READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGE BASED ON CLASS XII SAMPLE PAPER (2022-2023) WORKSHEET 39

WORKSHEET 39

Based on the careful reading of the passage given below, answer any four out of five questions that follow: 

1. When you see me sitting quietly,
Like a sack left on the shelf,
Don’t think I need your chattering.
I’m listening to myself.
Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
Hold! Stop your sympathy!
Understanding if you got it,
Otherwise, I’ll do without it!

2. When my bones are stiff and aching,
And my feet won’t climb the stair,
I will only ask one favor:
Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
When you see me walking, stumbling,
Don’t study and get it wrong.
‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
And every goodbye ain’t gone.

3. I’m the same person I was back then,
A little less hair, a little less chin,
A lot less lungs and much less wind.
But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
Maya Angelou

1. What does the poet think she looks like, when sitting quietly?
The poet thinks that she looks like a sack.
2. Does the poet invite pity? Quote a line to support your argument.
No, the poet does not invite sympathy. The poet says “Don’t bring me no rocking chair”. The poet does not want to be helped she wants to be treated the same way as she was when she was young.
3. What has changed in the poet over the course of years?
There are a few physical changes she’s willing to accept. The poet talks about aging.
4. Pick out a word from the second stanza which means ‘faltering’.
stumbling
5. Why does the poet consider herself lucky?
She is luck that she is alive. 

Based on the careful reading of the passage given below, answer any four out of five questions that follow:

Climate change and global warming are the biggest threats of the present time and how the world manages to control pollution will define our future. Rising industrialization, urbanization, deforestation etc., are endangering the natural ecosystem. Since 1880, the earth’s temperature has been rising at a rate of 0.14° F(0.08° C) per decade and the rate of increase has doubled since 1981 at 0.32° F (0.18° C) per decade. The 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2015, with 2020 recorded as the second-warmest year as per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).With growing economies, global carbon measurements have been rapidly rising for the last 15 years. As per recent data, in January 2022, carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement stood at 418 parts per million, up around 11% from 378 parts per million recorded since 2007.

 

1.      What is the key to defining our future?
The means employed to control pollution. 

The means employed to control resources.

            The means employed to control state policies.

            The means employed to educate masses. 

2.     Which of the following elements are not responsible for endangering natural ecosystem? 

 Deforestation 

 Inflation 

 Industrialization 

 Urbanization 

3.     According to the passage, economy, and carbon emissions have been--------- to each other for last 15 years. 

Inversely proportionate 

Directly proportionate 

Not related 

Disproportionate 

4.     Name the institution responsible for observing and recording earth’s temperature over the years. 

National Organic and Atmospheric Administration 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

North Organic and Atmospheric Administration 

National Offshore and Atmospheric Administration 

5.     Carbon dioxide measurement stood at parts per million in 2007. 

(i) 387 (ii) 378 (iii) 481 (iv) 418