CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 English Core Paper 2

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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 English Core Paper 2

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Time Allowed: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions

• This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
• Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.
• Do not exceed the prescribed Word limit while answering the questions.

SECTION A
READING (30 MARKS)

Question 1.
Read the following passage carefully. (12 Marks)

1. Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a massive empire, stretching from Poland to the Pacific, and home in 1914 to 165 million people of many languages, religions and cultures. Ruling such a massive state was difficult, and the long term problems within Russia were eroding the Romanov monarchy. In 1917 this decay finally produced a revolution which swept the old system away. Several key fault lines can be identified as long term causes, while the short term trigger is accepted as being World War-I. It’s important to remember Tsarist Russia collapsed under its own flaws, with the top rending, not by an attack from people at the bottom, e.g. workers. That (and Lenin) would come later in 1917, when the Tsar was gone. The revolution was also not inevitable: the Tsars could have reformed, but the last ones didn’t want to and went backwards. It cost them their lives.

2. In theory their life had improved in 1861, before which they were serfs who were owned and could be traded by their landowners. The year 1861 saw the serfs freed and issued with small amounts of land, but in return they had to pay back a sum to the government, and the result was a mass of small farms deeply in debt. The state of agriculture in central Russia was poor, using techniques deeply out of date and with little hope of improving thanks to widespread illiteracy and no capital to invest.

3. Families lived just above the subsistence level, and around 50% of the families had a member who had left the village to find other work, often in the towns. As the central Russian population boomed, land became scarce. Their life was in sharp contrast to the rich landowners, who held 20% of the land in large estates and were often members of the Russian upper class. The western and southern reaches of the massive Russian Empire were slightly different, with a larger number of better off peasants and large commercial farms. The result was, by 1917, a central mass of disaffected peasants were angry at increased attempts to control them, and at people who profited from the land without directly working on it. The common peasant mindset was firmly against developments outside the village, and desired autonomy.

4. Oddly, although the vast majority of Russia population was rural peasants, and urban ex-peasants, the upper and middle classes knew little of real peasant life, but a lot about myths: of down to earth, angelic, pure communal life, etc. Legally, culturally, socially, the peasants in over half a million settlements Were organised by centuries of community rule, the mirs, which were separate from elites and the middle class. But this was not a joyous, lawful commune, it was a desperate struggling system fuelled with the human weaknesses of rivalry, violence and theft, and everywhere was run by elder patriarchs.

5. A break was occurring among the peasants between the elders and a large number of young literate peasants, due to the culture of deeply ingrained and frequent violence. The peasants were not without a world view, and it was a mixture of old folk memory, custom, and opposition to the interference of the Tsar—Inside vs outside. Stolypin’s land reforms of the years before 1917 attacked peasant concept of family ownership and tried to capitalise it; revolutionary peasants often went back to communal systems. This wasn’t so much class but a view based on justice of poor vs strong.

6. In central Russia the peasant population was rising and land was running out, so eyes were on the elites who were forcing the debt-ridden peasants to sell land for commercial use. Even more peasants travelled to the cities in search of work. There they urbanised and looked negatively on the peasants left behind.

I. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option. (1 × 4 = 4 Marks)

(a) The decay that caused the Russian revolution was due to:

1. massive empire.
2. failure of the czars to reform themselves.
3. World War-I.
4. all of the above.

(b) The agriculture was in bad condition as:

1. farmers were in debt.
2. techniques were outdated.
3. both (i) and (ii).
4. serfs could be traded by their landowners.

(c) Which of the following was the trigger for the revolution?

1. World War-I.
2. urbanisation of the peasants.
3. break between the elders and the young.
4. excessive control of the upper classes.

(d) The peasants were organised into communes by:

1. mirs.
2. farmers.
3. middle classes.
4. elites.

II. Answer the following questions as briefly as possible. (1 × 5 = 5 Marks)

(e) Why were the Russian peasants dissatisfied?
(f) What was the myth about the commune? In which classes was it prevalent?
(g) What was the reason for the frequent violence between the young and the old peasants?
(h) Why were the peasants forced to sell their land in central Russia?
(i) How did the attitude of the peasant change once they urbanised?

III. Find words from the passage which mean the same as: (1 × 3 = 3 Marks)

(a) wearing away (para 1)
(b) dissatisfied (para 3)
(c) head of the family (para 4)

Question 2.
Read the following passage carefully. (10 Marks)

1. It’s a busy world. You fold the laundry while keeping one eye on the kids and another on the television. You plan your day while listening to the radio and commuting to work, and then plan your weekend. But in the rush to accomplish necessary tasks, you may find yourself losing your connection with the present moment—missing out on what you’re doing and how you’re feeling. Did you notice whether you felt well-rested this morning or that forsythia is in bloom along your route to work?

2. Mindfulness is the practice of purposely focusing your attention on the present moment—and accepting it without judgment. Mindfulness is now being examined scientifically and has been found to be a key element in happiness.

3. The cultivation of mindfulness has roots in Buddhism, but most religions include some type of prayer or meditation technique that helps shift your thoughts away from your usual preoccupations toward an appreciation of the moment and a larger perspective on life.

4. Professor Emeritus Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder and former director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, helped to bring the practice of mindfulness meditation into mainstream medicine and demonstrated that practicing mindfulness can bring improvements in both physical and psychological symptoms as well as positive changes in health attitudes and behaviors.

5. Mindfulness improves well being. Increasing your capacity for mindfulness supports many attitudes that contribute to a satisfied life. Being mindful makes it easier to savor the pleasures in life as they occur, helps you become fully engaged in activities, and creates a greater capacity to deal with adverse events. By focusing on the here and now, many people who practise mindfulness find that they are less likely to get caught up in worries about the future or regrets over the past, are less preoccupied with concerns about success and self-esteem, and are better able to form deep connections with others.

6. Mindfulness improves physical health. If greater well-being isn’t enough of an incentive, scientists have discovered the benefits of mindfulness techniques which help improve physical health in a number of ways. Mindfulness can help relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain and improve sleep.

7. Mindfulness improves mental health. In recent years, psychotherapists have turned to mindfulness meditation as an important element in the treatment of a number of problems, including depression and substance abuse.

8. Some experts believe that mindfulness works, in part, by helping people to accept their experiences—including painful emotions—rather than react to them with aversion and avoidance.

9. It’s become increasingly common for mindfulness meditation to be combined with psychotherapy, especially cognitive behavioral therapy. This development makes good sense, since both meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy share the common goal of helping people gain perspective on irrational, maladaptive, and self-defeating thoughts.

I. Answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option: (1 × 2 = 2 Marks)

(a) Mindfulness promotes:

1. acceptance of painful emotions
2. savoring of pleasures of life
3. both (i) and (ii)
4. love for psychotherapy

(b) What is not true about techniques of mindfulness:

1. all have roots in Buddhism
2. they shift thoughts away from usual preoccupations
3. help appreciate the moment
4. contribute to a satisfied life.

II. Answer the following questions as briefly as possible. (1 × 6 = 6 Marks)

(c) What is mindfulness?
(d) What is the relationship between mindfulness and happiness?
(e) How does mindfulness improve physical health?
(f) How does mindfulness improve mental health?
(g) Why is mindfulness being combined with psychotherapy these days?
(h) How can we cultivate the habit of being mindfulness?

III. Find words from the passage which are similar in meaning to the following. (1 × 2 = 2 Marks)

(a) hostile, unfavourable (para 3)
(b) Hatred (para 8)

Question 3.
Read the following passage carefully. (8 Marks)

Is the giant anaconda the stuff of fact or fiction? In truth, the anaconda can grow to be truly massive. Often shrouded in mystery, many sightings have been made of the fabled giant anaconda, but in reality, the biggest spotted anacondas are pretty large. One of the two biggest snakes, and members of the python family, the anaconda can grow to a similar size as the reticulated python, but its body is typically much bigger in size than the python. With reporting of the giant anaconda growing over thirty foot in length it’s easy to see why it’s one of the most well known giant reptiles in existence today.

The giant anaconda like its smaller sibling, is a non-venomous snake, but is still deadly due to its massive body and ability to constrict and wrap its body around its foes. Giant anacondas have been reported to kill animals as large as elephants, flip boats and are natural predators. The anaconda is native to South America, and lives in a watery, warm environment, from rainforests and grassland to scrubland.

The name of the anaconda is unclear in origin, and there are multiple theories over where the name originated, including two interesting theories where the name is derived from the Tamil language. The first is anai-kondra which translates to ‘which killed an elephant’ and the word anaikoira which translates to ‘elephant killer.’ The Boa Genus and the giant anaconda are part of the Boa family, or the Boa genus, where Boa actually means large serpent in Latin, the giant anaconda belongs to this family due to its hunting nature, where it will coil round its prey, suffocating and choking them before swallowing and digesting their bodies.

As previously mentioned the anaconda is native to South America and its colouring and patterns reflect its habitat, allowing the anaconda to successfully blend in with its environment.

While the giant anaconda is not poisonous and spreads no venom through its teeth, with its natural size, it doesn’t need in most cases to subdue its prey via venom. The giant anaconda still uses its teeth as a weapon, often to catch its prey in a grip before wrapping the subject up with the rest of its body, constricting and controlling.

The female giant anaconda gives birth via Vivipary, meaning the mother will keep the eggs inside her body, till they hatch, meaning a live birth rather than laying eggs. Typically a giant anaconda will give birth to up to forty babies after a six month gestation period.

The young anacondas are very fragile and prone to predators in this early stage, although they adapt fast, and become capable of looking for food, swimming and moving for themselves within a few hours of birth. The young giant anacondas are quite large and are typically around two feet long, they continue to grow rapidly for the next three to four years, and soon will reach maturity.

A. On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it, using headings and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary—minimum four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it. (5 Marks)
B. Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. (3 Marks)

SECTION B
ADVANCE WRITING SKILLS (30 MARKS)

Question 4.
You are Karan/Karuna. You have received an invitation from Heritage School, Gurgaon, Delhi, to judge their flower show on ‘Gardening Day’ that they have organized. Write a letter in reply, declining the invitation. (4 Marks)
OR
Draft a poster spreading awareness about water conservation.

Question 5.
When cricket teams go abroad the members are allowed to take their wives, even their friends with them. Does this fact distract them or help them to focus on the game in a better way? If it is good why don’t we allow our athletes to enjoy the same privilege? Write a letter to the editor of a national daily in 120-150 words giving your views on the issue. You are Navtej/Navita, M-114, Mount Kailash, Kanpur. (Delhi 2015) (6 Marks)
OR
You are Navtej/Navita, M-114, Mount Kailash, Kanpur. You recently met with an accident due to rash driving on the road. Write a letter to a national daily complaining about the menace of rash driving on Delhi roads.

Question 6.
Mobile phones of today are no longer a mere means of communication. Music lovers are so glued to it that they don’t pay attention even to the traffic while crossing the roads. This leads to accidents sometimes even fatal ones. Write a speech in 150-200 words to be delivered in the morning assembly advising the students to be careful in the use of this otherwise very useful gadget. Imagine you are Principal of your school. (Delhi 2015) (10 Marks)
OR
You are Navtej/Navita. You recently attended a seminar on lifestyle diseases organized by Kailash Hospital on the occasion of World Health Day. Write a report on the seminar in150-200 words.

Question 7.
Write an article inl50-200 words on how we can make India a carefree and enjoyable place for women where they can go wherever they like to go without any fear of being stared at, molested or discriminated against. You are Navtej/ Navita. (Delhi 2015) (10 Marks)
OR
You are Navtej/Navita. You are going to participate in the English debate competition in your school. The topic of the debate is ‘Should school proscribe uniform?’ Write this debate inl50-200 words.

SECTION C
TEXTBOOKS AND EXTENDED READING TEXT (40 MARKS)

Question 8.
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: (1 × 4 = 4 Marks)

Surely, Shakespeare is wicked, and the map a bad example
With ships and sun and love tempting them to steal-
For lives that slyly turn in their cramped holes
From fog to endless night

(a) For whom is the map a bad example?
(b) Where are Shakespeare and the map?
(c) How is Shakespeare a bad example?
(d) Pick a symbol from the above lines.

OR

Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms:
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead:
All lovely tales that we have heard or read:
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.

(a) Why does the poet mention the muskrose blooms?
(b) How is grandeur related to the mighty dead?
(c) What is an ‘endless fountain of endless drink’?
(d) What is the figure of speech in the last line?

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in about 30-40 words each: (3 × 4 = 12 Marks)

(a) Who occupied the back benches in the classroom on the day of the last lesson? Why? (Delhi 2015)
(b) What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve? (Delhi 2015)
(c) The matter of the tiger king’s death is of extraordinary interest. Comment. (All India 2015)
(d) In what condition did Dr. Sadao find the American soldier at the seashore? (All India 2015)
(e) Why does aunt Jennifer use the motif of the tigers ? if) How is Jansie different from Sophie?

Question 10.
Every teenager has a hero/heroine to admire. So many times they become role models for them. What is wrong if Sophie fantasizes about Danny Casey and is ambitious in life? (120-150 words) (All India 2016) (6 Marks)
OR
How did the Champaran victory prove to be a victory of Gandhi’s principle of civil disobedience?

Question 11.
How did the scene she saw in the marketplace change Bama’s life? (120-150 words) (Delhi (C) 2015) (6 Marks)
OR
What change took place in Derry when he met Mr. lamb? (120-150 words) (Delhi (C) 2015)

Question 12.
Describe Griffin’s journey as a gifted university student to an evil maniac. (120¬150 words) (6 Marks)
OR
In Silas Marner, what did the people at the party think of Godfrey and Nancy? (120-150 words)

Question 13.
How did the stranger become an invisible man in Coach and Horses? (120-150 words) (6 Marks)
OR
What moral philosophy does George Eliot present in the novel Silas Mamer? (120-150 words)

ANSWERS

Answer 1.

I. (a) (iv) all of the above
(b) (iii) both (i) and (ii)
(c) (i) World War-I
(d) (i) mirs

II. (e) The population of Russia boomed and the land became scarce, so the Russian peasants became poor and came into debt. Besides, the upper classes had no understanding of the problems of the peasants.
(f) The upper and the middle class believed in the myth of the commune being a joyous angelic place.
(g) ’The deeply ingrained culture and frequent violence were the reasons for the break.
(h) In central Russia the peasant population was rising and land was running out, so the elites forced the debt-ridden peasants to sell their land for commercial use.
(i) Peasants travelled to the cities in search of work. There they urbanised and looked negatively on the peasants who left behind.

III. (a) eroding
(b) disaffected
(c) patriarch

Answer 2.
I. (a) (i) acceptance of painful emotions
(b) (i) all have roots in Buddhism

II. (c) Mindfulness is the practice of purposely focusing your attention on the present moment and accepting it without judgment.
(d) Mindfulness brings happiness in our life as it helps us become fully engaged in activities and increases our capacity to deal with adverse situations.
(e) Mindfulness techniques help improve physical health in a number of ways. Mindfulness can help relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain and improve sleep.
(f) Mindfulness meditation is an important element in the treatment of a number of problems including depression and substance abuse.
(g) Mindfulness techniques are being combined with psychotherapy as both share the common goal of helping people gain perspective on irrational, maladaptive, and self-defeating thoughts.
(h) We can do so by including a certain type of prayer or meditation technique that shifts our thoughts away from our usual preoccupations.

III. (a) adverse
(b) aversion

Answer 3.

A. TITLE: Anaconda: Fact Or Fiction?

NOTES:

(a) Introduction to Ana:

1. belongs to python family
2. can grow over 30 ft
3. use camouflage
4. non-poisonous
5. massive weight
6. powerful

(b) Habitat:

1. South America
2. warm, watery environ
3. found in rainforests, grasslands

(e) How Ana kills prey:

1. coils around prey
2. uses teeth to keep prey in grip
3. suffocates and chokes prey
4. swallows

(d) Birth of Ana:

1. thru vivipary
2. gestation pd—six months
3. up to forty babies

(e) Young Ana:

1. 2 ft
2. fragile

Key to Abbreviations
ana : anaconda
pd : period
thru : through
ft : feet

B. SUMMARY
Anaconda belongs to the python family and can grow up to 30 feet. They are non-poisonous, powerful, have massive weight and use camouflage. They are found in south in warm watery environment. They thrive in rainforests, grasslands and scrublands. To kill its prey the Anaconda coils round it and then suffocates it by the powerful constrictions of its weighty body. Anaconda breed through vivipary. It gives birth up to forty babies of about two feet. The babies are fragile. They reach maturity in three to four years.

Answer 4.
C-6, Sector 7
Gurgaon
7th October, 20××
Dear madam

It was a great honour to receive your invitation to judge the flower show on ‘gardening day’. I thank you heartily for the invite. However I regret that I shall not be able to reach the school and judge the contest as I shall be out of station on that day.

I wish you all the best for this event.
Regards
Karan

OR

Answer 5.
M-114, Mount Kailash
Kanpur
7th October, 20××
The Editor
Times of India

Sub: Cricketers taking the family and friends to matches

Dear Sir,

Following the great debacle in with the West Indies cricket tour, the BCCI is planning to restrict the players from taking their families or friends during the cricket tours. Players spend their valuable practising hours with their spouse exploring the city which is not good for the players as well as for the team India as a whole. Players might be over¬concerned about the requirements of their wife and girlfriend. The touring time should be fully focused on the game and on winning, instead of other house hold concerns. Players might try to impress their loved-ones sitting in the audience row and lose their focus on the ball and the game. They might also feel the urge to get back to have some more time with their family instead of having a winning strategy.

It needs to be noted that this preferential treatment is accorded to only the cricketers. Why are athletes who participate in events elsewhere not given the same facilities? It is high time that this expensive and useless practice is discontinued.

Thank you
Yours sincerely
Navtej

OR

M-114, Mount Kailash
Kanpur
7th October, 20××
The Editor
The News Times

Sub: Rash driving Sir

I would like to draw the kind attention of the concerned authorities towards rash driving of auto and bus drivers on the roads of Kanpur. Recently I became a victim of one such accident. It is causing a great problem to other people on roads.

Auto and bus drivers drive autos and buses rashly all over the city, They do not follow any traffic rules; never drive in a same lane; and always stop where they see any passenger. This is the biggest cause of accidents. The center point of Kanpur, Kanpur bus stand, is the main point where auto drivers and bus drivers always keep on blocking the road. In fact traffic police never take action against them. This is the case not only on the roads of Kanpur but on the roads of other cities too.

It is the time that the authorities should take action against these auto and bus drivers. They should strictly enforce the traffic control laws. Besides public should be made aware and asked to be cooperative.

It is earnestly hoped that concerned authorities will take immediate and urgent action against those drivers to relieve the people from these rash drivers and accidents.

Thanking you
Yours truly
Navtej

Answer 6.
Good morning, respected Principal, teachers and dear students! I take this opportunity to speak to you about the need to be alert and vigilant while crossing the road and use mobile phones judiciously.

We all know that using a mobile phone while driving is a recipe for disaster—but not everyone knows that listening to music in the car can also cause accidents down the road. This is especially true for those who get really involved with music while driving, snapping fingers, bopping up and down in the seat and singing along. This may seem like harmless fun, but a new study says music, especially the songs you really love, is a dangerous driving distraction.

And it is not just fiddling with the controls that destroys your ability to stay focused. The music itself can divert your attention away from the road.

Mobile phones are great devices but it is up to you to draw benefits out of them. So try to get rid of the addiction to cell phones and try to practise road safety.

Thank you

OR

Seminar On Lifestyle Diseases
By Navita

Noida, 7th October, 20xx: Kailash Hospital organized a seminar on the topic Lifestyle Disease and its Management on 7th-9th October, 20xx at the Indra Auditorium. The seminar lasted for 4 hours. Dr Vidhi Kanan, Head of Sales and Customer Engagement Natural Health, Gurgaon presented the seminar. Dr Vidhi Kanan elaborated very nicely on how our sedentary lifestyle is affecting our health badly. She also spoke at length about lifestyle diseases like diabetes, obesity, which are affecting the large number of population with special emphasis on their prevention. Vivid power point presentation made the seminar educative.

Dr T.S. Dogra, Director, Kailash Hospital made the concluding remarks. The session concluded after vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Bhuvnesh Yadav, Assistant Director, Kailash Hospital.

The seminar was attended by eminent personalities along with the general public.

An attendee remarked “It was a very enriching seminar.”

Answer 7.
How to make India a safe haven for women?

According to a survey report India is ranked as the fourth most dangerous country in the world for women. Other crimes against women include domestic violence, stalking, molestation, to name a few.

The question is, what is India doing wrong? Is it the society that is the problem?

The first step towards women empowerment involves breaking of the great ‘wall of shame’ in India. We are reluctant to talk about women issues. The harassment of women is not yet considered a serious offence. There is a great need in society to drive a woman-centric movement. The next step involves making women aware of their rights. The tormentors could be jailed only if some brave soul reports the incident.

Active participation of women in society is required. We need more women legislators in parliament.

Another disturbing trend is the objectification of women. Check out any television adverisfement, a women would be associated with the product.

The need of the hour is to train children right from the beginning to respect women and allow them their due.

OR

I, Navtej, am strongly against the motion. School uniforms should not be banned because they create equality among students. They should be more widely used and not banned because they take away the status quo. Removing labels from clothing is not more than creating just the problem of inequality. School uniforms solve many instances of bullying, parental stress, and childhood depression for starters. I believe all children deserve acceptance, and with school uniforms it gives them an advantage. Why should this advantage be taken away?

Uniforms make students feel like they are part of the same school, and that they are proud to belong to the school. Students wouldn’t be discriminated because of the clothes they wear. Uniforms help pupils get into the correct, working state of mind, and it gives a good impression of the school.

School uniforms simplify a school’s dress code. The school would only need to specify how the uniform should be worn. A school uniform also gives a professional atmosphere to schools. Also, it’s easier to spot a student who has cut class if he/she has a uniform on. With these arguments I rest my case.

Answer 8.

(a) The map hung on the wall of school classroom in the slum area is a bad example for the slum children.
(b) The map and a picture of Shakespeare are displayed on the dirty classroom walls.
(c) Shakespeare represents the world of literature. His picture is at odds in the classroom where it can be of no relevance to the deprived slum children.
(d) A symbol used in the above lines is that of fog. It refers to the uncertain and vague future of the slum children.

OR

(a) Muskrose is one of the many things of natural beauty that Keats mentions in the poem.
(b) The mighty dead were very powerful and dominating persons during their own times.
(c) Nature and the tales created by man are an endless fountain of the immortal drink as they are an eternal source of beauty and solace to man.
(d) Imagery is the figure of speech in the last line.

Answer 9.
(a) The village elder and all the students sat on the back benches. Generally they were always empty. Everybody sat quietly and looked sad. Everybody was sad to know that German would be taught in all schools of Alsace from the next day.

(b) Too much rush and activity has only brought misfortunes to mankind. Hence, it is better to be quiet and still. The people of the world need excuses to fight among themselves. Let them keep quiet and not speak in any language and at any time—twelve hours of the day and twelve months of the year. They will not indulge in reasoning, disputes and quarrels among themselves.

(c) The king was relieved at having killed hundred tigers. He bought a wooden toy-tiger as a gift for his son’s third birthday. One day he was playing with that wooden tiger. One of the slivers pierced the Maharaja’s right hand. Infection spread all over the arm. Three surgeons performed an operation but couldn’t save the King. Thus, the hundredth tiger took its revenge upon the King. Ironically the king who strived so hard to disprove the astrologer’s prediction actually became instrumental in fulfilling it.

(d) Hana and Sadao were standing outside their house. Both of them saw something black come out of the mist. It was a man. He seemed to be flung up out of the ocean. He staggered a few steps. He was crawling. Then he fell on his face and lay there. He was bleeding. Sadao saw a gun wound which had been worsened by constant lashing against the rocks. Sadao thought him some fisherman having been washed from his boat.

(e) Aunt Jennifer is a timid woman who can’t stand against her tyrant husband. She bore all the suffering very meekly. So she created tigers on the clothes that represent her silent revolt against uncle’s marriage bands and her suppressed wish to be free, powerful and fearless like them.

(f) Sophie and Jansie are classmates and friends. But the similarity ends here. They are poles apart in thinking and temperament. Sophie is a day dreamer. She dreams of big and beautiful things beyond her reach. On the other hand, Jansie is realistic and practical. She knows that big things require big money and experience which they had none.

Answer 10.
Sophie is a school going girl. She lives in a dream world which has distant relation with the harsh realities of life. She dreams of big and beautiful things beyond her reach or her means. She has developed a romantic fascination for Danny Casey. Even Geoff cautions her that Casey is a celebrity. Many girls like her must run after him. But she has an incurable dream. She thinks of him all the time. She sits for hours imagining Danny Casey coming to her. She knows that he will never come. She lives with all her dreams and disappointments. As long as dreams and fantasy give us inspiration to achieve our aims, they are useful. But like Sophie they should not be allowed to make one behave ridiculously and become an object of contempt. They should keep one grounded in reality otherwise they are liable to be seen as ‘wild stories’ as Sophie’s father puts it.

OR

With the court order that the British would pay 25 percent refund to the peasants, civil disobedience, a principle so close to Gandhi, won with flying colours. The term means to disobey in a non-violent manner. Gandhi adhered to this ideal all through the court fight. He refused the summons sent to him to leave Champaran. When he was arrested, he helped the British officials manage law and order problem created by the protesting peasants outside the prison. He encouraged them to be non-violent but firm. As a result the British dropped the case against him. The victory over British through truthful and legal means strengthened his belief in the power of non-violence.

Answer 11.
The narrator stood at threshing floor near her house. Just then, an elder of her street came along from the market. He was carrying a small packet. It contained vadai or green banana bhajji in it. He was holding out the packet by its string, without touching it. The manner in which he was walking made her double up and shriek with laughter. The narrator’s elder brother told her that the man was not being funny. He belonged to a ‘low’ caste. The people of his community couldn’t touch the food packet. Therefore, he was holding it out by its string. Had he touched it, the landlord would never accept such a thing. She felt terribly sad. She felt so provoked and angry that she wanted to touch those wretched vadais herself. She felt humiliated and hurt.

OR

The play ‘On the Face of It’ features an old man and a small boy. The man is Mr Lamb and the boy Derry who met him in the former’s garden. Derry was withdrawn and defiant. Once he got acid all down on one side of his face. The acid burnt it all away. This created a complex in his mind. Only his mother kissed him and that too on the other side of his face. People looked at his face and passed uncharitable remarks. Mr Lamb was a physically challenged man. He got a tin leg. Children teased him calling ‘Lamey—Lamb’. He had a positive attitude towards life. Mr Lamb’s meeting with Derry brought a turn in Derry’s life. He persuaded him that he could be better than rest of the people. He developed confidence in Derry to face the world in a more positive way.

Answer 12.
Griffin was a very intelligent scientist who put his heart and soul into achieving invisibility. Unfortunately, his passion warped into an obsession. Griffin was a student of medicine at the University College where he won a medal for excellence in chemistry. His keen interest in light drew him to physics. Fascinated by optical density, he moved to Chesilstowe after leaving London. He worked as a demonstrator in a provincial college while carrying out his research on making things invisible. He cut himself off from normal social life.

His depraved existence coaxed him to the extent of robbing his own father. Griffin grew short-tempered, intolerant and vindictive.

Embittered by his pseudo success Griffin continued to fall morally. He made life miserable for the people of Iping. The absence of human sensitivity in Griffin became clear when he forced a vulnerable Marvel to be his accomplice. The brutal manner in which he killed Wicksteed and chased Kemp to avenge treachery marked the eventual destruction of goodness in him.

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The town folk hoped that the spirit of greatness that accompanies the two families of Godfrey and Nancy will be perpetuated by joining their children in matrimony. The town people saw the way Godfrey and Nancy were together at the party, although at the same time they were not so intimate that their actions would be too obvious. They referred to this behavior as ‘sweet-hearting’. Basically, in traditional ‘townfolk talk’ the people are noticing both young persons want to get closer to each other. They see that they are getting closer physically and emotionally. The dynamics that could later turn into a full-fledged relationship are all there. Marriages and celebrations are big deals in traditional settings, so the blossoming of a relationship between the rich Nancy Lammeter and Godfrey, is always a topic of choice in a cohesive place such as Raveloe.

Answer 13.
The stranger remained locked in the parlour all morning. He sent for Mrs. Hall and asked her why his meals had not been sent to him. She told him that his bill had not been paid. He gave her some money, but she refused to accept it, saying that she first wanted to know why he didn’t enter by doorways and move about like normal people. For his answer, the stranger removed all his head wrappings, including his nose and moustache. He thus looked like a person with a missing head. At the sound of screams a crowd of people ran towards the inn. ‘Eye-witness’ suddenly babbled hysterical stories of the man attacking the servant girl, and brandishing a knife. Bobby Jaffers, the village constable, appeared with a warrant. The stranger slapped Jaffers with his glove but then said he would surrender. As they watched, the stranger removed the rest of his clothes, becoming invisible before them.

OR

Certain philosophies come out in the novel. First is that life is never certain. We need to be mentally, spiritually, and morally ready to withstand the circumstances that come our way.

Silas’ existence was at the mercy of outside influences: his church, friends, reputation in Lantern Yard, and relationship with his former fiancee. When his supposed best friend framed Silas in a theft and ruined his life, Silas was left a broken man. His second fall was significant, however, in that he learned to connect with others. For the first time in years, he had to let go of his neurotic self-control and let the charity and care of outsiders enter his heart. This leads to a second moral philosophy, which is that we need to experience love and companionship. As human beings, we have the responsibility of communicating and being open to others. After the theft of the gold, he allowed their compassion toward his pain to touch his heart and became a loving parent to Eppie!

Therefore, had Silas not accepted love and companionship first, he would have never learned to give it.

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