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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 English Term 2 Set 11 with Solutions
General Instructions :
- The Question Paper contains THREE sections. Reading, Writing and Literature.
- Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
Maximum Marks: 40
Time: 2 Hrs
Section A Reading
Question 1.
Read the passage given below.
1. Let the would-be writer beware! Anyone foolhardy enough to embark on a career as a writer whether it be an academic treatise, a novel, or even an article – should first read this!
2. People think that writing as a profession is glamorous; that it is just about sitting down and churning out words on a page, or more likely these days on a computer screen. If only it were! So what exactly does writing a book entail? Being a writer is about managing a galaxy of contradictory feelings: elation, despair, hope, frustration, satisfaction, and depression – and not all separately!
Of course, it also involves carrying out detailed research: first to establish whether there is a market for the planned publication, and second into the content of the book. Sometimes, however, instinct takes the place of market research and the contents are dictated by experience and knowledge.
3. Once the publication has been embarked upon, there is a long period of turmoil as the text takes shape. A first draft is rarely the final text of the book. Nearly all books are the result of countless hours of altering and reordering chunks of text and deleting the embarrassing bits. While some people might think that with new technology the checking and editing process is speeded up, the experienced writer would hardly agree. So a passage, endlessly reworked may end up nothing remotely like the original, and completely out of place when compared with the rest of the text.
4. After the trauma of self-editing, it is time to show the text to other people for appraisal. At this stage, it is not wise to send it off to a literary agent or direct to publishers, as it may need further fine-tuning. Once an agent has been approached and has rejected a draft publication, it is difficult to go and ask for the revamped text to be considered again.
5. Although it is tempting to send the draft to every possible agent at one time, it is probably unwise. Some agents may reject the publication, but others may proffer some invaluable advice. The lucky few taken on by publishers or agents, then have their books subjected to a number of readers, whose job it is to vet a book: deciding whether it is worth publishing and whether the text as it stands is acceptable or not.
After a book has finally been accepted by a publisher, one of the greatest difficulties for the writer lies in taking on board the publisher’s alterations to the text. Whilst the overall story the thrust of the book may be acceptable, it will have to conform to an in-house style, as regards language, spelling or punctuation, etc.
More seriously, the integrity of the text may be challenged, and this may require radical redrafting which is unpalatable to the author. A book’s creation period is complex and unnerving, but the publisher’s reworkings and text amputations can, also be a tortuous process.
6. For many writers, the most painful period comes when the text has been accepted, and the writer is waiting for it to be put together for the printer. By this stage, it is not uncommon for the writer to be thoroughly sick of the text. But does that means abandon writing? Nonsense. Once smitten, it is not easy to escape the compulsion to create and write, despite the roller-coaster ride of contradictory emotions.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any eight questions from the nine given below (1 x 8)
(i) Does the writer of the passage want to scare people off of becoming a writer? (1)
(ii) The writer does not believe that writing as a profession is glamorous. Why? (1)
(iii) Why does writing involve research? (1)
(iv) A first draft is rarely the final text of the book. Validate. (1)
(v) Rewrite the given sentence by replacing the underlined phrase/word with another phrase/ word from the passage. (1)
Something she saw must have tipped her off, yet nothing looked different.
(vi) While some people might think that with new technology the checking and editing process is speeded up, the experienced writer would hardly agree. Why? (1)
(vii) Select the suitable phrase/word from the passage to complete the following sentence appropriately. (1)
The prime responsibility of the job is to for any errors.
(viii) Why is it suggested that one should to show the text to other people for appraisal before sending to a literary agent? (1)
(ix) What is the purpose of publisher’s alterations? (1)
Answer:
(i) No, the writer of the passage does not want to scare people off of becoming a writer. The purpose of the passage is just to indicate the tiring process of getting a work published not scare people off. The author states that it is not easy to give up writing.
(ii) The writer does not believe that writing as a profession is glamorous as the process of writing includes many revisions of the text. It reaches a level wherein the writer gets sick of editing the text.
(iii) Writing involves carrying out detailed research: first to establish whether there is a market for the planned publication, and second into the content of the book.
(iv) A first draft is rarely the final text of the book as nearly all books go through countless hours of altering and reordering of text and deleting. Then one has to also make alterations according to the publisher demands.
(v) Something she saw must have tipped her off, yet nothing looked out of place.
(vi) While some people might think that with new technology the checking and editing process is speeded up, the experienced writer would hardly agree. This is so because even advanced technology does not allow perfect in depth editing as required by the author.
(vii) The prime responsibility of the job is to vet a book for any errors.
(viii) It is suggested to show the text to other people for appraisal before showing it to a literary agent as it may need further fine-tuning. Once an agent has been approached and has rejected a draft publication, it is difficult to go and ask for the revamped text to be considered again.
(ix) The purpose of publisher’s alterations is to make sure that the book conforms to an in-house style, as regards language, spelling or punctuation, etc.
Question 2.
Read the passage given below.
1. India’s media and entertainment industry is rising rapidly, and the nation is expected to soon reach the top-10 worldwide. The overall media and entertainment industry, segmented into television, print media , digital media, films, animation and VFX, out-of-home, gaming and radio and music, is expected to be valued at INR 3,224.24 Bn by 2025, growing at a CAGR of -10% during 2020-2025 timeframe.
2. In both 2018 and 2019, the television segment accounted for the largest share of the market. The digital media segment involving over-the-top ( OTT) services, however, is on the verge of disruption and is likely to surpass the print and film segments in terms of consumer revenue by 2025.
3. Although the OTT market is at a nascent stage, in the country its services have found widespread acceptance. On-demand, OTT content can be downloaded directly and accessed by users on connected devices such as smart TVs, PCs, laptops, smartphones, and gaming consoles via the internet. OTT platforms are not cost-free and enable users to subscribe by paying monthly or yearly subscription fees to a specific OTT platform.
4. The Indian video OTT market in 2019 was estimated at INR 42.5 Bn and is projected to cross INR 237.86 Bn by 2025, growing during the forecast period at a CAGR of 33.10 percent. Premium, original content, with a range of OTT channels vying for the attention of customers, is one of the key growth drivers and differentiators in the OTT industry.
5. There were about 170 million video OTT-streaming users in India in 2019 and the user base is projected to grow at a rate of about 26.40% by 2025. Industry participants invest heavily in the acquisition or creation of new goods and services and also concentrate on enhancing the experience of consumers.
6. The market share of OTT Platforms in India is largely dominated by three global players Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney + Hotstar. While Netflix and Prime Video enjoy supremacy with 20 percent each, Disney+ Hotstar takes up 17 percent market share.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any six out of the seven questions given below. (1 x 6)
(i) India’s media and entertainment industry is expected to soon reach the top-10 worldwide. Substantiate. (1)
(ii) What are OTT platforms? (1)
(iii) With reference to the figure, write one conclusion about OTT platforms. (1)
(iv) Why is the popularity of the OTT platforms increasing? (1)
(v) How has the popularity of OTT platforms changed the Media market industry? (i)
(vi) Which sectors comprise the Indian media and entertainment industry? (1)
(vii) Identify the word which indicates ‘Good content and Good technical usage in the media industry’. (1)
Answer:
(i) India’s media and entertainment industry is expected to soon reach the top-10 worldwide. We know this as the overall media and entertainment industry is expected to be valued at INR 3,224.24 Bn by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 10% during 2020-2025 timeframe.
(ii) OTT platforms are application or websites that allow content to be downloaded directly and accessed by users on connected devices such as smart TVs, PCs, laptops, smartphones, and gaming consoles via the internet. They are not cost-free and enable users to subscribe by paying monthly or yearly subscription fees.
(iii) The popularity of OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime has reached a new high in April 2020 with both OTT platforms sharing 40% of the market share together.
(iv) The popularity of the OTT platforms is increasing as industry participants are investing heavily in the acquisition or creation of new goods and services while enhancing the experience of consumers.
(v) The popularity of OTT platforms changed the Media market industry by surpassing the print and film segments in terms of consumer revenue by 2025. Further, in both 2018 and 2019, the television segment accounted for the largest share of the market which has now been taken over by OTT platforms.
(vi) The overall media and entertainment industry can be segmented into television, print media, digital media, films, animation & VFX, out-of-home, gaming and radio and music.
(vii) Premium
Section B Writing
Question 3.
Mr. Dev kumar Singh had received an invitation from Mr. Vivek Sharma for his daughter’s birthday celebration. Write a reply of his behalf. (3)
Answer:
15th January, 20XX
Mr. Dev Kumar Singh thanks Mr. Vivek Sharma for the kind invitation for his daughter’s birthday celebration at his home XYZ Apartment, Delhi on 21st January at 5:00 p.m. He regrets his inability to accept the same due to a prior engagement. However, he extends blessings for the little girl.
Question 4.
Attempt any one from A and B given below.
A. India Assurance Company, New Delhi has given an advertisement in the ‘Hindustan Times’ for recruitment of management trainees to be groomed as Manager of their company. Apply for the same giving your detailed Bio-Data.
Invent all necessary details. You are Nimmi Dhar, 54- A, Gulab Road, Lucknow. (5)
Or
B. With an uptick in the world’s largest vaccination drive against COVID-19, India has crossed inoculation of 100 crore vaccine doses, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Write a newspaper report highlighting the massive Vaccination drive in the country along with the facts.
Answer:
A. 54-A, Gulab Road
Lucknow
22nd February, 20XX
The Managing Director
India Assurance Company
New Delhi
Subject Application for the post of Management Trainee
Sir/Ma’am
In response to your advertisement in the national daily ‘The Express-Times’ dated 1st February 20XX for the post of Receptionist cum Telephone Operator, I want to offer my candidature.
I am a smart, confident and hard working lady of 24 years with pleasing personality. I am also computer literate and possess excellent command over English. I assure you of my best services if given an opportunity for the same.
I am enclosing my detailed Bio Data for your perusal. You may call me for an interview on any date as per your convenience. I shall be able to join my duties at one month’s notice if appointed.
I hope of a positive reply.
Yours sincerely
Nimmi Dhar
Bio Data
Name : Nimmi Dhar
Father’s Name : Mr. Ashok Dhar
Date of Birth : 11th July, 1988
Nationality : Indian
Permanent Address : 54-A, Gulab Road, Lucknow
Educational Qualification :
| Name of the Exam | Name of the Institute | Year | Percentage/ GPA |
| MBA | IILM | 2014 | 67% |
| B. com | Delhi University | 2012 | 73% |
| Senior Secondary | CBSE | 2009 | 84% |
| Secondary | CBSE | 2007 | 87% |
Computer Qualifications : 6 months Diploma in Computer Basic from APTECH, 1-year advance Diploma in Computer Software Technology from ET and T.
Interests and Hobbies : Reading, singing, pottery making
Reference : Mr Ravi Sharan Singh Manager, HOD, IILM
Or
B.
India rolls out the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
By XYZ, PQR Correspondent
17th January, 20XX, New Delhi. India rolled out the world’s largest vaccination drive on 16th January to vaccinate around 300 million priority groups against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 vaccines will be administered at 3,006 sites in all its states and union territories. Among the first to be vaccinated are 10 million health-workers who are at high risk of exposure to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 that causes COVID-19.
Indian authorities hope to give shots to 300 million people, roughly the population of the U.S and several times more than its existing program that targets 26 million infants. The recipients include 30 million doctors, nurses and other front-line workers to be followed by 270 million others, who are either aged over 50 or have illnesses that make them vulnerable to COVID-19.
Health officials haven’t specified what percentage of the nearly 1.4 billion people will be targeted by the campaign. But experts say it will almost certainly be the largest such drive globally. Whatever be the case, COVID-19 vaccination will help save lives, stabilise health systems and drive economic recovery, but COVID-appropriate social behaviours and core public health measures- detect, test, trace, isolate and treat – will have to continue till vaccines are freely available and the pandemic is over.
Question 5.
Attempt any five of the six questions given below, within 40 words each. (2 x 5)
(i) What did the gift of the rattrap signify? (2)
(ii) Why did Rajkumar Shukla go to meet Gandhiji? How was he able to do so? (2)
(iii) There is a different ending for Aunt Jennifer and the tigers she creates. Substantiate. (2)
(iv) How is A Thing of Beauty’ a joy forever? (2)
(v) The same situation can be viewed through two different perspectives. How does ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy?’ Establish this point through the views of Jack and Jo? (2)
(vi) What opinion of Evans did the prison authorities convey to the Secretary, Education Board? (2)
Answer:
(i) The gift of the rattrap left by the peddler by Edla signified that the peddler was releasing himself from the trap he had very nearly got into. It was an expression of gratitude to Edla, for enabling him get out of it because of her behavior towards him. It is important that everyone gets a second chance to improve oneself and Edla had given him his chance.
(ii) Rajkumar Shukla went to meet Gandhiji to convince him to visit Champaran to help indigo sharecroppers in their fight against the injustice of the landlord system in Bihar. To do so, he followed Gandhiji everywhere he went. Later, he went to Calcutta to receive Gandhiji and never left his side until Gandhiji agreed.
(iii) There is a different ending for Aunt Jennifer and the tigers she creates. In the end, Aunt Jennifer dies still under the shackles of her marriage. While her tigers will go on prancing, proud and fearless. This means that art endures beyond human life. It also shows that her longing for freedom from male domination will endure forever, even after she dies.
(iv) A Thing of Beauty is a joy forever because it gives us eternal and everlasting happiness and leaves such an impact in our mind that we are able to relive the wonderful feeling we get from it each time we think about it. It never fades into nothingness, in fact its loveliness increases with each passing moment.
(v) An adult’s view of life is different from that of a child. It is more realistic, practical and matter-of-fact due to an adult’s numerous experiences in life. Jack, the father of in the story ‘told a story through which he wanted to convey a message. In contrast to this, the child views the world with rose-coloured glasses. It is a perfect world untouched by the hard realities of life. Jo thought from the narrow perspective of a child and’wanted an ending different from what Jack had narrated.
(vi) The Governor gave quite a satisfactory report about Evans to the Secretary of the Board. It was stated that Evans had no record of violence and that he was quite a ‘pleasant sort of chap’. He also said that Evans was one of the stars at the Christmas concert. However, he suffered from a weakness, he was just a congenital kleptomaniac.
Question 6.
Answer any two of the following in about 120-150 words each. (4 x 2)
(i) Gandhiji’s was not a loyalty to abstractions; it was a loyalty to living, human beings. Why did Gandhiji continue his stay in Champaran even after indigo sharecropping disappeared? (4)
(ii) Beauty is a heavenly tonic an endless fountain of nectar. Substantiate with reference to ‘a thing of beauty’. (4)
(iii) Mr. Lamb gives courage and confidence to Derry. Validate. (4)
Answer:
(i) Gandhiji’s loyalty was not a loyalty to abstractions; it was a loyalty to living, human beings. After the Champaran battle was won and the land reverted to the peasants, Gandhiji continued to stay on in the region. This decision was taken because Gandhiji realised that a lot needed to be done for the upliftment of the peasants in the villages of Champaran. Gandhiji took the initiative and began the work of eradicating their cultural and social backwardness.
Primary schools were started so that the poor peasants and their children could be educated. Gandhiji appealed to teachers, and many of his disciples, including his wife and son, volunteered for the work. Health conditions in the area were also miserable. Gandhiji got a doctor to volunteer his services for six months. All this goes to prove that Gandhiji’s loyalty was not to abstractions; his politics was always intertwined with the practical day-to-day problems of the millions.
(ii) Beauty is a heavenly tonic an endless fountain of nectar. This beauty comes in different forms – a tale, a poem, a play, lovely object of nature or the heavenly bodies. It soothes our spirits and gives us good health, sound sleep and mental peace. It removes sadness from our lives and gives an everlasting joy.
This is exactly what Keats poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ present. A beautiful thing is a source of eternal joy, its loveliness grows with the passage of time and its impact never fades away. It gives us good health, sound sleep and mental peace. It provides the beholder with a haven of tranquility and solace.
Man and nature are inseparable. It is the beauty of nature that keeps us attached to this earth. Every morning we collect fresh lovely flowers and prepare garlands. They refresh our moods and we forget our worries for a while. It is the beautiful things that remove the pall of sadness from our lives and make us happy and hopeful.
The poet feels that nothing can surpass the beauty of nature. They are an elixir of life. They are like an endless fountain that pours immortal drink from the heaven into our hearts. So beauty is a gift of God and it gives us joy forever.
(iii) It is true that Mr. Lamb gives courage and confidence to Derry. When Mr. Lamb found Derry in his garden, he did not make him go away. Instead, Mr. Lamb welcomed Derry in a cheerful way accepting him as he was.
Although Derry behaved rudely with him, he remained calm and cordial as if Derry’s bad temper and defiance did not bother him at all. Derry was always angry and bitter because one side of his face was burnt. His face seemed to scare everybody. He withdrew himself from the society because of which he lacked courage and self-confidence.
However, Mr. Lamb’s behaviour towards Derry was completely different from others. He told Derry that it’s important to see how one is inside than how one looks on the outside. He inspired Derry with love for life and told him one cannot go through life being scared and alienated. Mr. Lamb asked Derry to enjoy simple joys of everyday living with people around and nature, ignoring the unpleasant. He initiated courage and confidence in Derry by telling him not to brood over limitations but count his blessings.