Series OSR/C

Code No. 1/2

Roll No.

Candidates must write the Code on the

title page of the answer-book.

Please check that this question paper contains 11 printed pages.

• Code number 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 check that this question paper contains 13 questions.
• Please write down the Serial Number of the question before attempting it.

• 15 minutes 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 students will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this period.

ENGLISH (Core)

Time allowed: 3 hours

Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions:

(i) This paper is divided into three Sections : A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.

1. Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.
2. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

P.T.O. 1/2

SECTION A — (Reading)

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1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1 The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience, the damage to the environment needs to be controlled.

2 There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step, most people don't do that. These are bags not durable enough to survive numerous trips to the store. The best that citizens can do is to reuse them.

3 The biggest problem with this is that once they have been soiled they end up in the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or is burned. Either solution is very poor for the environment. Burning emits toxic gases that harm the atmosphere and increase the level of VOCs in the air while landfills hold them indefinitely as part of the plastic waste problem throughout the globe.

4 One of the greatest problems is that an estimated 300 million plastic bags end up in the Atlantic Ocean alone. These bags are very dangerous for sea life, especially those of the mammal variety. Any hunting mammal can easily mistake the size, shape and texture of the plastic bag for a meal and find its airway cut off. Needless deaths from plastic bags are increasing every year. 1/2 2