"ज्ञान विज्ञान आणि सुस्कार यासाठी शिक्षण प्रसार "
- शिक्षणमहर्षी प.पु. डॉ. बापुजी साळुंखे
श्री स्वामी विवेकानंद शिक्षण संस्था, कोल्हापूर
12th English Board Question Bank (2024-25)
Extract No 01
Marks: 12Class: 12th | Topic No: 1.2 On Saying Please
"The young lift-man in a city office who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of "please." The complainant entering the lift, said, "Top." The lift-man demanded "Top-please." And this concession being refused he not only declined to comply with the instruction, but hurled the passenger out of the lift...
...The law does not compel me to say "Please" or to attune my voice to other people's sensibilities any more than it says that I shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair or wear ringlets down my back. It does not recognize the laceration of our feelings as a case for compensation. There is no allowance for moral and intellectual damages in these matters."
A1. Find out whether the following statements are True or False: (02)
- Discourtesy is a legal offence.
- No legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners.
- There is an allowance for moral and intellectual damages.
- The lift-man demanded "Top-please."
A2. Complete the following statements: (02)
- We must admit that _________
- The law will protect me against _________
- There is no penalty to pay except _________
- It will permit me to _________
A3. Give reason: (02)
The young lift-man threw a passenger out of his lift because...
A4. Personal Response: (02)
Express your views about the importance of social manners.
A5. Language Study (Do as directed): (02)
- The law will protect me against violent retaliation.
(Choose the alternative showing the correct transformation of this sentence into future continuous tense)
i) The law will be protecting me against violent retaliation.
ii) The law will protecting me against violent retaliation.
iii) The law will have been protecting me against violent retaliation.
iv) The law will protected me against violent retaliation. - We must admit that the law is reasonable.
(Choose the alternative showing the correct transformation of this sentence into a negative sentence)
i) We must not deny that the law is reasonable.
ii) We must deny that the law is reasonable.
iii) We must not admit that the law is reasonable.
iv) We must admit that the law is not reasonable.
A6. Vocabulary: (02)
Give one word for the following from the passage:
- Lack of courtesy = _________
- Make a law or laws = _________
- Having a high opinion of oneself = _________
- A cut or tear = _________
📝 Model Answers (Extract 01)
A1. 1) False 2) True 3) False 4) True
A2.
1. We must admit that the law is reasonable.
2. The law will protect me against violent retaliation.
3. There is no penalty to pay except being written down an ill-mannered fellow.
4. It will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.
A3. The young lift-man threw a passenger out of his lift because the lift man demanded "Top-please" and the passenger said only "Top".
A4. (Accept any reasonably correct personal response about how social manners grease the wheels of society).
A5.
1) i) The law will be protecting me against violent retaliation.
2) i) We must not deny that the law is reasonable.
A6. 1. discourtesy 2. legislate 3. haughty 4. laceration
Extract No 02
Marks: 12Class: 12th | Topic No: 1.2 On Saying Please
"This does not mean that the damages are negligible. It is probable that the lift-man was much more acutely hurt by what he regarded as a slur upon his social standing than he would have been if he had a kick on the shins, for which he could have got a legal redress. The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away but the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day...
...We infect the world with our ill-humours. Bad manners probably do more to poison the stream of the general life than all the crimes in the calendar. For one wife who gets a black eye from an otherwise good natured husband there are a hundred who live a life of martyrdom under the shadow of a morose temper."
A1. Put the jumbled sentences in the proper order. (02)
- Passenger does not say 'Good Morning' to employer.
- Cook is therefore very rude to the passenger's employer's wife.
- Housemaid is rude to the cook.
- Employer is henpecked by his wife at breakfast.
A2. Explain: (02)
Explain the example of Sir Anthony Absolute's behavior.
A3. Give Reason: (02)
This does not mean that damages are negligible.
A4. Personal Response: (02)
Law is useful to maintain peace in society. Explain your thoughts regarding this.
A5. Language Study (Do as directed): (02)
- We infect the world with our ill-humours.
(Choose the alternative showing the correct change in the voice)
i) The world is infected with our ill-humours by us.
ii) The world is infected with our ill-humours by we.
iii) The world is infected with by our ill-humours we.
iv) The world is infect with our ill-humours by us. - The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away but the pain of wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day.
(Choose the alternative showing the correct use of 'Though')
i) Though the pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away, the pain of wound to our self-respect of our vanity may poison a whole day.
ii) The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away, though the pain of wound to our self-respect of our vanity may poison a whole day.
A6. Vocabulary: (02)
Match the following words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B':
| Column 'A' | Column 'B' |
|---|---|
| a) Compensation for a wrong | i) vanity |
| b) Pride | ii) redress |
| c) Balance | iii) bullied |
| d) Threatened | iv) equilibrium |
📝 Model Answers (Extract 02)
A1. The proper order of the ripple effect is:
1) Housemaid is rude to the cook.
2) Cook is therefore very rude to the passenger's employer's wife.
3) Employer is henpecked by his wife at breakfast.
4) Passenger does not say 'Good Morning' to employer.
A2. The example of Sir Anthony Absolute's behaviour illustrates the ripple-effect that boorish behaviour causes among people from top to bottom. Sir Anthony Absolute bullies his man Fag, who in turn goes downstairs and assaults the page-boy.
A3. Because if we are physically attacked and injured, the pain of the wound will soon heal and be forgotten. But if our self-respect or pride is hurt, the mental pain may poison our lives and behaviour for a much longer time.
A4. (Accept any reasonable answer regarding how laws set boundaries and protect citizens from chaos).
A5.
1) i) The world is infected with our ill-humours by us.
2) i) Though the pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away, the pain of wound to our self-respect of our vanity may poison a whole day.
A6.
a) Compensation for a wrong = ii) redress
b) Pride = i) vanity
c) Balance = iv) equilibrium
d) Threatened = iii) bullied
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