ENGLISH
CORE CODE
NO.:
301
SAMPLE
QUESTION PAPER
Maximum
Marks :100
Section
– A Reading
Q. 1
Answer Key 1.1 12 marks
a. • he continued to
live in his childhood/ He remained a simple-hearted 2 marks
person.
• when he used to
paint and always wished to be a painter
b. Pasteur believed 1
mark
• that the sufferer
was something more than just a case to be dealt with
and cured.
1.2 a-
abandoned 3 marks
b- contemporaries
c- Plebiscite
Q.
2.1.Title: Tribute to Bismillah Khan or accept any appropriate or relevant
title. 5 marks
Notes
1. Shock at the
demise
(a) Cousin- tears in
eyes.
(b) Care-taker
recalled-
(ii) Giving two Rs. -
boys
(iii) Five Rs. to
girls
Q.
2.2. His early life 3 marks
(a) Org. name
Quamaruddin
(b) Play shehnai at
temp. - with father
(c) Recognized as
Bismillah- at Vns.
3. Music
as Family heritage:
(a) f ather - court
poet at Dumaraon
(b) pld. shehnai from
age six
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(c) at 31- played
shehnai - Red Fort- 1947.
4. Daily
routine in Vns.
(a) t aking dip in
the Ganga
(b) riyaaz at Balaji
Temp.
(c) before his last
breath- hummed thumri
(d) used cycle
rickshaw to travel
(e) bread-winner for
60 fml. mem.
5. Bismillah
beyond religion
(a) main principle-
all religions one
(b) life -testimony
of plurality
(c) p ract. Muslim
Key to
Abbreviations used:
Temp. Temple
Vns. Varanasi
Pract. Practicising
Rs. Rupees
Pld. Played
Fml. family
Mem. member
2.2.
Summary of the passage 3 marks
Ustad Bismillah Khan
born and bought up at Dumaraon got the taste of music at
a very early stage of
life. He started accompanying his honour who was an official
musician at the
Estate of Dumaraon. He got an honour to play his thumri tune at
Red Fort on the
occasion of Independence. He believed that all religions are one.
He led a life of
simplicity. Music was his soul and even on his deathbed he played
his last thumri in
the hospital at Varanasi.
Section
– B
Advanced
Writing Skills Q. 3. 10 marks Option -I
Objectives:
To draft a classified advertisement giving all the necessary
details.
Marking:
5 marks
Title
: Situation Vacant 1 mark
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Content:
Details 3 marks
• Educational
Qualifications
• Spoken English
• Age
• Pleasant
personality
• Whom
to apply to and contact address
• Last date
Expression:
Coherence, Relevance 1 mark
Grammatical accuracy,
spelling
Option
II
Format
Address of self
Date
Salutation 1 mark
Content:
Details
• What is the
occasion 2 marks
• Date and time
• Venue
• Theme for the party
Expression:
Coherence, Relevance 1 mark
Grammatical accuracy,
spelling 1 mark
Q. 4
Option I 10 marks
Report
Format
Heading/Title
Name and class of the
student ½ + ½ mark
Content
What? 4 marks
When?
Where?
Who organized it?
Highlights of the
guest’s speech
Any other relevant
information
Expression
spelling, grammatical accuracy 2 ½ marks
coherence, relevance
2 ½ marks
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Option
II
Factual
Description
Content
Value Points 4 marks
• Description of
accident site
• Condition of
occupants
• Number of occupants
• Condition of the
vehicle
• Presence of
ambulance
Expression
Coherence and relevance
Grammar and spelling
3 marks
3 marks
Q.
5. Option I 10 marks
Format
Writer’s address, receiver’s address, date, subject, salutation
and
complementary close 2
marks
Content
Reasons for stress 5 marks
• The increasing
competition among students to score high marks
• No time for recreation
• Manifestation of
stress in the form of anger, violent behaviour
• Indulging in games,
practising yoga, can combat stress
• Listening to music
etc are also ways of cop with stress
Expression
Coherence, relevance 3 marks
spelling, grammatical
accuracy
Option
II
Format
Writer’s address, receiver’s address, date, subject, salutation
and
complementary close.
2 marks
Content
Covering letter
Reference to
advertisement
Conveying suitability
for the post
Submission of
application
Resume/ Biodata as
separate enclosure
Profile of self
Educational
Qualifications
3 marks
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Professional
Qualifications
Experience
Any other relevant
information
Expression
Spellings, grammatical accuracy, relevance 2 ½ marks
Coherence and
cohesion 2 ½ marks
Q.
6. Option: I 10 marks
Article-
Argumentative/ Imaginative
Format
Title, writer’s name 1 mark
Title - Entrance
Tests at Colleges or accept any relevant answer
Content
4 marks
• Language
acquisition till class XII does not test their true abilities.
• Language not taken seriously
by students
• Board results do
not reveal the true potential
• Entrance test try
to bring out their true capabilities
• Only students
serious about the course will take the test
• So, these tests
should be conducted
• Entrance test a
burden on students
• Board results are
fairly good as a yardstick as they judge 14 years of
language acquisition.
• Students under lot
of stress after studying for the whole year in class
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• Unfair to put so
much of pressure- no entrance test.
Expression
- Coherence, relevance 2 ½ marks
Spelling, grammatical
accuracy 2 ½ marks
Option
II
• Outdoor games make
us physically active, agile and alert
• Playing and running
around with friends makes us happy
• It is exciting when
we play , fight, agree and disagree
• Lot of exchange of
ideas and thoughts
• Increase in number
of friends hence social circle is broadened
• More joyful than
sitting alone on computers and chatting
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Section
– C Textbooks
Q.
7. Objectives: To test the students comprehension of the poem, their ability to
interpret,
evaluate
and respond to the lines of the poem.
Option
- I Value points: 3 marks
(a) No,
• they are on a
screen
• can be seen on a
panel
(b) Symbol of
chivalry
• they are powerful
(c) they are sure of
their power
• and the strength
they possess
OR
Option
- II Value points:
(a) Long lasting
impact
• never move into
emptiness
• we even think of
them in our dream
(b) long standing
impression
• not subject to time
(c) a shady place for
one to sit and ponder
Q.
8. Any three 2x 3 = 6 marks
1. to be quiet and
still
• to grow at our own
place
• to be contented
what we had (any two points)
2. He says so
• These have no
meaning for children of slum
• They will tempt
them to steal
3. Constraints of
married life
• The dominance of
women by their husbands
• The compulsion of
their domestic life
• Responsibility
towards family (any two)
4. It signifies hope
• Promise of visiting
the mother again
• To leave a smiling
face behind for her mother, (any two)
Q.
9. Objectives: To test the student’s ability for local comprehension of the prose
texts.
2x 3
= 6 marks
Marking
Scheme:
Content:
1 mark
Expression:
1 mark
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Value
Point
(a) Going out to play
in bright warm sun
• with birds chirping
in the open field
• to see the
Prussians soldiers practicing drill
• more tempting than
learning the rules for participles
(b) the chances of
losing one’s eye- sight
• There is
possibility of skin burn too
(c) he confidently
continued to swim on
• the next morning he
dived into the lake, swam across to the other shore and
back. This way he
conquered his fear of water.
• the will to live
helped him in conquering his fear.
(d) he welcomed the
tramp
• offered him hot
supper
• gave him tobacco to
smoke
• played cards with
him
(e) his academic
writing style is playful and personal
• uses narrative
style
Q.
10. Objectives: To test global comprehension of prose texts 10 marks
Marking
Scheme:
Content:
6 marks
Expression:
4 marks
Value
Points:
• Franz decided to
pay attention to the lesson
• School became very
important for him
• Felt he would miss
his school from next day
• M. Hamel became a
good teacher from a boring one.
• Genuinely upset
that Hamel was leaving the village
• Cranky Hamel seemed
a good gentle man
• Liking developed
for history and grammar.
OR
Marking
Scheme:
Content:
6 marks
Expression:
4 marks
Value
Points:
• Gandhiji was
appalled at the condition of the share-croppers in Champaran
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• Got a doctor for
the village to help sick people
• Made the people
understand the value of self-reliance
• Got support from
lawyers to fight the case of share-croppers
• Tried to alleviate
the distressed peasants.
• Made the ordinary
people to contribute in national
freedom. This became
a turning point in his career.
11.
Marking scheme: 5 marks
Content—3
Expression—2
Value
points: Students may cover any three of the following
points.
Accept any other point if it is relevant.
1.
Country’s youth value starved –facing a total crisis
2.
Violence, separations and inter and intra group conflicts, political
apathy
reigning order of the day
3.
Secured freedom but not utilized freedom in its true perspective
4.
Time for young people to wake up and create our own identity
5.
Need for good leadership and governance
6.
Need to inculcate the spirit of nationalism along with humanism in
children
right from the beginning
12.
Objectives: To be able to comprehend incidents and evaluate it.
7
marks
Marking
Scheme:
Content:
1 mark for each value point (4 points)
Expression:
3 marks (1½ + 1½ accuracy and fluency)
Value
Points
Present world rat
race
• Every body running
after power, money or success.
• One gets stressed
out
• Feeling of being a
failure develops
• To overcome such
insecurities and fears one starts imagining
• Charley starts
imagining his grandfather and the village he came from
• He starts believing
that there is a third level at the grand station,
New York from where
trains went to Galesburg, Illinois, where his
grand father used to
live.
OPTION
II
Objectives:
To be able to comprehend incidents and evaluate it.
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Marking
Scheme:
Content:
1 mark for each value point (4 points)
Expression:
3 marks (1½ + 1½ accuracy and fluency)
Value
Points
Visit to Antarctica
• will give a grasp
of where we have come from and where we could possibly be
heading
• it will suggest the
future possibilities( in millions years afterwards)
• study about the
future climate change easily and more effectively
• tell us about the
repercussions of environmental changes
• Realization of the
appearance of the Future world (any four)
13.
Objectives: To be able to comprehend incidents and evaluate it. 2x 4
= 8
marks
Marking
Scheme: Content: 1
mark Expression: 1
mark
Value:points
(1) Maharaja had
bought fifty diamond rings
• sent it to the
wives of British officers to choose from
• they kept all of
them
• but managed to retain
his kingdom
• this made him happy
(2) Man has created
villages, towns, cities and mega-cities by destroying nature
• rapid increase of
human population resulting in burning of fossil fuels
• global warming
(3) Every body made
fun of Roger Skunk because he gave out a bad smell.
• he was upset about
this
• He met the old owl
who advised him to go to the wizard, which
would help him and
give him a pleasant smell.
(4) The two reasons
are:
• She would watch all
the fun and games that were going on the road
• She would look at
the shops and the bazaars
• Used to look at the
snake charmers and the monkey performing, (any two)
“Wish You All The Best”
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