HS English Question Paper 2025 with Answers, Download Answer Key PDF

As per the Schedule, The WBBSE Class 12 English exam successfully took place Today, March 5, 2025.  The HS English Question Paper 2025 with Answers will be uploaded here as soon as the paper ends. Just after the conclusion of the exam,  our in-house experts start evaluating the HS 2025 English Question Paper with the solution as early as possible, Now, students who are going to attempt the Higher Secondary exam, also can check out the west Bengal HS English Question paper 2025 with solutions at the end of the post.

HS English Question Paper 2025 with Answers

West Bengal Higher Secondary 2025 English examination is conducted on Wednesday, March 05, 2025. The HS English Question Paper 2025 is distributed at 10:00 a.m. to students and concluded at 1:15 p.m. The full 2025 hs English question paper must be answered in 3 hours and 15 minutes. The first 15 minutes of the exam are reserved for reading the question paper. After that, they were given three hours to complete the HS question paper in English. Stay tuned with us, to get the most accurate and error-free West Bengal Board e HS English Question Paper 2025 with Answers on this page.

2025 HS English Question Paper with Solutions

The WEST BENGAL COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION (WBCHSE) is a major secondary education exam that administers the WB HS 2025 examinations each year. Class 12 English is not a hard subject to score well so it can help you boost your overall score on the HS 2025 exam. The WB HS Exams for AY 2024-25 began on March 03 and will run until March 18, 2025.

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WB HS English Answer Key 2025

All of the WB HS English questions 2025 and answers are compiled in the HS English Answer Key 2025. This English Answer Sheet 2025 created by our team will help you determine whether your exam response is correct or incorrect. As the exam draws to a close we will update this post with the updated HS English answer key 2025 for MCQs as well as the subjective questions on this page.

(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
Complete of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided (1X12=12)

PROSE

(i) The eyes of the narrator sensitive to
(A) light
(B) shadow
(C) light and darkness
(D) darkness

Answer: (C) light and darkness

(ii) “String Roots’ is taken from
(A) Ignited Mind
(B) The Luminous Spark
(C) Wings of Fire
(D) Mission of India

Answer:  (C) Wings of Fire
(iii) ‘Mrs. Jones put A half-nelson is a half-nelson about his neck”
(A) come out with force
(B) kick on the right leg
(C) a slap
(D) a wrestling hold

Answer: (D) a wrestling hold

(iv) “…………..The hermit unfastened the man’s clothing.’ The word ‘unfastened’ means
(A)tied
(B) unlocked
(C)locked
(D)untied

Answer: (D)untied

POETRY

(v) “Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade”
The figure of speech used in this line is
(A) paradox
(B) onomatopoeia
(C) simile
(D) personification

Answer: (D) personification

(vi) To a drowsy man, the chirpings of the cricket is a reminder of
(A) the song of the cuckoo among the Hebrides
(B) the music of a professional singer
(c) the music of the Grasshopper in the summer months
(D) the music of a prattling brook

Answer: (c) the music of the Grasshopper in the summer months

vii) ‘Leprous hide’ in ‘On Killing a Tree’ refers to
(A) rough bark of a tree
(B)skin of a dead leopard
(C) smooth bark of a tree
(D) a disease that is related to the skin

Answer: (A) rough bark of a tree

(viii) “… gentle, without guile.” Here ‘without guile’ means
(A) pure and innocent
(B) kind and childlike
(C) harsh and cruel
(D) manly

Answer:(A) pure and innocent

DRAMA

(ix) The name of Lomov’s dog is
(A)Guess
(B) Squeezer
(C) Patridge
(D) Marvsinsky

Answer:(A)Guess

(x) While sleeping, Lomov might get a ‘pull’ for
(A) twenty-five times
(B) twenty times
(C) twenty-six times
(D) twenty-one times

Answer:(D) twenty-one times

(xi) Chubukov says that because a weight is off his shoulders
(A) the argument is over
(B) Lomov has left his home
(C) Lomov and Natalya are getting married

(D) Lomov has accepted all the accusations made against his family

Answer:(C) Lomov and Natalya are getting married

(xii) According to Natalya, Lomov’s aunt was a
(A) gambler
(B) drunkard
(C) lunatic
(D) backbiter

Answer:(D) backbiter

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Drama

1. “Yes, this is the best time” –
   Who said this and to whom? How does the speaker justify the remark? 2+4
   ii) What happened with the large woman on the street? What did the woman do at once? 3+3 I
   ii) What were the morning activities of Kalam’s father ? What is Kalam’s final estimation of his father? 3+3
2. Describe the character of Lomov.
3. “I’m tired of people telling me I have a pretty face.”
   Who said this, to whom, and when? What did the person speak to reply? 1+1+2
4. Why is the marriage proposal important to all the three characters of the drama, ‘The Proposal’.
5. “She is like a love-sick cat.” – Who said this about whom? Who is referred to as a love-sick cat? Why does the speaker say so?
6. “Oh, how lucky you are.” – Who said this? Who was considered’ lucky’ to react to the above remark? 1+3+2
7. “She had beautiful eyes but they were of no use to her’ – Whose eyes are mentioned
   eyes useless to her? Bring out the irony of the situation?1+2+3
8. “Oh, What a burden, lord to be the father of a grown-up daughter .” -Who said this? Who is the daughter? Why did the speaker say this?
9. “I’m not as attractive a traveling companion as the one who left”- Who sa
   Describe the companion who had just left. What was the response of the person spo
   interesting girl”) 2+2+2 7.
10. Describe Chubukov as a sensible father.
11. “I’m not as attractive a travelling companion as the one who left”- Who is saying?
    Describe the companion who had just left. What was the response of the person spo
    interesting girl”) 2+2+2
12. “Her voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream” – Who thinks so? Whose voice did the voice become so special? 1+1+4
13. “It could be a fascinating game”- Who is the speaker? What was the fascinating! fascinating game helps him to keep himself away from hard reality? 1+1+4
14. “You are a very gallant young man.” -Who is the ‘young man’? Why is he called does the remark impress him? 1+2+3
15. “Bring him back! Back! Ah! Bring him here.” -Who says this to whom? When is it said? Why is the speaker so excited?

Prose

The Eyes Have It

1. “The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie”- Who broke the reverie? What was the reverie? How was the reverie broken? 1+1+4
2. “I’m not as attractive a traveling companion as the one who left”- Who said this and to whom? Describe the companion who had just left. What was the response of the person spoken to? (“She was an interesting girl”) 2+2+2
3. “It could be a fascinating game”- Who is the speaker? What was the fascinating game? How could the fascinating game help him to keep himself away from hard reality? 1+1+4
4. “did the voice become so special? 1+1+4 5. “Oh, how lucky you are.” – Who said this? Who was considered to be ‘lucky’ and why? How did the person react to the above remark? 1+3+2

Three Questions

1. Why did the bearded man become an enemy of the Tsar? What did the man swear and resolve to do? Why did he ask forgiveness of the Tsar and what did he promise him?
2. How did the enemy of the King become friends with the King in Leo Tolstoy’s “The Three Questions”?
3. “You have already been answered” – Who said this and to whom? How has the person referred to been answered?
4. What answers did the hermit give to the king’s questions?

Thank You Ma’am

1. Justify the title of the short story “Thank You Ma’am”.
2. “And he did not want to be mistrusted now” – Why did not Roger want to be mistrusted, though he could have easily fled from the home of Mrs. Jones?
3. How did Mrs. Jones behave with Roger when they arrive home? Or What are the ways by which the lady reformed Roger?
4. Why did not the boy run away though he found the door open?

Strong Roots

1. How did Kalam’s father play the role of a mediator in helping distressed people? Or What did his father say about the relevance of prayer?
2. “Whenever they are in trouble, they look for someone to help them” Who thought so? Who are they’? Explain the line.1+1+4
3. What had remained the routine for Abdul Kalam’s father even whenhe was in his late sixties? What does Abdul Kalam say about his emulation of his father ? 3+3
4. “This is not a correct approach at all” – who said this? What is the approach? Why is the approach not correct?1+2+3
5. “His answer filled me with a strange energy and enthusiasm.”Who is the speaker? Whose answer is being referred to here? What was the Answer?

Poem

1. Justify the title of the poem.
2. How does Keats present summer and winter in ‘The Poetry of Earth’?
3. “..he takes the lead”- Who takes the lead? When does he take the lead? How does he take the lead?1+2+3
4. How does Shakespeare compare his friend’s beauty to that of a summer’s day?
5. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade.”Who is the poet? What is meant by ‘thy eternal summer’ ? How does the poet suggest that “thy eternal summer” shall never end?1+1+4
6. How does the poet express the futility of war through his poem Asleep in the Valley’? What message does he want to convey?
7. What picture of the sleeping soldier do you get in ‘Asleep in the Valley’?
8. Justify the title of the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’
9. The poem ‘On Killing a Tree’ describes man’s cruelty and violence to nature. Discuss.

Writing

Report

• Annual function,
• Prize distribution ceremony
• Tree Plantation
• Science Art Exhibition
• A cricket match
• Cleaning Drive programme
• Debate competition
• Kannyashree Project
• Sit and Draw Contest
• book fair
• Eye care camp
• a place of historical interest
• Sabooj Sathi Project
• Blood donation camp

Grammar Questions

4.(a) Do as directed: 1×6=6
“Why don’t you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice ?” I asked my father.(Change the mode of narration)
(ii) Then I made a mistake.(Change the voice)
(iii) You have an interesting face.(Change into a complex sentence)
We lived in our ancestral house which was built in the middle of the 19th century.(Split into simple sentences)
(v) He is the best dog in the district.

I have endeavoured ___(i).___ understand_____(ii)… fundamental truths revealed (iii).. me____(iv)………..my father, and feel convinced that there exists _____(v).. divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure and guide one one’s true place.
(c) Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below:
Few girls can resist flattering.
[Options: flatter, flattery, flatterer |

ANSWERS

4. (A) (i) I asked my father why he didn’t say that to the people who came to him for help and advice.
(ii) A mistake was made by me.
(iii) Your face is quite interesting.
(iv) We lived in our ancestral house. The house was built in the middle of the 19th century.
(v) He is better than any other dog in the district.
(Vi) The poetry of earth is always alive.
(B) (i) To
(ii) The
(iii) To
(iv) By
(v) A
(vi) To
C. Flattery

HS 2024 English Question Paper with Answers

The questions that came in the English 2024 higher secondary paper are discussed here with detailed solutions.

Prose

Poetry

v) The Cricket’s shrill song is heard on a –  Winter Evening (ans).

vi) According to the poet what has ” All too short a date” ? – Summers’s lease(ANS)

(vii) When the roots of the tree are pulled out, they are
(a) dry and dead
(b) white and wet (ANS)
(c) hard and twisted
(d) green and moist

(viii) The soldier appears
(a) cold
(b) warm
(c) pale(ANS)
(d) bright.

(ix) The setting of the play “The Proposal’ is
(a) Chubukov’s garden
(b) Lomov’s drawing room
(c) Chubukov’s drawing room (ANS)

(x) Natalya lived
(a) alone
(b) with her parents
(c) with her mother
(d) with her father. (ANS)

(xi) Lomov was years old.
(a) twenty five
(b) thirty
(c) thirty five (ANS)
(d) forty

(xii) The piece of land that Lomov and Natalya Quarrell was
(a) Oxen Meadows (ANS)
(b) Lomov’s farm
(c) Birch woods
(d) Burnt March.

SAQ

PROSE

1. What were the names of Kalam’s parents?
2. Who was supposed to receive the girl at Saharan station?
3. What did Kalam’s father avoid in his daily life?
4. At what time was Mrs. Jones returning home from work?
5. What was the third question that came to the Tsar’s mind?
6. Why did the bearded man want to take revenge?
7. What did the narrator know about the animals in the forests near Dehra?
8. What did Mrs. Jones plan to prepare from the canned milk?

POETRY

1. Who has written the poem ‘On Killing A Tree’ ?
2. Who according to the poet is more lovely than a Summer’s day ?
3. When the grasshopper gets tired, where does he rest?
4. When the grasshopper gets tired, where does he rest ?
5. Who according to the poet is more lovely than a Summer’s day ?
6. When the grasshopper gets tired, where does he rest?
7. What will happen if miniature boughs are unchecked ?
8. What kind of a poem is ‘Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer’s Day’?
9. What was the soldier’s pillow made of ?
10. Who is not expected to disturb the soldier’s rest?
11. Why is the poetry of the earth never dead?

Subjective/ Descriptive Type

PROSE

The I Made a Mistake” – (a) Who is the speaker?
(b) What mistake did he make ?
(c) Why did he call it a mistake ?
(d) How did his co-passenger react to it?1+1+2+1

“There was a very old mosque in our locality where my father would take me for evening prayers.”
(a) Who waited for Kalam’s father outside the mosque?
b) Why did they wait there?
(c) Why did some of them thank Kalam’s father ?
(d) What would Kalam’s father then say to them?

“May be, you ain’t been to your supper either, late as it b
Have you ?”
(a) Who is the speaker and who is being spoken to?
(b) Which meal of the day is ‘Supper’?
(c) What did the person spoken to reply ?
(d) What were the things offered by the speaker?

(iv) “Here comes someone running.”
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Who came running?
(c) What was the condition of the person who came running?
d) How is the person taken care of?

(v) “Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.”
(a) What is meant by ‘it’?
(b) Why will the jab of the knife not do ‘it’?
(c) How can ‘it’ be done?

(vi) ‘A small green valley where a slow stream flows’ …
(a) Who lies in the. valley ?
(b) How does he lie?
(c) Describe his bed and pillow.
d) How does the poet describe the smile on his face?

“And every fair from fair sometime declines.”
(a) From which poem is the line quoted?
(b) Who is the poet?
(c) Briefly explain the meaning of the quoted line.
d) How does the poet promise to immortalize his friend’s beauty?

(viii) In about 100 words justify the title of the poem “The Poet of Earth’.

DRAMA

ix) Why has Lomov come to visit Chubukov? How was Lomov dressed? How does Chubukov react to Lomov’s proposal? How far was Natalya aware of the reason of Lomov’s arrival ? 1+2+2+1

x)What are the names of hunting dogs of Lomov and Chubukov? From whom has Lomov purchased his dog and at what price? According to Lomov, what defect does Chubukov’s dog have?

xi)”Oh what a burden, Lord, to be the father of grown up daughter !” Who is the speaker? In not more than 80 words, sketch the character of the speaker in light of the above comment. 1+5

WRITING

6. (a) Write a report on the ‘ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY organised by your school.. The report is to be published in your school magazine. (Word limit: 150 words) 2+8=10
OR

(b) You had ordered a book from an online bookstore, but the book arrived in a damaged condition. Write a letter to the manager of the customer service department of the bookstore complaining and requesting a replacement. (Word limit: 150 words) 2+8=10
OR

c. Write a precise of the following passage. use a suitable title. 2+8

No one can deny the importance of history in our civisation. No study of present is complete without a reference to the past. If we go to history for a mere catalogue of facts and a record of annals and dates, we will be mistaken. We will only know the surface reality. The proper study of history lies in the relation of the past with the present how the present relates to the past and what happened in the past has a profound connection with the present. It is from history that we come to learn how misfortunes could have been avoided and how people could take lessons from good things. Such knowledge would surely help in the progress of civilization. The real understanding of history lies in this.

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