JAC Class 12 English Core Question Paper 2020 with Answer

About this paper

This is the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) Class 12 English Core (compulsory) paper from the 2020 examination, headed 'English (Core) (Science)', with answers written under the questions. It carries 100 marks (pass marks 33) for three hours and has 12 questions in three sections: Section A, reading comprehension and note-making (20 marks), with passages on human rights and on the value of time; Section B, advanced writing skills (35 marks), with a lost-phone or Goa-trip notice, a road-accident or Gandhi Jayanti report, a complaint letter and an article on price hike or communal harmony; and Section C, literature (45 marks), on Flamingo and Vistas.

Exam

JAC Class 12

Subject

English Core

Year

2020

Maximum marks

100

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

12

Pages

5

Answers included

Yes

Paper pattern

• Section A

  20 marks

  Reading comprehension and note-making: a passage on human rights with short questions and word meanings, and a passage on time for notes and an 80-word summary

• Section B

  35 marks

  Advanced writing skills: notice (5 marks), report, letter and article (10 marks each), each with an 'or' option

• Section C

  45 marks

  Poetry extract (4), three poetry short answers (2 × 3 = 6), five prose short answers (2 × 5 = 10), a 125-word long answer (10), a 100-word Vistas answer (7) and four Vistas short answers (2 × 4 = 8)

Topics covered

• Reading comprehension
• Note-making and summary writing
• Notice writing
• Report writing
• Letter of complaint
• Article writing
• Keeping Quiet
• An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
• Indigo
• Lost Spring
• Journey to the End of the Earth
• Memories of Childhood

Questions from this paper

1. You have lost your cell phone in your school. Give details of the cell phone and the probable time and day you lost it, in a notice fit for the 'Lost and Found' notice board of your school.
2. You are Sandhya / Somra. You bought a Scooty of a reputed brand from Bonda Motor Company, Ranchi, and after a month it started giving trouble. Write a letter to the dealer asking him to replace it with a new one.
3. You are worried about the hike in the prices of essential commodities like gas, pulses and vegetables. Write an article on this in about 150 words for a local daily, suggesting steps to curb price hike.
4. Why do you think Gandhiji considered the Champaran episode to be a turning point in his life?
5. Who was Geoff Green? What does the 'Students on Ice' programme aim to do?
6. How did the Dewan and his wife help the Tiger King in finding the hundredth tiger?