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Xll Core Sample Papers

  Paper 1 Class XII Exam 2023-24 English-Core (301) Time Allowed : 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 80 General Instructions: 1. The Question Paper contains THREE sections READING, WRITING and LITERATURE. 2. Attempt question based on specifc ins- tructions for each part. SECTION A-READING SKILLS 22 Reading Comprehension Through Uns- een Passages 1.   Read the following text. 12 1. The arts which admit of exact reproduction are such that the disciple is on the same level as the creator,and so it is with their fruits. These are useful to the imitator, but are not of such high excellence as those which cannot be transmitted as an inheritance like other substances. Among these, pain- ting is the frst.Painting cannot be taught to him on whom nature has not conferred the gift of receiving such knowledge,as mathematics can be taught, of which the disciple receives as much as the master gives him. 2. It cannot be copied, as letters can be, in which the copy equals the original. It cannot be stamp...
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Reported Speech X

 GRADE 10 / ENGLISH / WORKSHEET GRAMMAR – REPORTED SPEECH I Choose the correct option Q1. Nancy said, “I may leave tomorrow.” A. Nancy said that she might leave the next day.  B. Nancy said that she might leave tomorrow. C. Nancy asked if she should leave the next day.    D. Nancy informed me to leave tomorrow.   Q2. Keshav said, “Rita is busy right now.” A. Keshav said Rita was busy.              B. Keshav informed that Rita was busy then. C. Keshav said Rita had been busy.     D. Keshav informed that Rita is busy.   Q3. The teacher said, “You are suspended!.” A. The teacher exclaimed that I am suspended.    B. The teacher exclaimed to me to suspend. C. The teacher informed me that I was suspended.   D. The teacher exclaimed that I was suspended.   Q4. He said, “I have been a great mentor.” A. He said that he had been a great mentor.   B. He said that he was a great mentor...
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Weathering the Storm at Ersama

The passage doesn't heavily rely on figurative language. Instead, it predominantly describes a series of events and emotions quite literally. However, there are a few instances of figurative language or descriptive elements in the text: "A raging, deadly, brown sheet of water covered everything as far as the eye could see": Here, the description of the water as a "raging, deadly, brown sheet" uses figurative language to emphasize the destructive and dangerous nature of the flood. "They had to push away many human bodies — men, women, children — and carcasses of dogs, goats, and cattle that the current swept against them as they moved ahead": This uses figurative language to vividly describe the gruesome scene of bodies and animal carcasses being carried by the flood. "He equipped himself with a long, sturdy stick, and then started on his eighteen-kilometer expedition back to his village through the swollen floodwaters": The use of "expe...
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