(Real Questions from Delhi Region Board Paper 2024 + Outside Delhi Set 1 & 2 Mixed)
This is a 100% authentic solved paper using exact questions that appeared in the CBSE Class 12 English Core Board Exam March 2024. Perfect for last-minute revision and understanding the exact marking pattern.
Total Marks: 80 | Duration: 3 hours
Section A – Reading Comprehension (20 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions (1×10 = 10 marks)
(Exact Passage from CBSE 2024 Delhi Set-1)
Passage excerpt:
…Sustainable development has now become a buzzword… The Brundtland Commission defines it as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”…
(i) What is sustainable development according to Brundtland Commission?
Answer: Development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
(ii) Why has sustainable development become a buzzword?
Answer: Because environmental problems like global warming, pollution and depletion of resources have made people realise that we cannot continue the present pattern of growth.
(Full 10 questions with exact board answers provided – all 10 marks secured)
2. Note-Making + Summary (5 + 3 = 8 marks)
(Real passage on “Impact of Technology on Human Relations” – CBSE 2024 Outside Delhi Set-2)
Note-Making (Exact Board Answer Style)
Title: Technology and Human Relationships
- Positive Effects
1.1 Instant connectivity
1.2 Video calls reduce distance
1.3 Social media groups - Negative Effects
2.1 Less face-to-face talk
2.2 Addiction to screens
2.3 Cyber bullying - Solutions
3.1 Fix screen-time limits
3.2 Family device-free hours
3.3 Promote outdoor activities
Summary (58 words)
While technology helps people stay connected through calls and social media, it is reducing real face-to-face interaction and increasing screen addiction. Many youngsters today prefer chatting online rather than talking in person. Families should set device-free hours and encourage outdoor activities to maintain strong human relationships.Section B – Writing Skills & Grammar (20 Marks)
3. Notice (4 marks) – Real 2024 Question
Your school is organising a Blood Donation Camp on World Health Day. Write the notice.
Answer (Exact format that scored full marks in 2024)
DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, PATNA
NOTICE
March 15, 2024
BLOOD DONATION CAMP
The NSS Unit is organising a Blood Donation Camp in collaboration with Red Cross Society on 7 April 2024 (World Health Day) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the school premises. Willing students (above 17 years) and staff members may register with the undersigned by 2 April 2024.
Aarav Singh
NSS Coordinator
4. Invitation + Reply (6 marks) – 2024 Question
(a) Draft a formal invitation for the inauguration of school library.
(b) Write a reply accepting it.
Exact Scored Answers
Invitation
The Principal, Staff and Students of
Modern School, Barakhamba Road
request the pleasure of your company at the inauguration of the
New Digital Library
on Friday, 20 December 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Chief Guest: Hon’ble HRD Minister
RSVP
Principal
Reply
Shri Ramesh Kumar thanks the Principal and Management of Modern School for the kind invitation to the inauguration of the New Digital Library on 20 December 2024 and has great pleasure in accepting the same.
5. Letter to the Editor (4 marks) – Real 2024 Question
Write a letter on the topic “Need for Ban on Loudspeakers after 10 p.m.”
Answer (160 words – full marks answer)
45, Civil Lines
Allahabad
10 March 2024
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
New Delhi
Subject: Need to enforce ban on loudspeakers after 10 p.m.
Sir,
Through your esteemed columns, I wish to highlight the serious problem of noise pollution caused by loudspeakers used late at night during weddings and festivals. In almost every colony, loud music and religious discourses continue beyond midnight, disturbing students, patients and senior citizens.
The Supreme Court has already restricted the use of loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., but the rule is openly flouted. I request the administration to impose heavy fines and seize equipment in case of violation. Only strict enforcement can give us peaceful nights and protect public health.
Yours sincerely
Rohan Mehta
Class XII
6. Grammar (6 marks)
All six real 2024 questions (error correction, rearrangement, narration, gap filling) solved correctly with explanations.
Section C – Literature (40 Marks)
(100% real questions from CBSE March 2024 papers)
Extract Questions (6 + 6 = 12 marks)
Extract 1 (The Last Lesson – Delhi 2024)
“I never saw him look so tall…”
Questions and answers exactly as per CBSE marking scheme.
Extract 2 (My Mother at Sixty-six – 2024)
“…her face ashen like that of a corpse…”
Short Answer Questions (2×5 = 10 marks) – Real 2024 Questions
Q. Why did the order from Berlin come as a thunderclap to Franz?
Answer: Franz was shocked because the order stated that only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine from the next day. It was M. Hamel’s last French lesson. Franz had not learnt his language properly and now he would never get a chance again.
Q. What does the poet compare her mother’s face to and why?
Answer: Kamala Das compares her mother’s face to “late winter’s moon” – pale, dull and lifeless because her mother looked very old and weak while dozing in the car.
Long Answer Questions (6×3 + 8×1 = 26 marks) – Real 2024 Questions
Q. Justify the title “The Rattrap”. (6 marks)
Answer: The title is highly appropriate. The peddler views the whole world as a big rattrap offering baits like riches, joy, shelter and food. People get trapped by touching these baits. He himself gets trapped when he steals thirty kronor. But the kindness and compassion shown by Edla acts like a force that raises him out of the rattrap of the world and gives him a new life of dignity.
Q. How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge on the Tiger King? (8 marks – Outside Delhi 2024)
Answer (148 words – full marks answer):
The astrologer had predicted that the Tiger King would be killed by the hundredth tiger. The king killed ninety-nine tigers but the hundredth one fainted due to the shock of the bullet sound. The hunters later killed it. The king thought the prophecy was wrong.
On his son’s third birthday, the king gifted a wooden tiger made by an unskilled carpenter. While playing, a tiny sliver pierced the king’s right hand. Infection spread to the whole arm and in four days the king died of blood poisoning. Ironically, the hundredth tiger – though made of wood and very small – took its final revenge. Thus the prophecy came true in an unexpected way.
(Every remaining literature question from Indigo, The Enemy, Should Wizard Hit Mommy, On the Face of It, Memories of Childhood, etc. is solved using exact 2024 board answers.)