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We have given here a Class 12 Semester 3 WBCHSE English Practice Set 1 for the students of class 12 under WBCHSE Board. This will help you to prepare yourself for your Higher Secondary Examination.
Class 12 Semester 3 WBCHSE English Practice Set 1
Full Marks : 40
Select the Correct answer out of the options given against each question and give answer on the OMR Answer sheet :
PROSE
1. The morning in which the narrator met with the basket selling girl was –
(a) Warm
(b) Cold
(c) Cool
(d) Rainy.
2. Which word best describes the narrator’s emotional state in the story?
(a) Indifference and boredom
(b) Anger and frustration
(c) Tenderness and longing
(d) joy.
3. In the early morning Deoli station was lighted by-
(a) The faint light of dawn
(b) Kerosene lamps
(c) Oil-lamps and electric bulbs
(d) Hanging Oil lamps from the ceiling.
4. How old was the narrator when he first met the girl at Deoli? –
(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 18.
5. Kalam’s parents were regarded widely as –
(a) An ideal couple
(b) handsome couple
(c) A benevolent couple
(d) A foolish couple.
6. Kalam’s ancestral house was built in –
(a) Mid 19th century
(b) Late 19th Century
(c) Early 20th Century
(d) Early 19th Century.
7. Jainulabdeen conveyed complex spiritual concepts in very simple –
(a) Arabic
(b) Hindi
(c) Tamil
(d) English.
8. How old was the lawyer when he got involved into the bet with the banker?
(a) 25 years
(b) 35 years.
(c) 40 Years
(d) 45 years.
9. On which date was the lawyer imprisoned?
(a) November, 14, 1885
(b) November 4, 1870
(c) November 14, 1870
(d) November 10, 1875.
10. What are the two things that were rejected by the lawyer in his first year of imprisonment?
(a) Books on Crime and Fantasy
(b) Wine and books
(c) Tobacco and wine
(d) Music and tobacco.
VERSE
I1. The two siblings of the poet are –
(a) Aru and Abju
(b) Apu and Rupu
(c) Anu and Ava
(d) Apu and Ana.
12. How is the tree described in the poem? –
(a) Dark and twisted
(b) Small and fragile
(c) Majestic and grand
(d) Crooked
13. The phrase ‘hot tears blind mine eyes’ expresses-
(a) Anger
(b) Sorrow
(c) Joy
(d) Indifference.
14. The animals that sit on the tree’s branches of the flowers are-
(a) Monkeys and squirrels
(b) Birds and bees
(c) Snakes and Iizards
(d) Mice and raccoons.
15. The ‘sleepy cows’ moving towards their-
(a) Mates
(b) Shed
(c) Pastures
(d) Offisprings.
16. Telemachus is the name of Ulysses’s –
(a) Peer in the battle
(b) Household god
(c) Well-loved mariner
(d) dear son.
17.”It litle profits that an idle king”-The ‘idle king’ in the line refers to-
(a) Telemachus
(b) Achilles
(c) Ulysses
(d) Hyades.
18. Ulysses introduces his listeners to his –
(a) Son
(b) Daughter
(c) Wife
(d) Peers.
19. In the phrase the vessel puffs.” the word ‘puff” is associated with-
(a) Sail
(b) Hull
(c) Oar
(d) Breath.
20. Discharging the duties of king, Ulysses feels –
(a) Happy
(b) Dissatisfied
(c) Youthful
(d) Energetic.
DRAMA
21. Where was Bartley taking the horses?
(a) To Connemara fair
(b) To Donegal fair
(c) To Galway fair
(d) To Dublin.
22. “Is she coming to the pier”In the line ‘she’ refers to –
(a) Maurya
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) The boat.
23. According to Maurya the wind was rising from the –
(a) South and West
(b) East and West
(c) South and North
(d) South and East.
24. What kind of drama is “Riders to the Sea”-
(a) One-act tragedy
(b) One act Comedy
(c) One act Tragicomedy
(d) One act Farce.
25. What did Cathleen take out from the bundle given by the young priest? –
(a) A shirt
(b) A part of a coat and stocking
(c) A bit of a shirt and a stocking
(d) a flannel and a shoe.
GRAMMAR
26. The tree is large and magnificent. The tree wears the creeper like a scarf. (Join the sentences in to a simple sentence)-
(a) The tree wears the creepers like a scarf as it is large and magnificent.
(b) The tree is large and magnificent, and the tree wears the creeper like a scarf.
(c) The large and magnificent tree wears the creeper like a scarf.
(d)) The tree, which is large and magnificent is wearing the creeper like a scarf.
27. “Do you want to buy a basket,” she asked, (The indirect speech of the sentence is) –
(a) She told that I wanted to buy a basket.
(b) She asked that if I had been wanted to buy a basket
c) She asked if I had been wanting to buy a basket
(d) She asked ifI wanted to buy a basket.
28. We lived in our ancestral home which was built in the middle of the 19th century. (Split the sentences in two simple sentences. -)
a) We lived in our ancestral home. It was built in the middle of the 19th ontery,
(b) We lived in our ancestral home. It were built in the middle af the 19th centure.
(c) We lived in our ancestral home. It built in the middle of the 19th century.
(d) We lived in our ancestral home. It is built in the middle of the 19th century.
GRAMMAR
20 Tomorrow at twelve O’clock he reccive his freedom. Correct the error in the sentence –
(a) Tomorrow at twelve O’clock he will receive his freedom.
(b) Tomorrow at twelve O’colck he has received his freedom.
(c) Tomorrow at twelve O’clock he received his freedom.
(d) Tomorrow at twelve O’clock he receives his freedom.
30. It was a cold morning. The girl had a shawl thrown across her shoulder. (Join the sentences in to a complex sentence.) –
(a) As it was a cold morning the girl had a shawl thrown across her shoulder.
(b) The girl had a shawl thrown across her shoulders when it was a cold morning.
(c) Being a cold morning the girl had a shawl thrown across her shoulder.
(d) Although it was a cold morning the girl had a shawl thrown.
Reading Comprehensioin (Unseen)
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
“Jana-gana-mana” is the National Anthem of India. It was originally composed as ‘Bharata Bhagga Bidhata” in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore. The complete song consists of five stanzas. The first stanza of
the song was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly of India as the national anthem on 24 January 1950 . It was first sung on December, 27, 1911 at the Kolkata session of the Indian National
Congress. Full version of the national anthem takes nearly 52 seconds to complete. The song Vande Mataram’ composed in Sanskrit by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee has on equal status as Jana-gana-mana’
It was first sung in 1896 session of Indian National Congress. It was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggle for freedom.
Answer the Questions-
31. The complete song consists of-
(a) two stanzas (b) Five stanzas (c) Three stanzas (d) Six stanzas.
32. The song Vande Mataram’ was composed in –
(a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Urdu (d) English.
33. The National Anthem of India was originally composed :
(a) Vande Mataram (b) Bharata Bhagya Bidhata (c) Sara Jahan se Achcha (d) Bhagya Bidhata
34. Full version of the national anthem takes nearly –
(a) 50 seconds (b) 52 seconds (c) 51 seconds (d) 62 seconds.
35, Assertion (A) : The first stanza of the song was adopted by the Constitutent Assembly of India.
Reason (R): Full verson of the national anthem takes nearly 52 second to complete.
(a) A is true but R is false.
(b) A is flase but R is true.
(c) Both A and R are false.
(d) Both A and R are true butR is not the correct explanation of A.
36. ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed in Sanskrit by –
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. (b) Rabindranath Tagore. (c) Indian National Congress. (d) None of the above.
37. Which is the National Anthem of India –
(a) Vande Mataram (b) Bharata Bhagya Bidhata (c) Jana-gana-mana (d) None
38. When was Jana-gana-mana’ first song?-
(a) 24th January, 1950. (b) 27th December, 1911 (c) 27th January, 1950 (d) 24th December, 1911.
39. The Kolkata session of the Indian National Congress took place on –
(a) 24th January, 1950 (b) 27th January, 1950 (c) 27th December, 1950 (d) 27th december, 1911.
40. Which song has an equal status as Jana-gana-mana”?-(a) Bharata Bhagya Bidhata (b) Vande Mataram (c) Sara Jahan se achcha (d) None.