MP Board class 11th English half yearly real paper 2023-24 || कक्षा 11 अंग्रेजी अर्धवार्षिक पेपर संपूर्ण हल 2023-24
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| Half yearly exam class 11th English real paper 2023-24 MP Board|| कक्षा 11 अंग्रेजी अर्धवार्षिक पेपर संपूर्ण हल 2023 |
Half yearly examination, 2023-24
Class - 11th
Subject - English
Time:3 hours. Max Marks:80
Instructions :-
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Marks of each question are given
Section - A (Reading Comprehension)
Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×10=10)
Passage-1
Academics has always been an essential part of human development. It prepares us to survive outside world and establish an identity of our own.But, is an individuals development restricted to merely academics? In India, from an early age, we have been taught that education is limited to the boundaries of academics only; the idea of getting out into the field, for gaining practical experience, is always considered a hoax. This has 100 students development. But the truth is that education represents a considerably broader field than we know of it. Our teaching, from the basics, has been focused on getting good grades and job offers,rather than being creative and unique.
In the 21st century, the pure academic type of education is slowly paving way for a whole new type.The paradigm shift in the whole education system is evident. Pupil have now come to understand that education is a 360 degree activity that should focus on students overall development, rather than restricting him/her to the classroom.
Co-curricular activities that take place outside the classroom but reinforce or supplement. Classroom curriculum, in some way, have become a point of focus today. These activities help in the growth of the child, in more than one way. Participating in such activities helps youngsters grow mentally, socially and individually, intellectual development of a student is developed in the classroom, but for the aesthetic development such as team-building, character-building, and physical growth, students must step out into the outside world. For instance, if a student is a part of school football team, he/she will learn team. Work and coordination, in a practical manner, which cannot be taught in the class.
Questions:
1. What is an essential part of human development?
(i) identity
(ii) experience
(iii) academics
(iv) curriculum
2. What is considered a hoax?
(i) academics
(ii) education
(iii) practical experience
(iv) coordination
3. What has hundred students development?
(i) working in outside world
(ii) learning team work
(iii) gaining practical experience
(iv) limiting education to boundaries of academics
4. The shift in education system means-
(i) to restrict classroom activities
(ii) to ignore 360 degree development
(iii) to focus on overall development
(iv) to develope academics only
5. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the word 'hoax'-
(i) truth
(ii)untrue
(iii)unmask
(iv)uncover
6. Which activities have become a point of focus today?
(i) classroom activity
(ii) academic activities
(iii) teaching activities
(iv) co-curricular activities
7. Why must students step out into the outside world?
(i) to see the world
(ii) for physical development
(iii)for aesthetic development
(iv) for mental development
8. The time period of 100 years is-
(i) decade
(ii) century
(iii) millennium
(iv) anniversary
9. Which of the following is the correct antonym of 'unique'-
(i)rare
(ii) common
(iii) special
(iv) unusual
10. Classroom teaching provides-
(i) practical exposure
(ii) chance to learn other skills
(iii) the foundation
(iv) limitless opportunities for development
Q.2. Read the following passage make notes on it. Give a suitable title. (4)
Pollution is the intermixing of harmful substances known as pollutants with the natural environmental components. There are various forms of pollution, like land pollution, water pollution, air pollution and soil pollution. No matter which form of infection it is, it has dangerous impacts on our environment.
Pollution is the addition of unwanted substances into the environment that can damage our Earth. There are four main types of pollution; water pollution, air pollution, soil pollution and noise pollution. All kinds of pollution are a result of careless activities by man man. We dump waste directly into water bodies, which results in water pollution. Air pollution is caused when vehicles release smoke into the atmosphere and make it difficult to breather for all organisms. Soil pollution is caused by directly dumping our waste into landfills. Noise pollution is not visible, but it is a dangerous form of pollution that can damage our ears.
Water pollution forms a major category of pollution and has become an argent crisis in many countries. We cannot survive without water.So, when most of the water bodies will dry up or gate chocked, the human population will come to an end. The next big form of pollution is air pollution. It is mainly by toxic exhumes from vehicles and the burning of coal for electricity.
Section-B (Writing)
Q.3. Your father has been transferred to another city. You want to sell certain household goods. Design a suitable advertisement to be published in a local newspaper. (4)
Or
Design a poster to be issued by the Bhopal police cautioning people not be touch any unclaimed objects.
Q.4. You are Amit Sharma, residing at F-20, Jyoti Nagar, Ujjain. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining against the nulsance caused by loudspeakers in your locality. (4)
Or
You are Sakshi, residing at 10, Shivaji Nagar, Jabalpur. Write a letter to your friend inviting her to spend summer vacation in your village.
Q.5. Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 200 words. (4)
(i)Importance of protecting trees
(ii)Benefits of modern technology
(iii)Harmful effects of junk food
Or
You have witnessed and accident, write a report for a newspaper about the accident using the following inputs:
Where, when and how did the accident happen
People, vehicle involved, loss of life and property
The scene of the accident, details of casualties-deaths, injured, hospitalized
Section - C (Grammar)
Q.6. fill in the blanks (any five). (1×5=5)
(i) He is …. M.B.A. (a/an/the)
(ii) …. I come in sir. (can/may/might)
(iii) Have you …. Complaint against me? (any/much/some)
(iv) You can write …. a pencil. (by/with/in)
(v) I waited for him …. the clock struck seven.(unless/until/up to)
(vi) This is the man …. name is written on the board.(who/whose/whom)
Q.7. Do as directed (any five). (1×5=5)
(i) He did it. (Change into negative)
(ii) They are playing football. (Change the voice)
(iii) If Ravi runs first now, he will catch the bus. (Rewrite the sentence using 'unless')
(iv) See did the keys. (Change into present perfect)
(v) He is very poor. he cannot pay his fees. (Combine using 'so-that')
(vi) Earth moves round Sun. (Correct the sentence)
Section - D (LITERATURE)
Q.8. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
A wonderful old tale is told about the painter. Wu Daozi, who lived in the eighth century. His Last painting was a landscape commissioned by the Tang emperor Xuanzong, to decorate a palace wall. The master had hidden his work behind a screen so only the emperor would see it. For a long while the emperor admired the wonderful scene, discovering forests high mountains, waterfalls, clouds floating in an immense sky, men on hilly paths, birds in flight. "Look sire", sait the painter, "in this cave, at the foot of the mountain, dwells a spirit." The painter clapped his hands, and the entrance to the cave opened. "The painter entered the cave; but the entrance closed behind him, and before the astonished emperor could move or utter a word, the painting had vanished from the wall. Not a trace of Wu Daozi's brush was left-and the artist was never seen again in this world.
1. What was the name of the emperor?
(i) Wu Daozi
(ii) Xuanzong
(iii) Sire
(iv) Majesty
2. Where did they go?
(i) in a cave
(ii) in a pond
(iii) on a mountain
(iv) in a forest
3. What is the synonym of 'splendid' ?
(i) impressive
(ii) extravagant
(iii) modest
(iv) unremarkable
4.Wu Daozi was a …
(i) painter
(ii) artist
(iii) general
(iv)king
5. The above passage has been taken from the lesson -
(i) The portrait of a lady
(ii) We're not afraid to die
(iii) landscape of the soul
(iv) the adventure
Q.9.(A) Read the following extract from the poem and answer the questions given below. (1×3=3)
A suddenness a startiement, at a branch end,
Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt,
She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up
of chitterrings, and a trensor of wings, trilling,
The whole tree trembles and thrills,
It is the engine of her family,
She stokes it full,then flerts out to a branch end,
Showing her barred face identity mask.
1. What is described as 'sleek' in the poem?
(i) goldfinch
(ii) lizard
(iii) spider
(iv) laburnum tree
2. Who comes to feed the young ones?
(i) a lizard
(ii) a goldfinch
(iii) a cuckoo
(iv) a sparrow
3. Who gives shelter to the bird and her young ones?
(i) an old building
(ii) a peepal tree
(iii) an oak tree
(iv) laburnum tree
(B) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below- (1×4=4)
It was not morning yet, but it was summer and with daybreak not many minutes around the corner of the world it was light enough for me to know I was not dreaming. My cousin Mourad was sitting on a beautiful white horse. I stuck my head out of the window and rubbed my eyes. Yes, he said in Armenian. It is a horse. You are not dreaming. Make it quick if you want to ride.
1. Who was sitting on the horse?
(i) cousin of the speaker
(ii) the speaker
(iii)both 'a' and 'b'
(iv) no one
2. From which lesson the above extract has been taken?
(i) the address
(ii)birth
(iii) the summer of the beautiful white horse
(iv) mothers day
3. In which language did Mourad speak?
(i) German
(ii) English
(iii) Armenian
(iv) Arabian
4. Write the noun form of the word 'beautiful'.
Q.10. answer the following questions in about 30 words (any five) (2×5=10)
(i) What was the turning point in the friendship between the grandmother and the author?
(ii) What a problems did they encounter in the first phase of voyage?
(iii) explain the concept of shanshul?
(iv) What was written at Lusaka Zoo?
(v) What are the earth's principal biological systems?
(vi) Why did grandmother carry stale chapatis with her?
(vii) What injuries did the father suffer in the accident?
Q.11. Answer the following questions in about 30 words. (any three)
(i) What has the camera captured?
(ii) The poet's mother laughed at the snapshot. What did his laugh indicate?
(iii) To what is the bird's movement compared? What is the basis for the comparison?
(iv) What makes the earth beautiful?
(v) What happens when the rain falls on the seeds?
Q.12. Answer the following questions in about 30 words. (any two)
(i)Why did the narrator of the story 'The Address' want to forget the address?
(ii)What was the name of the horse? Who had an understanding with the horse?
(iii) What reason did the head teacher give for expelling Albert from school?
Q.13. Answer the following questions in about 75 words. (any two) (3×2=6)
(i) Explain three reasons why the author's grandmother was disturbed when he started going to a city school
(ii) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
(iii) Why does the author ever that the growth of world population is one of the strongest fact future of human society?
Q.14. Describe the central idea of the poem 'A Photograph'.
Or
What is the central idea of the poem 'The Voice of the Rain'.
Q.15. 'The address' is a story of human predicament that follows war, comment. (3)
Or
How do you distinguish between information gathering and insight information. (Albert Einstein at school)
Answer all questions-
Half yearly examination, 2022-23
Class - 11th
Subject - English
Time:3 hours. Max Marks:80
Instructions :-
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Marks of each question are given
Section - A (Reading Comprehension)
Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×10=10)
Passage-1
Academics has always been an essential part of human development. It prepares us to survive outside world and establish an identity of our own.But, is an individuals development restricted to merely academics? In India, from an early age, we have been taught that education is limited to the boundaries of academics only; the idea of getting out into the field, for gaining practical experience, is always considered a hoax. This has 100 students development. But the truth is that education represents a considerably broader field than we know of it. Our teaching, from the basics, has been focused on getting good grades and job offers,rather than being creative and unique.
In the 21st century, the pure academic type of education is slowly paving way for a whole new type.The paradigm shift in the whole education system is evident. Pupil have now come to understand that education is a 360 degree activity that should focus on students overall development, rather than restricting him/her to the classroom.
Co-curricular activities that take place outside the classroom but reinforce or supplement. Classroom curriculum, in some way, have become a point of focus today. These activities help in the growth of the child, in more than one way. Participating in such activities helps youngsters grow mentally, socially and individually, intellectual development of a student is developed in the classroom, but for the aesthetic development such as team-building, character-building, and physical growth, students must step out into the outside world. For instance, if a student is a part of school football team, he/she will learn team. Work and coordination, in a practical manner, which cannot be taught in the class.
Questions:
1. What is an essential part of human development?
(i) identity
(ii) experience
(iii) academics
(iv) curriculum
Ans. (iii) academics
2. What is considered a hoax?
(i) academics
(ii) education
(iii) practical experience
(iv) coordination
Ans.(iii) practical experience
3. What has hundred students development?
(i) working in outside world
(ii) learning team work
(iii) gaining practical experience
(iv) limiting education to boundaries of academics
Ans.(iii) gaining practical experience
4. The shift in education system means-
(i) to restrict classroom activities
(ii) to ignore 360 degree development
(iii) to focus on overall development
(iv) to develope academics only
Ans.(ii) to ignore 360 degree development
5. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the word 'hoax'-
(i) truth
(ii)untrue
(iii)unmask
(iv)uncover
Ans.(i) truth
6. Which activities have become a point of focus today?
(i) classroom activity
(ii) academic activities
(iii) teaching activities
(iv) co-curricular activities
Ans.(iv) co-curricular activities
7. Why must students step out into the outside world?
(i) to see the world
(ii) for physical development
(iii)for aesthetic development
(iv) for mental development
Ans.(iii)for aesthetic development
8. The time period of 100 years is-
(i) decade
(ii) century
(iii) millennium
(iv) anniversary
Ans.(ii) century
9. Which of the following is the correct antonym of 'unique'-
(i)rare
(ii) common
(iii) special
(iv) unusual
Ans.(ii) common
10. Classroom teaching provides-
(i) practical exposure
(ii) chance to learn other skills
(iii) the foundation
(iv) limitless opportunities for development
Ans.
Section - C (Grammar)
Q.6. fill in the blanks (any five). (1×5=5)
(i) He is …. M.B.A. (a/an/the)
Ans. an
(ii) …. I come in sir. (can/may/might)
Ans. may
(iii) Have you …. Complaint against me? (any/much/some)
Ans. any
(iv) You can write …. a pencil. (by/with/in)
Ans. with
(v) I waited for him …. the clock struck seven.(unless/until/up to)
Ans.until
(vi) This is the man …. name is written on the board.(who/whose/whom)
Ans. whose
Q.7. Do as directed (any five). (1×5=5)
(i) He did it. (Change into negative)
Ans. He did not do it.
(ii) They are playing football. (Change the voice)
Ans. Football is being played by them.
(iii) If Ravi runs first now, he will catch the bus. (Rewrite the sentence using 'unless')
Ans. Unless Ravi runs fast now, he will not catch the bus.
(iv) See did the keys. (Change into present perfect)
Ans. She has hidden the keys.
(v) He is very poor. he cannot pay his fees. (Combine using 'so-that')
Ans. He is so poor that he cannot pay his fees.
(vi) Earth moves around Sun. (Correct the sentence)
Ans. The earth moves around the sun.
Section - D (LITERATURE)
Q.8. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
A wonderful old tale is told about the painter. Wu Daozi, who lived in the eighth century. His Last painting was a landscape commissioned by the Tang emperor Xuanzong, to decorate a palace wall. The master had hidden his work behind a screen so only the emperor would see it. For a long while the emperor admired the wonderful scene, discovering forests high mountains, waterfalls, clouds floating in an immense sky, men on hilly paths, birds in flight. "Look sire", sait the painter, "in this cave, at the foot of the mountain, dwells a spirit." The painter clapped his hands, and the entrance to the cave opened. "The painter entered the cave; but the entrance closed behind him, and before the astonished emperor could move or utter a word, the painting had vanished from the wall. Not a trace of Wu Daozi's brush was left-and the artist was never seen again in this world.
1. What was the name of the emperor?
(i) Wu Daozi
(ii) Xuanzong
(iii) Sire
(iv) Majesty
Ans. (ii) Xuanzong
2. Where did they go?
(i) in a cave
(ii) in a pond
(iii) on a mountain
(iv) in a forest
Ans. (i) in a cave
3. What is the synonym of 'splendid' ?
(i) impressive
(ii) extravagant
(iii) modest
(iv) unremarkable
Ans. (i) impressive
4.Wu Daozi was a …
(i) painter
(ii) artist
(iii) general
(iv)king
Ans.(i) painter
5. The above passage has been taken from the lesson -
(i) The portrait of a lady
(ii) We're not afraid to die
(iii) landscape of the soul
(iv) the adventure
Ans. (iii) landscape of the soul
Q.9.(A) Read the following extract from the poem and answer the questions given below. (1×3=3)
A suddenness a startiement, at a branch end,
Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt,
She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up
of chitterrings, and a trensor of wings, trilling,
The whole tree trembles and thrills,
It is the engine of her family,
She stokes it full,then flerts out to a branch end,
Showing her barred face identity mask.
1. What is described as 'sleek' in the poem?
(i) goldfinch
(ii) lizard
(iii) spider
(iv) laburnum tree
Ans. (i) goldfinch
2. Who comes to feed the young ones?
(i) a lizard
(ii) a goldfinch
(iii) a cuckoo
(iv) a sparrow
Ans. (ii) a goldfinch
3. Who gives shelter to the bird and her young ones?
(i) an old building
(ii) a peepal tree
(iii) an oak tree
(iv) laburnum tree
Ans. (iv) laburnum tree
(B) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below- (1×4=4)
It was not morning yet, but it was summer and with daybreak not many minutes around the corner of the world it was light enough for me to know I was not dreaming. My cousin Mourad was sitting on a beautiful white horse. I stuck my head out of the window and rubbed my eyes. Yes, he said in Armenian. It is a horse. You are not dreaming. Make it quick if you want to ride.
1. Who was sitting on the horse?
(i) cousin of the speaker
(ii) the speaker
(iii)both 'a' and 'b'
(iv) no one
Ans. (i) cousin of the speaker
2. From which lesson the above extract has been taken?
(i) the address
(ii)birth
(iii) the summer of the beautiful white horse
(iv) mothers day
Ans.(iii) the summer of the beautiful white horse
3. In which language did Mourad speak?
(i) German
(ii) English
(iii) Armenian
(iv) Arabian
Ans. (iii) Armenian
4. Write the noun form of the word 'beautiful'.
Ans. Beauty
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