Article Writing Class 12 Format,

Topics, Examples, Samples

An article is an expression of one’s thought on an issue or a subject

logically and coherently written in meaningful paragraphs.

♦ Points to Remember:

 Give a title that catches the attention of the reader.

 Begin with a striking opening sentence which addresses the readers
and gets them interested in the topic.
 Present a strong argument for your ideas supporting it with evidence
or elaboration.
 Use linking devices (‘however’, ‘therefore’, ‘although’, ‘even though’,
‘in order to’) to make the composition appear a whole.
 Introduce a new point at the beginning of each paragraph that
follows to strengthen your ideas.
 Develop your ideas as much as you can to make them interesting
and substantial.
 Conclude with your strongest point.
 Use passive voice, humour, emotive language, rhetorical questions to
provide a specific effect. Split-up of marks:

♦ Marks will be awarded for:

 Format (Title + Writer’s name)

 Content (logical organisation, relevance)
 Expression (Accuracy + Fluency)

♦ Previous Years’ CBSE Examination Questions

♦ Very Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
The number of women in the police force seems insufficient especially
when we see the increasing involvement of women in terrorist activities.
Write an article in 150-200 words for The Hindustan Chronicle’, on the
need of having more women in the police force. (2010)
Answer:
 Need Of Having More
Women In The Police Force

Women empowerment and participation has seen a radical improvement

in the recent few decades. Women are no longer confined to their homes
and have come forward to excel in almost all fields, at par with men. But it
has been observed that the number of women in the police force seems
insufficient especially when we compare their increasing number in
terrorist activities. Women are sure to prove their worth in the police force
as they are more committed to the cause they work for and less corrupt,
two qualities that are lacking in policemen. The government needs to
increase the reserved quota for recruitment of women in the police force.
Women need to be given incentives to join the police force and this is sure
to prove favourable as they bring with them a distinctly different and
valuable set of skills that is bound to change the way the police is
perceived in our community. As the job description of the police expands
beyond crime-fighting into community service the presence of more
women in the police force is sure to help to burnish the tarnished image of
the police officers, improve community relations and foster a more flexible
and less violent approach to maintaining law and order.

Question 2.
In many parts of our country girls are still discouraged from going to
school. Consequently, a sizable section of the population is deprived of
education. Schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, CBSE scholarship to the
single girl child and the Government’s policy of giving free education to
girls have come as a boon to our society. Write an article in 150-200
words on the education of the girl child in the country. (Delhi 2010)

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Answer:
Education Of The Girl
Child In The Country

Education of girls has been a high priority with the Government of India. In
the new millennium, India has consolidated its earlier educational reforms
with increased resources and stronger policy commitments for achieving
elementary education, particularly for girls. Reaching out to the girl child
is primary to the efforts to universalise elementary education. ‘Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan’ or ‘Education For All’ programme recognizes that
ensuring the education of the girl child requires changes not only in the
education system but also in society’s norms and attitudes.

A two-pronged gender strategy has hence been adopted to make the

educational system responsive to the needs of the girls through targeted
interventions which serve as a pull-factor to enhance access and retention
of girls in schools on the one hand and generate community demand for
girls’ education through training and mobilisation on the other hand. The
CBSE has also come up with the novel scheme of providing free education
from the sixth standard onwards to the single girl child. The need of the
times is that the government should further improve the educational
infrastructure and make it more accessible and meaningful for the girl
child.

Question 3.
Advertisements have become a big business. They are promoted by
celebrities drawn from various fields like films, sports, etc., leaving their
influence on all people specially the young. Write an article in 150-200
words on ‘The Impact of Advertisements on the younger generation’.
(Delhi 2010)
Answer:

Impact Of Advertisements On
The Younger Generation

The advertisement industry has a tremendous impact on the younger

generation. As citizens of the modern world, advertisements have become
a part of the daily lives of youngsters and they have got used to being
bombarded with numerous advertisements over the course of their day.

Advertisements have become so common for them that they often do not
even realize that they are hearing or viewing them. So they have a
pervasive influence on the youth. In the ever-expanding world of
consumerism and advertising, companies are constantly looking for new
ways to sell their products to the youngsters by making their commercials
and campaigns more memorable, to leave an impact on their minds. The
younger generation has become their prime target because they have
more spending power than ever before and increased avenues at their
disposal. Therefore companies spend enormous amounts of money to
rope in popular film stars, cricketers, musicians etc. to endorse their
products.

This helps to ensure popularity and early brand loyalty. In the last decade
many superbrands have looked towards new and outrageous ways to
capture young audiences through appealing campaigns as these
youngsters are cognitively and psychologically quite defenceless against
advertisements. Clearly, advertisements represent ‘big business’ and has
a significant effect on young people who need to be educated about the
effects of advertising, that is, media literacy. This will prove to be helpful
in mitigating the harmful effects of advertising on youngsters.

Question 4.
The present-day youth are greatly stressed due to cut-throat competition
and consumerist culture. Write an article in 150-200 words on the causes
of the stress on the modem generation suggesting suitable solutions.
(Delhi 2010)
Answer:

Causes Of Stress On
The Modern Generation

The main cause of stress on the modern generation is the cut-throat

competition and consumerist culture prevalent in our society. This always
puts them under pressure of efficiency and productivity. The modern
environment is highly competitive and calls for relentless effort on the
part of each youngster. To achieve the goals they have to devote all their
time and capacity, without rest. So they have no time to care even for
their own selves. They have no time for relaxing or to pursue something of
their own interest sounds like a luxury to them. The effects of this stress
on the youth also visible in their physical being whereby they have
increased pulses and a lot of tension in their muscles.

With increased professionalism and specialisation there seems no

practical and suitable solution for this stress due to the competition. In
this age of consumerism, it is not surprising that the youth of today are
also constantly vying to outdo each other in acquiring material things. But
now it is high time each one of us sat back in quiet introspection to
contemplate where we are actually heading in this high-speed pace. Our
health and well-being will have to be our primary concern for, as they say,
“a healthy mind lies in a healthy body”. Let us stop living like robots. We
are humans and have to behave likewise and not like machines which are
our own creation.

Question 5.
As compared to the older generation the youth of today are greatly
inclined to pursue adventurous activities either for money or for
fun. There is a latest craze for joining reality shows, rafting, rock climbing,
mountaineering etc. Write an article in 150-200 words on which life you
would prefer—safe or adventurous. (All India 2010)
Answer:

Live Life, Don’t Just Exist

To lead a life of adventure is certainly very exciting and amazing. It

involves breaking free of certain social conditioning and challenging
yourself to work upon your mental fears, which are mostly in your mind,
and discovering unlimited freedom and opportunities. We, therefore, need
to be willing to undertake adventure as it is a necessary part of happy
existence. It is important to spend your limited time on earth doing some
of those things that make a difference and give one enjoyment rather
than simply sinking all the time playing the normal routine game of
“delayed gratification”.

Taking action helps one to build a more enriching life and enables you to
embrace life with more passion each day. The desire for sameness never
contributors to anything exciting but makes our life and spirit dull. A
variety of sports and recreation are adventurous to a lot of people today.
Some people race cars, skydivers jump out of a 5 aeroplane, mountain-
climbers scale peaks etc. This helps them to escape their daily stress and
gives them a ‘high’. So it is important to live life to the fullest and it is also
surely worth making the effort to ‘live’ with an adventurous spirit.

Question 6.
India is standing at the threshold of joining the developed nations but that
is not possible till we achieve complete literacy in the country. The
contribution of students may be very significant in achieving our goals.
Write an article in 150-200 words on ‘The Role of the Students in
Removing Illiteracy’. (All India 2010)
Answer:

The Role Of Students In

Removing Illiteracy

Illiteracy is still a major blot on India, after more than sixty years of its
achieving independence. To an extent it exemplifies India’s failure to
reach out to its masses. The removal of illiteracy has to be tackled on a
priority basis and students can play an important role in achieving this
goal. Since they are in the process of receiving education themselves they
are most appropriate for also putting forth their services to achieve the
goal of educating the illiterate masses. Students should be encouraged to
carry the lamp of knowledge by organizing events such as, ‘Each One,
Teach One’.

If every student resolves to teach two illiterate persons in a year during

his vacations, it will in the long run help to eradicate illiteracy. The
government should also render full support to students in terms of
infrastructure in their contribution to the Indian Literacy Campaign.
Students can also play a vital role in the programme of Adult Literacy. If
all our students get together and try to work towards achieving literacy
among the masses, then the day is not far when India too will join the
league of countries that have attained hundred percent literacy.

Question 7.
Compulsory value-based education is the only remedy for inculcating
values among the future citizens of the country. This will also help in the
prevention of crime in the country. Write an article in 150-200 words on
the need of compulsory value-based education. (All India 2010)
Answer:

Value-Based Education

Value-based education is an educational philosophy, an approach to

teaching and learning that underpins away a school organises itself
develops relationships and promotes positive human values. Schools that
adopt such an approach report that there is a qualitative improvement in
pupils’ attitude and behaviour. The purpose of value-based education is to
help the school community think about and reflect upon positive universal
values and practical implications of expressing them in relation to
themselves and the community as a whole.

Value-based education also supports schools in promoting an inclusive

school ethos and the methods of working raise achievements and help
pupils to raise their self-esteem and take responsibility for their own
behaviour and learning. It also enables students to examine the kind of
life that is worth living and to consider what kind of life they want for
themselves. At the core of value-based education lies an agreed set of
principles, deeply held convictions that underpin all aspects of school life
and work. The process is holistic and developmental, demanding a greater
deal from the school’s community. Value-based education is thus a
philosophy for developing and supporting schools of excellence.

Question 8.
Increase in the number of vehicles causes pollution and traffic jams. Write
an article in 150-200 words for ‘The New Indian Express’, Delhi,
highlighting the urgent need to solve these man-made problems, giving
suitable suggestions. You are Madhav/Madhuri. (Delhi 2010)
Answer:

The Problem Of Pollution

By: Madhav

Cities, in general, have a great deal in common with vehicles. In fact they
often seem to be turning into vehicles. India’s population and its traffic is
concentrated within its cities. The increasing number of vehicles in Delhi is
putting our city at the risk of completely losing clean air to breathe. Delhi
would have, in fact, been buried under a pollution load if the Supreme
Court had not intervened to introduce cleaner fuels and emissions
technology in the city, in the form of CNG-run public vehicles. Moreover,
increase in the number of vehicles also means getting stuck in rush traffic
hour which has also become a routine.

It is high time we now look towards solving this problem of heavy traffic
congestion which is taking a toll both on our health and our time. The
traffic police department must use technology for controlling and
monitoring the movement of vehicles at important and busy crossroads
for which the department officials can also take the help of Close Circuit
T.V. Drives should be launched to educate the masses about the
importance of driving in their respective lanes only and to follow traffic
signals strictly. Violation of these should result in fines and in case of
repeated offence the driving license of the person should be confiscated.

Pollution check of vehicles by owners at regular intervals should be made

mandatory. This can also contribute a lot in saving the environment from
pollution. Thus, we as responsible citizens just need to make a start.

Question 9.
Corruption has become the order of the day. It has entered all walks of
life. Write an article for your school magazine in 150-200 words on ‘The
Role of Youth in combating corruption’. You are Vijay/Vineeta. (Delhi 2011
2010)
Answer:

Role Of Youth In
Combating Corruption

By: Vijay
The problem of corruption is not new though it has reached
unprecedented proportions in recent years. It is as old as society itself and
•cuts across nations, cultures, races and classes of people. Corruption is
rampant in our political and social life and like cancer seems to be
gnawing into the vitals of the society. It has been argued that one of the
many obstacles to the development of poor countries is corruption. The
youth of the society have a lot of responsibility in combating corruption.
They are aware of this phenomenon but negligent towards this issue. It is
the youth, especially the students, who have to take cudgels against the
demon of corruption and crush it altogether.

A beginning can be made in this direction by holding anti-corruption

drives. The ill-effects of corruption in public life should be publicised
through the internet, facebook and blogs. The uprising young citizens
need to join hands as one and battle against corruption. They need to
spread awareness, more so in rural areas and equip them with knowledge
about this burning issue. Recently the name of Anna Hazare has become
synonymous with combating corruption so the youth of India have an idol
among them whom they can follow. The dedicated efforts of the honest
youth are bound to succeed in the long run in demolishing and
vanquishing this social evil which has earned us a bad name.

Question 10.
India is said to be a young country and is emerging as a global power. The
youth is getting increasingly concerned about the problems of corruption,
environment, pollution, misuse of natural resources, etc. Write an article
in 150-200 words on your vision of India in 2040. (Comptt. All India 2010)
Answer:

My Vision Of Future India

Most of us have a massive psychological barrier against looking at the

future vision of India and those who see the future as growing directly out
of the present also often narrow their vision. It is my belief that the year
2040 will belong to those who try to see diversity as a value in itself, not
as an instrument for resisting new monocultures of the mind or as a
compromise necessary for maintaining communal and ethical harmony.
India of the future will be central to the world where the idea of diversity
will be cherished as an end in itself. My vision statement is not a
prediction of what will actually occur, nor is it a wish list of desirable but
unattainable ends. It is actually a statement of what we believe is possible
for our nation to achieve seeing the level of concern that our present-day
youth is showing about problems of corruption, environmental pollution,
misuse of natural resources, etc. An essential requirement for envisioning
India in 2040 is to recognise that the parameters which determine
national development have changed i in recent years and will change
further in the future. This is likely to open up greater; possibilities than
ever before. The growing I influence in the fields of technology, education,
information, productive skills etc. lend credence to the view that India
will ; definitely achieve and sustain higher economic growth and
development in the coming decades.

Question 11.
Due to the globalization of food industry and fast food culture, traditional
healthy diets are increasingly being replaced by unhealthy junk food
containing artificial additives and preservative chemicals. Write an article
in 150-200 words for a national daily on the need for inculcating healthy
dietary habits. (Comptt. All India 2010)
Answer:

Need To Inculcate
Healthy Dietary Habits

Due to globalisation and the advent of fast food culture, traditional

healthy diets have been replaced by unhealthy junk food that has no
nutritional value. Children and even adults have become quite fond of this
junk food essentially because it is palatable and caters well to their taste
buds. Though junk food does not come with a statutory warning, it is ,
actually harmful for our health if we eat it on a regular basis as it contains
artificial additives and chemical preservatives. Hence the need arises for
inculcating healthy dietary habits. I feel childhood is the best stage to
inculcate good food habits. Through constant reinforcement and an
emphasis on healthy eating choices at home parents can ensure that their
kids continue to eat healthy even when they are away from home.

Parents should remember that kids learn their eating habits from them so
they should lead by example and eat healthy themselves. This will
encourage their kids to follow in their footsteps. Children’s initial refusal to
eat healthy food should not discourage the parents. Repeated exposure to
healthy foods like fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, milk etc. will ensure
that the kids might want to try it out at some point. So, constant
encouragement is needed to make them try out healthy food but do not
force anything. Aim to make good nutrition a way of life than a rule and
healthy eating habits will come naturally and not something that is being
enforced.

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