Alpine Public School Class XI English Term-I Past Paper 2024-2025 PDF

ALPINE PUBLIC SCHOOL, JHANSI Term-I / Half Yearly Exam (2024-25) Class – XI Subject : English MM. : 80 All Questions are compulsory :- Q.1 Read the passage...

ALPINE PUBLIC SCHOOL, JHANSI Term-I / Half Yearly Exam (2024-25) Class – XI Subject : English MM. : 80 All Questions are compulsory :- Q.1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :- Cont….2  (2) Q.2 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :- Cont….3  (3) Q.3 On seeing the News paper headlines about the investigations of the heinous case of violence and cruelty regarding Ryan International School Pradyuman murder case of Gurugram, you felt deeply shocked and alarmed on the safety and security of the little ones. You decided to write a letter to the editor of a national daily mentioning the incident and stressing the need for creating a safe and secure environment in the school where the future of our nation may blossom. You are Ambhar / Anamika of C-15 New Delhi. (6) Q.4. Is censorship necessary in media. You are Ankur / Anamika of Noida Public School, Noida. Write a debate to be delivered in the morning assembly of your school for or against the motion. on the advantages of developing a positive attitude. (6) Q.5. Imagine that a career counselling session is being organised by Mr. P.K. Puri in Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi. Draft a poster in 50 words for the same. (3) Q.6. In the passage given below there is a mistake in each line. Read it carefully and write the correction along with the mistake in your answer sheet. (4) Educationist today are overwhelmingly (a) Educationists concern about the future of the youngsters. (b) ………………… The common complaint is students doesn't (c) ………………… study;they are not interested. Some blames (d) ………………… exposure to the media, others feels that the (e) ………………… present generation are not serious enough (f) …………………. The CBSE expresses this concern of reviewing (g) …………………. the syllabus for time to time. The idea is (h) …………………. to build a complete personality of an individual (i) ………………….. Q.7. In the passage given below one word is omitted from each of the line. Read the passage carefully and write the missing word along with the word that comes before and after in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word which forms your answer is underlined. (4) Before Word After Several studies show the diet of show that the female children and women inadequate (a)................................................ as result of indiscriminate food (b)................................................ allocation. Due to girls fail (c)................................................ to full growth potential. The worst (d)................................................ Cont….4  (4) is when we find there is no (e)................................................ increase in quality and quantity of food (f)................................................ intake during pregnancies. In the event, women giving. birth children (g)................................................ are also victims of malnutrition anaemia (h)................................................ Q.8. Do As Directed :- (4) (i) Millie was Mr. Harris's wife. She sent Taplow to chemist. (Change into a compound sentence). (ii) Ratna saw Ranga. She stopeed singing immediately. (Combine using 'as soon as') (iii) Mrs. Pearson bore her family's tantrums. She loved them. (Combine using subordinating conjunction.) (iv) Suzanne and Jonathan supported their parent's venture. It was dangerous. (Combine using subordinating conjunction.) Q.9. The wedding procession was yet (a)..... (start). It (b)........... (wait) for us to reach. We (c).............. (decide) not (d)............... (dance) at all. But when we (e).............. (reach) the scene, we (f).............. (draw) into it. (3) Q.10. Answer the following questions given below in not more than 150 words. (3) "She had always been short and fat and slightly bent. Her face was a criss – cross of wrinkles running from everywhere to everywhere....... She could never have been pretty, but she was always beautiful." The writer always found her grandmother to be pretty. There is no doubt to deny that ''Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder". Explain this with reference to the author's view. Q.11. She stokes it full then thirst out to a branch end showing has barred face identity mask. (3) Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings she launches away towards the infinite. (a) Which poetic device has been used in line one. (b) What does the word 'barred' mean ? (c) Why does she launch away. Q.12. Read the extract and answer the following questions :- (4) While I was thinking, Sue, moving painfully, joined me. The left side of her head was now very swollen and her blackened eyes narrowed to slits. She gave me a card she had made. On the front she had drawn caricatures of Mary and me with the words : "Here are some funny people. Did they make you laugh ? I laughed a lot as well." Inside was a message ; "Oh, how I love you both. So this card is to say thank you and let's hope for the best." Somehow we had to make it. (a) What was the cause of Sue's injury ? (b) What did Sue give to her father in the extract ? i) A card she had made ii) A hug she had saved iii) A joke she had heard iv) A gift she had bought (c) What did Sue write on the front of the card ? (d) How does the extract show that Sue was brave and optimistic despite her injury ? Cont….5  (5) Q.13. (a) Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid ? (2) (b) "Of all the things I had to forget, that would be the easiest." What does the speaker mean by 'that' ? What is its significance in the story ? (2) (c) "He was the last of his family line." What do you learn about Tut's dynasty from the extract 'Discovering Tut : The Saga Continues' ? (2) (d) How did the narrator react to the problems ? What does it reveal ? (2) (e) Why did the grandmother stop talking to anybody before her death ? (2) Q.14. AR Williams says, "King Tut is...... in death as in life regally ahead of his countrymen." How far do you agree with the assertion and why ? (5) Q.15. Describe the narrator's second visit to Mrs. Dorling's house. (5) ***** -- ( BEST OF LUCK ) --