ITL Public School
Annual Examination (2015-16)
Date: 25.02.16
Class: XI
ENGLISH CORE (Set – B)
Time:3Hrs
M. M: 80
General Instructions:
1. This paper consists of FOUR SectionsSection A- Reading
20 marks
Section B-Writing
20 marks
Section C- Grammar
10 marks
Section D- Literature
18marks
Section E- Long Reading Text
12 marks
2. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
3. Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question. Marks will be deducted for exceeding the
word limit.
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SECTION A READING
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Read the passage given below and then answer the questions which follow:-
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1) There are times when everyone has to face grief. When someone dear to oneself
dies, one is left with a state in which shock and grief overcome the ordinary life.
One is left in a situation when one feels there is nothing one can do. Grief and
mourning are always associated with death. It also happens with other kinds of
losses. It could be the loss of one’s job, losing one’s house and the loss of a close
friend or a partner.
2) The best people able to cope with these are those, who come from cultures that have
strict, formal and intensive mourning ritual. In India we have diverse rituals which
nowadays are being discarded. But these help in surmounting the crisis. The near
and dear ones come to share the grief and apply balm with their words of solace. In
modern society one is expected to act as if nothing has happened, but research has
shown that mourning is an essential part of coming to terms with loss. There comes
a time when one has to give up one’s grief and rejoin the main-stream of life.
Mourning in itself passes through these phases. Firstly, it is in the nature of shock
and disbelief. A feeling of numbness overtakes. The brain is not in a position to
accept. It so happens that one expects the arrival of a lost one thinking that nothing
will change and he will be with the lost one. In the second phase, one realises the
truth that the loss has actually happened, and it was not a dream. It is now that one
feels the pain. Now one recollects the old moments and the memory of guilt creeps
in.
3) Here the affected person displays odd behaviour and has difficulty in eating and is
unable to sleep. He may remain in this stage for weeks, months and sometimes for
years. In the next phase, relief from pain and negative feelings creeps in, This leads
to the positive side. Now he feels he must make alternative arrangements or
replacements. Here he is ready to cope with the situation. Here he knows that he
cannot recover what he or she has lost, but is conscious of the future accepting the
loss and is ready for the alternative.
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4) On passing through all the stages of grief it seems that time has passed like a river
under the bridge. This shows that mourning has been successful. He cannot forget the
loss but comes to terms with reality.
5) Grieve with the person who is bereaved. This shows that you too value the mourned
person. This gives a helping support and the bereaved person starts believing you.
Your support to the bereaved should not stop after a few days. It may be needed for
months. Assure the affected person that the feelings of grief diminish and it will not
be the same always.
6) You will see, there comes a time when he has to be distracted from grief. Take him
out for an outing, especially away from the current situation. If he agrees, take the
opportunity and let him join the leisurely ventures.
7) It is, therefore, the duty of close relatives and friends to take the bereaved out of the
depressing climate and give a fresh air of life and happy thoughts.
1.1. Answer the following multiple choice question.
(i) In the last phase of grief:
(a) There is a relief from pain and negative feelings.
(b) There is still pain and grief
(c) The person is ready to cope with the situation , ready to face reality
(d) Both (a) and (c)
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(ii) One must grieve with the person who is bereaved to show:
(a) That you too value mourned person
(b) To distract him/her
(c) You understand what your duty is
(d) You are his/her will-wisher
(iii) The person from grief displays?
(a) Sleeplessness
(b) Enjoys eating
(c) Difficulty in eating
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(iv) On passing through all the stages of grie:
(a) Time passes smoothly
(b) Time passes with difficulty
(c) Problems increase with time
(d) All of the above
(v) The duty of close relatives and friends is to:
(a) Help the bereaved financially
(b) To take the bereaved into difficulty
(c) To take the bereaved out of difficulty
(d) To mourn with the bereaved
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1.2. Answer the following questions:
4x1=4
(1) What are grief and mourning associated with?
(ii) What type of people are able to cope up best with grief and mourning?
(iii) Briefly explain the first phase of mourning.
(iv) How can close relative and friends help a bereaved person in coming out of his
grief?
1.3. Which words in the passage mean the same as the following:
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3x1=3
(i) Overcome (para 2)
(ii) Shows (para 3)
(iii) A short enjoyable trip (para 6)
Read the passage for note making:
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Despite all the research, everyone of us catches cold and most of us catches it frequently.
Our failure to control one of the commonest of all ailments sometimes seems ridiculous.
Medical science regularly practices transplant surgeries and rid countries of such killings
diseases as Typhus and the Plague. But the problem of common cold is usually difficult and
much has yet to be done to solve it.
It is known that a common cold is caused by one of a number of viral infections that effect
the lining of the nose and the other passages leading to the lungs but the confusing variety
of viruses make study and remedy very difficult. It was shown in 1960 that ,many typical
colds in adults are caused by one or the other of the family of viruses known as
rhinoviruses, yet there still remain many colds for which no virus has as yet been located.
There is also the difficulty that because they are so much smaller than the bacteria which
cause many other infections, viruses cannot be seen with ordinary microscopes. Nor can
they be cultivated easily in the bacteriologist’s laboratory, since they only grow within the
living cells of animals and plants. An important recent step forward, however , is the
development of the technique of tissue culture, in which bits of animal tissue are enabled to
go on living and to the discovery of a large number of viruses. Their existence had
previously been not only unknown but even unsuspected.
The fact that we can catch repeatedly creates another difficulty. Usually a virus strikes only
once and leaves the victim immune to further attacks. Still we do not gain immunity from
colds. Why? It may possibly be due to the fact that while other viruses get into the blood
stream where anti- bodies can oppose them, the viruses causing cold attack cells only only
on the surface . Or it may be that immunity from one of the many different viruses does not
guarantee protection from all the others. It seems, therefore, that we are likely to have to
suffer colds for some time yet.
Questions:
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it in points only, 5
using abbreviations wherever necessary. Also suggest a suitable title.
(b)Write the summary of the passage in noT more than 80 words using the notes made . 3
SECTION B- ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS
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You are Isha of R.K. memorial Sr. Sec. School. Gurgaon. As the cultural secretary of your
school, write a notice for your school notice board inviting names for the planned in the
last week of September giving all necessary details in not more than 50 words.
OR
The recent terrorist attack on Pathankot Air Base had the nation grieving for the safety and
security of our people. Draft a poster depicting ‘ Alertness – the need of the hour’.
(50 words)
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New India Anoderses, A-10 Phase-II, Mayur Vihar, New-Delhi, advertised regarding, the
vacancy for the post of an accountant. In response to it, apply for the post giving your BioData. You are Saran/Saranya of Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi.(150 words)
OR
You are Sumesh, a resident of 86 New Basti Gwalior, Write a letter to the editor of ‘The
Times of india telling about your viewpoint on the recent steps taken by the government
on the Odd and Even vehicles running on odd and even dates respectively.(150 words)
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Write an article for your school magazine, justifying the need of education for all in the
country for national development. (200 words)
OR
You are Ravi/Reena ,the newly elected Head Boy/Girl of Green Valley Public School’.
Write a speech to be delivered in the school assembly on ‘Importance of Discipline’ in life.
(200 words)
½ x4=2
SECTION C- GRAMMAR
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Make corrections wherever necessary. Write ‘No Error’ against the sentence which
doesn’t need any correction:(a) He usually is going to school at 7 a.m.
(b) The clerk has already typed the letter before the Principal summoned him to do so.
(c) They will talk for hours sitting at the bridge doing nothing. (Past habit)
(d) All citizens of India enjoy certain fundamental rights conferred on them by the
constitution.
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Have you ever seen banyan tree? The banyan
must be biggest tree founded in India. A full
grown banyan is as high as three storeyed building.
We do not see banyan in cities. They are so huge that
they grow only in open places. Banyan looks like
palace standing on pillars. It does not have
just main trunk like others do. It has many
roots coming down. These hanging roots enter ground
and look like smaller trunks.
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½ x8=4
In the following passage a word is missing in the line against which a blank is given.
Find out the place where you think the word is missing and write the word that comes
before and after it:
(a) ___________
(b) ___________
(c) ___________
(d) ___________
(e) ___________
(f) ___________
(g) ___________
(h) ___________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
1 x4=4
Re-order (Rearrange) the jumbled words to form meaningful sentences.:(1) report/tomorrow/shall/he/for/duty.
(2) lay down/my life/I/ will/my motherland/ for/ of/the sake.
(3) will/please/you/the window/open ?
(4) work hard/to pass/the examination/should/we
SECTION D- LITERATURE
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by using the most
appropriate options in your answer-sheet:
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Silence surrounds us. I would have
Him prodigal , returning to
His father’s house, trhe home he knew.
Rather than see him make and move
His world. I would forgive him too,
shaping from sorrow a new love.
(a) Who is the speaker?
(i) the father
(iii) the son
(ii) An adult
(iv) the mother
(b) The poet realises that he has to___
(i) take a stance
(ii) forgive
(iii) restart
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(iv) All the above
(c)The prodigal refers to
(i) the biblical story
(iii) a genius
(ii) the selfish son
(iv) a rational thought
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Any forever, by day and night , I give back life to my own origin
And make pure and beautiful it;
( For song, issuing from its birth – place, after fulfillment, wandering
Reck’d or unreck’d, duily with love returns.)
(a) What does it do day and night ?
(b) How does it give back life to iots own origin?
(c)Why is the last line put in brackets?
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Answer any three of the following questions: (30-40 words)
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(i). How did the speaker realize the hypocrisy of the adults?
(ii). Why did the grandmother not like the teaching of English School?
(iii). Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
(iv). What ultimatum does Mrs. Pearson give to her family?
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Answer the following questions in about 120 words :-.
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What did Carter do to remove mummy from the coffin? Why was Zahi Hawaas regretful
about it?
OR
How human actions have made this earth a patient?
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Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
Explain how the play ‘ Mother’s Day’ is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of
women?
OR
Suggest a few instances in ‘The tale of Melon City’ which highlight humour and irony?
SECTION E – (LONG READING TEXT)
(A) Describe Virginia as the harbinger of love and peace. (125-150 words)
OR
(B) What was the history behind the blood stain? What efforts were made by the ghost to
repair it? (125-150 words)
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