NLCS/Q.E.

/12-13/XI/ENG/P-1
QUARTERLY EXAMINATION 2012- 2013
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
TIME : 3hrs. CLASS : XI M.M.-100
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
(i) This paper is divided into four sections.
(ii) Section A - Reading 15 Marks.
(iii) Section B - Writing 20 Marks.
(iv) Section C - Grammar 10 Marks.
(ii) Section D Literature 35 Marks.
SECTION (A) READING
A1. Read the passage carefully.
1) When we are young. we don't recognize that there will come a time when our limbs will grow weak,
our eyesight less keen and our body unable to function as smoothly as before. The state, the
society and the family owe a responsibility towards senior citizens.
2) Unfortunately, of late, we have not been able to recognize the concept of respecting, caring and
helping older generations in a systematic way as some of the countries in the west have done. This
is not suggest that our culture and history do not recognize this phase of life. There have been
many practices of caring and helping old people in our system. But, with the dismantling of the joint
family system, the problem has assumed newer and complicated proportions. Although we have
started recognizing the needs of the young but when it comes to the old we have blissfully chosen
to ignore them and have left them to fend for themselves.
3) There are old age homes, residential units for lower income groups in particular districts where
there is a part-time medical officer to attend to the inmates. Then there are day-care centers and
mobile - Medicare services besides other NGOs (Non-Government Organizations).
4) Old age homes in the country are not only insufficient but are also ill-equipped to cater to old
people. This should be the responsibility of the state since it needs close and regular monitoring.
The social welfare departments in the Government have very little to boast when it comes to caring
for older generation.
5) Society, too, has an important role to play. It must begin by respecting the aged and placing them
before anyone else's interest. In the West, if an old person is climbing down the stairs, he or she is
helped. It is this kind of mindset, that is the need of the hour. Offering seats to the old, helping them
cross the roads, assisting them carry their bags, fetching them water, etc. are some gestures which
increase acceptability of old people.
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6) In the family, senior citizens deserve a better deal. If they are thrown out of the family, the state
cannot be blamed. They have given everything to their families and have the right to be recognized
as important members. Sending old parents to deposit electricity bills, asking them to fetch children
fromschools and to guard the house while the rest of the family is away, are some of the many
tasks which are thrust upon them. These become nothing short of enslaving the weakest class of
people.
7) Old people are not too demanding except in cases where there may be genuine reasons of health
or constraints of family environments.
[A] On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by choosing the
right option.
i) What is the general attitude of the people of our country towards senior citizens?
[a] of indifference [b] of love and respect [c] of hostility [d] none of the above
ii) What is the role of the society towards old people?
[a] provides job to old people [b] give pension to old people
[c]take responsibility and extend care [d]help the old people to cross the road.
[B] Answer the following question.
iii) How do some families ill treat the elderly.
iv) What is the plight of the old age home in the country.
v) What has added to the problems of older generations in Indian school background .
vi) How can we help the old once.
(C) Pick out words which means the same.
[i] Limitation(Paragraph 7)
[ii] Indication(Paragraph 5)
A2. Read the passage carefully.
There are two problems which cause great worry to our educationists- the problem of religiousand
moral instruction in a land of many faiths and the problem arising out of a large variety of
languages. Taking up the education of children, we see that they should be trained to love one
another, to be kind and helpful to all, to be tender to the lower animals and to observe and think
right. The task of teaching them how to read and write and to count and calculate is important, but it
should not make us lose sight of the primary aim of moulding personalityin the right way.
For this, it is necessary to call into aid, culture, tradition and religion. But in our country we have, in
the same school, to look after boys and girls born in different faiths and belonging to families that
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live diverse ways of life and follow different forms of worship associated with different
denominations of religion. it will not do to tread the easy path of evading the difficulty by attending
solely to physical culture and intellectual education. We have to evolve a suitable technique and
method for serving the spiritual needs of schools children professing different faiths. We would
thereby, promote an atmosphere of mutual respect, a fuller understanding and helpful co-
operation among the different communities in our society. Again we must remain one people and
we have therefore to give basic training in our schools to speak and understand more languages
than one and to appreciate and respect the different religions prevailing in India. It is not right for us
in India to be dissuaded from this by considerations as to overtaking the young mind. What is
necessary must be done. And it is not in fact too great a burden.
Any attempt to do away with or steamroll the differences through governmental coercion and
indirect pressure would be as futile as it would be unwise. Any imposition of a single way of life and
form of worship on all children or neglect of a section of the pupils in this respect or barren
secularization will lead to a conflict between school and home life which is harmful". On the other
hand, if we give due recognition to the different prevailing faiths in the educational institutions by
organising suitable facilities for religious teaching for boys and girls of all communities, this may
itself serve as a broadening influence of great national values.
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it in points only,
using headings and sub-headings, Also use recognisable abbreviations, wherever
necessary (minimum 4). Supply a suitable title to it. (5marks)
(b) Write a summary of the about 80 words. (2 marks)
SECTION - (B) - (Writing)
Q.3. You are the Genral Manager of the leading industrial concern. You need a Chartered Accountant
for your office. Draft an advertisement in not more then 50 words to be published in the Times of
India, New Delhi, under the classified columns.
Or
Your school is holding a summer camp for training students in hockey and basketball. Write a
notice for the school notice board of Anand Prakash Vidhyalaya, Allahbad. You are Kamal the
Sports Secretary of the school. (words limit 50) (5marks)
Q.4. A blood donation camp was organized in your school. Write a report about it in 100 to 125 words.
Or
You are Aprajita / Arun a student of Carmel Convent. You are both sad and angry to read the
following headline. COLLEGE GIRL KILLED BY SPEENDING BUS/ BUS MOVES DOWN CYCLIST
/ SPEENDING BUS RAMS INTO RODESIDE STAND-5 INJ URED.
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Write an article an how unsafe Indian roads have become for the general public and give your
suggestion on what needs to be done to address the issue write in about 150-200 words.
(8 Marks)
Q.5. You are Pushpit/Pushpa 62-B, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, write a letter to the editor of the Hindustan
Times about the Misuse of computers, T.V. and mobile by children.
OR
Write a letter to M/s. Orr & Sons, Chennai complaining about the quality of the computers received
in response to your order. Sign as Ramesh, No. 18, Hudson Colony, Coimbatore. (7 Marks)
SECTION-C-(Grammar)
Q.6. In the passage given below one word has been omitted in each line edit the passage and write the
omitted word along with the word that comes before and after against the blank number.
The sea covered with weeds a)_____________
The sea called Sargosa b)_____________
Sea today in those days no name had given to if the. c)_____________
Sailors hearts were filled fear. d)_____________
The sea covered over on e)_____________
area larger than that of France. They wanted the ship to turned f)_____________
back homewards columns feared g)_____________
rebellion break out. h)_____________
(8x=4marks)
Q.7. Rearrange the word in each item to make meaningful sentences.
(i) give/ and/ plants/ us oxygen/ trees
(ii) ordered/ to be grown/ king Ashoka/ medicinal plants/ throughout/ his kingdom (2marks)
Q8. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs given.
Delhi ______ (be) a city that _____ (exit) for three thousand years within its wall_____ (hide) seven
earlier cities that_____ (flourish) in the past. The ______ modern city (be) the most fascinating. The
Govt. ______ (try) to make it a beautiful city. It _____ (be) a historical city _____ (have) many
stories. (8x=4marks)
SECTION D - (Literature)
Q9. Read the stanza given below and answer the question given below
All three stood still to smile through their hair.
At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face my mothers that was before
I was born and the sea which appears to have changed less washed their
terribly transmitted feet.
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a) Name the poem and the poet.
b) Who are the three mentioned in the first line?
c) Why is the reference to the sea significant?
d) What is the significance of the last line?
Or
I descend to love the droughts atomies dust layers of the globe.
And all that in them without me were seeds only, latest unborn
And forever by day and night, I give back life to my own origin.
a) What does I do on descending?
b) Name the poem and the poet.
c) How does I affect those that have seeds in them.
d) Explain the meaning of the last line. (4x1=4marks)
Q.10 Answer any 5 question from the following in 40 words each.
(a) The grandmother there was a kind hearted woman. Give examples in support of your answer.
(b) What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced
with danger?
(c) What does the word Cardboard denoted in the photograph? Why has this word been used?
(d) What are the unique traits of Garoghalanian tribe ?
(d) Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
(f) Why did Aram find it hard to believe that Maurad has stolen the horse? (5x2=10marks)
Q.11 The narrator mention a crazy streak running in his family which two character so this streak in their
behavior and words? Write briefly about them showing how they can be called crazy.
Or
Draw a character sketch of Kushwant Singhs grandmother as portrayed by him in the lesson The
Portrait of a Lady.
Q.12 Discusses at least two incident in which the Canterville ghost was able to frighten victims to their
death. (8 marks)
Q.13 Describe the miserable appearance of the ghost. What were the reason that drove him to that state.
(7 marks)
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