KVS Guwahati Sample Question Paper XI English : Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

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Sample Question Paper English – I for Class XI
Subject – English Core Class – XI MM – 90 Time – 3 Hrs

General Instructions:
(i) The paper is divided into four sections A, B, C and D. All the sections are compulsory.
** Section A : Reading – 20 Marks
** Section B : Writing – 20 Marks
** Section C : Grammar – 10 Marks
** Section D : Literature – 40 Marks
(ii) Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.
(iii) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions. Marks will be deducted if this limit is crossed.
(iv) Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer script before attempting it.

Section –A
Q1- Read the following passage and answer the question that follow :
How did prisons originate?
1. We usually think of a prison as a place where men and women are locked up for breaking the law. But this is a very recent development in the history of prisons.
2. Centuries ago, nobles and men of importance were often captured and imprisoned for revenge or until they were ransomed. It was not until the 19th century that prisons began to be used for the punishment or correction of law violators.
3. Prisons before that time were places where those accused of breaking the law were held until the trial. After the prisoners were tried, the sentence of the court was immediately carried out.They were not sentenced to serve a term in prison. Those who had been declared guilty were put to death, whipped or given other forms of bodily punishment, or fined.
4. Gradually men began to see that this cruel treatment did not prevent crime. The result was that imprisonment began to be used as a substitute for death penalty and bodily punishment.
5. In England and in some of the European countries, places called “work houses” or “houses for correction” were established after about 1550. Those places were used to imprison beggars, vagabonds, family deserters, debtors, and those guilty of minor offenses.

1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage complete/answer the following:
(i) Prison in the modern sense is a place where ____________
(ii) But in the past prisons were used for _______________ until they were ransomed.
(iii) After trial, guilty persons were punished with _________
(iv) When cruelty and death penalty did not prevent crime ______________ was used as a substitute.
(v) “Houses of correction” were meant for _______________
(vi) Some of the disadvantages prevalent there were
(a) _____________________________
(b) _____________________________
(c) _____________________________

Section – B
Advance Writing Skills :
1. You were waiting for your school bus at mayur vihar stop suddenly a motorcyclist came towards the queue at persons waiting for DTC bus. The young man snatched the necklace and the purse from a lady. Describe the incident in 80-100 words
OR
You are Harsh/Harshita the secretary of Eco-club of your school. Recently your school celebrated “Tree Plantation Week”. Write a report in about 80-100 words.
2. Aarti Gupta a social worker, feels highly pained at the rampant corruption in social and political life in our country. She decides to write an article on ‘Corruption-The Cancer of Our Society’ for The Times of India New Delhi. Write her article in not more than 100-150 words
OR
In schools and the colleges, a great stress is laid on the importance of discipline in life. The previous day your school principal delivered a lecture about discipline in life. You were greatly impressed by him you decided to reproduce his ideas in a form of a speech for your school magazine. Write his ideas including your own in about 200 words on the ‘Importance of discipline in life’
Section – C (Grammar)
1. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline the incorrect word and write the correction in the space provided
a) Thomas Edison is an American Scientist. __________
b) He have made many inventions.__________
c) Once he was worked on making an __________
d) electric bulb. He would sure that ___________
e) his bulb is replace gas lights ___________
f) He want to give the people a safe gift.___________
2. Rearrange the following words in meaningful sentences
i) the / had / crying / been / the / child / hours / two / last / for
ii) fly / to escape / south / starvation / to / chill / and / they
3. Combine the following sets of sentences using clauses
i) You have met Ashok. He is my friend’s brother.
ii) A laser is a new device. It makes light shine in a red beam.

Section – D
1. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow
** Silence surrounds us. I would have
** Him prodigal, returning to
** His father’s house, the home he knew,
** Rather then see him make and move
** His world. I would forgive him too,
** Shaping from sorrow a new love.

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