Annual examination 2078
Subject:
C. English (003) F.M. 75
Grade:
XI Time
:3 hrs. P.M.
30
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own
words as far as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
1.
Read the following passage and
answer the questions given below. [5x3=15]
Mother Teresa has
been voted the greatest Indian since its independence in 1947 in a survey which
received 50,000 responses. She was ranked ahead of India's first PM Jawaharlal
Nehru, as well as frontline independence leader Sardar Vallabbhai Petel, who was
instrumental in getting 562 princely states to join the Union. The Outlook poll
did not include Mahatma Gandhi because the magazine decided "to keep the
Father of the Nation above a voting process".
Indian Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee also found a place in the list of "the ten
titans". But he was at number ten, below cricketer Sachin Tendulker, who
secured the number eight position. Mother Teresa's work among the poor and
dying in the city of Kolkata and around the world won her a Nobel Prize and millions
of admires. She set up the Missionaries of Charity order in Kolkata in 1950 and
lived a life that has been held up as a model of Christian Service. Born in the
Macedonian capital of Skopje in 1910, Mother Teresa died in Kolkata in
September 1997. The survey showed that Indians below 25 years of age ranked
Mother Teresa higher than Nehru, while the older generation chose Nehru.
"Is it some
sort of comment on 55 years of Indian history that the person voted the
greatest Indian is the only in the list who was not born at India?"
"Is it some
sort of indication of the popular mood that Sachin Tendulker is ranked higher
than Vajpayee?" an editorial on the survey asked. Khushwant Singh said
part of the answer was "That the people of India are totally disenchanted
with politics and their political leaders" because of corruption.
"That explains the vote in favour of Mother Teresa who had nothing to do
with any politician", he wrote in Outlook.
A. Match the
words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B'.
Column 'A' Column B
a. titans i. dishonesty and illegal act
b. poll ii. an investigation of the
behaviour of people
c. generation iii. a survey of public opinion conducted by putting
questions to people
d. survey iv. persons of great importance
e. corruption v. people born at about the same time
vi.
people living in a place
B. Choose the correct answer from the
alternatives given and rewrite the sentences:
a) In the history of 55 years of India, …………….
was the only person who ranked the highest.
i. Jawaharlal Nehru
ii. Sachin Tendulker
iii. Mother Teresa
b) Mother Teresa lived for ………………
i. 50 years
ii. 55 years
iii. 87 years
c) Teresa was declared the greatest
Indian for her …………. service.
i. social
ii. political
iii. general
d) Mahatma Gandhi is …………… of India.
i. hero
ii. father of nation
iii. musician
e) Indian Prime minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee found a place in the list of "the ten ……….."
i. titans
ii. fathers
iii. musicians
C. Answer the following questions.
a)
Who secured 8th position in the list of
"the ten titans"?
b) Why was the non-Indian born voted higher?
c) Why wasn’t Mahatma Gandhi included in the poll?
d) For what deeds was Teresa awarded a noble Prize?
e)
What did the survey show?
2. Answer the following questions. Students are requested to write
short answer. (5X2=10)
a)
Where did the children use to play after school? (The Selfish Giant)
b)
Who claim that they are superior to all? (Corona says)
c)
What is poverty according to Parker? (What is poverty)
d)
Why
are Don Gonzalo and Laura annoyed with each other? (A Sunny Morning)
e)
How did the teachers outwit
Wasserkopf? (Refund)
3. Give long answer of the following
questions. (2X5=10)
a. Summarize the story 'The Oval Portrait' in your own
words. (The Oval Portrait)
b. How does the essayist justify that scientific research is
the humankind survival?
(Scientific
Research is a Token of Humankind's Survival)
4. Write a couple of paragraphs on "Education
empowers a person".
(7)
5. Write a job application for the post of accountant. (8)
6. Write a review of a film which you have recently watched.
(10)
7. Do as instructed in the brackets: (10X1=10)
a.
Harikrishna
is a careful driver. (Underline the adjective in the sentence)
b.
Everyone ………… (has/have) problem in their
life. (Choose one form from the bracket to complete the sentence)
c.
Binita put the plate …………… the table and began to eat his
dinner. (Put the correct
preposition in the blank)
d.
I saw him yesterday. He ……………… be abroad. (Put the correct modal in the blank to complete the
sentence)
e.
Perhaps she ………….. the exam. (will pass/
is going to pass/ pass) (Choose the correct form
of the verb from the bracket in correct tense to
make a meaningful sentence)
f.
I went
to see the film, but I …………(not/ enjoy) it. (Choose one form from the
bracket to complete the sentence)
g.
We seldom have fish for dinner. (Underline the adverb in the sentence)
h.
That is
the house. I was born in that house. (Join the sentences
with a relative
pronoun)
i.
My friend said," Where
are they staying?" (Change the sentence into indirect
speech)
j.
People are destroying the jungle. (Change into passive)
8.
Do as instructed. (5X1=5)
a.
Arrange the following words
alphabetically.
advance,
analysis, amuse, acute
b.
Use the following words/phrases in
sentences of your own.
give
up, mortgage
c.
What does the sentence ‘Social media seems
to have easy life’ mean?
i.
Social media has made our life easier.
ii.
Human life is badly affected by the social
media.
d.
Write the single word of the followings.
i.
not having things or conditions that are
usually considered necessary
ii.
character of having no pity or compassion
e.
Which of the following sentences is
correct?
i.
Sarita was shocking to hear about
earthquake.
ii.
Sarita was shocked to hear about
earthquake.
The End
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