Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Class 11
English (core)
Unitwise Weightage
Unit Areas of Learning
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Marks
SECTION - A
Reading Comprehension - 15 Marks
Reading Unseen Passages for Comprehension and Note Making
This section will have two unseen passages followed by a variety of questions. The total length
of the two passages shall be around 1100 (600 + 500).
Question 1: Long Reading Passage of 600 Words
08 Marks
Question 1 shall have two sets of questions
a) 6 Questions carrying 1 mark each
6x1= 6 Marks
b) Vocabulary Testing - 2 Questions carrying one mark each.
2x1= 2 Marks
Question 2: Reading Passage of 500 Words for Summary and Note Making
07 Marks
a) Note making 5 Marks
b) Summary 2 Marks
Passage : 1
Read the passage given carefully and answer the following questions:When M K Gandhi was thrown out of a train in South Africa he had a choice
to make - either to ignore the event and live in peace or enter into a conflict
and face harassment, hardship and the possibility of getting physically hurt.
He chose the latter. Why? Did he not have a guru who had taught him that
living in peace and tranquility was the ultimate objective of life and the best
way to achieve this objective was to avoid situations of conflict? Why did he
not walk away?
The Dalai Lama chose to live in exile rather than live in peace in Tibet. He is
a spiritual master himself. He preaches peace around the world. Does he
not know that living in peace requires avoiding situations of conflict?
Aung San Suu Kyi did not have to stay in jail. Winston Churchill did not have
to join the World War. Nelson Mandela did not have to suffer in solitary
confinement.
Julius Nyerere did not have to fight a war with IdiAmin. There is a
long list of people who have embraced conflict, despite standing for peace,
otherwise. They had the courage to stand up against repression rather than
submit to it.
Both the Ramayana and Mahabharata, reverend Indian epics, are stories of war,
not peace. Krishna did not tell the Pandavas to ignore the incident of Draupadis
humiliation in court (the Draupadi vastraharan). He encouraged them to go to
war. The Gita says engaging in war to uphold truth is not a matter of choice for
a warrior; it is his duty. Islam says participation in jihad is the duty of a Muslim
when the fight is to uphold justice when challenged by oppression, as a
way of self-defense.
Most of us are confused between conflict and the method of resolving a conflict.
We assume, incorrectly, that Gandhi, as a peace loving person, must have
avoided situations of conflict. On the other hand, he faced conflict head-on.
Bhagat Singh and Gandhi were both gearing themselves to deal with conflict,
except that Gandhi tried to employ peaceful means while Bhagat Singh chose
aggression.
The duty of a scientist, artist or professor is also to engage in conflict against
repressive regimes of knowledge. Any kind of limited knowledge is a form of
bondage. Albert Einstein advanced the boundaries of scientific knowledge.
James Joyce did the same in the world of literature. He flouted rules of writing
as he saw them as restrictions on creativity. Picasso and M F Husain, for
example, explored realms beyond accepted rules in visual art. Mother Teresa
redefined the concept of caring. Every one of them faced criticism and
controversy, yet they remained convinced of the nature of their work and the
methods
they used to fulfill their vision. They remained engaged.
One can only conclude from this that the people we admire and even those we
worship have all rejected the existing as being adequate and have chosen to
engage in conflict to expand the existing. They have redefined the purpose of
our life.
The purpose of our life is not to live in passive acceptance but to engage with
conflict in order to be creative. Creativity is the purpose of life. The purpose is
to advance an individual soul and the collective Consciousness. The only word
of caution here is that we must first settle ourselves spiritually so that we know
whether a conflict is justified or not.
Answer the following questions:1.For what purpose did Mahatma Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Suu-kyi etc take the way of
conflict?
2.What is the message of Bhagwad Gita?
3. Which means did Mahatma Gandhi employ to face the conflict?
4.What is the appeal of the author to the scientists, artists and teachers?
5. What is the purpose of life?
6.What can be the way to know whether a conflict is justified or not?
7. Find the word from the passage which means same as
i) confirm or maintain.
ii) Respected
Passage 2
Life is an institution. We have a principal, God, who looks over the entire working
of our life. He allots teacher, namely our parents, to guide us through this path.
We learn lessons and it is up to us whether we want to pass or fail. Every morning
we wake up and give a tick mark to the attendance file of our lives. The only
difference in this school of life is you cannot play truant even for a day! Though
from time to time one may doze off and not pay heed to the message that is being
given to us.
From the start my parents taught me and my sister to be good human beings first.
Life has been kind, sometimes harsh but mostly fair. We make many mistakes,
some of which we admit and others, we conceal. But now that I'm 22 years old,
i can review every step taken by me.
Think positive. Yes, it's that simple. Thoughts are actions. Imagine if there are a
billion good thoughts, the universe will throw back a billion good actions.
Something within tells me : 'Forget the world and listen to your heart'. If we all
just start listening to our inner soul maybe we won't scratching our heads while
taking the final exam. I am not at all close to being perfect but I know I want to
get near it....... not by metering the business world, not by buying perfect self
according to me.... is kind, compassionate, and empathetic one who sees the good
in people and shares the good within themselves.
The true test is for us to examine, and to be honest to overselves before we give
a tick mark to our answer sheets. I had a lot of questions ready, my doubt all
written, point by point ......... since i could not get the answer from my teachers
i made an appointment with God. Doubts about life love death, fear, sorrow. i was
angry. Why cant' He guide us?
God was there by my side, every minute, every step. Even though i haven't gotten
all the answers i know i will get there.... He will take me there, in my own time,
the same way He has gotten me here, where i am now.
Some say one should never pity nor envy anyone else..... and I am happy to be
me. The first important teaching to learn, count your blessings. We all stand to be
a little more aware about what life is really trying to teach us... . and for some be
aware that life is trying to teach us something.
Money is like our grades in school... it helps us move to the next steps but after
that, who remembers what we scored in math in the third standard? People forget
that when we die........ money does not come along with us. It becomes like our
grades, we don't remember how much we earned or how much we lost. Families
fight, friendships are ruined; parent child bonds are broken. Isn't that a waste.........
why would any over choose paper over love?
Here's plea for whoever is reading this ........... let us all try and be the best pupils
in this school called life. Be true .... love not only others but also yourself Love
God wholeheartedly because that's all He wants, and you know what they say.
"Be in his good books and you will go to the head of the class."
Answer the following questions :(c) How is God equal to a principal?
(d) What is the difference between life at school and school of life?
(e) Why are good thoughts compared to good actions?
(f) 'Money is like our grades in school.' 'Explain'?
(g) Pick out a word similar in meaning to :-' Correct/right.'
(h) Pick out a word opposite in meaning to :- 'uncover'
Passage 3
1. Money came into existence to answer a need of mankind, but this need did
not arise until civilization had grown beyond its earliest stages.
Primitive man lived by hunting, each hunting only for himself and his
family or tribe. At such a stage when strangers were unnecessary. Later,
when he had learnt to domesticate wild animals, man lived a nomadic
and pastoral life, constantly wandering as he drove his flocks and herds
to new pastures. As the road to wealth was then the possession of
beasts, money in its modern from was still not necessary, although the
beasts themselves were a form of money. It would suit, what few
craftsmen there were, to be paid for their wares in cattle and farmers
and herdsmen to pay in that way.
2. When human communities began to settle down and cultivate the land,
instead of wandering over it with their flocks and herds, the division of
labour increased and people specialized in crafts and trades. Most men
specialized in growing or producing something of which only a very
small potion was necessary for their own wants. So they had to get rid
of their surplus. In exchange for it, they wanted something which would
give them the power to choose what they wanted from the surpluses of
other people. A few transactions might take place in straightforward
exchange or barter, but only certain things could be treated in this way.
It was unlikely for instance, that a shoe-maker needing supplies of
corn for his family from time-to-time would always find that the farmer
would take shoes in exchanges. It would be more convenient, if there
were some other object that would always be useful to both the shoemaker
and the farmer.
3. Once the people have agreed what this other object is to be and once they
are prepared always to accept of it or offer it in payment, then we have
money in its primitive form, It is the go-between in all business
transactions or as the economists say, a medium of exchange. We have
seen that in the pastoral stake of human history, cattle themselves were
this generally acceptable commodity; if is therefore not strange that the
Latin word for money, pecunia comes from a similar Latin word, pecus
meaning cattle. In modern English we still use the adjectives, pecuniary
meaning, concerned with money, and impecunious meaning having no
money.
4. The trouble about the cattle is that they may become diseased, are easily
driven away while their owners are asleep, require a lot of land on
which to graze and cannot easily be subdivided without being killed and
so losing their value. The precious metals such as gold and silver do not
suffer from any of these disadvantages. It can be buried and hidden
away easily, it does not rust or lose weight through storage; it can be
weighed out into quite small quantities without loss of value. Even some
modern communities have used the precious metals by weight as their
standard money, although they have used coins for pocket money and
small change. For many years the standard money of China was the tael
which was not a coin, but a weight of silver, the dollar and the cash were
used for small change and minor transactions.
5. There are, however, disadvantages in using weighed quantities of these
metals. Dishonest persons may mix them with less valuable metals of
the same appearance and weight. In time, so many mixtures might then
be passing from hand to hand that every businessman would need to be
accompanied by an assayer to test and weigh every piece presented to
him. The obvious way out of this difficulty is for the state to make coins
a standard shape, weight and fineness which are then called currency.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions
asbriefly as possible.
(a) Why did the primitive man not feel the necessity of money?
(b) How was the need to have money in all business transactions felt?
(c) How did the word Pecuniary originate?
(d) What advantage did the precious metals hold in comparison to the cattle?
(e) What was the TAEL?
(f) List any one disadvantage of using weighed quantities of metals.
1.2. Find words in the passage which mean the same as the following :
(a) belonging to country life (Para 1)
(b) in excess of requirements (Para 2-3)
(c) one who checks the purity/ fineness (Para 5)
Passage 4
(i) The role friends play in our lives has become significantly greater than at
any other time in our history. Today many of us live and work great distances
from where we were born or grew up and are separated from our original
families. The pain we feel when we are away from our families can be
significant.
(ii) The happiness of the individual relies on friendships which form a
necessary human connection. It is perfectly normal to need and want friends
and depression is more prevalent among those who lack friends. They lack the
intimacy and richness friends. They lack the intimacy and richness friends can
bring into our lives. Frequently friends reflect similar values to us. Yet these
values are often different from the ones we grew up with; they are the values we
created for ourselves in our adult lives.
(iii) Communications skills are fundamental in all friendships. The more friends
and acquaintances one has, the greater are ones communication skills. Some
call these, people skills.
(iv) Like watering a plant, we grow our friendships (and all our relationships)
by nurturing them. Friendships need the same attention as other relationships if
they are to continue. These relationships can be delightfully non-judgment,
1. A piano teacher described an interesting encounter she had with a young lady
who came toinquire about music lessons. The young lady asked her, How long
will this curse take? Myfather tells me that it is in fashion now to be able to play
musical instruments and that Ishould learn on quickly. I want something that will
be quick, fast and easy like, like.When the amused teacher explained that it
would take a lifetime of meticulous practice tolearn music, her face fell and,
needless to say, she never came back.
2. The single most important factor that distinguishes those of us who succeed in
any ventureand those of us who dont is this instant coffee attitude. Most of us
want results quickly. Wewant to reach the top immediately and get worked up
when things go wrong. Perseveranceand patience are forgotten words. We get
upset, frustrated and angry when a skill or activityrequires us to put in a lot of
effort and time. We get dejected and want to give it up. Thingsshould be easy.
Why should things take long? It is unfair!
3. Life is too short and there is not enough time to do all the things we want to. We
tend tocompare with others and get upset when they seem to be doing welldismissing theirachievement as pure luck, or think that they have support, help,
approach . That God isbeing too kind to them and not to us. And so we give up.
4. But such thinking serves no good. For, it doesnt solve the problem. Life is
tough for thosewith the instant coffee attitude.
5. Success, real success, and happiness come to those who have a bread-making
attitude.Those who are willing to knead the dough wait for hours for it to rise, only
to punch it downand denied some more, wait for another couple of hours for it to
rise again, then bake it beforeit is ready to be eaten. Nothing is instantaneous. For
every Endeavour whether in the area ofcareer, academic, music sports,
relationships, physical fitness, or even in spirituality it is along arduous journey.
6. Only if we are willing to put in the time, painstaking effort and have faith can
we get results.If we dont accept this difficult but true fact of life, our lives will
be from being happyand fulfilling. For we may not make that extra effort which
can change the course of lifedramatically, for the good.
7. I often come across clients who have changed therapists and do that even after
they havespoken with me because they are on the lookout for a therapist who will
instantly give themrelief from their problems. One who will ensure that by the time
they reach home from thetherapists office, they will have wonderfully, fulfilling
relationships with their families! Nowonder, most of us get bitter and disillusioned
with life and ourselves and look for escaperoutes which seem to promise quick
result.
8. The major problems with these instant coffee solutions are that they are
invariablyshort-lived. If we stubbornly refuse to give up this search for quick
solutions, all we odd is endup on the working track. We never gain anything
lasting form them. However, if we justpause to analyse what we are doing, we will
realize how much time we are wasting searchingfor such magical solutions which
simply do not exist. We actually save time when we stopthis futile search and
accept the proven methods of trading the straight and narrow, howeverdifficult it
may seem initially.
(a) Answer the following questions briefly based on your reading of the above
passage:
(i) Why did the young lady wishing to learn piano not go back to her teacher?
(ii) What does instant coffee attitude consist of?
(iii) What causes a person with instant coffee attitude to get upset or dejected,
why?
(iv) What qualities do people with a bread making attitude have?
(v) How can we change the course of our life for the good?
(vi) Mention a major problem with instant coffee solutions.
(b) Find words in above passage which convey the same meaning as the
following
(i) Differentiates. (Para 2)
(ii) Not ready to change ones mind. (Para 8)
Note Making
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :- (7 marks)
Passage 1
1. How often do we exclaim : "That was a mistake!" That bewildered expression
of regret and panic gets relayed through life. Some mistakes we forget, others we
don't The mistakes can be mundane as forgetting to turn the geyser off or to pick
up your passport from the airport counter.
2. Absent mindedness, preoccupation, distraction carelessness, nervousness there
are umpteen excuses to justify mistakes. However major decisions like relocations
of home of an unwarranted resignation letter can cause much trouble and upheaval
and lead to regrets that leave you sad and depressed. Some mistakes are
irreversible thenis there room for hope?
3. In fact, there are no mistakes, only experiences. There are no problems only
challenges. Every experience teaches us something in life. Every mistake inspires
retrospection and introspection. The experience is humbling and it makes us wiser.
That is, if every mistake is regarded as an experience and not as a source of self
condemnation.Many times people are unable to reconcile with the change grooved
in the blame culture and rooted in the past, they had to realise the life time benefits
they receive from changes.
or toxins can be leeched into the food. Dioxin is one such toxin
that one has to be wary of. It is known to cause damage to the immune
system, cause Diabetes and even Cancer. This Dioxin can never be
flushed out of our system. It accumulates in our bodies. It gets stored
in the fatty tissues and can play havoc.
So what is the safe alternative? Wax coated paper cups are safer although
paper too contains chemicals and of course safest is the good
old fashioned chai in a glass tumbler, the plebian steel or the clay kullad.
Food should be heated in steel or glass. It is best to use microwave safe
crockery which is free of plastic or lead (contained in many pottery
items).
Of course, plastic is a wonderful invention. It is practical and indispensable
today. Hospitals and modern medicine rely on plastic syringes,
intravenous sets, pipes, tubes, catheters. In surgery, shunts placed in
arteries and hip and knee joints are replaced by hardened plastic parts.
Plastic has to be used intelligently and disposed off even more intelligently.
Whether it is disposing off, hospital waste or garden garbage,
we are callous and un-thinking. People find it hard to dispose this very
bulky waste. Every garbage dump, gutter, drain, is choked with plastic.
Even if every part of the country has a proper waste diposal system,
the quantity of plastic waste will be unmanageable. Disposal has
become a huge issue. We have to have safe recycling units.
One possible safe way to dispose off plastic bags is to shred it and mix
(melt, not burn) it with tar and layer the roads that are being constantly
built. Kilometers of roads criss-crossing the country can absorb the
plastic waste.
Schools too can show the way. Not only should they inform and educate
the school children but have good practices. Children can be encouraged
to collect plastic bags which can be stuffed into gymnastic
mattresses. Thousands of plastic bags will be used in this exercise. I
am sure people can come up with many such ideas once they make up
their minds.
A. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it
using headings and subheading. Also use recognisable abbreviations,
wherever necessary (Min.4) Supply a suitable title.
B) Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
Passage 5-
ARE YOUR children toxic? I don't mean 'toxic' as in the pain-in-the neck
teenager state that occurs between the ages of 12 and 16 and makes you
wish you could flush them down the toilet because they grunt instead of
talk, and loll about sighing endlessly for hours on end. I mean, are your
children having the kind of childhood that is damaging them in a way that
will debilitate them for the rest of their lives?
If they are not having a toxic childhood it is probably because you are not
letting them lead the kind of lifestyle that many, if not most, of their friends
are leading; a lifestyle that is causing great concern among teachers from
many countries around the world.
All around the world, teachers are examining and discussing how the cultural
and lifestyle changes of the past 25 years are affecting the lives of
children. They know that many of the changes that benefit adults are far
from healthy for our children. "A toxic cocktail of the side effects of cultural
change is now damaging the social, emotional and cognitive development
of a growing number of children with knock-on effects on their
behaviour," is how educationist and author Sue Palmer explains it.
110 teachers, psychologists, children's authors and leading childcare experts
called on the government of Britain to act to prevent childhood being
killed off altogether. According to them, processed food, computer games
and over-competitive education are poisoning today's children, and increasingly
children are being forced "to act and dress like mini adults",
Research backs what these childcare experts are saying. Changes in diet,
childcare patterns, parenting, family structures, play, bed times, family
interaction, education, marketing, peer pressure, technology, electronics,
and the way we communicate with our children are creating a 'toxic mix'
that is damaging them. Children are becoming increasingly unhealthy and
depressed, and are experiencing growing levels of behavioural and developmental
problems. Not only this, the experts also point out that children
lack first-hand experience of the world and regular interaction with their
parents.
Of course, we do not need experts or research to tell us that academic
pressure, marketing, absent careerist parents and the rest of the modern
toxic mix is damaging our children. We can see it here in the increase in
childhood obesity and childhood diabetes; in the rise in the number of
children with attention deficit problems and in the increase in numbers of
hyperactive children. We know it from the stress and strain related to exams
and study, and in the increase in study/exam-related suicides.
So before you answer the question "are your children toxic?" take a good
long look at them and their lifestyle. And remember, parents don't usually
poison their children on purpose. Adults too are susceptible to "market
forces" and peer pressure. It is almost natural when all around you other
people's kids are eating junk and living toxic lives to look at your own
child and think: mine must too.... But it doesn't have to be that way. Luckily,
for all of us there are plenty of changes we can make to detoxify our
children's childhood. All it needs is a little thought and some common
sense. In the process we can help detoxify ourselves.
A. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it
using headings and subheading. Also use recognisable abbreviations,
wherever necessary (Minimum 4). Supply a suitable title.
B) Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
SECTION B
Writing Skills - 20 Marks
Question 3: One out of two short writing/composition tasks based on notice/
poster/ advertisement.(50 Words) 05 Marks
Question 4: One out of two compositions in the form of article, speech, report
writing or a narrative(150 - 200 Words) 08 Marks
Question 5: Writing one out of two letters based on verbal input. It would cover
all types of letters.07 Marks
Notice1. You are Karan/Kanika, Secretary Cultural club of your school. Your school
is organising a Dramatics workshop during the Winter Break for senior students
of the school. Draft a notice for the school notice board informing the school
notice board informing the students giving all relevant details (5 Marks)
2. On the occasion of National Science and Technology Day, the school has
decided to organise a Science Fair. Vikram, the secretary of the Science
Society, wants to call a meeting of the office bearers of the society to
discuss the arrangements for the fair. Write a notice is not more than 50
words.
3. As president of the students council of your school, write a notice is not more
than 50 words asking the students of your school to donate old clothes, books
and bags for the Anubhav Shiksha Kendra, a school for the underprivileged
being run on your school premises.
4. You are Parth Mishra, the Head Boy of St Johns High School,
Dalhousie. You have been asked to write a notice regarding a sports kit
bag found on the school playground. Write the notice in not more than 50
words. Invent necessary details.
5. The event management company, Altitudes Expeditions, has organised an
Adventure Trip of Sitlakhet in the summer vacations for interested students of
Classes VIII and IX. As president of the Excursions Committee, write a notice
in not more than 50 words informing students about the trip and inviting them
to join.
Poster designing1. You are Rita/Rani of Army Public School, Delhi. Design a poster for literary
festival to be organised in your school by the literary club during 'Literary week',
Campaign
2. Draw a poster to create awareness about the harms of drinking.
3. Design a poster for the Science Exhibition you are going to be organised in your
school by Science Club.
4. Draft a poster on Environmental Pollution.
5. Design a poster for Road Show to Avoid Accidents that your school is going
to organise.
Advertisements1. You are Principal, Patel Public School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi. Draft an
advertisement for the vacant post of Maths teacher in your school to be publised in
the classifiedcolumns of a daily newspaper in not more than 50 words (5 Marks)
2. Your father, a resident of 15 B, Vasant Vihar is transferred to Pune. He wants to
sell the electronic goods like T. V., A.C. and music player write an advertisement
for the sale in the columns of the time of India.
3.you are Rajat,the owner of a cab agency. You decide to buy a second hand
Innova in a good condition. Write an advertisement to be given in The Hindustan
Times in not more than 50 words.Give all the requirements.
4.While travelling to Chennai you found an attractive diamond earring in the rest
room of the hotel. Draft an advertisement to inform the concerned person as the
hotel staff refuse to take the responsibility in not more than 50 words.
5.Construct a advertisement to get an instructor for your sons private classes at
your home in not more than 50 words. Give all the necessary requirements.
Article Writing:1. Himani/Hemant a student of class XI, Vishal Bharti School, Paschim
Vihar, Delhi feel depressed at the pollution caused by vehicular traffic
noise, flowing of industrial effluents into Yamuna River, frequent and
unending traffic jams, crackers, polythene bags etc. She/he decides to
write an article as Pollution Control Drive for publication in The
Indian Express.
2. Youths form the very back bone of a nation as they are a great store
house of energy and strength. Using this input write an article in (150200) words on The Role of Youth in National Development to be
published in The Indian Express you are Puneet/Purnima of Vandana
Internalatinal School Delhi.
3. The fast food counters are mushrooming in every town and city. Though
fast food is fast to cook and fast to eat, it is also fast to Kill. You are
Mohan/Meenu. Write an article in (150-200) words on Fast Food - A
Great Health Hazard to be published in your school magazine.
4. You are Swati / Sarthak of Rukhmani Devi Public School, Delhi and
commute to your school every day by the newly started Metro Rail.
You notice its benefits of travelling, controlling air pollution and traffic
jams. Write an article for a local news paper on the same. Your article
should be within (150-200) words using following input under the title
Metro Rail - A Boon for Traffic.
5. Internet is a window to global information. It has brought the distant
parts of the world closer and made it a global village. Write an article
on the Craze for Internet among the modern Youth and revolutionary
change in the life of a common man.
6. From the time we get up till we go to bed we use gadgets to make our
life more comfortable and leisurely. It has been rightly said that the
Science has given eyes to the blind, ears to the deaf and limbs to the
cripple.You are Sangeeta / Sandeep of Roop Nagar, Delhi : Write an article in
(150-200) words.
Life Style Without the Modern gadgets.
7. Raj/Rajni is purturbed over reading a report in the miserable condition
of children and the child labour in India in the newspaper. She wants to
express her strong feelings against the exploitation of children through
an article to be published in his/her school magazine.
8. Sumit/Sumita came across news of rage on road by Delhites. The
bikers and motorists show bad temper and tricks upon the minor issues
on the road. Perturbed by the news, he decides to write an article to the
editor of the Hindustan Times on Road Rage. (Word limit : 150-200)
9. Sadhu/Sadhvi feels pained to notice that modern youth, the yuva
generation now - is aping western culture in dress, manners and life
style blindly. She decides to write an article against the aping of western
culture by the younger generation in about (150-200) words.
10. The Historical Society of your school organised a trip to visit Taj during
autumn break. You were impressed and noted the following points.
1. Autumn Break
2. School closed
3. Trip organised
4. Taj express
5. First sight of Taj
6. History teacher as guide
7. Some other places visited like Fateh Pur Sikri
8. Trip educative and entertaining.
Using the above notes and your own ideas, write an article on A visit
to a place of Historical Interest in (150-200) words.
Report Writing:1. You are a press reporter. Recently the railways cancelled a few trains
due to floods. Passengers were stranded at the New Delhi Railway
station. Write a report in about (150-200) words. high lighting the
problems faced by the passengers by using the following inputs.
1. More than thousand passengers on the platform.
2. Total Chaos.
3. No authentic information available.
4. Inadequate food, tea and baby milk.
5. Road travel very expensive
6. No electricity.
7. Unhygienic condition.
2. You are Veena / Angad of SKV, Rohini, Recently you had the honour
of having participated as a leader of your school team in the Republic
Day parade in Delhi, in which your school won the first prize. Write a
report in not more than (150-200) words about this memorable event
for publication in your school magazine.
3. Your school has recently celebrated Tree Plantation Week organising
a number of interhouse competitions highlighting the need for
ecological balance for mans happiness. As the secretary of the Nature
Club of your school, prepare a report in 150-200 words for your school
magazine.
4. You are Abha / Amit of Prashant Vihar write a report a an eye witness
to the Car Accident in which a truck driver had hit a vehicle into a
group of people sleeping on the footpath killing ten people and injuring
many.
5. Your grandparents have completed 75 years of their age and are
celebrating Goldern Jubilee of their married life with their children
and grant children. Describe the event in (150-200) words. Use the
input given below.
1. Welcoming the guests.
2. Bhajan Sandhya
3. Cake Cutting
4. gifts.
5. Delicious food.
SECTION : C
(GRAMMAR) 10 marks
Different grammatical structures in meaningful contexts will be tested.
SECOND : D
(TEXT BOOKS)Marks : 30
09 Hornbill- one or two One out of two extracts based sentences on poetry to test
comprehension and appreciation using four multiple choice questions.
04
10.Five out of six short answer questions (up to 40 words) on the lessons from
poetry, prose from both Hornbill and Snapshots with 3+3 pattern. (3 questions
each from each book) 05X02 = 10
11:One out of two long answer questions based on the prescribed Text Books both
Hornbill and Snapshots with 1+1 pattern. (150 Words) 01X06 = 06
Question no 09
A Photograph
1. Now shes been dead nearly
as many years As that girl lived.
And of this circumstance
There is nothing to say at all.
Its silence silences.
a) Who is referred to here ?
i) poets mother
ii) poets elder sister
iii) poets younger sister
iv) poet
b) This Circumstance stands for the moment .........
a) made by the poet.
b) entertained by the photographer
c) captured by the camera.
d) escaped from the sea waves.
c) Its silence silences means that now it is silence only ....
i) which is all pervading
ii) which is not pervading
iii) which bothers everyone
iv) which is not good for human beings.
d) Circumstances means ...
i) problems
ii) the external conditions that affect an action.
iii) opportunities
iv) none of these
2. A sweet face.
My mothers that was before I was born.
And the sea, which appears to
have changed less, Washed their terribly transient feet.
a) The time referred to here is the time before the birth of the ........
i) poets mother
ii) poets father
iii) poet
iv) photographer
b) Which / who has not changed much ?
i) Sweet face of mother
ii) photograph
iii) sea
iv) beaches and hotels.
c) The last line shows a contrast between the sea and ...........
i) the animals
ii) the human beings
iii) the forest
iv) the rivers
d) Trace a word from the extract which mean Momentary.
i) Terribly
ii) Appears
iii) Transient
iv) change
3. Childhood
1. When did my childhood go?
was it the time I realised that adults were not
all they seemed to be,
They talked of love and preached of love,
But did not act so lovingly,
was that the day!
a) What did poet realise about adults?
i) They are rational
ii) They are selfish
iii) They love others
iv) They are hypocritical
b) Poet is feeling sorry for the loss of his ____.
i) Youth
ii) Adulthood
iii) Childhood
iv) loved ones
c) Trace the word from the extract which means to behave?
i) Seemed
ii) preached
iii) realised
iv) Act.
d) Who wrote these lines?
i) Ted Hughes
ii) Walt Whitman
iii) Markus Natten
iv) Shirley Toulson
2. Where did my childhood go?
It went to some forgotton place,
Thats hidden in an infants face,
Thats all I know.
a) What does poet want to know?
i) When did his chilhood go?
ii) Where did his childhood go?
iii) What is hidden in an infants face?
QUESTION NO. 10
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:
8.How did they manage to throw out water from the ship?
9.What injuries did Sue sustain?What does it reveal about her?
10.After water level receded control what was their next concern?What did they
decide to do?
11.What did Jon say that left the narrator speechless?
12.What action did the narrator take,after having decided to fight the sea?
13.Why did the narrator feel that he was not the best captain?What was the surprise
in store for him?
14.Why did the narrator feel that it was the most beautiful island?
15.The children behaved the situations more maturely than their years.Discuss.
3. DISCOVERING TUT : THE SAGA CONTINUES
1. Who was Tut? Why was his demise a big event?
2. Who was Howard Carter? What was his discovery?
3. Why was King Tuts mummy subjected to a CT scan?
4. What were the everyday things buried along with Tuts mummy?
5. Carter had to Chisel away the Tuts mummy. How did he justify it?
6. Why was Carters investigation resented?
7. Why did Ray Johnson describe Akhenaten as Whacky?
8. Why did Egyptians store daily use items along with the mummies of
their popular kings and queens?
9.What generated the interest of the world in King Tut?
10.Why did the tourists throng to see Tuts tomb?What was their reaction?
11.Tut was buried in March-April.How did Carter conclude this?
12.What were the treasures found in the coffin?why were they put there?
13.How was the viewpoint of the archeologists changed with the passage of time?
14.Why was King Tuts death a big event?
15.With King tut being fianally laid to rest,the nature was at rest too.Explain.
5. THE AILING PLANET : THE GREEN MOVEMENTS ROLE
1. What does the earths vital sign reveal? What is our duty?
2. What does the notice in the zoo at Lusaka read? What does it signify?
3. Forest precede mankind; deserts follow. Explain this statement?
4. What are the four principal biological systems of the earth. How are
they useful for us?
5. Who is John Byro? Why did he not accuse the boys of stealing his
White Horse?
6. What happened when Aram rode the horse alone?
7. Why was Mourad considered the natural descendant of uncle khoserove?
8.What was the narrators first reaction to the horse?
9.What were the chief traits of the members of his family that the narrator could
recall?
10.Why was the narrator both delighted and frightened at the same time?
11.How did the narrator establish that Mourad had stolen the horse?
12.What did Aram feel about Mourads temperament?
13.What was the problem the children faced after getting the horse back?
14.Where did the boys hide the horse for the night?
15.Mourad showed a special concern for animals.Justify.
2. The Address
1. Who is Mrs. Dorling? What opinion do you form about Mrs. Dorling
on the basis of the Lesson The Address.
2. How was the narrator received by Mrs. Dorling when she visited her
for the first time?
3. What arguments were given by Mrs. Dorling for taking away things
from narrators house?
4. The narrator visited Mrs. Dorling many years after the War. Why did
she wait so long?
5. Describe the narrators feelings when she found herself in the midst of
her mothers belongings?
6. Why did the narrator resolve to forget the address?
7.When did the narrator first learn about the existence of Mrs Dorling?
8.What was the narrators mothers opinion about Mrs Dorling?
9.What did the narrator recall about her first meeting with Mrs. Dorling?
10.Why did the narrator return to Marconi Street after a long time?
11.How did the narrator decide to go back to the things?
12.Why did the narrator not want to remember the place?
13.What hardships do you think the girl underwent during these times?
14.Whom did the narrator desire to meet in Holland?Why?
15.The Address is a story of human predicament that follows war.Comment.
3. Rangas Marriage
1. Why did people rush to Rangas house?
2. What were Rangas views about marriage?
3. Who is Ratna? Why does the author consider her the most suitable
bride for Ranga?
4. What did the writer tutor Shastri to do?
5. How has the author made fun of English Language in the story Rangas
marriage?
6. Why did Ranga name his son as Shyama?
7.What reason does the narrator give for calling his narration, Rangas Marriage?
8.What does the writer say about the Indians aping the west?
9.What example does the writer give in order to prove that English words have
become a part of our everyday vocabulary?
10.What kind of a bride was Ranga looking for?Why?
11.How did the writer arrange a meeting between Ratna and Ranga?
12.What information did the writer give Ranga that disappointed him?Why do you
think he did that?
13.What was the writers need to rope in the Shastri into his plan?
14.What made the Shastri unhappy?
15.Ranga and Ratna were very fond of the narrator.Justify.
4. Albert Einstein at School
1. Why did Einstein refuse to learn dates and facts?
2. Why did Albert feel miserable. When he left school after having an
argument with the history teacher?
3. Why was Einstein not happy in his lodgings?
4. What did Mathematics teacher think of Einstein?
5. Who is Elsa? What advice does she give to Eintein to pass the
examination?
6. What were the reasons given by the head teacher for expelling Einstein?
7. What was Einsteins future plan for further education after leaving
school at Munich?
8. I think its not facts that matter,but idea. To whom did Einstein say this and
why?
9.What characteristics of Einsteins nature is highlighted by the exchanges between
him and the teacher?
10.Why and what did his history teacher report to the head teacher?
11.What book did Elsa see Albert carrying under his arm?What did she say about
it?What does it reveal about him?
12.Why does the biographer refer to Alberts interest in music as a comfort?
13.Why did the landlady ask Albert to stop playing the music?How did he feel?
14.What kind of a certificate was Albert looking for?Why?
15.Yuri calls Albert the worlds worst liar.Do you think this is an insult or a
comploment?
5. Mothers Day
1. Give any two instances from the Lesson to show that Mrs. Pearson was
treated like a servant by her family?
2. How does Mrs. Fitzgerald help Mrs. pearson to get back her lost respect
in her family?
3. What shocks Cyril when he comes back home?
4. Who is Charlie Spencer? How does Mrs. Pearson show her dislike for
him?
5. What advice does Mrs. Fitzgerald give to Mrs. Pearson after they change
back their personalities?
6. At the end of the play how does Mrs. Pearson plan to spend evening
with her family?
7.How was the experience for the two women after the change of bodies?
8.What were the two slips that could have let out the real identity of Mrs.
Fitzgerald?
9.What was Mrs. Fitzgeralds reaction to Mrs Pearson shouting at Cyril?why?
10.What was the truth about Mr George Pearson that hurt him the most?
11.What did Mrs.Pearson say to her husband when he was angry with her for not
making tea?
12.Why was George Pearson surprised when he came home?What was the answer
that he got?
13.What according to Mrs. Pearson,were the plans for the weekends?
14.What reason does she give Cyril for not making the tea?
15.How did the two women react after their bodies were changed?
7. Birth
1. Who was Andrew Manson? Why was Joe Morgan waiting for him?
2. What was the conflict in Andrews mind regarding marriage?
3. How did the child appear when it was born?
QUESTION NO. 11
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS :
Answer these question in 100-125 words.
1. The portrait of a Lady
1. Grandmother has been portrayed as a strong lady and an affectionate
grandmother. Write a brief character sketch of the grandmother in the
light of above statement?
2. How was grandmothers life in the city different from her life in the
village?
3. Describe the three phases of the authors relationship with his
grandmother before he went abroad for further studies?
4.Discuss the relevance of the title The Portrait Of The Lady.
5.Elaborate the beautiful bond of love and friendship between the narrator and his
grandmother.
2. Were Not afraid to Die ...
1. Were note afraid to die ..... is a story of team work, optimism and
courage. Support this statement with suitable examples from the story?
2. Describe the destruction caused by the storm to the Wave Walker?
What measures were taken by the narrator and his crew to prevent its
sinking?
3. Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions
inspite of the risks involved?
4.The narrator and his wife had longed to sail.What did they do to accomplish their
dream?
5.Why were they desperate to look for an island?How did they manage?
3. Discovering Tut : The saga continues
1. Who discovered Tuts mummy? What were the funerary treasures and
everyday things buried along with it?
2. How did Carter manage to separate Tuts mummy from its coffin? Why
was it subjected to repeated scrutiny?
3. Why was Howard Carters investigation not approved by the experts?
What argument did he give in his defense?
4.Nature echoed the unnatural happenings with King Tuts body.Comment.
5.What are the facts that are known about King Tuts lineage?
6. Birth
1. Give an account of efforts made by Dr. Andrew Manson to revive the
still born child?
2. There lies a great difference between textbook medicine and the world
of a practising physician? Discuss this statement with reference to the
story Birth?
3.His reason told him that all these marriges were dismal failures.What are the
reasons that make him reach this conclusion?
4.Andrews visit to the Morgans gave him pleasure and satisfaction that he had not
earlier achieved.Justify.
5. I have done something;oh God! Ive something real at last. Why does Andrew
say this?What does it mean?
7. The Tale of Melon City.
1. Suggest few instance in the poem The Tale of a Melon City which
highlight humour and irony.
2. How has the poet made fun of governance system by using the phrase
Just and placid.
3. How was the blame for the arch passed on? Who was utimately
punished?
4.How did the just and placid King get executed?
5.What impression would you form of a state where the King was just and
placid?
SECTION E
Long Reading Text Novel(Up From Slavery) - 15 Marks
CHAPTER I: A SLAVE AMONG SLAVES
1. What was one of Washingtons great fears when sent on errands to the mill?
2. What was his greatest desire? How might this influence the rest of his life?
3. What evidence suggests he saw the plight of the slaves in an Old Testament
context?
4. Why did he wait so long to reveal the coded language of the black songs?
5.What does Washington remember of life on the plantation and of his
familys past? What was his mothers position on the plantation, and
how did this affect his early life? What does he say about play? Also
1. Why did the term Black Belt of the South have a double meaning?
2. How did Washington characterize racial relations in Tuskegee? What evidence
did he offer?
3. What was the economic status of the citizens in and around Tuskegee?
4. What attitude did he reveal about lifestyles and the spending habits of the
African-Americans whom he observed?
5.Opening a school at Tuskgee was a tough job,almost impossible.It was like
making bricks without straw.Explain
CHAPTER VIII: TEACHING SCHOOL IN A STABLE AND A HENHOUSE
1. What one factor in Washingtons proposed curriculum put him most at odds
with the African-American community? Why?
2. What was his estimation of the African-Americans educational sophistication
and expectations?
3. Why did some in the local white community oppose teaching AfricanAmericans trades and basic skills and knowledge education?
4. What particularly distressed Washington about the lives of so many AfricanAmericans?
5.Give a short pen-sketch of Mr.Adams.
CHAPTER IX: ANXIOUS DAYS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
1. What was Washingtons opinion of the Christmas holiday customs of his
African-American neighbors?
2. Why did the author wait twenty years to disclose General Armstrongs personal
generosity?
3.How did the coloured people celebrate Christmas holiday?
4.What did Miss Davidson do to collect funds for the new building for the school?
5.What was Mr.Campbells fatherly advice to Booker?How did this help him?
CHAPTER X: A HARDER TASK THAN MAKING BRICKS WITHOUT
STRAW
1. What is the significance of the title of this chapter?
2. As Washington recounted the details of the students building the campus with
their own hands, what qualities of mindand/or character did he reveal in himself
and the students?