CBSE Class 12 English Elective Question Paper 2020 (Set 1)

CBSE CLASS XII Questions

• 1.

  In the poem 'A Lecture Upon the Shadow', what does the metaphor 'shadow' represent?
  

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• 2.

  What was the jungle superstition about how the tiger came to have the stripes and whom did he blame for it? Why did the tiger feel helpless in tackling the situation?
  

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• 3.

  Read the passage given below :
  Modern technology plays a vital role in reducing road accidents and improving traffic flow. A study in three major cities — Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai — found that using smart cameras, GPS tracking, and automated traffic lights improved safety significantly. AI-based monitoring systems detect traffic violations and alert authorities instantly. Drivers using navigation apps report fewer delays and accidents. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), like lane departure warnings and automatic braking, have made vehicles safer.
  

  

  Mobile apps now alert drivers about congested routes and road hazards. In India, the introduction of e-challan systems has improved traffic rule enforcement and reduced human error. Moreover, data from surveillance cameras helps authorities identify accident-prone areas for quick intervention. Technology not only saves time but also saves lives by ensuring safer, smarter roads.
  Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below:

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• 4.

  Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
  What needs my Shakespear for his honour’d Bones,
  The labour of an age in piled Stones,
  Or that his hallow’d reliques should be hid
  Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?
  Dear son of memory, great heir of Fame,
  What need’st thou such weak witness of thy name?
  Thou in our wonder and astonishment
  Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.
  (On Shakespear. 1630)
  

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  Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
  Solomon Margolin regarded her quietly. She had had her own share of troubles. She had suffered in silence for her two brothers, even for Hans, the Nazi. She had gone through a prolonged change of life. Now her face was flushed and covered with beads of sweat. He earned more than enough to pay for a maid, yet Gretl insisted on doing all the housework herself, even the laundry. It had become a mania with her. Every day she scoured the oven. She was forever polishing the windows of their apartment on the sixteenth floor and without using a safety belt.
  (A Wedding in Brownsville)
  

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• 6.

  Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
  ‘I only came to tell you that I dreamed about you last night,’ she said. ‘You must leave right away and not come back to Vienna for five years.’
  Her conviction was so real that I boarded the last train to Rome that same night. As for me, I was so influenced by what she said that from then on I considered myself a survivor of some catastrophe I never experienced. I still have not returned to Vienna.
  (I Sell My Dreams)