CBSE TEST PAPER-04 Class XI English Core Time :-11/2 Hrs. SECTION A (READING) Q1.

. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: (i) In speaking today about the social responsibilities of science, I will speak of things which are relatively easy for young people, but difficult for older persons, to understand. This is because young people possess a quality that, in general, diminishes with years: the quality of imagination. Imagination is a quality which is an integral part of science, and naturally endowed to young people. It is a quality which sadly enough evaporates with advancing age, yet it is a quality which our unhappy world needs in abundance at the present time. (ii) For the last three centuries, the findings of science have had marked impact upon society, but people on the whole have not understood just how would has been affected, nor have they cared. From the time of Newton, men began to realize that through technology, which is based upon the findings of science, substantial comforts and profits could be gained. From the time of Pasteur, men began to realize that though the application of science to medicine, they might be able to live longer. (iii) From the time of Leonardo da Vinci, men appreciated that science could M.M. 40

materially aid in winning wars. As years went by, a technological materialism was developed; demands for new technical knowledge became grater and greater; more and more men became scientists and technologists. The scientist came to be looked upon as the creator of a new and abundant life. To make substantial profits, to work less, to live longer, to win wars- what more could the people of a nation desire? In the valour of its ignorance humanity accepted science and technology as its benefactors, seldom questioning, seldom asking where it was leading. (iv) And where has it led? To a large part of the world, it has brought

unprecedented comfort. To an even larger part of the world, it has brought

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unprecedented agony. (v) To the world of the future (the world in which you young people must live), technological expansion may bring total catastrophe, or it may aid in the moulding of a balanced would in which men may have the opportunity to live in reasonable harmony with their environment and with each other. The end result will depend upon the wisdom and imagination with which we integrate our scientific and technical knowledge from other fields of human endeavour, into a pattern for a peaceful and stable world. (a) On the basis of the reading of the above passage make notes on it in a suitable format. Use recognizable abbreviations, wherever necessary. Give a suitable title to the notes. (b) Find words in the passage which mean the same as the following: (i) Comparatively (P-1) [5]

(ii) Plentiful (P-3) (iii) Experienced never before (P 4 5) SECTION B (WRITING) Q2. You need to open a fresh bank account. Describe in about 80-100 words the [4] process of opening this account. You may use the suggestions given below along with your own ideas: Obtain form fill it affix photograph introduction by current account holder submit & deposit money next day a/c number, cheque book, pass book. SECTION C (GRAMMAR) Q3. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals. We (i) _________ think that the weight of our equipment (ii) __________make walking or climbing very arduous, but as soon as we set foot on the soil of the moon, we (iii) _________ find that it is just the contrary. If we (iv) _____ carry heavy weights, we (v) _________ jump to great heights. We (vi) ________even want to break our own jumping records. [3]

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Q4.

Rearrange the following words into meaningful sentences:(i) Old daughter / cannot / mini / live / my / five-year / Chattering / without. (ii) vexed / at / her mother / this / is often. (iii) like to / prattle / I / but / would not / stop her / she / would. (iv) has / a minute / her life / mini / never wastes / in all / in silence. SECTIOIN D (TEXT BOOKS)

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Q5.

Read the given stanza and answer the questions that follow: Then sleek as a lizard, and alert and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up Of Chitterings, and a tremor of wings, and trillings. (a) What is a being described in the given lines? (b) What is the machine refered to in line 2? (c) Name and explain the poetic devices used in the given lines. [1] [1] [2] [9]

Q6.

Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each. Any THREE only. (i) What is the middle void? Why is it important? (ii) Why has Amenhotep IVs reign been described as one of the strangest periods in the history of ancient Egypt? (iii) Why does the narrator say I was in a room I know and did not know? (iv) Give examples to show that the narrator was proud of his village Hosahalli.

Q7.

Answer the following questions in about 80-100 words only. (a) Give a brief character sketch of the narrator of the story Rangas Marriage with focus on the relationship he has with Ranga. OR Why did the narrator not wait for Mrs. Darling and decided to forget the address? (b) Explain the concept of shanshai OR Ling Tut ..in death as in life, moved regally ahead of his countrymen Elaborate.

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