The UP Board Class 12 English question paper with solutions (Set 316 BZ) is available here for free download. UP Board Class 12 English 2026 was conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) on February 20, 2026, as a 100-mark paper of 12 questions to be solved in 3 hours 15 minutes.
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UP Board Class 12 English 2026 (Set 316 BZ) Questions with Solutions
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With most of us, love is possessiveness. Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred. Love can only exist and flower when there is no hate, no envy, no ambition. Without love, life is like the barren earth, arid, hard, brutal. But the moment there is affection, it is like the earth which blossoms with water, with rain, with beauty. One has to learn all this when one is very young, not when one is old, for then it is too late. Then you become prisoners of society, environment, of husband, wife, office. Find out for yourself if you can behave with affection. Can you go to your class punctually because you feel you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you be punctual for your meals because, again, you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you stop shouting while you are together because there are other people watching you, being with you?
a) "Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred." What does this statement suggest?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With most of us, love is possessiveness. Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred. Love can only exist and flower when there is no hate, no envy, no ambition. Without love, life is like the barren earth, arid, hard, brutal. But the moment there is affection, it is like the earth which blossoms with water, with rain, with beauty. One has to learn all this when one is very young, not when one is old, for then it is too late. Then you become prisoners of society, environment, of husband, wife, office. Find out for yourself if you can behave with affection. Can you go to your class punctually because you feel you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you be punctual for your meals because, again, you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you stop shouting while you are together because there are other people watching you, being with you?
b) What is the impact of affection?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With most of us, love is possessiveness. Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred. Love can only exist and flower when there is no hate, no envy, no ambition. Without love, life is like the barren earth, arid, hard, brutal. But the moment there is affection, it is like the earth which blossoms with water, with rain, with beauty. One has to learn all this when one is very young, not when one is old, for then it is too late. Then you become prisoners of society, environment, of husband, wife, office. Find out for yourself if you can behave with affection. Can you go to your class punctually because you feel you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you be punctual for your meals because, again, you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you stop shouting while you are together because there are other people watching you, being with you?
c) Why should people learn to love with affection?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With most of us, love is possessiveness. Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred. Love can only exist and flower when there is no hate, no envy, no ambition. Without love, life is like the barren earth, arid, hard, brutal. But the moment there is affection, it is like the earth which blossoms with water, with rain, with beauty. One has to learn all this when one is very young, not when one is old, for then it is too late. Then you become prisoners of society, environment, of husband, wife, office. Find out for yourself if you can behave with affection. Can you go to your class punctually because you feel you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you be punctual for your meals because, again, you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you stop shouting while you are together because there are other people watching you, being with you?
d) Why should you go to your class and for your meals punctually?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With most of us, love is possessiveness. Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred. Love can only exist and flower when there is no hate, no envy, no ambition. Without love, life is like the barren earth, arid, hard, brutal. But the moment there is affection, it is like the earth which blossoms with water, with rain, with beauty. One has to learn all this when one is very young, not when one is old, for then it is too late. Then you become prisoners of society, environment, of husband, wife, office. Find out for yourself if you can behave with affection. Can you go to your class punctually because you feel you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you be punctual for your meals because, again, you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you stop shouting while you are together because there are other people watching you, being with you?
e)(i) Find out the word from the passage which means 'Surroundings'.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With most of us, love is possessiveness. Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred. Love can only exist and flower when there is no hate, no envy, no ambition. Without love, life is like the barren earth, arid, hard, brutal. But the moment there is affection, it is like the earth which blossoms with water, with rain, with beauty. One has to learn all this when one is very young, not when one is old, for then it is too late. Then you become prisoners of society, environment, of husband, wife, office. Find out for yourself if you can behave with affection. Can you go to your class punctually because you feel you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you be punctual for your meals because, again, you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you stop shouting while you are together because there are other people watching you, being with you?
e)(ii) Which word in the passage is the opposite of 'Generosity'?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With most of us, love is possessiveness. Where there is jealousy, envy, it breeds cruelty, it breeds hatred. Love can only exist and flower when there is no hate, no envy, no ambition. Without love, life is like the barren earth, arid, hard, brutal. But the moment there is affection, it is like the earth which blossoms with water, with rain, with beauty. One has to learn all this when one is very young, not when one is old, for then it is too late. Then you become prisoners of society, environment, of husband, wife, office. Find out for yourself if you can behave with affection. Can you go to your class punctually because you feel you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you be punctual for your meals because, again, you do not want to keep people waiting? Can you stop shouting while you are together because there are other people watching you, being with you?
e)(iii) Rewrite the underlined segment after replacing the word 'exist' with another similar meaning word.
Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 150 words:
a) Your views on One Nation One Election
b) The Value of Books
c) Qualities of a Good Teacher
Suppose you are Rahul and the law and order situation in your district is vulnerable. Now write a letter to the Superintendent of Police of your district requesting him to improve the law and order situation in your district.
Suppose you are a student of Class XII and want to improve your grammar. Now, write an application to the librarian of your college requesting him to arrange a book on grammar written by a foreign grammarian.
Which of the following underlined words is a synonym of 'Hazard'?
Which of the following is a pair of antonyms?
'To hit below the belt' means :
The government by a ruler who has unlimited power is :
Which of the following sentences is correct?
Change into indirect speech: He said to me, "Did you not abuse my brother yesterday?"
Change into indirect speech: The captain said to them, "Bravo! You have done well."
Combine into a Simple Sentence: Tagore was a famous Bengali poet. He is the author of the Gitanjali.
Combine into a Complex Sentence: The servant had a duty to perform. The duty was difficult.
Transform into Passive Voice: Someone has picked my pocket.
Transform into an Affirmative sentence: Do not commit mistakes.
Correct the sentence: The traveller admired beautiful sceneries.
Correct the sentence: Vikas wrote me from Kolkata.
Use the pair 'Stationary - Stationery' in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear.
Use the pair 'Emerge - Immerge' in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear.
Translate the following passage into English:
हमारा देश 15 अगस्त, 1947 को स्वतंत्र हुआ था। अतीत के भारत और आज के भारत में बड़ा अंतर है। प्राचीनकाल में हम सम्पन्न थे। देश में धनधान्य की कमी नहीं थी और लोग सुखी थे। आज सुख सुविधायें अनेक हैं, फिर भी देश में अन्धकार ही अन्धकार छाया हुआ है। हमारी बढ़ती जनसंख्या और साम्प्रदायिक दंगे ये दो प्रमुख समस्यायें हैं जिन्हें हमें सुलझाना है।
Answer in about 40 words: "If at the end of the day, we can feed our families and go to bed without an aching stomach, we would rather live here than in the fields that give us no grain." What meaning do you infer from this statement?
(From 'Lost Spring' by Anees Jung)
Answer in about 40 words: Why did Rajkumar Shukla come to the Congress session?
(From 'Indigo' by Louis Fischer)
Answer in about 40 words: Why did the author, W. Douglas, have an aversion to the water from the beginning?
(From 'Deep Water' by William Douglas)
Answer in about 40 words: What was the ambition of the ironmaster who owned Ramsjo Iron Mill in those days?
(From 'The Rattrap' by Selma Lagerlöf)
Answer in about 80 words: In what way did M. Hamel blame himself and others for the negligence of the study of French language?
(From 'The Last Lesson' by Alphonse Daudet)
Answer in about 80 words: What was the position of Kothamangalam Subbu in Gemini Studios as described in the lesson 'Poets and Pancakes'?
(By Asokamitran)
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It would be an exotic moment
Without rush, without engines,
We would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
a) How is the exotic moment described by the poet?
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It would be an exotic moment
Without rush, without engines,
We would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
b) When would they all be together?
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It would be an exotic moment
Without rush, without engines,
We would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
c) Name the poet and the poem of the above lines, correctly.
Write the central idea of A Roadside Stand (by Robert Frost).
Write the central idea of Aunt Jennifer's Tigers (by Adrienne Rich).
Write the central idea of My Mother at Sixty-six (by Kamala Das).
Answer in about 40 words: What is called 'a first day cover' as narrated by Charley?
(From 'The Third Level' by Jack Finney)
Answer in about 40 words: When did Zitkala-Sa have to suffer extreme indignities?
(From 'Memories of Childhood' — 'The Cutting of My Long Hair' by Zitkala-Sa)
Answer in about 40 words: What part of history would it be to visit Antarctica now?
(From 'Journey to the End of the Earth' by Tishani Doshi)
Answer in about 40 words: When did Bama feel humiliated?
(From 'Memories of Childhood' — 'We Too Are Human Beings' by Bama)
Answer in about 80 words: What vow did the Maharaja take and how did he fulfil that?
(From 'The Tiger King' by Kalki)
Answer in about 80 words: Describe the character of Dr. Sadao on the basis of the text read.
(From 'The Enemy' by Pearl S. Buck)
UP Board Class 12 English 2026 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme Explained
The Set 316 BZ paper has four sections, and every question is compulsory apart from the internal choices below.
- Total questions: 12 questions across Section A (Reading), Section B (Writing), Section C (Grammar) and Section D (Literature)
- Total marks: 100 - Reading 15, Writing 20, Grammar 25 and Literature 40
- Duration: 3 hours 15 minutes, with the first 15 minutes given for reading the question paper
- Question types: 5 single-correct MCQs (Q4), plus passage, article, letter, transformation, translation, extract and literature answers
- Internal choice: 1 of 3 topics in Q2, 1 of 2 in Q3, Q5, Q7, Q8, Q11 and Q12, and 1 of 3 poems in Q10
High-Weightage Sections in UP Board Class 12 English 2026 to Focus On First
Literature carried 40 of the 100 marks in Set 316 BZ, more than any other section.
- Literature (Q7 to Q12): 40 of 100 marks - Q7 and Q11 carry 8 marks each, Q8 and Q12 7 each, Q9 6 and Q10 4. Q9 is an extract beginning 'It would be an exotic moment', and Q10 asks the central idea of any one of A Roadside Stand, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers and My Mother at Sixty-six
- Grammar (Q4 to Q6): 25 of 100 marks - 5 MCQs (10), five transformation and usage questions (10) and a Hindi to English translation (5)
- Writing (Q2, Q3): 20 of 100 marks - an article in about 150 words on any one of One Nation One Election, the value of books and the qualities of a good teacher, plus a letter to the Superintendent of Police (as Rahul) about the law and order situation, or an application to the college librarian asking for a grammar book by a foreign grammarian
- Reading (Q1): 15 of 100 marks - an unseen passage on love and affection, with parts (a) to (d) worth 3 marks each and part (e) split into three 1-mark parts
UP Board Class 12 English 2026 Paper Solution Video
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How to Use the UP Board Class 12 English Question Paper for Practice
Treat this Set 316 BZ paper as a timed mock before you check the solutions.
- Attempt all 12 questions in 3 hours 15 minutes under exam conditions first
- Practise both options of every internal choice - Q2 has 3 article topics and Q10 has 3 poems
- Write the article, letter and translation by hand, since Q2, Q3 and Q6 carry 25 marks together
- Review each answer against the step-by-step solution PDF, not just the final answer
UP Board Class 12 English 2026 Question Paper FAQs
Ques. When was the UP Board Class 12 English 2026 exam conducted?
Ans. UPMSP conducted the UP Board Class 12 English 2026 exam on February 20, 2026, in the afternoon shift from 2:00 pm to 5:15 pm, during the intermediate exams that ran from February 18 to March 12, 2026. The official time table is on upmsp.edu.in.
Ques. How many questions are there in the UP Board Class 12 English 2026 paper, and is there any choice?
Ans. The paper has 12 questions worth 100 marks. Most offer a choice - 1 of 3 article topics in Q2, 1 of 2 in Q3, Q8 and Q12, and 1 of 3 poems in Q10, while Q5, Q7 and Q11 are built from OR pairs.
Ques. What is the section-wise marking scheme for UP Board Class 12 English 2026?
Ans. Section A (Reading) carries 15 marks, Section B (Writing) 20 marks, Section C (Grammar) 25 marks and Section D (Literature) 40 marks, for a total of 100 marks in 3 hours 15 minutes.
Ques. Which section had the highest weightage in UP Board Class 12 English 2026 Set 316 BZ?
Ans. Literature (Q7 to Q12) carried the most marks at 40 of 100, followed by Grammar at 25 marks, Writing at 20 marks and Reading at 15 marks.
Ques. Where can I download the UP Board Class 12 English 2026 Set 316 BZ question paper with solutions PDF for free?
Ans. You can download both the question paper and the full step-by-step solutions PDF for Set 316 BZ from the table at the top of this page, for free.
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