ગુજરાત માધ્યમમક અને ઉચ્ચતર માધ્યમમક મિક્ષણ બોર્ડ, ગાાંધીનગર

પ્રશ્નબેંક આધારરત પ્રથમ સામામયક મ ૂલયાાંકન (એકમ) કસોટી – ૨૦૨૫ માટે

અગત્યની સ ૂચનાઓ.

 િાળાએ પોતાની રીતે બોર્ડ પર લેખન કાયડ કરીને, મપ્રન્ટ કઢાવીને, પસાંરિત પ્રશ્નોને પ્રોજેક્ટર વર્ે

રર્સ્પ્લે કરીને અથવા મૌખખક રીતે લખાવીને પોતાની અનુકૂળતા મુજબ મ ૂલયાાંકન કાયડવાહી હાથ

ધરવાની રહેિે.

 ૨૫ ગુણના મ ૂલયાાંકન કાયડના ઉત્તર લખવા માટેનો સમય પ ૂરા ૧ કલાકનો ફાળવવાનો રહેિે. જે

તે મવષયની પ્રશ્નબેંક પર મવભાગને ધ્યાને લીધા મવના પ્રશ્નોના ક્રમ સળાંગ ક્રમમાાં રાખવાના

રહેિે. (િા.ત.પ્રશ્ન નાં. ૧ ,૨,૩,૪,૫,૬,૭,૮,૯,૧૦,૧૧,૧૨,૧૩,૧૪,૧૫,……..)

 પ્રશ્નબેંકમાાંથી અધ્યન મનષ્પમત આધારીત સ ૂચનાઓ પ્રમાણે મવભાગવાર પ્રશ્નો પસાંિ કરી કુલ-૨૫

ગુણનુ ાં મ ૂલયાાંકન થાય તે રીતે આયોજન કરવાનુ ાં રહેિે.

 તા.૧૧/૦૯/૨૦૨૫ થી તા.૨૦/૦૯/૨૦૨૫ િરમમયાન યોજવાની રહેિે.

 પ્રશ્નબેંકમાાં કોઇ જોર્ણી, ભાષાિોષ જણાય તો પાઠ્યપુસ્પતકને ધ્યાને રાખી સ્પથામનક કક્ષાએ સુધારો

કરવાનો રહેિે. મવષય મિક્ષક દ્વારા સમયસર મ ૂલયાાંકન કરી મવદ્યાથીઓનુ ાં મનિાન કાયડ હાથ

ધરવાનુ ાં રહેિે.

 મ ૂલયાાંકન બાિ મવદ્યાથી મેળવેલ ગુણની ર્ેટાએન્રી મવદ્યા સમીક્ષા કેન્ર ગાાંધીનગર ખાતે

ક્ષમતાએપમાાં ર્ેટાએન્રીનુ ાં કાયડ હાથ ધરવાનુ ાં રહેિે.

 મવદ્યાથીઓની ઉત્તરવહીઓ તેમજ મવદ્યાથીઓનુ ાં સાંકખલત ગુણપત્રક િાળાએ એક વષડ સુધી

સાચવવાનુ ાં રહેિે. અને જજલલા મિક્ષણામધકારીશ્રીની ટીમને વામષિક મનરીક્ષણ વખતે મનરીક્ષણ માટે

આપવાનુ ાં રહેિે.
 Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar
Question Bank Based Evaluation, September 2025
Standard 12 General Stream
Subject: English FL Time: 1 Hour
Subject Code: 006 Total Marks: 25
Instructions for Teachers:

1. Teachers are requested to read the question bank and select the questions as required.
2. Figures to the right indicate marks.
3. There are 5 sections and 7 questions in this question bank.
4. Teachers may write the questions on the board, dictate in class or take out the printed
copies or whichever way is feasible to them.

Section A

Learning Outcome: E1201 = understand the objective of reading literature and language
items from the textbook.

Q1. Select any one passage from the following. Each question carries 1 mark. [2]

Poor man! It was in honour of this last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes, and
now I understood why the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room. It
was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more. It was their way of
thanking our master for his forty years of faithful service and of showing their respect for the
country that was theirs no more. While I was thinking of all this, I heard my name called. It
was my turn to recite. What would I not have given to be able to say that dreadful rule for the
participle all through, very loud and clear, and without one mistake? But I got mixed up on
the first words and stood there, holding on to my desk, my heart beating, and not daring to
look up.
A. Fine Sunday clothes were adorned by the man as a _______ of the last lesson.
a. respect b. regret c. mistake d. compulsion
B. Why didn’t the narrator look up?
a. He was scared.
b. He did not want to show his face to the teacher.
c. He was stubborn.
d. He was trying to remember the answer.
OR
I started for school very late that morning and was in great dread of a scolding, especially
because M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles, and I did not know
the first word about them. For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day
out of doors. It was so warm, so bright! The birds were chirping at the edge of the woods;
and in the open field back of the sawmill the Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all
much more tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the strength to resist, and
hurried off to school.
A. What was the narrator afraid of?
a. Facing the Prussian soldiers c. Spending the day outdoor
b. Rules of participles d. Being scolded by M. Hamel
B. What was the initial thought of the narrator?

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 a. He thought of going to the saw mill.
b. He thought of going to the garden.
c. He thought of not going to school.
d. He thought to spend time at home.
OR
“Your parents were not anxious enough to have you learn. They preferred to put you to
work on a farm or at the mills, so as to have a little more money. And I? I’ve been to
blame also. Have I not often sent you to water my flowers instead of learning your
lessons? And when I wanted to go fishing, did I not just give you a holiday?” Then, from
one thing to another, M. Hamel went on to talk of the French language, saying that it was
the most beautiful language in the world — the clearest, the most logical; that we must
guard it among us and never forget it, because when a people are enslaved, as long as they
hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison. Then he opened a
grammar and read us our lesson. I was amazed to see how well I understood it.
A. When did M. Hamel give holiday to children?
a. When he wanted to water his garden.
b. When he went for fishing.
c. When he had to attend a meeting.
d. When he had to visit a farm.
B. Why was the narrator amazed?
a. He understood the lesson very well.
b. He understood the lesson not so very well.
c. All his doubts were cleared.
d. He was well prepared for exams.
OR
My acquaintance with the barefoot ragpickers leads me to Seemapuri, a place on the
periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically. Those who live here are
squatters who came from Bangladesh back in 1971. Saheb’s family is among them.
Seemapuri was then a wilderness. It still is, but it is no longer empty. In structures of mud,
with roofs of tin and tarpaulin, devoid of sewage, drainage or running water, live 10,000
ragpickers. They have lived here for more than thirty years without an identity, without
permits but with ration cards that get their names on voters’ lists and enable them to buy
grain. Food is more important for survival than an identity.
A. What is the significance of ration card?
a. It provides them with enough food.
b. It helps to lead a life of luxury.
c. It facilitates them to travel.
d. It equips them with security.
B. How did the people get their names on the voter’s list?
a. By possessing the aadhar card.
b. By possessing the ration card.
c. By possessing the pan card.
d. By possessing the bank’s passbook.
OR
Savita, a young girl in a drab pink dress, sits alongside an elderly woman, soldering pieces
of glass. As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if she
knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make. It symbolises an Indian woman’s
suhaag, auspiciousness in marriage. It will dawn on her suddenly one day when her head
is draped with a red veil, her hands dyed red with henna, and red bangles rolled onto her

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wrists. She will then become a bride. Like the old woman beside her who became one
many years ago. She still has bangles on her wrist, but no light in her eyes.
A. ‘It will dawn on her …. one day’ means _____________.
a. she will realize it one day
b. she will despise it one day
c. she will come to like it one day
d. she will judge it one day
B. How is the old woman described?
a. Having no bangles on her wrist and also no light in her eyes.
b. Having bangles on her wrist but no light in her eyes.
c. Having trouble with both hearing and seeing.
d. Having lived a joyous and fulfilled life.
OR
It had happened when I was ten or eleven years old. I had decided to learn to swim. There
was a pool at the Y.M.C.A. in Yakima that offered exactly the opportunity. The Yakima
River was treacherous. Mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the
details of each drowning in the river. But the Y.M.C.A. pool was safe. It was only two or
three feet deep at the shallow end; and while it was nine feet deep at the other, the drop was
gradual. I got a pair of water wings and went to the pool. I hated to walk naked into it and
show my skinny legs. But I subdued my pride and did it.
A. What did the author’s mother do?
a. She encouraged him go swimming in the Yakima River.
b. She warmed him against swimming in the Yakima River.
c. She gave cheerful details of the people who went swimming in the Yakima
River.
d. She wanted to take the author to swim in the Yakima River.
B. Choose the incorrect sentence.
a. The Yakima River was treacherous.
b. The Y.M.C.A. pool was safe.
c. The author hated to show his skinny legs.
d. The pool was nine feet deep at the shallow end.
OR
I went to the pool when no one else was there. The place was quiet. The water was still, and
the tiled bottom was as white and clean as a bathtub. I was timid about going in alone, so I sat
on the side of the pool to wait for others. I had not been there long when in came a big bruiser
of a boy, probably eighteen years old. He had thick hair on his chest. He was a beautiful
physical specimen, with legs and arms that showed rippling muscles. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny!
How’d you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up and tossed me into the deep end. I
landed in a sitting position, swallowed water, and went at once to the bottom. I was
frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits.
A. What did the boy do?
a. He lifted the author and threw him in the air.
b. He played with the author.
c. He picked the author and tossed him into the pool.
d. He laughed at the author and went away.
B. Here, ‘but not yet frightened out of my wits’ means _________.
a. the author had not lost his sanity
b. the author had lost his wits

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 c. the author became powerful
d. the author resolved to avenge the boy
OR
On each trip across the pool a bit of the panic seized me. Each time the instructor relaxed his
hold on the rope and I went under, some of the old terror returned and my legs froze. It was
three months before the tension began to slack. Then he taught me to put my face under water
and exhale, and to raise my nose and inhale. I repeated the exercise hundreds of times. Bit by
bit I shed part of the panic that seized me when my head went under water.
A. The author ____________ repeated the exercise.
a. rarely b. seldom c. hardly d. frequently and regularly
B. How did the author shed his panic?
a. Suddenly b. Gradually c. abruptly d. quickly

Learning Outcome: E1204 = write and share the derived meaning from the text.

Q2. Select any two questions. Each question carries 3 marks. [6]

a) How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?

b) “All we have to fear is fear itself”. Explain with reference to ‘Deep Water’.
c) Why is French language important to learn according to M. Hamel?
d) Saheb-e-Alam which means the lord of the universe is directly in contrast to what
Saheb is in reality. Explain
e) Whom does M. Hamel hold responsible for not learning the French language? Why?
f) Describe the two distinct worlds as seen by Anees Jung.
g) What message do you take from reading ‘The Last Lesson’?
h) ‘Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically.’
Explain.
i) How did Franz’s feelings change for M. Hamel?
j) In what way Mukesh is different from his other family members?
k) Why were the villagers sitting in the back of the classroom on the last day of the
French lesson?

Section B
Learning Outcome: E1204 = write and share the derived meaning from the text.
Q3. Select any two questions. Each question carries 2 marks. [4]

a. Kamala Das captures the complex subtleties of human relationships in lyrical idiom,
My Mother at Sixty-six. Discuss.
b. Comment on the title of the poem, ‘Keeping Quiet’.
c. Mention the images that the poet uses to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth.
Answer with reference to ‘A Thing of Beauty’.
d. Explain the contrast brought about by Kamala Das between her mother and the
children spilling out of the house.
e. What does Kamala Das’ parting words and smile signify?

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 f. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels? Answer with to ‘My Mother at
Sixty-six’.
g. Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’? Answer with to ‘My Mother at
Sixty-six’.
h. What will counting upto twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
i. Do you think the poet, Pablo Neruda, advocates total inactivity and death?
j. What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under
apparent stillness? Answer with reference to ‘Keeping Quiet’.
k. What does the line, ‘Therefore are we wreathing a flowery band to bind us to earth’
suggest to you? Answer with reference to ‘A Thing of Beauty’.
l. What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings? Answer with
reference to ‘A Thing of Beauty’.
m. Do we experience things of beauty only for short moments or do they make a lasting
impression on us? Answer with reference to ‘A Thing of Beauty’.

Learning Outcome: E1201 = understand the objective of reading literature and language
items from the textbook.
Q4. Select any one of the passages. Each question carries 1 mark. [2]

THE presidents of the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroads will swear on a stack of timetables that there are only two. But I say there are three,
because I’ve been on the third level of the Grand Central Station. Yes, I’ve taken the obvious
step: I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him about the third level at
Grand Central Station, and he said it was a waking dream wish fulfilment.
a. Why did the author not agree with the presidents?
b. What does ‘waking dream wish fulfilment’ mean?
OR
The corridor I was in began angling left and slanting downward and I thought that was
wrong, but I kept on walking. All I could hear was the empty sound of my own footsteps
and I didn’t pass a soul. Then I heard that sort of hollow roar ahead that means open space
and people talking. The tunnel turned sharp left; I went down a short flight of stairs and
came out on the third level at Grand Central Station.
a. How did the author reach the third level?
b. Find the phrase from the passage which means ‘couldn’t find anyone’.
OR
The chief astrologer placed his finger on his nose in wonder. A baby barely ten days old
opens its lips in speech! Not only that, it also raises intelligent questions! Incredible! Rather
like the bulletins issued by the war office, than facts. The chief astrologer took his finger off
his nose and fixed his eyes upon the little prince. ‘‘The prince was born in the hour of the
Bull. The Bull and the Tiger are enemies, therefore, death comes from the Tiger,’’ he
explained.
a. How did the astrologer react when he was awestruck?
b. Mention the prediction made by the astrologer.
OR
There were innumerable forests in the Pratibandapuram State. They had tigers in them. The
Maharaja knew the old saying, ‘You may kill even a cow in self-defence’. There could
certainly be no objection to killing tigers in self-defence. The Maharaja started out on a tiger

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hunt. The Maharaja was thrilled beyond measure when he killed his first tiger. He sent for the
State astrologer and showed him the dead beast.
a. How did the Maharaja justify his act of killing a tiger?
b. Mention the old saying that the Maharaja recalled.
OR
The reason the programme has been so successful is because it’s impossible to go anywhere
near the South Pole and not be affected by it. It’s easy to be blasé about polar ice-caps
melting while sitting in the comfort zone of our respective latitude and longitude, but when
you can visibly see glaciers retreating and ice shelves collapsing, you begin to realise that the
threat of global warming is very real. Antarctica, because of her simple ecosystem and lack of
biodiversity, is the perfect place to study how little changes in the environment can have big
repercussions.
a. When do we realise about the threat of the global warming to be real?
b. Why is Antarctica the perfect place to study the changes in the environment?
OR
To visit Antarctica now is to be a part of that history; to get a grasp of where we’ve come
from and where we could possibly be heading…. For a sun-worshipping South Indian like
myself, two weeks in a place where 90 per cent of the Earth’s total ice volumes are stored is a
chilling prospect (not just for circulatory and metabolic functions, but also for the
imagination). It’s like walking into a giant ping-pong ball devoid of any human markers —
no trees, billboards, buildings. You lose all earthly sense of perspective and time here.
a. How long did the author’s visit to Antarctica last?
b. What cannot be found in Antarctica?

Section C

Learning Outcome: E1216 = understand rules of grammar and follow them in

LSRW skills.

Q5. Select any four of the following idioms/phrases. Each question carries 1 mark. [4]

a. Mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each
drowning. (reminded me, deleted all, forced upon me)
b. I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits. (completely devoid of sanity,
completely out of mind, completely horrified)
c. But I was only fooling. (playing, testing, joking)
d. At last I felt released — free to walk the trails and climb the peaks and to brush aside
fear. (disregard, sustain, accept)
e. Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. (regularly, gradually, sincerely)
f. Franz was in great dread of a scolding. (fear, surprise, awe)
g. M. Hamel wanted to put it all in their heads at one stroke. (all separately, all at once,
all consequently)
h. I had counted on the commotion to get to my desk. (added on, relied on, hardly
believed on)
i. She puts off learning till tomorrow. (resists, dons, delays)
j. It was now drowned in an air of desolation. (a forsaken state, a blooming state, a
congested state)

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 k. His dream looms like a mirage. (seems easy to achieve, appears to be impractical,
looks unreal)
l. I wonder if this is only an excuse to explain away a perpetual state of poverty.
(permanent state, pleasing state, penetrating state)
m. The game he is watching so intently is out of his reach. (possible for him to achieve,
beyond his capacity, against his tradition)
n. Years of mind-numbing toil have killed all initiative and the ability to dream.
(tiresome labour, mind-boggling grind, alluring slog)
o. Together they have imposed the baggage on the child that he cannot put down.
(enforced, entrusted, assigned)

Section D

Learning Outcome: E1213 = read and appreciate literature on peace, values etc.

Q6. Select any one from the following. Each question carries 1 mark. [2]

Throughout history, the eternal struggle between the good and evil has persisted. Every
individual possesses a blend of good and evil elements. In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord
Krishn elucidates these qualities. To free ourselves from evil factors and to develop good
elements in us are the means to sublime life.
a. What has persisted throughout history?
b. How can we attain the life of sublimity?
OR
The Gita has the potential to cultivate divine qualities and achieve holistic development of
anyone in the world. This is why Aurobindo Ghosh referred to her as a “great work of
spiritual synthesis”. The goal of this synthesis is nothing less than human sublimation.
The Gita guides everyone not to grieve over the past and to worry about the future but to
value the present and work accordingly.
a. Why does Aurobindo Ghosh find the Gita as a “great work of synthesis”?
b. What guidance do we attain from the Gita?
OR
Once upon a midnight dreary,
While I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious
Volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping,
Suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping,
Rapping at my chamber door.
"'T is some visitor," I muttered,
"Tapping at my chamber door
Only this and nothing more."
a. How was the poet feeling?
b. What did the poet think about the rapping on the door?
OR

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 No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.

a. Why does the poet feel that ‘No man is an island, Entire of itself’?
b. What effect does anyone’s death have on the poet?

Section E

Learning Outcome: E1225 = fill forms for membership- library, sports, email, and write
applications for opening bank and post office accounts, for jobs, report, article,
advertisement, note making, etc.

Q7. Select any one from the following. [5]

Draft an advertisement for your recently launched Workout Studio.

OR
You want to sell your furniture online. Draft an advertisement for the same.
OR
Write an article on ‘Importance of Emotional Intelligence.’
OR
Write an article on ‘School is a Miniature Society’.
OR
Write an email to the municipal commissioner of your area informing him/her about
the potholes on the roads due to excessive rains.
OR
Write an email to your friend asking her/him to attend Career Counselling seminar
with you.
OR
Write a report on the celebration of Sanskrit Day in your school.
OR
Write a report on the Teacher’s Day Celebration organized in your school.
OR
Interpret the following information in six to seven sentences. Give a suitable title.
Food Item Pasta Noodles Pizza Burger Aloo
Paratha
Preferred by 15% 27% 20% 13% 25%
Teenagers in
Percentage

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 OR
Interpret the following details of Golconda Fort in six to seven sentences. Give a
suitable title.
 located about 11 km from Hyderabad
 one of India’s most impressive forts
 once the capital of the medieval Golconda Sultanate
 grand fort known for its brilliant architecture, acoustics system, and stunning
panoramic views of Hyderabad
 fort also famous for being the former home of some of the world’s most
famous diamonds, including the Kohinoor
OR
Prepare notes for the following. Give a suitable title.

Every occupation has ethics that form the very basis of trust. The basic principle of
professional ethics states that people are responsible for acting in a manner. That is
honest, decent, and accountable regarding their workplaces and professions. These
applied principles give professionals the capability. If not, the right to exercise
discretion in judgment. It helps in justly treating one another or any other party that
may be adversely affected by their actions. Ethics create a stronghold in finance, law,
healthcare, and education. Professional ethics always account for fair treatment and
accountability. However, one must also show respect to others involved. To build faith
and transparency, professionals must operate under ethical business principles. Each
field has a set of professional ethics, which lay down moral guidelines in the
workplace. Understanding the pillars of professional ethics assists individuals in
fulfilling their responsibilities and making the right ethical choices in times of
trouble. Many organizations create specific ethical codes that guide their operations
and how their processes impact stakeholders overall. These ethics may help
organizations maintain specific standards of accountability, responsibility,
professionalism and more as they navigate challenges and different day-to-day
circumstances.
OR
Prepare notes for the following. Give a suitable title.

Education builds the foundation for success. It helps us learn to read, write, think, and
act wisely. Through education, people gain the practical knowledge needed to earn a
living and make informed decisions. Schools also teach us to respect others and work
in a team. Education breaks the cycle of poverty, providing equal chances for every
student, including girls and the underprivileged. In today’s world, computer skills and
digital literacy are also part of a good education. With education, people can improve
their families, support their communities, and help the nation progress. It is important
to remember that learning does not stop after exams—everyday situations help us
grow as well. Education is truly the most powerful tool for personal and social
growth. The importance of education is clear in personal achievement and social
progress. Using practical examples helps students relate to the topic for exams, essays,
and debates. Mastering this concept boosts writing skills, builds confidence, and
ensures lifelong learning success.