HSC Commerce (English Medium) १२ वीं कक्षा - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Read the following extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words :

Orlando lived happily with the Duke and his friends, but he had not forgotten the lovely Rosalind. She was always in his thoughts and every day he wrote poetry about her, pinning it on the trees in the forest. 'These trees shall be my books', he said, 'so that everyone who looks in the forest will be able to read how sweet and good Rosalind is.'

Rosalind and Celia found some of these poems pinned on the trees. At first, they were puzzled, wondering who could have written them; but one day Celia came in from a walk with the news that she had seen Orlando sleeping under a tree. and she and Rosalind guessed that he must be the poet. Rosalind was happy to think that Orlando had not forgotten her, because she loved him as much as he loved her.

One day she and Celia met Orlando. He did not recognize them because of their stained faces and simple clothes. He thought they were a shepherd boy and his sister. He made friends with them.

Extend the given extract by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own (about 120 words):
         The lark bent its little head towards the flower, and its heart broke for want and longing. The flower could not, as on the previous evening. fold up its petals and sleep; it dropped sorrowfully. The boys only came the next morning; when they saw the dead bird. they began to cry bitterly, dug a nice grave for it. and adorned it with flowers. The bird's body was placed in a pretty red box; they wished to bury it with royal honours. While it was alive and sang they forgot it. and let it suffer want in the cage: now. they cried over it and covered it with flowers. The piece of turf. with the little daisy in it, was thrown out on the dusty highway. Nobody thought of the flower which had felt so much for the bird and had so greatly desired to comfort it.

Read the sentence from the text.

New insights have enabled the banks and finance companies to come up with suitable plans.

This sentence can be rewritten as ‘New insights have enabled the banks as well as finance companies to come up with suitable plans’.

Remember, ‘as well as’ serves the same purpose as that of co-ordinating the conjunction ‘and’ in the sentence. When one of them is inserted in the sentence, other should be removed.

Use ‘as well as’, ‘either ...... or’ in the following sentences.

Whatever activity we do online is recorded, monitored and analysed.

Read the sentence from the text.

New insights have enabled the banks and finance companies to come up with suitable plans.

This sentence can be rewritten as ‘New insights have enabled the banks as well as finance companies to come up with suitable plans’.

Remember, ‘as well as’ serves the same purpose as that of co-ordinating the conjunction ‘and’ in the sentence. When one of them is inserted in the sentence, other should be removed.

Use ‘as well as’, ‘either ...... or’ in the following sentences.

Big Data has been useful in identifying and tracking the exact location of a place.

Read the sentence from the text.

New insights have enabled the banks and finance companies to come up with suitable plans.

This sentence can be rewritten as ‘New insights have enabled the banks as well as finance companies to come up with suitable plans’.

Remember, ‘as well as’ serves the same purpose as that of co-ordinating the conjunction ‘and’ in the sentence. When one of them is inserted in the sentence, other should be removed.

Use ‘as well as’, ‘either ...... or’ in the following sentences.

Weather sensors and satellites help us to understand the weather and help in weather forecasting.

Read the sentence from the text.

New insights have enabled the banks and finance companies to come up with suitable plans.

This sentence can be rewritten as ‘New insights have enabled the banks as well as finance companies to come up with suitable plans’.

Remember, ‘as well as’ serves the same purpose as that of co-ordinating the conjunction ‘and’ in the sentence. When one of them is inserted in the sentence, other should be removed.

Use ‘as well as’, ‘either ...... or’ in the following sentences.

Big Data helps in monitoring the outbreaks of epidemics and diseases.

Read the sentence from the text.

New insights have enabled the banks and finance companies to come up with suitable plans.

This sentence can be rewritten as ‘New insights have enabled the banks as well as finance companies to come up with suitable plans’.

Remember, ‘as well as’ serves the same purpose as that of co-ordinating the conjunction ‘and’ in the sentence. When one of them is inserted in the sentence, other should be removed.

Use ‘as well as’, ‘either ...... or’ in the following sentences.

New insights have enabled the banks and finance companies to come up with suitable plans.

As I entered the post office, the Post Master presented me with a telegram.

(Being the sentence with "No sooner......)

As soon as he left the house, he met with an accident.     ...(Identify the correct ‘No sooner … than’ form of the above sentence from the alternatives given below.)

Write a short tourist's leaflet about any Hill Station that you know with the help of
the following points :
• How to reach there
• Accommodation facilities
• What to see
• Shopping attractions
• Anything special about the place.

Leaflet -
Prepare a short Tourist Leaflet on any hill station you like, with the help of the following points :
• How to go there
• Where to stay
• Places worth visiting
• Shopping attractions
• Add your own points 

Prepare a short tourist leaflet on any hill-station you have visited with the held of points given below:

(i) How to reach there?

(ii) Accommodation.

(iii) Worth-seeing places.

(iv) Specialties.

(v) Add your own points. 

Use the correct tense form of the verb given in the bracket and rewrite the sentence.

She ________ that old fashion book of her mother a few months back.

Use the correct tense form of the verb given in the bracket and rewrite the sentence.

She ________ at her left shoulder for quite some time.

Use the correct tense form of the verb given in the bracket and rewrite the sentence.

One human should _______ this for another always.

Use the correct tense form of the verb given in the bracket and rewrite the sentence.

All this ________ destroyed in a few years.

Use the correct tense form of the verb given in the bracket and rewrite the sentence.

She ______ like a dressmaker’s dummy standing there.

Letter Writing :
Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement with the help of the given C. V. (Resume):                 

C. V. (Resume)

Name :Aruna Anil Shinde
Address : Bl-104, Rose Parade, S. B. Road, Nagpur.
Educational Qualifications :

Other qualifications : Successfully completed
Computer Diploma from NIIT, Nagpur 2014.
Work Experience : Worked as the Purchase Officer in
Login Private Ltd., Nagpur.
Interest/Hobbies : Reading, music, swimming, chess.
Languages Known: English, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati.

Write a letter to the Editor of a Newspaper drawing attention to the noise pollution in your locality. Suggest some solutions.

Read the following advertisement and prepare a letter of application in response to it by using the information given in the C. V. (Resume) that follows :