CBSE Class 12 English: Question Paper for 2020 (Term-II) | Toppers Answer Sheets for Class 12 PDF Download

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Candidates must write the Code on the 
title page of the answer-book. 
 
  
Code No.    
  
 
 
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 ENGLISH (Core)  
 
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80 
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? 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 10 questions. 
? Please write down the Serial Number of the question in the  
answer-book 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 students will 
read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book 
during this period. 
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Candidates must write the Code on the 
title page of the answer-book. 
 
  
Code No.    
  
 
 
Roll No. 
 
 
 ENGLISH (Core)  
 
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80 
1/3/2
 
? 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 10 questions. 
? Please write down the Serial Number of the question in the  
answer-book 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 students will 
read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book 
during this period. 
 
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General Instructions : 
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them. 
(i) The question paper comprises three sections - A, B and C. 
 Section A – 20 marks 
 Section B – 30 marks 
 Section C – 30 marks 
(ii) There are 10 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory. 
(iii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one 
question in Section A, four questions in Section B and three questions in 
Section C. Make your choices correctly. 
(iv) However, separate instructions are given with each section and question, 
wherever necessary. 
(v) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.  
 
SECTION A  
 (Reading Skills) 20 
1. Read the passage given below : 12 
Donated Organs and their Transportation 
1 Once an organ donor’s family gives its consent and the organs are 
matched to a recipient, medical professionals are faced with the 
onerous challenge of transporting organs while ensuring that the 
harvested organ reaches its destination in the shortest possible 
time. This is done in order to preserve the harvested organs and 
involves the police and especially the traffic police department. 
2 The traditional method of transporting organs by road is referred 
to as a ‘green corridor’. This process entails police escorting an 
ambulance, so as to move around traffic ? usually a specific traffic 
lane is chosen and all signals on the route stay green to ensure it 
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Candidates must write the Code on the 
title page of the answer-book. 
 
  
Code No.    
  
 
 
Roll No. 
 
 
 ENGLISH (Core)  
 
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80 
1/3/2
 
? 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 10 questions. 
? Please write down the Serial Number of the question in the  
answer-book 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 students will 
read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book 
during this period. 
 
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General Instructions : 
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them. 
(i) The question paper comprises three sections - A, B and C. 
 Section A – 20 marks 
 Section B – 30 marks 
 Section C – 30 marks 
(ii) There are 10 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory. 
(iii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one 
question in Section A, four questions in Section B and three questions in 
Section C. Make your choices correctly. 
(iv) However, separate instructions are given with each section and question, 
wherever necessary. 
(v) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.  
 
SECTION A  
 (Reading Skills) 20 
1. Read the passage given below : 12 
Donated Organs and their Transportation 
1 Once an organ donor’s family gives its consent and the organs are 
matched to a recipient, medical professionals are faced with the 
onerous challenge of transporting organs while ensuring that the 
harvested organ reaches its destination in the shortest possible 
time. This is done in order to preserve the harvested organs and 
involves the police and especially the traffic police department. 
2 The traditional method of transporting organs by road is referred 
to as a ‘green corridor’. This process entails police escorting an 
ambulance, so as to move around traffic ? usually a specific traffic 
lane is chosen and all signals on the route stay green to ensure it 
 
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reaches its destination in the shortest possible time. A green 
corridor is a route cleared and cordoned off by the traffic police to 
ensure the smooth and steady transportation of harvested organs, 
on most occasions, to those awaiting a life-saving transplant. 
Organs tend to have a very short preservation time, such as the 
heart, which has to be harvested and transplanted within four 
hours or the lungs, which can be preserved for only six hours once 
they are harvested.  
3 The first green corridor in India was created by the Chennai 
Traffic Police in September 2008 when they accomplished their 
task of enabling an ambulance to reach its destination within  
11 minutes during peak hour traffic. That organ saved a  
nine-year-old girl whose life depended on the transplant.  
4 Similarly, such green corridors have been created by traffic police 
of various cities such as Pune, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, etc. Personnel 
are stationed at selected points to divert, control and clear the 
traffic giving way to the ambulance. Apart from this, a motorcade 
of police vehicles accompanies the ambulance ensuring that it does 
not face any problems. Delhi Traffic Police provided a green 
corridor from IGI Airport to the Institute of Liver and Biliary 
Sciences in Vasant Kunj for transportation of a liver. The distance 
of 14 kms was covered in 11 minutes.  
5 Experts point out the lack of a robust system to transport organs to 
super-speciality hospitals in least possible time. The National 
Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), the 
country’s apex organ donation agency, is now framing a proposal to 
airlift cadaver organs and will send a report to the Union Health 
Ministry. ‘‘Cadaver organs have a short life and so transplant 
should be done within a few golden hours,’’ Director (NOTTO) 
expressed. ‘‘Therefore, we are preparing a proposal for airlifting 
organs at any given moment.’’ 
  
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Candidates must write the Code on the 
title page of the answer-book. 
 
  
Code No.    
  
 
 
Roll No. 
 
 
 ENGLISH (Core)  
 
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80 
1/3/2
 
? 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 10 questions. 
? Please write down the Serial Number of the question in the  
answer-book 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 students will 
read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book 
during this period. 
 
  .1/3/2 2 
 
General Instructions : 
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them. 
(i) The question paper comprises three sections - A, B and C. 
 Section A – 20 marks 
 Section B – 30 marks 
 Section C – 30 marks 
(ii) There are 10 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory. 
(iii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one 
question in Section A, four questions in Section B and three questions in 
Section C. Make your choices correctly. 
(iv) However, separate instructions are given with each section and question, 
wherever necessary. 
(v) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.  
 
SECTION A  
 (Reading Skills) 20 
1. Read the passage given below : 12 
Donated Organs and their Transportation 
1 Once an organ donor’s family gives its consent and the organs are 
matched to a recipient, medical professionals are faced with the 
onerous challenge of transporting organs while ensuring that the 
harvested organ reaches its destination in the shortest possible 
time. This is done in order to preserve the harvested organs and 
involves the police and especially the traffic police department. 
2 The traditional method of transporting organs by road is referred 
to as a ‘green corridor’. This process entails police escorting an 
ambulance, so as to move around traffic ? usually a specific traffic 
lane is chosen and all signals on the route stay green to ensure it 
 
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reaches its destination in the shortest possible time. A green 
corridor is a route cleared and cordoned off by the traffic police to 
ensure the smooth and steady transportation of harvested organs, 
on most occasions, to those awaiting a life-saving transplant. 
Organs tend to have a very short preservation time, such as the 
heart, which has to be harvested and transplanted within four 
hours or the lungs, which can be preserved for only six hours once 
they are harvested.  
3 The first green corridor in India was created by the Chennai 
Traffic Police in September 2008 when they accomplished their 
task of enabling an ambulance to reach its destination within  
11 minutes during peak hour traffic. That organ saved a  
nine-year-old girl whose life depended on the transplant.  
4 Similarly, such green corridors have been created by traffic police 
of various cities such as Pune, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, etc. Personnel 
are stationed at selected points to divert, control and clear the 
traffic giving way to the ambulance. Apart from this, a motorcade 
of police vehicles accompanies the ambulance ensuring that it does 
not face any problems. Delhi Traffic Police provided a green 
corridor from IGI Airport to the Institute of Liver and Biliary 
Sciences in Vasant Kunj for transportation of a liver. The distance 
of 14 kms was covered in 11 minutes.  
5 Experts point out the lack of a robust system to transport organs to 
super-speciality hospitals in least possible time. The National 
Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), the 
country’s apex organ donation agency, is now framing a proposal to 
airlift cadaver organs and will send a report to the Union Health 
Ministry. ‘‘Cadaver organs have a short life and so transplant 
should be done within a few golden hours,’’ Director (NOTTO) 
expressed. ‘‘Therefore, we are preparing a proposal for airlifting 
organs at any given moment.’’ 
  
 
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6 Most States do not have enough well-trained experts to retrieve or 
perform transplant procedures. Also, there is an acute shortage of 
advanced healthcare facilities to carry out a transplant. So, it is 
referred to other big centres in metropolitan cities. Organs 
retrieved from Aurangabad, Indore, Surat, Pune are sent to 
Mumbai as these cities do not have super-specialty healthcare 
centres, informed officials.  
7 ‘‘In India, about fifty thousand to one lakh patients are suffering 
from acute heart failure and need heart transplant at any point of 
time. In a private set-up, a heart transplant costs < 15 – 20 lakh, 
which is followed up by post-operative medication of about  
< 30,000 per month lifelong.’’ 
 
1.1 On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer  
any five of the following questions by choosing the most appropriate 
options :   1 ?5=5 
(a) The first green corridor in India was created in  
(i) New Delhi  
(ii) Chennai 
(iii) Mumbai 
(iv) Pune 
 
(b) The organisation which is framing a proposal to airlift cadaver 
organs is  
(i) Union Health Ministry 
(ii) Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation 
(iii) National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation  
(iv) State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation  
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 .1/3/2 1 P.T.O.   
Candidates must write the Code on the 
title page of the answer-book. 
 
  
Code No.    
  
 
 
Roll No. 
 
 
 ENGLISH (Core)  
 
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80 
1/3/2
 
? 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 10 questions. 
? Please write down the Serial Number of the question in the  
answer-book 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 students will 
read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book 
during this period. 
 
  .1/3/2 2 
 
General Instructions : 
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them. 
(i) The question paper comprises three sections - A, B and C. 
 Section A – 20 marks 
 Section B – 30 marks 
 Section C – 30 marks 
(ii) There are 10 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory. 
(iii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one 
question in Section A, four questions in Section B and three questions in 
Section C. Make your choices correctly. 
(iv) However, separate instructions are given with each section and question, 
wherever necessary. 
(v) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.  
 
SECTION A  
 (Reading Skills) 20 
1. Read the passage given below : 12 
Donated Organs and their Transportation 
1 Once an organ donor’s family gives its consent and the organs are 
matched to a recipient, medical professionals are faced with the 
onerous challenge of transporting organs while ensuring that the 
harvested organ reaches its destination in the shortest possible 
time. This is done in order to preserve the harvested organs and 
involves the police and especially the traffic police department. 
2 The traditional method of transporting organs by road is referred 
to as a ‘green corridor’. This process entails police escorting an 
ambulance, so as to move around traffic ? usually a specific traffic 
lane is chosen and all signals on the route stay green to ensure it 
 
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reaches its destination in the shortest possible time. A green 
corridor is a route cleared and cordoned off by the traffic police to 
ensure the smooth and steady transportation of harvested organs, 
on most occasions, to those awaiting a life-saving transplant. 
Organs tend to have a very short preservation time, such as the 
heart, which has to be harvested and transplanted within four 
hours or the lungs, which can be preserved for only six hours once 
they are harvested.  
3 The first green corridor in India was created by the Chennai 
Traffic Police in September 2008 when they accomplished their 
task of enabling an ambulance to reach its destination within  
11 minutes during peak hour traffic. That organ saved a  
nine-year-old girl whose life depended on the transplant.  
4 Similarly, such green corridors have been created by traffic police 
of various cities such as Pune, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, etc. Personnel 
are stationed at selected points to divert, control and clear the 
traffic giving way to the ambulance. Apart from this, a motorcade 
of police vehicles accompanies the ambulance ensuring that it does 
not face any problems. Delhi Traffic Police provided a green 
corridor from IGI Airport to the Institute of Liver and Biliary 
Sciences in Vasant Kunj for transportation of a liver. The distance 
of 14 kms was covered in 11 minutes.  
5 Experts point out the lack of a robust system to transport organs to 
super-speciality hospitals in least possible time. The National 
Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), the 
country’s apex organ donation agency, is now framing a proposal to 
airlift cadaver organs and will send a report to the Union Health 
Ministry. ‘‘Cadaver organs have a short life and so transplant 
should be done within a few golden hours,’’ Director (NOTTO) 
expressed. ‘‘Therefore, we are preparing a proposal for airlifting 
organs at any given moment.’’ 
  
 
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6 Most States do not have enough well-trained experts to retrieve or 
perform transplant procedures. Also, there is an acute shortage of 
advanced healthcare facilities to carry out a transplant. So, it is 
referred to other big centres in metropolitan cities. Organs 
retrieved from Aurangabad, Indore, Surat, Pune are sent to 
Mumbai as these cities do not have super-specialty healthcare 
centres, informed officials.  
7 ‘‘In India, about fifty thousand to one lakh patients are suffering 
from acute heart failure and need heart transplant at any point of 
time. In a private set-up, a heart transplant costs < 15 – 20 lakh, 
which is followed up by post-operative medication of about  
< 30,000 per month lifelong.’’ 
 
1.1 On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer  
any five of the following questions by choosing the most appropriate 
options :   1 ?5=5 
(a) The first green corridor in India was created in  
(i) New Delhi  
(ii) Chennai 
(iii) Mumbai 
(iv) Pune 
 
(b) The organisation which is framing a proposal to airlift cadaver 
organs is  
(i) Union Health Ministry 
(ii) Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation 
(iii) National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation  
(iv) State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation  
 
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(c) The onerous task that the author is talking about in para 1 is  
(i) finding organ donors. 
(ii) finding doctors capable of performing transplants. 
(iii) to carry the harvested organ in the shortest possible time. 
(iv) to arrange the requisite facilities for the transplant.  
 
(d) Most of the people do not go for heart transplant as  
(i) it is very risky. 
(ii) it is very painful. 
(iii) it may cause death of the recipient. 
(iv) the cost is prohibitive.  
 
(e) Most states refer organ transplant cases to big hospitals because 
(i) they don’t have well-trained experts.  
(ii) the patients don’t trust local doctors. 
(iii) the state hospitals are very crowded.  
(iv) they don’t have a pool of harvested organs. 
 
(f) Heart retrieved from a body is alive only for _________ hours. 
(i) two 
(ii) three 
(iii) four 
(iv) five