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The Class 11 exams depend on the schools, as they decide when to conduct the exams. Usually, the Class 11 exams are held a few months before the final board exams. This gives you the opportunity to prepare for the final board exams and also mentally prepare for them. Therefore, it is better to contact your school regarding the Class 11 exams, and also take advantage of the complete information provided here for the final board exam.
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced class 12 Board exams date. This year class 12th board exam will be started from 15 February 2025 and will last upto 04 April 2025, it will take around 49 days to complete the class 12th board exam. The first exam will be held on 15 February 2025 for Entrepreneurship (Including Vocational Students) subject and the last exam will be held on 04 April 2025 for Psychology subject. The practical exams/Internal Assesment/Projects & the board's annual theory examinations are scheduled to start w.e.f 01th January 2025 and 15th February 2025.
OFFICIAL SYLLABUS
| Name of Book | SR. No. | Content |
Hornbill
| 1 | Prose - The Portrait of a Lady Poetry - A Photograph |
| 2 | Prose - We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together |
| 3 | Prose - Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues Poetry - The Laburnum Top |
| 4 | Prose - Landscape of the Soul Poetry - The Voice of the Rain |
| 5 | Prose - The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role |
| 6 | Prose - The Browning Version Poetry - Childhood |
| 7 | Prose - The Adventure |
| 8 | Prose - Silk Road Poetry - Father to Son |
Snapshots
| 1 | The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse |
| 2 | The Address |
| 3 | Ranga’s Marriage |
| 4 | Albert Einstein at School |
| 5 | Mother’s Day |
| 6 | The Ghat of the Only World |
| 7 | Birth |
| 8 | The Tale of Melon City |
Woven Words (Short Stories) | 1 | The Lament |
| 2 | A Pair of Mustachios |
| 3 | The Rocking-horse Winner |
| 4 | The Adventure of the Three Garridebs |
| 5 | Pappachi’s Moth |
| 6 | The Third and Final Continent |
| 7 | Glory at Twilight |
| 8 | The Luncheon |
Woven Words (Poetry) | 1 | The Peacock |
| 2 | Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds |
| 3 | Coming |
| 4 | Telephone Conversation |
| 5 | The World is too Much With Us |
| 6 | Mother Tongue |
| 7 | Hawk Roosting |
| 8 | For Elkana |
| 9 | Refugee Blues |
| 10 | Felling of the Banyan Tree |
| 11 | Ode to a Nightingale |
| 12 | Ajamil and the Tigers |
Woven Words (Essay) | 1 | My Watch |
| 2 | My Three Passions |
| 3 | Patterns of Creativity |
| 4 | Tribal Verse |
| 5 | What is a Good Book? |
| 6 | The Story |
| 7 | Bridges |
ENGLISH CORE (CODE NO. 301)
PART A
Reading
1. 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 are to be done.
2. Multiple Choice questions based on one unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts, etc. Eight out of Nine questions are to be done.
Note: The combined word limit for both passages will be 600-750.
Grammar
3. Multiple choice questions on Gap filling (Determiners, Tenses)
4. Multiple choice questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences
(Total eight questions to be done out of the ten given).
Literature Section
5. Multiple Choice questions from an extract from Poetry from Hornbill to assess comprehension and appreciation. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done.
6. Multiple Choice questions based on two Prose extracts, out of the three given, from Prose (Hornbill as well as Snapshots to assess comprehension and appreciation.
7. Text-based Multiple Choice Questions to assess comprehension, analysis, and interpretation, of Prose and Poetry. Five questions out of six are to be done.
PART B
Q1. Note Making and Summarization based on a passage of approximately 200-250 words.
1. Note-Making:
Title:
(i) Numbering and indenting
(ii) Key/glossary
(iii) Notes
2. Summary (up to 50 words)
(i) Content
(ii) Expression
Writing Section:
Q2. Short writing task-Notice writing up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions is to be answered.
Q3. Short writing task-Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions is to be answered.
Q4. Letters based on verbal/visual input, are to be answered in 120-150 words. Business or official letters (for making inquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving information, placing orders, and sending replies), letters to the school or college authorities, regarding admissions, school issues, requirements/suitability of courses, etc. One out of the two given questions is to be answered.
Q5. Writing composition based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words. May be descriptive/argumentative in nature such as speech/debate. The theme should be contemporary topical issues. One out of the two given questions is to be answered.
Literature Section:
Q6. Two Short answer type questions (one from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Hornbill), out of four, to be answered in 30-40 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.
Q7. One Short answer type question, from Prose (Snapshots), to be answered in 40- 50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done.
Q 8. One Long answer type question, from Prose/poetry (Hornbill), 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, and themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done.
Q.9 One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Snapshots, 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, and themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done.
Prescribed Books:
1. Hornbill: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi.
2. Snapshots: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi.
Prescribed Textbook-
Hornbill: Textbook published by NCERT, New Delhi.
Snapshots: Supplementary Reader published by NCERT, New Delhi.
ENGLISH ELECTIVE (Code No. 001)
PART A
Reading
Two unseen passages and a poem
1. 12 out of 15 multiple choice questions from a literary or discursive passage of about 950-1000 words.
2. 8 multiple choice questions to test interpretation and appreciation of a poem of about 10-12 lines.
3. 5 out of 7 multiple choice questions from a case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart, etc.) of 100-120 words to test interpretation.
Literature Textbook
1. 15 out of 18 multiple choice questions to test comprehension, and literary appreciation and to draw inferences in poetry and prose.
Part B
Creative Writing Skills
1. One Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 120-150 words. An essay on an argumentative/discursive/reflective/descriptive topic, leading to creative rendering, forming, and defending of opinions.
2. One Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 120-150 words. (Article Writing. Contemporary topical issues to be a part of Article writing.)
3. One Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 120-150 words. (Speech/Report Writing. Contemporary topical issues to be a part of Speech/Report writing.)
LiteratureTextbook
Woven Words: The questions can be asked from both Poetry and Prose.
4. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 30-40 words to assess understanding, analysis, and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.
5. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 50-60 words to assess understanding, analysis, and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.
Arms and the Man- [Drama]
6. Two Long Answer Questions out of three to be answered in 80-100 words to appreciate characters, events, and episodes. Questions to provide analytical responses using incidents, events, themes reference points.
Fiction
7. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 30-40 words to critically appreciate characters, events, episodes, and interpersonal relationships and to form their opinions with reference to content, events, and episode.
8. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 50-60 words to assess understanding, analysis, and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.
9. One Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 120-150 words to test literary appreciation and to draw inferences. Questions should elicit creative responses and develop an ability to form opinions.
Seminar (20 marks)
1. Presentation - book review /a play /a short story/a novel/novella (tale, table, and parable) to be followed by a question-answer session.
2. Poetry reading to be followed by interpretative tasks based on close reading and literary analysis of the text.
3. Critical review of a film/ documentary or a play.
4. Conducting a theatre workshop to be followed by a discussion
Note: Teachers may develop their own rubrics to assess the performance of students objectively
The parameters for assessing Speaking skills as given in the curriculum for English Core may be referred to.
Prescribed Books:
Textbook: Woven Words published by NCERT
Fiction: The Old Man and the Sea (Novel unabridged) by Ernest Hemingway
Drama: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
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