Code No. 1/2

Series OSR

Roll No.

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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

20 SECTION A — (Reading) 12

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

1 Too many parents these days can't say no. As a result, they find themselves raising children who respond greedily to the

advertisements aimed right at them. Even getting what they want doesn't satisfy some kids; they only want more. Now, a growing number of psychologists, educators and parents think it's time to stop the madness and start teaching kids about what's really important: values like hard work, contentment, honesty and compassion. The struggle to set limits has never been tougher — and the stakes have never been higher. One recent study of adults who were overindulged as children, paints a discouraging picture of their future: when given too much too soon, they grow up to be adults who have difficulty coping with life's disappointments. They also have a distorted sense of entitlement that gets in the way of success in the workplace and in relationships.

2 Psychologists say that parents who overindulge their kids set them up to be more vulnerable to future anxiety and depression. Today's parents themselves raised on values of thrift and self-sacrifice, grew up in a culture where 'no' was a household word. Today's kids want much more, partly because there is so much more to want. The oldest members of this Generation Excess were born in the late 1980s, just as PCs and video games were making their assault on the family room. 1/2 2