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| Exam Date | Question Paper Details | PDF Link |
| 5th March 2024 | English Original Question Paper 2024 | Download PDF |
| 5th March 2024 | 12th English Answer Key PDF | Download PDF |
12th Standard English Public Exam Answer Key 2024
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PART -I Choose the most appropriate Synonyms of the words underlined in the following sentences.
1. When our ridicule overstepped the limits, Amma would pretend to chide us.
- scold
- tease
- thrash
- advise
Answer: scold
2. I experienced not only agony and fear but also anger.
- hatred
- hunger
- insecurity
- suffering
Answer: Suffering
3. The snow on this face was dangerous, but we persisted in our efforts to beat a trail up it.
- rejoiced
- focussed
- continued
- survived
Answer: continued
PART -I: Choose the most appropriate Antonyms of the underlined words in the following sentences.
4. We have a whole kingdom in which we rule alone …… be wise or ridiculous …. conventional or odd.
- inhuman
- abnormal
- unskillful
- illogical
Answer: abnormal
5. I opened it the way I had the first and its contents vanished
- overflowed
- developed
- shattered
- appeared
Answer: appeared
6. Everything is so difficult now, food is so scarce and dear.
- nutritious
- expensive
- adequate
- important
Answer: adequate
7. Choose the word that can be added after ‘good’ to form a compound word.
- will
- idea
- news
- deed
Answer: will
8. Choose the right combination of words used to form the blended word ‘staycation’.
- stray + education
- stray + allocation
- stay + location
- stay + vacation
Answer: stay + vacation
9. Choose the right expansion of the acronym ‘RAW’.
- Results and Analyses Wing
- Research and Analysis Wing
- Review Action Wing
- Resource Application Wing
Answer: Research and Analysis Wing
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
10. I do wish that Joel wouldn’t leave ________ of water on the landing!
- peals
- piles
- pails
- pales
Answer: pails
11. Replace the underlined word in the given sentence with its unclipped form.
The pleasant music at the party is spreading good vibes among the guests.
- vibrations
- vibratos
- vibriosis
- vibraphones
Answer: vibrations
12. Choose the word that has been misspelled.
- encouragement
- misapparopriate
- precautionary
- unambiguous
Answer: misapparopriate
13. Choose the right meaning of the idiom in the given sentence.
I did not become Lord Weston by twiddling my thumbs and hoping for favours.
- cheating others
- facing failures
- showing hatred
- being idle
Answer: being idle
14. Choose the word that cannot form a derivative with the suffix ‘-ship’.
- champion
- craftsman
- apprentice
- container
Answer: container
15. Choose the monosyllabic word from the given options.
- trifle
- alarm
- vague
- worthy
Answer: vague
16. The police seized a lorry loaded with smuggled goods. Replace the British English word with its equivalent in American English.
- caravan
- truck
- tanker
- wagon
Answer: truck
17. Fill in the blank with the suitable sentence connective. It’s already very late and you can’t leave now. , it is raining heavily.
- Moreover
- Nevertheless
- Consequently
- Meanwhile
Answer: Moreover
18. Replace the phrasal verb with the most appropriate single word.
The soft snow made a route …. which sometimes held my weight but often gave way suddenly.
- crumbled
- expanded
- hardened
- splashed
Answer: crumbled
19. The task force managed to complete the project on time many challenges. Choose the suitable prepositional phrase to fill in the blank.
- in favour of
- in lieu of
- in honour of
- in spite of
Answer: in spite of
20. Identify the right pattern of the following sentence.
We must not throw garbage on the streets.
- SVOC
- SVIODO
- SVOA
- SVAA
Answer: SVOA
21. “A film the mother-eagle’s eye
When her bruised eaglet breathes:”
(a) Explain the comparison made in these lines.
| The boy was wounded on seeing him his eyes became soft |
(b) Pick out the words in alliteration.
| bruised breathes |
22. “… while on lower boughs
His puny offspring leap about and play”
(a) Whose offspring is mentioned here?
| African baboon’s / monkey’s offspring |
(b) Where is playing?
| under the bee |
23. “Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.”
(a) How should one face life?
| Like a rock / Steel |
(b) Identify the figure of speech used here.
| Metaphor |
24. ”….I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.”
(a) Who is the speaker here?
| Ulysses |
(b) What does he say about his subject?
| Ulysses was a great hero. He longs for adventure and travel to new place and that he wasn’t and idle man. |
25. “How can this shameful tale he told?
I will maintain until my death”
(a) Which aspect of the tale is considered shameful?
| the greedy disloyal disloyal warder who received gold as bribe |
(b) Mention the figure of speech used here.
| Rhetorical Question |
26. “Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth.”
(a) What are the distinguishing features of man in this stage?
| Fourth state, a man is a soldier, who guard his country. His beard like a pard and aggressive and ambitious. |
(b) Explain the phrase ‘bubble reputation.’
| short lived glory |
PART- II: SECTION – 2 Answer any Three Questions
27. After removing the shoes, the boy jumped into the river.
(Rewrite as a compound sentence)
| The boy removed hi shoes and then jumped into the river |
28. My parents do not allow me to eat junk food.
(Change into passive voice)
| Eating junk food is not allowed by my parents to me |
29. Mickey Mouse is one of the most popular cartoon characters among children.
(Rewrite using the comparative degree of adjective)
| Mickey mouse 1s more popular among children than other cartoon characters. |
30. Change into reported speech.
Weston : Did you open the door to the gardener ?
Roger : No, my lord. I spoke through the shutter.
| Western asked roger whether he open the door to the gardener Roger replied that he didn’t. He spoke to through the shutter. |
PART- III: SECTION-1 – Explain any two of the following with reference to the context.
31. “His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; ….”
32. “What could they offer us for bait?
Our captain was brave and we were true…”
33. “How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!”
SECTION-2: Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 30 words each.
34. Why does Orwell prefer a cylindrical teacup to a flat one ?
35. What were the various jobs undertaken by Nicola and Jacopo ? What made them work so hard?
36. How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it ?
SECTION-3: Answer any three of the following.
37. Create a catchy slogan for each of the following topics.
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38. Write atleast 5 different ways of keeping your eyes healthy and maintaining good eyesight.
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39. Choose the right word from the list and complete the proverbs given below.
(a) Bare words buy no _______.
- butter
- beauty
- barley
Ans : barley
(b) The squeaky wheel gets the ______ .
- grease
- glue
- gelatin
Ans : grease
(c) Keep your friends close, and your_____ loser.
- relatives
- enemies
- neighbours
Ans: enemies
12th Tamil Public Exam Answer Key