Frame International School

Final Examination
English Core
CLASS XI
Time: 3:00 Hrs. MM: 80

General Instructions:
The Question Paper is divided into two parts:
Part A: 40 Marks
 Reading: 18 Marks
 Grammar: 8 Marks
 Literature: 14 Marks

Part B: 40 Marks
 Reading: 8 Marks
 Writing: 16 Marks
 Literature: 16 Marks

PART A

READING

Q1. Read the passage given below and answer any ten questions out of eleven.
(10x1= 10)

1. Delhi has grown into a city that shuns children. It is now an urban sprawl, its
development model skewed in favour of motorised traffic and commercial
capitalization. This has snatched play fields from kids. With vehicles both stationary
and on the move occupying every inch of space available, the roads and even lanes
and bylanes are out of bounds for the little ones unlike in American and European
cities, there are few public spaces where one can hang out. No wonder, our children
spend a lot of time indoors, glued to the TV, PC or mobile screens. ‘It’s time,’ urban
planning experts say, ‘to reconsider Delhi’s growth with the welfare of its children in
mind.’

2. Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph expressed his anguish at the shrinking playing
space for children in Delhi. The condition of the parks in the city, he said in the letter,
was a “serious violation of human rights of children” as it was “their right in their
tender times to have a decent environment to play and frolic around.”

3. Kuldeep Singh, an architect and urban planner, who worked with DDA during
1956-57 to bring out Delhi’s first master plan, explained how initially children’s
needs were the town planner’s priority. “Space standards were set very rationally, and
in every neighbourhood, a huge open space was reserved for children which we called
‘tot-lots’. “This was the place where we thought children would get a space to play
and mingle with each other and we kept it away from roads,” recalled Singh.
However, due to administrative reasons, the idea of ‘tot-lots’ had to be dropped and
regrettably, was never entertained again.

4. “Over the years, circumstances have changed and people are reluctant to let their
children go out without some kind of security, as a result of which the children are
now suffering.” says Mr. Singh. Before it’s too late, Mr. Singh hopes the few open
spaces for kids are restored and protected from vehicles looking for parking lots.
Another urban planning expert says the first rectification Delhi’s development model
needs to carry out is to ensure mobility of children.

5. “Two thousand pedestrians die on Delhi’s roads every year of which several are
children. There may not be a dearth of green spaces in Delhi, the city has a unique
advantage on that front but kids have no safe means to reach their places
independently,” says Manjit Rastogi, founder of architecture firm Morphogenesis. “It
is catastrophic to learn about child mortality on Delhi’s roads, but, on the other hand,
you have the tragedy of kids being confined to their homes,” points out Mr. Rastogi.
“From a city of cars, Delhi needs to become a city of pedes trians where children can
enjoy and identify themselves with their surroundings,” he adds.

6. Developing public spaces with colourful street furniture, swings, art instalations,
etc., could draw in kids and bring them out of their homes. DDA officials say their
focus is on balanced development of the city, which takes into account children’s
recreational needs. “DDA is working on new policies like Transit Oriented
Development which have sufficient provisions for taking care of pedestrians and
movement of children and women safely. Their policies will guide the future
development of the city,” said Neemo Dhar, Spokesperson, DDA

1.1 Select the correct option from the ones given below.

(a) The verb form of ‘priority’ is

(i) prior
(ii) priosy
(iii) prioritize
(iv) None

(b) The phrasal verb ‘draw in’ means

(i) put in
(ii) draw a picture
(iii) draw a match
(iv) to persuade to join or entice

(c) The passage suggests that

(i) Delhi kids enjoy sitting in front of TV

(ii) Delhi has taken care of recreational needs of the kids
(iii) seveval children die on roads in Delhi
(iv) motorists are not favoured by the city planners

(d) Which of the following does not support the statement ‘Delhi shuns children’?

(i) Delhi’s development model is skewed in favour of motorised traffic.

(ii) Delhi kids have been deprived of play fields.
(iii) The few public places where children can hang out are not safe to reach.
(iv) DDA is working on Transit Oriented Development.

(e) Which of the following statements is true?

(i) In past, children’s needs were a priority for city planners.

(ii) Delhi has an acute shortage of green spaces.
(iii) It is surprising that children spend much of their time in front of TV.
(iv) American and European cities don’t have many public spaces where children can
hang out.

(f) To …………… is the human right of children.

(i) have a good environment to play and enjoy

(ii) sit in front of TV screen
(iii) use a mobile phone
(iv) remain indoors

1.2 Answer the following.

(a) Delhi is now an urban sprawl, its development model skewed in favour of
motorised trafficand capitalization. [True/False]

(b) Delhi’s first master plan explained how initially women’s needs were the town
planner’spriority. [True/False]

(c) According to urban planners it is time to reconsider Delhi’s growth with the
………………. of its children in mind.

d) The TOD (Transit-Oriented Development) has sufficient ………………… for

taking care of pedestrians and movement of children and women safely.

1.3 Find the words/phrases in the passage, which mean the same as:

(a) mix
(b) correction or amendment

Q2. Read the passage given below and answer any eight questions out of nine.
(8x1= 8)
A dance which is created or choreographed and performed according to the tenets of
the Natya Shastra is called a classical dance. The two broad aspects of classical
dancing are the tandava and the Iosya. Power and force are typical of the tandava;
grace and delicacy, of the Iosya. Tandava is associated with Shiva, and lasya with
Parvati. Dance which is pure movement is called nritta, and dance which is
interpretative in nature is called nritya. The four main schools of classical dancing in
India are Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Kathak.
Bharat Natyam is the oldest and most popular dance form of India. Earlier, it was
known by various names. Some called it Bharatam, some Natyam, some DesiAttam
and some Sadir. The districts of Tanjore and Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu were the
focal points in the development of Bharat Natyam. It was danced as a solo
performance by devadasis (temple dancers) on all auspicious occasions. Later, kings
and rich people lent their patronage to it and it started shedding its purely sacred
character.
The dancer is directed by the natuvanar, who is a musician and, invariably, a teacher.
Another musician plays the cymbals. The music for Bharat Natyam is from the
Carnatic School of music. The mridangam (a drum), played on both sides with the
hands, provides the rhythm.
The home of Kathakali is Kerala. Kathakali literally means ‘story-play’. It combines
music, dance, poetry, drama and mime. Its present form has evolved out of older
forms such as Ramanattam and Krishnanattam.
Kathakali dance-dramas last from dusk to dawn. The artistes use elaborate costumes;
mask-like make-up and towering head-dresses. The dancers are all males. Female
roles are usually played by boys. There is no stage – a few mats are spread on the
ground for the audience to sit on. The only ‘stage-lighting’ is a brass lamp fed with
coconut oil.
Two singers provide the vocal music. The chenda, a large drum, which is beaten on
one side with two slender curved sticks, is an integral part of the Kathakali
performance. A metal gong, a pair of cymbals and another drum complete the
orchestra. Besides providing the beat, they are also the means by which all the sound-
effects are created.

On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions by
choosing the most appropriate option.
(i) What is the Natya Shastral?
(a) A scientific study of classical dance
(b) The science of dances
(c) Shiva’s sacred thread
(d) None of these

(ii) When did Bharat Natyam start shedding its purely sacred character?
(a) When the devadasis stopped dancing
(b) When it was danced as a solo performance
(c) When kings and the rich patronised it
(d) When they used Carnatic music
(iii) Which two schools of classical dance are described in the Passage?
(a) Bharat Natyam and Kathak
(b) Kathak and Kathakali
(c) Bharat Natyam and Kathakali
(d) Manipuri and Kathak

(iv) In which drama form the dancers are all males?

(a) Bharat Natyam
(b) Kathakali
(c) DesiAttam
(d) Lasya

(v) Which of the following words is the synonym of ‘delicacy’ in paragraph?

(a) mouth-watering
(b) weakness
(c) difficulty
(d) fineness

(vi) Which word in paragraph 5 is the antonym of ‘simple’?

(a) complicated
(b) towering
(c) elaborate
(d) integral

(vii) Kathakali dance dramas last from?

(a) dusk to dawn
(b) dusk to evening
(c) dawn to morning
(d) full day

(viii) A chenda is?

(a) A large trumpet
(b) A large drum
(c) A flute
(d) None of the above

(ix) The music for Bharat Natyam is from the _______ of music?
(a) Carnatic School
(b) Aesthetic School
(c) Modern School
(d) Indian School
 GRAMMAR

Q3. Choose the correct determiner from the bracket. (Any 4) (4x1= 4)

a) Let us save (a little, the little) for a rainy day.

b) He is mischievous, like (many, a good many) boys.
c) (Lot of, A lot of) petrol leaked from the tank.
d) Our principal showed (little, a little, the little) mercy to boys who were caught
sleeping in school.
e) I have (little, a little, the little) interest in computers.

Q4. Rearrange the following words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.

(Any 4) (4x1= 4)

a) If we/ well/ our/ lost/ is/ don’t/ appetite/ sleep

b) Drink/ of/ and inside/ lot/ stay/ and/ a/ water
c) Laughter/ makes/ distinction/ yoga/ joy/ happiness/ and/ between/ clear
d) Dark/ woods/ lovely/ are/ deep/ and
e) Make/ children/ snowman/play/ and/in winter

LITERATURE

Q5. Read the extract given below and answer any one extract out of two that
follow: (3x1= 3)

(i) “And who art thou? Said I to the soft- falling shower,
Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated:
I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.”

a) Who is I in the first line?

i. The poet
ii. The land
iii. The sea
iv. The raindrops

b) What does the rain call itself?

i. The poet of the Earth
ii. The poem of the sea
iii. The poet of the sea
iv. The poem of the Earth

c) The word ‘thou’ in the extract is a ____.

i. Pronoun
ii. Verb
iii. Noun
iv. Preposition
 OR

(ii) “The cardboard shows me how it was when the two girl cousins went paddling,
Each one
Holding one of my mother’s hands,
And she the big girl- some twelve years or so”

a) What does the cardboard here refers to?

i. A thick paper on which the poet’s photograph was pasted
ii. A thick envelope
iii. A thick paper on which the poet’s mother’s photograph was pasted
iv. A paper boat

b) What does the cardboard depict?

i. It depicts a scenery
ii. The picture of a house
iii. The picture of a school
iv. The picture of three girls

c) Who is the big girl mentioned here?

i. The poet
ii. The poet’s mother
iii. The poet’s relative
iv. The poet’s daughter

Q6. Read the extract given below and answer any two extracts out of three that
follow: (6x1= 6)

(i) Since the discovery of his tomb in 1922, the modern world has speculated
about what happened to him, with murder being the most extreme
possibility. Now, leaving his tomb for the first time in almost 80 years, Tut
has undergone a CT scan that offers new clues about his life and death-
and provides precise date for an accurate forensic reconstruction of the
boyish pharaoh.

a) Who is the author if the chapter?

i. Gordon Cook
ii. Ted Hughes
iii. AR William
iv. Alan East

b) Why CT scan was being done on Tut’s mummy?

i. to know about his health
ii. to know about his life and death
iii. to know about his wealth
iv. to know about his lineage

c) Prior to the CT scan mentioned in the extract, how many times Tut has
 undergone CT scan?
i. once
ii. never
iii. twice
iv. thrice

(ii) In 1972 the world’s first nationwide Green party was founded in New
Zealand. Since then, the movement has not looked back. We have
shifted- one hopes, irrevocably- from the mechanistic view to a holistic
and ecological view of the world. It is a shift in human perceptions as
revolutionary as that introduced by Copernicus who taught mankind in
the sixteenth century that the earth and the other planets revolved
around the sun.

a) In which country Green Revolution was first started at a national

level?
i) India
ii) England
iii) New Jersey
iv) New Zealand

b) What does the author mean by ‘…has not looked back’.

i) has not seen the previous station
ii) has progressed further
iii) has always looked on the front
iv) has not looked side ways

c) Who is the author of the above chapter?

i) Nathalie Trouveroy
ii) Walt Whitman
iii) Nani Palkhivala
iv) Brinda Suri

(iii) Hoshalli is our village. You must have heard of it. No? What a pity!
But it is not your fault. There is no mention of it in any geography
book. Those sahibs in England, writing in English, probably, do not
know that such a place exists, and so make no mention of it. Our own
people too forget about it. You know how it is- they are like a flock of
sheep. One sheep walks into a pit, the rest blindly follow it.

a) Does author expect people to know about his village?

i) yes
ii) no
iii) maybe
iv) none

b) Who is being referred to as ‘our own people’?

i) English sahibs
 ii) People of Hosahalli
iii) People of India
iv) Both (ii) and (iii)

c) According to the extract, in which language, books of geography were

written?
i) English
ii) Hindi
iii) Kannada
iv) Tamil

Q7. Answer any five MCQ questions out of six from the questions that follow:
(5x1= 5)

a) Who is the author of ‘The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse’?

i) AJ Cronin
ii) William Wordsworth
iii) William Hardy
iv) William Saroyan

b) What is the poem ‘Childhood’ about?

i) Poet’s lost childhood
ii) Childhood of every person
iii) Childhood of poet’s child
iv) Poet’s father’s childhood

c) What is the first thing that Dorris does as soon as she enters the house?
i) Asks her mother to give her tea
ii) Asks her mother to cook
iii) Asks her mother to iron her yellow silk
iv) Asks her mother to stop drinking stout

d) Who is the author of ‘Birth’?

i) A. J. Cronin
ii) J.B. Priestley
iii) Andrew Manson
iv) Edward Page

e) “Her face gave absolutely no sign of recognition” Who is her?

i) Mrs. S
ii) Mrs. Dorling’s daughter
iii) Mrs. Dorling
iv) Mrs. S’s daughter

f) Who did the Tang emperor Xuangzong commission to decorate a wall in the
palace?
i) Axi Xiami
ii) Viu Quizi
iii) Wu Daozi
iv) Wu Shawmi
 PART B

READING

Q1. Read the passage given below:

1. Well-being is not just the absence of disease or illness. It is a complex combination

of a person’s physical, mental, emotional and social health factors. Well-being is
strongly linked to happiness and life satisfaction. In short, it could be described as
how one feels about oneself and one’s life. Every aspect of one’s life influences the
state of one’s well-being. Researchers investigating happiness have found the
following factors which enhance a person’s well-being : network of close friends,
enjoyable and fulfilling career, enough money, regular exercise, nutritious diet,
sufficient sleep, fun hobbies and leisure pursuits, healthy self-esteem, optimistic
outlook and so on.

2. The factors that influence one’s well-being are interrelated. For example, a job
provides not just money but purpose, goals, friendships and a sense of belonging.
Some factors also make up for the lack of others; for example, a good marriage can
compensate for a lack of friendship, while religious beliefs may help a person to
accept physical illness. Money is linked to well-being, because having enough money
improves living conditions and increases social status. But various international
studies have shown that it is the quality of our personal relationships, not the size of
our bank balance, which has the greatest effect on our state of well-being. Believing
that money is the key to happiness can also harm a person’s well-being.

3. Understanding the well-being of the population is very important. Measuring well-

being, however, in a population is difficult because the interpretation of well-being is
so subjective — how one feels about peoples’ lives largely depends on the way one
sees it. Like the saying goes: ‘one person’s problem is another person’s challenge.’

4. Keeping track of a population’s well-being helps governments to decide on

particular policies. It also acts as an indicator for various population trends. For
example, knowing the average weekly income of a population helps to set the
‘poverty line’, which may then influence decisions on social welfare reforms. Well-
being can be achieved through a variety of means. Some are as follows : developing
and maintaining strong relationships with family and friends, making regular time
available for social contact, trying to find work that is enjoyable and rewarding, rather
than just working for the best pay, eating healthy, nutritious foods, doing regular
physical activity, involving oneself in activities that interest the people, joining in
local organisations or clubs that appeal, setting achievable goals and working towards
them and trying to be optimistic and enjoying each day.

(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes in about
200-250 words on it using recognizable abbreviations (minimum four),
wherever necessary. Use a format you consider suitable. Give it a suitable
title also. (5)
 (b) Write a summary of the above passage in about 50 words. (3)

WRITING

Q2. As the librarian of your school, write a notice in not more than 50 words,
informing the students of the penalty for losing or damaging the books issued to
them. (3)

OR

You are Mohit of St. Andrews School, Mohali. As the Cultural Secretary of your
school, draft a notice for your school notice board inviting names for the
excursion trip to Goa, planned in the last week of June. Provide all relevant
details in not more than 50 words. (3)

Q3. Draft a poster on ‘SAVE THE EARTH’ in not more than 50 words on behalf
of the Pollution Control Borad, Dausa. (3)

OR

Imagine a career counseling session is being organized by Mr. KK Iyer in JW

Marriot, Mumbai. Draft a poster in 50 words for the same. (3)

Q4. Ashley, a class XI student of D 16, Queens Road, Chandigarh, desires to be

a Fashion Designer. She writes to the National Institute of Fashion Technology,
Mumbai seeking information about their courses, admission procedure,
eligibility criteria, fee structure, placement opportunities etc. Write her letter in
120-150 words only. (5)

OR

You are Laxmi/ Laxman, Music Teacher of Oxford School, Vikaspuri Delhi.
Write a letter to the Sales Manager of TK Musical Ltd. Janakpuri, placing an
order for musical instruments that your wish to purchase for your school. Write
the letter in 120-150 words only. (5)

Q5. You are Rex of class XI. Your teacher has asked you to deliver a speech on
the topic. ‘Gender Equality’, in the Pride Month of July. Write the speech in not
more than 120-150 words. (5)

OR

Write a speech in not more than 120-150 words on hazards of junk food to be
delivered in the morning assembly of your school. (5)

Literature
Q6. Answer any two out of four questions in 30-40 words. (2x2= 4)

i) Give a pen picture of narrator’s grandfather as he appeared in the portrait.

ii) Give a brief description of the narrator’s boat. How had the narrator
equipped and tested it?
iii) Which evidence proves the burial of Tut in March or April?
iv) What happened when Wu Daozi clapped his hands?

Q7. Answer any one out of two questions in 40-50 words. (1x2= 2)

i) What are the unique traits of Garghlanian tribe?

ii) What last warning did Mrs. Fitzgerald give to Mrs. Pearson?

Q8. Answer any one out of two questions in 120-150 words. (1x5= 5)

i) Why does Nani Palkivala call all the earth ‘The Ailing Planet’? How can
the ailing planet survive?
ii) Crocker Harris does not appear on the screen yet we know much of him.
Explain.

Q9. Answer any one out of two questions in 120-150 words. (1x5= 5)

i) Describe the thoughts and feelings of Andrew Manson as he sat dozing by

the kitchen fire?
ii) Comment on the title of the story, ‘Ranga’s Marriage’.

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