DG KHAN BOARD
English (Compulsory)
(Session: 2017)
(Group-I I A-2017)
(New Course)Class — XII
Paper-11
The; 30 Minutes
(OBJECTIVE)
Marks: 20
Note: - Write answers to the questions on objective answer sheet provided. Four possible answers A, B, C & D to each question are given. Which answer you consider correct, fill the corresponding circle A, B, C or D given in front of each question with Marker or pen ink on the answer sheet provided:

Choose the correct option of the underlined words from the columns A, B, C & D and fill up the bubbles:

• We are also more critical than our ancestors.

(A) Clever
(B) Ignorant
(C) Conscious
(D) Kind

• The daily grind f the school pressed heavily upon me.

(A) Routine
(B) Horne work
(C) Work
(D) Labor

• Al-Hakam’s agents ransacked the bookshops of all the major cities.

(A) Bought
(B) Looted
(C) Robbed
(D) Searched

Choose the right option of the under-lined words from Book-11(Modern Prose and Heroes, Part-II)

• After much reflection I put a bracket round it.

(A) Wait
(B) Shadow
(C) Thinking
(D) Echo

• The driver picked his way with uncanny skill.

(A) Little
(B) Unpleasant
(C) Accurate
(D) Unusual

• It stimulated other scientists to study the habit of germs.

(A) Inspired
(B) Forced
(C) Irritated
(D) Annoyed

• Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield.

(A) Coverage
(B) Shade
(C) Stockade
(D) Remains

Choose the right option of the under-lined words from the novel Good Bye Mr. Chips".

• While climbing the mountain Chips slipped himself and wrenched his ankle.

(A) Broke
(B) Twisted
(C) Fractured
(D) Punctured

• Katherine came scampering along the stone corridors.

(A) Langhing
(B) Slipping
(C) Running
(D) Crying

• Katherine had not been able to bequeath all her mind to him.

(A) Conceal
(B) Read
(C) Grant
(D) Afford

Choose the appropriate prepositions to fill in the: blanks.

• He was ashamed……………………….his misconduct.

(A) At
(B) Of
(C) For
(D) From

• His father deals …………………………..cloth.

(A) For
(B) At
(C) In
(D) With

• Hard work is the only key ……………………success.

(A) To
(B) For
(C) From
(D) With

• This teacher is popular ………………….. His students.

(A) About
(B) In
(C) Of
(D) With

• She is always true……………………….her word.

(A) With
(B) In
(C) To
(D) On

An incorrect prompt is given in each of the question given below. Only one choice is correct. Choose the correct option from among A, B, C and D

• I am too glad to meet you.

(A) I am much glad to meet you.
(B) I am too glad to meet you.
(C) I am very glad to meet you.
(D) I will too glad to meet you.

• There are many a slips between the cup and the lips.

(A) There is many a slip between the cup and the lips
(B) There are many a slips between the cup and the lips
(C) There is many slips between the cup and the lips.
(D) There was many a slip between the cup and the lips.

• Majority is Pakistan are poor.

(A) Majority in Pakistan are poor
(B) Majority of in Pakistan was poor
(C) Majority in Pakistan were poor
(D) Majority in Pakistan is poor

• Murree is a worth seeing place.

(A) Murree is a worth-seeing place
(B) Murree is a place worth seeing
(C) Murree were a worth -seeing place
(D) Murree is place a worth-seeing

• It is to who is to blame.

(A) It was I who is to blame
(B) It was I who was to blame
(C) It is I who is to blame
(D) It is I who am to blame

DG KHAN BOARD
English (Compulsory)
(Session: 2017)
(New Course) Class — XII
(SUBJECTIVE)
Time: 2:30 hours
SECTION-I

2. Write short answers to any six din 3-5 lines questions in words of your own from Book-I (Short Stories) 6x2:12

• Write a note on the beginning of life on the earth.
  
• Now has the scientific method enabled us to get over the old fears?
  
• Who are the lazy bluffers and how should be treated?
  
• How did David Daiches spend his summer holidays?
  
• What sort of books were presented by the British Public to the solider? (On Destroying Books)
  
• Describe Jerome K. Jermoe's visit to the Chemist.
  
• What is the secret of China's wonderful progress?
  
• What does hunger on the large mean as viewed by the author? (Hunger and Population Explosion)
  
• What did abd-al-Rahman do to make himself strong and beautify his capital?

3. Write short answers (in 3.5) to any six questions from 600k-11 (Modern Prose and Heroes-Part -II).

• How did Churchill attempt his Latin paper?
  
• What made Christopher carry out "Hitch Hiking"?
  
• How did he manage to escape from send storm? (Hitch Hiking Across the Sahara)
  
• What are leucocytes?
  
• What is lysozyme?
  
• How did Pasteur discover the method of making vaccines?
  
• What was Pasteur's contribution to the silk industry of France?
  
• What were the terms offered to Turkey by the Allies?

4. Write short answers (in 3-5 lines) to any eight questions from the novel, "Goodbye Mr. Chips.

• How did Mr. Chips Wetherby, the headmaster of Brookfield School, advise Mr. Chips?
  
• What type of room was that were Mr. Chips stayed?
  
• Compare the mental approach of Chips With that of Katherine
  
• How much popular was Katherine at Book field public Place School?
  
• Why could Mr. Chips not write a book about his life at the brook field School?
  
• What were Chips' gentle eccentricities in his old age?
  
• What led Ralston and Chips to a row?
  
• What was the financial condition of Mr. Chips after retirement?
  
• How did Chips perform as the Head of Brookfield School from 1917 to 1918?
  
• Whom did chips call stink-merchants?
  
• What do you know about Mr. Chips' Will?
  
• Who was Merivale? What did he say to Chips on the foggy morning?

Section-II

5- Write an essay (300-400 words) on any one of the following topics:

• Uses and Abuses of Science
  
• Our College Library
  
• A Road Accident
  
• Pollution

6. Use any five of the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own:

• an axe to grind            
  
• above board
  
• call names
  
• now and then            
  
• give the cold shoulder           
  
• on the eve of
  
• look down upon
  
• run out

7. Translate the following passage into English.
قائدِاعظم کی کامیابی چار خوبیوں کا نتیجہ تھی۔ مضبوط کردار، جرات، سخت محنت اور سچائی۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ انسان کی شخصیت کا محل ان چار ستونوں پر تعمیر ہوسکتا ہے۔قائدِاعظم نے کہا کہ وہ ناکامہ کے لفظ سے نا آشنا ہیںاور ایمانداری اور سچائی کو کامیابی کا سر چشمہ خیال کرتے ہیں۔ قائدِاعظم نے بطور سیاست دان کبھی جھوٹ سے کام نہیں لیا۔ آپ سیاست میں بھی حضرت محمد ﷺ کے نقشِ قدم پر گامزن رہے۔ سچائی سے ہی محبت قائدِاعظم کی عظمت کا اصل راز ہے۔
Note: English Medium / Foreign candidates will write a paragraph on "Mobile Phones.