झारखण्ड शैक्षिक अनुसंधान एवं प्रशिक्षण परिषद, राँची
(Jharkhand Council of Educational Research And Training. Ranchi)
PROJECT RAIL
(REGULAR ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVED LEARNING)
SUBJECT- ENGLISH ELECTIVE(16-11-23)
Subject-
ENGLISH ELECTIVE
Class-12th
Time
Allowed 90 min.
Maximum
Marks-40
General
Instructions: -
1)
All questions are Compulsory.
2)
This question paper consists of 16 questions.
3)
Marks Scheme as follows :-
MCQs
(10x2 = 20) Total 20 Marks
Very
Short Type (2x2=4) Total 4 Marks
Short
Type (2x3=6) Total 6 Marks
Long
Type (2x5=10) Total 10 Marks
4)
There is no negative marking for any wrong answer.
5)
No students shall be allowed to leave the examination hall before the
completion of the exam.
SECTION A( 2 x10 =20)
1.Who is the Poet of the Poem," The Wild Swans at Coole
"?
a)
John Danne
b) W.B Yeats
c)
John Milton
d)
William Blake
2. What is the meaning of " Clamorous" ?
a) Noisy
b)
Loud
c)
vocal
d)
silent
3. The poet has described the swans as creatures.
a)
Brilliant
b)
Mysterious
c)
beautiful
d) all of the above
4. One day the poet awakes and finds the swans
a)
Swimming in the lake
b) have flown away
c)
delighting men's eyes
d)
are lying dead
5. In the Essay 'D.H Lawrence talks of the significance of the
………. as a literary form.
a) Novel
b)
Poem
c)
Sonnet
d)
Drama
6. According to Lawrence ……….. is better than the parson,
scientist, philosophers etc.
a)
Doctor
b)
teachers
c)
Poet
d) Novelist
7. A parson talks about ………… In heaven and afterlife.
a) souls
b)
gods
c)
angels
d)
demons
8. What does a philosopher talk about?
a) Infinity
b)
souls
c)
heaven
d)
life after death
9. Who was blind in the story" tomorrow"
a)
Captain Hagberg
b) Josiah Carvil
c)
Miss Bessie Carvil
d)
Harry Hagberd
10. What was Captain Halberd?
a) Casting -Skipper
b)
teacher
c)
Doctor
d)
Advocate
SECTION B (2X2 =4) Very short answer questions
11.What brought Captain Hagberd to Colebrook ?
Ans.
Captain Hagberd sold all his property at Colchester and came to Colebrook to
look for his lost son.
12.What do swans represent in " The Wild Swans of
Coole"?
Ans.
The swans in the 'Wild Swans at Coole' represent the viability of youth and
beauty,as life and love attend upon them still.
SECTIONC (2 x3=6) Short answer questions
13.What are the feelings that the poet presents regarding the
swans ?
Ans.
W.B Yeats has presented the swans as the most significant symbols. They are the
symbols of beauty and energy who finally become mythical and divine creatures
who have no effect of time in their lives. They do not experience worldly pain
and weariness. They are the perfect incarnation of creation.
14. How does the author of the story "Why the Novel
Matters" differentiate between alive and a dead man?
Ans.
The author tells us that in a novel what a man alive does and when man becomes
a dead man in life. for instance, it tells us how an alive man loves a woman
and how dead man in life courts her, how an alive man eats his dinner and how a
dead man in life munches it and how an alive man shoots his enemy, and how a
dead man in life throws bombs mercilessly at men.
SECTION D (2x5=10) long answer questions
15. What is the importance of novels according to the writer D.H
Lawrence?
Ans.
According to the writer, a novel is a window of life but any novel or book is
important when it is read by human beings .He claims that novels are more influential
than any other book. He considers Ten Commandments less significant than novels
because they only attract one part of a living being. He even calls the Bible
to e great novel. According to writer a novel is able to provide a stimulating
story with different characters that make novel more dynamic.
16. The story 'Tomorrow' is full of dramatic irony. Explain?
Ans. The story 'Tomorrow' is full of dramatic irony. Captain Hagberd waits eagerly for his long lost son, Harry Hagberd. He advertises for him in newspaper, but everything is in vain. He starves himself for his sake and buys things to make his life comfortable on his return. The son hates him and has nothing to do with him. He doesn't want to be oppressed and enslaved by his tyrannical father. Hagberd is obsessed with his son's return and believes that he will come back 'tomorrow', which never comes. Thus the story is full of ironic events. what happens in the story is just opposite of what the characters expect.
