1ST PRE BOARD EXAMINATION
Class: XII English Core-(301)
Marking Scheme 2018-19
Time allowed: 3 Hrs Maximum Marks: 100
SECTION A (READING) 30
1.1 Answer each of the questions given below by choosing the most appropriate option: 1x5 = 5
d Pacifism
d Role of peacemakers.
c Philosophical Pacifism.
b Dog kennel.
a as there was no fortification and very few weapons
1.2 Answer the following questions briefly: 1x6 = 6
1. The war was never treated as an Ideal in India, it was only tolerated as unavoidable and inevitable / all attempts were made to check it and control it.
2. highly developed military organization/ techniques of war and imperialism/ the open justification of war as national policy
3. The doctrine of philosophical Pacifism was practiced by ancient Aryans. The great Indian teachers and savants stuck to this doctrine tenaciously, practiced and preached it to masses and royals.
4. Ahimsa is the doctrine of non-violence in thought, speech and action / it is an act of personal virtue.
5. The right of the rivals to exist, not mainly as enemies but as collaborators in the building of our civilization operation / co-existence without coming in clash with each other.
6. It considers expedients of conciliation, gift and dissention and denounces war, when all these three expedients were exhausted, then only the fourth was resorted to.
1.3 Answer any three questions briefly: 3x2= 6
a) the unity of life, permeating all beings, animate or inanimate, which ruled out killing and suicidal wars
b) the fault lies with the weak successors of Ashoka, who could not wield the weapon of non-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.
c) negotiation, conciliation through conference, meditation
1.4 Pick out the words/phrases from the passage which are similar in meaning to the following:
1x3 = 3
a enunciated
b fortification
c commencement
2. Second Passage 10 Marks
2 (a) Note-making 5 Marks
Distribution of Marks:
- Title- 1 Mark ,
- Abbreviations/symbols (with/without key) any four-CC1 Mark
- Content (minimum 3 headings and sub-headings with proper indentation and notes) 3 Marks
Suggested Notes: Accept the notes and summary in the third person
Short phrases/incomplete sentences to be accepted as notes
Title : Corporal Punishment- A Banned Phenomena
1.Corporal punishment humiliates students
1.1 ruins char. fear in minds
1.2 prop. Plan beneficial action
2. Purpose of corporal punishment
2.1 Is it-infl.. Pain
2.2 dev. sense of right.
2.3 foud. for succs. life later
2.4 crucial factor for improve. of char.
2.4.1 Break. Rule harm every.
3.Administering Punishment
3.1 Teach. valid proof.
3.2 stud. not admit -truth
3.3 convin. method to catch culprit
4. After final identity
4.1 ment. Upset
4.2 fear of punish.
4.3 a voul. to rece. punish.
5.Students excused only to continue
5.1 atten. Classes
5.2 corporal punish. –good-if
5.2.1 earn respect from stud. i) by his own exmp.
ii) command over subj.
5.3 in case of no culprit
5.3.1 infl. corporal punish. himself
Abbreviations :-
1. Exam- example
2. Punish- punishment
3. Foud- foundation
4. Infl.- inflict
2(b) Summary 5 Marks (Content - 3 Marks ; Expression - 2 Marks)
Corporal punishment humiliates , ruin character and develop fear in the mind of the students. Proper planning results in beneficial action. The purpose of giving punishment is to develop a sense of righteousness and foundation for success ful life in the society. For administering punishment one must catch hold of the culprit by convincing plan. After final identity of culprit one is in mentally upset condition or in fear of receiving punishment. However students can be excused to continue due their regular classes. Thus it should be an example for others that if they do wrong things in the school campus their act of indiscipline will not be tolerated by the authority, if required then the teacher can volunteer and inflict punishment on himself.
Section B -- (Advanced Writing Skills) 30 Marks
3. Poster 4 Marks (Content: 2 Marks; Expression 2 Marks)
(Should be eye-catching, pithy and appropriate language to be used; use of slogans; illustration is not mandatory)
RAIN WATER HARVESTING
‘ ‘ ‘ WHAT’S IT *Saving Water For Future Use
‘ ‘ ‘ WHY TO SAVE
* For Drinking ‘ ‘ ‘
*For Cleaning ‘ ‘ ‘
• For Gardening
• For Washing
HOW TO GO ABOUT
* Make reservoirs on the roofs
*Plant more and more trees
*Turn the water tap when not in use
Issued in the Public Interest By Ministry of Irrigation
OR
Notice Writing 4 Marks
Format - 1 Mark;
Content - 2 Marks;
Expression - 1 Mark
4 Letter Writing 6 Marks (Format- 2 Marks; Content- 2 Marks; Expression-2 Marks)
Letter to Editor---
Sender’s Address,
date,
address of addressee,
subject,
salutation,
body and complimentary close
XYZ Colony
Kolkata
12 December, 2018
The Principal
XYZ School
Kolkata
Subject—Feedback on quality of teaching by teachers- Reg.
Sir
With due regards, I, the undersigned, would like to bring to your kind attention the following facts.
A few of the teachers of your school don’t go to their classrooms on time. Secondly, they don’t complete the syllabus on time and pressurize the students to approach them for tuition classes. A couple of teachers are unable to teach properly. Yesterday, my daughter came back home and started crying bitterly. When I asked her what had happened, she replied that her class teacher had scolded her for no reason of hers.
Sir, I have full respect for the teacher, but scolding them for no falts of their own is not justified. Kindly, look into the matter and make sure that no slur is cast on the good name of the school.
Yours Sincerely
Mr ABC
(Parent of PQR)
OR
55 R. K. PURAM
New Delhi
12 December, 2018
The Editor
The Statesman
Kolkata
Subject – Availability of cheap notes and guides in the market- Reg.
Sir
Through the editorial columns of your highly esteemed and widely-circulated newspaper, I would like to draw your attention to the availability of cheap notes and harm being done to the students.
These days markets are flooded with cheap notes and guide books. The publishers advertise these books in such a way that students are lured by them. Very sorry to know that these guide books are written by inexperienced persons, and they are full of glaring mistakes. Students buy these books and just read them.
Therefore, they perform very badly. Under the circumstances prevailing, I request the authorities to take stringent steps against such fraudulent writers and ban the printing and publication of such books to save the future of the youngsters.
Yours Sincerely
XYZ
Content: 5 Marks;
Expression: 5 Marks [grammatical accuracy + coherence of ideas]
Use of animals for dissection
Title: Cutting & Tearing up living species for experimentation
Good morning, Respected Principal Sir, my learned teachers, members of the jury and my brothers and sisters I stand before you to express my view for the motion ,now a days students have a mentality to learn & update themselves more by viewing practically than reading theoretically. It is actually application of theories in real sense to understand the concept by visualization . Hence in case of study of medical science / biology students want to dissect the living animal for experimentation purpose in order to study anatomy and physiology of the the animal. However it is for this purpose only a large nos. of innocent animals are being killed but also people have become business minded and to earn money they are ready to go up to any possible extent. For example killing of whales is illegal still many number of them are being killed for bladder, oil , skin, bones etc. these materials are sold for very high prices. There is a great demand of them in Japan , China , Sumatra, Indonesia etc. Thus when we cannot give life to others we cannot take away life of others who have been created by Almighty. Hence animals should not be killed for money or greediness of human beings. It will always be better for the students of medical field to use plastic models only for practical utility. . Thus it will save many animals from brutality and also ensure in safe guarding rare species and prevent the illegal income of merciless people.
OR
Report Writing – 10 Marks (Format 2 Marks ; Content + Expression-5+3 Marks)
6 Article Writing 10 Marks
Format: (Title and writer’s name) – 1 Mark
Content: 4 Marks
Expression: 5 Marks [grammatical accuracy + coherence of ideas]
Value points:
1.The common saying -Child is the father of the man is very appropriate and the youth forms the future of a nation.
2.The youth is the backbone of society and country
3. He/ She Plays a constructive role in the progress and development of the motherland.
4. A literate nation would definitely lead to progress at a faster rate/pace.
5. they are the future policy makers hence should be educated properly.
6. Provide employment opportunities to the youth .
7. Involve them in policy framing.
8.The Youth lone can lead and show a beam of light.
OR Job stress-
1. People are jealous of others as a result they think of doing things beyond their capacity. 2. good salary is ever demanding - for youth
3. More income – less time
4. Ambition to Join MNCs and become wealthy within no time.
5. Crazy about western lifestyle and their fast life.
6. Provided with excellent facility- flat, mobile ,car to employees
7. no stipulated working hours thus leading an individual old and sick before time.
Section C –( Literature) 40 Marks
7. Extract From Poetry 4 Marks
(i) Uncle cruel nature/bitter experiences of unhappy married life
(ii) Unhappy married life
(iii) To express her innermost feelings—wanted to be free and confident like the tigers
(iv) Need to do away with the ills of the male-dominated society
OR
(i) Wreathing a flowery band/cementing our relation with Nature
(ii) The flowery band/ the bond
(iii) Miserable if away from nature/leading a hopeless life
(iv) Hatred-causing a great harm to those who shelter it
8. Short Answer Questions 3X4=12 Marks
Word limit ==30-40 words (Content- 1 Mark Expression-1 Mark )
a. There was unusual silence in the school . The last benches which were always empty were occupied by the village elders who looked grim and solemn.The other students were already in their seats and the French teacher M. Hamel was dressed in clothes that he wore on special occasion.
b. Gandhiji was ill treated like an untouchable as he came to Rajendra Prasad’s house along with Rajkumar Shukla, the sharecropper.He was not allowed to draw water from the well lest , a drop from the bucket would damage everything.
c. Jack feels himself caught in an ugly middle position, because his four-year-old daughter asks him to narrate the same story with a different ending—with the wizard hitting back the Skunk’s mother. Doing so, according to him, was to show the mother in poor light or degrading the authority of an elder
d. The British official had sent word that he wished to be photographed with a gun in his his hand and standing over the carcass of a tiger. The Maharaja refused permission as he feared that other British Official would take the cue and start hunting tigers in his kingdom. Thus as he refused the official from hunting he was in danger of losing his kingdom.
e. Suspension of harmful activities and keeping quiet will help us review our past actions and think about the ways to protect the environment through various activities like planting more and more trees, keeping our surroundings neat and clean, promoting the use of eco-friendly things, saving the wildlife and doing our bit to fight the demon like climate change.
f. The expression ‘Open-handed map’ refers to the geographical maps of different countries that are drawn and redrawn or shaped and reshaped by the mighty and the rich who care a fig for the poor or the slum dwellers. On the other hand, the exploited or the down-trodden are pre-occupied with the drudgery of their everyday life.
9 . It has rightly been said that ‘Failures are the pillars of success.’ Honestly speaking, failures and obstacles in life purify and strengthen the character of a person. There are plenty of examples to substantiate our viewpoint. What we need to have to tide over the challenges and odds of life are confidence,perseverance, constancy, regularity and the zeal to strive hard. Apart from the lesson ‘We are not afraid to Die…”,the biographical account like “Deep Water” highlights the aforesaid quote. Actually, the two misadventures in the life of William Douglas—one at the beach in California and another at the YMCA swimming pool had left him completely broken, exhausted and despaired. He tried to avoid the water body the moment he spotted one, and he was unable to enjoy the things like boating, canoeing and swimming.
Finally, he engaged or employed a swimming coach or instructor who devised a novel technique to teach Douglas the art of swimming. The instructor tied a rope around his waist that went through a pulley. The training continued from October to April, thereby helping Douglas to learn different techniques of swimming. At the end, he swam across Lake Wentworth and Warm Lake and shouted with whoops of delight. Really, failures egg us on to achieve something great or noble.
OR
Dr Sadao Hoki as is given in the lesson “The Enemy” faced a dilemma when he along with his loving and devoted wife Hana spotted a white man washed ashore . Upon closer look, they got to know that the man in question was an American prisoner of war with scars on his body and bleeding profusely. Then they came face to face with a conflicting situation – whether to hand the wounded person over to the police as lawabiding Japanese citizens or offer him the urgent medical attention on the grounds of humanity. Finally, their empathetic human concern had an upper hand. Despite the opposition from the servants and risk to their own lives, they not only offered him shelter but also operated on him. Being a surgeon, Dr Sadao had saved many lives. Even this time round he was not left behind. When the American soldier recovered fully, Dr Sadao helped him escape by providing him the private stout boat and by offering him the necessary things. However, Dr Sadao later informed General Yakima Taki about what had happened and requested him to do something to get rid of the American soldier. On account of his failing health, General couldn’t arrange for the three assassins to kill the American soldier and apologized profusely to Dr Sadao. In short, humanity as always takes precedence over all other things and helps us rise over the prejudices like caste, creed, gender, language, location and religion.
10. The lesson ‘Lost Spring’ by Anees Jung brings to the fore the emerging issues like child labour and exploitation of the down-trodden of the society. The author very vividly highlights this evil practice through two different accounts as given in the lesson. While the first story deals with Saheb-e-Alam of Seemapuri, located on the outskirts of Delhi ( the national capital of our country), the second story gives us a peep into the lives of Mukesh and Savita of Firozabad of UP. In Firozabad , the author visits two different houses.Just like Mukesh, Savita ( a poor and young girl in a drab pink dress) lives in a poor household. The author notices that Savita is sitting alongside an elderly woman, soldering pieces of glass. Unaware of the sanctity of the bangles she helps make, Savita’s hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine.When she grows up, becomes a bride and her hands are dyed red with henna, she will realize the importance of bangles in the life of an Indian woman. Further, the author comes across an old woman who, having bangles on her wrists, but no vision, very pathetically comments” Ek waqt ser bhar khana bhi nahin khaya”—i.e. she has not enjoyed even one full meal in her entire lifetime. Her husband, an old man with a flowing beard, says, “I have nothing except bangles. All I have done is make a house for the family to live in.” Hearing him, one wonders if he has achieved what many have failed in their lifetime. He has at least a roof over his head.
OR
Derry, a 14 year old boy from the lesson “On the Face of It” by Susan Hill wept bitterly upon the death of Mr Lamb, a middle-aged person although they were complete strangers to each others. Indeed, surprising. But our reading of the play clarifies everything makes us understand that even two strangers can bond well. Derry had one side of his face burnt by acid, and adverse comments by the people made him avoid and hate others. Quite naturally,he suffered from a sense of alienation and low self-esteem. He sought solitude from the prying glances of the curious people. During one of these solitary wanderings, he chanced to meet Mr Lamb, a middle-aged man who lives all alone in a big house with a beautiful garden.
Although Mr Lamb had lost one of his legs in the war and had a tin leg, yet he was a strong person with a lot of confidence, cheerful attitude and positive attitude towards life. He informed Derry that he did not mind when children called him ‘Lamey Lamb’. Besides, he believes in welcoming everyone and everything; he loves hearing his bees sing; and he enjoys picking his crab apples, and loves reading and talking to friends. The words of motivation infect Derry with a love for life by ignoring the unpleasant and learning to discover the beauty in things. With a new resolve to stay for ever with Mr Lamb, Derry goes running to his house to inform his mother. Unfortunately, when he comes back, he finds Mr Lamb (his benefactor and the mentor) lying unconscious on the ground and cries bitterly.
11. It was 4 o’ clock in the morning when Mrs Bunting heard the sound of the bedroom door being opened and closed. Curiously, she woke up and felt the presence of a human being. Then she awakened her husband, Mr Bunting. Mr Bunting the vicar also heard some sounds , coming from his study downstairs. Then there was the sound of a violent sneeze. Having armed with a poker, Mr Bunting along with his wife descended the staircase as noiselessly as possible. It was all quiet. When they entered the study, they found the drawer opened and a lighted candle placed on the desk. There was also a rustle of papers, but no person was around. They could also hear the sound of the money being taken. As they rushed out in the passage, the kitchen door slammed. Upon entering the kitchen, they found it empty. Sensing something fishy, they searched everywhere, but there was no one. In this way, the burglary took place in the Vicar’s house.
12. Science has, no doubt, brought about a great change in our lives. It has also made things easier, but its wrong use could spell disaster. Griffin, one of the main characters from the novel “The Invisible Man” by H G Wells truly exemplifies this trait. Griffin as given in the novel was a brilliant research scientist and was passionate about Chemistry and Physics, specifically light-based Physics. Unfortunately, his unbridled desire to be invisible and reign over the world brought about his downfall. He worked tirelessly to achieve his goal, and was so desperate to succeed that he robbed money from his own father and drove him to suicide. He had no sense of right and wrong. He sets on fire the house where he was experimenting, and scares away the villagers when they get suspicious of his unusual activities and strange appearance.
Quite shocking to note that he uses his invisibility to punish characters like Thomas Marvel and Dr Kemp. His threatening attitude towards Marvel forces him to escape from the stranger with his money and books. In a very pathetic tone, he implores Dr Kemp to help him out of the crisis – no food, no clothing and no shelter. Dr Kemp gets frightened to know Griffin’s aim in life and informs Colonel Adye. Griffin’s tragic death proves that science without humanity is just like a ship without a rudder.
