HSC Science (General) 12th Standard Board Exam - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions

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.

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’.

• 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.

Learning collocations is essential for making your English sound fluent and natural. Make collocations and use in your own sentences.

Register often refers to the degree of formality of language, but in a more general sense it means the language used by a group of people who share similar work or interest, such as doctors or lawyers.

Imagine that your Principal or teacher is coming. When you meet him, you would never say,

‘Hey, dude! What’s up?’

This is a formal situation, so you would say ‘Good morning,

In every situation, you use an appropriate expression according to the person. The language you use, when you meet someone depends on their age, position etc. There are formal and informal registers in spoken and written language.

Write appropriate expressions and words which you have to use while facing an interview.

(a) May I come in?

(b) ___________________

(c) ___________________

(d) __________________

(e) __________________

You are writing a letter of complaint. List the proper expressions that you would like to write.

(a) I disagree

(b) ___________________

(c) ___________________

(d) ___________________

(e) ___________________

Distinguish between a legal offence and a moral offence on the basis of the given text.

The specific meaning of word ‘anthem’ in the content of the story is _______.

Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Etymology.

Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Archaeology