Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara Second Semester Exam 2024-25

 Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara

         Second Semester Exam 2024-25.   

                Sub - English.                       Marks 80


Section I- Prose

(Reading for comprehension, Language study, Summary & note making)

1. A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below.

When he came to Mrs. Adis's cottage he paused a moment.Only a small patch of grass lay between it and the road, and he looked in at the lighted, uncurtained window. He could see Mrs. Adis stooping over the fire, taking some pot or kettle off it. He hesitated and seemed to wonder. He was a big, heavy, working man, not successful, judging by the poverty of his appearance. For a moment he made as if he would open the window, then he changed his mind and went to the door instead. He did not knock, but walked straight in.

The woman at the fire turned quickly round.

"What, you, Peter Crouch!' she said. 'I didn't hear you knock.

'I didn't knock ma'am. I didn't want anybody to hear."'How's that?"

"I'm in trouble. His hands were shaking a little.

'What have you done?"

I shot man, Mrs. Adis.

"You?"

Yes I shot him."

"You killed him?"

"I don't know."

For a moment there was silence in the small, stuffy kitchen. Then the kettle boiled over and Mrs Adis mechanically put it at the side of the fire.. She was a small, thin woman with a brown, hard face, on which the skin had dried in innumerable small, hair like wrinkles. She was probably not more than forty-two, but life treats some women hard in the agricultural districts of Sussex, and Mrs. Adis' life had been harder than most.

What do you want me to do for you, Peter Crouch?" she said a little sourly.

"Let me stay here a bit. Is there nowhere you can put me till they've gone?"

"Who's they?"

"The keepers."

"Oh you've had a quarrel with the keepers, have you?"

"Yes. I was down by Cinder Wood seeing if I could pick up anything, and the keepers found me. There were four to one, so I used my gun."

A1 State whether the following sentences are true or false and rewrite.

1) Peter Crouch entered in Mrs. Adis cottage through the window.

Answer:- false

2) Mrs. Adis was not happy to see Petter Crouch.

Answer:- true

3) Peter knocked the door then entered in Mrs. Adis cottage.

Answer:-  false 

4) Mrs. Adis led a rich and comfortable life.

Answer:-  false 

A2 Complete the web.

Answer:- 

Appearance of Mrs. Adis.

Small,thin,brown,hard face,dried skin,hair like wrinkles 

A3 Find the reasons that forced Peter to shoot down a person. 2

Answer:- 

because 

1. Peter Crouch was hunting illegally.

2. The keepers spotted him.

3. There were four keepers against the lone Peter Crouch.


A4 Personal response.

Suppose you have done something wrong with your friend. Explain how would you handle the situation.

Answer:- If have done something wrong with my friend at that time I feel sorry for my guilt. I will tell him that I will not repeat the mistake again.

A5 Language study.

1) He could see Mrs. Adis stooping over the fire, taking some pot or kettle off it. 1

(Use 'be able to' in given sentence)

Answer:-

 He was able to see Mrs. Adis stooping over the fire, taking some pot or kettle off it.

2 ) He would open the window.

(Choose the alternative showing the correct passive voice of the given sentence.)

i) The window would been open by him.

ii) He would be open the window.

iii) The window would be opened by him.

Iv) The window would opened by him.

Answer:- The window would opened by him.

A6 Form nouns from the following words using suffixes.

Answer:- 

i) hesitate = hesitation 

ii) Judge.  = Judgement 

iii) heavy = heavier /heaviness 

iv) treat = treatment 

1. B) Non Textual Grammar.

B1 Do as directed.

1) I met Vasu....... the college library........ Sunday.

(Rewrite the sentence using correct preposition.)

Answer:-  in,on

2) The mother looks after her child.

(Choose the alternative to get correct form of rhetorical question.)

a) The mother looks alfter her child ?

b) Didn't the mother look after her child?

c) Doesn't the mother looks after her child?

d) Doesn't the mother look after her child.

Answer:-

 Doesn't the mother look after her child.

3) We can make happy to someone by our words.

(Identity the replaced version of the statement using the auxiliary of obligation.)

a) We might make happy to someone by our words,

b) We must make happy to someone by our words.

c) We Should make happy to someone by our words.

d) We have made happy to someone by our words.

Answer:-b) We must make happy to someone by our words.  

B2 Spot the error in the given sentences and rewrite the correct sentence.

Both the partners have signing this agreement in haste.

Answer:- 

 Both the partners have signed this agreement in haste.

2. A) Read the following extract and complete the acitivities given below. 12

In 1945 in Bay Roberts, Canada, a Year-old boy saw something in a shope window that set his heart racing. But the price-five dollars was far beyond Reuben Earle's means. Five dollars would buy almost a week's groceries for his family.

Reuben couldn't ask his father for the money. Everything Mark Earle made fishing, Reuben's mother, Dora, stretched like elastic to feed and clothe their five children.

Nevertheless, he opened the shop's weathered door and went inside. Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack shirt and washed-out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, "but I don't have the money right now. Can you please hold it for me?"

"I willl try," the shopkeeper smiled. "Folks around here don't usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while."

Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out into the May sunlight. The bay rippled in a freshening wind that ruffled his short hair. There was purpose in his loping stride. He would raise the five dollars and not tell anybody.

Hearing the sound of hammering front a side street, Reuben had an idea.

He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in burlap sacks from a local factory. Sometimes the sacks were discarded in the flurry of building, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents apiece.

That day he found two sacks, which he took to the remaining wooden factory and sold to the man in charge of packing nails. The boy's hand tightly clutched the small five-cent pieces as her ran the two kilometers home.

A1 Choose two correct sentence from the following alternatives. 2

1) Five dollars would buy almost a week's groceries for his family.

2) Reuben needed five cents to buy the object.

3) Reuben found ten sacks and earned five cents.

Answer:-1) Five dollars would buy almost a week's groceries for his family.

4) Reuben has flour-sack shirt and washed out trousers.

A2 Rearrange the following statements in order as they occured in the extract.

1) He found two sacks.

2) A Year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing.

3) He told the shopkeeper what he wanted.

4) He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site.

Answer:-

 4) He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site.

1) He found two sacks.

2) A Year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing.

3) He told the shopkeeper what he wanted.

A3 Give reason.

Reuben couldn't ask his father for money.

Answer:- 

because Rubens father earned by fishing.

Their means of earn are very few . His mother stretched like elastic to feed and clothe to their five children.

A4 Write your own experience of buying the thing that you like most. 2

Answer:- when I was in 10th standard I wanted to buy tape recorder so I worked in a sugar factory for that and finally purchased it.

A5 Language study.

Do as Directed

1) He opened the shop's weathered door and went inside.

(Choose the correct alternative showing the use of 'Not only ..... but also' in given sentence.)

a) He opened not only open the shop's weathered door but also went inside.

b) He did not only the shop's weathered door but also went inside.

c) He opened the shop the shop's weathered door not only but also went inside.

d) He was not only opened the shop's weathered door but also went inside.

Answer:-

d) He  not only opened the shop's weathered door but also went inside.

2) He ran towards the sound. (Choose the correct alternative to Indentify the tense used in above sentence.)

a) Simple past tense.

b) Present perfect tense.

c) Perfect past tense.

d) Simple present tense.

Answer:- Simple past tense 

A6 Indentify the words from the passage with opposite meaning of the following words.

Answer:-

a) buy = sell

b) save = spend 

c) long  = short 

d) lost = found 


B) Summary Writing

Write a summary of the above extract with a suitable title, with the help of the points.

 About that thing that boy saw a shop ....... family condition Reuben's dicision ..... found sacks.

B) Note Making.

Read the following passage and complete the three diagram below.

There are four types of computers: Supercomputers, Mainframe computers, Mini computers and Microcomputers. Supercomputers are of special high capacity computers used by very large organizations such as NASA. Mainframe compers are capable of great processing speeds and data storage. For example, insurance companies use them to process information about millions of policyholders. Mini computers, also known as mid range computers, are comparatively small in size. Departments of large companies typically use them for specific purposes. For example, productions departments use them to monitor certain manufacturing process and assembly line operations. Microcomputers are least powerful but widely used and the fastest growing type of computers. There are four types of microcomputers. Desktop computers is too big to carry around. Laptop computer is portable. A Table PC is very easy to use and carry. The fourth one is handheld computer which is the smallest one and is designed to fit into the palm of one hand.

Types of Computers

↓.                                ↓.                ↓.           ↓

Super Computers. Main frame. Mini micro 

                                          ↓

Section II Poetry

3. A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below.

They plan. They build. All spaces are gridded Filled with permutations of possibilities.

The buildings are in alignment with the roads which meet at desired points linked by bridges all hang in the grace of mathematics. They build and will not stop. Even the sea draws back and the skies surrender.

They erase the flaws, the blemishes of the past, knock off useless blocks with dental dexterity. All gaps are plugged with gleaming gold. The country wears perfect rows of shining teeth.

Anaesthesia, amnesia, hypnosis.

They have the means. They have it all so it will not hurt. So history is new again. The drilling goes right through the fossils of last century.


The piling will not stop.

But my heart would not bleed poetry. Not a single drop to stain the blueprint of our past's tomorrow.


A1 Pick out the statements which aptly depicts, the theme of the poem. 2


1) In the poem the speaker memorises the past.

ii) The poet laments helplessly.

The poet describes the unstoppable force of modernization.

iv) The poet proposes to stop modernisation.

Answer:- 

ii) The poet laments helplessly.

The poet describes the unstoppable force of modernization.

A2 Explain the term 'Anaesthesia' used in the poem.

Answer:-  in this poem planners powerful politicians and builders make use of anaesthesia and do their work it means they hypotenuse people.

A3 Personal Response.

Give any two drawbacks of the development of roads and increase in vehicles.

Answer:- 

A4 Poetic device.

Identify and explain the figure of speech in the following line. 'useless blocks with dental dexterity.

Answer:- Alliteration, metaphor 

B) Appreciation.

Write the appreciation of the poem with the help of the following aspects. There is another sky,

Never mind silent fields-

Ever serene and fair, And there is another sunshine, Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin, Here is a little forest, Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has been; In its unfading flowers I hear the bright bee hum:

Whose leaf is ever green;

Prithee, my brother, Into my garden come !


Points About the poem's poet and the title.


* The theme.


* Your opinion about the poem.


* Poetic devices and the language. * Message, values, morals in the poem.


Section III - Writing Skills



4. A) Complete the activities as per the instructions given below.


Attempt any one of the following activities.


i) Letter Writing.


Write a letter to your Principal requesting him/her for issuing a duplicate Leaving Certificate for you.


--OR--


ii) E-mail.


Write an E-mail in a proper formal to invite your friend to celebrate your birthday.


B) Attempt any one of the following.


i) Expansion of Idea


Expand the following idea with the help of the points given below.


Write your answer in about 100 words.


'Necessity is the mother of invention'.


* Importance of invention. Use of the term 'mother'.


* Examples/Proof. Human tendency of invention. Conclusion.


ii) Blog Writing.


Write a blog in a proper format on 'Eat Healthy - live Healthy' with the help of the following points in 100 to 150 words.


* Healthy eating habits.


* Nutrition.


* Do's and Don'ts.


Need of balance diet.

Std-11th


iii) Film Review.

Draft a review of any film/movie that you have recently watched.


Prepare your review with the help of given points.


* Name of the movie/year of release,


• Producer/Director,


* Casting. • Technical aspects: Music/ Photography.


* Theme/ storyline in brief.


* Your opinion.


C) Attempt any one of the following activities.


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i) Appeal.


Imagine your college is going to conduct a campaign for cleanliness.


Prepare an appeal in the form of an advertisement write-up with the help of the following points.


- Use attractive slogan. Prepare a suitable logo an the theme.


- Make persuasive appeal for active participation


. - Add your own points.

ii) Report Writing.

Write a report on the celebration of 'Republic Day' in your college. - Students assembled. Arrival of Chief Guest.


Flag hoisting.

- Patriotic songs.

- Vote of thanks.

- Speeches.

- Cultural programme.


iii) Leaflet.


Prepare a small travel leaflet for a place of your choice with the help of following points.


- How to go there? - Importance of the place.


Where to stay?

K

- What to see. - Shopping attractions. Add your own points.


iv) View- Counter view.


Prepare a paragraph to be used in the 'Counter-View' section on the following topic.


'Politics should be kept out of College Campuses.


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You can take help of the following points included in the 'View' section.


View Section


Politics should be kept out of college campuses.


* Students politics in India has more to do with politics and very little


with the students.


* It gives birth to students leaders who are surrounded by psycophants and least bothered about real problems of the students


* Big money, big campaign enter into the compuses and they are


difficult to control.


* Campus politics results in loss of study time.


D) Attempt any one of the following activities.


i) Speech.


You are an active member of an NGO working for tree-conservation.


Prepare a speech for the school or college students where you are invited on the occasion of 'The World Earth Day' to guide them about


tree planting. Use following points.


* Introduction. Air, water and noise pollution.


* Benifits of tree planting.


* Do's and don'ts.


* Living in harmony with nature.


Std- 11th


ii) Compening.


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Sub - English


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Your colleghe has organised one day 'Yoga Day' programme for students. As a compere draft a script for the whole fuction maintaining


the sequence of the following points.


- Welcoming the guests/Introduction.


- Welcome song.


- Lightning the Lamp.


- Felicitation.


- Introductory speech.


- Yoga Day programme. Presidential speech. Vote of thanks.


iii) Dialogue writing.


Write a dialogue between you and your friends on the topic 'Power of Education'. Write at least 8-10 dialogues.


iv) Interview.


Imagine, you have to cunduct an interview of a famous personality from the field of sports. With the help of the given table and points, draft questions to be asked the interviewee.




* Name of the interviewee. Area of success. Date/Venue/Time.


* Duration of Interview - Questions.


1) Interest development. 5) Schedule.


2) Idols in life.


3) Early learning/training.


4) Motivation.


6) Strengths.


7) Best performation.


8) Message.


Section IV - Literary Genre - Drama


5. A) Complete the activities given below as per the instruction. i) Pick out the odd element from the group and write it.

1) The Doll's House, Look Back in Anger, An Enemy of the people, Ghosts.

2) Static, dynamic, internal, flat.

3) Language, monologue, setting, theme.

4) Shakespeare, Anton chekhov, Bertolt Brecht, Eugene O'Neill.




ii) Match the pair.


'A'.                                            'B

1) Conflict


'


a) main idea.

Plot

Theme

iv) Dialogue

B ) Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below.

b) essence of Drama.

c) involves two speakers.

d) pattern/ series of events.

1) Describe the character of 'The Sergeant'.

ii) Explain the theme of the drama 'The Rising of the Moon'.

C ) Answer in about 50 words to the questions give below.

i) Oberon and Titania fight for the custody of the Indian boy.

Give reason.

ii) Explain the setting of the play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

D) Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below.

i) Narrate the plot of the play 'An Enemy of the People'.

ii) Explain the character sketch of 'Dr. Stockmann described in the play 'An Enemy of the people'.


Friday, 10 January 2025

Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara Std-XII. 2024-25 Preliminary Examination

 Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara

Std-XII.                2024-25

Preliminary Examination

Marks- 80

English (Activity Sheet)



Section-A-Prose


(Reading for comprehension, Language Study, Summary, Mind Mapping.)

Q.1A) Read  the extract and complete the activities given below.

Sports: When watching a cricket match, we are shown so many permutations and combinations of statistical analysis. A gigantic data has been created over a period of time from the recording of matches, training sessions and workouts. The data enables a sportsperson to study his performance as well as of the other players worldwide. It has tremendously helped in improving individual as well as team performance. The sensors embedded in the sports equipment help us to understand our game from close quarters. The sensors help us to understand the field conditions, the weather, individual performance etc. Video analytics help us to see each and every performance minutely.

Advertising: Advertisers are one of the biggest players in Big Data.

Be it Facebook, Google, Twitter or any other online giant, all keep a track of the user behaviour and transactions. These internet giants provide a great deal of data about people to the advertisers so that they can run targeted campaigns. Take Facebook, for example, here you can target people based on buying intent, website visits, interests, job roles, demographics and what not. All this data is collected by Facebook algorithms using Big Data analysis techniques. The same goes for Google, when you target people based on clicks you will get different results and when you create a campaign for leads then you will get different results. All this is made possible using Big Data.


A1 Rewrite the statements and state whether they are true or false.

a) The Big Data helps a sportsperson to study the performance of worldwide players.

b) Video analytics do not help us to see each and every performance minutely.

c) Advertisers get benefit from Big Data to know the interest of buyers.

d) Facebook, Google, Twitter are called online giants.

Answer:- 

True

False 

True 

True 

A2 Describe the benefits of the sensors embedded in the sports equipment.

Answer:- Sensors help a person 

  • to understand the game from close quarters 
  • to understand field conditions 
  • to understand the weather conditions 
  • to understand individual performance.

A3 Explain the process of using Big Data by Facebook and Google.

Answer:- Facebook can target people based on buying intent , website visits interest  job rolls demographics by using algorithms.

Google target people based on clicks you will get different results and when you create campaign for leads then you will get different results.

A4 Give your opinion about sharing personal information on social media. 2

Answer:- Shearing personal information on social media is harmful to us because nowadays many hackers are on your watching. They steal your data and use that data for fraud call and it increases cyber crimes.

5)Language study. Do as directed.

1) Video analytics help us to see each and every performance minutely. (Choose correct alternative to frame a 'wh' question to get the underlined answer.)

a) What help us to see each and every performance minutely?

b) Who help us to see each and every performance minutely?

c) How help us to see each and every performance minutely?

d) Where help us to see each and every performance minutely?

Answer:- What help us to see each and every performance minutely?

i) Advertisers are one of the biggest players in Big Data.

(Choose the correct alternative that gives the transformation of the given sentence in Positive Degree.)

a) Very few players in Big Data are as big as advertisers.

b) No other players in Big Data is as big as advertiser.

c) No other players in Big Data as big as advertiser.

d) Players in Big Data is as Big as advertiser.

Answer:-Very few players in Big Data are as big as advertisers.

A6 Vocabulary.

Use the following words appropriately in the blank spaces.

(Facebook, Google, track, transactions.)

a) ...... gives various search results.

Answer:- Google

c) Many person expect 'like' to the posts which they share on

Answer:-track

b) Police kept ....... of criminals.

Answer:- Facebook 

d) They made ........ of money using net banking.

Answer:- transaction 

B) Language study. (Non-textual Grammer.)

B1 Do as directed.

1) There was ...... farmer who grew superior quality rice every year, his rice won prizes in ...... states competition.(Use the correct articles and rewrite the sentence.)

Answer:- a,the

2) Saina Nehwal was introduced Karate at tender age but abandoned it when she was told to stop it. 

(Rewrite the sentence by using an appropriate prepositions.)

Answer:-2) Saina Nehwal was introduced to Karate at a tender age but abandoned it when she was told to stop it. 

iii) The quiz master said, "When did Quit India Movement take place ?"1

(Choose the correct alternative to change the sentence into indirect speech.)

a) The quiz master said that when Quit India Movement had taken place.

b) The quiz master asked that when Quit India Movement had taken place.

c) The quiz master asked when Quit India Movement taken place.

d) The quiz master asked when was Quit India Movement taken place.

Answer:-The quiz master asked when Quit India Movement had taken place.

B2 Spot the error and rewrite the sentence.

She is more shorter than her brother.


Answer:-She is shorter than her brother.

2. A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below.

In the coming years, requirements for rapid changes in the skills of a large number of people in period of say three to five years may become a continuous feature when new technologies are Introduced into the economy. Such rapid changes will occur in all sectors, underlining how the agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors are intertwined. In the agricultural sector there will be better optimization of input resources like seeds, soil conditioning, fertilizer micronutrient mixes, pesticides and so on, as well as changes in the overall agriculture management. The agriculture sector may also use information technology much more intensively than it uses now. In the use of remote sensing through satellites for regular monitoring of crops and soil conditions or water resources, or for better weather forecasts through satellites and ground borne systems. Or in the use of modern communications to be in closer touch with old or new markets. Water quality may be monitored more carefully in the future whether for human or animal consumption.Rapid Improvements in advanced sensors would make it possible to have such sensing system at affordable prices in many of our sectors.

In the industry and manufacturing sector, of course, the use of sensors, and modern electronics and information technology will be continual feature requiring rapid reorientation of the skills of not only the workforce but also the entire management including the board level operations. Installation of IT system for all these sectors, training persons at all levels and maintaining and improving their skills would be a major service industry. Despite voluminous growth in the banking and insurance sector, processing and transactions have been carried out by largely manual means. A national network of banking and insurance business has to emerge. This lack adversely affected efficiency and is a major cause of the high rates charged for financial services. The introduction of IT for various operations at the earliest has become a necessity. This means use of computers for near total electronics data management and the use of telecommunications and multimedia data, adopting a total system approach.


A1 Complete the web by writing the different input resources in the agriculture sector.


Input resources in the agricultural sectors

Answer:- Following are the input sources in the agriculture sector 

Seeds 

Fertilizer 

Soil conditioning 

Pesticides 

A2 Find out two changes that can be brought in agricultural sector with the help of the modern communication technology.

  • Answer:- with the help of modern communication technology we can
  • Touch with old or new market 
  • Water quality may be monitored more carefully 
  • Rapid improvements in advance sensors would make it possible to have such sensing system at affordable prices.

A3 "The introduction of IT for various operations at the earliest has become necessity." Guess out the reasons for it. Write your answer in five to six sentences.

Answer:- The introduction of IT for various operations at the earliest has become  necessity. This means use of computers for near total electronics data management in the use of telecommunications and multimedia data adapting a total system approach.

A4 Digital literacy has become necessity and an important aspect of modern day-to-day life. Write your views.

Answer:-


Digital literacy is not a luxury; it's a necessity in today's era. The digital transformation has not only changed the way we live and work but has also created a vast array of job opportunities. Companies are actively seeking professionals with advanced knowledge of digital tools and services.

A5 Language study.

Do as directed.


1) Such rapid changes will occur in all sectors.

(Choose the correct Rhetorical question form of the sentence fromt The given options.)

a) Was such rapid changes occur in all sectors ?

b) Isn't such rapid changes occur in all sectors ?

c) Won't such rapid changes occur in all sectors ?

d) changes oco in all sectors ?

Answer:-c) Won't such rapid changes occur in all sectors ?

2) Water quality may be monitered carefully in the future.

(Choose the correct option replacing the modal auxiliary showing more definite.)


a) Water quality ought to be monitored carefully in the future.

b) Water quality shall be monitored carefully in the future.

c) Water quality will be monitored carefully in the future.

d) Water quality must be monitored carefully in the future.

Answer:-c) Water quality will be monitored carefully in the future.

A6 Vocabulary:

Find out the words from the extract which mean.

a) optimization

b) intertwined

c) pesticides

d) voluminous

Answer:-

a) optimization =improvements

b) intertwined= mixed 

c) pesticides = 

d) voluminous= large 

B) Summary writing.

Write the summary of the above extract by using the following points. Need of information technology.... need of digital skills.... development economy.... various sectors banking sector service rendering to people.


C) Mind Mapping.


Develop a 'Mind Mapping' frame/design your own ideas topic sports and its varieties.


Section - B - Poetry

(Poetry and Appreciation)


3. A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below.


Is anybody happier because you passed his way?

Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?

This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;

Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?

Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along?

Or a churlish sort of "Howdy" and then vanish in the throng?

Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way,

Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?

Can you say tonight, in parting with the days that's slipping fast, That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed? Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;

Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?

Did you waste the day, or lose it, was it well or sorely spent?

Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?

As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say, You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?

- Edgar Guest


A1 Complete the table giving the essential good things one has to do every time given in the extract.


The essential good things one has to do

Answer:- 

cheerful greetings 

Kind words 

Mighty and grateful



A2 Explain the line "You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today."

Answer:- 

Poet advised us to make our living useful.

With the help of of our good deeds God may gift us one more tomorrow.

A3 Give your ways to develop good social relationships with others.

Answer:- for developing good social relationships l

Help others 

Give them love and respect 




A4 Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line.


"Did you waste the day or lose it, was it well or sorely spent ?"

Answer:-

Alliteration 

Interrogation 

A5 Poetic creativity.

As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say.

Answer:-

B) Appreciation:

Read the extract and write the appreciation of the poem given below.

Weavers, weaving at break of day,

Why do you weave a garment so gay?......

Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,

We weave the robes of a new-born child. Weavers, weaving at fall of night,

Why do you weave a garment so bright?..


Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green, We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still, What do you weave in the moonlight chill..

White as a feather and white as a cloud, We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.


Section - C - Writing Skills


4. A) Complete the activities as per the instructions given below. Attempt any one of the following activities.


1) Drafting a Vitural Message:


Imagine you are Rahul/Jyoti studying in 12th standard. You are going to attend an International Awareness Programme in New Delhi the next week.


Draft a message in about 100/150 words to convey the same to your classmate. Give your own reasons to support your message.


2) Statement of Purpose:


You wish to pursue your gradution/diploma at a reputed university in any of the streams of your own choice, either arts, commerce, science, management, medicine, agriculture, engineering, law or any other degree you have in your mind. You have fixed your career goals and also have similar background to achieve your dreams. Taking help of the above points/information write a 'Statement of Purpose' in about 100/150 words as a part of your application process to get admission at a university of your choice.


3) Group Discussion:


You and your three friends (John, Irfan and Ravina) are selected as a team for group discussion for a reputed T.V. Channel. The topic of discussion is 'Importance of English Literature'. Write suitable dialogues for each participant giving his/her opinion on the topic.


B) Attempt any one of the following activities.


1) E-mail writing:

Imagine that you are a shopkeepers of gift articles. A customes had given order for purchasing articles but you have some difficulties for giving delivery in time due to shortage. Write on email to him/her apologising for the delay. Dear besk


2) Report writing:


You are a respresentative of the N.S.S. unit of your college. Write a brief report of the camp in which various social activities including cleanliness have been conducted by all the participants.


3) Interview.


Imagine you wish to conduct an interview of a 'social worker'. With the help of the format given below, draft questions on the given fields.


Name if the interviewee


Field/Reputation


Date/Venue/Time


Questions


Question based on:


1) Early interests

2) Challenges faced

3) Role model/s

4) Achievements/Awards

5) Feedback

6) Family support

7) Government support

8) Future plans


C) Attempt any one of the following activities.


1) Speech Writing:


Imagine you have to delivers a speech on the topic 'Save Earth Save Life' on World Environment Day in your jonior college. Draft a speech in about 100/150 words that you wish to deliver before the audience.


2) Compering:


Imagine your school/Jr, college has organised a farewell function for the students appearing for H.S.C. examination. As a compere draft a script for the whole function maintaining the sequence of the following points.


- Welcoming the guests.

- Introduction

- Felicitation

- Important speeches

- Concluding remark

- Vote of thanks


3) Expansion of Idea:


Expand the following idea with the help of the points given below.


"Experience is the best teacher"

- It's practical and non theoretical experience

- Learn from situations

- Direct and first had knowledge

- Real life versus Bookish


D) Attempt any one of the following activities.


1) Review:

Write a review of a film which you liked most with the help of following points.


* Story/Theme

* Producer/Director

* Special features of direction

* Characters: Conflict

* Music/Dance/Songs/Photography etc.

Your opinion


2) Blog:


Write a 'Blog' in a proper format on "Necessity of social awareness" regrading cleanliness/Hygiene in about 100/150 words.


3) Appeal:


Prepare an appeal through your organization for Eye Donation. Use the following points.


a) Give programme.


b) Make persuasive appeal.


c) Venue and date.


d) Contact information.

Section - D - Writing Skills


(Literally Genre - Novel)


5. A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions.


A1 Pick out the odd element from each line.


a) Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Daniel Defoe, Anthony Burgess.


b) Mystery, Style, Conflict, Character.


c) The turn of the screw, Aphra Behn, Rajmohan's wife, Jane Eyre.


d) Drama, Novel, Psychology, Poetry.

Answer:-

A2 Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences.2


a) The novel as a literary genre has a history of about ....... years. (two thousand five hundred, two thousand, five hundred.)

Answer:- two thousand 

b) The new literature written in the 18th century was characterised by ..... (mystery, fantasy, sprit of realism.) 50g

Answer:- spirit of realism 

c) In...... novel, the surface meaning is different from the symbolise meaning. (Allegorical, Dystopian, Gothic.)

Answer:- Allegorical 

d) ........ has coined the phrase. 'Stream of consciousness'


(Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, William James.)


Answer:- William James 

B) Answer in about 50 words the questions given below.


B1 Describe how Ricky Braithwaite manage to bring about a change in the behaviour of his students.


B2 How does Mr. Braithwaite manage to increase the cultural exposure of the class ?


C) Answers the following.


C1 Elaborate the following quote in the light of Phileas Fogg's Venture.. 2


C2 Phileas Fogg knocked detective fix down - Give reason/s.


D) Answers the questions given below.


D1 Describe how Sherlock Holmes discovered the connection between Miss. Morstan receiving precious pearls with Major Sholto.


D2 How does the mystery of Bartholomew's murder lead Holmes to track down small ?


Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara Second Semester Exam 2024-25

  Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara            Second Semester Exam 2024-25.                     Sub - English.                        Marks 80...