JAC Class 12 English Core Question Paper 2013 with Answer

About this paper

This is the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) Class 12 English Core (compulsory) paper from the 2013 examination, with an answer written under every question. It has 12 questions in three sections: Section A, reading comprehension and note-making (20 marks); Section B, writing skills (35 marks); and Section C, literature (45 marks). The writing tasks include a notice, a job application to a bank manager with bio-data, a report and an article, each with an 'or' option. Section C draws on Flamingo and Vistas, including Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, The Rattrap, Indigo, The Enemy, The Tiger King and The Third Level.

Exam

JAC Class 12

Subject

English Core

Year

2013

Questions

12

Pages

3

Answers included

Yes

Paper pattern

• Section A

  20 marks

  Reading comprehension and note-making: two unseen passages with short questions, notes and a 50-word summary

• Section B

  35 marks

  Writing: notice, letter, report and article, each with an 'or' option

• Section C

  45 marks

  Literature: extract-based questions, short answers and longer answers from the prose and poetry texts

Topics covered

• Reading comprehension and note-making
• Notice writing
• Letter of application for a job
• Report writing
• Article writing
• Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
• The Rattrap
• Indigo
• The Enemy
• The Tiger King
• The Last Lesson
• The Third Level

Questions from this paper

1. You have lost your keys in the college campus. Write a notice for the notice board.
2. Write a letter to the Branch Manager, SBI, Patna, requesting him to consider your request for a job.
3. Write an article on ambition in life.
4. What does Gandhi get from his experience in Champaran?
5. How does Dr Sadao help the American soldier?
6. What is the meaning of Sam's letter to Charley?