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EnglishCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 4 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 12 English sample paper 2023-24: question 8(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section C, question 8(A), for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q8(A) · 4 marks · Case-basedCompetency-basedJourney to the End of the Earth

Read the given extracts and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two, given.

Climate change is one of the most hotly contested environmental debates of our time. Will the West Antarctic ice sheet melt entirely? Will the Gulf Stream ocean current be disrupted? Will it be the end of the world as we know it? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, Antarctica is a crucial element in this debate — not just because it's the only place in the world, which has never sustained a human population and therefore remains relatively 'pristine' in this respect; but more importantly, because it holds in its ice-cores half-million-year-old carbon records trapped in its layers of ice.
(Journey to the End of the Earth)

  1. i

    How does the absence of a human population in Antarctica make it significant in the climate change debate?

    1 mark
  2. ii

    Why is "climate change" described as a "hotly contested" issue in the extract provided?
    This is so, because there _____.

    1. (A)is universal agreement on the causes and implications of climate change
    2. (B)is a planned path ahead about how to address climate change
    3. (C)are differing views on the causes and implications of climate change
    4. (D)are minimal reports of fresh threats to climate change
    1 mark
  3. iii

    The analogy of a time machine is an appropriate analogy for the role of carbon records in the study of climate change because ________________________.

    1 mark
  4. iv

    Give one reason why the writing style of the extract can be called factual and informative.

    1 mark

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Ask what 'pristine' means for studying human effects.

Hint 2

What does a time machine let you do with the past?

Hint 3

Look at tone: is there any personal opinion?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. (i) With no human population, Antarctica stays relatively pristine, so it is a reference point for understanding human impact on the environment and the effects of climate change.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Option C. 'Hotly contested' means there are differing views on the causes and implications of climate change.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) ...just as a time machine lets us observe past events, carbon records trapped in ice cores let us study past climate and atmosphere, showing how the climate has changed.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) The writer presents information objectively and straightforwardly, in the third person, without personal opinion or emotional language.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) pristine reference point for human impact; (ii) C; (iii) carbon records reveal past climate like a time machine; (iv) objective, third-person style

Where the marks are

  • (i) Pristine reference point (1 mark)
  • (ii) Option C (1 mark)
  • (iii) Records show past climate (1 mark)
  • (iv) Objective factual presentation (1 mark)

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