MODEL QUESTION GRADE XI
Full Marks: 75 Time: 3
hours
1. Read the text and
do the tasks. 15
Mt Everest grows by nearly a metre to new height
The world's
highest mountain
Mount Everest is 0.86
m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced. Until now the countries differed over whether to add the snow cap on top. The new height is 8,848.86
m (29,032 ft). China's previous official
measurement of 8,844.43 m had put the mountain nearly
four metres lower than Nepal's. Everest Officials at Nepal's foreign ministry and department of survey said surveyors
from both countries had coordinated
to agree on the new height. The agreement to jointly announce the new measurement of the Earth's highest point was made during
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu
last year.
Chinese authorities had said previously Mount Everest should be measured
to its rock height,
while Nepalese authorities argued the snow on top of the summit should be included.
The Chinese surveyors had calculated their figure after they measured the mountain in 2005. Nepal's government officials told the BBC in 2012 that they were under pressure from China to
accept the Chinese height and therefore they had decided to go for
a fresh measurement to "set
the record straight
once and for all". The 8,848 m height,
Nepal had been using for Mount Everest
was determined by the Survey
of India in 1954, but
for the first time the country
has now conducted its own measurement of the summit. Four Nepalese land
surveyors spent two years training
for the mission,
before heading to the summit.
"Before this, we had never done the measurement ourselves," Damodar Dhakal, spokesman at Nepal's department of survey,
told the BBC. "Now that we have a young, technical
team [who could also go to the Everest summit], we could do it on our own," Mr. Dhakal
said. Nepal's lead surveyor Khimlal Gautam
lost his toe due to frostbite
while on the summit to install height-measuring equipment last year. "For summiteers, scaling the highest peak means a great accomplishment. For us, it was just the beginning,"
Mr. Gautam had told BBC Nepali after his return.
"Unlike other surveys
of the Everest in the past, we chose 03:00 to minimise errors that could have been caused
because of sunlight in the
day time."
Some geologists have suggested
a major earthquake in 2015 may have had an impact on Mount Everest's height. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal, and caused an avalanche
which buried parts of the base camp at the mountain.
At least 18 climbers were killed. Some geologists said the earthquake may have caused Everest's snow cap to shrink. Scientists had found that some other Himalayan peaks such as Langtang
Himal, mostly to the north of Kathmandu and close to the epicentre, had reduced in height
by approximately a metre after the earthquake. Others have argued
that Mount Everest, like other Himalayan peaks, may have actually grown over time because of the shifting tectonic plates it sits on. But experts say major earthquakes can result in that process being reversed. "The 2015 earthquake is also a major reason why we re-measured the mountain," said Mr. Dhakal.
A. Choose
the best answer. (5X1=5)
a.
The word 'announce' in the 7th line
means:
i.
utter words
to convey information.
ii.
make a
formal statement about a fact.
iii.
communicate information to someone.
b.
The word 'fresh'
in the phrase 'fresh measurement' in the second
paragraph means:
i.
having its original
qualities unimpaired.
ii.
not frozen,
tinned or otherwise preserved.
iii.
not previously
done, new or different.
c.
The word
'accomplishment' in the 22nd line
means:
i.
the omission
of expected
action.
ii.
an act or instance
of falling.
iii.
something that has
been achieved successfully.
d.
The word 'shrink' in the 29th line
is opposite in meaning to:
i.
expand.
ii.
contract.
iii.
reduce.
e.
The
word ‘approximately’ in 30
line means:
i.
exactly.
ii.
nearly.
iii.
precisely.
Answers
a.
make a
formal statement about a fact
b.
not frozen,
tinned or otherwise preserved
c.
something
that has been achieved successfully
d.
expand
e.
nearly
B. Complete the following sentences in NOT MORE THAN FOUR WORDS. (5×1=5)
a. Nepal and China previously had different views about adding the ........................ to the
height of Mt. Everest.
b. Surveyors from both Nepal and China had worked together
to come up with the same
view on the ........................ of
Mt. Everest.
c. China's earlier official measurement of 8844.43 m
was based on the measurement done
in .........................
d. The team leader
of Nepal's surveyors lost his
toe during the installment of ........................
on the top.
e. Some geologists also had their view that the change in ........................ under Mt. Everest
may have increased its height.
Answers:
a.
snow cap
b.
new height
c.
2005
d.
height measuring equipment
e.
tectonic plates
C. Answer the following questions. (5×1=5)
a. What
did the surveyors from both Nepal and China agree on to come up with about Mt.
Everest?
b. Why did both countries determine to carry
out the new measurement of Mt. Everest?
c. Which sentence in
the text indicates that it was the first time for
Nepal to measure the height of Mt.
Everest?
d. Why did the Nepali
team take 3:00 as a
reference in measuring the summit?
e. What covered the parts of the base camp at the mountains during 2015 earthquake?
Answers:
a. The surveyors from both
Nepal and China agreed on to come up with new height about Mt. Everest.
b. Both countries determined
to carry out the new measurement of Mt Everest as per the agreement to jointly
announce the new height of Everest which was made during Chinese President Xi
Jinping's visit to Nepal.
c. The sentence "But for
the first time the country has now conducted its own measurement of the summit
indicates that it was the first time for Nepal to measure the height of Mt.
Everest.
d. Nepali
team took 3:00 as a reference in measuring the summit to minimize the errors that could
have been caused because of sunlight in the day time.
e. Avalanche
covered the parts of the base
camp at the mountains
during 2015 earthquake.
2. Write short answers
to the following questions. (5×2=10
a. Why is the speaker
saying that 'the children are the most
beautiful flowers of all'?
(The Selfish Giant)
Answer: The speaker is
saying that 'the children are
the most beautiful flowers of all' because children are the source of
happiness. The garden remains beautiful because of the the children.
b. What were the circumstances that led to Aksionov's imprisonment?
(God Sees the Truth)
Answer: Aksionov
had a big luggage and a blood-stained knife which were the
circumstances that led to his imprisonment.
c. What is the speaker's attitude toward war? (The Gift in War Time)
Answer: The
speaker's attitude towards the war is quite negative. Because of the war she
had lost her most lovable person. Due to war, she was compelled to experience
pitiful lonely life.
d. What do you think is the main idea of the essay 'What is Poverty?'? Is the main idea of the essay
explicit or implicit? (What is poverty)
Answer: The
main idea of the essay "What is poverty?" is that
poverty is a lack that is living without hope, better foodstuffs,
medicinal care, proper sanitation and care or not about having enough money.
e. Why are Don Gonzalo and Laura
annoyed with each other? (A Sunny
Morning)
Answer: Laura was annoyed with Don Gonzalo because
he had scared the pigeons fly away and Don Gonzalo was annoyed with Laura as she
questioned why he had used his handkerchief to brush his shoes.
3. Write long answers
to the following questions. (2×5=10)
a. Jobs contends that you need to love what you do in order to be great at it. Do you agree
or disagree? Why? (How to Live Before
You Die)
b. Write the summary of the poem
'All the World's a Stage'.
Answers:
a. Yes, I agree with the
opinions because our love for our work can lead us towards success. To be great
in our work, its very much important for all of us to love our work which we
do. If we are unable to love our work, we won't get success in our work. In
that situation, our work will be meaningless to us.
b. 'All the world's a Stage'
is a poem written by William Shakespeare. In this poem he has compared life
with a stage. There are seven stages in the life of a person. These seven
stages are infant, school going boy, husband, soldier, justice, Pantalone (retired
person) and old age. We are just the performers to play these different roles.
The world's a stage. A man in his lifetime plays a lot of roles.
4. The following bar graph shows the total cases of COVID-19 infection in Nepal from 2020-01-01 to 2021-01-20. Write an interpretation of it in about 150 words. (Look at the model question for figure)
5. Suppose you are the coordinator of the organizing committee for the 'Sports
Week' at your school.
Write an email inviting
the other members
of the committee for its first meeting. 8
6. Is the use of smartphones useful for the students of secondary level? Write an essay discussing the advantages and disadvantages of smartphones in about 300 words.
7. Do as indicated
in brackets and rewrite the sentences. (10×1=10)
a.
The good
boy behaved
well. (Underline
the adverb in the sentence)
b. Many of the houses in this neighbourhood (don't/doesn't) have garages.
(Choose one
form from the bracket to complete the sentence)
c.
We insist ............. punctuality in this office. (Put the correct preposition in the blank)
d. It ............. be Anton's car. I saw him driving
the car yesterday. (Put the correct
modal in the blank to complete
the sentence)
e. She ............. (write) three books and she is working on another one. (Put the verb from the bracket in correct tense to
make a meaningful sentence)
f. I need to stop (doing/to do) my homework
late at night. I keep making terrible mistakes.
(Choose one form from the
bracket to complete the sentence)
g. The minister stood still ............. the request to take her seat. (Put the correct conjunction in the blank to complete the sentence)
h. Marie
Curie is the woman. She discovered radium. (Join the sentences with a relative
pronoun)
i. She said, "Would you like me to help you?" (Use the reporting
verb offer to change the
sentence into indirect
speech)
j.
I hate people laughing at me. (Change into passive)
Answer:
a.
The good
boy behaved
well.
b.
Many of the houses in this neighbourhood don't have garages.
c.
We insist on punctuality in this office.
d.
It must be Anton's car. I saw him driving
the car yesterday.
e.
She has written three books and she is working on another one.
f.
I need to stop doing my homework late at night. I keep making terrible mistakes.
g.
The minister stood still in spite of the request to take her seat.
h.
Marie
Curie is the woman who discovered radium.
i. She offered to help me.
j. I hate being laughed at.
8. Do as instructed. (5×1=5)
a. The art of producing
beautiful writing with a special pen or brush is called calligraphy. What word class does the underlined word
in the sentence belong to?
Answer: Special is an adjective.
b.
Arrange the
following words as per the order in a dictionary:
chanting, chopper,
chirruping, chivalry, chancellor
Answer: chancellor, chanting, chirruping, chivalry,
chopper
c. What does the sentence 'He burnt his fingers
by interfering in his neighbour's affair.' mean?
i.
He
got himself into trouble.
ii.
He
burnt himself?
iii.
He
got himself insulted.
iv.
He got rebuked.
Answer: He got himself into trouble.
d. What does
the prefix 'under-' in the word
UNDERESTIMATE mean?
i.
below
ii.
in
iii.
around
iv.
above
Answer: below
e. Which of the
following sentences is correct?
i.
Kelsey said I want to
go to Aunt Joy's for Thanksgiving.
ii.
Kelsey said,
"i want to go
to
Aunt Joys for Thanksgiving."
iii.
Kelsey said,
"I want to go to Aunt Joy's
for Thanksgiving."
iv.
Kelsey said
"I want to go
to
Aunt Joys for Thanksgiving."
Answer: (3rd ) Kelsey said, "I
want to go to Aunt Joy's for Thanksgiving."
The End!
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Sir can I get a sample of email....?
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