Question Bank
Bihar Board Class 12th English Question Paper 2018
(Arts)
Full Marks: 100
Instructions
for the candidates:
1. Candidates are re hand margin indicate full marks.
2. While answering the questions, candidate should adhere to the word limit
as far as practicable.
3. 15 Minutes of extra time has been
allotted for the candidates to read the questions and follow the instructions
carefully.
4. All questions are compulsory.
5. Use of any electronic device is strictly prohibited.
6. This questions paper is divided into two sections-Section-A and
Section-B.
7. In Section-A, there are 50 objective type questions, each carrying 1
Mark. Darken the circle with blue/back ball pen against the correct option on
OMR Sheet provided to you. Do not use Whitener/Liquid/Blade/Nail etc. on OMR
Answer Sheet; otherwise, the result will be treated as invalid.
8. In Section-B There are descriptive type questions.
Section-A
Follow the instruction carefully: 50 x 1 = 50
Choose the most suitable option from the choices given:
1. The doctor
will examine him tomorrow. (Choose the suitable passive voice)
(A) He examined by the doctor tomorrow.
(B) He will be examined by the doctor tomorrow.
(C) He has the doctor examine him tomorrow.
(D) He may be examine at the doctor tomorrow.
2. He was give
a prize by the teacher. (Choose the suitable active voice)
(A) The teacher gave him a prize.
(B) The teacher may have given him a prize.
(C) The teacher will have given him a prize.
(D) The teacher has given him a prize.
3. He promised
that he _________ hard. (Choose the suitable form)
(A) would work
(B) can work
(C) has work
(D) did work
4. It _________
during the rainy season. (Choose the suitable from)
(A) rain
(B) rains
(C) has rained
(D) had rain
5. ________he
live long! (Choose the best auxiliary verb)
(A) May
(B) Should
(C) Will
(D) Can
6. We _________
read Shakespeare. (Choose the suitable auxiliary verb)
(A) Must Not
(B) Must
(C) Could not
(D) Need
7. The price of
mangoes ________ gone up. (Choose the suitable form of the verb)
(A) was
(B) has
(C) were
(D) haves
8. The summons
...... issued. (Choose the suitable option)
(A) is
(B) was
(C) were
(D) haves
9. We saw him
___________.
(A) leaving
(B) left
(C) will leave
(D) may leave
10. Somebody
came here, I do not know him. (Choose the suitable option of combination)
(A) I will not know came here.
(B) I do not know who came here.
(C) I cannot know who came here.
(D) I had not know who came here.
11. A man killed
a girl. The police arrested him. (Choose the suitable combination)-
(A) The police will arrest a man who killed a girl
(B) The police can arrest a man who killed a girl.
(C) The police had arrested a man who kill a girl.
(D) The police arrested a man who killed a girl.
12. Nehru loved
children. (Choose the suitable negative sentence)
(A) Nehru did not hate children.
(B) Nehru did not love children.
(D) Nehru has never loved children.
(C) Nehru cannot love children.
13. Here employer
always finds fault ______ her. (Choose the suitable preposition)
(A) by
(B) in
(C) at
(D) to
14. I have lived
in this town _________ childhood. (Choose the suitable preposition)
(A) since
(B) at
(C) in
(D) for
15. Choose the
correct sentence-
(A) She lives to an apartment.
(C) She lives of an apartment.
(B) She lives in an apartment.
(D) She lives on an apartment.
16. Choose the
correct sentence:
(A) How many families do you have?
(B) How many people are in your family?
(C) How big your family?
(D) How big have your family?
17. Choose the
correct sentence-
(A) I always wanted to singing.
(B) I always wanted to been a singer.
(C) I always wanted to be a singer.
(D) I always wanted to have singing.
18. St. Paul's
Cathedral in London was _________________ after the great fire of 1666. (Choose
the correct option)
(A) build
(B) builder
(C) built
(D) Building
19. I'm very
interested think the apartment is............. beautiful. (Choose the correct
option)
(A) extreme
(B) extremely
(C) will extreme
(D) will extremely
20. The owner
seems nice, but she talks............. slow.
(A) awful
(B) awfully
(C) terribly
(D) terrible
21. He
_____________ meal when the phone rang. (Choose the suitable option)
(A) have
(B) was taking
(C) having
(D) did having
22. Last year my
English course __________ thirty lessons. (Choose the suitable option)
(A) include
(B) will include
(C) including
(D) included
23. I___________
the door quickly, when I heard a noise outside. (Choose the suitable option)
(A) shot
(B) shut
(C) shutted
(D) will shut
24. Choose the correct
spelling-
(A) clauds
(B) klouds
(C) clouds
(D) klauds
25. Choose the
correct spelling-
(A) Heratage
(B) Heretage
(C) Heiretage
(D) Heritage
26. How old is Mary?
(A) Mary has got 3 yers old.
(B) Mary is 3 years old.
(C) Mary was never old
(D) Mary is not old.
27. I always
__________ the car twice a week. (Choose the correct options)
(A) Washes
(B) Wash
(C) Watch
(D) Watches
28. My friend
and I ________ our homework every day. (Choose the correct options)
(A) Do
(B) does
(C) go
(D) goes
29. Paris is the
___________ city in Europe. (Choose the correct option)
(A) Clean
(B) cleaner
(C) most clean
(D) cleanest
30. _____________
you stop smoking you'll be seriously ill. ( Choose the correct option)
(A) but
(B) if
(C) Unless
(D) Can't
Instruction: Questions
from 31 to 50 are based on the prescribed tests:
31. Dr. Zakir Husain entered the office in a spirit of _________ humility.
(A) special
(B) prayerful
(C) long
(D) new
32. European
civilization will mean ______________ for India.
(A) want
(B) living
(C) real
(D) ruin
33. Nanukaka
wrote a cheque for a _______________ rupees.
(A) thousand
(B) hundred
(C) five hundred
(D) ten thousand
34. The 'bark of
justice' is _________.
(A) bankrupt
(B) highway
(C) staggered
(D) struggled
35. Has
civilization taught us to be more _________ towards one another?
(A) enemy
(B) angry
(C) upset
(D) friendly
36. Anton Chekov
began his career by writing __________.
(A) drama
(B) poetry
(C) comic sketches
(D) novels
37. Benjy was
the son of ______________.
(A) Robinsons
(B) Stevensons
(C) Rocksons
(D) Johnsons
38. Gibbon is
associated with ____________.
(A) Italy
(B) Sweden
(C) Russia
(D) America
39. 'Piers the
Plowman' is written by ________.
(A) Spenser
(B) Milton
(C) Langland
(D) Congreve
40. 'The god of
small Things' is written by ______________.
(A) Anita Desai
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Toru Dutt
(D) Arundhati Roy
41. The name
'Augustan' was given to the early _________ century.
(A) 17th
(B) 18th
(C) 19th
(D) 20th
42. The year AD
1066 is taken to be the end of the _______ period.
(A) Middle English
(B) Old English
(C) Modern English
(D) None of these
43. The poetess
in 'The Grand Mother' House' begs at ___________ doors.
(A) Friend's
(B) family's
(C) Stranger's
(D) enemy's
44. And
gathering swallows twitter in the skies' is taken from ____________.
(A) Snake
(B) The Soldier
(C) Ode to Autumn
(D) An Epitaph
45. The poet in
"The Soldier" is depicting the miseries of ____________.
(A) war
(B) nature
(C) relation
(D) love
46. Mungojerrie
and Griddlebone are also _____________.
(A) dogs
(B) bird
(C) cats
(D) monkeys
47. 'Hoping to
cease not till death' is a line from __________.
(A) Sweetest love Do Not Goe
(B) Song of Myself
(C) The Soldier
(D) Fire-Hymn
48. Macavity is
an __________.
(A) outlaw
(B) criminals
(C) looter
(D) diplomat
49. A sonnet is
a poem of _________ lines.
(A) 16
(B) 14
(C) 18
(D) 20
50. 'An Epitaph'
is written by ____________.
(A) John Keats
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) Walter De La Mare
(D) W.H. Auden
Section-B (Subjective)
1. Write an essay in about 150-200 words on any one:
(A) The Child is Father of the man
(B) Time is Money
(C) Drug Addiction
(D) A Visit to a Museum
2. Explain any two of the following:
(A) A woman who observes all the prohibitions and carries out all the
rites will be actively involved in holding the unknown at bay.
(B) It seemed to them that the girl was about to take Benjy away form them.
(C) Another cleanliness was that our food was served on fresh green banana
leaves instead of plates.
(D) Must die at last, 'tis best'
To use myself in jest.
(E) And the nightingale is dumb.
(F) And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells.
3. Write a letter, in about 100 words, to the Publication
House, for the returning of books supplied by them.
OR,
Write a letter, in about 100 words to your cousin about your plans to visit his
place after the examinations.
4. Answer in about 40 to 50 words, any five of the
following:
(A) What is the meaning of the fire forgetting its dead?
(B) What is the poet's impression of the lady in An Epitaph ?
(C) What happened to the house after the grandmother died ?
(D) Write names of two Indian-English writers.
(E) Write names of two works of John Dryden.
(E) What is the difference between the East and West in the matters of mother-child
relationship?
(G) How did the domestication of animals start?
(H) What does Martin Luther King's speech reveal?
5. Answer in about 100-120 words, any three of the
following: 5x3 = 15
(A) Write the summary of any one of the poems:
(i) An Epitaph
(ii) The Grand Mother's House
(B) Write the summary of any one of the prose pieces :
(i) A child is Born
(ii) The Artist
(C) Write a note on Indian English.
(D) Discuss English as a world language.
(E) Match the names of poets given in List-A with their words in List-B:
List-A List-B
(a) Keki N. Daruwala (i)
Macaity: the mystery Cat
(b) T.S. Eliot (ii)
Snake
(c) D.H. Lawrence (iii)
An Epitaph
(d) Walter De La Mare (iv) Fire
Hymn
(e) John Keats (v)
Ode to Antumn
(F) Translate any five of the following:
(i) हमें सादा भोजन खाना चाहिए।
(ii) वह कब तक आएगा ?
(iii) मेहनती लोग हमेशा सफल होते हैं।
(iv) कड़वी बोली मत बोलो।
(v) राधा बहुत गाती है।
(vi) रमेश का घर पास ही है।
(vii) तुम क्या खरीदोगे?
6. Answer either of the following:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
Children should be educated without pressure. They should enter into adulthood
free from damaging effects of education. Free expression of thought must be
given to the children. A child once asked Krishnamurthy-"It is your hobby
to give lecture?"
Don't you get tired of talking? "Why are you doing it ?"
Krishnamurthy replied, "I am glad you asked that question. You know love
something, you never get tired of it."
Questions:
(A) How should the children be educated?
(B) What type of expression should be given to the children?
(C) What did the child ask Krishnamurthy?
(D) What did Krishnamurthy reply?
OR,
Write a precis of the passage and give a suitable title
to it :
The best friend a man has in their world may turn against
him and became his enemy. His son or his daughter that he has reared with
loving care, may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest to us, may become
aitors. The only unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world is
his dog. The one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful
or treacherous, is his dog.
ANSWERS
Section-'A'
1. (B) 2. (B) 3.
(A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8.
(A) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (D) 12. (A) 13.
(B) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17.
(C) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (B) 21. (B) 22.
(D) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (D) 26.(B) 27. (B) 28.
(A) 29. (D) 30. (D) 31. (B) 32. (D) 33.
(A) 34. (A) 35. (D) 36. (C) 37. (D) 38.
(A) 39. (C) 40. (D) 41. (B) 42.
(B) 43. (C) 44. (C) 45. (A) 46. (C) 47.
(B) 48. (A) 49. (B) 50. (C)
Section-'B'
1. (A) The Child is Father of the Man: The idiom
"Child is the Father of Man" implies that the actual nature of a man
does not alter with age or time. However, it has been interpreted in various
other ways as well. "Child is the father of the Man" basically means
that a man is, in reality, the product of the behaviour and habits he devloped
during his early years. many other intepretations have also been made from this
idiom.
The phrase, "Child is the father of Man" was coined by the renowned
poet, William Wordsworth in the year 1802. The term basically means that the
behaviour and activities of a person's childhood go a long ways as well.
Different interpretations of the phrase "The child is father of the Man'-
1. A man is basically a product or the behaviour and manners he developed during
his growing years, mainly in his early childhood.
2. The behaviour of a child determines as to what he will become when he grows
up.
3. The way a person is during his childhood he ramains exactly that way in his
adulthood as well. The basic nature and behaviour of a person does not change
with age or time.
As conclusion, the idiom is used quite commonly mainly to indicate that 1
person's childhood habits majorly impact his ovwerall character and this is
actually true to a great extent. Thus, it is essential to develop good habits
during the childhood.
(B) Time is Money: "Time is money" is a proverb
which means that we should not waste our time and respect it more than money we
have. Though, this sentence sounds just simple wordings but if we go into depth
of this famous phrase we will find that what it actually means. Time is that
invisible thing which can change a person's life entirely. A person who knows
the value, of time can get the desired result or success in his or her life but
if does not understand the value it can also destroy his or her life
completely.
Time is precious and priceless for those who have experienced the good or bad
effects of it in their life. I we still not understand the value of time we
will not be able to get any kind of success in life.
Thus, we should all respect the value of time and also teach our new generations
to the same. To manage time in our life we should do all our work including
daily routine activities on proper time plashould set a time table for our
daily routine work either at home or work place. When wwe manage our work
without wasting too much time than we can easily get the positive results in
our life and be happy.
(C) A Visit to a Museum: A visit to a museum is
interesting as well as educative. We can understand a lot about the history and
culture of a country. its industry, arts, fashions etc, by visiting a museum.
Last Sunday, I along with some of my intimate friends, went to a museum at
Delhi. We bought tickets and entered the museum. The big building was divided
into a number of sections. On entered the museum. The big building was divided
into a number of sections. On entering the building, we saw separate sections
containing may idols of Hindu gods. They looked life-like and impressive. Then
we found ourselves in a hall decorated with rare pictures and paintings. We
then moved to the history. We saw certain objects belonging to the various
periods of history. We then went to a big room full of ancient weapons and
aromours, like heavy swords, lancs and shields. We saw bows, arrows, guns,
spears, statues, idols, manuscripts etc. In other section we saw a piece of the
rock that had been brought form the moon by Neil Armstrong. We also saw coins
of the past dynasties. In this way a visit to a musum provided us with a rich
feast of ideas. It left a deep imprint on my mind. In short, a visit to a
museum is not only interesting but educative as well.
(D) Drug Addiction: Drug addiction is a problem that has
been increasing immensely among our society today. Drug addiction can only
hinder or restrain us from accomplishing goals or dreams in life. People
somethimes feel they are too bright, too powerful, too much in control to
become addictive. Addiction can trap anyone. It can lead to harming one's body,
causing problems in family structure and contribute to the delinquency in
society. The sooner people seek help for drug addiction problems, the more
chances they have of gaining control of their life once again.
However, abstinence is the safest way to
live a longer and healthier life.
We are greatly influenced by the people around us. Today, the number one reason
of teenage drug usage is peer pressure. Peer pressure represents social
influences that affect us. It can have a positive or a negative effect,
depending on what path one follows. There is direct and indirect pressure that
might influence a person's decision in using drugs.
There are also other reasons why people might turn to using drugs. Emotional
distress, such as personal or family problems, having low self esteem like
loosing a close one, loosing a job, or having no friends, and environmental
stress are all possible factors to causing one to use drugs. Drug addiction
reduces sober time available to a person. The Personality of the addict is
destroyed and his emotions become intense and distorted. The Indian government
is making an all-out effort to check this diabolic traffickig of the drug.
2. (A) The following lines have been taken from the
chapter 'A child is Born, written by Germaine Greer, The speaker says in the
line that a woman o faces all kinds of prohibitions and follow up all the rites
is sure to hold the unknown at bay. It means that the woman should have the
right to possess her newborn on her own name.
(B) The following line has been taken from the chapter, "THE EARTH',
written by H.E. Bates. The speaker says in the line that the Johnsons had Become
afraid of the girl named Florence, who was now wife of Benjy. In her presence.
Benjy was becoming ruler with his parents, who were afraid now That because of
the girl their son was going far from them. woman should have the right to
possess
(C) The following line has been taken from the chapter,
'India Through A Travellers Eyes', written by Pearl S. Buck. The speaker says
in the line, about the cleanness of Indian people. The Indians were found so
keen for cleanliness in life that the speaker is highly respectful for it.
(D) This line has been taken from the poem, 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe',
composed by John Donne. The speaker says in the line that he wants to go far
from his beloved as only for amuse. As he knows that one day he has to die he wants
to amuse himself to be prepared for the death.
(E) The following line has been taken from the poem, 'Now the leaves Are
Falling fast', composed by W.H. Auden. In the given lines the speaker says that
death is true. When it comes the nightingle stops singing. Life is lost, no
angle comes to help. Death is certain.
(F) The following lines have been taken from the poem, 'Ode to Autumn';
Composed by John Keats in the given lines, the speaker says that in the month
of autumn, all the fruits get ripen to the core, then the gourd becomes fleshy
and tasty by providing energy to them through sun-rays.
4.
To
The Publisher,
Patna, 13.02.2018
Shashi & Brother, Patna-4
It is here to inform you that the books I received from
your publication by courier, are not those, which I had ordered. There might be
some mistake while packing the books.
So, please do collect your books posted by me and supply
the correct books as demanded by me.
Yours
Akash
13/B Kautilyanagar Station Road, Katihar
OR,
25/C, Bank Colony, Gaya 13.03.2018
Dear Vinod,
I am well and hope you would be also well with family. I
am glad for your invitation to come to visit you at your place. As you know my
board examinations are near, first I will given my exam and as soon as I be
free. I will start for your home. Wishing all the best to you.
Yours truely
Manoj
5. (A) The fire forgets its dead when it dra be the body
half-burnt. The speaker of the poem feels it as the fire's immoral behaviour.
(B) The poet ‘An Epitaph’ Walter de la beautiful lady the lady in the present
poem as an idol of beauty. As the most beautiful lady that ever was in the west
country.
(C)The house became deserted after the grandmother died. The house withdrew
into silence and snakes moved there.
(D) R.K. Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand.
(E) The Wild Gallant (a Comedy) and the Indian Queen (A Tragedy) are two noted
works of John Dryden (1631-1700).
(F) In the west it is regarded as the mother of her first-born. In the East the
relationship between mother and child is more important than the relationship
between husband and wife.
(G) Domestication of animals started especially by taming the cow and the
sheep. It must have made life much pleasanter and more secure for the early
humans.
(H) Martin Luther king's speech reveals about his dream of seeing Alabama as a
developed state and to be free of racial distinction between the whites and the
blacks. Martin's speech arose public conciousness for civil rights movement.
6. (A) (i) See 2015 (A), Q.No. 14 (c).
(ii) See 2014 (A), Q.No. 13 (d).
(B) (i) See 2012 (A), Q.No. 15 (b).
(ii) See 2015 (A), Q.No. 17 (a).
(C) See 2016 (A), Q.No. 19.
(D) See 2009, Q.No. 19 (Or).
(E) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii), (e)-(v).
(F) (i) We should eat grub/simple food.
(ii) Till when would he come? Or, At what time would he come?
(iii) Laborious people are always successful.
(iv) Don't speak ill words.
(v) Radha sings very fine.
(vi) Ramesh's house is nearby.
(vii) What will you buy?
7. (a) Children should be educated without pressure.
(b) Free expression of thought should be given to the children.
(c) "is it your hobby to give lecture?", the child asked
Krishnamurthy.
(d) Krishnamurthy replied that he was glad with the question asked by the child
and said that if you love something, you never get tired of it.
OR,
Title: Dog our best friend
Best friend of a man, his son or his daughter or the one nearest to us, may
prove ungrateful, become enemy but his dog or the one desert or prove
ungrateful.
[30 words]
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