CLASS – XII
ENGLISH – B
FULL MARKS – 50 DURATION – 1.30HR
NAME : ___________________________________________________________________
A. Choose the appropriate answer [ 1x7=7]
1) According to Ruskin Bond, the best time for visiting the hills is –
(A) September (B) October (C) November (D) December
2) The writer of ‘The eyes have it’ is –
(A) Ruskin Bond (B) APJ Abdul Kalam (C) Longston Huges (D) None of these
3) The blind girl got in the train at –
(A) Rohana (B) Mussoorie (C) Dehra (D) Kanpur
4) “Then I made a mistake” The mistake that the narrator made was –
(A) To ask a wrong question (B) To behave rudely with the girl
(C) To let slip the fact that could not see (D) To crack a joke
5) The couple with the girl were –
(A) Her Perents (B) Grand Parents (C) Uncle & Aunts (D) Teacher
6) The narrator was to get down at –
(A) Dehra (B) Rohana (C) Mussoorie (D) Saharanpur
7) In October, hills are Covered with –
(A) Dahlia (B) Lotus (C) Orchids (D) Tulips
B. Short Answer Type Questions [ 1x7=7]
1) Where will the narrator get down from train?
2) What advice did the woman give to the girl?
3) What pretence did the narrator make?
4) What thing of the girl did the man notice?
5) What is the similarity between the narrator and the girl?
6) Who would receive the blind girl at the destination?
7) ” Once again , I had a game to play ” – What game is referred to here?
C. Broad Type Questions [6X2=12]
1) Describe the hills of Mussoorie in October.
2) ” But her next question removed my doubts” -Who is the speaker? What was the next question and what was the ‘doubt’? What did the narrator do after the question was asked?
D. Choose the appropriate answer [ 1x6=6]
1. Asleep in the Valley’ is aan
(a) nature poem (b) romantic poem (c) anti-war lyric (d) patriotic poem
3) What is the theme of the poem?
(a) Beauty of nature (b) Peace of mind (c) Glory of war (d) Futility of war
4) What is described as gentle without guile?
(a) The soldier’s face (b) The soldier’s smile (c) The stream (d) The rays of the sun
5) How many red holes are thereon the soldier’s body?
(a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four
6) The humming insects don’t disturb him because
(a) he is dead (b) he is a nature lover (c) he is violent (d) he is peaceful
7) The soldier lies stretch
(a) in the hollow (b) in the heavy undergrowth (c) on a bed of fern (d) on the mountain top
E. Short Answer Type Question [ 1x6=6]
1. How does the soldier’s smile look in the poem ‘Asleep in the Valley”?
2. Where are the feet of the soldier in the poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’?
3. Why is nature asked to keep the soldier warm?
4. What suggests that the soldier is dead?
5. What fills the hollow full of light?
6. Where does the soldier rest his head?
F. Broad Type Questions 6x2=12 ]
1. How does the poet express the futility of war through his poem “Asleep in the Valley’? What message does he want to convey?
2. Justify the title of the poem, “Asleep in the Valley’ ?
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