12th Class Unit Test 1 English Modal Question Paper Maharashtra State Board

12^th Class Unit Test 1 English Modal Question Paper Maharashtra State Board

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1 12th Class Unit Test 1 English Modal Question Paper Maharashtra State Board

1.1 Section I Prose 12th Class Unit Test 1

1.2 Section II Poetry 12th Class Unit Test 1

1.3 Related

12^th Class Unit Test 1 English Modal Question Paper Maharashtra State Board

First Unit Exam

Std:12^th Sub: English Marks:25

Section I Prose 12th Class Unit Test 1

Q. 1. A. Read the extract and complete the activities given below: (12 Marks)

Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrieshells, a square piece of cloth with obscure mysticcharts on it, a notebook, and a bundle of palmyrawriting. His forehead was resplendentwith sacred ash and vermilion, and his eyes sparkled with a sharp abnormal gleam which was really an outcome of a continual searching look for customers, but which his simple clients took to be a prophetic light and felt comforted. The power of his eyes was considerably enhancedby their position-placed as they were between the painted forehead and the dark whiskers which streamed down his cheeks: even a half-wit’s eyes would sparkle in such a setting. To crown the effect he wound a saffron-coloured turban around his head. This colour scheme never failed. People were attracted to him as bees are attracted to cosmos or dahlia stalks. He sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree which flanked a path running through the Town Hall Park. It was a remarkable place in many ways.

A surging crowd was always moving up and down this narrow road from morning till night. A variety of trades and occupations was represented all along its way : medicine sellers, sellers of stolen hardware and junk, magicians, and above all, an auctioneer of cheap cloth, who created enough din all day to attract the whole town. Next to him in vociferousness came a vendor of fried groundnut, who gave his ware a fancy name each day, calling it “Bombay Ice Cream” one day and on the next “Delhi Almond,” and on the third “Raja’s Delicacy,” and so on and so forth, and people flocked to him. A considerable portion of this crowd dallied before the astrologer too.

A) 1. Global Understanding: (2)

The Town Hall Park was a remarkable place in many ways for an astrologer to build his business.

List the exceptional qualities of the place from this extract.

List the fancy names the vendor of fried groundnuts gave his wares.

A) 2. Complex factual (2)

An astrologer‟s appearance helps create an impression on his clients. Complete the following:

a) The turban on his head, b)……………………, c)…………………., d)………………………..

A) 3. Inference/Interpretation/Analysis: (2)

The presence of the groundnut vendor is beneficial to the astrologer. Justify.

A) 4. Personal Response: (2)

Do you like to hear predictions about your future? Give reasons.

A) 5. Language Study: Do as directed. (2)

a) He opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment.

(Identify the Tense of the given sentence)

b) This colour scheme never failed. (Rewrite as an affirmative sentence.)

A) 6. Vocabulary: (2)

Match the suffixes with the words and make nouns:

Word	Suffix	Noun
auction	able
remark	ure
fail	ment
enhance	eer

(B) Mind Mapping – Develop a ‘Mind Mapping’ frame / design to show the ‘Benefits of games and sports’ to the students. You can take the help of the following points in order to develop each of them into further branches: (3)

(Fitness and stamina, team spirit and sportsmanship, group behaviour, killer’s instinct, will to win)

Section II Poetry 12th Class Unit Test 1

Q.2 Read the extract and complete the activities given below: (10Marks)

Weavers, weaving at break of day,

Why do you weave a garment so gay?……

Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,

We weave the robes of a new-born child.

Weavers, weaving at fall of night,

Why do you weave a garment so bright?……..

Like the plumesof a peacock, purple and green,

We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still,

What do you weave in the moonlight chill……

White as a feather and white as a cloud,

We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.

A 1) Global Understanding: The words in the three stanzas of the poem mention different times of a day. Complete the table. (2)

Time of the Day	Type of Garment	Colour of Garment	For Whom
Early in the morning	…………………………………	Blue	New Born child
………………………………	Marriage veils of Queen	Purple and Green	………………………
In the dead Night	Dead man’s funeral shroud	…………………………..	Dead Man