E.S.CLASSES BALDEOGARH
Half
Yearly Exam - 2020-21
Class –
XI
Sub. –
English
Time: 3 Hrs. MM: 80
Instructions:-
· All questions are
compulsory.
· Marks are indicated
in front of each question.
Section
– A
Q. 1 Read
the following passage and answer the questions on the basis of comprehension
of the
passage. (Any ten) (10)
Floods are not new to India and this
sub- continent. In recent years the problem has received
much greater attention because it has
led to much greater damage than in the past. Even though information on the
impending occurrence of floods is now more accurate and certainly more timely,often
there is very little time to minimize the damage. In the case of India,
flooding is very much a function of the seasonal nature of our rainfall. The
monsoons are spread over a short period during the year and often bring so much
volume of rain that it cannot be absorbed by the earth. Flooding is not
confined only to the main rivers of the country, often smaller tributaries and
streams can cause heavy damage as well. One major factor that could lead to a
higher severity of flooding in the future is the danger of climate change. One
set of scientists has estimated that the monsoons could be shorter in duration,
but far more intensive. Climate change is the result of human actions through
the increased concentration of green house gases in the atmosphere, of which
carbon dioxide is the most prominent.
Question:
1. Which word in the passage means
„about to happen‟?
Ans:- Impending
2. Which word in the passage means „small
rivers that flow into larger rivers?‟
Ans:- Tributatries
3. What is the noun form of „prominent‟?
Ans:- prominence
4. Which part of speech is the word „minimize‟?
(a) Noun (b) Verb
(c) Adjective (d) Adverb
Ans :- (d) Adverb
5. What is the main cause of flooding
in India?
Ans:-5 :-In the case of India, flooding
is very much a function of the seasonal nature of our rainfall
6. What have some scientists
anticipated?
Ans:-6:- One set of scientists has
estimated that the monsoons could be shorter in duration
7. What causes climate change?
Ans:-7:-Climate change is the result of
human actions through the increased concentration of
green house gases in the
atmosphere, of which carbon dioxide is the most prominent.
8. Noticeable, outstanding, remarkable,
salient, and striking are the synonyms of a word in the
passage. Find out the word.
Ans:- Prominent
9. Choose the correct alternative- The
process of a liquid, gas or other substance being taken
in is called ……………….
(a) absorption (b) absorbtion
(c) observation (d) ovulation
Ans:- (a) absorption
10. Why do scientists heave a sigh of
relief?
11. Why does the earth fail to absorb
rain water?
Ans:-11:-The monsoons are spread over a short period during the year and often bring so much volume of rain that it cannot be absorbed by the earth.
Q. 2 Read
the following passage and answers the questions. (Any 8) (8)
Newspaper reading habit not only
creates a habit of reading but also opens the doors to self
improvement. The practice of reading a
newspaper has been associated with improvement in
students‟ attitudes towards reading
overall. Therefore, a case study was conducted at the Apex
College, Mumbai to identify the newspaper
reading habits of the college professionals (Graduate,Post Graduate and Ph.D
students)
The specific purpose of the study was
to study thoroughly the reading habits of the 21st century
Apex professionals in the college with
the aim to identify their reading attitudes, purposes and
tastes. The data was collected using
the questionnaire method. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed among
the professionals and 143 filled- in questionnaires were obtained from the respondents.
The collected information was tabulated by using statistical method, table and
percentage which is given below:
Question:
1. What was the purpose of the case
study conducted at Apex College, Mumbai?
Ans:- The case of study conducted at apex college mumbai to
identify newspaper reading habits
2. How is reading newspaper helpful
for us?
Ans:- The practice of reading a newspaper has been associated
with improvements
3. Which method was adopted by the
Apex Professionals for the data collection?
Ans:- Questionnaires method
4. What is the noun form of „identify‟?
Ans:- Identifying
5. Who were the Apex professionals who
conducted the case study?
Ans:- Professionals is the college with the aim to identify
their reading .
6. How many Questionnaires were
distributed among the professionals? How many were
received?
Ans:- 400 Distibute 286 Received
7. Supply one word for „a research
instrument that consists of a set of questions‟?
8. A period of one hundred years is
called a …… Ans:- Questionnaire …………
9. How many candidates did not submit
the questionnaire?
Ans:- centurey
Q. 3 Read the following passage and
make notes on it. Give a suitable title and summary too.
Leadership does not exist without
followership. A leader has to be accepted by the group which the
former is supposed to lead. To gain
acceptability the leader should gain faith of the group. The
strength of character exhibited by
leaders makes them dear to their followers. A leader is one who
effectively inspires followers to
achieve worthwhile things. What character of the leader motivates
the followers? It is not pomp and show
nor flattery nor sanctioning more incentives. Flattery is
unrealistic and cannot serve as a long
term motivational tool. Simplicity is the key to leadership.
When the leader is simple, he is
counted as one belonging to the group. That‟s enough to motivate
people. A leader needs to assume the
role of the guide. He has to have a positive attitude,
knowledge, good communication skills
and confidence. The leader shapes people and moulds
character. To achieve this, the leader
should maintain equanimity. It is keeping oneself poised and
balanced at all times.
Question:
1. Make notes on the basis of
comprehension of the passage. Supply a suitable title. (5)
2. Write a short summary in your own words. (3)
Q. 4 Fill in
the blanks choosing the correct alterative (Any four) (4)
1) My brother is ………….. S.D.M.
(a) an (b) a (c)
the (d) none
2) Will you please give me ……………….
money
(a) some (b) any (c)
much (d) many
3) Mohan was very tried, so he …….. to
bed early.
(a) go (b)
went (c) gone (d) goes
4) The match ………….. . Our team is
playing well.
(a) start (b) starting (c) has started (d) is starting
5) They listened to the joke and …………….
to laugh.
(a) begin (b) beginning (c) to begin (d) began
Q. 5 Do as
directed: (any four) (4)
1. He saved money. His aim was to buy
a new car. (Combine the sentences into one using
to + infinitive)
Ans :- He saved money to
buy a car
2. They supported me. (Change into
Negative)
Ans:- They did not support me
3. Hari is playing cricket. (Change
the Voice)
Ans:- Circket is being played by Hari
4. If he does not take taxi, he will
miss the train. (Rewrite using „unless‟ in place of „if‟)
Ans :- Unless he does not take taxi.He will miss the train
5. The /won/have/they/match.
(Rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence)
(Ans :- They have won the match)
Q. 6 Read
the extract and answer the questions based on them.
The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went
paddling,
Each one holding one of my mother‟s
hands,
And she big girl – some twelve years
or so.
All three stood still to smile through
their hair
At the uncle with the camera. A sweet
face,
My mother‟s that was before I was
born.
And the sea, which appears to have
changed less,
Washed their terribly transient feet.
Questions:
1. Who is the big girl referred here?
(1)
(a) Shirley Toulson (b) Shirley Toulson‟s mother
(c) Shirley Toulson‟s cousin (d)
Shirley Toulson‟s daughter
2. Who was there to click the
photograph? (1)
(a) Shirley Toulson‟s (b) The uncle
(c) Shirley Toulson‟s
cousin sister (d)
Shirley Toulson‟s friend
3. Pick out the odd one. (1)
(a) Temporary (b) Transient
(c) Short -lived (d) Permanent
Or
And who art thou? said I to the soft -
falling shower,
Which, strange to tell, gave me an
answer, as her translated :
I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice
of the rain,
Eternal I rise impalpable out of the
land and the bottomless sea…….
Questions:
1. The name of the poem is -
(a) A Photograph (b) The Laburnum Top
(c) The Voice of the
Rain (d)
Father to Son
2. Who is the „Poem of Earth‟?
(a) Rain (b) Shower
(c) Voice (d) Sea
3. What is the verb form of
„stranger‟?
(a) strange (b) estrange
(c) estrangement (d) estranging
Q. 7. Read
the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
The next morning she was taken ill. It
was a mild fever and the doctor told us that it would go. But my grandmother
thought differently. She told us that her end was near. She said that since
only a few hours before the close of the last chapter of her life she had omitted
to pray, she was not going to waste any more time talking to us.
1. What did the grandmother say about
herself? (1)
(a) She said that her end was near. (b) She did not say anything.
(c) She said that she would be well
soon. (d) none of the above.
2. What did she want to do only a few
hours before the closure of the last chapter of her life? (1)
(a) She wanted to sleep. (b) She
wanted to talk with her family members.
(c) She wanted to make a will . (d) She wanted to pray.
3. What was the doctor‟s opinion about
grandmother‟s illness? (1)
(a) She would be well soon. (b) He
could not understand her illness.
(c) She would never be well soon. (d) She was not ill at all.
Or
Read the
following passage carefully and answer the question based on it:
A wonderful old tale is told about the
painter Wu Daozi, who lived in the eight century. His last
painting was a landscape commissioned
by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, to decorate a palace
wall. The master had hidden his work
behind a screen, so only the emperor would see it. For a
long while, the emperor admired the
wonderful scene, discovering forests, high mountains,
waterfalls, clouds floating in an
immense sky, men on hilly paths, birds in flight.
1. Who is the tale about?
(a) A painter (b) A doctor
(c) A minister (d) A farmer
2. What was the name of the painter?
(a) M.F. Hussain (b) Xuanzong
(c) Leonardo da Vinci (d) Wu Daozi
3. What scenes did Wu Daozi paint in
his last painting?
(a) High mountains (b) Waterfalls
(c) Clouds floating in
an immense sky (d)
All the above
Q. 8 Answer
the following questions. (Any six) (6)
1. Which among these does not describe
the grandmother in “the Portrait of a Lady?”
(a) Silver locks (b) Puckered face
(c) Pale face (d) Rosy cheeks
2. What does seclusion mean?
(a) The state of being
away from people (b) The state of being secular
(c) An illusion (d) A destination
3. From where did the ship sail for
the voyage in „We Are Not Afraid to Die‟?
(a) America (b) Germany
(c) Plymouth, England (d) Mexico
4. What were the names of the two crewmen
whom the author hired?
(a) Herb Seigler and Shelly Cooper (b)
Larry Vigil and Adam Moore
(c) Shelly and Cabil (d)
Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler
5. In „Landscape of the Soul‟ what
happened when the painter entered the cave?
(a) The painting vanished
(b)
Emperor fell down
(c) Nothing happened (d) The painter
fainted
6. In „Landscape of the Soul‟ why did
the father not approve of the love of his daughter and
the blacksmith?
(a) Due to his caste (b) Due to his profession
(c) Due to his appearance (d) None of
the above
7. In „The Portrait of a lady‟ which
animal did the grandmother use to feed in the village?
(a) Dogs (b) Sparrows
(c) Cats (d) Cows
Q. 9 {A}
Answer the following questions. (Any one) (2)
i. Who was the “untutored genius who
created a paradise” and what is the nature of his
contribution to art?
ii. What was the routine of the author
in village when he lived with his grandmother?
Ans:- Her daily routine
started with preparing Ûreakfast for the author getting her garandson ready for school and then accompanying.
{B} Answer
the following questions: (Any one) (2)
i. What does the following line mean?
„Both wry at the labored ease of
loss……. ‟
ii. In the poem „The Voice of the
Rain‟ what does the rain tell about herself?
Ans :- The rain told the
poet that she can’t be touched as she rises in the form of water vapour in the
sky from the land bottomless sea.
Q.10 Answer the
following questions (Any two in about 60 words) (4)
1. Why did the grandmother keep one
hand on her waist?
Ans :- The narrators grandmother used to keep her hands on her waist because she in order to give support to her waist and to her lags she used to walk by keep her hands on her waist .
2. What happened when Wudaozi clap his
hands?
Ans:- When Wudaozi
clapped his hands suddenly the doors of the cave opend up he entered the cave
and asked the emperor to follow hisn but when the emperor went forward the door
of the cave closed forever .
3. Who was the "untutored genius
who created a paradise and what is the nature of
his contribution to art?
Ans
:- A Paradise created by Nek Chand . He made a garden know to the world today
as the “Rock Garden” at Chandigarh .He is now hailed as India’s biggest
contributor to outsider art .
Q.11- Answer the
following from prose (Any one in about 100 words) (5)
1. Who were Larry and Herb? What role
did they play?
2. What is the concept of Shanshui?
What do mountain and water represent?
Ans :- Shanshui,
meaning “mountain- water”,refer to a style of Chine painting that involve
natural landscape , the landscape which is an inner one,a spiritual and
conceptual space .It represent the two complementary poles ‘ yin and yang’
refelecting the Daoist view of the Universe .
Q.12- Explain „The sea
holiday was her past, mine is her laughter.‟ (5)
Or
What will happen if it doesn't rain?
Ans :- The rain drops in
the form of water vapours, then rises up from the land and the sea and then
descends again on the earth and dry land in order to wash it down and hence
comes back to its origin .It is similar to the water cycle we have learnt in
science .
Q.13- {A} Water supply will be
suspended for eight hours (From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) on 8th of
February for cleaning of the water
tank. Write a notice in about 50 words advising the
residents to store water for a day.
You are Lokesh Agrawal / Ankita Shukla, Secretary, The
Ultimate English City M.P. Nagar,
Bhopal (M.P.) (3)
Or
You are Shikha / Shekhar, the Head
Girl/ Boy of Vijaya International School, Shivaji
Nagar, Bhopal, (M.P.) Your school is
soon going to publish the annual magazine next
month. Write a notice for the notice
board of your school inviting students to submit their
write-ups.
Ans :-
{B} You are Neha Shrivastava. You feel
disturbed when you see cruelty against animals.
Design a poster to make people aware
that it is our duty to feed and protect animals. (3)
Ans:--
Or
You are making an effort to spread the
message of communal harmony. Prepare a poster
with catchy slogans to be displayed in
the school premises.
Q. 14 You are Arun Mehta, a resident
of A-11, Drishti Enclave, JP Road, Indore (M.P.)
You are troubled by the nuisance
caused by the loudspeakers in you locality. Write a letter
of complaint to the District
Collector. (5)
Ans:-
From
Arun Mehta, a resident of A-11,
Drishti Enclave,
JP Road, Indore (M.P.)
To
The Collector
District Indore
Madhya pradesh
Sub: problem on Loudspeaker
Sir,
I requested to state that various examination takes place in the months of March and April. Students are busy with their studies. But Some people use loudspeakers on a high pitch. it disturbs us. it is a sin to disturb students but these people do not try to understand it.
So on behalf of all students. I request your honor to kindly, put a ban on the free use of loudspeakers. we shall be obliged to you if you consider our demand.
Thanking in anticipation
Yours Sincerely,
(Arun)
(Date)
Or
You are Monica Khanna, residing at 54,
Abhinav City Homes, Ayodhya Bypass Road,
Bhopal, (M.P.) Write a letter to your
younger brother advising him to refrain from smoking
and bad company.
Q. 15 Write a
paragraph in about 120-150 words (any one) (5)
{A}
1. Problem of Pollution
2. Importance of Trees
3. Price Distribution Day in Our
School.
4. Importance of Games and sports
Or
{B} Write a paragraph on „Covid-19‟
using the following inputs:
A global threat
Outbreak in China
Lockdown and quarantine period
Use of mask and hand sanitizer
Social Distancing.
Ans:-
CORONA VIRUS [COVID-19]
v Introduction
:- The outbreak of COVID-19 is Pandemic.
COVID-19 was first identified during December 2019 in Wuhan city of China. COVID-19
is now cause of large number of deaths across the world. Any certified
treatment of COVID-19 has not been discovered. Clinical trial and research is
being carried on for the development of drugs and vaccine.
v A
Globel threat :- COVID-19 impact all over countries in
the world it stopped the all over the world , and also stoped all the factories, shops, and COVID-19
is now cause of large number of deaths across the world
v Outbreak
in Chaina :-
Ø COVID-19
was first identified during December 2019 in Wuhan city of China.
v Lockdown
and Quarantine period :- There are immeditealy emergency lockdown due to
covid -19 because the virus of covid -19 not to be spread more , main purpose
of lockdown break the chin of covid-19 an there are different types of
quarantine first of quarantine all the people in saprate place of the city and second
these home quarantine model these model invented Delhi govt.
v Use of
mask and hand sanitizer :-
ü Wash hand with soap or sanitizer .
ü Wear a mask when you have to go out.
ü Cover nose and mouth while coughing or
sneezing.
ü Keep a social distance.
ü Eat vitamin – c rich fruits
ü Practice Yoga & Pranayam.
ü Drink herbal tea .
Social destincing:- Social
distancing is especially important for people who are at higher
risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
keep one meter distence to others.
Conclusion :- COVID-19 has stopped the whole world .
It is necessary that we come out this situation as early as possible . We all
must follow the lockdown rules . We should support the corona warriors who are
working continueously for us .
