Class XII

Syllabus and Question Pattern CBSE | Complete Solution and Model Paper

PART A [40 MARKS– MCQ]

Reading Comprehension 20 Marks
I. Multiple Choice questions based on one unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation and inference. Vocabulary and inference of meaning will also be assessed. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary. Ten out of eleven questions to be done. (10×1=10 Marks)

II. Multiple Choice questions based on one unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts, newspaper report etc. Ten out of eleven questions to be done.(10×1=10 Marks)
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words

Literature 20 Marks

III. Multiple Choice Questions based on two prose extracts, one each from the books Flamingo and Vistas, to assess comprehension and appreciation. Refer to the lines to answer questions based on the given extract. Any 2 out of 3 extracts to be done.(8×1=8)

IV. Multiple Choice Questions based on poetry extract from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension, analysis and inference. Refer to the lines to answer questions based on the given extract. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done.(4×1=4)

V. Multiple Choice Questions to assess comprehension, analysis, inference and interpretation from the books Flamingo and Vistas. Eight out of ten questions to be done.(8×1=8

PART B (SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS) – 40 MARKS

Writing Section: 16 Marks
Q1. Short writing task –Notice/Advertisement up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.

(3 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1).

Q2. Short writing task –Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply up to 50 words.One out of the two given questions to be answered.(3 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression: 1)

Q3. Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include an application for a job, Letters to the editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest) . One out of the two given questions to be answered (5 Marks :Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)

Q4. Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to be answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered (5Marks:Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)

Literature Section: 24 Marks

Q6. Five Short answer type question, out of six, from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo, to be answered in 30-40 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.(5×2=10)

Q7. Two Short answer type question,out of three, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 30-40 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. (2×2=4)

Q 8. One Long answer type question, from Prose/poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in 120-150 words to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done.(1×5=5)

Q.9 One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be answered in 120-150 words to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×5=5)

Deleted Topics (COVID-19)

Reading

• Note Making & Summarizing

Literature
FLAMINGO

Poets and Pancakes

A Roadside Stand

The Interview

Going Places
VISTAS

The Tiger King

Journey to the end of the Earth

Memories of Childhood
Writing

• Poster making

• Business or official letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving information, placing orders and sending replies)

• Speech, Debate

Prose-Flamingo ( Text Book For Class XII, Core Course)

1. The Last Lesson By Alphones Daudet
2. Lost Spring By Anees Jung
3. Deep Water By William Douglas
4. The Rattrap By Selma Ragerlof
5. Indigo By Louis Fischer
6. Poet and Pancakes By Asokamitram
7. The Interview By Christopher Silvester
8. Going Places By A.R. Barton

Poetry- Flamingo ( Text Book For Class XII, Core Course)

1. My Mother at Sixty Six By Kamla Das
2. An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum By Stephen Spender
3. Keeping Quiet By Pablo Neruda
4. A thing of Beauty By John Keats
5. A Roadside Stand By Robert Frost
6. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers By Adrienne Rich

Vistas- Supplementary Reader ( Text Book For Class XII, Core Course)

1. The Third Level By Jack Finney
2. The Tiger King By Kalki
3. Journey To the End of Earth By Tishani Doshi
4. The Enemy By Pearl S Buck
5. Should Wizard Hit Mommy By John Updike
6. One Of the Face of It By Susan Hill
7. Evan’s Tries an O-Level By Colin Dexter
8. Memories of Childhood
   • The Cutting of My Log Hair By Ziltkala Sa
   • We too are Human Being By Bama