Hello sir I am in XII standard and now I want to solve previous years paper of the board exam of CBSE English paper so please provide me the some question papers.

[Rahul Parik]

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Syllabus

English CBSE syllabus for class 12th

Reading Comprehension,
Writing Skills,
Literature &
Long Reading Text,
Flamingo + Value Based,
Supplementary Reader - Vistas

CBSE English paper of XII class
ENGLISH
SECTION A
(READING)
A1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
1 In tod y’s fiercely competitive business environment, companies need to
communic te information pertaining to a whole range of issues in a lucid and precise
manner to their customers.
2 This is particularly so in the case of companies which do business in areas
such as manufacturing, information technology (IT), engineering products and services
— companies whose products and services may not be understood by a customer not
familiar with its technical aspects.
3 These communication materials are prepared in a company these days by
'technical writers' — people who can effectively communicate to an intended audience.
4 The skills of a technical writer are being increasingly sought for preparing
marketing documents such as brochures, case studies, website content and media kits
and for the preparation of a whole range of manuals. Though technical writers in a
company do a good portion of such work, the trend now is to outsource technical
writing to free-lancers.
5 Technical writing and writing text-books are poles apart. The former is aimed
at those who do not have an in-depth knowledge about a product and hence should be
direct and lucid. An overdose of technical terms and jargon would only add to the
confusion of the customer.
6 The basic requirement for being a technical writer is near-total mastery over
English language. A technical writer should be natural in creative writing and needs to
be an expert in using Business English.
7 This simply means that those with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature
alongwith a diploma/degree in Journalism and having a Post Graduate Diploma in
Computer Applications (PGDCA) are ideal candidates for being employed as technical
writers.
8 According to Joe Winston, Ch ef Executive Officer of ‘I-manager’, speaking
ability is not imperative for a techni al writer. All that one needs is the talent to write
in a simple and effective manner. Many have inhibitions in speaking English but their
writing skills would be very sharp.
9 Technical wr ting would be a good option for such people. If a candidate is to
be assigned the task of preparing high-end technical manuals, he/she is required to
have higher qualifications such as an M.A./M.Phil. in English Literature and a degree
such as M C.A
10 C mpanies look for such qualifications because technical writers first need to
underst nd the technical information themselves, before trying to communicate it in
de-jargonised language to the potential customers,
1 However, it is also true that many companies provide rigorous on-the-job
training to fresh technical writers before allowing them to graduate to high-end
products.
12 Though the demand for good technical writers has risen sharply over the
years, the emphasis is never on numbers but on skills.
13 They point out that even graduates of English literature are often found
wanting when it comes to creative and effective writing.
14 Merely having the right mix of writing and comprehension skills is not
sufficient. A technical writer should keep his ‘writing blades’ constantly sharpened. It
means untold hours of reading up the latest in the technological trends and ceaseless
honing of one’s Business English and writing skills. The nature of technical writing s
such that a writer has to be at the peak of his expressive powers in each piec of
writing he produces.
15 A career in technical writing is seen as a good choice for women mainly
because it is widely held that women are more adept at creative writing than men and
the job does not entail ‘graveyard shifts’ or ‘arduous travelling’.
16 A beginner can expect to be paid anywhere between Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 15,000
a month. Technical writers usually join as executive technical writers and then go on
to become senior technical writers, team leaders documentation heads and some even
manage to make it to a management job with n a de ade. As in most private sector
jobs, merit is the main criterion for rise in job nd not necessarily the number of years
one has put in.
(a) (i) What is the need of t chni al writing in today’s world ? 1
(ii) What is the nature of he job of a technical writer ? 2
(iii) Whom does t e technical writing aim at ? 1
(iv) According to Joe Winston, who could be a technical writer ? 1
(v) What should be the academic qualification of a technical writer ? 2
(vi) Is technical writing a good career for women ? Give two reasons. 2
(b) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following : 3×1=3
(i) clear (para 1)
(ii) continuous/without stopping (para 14)
(iii) difficult (para 15)
A2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
There are two problems which cause great worry to our educationists — the
problem of religious and moral instruction in a land of many faiths and the problem
arising out of a large variety of languages.
Taking up the education of children, we see that they should be trained to
love one another, to be kind and helpful to all, to be tender to the lower animals a d
to observe and think right. The task of teaching them how to read and write and to
count and calculate is important, but it should not make us lose sight of the primary
aim of moulding personality in the right way.
For this, it is necessary to call into aid, culture, tradition and religion. But
in our country we have, in the same school, to look alter boys and girls born in
different faiths and belonging to families that live diverse ways of life and follow
different forms of worship associated with different denominati ns of religion. It will
not do to tread the easy path of evading the difficulty by attending solely to physical
culture and intellectual education. We have to evolve a suitable technique and method
for serving the spiritual needs of school children pro essing different faiths. We would
thereby promote an atmosphere of mutual spect a fuller understanding and helpful
co-operation among the different communi ies in our society. Again we must remain one
people and we have therefore to giv basi training in our schools to speak and
understand more languages than o e and to appreciate and respect the different
religions prevailing in India. It is not right for us in India to be dissuaded from this
by considerations as to overt king the young mind. What is necessary must be done.
And it is not in fact too great a burden.
Any attempt to do away with or steamroll the differences through
governmental coercion and indirect pressure would be as futile as it would be unwise.
Any imposition of single way of life and form of worship on all children or neglect of
a section of the pupils in this respect or barren secularisation will lead to a conflict
betwe n school and home life which is harmful. On the other hand, if we give due
recogni ion to the different prevailing faiths in the educational institutions by
org nising suitable facilities for religious teaching for boys and girls of all communities,
this may itself serve as a broadening influence of great national values.
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it in points only,
using headings and sub-headings. Also use recognisable abbreviations, wherever
necessary (minimum 4). Supply a suitable title to it. 5
(b) Write a summary of the above passage in about 80 words. 3
SECTION B
(ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS)
B1. You want to dispose of your car, as you are going abroad. You are Harish of No. 10,
Kailash Ganj, Lucknow. Draft an advertisement to be published in the daily,
'The Hindustan Times', under classified columns. 5
OR
You are Sajjanraj, S/o Sh. Dharmaraj of Greater Kailash, New Delhi. Your fa her w nts
you to draft a formal invitation to be sent on the occasion of your sister, Anita Raj’s
marriage. Prepare the invitation.
B2. You are Roshan / Roshini, Secretary of Cultural Club, Hyderabad Public School,
Hyderabad. As a member of N.G.C. (National Green Corps), write a report, in
100 - 125 words for your school magazine, about the activiti s organised by your club for
greening of the environment. 10
OR
You have attended a seminar on how to decrease the burden of studies on school-going
children. Write a report in 100 - 125 w rds for your school magazine. You are Ravi /
Raveena of Guru Nanak Public S hool, Kanpur.
B3. Your younger brother, Suresh, needs your advice for the preparation of his Secondary
School Examination Write a letter to him giving some tips in brief. You are
Ramesh / Reena, staying at Kotagiri Public School Hostel, Kotagiri. 10
OR
Write a letter o the Editor, ‘The New Indian Express’ drawing attention of the
conce ned authorities to the misused and poorly maintained subways in Chennai. Give
y ur suggestions. You are Ram/Rani living at 10, Kamraj Street, Chennai.
B4 You are Manoj / Meena. Write an article in 150 - 200 words on the following : 10
Value education should be made a part of the curriculum in schools. Highlight the s
teps taken by your school in this direction.
OR
Your experience of going to school when suddenly it started raining heavily.
SECTION C
(TEXT BOOKS)
C1. (a) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
If this belief from Heaven be sent,
If such be Nature’s holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What Man has made of Man ?
(i) Identify the poet. 1
(ii) What is Nature’s holy plan ? 1
(iii) What is the poet’s lament ? 2
OR
He came, not understanding, and obeyed, and stretched
His hand and took the sacred vessel. Lo ! it shone
With thrice its former lustre, and amazed them all
(i) Whom does ‘he’ refer to ? Why did he come ? 2
(ii) What is it that he did not understand ? 1
(iii) Why did the sacred plat shine with thrice its lustre ? 1
(b) Answer the following in 30 40 words each : 3×2=6
(i) What does Tagore mean by “burden of ages” ?
(ii) Why d es Hardy call war “quaint and curious” ?
(iii) What does the poet want to relearn in the poem, ‘Once upon a Time’ ?
C2. Answ r the following in 30 - 40 words each : 5×2=10
(a) What changes did the Gandhian movement bring about in the status of the Indian
women ?
(b) Why is a machine compared to a Djinn ?
(c) What suggestions does Max Mueller give to the students studying law at
Cambridge ?
(d) How, according to Edmund Burke, has a new nobility risen ?
(e) How does Mrs. Bouncer explain the smell of tobacco smoke in Cox’s room ? What
was the reaction of Cox ?
C3. Answer the following in 125 - 150 words : 10
The Price of Flowers’ is an apt title. Do you agree ? Justify.
OR
Give a character-sketch of the jailor of the Silver Jail.
C4. Answer the following in 125 - 150 words : 7
“A prudent reserve is as necessary as a seeming openness is prudent.” Elucidate with
reference to your lesson ‘On Conduct in Company’.
OR
Bring out the element of humour in the story, ‘Barin Bhowmik’s Ailment’
C5. Answer the following in 30 - 40 words each : 4×2=8
(a) What were the misconceptions generally associated with the handicapped in the
ancient times ?
(b) What does John Gresham decide finally ?
(c) Why is there a need for the youth in the modern ge to be academically inclined ?
(d) What happened to the Wang village af er he Japanese attack ?

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