VNSS
Kathmandu
Sub: C. English Full Marks: 75 Pass Marks: 30
Class: XII Time: 3 hrs.
Attempt all the questions.
1. Read the following passage and do the activities that follow. (15)
I was in Dhangadhi, giving a lecture when a 14-year-old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life was. She replied, "I want to live in a developed Nepal." For her, you and I will have to build this developed Nepal. You must proclaim: Nepal is not an underdeveloped nation; it is a highly-developed nation. Allow me to come back with vengeance. Got ten minutes for your country? YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, the airline is the worst in the world and mails never reach their destinations. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pit. YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name -YOURS. Give him a face-YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your international best. In Singapore. you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are. You pay $ 5 (approx. ? 60) to drive through Orchard Road (the equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket, if you have overstayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall, irrespective of your status or identity. In Singapore, you don't say anything. DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (? 650) a month to "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else." YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 kph) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop. "Do you know who I am? I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost." YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU spit paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU. who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. YOU, who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road, the moment you touch Nepali ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in Nepal? Once in an interview. the famous ex-municipal commissioner had a point to make, "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticise and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America, every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. The same is in Japan. Will Nepalese citizens do that here?" He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up, but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect any institutions to provide clean bathrooms, but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Nepalese Airlines to provide the best of food and toiletries, but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff, who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl- child, and others, we make loud protests and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my son's rights to a dowry." So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us, it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities, and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us, in making a positive contribution to the system, we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along and work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand, or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards, hounded by our fears, we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure, we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Nepalese government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money. Dear Nepalese, the article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection, and pricks one's conscience too....I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Nepalese. "Ask What We Can Do for Nepal and Do What has to be Done to Make Nepal What America and Other Western Countries Do Today". Let's do what Nepal needs from us.
A. Complete following sentences with appropriate words and phrases.
i) The 14 year old girl's goal was to..............
ii) The writer was............. in Dhangadhi.
iii) We........... all the responsibilities after choosing government.
iv) A system consists of ................
v) YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during..............
B. Answer the following questions briefly.
i. What are the negative remarks we make about our country?
ii. How does a Nepali behave in Singapore?.
iii. List two deeds a Nepali would not dare to do while traveling abroad.
iv. What is our attitude towards elections and social issues?
v. What do you understand by the statement. "Our conscience is mortgaged to money"?
C. Write T for true and F for false statements.
i. We never say the government is inefficient.
ii. In Singapore, you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores.
iii. We throw papers and cigarettes on the road when we touch to Nepali ground.
iv. When New York becomes insecure, we do not run anywhere.
v. We are not mortgaged for money instead we are thinking about our country.
2. Answer the following questions. (10)
a. Why do you think the author did not characterize the person in the story with
proper name? (Neighbours)
b. Why is Gaston surprised with his wife's expression towards the end of the story? (A Respectable Woman)
c. How does the author characterize Rakesh's wife? (A Devoted Son)
d. How did the speaker have feeling of intimate liberation? (I Was My Own Route).
e. Describe library at the Queen's college.
OR
Why do you feel that Famous Actress is really good at acting? (A Matter of Husbands)
3. Write long answer to the following questions. (10)
a. Sketch the character of Famous Actress. (A Matter of Husbands)
b. Do marriage differ according to culture? How is marriage practice different from marriage in America?
OR
Do you call Rakesh a devoted son? Give reasons.
4. Write an essay on "Contribution of Citizens for the Development of Nation" (10)
5. Write a press release on behalf of manufacturing company about the copy of your product. (8)
6. Write a newspaper article on " Digital Payment System in Nepal" (7)
7. Complete the following sentences as indicated. (10)
a) You want to go for picnic with your friends in class.
Lets..........? (complete the sentence and make question tag)
b) I have got a fast speed internet at home. I...(complete sentence with appropriate modal)
c) ...........parent worries about their children. ( each/every)
d) Your garden is superb........the flowers are beautiful. (all of / most of / some of)
e) I want.........boat which would take me the island. (the/ an/those/a)
f) I forgot whether the singer or the actress (be) given the Film Fair Award last year.
g) I was really tired. I could not sleep a moment. (use 'although' to join two sentences)
h) He refused to eat anything despite......... (complete sentence in an appropriate way)
i) She got the idea from a story. ( make wh-question for the bold words) I
j. We go to the movie theatre. (occasionally)
8. Do as instructed. (5)
a. Which of the following is quantifier?
i. your ii. this iii. what iv. none
b. Apparently, the magician will be doing some... on the stage tomorrow.
i. gridlock ii. deceleration iii. levitation iv. freight
c. Which of the following is disyllabic word?
i. charge ii. laughter iii. duty iv. hilarity.
d. which of the following means "to try hard to find a solution to a problem".
i. beckon ii. texture iii. grapple iv. cobbled
e. Use the word 'triumph' in your own sentence.
THE END
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