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ENGLISH ELECTIVE NCERT (Code No. 001)

CLASS-XII

SECTION - A( 20 marks)
Reading an unseen passage and a poem:- 60 Periods
10 Very Short Answer Questions from a literary or discursive passage of about 950-1000 words .( 1x10=10
marks)
05 Short Answer Questions to be answered in 50-60 words from a poem of about 24 - 28 lines to test
interpretation and appreciation.(2x5=10 marks)

SECTION –B( 30 marks)

A.Creative Writing Skills and Applied Grammar:- 60 Periods
Two Long Answer Question to be answered in 80-100 words: A short discursive, interpretative
writing(5x2=10 marks)
One Very Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 150-200 words: An essay on an
argumentative/discursive topic such as an article/report/speech.(10x1=10 marks)

Very Short Answer Questions: Transformation of Sentences: (10 marks)

SECTION – C (30 marks)

Literature Textbook: Kaleidoscope(30 marks) 60 Periods
Four Short Answer Questions to be answered in 50-60 words each , taken from two extracts out of the
three given to test understanding and appreciation.(2x4=8 marks)
Two Long Answer Question out of three to be answered in 80-100 words to test deeper understanding,
interpretation, appreciation(5x2=10 marks)
Two Long Answer Questions out of three to be answered in 120-150 words to test the drawing of
inferences and evaluation.(6x2=12 marks)

Section D( 20 Marks)
Fiction 40 Periods
Students can select one of the two prescribed texts.
Two Long Answer Questions out of three to be answered in 80-100 words to seek comments,
interpretation, evaluation and appreciation of characters,events, episodes and interpersonal
relationships.(2x5=10 marks)
One Very Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 150-200 words to test deeper
understanding, interpretation, appreciation and drawing inferences.1x10=10 marks)

Prescribed Books:
1. Kaleidoscope - Text book published by NCERT
2. Fiction: A Tiger for Malgudi or The Financial Expert by R.K. Narayan (Novel) Fiction

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Question Paper Design 2018-19

ENGLISH ELECTIVE NCERT XII (Code No. 001) Marks -100

Typology Testing VSA Short Long Long Very Total Over
Competencies/learning 1 Answer Answer- Answer- Long marks all %
Outcomes marks 50-60 1 2 Answer
words 80 - 100 120-150 150 -
words words 200
2 marks
5 marks words
6 marks
(HOTS)
10
marks

Conceptual understanding,
decoding,
Reading analysing, inferring,
10 5 — — — 20 20
Comprehension interpreting, appreciating
or literary conventions and
vocabulary.

Reasoning appropriacy of
Style and tone, using
appropriate format,
infererring, analysing,
evaluating, creativity with
Creative Fluency
Writing Skills 10 — 2 — 1 30 30
Applying appropriate
language Conventions,
Comprehension
using structures
interactively, application,
accuracy and fluency

Recalling, reasoning,
appreciating literary
conventions illustrating
with relevant quotations
Literature
from the texts, giving — 4 2 2 — 30 30
Texts
opinions and justifying,
infererring, analysing,
evaluating, creativity and
Fluency

Recalling, reasoning,
appreciating literary
conventions, Illustrating
Fiction with relevant quotations
— — 2 — 1 20 20
from the texts, infererring,
analysing, evaluating and
creating, giving opinions,
justifying with fluency

TOTAL 20x1= 2x10=

9x2=18 6x5=30 2x6=12 100 100
20 20

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