up board half yearly exam paper class 12 English paper full solutions 2022-23
class 12 english half yearly exam paper up board 2022
कक्षा 12वी अंग्रेजी अर्द्धवार्षिक परीक्षा पेपर का सम्पूर्ण हल 2022 यूपी बोर्ड परीक्षा
Half-Yearly Examination2022-23
Class – 12th
Subject –English
Time: 3 Hrs: 15 Min. ]
General Instructions:
(i) First 15 Minuts are allotted for candiadates to read the question paper.
(ii) This paper is divided into four sections A, B, C, and D.
(iii) All the sections are compulsory
(iv) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
Section-A (Reading)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
The creator had spent in its making enough of such stuff as the air and the sky are made of. The result was that its mind was full of the desire for freedom. It would run a race with the wind, it would dash to the point where sky touched earth Other animals ran with purpose, but the horse raced about for no apparent reason, as though it were eager to fly away from its own self. It eason, as though did not fight, it did not pounce on a prey, but loved only to run and to run. Wise men say that such a thing happens when you noutube hi
have too much of the wind and sky stuff in you.
(i) What was the desire of the horse?
Ans.it were eager to fly away from its own self.
(ii) How would it run a race?
(iii) How was the horse different from other animals?
Ans.Other animals ran with purpose, but the horse raced about for no apparent reason
(iv) What is the synonyms of purposelominen
Ans.wilfully
(v) What is the antonyms of "apparent.
Ans.genuine
(vi) What at the is meaning of stutt.
Ans.कम
(ii) Section-B (Writing)
2.Write an essay (Article) on any one of the following topics in about 150 words:
(a) Harms of junk food.
Ans.Junk Food is very harmful that is slowly eating away the health of the present generation. The term itself denotes how dangerous it is for our bodies. Most importantly, it tastes so good that people consume it on a daily basis. However, not much awareness is spread about the harmful effects of junk food.
The problem is more serious than you think. Various studies show that junk food impacts our health negatively. They contain higher levels of calories, fats, and sugar. On the contrary, they have very low amounts of healthy nutrients and lack dietary fibers. Parents must discourage their children from consuming junk food because of the ill effects it has on one's health.
Impact of Junk Food
Junk food is the easiest way to gain unhealthy weight. The amount of fats and sugar in the food makes you gain weight rapidly. However, this is not a healthy weight. It is more of fats and cholesterol which will have a harmful impact on your health. Junk food is also one of the main reasons for the increase in obesity nowadays.
This food only looks and tastes good, other than that, it has no positive points. The amount of calorie your body requires to stay fit is not fulfilled by this food. For instance, foods like French fries, burgers, candy, and cookies, all have high amounts of sugar and fats. Therefore, this can result in long-term illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure. This may also result in kidney failure.
Above all, you can get various nutritional deficiencies when you don't consume the essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals and more. You become prone to cardiovascular diseases due to the consumption of bad cholesterol and fat plus sodium. In other words, all this interferes with the functioning of your heart.
Furthermore, junk food contains a higher level of carbohydrates. It will instantly spike your blood sugar levels. This will result in lethargy, inactiveness, and sleepiness. A person reflex becomes dull overtime and they lead an inactive life. To make things worse, junk food also clogs your arteries and increases the risk of a heart attack. Therefore, it must be avoided at the first instance to save your life from becoming ruined.
Ways to Avoid Junk Food
The main problem with junk food is that people don't realize its ill effects now. When the time comes, it is too late. Most importantly, the issue is that it does not impact you instantly. It works on your overtime; you will face the consequences sooner or later. Thus, it is better to stop now.
You can avoid junk food by encouraging your children from an early age to eat green vegetables. Their taste buds must be developed as such that they find healthy food tasty. Moreover, try to mix things up. Do not serve the same green vegetable daily in the same style. Incorporate different types of healthy food in their diet following different recipes. This will help them to try foods at home rather than being attracted to junk food.
In short, do not deprive them completely of it as that will not help. Children will find one way or the other to have it. Make sure you give them junk food in limited quantities and at healthy periods of time.
(b) Your aim of life.
3.Write a letter to the Editor of a newspapers describing the ill effects of indoor games.
Ans.
Syam bagar 24/15 kanpur
15/04/2023
Editor of Amar ujala
subject – describing I'll effects of indoor games
Sir/Ma'am
Most children spend a significant amount of time playing games on their mobile devices and other electronic devices, neglecting to eat their meals.
So, please write massage to advise the children on how to avoid such problems and what the key health risks are associated with spending time on it.
I hope that this letter may assist youngsters in returning home without difficulty.
your Truly
Subhansh
OR
Write a letter to your District Magistrate complaining about the menace of dirt in your locality.
Section-C (Grammar)
4. Multiple choice questions:
(a) What is the synonyms of "Bear".
(i) suffer
(ii) vast
(iii) make
(iv) bold
(b) What is the antonyms of 'victory'.
(i) strong
(ii) verbal
(iii) vice
(iv) defeat
Ans.(iv) defeat
(c) To fill in the blanks with suitable word:
(a)This is ........... of all places.
(Cold, colder, the coldest)
Ans.the coldest
(d) The meaning of 'In lieu of phrases is:
(i) in addition to
(ii) instead of
(iii) in view of
(iv) in pursuance of
(e) Give one word substitute 'ofae mind or opinion.'
(i) unity
(ii) theist
(iii) unanimous
(iv) ageist
Ans.(iii) unanimous
(f) Change into indirect speech:
He said to me. "why did you do your work?"
(g) It is time to close the shop.
(in to passive voice.)
(h) Everybody knows the Gandhi Ji.
(into interrogative)
(i) Tree is too high for me to climb.
(Remove 'too')
(j) She is as clever as fox.
(into comparative degree)
5. Translate the following into English:
एक दिन एक छोटा लड़का एक पुल के पास खेल रहा था। उसकी अवस्था केवल बारह वर्ष की थी। किन्तु वह एक साहसी लड़का था। खेलते समय उसने देखा कि घोड़े ने अपने सवार को पानी में पटक दिया है। वह अपने कपड़ों सहित पानी में कूद पड़ा। वह डूबते हुए मनुष्य के पास तैर कर पहुँचा। और उसे किनारे ले आया। सबने उसके साहस की प्रशंसा की।
Ans.One day a little boy was playing near a bridge. He was only twelve years old. But he was a courageous boy. While playing he saw that the horse had slammed its rider into the water. He jumped into the water with his clothes on. He swam to the drowning man and reached. and brought him to shore. Everyone admired his courage.
Section-D (Literature)
6. Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 30 words:
(a) What sights did Franz see on his way to school?
Answer: On his way to school, Franz found that the day was warm and bright. The birds were chirping at the edge of woods; and in the open woods, the Prussian soldiers were drilling. When he passed the town hall there was a crowd in front of the bulletin board.
(b) What kind of locality does Mukesh live in?
Ans.Mukesh's house is built in a slum-area.The lanes stink with garbage. The homes there are hovels with crumbling walls, wobbly doors and no windows. These are crowded with families of humans and animals.
(c) Why did Douglas decide to overcome his fear of water?
7. Answer any one of the following questions in not more than 150 words:
(a) Where did the writer see Saheb on winter morning? What was he doing? What was he wearing in his feet?
(b) What is the misadventure that William Douglas speaks about?
Ans.Douglas refers to the incident at the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool where he almost drowned as a 'misadventure'. The author was about ten or eleven years old at the time and had barely begun to learn swimming, primarily by aping others.
8. Read the following lines of poetry and answer the questions given below:
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire.
victory with no survivors. would put on clean clothes and walk about with their brothers In the shade, doing nothing.
(i) What does the poet mean by green wars
(ii) What types of wars does the poet mention?
(iii) What does the poet want from the lovers of the war?
9.Give the central idea of one of the following Poems:
(a) An Elementary school classroom in a slam.
(b) Keeping quiet
(c) My mother at sixty-six.
Ans.The poem has been written in lyrical idiom and brings out the complexity of human relations. The central idea of the poem is 'ageing' which is the eternal law of nature. The poetess had gone to meet her mother whose pale face made her realise that her mother is getting old. The poetess becomes really upset. The poetess also mentions the close relationship which a mother and a daughter share. While going away from her mother who has grown old, poetess gets deeply saddened.
10. Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 30 words
(a) What do you understand by escapement ?
(b) How did the Tiger king manage to retain his Kingdom?
Ans.King was in danger of losing his kingdom as he denied the permission of tiger hunting by a high ranking british officer. But he saved his kingdom by sending expensive rings worth 3 lakh rupees to britisher's wife.
(c) What are the indications for the future of human land?
Ans.The future of the humankind can get in danger if the emission of carbon- dioxide and other poisonous gases go on in the same manner. These gases deplete the ozone layer and allow the ultra-violet rays of the sun to enter the earth's environment.
11. Answer any one of the following questions in not more thanabrow
150 words:
(a) What rumour was rife in pratibanda Puram about the crownprince jung jung Bahadur?
(b) How did the writer justify the title journey to the end of the earth?
Ans.Tishani Doshi calls her trip to Antarctica a 'Journey to the End of the Earth' because she crosses nine time zones, six checkpoints, three water bodies and many ecospheres to reach there. The entire journey takes one hundred hours. She is wonder-struck by the immensity and isolation of the region.
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