Date of Exams: August 2023
Time: 60 Minutes
Total Marks: 20
Instructions: (1) All questions are compulsory.
(2) Questions no. 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Question no.11 to
12 carry 2 marks each. Question no. 13 to 14 carry 3 marks each.
MCQs Student Assessment(SAT-1) July 2023
Solution HBSE Class 12 English Core
Q.1. What does the counting up to twelve signify in the poem
“Keeping Quiet”?
(1) hours of the day
and months of the year.
(2) seasons of the
year
(3) players of the
cricket
(4) none
Answer: (4) none
Q.2. Who is the writer of the story ” Rattrap”?
(1) Kamla Das
(2) Selma
Lagerlöf
(3) Stephen Spender
(4) Raskin bond
Answer: (3) Stephen Spender
Q.3. What did the man from Udipi pray for in the story “Lost
Spring”?
(1) pair of shirts
(2) a pair of trousers
(3) a pair of shoes
(4) none
Answer: (3) a pair of shoes
Q.4. What was Sam invited for according to the letter? ( The Third
Level)
(1) for a party
(2) for a tea party
(3) for a bachelor’s
party
(4) for a lemonade
party
Answer: (4) for a lemonade party
Q.5. The fire…..the huts before the fire brigade came.
(1) had burnt
(2) burnt
(3) has burnt
(4) will burn
Answer: (1) had burnt
Q. (6-10) Write the answer in 1-2 words. Student
Assessment(SAT-1) July 2023 Solution HBSE Class 12 English Core
Q.6. Who is the author of the story “The Last Lesson”?
Answer: The writer of
“The Last Lesson” is Alphonse Daudet.
Q.7. The story “The Tiger King” is a satire on…..
Answer: It is a satire on society that kills animals
for their sake.
Q.8. What was the pool’s depth at the deepest end in “Deep Water”?
Answer: The pool’s depth
was 9 feet at the deepest end.
Q.9. Which poetic device is used in “Trees sprinting”?
Answer: In the poem, My Mother at Sixty-Six, the
poetic device personification in line when she speaks ‘Trees
sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes to show the contrary image of her mother’s age and
approaching end.
Q.10. Water……..(evaporate) on heating. (Correct form of the verb)
Answer: Evaporates
Q. (11-12) Answer in 20-30 words. Student
Assessment(SAT-1) July 2023 Solution HBSE Class 12 English Core
Q.11. What was the order from Berlin regarding the teaching of
language in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine?
Answer: After the Prussians defeated the French Army,
Berlin issued an order mandating that the German language be taught in schools
beginning the following day. There won’t be any French language and M. Hamel
delivered his last lesson on the French language. It was his last day in
school. As a result, villagers gathered in the school to bid him farewell after
he had taught there for over forty years.
Q.12. Why was the mother been compared to the late winter’s moon in
the poem ” My Mother at Sixty-six”?
Answer: The old mother
has been compared to the winter moon as the winter moon does not shine properly
due to winter. It means that the faces of old people don’t shine.
Q. (13-14) Answer in 30-40 words. Student
Assessment(SAT-1) July 2023 Solution HBSE Class 12 English Core
Q.13. How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that
of his family?
Answer: Anees Jung sets
the second part of Lost Spring in Ferozabad, India, a center for bangle making.
Mukesh is the main character in this section. In this section, she explains how
our traditions cause us to be poor and illiterate, as in the case of Mukesh,
who aspires to be a car mechanic like any other normal family boy. His entire
family has worked in the glass industry for many generations. Mukesh wanted to do
something different from his family.
Q.14. Why did the King want to kill one hundred tigers in the story
“The Tiger King”?
Answer: The Tiger King was Kalki’s way of explaining
how people treat wild animals with little care. The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram
is the hero of this story. He may be identified as His Highness
Jamedar-General, “his name was Jung Jung Bahadur,” but he became famous as the
Tiger King. He killed ninety-nine tigers to save his own life due to a saying
by a purohit who declared that he would be killed by a tiger. Kalki explicitly
explains the orthodox nature of a king who kills ninety-nine tigers just to
save his own life
