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Compulsory English (ENG. 004) Grade
XII
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Full Marks:
75 Time: 3 hours
1.
Read the text and complete
the tasks that follow. 15
How to stay fit, happy and healthy
If you’ve been listening to the news you already know about our national
obesity levels rising by the day.
It has never been more important to watch what you are eating and to get an adequate amount of exercise and sleep to
keep yourself fit and healthy. Though it may feel like really hard work at first, once you adopt an exercise
routine and start to adapt to a new situation,
you’ll forget you ever did things differently. Here are the top four top adjustments you could make make:
Sleep is huge and almost a third of the US population doesn’t get near
enough to help them stay physically
and mentally healthy. If you are sleep deprived,
try changing your habits in order to get
a full eight hours every night.
Look at what you’re eating now and make changes where you see fit. If you
are susceptible to snacking, keep a piece of fruit or a few nuts at hand.
The key is to eat small meals throughout the day. Reduce
portion sizes, remove
white bread and replace with whole grains
and make sure each meal contains at least one portion of fruit and – or
vegetables. Healthy food doesn’t
have to be expensive in the least bit, and you can get an abundance
of low priced
fruit and veggies, like apples, bananas,
potatoes and peas.
Take a look at your current lifestyle
and make a small list of everything you do that is not good for your health.
This could be anything, from eating too much junk food or drinking too much caffeine, to smoking or drinking. Start
the process of breaking these habits one by one. Some will be easy, while others may take months or maybe years to
get rid of and eradicate completely from your life, but the sooner you start fighting, the better.
Some addictions (like smoking, drugs or alcohol) are incredibly bad not only to your health, but also to your pocketbook. If you smoke and/or drink, start by
cutting back on how many drinks you
have, or cigarettes you smoke, in a day, and if necessary, seek medical advice
and assistance to make further steps towards stopping completely.
We all should be doing at least 30 minutes of exercise, 3 to 4 or more times a week, to maintain good health and keep fit. This can be
pretty much anything that is physical, like walking, cycling, running, swimming to weightlifting, etc. This too does
not have to be expensive, and you can
get a great work out without joining any costly gyms. Most of these exercises
are inexpensive, and just doing a cardiovascular exercise, like walking,
jogging, or walking on a treadmill a few
times a week will do your body
(and heart) good.
A. Look at the highlighted words in the text. Complete
these sentences using them. Two of them are not necessary. (5×1=5)
a.
Disadvantaged people are deprived of
social justice.
b. Nepal is a naturally rich country. In fact, it has an abundance of natural
resources.
c. Older people with medical complications are susceptible to Covid-19.
d. I have made a few adjustments
to the design to give the shirt a new look.
e. It took me seven hours to complete the task. It was incredibly difficult.
B. Choose the appropriate headings
for paragraphs 2-6 from the list below and write the paragraph numbers next to them. (5×1=5)
a.
Strive for a better diet Paragraph 3
b. Exercise, exercise,
exercise Paragraph 6
c. Overcoming addictions Paragraph 5
d. Get more sleep Paragraph 2
e. Stop all those bad habits Paragraph 4
C. Answer the following questions. (5×1=5)
a.
What percentage of the US population get enough sleep
to stay healthy?
Ans: Two third i.e. about sixty six percentage of the US
population get enough sleep to stay healthy.
b. Why is healthy food not always
expensive?
Ans: Healthy food means to contain at least one portion of fruit and – or vegetables in each meal. We can get an abundance
of low priced fruit and veggies,
like apples, bananas,
potatoes and peas.
So, healthy food is not always expensive.
c. What is the best way to get rid of bad habits?
Ans: The best way to get rid of bad habits is to look at the
current lifestyle and make a small list of everything that is not good for health and start the process of breaking such habits one by one.
d. Why do you think an addiction like smoking is worse than snacking
on junk food?
Ans: I think addiction like smoking is worse than snacking on
junk food because one can out exercise
a diet of fast food, but nothing will allow one to escape the harmful effects
of the addictive nature of
cigarettes. Further, smoking is not only bad for our health but also to our pocketbook.
e.
What type of exercise
is good for your heart?
Ans: Cardiovascular exercise like walking, jogging or walking
on a treadmill a few times a week is
good for our heart.
2.
Write short answers
to the following questions. (5×2=10)
a. Why were
the people in the neighbourhood surprised at the role of the young man and his wife within their family? (Neighbours)
Ans: The people in the neighbourhood were surprised at the
role of the young man and his wife in
the family because of the late hour at which the newcomers got up in the
mornings. Their neighbours were also
shocked by the young man's decision to stay at home and write his thesis while his wife worked outside.
b. How does the author
make fun using
the words 'America' and 'the USA? (A Devoted Son)
Ans: The author makes fun of the way people think
about America and The USA. The USA Seems like a more weighty and prestigious word
to Verma. That's why, he suggested to the family member as well, to call it "The USA" rather than
'America'. According to him, America is just a
common nation like Nepal, India.
But the USA is such a dream nation of students where students develop their career. Verma feels,
calling it 'The USA' feels more sophisticated, disciplined, academic
and career building
nation rather than America.
c. Explain the following lines
with reference to the context:
(The Awakening Age)
Along the line may our lives rhyme
To make a loving harvest of space and time.
Ans: According to the given lines, there will be peace,
harmony, and fraternity in any country if everyone
is joined by a shared sense of nationalism. In terms of race, culture,
religion, politics, and economics,
there must be no prejudice or division among people. We can lead our country to prosperity by giving up such things.
Nigeria is unified, and its people are conscious of their previous sorrows, so they may now enjoy
the benefits of love. People's lives in the new world will be so pleasant
and full of rhymes.
d. What is the central
idea of the essay Knowledge and Wisdom by Bertrand Russell?
And: The central
idea of the essay Knowledge and Wisdom by Bertrand Russell
is that knowledge
the acquisition of data and information, while
wisdom is defined
as the practical application and use of the knowledge
to create value. Wisdom is gained through
learning and practical
experience, not just memorization.
e. How can you say that history
has been a major contested issue in this present world?
(Humility)
Ans: I think history has been a major contested issue in the
present world due to egoism. Most individuals believe
they are the centre of the universe
and that their culture is superior to all
others. They believe their history is the
oldest and that everything is descended or originated from their culture. Because of egoism, history has become a
major source of contention in the modern world. The author
wishes to remove humanity's sense
of superiority and domination.
3. Write long answers to the following
questions. (2X5=10)
a. Sketch the character of Famous Actress.
How is she different from Earnest Young
Woman? (A Matter
of Husbands)
Ans: The
Famous Actress of this play is young and beautiful. She is quite a good actress
who works in theatre. She is quite
good at acting. She seems so innocent
in her outer appearance. But she is quite deceptive and wicked inwardly.
Here in this play, she has been suspected and blamed by the Earnest Young Woman. She has a
good quality of speech. She defends herself quite tactfully. She convinces Earnest Young Woman with her
reasonings. The way she tells stories to prevent
a woman from believing that her husband is having an affair with her is cunning
and deceitful. She also leads an immoral
life which is seen at the end of the story
where it is revealed that Alfred, the husband of an Earnest Young Woman,
was actually in her house.
The earnest young woman is portrayed as a
simple-minded and timid person who was easily
deceived by the false story told by the actress. She had come to the
actress in tears completely sure that
her husband was having an affair with the actress. However, the actress told a
story to her of how her husband was
trying to regain the love he had for her by doing things to get her jealous. Without asking questions, the
earnest young woman believed her and bought into the story. In the end, it was revealed
that her husband
was actually in the actress’s room. This shows
that the actress was cunning
while the earnest
young woman was timid.
b. Write a short summary
of the poem A Day by Emily
Dickinson.
Ans: In this poem Emily describes the sunset and sunrise, as a village,
and the things
in that village.
But the poem also describes the difficulties of recognising the world around
us. The poem can be divided into two halves:
an eight-line section describing the sunrise, and an eight-line
section, describing the speaker's lack of knowledge
of the sunset. The sunrise is described
in terms of a small village, with church steeples,
town news, and ladies' bonnets.
The sunset, on the other hand, is characterised as the gathering
home of a flock. In this poem she probes
nature's mysteries through the
lens of the rising and setting Sun. Emily begins by emphasising that she is going to tell her audience 'How the Sun rose.' She symbolically compares the Sun's rays to ribbons
that are let loose one at a time. The colourful rays slowly untangle
over the ocean where the church steeples seem to 'swim in Amethyst.' As the bright
fire of the Sun appears,
the darkened blackness first turns blue, before taking
on its brightness in the full glow of the Sun. Then suddenly the Sun's appearance spreads quickly. Emily then tells us how the entire
nature is waking up and colour can be seen as far away as the hills, while the birds have started to sing. Emily then emphasises in her surprised
musing, 'That must have been the Sun!' It seems as if she was seeing it for the first time and
wondering at the effect the mere rising of the Sun has had on all that she sees. Though when she says that 'But how he set, I know not' leads the readers to
some drama and ambiguity about her thoughts.
It seemed to her that as the sunset, she saw 'a purple stile' where little Yellow boy and girls were climbing.'
She sees children climbing over a barrier,
possibly going home after a day of tending sheep or perhaps simply on their way
home from school. After climbing the
stile, the children finally reach the other side, which signs the lowest point of the Sun before it disappears to rise again
in the other world. And what causes the Sun to finally
disappear is that a or perhaps even a householder shepherd closes a gate and leads away the flock of children
or perhaps sheep.
At this point, the speaker would be in darkness
and have no idea what happens
next.
4. What
is the most useful thing that you have ever learnt? Write two or three of
paragraphs about it. 7
Ans: The most important thing I have learned in my life is
that life is too short to be sad all the time. Neither
can you face life’s journey
on your own. Of course
I wouldn’t be saying that if it was a year ago.
My life started
to slow down when I got to my 9th grade year. I thought
that every day I was just living
for no reason. I was always sad and never had any friends. My mom would always
ask me why I never smiled. I couldn’t really give her an answer.
I was scared to tell her that I didn’t
have a reason
to be happy, so I told her that she was wrong,
and I did smile. I knew I was lying
to myself, but I
said it so many times it became real to
me.
I felt like the
worst kid a parent could have. I never
tried out for any sports and I wasn’t
involved with any clubs. I
loved to sleep and listen to music in my room for hours. I was isolating myself from the world.
I started to feel like no one cared about me. After all, I never had a conversation lasting for more than
a few minutes, without it ending in an argument.
All my relationships started to fail. My
parents seemed to get angrier at me. I felt like everyone hated me because I was sad. I wished I
could be happier, but I really didn’t have a reason to. I started
to feel comfortable being sad and I really didn’t
want to go back to being my old
self.
Things just went more down hill from there. People would come into my
life and break me down.
They would promise me the world, and then crush me so bad I could never
pick up the pieces. I started to hate
the world. I definitely didn’t want to have anybody in my life.
Then one day came when I finally realized
what was going on. I knew if I kept living my life this way something bad was going to happen. I definitely didn’t want
that. So, I thought of ways to get out of it. A lot of bad things
came up that I tried
and didn’t work.
Then I started
searching for the solution if the problem.
I started gaining
self confidence. I started searching in social media about it. Later, I realized that I needed
meditation. I started
meditating which made me feel
lighter. It took away all my pressures and anxiety. I started realizing the meaning of life. Because of it, I am here
now and sharing my experience. Thus, the most
important thing I learnt
in my life is self confidence and love toward life.
5. You have received this email from your friend
Nitesh.
From: Nitesh
Subject: Holiday
Some school friends of mine are visiting your village soon for a week's
touring holiday. They would like to travel
around about your local area and understand its history. Can you tell me about
some of the places they could visit
please? What's the best way to travel
around – bus, car, bike
or on foot?
Thanks, Nitesh
Write a reply
email to Nitesh. 8 Ans:
From: Anupam
To: Nitesh
Subject: Re: Holiday
Hi Nitesh!
Lovely to hear from you and how exciting
that some of your school
friends are coming!
Your friends
have picked a great area for a week’s touring holiday. Our village Pokhara is full of touristy
places.
There are many natural and cultural things to see in
Pokhara. Talking about lakes and waterfalls, the first lake they can visit is Phewa Lake. Phewa lake is surrounded by
the forests and white peaks. The clear reflections on the water is something they must see. Away from all the city hustle
lies another beautiful lake. Begnas Lake is
quite and very peaceful. The walk along this lake is quite rejuvenating. David
Fall is another attractive place to
visit.
Pokhara has different caves to visit like Mahendra Cave,
Bat Cave and Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave. Besides
Pokhara is rich in terms of religious
temples like Barahi and Bhadrakali.
Your friends
can do adventures like hiking,
trekking, boating and paragliding in Pokhara.
As for food, there's quite a
variety here. I'd recommend trying
Green Momo and Thakali khana– they're both really typical
foods. They can also eat well and cheaply at street markets.
They should definitely check them out.
As
for travelling, I’d recommend travelling on foot in order to get full
experience of Pokhara. However, it is not bad
to travel by car or bike.
Can't wait to see them all! Anupam
6. Many students
in Nepal tend to choose to study abroad. To what extent does this trend benefit the students
and the country? What are the drawbacks? Write an essay
to explain your thoughts in about 300 words.
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Ans:
Advantages and Disadvantages of Studying Abroad
Studying abroad, for many students
in Nepal, sounds like a dream come true. The opportunity to travel and experience a new way of life can be a great
opportunity. While studying
abroad brings many benefits to students and the country, it also has a number of disadvantages.
It helps in turning education into an
adventure. Change is always good though it is change for further study it will add more adventure
in your life while adjusting with the new circumstances. Studying abroad helps add a special
plus point in your resume.
Most of the MNC gives opportunities
to those who have abroad study experiences. After this students will have
better employment prospects.
Choosing study abroad helps students to meet
several nationalities and you can learn some
inspiration from their life. As the
students will be in new circumstances, the mix of new cultures,
traditions, languages helps you to learn a lot about
the new culture
and traditions. Abroad study helps in developing independence level. As much as they stay alone far from your home country,
it makes you more
independent and responsible.
Definitely as compared to Nepal other
countries have advanced teaching and learning systems. You can learn new techniques if you seek education abroad. As
focused on career, study abroad opens
a lot of opportunities in a good pay ratio. Not only in the international
market but also in their own hometown
they will get good recognition. Also it opens ways to run own business. During the course of study students can
get opportunities of interacting with top successful people in the field of study. Top universities hire them to motivate them for the successful future
ahead. Whenever they choose abroad for further study, they choose the
option of meeting international friends.
This increases a lot of networks
among the cross cultural friends.
Only education is not enough for making your
career successful you must have personal traits too to accomplish your goal. And more than study you will get a chance
to develop your personal skills.
Along with the study you will get a chance
to work there also. Working
In the international market
helps in exploring the foreign countries working style and helps in adopting
the foreign experience. This this sense, Nepal gets skilled
manpower.
However, there are some drawbacks
of studying abroad.
The cost of education in abroad is
comparatively higher than that of studying in home country. While applying also students need to
arrange a lot of money for getting admission as well as a visa. As they need to invest a lot for
further study, their hopes and expectations also rise as per their investment. After completion of
their study they will think or expect something more than getting
graduation from their own country.
The next demerit is language barriers. As in
abroad they give first priority to their own language then after English. So if they IELTS or can communicate in English then also theg may feel a barrier
of language in the early phase of study.
As they need to face different cultures,
sometimes while learning or adopting new culture they may adopt some unethical things in their home country.
So somewhat students
should be very
conscious of what is right and wrong for him.
As they will be abroad will be far from the friends, family and relatives and makes them feel lonely and
homesickness may affect them. In a new place
you may face racism and harassment. In such a situation they need to be strong
enough and try to avoid the things.
Most of the students don’t return Nepal after going abroad
for foreign study. They settle themselves in foreign country which is a matter to think.
Although, studying abroad has infinite
advantages for both students and country, it has few disadvantages too. It depends on how students
take it.
7.
Do as indicated in the brackets
and rewrite the sentences. (10×1=10)
a. I’m going to
tell you something very important,
so please listen carefully (Complete the sentence with an appropriate adverb.)
b.
The old man died of a heart
attack. (Put the correct preposition in the blank.)
is
c. More than one person are going to have to find a new job. (Put the correct verb in the
blank.)
d. You'll have to (has to/have
to/must/had to) tell the police that your house was broken into. (Choose
the correct option from the
bracket to complete the sentence.)
e. He only realised he had lost his keys when
he reached his front door. (Complete the sentence using correct forms of verbs: lose)
f. A lot of
people are worried about losing (to
lose/losing) their jobs. (Choose the correct option from the bracket to complete the sentence.)
g. Although the AC was on, the room was not cool. (Put
a correct conjunction in the blank to complete
the sentence.)
h. Between
2000 and 2005 she wrote three novels, none of
which (neither of which/none which/none of which) were published. (Choose
the correct option from the
bracket to complete the sentence.)
i. I like people laughing
at me. (Change into passive.)
Ans: I like being laughed
at.
j. Could you please open the window? (Report this with the reporting clause: She
requested........... )
Ans: She requested me to open the window.
8.
Choose and copy the correct
answer. (5×1=5)
a.
Which of the following words has a different initial
sound?
i. check ii. chess
iii. chemical iv. chairman
Ans: iii.
chemical
b. The last sound in the word 'push' is transcribed as
i. /ʃ/ ii. /z/ iii. /s/ iv. /tʃ/
Ans: i. /ʃ/
c.
I can't ………..
the pain.
i. bare ii.
bear iii. beer iv. bore
Ans: ii.
bear
d. Which word would you find in a dictionary that comes between the guide words: kiwi …
knit?
i. king ii. Kitty iii.
knob iv. knife
Ans: iv. knife
e.
The babysitter ………..
the girl while her
parents were not at home.
i. looked after ii. looked
at iii. looked over iv. looked up
Ans: looked after
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