Std. XII- Practice Test No. 1 for 20 Marks
Test Set By:
Prof. Tushar Chavan
Rashtriya Junior College,
Chalisgaon Dist. Jalgaon
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Practice Test No. 1
Std. XII Marks 20
Q. 1. Read the extract
and complete the activities given below. (08)
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At a corner of Sixth Avenue
electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plate glass made a shop
window attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People
came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still
with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of brass buttons. “Where’s the man that done that?” inquired the officer agitatedly. “Don’t you think that I might have had something to do with it?” said
Soapy, with a friendly voice, as one greets good fortune. The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue. Men who smash
windows do not remain to chat with the police. They take to their heels. The
policeman saw a man half-way down the block running to catch a car. With
drawn club he joined in the pursuit. Soapy, with disgust in his heart,
drifted along, twice unsuccessful. On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great
pretensions. It catered to large appetites and modest purses. Its crockery
and atmosphere were thick; its soup and napery thin. Into this place Soapy
betook himself without challenge. At a table he sat and consumed beefsteak,
flapjacks, doughnuts and pie. And then he told the waiter the fact that the
minutest coin and himself were total strangers. “Now, get busy and call a cop”, said Soapy. “And don’t keep a
gentleman waiting.” “No cop for you,” said the waiter, with a voice like butter cakes and
an eye like the cherry in the Manhattan cocktail. “Hey, Con!” Neatly upon his left ear on the callous pavement two waiters pitched
Soapy. He arose, joint by joint, as a carpenter’s rule opens, and dusted his
clothes. Arrest seemed now but an elusive dream. The island seemed very far
away. A policeman who stood before a drugstore two doors away laughed and
walked down the street. |
A1. True or false (2)
Rewrite the statements and state
whether they are true or false.
1) Soapy expected that police should
catch him.
2) Soapy dashed the glass of the shop
window to take a revenge.
3) The waiter handed over Soapy to
the police.
4) The restaurant where Soapy ate was
not a rich restaurant.
A2. Describe (2)
Describe the
restaurant where Soapy ate meal.
A3. Language Study (Do
as directed) (2)
1) The policeman
refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.
(Choose the alternative showing the correct
transformation of this sentence into negative sentence)
i) The policeman does not accept Soapy
even as a clue.
ii) The policeman did not accept Soapy
even as a clue.
iii) The policeman cannot accept Soapy
even as a clue.
iv) The policeman would
not accept Soapy even as a clue.
2) Men who smash
windows do not remain to chat with the police.
(Choose the alternative showing the correct
transformation of this sentence into simple sentence)
i) Men smashing windows do not remain to
chat with the police.
ii) Men smash windows and do not remain
to chat with the police.
iii) Men smashing windows remain to chat
with the police.
iv) When men smashing windows, they do
not remain to chat with the police.
A4. Word register (2)
Choose and write the words
related to the restaurant from the extract.
Q. 2. Read the extract and complete the activities given below.
(08)
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The Sun in the heaven was shining gay, All things were joyful on that day; The sea-birds scream’d as they wheel’d round, And there was joyaunce in their sound.
The buoy of the Inchcpe Bell was seen A darker speck on the ocean green; Sir Ralph the Rover walk’d his deck, And fix’d his eye on the darker speck.
He felt the
cheering power of spring, It made him
whistle, it made him sing; His heart was
mirthful to excess, But the Rover’s
mirth was wickedness.
His eye was on
the Inchcape Float; Quoth he, “My
men, put out the boat, And row me to the
Inchcape Rock, And I’ll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok.” |
A1. Pick out (2)
Pick
out the two lines from the extract that show the joyful atmosphere.
A2. Intention (2)
Write the intension of Ralph to
sail near the Inchcape Rock.
A3. Personal response (2)
Give your any one experience of journey
by sea.
A4. Poetic device (2)
a) Write rhyming words of each
stanza.
b) Write rhyme scheme of the
first stanza.
Q.3. Rewrite as
per the instruction (04)
A1. Rewrite the sentences selecting correct alternative. (2)
1) The novel ‘Rajmohan’s Wife’ is written by –
a) Mulkraj Anand
b) R.K. Narayan
c) Raja Rao
d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
2) The essential elements of novel are theme, plot,
character, setting, style and –
a) surprise
b) suspense
c) conflict
d) secrecy
3) ‘Tale of Genji’ has been described as the world’s
----------- novel.
a) second
b) first
c) third
d) biggest
4) A novel is –
a) a relatively long narrative fiction
b) a long verse
c) a long dramatic work having acts
d) a long poem
A2. Match the column ‘A’ with ‘B’. (2)
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A |
B |
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1) Theme |
a) The struggle between the opposite forces in the story |
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2) Style |
b) The background in which
the story takes place |
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3) Setting |
c) The central idea in the
novel which can be expressed in a nutshell. |
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4) Conflict |
d) The language and the techniques
used for the narration of the course of events |
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Answers are available in the following Activity Work Book - Std. XII English by Prof. Tushar Chavan
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