Midterm General English paper for 11th class

Midterm General English paper for 11th class 

Class : 11th

Subject; General English

Exam : Midterm , 2021

Max marks : 30 

Total No. Of questions : 06

NOTE:- This question paper was made according to the CBSE guidelines. It has FOUR sections . It is like the board paper but in miniature form . 

  SECTION [A] 

Q. NO. 1  . Read the given passage and answer the questions following it . 

a) The author recalls his grandmother as a very old lady with a wrinkled face. She appeared so old that it was hard for him to believe that she had once been “young and pretty”. She was short, fat and a little stooped in appearance. The author remembers her moving about the house in “spotless white”, counting the beads of her rosary while her lips moved constantly in silent prayers. She was not “pretty” in the traditional sense, yet her serenity made her “beautiful”.

b) In the initial years of his life, the author lived with his grandmother in the village, sharing a good friendship. His grandmother used to wake him up in the morning and get him ready for the school. She would hand over to him the things he required in the school. After having thick, stale chappatis with butter and sugar for breakfast, they used to leave for school. The author's grandmother always accompanied him to school as it was attached to the temple. It was her habit to carry several stale chappatis for the village dogs, which they used to feed while returning from the school. The grandmother used to sit inside the temple reading holy books while the narrator learnt alphabets and prayers in the school.

C)

 The ‘turning-point’ of their friendship came when they moved to the city to stay with the author’s parents. Though they shared the same room, his grandmother no longer accompanied him to the school since the author started going in a bus. As years rolled by, they “saw less of each other”. Meanwhile, as there were no dogs in the streets, she took to feeding the sparrows. Unlike the village school, the author was not taught about God and the scriptures which troubled  his grandmother. She did not believe in what was being taught at his school and was unhappy as she could not help him with his lessons. Moreover, she was disturbed at the idea of music lessons being given at school as she considered music to be unsuitable for gentlefolk. Her disapproval was conspicuous in her silence.

d) 

 When the author started going to the university he was given a room of his own. It resulted in a further gap between them. She accepted her loneliness and rarely spoke to anyone. All day long, she sat spinning the wheel and reciting her prayers. She relaxed for a short time, only in the afternoon, to feed the sparrows who came in large numbers. The bond and level of comfort they shared with her is evident in the fact that they perched even on her legs and head. She used to be at her happiest-self while feeding the sparrows.

e) The author decided to go abroad for further studies. He was sure that his grandmother would be upset at his departure. On the contrary, she came to the railway station to see him off but did not show any emotion. She was absorbed in her prayers, telling the beads of her rosary. She silently kissed the author's forehead, which the author considered to be (supposedly) the last sign of their physical contact.

Answer the given questions:

I] How was the appearance of the grandmother? 

II] How was the grandmother preparing the author for school when he was a kid ? 

III] What is referred as the turning point in the relationship between the author and his grandmother? 

IV] who was feeding the sparrows ? 

V] why did the grandmother kiss the author? 

[ 1X5=5]

SECTION B 

Q.NO.2 write a letter to your Ëñglísh Lecturer asking him to guide you on  writing the General English Project which carries twenty marks in the annual board examination? 

Or

Write an article for your school magazine on  ''the rights of men  in your country''  ? 

Or

Write a speech on the importance of the internet during the Covid19 lockdown ? 

 [1X8=8] 

 (120-200 words )

 SECTION C 

Q.NO. 3 In the following each sentence, a word is missing and  against each sentence two small blanks are given. Find out  the place where you think the word is missing and write the words that come before and after that missing word :

a) Shirley was born 1924 in England. —— ,  —— 

b) Her father was writer and she was influenced by him . ——, ——

C) She did B.A. in English literature in 1953  Brockenhurst college of London .

——, —— 

 d) She took writing her career but also served in part-time as the editor of many magazines .  —— , ——

e) She a guy in 1966 and produced three kids .  —— , —— 

[1X5=5] 

Q. No. 4 Rearrange the given words to form the meaningful sentences .

a) father/language/Shakespeare/Ëñglish/the/of/is/

b) gold/all/is/that glitters/not

c) your/ language/ Personality/face/is/the /Ëñglish/of

d) Tayyip/president/turkey/best/Erdogan/is/the/of

[0.5X4= 2] 

SECTION D

Q. NO. 5 Read the following stanza and then answer the questions given at its end .

''Where did my childhood go?

Was it the day I ceased to be eleven,

Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven, 

Could not be found in Geography,

And therefore could not be ,

Was that the day ! '' 

a) where has gone the childhood of the speaker? 

b) Did the speaker ever stop believing in Hell and Heaven?

c) Is the speaker happy or sad ?

d) what can not be found in Geography? 

[0.5X4=2] 

Q. NO. 6 Answer any four questions of your choice among the following:

I] The poet's mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate? 

II] Define the following terms :

Deck , Mast, Rudder , starboard 

III] what were the results of the CT scan of Tut's dead body ? 

IV] what does the phrase '' her barred face identity mask '' mean ?

V] Explain the concept of shanshui ? 

VI] How are the earth's principal biological systems being depleted?

VII] How did you find the wife of Mr Crocker-Harris? 

VIII] Define catastrophe theory? 

[2X4=8]  

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*Prepared by SAHIL SHARIFDIN Ëñglísh for his students .