Arts (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

With ships and sun and love tempting them to steal...
For lives that slyly turn in their cramped holes
From fog to endless night?

(i) Who are 'them' referred to in the first line?
(ii) What tempts them?
(iii) What does the poet say about 'their' lives?

You are Rajendra Kumar, a social worker. You read an article in The Hindu on 'Health Care for Indian Workers'. Write a speech in 125‒150 words on the importance of health care to be delivered at a public function to create awareness among the workers.

Write an article in 150-200 words on the topic, ‘Poverty is the cause of all evils’, to be published in the Young World of ‘The Hindu’, Chennai.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Perhaps the Earth can teach us

as when everything seems dead

and later proves to be alive.

Now I’ll count upto twelve

and you keep quiet and I will go.

(i) What does the Earth teach us? (1)

(ii) What does the poet mean to achieve by counting upto twelve? (1)

(iii) What is the significance of ‘keeping quiet’? (1)

Read the following extract and answer the questions given  below:

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But the children you love, you seem to abuse.
Look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers she brought for you.
She picked them herself, pink, yellow and blue.
She stood quietly not to spoil the surprise,
And you never saw the tears in her eyes."

(1) What did the mother think as she lay sleepless in the bed?
(2) According to you, why shouldn't we hurt the feelings
of others?
(3) Pick out any two pairs of rhyming words from this
extract.
(4) What kind of poem is this? What is its purpose?

During the season of marriages you have seen people spending a lot of money only to satisfy their ego. All  the money thus wasted can be put to some constructive use. Write an article in 150 - 200 words on ‘Simple  Marriages’. You are Anu/Anup. 

Building roads in a big city makes the life of people comfortable. You have to cut a number of trees to make  the roads go straight. A lot of dust is also thrown up in the air, thus polluting it. Write an article in 150 - 200  words on the topic. 'Need of' Balance between Development and safety of Environment'. You are Prabhu/ Latha.

The construction sector is believed to be quite hazardous and has the maximum number of fatal work injuries because apart from other causes, stakeholders in this sector tend to ignore safety regulations. As a columnist for an e-zine, draft an article in about 120-150 words, on the theme of the importance of worker safety in construction zones. Explore possible reasons for the prevailing situation and include suggestions for addressing it. Support your ideas with the cues given below.

Answer in about 120-150 words. 

You are Sohail Hassan of class XII-B. Write an article for your school magazine, sharing the importance of young adults, as volunteers in one’s local community, the need to do so and the benefits involved. Use the given cues along with your own ideas to compose this article.

Draft an article in 120-150 words to be published in a prominent journal on the problem of stray dogs in your colony. Give suggestions to overcome this menace. You are Prema/Prashant. Use the given cues along with your ideas to compose the article:

You are Praveen/Prerna. Secretary, Eco-club of Bharati School, Lucknow. You write an article on the hazards of environmental pollution for the school magazine. You may use the cues given below. (120-150 words)

You are Nishi/Nishant, a social worker, you feel that the progress and advancement of India can be enhanced by educating the girl child. He/She writes an article of 120-150 words for the local newspaper expressing his/her views. You may use the cues given below.

Your school held a Pollution Awareness Drive during which students made presentations on factors and solutions. As the President of the Environment Club, you analyzed the presentations and prepared notes. Using the following notes and your own ideas, write an article of about 120-150 words to be published in an e-magazine. You are Bela/Bharat.

As a student studying in Class 12, you are confused about which course to pursue after school. To gain clarity, you attended a career fair in which you interacted with professionals from various fields and admission officers from different institutions. Based on your experience, write an article in 120-150 words on the importance of making informed choices. You are Rita/Rahul.

Support your ideas with the cues given below:

You have just finished Class 12 and are seeking admission to college. You are looking forward to the freedom from parents and the strict discipline of school life. However, you also realise that freedom brings with it responsibility and a mature preparation for your forthcoming career. Write an article in 120-150 words on what college life spells for you. You are Surabhi/Suresh. Support your ideas with the cues given below:

Incessant rain has caused irrecoverable damage in your area. As an active participant in the flood relief programme, write a report in 125‒150 words on the different flood relief measures carried out. You are Krishan/Krishna.

You are Gobind/Gobindi of 14, Nehru Nagar, Delhi. You have visited a book exhibition in your neighbourhood. Write a report in about 125‒150 words on the exhibition.

You have visited a book exhibition in your neighbourhood. Write a report in about 125‒150 words on the exhibition. You are Rohan/Rohini.

Your School, Sea View Public School, Kochi, organized a Blood-donation Camp on the occasion of the Republic Day celebrations. As Cultural Secretary of your school, write a report on the event in 100-125 words.

Traffic police has launched a special drive against pollution causing vehicles. This has led to traffic jams and crowds at important intersections. Write a report in 100-125 words to be published in ‘Chennai Times’. You are Prince/Priya, 12 M.G. Road, Adayar, Chennai.