HSEB Old Question Paper of Compulsory English
Class : 12
Year : 2057
Time: 3hrs | Full Marks: 100 | Pass Marks: 35
Attempt All Questions.
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. 5*3=15
Antlers grow from permanent knoblike bones on a deer’s skull. Deer use their antlers chiefly to fight for males or for leadership of a herd. Among most species of deer, only the males have antlers, but both the male and female reindeer and caribou have antlers. Musk deer and Chinese water deer do not have antlers at all. Deer that live in mild or cold climates lose their antlers each winter. New ones begin to grow the next spring. Deer that live in tropical climates may lose their antler and grow new ones at other times of year. New antlers are soft and tender. Thin skin grows over the antlers as they develop. Short, fine hair in the skin makes it look like velvet. Full-grown antlers are hard and strong. The velvety skin dries up, and the deer rubs the skin off by scrapping its antlers against trees. The antlers fall of several months later. The size and shape of the deer’s antlers depend on the animal’s age and health. The first set grows when the deer is from one to two year old. On most deer the first antlers are short and straight. As deer gets older, their antlers grow larger and from intricate branches.
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