Grade 12 Compulsory English Model Question 2078
Class: XII FM 75
Subject: Compulsory
English Time:
3:00 hrs PM 30
Q.N.1. Read the text and do the task. 15
Mount Everest grows by nearly a meter to new
height
The world’s highest mountain Mt. Everest is 0.85 meters higher than had
been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China had jointly announced.
Until now the countries differed over whether to add snow caps on top. The new
height is 8848.86 meters (29032 ft). China's previous official measurement of
8844.43 meters had put the mountain nearly 4 meters lower than Nepal's. Everest
official at Nepal's Foreign Ministry and Department of Surveyors from both
countries had co-ordinated to agree on the new height. The agreement to jointly
announce the new measurement of the Earth's highest point was made during
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu last
year.
Chinese authorities had said previously Mount Everest should be measured
to its rock height, while Nepalese authorities argued the snow on top of the
summit should be included. The Chinese surveyors had calculated their figure
after they measured the mountain in 2005. Nepal's government officials told the
BBC in 2012 that they were under pressure from China to accept the Chinese
height and therefore they had decided to go for a fresh measurement to
"set the record straight once and for all." The 8,848 m height, Nepal
had been using for Mount Everest was determined by the survey of India in 1954,
but for the first time the country has now conducted its own measurement of the
summit. Four Nepalese land surveyors spent two years training for the mission,
before heading to the summit. "Before this, we had never done the
measurement ourselves," Damodar Dhakal, spokesman at Nepal's Department of
Survey, told the BBC. "Now that we have a young, technical team (who could
also go to the Everest Summit), we could do it on our own," Mr. Dhakal
said. Nepal's lead surveyor Khimlal Gautam lost his toe due to frostbite while
on the summit to install the height measuring equipment last year. "For
summiters, scaling the highest peak means a great accomplishment. For us, it
was just the beginning." Mr. Gautam had told BBC Nepali after his return.
"Unlike other surveys of the Everest in the past, we chose 03:00 to
minimize errors that could have been caused because of sunlight in the day
time."
Some geologists have suggested a major earthquake in 2015 may have had an
impact on Mount Everest height. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed nearly
9,000 people in Nepal, and caused an avalanche which buried parts of the base
camp at the mountain. At least 18 climbers were killed. Some geologists said
the earthquake may have caused Everest's snow cap to shrink. Scientists had
found that some other Himalayan peaks such as Langtang Himal, mostly to the
north of Kathmandu and close to the epicenter, had reduced in height by
approximately a meter after the earthquake. Others have argued that Mount
Everest, like other Himalayan peaks, may have actually grown over time because
of the shifting tectonic plates it sits on. But experts say major earthquaks
can result in that process being reversed. "The 2015 earthquake is also a
major reason why we re-measured the mountain," said Mr. Dhakal.
A. Choose the best answer. 5×1=5
a. The word 'announce' means;
i. utter words to
convey information.
ii. make a formal
statement about a fact.
iii. communicate
information to someone.
b. The word 'fresh' in the phrase 'fresh measurement' means;
i. having its
original qualities unimpaired.
ii. not frozen,
tinned or otherwise preserved.
iii. not previously
done, new or different.
c. The word 'accomplishment' means;
i. the omission of
expected action
ii. an act or
instance of falling.
iii. something that
has been achieved successfully.
d. The word 'shrink' in the passage is opposite in meaning to
i. expand ii. contract iii. reduce
e. The word 'approximately' means;
i. exactly ii. nearly iii. precisely
B. Complete the following sentences in NOT
MORE THAN FOUR WORDS. 5×1=5
a. Nepal and China previously had different views about adding the ______ to
the height of Mt. Everest.
b. Surveyors from both Nepal and China had worked together to come up with
the same view on the _____ of Mt. Everest.
c. China's earlier official measurement of 8848.43 m was based on the
measurement done on _______
d. The team leader of Nepal's surveyors lost his toe during the installment
of ______ on the top.
e. Some geologists also had their view that the change in ______ under Mt.
Everest may have increased its height.
C. Answer the following questions: 5×1=5
a. What did the surveyors from both Nepal and China agree to come up with
about Mt. Everest?
b. Why did both countries determine to carry out the new measurement of Mt.
Everest?
c. Which sentence in the text indicates that it was the first time for Nepal
to measure the height of Mt. Everest?
d. Why did the Nepali team take 03:00 as a reference in measuring the
summit?
e. What covered the parts of the base camp at the mountains during 2015
earthquake?
Q.N.2. Write short answers of the following questions: 5×2=10
a. Why was Mrs. Baroda unhappy with the information about Gouvernail’s visit
to their farm? (A Respectable Woman)
b.
What did Rakesh do
to make his father’s old age more comfortable? (A Devoted Son)
c. How does the poet highlight the magnificence of the God in the poem
‘Every Morning I Wake’?
d. What, according to cowherds, is the reason behind the death of Male? (The Bull)
e. How can you say that Famous Actress and the husband of Earnest Young
Woman are in love? (A Matter of Husbands)
Q.N.3. Write long answer to the following
questions: 2×5=10
a. Discuss the one act play ‘Facing Death’ as a modern tragedy.
b. A Nepali proverb says “Neighbors are companions for wedding procession as
well as for funeral procession.” Does this proverb apply in the story
“Neighbours”? Justify.
Q.N.4. What is the most useful thing that you have ever learnt? Write two or three of paragraphs about it. 7
Q.N.5. Suppose, you are the co-ordinator of the organizing committee for the 'Sports week' at your school. Write an email inviting the other members of the committee for its first meeting. (8)
Q.N.6. Suppose you are the General Manager of Nepal Airlines. Issue a press release on behalf of the airlines about the cancellation of flights to the mountain regions due to the poor weather condition. 10
Q.N.7. Do as indicated in brackets and
rewrite the sentences. 10×1=10
a. There is no other mountain higher than Mt. Everest in the world. Mt.
Everest is the ……………one (Complete the
sentence with an appropriate adjective.)
b. Six miles (is/are) a
long distance. (Rewrite the sentence
choosing the correct verb)
c. I have great respect ……my teachers. (Put
the correct preposition in the blank)
d. If you want to earn a lot of money, ……… (Complete the sentence using the correct modal auxiliary)
e. Wait! I ………… (drop) you to the station. (Put the verb from the bracket in correct tense to make a meaningful
sentence)
f. A lot of people are worried about …………. (to lose/losing) their jobs. (Choose the correct option from the bracket)
g. ………. Nepali people have limited income, they are happy. (Put the correct conjunction in the blank to
complete the sentence)
h. I came to Kathmandu on the day…………….the devastating earthquake took
place. (Join the sentences with a
relative pronoun)
i. The teacher said, “Have you submitted your assignments, students?” (Change the following sentences into
indirect speech.)
j. Did they confess the crime? (change
into passive)
Q.N.8. Do as instructed. 5×1=5
a. The art of producing beautiful writing with a special pen or
brush is called
calligraphy. What word class
does the underlined word in the sentence
belong to?
b. Arrange the following words as per the order in a dictionary;
chanting, chopper, chirruping, chivalry, chancellor
c. What does the sentence 'He burnt his fingers by interfering in his
neighbour's affair.' Mean?
i. He
got himself into trouble.
ii. He burnt
himself
iii. He got himself
insulted.
iv. He got rebuked
d. What does the prefix 'under' in the word UNDERESTIMATE mean?
i. below ii.
in iii. around iv. above
e. The last sound in the word 'push' is transcribed as
i. /ʃ/ ii. /z/
iii. /s/ iv. /tʃ/
The End