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CYGNET PUBLIC SCHOOL [NEW] AND JUNIOR COLLEGE NARHE

ACADEMIC YEAR [2024 – 25]
CLASS - XII
PT - I Exam
Subject: English
Marks: 20
Date: / / 2024
Time:

Section A:
Reading skills

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:-
(10x1m)

1.World Conservation Day is celebrated internationally to increase awareness about the best
practices needed to protect our natural resources. The Earth is supplied with a limited
amount of resources that we all rely upon, like water, air, soil, and trees. The World Nature
Conservation Movement is a great opportunity to celebrate the progress we've made and
determine to take action, wherever needed. It is time to remind ourselves that we need to
give back to nature instead of just using resources without thinking about conservation.
There is a need to replenish and recycle the resources we consume from nature

2. Our forests, rivers, oceans and soils provide us with the food we eat, the air we breathe,
the water we irrigate our crops with. We also rely on them for numerous other goods and
services. We depend on them for our health, happiness and prosperity. We have a cycle of
biodiversity which needs proper conservation.

3. The population explosion remains one of the major reasons why natural resources are
getting depleted at a very fast rate. Technological advancement and luxurious lifestyles have
led to several environmental problems like global warming, ozone layer depletion, river water
pollution and deforestation which threaten the planet's future.

4. Humans, animals, marine creatures and the environment, all need to be protected and
conserved for the planet's future well-being. There are many examples of conservation. One
is a programme to try to preserve wetlands, or a programme to try and save old buildings.
Another example is of an attempt to minimise the amount of electricity used by turning off
lights when leaving a room, or an attempt to turn off the running tap to avoid wastage of
water. There are lots of examples like these which need implementation.
5. Following these small steps in our daily lives we can help to maintain the balance of
nature, thereby saving humankind from the kinds of natural disasters we may face in the
near future.

6. Nature also has a profound impact on our minds and our behaviour, helping reduce
anxiety, brooding, and stress and increase our attention, capacity, creativity and ability to
connect with other people. So there is a need to save nature if we want to save life as the
two are interconnected and need each other. If we hurt or destroy the environment, surely
we will be ruined. We must create awareness among family members, and try and practise a
sustainable lifestyle to protect and conserve nature.

Questions

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
(1) Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option
There is an urgent need to conserve our natural resources because…
(a) we are aimlessly using the natural resources and not replenishing them
(b) they will be replaced by manmade resources
(c) serious efforts are needed to cut down the consumption of these resources
(d) we must become alert before it is too late

(ii) In the opinion of the writer, which are the primary natural resources without which our life
is not possible?

(iii) In Paragraph 1, the writer talks about 'celebrating the progress'. Explain in context.

(iv) The writer would not agree with the given statements based on Paragraph 6, EXCEPT
(a) Stress can be relieved by working overtime
(b) Nature can affect man's emotional well-being.
(c) Lifestyle cannot be changed permanently
(d) Destruction of the environment is a temporary measure undertaken by man

(v) In the context of the given passage, what is the synonym of 'replenish (Para1)? Choose
the correct option.

(a) Scarcity
(b) Reconcile
(c) Restore
(d) Minimise

vi) List two ways in which forests and rivers help mankind.

(vii) How can the solutions suggested in Paragraph 4 be best described?

(a) Unrealistic
(b) Short term
(c) Practical
(d) Challenging
(viii) Why is it fair to say that population explosion remains one of the major reasons why
natural resources are getting depleted rapidly?

(ix) Complete the given sentence with an appropriate reference with respect to the following.

The writer quotes the example of family awareness in order to (Paragraph 6)

(x) Select the most suitable title for the above passage

(a) Ways to Save the Environment

(b) Save Nature Save Life
(c) Nature-A Pharmacy
(d) Nature - A Food Factory

Section B
( Literature Textbook )

EXTRACT BASED QUESTIONS

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow- (5x1)m

1 When I passed the town hall there was a crowd in front of the bulletin board. For the last
two years all our bad news had come from there the lost battles, the draft, the orders of the
commanding officer- and I thought to myself, without stopping. "What can be the matter.
Now?"

Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Wachter, who was there, with his
apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, "Don't go so fast, bub: you'll get to your
school in plenty of time!"

I thought he was making fun of me, and reached M. Hamel's little garden all out of breath.

(i) Select the option that completes the given sentence appropriately.

'the lost battles, the draft, the orders of the commanding officer' in the given context would
refer to .........

(a) the news that come from the bulletin board

(b) general knowledge regarding France
(c) government decisions regarding Alsace
(d) the reason for the crowd.

(ii) Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy.
flock: birds: : ……….: people

(iii) Select the correct option to fill in the blank.

The matter' is related to ........
(a) Language
(c) Territory
(b) Leadership
(d) Education

(iv) Based on the above extract, choose the statement that is true for Franz.
(a) Franz wanted to stop by the bulletin board.
(b) Franz was irritated upon going to school.
(c) Franz did not like the blacksmith.
(d) Franz had on idea that it was his last French lesson.

(v) Franz was late for his lesson................

(Poetry)
2.Read the Extract given below and answer the following questions
(5x1m)
I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon
put that thought away and looked out at Young Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their home

(i) Identify the phrase that indicates youthful energy.

(ii) Which thought is the poet trying to put away?

(a) Missing the flight
(b) Fear of losing her mother
(c) Leaving her mother behind
(d) Reaching Cochin

(iii) The port's mother is described as 'open mouthed' because

(a) she is curious
(b) she was dead
(c) she is surprised
(d) she was dozing

(iv) Complete the following analogy.

children spilling: metaphor:: personification :

(v) The sight of the trees and the children helped the poet

(vi) In the given extract, the phrase 'realised with pain' indicates the poet's
(a) anxiety
(b) desperation
(c) troubled past
(d) ill-health