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English Core Set 3 · Code 301
3:00:00 M.M. 80 0 attempted

Central Board of Secondary Education

Practice Question Paper — not an official CBSE document

Class 12 · English Core

Subject Code 301 · Set 3 of 3

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum marks: 80 11 questions

Theory 80 + Assessment of Listening & Speaking 20.

General instructions

  1. This practice paper follows English Core: Reading 22, Creative Writing 18, Literature 40.
  2. Section A has one discursive / factual passage (12) and one case-based passage (10).
  3. Section B has notice or invitation (4), a formal letter (5) and an article or report (9).
  4. Section C uses Flamingo prose and poetry. Vistas should still be revised from the school book — it is not listed as a separate catalog here.

Practice questions aligned to NCERT topics used in CBSE classrooms. These are original exam-oriented questions for revision — not official CBSE board papers and not a guarantee of any exam question. Always match the textbook issued by your school and the latest PDFs on ncert.nic.in and cbseacademic.nic.in.

Section A — Reading Skills

Unseen passage 12 · Case-based 10 · Q1–2 · 22 marks · 22 marks

Q.1Reading[12]
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow (12 marks).
What a queue teaches about the state
A queue outside a government window is a lesson in Political Science that no textbook diagram can fully draw. People bring photocopies, a steel glass of tea, and a story about the last visit. The clerk’s stamp is small. The wait is not. Students who only memorise the Union, State and Concurrent lists may still be surprised by how a ration card or a scholarship form actually moves.

This is not an argument that the state is only delay. Many windows now use tokens and screens. A well-run counter can feel like a promise kept. The point is that citizenship is practised in these ordinary rooms — not only on Republic Day. A Class 12 student who has helped a grandparent book an appointment has already met federalism, bureaucracy and dignity in one morning.

If you write an answersheet on ‘outcomes of democracy’, remember a queue. Accountability is not an abstract noun when a number is called in order, and it is not present when a side door opens for someone who did not wait.

(A) The queue is used as a lesson in [1]

(B) Tokens and screens are mentioned to show that [1]

(C) Helping a grandparent book an appointment is said to teach [1]

(D) A side door that skips the queue is an image of [1]

(E) The writer says citizenship is practised [1]

(F) What three ordinary objects / stories do people bring to the window? [2]

(G) How should a student use a queue when writing on outcomes of democracy? [2]

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A. B
B. B
C. A
D. B
E. B
F. Photocopies, a steel glass of tea, and a story about the last visit.
G. As a concrete test of whether numbers are called in order or a side door opens for someone who did not wait.

(A) B. how the state is met in ordinary rooms

(B) B. some counters now keep a promise of order

(C) A. federalism, bureaucracy and dignity

(D) B. missing accountability

(E) B. in ordinary government rooms as well

(F) Photocopies, a steel glass of tea, and a story about the last visit.

(G) As a concrete test of whether numbers are called in order or a side door opens for someone who did not wait.

Note

Read the passage twice. Attempt the MCQs first, then the short answers in your own words.

Q.2Reading[10]
Read the case-based passage and answer the questions that follow (10 marks).
Case: Peer tutoring before pre-boards
Section C of Class 12 ran a two-week peer-tutoring roster. Each pair met four times for 25 minutes. Tutors were not the class toppers only; any student who had scored 70%+ in that chapter could teach it. A common error log was kept on the board: ‘sign error in integration’, ‘forgetting units’, ‘writing theme without a line reference’. Mean mark on the next chapter test rose from 48% to 61% for the 22 students who attended all four meetings. The 8 who attended once showed almost no change.

Two tutors complained they lost their own revision time. The teacher answered by giving tutors a one-page ‘teach-back sheet’ that doubled as their revision and by stopping the roster two days before the test.

(A) Who could become a tutor? [1]

(B) Mean mark for those who attended all four meetings became [1]

(C) Students who attended only once [1]

(D) The teacher’s answer to tutors losing time was to [1]

(E) Name two errors from the common error log. [2]

(F) How long was each meeting? [2]

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A. B
B. B
C. B
D. B
E. Any two: sign error in integration; forgetting units; writing a theme without a line reference.
F. 25 minutes, four times in two weeks.

(A) B. Any student with 70%+ in that chapter

(B) B. 61%

(C) B. showed almost no change

(D) B. give a teach-back sheet and stop the roster two days before the test

(E) Any two: sign error in integration; forgetting units; writing a theme without a line reference.

(F) 25 minutes, four times in two weeks.

Note

Read the passage twice. Attempt the MCQs first, then the short answers in your own words.

Section B — Creative Writing Skills

Notice/Invitation 4 · Letter 5 · Article/Report 9 · Q3–5 · 18 marks · 18 marks

Q.3Notice / Invitation[4]
Write a notice (50 words) as Head Boy / Head Girl about a lost laboratory record book near the Chemistry lab. Include identification marks, where to return it, and a line that no questions will be asked.
OR
Write the other short writing task of 4 marks in the same format (notice if you chose invitation, or invitation if you chose notice).
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NOTICE; Lost; identity marks; return to staff room / Head; date; name and designation; calm tone.

Note

50 words. Box the notice if you are writing a notice.

Q.4Letter[5]
Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner (120–150 words) requesting a marked pedestrian crossing outside the gate where Class 12 students exit after extra class at 7:30 p.m. You are Neel / Nisha of Pune.
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Address; subject; two safety facts; request for zebra + light + volunteer marshal in exam month; thanks.

Note

Format + content. Formal English.

Q.5Article / Report[9]
Write an article (150–200 words): “Why map work and diagrams still matter in a phone-camera year.” For Class 12 students who photograph notes instead of drawing them. 9 marks.
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Title, by-line; phones help recall but exams still want a hand-drawn figure; two examples (SST map / Physics ray diagram); one habit (redraw from memory); no mockery of students.

Note

150–200 words. Title / headline required.

Section C — Literature

Flamingo extracts, short and long answers · Q6–11 · 40 marks · 40 marks

Q.6Extract (Flamingo prose)Going Places[8]
A student is revising Going Places and notes: “Coming of age.” Using this case, answer: (i) Name the idea. (ii) State it in your own words. (iii) Give one classroom or daily-life use.
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(i) Going Places.
(ii) Coming of age.
(iii) Apply it in a school experiment, a labelled diagram, or a situation described in the NCERT chapter.

Note

Case-based items recycle a short story. Pull the fact out first, then apply it. This is original practice in CBSE case style — not a copied board paper.

Q.7Extract (Flamingo poem)My Mother at Sixty-six[6]
A student is revising My Mother at Sixty-six and notes: “Read the definitions, diagrams and solved examples in the NCERT textbook before practising extra questions.” Using this case, answer: (i) Name the idea. (ii) State it in your own words. (iii) Give one classroom or daily-life use.
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(i) Textbook first.
(ii) Read the definitions, diagrams and solved examples in the NCERT textbook before practising extra questions.
(iii) Apply it in a school experiment, a labelled diagram, or a situation described in the NCERT chapter.

Note

Case-based items recycle a short story. Pull the fact out first, then apply it. This is original practice in CBSE case style — not a copied board paper.

Q.8Short Answer — Flamingo[10]
Answer any five of the following in 40–50 words each (5 × 2 = 10 marks).

(A) Give two points to explain The Rattrap as used in The Rattrap.
(B) Give two points to explain Keywords as used in My Mother at Sixty-six.
(C) Give two points to explain Revision as used in The Rattrap.
(D) Give two points to explain My Mother at Sixty-six as used in My Mother at Sixty-six.
(E) Give two points to explain The Rattrap as used in The Rattrap.
(F) Give two points to explain Textbook first as used in My Mother at Sixty-six.
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(A) 1. Irony.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.
(B) 1. Every chapter ends with keywords or a summary that is useful for one-mark answers.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.
(C) 1. Write three points from The Rattrap in your own words; that is enough for a short-answer start.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.
(D) 1. Driving to Cochin.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.
(E) 1. Christmas guest.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.
(F) 1. Read the definitions, diagrams and solved examples in the NCERT textbook before practising extra questions.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.

Q.9Short Answer — Vistas style[4]
Vistas-style practice (Vistas is not a separate catalog here). Answer any two in 40–50 words (2 × 2 = 4).

(A) Give two points to explain Keywords as used in Lost Spring.
(B) Give two points to explain Revision as used in Deep Water.
(C) Give two points to explain The Rattrap as used in The Rattrap.
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(A) 1. Every chapter ends with keywords or a summary that is useful for one-mark answers.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.
(B) 1. Write three points from Deep Water in your own words; that is enough for a short-answer start.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.
(C) 1. Peddler and the metaphor of the rattrap.
2. Keep the NCERT wording and add one daily-life example from the same chapter.

Note

Revise Vistas from the school book.

Q.10Long Answer — FlamingoThe Rattrap[6]
Write a long answer on The Rattrap. Include definition, explanation and one application.

OR

Write a long answer on Examples. Include definition, explanation and one application.
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The Rattrap — Kindness reforms. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

Note

Long answers are marked for structure. Use headings or numbered steps so the examiner can see each part.

OR — marking points

Examples — CBSE often tests a concept by asking a daily-life example from the same chapter. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

Q.11Long Answer — Vistas styleThe Last Lesson[6]
Write a long answer on The Last Lesson. Include definition, explanation and one application.

OR

Write a long answer on Deep Water. Include definition, explanation and one application.
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The Last Lesson — The Last Lesson is an NCERT chapter taught in CBSE Class 12 English. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

Note

Long answers are marked for structure. Use headings or numbered steps so the examiner can see each part.

OR — marking points

Deep Water — Instructor and practice. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

*** End of paper ***

This practice paper follows the 2025-26 CBSE sample-paper design. Questions are original. Official papers: https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/SQP/ClassXII_2025_26/EnglishCore-SQP.pdf

FAQs

Is this the official CBSE paper?

No. The layout (sections, question numbers, marks and time) follows the 2025-26 sample paper. The questions are original GKSchools practice.

How is the paper scored here?

MCQ, assertion–reason and reading MCQ parts are auto-scored when you submit. Written answers are for self-check against the key.

Where is the official SQP?

Download it from CBSE Academic: https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/SQP/ClassXII_2025_26/EnglishCore-SQP.pdf

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