HSC Arts (English Medium) 12th Standard Board Exam - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Drafting a Review:

Draft a review of any film/movie that you have recently watched. Prepare your review with the help of the given points.

• Name of the movie/year of release
• Producer/Director
• Cast
• Technical aspects: Music/Photography
• Theme/storyline in brief
• Your opinion

Spot the error and rewrite correct sentence:

He prescribe medicine alongwith a few exercises to his patients.

Answer the following question as per instructions:
Framing Questions :
            On the occasion of 'Annual Sports Prize Distribution' programme a well-known sports personality is invited in your college as a chief guest. As a sports secretary you have got an opportunity to interview him/her. Frame a set of 8-10 questions regarding his/her achievements, inspirations, best moment and prizes he/she has won.

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Imagine that you are a journalist and you have been assigned the task of interviewing a film actor/actress. Frame a set of 8 to 10 questions to interview him/her.

Imagine you have to interview an old woman who lives in an ‘old - age home’. Write a set of 8 to 10 questions for the interview. You may take help of the following points:

• Her family, reasons for being in an old-age home, her feelings and expectations, her advice, etc.

Answer the following question as per instruction :

A college in your area is well-known for its innovative academic activities. Imagine you are a newspaper reporter and assigned to take the interview of the Principal. Frame a set of at least 8 questions regarding Teachers’ Motivation, Students’ Discipline, Academic Excellence, Extracurricular Activities, etc.

Imagine you are going to interview some important personality. Prepare a set of 8- 10 questions focussing on his I her social behaviour and the activities he I she carries out. 

Match the pairs of the words in column ‘A’ with their meaning in column ‘B’ :

Column ‘A’                                         Column ‘B’
(i) dangling                                       (a) connected with farming
(ii) squeezing                                    (b) attract the attention
(iii) agrarian                                      (c) hanging freely
(iv) captivate                                     (d) pressing firmly

Give antonyms of the following words by adding prefixes :

(i) gratitude
(ii) clear
(iii) believe
(iv) significance

Interview Questions : 
Imagine that you are going to interview a Sarpanch of a village, who has been selected for ‘Adarsh Gaon Award.’ Frame a set of 8 to 10 questions to interview him/her.

The election of your village ‘Gram Panchayat’ is just over. You have to take an interview of the newly elected ‘Sarpanch’. Frame at least 8 questions related to his future planning for the welfare of your village.

Imagine that you are going to interview a great social worker or reformer. Frame a set of 8-10 questions for the interview :

Form groups and explain the following word with an example. You can take the help of your teacher.

Humility

Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Self-esteem

Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Gratitude

Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Courtesy

Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Generosity

Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Sympathy

Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Empathy

• He committed the crime in broad daylight (not bright daylight or narrow darkness).
• I had a cup of strong tea (not rich tea).
• The fast train is coming (not quick train).

Such words or group of words which habitually occur together and thereby convey meaning by association are called collocations. A collocation is a combination of words in a language that often go together.

Find out the words in column ‘B’ which collocate with the words in column ‘A’.