JAC Class 12 English Core Question Paper 2016 with Answer

About this paper

This is the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) Class 12 English Core (compulsory) paper from the 2016 examination, with answers written under the questions. It has 12 questions in three sections: Section A, reading comprehension and note-making (20 marks), with a fable about a proud red rose and a cactus and a passage on the carbon cycle; Section B, advanced writing skills (35 marks), with a lost I.D. card notice, a for-sale advertisement, a wedding description, a Republic Day report, letters and an article on global warming or child marriage; and Section C, literature (45 marks), covering poems such as My Mother at Sixty-Six and A Thing of Beauty and prose from Flamingo and Vistas.

Exam

JAC Class 12

Subject

English Core

Year

2016

Questions

12

Pages

4

Answers included

Yes

Paper pattern

• Section A

  20 marks

  Reading comprehension and note-making: a story with short questions and word meanings, and a passage on the carbon cycle for notes and a summary

• Section B

  35 marks

  Advanced writing skills: notice or advertisement (50 words), description or report, letter to the principal or editor, and an article, each with an 'or' option

• Section C

  45 marks

  Literature: a poetry extract, short answers on poems and prose (35 words each), and long answers (about 125 words) with 'or' options

Topics covered

• Reading comprehension
• Note-making and summary writing
• Notice and advertisement writing
• Report writing
• Letter writing
• Article writing
• My Mother at Sixty-Six
• An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
• A Thing of Beauty
• The Last Lesson
• The Enemy
• The Third Level

Questions from this paper

1. You have lost your I.D. card in your school/college campus. Write a notice for the notice board. (50 words)
2. You wish to do B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. from St. Stephen's College, Ranchi. Write a letter to the Principal asking for information regarding admission in the college.
3. India is recognised as a modern 21st-century economy, yet many communities continue to marry children at a very young age. Write an article on 'Child Marriage'.
4. According to Keats, beauty will never pass into nothingness. How?
5. Write the story 'The Last Lesson' in your own words.
6. Why were special arrangements made by the Examination Board inside the prison?