English Suggestion for annual Examination 2020, Class xi (wbchse)

       SUGGESTION FOR annual Exam 2020

                         Class-XI English-B

1. Complete each of the sentences which follow, choosing the correct answer from the alternatives given:                                                                                                              1x5=5

i) Sidda knows

(a) the deity (b) the moon (c) the policeman ( d) the thieves

ii) The mirror .............. back at sir Mohan.

(a) laughed ( b) mocked (c) smiled (d) replied

iii)  According to mother Teresa, we can be taught many beautiful things by the

   (a) children (b)  professors   (c) social workers (d) poor

iv) Ralph Spencer was

(a) the phoenix that arose out of Jimmy Valentine's ashes (b) an alibi (c) the banker (d) the petty thief 

v) Art education calls for close contact with—(a) Nature (b) artisans   (c) acrylic (d) graphics.

      N.B.:     Students are requested to go through the text attentively.

2. Answer any five of the following questions, each in complete sentences:                   1x5=5                                      

i)  What did sir Mohan have in the buttonhole of his shirt?

ii)   Why did Mother become surprised in the West?

iii)   How much did Lachmi pay the coolie? iv)  Who was Annabel Adams?

v)  What are the two aspects of art education?

vi)  Where did Leela’s mother find the chain?

vii)  Who were the two soldiers?

viii) What did the warden give Jimmy?

ix) What had mother seen in the old-age home?

x) Where does the vitality of work of art lie?

N.B. : Students are requested to memorize excess from exercise book.

3. Answer any two of the questions which follow (each in about 100 words):   5x2=10

                        Leela’s friend

1. 'In any case, we couldn't have kept a criminal like him in the house' - Who is the speaker? Who is the criminal referred to here? What led the speaker to such a comment?

2. " Don't send him away. Let us keep him in our house." Who was the speaker and to whom was it spoken? About whom was it said? How did the person or persons spoken to react?

3. “Now write” Who said this and to whom? Describe the speaker’s efforts in teaching the taught?  Or, How did Leela try to make sidda write? What was the result?

 4. 'He looked at her mutely , like an animal' Who looked at whom? What was the situation when this occurred?

                           Nobel Lecture

1. Narrate the experience Mother Teresa had when there was great difficulty in getting sugar Or How did a four years old boy share his love with the poor children?

2. How does Mother Teresa fight against abortion?

3. "I had the most extraordinary experience what a Hindu family that had  eight children" -- which experience is Mother Teresa speaking of?

4. Narrate in your own words the experience of Mother Teresa in an old age home.

5. 'I had the most extraordinary experience with the Hindu family that had eight children.' Which experience is mother Teresa speaking of?

            The Place of Art in Education

1. How does functional art help us? What do you mean by professional return?

2. What is the difference between fine art and functional art?

3. How does a poor santhal express his sense of beauty and order in his daily life?

4. According to Nandalal Bose, how are beauty and aesthetics connected to a person's physical and mental well-being? Explain with an example from the text.

                               Karma

1.sketch the character of sir Mohan Lal.

2. Give a brief description of the appearance of lady Lal.

3. How did sir Mohan feel when he saw two Englishmen coming towards his coupe?

4. Bring out the significance of the title 'Karma'.

5. "You are a bit of alright old chap." -- Who is the speaker? Who has been referred to as 'old chap'? What picture of the person's character here, spoken to, is revealed in this line?

                        Jimmy Valentine

1. What did Jimmy write to his old friend in St Louis? Why did he write so?

2. How did Jimmy prove his nobility towards the end of the story 'Jimmy Valentine'?

3. What new name did Jimmy Valentine assume at Elmore?  What business did he open there? How did Jimmy fare at Elmore?

4. "That child she can't stand it long in there" -- Who is referred to here? Why was she in danger? How was she saved?

5. What did Jimmy Valentine do from the time he got out of Jail  till he met Mike Dolan?

4. Complete each of the sentences which follow, choosing the correct answer from the alternatives given.

i) The wind tells the mists to--   (a) settle on the shore  (b) lift their veils to enable the mariners to steer their ships  ( c) shroud the graveyard  (d) move and make way for it.

ii) The city of London is seen—( a) in the morning light   (b) at twilight  (c) at noon  (d) at midnight.

iii) The poem "Meeting at Night" is a--  (a) sonnet    (b) lyric   (c) soliloquy   (d) dramatic monologue.

iv) The rhyme-scheme of "The Sick Rose" is—( a) cddc ( b) cdec  (  c) abcbdefe   (  d) cdcd

v) In the poem "Brotherhood", the night is--- ( a) enormous  ( b) dark  ( c) short   ( d) silent

N.B.:  Students are requested to go through the text attentively.

5. Answer any five of the following questions, each in a complete sentences:   1x5=5

i) Which city, according to Wordsworth, is the fairest one?

ii) How does Wordsworth describe the beauty of the morning? 

iii) What has the worm found out? 

iv) Why do the lovers meet at night? 

v) Who is sick in the poem of Blake?

vi) When did the worm creep into the rose’s bed?

vii) What type of a poem is ‘Brotherhood’?

viii) What did the wind tell the chanticleer?

ix) What is the wind's message to the forest in 'Daybreak'?

x) What do the stars write? 

N.B.:  Students are requested to memorize excess from exercise book.

6. Answer any two of the questions which follow (each in about 100 words):   5x2=10

a)  Justify the title of the poem 'Meeting at Night.

b) 'Describe, after Wordsworth, the city of London as given in the poem ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’.

c) Bring out the central idea of  the poem “The sick Rose”.

d) How does Longfellow describe the activities of the wind?

e) Write a note on the significance of the title of the poem, “Brotherhood”.

f) Bring out the central idea of the poem ‘Brotherhood’?

7. Complete each of the sentences which follow, choosing the correct answer from the alternatives given: 

   i) The duke and his followers liked the life in the Forest of Arden because-- a) it was a lazy life of luxury and comfort ( b) it was a life more relaxing than that in the court ( c) it was dangerous and challenging ( d) they loved hunting.

ii) Iago was determined to take revenge on---- a) Barbantio (b) Cassio and Othello (c) Emilia (d) Desdemona.

iii) Aegeon is travelling throughout the world in search of his son for--- a) 6 years (b) 5 years (c) 9 years (d) 7 years.

iv) Banquo's ghost occupied--- (a) Macbeth's palace (b) Macbeth's seat (c) Macbeth's bed (d) Macbeth's army.

v) Viola was Sebastian's—(a) sister (b) wife (c) friend (d) niece.

N.B.:  Students are requested to go through the text attentively.

8. Answer anyone of the questions which follow (each in about 100 words):   5x1=5

(i) How did Aegeon find out all his family members?        (The Comedy of Errors)

(ii) What was the law that prevailed in Ephesus? What did the Duke say to Aegeon when he became a victim of the law? (The comedy of Errors)

(iii) Why was Elder Antipholus denied entry into his own house? ( The Comedy of Errors)

(iv) Who was Olivia? What saddened her? Why did she not allow any visitor? (Twelfth Night)

(v) How was the confusion of mistaken identity overcome in 'Twelfth Night'?

(vi) What information given by the captain consoled Viola? What plan did Viola think of to reach the Duke? How did the captain help her in this? (Twelfth Night)

(vii) What did each of the three witches predict to Macbeth when he first met him? (Macbeth)

(viii) Sketch the character of Lady Macbeth?         (Macbeth)

(ix) How was the banished duke's life in the Forest of Arden? ( As You Like It)

(x)  How did old Adam prove his loyalty towards his master?  ( As You Like It)

(xi) How did Rosalind win Orlando's heart? ( As You Like It)

(xii) Who were the two participants in the wrestling match? Whom did Celia and Rosalind try to dissuade? What was the result?

(xiii) Why did Othello decide to kill his wife and himself?          (Othello)

(xiv) What led Desdemona to marry Othelo?   (Othello)

(xv) How did Othelo overcome the fury of Brabantio after marrying Desdemona?  (Othello)

9. Textual Grammar:        10 Marks     

   A)      Do as directed:                                                                                   1x7=7 

Narration change  (ii) Voice change (iii) Negative-affirmative (iv) Complex/Simple/ Participle (v) Degree (vi) Interchange of Parts of Speech     vii) Split

   B) Article & Preposition:                                                                          1/2x6=3

10.  Write a paragraph on the following event about 150 words:         10 marks

Friendship ,Internet: its use and abuse,  a festival you enjoy, A Film you have recently seen, Uses and abuses of mobile phone, , Visit to a book Fair, The School magazine, Computer, Face Book 

OR    Story Writing

11. Advertisement (not more than 50 words) (one out of Two)           5 marks

12. Commercial Leaflet (not more than 50 words) (One out of two)               5 marks 

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