UP Board Class 12 English Question Paper 2025 PDF (Code 316 HV) is available for download here. The Mathematics exam was conducted on March 12, 2025 in the Evening Shift from 2:00 PM to 5:15 PM. The total marks for the theory paper are 100. Students reported the paper to be easy to moderate.
UP Board Class 12 English Question Paper 2025 (Code 316 HV) with Solutions
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It is clear that language is used for more than one purpose. The man who hits his thumb nails
with a hammer and utters a string of curses is using language to relieve his feeling and needs
no audience but himself. But when a philosopher uses language to clarify his ideas on a
subject, he is using it as an instrument of thought. When two women gossip over the fence or
two men exchange greetings as they pass in the street, language is being used to strengthen
the bonds between the members of society. Language, it seems, is a multipurpose
instrument. One function, however, seems to be basic — language enables us to influence
people’s behaviour and thereby makes human co-operation possible. Some animals
co-operate especially the social animals like bees and ants, but human co-operation is more
thorough, more detailed, more effective than that found anywhere in the animal kingdom.
The human co-operation would be unthinkable without language.
Question 1:
(a) Why does the man, who hits his thumb-nails with a hammer, talk to himself?
(b) For what purpose does a philosopher use language?
(c) For what purpose do the two women and two men use language?
(d) “Is language a multipurpose instrument?” Answer it on the basis of the given paragraph.
(A) Find out the word from the passage which means 'Speaks'.
(B) Which word in the passage means 'Powerful' or 'Successful'?
(C) Which word in the passage is the opposite of 'Aggravate'?
Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 100-150 words:
(a) Roles of Women in Democracy:
(b) Live and Let Live Others:
(c) Solutions to Unemployment:
(a) A person with narrow religious views is called
(b) The phrase "in the offing" means
(c) The synonym for "Wail" is
(d) Which word in this sentence is an error?
He is worried in his father’s illness.
(e) The antonym for "Mild" is
a.Change any one of the following into indirect speech:
(A) She said, "Brother, I shall give you my watch."
(B) Sachin said to his senior, "What should I do, Sir?"
b.Combine any one of the following as directed:
(A) Priya wanted to pass the examination. She worked hard for that. (Into Simple Sentence)
(B) Mahesh bought a watch. The watch gives correct time. (Into Complex Sentence)
(A) What makes you happy, my dear? (Into Passive Voice)
(B) Don’t abuse others. (Into Affirmative Sentence)
d.Correct any one of the following sentences:
(A) India won the match by an inning.
(B) Kalidas is greater than any dramatist.
e.Use any one of the following pairs of words in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear:
(A) Later - Latter
(B) Layer - Liar
Translate the following passage into English:
Answer the following questions in about 40 words each:
(a) What made the writer forget all about M. Hamel's ruler?
(a) Why did Lewis Carroll never give his consent to be interviewed?
(b) What did Roosevelt say about fear in the lesson 'Deep Water'?
(b) What did Robert Clive do besides fighting some battles in Madras?
Answer any one of the following in about 80 words:
(a) How can you say that ordinary people also contributed to the freedom movement?
(b) What for is the city of Firozabad famous?
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I'll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
(a) What remains alive when everything seems dead?
(b) When should we remain quiet as said by the poet?
(c) Name the poet and the poem of the above lines.
Write the central idea of any one of the following poems:
(a) My Mother at Sixty-six
(b) A Roadside Stand
(c) Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Answer the following questions in about 40 words each:
(a) How was the Grand Central growing as told by Charley?
(a) What for is Antarctica the perfect place?
Answer the following questions in about 40 words each:
(b) What did Annan say to the author about the package which was being carried by its string?
(b) How long had Dr. Sadao to wait to fall in love with Hana?
Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words:
(a) What gift did the Maharaja bring on the third birthday of his son?
(b) What did Zitkala-Sa feel when her long hair was cut?
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