Class 12th English Core Periodic Test I Question Paper 2026 – 27: St. Margaret School, Rohini, New Delhi

School Name:	St Margaret Sr Sec School
Class:	XII
Subject:	English Core (301)
Exam:	Periodic Test I (2026–27) – Set A
Time:	1 Hr
Maximum Marks:	30

PERIODIC TEST I (2026–27)

SUBJECT: ENGLISH CORE (301)

CLASS XII

SET A

Q-1) Write an article on “The Role of Technology in Modern Education”. You are Karan/Kriti. (5)

(120-150 words)

Q-2) Your school is organising a mathematics competition. Draft a notice in 50 words to inform the students about the same. You are Jessica/Johan, Head Girl/Boy of World Public School. (4)

Q-3) Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow. (6)

but soon
put that thought away, and
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,

(i)Which thought is being talked about?

1. Poetess was going abroad.
2. Poetess will miss her mother.
3. The poetess’ mother is growing old and will die soon.
4. Poetess will not be able to meet her mother again.

(ii) What do the ‘young trees sprinting’ symbolise?

1. Energy possessed by the poetess because of her young age.
2. Beauty of nature.
3. Time is running as they have to rush to the airport.
4. Passage of time that has passed.

(iii) What is the meaning of ‘wan’?

1. Unique
2. Tired
3. Pale
4. Aged

(iv) Which figure of speech is used in “as a late winter’s moon”?

1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
4. Simile

(v) The childhood fear of the poetess was ____________________.

1. seeing her mother dead.
2. getting separated from her mother.
3. seeing her mother getting old and weak.
4. leaving her mother to go to Cochin.

(vi) The points of contrast between the mother and the children include ____________________.

1. Mother is weak; children are energetic.
2. Mother is strong; children are innocent.
3. Mother will die soon; children will leave their parents.
4. A mother’s life is full of experience; a child’s life is full of anxiety.

Q-4) Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow. (4)

Anyway, here’s what happened at Grand Central. One night last summer I worked late at the
office. I was in a hurry to get uptown to my apartment so I decided to take the subway from
Grand Central because it’s faster than the bus.

Now, I don’t know why this should have happened to me. I’m just an ordinary guy named
Charley, thirty-one years old, and I was wearing a tan gabardine suit and a straw hat with a
fancy band; I passed a dozen men who looked just like me.

(i)Charley decided to take the subway because ____________________.

1. He wanted to explore and escape to the third level.
2. He wanted to reach home early from his office.
3. He couldn’t continue his hobby of collecting stamps.
4. He wanted two tickets to Galesburg.

(ii) “Why this should have happened to me”: here ‘this’ means ____________________.

1. the episode of reaching the lobby of a hotel through Grand Central Station.
2. meeting Sam to discuss his waking dream wish fulfilment.
3. receiving Sam’s letter from the 19th century.
4. the experience of reaching the third level through Grand Central Station.

(iii) I passed a dozen men who looked just like me, indicating that ____________________.

1. Everything was normal before Charley reached the third level.
2. Charley felt out of place as he wanted to escape from the current century.
3. Charley felt afraid that people looked different from him.
4. Charley felt attracted towards the 19th century and felt awkward in the present time.

(iv) Replace the word ‘ordinary’ from the passage with the best possible option.

1. Unique
2. Simple
3. Usual
4. Remarkable

Q-5) You are Franz, the narrator of The Last Lesson. After attending M. Hamel’s last French lesson, you return home feeling regretful and emotional. Write a diary entry in 120–150 words expressing your feelings. Use the given format. (5)

Date	Day	Time
Dear Diary

Q-6) Answer any three of the following. (2×3)

1. When did Charley realise that he was in a different century?
2. Why does the poetess compare her mother to a corpse?
3. Why were the villagers occupying the last benches?
4. What business did Sam choose at the third level? Why?