BISE Gujranwala · Class 12 · English · 2025 · Second Annual · Group 2

OBJECTIVE

1. Q1(1)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part-I):

   It is a heart rending spectacle.

   • (A)

     Kind

   • (B)

     Brave

   • (C)

     Painful

   • (D)

     Sympathetic

2. Q1(2)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part-I):

   The writer wrote something on the cheque and thrust it at the clerk.

   • (A)

     Exposed

   • (B)

     Threw

   • (C)

     Burned

   • (D)

     Folded

3. Q1(3)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part-I):

   The writer improvised a sack and stuffed the books into it.

   • (A)

     Spread

   • (B)

     Provided

   • (C)

     Bought

   • (D)

     Managed

1. Q1(4)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part-II):

   The examiners’ will prevailed.

   • (A)

     Rejected

   • (B)

     Dominated

   • (C)

     Found

   • (D)

     Accepted

2. Q1(5)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part-II):

   A general massacre of the Armenians is expected.

   • (A)

     Appreciation

   • (B)

     Happiness

   • (C)

     Killing

   • (D)

     Rebellion

3. Q1(6)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part-II):

   Providentially, Pasteur’s mind was not injured.

   • (A)

     Consequently

   • (B)

     Fortunately

   • (C)

     Immediately

   • (D)

     Easily

1. Q1(7)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from the Novel “Good-Bye, Mr. Chips”:

   Mr. Chips’ speech was made twice as long by the laughter that impeded its progress.

   • (A)

     Continued

   • (B)

     Joined

   • (C)

     Checked

   • (D)

     Aided

2. Q1(8)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from the Novel “Good-Bye, Mr. Chips”:

   Mr. Chips threw a faint.

   • (A)

     Became unconscious

   • (B)

     Slept

   • (C)

     Fell

   • (D)

     Laughed

3. Q1(9)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from the Novel “Good-Bye, Mr. Chips”:

   Within a week, they were head over heels in love.

   • (A)

     Quickly

   • (B)

     Honestly

   • (C)

     Deeply

   • (D)

     Easily

4. Q1(10)

   Choose the right choice of the underlined words from the Novel “Good-Bye, Mr. Chips”:

   Everyone was summoned to assemble in the big hall.

   • (A)

     Forced

   • (B)

     Called

   • (C)

     Objected

   • (D)

     Forbade

1. Q1(11)

   Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

   She became angry when the stranger gazed $\underset{‾}{}$ her.

   • (A)

     with

   • (B)

     for

   • (C)

     at

   • (D)

     by

2. Q1(12)

   Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

   We have to answer $\underset{‾}{}$ our deeds.

   • (A)

     to

   • (B)

     for

   • (C)

     with

   • (D)

     by

3. Q1(13)

   Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

   That house will be suitable $\underset{‾}{}$ our family.

   • (A)

     with

   • (B)

     for

   • (C)

     in

   • (D)

     into

4. Q1(14)

   Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

   Are you certain $\underset{‾}{}$ your success?

   • (A)

     off

   • (B)

     with

   • (C)

     to

   • (D)

     of

5. Q1(15)

   Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

   Teachers must have patience $\underset{‾}{}$ weak students.

   • (A)

     to

   • (B)

     for

   • (C)

     by

   • (D)

     with

1. Q1(16)

   Choose the correct option:

   • (A)

     If you works hard, you will succeed.

   • (B)

     If you work hard, you will succeed.

   • (C)

     If you worked hard, you will succeed.

   • (D)

     If you had worked hard, you would pass.

2. Q1(17)

   Choose the correct option:

   • (A)

     She bought six dozens bananas.

   • (B)

     She bought six dozen bananas.

   • (C)

     She bought six dozens banana.

   • (D)

     She boughts six dozen banana.

3. Q1(18)

   Choose the correct option:

   • (A)

     Flowers smells sweetly.

   • (B)

     Flowers smell sweet.

   • (C)

     Flowers smell sweetness.

   • (D)

     Flowers smell sweets.

4. Q1(19)

   Choose the correct option:

   • (A)

     The earlier, better.

   • (B)

     Earlier, the better.

   • (C)

     The early, the better.

   • (D)

     The earlier, the better.

5. Q1(20)

   Choose the correct option:

   • (A)

     He is both intelligent as well as honest.

   • (B)

     He is both intelligent alongwith honest.

   • (C)

     He is both intelligent and honest.

   • (D)

     He is intelligent and honest both.

SECTION-I

1. Q2

   Write short answers (in 3–5 lines) to any SIX (6) questions from Book–II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part–I):

2. Q2(i)

   How big are the stars and how do they travel?

3. Q2(ii)

   How have we benefited greatly from the use of scientific method?

4. Q2(iii)

   Why do the bright boys fail in college?

5. Q2(iv)

   Why did David Daiches feel threatened on Sunday night?

6. Q2(v)

   Describe writer’s feelings about the books after destroying them.

7. Q2(vi)

   How did the doctor examine Jerome K. Jerome?

8. Q2(vii)

   What is the system of communes in China?

9. Q2(viii)

   Which dynasty Abdul Rehman belonged to?

10. Q2(ix)

    What did the manager ask Leacock about the account?

1. Q3

   Write short answers (in 3–5 lines) to any SIX (6) questions from Book–II (Modern Prose and Heroes, Part–II):

2. Q3(i)

   How did Churchill do his Latin paper?

3. Q3(ii)

   What do you learn about Boussaada, a little town of the Sahara?

4. Q3(iii)

   What do you know of Professor Claude Balanguernon?

5. Q3(iv)

   What was the chief defect of antiseptic method?

6. Q3(v)

   What part do leucocytes or white blood cells play in a human body?

7. Q3(vi)

   Give some instance of Pasteur’s patriotism.

8. Q3(vii)

   How did Pasteur discover the treatment for the cattle disease, Anthrax?

9. Q3(viii)

   What was the reaction of the Turkish patriots to the intention of the Allies to partition the Ottoman Empire?

1. Q4

   Write short answers (in 3–5 lines) to any EIGHT (8) questions from the Novel “Good-Bye, Mr. Chips”.

2. Q4(i)

   What type of voice did Mr. Chips have after his retirement?

3. Q4(ii)

   What did Chips realize after his ten years stay at Brookfield?

4. Q4(iii)

   What did Mrs. Wickett do at Brookfield?

5. Q4(iv)

   Why did Chips not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen?

6. Q4(v)

   Did Chips and Katherine enjoy their married-life?

7. Q4(vi)

   How did Katherine improve Chips’ sense of humour and his views?

8. Q4(vii)

   What type of boys did Katherine want to be punished?

9. Q4(viii)

   Who was Halsbury and what did Chips remember about him?

10. Q4(ix)

    Describe briefly three charges Ralston levelled against Mr. Chips.

11. Q4(x)

    Who succeeded Ralston at Brookfield and what type of a man was he?

12. Q4(xi)

    How many names of old Brookfieldians who died in the Somme Battle in 1916 were read on Sunday evening?

13. Q4(xii)

    How did Chips look physically during the final stage of the war?

SECTION-II

1. Q5

   Write an essay (300–400 words) on any ONE of the following topics:

2. Q5(i)

   Inflation

3. Q5(ii)

   A Village Fair

4. Q5(iii)

   Traffic Problems in Big Cities

5. Q5(iv)

   My Hobby

1. Q6

   Use any FIVE (5) of the following idioms/phrasal verbs in sentences of your own:

2. Q6(i)

   Bad blood

3. Q6(ii)

   Die in harness

4. Q6(iii)

   Off hand

5. Q6(iv)

   To show white feather

6. Q6(v)

   To bury the hatchet

7. Q6(vi)

   In cold blood

8. Q6(vii)

   To be taken aback

9. Q6(viii)

   Tooth and nail

1. Q7

   Translate the following passage into English:

   موبائل فون موجودہ دور کی ایجاد ہے۔ اس کے بے شمار فائدے ہیں۔ یہ رابطے کا سب سے مؤثر اور سستا ذریعہ ہے۔ لیکن اس کے نقصانات بھی ہیں۔ ہمیں اس کے غلط استعمال کی حوصلہ شکنی کرنی چاہیے۔ موبائل فون پر دوسروں کو تنگ کرنا بہت ناپسندیدہ بات ہے۔ ہم سب کو اس کے غلط استعمال کو ترک کر دینا چاہیے۔ جو لوگ دوسروں کو تنگ کرتے ہیں وہ خود بھی خوش نہیں رہ سکتے۔

   (15 marks)

2. ALTERNATE QUESTION FOR FOREIGN / ENGLISH MEDIUM CANDIDATES

   Write a paragraph (150 – 200 words) on “Poverty”.