Class 12 Optional English (3341) Model Question
Class: 12 Full Marks: 100
Subject: Optional English (Eng. 3341) Time: 3 hrs
Group A
Choose and copy the best answer. (11x1=11)
1. Nepali language fall
under……….. language family.
I.
Indo-European II. Sino-Tibetan
Language Family
III. The
Niger-Congo Family V. Austro-Asiatic
2. Which of the
following does not come under causes of language change?
I. Fashion II.
Foreign influence
III.
Broadening and Narrowing IV.
Minority Language
3. Which of the
following sentences best describe “Pidgin”?
I. It is a
language with no native speakers.
II. It is a
language with many native speakers.
III. It
refers to the varieties of language
which are more closely associated with setting or scene.
IV. It is a
language of minority speakers.
4. …………..is concerned
to teaching the grammatical aspects of language.
I. Teaching
about the language II.
Teaching of language
III.
Techniques about the language teaching
IV.
Techniques about the language teaching
5. Which of the
following is not the grammar translation method of language teaching?
I.
Translating the target language into native language especially literary text,
grammatical structures, vocabulary etc.
II. Reading comprehension
questions are asked, students need to answer reading the given text.
III. Fill in
the blank exercises are given and students need to supply missing words.
IV. Reading
aloud a passage or dialogue.
6. What is ‘new
criticism’ concerned with?
I. It deals
with the text rather than external factors.
II. It is
related to the examination of the complex relationship between or text's formal
elements and its theme.
III. This
theory focuses on the validity of readers response to a text.
IV. It is an
approach to deal with the literature of the margins.
7. …………… theory
believes that a reader's motivation heavily affects how they read and
subsequently uses this reading to analyze the psychological response of the
reader.
I.
Psychological reader -response theory II.
Social reader -response theory
III.
Subjective reader - response theory IV.
Effective stylistics
8. How did Sherlock
Holmes solve the case in the story “The Three Students‟?
i. It was a lucky guess. ii.
He saw the culprit copying the test.
iii. He knew the culprit was tall and an athlete.
iv. He did not solve the case at all.
9. Why does the mother
disagree with Aloo in the story “Leaving‟?
i. She does not like him. ii.
She hates America.
iii. She is afraid he will not return home. iv. She is stubborn.
10. Why was the
stockade built by the people in the story Brahmadatta and the Ban?
I. To water
their farm II.
To protect the animals
III. To help
king for hunting IV.
To protect their farm
11. What did the
kidnappers give the speaker upon his release in the poem “Kidnapped”?
I. A photo II.
Apiece of paper
III. A book
to read IV. A
ruler
Group B
Write short answers to
these questions. (8x5=40)
12. List any five causes of language
shift.
13. Compare between different types of
translation.
14. What are the major challenges of
English language teaching in Nepal?
15. What were changes that could be seen
in the Okanagan people after they imitated the swallows? Did their willingness
to change give the swallows the chance to oppress them? Give reason for your
answer. (This is a Story)
16. Do you think Julian is a good son?
Is his mother a good mother? What's really behind Julian's anger toward his
mother? Frustration? Guilt? Resentment? (Everything That Rises Must Converge)
17. Explain the following extract with
reference to the poem The Three Knights
(Traditional)
'What would you give to
your brother John's wife?'
'A widow's weeds, and a
quiet life.'
18. How is gender perspective different
from class perspective in the study of literature?
19. Write a short note on any one of:
a. The character perspective
b. Cultural perspective
Group C
Write long answers to
these questions. (3x8=24)
20. Write the summary of the travelogue
including the things, places, building and so on that Maugham experienced on
his Eastern Journey .
21. What does the story Devil Deer
reveal about consumption of human and its result in ecological destruction?
Explain.
22. Write a critical appreciation of the poem “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways”.