WBCHSE English Question Paper 2018
The state of West Bengal is one of the first in India where the modern system of education was established by British Missionaries. Since then, it has evolved into the fine education system and is now monitored by state run autonomous body.
The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) came into existence in 1975. It is an autonomous examining authority. It is responsible for conducting examinations for standard XII for both government and private schools affiliated to this board. It is responsible for improvement and promotion of education in the state.
The WBCHSE has made a sustained effort towards a quality uniform evaluation system all over the state of West Bengal. More than 6800 schools and over 16 lakhs students are being monitored by the Council. The task has been more challenging in context of the very competitive global environment and a diverse range of subjects.
The H.S. education is a significant part of the overall education system. West Bengal has the distinction of being the pioneer in the modern education system by virtue of the influence of the great literary and social path finders.
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West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
English
QUESTION PAPER 2018
PART-A (MARKS: 60)
1. Answer any two of the following guestions each in about 100 words: 6x2-12
(a)"She was an interesting girl."
Who said this to whom and when ? What else did the person say ? What reply did he get ? 3+1+2
(b) I normally ate with my mother"
Who ate with his mother ? Name his mother. Where did he eat with his mother? What did he eat with his mother? 1+1+1+3
(c)" All the answers being different, the Tsar agreed with none of them."
What were the questions to which the Tsar got different answers ? Whom did the Tsar decide to consult when he was not satisfied ? Where did that person live whom the Tsar decide to consult ? What was he famous for ? 3-+1+1+1
(d)" Do you need somebody to go to the store. Who is the speaker ? To whom did the speaker say this ? Why did the speaker want to go to the store ? What did they have in supper?
2. Answer any two of the following questions each in about 100 words: 6 2=12
(a) "It takes much time to kill a tree"
Why does it take much time to kill a tree ? According to the poet how is the tree finally killed ? 3+3
(b) How does the poet express the futility of war through his poem "Asleep in the Valley" ? What message does he want to convey? 4+2
(c) "And every fair from fair sometime declines From which poem is the line quoted? Who is the poet ? Briefly explain the meang?Or the quoted line. How does the poet promise to immortalize his friend's beauty. 1+1+2+2
d) Justify the titie of the poem The Poetry of Earth
3. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100 words 6x1=6
(a) "We've had the land for nearly three hundred years"
Who is the speaker ? Who is spoken to? What is referred to as 'the land? What do you know of "the land' from their conversation ? 1+1+1+3
(b) Give a brief sketch of the character of Lomov in the play The Proposal'.
(c) "Go; there's a merchant came for his goods"
Who said this and to whom ? Who is 'the merchant' ? What is referred to as 'goods'? In what way does it bring out the attitude of the person and the society at that time ? 2+1+1+2
4. (a) Do as directed. 1x6=6
(1) "Was I bothering you when I turned that corner ?", asked the woman. (Turn into indirect speech).
(ii) My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, down-to earth Tamil. (Change the voice).
(ii) As soon as she left the train, she would forget our brief encounter. (Turn into a negative sentence).
(iv) I am the most unhappy of men. (Change to positive degree).
(v) But thy eternal summer shall not fade. (Change to affirmative sentence)
(vi) I wished to kill you. (Use the underlined word as a noun and rewrite).
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and/or prepositions
The Tsar turned round and saw..........f1). bearded man come running..(ii) ...... the wood. The man held his hands pressed..... v)....... his stomach
and blood was fiowing V) .........(V). .........them.
(c) Correct the error in the folowing sentence by repiacing the underlined word with the right one from the options Biven below: 1 1-1
His answers filled me with a strange energy and enthusiastic.
[Options : enthuse / enthusiastically/ enthusiasm
5. Read the following passage and answer the questions that foliowing.
It was my second year at boarding school, andI was sitting on platform No Ambala station, waiting for the northern bound train think was about welve at that time. My parents considered me old enough to travel alone, and i had arrived by bus at Ambala early in the evening now there was a wait tii midrght belore my train arrived. Most of the tirme had been pacing up and down the platform, browsing at the bookstall, or teeding broken biscuits to stray dogs trains came and went, and the platform would be quiet for d whiie and then, when a train arrived, it wouid be an inferno of heaving. shouting, 3gtated human bodies As the carriage doors opened, a tide of people would sweep down upon the nervous littie ticket collecter at the gate and everytime this happened i would be caught in the rush and swept outside the station. Now tired of this game and of ambling about the platform, sat down on my suitcase and gazed dismally across the railway-tracks.
Trolleys roled past me, and was conscious of the cries of the various vendors the men who sold curds and lemon, the sweet-meat seller, the newspaper boy -but had lost interest in all that went on along the busy platform, and continued to stare across the railway tracks, feeling bored and a little lonely.
(a) State whether the following statements are True or False. Write "T" for True and
"F for False. (You need not write the sentences, write only the numbers) 1x4=4
(I) My parents did not think that I could travel alone.
(11) spent my time the platform moving up and down and looking at the bookstalls.
(i) When a train came, people silently moved on the platform.
(iv) arrived at the station early in the morning.
(b) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words 2-3-6
(i) When, how and why did the narrator arrive at Ambala?
(ii) What happened when a train arrived at the station?
(iii) What did the narrator watch as he sat on his suitcase on the platform?
6. (a) Write a report on an one-week programme undertaken by your school to
clean up the classrooms, the school premises and its surroundings. Mention the roles of both students and teachers. ( Word limit :150 words 2+8=10
Or, (b) Write a letter to the Editor of an English Daily about the unhealthy food items sold in and around your school, affecting the health of the students. ( Word limit: 150 words) 2+8=10
Or, (c) Write a precis of the following passage. Add a suitable title. 2+8-10
Among the misfortunes that trouble human beings, the loss of health is the most troublesome. A man cannot enjoy his wealth, his happiness or his relations when he is sick. if you can give a sick man everything but leave him to his sufferings, he will feel that the world is lost to him. Even when he is laid on a bed of roses, he groans in physical agony and remains sleepless. On the contrary, a beggar who Is healthy, can enjoy a sound sleep even lying on the bare ground. A man with good health can enjoy his food and choose his drink but a sick man cannot take a morsel out of fear that his health may deteriorate In fact, a healthy man is always envied by a rich man with poor health. If a sick man is surrounded with the pomp of a king, if his chair be made his throne, if his crutch be his sceptre, even then he will envy the good health ot his meanest servant. His great palace would not be able to proVide him the comtort that a man vwith a sound health gets even if he lives in a hut with thatched roof.
PART-B (MARKS 20)
1. Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided 1x4=4
(i ) The coconut grove, where Abdul Kalam's father used to walk down every morning was about
(a) one and a half miles
(b) three miles
(c) four miles
(d) four and a halt miies