AHMEDABAD PUBLIC SCHOOL

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION II 2020-21

ENGLISH CORE (301)
CLASS-XII
Time allowed: 3 Hrs Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. This paper is divided into two parts: A and B. All questions are compulsory.
2. Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever
necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and follow them.
3. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

Part A: 40 Marks
READING (20 marks)

1. Read the passage given below.

1.The lockdown has given us many lessons, one of these being cleaner
environment. The gains were for all to see-deep blue sky, star filled nights and
improved air quality. Let’s not lose these gains. This festive season gift a breeze
of clean air by presenting a purifying plant to your near and dear ones. Readily
available and moderately priced, these plants have the ability to absorb toxic air.
Here are some plants you can gift.

2.ARECA PALM ( chrysalidocarpus lutescens): The plant with a rich tropical

look needs bright filtered sunlight and moist soil. It is rated as the best air
purifying indoor plant with the highest removal rate of formaldehyde. It is the
most effective air humidifier plant. Date palm, bamboo palm and rhapis palm
are some others.

3.ASPARAGUS FERN (asparagus densiflorus): The small- sized, lush evergreen

fern can be planted in a pot or hanging basket. It requires little care and
flourishes indoors as well as out-doors. Just keep the soil moist. It absorbs
benzene, toluene, octane and trichloroethylene.

4.DRACAENA (dracaena deremensis) : The cane like single stem plant has a
strappy foliage. It is easy to maintain. Light fertilization, once a month, is enough.
Filtered light is preferred. It helps remove xylene, formaldehyde and

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trichloroethylene.

5.BOSTON FERNS ( nephrolepis exaltata ‘bostoniensis’): These thrive best

under filtered sunlight, moist soil and high humidity. The potted plant makes an
adorable hanging basket in porches and patios. The stylish foliage is a stress
buster. The plant significantly removes formaldehyde, benzene and xylene.

6.ELEPHANT EAR ( philodendron domesticum): The plant with long arrow-

shaped leaves makes it perfect for indoors. It prefers warm, humid and indirect
light. The plant absorbs formaldehyde.

7.ENGLISH IVY ( hedera helix): The fan- shaped silver green plant can fit in
baskets, cling to walls, spread as ground cover and spill over planters. It helps to
remove air- based mold and is an effective formaldehyde remover.

8.PEACE LILY ( spathiphyllum ‘ mauna loa’): An easy to care plant, it prefers

low light and moist soil. White flowers bloom during the rainy season. It has high
transpiration rate and humidifies the air around. It is best for removing
formaldehyde, benzene and certain VOCs that are emitted by paints.

9.MONEY PLANT( epipremnum aureum): The evergreen decorative vine can

be grown in hanging baskets, trailed on support and planted in pots. Its low
maintenance makes the plant a popular choice. It removes emissions like
formaldehyde, xylene and benzene.

10.SPIDER PLANT( chlorophytum comosum): This houseplant is mostly grown

in hanging baskets and pots indoors. It eliminates benzene, formaldehyde,
carbon monoxide and xylene.

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer ANY TEN
questions from the given below. ( 1x10 = 10 )

i. According to the passage a purifying indoor plant is one of the best gifts
as ………..
1.it is not difficult to obtain
2.it is slightly expensive
3.it absorbes poisonous air
4.it can be bought online
a. 2,3
b. 1,3

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 c. 1,2
d.1,4
ii. __________ removes stress and anxiety.
a. Elephant Ear
b. Money Plant
c. English Ivy
d. Boston Ferns
iii. If you want to remove organic chemicals that are given out by paints, then
you should buy
a. Spider Plant
b. Elephant Ear
c. Peace Lily
d. Dracaena
iv. ‘Flourish’ has the same meaning as __________.( Paragraph 5)
a. Thrive
b. Patios
c. Porches
d. Foliage
v. ‘Readily’ means the same as_______ ( Paragraph 1)
a. reluctantly
b. easily
c. seldom
d. rarely
vi. Which of the following are low maintenance plants?
1.Asparagus Fern
2.Dracaena
3.Peace lily
4.Money plant
a. 1,2,3
b.2,3,4
c.1,3,4
d.1,2,3,4
vii. __________ is the most effective air humidifier plant.
a. Areca Palm
b. Dracaena
c. Boston fern
d. Elephant Ear
viii. Match the following:
A B
1. Elephant Ear 1. Fan shaped silver
2. Peace Lily 2.White flowers

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 3. English Ivy 3. Arrow shaped leaves

a. 1,2,3
b.3,2,1
c.2,3,1
d.3,1,2

ix. Match the following:

A B
1.Peace Lily 1. single stem plant
2.Money Plant 2. beautiful hanging baskets for
courtyard
3.Boston Ferns 3. flowers bloom during rainy season
4.Dracaena 4. evergreen vine

a. 4,2,1,3
b.1,2,3,4,
c. 3,4,2,1
d.2,1,3,4

x. Which of the following statement(s) is/ are incorrect:

1. Little amount of formaldehyde is eliminated by Boston Ferns.
2. Areca Palm is considered to be the best indoor plant that can decontaminate air.
3.Peace Lily can attach itself to the walls and spills
over planters.
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3
d. 3 only

xi. The most appropriate title for the

article is
a. Gift a plant
b. How to grow indoor plants
c. Low-maintenance plants
d. Areca Palm
xii. Find the synonym of the word ‘envenomed' ( para 1).
a. toxic
b. moderately
c. purifying
d. clean

2. Read the passage given below.

1. Food on the table is a very warm sight, but only few take preparation of the same as
an art. That’s why the last room in the darkest corner of the house has always been

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 reserved for the kitchen. Most of the time, compared to other rooms, kitchens would
be smaller in size and least furnished. Kitchens used to be women’s space, especially
in traditional households where the joint family system was the order of the family
structure, the women in the houses are supposed to cook and bring the food to the
dining area where men and guests usually eat. In some of the cases, women are
implicitly expected to have their food in the kitchen itself.

2. At least 86% of the newly built houses even in urban areas have smaller kitchens than
master bedrooms. The percentage of people preferring a well ventilated kitchen over a
well ventilated bedroom is less than 25%. In rural areas at least 50% of the old
generation houses and not less than 30% of the newly built houses have no kitchens
inside the walled areas or the preliminary construction. Statistics also show that not
even 10% of the people invest in furnishing their kitchens the way they do with their
drawing rooms.

3. As changes happened in all walks of life and gender roles changed elsewhere, in the
kitchen as well men’s participation increased. In the present world, our greatest chefs
are men; this has a whole socio-cultural explication but quite interesting is how
architecture and our sense of space management got meddled in, especially in
households.

Image 1

4. In earlier days, when the joint family system used to be the order, there used to be a
lot of people in the house that at the same time when somebody is cooking, there will
be enough people to engage the guests as well. And not accidently, the people in the
front used to be men and people in the kitchens used to be women.

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 Image 2

5. Now in the modern nuclear family days, there aren’t enough people to allocate to
kitchen works and guest entertaining duties separately in individual houses, so the
only option is for the same people to do both. For this, either one has to take the guest
to the kitchen or bring the kitchen to the guest. The second option gets its material
form when in modern day architecture, the kitchen is integrated to dining space. The
traditional gender roles also got transgressed at some point. When in earlier days
cooking remained a women’s job and entertaining the guest was the men’s job, these
days participation is equal from the side of men and women for these activities.

2.1 On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer any ten of the
following questions by choosing the most appropriate option:
(1X10=10)

i. What is the most appropriate premise on which the above passage could be
constructed?

a. Kitchens are always a priority when it comes to house construction.

b. Women are demanding for more equality in housekeeping, the way they do this
is by restructuring the kitchen.
c. There is a connection between architecture, food culture and gender.
d. Even if the kitchen is placed in the middle of the house, traditional gender roles
are never going to change.

ii. Pick the option that lists statements that are NOT TRUE according to the passage.

1. More people prefer larger kitchens than bedrooms in their houses.

2. A lot of people take preparation of food as an art.
3. Over the course of time, men’s participation in the kitchen has increased.
4. Kitchen is integrated into the dining space in modern day architecture.

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 a. 1 & 2
b. 3 & 4
c. 2 & 3
d. 1 & 4

iii. Which word has the same meaning as ‘intervene’, in paragraph 3?

a. Change
b. Participate
c. Explicate
d. Meddle

iv. Based on the cartoon (Image 1) with the quote “Oh! I can tell from that look, you
are never going to let this go”, which of the following statements is correct?

a. The cartoon is trying to establish that women are unforgiving.

b. The cartoon is trying to establish that men are generally bad at cooking.
c. The cartoon is trying to establish that cooking is dangerous and it must be
done carefully.
d. The cartoon is trying to establish that we shouldn’t trust untrained people
with cooking whether it’s a man or a woman.

v. “... in modern day architecture, the kitchen is integrated to dining space.” What is
the root reason for this?

a. In individual nuclear families there aren’t enough members to separately

manage guests and kitchen works.
b. The traditional gender roles also got transgressed at some point, so women
started revolting for kitchen centered architecture.
c. Participation in household works became naturally equal as time passed.
d. It happened as a result of architectural innovations which happened in the
modern era.

vi. Image 2 shows the search result of “richest celebrity chefs in the world”. Which
paragraph makes a statement that corresponds to this search result?

a. Paragraph 1
b. Paragraph 4
c. Paragraph 2
d. Paragraph 3

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vii. Based on the data given in para 2, which combination given below is right?

1. Only 14 % of the newly built houses in urban areas have bigger kitchens
than master bedrooms.
2. More than 30% of the newly built houses in rural and urban areas have no
kitchens inside the walled areas
3. 90% of the people invest in furnishing their kitchens the way they do with
their drawing rooms.
4. The percentage of people preferring a well ventilated kitchen over a well
ventilated bedroom is less than 25%

a. 1 & 2
b. 3 & 4
c. 1 & 4
d. 2 & 4

viii. “In the present world, our greatest chefs are men.” What assumption is NOT
FALSE based on this statement?

a) When it comes to professionalism, men are superior to women, even in doing

women's jobs.
b) This has nothing to do with gender. It must have happened due to preferences
of individuals and other favourable situations.
c) When it comes to doing things at larger levels, women fail to excel.
d) This is clearly because the world favours men over women, even though any
woman can cook food better than any man.

ix. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE based on the passage?

a. There is a change in perspective as time progresses regarding the position of

the kitchen in a household.
b. In the modern times there is no place for assuming that cooking at
professional level is a game for women.
c. Changes in family structure from joint family system to nuclear family didn’t
much influence the kitchen architectural innovations.
d. Even today in rural areas, kitchens are not given that importance while
constructing a new house.

x. Which of the pie charts given below is correct in reference to the presence of
kitchens inside walled areas for newly constructed houses in rural areas?

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 a. Option 1
b. Option 2
c. Option 3
d. Option 4

xi. According to the passage, arrange the given statements in descending order of
importance when they are taken as reasons for changing the modern day
architecture of households.

1. Men and women started participating in kitchen work equally.

2. Transition of family structure from joint family system to nuclear family.
3. Transgression of the traditional gender roles in society.
4. Easy to entertain guests with even minimum members in the household.

a. 1, 3, 4, 2
b. 3, 2, 1, 4
c. 2, 4, 3, 1
d. 4, 1, 2, 3
LITERATURE (20 Marks)

3. Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY TWO of the three given by
answering the questions that follow. (4+4=8)

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(A) Mukesh’s family is among them. None of them know that it is illegal for children
like him to work in the glass furnaces with high temperatures, in dingy cells
without air and light; that the law, if enforced, could get him and all those 20,000
children out of the hot furnaces where they slog their daylight hours, often losing
the brightness of their eyes. Mukesh’s eyes beam as he volunteers to take me
home, which he proudly says is being rebuilt. We walk down stinking lanes
choked with garbage, past homes that remain hovels with crumbling walls,
wobbly doors, no windows, crowded with families of humans and animals
coexisting in a primeval state. He stops at the door of one such house, bangs a
wobbly iron door with his foot, and pushes it open. We enter a half-built shack. In
one part of it, thatched with dead grass, is a firewood stove over which sits a large
vessel of sizzling spinach leaves. On the ground, in large aluminium platters, are
more chopped vegetables. A frail young woman is cooking the evening meal for
the whole family. Through eyes filled with smoke she smiles.
i. What is the meaning of the word ‘choked’ in the passage?
a. Strangled
b. Filled
c. Difficulty in breathing
d. Cough

ii. The word ‘sizzling’ is used as _______________ in the passage.

a. A noun
b. A verb
c. An adjective
d. An adverb

iii. In which of the sentences below the word ‘primeval’ is not used to bring the same
meaning as in the passage?
a. The museum exhibits some of the primeval collections from the Megalithic age.
b. In the last race, he got the primeval position
c. Being hungry and tired, on seeing the food, his primeval feelings just came out.
d. Though he lives in 21st century, his appearance is more or less primeval

iv. How is the health condition of the young woman who was cooking the evening
meal?
a. Blind due to glass dust
b. In good health
c. Feverish
d. Weak and delicate.

(B) Gandhi decided to go first to Muzzafarpur, which was en route to Champaran, to

obtain more complete information about conditions than Shukla was capable of
imparting. He accordingly sent a telegram to Professor J.B. Kripalani, of the Arts
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College in Muzzafarpur, whom he had seen at Tagore’s Shantiniketan school. The
train arrived at midnight, 15 April 1917. Kripalani was waiting at the station with a
large body of students. Gandhi stayed there for two days in the home of Professor
Malkani, a teacher in a government school. ‘‘It was an extraordinary thing in those
days,’’ Gandhi commented, “for a government professor to harbour a man like me”. In
smaller localities, the Indians were afraid to show sympathy for advocates of home-
rule.

i. Why did Gandhi decide to obtain more complete information?

a. The details told by Shukla seemed incomplete
b. British didn't allow him to go to Champaran
c. To write about the problems of people
d. Gandhi was fascinated to know the troubles of people

ii. Where Gandhi had seen Professor J.B. Kripalani before according to the passage?
a. Arts College in Muzzafarpur
b. Railway station
c. Shantiniketan
d. Muzzafarpur

iii. In the passage, ‘a large body’ has the same meaning as

a. A lot of
b. A person with big muscles
c. A fat person
d. A strong person

iv. Who in the passage is an advocate of home rule?

a. Shukla
b. J.B. Kripalani
c. Professor Malkani
d. Gandhiji

(C) “He smelled so bad that none of the other little woodland creatures would play
with him.” Jo looked at him solemnly; she hadn’t foreseen this. “Whenever he
would go out to play,” Jack continued with zest, remembering certain
humiliations of his own childhood, “all of the other tiny animals would cry, “Uh-
oh, here comes Roger Stinky Skunk,” and they would run away, and Roger Skunk
would stand there all alone, and two little round tears would fall from his eyes.”
The corners of Jo’s mouth drooped down and her lower lip bent forward as he
traced with a forefinger along the side of her nose the course of one of Roger
Skunk’s tears. “Won’t he see the owl?” she asked in a high and faintly roughened

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 voice. Sitting on the bed beside her, Jack felt the covers tug as her legs switched
tensely

i. What is the meaning of the word ‘solemnly’ as used in the passage?

a. Silent and sleepy
b. Angry and irritated
c. Formal and dignified
d. Silent and excited

ii. Jack is mirroring the troubles of Roger Skunk from ________

a. Jo’s school life
b. His own childhood
c. Jo’s life at home
d. Imagination

iii. “Won’t he see the owl?” From the passage given above, what does this question
show us?
a. The listener is familiar with the plot structure
b. The narrator is reading from a book
c. The listener experienced the story
d. Someone else had already told the story to the listener

iv. In the above passage, the word ‘tensely’ is used as __________

a. A noun
b. A verb
c. An adjective
d. An adverb

4. Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY ONE of the two given by
answering the questions that follow. (1 x 4 =4)

It would be an exotic moment

without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
i. What will happen if there is no rush or running of engines?
a. it will be boring
b. people will suffer a lot
c. it will be a moment of tranquility
d. life will come to an end
ii. Why is the moment called ‘exotic’?
a. there will be pollution free environment
b. as all of us will be enveloped in quietness

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 c. flora and fauna will grow
d. there will be miracles happening all around
iii. What is the poetic device used in the phrase ‘sudden strangeness’?
a. imagery b. alliteration
c. antithesis d. repetition
iv. Which strangeness is the poet talking about?
a. feeling of loneliness
b. Feeling of oneness with their fellow human beings
c. feeling of depression
d. terrible feeling of total silence

OR

(B) Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.

i. The poet’s observation about everyday life is that

a. It’s very easy and pleasant
b. There is lots of happiness to share
c. It’s generally difficult and hard
d. There are a lot of loving people

ii. Pick the antonym of ‘abundance’ from the above stanza

a. Despondence
b. Wreathing
c. Inhuman
d. Dearth

iii. What comes as a solace to our sad life according to the poet?
a. Beautiful things
b. Noble natures
c. Flowery band
d. Gloomy days

iv. What is the meaning of pall in the above stanza

a. Sadness

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b. Covering
c. Problems
d. Depth

5. Attempt ANY EIGHT questions from the ten given below. (1x 8 = 8)
i. M. Hamel blamed himself for………..
a. not having taught enough French to his students
b. not being strict
c. not being responsible
d. giving students a holiday at times

ii. The peddler’s cherished pastime was to think…………………

a. philosophically about the world.
b. of plans to rob people
c. of people whom he knew were caught in the dangerous snare
d. richly of himself

iii. Around which aspect, the story ‘The Third Level’ does not revolve?
a. fantasy vs imagination
b. psychoanalytical criticism
c. escapism vs harsh reality
d. imagination and wish fulfilment

iv. ‘Evans Tries an O Level’ can be described as a………………..

a. conflict between government and accused
b. compromise between officials and criminal
c. satire on the judicial system
d. psychological battle of wits

v. What did Jo want to listen from her father the next day after Skunk was given his
original smell back?
a. Jo wanted her father to change the ending of the story.
b. she wanted the wizard to hit mommy Skunk on her head.
c. she wanted the wizard to leave Roger with the smell of roses.
d. all of these

vi. Mr. Lamb used to spend much of his time in the garden because………
a. the garden kept him busy.
b. he liked his garden very much.
c. he didn’t want anyone to enter his garden.
d. his house was too small.

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vii. “This map becomes their window and these windows
That shut upon their lives like catacombs”, unless what is not done the above situation
would happen according to the poet?
a. Unless we forcibly chase the children out of the classrooms
b. Unless good nutritious food is given to the children of the slum school
c. Unless the images of Shakespeare and Tyrolese valley are taken away from the
classroom.
d. Unless responsible authorities visit the place and take action.

viii. Which statement below could summarise the theme of A Thing of Beauty most
appropriately?
a. Life is difficult but sometimes it is easy.
b. Life is easy but as we are focussed on bad things around us, we are unhappy.
c. Life is easy but other people make it difficult for us.
d. Life is difficult but sometimes most mundane things around us can make us happy.

ix. The secretary of the British landlord’s association in Champaran told Gandhi that
they could give no information to an outsider. What is the irony in this?
a. Gandhi is not from Champarn so he is an outsider but the secretary is from
Champaran so he is not.
b. Gandhi is an Indian so he is not an outsider but the secretary being a British is an
outsider.
c. Both Gandhi and the secretary are outsiders.
d. Since the secretary lives in India and Gandhi is also from India they are both not
outsiders.

x. Which statement below about the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’ is NOT FALSE
a. The poet is confused whether to be silent or to be active, that's why he says I want
no truck with death.
b. The poet wants the world to be silent all the time and active then and now.
c. The poet wants us to look around and inspect other people's lives.
d. The poet has conviction that though he demands silence from the world he doesn't
mean total inactivity.

PART B (40 marks)

WRITING (16 marks)

6. Attempt ANY ONE of the following. (1x 3)

analysis, using appropriate format and fluency, appropriacy of style and tone

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(A)You are Arjun/Anjana, CEO of a technology startup. You are planning to develop
an Android application to find the nearest petrol pumps. You are looking for good
JAVA programmers who are B.Tech holders. Draft a suitable advertisement for the
same, in about 50 words to be published in the classified columns of a local
newspaper.

OR
(B) You are Rakesh/ Ruchika, Secretary of the Clean Campus Initiative of your school.
You decided to organise a workshop, to raise awareness on the importance of
segregating organic waste from plastic waste before disposal. The Principal of the
school and the Health Inspector from the locality will take classes. Write a notice in
about 50 words, informing the students of the school about the workshop.

7. Attempt ANY ONE of the following. (1x 3)

analysis, using appropriate format and fluency, appropriacy of style and tone

(A) You are Manoharlal/Manju, the president of District Panchayat of Sikar. You have
been invited by the members of a local Cricket Club to inaugurate their tournament
series. Write a formal reply, in about 50 words declining the invitation.

OR

(B)You are Harshvardhan/ Harsha of B6, Patel Road, Jaipur. You got 3rd rank in
NEET 2020. You are arranging a party for your family and friends. Prepare an
invitation card in 50 words to be sent to people to inform them about the event.

8. Attempt ANY ONE of the following. (1x 5)

analysis, using appropriate format and fluency, appropriacy of style and tone

(A)You are Kathik/Keerthana, residing in 67H, Sayoojya Apartments, Jaipur. The

shopkeepers to the side of the main road in front of your apartments are extending
their business to the footpath illegally in a way that people don't have space to walk.
This is leading to huge traffic problems in the area. You complained to the city
authorities but the problem still persists. Write a letter to the editor of The Jaipur
Voice, Jaipur in about 120- 150 words, explaining your concern and requesting him to
publish an article on the issue.
OR
(B) You are Sanjay/ Sanjana of 83B, Good View Lanes, Jaipur. You are a B.Tech
holder with particular interest in Android programming. From a local newspaper you
found that a techno startup by name Findz Near in Jaipur is looking for JAVA

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programmers to develop a new application from scratch. Write an application letter in
100-120 words in response to the advertisement, with a detailed bio-data.
9. Attempt ANY ONE of the following. (1x 5)
evaluation, using appropriate format and fluency, appropriacy of style and tone

(A) You are Basith/ Basila, a journalist with a particular interest in automobiles. You
are requested by a prominent automotive magazine Fasttrack to write an article on
environmental friendly usage of vehicles. Write an article in 120-150 words for the
magazine stressing the importance of considering the environment while purchasing,
using and disposing an automobile. You may use the cues given below along with
your own ideas.

• Mileage/Fuel Efficiency
• Considering electric vehicles over fossil fuel based
• Fuel economy on the road
• Maintenance using environmental friendly materials
• Using for long time/ disposing ethically after the period of use
OR

(B) Following the protocols to stop spreading Covid, the city of Bikaner celebrated
Dipawali in a grand fashion. You are Yash/ Yashaswini, a reporter from Jaipur Times
deputed to cover the celebration happening over two days. Prepare a detailed report of
the event in 120-150 words. Use the given cues along with your own ideas to write the
report.

• Keeping Covid protocols - Distance, masks and sanitisers

• Lights and lamps
• Dance and music
• Important personalities
• Business rejuanated

LITERATURE (24 marks)

10. Attempt ANY FIVE out of the six questions given below, in 30-40 words each.
(2x5=10)
i. Does the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’ justify the premise that the world requires some
silence and introspection? What adverse conditions of the world and its people are
mentioned in the poem?
ii. In the lesson Rattrap, the iron master and his daughter Edla behave well with the
peddler. Other than sentiments on a mistaken identity on the part of the ironmaster and

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innate goodness on the part of Edla, is there some other reason for this hospitality?
Explain.
iii. ‘Nature is a poet’s best facilitator to drive his/her ideas’. How does Kamala Das
technically use the elements of nature in her poem My Mother at Sixty-Six to confess
her feelings?
iv. The people of Alsace and Lorraine are sad not just because of the departure of M.
Hamel but also for ‘what’? What does that signify at large for them? What is that?
Explain.
v. ‘Do you also dream of flying a plane?’ What answer did Mukesh give to the author
for this question? Why?
vi. What is the reason for the tigers in Aunt Jennifer's panel being brave, colourful and
proud?

11. Attempt ANY TWO out of the three questions given below in 30-40 words
each.
(2 x2=4 )
i. The story ‘The Third Level’ is confusing at several levels, what is your explanation
for the letter received by Charlie which is apparently sent by Sam, his psychiatrist?
ii. The title ‘Evans Tries an O-Level’ is significant at two levels. Which are they?
iii. Do you justify the behaviour of the servants in the household of Dr.Sadao after the
wounded American was given treatment at the house? Why/Why not?

12. Attempt ANY ONE of the following questions in 120-150 words (1x5=5)
a. Most of us do not raise our voice against injustice in our society and tend to
remain mute spectators. (Comment on the basis of the chapter Lost Spring)
OR
b. Self – reliance, Indian Independence and help to sharecroppers were all bound
together. Elucidate with reference to the lesson “Indigo”.

13.Attempt ANY ONE out of the following questions in 120-150 words (1x5=5)
a. Both Derry and Mr. Lamb suffer from handicaps, yet their attitude to life is totally
different. Discuss.
OR
b. Do you think third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?

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