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RUDRAInternational School SCHOOL
THE PRACTICAL & Jr College, Nashik
AND JR. COLLEGE
FIRST TERM EXAM : ENGLISH (2023-24)
th
Std : 11 Marks : 50 Time : 2:30 Hrs.
Section : A (Prose) : 19 Marks
A) Read the Extract and Complete the activities given below.
These last sixty or seventy feet up the top were not very dangerous. But we kept up the same
steady pace. And we reached the small, flattened summit almost together :
During the last fifty feet from the peak, Hillary and I were moving about twenty feet apart. We
were tied together with a rope. Most of the time the rope was loose, but when we went over
dangerous ground, we drew it taut.
This rope was a symbol. It tied us together. One could not move without the other. We were not
two individuals, but a team. I have been asked many times, “Who was first? ”When we were within
reach of the summit, I did not think of who was going to be “first.” I am sure that Hillary was not
thinking that. Climbing takes all your attention. You have many more important worries.
What does it matter whether I reached the top first or Hillary? Our main thought was that both of
us reach the top. We had to. One couldn’t do it alone. If there had been a difference of one thousand
feet between us, then one could make the claim that he was first. But even then, only the man behind
him could confirm the distance between the two of them.
A1. Global Understanding : Rewrite the incorrect sentences from the following correctly - 2
1) The last sixty or seventy feet up the top were not very dangerous.
2) Tenzing was worried that he would not reach the top first.
3) Tenzing and Hillary were tied together with a rope.
4) Tenzing and Hillary climbed very fast as they reached the summit.
A2. Complex Factual : Give the reasons for the rope being called a symbol. 2
A3. Inference / Interpretation / Analysis : 2
'I am sure that Hillary was not thinking that. (Who would be first)'
What does this statement show you about Tenzing's opinion of Hillary?
A4. Personal Response : 2
Who, do you think, were the people who asked Tenzing 'Who was first'? Justify.
A5. Language Study : 2
1) 'Climbing takes all your attention.' (What part of speech is the underlined word?)
2) We went over dangerous ground. (Rewrite using 'that')
A6. Vocabulary : 2
Add suitable suffixes (-tion, -ly, -ment, -ous) and prefixes (un, il, im) to the words given below:
Sr. No. Word Prefix Suffix
1. danger -
2. important
3. loose
B1) Do as directed : 3
1) The queen loved her people and looked after the affairs of her kingdom well. (Rewrite using ‘who’)
2) The husband had a small smile on his lips while the wife looked sad.
(Rewrite beginning with ‘Though’)
3) But I want to test this. (Change the voice.)
B2) Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence. 1
1) The story should not exceed more than 800 words.
C) Mind mapping : 3
Develop a mind-mapping design to show “Goals in my life.
Financial Personal
GOALS IN MY LIFE
Educationa Social
Section : B (Poetry) : 14 Marks
Q.2) Read the following poem and answer the questions given below it.
Sitting in a porchway cool, Now to sow the task is set.
Sunlight, I see, dying fast, Soon shall come a time to reap.
Twilight hastens on to rule. Marches he along the plain
Working hours have well-nigh past. To and fro, and scatters wide
Shadows run across the lands: From his hands the precious grain;
But a sower lingers still, Muse I, as I see him stride.
Old, in rags, he patient stands. Darkness deepens. Fades the light.
Looking on, I feel a thrill. Now his gestures to mine eyes
Black and high, his silhouette Are august; and strange; his height
Dominates the furrows deep! Seems to touch the starry skies.
A1. Factual Understanding : Pick out from the poem the words that the sower / farmer. 2
A2. Inference / Interpretation / Analysis : Explain the Poet’s feeling as he watches the sower. 2
A3. Personal Response : Twilight hasten on to rule. Explain in your own words. 2
A4. Poetic Devices : Pick out the example of alliteration from the poem and write them down. 2
A5. Creativity :Compare a poem of four lines to express your appreciation for your mother. 2
Use a proper rhyme scheme.
B) Appreciation : Write an appreciation of the poem 4
Whose leaf is ever green
There is another sky, Here is a brighter garden,
Ever serene and Where not a frost has
fair, been; In its unfading
And there is another sunshine, flowers
Though it be darkness there; I hear the bright bee hum:
Never mind faded forests, Austin, Prithee, my brother,
Never mind silent fields— Into my garden
Here is a little forest, come!
About the poem, poet and title * Theme
Poetic style, language, poetic devices used in the poem * Special features
Section : C (Writing Skills) : 12 Marks
(A) Expansion of Ideas : Solve any ONE of the following : 4
1) Expand the idea - Beauty is truth, truth is beauty -John Keats.
Points : ideas about truth and beauty results of dishonesty messages
2) Select a season of your choice and give the following details:
Time of the year – * Characteristics- crops, festivals etc.
Features/changes – climate/weather/temperature etc. * Advantages/Disadvantages-
(B) Blog writing : Solve any ONE of the following : 4
1) Prepare a blog in about 150 words on the topic "Man vs Nature".
2) What is the importance of blog writing?
(C) E-mail writing : Solve any ONE of the following : 4
1) Write an e-mail to your friend who has not contacted you for a long time.
Use the hints/language support from the text to compose your e-mail.
2) The State Government of Maharashtra has decided to take strict measures on the hawkers’s
encroachment on roads. Draft an e-mail to the editor of a local daily expressing your concern
for the jobless hawkers.
Section : D (Drama) : 5 Marks
Q.4A) Write if the following statements are True or False 1
1) A stage whisper is far softer than a whisper in real life.
2) The theatre of the 16th century was open to the sky.
Q.4B) Answer the following (Any 2) 4
1) Explain the term plot. 3) Define drama.
2) List the four elements of drama. 4) Name any four periods of History of British drama.
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