English Comprehension, Creative Writing and Grammar Test Class 11

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1. Read the passage given below. (10)

1. Roshni Bairwa remembers running all the way from her home in Tonk’s
Mahmoodnagar Dhani village to the room where the ‘bal samooh’ (children’s
group) met. “My grandparents are getting me married, you have to do
something,” the then 12-year-old told the 20 or so children sitting there.

2. The children, all aged between eight and 16, trooped up to Roshni’s house
and urged her grandparents to stop the impending wedding. Others, including
village elders and teachers, joined in. The wedding was stopped. She had
discovered a way out of the quagmire with the help of a local NGO and the
village children.

3. When she was in class XII, the pressure to get married returned. This time
her uncle found a match for her. When she resisted, she was taunted and
beaten. People would point to her as the girl who brought shame to her family
and asked their children not to speak to her. “I was 16 years old and alone in
the world. I walked to school with my eyes fixed to the ground. I would think
sometimes, what have I done that is so terrible for everyone to hate me so
much?

I would cry myself to sleep,” recalls Roshni, who lost her father when she was
two and had been abandoned by her mother shortly after. But even in those
dark moments, Roshni didn’t give up, moving out of the village to Peeplu
tehsil in Rajasthan where she rented a room and attended college.

4. With education and independence came a sense of confidence. “I kept in

touch with the children in the village. Every time there was child marriage,
they would call me and I would go to stop it. I realised I had already been
thrown out of the village, the worst had already happened, what else could the
villagers do? So I went and fought with everyone who was getting their child
married,” she says with a laugh. So far she has stopped over a dozen
marriages.

5. Even without the support of the law, young girls have been crusading
against the practice. Earlier this month, 19-year-old Sushila Bishnoi from
Barmer succeeded in getting her marriage annulled, submitting photographs,
and congratulatory messages from her husband’s Facebook account to the
court. The court accepted these as evidence that the union took place when
both the bride and groom were 12 years old and declared the marriage
invalid.
6. Seema Bairwal (name changed) was 15 when she was married to a man a
few years older. Later when she started attending ‘bal samooh’ meetings with
NGO Shiv Shiksha Samiti and Save the Children, it dawned on her that she
had a choice. “I learnt that my life is mine. I have the power to say no to
marriage.

1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following
questions by choosing the best of the given choices.

Question (a)
The brides mentioned in the passage are rebels against
(i) the dowry system
(ii) child marriage
(iii) purdah system
(iv) arranged manages

Question (b)
When Roshni was twelve years old, she succeeded in her mission with the
help of …………
(i) 20 children aged between eight and sixteen
(ii) her grandparents
(iii) 20 children, her grandparents, village elders and teachers
(iv) children and an NGO

Question (c)
When she Wps sixteen the people of the village …………………..
(i) taunted her and beat her up
(ii) boycotted her
(iii) were angry with her
(iv) were sympathetic and understanding

Question (d)
Roshni moved out of the village in order to
(i) seek a job
(ii) escape the villagers
(iii) attend college
(iv) marry a boy of her choice

Question (e)
‘Give up’ in para 3 means
(i) stop attending classes
(ii) stop doing something
(iii) very eager
(iv) voluntary help
 Question (f)
‘Annulled’ in para 5 means
(i) To state officially that something is not legally valid
(ii) Help somebody
(iii) impending doom
(iv) social works

1.2 Answer the following.

(a) The children, all aged between eight and 16, trapped to …………….. and
urged her grandparents to stop the impending wedding.
(b) Roshni lost her father when she was only ……………. years old.
(c) Education and independence made Roshni confident. [True/False]
(d) ‘Bal Samooh’ meetings with NGO Shiv Shiksha Samiti and ‘Save the
Children’ encouraged
child marriage. [True/False]

1.3 Find words/expressions from the passage that have a meaning similar to
the following.

(a) about to happen soon (paragraph 2)

(b) realised (paragraph 6)

Question 2. Write a letter to the Principal of your school requesting him/

her to improve facilities in the school canteen. (8)
Question3. You are Mukul / Mahima of Alps Public School. Your school has
organized a debate on "Social Media and It’s Effects" and you will be
participating in your school. Prepare your views against or in favour of the
motion. (150-200 words) (10)
Question 4. Read the passage given below:

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making a difference to how legal work is done, but
it isn’t the threat it is made out to be. AI is making impressive progress and
shaking up things all over the world today. The assumption that
advancements in technology and artificial intelligence will render any
profession defunct is just that, an assumption and a false one. The only
purpose this assumption serves is creating mass panic and hostility towards
embracing technology that is meant to make our lives easier.
Let us understand what this means explicitly for the legal world. The ambit of
AI includes recognizing human speech and objects, making decisions based
on data, and translating languages. Tasks that can be defined as ‘search-and-
find’ type can be performed by AI.
Introducing AI to this profession will primarily be for the purpose of automating
mundane, tedious tasks that require negligible human intelligence. The kind of
artificial intelligence that is employed by industries in the current scene, when
extended to the law will enable quicker services at a lower price. AI is meant
to automate a number of tasks that take up precious working hours lawyers
could be devoted to tasks that require discerning, empathy, and trust-
qualities that cannot be replicated by even the most sophisticated form of AI.
The legal profession is one of the oldest professions in the world. Thriving
over 1000 years; trust, judgement, and diligence are the pillars of this
profession. The most important pillar is the relationship of trust between a
lawyer and clients, which can only be achieved through human connection
and interaction.

While artificial intelligence can be useful in scanning and organizing

documents pertaining to a case, it cannot perform higher-level tasks such as
sharp decisionmaking, relationship-building with valuable clients and writing
legal briefs, advising clients, and appearing in court. These are over and
above the realm of computerization.

The smooth proceeding of a case is not possible without sound legal

research. While presenting cases lawyers need to assimilate information in
the form of legal research by referring to a number of relevant cases to find
those that will favour their client’s motion. Lawyers are even required to
thoroughly know the opposing stand and supporting legal arguments they can
expect to prepare a watertight defence strategy. AI, software that operates on
natural language enables electronic discovery of information relevant to a
case, contract reviews, and automation generation of legal documents.

AI utilizes big-data analytics which enables visualization of case data. It also

allows for creation of a map of the cases which were cited in previous cases
and their resulting verdicts, as per the website Towards Data Science. The
probability of a positive outcome of a case can be predicted by leveraging
predictive analytics with machine learning. This is advantageous to firms as
they can determine the return on investment in litigation and whether an
agreement or arbitration should be considered.

(a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make

notes on it using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable
abbreviations (wherever necessary- minimum four) and a format you
consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it. (5)

(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. (3)

Question 5. Rearrange the Jumbled Words into a Meaningful Sentences (6)

(a) the / sparrow / from / city / it / disappeared / house / has / seems / common /
the / that
(b) factors / and / pollution / herbs / native / important / the / responsible / are /
loss / shrubs / of / and

(c) to / the popularity / every corner / junk food / has led / of eating / joints /
around / of / the / opening
(d) believed in / people of India / the sacredness of / have traditionally / wildlife

(e) it / is / life / we / what / make

(f) age / of / at / five I a I years / child / not / much / does / understand

Question 6. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of present tense from those
given in brackets. (10)

1. I am attempting the Civil Services exam coming up, so I ………………. (am/is)

studying hard these days.
2. My grandmother ………………. (carries/carrying) a walking stick when she
goes out for a walk.
3. Shashi isn’t at home. She ………………. (is/are) out shopping with our father.
4. Can you speak louder please, I ………………. (am not/cannot) hear you.
5. My widower uncle often ………………. (coming/comes) to our house for lunch
on Sundays.
6. Since he changed his job, he ………………. (found/has found) more time to
relax and enjoy his hobby.
7. I feel proud of my team as it ………………. (performed/has performed) very
well.
8. Look! They ………………. (gossip and while away/are gossiping and whiling
away) their time.
9. An apple a day ………………. (keeps/is keeping) the doctor away.
10. By profession, an artist ………………. (creates/is creating) a picture whereas
an author ………………. (writes/is writing) a book.

Question 7. Fill in the blanks in the telephone conversation given below

with the correct present tense form of the verb given in brackets.
(8)

Sameer : Savita! How (a) ………………. (be) you? This is Sameer.

Savita: Ahhh……Sameer! I (b) ………………. (be) fine. How are you?
Sameer: I’m great, thanks.
Savita: That (c) ………………. (be) good. So, what’s up?
Sameer: Well, I (d) ………………. (has) a problem for you to solve.
Savita: Sure, just say it.
Sameer: My motorcycle (e) ………………. (be) defective. I (f) ………………. (try)
 to repair it for days. I (g) ………………. (not, know) what is wrong with it. I (h)
………………. (no, can, fix) it.

Question 8. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners:

(5)

1. There was ………….. accident near …………. central market this

morning. ………….. car hit ………….. scooter and ………….. man
on ………….. scooter was killed.
2. …………..postman put ………….. letter under ………….. front door
just ………….. hour after you had left.
3. A cup of tea may seem ………….. ordinary thing to ………….. of us in
India. But drinking tea is ………….. ritual which is taken very seriously
in ………….. Japanese homes.
4. ………….. king fought bravely but he was defeated by …………..
enemies. ………….. defeated warrior left ………….. battlefield and hid
in ………….. is cave.
5. ………….. people came to ………….. site where the revolutionary
general was to be hanged. When asked if he
had ………….. desire, ………….. smile ran on ………….. dry Ups and
he nodded his head.

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