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 Karnataka 2nd PUC English Question Paper And Answer Key 2025: The Karnataka board conducted the exam today for class 12th students. Students must eagerly await the question paper and answer key to estimate their total score. Well, don't worry as we got you covered. This article will help the candidates get the question paper and the answer key at one place.

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Karnataka 2nd PUC English Question Paper 2025

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Karnataka 2nd PUC EnglishAnswer Key 2025

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Part-A

I. Answer the following questions by choosing the right option: (10 × 1 = 10)

1) Juliet hangs upon the cheek of night as a ________.
a) Dove
b) Stars
c) Snow
d) Rich jewel 

2) In the poem "On Children" the poet says that parents may house the bodies of their children but not their ________.
a) Arrows
b) Bows
c) Souls 
d) Life

3) In "A Sunny Morning" the name of the villa where the silver maiden stayed was called ________.
a) Valencia
b) Maricela
c) Seville 
d) Zorilla

4) In the poem "When You Are Old" Love fled and hid his face amid
a) a crowd of people
b) a crowd of stars
c) by the fire 
d) in the book

5) In the lesson "The Gardener" the old man's eyes were suffused with
a) Vengeance
b) Rivalry
c) Competition
d) Native intelligence 

6) In the poem "Heaven, If You Are Not Here on Earth" the tender sunshine leans on
a) Verdant gardens 
b) Stream
c) Harvest
d) Moonlight

7) Consider the two statements from the lesson "Japan and Brazil Through A Traveler’s Eye" and answer the question that follows:

Statement: Motor cars are extremely expensive in Brazil
Reason: Import duties are Cripping and Murderous.

a) Both the statement and reason are false
b) Both the statement and reason are true
c) Only statement is true
d) Both the statement and reason are true

8) Match the Column A with Column B with reference to the lesson "I Believe Books will Never Disappear" and choose the correct option.

a) A-i, B-ii, C-iii
b) A-ii, B-i, C-iii
c) A-ii, B-iii, C-i
d) A-iii, B-i, C-ii 

9) Identify the sequence of events that led Marcus Ibe to become the Culture Minister.

a) Not too successful mission school teacher – politics came to the village – wisely joined politics – got elected in elections and became the Culture Minister.

b) Politics came to the village – wisely joined politics – Not a successful mission school teacher – got elected in elections and became Culture Minister.

c) Wisely joined politics – Not a successful mission school teacher – politics came to the village – got elected in elections and became Culture Minister.

d) Got elected in elections and became Culture Minister – wisely joined politics – politics came to the village – Not a successful mission school teacher.

(Correct answer: c)

10) Water knows the righteous rage of ________.

a) Kamma Landlords
b) Samaria woman
c) Karamchedu Suvarthamma
d) Pepsi man

11) Fill in the blanks with the passive form of the verb given in the brackets. (3 × 1 = 3)

Monaco was called a toy kingdom. A murder ________ (commit) in that kingdom. The criminal ________ (sentence) to death by the judges. But the kingdom had no resources to execute the criminal. So the criminal ________ (ask to run away).

Correct Answers:
Monaco was called a toy kingdom. A murder was committed in that kingdom. The criminal was sentenced to death by the judges. But the kingdom had no resources to execute the criminal. So the criminal was asked to run away. 

12) Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in brackets. (2 × 1 = 2)

The traffic in the big cities is increasing by ________ day by day.
It has become difficult for the commuters to ________ when they are caught in a traffic jam.

(To keep one’s shirt on, to look up to, leaps and bounds)

Correct Answers:
The traffic in the big cities is increasing by leaps and bounds day by day.
It has become difficult for the commuters to keep their shirt on when they are caught in a traffic jam.

13) Read the following paragraph and match the pronouns in Side A with the nouns/noun phrases in Side B they refer to: (5 × 1 = 5)

The college day was held in the college auditorium where (a) the students were seated in their best dresses. The chief guest who (b) was a folk singer, entertained the students with her rhythmic songs which (c) the students enjoyed a lot. They (d) participated in various cultural activities. The college day concluded with a cultural programme by the teachers. It (e) was a memorable day in the students' life.

30) A) Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (9 × 1 = 9)

Passage:
Saalumarada Thimmakka is an Indian environmentalist from Karnataka who is known for planting and caring for thousands of trees. She is called as ‘Tree - Woman’.

Thimmakka was born in a poor family in a small village in Gubbi taluk, Tumkur district, Karnataka. Thimmakka could not go to school due to poverty and lack of facilities. She was married to Sri. Bikkala Chikkayya of Hulikal village. At the age of forty, she wanted to end her life as she could not conceive. She started planting banyan trees along with her husband. They started with 10 banyan saplings on either side of the road along a stretch of 4 km in the first year. They took care of the plants just like their children. Every year, the count of trees kept on increasing. There have been more than 800 other trees grown by Thimmakka and her husband.

Recognition began to come Thimmakka’s way from the year 1995, a good five years after her husband’s death. Although Thimmakka did not receive formal education, her work has been honoured by many institutions. She has been recognized by the Government of India and was conferred with the Padma Shri award in 2019, which is one of the highest civilian awards in the country. There is also an environmental organization named after her in the U.S. called Thimmakka’s Resources for Environmental Education.

Questions and Answers:

a) Why was Thimmakka not able to go to school?
Answer: Thimmakka could not go to school due to poverty and lack of facilities. 

b) Whom did Thimmakka marry?
Answer: Thimmakka married Sri. Bikkala Chikkayya of Hulikal village. 

c) Where was Saalumarada Thimmakka born?
Answer: She was born in a small village in Gubbi taluk, Tumkur district, Karnataka. 

d) Saalumarada Thimmakka is known as ________.
Answer: Tree-Woman 

e) Why did Thimmakka want to end her life?
Answer: She wanted to end her life because she could not conceive. 

f) Which trees did Thimmakka and her husband plant?
Answer: They planted banyan trees. 

g) Name the environmental organization which is named after Thimmakka in the U.S.
Answer: Thimmakka’s Resources for Environmental Education. 

h) The idiom ‘left no stone unturned’ means:
i) Turning stones
ii) To be in trouble
iii) To explore every alternative 
iv) To give up

i) The antonym of the word ‘known’ is ________.
Answer: Unknown 

31) A) Rewrite as directed: (4 × 1 = 4)

i) Mount Everest is __________ tallest mountain peak in the world.
(Use appropriate article)
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain peak in the world.

ii) Love / Everything / and / fair / is / war / in
(Rearrange the segments into a meaningful sentence)
Everything is fair in love and war.

iii) One of my friends __________ (is/are) a beautiful Bharathanatyam dancer.
(Choose the verb that agrees with the subject)
One of my friends is a beautiful Bharathanatyam dancer.

iv) God __________ (help) those who help themselves.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb given)
God helps those who help themselves.

B) Fill in the blanks with the right linker: (4 × 1 = 4)

(To begin with, However, that also)

Tamanna and Basavaiah were rivals. If Tamanna bought four more acres adjacent to his land, Basavaiah also followed suit. If one had ten friends, the other acquired fifteen admirers. To begin with, all this looked like healthy competition, however, gradually it rose to such a pitch that there was no land left in the village for them to buy.

i) Students should not waste their time during exams.
(Add a suitable question tag)
Students should not waste their time during exams, should they?

ii) Childhood is the most enjoyable phase in a person’s life.
(Frame ‘Wh’ question to get the underlined word as answer)
What is the most enjoyable phase in a person’s life?

B) Rectify the errors in the following sentences and rewrite them: (2 × 1 = 2)

i) Childrens love to eat ice-cream everyday.
Children love to eat ice-cream every day. (Corrected: "Childrens" → "Children", "everyday" → "every day")

ii) Sannidh goes for a walk on the Morning everyday.
Sannidh goes for a walk every morning. (Corrected: "on the Morning everyday" → "every morning")

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