employment of children below the age of 14 years in life-threatening occupations
vii. Identify a word from paragraph 2 which describes a child that hasn’t gone through the biological phase of maturity.
Answer: The word prepubescent describes a child who hasn’t gone through the biological phase of maturity.
Section–B
Writing
3. You are the secretary of Punjab Medical Doctors’ Association, 12-A, Sodhi Colony, Chandigarh. You have planned a seminar on CANCER for the members of the association and invited a specialist guest speaker.
Draft an invitation in not more than 50 words to be published in the local newspaper.
Answer:
WRITING
MEDICAL SEMINAR
We take immense pleasure in inviting
all the members of
PUNJAB MEDICAL DOCTOR’S ASSOCIATION
to a talk on
CANCER
on 30th November, 20XX at 10:00 a.m.
at
Flex Convention Centre, Chandigarh
Guest Speaker: Dr. Shekhar Chawla
(HOD Medicine, PGI Chandigarh)
Secretary
12-A, Sodhi Colony, Chandigarh
Ph: XXXXXXXXXX
4. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below.
A. You are Rajan/Rajni, resident of 33, Pratap Enclave, Udaipur. You read an advertisement in the newspaper for the job of an accountant in Freshers Pvt. Ltd. Chennai. Draft an application in about 120-150 words for the post of the same in response to the advertisement giving your bio-data separately.
Freshers Pvt. Ltd.
Needed Accountants Looking for young, dynamic, experienced accountants. The candidates should have a graduate degree in commerce and worked on various accounts related computer software. Apply within ten working days of this advertisement. Fresh
graduates may also apply.
OR
B. TPS School, Kanpur, recently hosted its annual computer festival titled Ordin @ trix13.0. You are Sanjay/
Sanjana, editor of the school magazine. Write a report in 120-150 words on the event for your school
magazine. You may use the cues given along with your own ideas.
• Computer Festival
• Theme, events
• Participants in the fest
• Different activities and competitions judged by eminent personalities in the field
• Sponsors of the event
• Vote of thanks by the Principal
Answer:
4.A. 33, Pratap Enclave
Udaipur
10th March, 20XX
The Manager
Freshers Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
Subject: Application for the post of an accountant
Sir,
In response to your advertisement in The Times of India, dated February 28, 20XX for the post of an accountant, I wish to offer my candidature for the same.
I would like to bring to notice that I possess all the aforementioned qualities required for the job. I am enclosing a copy of my resume for your kind consideration.
I am available for the interview on any day of your convenience. If I am given a chance to serve you, I assure you that I shall work with utmost sincerity and dedication up to your satisfaction.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Rajan/Rajni
Encl.: (i) Bio-data (ii) Testimonials
BIO-DATA
Name : Rajan/Rajni
Father’s Name : Mr. Ramesh Kumar
Date of Birth : 21st April, 1991
Address : 33, Pratap Enclave, Udaipur -XXXXXX
: Phone- 98XXXXXXXX
E-Mail Address : raj123@gmail.com
Marital Status : Unmarried
Age : 28 years
Nationality : Indian
Educational Qualifications : (i) B. Com. Rajasthan University
(ii) M. Com. Rajasthan University
(iii) C.A. Institute of Chartered Accountants, Delhi
Experience 4 years as Senior Account Officer in Nayan, Udaipur
Strengths : Good communication skills, computer literate
Languages : Good command over spoken and written Hindi & English.
Hobbies : Reading and Sketching
References : 1. Mr. Sumit Sahni, AGM, Aerospace, Hyderabad Ph-XXXXXXXXXX
: 2. Mr. Satish Singh Head of Department, Commerce, Jodhpur University
Ph- XXXXXXXXXX
Answer:
OR
4.B. TPS School Showcases Skills at Computer Fest
By Sanjay/Sanjana TPS School, Kanpur, hosted its 10th annual computer festival titled Ordin @ trix13.0. The computer department and the Pyrotech club of the school organised seven events on the theme ‘Diversity’ranging from animation in scratch to video editing and movie making to website designing. About 35 schools from Kanpur and nearby places took part in the festival. The young techies were provided a platform to express, collaborate, showcase, learn and create in the field of movie making, photography,programming and quizzing. CADx Tools and Technologies Pvt. Ltd. collaborated for the event Innovative @ trix-Ideation. The event Adobe Spark was cloud-based and required collaboration. The Photography Club partnered with Ordin@trix to host a photography event. The judges were Mohit Malik and Shivendra. The judges for events in the different categories were Komal and Mrinal Roy,
founders, CHINH In dia, Priyansh and Aryan from CADx Tools and Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Innovation Hub respectively. The co-sponsors were CADx Tools and Technologies. Somayya School bagged the Overall Winner’s trophy. It was a fantastic event which showcased the talents of future tech savvy generation and everyone’s zeal was to be remembered. In the end, the Principal, Mrs. Kavita
Krishna, congratulated the winner school and wished all the best to rest of the children.
Section–C
Literature
5. Attempt ANY FIVE of the six questions given below, within 40 words each.
i. List the things of beauty mentioned in the poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’.
Answer: The things of beauty mentioned in Keats’ poem are the sun, the moon, the trees, the innocence of the sheep, the blossoming of the daffodils in the meadows, the musk roses blooming, the mass of ferns and clear mountains.
ii. In the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’, what is the contrast between the reality of Aunt’s life and her imagination?
Answer: The tigers that Aunt Jennifer creates are her ways of expressing pain through art and the way she wanted her life to be. The tigers represent fearlessness and power. They walk with elegance, grace and confidence. But in reality, she leads her life on her husband’s terms without opposing to any restrictions laid on her.
iii. Why was Edla happy to see the gift left by the peddler?
Answer: Edla was happy to see the gift left by the peddler as he had valued her faith in him. Edla had retained him in her house even after knowing his actual identity and he, in turn displayed his hidden goodness of heart that had been stirred and he had been able to overcome the bait of the rattrap.
iv. What were the terms of the indigo contract between the Indian peasants and the British landlords?
Answer: The chief commercial crop in the Champaran district was indigo. The arable land was divided into estates which were owned by Englishmen and their Indian tenants worked on them as farmers. The landlords compelled all tenants to plant 15 per cent of their holdings with indigo and surrender the entire indigo harvest as rent.
v. How was the Skunk’s story different from the other stories narrated by Jack?
Answer: The other stories narrated by Jack would end with the protagonist, who was some animal named Roger taking the help of the Wizard to solve his problem. However, the Skunk’s story ended on a different note, where Roger’s mother took him back to the Wizard and got his smell changed again. Thus, in this regard the Skunk’s story was different from the other stories narrated by Jack.
vi. What was the intention behind the call from the Examinations Board?
Answer: It was one of Evans’ friends who made the call from the Examination Board. This call was primarily meant for confirming the time of the commencement of examination in order to calculate the end of the examination. The equally important reason behind this call was to misguide the Governor into Hotel Golden Lion to arrest Evans from there and thereby to make the escape safer altogether.
6. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 120-150 words each.
i. Give an account of the peddler’s meeting with the old crofter. How does the peddler conduct himself?
What light does this episode throw on human nature?
Answer: i. One dark evening the peddler reached a little gray cottage by the roadside. He knocked on the door to ask shelter for the night. The owner, an old man without wife or child, welcomed him. He was happy to get someone to talk to in his loneliness. He served him hot porridge for supper and gave him tobacco for his pipe. Then he played cards with him till bed time.
The host told the peddler that in his days of prosperity, he worked on land at Ramsjo Ironworks.
Now his cow supported him. He sold her milk at the creamery every day. He showed the peddler the thirty kronor notes he got as payment that month. Then he hung the leather pouch on a nail in the window frame. Next morning the crofter went to milk the cow, and the peddler went away. However,
he returned after half an hour, broke the window pane, took the money out of the leather pouch and hang it back on the nail. This episode shows that in loneliness, human beings crave for company, for social bonding. Secondly, temptations can overpower the greatest philosopher. The peddler who calls the world a rattrap is himself tempted by thirty kronor.
ii. Who was Reverend Stuart Mc Leery and what was he carrying with him when he was heading towards the prison? Was he the actual person appointed by the prison authorities?
Answer: Reverend Stuart McLeery was a person appointed by the prison authorities to invigilate the examination conducted for Evans. McLeery left his bachelor flat in Broad Street at 8:45 in the morning and stepped out briskly towards Carfax. As the weatherman reported temperatures below the normal for early June, he carried a long black overcoat and a shallow crowned clerical hat. In his right hand, he was carrying a small brown suitcase, which contained all that he would need for his morning duties including a sealed question paper envelope, a yellow invigilation form, a special authentication card from the Examinations Board, a paper knife, a Bible which he was to speak to the Women’s Guild that afternoon on the Book of Ruth and a current copy of ‘The Church Times’. He also carried a ring on which he was going to sit on the chair as he was suffering from piles.
No, the person who reached the prison was not real McLeery who was to invigilate. He was bound and gagged in his flat and a friend of Evans replaced him as the invigilator.
iii. How did Derry’s sneaking into Mr. Lamb’s garden become a turning point in his life?
Answer: Derry, a distraught lad of fourteen, was a victim of inferiority complex which was borne out of misconception of himself and the world. He suffered from a severe sense of self-hatred and dismissal due to his burnt face and this led him to total isolation. Mr. Lamb too had a disability. He had a tin leg but he never permitted his handicap to hinder his peace and pleasures of his life.
Mr. Lamb’s meeting with Derry brought a turning point in the latter’s life. He gave Derry confidence and influenced him to develop a positive attitude towards life. His message to Derry was very clear that alienation and withdrawal was not the solution. Derry believed in running away from people but Mr. Lamb lived among people. Derry’s brief association with Mr. Lamb proved to be quite gratifying. Mr. Lamb taught him a new outlook of looking at life, people and things. Derry decided never to get back to his old habit of seclusion.
