FIRST TERM
EXAM 2019-20
Time : 2.30 hours CLASS
: XI Sub English MARKS: 50
Instructions:
I.
All
questions are compulsory. There may be internal options.
II.
ll.
Answers are to be written in complete sentence one word answers are incomplete
sentences will not be given credit.
III.
Figures/ Web diagrams/Charts/Table etc. should
be drawn and presented completely with
proper answers written as instructed
iv.
Use of color Pens /Pencils are not allowed (use blue or black pen)
SECTION I PROSE
Q.1.A Read the extract
and complete the activities given below. (12 Marks)
A.1 Find out the supported statement from the extract for
following. (02)
a. Laurie wanted to talk rather than
any activities.`
b. Laurie was deprived from
Mother’s love.
“How
kind you are! Yes, that’s what it wanted. Now please take the big chair and let
me do something to amuse my company.”
“No,
I came to amuse you. Shall I read aloud?” and Jo looked affectionately toward
some inviting books near by.
“Thank
you! I’ve read all those, and if you don’t mind, I’d rather talk,” answered
Laurie.
“Not
a bit. I’ll talk all day if you’ll only set me going. Beth says I never know
when to stop.” “Is Beth the rosy one, who stays at home good deal and sometimes
goes out with a little basket?” asked Laurie with interest.
“Yes,
that’s Beth. She’s my girl, and a regular good one she is, too.”
“The
pretty one is Meg, and the curly-haired one is Amy, I believe?”
“How
did you find that out?”
Laurie colored up, but answered frankly, “Why, you see I often hear
you calling to one another, and when I’m alone up here, I can’t help looking
over at
your house, you always seem to be having such good times. I beg
your pardon for being so rude, but sometimes you forget to put down the curtain
at the window where the flowers are. And when the lamps are lighted, it’s like
looking at a picture to see the fire, and you all around the table with your
mother.
Her face is right opposite, and it looks so sweet behind the
flowers, I can’t help watching it. I haven’t got any mother, you know.” And
Laurie poked the fire to hide a little twitching of the lips that he could not
control.
The
solitary, hungry look in his eyes went straight to Jo’s warm heart. She had
been so simply taught that there was no nonsense in her head, and at fifteen
she was as innocent and frank as any child. Laurie was sick and lonely, and
feeling how rich she was in home and happiness, she gladly tried to share it
with him. Her face was very friendly and her sharp voice unusually gentle as
she said…
A.2. complete the statements. (02)
1. Laurie resist Jo not to read book because……………………………..
2. Beth is like a rose in looking and …………………………………………..
A.3 Figure out the
characters of Jo with the support of extract. (02)
A.4 Describe your
Mother in your words. (02)
A.5. Do as directed.
(02)
1.
Her face is right opposite and it looks so sweet
behind the flowers. (Use ‘not only…..but also’.)
2.
How kind you are! (Make it assertive statement.)
A.6. match the column with its synonyms. (02)
“A” “B”
1.
Pardon a.
Direct
2.
Solitary b.
Entertainment
3.
Amuse c.Alone
4.
Straight d.Sorry
B.1. Language study. (Do as directed) (03)
i. His approach took the enemy by
surprise. (Change it into past continuous tense.)
ii. “Will you carry him in there
first?” she pointed. (Change the narration)
iii. I was …. My regular walk
through the forest …..9 a.m.( Insert proper preposition and rewrite the
sentence.)
B.2.Spot the error in this sentence and rewrite it. (01)
The Earth moves around a sun.
Q.2. Read the extract and complete the activities given
below. (12 Marks)
A.1. complete the statements by using correct
alternatives. (02)
1. In the early stages of life, human
wants to ………………………………..
a. join any company.
b. catch an admiration and laurel.
c. do some dangerous activities.
2. According to Emily Dickenson,
being somebody is boring because……………..
a. everyone wanted to praise us.
b. it is not a heroic deed.
c. it is time consuming activity.
Prominent among the urges that
inspire and drive a person in life, is the urge to be a somebody. It is quite human, especially in the early
stages of life, to want to do something to win laurels and admiration of all
around. There's a pitfall though – the very process of becoming a somebody may
subtly reduce you to a nobody.
American poet Emily Dickinson, who
lived in obscurity, has an interesting poem on this them. “I’m nobody!” she declares, with apparent
pride.
“Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?”
Why should anybody be happy about
being nobody? The poem explain :
“How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!”
The word ‘bog’ is significant. When
you become a somebody, you invite adulation: this then beings to bog you down.
The moment you think you have arrived, you begin to stagnate, or, worse, your
downslide begins. An endless list of writers, artists, sportsmen,
politicians.... fit this pattern of personal history.
A.2. Give
reason: (02) In
early stages of life everyone wants to something because:
1…………………………………………………………………………………………….
2………………………………………………………………………………………………
A.3.
Explain: (02)
When we become somebody, we become
admiring bog.
A.4. It is human behavior to do something heroic to be
somebody in life. Explain the steps that you would like to take for being somebody.
(02)
A.5. Do as
directed: (02)
i. American poet Emily Dickinson, who lived in obscurity.
(Make it compound sentence.)
ii. How
dreary to be somebody! (Begin the
sentence with ‘it is very……….’)
A.6 Find out the synonym word from the given passage . (02)
1. Will 2.
Boring 3. Praise 4.
Progress
SECTION II (POETRY)
Que 2. Read the extract and complete the activities given
below. (10
Marks.)
There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
Never mind faded forests, Austin,
Never mind silent fields—
Here is a little forest,
Whose leaf is ever green;
Here is a brighter garden,
Where not a frost has
been;
In its unfading flowers
I hear the bright bee hum:
Prithee, my brother,
Into my garden come!
A.1. find out any four words mentioned in the given extract
which are related to the nature. (02)
A.2. according to
poetess, Austin should not mind faded forests and silent field because (02)
1…………………………………………………….
2……………………………………………………..
A.3. Express your ways of consoling to your friend who is
suffering from unpleasant condition. (02)
A.4.
‘ I hear the bright hum bee’ (02)
1. Identify figure of speech used
in given line
2. Find another example of same
figure of speech from the given extract.
A.5. Compose a poem of four line to describe your home
garden. (02)
SECTION III (WRITING
SKILL) (8 Marks)
Q.4. complete the activities as per the given instruction:
A. attempt any ONE out of following. (04)
Letter Writing:
Write a letter to the clerk of your college for issuing
bonafide Certificate for Scholarship.
You may take the help of following points.
·
You are studying in 11th class.
·
Online scholarship form filling started.
·
Due date is very near.
·
Bonafide is mandatory for scholarship.
OR
Email Writing:
Compose an E-mail to send the honorable person of your area
to attain annual function program of your college as the chief guest.
You may take help of following suggestions.
·
Receivers mail ID
·
Subject
·
Date and schedule of program
·
valuable
guidance from guest.
B. Attempt any ONE of the following.
(04)
Expansion of idea.
Expand the following idea in with the help of provided points given
below.
(Write
an about 100-150 words.)
‘Honesty is the best policy’.
·
Importance of honesty.
·
Benefits for being honest
·
Social admiration
·
Making powerful Nation.
OR
Blog Writing:
Write a blog in proper format on
topic ‘Role of Students In Modern India’. Use following suggestions.
·
Function of Students
·
Student’s creativity.
·
Knowledge gaining capacity.
·
Student as a pillars of nation.
OR
Film Review:
Write a film review you have
recently seen. Use any four points from given below.
·
Name of the characters and roles
·
Theme or story of the film
·
Why do you like or dislike the film
·
Turning points of film.
·
Music/ dance/ songs/ direction/action
·
Why should someone watch the film or not ?
SECTION IV (LITERARY GENRE - DRAMA) (04
Marks)
Q.5.A.1.fill the blank with
appropriate alternative. (02
Marks)
1.
Miracle plays were introduced in ……. Century.
a)
12th
and 13th b) 10th
and 11th c) 13th and 14th d)14th and 15th
2.
The dramatist must have ……., a stage nd
audience.
a) Players
b) servant c) company d) friends
3.
…………was contemporary to Shakespeare.
a) Miltom
b) Keats c) Wordsworth d) Ben Jonson.
4.
After restoration, …… grabbed the throne of
England in 1660.
a) Elizabeth b) Charles ll c) Charles IV d) Victoria.
A.2. state the statements true or false. (02 Marks)
1. Drama is the combination of multiple art.
2. Public theater was same as modern
theater.
3. Tragedy in Elizabethan period is
developed by Thomas Kyd and C. Marlowe.
4. 15th century was also called as
Shakespearean Era.
COMPOSED BY : M.R. BORKAR (JANATA JR COL. NAGBHIR 8857968811)
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