UP Board Class 12 English Question Paper with Answer Key (February 24, Code 316 ZX)

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UP Board Class 12 English Question Paper with Answer Key Code 316 ZX is available for download. The exam was conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) on February 24, 2023 in Afternoon Session 2 PM to 5:15 PM. The medium of paper was English. In terms of difficulty level, UP Board Class 12 English paper was . The question paper comprised a total of 12 questions.

UP Board Class 12 English (Code 316 ZX) Question Paper with Answer Key (February 24)

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UP Board Class 12 English (Code 316 ZX) Question Paper with Answer Key (February 24)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Freedom and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom, we had endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of this sorrow. Some of those pains continue even now. Nevertheless the past is over and it is the future that beckons to us now. That future is not one of ease and resting but of incessant striving so that we may fulfil the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance. It also means ending of disease and inequality of opportunity. The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us but as long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work and responsibility will not be over. Democracy is a Government of the people, for the people and by the people. It is the moral and constitutional duty of the Government or the political party in power to ensure health, education, justice, equality, liberty and food to every citizen of India irrespective of caste, creed and community

Question 1:

What brings ‘responsibility’ and where does it rest upon?


Question 2:

What does the service of India mean?


Question 3:

What is the moral and constitutional duty of the Government toward the citizens of our country?


Question 4:

What do you mean by ‘democracy’?


Question 5:

Which word in the passage means ‘ceaseless’?


Question 6:

Which word in the passage is opposite of ‘slavery’?


Question 7:

What is the meaning of ‘inequality of opportunity’ in the passage?


Question 8:

Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 100–150 words:

  • (a) Degeneration of democratic values in India
  • (b) Dearness or Rising prices as the burning problem of present days
  • (c) Unemployment, a major problem of present day youth

Question 9:

Write a letter to the Mayor of your city expressing your concern over ‘hike in house and water tax’.

OR

Write a letter to the Principal of your college requesting him to make proper arrangement of refreshment during recess.


Question 10:

Government by the rich is called:

  • (A) Aristocracy
  • (B) Plutocracy
  • (C) Bureaucracy
  • (D) Autocracy

Question 11:

The phrase ‘point out’ means:

  • (A) to abuse
  • (B) to cry out
  • (C) to think of
  • (D) to tell

Question 12:

The synonym of ‘Jealous’ is:

  • (A) Zealous
  • (B) Callous
  • (C) Envious
  • (D) Dangerous

Question 13:

“He knows Ramu since a long time.”
Which word in this sentence is an error?

  • (A) knows
  • (B) since
  • (C) long
  • (D) time

Question 14:

The antonym of ‘justice’ is:

  • (A) unjustice
  • (B) malpractice
  • (C) injustice
  • (D) malice

Question 15:

Change any one of the following in indirect speech:

  • (i) My brother said to me, ``May you live long!''
  • (ii) Reena said, “Alas! I am undone.”

Question 16:

Combine any one of the following as directed:

  • (i) You must work hard. You will not succeed. (Into Simple sentence)
  • (ii) My friend is diligent. He is cunning. (Into Compound sentence)

Question 17:

Change any one of the following as directed:

  • (i) He is beaten severely by his mother. (Into Active voice)
  • (ii) No other girl is as beautiful as she is. (Into Superlative degree)

Question 18:

Correct any one of the following sentences:

  • (i) Ramesh is junior than Mahesh.
  • (ii) Sheeps are grazing in the field.

Question 19:

Use any one of the following pairs of words in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear:

  • (i) Birth — Berth
  • (ii) Dose — Doze

Question 20:

Translate the Hindi passage into English:




Question 21:

Why did Gandhiji chide the lawyer?


Question 22:

What do the inhabitants of Seemapuri do for their survival?


Question 23:

What did the instructor do to train Douglas?


Question 24:

Who was Mukesh? What was his ambition?


Question 25:

Describe the deplorable plight of bangle-makers.


Question 26:

How did Douglas struggle at the pool? What strategy did he adopt to save his life?


Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever :
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

Question 27:

How is a thing of beauty, a joy for ever?


Question 28:

How does its loveliness increase?


Question 29:

What does the poet mean to say by ‘it will never pass into nothingness’?


Question 30:

Write the central idea of any one of the following poems:

  • (a) My Mother at Sixty-six
  • (b) An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
  • (c) Keeping Quiet

Question 31:

Why did the Tiger King decide to marry?


Question 32:

How did the author feel when he reached Antarctica?


Question 33:

How was Derry impressed by Lamb?


Question 34:

How does Jo respond to her father’s story-telling?


Question 35:

Who was the psychiatrist? What had he to say about the third level?


Question 36:

How did Dr. Sadao save the life of the American war prisoner? How did his wife, Hana, help him in this pious act?

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