Bihar Board 12th English Model Paper 2023 Pdf with Answer

Bihar Board 12th English (Compulsory) Model Paper 2023 Solution for I.Sc, I.Com Pdf with Answer.

1. You must write to the Principal.
(Choose the correct passive voice)
(A) You will write to the Principal.
(B) The Principal must be written to.
(C) Write to the Principal.
(D) Written to the Principal should be

Ans: (B) The Principal must be written to.

2. The Antonym of ‘Vague’ is :
(A) Hard (B) Clear
(C) Polite (D) Refuse

Ans: (B) Clear

3. They said, “How silly of him!”
(Choose the correct indirect narration)
(A) They said that it is silly of him.
(B) Silly of him is what they said.
(C) They exclaimed that it was very silly of him.
(D) They were angry that it was silly of him.

Ans: (C) They exclaimed that it was very silly of him.

4. I …………. him two years ago.
(Choose the correct form of tense)
(A) saw (B) see
(C) seeing (D) have seen

Ans:

5. Some actresses are …………. dancers.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) brilliant (B) courteous
(C) dangerous (D) rapid

6. …………. they live near you?
(Choose the correct option)
(A) Does (B) Do
(C) Have (D) Are

7. Choose the correct sentence ;
(A) We saw a wonderful show next day.
(B) We show a wonderful saw yesterday.
(C) We show a wonderful saw today.
(D) We saw a wonderful show yesterday.

8. The book, in parts, …………. boring.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) is (B) are
(C) were (D) had

9. You have made all preparations …………. the marriage.
(Choose the correct preposition)
(A) to (B) for
(C) of (D) on

10. Where did …………. buy that dress ?
(Choose the correct option)
(A) her (B) him
(C) his (D) she

11. I would appreciate …………. from you.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) to hear (B) heard
(C) hear (D) hearing

12. The boss ordered to follow him.
(Choose the correct direct narration)
(A) The boss said, “Follow me.”
(B) The boss says, “Will follow me.”
(C) The boss will say, “Following me.”
(D) The boss has said, “Following me.”

13. Choose the correctly spelt word.
(A) Transfered (B) Trunsfered
(C) Transferred (D) Trensfired

14. Try …………. with what you have.
(Choose the correct phrase)
(A) to make do (B) produce it
(C) create it (D) to do it

15. I often suffer from …………. backache.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) a (B) an
(C) the (D) no article

16. You bought a car, …………. ?
(Choose the correct option)
(A) did not you (B) haven’t you
(C) weren’t you (D) don’t you

17. I eat rice …………. my hand.
(Choose the correct preposition)
(A) in (B) at
(C) with (D) for

18. I want a …………. for higher studies.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) lone (B) loan
(C) loen (D) lonely

19. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) He was standing right for his father.
(B) He was standing right of his father.
(C) He was standing in front of his father.
(D) He was standing right from his father.

20. Choose the correct antonym of ‘sterile’.
(A) Short (B) Common
(C) Wild (D) Fertile

21. Did she see …………. ?
(Choose the correct option)
(A) us (B) they
(C) their (D) his

22. I …………. black hair and brown eyes.
(A) has (B) have
(C) is (D) was

23. Choose the odd one out :
(A) Flute (B) Violin
(C) Sitar (D) Guitar

24. Choose the correct word.
When a room is tiny, it is ………….
(A) small (B) light
(C) cold (D) hot

25. For …………. information, go to the office.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) further (B) farther
(C) either (D) neither

26. He wanted to buy …………. mangoes.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) much (B) any
(C) little (D) some

27. Nistha tried to solve the problem but she …………. not.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) can (B) could
(C) may (D) might

28. He will stay here …………. Monday.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) by (B) at
(C) to (D) till

29. Oh no! …………. I late for the exam ?
(A) Am (B) Is
(C) Are (D) Isn’t

30. I sat on my front step. I looked across the street.
(Choose the correct combination of sentences)
(A) I sat and looked on my front step ad across the street.
(B) I sat on my front step and looked across the street.
(C) I sat on my front step to looked across the street.
(D) I sat and looked on my front step across the street.

31. One who loves one’s country: ………….
(Choose the correct option)
(A) Revolutionary (B) Traitor
(C) Patriot (D) Ambassador

32. You can …………. words in a dictionary.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) look up (B) look
(C) look down (D) look after

33. To drive home.
(Choose the correct meaning)
(A) To find one’s root (B) To return to place of rest
(C) Back to original position (D) To emphasize

34. Choose the correct spelling.
(A) Servent (B) Servant
(C) Sarvent (D) sarvant

35. I tried to resolve the complex situation.
(Identify the adjective)
(A) tried (B) complex
(C) resolve (D) situation

36. Hardly had he left, …………. his brother came.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) then (B) than
(C) when (D) that

37. We should …………. the plane now.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) bored (B) board
(C) boat (D) bore

38. Choose the correct synonym of ‘Rectify’.
(A) To build (B) To command
(C) To destroy (D) To correct

39. Choose the correct antonym of ‘Sympathetic’.
(A) Insensitive (B) Thoughtful
(C) Caring (D) Compassionate

40. Your friends …………. for you for an hour.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) waits (B) waited
(C) will waiting (D) waiting

41. I …………. working all afternoon and have just finished the
assignment.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) have been (B) had been
(C) shall be (D) am

42. There is a wall …………. the garden.
(Choose the correct preposition)
(A) around (B) across
(C) on (D) into

43. They usually spend their holidays in …………. mountains.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) a (B) an
(C) the (D) no article

44. He made a clean breast of it during the last days of his life.
(Choose the correct meaning of the underlined phrase)
(A) fought like a hero (B) confessed honestly
(C) faced bravely (D) shaved his breast

45. One who does not believe in the existence of God :
(Choose the correct meaning)
(A) Theist (B) Heretic
(C) Atheist (D) Fanatic

46. Yesterday I …………. finish my geography project.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) must (B) mustn’t
(C) had to (D) have to

47. He …………. to Agra tomorrow.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) will go (B) went
(C) shall go (D) will went

48. I like Chinese food …………. my husband doesn’t like it al all.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) so (B) but
(C) because (D) and

49. It is very hot. I can’t go out.
(Choose the best combination of sentences)
(A) It is very hot, can I go now ?
(B) It is hot, so I cannot go.
(C) It is too hot for me to go out.
(D) Too hot it is, so can’t go out.

50. We …………. a lot of volunteer work.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) doing (B) do
(C) does (D) are do

51. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) Let’s go to the church to find some peace.
(B) Let go to church to find some peace.
(C) Let’s go to church to find some piece.
(D) Let’s go to the church to find at peace.

52. Everybody …………. leaving now.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) is (B) are
(C) am (D) was

53. What type of sentence is this ?
How Surprising!
(A) Declarative (B) Interrogative
(C) Exclamatory (D) Imperative

54. The country lies …………. those mountains that your can see from
here.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) below (B) beyond
(C) against (D) beneath

55. They are proud winners.
(Choose the adjective)
(A) Proud (B) Are
(C) They (D) Winners

56. Does a mother not love her child ?
(Choose the correct Assertive Sentence)
(A) A mother loves her child not.
(B) A mother loves her child.
(C) Loves her child a mother.
(D) Loves her child a mother not.

57. Nobody should …………. on the poor.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) look over (B) look on
(C) look at (D) look down

58. …………. article he is reading is very interesting.
(Choose the suitable option)
(A) A (B) An
(C) The (D) no article

59. Use mask as a precaution …………. Corona Virus.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) for (B) against
(C) from (D) to

60. These days, Ram …………. his homework quite often.
(Choose the correct option)
(A) forgotten (B) forgot
(C) forget (D) forgets

Instruction : Question from 61 to 100 are based on the prescribed texts:

61. Indian Civilization is ………….
(A) Godless (B) based on partiality
(C) based on matter (D) based on belief in God

62. Mahatma Gandhi was not …………. of material progress of the West.
(A) enamoured (B) critical
(C) pleased (D) contemptuous

63. ‘A Pinch of Snuff’ is ………….
(A) a short story (B) an essay
(C) a drama (D) a speech

64. If America becomes a great nation, it mustn’t overlook the problems of
………….
(A) Farmers (B) Labourers
(C) Negroes (D) Unemployeds

65. Bertrand Russell was a philosopher and a ………….
(A) Geologist (B) Chemist
(C) Botanist (D) Mathematician

66. The teacher who caught Seibei playing with gourd ………….
(A) appreciated him (B) depreciated him
(C) awarded him (D) punished him

67. In Bangladesh, children are looked after by the ………….
(A) father only (B) mother only
(C) whole family (D) maids

68. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by …………. factors.
(A) three (B) two
(C) four (D) five

69. Benjy’s hens were producing an average of …………. a week.
(A) 300 eggs (B) 200 eggs
(C) 100 eggs (D) 400 eggs

70. India was a part of the background of ………….
(A) The doctor’s life (B) The wife’s life
(C) The Kashmiri man’s life (D) Pearl S. Buck’s life

71. Natalia is the daughter of ………….
(A) Choobookov (B) Chekhov
(C) Ivan (D) Vassilievich

72. …………. is ever present in India.
(A) Religion (B) Fear
(C) Hatred (D) Jealousy

73. Seibei’s mother was …………. with him.
(A) angry (B) happy
(C) terrified (D) sad

74. The …………. of a few women raised in warning cannot be heard over
the humming and throbbing of our machines.
(A) singing (B) crying
(C) voices (D) sleeping

75. Benjy showed no signs of …………. while driving away his parents.
(A) normal emotion (B) sadness
(C) anxiety (D) fear

76. The redness of the fire appears …………. to the poet.
(A) nice (B) cruel
(C) comfortable (D) acceptable

77. Who composed ‘Song of Myself’ ?
(A) John Donne (B) W. H. Auden
(C) John Keats (D) Walt Whitman

78. ‘Nurse’ in the poem ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ stands for
………….
(A) a plant (B) a fruit
(C) a tree (D) a bird

79. ‘Ode to Autumn’ exhibits the principle of …………. in nature.
(A) joy (B) contentment
(C) sorrow (D) beauty

80. ‘An Epitaph’ deals with a beautiful ………….
(A) girl (B) lady
(C) baby (D) puppy

81. ‘The Soldier’ is ………….
(A) an ode (B) a sonnet
(C) an epic (D) an elegy

82. Macavity is a …………. cat.
(A) miserable (B) mystery
(C) appealing (D) respectable

83. The term ‘Zoroastrian’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for ………….
(A) Hindu (B) Muslim
(C) Christian (D) Parsi

84. ‘A king in exile’ in the poem ‘Snake’ stands for ………….
(A) the rat (B) the elephant
(C) the snake (D) the lion

85. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is proud of ………….
(A) her parent’s house (B) her grandmother’s house
(C) her uncle’s house (D) her aunt’s house

86. The poet had gone to the water trough on a …………. day.
(A) hot (B) stuffy
(C) cold (D) pleasant

87. Macavity is the bafflement of ………….
(A) Lower yard (B) Buscot yard
(C) Dcot yard (D) Scotland yard

88. The theme of the poem ‘An Epitaph’ is ………….
(A) patriotic (B) melancholic
(C) romantic (D) mysterious

89. According to W. H. Auden, the …………. has become dumb to see the
leafless tree.
(A) hen (B) sparrow
(C) nightingale (D) peacock

90. Who wrote ‘The Scholar Gipsy’ ?
(A) Matthew Arnold (B) W. B. yeats
(C) Robert Bridges (D) Thomas Hardy

91. Who wrote ‘Endymion’ ?
(A) William Wordsworth (B) John Keats
(C) P. B. Shelley (D) S. T. Coleridge

92. The 18th century is known as the ………….
(A) Cavalier Age (B) Jacobean Age
(C) Augustan Age (D) Romantic Age

93. A major linguistic change in English is ………….
(A) The Great Vowel Shift (B) Received Pronunciation
(C) Language Change (D) Vocabulary Shift

94. The Old English Period is characterized by ………….
(A) vacabulory (B) mood
(C) inflection (D) gender

95. Goldsmith and Sheridan made contributions to the ………….
(A) Novel (B) Non-fiction writing
(C) Poetry (D) English stage

96. Who wrote ‘Huckleberry Finn’ ?
(A) Herman Melville (B) Henry James
(C) Earnest Hemingway (D) Mark Twain

97. The …………. helped in simplifying English.
(A) Bible (B) Quran
(C) Mahabharata (D) Ramayana

98. Who wrote Macbeth and ‘Julius Caesar’ ?
(A) Johnson (B) Goldsmith
(C) Shakespeare (D) Sheridan

99. The word ‘drama’ comes from a …………. word.
(A) Latin (B) Indian
(C) Scandinavian (D) Greek

100. Who wrote ‘Tughlaq’ ?
(A) Girish Karnad (B) R. N. Tagore
(C) Toru Dutt (D) Aurobindo

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