Series: ZYW2X

Roll No.

SET - 3

Q.P. Code

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Candidates must write the Q.P. Code on

the title page of the answer-book.

ENGLISH (Core)

Time allowed: 3 hours

Maximum Marks: 80

Please check that this question paper contains 15 printed pages.

Please check that this question paper contains 13 questions.

Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.

Please write down the Serial Number of the question in the answer- book at the given place before attempting it.

15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the candidates will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this period.

P.T.O.

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General Instructions:

Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:

(i) This Question Paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsory.

1. This question paper contains three sections – Section – A: Reading Skills, Section – B: Creative Writing Skills and Section – C: Literature.
2. Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the correct question number and part thereof in your answer sheet.
3. Separate instructions are given with each question/part, wherever necessary.
4. Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

SECTION - A

(READING SKILLS)

1. Read the following passage carefully:

(22 Marks)

12 M

1. Having a sense of humour might mean having the ability to entertain other people by making them laugh, but it can also mean having a quick wit that is frequently employed to criticize other people with snide comments. Some might define the sense of humour as the ability to see humour in everyday life or as appreciating the cleverness of puns and other wordplay, and may think it entirely possible to possess a good sense of humour without ever having those around them become aware of it.

1. In any case, a sense of humour is a socially valued trait that almost all of us would prefer to have more, rather than less, of – akin to the way that we think about intelligence or good looks. A person with an undeveloped sense of humour lacks a social skill that puts him or her at a severe disadvantage in the hurly-burly of everyday social life.

1. Freud thought of humour as an outlet for forbidden impulses, and philosophers ranging from Aristotle to Descartes believed that we are amused by something when it makes us feel superior to other people.

1. Evolutionary psychologists believe that humour, along with other creative abilities, such as art and music, evolved as an honest signal of intelligence and genetic quality. The value of such a skill in defusing tense, aggressive situations and in managing alliances and friendships should not be underestimated either.

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