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

Complete the following.

Complete the flow-chart stating the reactions of the petrified Langurs due to the presence of the leopard.

Complete the web, describing each step taken by the writer as a solitary traveller while moving in the jungle with great precaution:

Complete the table explaining the qualities that you would like to imbibe from Nature within yourself and provide the reasons for the same:

Shaaz has contributed towards conserving the wild animals and their habitat. Your college has decided to spread the message in society and arrange a rally. Prepare an ‘Appeal’ to ensure maximum participation informing about the day, date, and other relevant details.

Nature is a great teacher and a guide. Complete the mind map as instructed as per the titled concept:

Share your views on how travelling can be a hobby.

Discuss in the class the benefits of travelling and complete the web.

Make a list of your expectations when you travel to some new place:

1. Food should be delicious and available whenever hungry
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________

Discuss in the class the various types of travels. Add your own to ones given below:

Read the first two paragraphs and discuss the need to travel.

Read the sentence ‘If a diploma can famously ______ in cultural relativism.’
Pick the sentence which gives the meaning of the above statement from the alternatives given below.

1. A diploma certificate can be used as a passport and a passport can be used as a diploma certificate.
2. If one has a diploma, he does not need a passport and if he has a passport, he does not need a diploma.
3. One can acquire permission to travel to foreign countries for educational purposes based on her academic achievements and travelling to foreign countries enriches one the most regarding the knowledge and wisdom of the world.

Prepare a list of the litterateurs and their quotations mentioned by the writer in the passage.

‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new places but in seeing with new eyes.’  Marcel Proust. Justify with the help of the text.

Read the third paragraph and find the difference between a tourist and a traveller as revealed through the complaints made by them.

Write four sentences with the help of the text conveying the fact that travelling brings together the various cultures of the different parts of the world.

By quoting Camus, the writer has stated that travelling sets us free from circumstances and all the habits behind which we hide. Write in detail your views about that.

Read the following groups of words from the text.

Words crooked, censored and impoverished in group ‘A’ describe the nouns ‘angle’, ‘limits’ and ‘places’ respectively. They are past participles of the verbs ‘crook’, ‘censor’ and ‘impoverish’. But in the sentences, they act as adjectives. Similarly, in group ‘B’ wordswalking, living and searching are the present participles (‘ing’ forms) of the verbs walk, live and search. But in the above examples they function as adjectives.

Discuss in pairs and make list of some more adjectives like this and make sentences using them.

Combine two sentences into one. You may use the word given in the bracket.

I go to Iceland. I visit the lunar spaces within me. (to)

Combine two sentences into one. You may use the word given in the bracket.

We have the opportunity. We come into contact with more essential parts of ourselves. (of)