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| Name of Board | AHSEC (Assam Higher Secondary Education Council) |
| Class | 12th Standard Assam Board |
| Subject | Alternative English |
| Mode of Exam | Offline written exam. |
| Full Marks | 100 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Category | Preview year question papers |
| Official Website | https://ahsec.assam.gov.in |
AHSEC Class 12 Alternative English Question Paper 2024
2024
ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
(NEW/OLD COURSE)
CODE: 34 T ALTE
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
GROUP- A (Prose: 30 Marks)
1. Give brief answers to any five of the following questions in full sentence: 1×5=5
(a) Who is Miss Smith?
(b) With which dance form of Kamrupa was Yakuma Natum compared?
(c) Where did Hazarika buy his Rolleiflex camera?
(d) What is vestry?
(e) What was the only thing Foreman could write?
(f) Whose arm searched for the perfect duck’s egg?
(g) Name the restaurant Rama worked in after his business was over.
(h) Who translated the Assamese story ‘Bina Kutir’ into English?
(i) For which exam was the young man in ‘Bina Kutir’ preparing?
2. Answer any five of the following questions: 2×5=10
(a) How does Philip react towards Miss Smith ?
(b) Write a short note on the significance of the title, ‘A Cup of Tea’.
(q) Name the two places associated with Buddhism as mentioned by Dr. Hazarika.
(d) What is the lamentable ignorance discovered by the new vicar?
(e) Make a list of the regular customers visiting Rama’s stall.
(f) Why did Rama say, “Gently, brother. I was once a hotel-owner myself”?
(g) Who enquired about the monthly shipment of a product? What was the product?
(h) Present your impression of the neighborhood where Bina Kutir is located ?
3. Give answer to any two of the following questions : 3×2=6
(a) Who, according to you, is the Martyr in ‘The Martyr’s Corner’? Give reasons.
(b) What was the new vicar’s talent?
(c) How does Hazarika recount his feeling about being an Indian as he moves forward in his journey?
(a) How does the narrator use the Cola-Cola bottle to facilitate the flight of his imagination in the story ‘Bina Kutir’?
4. Answer any two of the questions given below: 5×2=10
(a) Comment on the significance of the title of the story, Bina Kutir’.
(b) Describe, in detail, how Rama’s business was finished.
(0) Give a brief account of Bhupen Hazarika’s experience of visiting a Sri Lankan family home.
(d) Describe the character development of Rosemary Fell throughout the story, ‘A Cup of Tea’.
(e) Does the verger regret his inability to read and write? Is it impacting his life in anyway?
5. Explain with reference to context any one of the following extracts: 5×1=5
(a) And suddenly it seemed to Rosemary such an adventure. It was like something out of a novel by Dostoevsky, this meeting in the dust.
(b) He always said there was a great deal too much education in the world for ‘is taste.
6. Give answers: ½×4= 2
(a) Write the meaning of the words given below:
(i) dazed
(ii) fanciful
(iii) deportment
(iv) gratis
(b) Write the antonym of the words given below: ½×2=1
(i) glib
(ii) odious
(c) Write the synonym of the words given below: ½×2=1
(i) dilapidated
(ii) mesmerizing
GROUP-B (Poetry: 30 Marks)
7. Answer any five of the following questions in full sentences: 1×5=5
(a) Who did the narrator of ‘Ozymandias of Egypt’ meet?
(b) Name the poet of ‘Because I could not stop for Death’.
(b) At which moment did the speaker realise that he was in hell?
(d) Who is Alexander Selkirk ?
(e) “Society_______and love / Divinely bestow’d upon man.” (Fill in the gap)
(f) Where is Innisfree located?
(g) With what will the poet build the cabin in the isle?
(h) For how many hours did it rain in ‘Night of the Scorpion’.
8. Answer briefly any five of the questions given below: 2×5=10
(a) What does wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command’ signify?
(b) How do you assess the symbolism of the Carriage that Death brings for the poet?
(c) What are Tippet and Tulle?
(d) Define war poetry. Give an example.
(e) Explain “I’m the enemy you killed, my friend”.
(f) Highlight the emotional state of Alexander Selkirk in the poem.
(g) What is the significance of the bee-loud glade’?
(h) Mention any two wishes expressed by the peasants to help the mother tolerate the pain.
9. Answer any two of the following questions: 3 x 2=6
(a) What poetic device does Yeats use in the poem? Name three.
(b) Summarize Selkirk’s view about solitude.
(c) How does ‘Strange Meeting’ challenge the traditional view of war as noble and heroic ?
(d) Is ‘Ozymandias of Egypt’ a proper sonnet? Argue.
10. Answer any one of the following questions: 5×1=5
(a) What does the mother’s reaction to the scorpion’s sting suggest about her character?
(b) Bring out the central idea of ‘Strange Meeting’.
(c) Explain with reference to the context: “O solitude! where are the charms. That sages have seen in thy face ?”
11. Give answer:
(a) Write the meanings of the words given below : 1/2×4=2
(i) visage Face
(ii) recess Pitmen
(iii) titanico
(iv) desolate unhappy
(b) Give antonyms of the following words : 2×2=1
(i) slow Fast
(ii) diabolic benign.
(c) Give synonyms of the following words: 1/2×2=1
(i) lantern rest
(ii) antique
(iii) ancicur
GROUP-C (Grammar: 10 Marks)
12. Add question tag to any five of the following sentences: 1×5=5
(a) You like a lot of sugar in the milk.______
(b) She does not speak Spanish,_______
(c) Every dog has its day,_________
(d) Don’t ignore your parents,_______
(e) There will be a strike tomorrow,_______
(f) They will not come here soon,________
(g) He hit me,________
(h) Nobody came forward to help her,______
13. Correct the errors in these sentences and rewrite them: (any five) 1×5=5
(a) Don’t make noise.
(b) Furnitures were bought.
(c) She sings delightful.
(d) He had a strong headache.
(e) Hemingway is one of my favourite author.
(f) Whom, according to you, will the prize?
(g) He is much younger than me.
(h) At last the detective founded the clue.
15. Read the following passage carefully:
Pupil: Oh, I do hope so, Sir. I’m thirsty for knowledge. And then my parents too, they want most awfully for me to persevere in my studies. They would like me to specialize. They believe that nowadays a little general culture, however soundly taught, just doesn’t go far enough.
Professor : Mademoiselle, your parents are perfectly right. You must continue your studies. I apologize for saying so, but it is really quite essential. Modern life has become very complex.
Pupil: And so complicated! …Of course, I’m lucky, my parents aren’t badly off. They’ll be able to help me in my work, so that I can take the highest degrees there are.
Professor: And you would like to apply for an interview… Pupil: As soon as possible. To start working for my Doctor’s Degree. It’s in three weeks.
Professor: Let’s see, now, if you’ll allow me to put the question you already have your school leaving certificate?
Pupil: Yes, Sir. For Arts and Science.
Professor: Oh, but you’re well-developed-for your age. And what Doctorate do you wish to read for? Material science or normal philosophy?
Pupil: My parents would really prefer to read for all the Doctorates -if you think it’s possible in such short a time.
Professor: All the Doctorates?…You are a very courageous young lady. I really must congratulate you most sincerely. Well, we’ll try, Mademoiselle, we’ll do our best for you. Besides, you are most knowledgeable already. And so young, too.
Pupil: Oh, Sir!
Professor: All right, then! We’ve hardly any time to lose. If you’ll forgive me, if you’ll be so kind… perhaps we should make a start.
Pupil: Not at all, Sir. Please, don’t apologize. I’m anxious to start. [The maid comes in]
Professor: Well now, Mademoiselle, what do you say to doing a little arithmetic… that is, if you don’t mind…
Pupil: Of course, Sir. Willingly. I could not ask for anything better. Professor: It’s fairly new science, a modern science: strictly speaking I suppose one should call it a method rather than a science….It is also a therapy. [To the maid] Marie, have you finished?
Answer the following questions based on your reading and understanding:
(a) Outline, after the passage, the personality traits of the professor. 3
(b) What was the professor’s opinion on arithmetic?.2
(c) Why, do you think, the maid dissuade the professor from teaching arithmetic ? 2
(d) Who is ‘Mademoiselle’ referred to in the passage? 1
(e) Find a word in the passage which means ‘wise’ and another which means ‘a suggestion of something bad’. ½+½=1
(f) Give the noun of ‘persevere’ and adjective of ‘philosophy’. ½+½=1
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