ENGLISH CORE (301)

Session- 2021-22

Practice Test Paper (Term 1)

Class XII

Time : 45 Mins MM: 20

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :

Read the question paper carefully .

1. The Question Paper contains THREE sections .
2. Section A-READING has 9 questions . Attempt a total of 7 questions ,as
per specific instruction for each question .
3. Section B-WRITING has 6 questions . Attempt a total of 5 questions , as
per specific instruction for each question .
4. Section C-LITERATURE has 15 questions .Attempt 13 questions , as per
specific instructions for each question. 6 .All questions carry equal
marks .
7. There is no negative marking .

READING

Read the passage given below.

I The chart below gives information about the amount of carbon emissions in
different countries during three different years. Summarise the information by
selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where
relevant.

II. The bar chart compares the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
of six countries, including two of them coming from emerging nations, for
three decades starting from 1975 until 2005.
III.As an overall assessment, it can clearly be seen that only Germany and
United Kingdom managed to reduce the carbon emissions compared to the
other countries.

IV.USA, being the number one polluter of all, emitted 1,200,000 thousand
metric tonnes in 1975 and this count increased to 1,300,000 and 1,600,000
thousand metric tonnes in 1990 and 2005 respectively. In contrast, the carbon
emissions of China was nearly 300,000 thousand metric tonnes in 1975 and it
rose by nearly 100% in 1990 and surged dramatically to just below 1,600,000
thousand metric tonnes in 2005. In terms of the percentage increase, China
was the largest contributor in carbon emissions of all.

V. The figures for Germany and the United Kingdom remained relatively stable
throughout the period of time, and so were for Canada until 1990. The carbon
dioxide emissions in India increased exponentially from around 100,000 in
1975 to just below 400,000 thousand metric tonnes in 2005.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY SEVEN

questions from the nine that follow.

Q1. The emission of carbon by different countries is measured in ____metric

tonnes ?

A. Hundreds

B. Thousands

C. Lakhs

D. None of the above

Q2. Which countries remained stable throughout the period of time?

A. UK and China

B. Germany

C. Germany, UK and Canada

D. Both A and B

Q3. Which of the statement is NOT TRUE?

A. The bar chart compares the emission of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere.

B. China was the largest contributor in carbon emissions of all.

C. The carbon emissions of China was nearly 300,000 thousand metric tonnes
in 1975.

D. None of the above.

Q4. Which country has the lowest emission of CO2 in the graph for the year
1975?

A. Germany

B. United Kingdom

C. Canada

D. India

Q5. In India, Carbon dioxide emission increased from around _________ to

__________ metric tonnes .

A.100,000 - 350,000

B. 200,000 – 400,000

C. 300,000 -12,00,000

D. 13,00,000 – 16,00,000

Q6. Which of the following statement is true?

A. The countries have achieved meteoric rise in CO2

emission B. The countries have not been able to reduce their

CO2 emission significantly.

C. USA seems to leave behind China in coming years.

D. Both A and B

Q7. What is the highest quantity unit of global emission of CO2 by different
countries?

A. 16,00,000

B. 15,70,000

C. 13,00,000

D. None of these

Q8. Which of the following words does NOT correspond to the meaning of ‘
Surge ’.

A. sudden

B. decline

C. move up

D. rise
Q9. Antonym of the word ‘emerging ’ ?

A. search

B. report

C. appears

D. disappears

II WRITING SECTION

THE FIRM BHATIA & BHATIA, INDUSTRIAL AREA Has to give advertisement
in The Times of India for the post of two engineers for their Delhi East Branch.

Q10 Choose the appropriate title for the advertisement.

A) SITUATION WANTED
B) SITUATION VACANT
C) TO LET
D) SITUATION FOR JOB

Q11 Select the option with the information points to be included in the
advertisement

A) Required, Salary, accommodation, faculty etc

B) Required, Name of the post, Pay Scale, Company etc
C) Sale& Purchase, fittings, contact etc
D) Salary, required, Brand etc

12 Would this advertisement reflect the Name & Number of Vacancies?

A) No, because it’s not correct as per format

B) Yes, because it is an important information
C) No, because it makes it informal
D) Yes, because it makes it inform

Swati is a member of the Environmental Club of her School, After visiting

many places, She has realized that it is the need of the hour to protect
environment, She decided to write an article emphasizing the ways to
promote afforestation, eco-tourism etc.
13 Select the option that lists an appropriate title for Swati's Article
A) Protect human life
B) Environmental Degradation
C) Save energy
D) Value Degradation

14. While elaborating the causes of environmental degradation Swati should

not include.

A) Deforestation
B) Pollution
C) Afforestation
D) Industrial waste

Q15 Read the sentence from Swati’s Article draft and help her complete it by
selecting the correct option Our rivers and lakes have
become (1) grounds for (2) garbage and (3)
.
A) Dumping, industrial waste, dirt
B) Cleaning, industrial waste, dirt
C) Industrial waste, dumping , dirt
D) Dumping, industry, waste , dirt

LITERATURE

III) There are 15 questions in this section. Attempt only 13 questions

‘’My children this is the last lesson I shall give you.The order has come
from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
The new master comes tomorrow. This is your last French lesson……..

What a thunderclap these words were to me !

Q16 why does M Hamel want the students to be attentive?

A because it was his last lesson

B because the order has come from Berlin

C because he is about to reveal the exam

D because franz was absent

Q17 how is Franz’s tone here ?

A angry
B Gloomy
C perplexed
D irritated
Q18 choose the option which is not true

A Mr Hamel had been subjected to mental torture

B Franz had been tortured

C Mr Hamel had been happy with the berlin order

D life had changed for all in Alsace and Lorraine

Q19 in which of the following options can the underlined word be replaced
with
‘wretches’

A beggar

B stick

C rouge

D knave

And looked out at Young Trees sprinting,the merry children spilling out of
their homes, but after the airport’s security check, standing a few yards away ,
I looked at her , wan , pale as a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar
ache……..

Q20 what is the most likely reason the poet capitalized ‘young trees’. This was
to ?

A convey a clearer meaning

B highlight the adj-noun combination

C enhance the contrast

D draw connection with the title

Q21 choose the option that appropriately describes the relationship between
the two statements given below

Statement1 -the poet knows that her mother has aged

Statement2-the poet feels the pain of separation

A beginning – ending

B cause-effect

C Question – answer

D introduction – conclusion
Q22 complete the sentence

Just as the brightness of the winter’s moon is veiled behind the haze and mist
,similarly’……

A the pain of separation has shaded mother’s expression

B age has fogged mother’s youthful appearance

C growing up has developed a seasoned maturity in the poet

D memories warm the heart like the pale moon in the winter

Sometimes I think grand central is growing like a tree ,pushing out new
corridors and staircases like roots. There’s probably a long tunnel that nobody
knows about feeling its way under the city right now ,on its way times square,
and maybe another to central park. And maybe- because for so many people
through the years Grand Central has been an exit , a way of escape- maybe
that’s how the tunnel I got into……But I never told my psychiatrist friend about
that idea

Q23 The above extract is not an example of

A allegory

B analogy

C imagery

D metaphor

Q24 Charlie decided not to tell his psychiatrist friend about his idea.

Choose the option that reflects the reaction Charlie anticipated from his friend

A ‘’that’s such a lovely comparison. Why don’t you become a writer , Charley
?’’

B ‘’ Oh Charley .It is so sad to see your desperation to run away.’’

C ‘’Maybe that’s how you entered the third level . Who would have thought ?’’

D ‘’You need help ,my raving friend. You are way too invested in this crazy
thought !’’
Q25 Which of the following would represent an example as used by charley in
the above extract?
A stay grounded as the train station is underground

B connect with your roots as he desires to go back to his past.

C enjoy the view as the station leads to all tourist sites of the city .

D keep growing as the station keeps renovating and expanding.

Q26 The idiom ‘feeling its way’ implies…….. movement

A swift

B tentative

C circular

D disorganised

27. What change did Anees Jung see in Saheb when she saw him standing by
the gate of neighborhood club?
(a) As if lost his freedom

(b) Lost ownership

(c) lost joy

(d) All of the above

28. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when
he was thrown into the pool?
(a) Fear

(b) Confidence

(c) Over confidence

(d) Mixed feelings of confidence and fear

29. ‘Awarding the world its world’, what do these words express?
(a) The world is ours

(b) The world is everyone’s

(c) The world belongs to the poor

(d) The world belongs to the rich

30. How did Sadao ensure that the American soldier had left safely?
(a) By escorting him
(b) By seeing no signal of flashlight
(c) By giving him a call
(d) By coming back to him