HBSE Class 12 English SAT-1 July 2025 Solved
Solved Question Paper – SAT-1 (2025) English
Class: 12 | Subject: English | Time: 45 Minutes
Q1. Section A (Reading Skills) (4 Marks)
Passage: Global Warming
a. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas mentioned in the passage?
👉 (iii) Carbon dioxide
b. How does deforestation contribute to global warming?
👉 (iv) It reduces the number of trees that absorb CO₂.
c. What natural feature is melting due to global warming?
👉 Polar ice caps.
d. Which human activity contributes most to global warming?
👉 Burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas).
Q2. Section B (Writing Skills) (3 Marks)
Letter to the Editor
Neha
A-406, Gopi Nagar
Faridabad
20th July 2025
The Editor
The Times of India
BSJ Marg
New Delhi
Subject: Concern about the portrayal of women in TV serials
Sir/Madam,
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to express my concern about the portrayal of women in TV serials. Most serials present women as weak, dependent, and confined only to household roles. Such representation not only misguides society but also hampers women’s empowerment. Women today are excelling in every field, and media should project their strength, dignity, and achievements.
I request you to highlight this issue in your newspaper to create awareness among people and urge producers to show women in a positive and realistic light.
Yours sincerely,
Neha
(✔️ Any other option: Advertisement / Notice would also fetch marks.)
Q3. Section C (Grammar) (3 Marks)
(i) He had saved money for many years before he fell ill.
👉 Correct answer: (d) had saved
(ii) Who disrupted the meeting?
👉 Correct answer: (c) disrupted
(iii) Change into Indirect Speech:
He said to me, “Were you busy?”
👉 He asked me if I had been busy.
(iv) Change into Passive Voice:
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People all over the world speak English.
👉 English is spoken all over the world. -
One should keep one’s promises.
👉 Promises should be kept.
Q4. Section D (Literature – Short Answers) (4 Marks)
(Attempt any two)
(i) In what mood was Mr. Hamel? Why? (The Last Lesson)
👉 Mr. Hamel was in a very emotional and serious mood because it was his last lesson in French after forty years of service.
(ii) Mention any two problems faced by the bangle sellers? (Lost Spring)
👉 They live in poverty and work in unhygienic conditions. They are trapped in the vicious cycle of middlemen and debt.
(iii) What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps? (Lost Spring)
👉 Saheb looks for coins, valuables, or anything useful in the garbage to support his livelihood.
Q5. Section D (Short Answer – 2 Marks)
(Attempt any one)
How would Keeping Quiet affect the life in and around the sea? (Keeping Quiet)
👉 Keeping quiet would allow fishermen to stop harming whales and marine life, thus giving the sea a chance to heal.
OR
Why does Kamala Das look at the children? (My Mother at Sixty-Six)
👉 She looks at the children playing outside to divert her mind from the painful thought of her mother’s old age and approaching death.
Q6. Section D (Long Answer – 4 Marks)
(Attempt any one)
(i) What was the psychiatrist’s reaction when Charlie told him about ‘The Third Level’? (The Third Level)
👉 The psychiatrist called it a “waking dream wish fulfillment.” He explained that Charlie was unhappy with the modern world, full of war and insecurity. Therefore, he imagined the Third Level at Grand Central Station as a way to escape reality and find peace in the past.
OR
(ii) What were the different names given to the King of Pratibandapuram? (The Tiger King)
👉 At birth, astrologers predicted the King’s death by a tiger. He was therefore named “The Tiger King.” As he grew, he was also called “His Highness,” “Jamedar-General,” “Maharajadhiraja Viswa Bhushana,” and “Crown Prince Jung Jung Bahadur.” But popularly, he was remembered as “The Tiger King.”
