Set 6
Grade XII Full Marks: 75
Sub: Compulsory English Time: 3 hours
1. Read the following passage and do the activities that follows:
The Second World War marked a watershed moment in African-American history. It brought economic opportunities and opened new ways for participation in American society. On the eve of the war, roughly 75 percent of the African-American population lived in the South; and two-thirds of the total number of southern African Americans lived in rural areas. For the year 1939, 87 percent of black- families were estimated to live below the federal poverty level (compared to less than half of white families), and their per capita income was 39 percent that of whites. But the war effort produced immense change and renewed the Great Migration, which had stalled during the Great Depression. Between 1940 and 1960, more than 4.5 million African Americans emigrated from the South to the urban North and the West. During the war years alone, approximately 700,000 black civilians left the South for destinations such as Los Angeles to take industrial jobs created by the demands of full-scale mobilization. Along the way, they also searched for opportunities for political participation that did not exist in the South – where less than 5 percent of black citizens could vote.
Roughly one million African Americans joined the U.S. armed forces during World War II; approximately half served overseas. The war effort offered more opportunities than ever for African Americans to defend their country, but discrimination and segregation limited their ability to contribute. While thousands of black troops served in combat-among them the army’s 92nd and 93rd all-black divisions, as well as the famed 99th Pursuit Squadron known as the Tuskegee Airmen—the most common assignments for black servicemen were rear-guard mopping-up actions and menial supply and requisition roles. The prejudice of local draft boards and military leadership accounted for much of the army’s reluctance to assign African Americans to combat roles.
A. Write the word of similar meaning to the following expressions choosing the correct word from the passage that are in bold form: (5)
a. Separation from something………………………
b. A day before…………….. ……………………………
c. Dividing point ………………………………………..
d. Huge/ massive …………………………………….
e. Abroad …………………………………………………
B. Write T for true and F for false sentences: (5)
a. The Second World War-provided economic benefit to African-American people.
b. Emigration of African-American people was controlled because of II World War.
c. About 10 lakh African Americans joint US army during II World War.
d. There was a political freedom to-African American person in the south.
e. Many African American people were provided the role of officers in army.
C. Answer the following questions: (5)
a. How were African American people benefited in the II World War?
b. Why did the black civilians leave the South during the war years?
c. What opportunities the war offered to the African Americans?
d. What factor limited the African Americans in their ability to contribute?
e. Give a suitable title to the passage.
2. Write short answers to the following questions in about 75 words each. 5×2=10
a. What did Lu Xun return to his old home? What did he find when he returns? [My Old Home]
b. What glories of Nepal are presented in the story the half closed eyes of Buddha and the slowly sinking sun? [The Half-Closed Eyes of Buddha and the Slowly Sinking Sun]
Or,
Sketch the character of Laxminarayan. [The Bull]
c. Who are the old guards? Why did they grow desperate? [I was My Own Route]
d. What is knowledge and what is wisdom? Why does the world need more wisdom in the future? [Knowledge and Wisdom]
e. What are the challenges in maintaining human rights in the world? [Human Rights and the Age of Inequality]
Or,
What, according to the essay, are the universal human abilities? And why is the writer saying so? [Humility]
3. Write long answers to the following questions in about 150 words each. 2×5=10
a. Explain the following lines with reference to the context.
We are not wholly bad or good
Who live our lives under Milk Wood,
And Thou, I know, Wilt be the first
To see our best side, not our Worst.
O let us see another day!
Bless us all this night, I pray,
And to the sun we all will bow
And say, good-bye – but just for now!
b. According to Famous Actress, men associated with theatre use the theatre actresses to make their estranged wives jealous so as to woo them back. Do you agree with her argument? Why? Why not? [A Matter of Husbands]
Or,
Monsieur Duran kills himself so that his daughters would get 5000 francs as the compensation from the insurance company. What does his plan tell us about him?
4. Write a business letter to one of the companies from foreign country to open its sub-branch in your country stating the description of the place, market, prospects with plans and policies including his/her presence in your country for observation. Write in about 150 words. 7
5. Suppose you are the Director of Hetauda Supermarket, issue a press release stating the changes, offers, and schemes and fixing of the problems in about 180 words. 8
6. Write a travelogue of the place that you visited last year in about 300 words. 10
7. Do as instructed. 1×10=10
a. I am going to tell you something very important, so please listen ………… (complete the sentence with an appropriate adverb)
b. Could you please open the window? (into indirect speech)
c. I remember my friends doing my homework. (into passive voice)
d. She insisted ………getting married. (supply correct form of preposition)
e. …………….…….., she completed her journey. (complete the sentence using Despite)
f. He is not a soldier. He is not wearing the uniform. (join these two sentences using ‘If’)
g. There were …………. people in the street though it was Saturday. (many/ few/ little/ much)
h. I hadn’t left the exam hall because I hadn’t finished the exam. (correct the tense in the sentence)
i. my sister ria is taller than me, is not she (punctuate the sentence)
j. It didn’t stop …….. all day yesterday. (to rain/ rain/ raining)
8. Do as instructed. 1×5=5
a. Which word would you find in the third quarter of the dictionary
i. door b. lion c. queen d. sound
b. The initial sound in the word ‘chapter’ and ‘university’ are ……
i. /c/ and /u/ b. /tʃ/ and /j/ c. /tʃ/ and /y/ d. /ch/ and /u/
c. The guests have brought a beautiful present for my sister. The word ‘present’ in the sentence is…..
i. noun b. verb c. adjective d. adverb
d. Make a word using the suffix and prefix given below:
Mis- , -ive
e. Write the full forms of the given words:
URL, QR
….ALL THE BEST…
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