English Sample Paper Class 12 UP Board Exam 2021

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Structure of UP Board Class 12th English Model Paper 2021

English paper will be of 3 hours 15 min. and a total of 100 marks. 

Note: First 15 Minutes are allotted to the candidates to read the question paper.

Instruction:

i)       This paper is divided in Section-A and Section-B. Both sections are compulsory.

ii)      Question No. 11 has three parts: I, II, and III. Attempt only one part of Question No. 11.

iii)     All other questions are compulsory.

Section –A

Q1:- Explain with reference to the context any one of the

following passages:

a)            It was all in vain. He played with me, openly and

ostentatiously, like a skillful matador finessing round

and infuriated bull. It was obvious that he was

enjoying himself, that it was for this that he had

disturbed my repose.

b)           In this imperfect world, samsara, there are two fruits

of inimitable quality. They are the study of our great

classics and communion with great minds. These two

are the things which mold men's minds and hearts. I

am anxious that our great classics should be studied,

the classics of all countries of which we are the

inheritors.

Q2:- Answer any one of the following questions in not

more than 30 words:

a)      Why were these children described as refugees?

b)      What is the secret of happiness, health, success

and power?

c)      How can heart keep on working for a long time?

Q3:-. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the most suitable words gave within the brackets:

a)      I began to enter into the _______ of the fellow.

(ear, mouth, nose, mind)

b)      For a boy of fourteen his own home is the only

_________. (hell, resort, paradise, worth-living)

c)      John tells himself that it is too late to give up_____.

(overeating, smelling, smoking, drinking)

d)      The whole face of India is altering but the

cultural      tradition___________.        (Fades,      perishes,

continues, discontinues)

Q4:- Answer any one of the following questions in about

75 words:

a)      Draw the character-sketch of Antonio on the

basis of the play "The Merchant of Venice".

b)      Narrate the casket story of the play and highlight

its importance.

Q5:-    Answer any two of the following questions in about

30 words each:

a)      What were Sanku's feelings before stealing the

watch?

b)      Why had the astrologer left his village?

c)      What did Gyan Babu's wife tells him to do the next

day?

Q6:- . (a) Explain with reference to the context any one of the

following extracts:

But a smooth and steadfast mind,

Gentle thoughts, and calm desires,

Hearts with equal love combined,

Kindle never-dying fires,

Where these are not, I despise

Lovely cheeks or lips or eyes.

(b)       Let not ambition mock their useful toil,

Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;

Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile,

The short and simple annals of the poor.

Q7:- Write the central idea of any one of the following poems:           

a)      On His Blindness

b)      La Belle Dame Sans Merci

c)      The Song of the Free

Q8:- Write the definition of any one of the following figures of speech with two examples:   

a)      Simile

b)      Apostrophe

c)      Oxymoron

Section – B

Q9:-                     a)      Change any one of the following sentences into

an indirect form of speech:                                        

i)       You said to me, "I am much tired."

ii)      The Master said to the servant, "Don't you ever

try to cheat me."          

b)      Combine any one of the following as directed

within the brackets:                                               

i)       This soup is very Cold. I will not taste it.

(Simple Sentence) 

ii)      This is an old building. I lived here for many

years.                                             (Complex Sentence)

c)      Transform any one of the following sentences as

directed within the brackets:

i)  My dress is the most beautiful in all the dresses.

(Positive degree of Comparison)

ii) Who can hate small children?

(Affirmative Sentence)

d)      Correct any two of the following sentences:

i)       This is a blunder mistake.

         

ii)      If he will ask me I will help him.

iii)     A M.L.A. is a public representative.

iv)     He runs very fastly.

Q 10:-                 a)   Use any three of the following idioms/phrases in

your own sentences so as to bring out their

meanings clearly:                                                  

i)       fall short of

ii)      by and large

iii)     by fits and starts

iv)     to set aside

v)      to keep away

b)      Write antonyms of the following words: 

i)       convict

ii)      virtue

iii)     boon

c)      Write synonyms of the following words:

i)       queer

ii)      barren

iii)     nimble

d)      Substitute        one       word       for       the       following

expressions:                                                        

i)       that which cannot be taken back

ii)      that can be felt through senses

iii)     A     book     containing      words      arranged      in     an

alphabetical order, with their meanings.

e)      Use the following words in sentences of your

own so as to bring out the differences in their

meanings clearly:                                             

i)       bear

ii)      bare

PART - I

Q 11:- Translate the following into English:

          बचपन एक एसी अवस्था हैं जब जिमेदारियां कम होती हैं, जब जीवन में चीजें नित नए रूप मे सामने आती हैं और जब  किसी को  वर्षा और बर्फ मे खेलने जैसे साधारण कामों मे आनंद मिलता हैं | लेकिन बच्चा अपनी इच्छा अनुसार  कुछ भी करने के लिए स्वतंत्र नहीं होता और वह अपने को लगातार यही सुनते हुए पाता है की "यह काम मत करो | वह काम मत करो " आगे गलती हो जाने पर उसे दण्ड भी मिलता हैं | जब युवा होकर  वह अपनी आजीविका कमाने लगता हैं, तब  वह विद्यालय  और पिता के अनुशासन से मुक्ति पाता हैं, लेकिन साथ मे  उसे अपने पारिवारिक , सामाजिक एवं व्यवसायिक उत्तरदायित्वो को भी स्वीकारना पड़ता हैं | 

Or

PART - II

a)            Give the substance of the following poem in your own

words in about 80 words:                                              

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles

made:

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the

honey bee

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace

comes dropping slow, 

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where

the cricket sings;

Their midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a

purple glow.

And evening full of the linnet's wings.

b)      Write a summary of the following passage in

about 60 words:

Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the

more man's nature runs to, the more ought law

to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth

but offend the law, but the revenge of that wrong,

putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking

revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in

passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's

part to pardon. That which is past is gone and

irrevocable, and wise men have enough to do,

with things present and to come; therefore they

do but trifle with themselves, that labor in past

matters.

OR

PART - III

a)      Write a short essay on any one of the following

literary topics in about 120 words:

i)       Wordsworth as a nature poet 

ii)      Victorian novel

iii)     Heroic couplet

iv)     20th Century American plays

v)      Ode

b)      Match the literary works of List-A with their

authors in List-B.    

List-A	List-B
i) Murder in the Cathedral	a) W.B. Yeats
ii) Vanity Fair	b) John Milton
iii) Sailing to Byzantium	c) Thackeray
iv) Paradise Lost	d) T.S. Eliot

                                          

Q12:- Write an essay on any one of the following topics in about 200 words:

a)      Importance of Literature

b)      Women in Indian Politics

c)      Role of Social Media in our lives

d)      A visit to a Historical Place

e)      Your Favourite Writer

Q13:-  Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:-

People do not always do the things we want them

to do. No matter how reasonable or minimal our

expectations may be, there are times when we are let

down. Naturally, we feel upset and hurt when our

expectations are not met. We dread confrontations

because      they     are     unpleasant      and     can     damage

relationships. Yet not confronting a person does not

solve the problem because of unresolved issues also

affect the relationship in an adverse way. Actually, the

the real problem lies in our style of confrontation, not in

the issue. Confrontations help to invent our anger

and hurt but that is the only thing they do. To ensure a

rational dialogue over dashed expectations, we need

to deploy issue-based confrontations. They involve an

explanation of which actions have bothered us, in

what manner and what changes we would like from

the other person.

a)      What leads to a confrontation? Why do we need

to confront?

b)      What is needed to resolve matters rationally?