Model Question Paper— set - 1 Subject – English(Group-B) Class –XI

Model  Question Paper— set - 1

Subject – English(Group-B)  Class –XI

Time:3 Hours 15 Minute                                              Full Marks  :  80

1. Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct option from the alternative provided: 1x5=5

A. Leela’s Friend is taken from –(i) Malgudi Days     (ii) Swami and Friends  (i) The Guide  (iv) The Dark Room.

B. “The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid ;”—Here Sang-froid means – (i) sleep   (ii) composure  (iii)  anxiety  (iv) sanguineness .

C.   Ben Price did not arrest Jimmy because – (i) Out of love for Jimmy  (ii) out of compassion for Jimmy (iii) he wished to give Jimmy a second  (iv) Jimmy was reformed.

D.   Mother Teresa was awarded the Noble Prize in the year—(i) 1979  (ii)  1980  (iii)  1997  (iv) 1990

E.   The source material for all artistic creation has been provided by – (i) books  (ii)  science  (iii) sports

 (iv) nature.

2.   Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence (any five)      (1x5=5)

a) What kind of job did Sidda do in the Sivasanker household?

b) Where did Leela’s mother find the chain?

c) What, according to Mother Teresa, is the greatest destroyer of peace?

d) How much money did Mother receive from disabled person?

e) Which kind of tie does Sir Mohan wear?

f)  How much did Lady Lal pay to the porter?

g)  Where did Jimmy see Annabel first?

h) How did Jimmy register himself at the local hotel?

i)  Where do the roots of art education lie?

j)  What part does fine art play in our life?

3. Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 100 words each :   5x2=10

a)  What is the difference between fine art and functional art?

b)  What are the bad effects regarding the absence of a sense of beauty? What is the difference

between a santhal with artistic sensibility and an educated student without artistic senses?

c)  Narrate in your own words the experience of Mother Teresa in an old age home?

d)“That child-she can’t stand it long in there” – Who is referred to here? Why was she in danger ? Howwas she saved?

e)  What is your own view of Sidda? Do you think he is a suitable friend  forLeela?

f) Compare and contrast between Sir Mohan Lal and Lachmi whom you find in the story ‘Karma’.

4. Complete the sentence which follow, choosing the correct answer from the alternatives given.                                                                                                            1x5=5

a)’ Upon Westminister Bridge’ is written on – i) Sept 3, 1802  ii) Sept 5, 1802  iii) Sept 4, 185iv)   

       March 6, 1789

b) ‘Brotherhood’ is a/an – i)devotional poem  ii) Lyrical poem  iii) dramatic poem  iv) elegy

c) ‘The Sick Rose’ is taken from – i) The Lyrical Ballad  ii) Songs of Experience  iii) Songs of

innocence  iv) The waste land

d) ‘Day break’ is taken from – i) Lyrical Ballads  ii) Birds of passage  iii) A Birds message  iv)

     Birds sang

e) ‘Meeting at Night’ is- i) a war poem ii) an Adventure poem iii) a love poem iv) a prose

5. Answer any five of the following question in a single sentence each.    1x5=5

a)”Unknowing I understand”. What dpes the poet understand?

b) What do the stars control in the poem ‘Brotherhood’?

c) How long is the “Sea-scented beach”?

d) How many fields will the poet have to cross before a farm appears?

e) When does the storm howl?

f) why is the rose sick?

g) Where from does the poet see the city of London?

h) Why is the beauty of the morning ‘silent,bare’?

i) What makes the wind unhappy?

j) From where did the wind come in ‘Daybreak’?

6. Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 100 words each.    5x2=10

a) Justify the title of the poem ‘The Sick Rose’.

b) Justify the title of the poem ‘Meeting at Night’.

c) Justify the title of the poem ‘Daybreak’. Or the central idea of the poem ‘Daybreak’.

d) Justify the title of the poem ‘Upon Westminister Bridge’.

e) What is the central idea of the poem ‘Brotherhood’?

7. Complete the sentences whichfollow choosing the correct answer from the alternatives given (Attempt any five).                                                                                                       1x5=5

a) Aegeon was the merchant of-  i)Ephesus ii) Arden iii) Syracuse  iv) Menaphon

b) After shipwreck Aegeon lost-  i) his wife and his younger son  ii) his wife,elder son and elder slave iii) his wife, younger son and elder slave  iv) his two sons

c) Olivia was married to –i)Sebastian  ii)Orsino  iii) Antonio  iv) the captain

d) Viola became the wife of – i) Antonio ii)Orsino   ii) Sebastian  iv) Cesario

e) The play ‘Macbeth’ by Shakespeare is a- i) Comedy ii) Tragedy  iii) social satire iv) poetry

f) Duncan was the king of –i) England ii) Finland  iii) Ireland  iv) Scotland

g) Othello promoted Cassio to the post of – i)General  ii) Brigadier  iii) Lieutenant  iv) slave

h) Desdemona’s handkerchief was stolen by – i) Othello himself  ii) Iago’s wife iii) Brabantio

iv) Cassio

i) Rosalind disguished herself as a – i) young lass ii) young shepherd iii) old man iv) Duke

j) Celia took the name of – i)Aliena  ii) Ganymede  iii) Orlando iv) Rosalind

8. Answer any one of the following questions in not more than 100 words.           5x1=5

   a) Why did Othello decide to kill his wife and himself ?

   b) Why did Antipholus Younger think Ephesus to be a land of sorcerers and witches?

   c)  Why did Duke Orsino send Viola to Olivia? What was Olivia’s reply?

   d) What did each of the three witches predict to Macbeth when he first met them? What

did they tell Banquo?

    e) Narrate in your own words the experiences of Rosalind and Celia when they reached

the frost of Arden.

9.( A) Rewrite the following sentences as directed without changing their meanings.  1x7=7

   a) Lady Lal opened the brass carrier. (Change the voice)

   b) “Tell me story, Mother,” Leela said. (Change the mode of narration)

   c) Fine art liberate our mind from the constraints of sorrow. (Use the noun form of  liberate’)

  d) He got his key and went upstairs. (Split into two simple sentences)

  e) And So let us meet each other with a smile.  (Change into negative)

  f) She produced a two-anna bit from a knot in her sari. She dismissed the collie.

                                                                                            (Join into a single sentence)

g)We should get well-qualified people to write readable books on art.

                                                                                            (Change into complex)

   (B) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions :    ½ x6=3

    A week after _______release_________Valentine, 9762, there was _______ neat job ______

Safe burglary done _______ Richmond, Indiana, with no clue ________ the author.

10.  Write a paragraph with 150 to 200 words on your hobby.        10

      Or. Write a story in about 150 to 200 words with the following outline :

       A poor man ------ wife ill and starving --- goes to tea stall begging --- gets thrashing ---

      Biscuits--- gets caught---crowd gathers---gets beating ---conclusion.

11. You have a flat in Kolkata which you want to sell. Draft an Advertisement in a newspaper in not more than 50 words announcing the same with details of the flat.

Or – Draft a newspaper advertisement in not more than 50 words the loss of your class x Certificate and Mark Sheet.                                                                 5

12. A bookseller of repute is going to open a book shop in your area. Prepare a commercial leaflet in not more than 50 words announcing the same.                             5

Or—prepare in 50 words a commercial leaflet for the uncoming tour programmes of a Travel Agency.