ENGLISH

Class XII
Syllabus for the session 2022-23
TERM 1
READING SKILLS
Comprehension Passage

Case Based Passage

WRITING
Notice Writing

Invitations and Replies-Formal and Informal

Job Application

Article Writing
LITERATURE
Flamingo-Prose
The Last Lesson

Lost Spring

Deep Water

The Rattrap
Flamingo-Poetry
My Mother At Sixty Six

Keeping Quiet
Vistas
On The Face Of It

The Enemy

The Third Level

Periodic Test-1
Comprehension Passage
 Notice Writing

Informal Invitation And Replies

The Last Lesson

Lost Spring

My Mother At Sixty Six

On The Face Of It

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Assessment Of Listening And Speaking Skills-10Marks

Art Integration Activity[Book Trailers]

SUMMER VACATION HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
PPT’s/Mind Map[As Per Instructions]
TERM-1 SYLLABUS
Syllabus Covered In Term-1+ALS+Project Work
TERM-2
READING
Comprehension Passage

Case Based Passage

WRITING
Letter-Letter To Editor-Suggestion/Opinion
Issue Of Public Interest Report Writing

LITERATURE
Flamingo-Prose
Indigo
Poets And Pancakes
Going Places
The Interview
Flamingo-Poetry
A Thing Of Beauty

A Roadside Stand

Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger

Vistas
The Tiger King

Journey To The End Of The Earth

Memories Of Childhood

1)Τhe Cutting of My Long Hair

2)We Too are Human Beings
PERIODIC TEST-2
Case Based Passage
Formal Invitation And Replies
Letter To The Editor
Report Writing
Indigo
Poets and Pancakes
A Thing Of Beauty

The Third Level

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
ALS +Project Work-20MARKS
PRE-BOARD
Entire Syllabus +Internal Assessment
 English
Class
XII
Assignments
2022-23 Term– I
Section – A (Reading)

Q1. Read the passage and on the basis of your understanding of the passage
answer the questions given below: 20
1. India has never subscribed to the doctrine of militarism and war in her
history. Here war was never treated as an ideal. It was only tolerated as
unavoidable and inevitable, and all attempts were made to check it and bring it
under control. Inspite of the frequency of wars in ancient India, in spite of highly
developed military organization ,techniques of war and imperialism, and in spite of
the open justification of war as national policy, the heart of India loved
pacifisms as an ideal capable of realization .India’s symbolic role was that of a
peacemaker and it sincerely pinned its faith on the principle of ‘Live and let live’. At
least philosophically, India’s intelligence supported the cause of peace not only in
national affairs but in international affairs also. All the great seers of the your
visualized the unity of life, permeating all beings, animate or inanimate, which
ruled out killing and suicidal wars.
2. This doctrine of philosophical pacifisms was practiced by ancient Aryans is,
no doubt,a question of controversial nature. Certainly, the great Indian teachers
and savants stuck to this doctrine tenaciously and in their personal life they
translated it into practice and preached it to masses and even to princes of military
classes.
3. Another culture of those times, the existence of which has been proved by
the excavations of Mohan-jo-Daro, also enunciated the doctrine of pacifism and
friendship to all. Strangely enough, the Indus Valley civilization has revealed no
fortification and very few weapons.
4. Ahimsa or the doctrine of non-violence in thought, speech and action,
assumed a gigantic importance in the Buddhist and Jain period. By a constant
practice of this virtue, man becomes unassailable by even wild beasts, who
forgot their ferocity the moment they entered the circumference of his magnetic
influence. The monks and nuns of these churches were apostles of peace, who
reached every nook and corner of the world and delivered the message of love to
war-weary humanity. The greatest votary was the royal monk Ashoka, who in
reality was responsible for transformingAhimsa as an act of personal virtue, to
Ahimsa as an act of national virtue.
5. Many a historian recounting the causes of the downfall of the Mauryas, hold
the pacific policy of Ashoka which had eschewed the aggressive militarism of his
predecessors, responsible for an early decay of the military strength of the state
and its consequent disintegration, leading to the rise of Sungas, Kanvas and
Andhras. But, in reality the fault lies with the weak successors of Ashoka, who
could not wield the weapon of noon-violence with a skill and efficiency which
required the strength of a spiritual giant like Ashoka. They failed due to their
subjective weakness: Pacifism itself was no cause of their failure.
6. Besides the foregoing philosophical and religious school of thought, even
many political authorities gave their unqualified support to the cause of pacifisms.
They recognized the right of rivals to exist, not mainly as enemies, but as
collaborators in the building of a civilization operation. Thus, for centuries, in the
pre-Mauryan India,scores of small independent republics existed and flourished
without coming in clash with each other.
7. With regard to Kautilya, the much maligned militarist and the so called
Machiavelli of India, He thinks that the object of diplomacy is to avoid war.
8. The Mahabharata observes in the connection, “A wise man should be
content with what can be obtained by the expedients of conciliation, gift and
dissention.” It denounces the warring world of men by comparing it to a dog-
kennel. “First there comes the wagging of tails, then turning of one round to other,
then the show of teeth, then the roaring and then comes the commencement of
the fights. It is the same with men; there is no difference whatever.” Yajnavalkya
adds: ‘War is the last expedient to be used when all
others have failed.” Likewise, Sri Krishna who’s Bhagwad-Gitahas been styled by
some as ‘a song of the battle’, should not be considered out and out militarist.
When all the three expedients were exhausted, then alone the fourth was
resorted to.
9. All possible avenues of peace such as negotiation, conciliation through
conference,meditation and so on, were explored before the war was resorted
to. This proves that the heart of ancient India was sound and it longed for peace,
although war also was not treated as an anathema, which was to be avoided as
far as possible. (Words-737)(Extract from ‘Culture India-Pacifism has been the
Ideal’ by Sri Indra)
1.1 Answer each of the questions given below by choosing the most
appropriate option:
(1x5=5)
(i) The heart of India loved
a) a highly developed military organization
b) techniques of wars and imperialism
c) loans
d) pacifism
(ii) Principle of ‘Live and let live’ means
a) imperialism
b) militarism
c) frequency of was among nations
d) role of peace makers
(iii) Aryans preached and practiced this to the masses
a) Non-violence
b) Freedom of speech and action
c) Philosophical pacifisms
d) Practice of military organization
iv) Mahabharata compares the warring world with
v) Unearthing Mohan-jo-Daro reinforced the following of Pacifism
1.2 Answer the following questions briefly: (1x6=6)
(i) How was war treated in India?
(ii) Describe India’s preparedness of war in spite of their belief in Pacifism.
(iii) How did the Aryans practice the Doctrine of Pacifism?
(iv) What is Ahimsa?
(v) What is the meaning of co-existence with rivals?
1.3 Pick out the words/phrases from the passage which are similar
in meaning
to the following: (1x3=3)
(i) express in definite and clear terms (para 3)
(ii) defensive wall (para 3)
CASE BASED PASSAGE

Q. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1 X 10 = 10
To assess air pollution in India, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is
executing a nation-wide programme of ambient air quality monitoring known as
National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The network consists of
793 operating stations covering 344 cities/towns in 29 states and 6 Union
Territories of the country.
Under N.A.M.P., three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen dioxide
(NO2) and Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM/PM10) have been
identified for regular monitoring at all the locations. The monitoring of
meteorological parameters such as wind speed and direction, relative humidity
and temperature was also integrated with the monitoring of air quality. The
monitoring of pollutants is carried out for 24 hours with a frequency of twice a
week, to have 104 observations in a year.
The monitoring is being carried out by CPCB; State Pollution Control Boards;
Pollution Control Committees; National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute (NEERI), Nagpur. CPCB co-ordinates with the other agencies to ensure
the uniformity, consistency of air quality data and provides technical and
financial support to them for operating the monitoring station. N.A.M.P. is being
operated through various monitoring agencies, large number of personnel and
equipment are involved in the sampling, chemical analyses, data reporting etc. It
increases the probability of variation and personnel biases reflecting in the data,
hence it is pertinent to mention that these data be treated as indicative rather
than absolute.

11. The monitoring of air quality twice a week is being accomplished by

the following agencies:
a) State Pollution Control Boards, National Environmental Engineering
Research Institute, National Air Quality Monitoring Programme and Central
Pollution Control Board.
b) Central Pollution Control Board, WHO, National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute and State Pollution Control Boards.
c) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, State
Pollution Control Boards, Pollution Control Committees and National Air
Quality Monitoring Programme.
d) Pollution Control Committees, Central Pollution Control Board,
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and State
Pollution Control Boards.
12. The maximum difference in the concentration of Sulphur dioxide
and Nitrogen dioxide was in the year .
i) 2001 ii) 2004 iii) 2006 iii) 2012
13. Which of the following statements would be true for the year 2012?
i) The concentration of PM10 saw a spike whereas the concentration of
Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide saw a steady decline.
ii) The concentration of Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide saw a
spike whereas the concentration of PM10 saw a steady decline.
iii) The concentration of Sulphur dioxide was observed to be the lowest in
the last ten years.
iv) The concentration of Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide was similar
to the one observed in the year 2000.
14. Which of the following words is similar in meaning to the word, ‘observe’?
15. Which of the following statements is not true with respect to the air
quality in Bangalore?
16. ‘…it is pertinent to mention that these data be treated as indicative
rather than absolute.’ Replace the word ‘pertinent’ with any one of the words
given below.
17. How many observations are made by the National Air Quality
Monitoring Programme annually?
18. The National Air Quality Monitoring Programme monitors the
19. Why does CPCB co-ordinate with other agencies?
20. The PM in PM10 stands for .

CASE BASED PASSAGE II

Q 1. Read the passage given below and study the pie chart to answer
the questions that follow: 1x10=10
The White Revolution, known as Operation Flood, was launched in 1970. It was
an initiative by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and was the
world’s biggest dairy development programme. It transformed India from a milk
deficient nation into the world’s largest milk producers. Operation Flood was
based on the experimental pattern set up by Verghese Kurien, chairman and
founder of AMUL, who was named the Chairman of NDDB and was also
recognised as the architect of Operation Flood.
There were three phases of the White Revolution in India.
Phase 1: This phase started in July 1970 with the objective of setting up dairy
cooperatives in 18 milk sheds in 10 states. They were to be linked with the four
best metropolitan markets. By the end of this phase in 1981 there were 13,000
village dairy cooperatives covering 15,000 farmers.
Phase 2: It aimed at building on the designs of phase 1 and on the assisted Dairy
development programmes in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. By the
end of this phase in 1985 there were 136 milk sheds, 34,500 village dairy
cooperatives and over 36 lakh members.
Phase 3: This phase emphasised on consolidating the gains of the earlier two
phases by improving the productivity and efficiency of the dairy sectors for long
term sustainability. It ended in 1996 and by that time there were 73,300 dairy
cooperatives and over 9.4 million farmer members.
It ended the imports of milk solids in India and India started exporting milk
powder to many foreign nations.

1. The White Revolution was responsible for turning

India to .
(i) a milk deficient nation (iii) world's largest milk producer
(ii) world's smallest milk producer (iv) none of these

2. Phase II of the White Revolution ended in

.
(i)1981 (iii) 1985
(ii) 1970 (iv) 1996

3. The major achievement of White Revolution was that

.
(i) India stopped importing milk
(ii) India started exporting milk
(iii) India stopped importing and started exporting milk
(iv) None of these

4. At the end of Phase III of White Revolution, the number of

farmer members were _.
5. In decreasing order, the share of states in Milk Production in India is .
6. UP’s production of milk is that of Gujarat and Punjab.
7. Milk production in Maharashtra and MP is .
8. Milk production in Haryana and Tamil Nadu together is closest to .
9. The word in the passage means the same as giving importance
to something.
10. The word ‘sustainability’ in the passage means the ability to _.

NOTICE WRITING
Answer in 50 words each:

1. Your school has just completed 25 years of its meritorious service to

society. The Students’ Council of your school has decided to celebrate its Silver
Jubilee. As President of the Council, write a notice for the students of your
school, informing them about the Council’s decision and seeking their
co-operation for the success of the proposed Silver Jubilee Celebrations. (4)
2. You are Sanjay/Sangeeta. As President of the Excursion Club you have
organized an excursion to Kathmandu (Nepal) during the summer vacation for
the senior students of your school. Write a notice informing the students about
the proposed excursion. (4)
3. Draft a suitable notice for your School Notice Board giving details of
the inauguration of the Literary Association activities in your school. You are
Deepak/Deepika,Secretary, Literary Association, Modern Senior Secondary
School, Belgaum. (4)
 Invitations

1. Your father, Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, residing at K-18, 13th Cross Malleswaram,
Bangalore wants to celebrate the success of your brother Rohit’s clearing the
IIT-JEE Entrance Examination and securing admission in IIT Powai, Mumbai. He
wants you to draft an invitation on his behalf. Draft the invitation for him.
2. The Fine Arts Society of your school is organizing a cartoon making
competition.Draft an invitation to be sent to the famous cartoonist, R.K. Laxman
requesting him to be the Guest of Honour for the occasion.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Agarwal of Pushp Farms, Kolkata, are hosting a party on the
occasion of the twenty-first birthday of their daughter, Vinita .Write a letter of
invitation to Sonakshi, their niece, giving details of the date, time and venue in
about 50 words.
4. You are Dharma Raj, son of Ramesh Patnaik, Bannerghatta, Bangalore. Your
father wants you to draft a formal invitation to be sent on the occasion of your
sister, Sheela’s marriage. Design the invitation.
5. Design an invitation card inviting parents on the occasion of SPORTS DAY
celebration in your school.Invent necessary details.
6. You are the head boy/ Head Girl of St. Anns High School and you are
required to draft an invitation on the occasion of the Annual Day Celebration on
5 September at 5 pm in the school premises. Design an invitation card to be sent
to Parents and other invitees.

Invitations
(Replies-Formal
and Informal)
1.You are Mr.A.K.Gupta of 7 Park Avenue , Delhi.Draft a reply accepting an
invitation from Mr. Arora to attend his sons wedding on 18 October.

2.You are Mohan/Molly. You have been invited by Rotary Club to act as one
of the judges for an Elocution Competition for students of classes XI and
XII. But due to a previous engagement you cannot accept this invitation.
Write a formal reply to the President of the Club regretting your inability
 to accept the invitation.
3.Dr. Geeta Sahni was invited by the President of Literary Association, Model
Senior Secondary school, Meerut to preside over the inter-school Debate
Competition organized by the association. On behalf of Dr. Sahni, write out a
reply of acceptance
4.You are Mr.A.N. Jain of c-9/270 ,Yamuna Vihar,Delhi. Draft an informal reply
of refusal expressing inability to attend a birthday party hosted by your
colleague S.K. Jain

JOB APPLICATION
1. Bal Vidya Public School, Bhilai, urgently requires a post-graduate teacher to
teach political science for which they have placed an advertisement in The Bhilai
Express. You are Sanjay/Sanjana Sharma from 21, Vasant Marg, Bhilai. Draft a
letter including a CV, applying for the advertised post.
2. You are Chitra/Chetan Deshpande, residing·at Akash Nagar, Agra. You come across
the following classified advertisement in the newspaper. Write a letter, in about
120-150 words, applying for the post of a computer teacher at Sunrise Global School,
Agra.

3. You come across an advertisement in the “TIMES OF INDIA” for the post of graphic
designer in Mumbai. Draft an application in about 150 words. You are Riya / Rithwik
of 34, Nagar complex Kandivili Mumbai.

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS REQUIRED

Needed young and dynamic graphic designers to create engaging and on -
brand graphics for variety of media at Gupta ‘s media world. Candidates
should possess creative flair and ability to convert requirements into
design along with an out going personality and good communication skills.
Apply within 5 days of this advertisement to the HR manager.
4 . After working for 7 years in a software company, you come across an
advertisement for the post of Senior Software Engineer in Adobe Private Ltd. Write a
letter to the HR Manager, Adobe Private Ltd Sector 70, Noida Applying for the post as
you meet all the eligibility criteria. Attach your Bio-data . You are Gayatri/ Gagan,
M86,Dharamshala Kolkata.

The Last Lesson

1. In what way did Mr. Hamel break the bad news to the students and
the villagers? How did it affect all of them? (2)
2. What was Franz’s attitude towards school, specially his French lessons? (2)
3. What was the last message of the French teacher to his students? (2)
4. Justify the title. (2)
5. Our language is part of our culture and we are proud of it. Describe
how regretful M.Hamel and the village elders re for having neglected their
native language, French.(2)
6. When you have sight you never realize the value of your eyes. How far
is it true with context to the story?(6)
7. Write an article on ‘The need for revival of patriotic spirit amongst the youth.’
(6)
Lost Spring

1. Why is Saheb’s name ironical? (2)

2. ‘Garbage to them was gold’. Why does the author say so? (2)
3. Justify the title of the story ‘Lost Spring’. (6)
4. Give a factual description of Seemapuri? (2)
5. The story gives us an authentic picture of child labour prevalent in India. What
measures would you suggest to stop child labour?(6)
6. Do the poor have the right to dream? Why then does the author call Mukesh’s
dream ‘a mirage’? (6)
 Keeping Quiet
1. ‘If we were not so single
minded about keeping our lives
moving and for once could do
nothing, perhaps a huge
silence might interrupt this
sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.’
(i) What according to the poet, makes us sad? (1)
(ii) What will happen if we go on with our endless activities? (1)
(iii) How can we understand ourselves? (1)
2. What is the poet trying to convey through the images of the
‘fishermen’ and ‘man gathering salt’? (2)
3. What are the different types of wars discussed in the poem? What is
the poet’s view about them? (2)
4. What does the poet in the poem “Keeping Quiet” wish all perpetrators of
the war to do? (2)
5. According to the poet, what lesson can human beings learn from Nature. (2)
DEEP WATER

1. How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?(2)

2. What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?(2)
3. Why was Douglas keen to overcome his fear of water?(2)
4. How did the incident at YMCA pool affect William Douglas later in
his life?(2)
5. How did Douglas finally get rid of the fear of water?(5)
6. Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of
terror and his conquering of it ?What larger meaning does he draw
from his experience?(5)
My Mother at Sixty Six
1. ‘But after the airports’
security check, standing a few yards
away. I looked again at her, wain, pale As
a late winter’s moon.’
(i) Why did the poet undergo a security check? (1)
(ii) Why did she have a second look at her mother? (1)
(iii) Why does the poet think of a late winter’s moon? (1)
2. How has the poet compared the scene in the car and outside the car? (K) (2)
3. What is the familiar ache and why does it return? (2)
4. Analyse the emotional turmoil. Kamala Das undergoes in the poem. (2)
5. How does the poet describe the old age of her mother? (2)

The Enemy

1. Give two reasons why Dr. Sadao was not sent abroad with the
Japanese troops? (2)
2. What was the dilemma faced by Dr. Sadao and his wife seeing the
injured American soldier? (2)
3. What efforts were made by Hana to save the life of the injued man. (2)
4. Why did the servants leave Dr. Sadao’s house? (2)
5. Dr. Sadao was a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. How
would be honour both the values. (6)
6. What are the various themes presented in the story ‘The Enemy’. (6)

The Third Level

1. What does the third level refer to? Is it a medium of escape for
Charley? Why? (2)
2. Why did Charley go to the ticket window? What happened when he
paid the money? (2)
3. How did Charley happen to enter the third level at Grand Central Station? (2)
4. Describe Charley’s experiences at the third level of the Grand
Central Station and how was the envirnoment there? (6)
5. What did Sam think about Charley’s idea of “the third level”? How did
he himself get trapped into it? (6)
6. Write a pen portrait of Charley? (6)

The Rattrap
1. What were the peddlar’s views about the world? Why? (2)
2. What made the peddler think that he had fallen into a rattrap? (2)
3. Why was the peddlar surprised by the hospitality of the crofter? Did
he deserve such treatment? (2)
4. Why was Edla delighted to see the gift left by the peddlar? (2)
5. How does the metaphor of the Rattrap serve to highlight the human
predicament?(5)
6. How does the Peddler betray the confidence reposed in him by the
crofter?(5)
7. Why did the Peddler sign himself as Captain von Stahle?(2)
 On The Face of It
1. Derry is shown as a bitter and withdrawn character? Why? (2)
2. How do you know that Mr Lamb was a lonely man? How does he use
his time constructively? (2)
3. Why did Mr. Lamb give the example of bees to Derry? (2)
4. Do you think Derry’s brief association with Mr. Lamb will bring a change in
the kind of life he will lead in the future? Justify. (6)
5. How do Mr. Lamb and Derry differ in their thoughts, traits and attitude
to life? (6)
6. People who suffer from disabilities must always look at the bright side of
things and adapt their life to the changing realities. Discuss with
reference to the chapter “On the Face of It’. (6)

TERM-2
Comprehension passage: Read the passage given Below.

1.Very often we do not take the first step towards a good cause because we say to
ourselves, "The task is so big. What can I do alone?". So nothing gets·done. There is
much talk about environmental protection, air pollution and saving our forests. Do we
really care? If we do,· here are a few things we·can do make our surroundings·more
pleasant.

2.It is good to·adopt a two uses-attitude! By putting an article to a second use we are
giving it a longer lease of life and using up less1 raw material from nature. One of the
worst things we do is the abuse
of paper. The clean sides of envelopes can be used to write small notes, lists and
reminders around the house. The more paper we use, the more trees will have to be
cut down. For the same reason, we should avoid the use of paper napkins or paper
plates: Cloth napkins are just as good, for they can be washed and used over and over
again.

3.Another area which needs the''most urgent attention is effective garbage disposal:
People who are conscious about it follow rules and laws strictly. As a result, their
neighborhoods are clean and beautiful. Similarly each one of us can contribute to a
cleaner environment. All kitchen waste should be collected separately. Those of you
who have green fingers can turn this into valuable manure. Dig a pit and put the
kitchen waste into it. When the pit is a little over half full, cover it up with mud. Let
nature do the rest. Within three or six months we will have a good garden manure. It
can also be done· as a community project by digging a large pit in the colony. Do take
help of all the members, for nothing succeeds like co-operation.

4. A lot of people don't care about the environment because they don't understand
the adverse effect that society has on it. It is important to convince people to care
about the environment. The first step
would be to convince people to change by providing simple alternative solutions and
ways of doing things. The internet is a powerful tool and a group on social media of
like-minded people can be formed. People can share environmental stories and
issues, as well as pool in solutions and altenatives to educate one another. With the
current state that our planet is in, it is imperative that people actively care about the
environment and most importantly to act now.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions·: .,

"(i) Why don't we take the first step towards good cause ? . 1

(ii) What is a two-uses-attitude ? 1

{iii} What can we do to avoid the abuse of paper ?(any two·points) 1
(iv) , What is the result of an effective way of garbage disposal ? . 1

(v) What procedure can one adopt for kitchen waste? 1

(vi) How can making of garden manure be done as community 1
project
(vii) How long does it take.to make good garden manure? 1

(viii) Select a suitable word from the passage which means being concerned
or interested (Para - 3) 1
(ix) Pick out the word the passage which means completely
necessary (Para-4) 1
 Letter Writing
1. It is really a Do or Die struggle when we talk about environmental
concerns. as an active member of the Green Club of your school write a letter to
the Editor of a national daily voicing your concerns and the need for change in
our attitude and practices.

2. You are Ram/Radhika a student of Class XII. Write a letter to the Editor of a
national daily highlighting the increasing stress faced by students and suggest
ways to combat the same.

3. When cricket teams go abroad the members are allowed to take their wives,
even friends along with them. Does this fact distract them or help them to focus
on their game in a better way? Write a letter to the Editor of a natural daily giving
your views on the issue. You are Navtez/Navita, M-14, Mount Kailash, Kanpur.

4. Write a Letter to the Editor “The Hindu”Chennai about rash and negligent
driving by the people in your city ,suggesting preventive measures.You are
Rajat/Rajni of 10 ,Mount Road Chennai.

5. You are Amit/Amrita of New Delhi.You are disturbed at non

Availability of essential commodities in the Fair Price shops of your area.Write a
letter to the Editor of a local Daily drawing attention of the authorities to the
irregularities in the fair price Shops.
 Case based Passage

1. Read the passage given below and answer

the questions that follow: 1X10= 10
Two-thirds of U.S. adults say the federal
government is doing too little to reduce the
effects of global climate change. Similar shares
say the government is doing too little to
protect water (68%) and air quality (67%),
while majorities say the same when it comes
to protecting animals and their habitats (62%)
and protecting open lands in the national parks
(55%).
These findings from an October 2019 survey
come amid ongoing efforts to roll back
regulations designed to protect the
environment, including relaxing limits on
methane and carbon emissions.
Public concern about climate change has
remained steady even as concerns about the
spread of infectious diseases have risen. In a
survey last month, six-in-ten Americans said
global climate change is a major threat to the country, up from 44% in 2009.
Respondents who took the survey in the latter part of the month – after the March
13 declaration of a national emergency due to the coronavirus – were about equally
concerned about climate change as those interviewed earlier in the month.
1. Which environmental issue is the most neglected one as per the survey?
a. water quality b. air quality
c. animal habitats d. national parks
2. What does this survey reflect?
a. political opinion b. public opinion
c. environmentalists’ opinion d. all of these
3. What is the estimate number of Americans who consider climate change to be
a major threat?
a. 5/10 b. 6/10
c. 7/10 d. 8/10
4. Who is being blamed for this neglect?
5. Which issue is least important as per the survey?
6. Pick out the word from the passage which means the same as ‘abode’.
7. Who could be demanding roll back of regulations designed to protect the
environment?
8. Which issue could not overshadow the concern for climate change?
9. Replace the underlined term: “climate change is a major threat to the country”.
10. Which of the following statements is true about the survey?

Report Writing

1. Your school had invited Sh. Abdul Kalam, the ex-President of India for
inaugurating National Level Science Exhibition organised by your school. Write
a report for your school magazine in about 120-150 words.
2. A massive fire due to a short circuit gutted 50 odd shops in the
congested area of Sadar Bazaar, Jaipur, leading to loss of life and property. As a
reporter with The Hindu write a report for the newspaper.
3. You are Sunil/Megha school leader of Sapna Public school New Delhi on
completion of 25 years of meritorious service to the cause of education, your
school celebrated its silver Jubilee with great pomp and show. Special attention
was paid to children with special needs , Old age homes and Orphanages.
Write a report to be published in your school magazine.
4. The Eco –Club of your School launched a special cleanliness drive in the
school and its neighbourhood. As Secretary of the club, write a report giving
details of the programme. You are Karan/Kanika of A.J. High School New
Delhi.
5. You are Satish/Sakshi .You went to Gujarat and witnessed the suffering
of the earthquake victims .Write a report for The Times Of India ,New Delhi

Article Writing
1. To enforce strict discipline in schools is a great problem nowadays. As Mohan,
write an article for the Indian Express on ‘How to maintain Discipline in
Schools’.
2. Write an article on ‘Education is the only way to Progress’.
3. Joint Family System is gradually disintegrating in the country .Many elderly
people neglected because of the nuclear set up of families.It increases the need
of homes for the aged.Write an article on the topic entitled “Should There Be
Home
 For The Aged In India’.
4. Increase in the number of vehicles causes Pollution and traffic jams.Write an
article for a Local daily highlighting the need to solve these man made problems
,also provide suitable suggestions.You are Madhav/Madhuri.

Indigo

1. Write a short note on Rajkumar Shukla. (2)

2. What were Gandhi’s objections regarding the lawyers? (2)
3. How did the Civil Disobedience Movement triumph in India? (2)
4. What did the British planters do when they came to know that
synthetic Indigo had been developed by Germany? (2)
5. How did Gandhi help the poor in Champaran to achieve freedom from
fear? What made indigo share-cropping disappear? (6)
6. What values surface from the Champaran episode of Gandhi’s fight for the
peasants? (6)
Poets and Pancakes

Q.1 What made the author pray for crowd shooting all the time in Poets
and Pancakes?
Q.2 Why did the author appear to be doing nothing at the studios?
Q.3 Why was the office boy frustrated? Who did he show his anger on?
Q.4 What were the positive qualities of Subbu that the writer admired?
Q.5 Why did the legal adviser in the Gemini India lose job?
Q.6 Why is the Englishman’s visit to the studios referred to as an
unexplained mystery?
Q.7 Asokamitran has used humor and satire effectively in ‘Poets and
Pancakes.’ Discuss.
Q.8 Why and how was the Moral Rearmament Army welcomed at the
Gemini Studios?
Q.9 Why did everybody in the studio think of giving the author some work
to do?
Q.10 What were the author’s pre-conceived ideas about a Communist
as expressed in the lesson, ‘Poets and Pancakes’?
 The Tiger King

Q.1 Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Q.2 How did the Dewan manage to arrange the hundredth tiger from
the Maharaja?
Q.3 What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?
Q.4 Why did the Maharaja order the Dewan to double the land tax?
Q.5 Which problem did the Maharaja face when he had killed seventy
tigers? How did he solve it?
Q.6 When he was only ten days old, a prediction was made about the future
of the Tiger King. What was ironic about it?
Q.7 Even though the Maharaja lost ‘three lakhs’, he was still happy. Why?
Q.8 How did the Dewan try to help the Maharaja achieve his mission?
Q.9 How did the Tiger king become the victim of the hundredth tiger?
Q.10 Why did the Maharaja ban tiger hunting in his state?

A ROADSIDE STAND

Q.1 What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
Q.2 What is the childish longing that the poet refers to? Why is it in vain?
Q.3 Why did the people driving along the highway think that the landscape
was marred?
Q.4 Why does Robert Frost sympathize with rural poor?
Q.5 Why do the people who had put up the roadside stand want some
city money to fall in hand?
Q.6 Where and why was the roadside stand set up?
Q.7 Why does the roadside stand plead pathetically?
Q.8 What does the poet say about the greedy good-doers and the
beneficent beasts of prey?
Q.9 How will the poet Robert Frost come out of the insufferable pain of plight
of the poor rural people?
Q.10 How pathetic is the state of the roadside stand of Robert Frost?
 Going Places

Q.1 Why did Sophie like her brother, Geoff than any other person?
Q.2 Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff silence?
Q.3 On the news ‘Sophie met Danny Casey’ how did their father react?
Q.4 Why didn’t Sophie Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
Q.5 Did Geoff keep his promise? How do you know?
Q.6 What thoughts came to Sophie’s mind as she sat by the canal?
Q.7 Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from entertaining thoughts about
the sports-star, Danny Casey?
Q.8 What was Sophie’s ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that?
Q.9 What did Sophie tell Geoff about Danny Casey?
Q.10 Why did Sophie long for her brother’s affection?

Memories of Childhood

I. The cutting of My Long Hair

Q.1 “I felt like sinking to the floor,” says Zitkala-Sa. When did she feel so
and why?
Q.2 What does Zitkala-Sa mean by “Eating by Formula”? Explain the formula?
Q.3 What the indefinites that Zitkala-Sa had to suffer for being from
a marginalized community?
Q.4 What were the Zitkala-Sa’s experience on her first day in the land of apples?
Q.5 Why was Zitkala-Sa terrified when Judewin told her that her hair would
be cut short?
II. We too are Human Beings

Q.6 What were the articles in the stallsand shops that fascinated Bama on
her way home from school?
Q.7 Why did Zitkala-Sa hide herself?
Q.8 Which words of her brother made a deep impression on Bama?
Q.9 Untouchability is not only a crime, it is inhuman too. Why and how
did Bama decide to fight against it?
Q.10 How does Bama rise above indignities?
 A Journey to the End of the Earth

Q.1 How do geological phenomena help us to know about the history

of mankind?
Q.2 “The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.” How is the study
of this region useful to us?
Q.3 Why is the Antarctica the place to go to understand the earth’s
present, past and future?
Q.4 In a short span of 12 thousand years, man has managed to create a
nucleus on this earth. How?
Q.5 What is Gondwana? What happened to it 150 million years ago?
Q.6 What sort of brightness and silence prevailed in Antarctica during summer?
Q.7 How is Antarctica a crucial element in the debate on climate change?
Q.8 What were the writer’s feelings on reaching Antarctica?
Q.9 Why is a visit to Antarctica important to realize the effect of
global warming?
Q.10 What was the objective of the ‘Students on Ice Programme’.

A Thing of Beauty
1. ‘All lovely tales that we’ve heard or
read An endless fountain of immortal
drink Pouring unto us from the heaven’s
brink.
(i) What do lovely tales refer to? (1)
(ii) How does reading about heroes affect us? (1)
(iii) What is described as ‘immortal drink’? (1)
2. What purpose do objects of beauty serve? (2)
3. What makes the human beings love life in spite of trials and tribulations? (2)
4. Why do we ‘wreathe a flowery band’? Does the expression
have an underlying meaning? (2)
5. How does Keats describe the bond between man and nature? (2)
6. Why is grandeur associated with the mighty dead? (2)

THE INTERVIEW
1. What are some positive views on interview? (2)
 2. Why do celebrity writers despise being interviewed? (2)
3. How can you say that Umberto liked being interviewed? (2)
4. How does Umberto Eco pursue his philosophical and academic
interests? (6)
5. How does the writer expose the hollowness of the views of Rudyard
Kipling and H.G.Wells on interviews? (6)
6. Why were the journalists and publishers puzzled at the success of the
novel, ‘The Name of the Rose’? (6)

Report Writing-Practice Exercise

1. On Teacher’s day, the badge holders of your school organized a grand
celebration to honour the teachers of your school. As the head boy of
the school, write a report on the celebration in 150 words.
2. As you were travelling by train, you happened to witness an accident at an
unmanned level crossing. As the reporter of a newspaper, write a report on the
accident, including the details of people injured and the extent of damage
caused.
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

1. Which character traits of Aunt Jennifer are revealed in the poem? (3)
2. Why did Aunt Jennifer create animals which were so different from her
own character?(3)
3. What happens to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead. (3)
4. What message is imparted by the poet? (3)
5. Explain the irony at the end of the poem. (3)