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VIVEKANANDA COACHING CENTRE 

SUB:- ENGLISH(B) ; CLASS:- XI ; SEM:- II

F.M:- 40 ; TIME:- 1HOUR 30 MINUTES.

Short Answer Type Questions 

PROSE 

1. Answer any two of the following questions :-  2×2=4

(i) How was Jimmy's dress at the time of his release from jail ? 

(ii) How long did Jimmy stay in jail ?  What did he expect ?

(iii) What does St. John say?

(iv) What can the poor people teach us?

VERSE 

2. Answer any two of the following questions :-  2×2=4

(i)  " Does my sassiness upset you ? " --- What does the expression suggest ?

(ii) " I am the dream and hope of the slave " ---  What does the line suggested ?

(iii)  " I call That piece a wonder, now: " --- Who is the speaker here ?  Who created this piece of wonder ?

(iv) What is the original  name of the Duke and his last Duchess ? 

Long Answer Type Questions 

PROSE 

3. Answer any one of the following questions :-  1×6=6

(i) "He opened this and gazed fondly." --- What did he open ? What did the person gaze fondly at ? Why did he gaze at it fondly ? 

(ii)  What did Jimmy write to his old friend St Louis? Why did he write so? 

(iii)"I never forget an opportunity " --- What was the opportunity ? Why Mother never forget the opportunity ?

(iv) Why does Mother Teresa think ‘abortion’ to the greatest destroyer of peace? How does Mother appeal to fight abortion?

VERSE 

4. Answer any one  of the following questions :-  1×6=6

(i) Analyse the various images as you found in 'Still I Rise''. 

(ii) Bring out the central Idea of the poem 'Still I Rise' .

(iii)Justify the title of the poem "My Last Duchess " .

(iv) Why did the Duke command to kill his Duchess ? 

RAPID READER

5. Answer any one  of the following questions :-  1×6=6

(i) "But she had apparently become quice a different person." --- Who had become a different person ? What were the changes ? What was the reaction of them ?

(ii)  ''Now this was an infalliable test " --- What was the infalliable test ? What happened in the test ?

NON-TEXTUAL GRAMMAR 

6. Do as directed :- 1×5=5

(a) Fill in the blanks :- (Articles and Preposition) :- 

We are proud ---- our heritage .

She is interested ---- learn new language.

Nitai chandra became ---- B.D.O.

(b) The girl is so feeble that she can not speak. ( transformation of sentence)

(c) He has published  a new book.  (replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb)

WRITING 

7. Write a short paragraph with in 150 words on '' A book you have recently read " or "  Mobile Phone: Advantage and dis-advantage  ".  10

Or, 

8.(a) Write a report with in 75 words  on the " Annual Sports Day celebrated in your School " for your school  magazine . 5

(b) Write a letter to the editor of an english daily about " High price of essential commodities " with in 75 words. 5