Student Assessment (SAT-1)-July-2024
Class-11
Subject: English Core
Time: 90 Minutes M.M-40
Instructions:
(i) This question paper is divided into four Sections A, B, C and D
(ii) All the sections are compulsory
(iii) Attempt all the parts of a question together.
(iv) Marks are indicated in front of each question, write your answer in accordance with marks allotted to it
(v) Stick to the word-limit wherever prescribed.
Section A- Reading
1. Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow of only one passage:
Happiness is like the sun; it is often hidden by the clouds of thoughts, worries, and desires. You don't have to create happiness. All you have to do is calm your mind because when there is a quiet mind and inner peace, there is happiness. Happiness does not depend on circumstances, objects, or events. It is an inseparable part of our consciousness, of our essence, but hidden and covered from sight by our thoughts, desires, and worries. The mind is always in a constant race from one thought to another, from one worry to another. This restlessness hides the happiness within you
a. What is happiness compared to in the passage?
Ans. Happiness is compared to the sun
b. What hides happiness according to the passage?
Ans. The clouds of thoughts, worries and desires hide happiness.
c. What do you need to do to experience happiness?
i create happiness actively
ii calm your mind
iii pursue desires vigorously
iv. none of the above
d. Does happiness depend on external circumstances?
i. yes, always
ii no, never
iii it depends
iv only on objects
e. Why is happiness often not felt?
i due to lack of money
ii Due to thoughts, desires, and worries
iii Because of physical pain
iv only when alone
OR
On a cloudy day, the clouds hide the sun, but the sun is always there. Happiness is like the sun, it is often hidden by the clouds of thoughts, worries and desires. We have to scatter and dissolve them experience happiness. You don't have to create happiness. All you have to do is calm your mind because when there are a quiet mind and inner peace, there is happiness. Happiness is not something far away and unattainable. Happiness does not depend on circumstances objects or events. It is an inseparable part of our consciousness, of our essence, but hidden and covered from sight, by our thoughts, desires and worries. The mind is always in a constant race from one thought to another from one worry to another. It constantly moves from one object or task to another, never standing still. This restlessness hides the happiness that is within you, it is like a choppy sea that hides the bottom.
When the sea gets calm you can see the bottom, in the same way, when he mind gets quiet you sense the happiness that is within you. You cannot see a treasure at the bottom of a stormy and muddy lake, though it is there. However, when the wind stops, the water becomes still, and the mud sinks, you can see the treasure. The treasure is there, whether you see it or not, So is happiness. It is always there, only hidden by thoughts, desires and worries
a. What does happiness not depend on?
Ans. Happiness is not depend on circumstances objects or events.
b. What does the narrator call the mind full of thoughts?
Ans. Because it constantly moves from one object or task to another, it never standing still.
C. Complete the following statements by choosing the best of the given choices. In order to experience happiness in life we should
(i) look at the shining sun
(ii) concentrate on our own anxieties
(iii) calm our mind
(iv) do something for others welfare
3. The thing that hides or in a happiness is
(i) circumstances
(ii) unattainable object
(iii) restlessness
(iv) quiet mind
e. What is the synonym of the word 'treasure'?
(i) Valuable
(ii) Misfortune
(iii) Shortfall
(iv) Loss
2. Read the following passage carefully and make notes on it and also supply a suitable title.
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them, our purpose is to fit them for life. As soon as we realise this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough first to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one's system of education, without examining it to see whether it, in fact, is suitable or not. In many modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that, by free education for all, whether rich or poor, clever or stupid one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education: for all is not enough. We find in such countries a far larger number of people, with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill.
Note
1. Education purpose
a) educate children
b) fit them for life
2. Free education
a) for rich or poor
b) for clever or stupid
3. Purpose of free education
a) to solve the problems of society
b) to build a perfect nation
Title : Importance of Education in Life
Abbreviation: Edu.- Education, imp.- important, fash.-fashionable, so.-society, univ. university
Section B-Writing Skills
3 Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him to allow you to change your subjects from commerce to science.
OR
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about the evils of street begging.
Ans. A)
To
The Principal
Govt.Sr.Sec.School
Jind
Subject: To change stream from Commerce to Science
R/Sir
With due respect respect I want to say that I am new student of your school. I have taken admission in 11th-B. I have opted commerce stream by mistake. My interest is in Science. So It is requested to you please change my stream from Commerce to Science. There is no objection to my class in charge.
I shall be very grateful to you if you allow to change my stream.
Yours faithfully
Banty
XI-A
B)
Exam Hall
Karnal
6 February 2023
The Editor,
The Hindustan Times
Subject: Letter regarding the evils of street begging
Sir/Madam,
Through an article in your newspaper, I would like to bring awareness on the topic of the evils of street begging. For people street begging is a lazy and easy thing to do. I have been noticing young men and women to waste their youth on street begging. There are also a huge number of little kids that are used to beg. These kids are given money which they use to buy drugs. If we help these people with the authorities, we can make their life easier and can stop street begging.
I hope that the prestigious columns of your newspaper will help bring this issue to highlight this problem and the concerned authorities will help to the common people so that they can leave begging.
Section C- Grammar
4 Attempt any six of the following:
a. It gives her ....... pleasure to do social work (Fill with suitable article)
(i) no article
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) a
b. Football is .......... most popular sports in the world (Fill with suitable article)
(i) a
(ii) the
(iii) an
(iv) no article
C. We ...........(not watch) T.V.(Fill with suitable verb)
(i) did not
(ii) do not
(iii) does not
(iv) not
d. He ........English. (know)(Fill with suitable verb)
(i) knows
(ii) know
(iii) did not know
(iv) knew
E. The aeroplane is flying......the cloud (Fill with suitable proposition)
(i) at
(ii) above
(iii) in
(iv) none of the above
F. He deals ....... Cosmetic goods. (Fill with suitable proposition)
(i) of
(ii) with
(iii) in
(iv) none of the above
g. ......or not you allow me, I am going to the fair. (Fill with suitable conjunction)
(i) whether
(ii) unless
(iii) if
(iv) until
h. He helped me with the lessons .......... I should fail. (Fill with suitable conjunction)
(i) because
(ii) unless
(iii) lest
(iv) so that
Section D-Prose and Poetry
5. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow
In the evening, a change came over her. She did not pray. She collected the women of the neighborhood, got an old drum and started to sing. For several hours she thumped the sagging skins of the dilapidated drum and sang of the home-coming of warriors. We had to persuade her to stop to avoid overstraining. That was the first time since I had known her that she did not pray.
a. Name the lesson this extract has been taken from?
(i) The Portrait of a Lady
(ii) The Browning Vension
(iii) The Adventure
(iv) Landscape of the Soul
b. What was the change that came over the grandmother?
(i) She beat an old drum
(ii) She prayed for a long time
(iii) She did not pray
(iv) Both (a) and (b)
c. When did a change come over grandmother?
(i) in the noon
(ii) in the morning
(iii) in the evening
(iv) in the afternoon
d. Name the writer of the chapter?
(i) Gordon Cook and Elan East
(ii) Khushwant Singh
(iii) A. R. William
(iv) Nathalie Trouveroy
e. Give the synonym of the word 'dilapidated'.
(i) ramshackle
(ii) new
(iii) fresh
(iv) none of the above
OR
Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup
A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end.
Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt,
She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up
Of chitterlings, and a tremor of wings, and trilling-
The whole tree trembles and thrills.
a. Name the poem this stanza has been taken from:
(i) A Photograph
(ii) The Voice of the Rain
(iii) The Laburnum Top
(iv) Childhood
b. Name the poet
(i) Ted Hughes
(ii) Walt Whitman
(iii) Shirley Toulson
(iv) Markus Natten
c. Why does the poet compare the chitterlings goldfinch to an engine?
(i) because of a tremor of wings
(ii) because of their chitterlings
(iii) because of trilling
(iv) all of the above
d. What happens when the goldfinch comes?
(i) the tree trembles
(ii) the tree thrills
(iii) both (a) and (b)
(iv) None of the above
e. To which creature is goldfinch compared?
(i) a snake
(ii) a sparrow
(iii) a lizard
(iv) a tortoise
6. Answer the question in about 100 words:
The lesson We're not afraid to die............. if we can all be together' depicts a grand lesson "United we stand, divided we fall. Explain the idea. (We're not afraid to die..........
Ans. “We’re Not Afraid to Die…if We Can All Be Together” is the story of courage that was shown by the narrator, his crewmen, his wife and children. Everybody confronted the disaster with patience, courage and determination. Even the children showed courage. They did not give up hope even till the last moment. The narrator made all possible attempts to save their lives. Like his father, Jon reacted very bravely that they were not afraid to die, but it would be better if they died together. When the big wave hit the boat, it was severely damaged and the narrator was badly injured. However, he did not pay attention to it and held on to the wheel. Both Larry and Herb kept pumping out water and did not stop. Jonathan called the narrator the best daddy and the best captain in the world because they had reached the island lie Amsterdam. Hence, the title is logically justified.
OR
Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address? (The Address)
Ans. Marga Minco's short story "The Address" describes human predicament that follows war. It kills the finer feelings of love and sympathy. The war created many problems for the narrator both emotionally and physically. War kills not only human beings but also kills human feelings. In this story the narrator's mother leaves all her valuable things to her acquaintance during the war. The narrator's mother leaves all her valuable things to her acquaintance during the war. After some time narrator's mother dies; and many years later narrator comes to the woman to have a look at her mother's things. But the woman does not show any human feeling to her. She behaves very strangely to the narrator. She doesn't even let the narrator come in. She says that it is not convenient for her to talk to her at that time. She asks her to come other day and close the door. Thus war leaves the world desolate not only on the physical level, but also on the emotional and spiritual level.
7. Answer the question in about 20 words: (attempt any three
(i) What things of her childhood did the grandmother tell the children? (The Portrait of A Lady)
Ans. She often told us the games she used to play as a child. The author treated the stories of grandmother's youth and beauty as fables. As he had always seen her old. And he found it was hard to accept that she could once be pretty and young.
(ii) How long did Amenhotep III rule over the Empire? (Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues)
Ans. Amenhotep III, who was either Tut's father or grandfather, was a very strong Pharaoh who ruled for 40 years. Amenhotep IV, his descendant, adopted the name Akhenaten, which means "the servant of Aten, the sun deity." He encouraged the worship of the Sun God.
(iii) What traits of the Garoghlanian family are highlighted in the story? (The Summer of the Beautiful...)
Ans. The Garoghlanian family and their people were famous for their honesty. Their reputation was spread all over the world. They were known to differentiate between right and wrong.
(iv) How does Mrs. Person behave after her changed personality? (Mother's Day)
Ans. As the exchange of personalities takes place, Mrs Pearson receives all the traits of Mrs Fitzgerald. She becomes aggressive and dominating. She becomes the boss of the family. She takes Doris and Cyril to task for their inaction.
8. Answer the question in about 50 words: (3)
What impression do you form of the poetess and the poetess' mother after reading the poem 'A Photograph'
Ans. The poem 'A Photograph' is written by Shirley Toulson. In this poem, she recalls her mother and her memories while looking at a childhood photograph when her mother was twelve years old or so. She has been deceased twelve years ago and she cannot explain her grief on her mother's loss. It explores how people may die but in a strange way they continue to live on in the form of memories. The poem describes three stages in the passage of time. In the first stage, the photograph shows the poet's mother standing at the beach enjoying her holiday with her two girl cousins. The second stage depicts the happy moments of the poet with her mother at the beach. In third stage the poetess is sad to remember her mother.
OR
How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem? Compare it with what you have learnt in Science. (The Voice of Rain)
Ans. The poem," The Voice of The Rain" is written by Walt Whitman. The rain became the voice of the earth because it provides us with all necessity such as water. Nothing will grow on the earth if there is no rain. The rain calls itself the poem of the earth because exactly like a beautiful poem, it gives joy and pleasure to everybody. it provides life, pleasure, beauty and happiness to the earth. The Rain comes down from the sky on earth and washes away the drought and the dust layers of the earth. The rain helps the unborn seeds to sprout. It gives life to the earth and makes it pure and beautiful. The shower is also like a song. IT takes birth from the land and then returns to it.