HSC Arts Class 12 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

The work was over. We went home. (when)

Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

A library is a public place. We see a number of books kept there for reading. (where)

Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

The culprit was caught. Immediately, he was taken to the police station. (as soon as)

Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

The boys were stealing mangoes from a grove. At that time, the owner of the grove came in.(while)

Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

Artificially flavoured juices are hazardous to health. Moreover, they lead to kidney problems. (and)

Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

Adit has been promoted. Ranjan has been promoted. (as well as)

Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

Caesar was declared emperor. The conspirators killed him. (After)

Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.

She is ______an understanding person ______everybody likes to be with her.

Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.

Suraj owns ______a typewriter ______ a computer.

Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.

Vani is ______a good singer ______a good dancer.

Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.

Amit did not know ______his father met his class teacher ______not.

Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.

I would ______starve ______ beg.

You visit your school after several years. As you cross the banyan tree at the entrance, cheerful memories fi ll your mind. Fill the bubbles with your memories.

Fill in the blanks choosing the words from the box given and complete the summary of the poem.

The casuarina tree is tall and strong, with a creeper winding around it like a (1) ______. The tree stands like a (2) ______with a colourful scarf of flowers. Birds surround the garden and the sweet song of the birds is heard. The poet is delighted to see the casuarina tree through her (3) ______. She sees a grey monkey sitting like a (4) ______on top of the tree, the cows grazing, and the water lilies (5) ______in the pond. The poet feels that the tree is dear to her not for its (6) ______appearance but for the (7) ______memories of her happy childhood that it brings to her. She strongly believes that (8) ______communicates with human beings. The poet could communicate with the tree even when she was in a far-off land as she could hear the tree (9) ______her absence. The poet (10) ______the tree’s memory to her loved ones, who are not alive. She immortalizes the tree through her poem like the poet Wordsworth who (11) ______the yew tree of Borrowdale in verse. She expresses her wish that the tree should be remembered out of love and not just because it cannot be (12) ______.

What is the creeper compared to?

How does the creeper appear on the tree?

Describe the garden during the night.

How does the poet spend her winter?

Why is the casuarina tree dear to poet’s heart?

Name the bird that sings in the poet’s garden.