Sample Question Paper, 2020

Class –XI

Subject- English Core

Time- 3 Hrs. M.M. 80

General Instructions:

This question paper is divided into three sections.

• Section A : Reading

• Section B : Writing Skills

• Section c : Literature Textbooks

• All questions are compulsory.

• All questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

Section A – Reading Skills [20 Marks]

Section B- Writing Skills and Grammar [30 Marks]

Q.3 Design a poster in not more than 50 words emphasizing on the importance

of healthy and nutritious food in our life. [4]

OR

Imagine you are a librarian of a school .The following decisions have been

taken regarding the functioning of library.

The working hours will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The library will remain closed on Sunday.

The books can be borrowed for only two weeks.

Write a notice informing the students and teachers about the same. Add all other

necessary details.

Q.4(a)You are Rita/Rohan. Write a letter to the Editor, The Times of India,

Lucknow about your village which does not have a Primary Health Care

Centre. The sick villagers have have to travel a long distance for medical

help. Many villagers have died due to lack of timely medical help. You can

use the following clues.

[6]

Very distant, none in close proximity

Many have lost lives

Time-consuming

Expensive

(b)You are Sandeep Kumar, administrator, RK Academy. You have to place an

order for school uniforms required by the school. Write a letter of enquiry asking

for a quotation of prices from a localuniform manufacturer, listing the items

required. Also ask for a discount on bulk purchase. (120-150 words)(6)

You can use the following clues.

• Order for school uniforms

• Send quotation and fix delivery time

• Provide maximum discount on bulk purchase

Q.5 You read about a survey on ‘Children and Smartphones’ in a reputed

magazine. Now write an article in about 150 to 200 words for your school

magazine expressing your views on the same. You are Ajeet/Akshara, a student of

class XIC.

[8]

You can use the following clues.

• Smartphones are in vogue

• Advantages and disadvantages

• Personal information on public display

• Internet Exposure

• Knowledge and information

OR

You have to speak in the morning assembly on ‘Why regularity in studies

throughout the year spell success?’ Draft the speech in 150 to 200 words. You are

Samar/ Sanjana.

You can use the following clues.

• Keeps the student up-to-date with curriculum

• Reduces the pressure during exam time

• Students get ample time to learn the lessons

• Reduces rot learning

Q.6 The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line.

Identify the wrong word and write it with correction in the spaces given.

[1/2x4=2]

Incorrect Correct

It is really shock that a)………………… ………………..

wild animals is being killed on a very large scale. b)……………….. …………………

There has been an craze for leather goods. c)…………………. ………………..

We don’t realise how many cruelty d)……………………………………..

we do against these helpless creatures .

Q.9 Read the extract carefully and answer any two of the questions that

follow.[1 x 2 = 2]

“Yet have I killed

The seed I spent or sown it where

The land is his and none of mine?”

a) Who does ‘I’ refer to in the above stanza?

b) What does the phrase, ‘the seed I spent’ mean?

a) Explain, ‘land is his and none of mine?

Or

They talked of love and preached of love,

But did not act so lovingly,

Was that the day?

a) Name the poem and the poet.

b) Who are ‘they’?

c) How is the poet’s observation about ‘their’ behavior significant?

Q10.Answer any five of the following questions. [2 x 5 = 10]

i) George was angry that there was no tea even though he didn’t want

any. What does this reflect about his character?

ii) How did the train passengers understand that they were in British

territory when the train was passing through the suburbs of Bombay?

iii) Mr. Crocker Harris was not a sadist even though his students were were

scared of him. Comment.

iv) What do you understand by this statement of Margaret Thatcher, “No

generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy with

full repairing lease”.

v) What reasons could Amitav Ghosh have been given to avoid writing

about Shahid’s death?

vi) What happened when the King passed under the arch in the poem’ The

Tale of the Melon City?

Q.11Answer any one of the following questions in 120-150 words.

[6]

What does the silence of the poet indicate in the poem ‘A Photograph’? What

kind of feelings does it evoke in the readers?

Or

In the poem ‘father to Son’, Jennings talks about the universal problem of the

generation gap. What values do we need to instil in us to avoid this problem?

Express your views in the context of the poem?

Q.12Answer any one of the following questions in 120-150 words.

Being a doctor, the foremost duty lies towards the patient irrespective of

personal affairs. Discuss with reference to the chapter, ‘Birth.’

[6]

Or

Does a mother enjoy her status anywhere in the world or is it a bundle of

responsibilities only?

Q.13Answer any one of the following questions in 120-150 words.

What message does the author want to convey in ‘The Browning Version’ by

citing the examples of two contrasting characters.

Or

The poem ‘Father to Son’ has a universal appeal, although it deals with the poet’s

personal experience. Justify this statement with reference to the poem.