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Model Question Paper No.1 for Class-XI Annual Exam

2014, English (Group-B), New Syllabus, WBCHSE
2014
Class - XI
ENGLISH
(Group B)
Time : 2 Hours 36 Minutes]
[Full Marks : 80
Special credit will be given for answers which are
brief and to the point. Marks will be deducted for
spelling mistakes, untidiness and bad handwriting.
Figures in the margin indicate full marks for the
questions.
1. Complete each of the sentences which follow,
choosing the correct answer from the alternatives
given : 1x5=5
i) Sir Mohan Lal rarely spoke Hindustani as
a) he wanted to show off his English
b) he did not know the language well
c) he had only contempt for everything Indian,
including its language
d) he believed that speaking Hindustani would lower
his prestige in the eyes of Englishmen.
ii) Ultimately the lost chain was found inside
a) Sidda's pocket
b) a tamarind pot
c) a shelf
d) Leela's school bag.
iii) As a prisoner Jimmy Valentine's number was
a) 9762
b) 9627
c) 9276
d) 9672.
iv) The greatest destroyer of peace, according to
Mother Teresa, is
a) abortion
b) adoption

c) hunger
d) malnutrition.
v) Art education calls for close contact with
a) Nature
b) artisans
c) acrylic
d) graphics.
2. Answer the following questions, each in a complete
sentences : 1x5=5
i) Why was Sir Mohan dismayed to find the train
compartment empty ?
ii) Why did Mother become surprised in the West ?
iii) What did Sidda go out to buy one evening ?
iv) Who was Annabel Adams ?
v) What are the two aspects of art education ?
3. Answer any two of the questions which follow (each
in about 100 words) : 5x2=10
i) What, according to Nandalal Bose, are the ways in
which students may be educated in art ?
ii) Sum up in a short paragraph Mother Teresa's
experience at the old-age home where she found the
inmates unhappy despite being well-provided for.
iii) List the ways in which Sidda's company makes
Leela 'supremely happy', and also how Leela attempts
to 'educate' him in turn.
iv) Why do you think the story by Khushwant Singh is
entitled "Karma" ?
v) How does O Henry establish a contrast between
Jimmy Valentine and 'Ralph D Spencer' ?
4. Complete each of the sentences which follow,
choosing the correct answer from the alternatives
given : 1x5=5
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) abcb defe
d) cdcd
v) In the poem "Brotherhood", the night is
a) enormous
b) dark
c) short
d) silent
5. Answer the following questions, each in a complete
sentences : 1x5=5
i) What does the poet mean by the expression
'quench its speed' ?
ii) What kind of poem is "Upon the Westminster
Bridge" ?
iii) " Sail on, / Ye mariners,..." -- What does the word
'Ye' mean here ?
iv) What does Blake suggest in using 'crimson' to
describe the rose's bed ?
v) " ...the stars write." -- What is written in the sky ?
6. Answer any two of the questions which follow (each
in about 100 words) : 5x2=10
i) How does Wordsworth describe the city of London
in his poem, "Upon the Westminster Bridge" ?

ii) Describe the feelings of the lover on his journey to

meet his beloved in the poem, "Meeting at Night".
iii) Do you think the title of the poem, "The Sick Rose"
is appropriate ? Give reasons.
iv) "Unknowing I understand" -- What does the
speaker understand ? Why does he understand
unknowingly ?
v) How does Longfellow personify the wind in his
poem, "Daybreak" ?
7. Complete each of the sentences which follow,
choosing the correct answer from the alternatives
given : 1x5=5
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.
8. Answer any one of the questions which follow (each
in about 100 words) : 5x1=05
i) How did Iago plant seeds of doubt and suspicion in
Othello's mind ?
ii) What were the prophesies of the weired
creatures ?
iii) Why was Viola challanged in a duel ?
iv) What happened to Aegeon's wife after the
shipwreck ?
v) In what ways the character of Orlando is different
from that of Oliver ?