ANEES HUSSAIN

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SINCE 1989

CLASS: XI |SUB: ENGLISH| BY: SIR KHALID KHAN | PREPARATION PAPER 2021-2022
Section ‘A’
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) 40 Marks
Section ‘B’
(Short Questions and Answers) 40 Marks
Q. No. 02: Answer the following Questions briefly.
SUB SECTION-I (INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH BOOK-I)
Pakistan Zindabad:
1. Why does the writer apply the word ‘Terrible’ to the first year of Pakistan’s independence?
2. How was the acronym of Pakistan made?
3. When are where did Pakistan Resolution passed? What did it decide?
4. What was the feeling of Quaid-e-Azam when he came to Karachi on 7th, August, 1947?
5. What did Quaid-e-Azam tell his people few days after he landed in Karachi?
6. How did people receive their Quaid in Karachi on 7th August, 1947?
7. Why did Kashmir not join Pakistan?
The United Nations:
8. What are the difference between General assembly and Security Council?
9. What is the manifesto or aim of the United Nations?
10.What is UN day? What do we do on that day?
11.Who is the chief officer of the UNO? What is his duty?
12.What is function of UNESCO, FAO, WHO, UNICEF?
13.What do the initials W.H.O stand for, and what is the function of this organization?
The Birkenhead Drill:
14.Describe the heroic action that took place after the Birkenhead went down?
15.What was the Birkenhead? Where was it going? How was it destroyed?
16. What would probably have happened if there had been a panic?
My Bank Account:
17.Why was there a roar of laughter when the author left the bank?
18.Why did the author go to the bank?
19.What mistake was made by the author when he wrote a cheque?
The Wolves of Cernogratz:
20. What was the real story related to the castle of Cernogratz?
21.Who was Conrad? And what did Conrad ask his sister?
22.What was the rational explanation of these strange events?
Science & Scientist:
23. What is meant by scientific and unscientific work?
Science & Society:
24.How does F. Sherwood Taylor define the term ‘science’?
25.What do you know about the universality of science and mathematics?
The Hostile Witness:
26.What crime had been committed in new Castle in the afternoon?
27.Why did Manning never believe that the king was the murderer?

SUB SECTION-II (SELECTION FROM ENGLISH VERSES: PART-I)

Under the Greenwood Tree:
1. What are the philosophical idea behind the poem, “Under the Greenwood Tree”?
2. What kind of people are invited for living in “under the Greenwood tree”?
The Character of a Happy Life:
3. Why are the qualities of a happy man in the poem, ‘The character of happy life’?

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ANEES HUSSAIN
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SINCE 1989
CLASS: XI |SUB: ENGLISH| BY: SIR KHALID KHAN | PREPARATION PAPER 2021-2022
The Abbot of Canterbury:
4. What three questions were asked to Abbot by king John of England?
5. Describe the answers given by the shepherded to King John in the poem “The Abbot of Canterbury”.
6. Who was King John? Why was he hostile to the Abbot?
7. Why was King John jealous of Abbot?
Lines from the deserted village:
8. How did the villagers enjoy holiday before the village was deserted?
9. What, in brief, were Goldsmith’s views on ruin of such a village as Auburn?
Lucy Gray:
10. What do the people think about Lucy Gray after her tragic death?
11. Who was Lucy Gray? What happened to her? /How did she die? / Describe the tragic death/story of Lucy?
Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge:
12. Whose soul is dull according to William Wordsworth?
13. How does Wordsworth appreciate the beauty of London in his poem “Sonnet composed upon
Westminster Bridge?
14. What is a sonnet?
Lines from the lay of the last minstrel:
15. What is the moral of the story “Lines from the lay of the last Minstrel?”
16. How does an unpatriotic person meet double death?
17. What were the penalties on a person who in unpatriotic?
18. What does the poet mean by ‘doubly dying’?
The Incident of French Camp:
19. What was Napoleon doing when his troops stormed Ratisbon? OR message of the poem.
20. Why did the chief’s eyes flash in the poem?
The Toys:
21. What pray did the poet ask God at night in the poem ‘The Toys?
22. How did the little child get himself consoled?
23. Explain in your own words what religious lesson Coventry Patmore drew from the Incident of “The
Toys”?
Abou Ben Adhem:
24. What moral do we get from the poem “Abu Ben Adhem”? How did Ben Adhem receive God’s love?
25. Why was the name of Abou Ben Adhem on the top of the list?

SUB SECTION-III (TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS)

(The Count’s Revenge)
1. What were the views of the Monte Cristo about duels?
2. Why and from whom did the Count of Monte Cristo want to take revenge?
3. Why did Albert decide not to fight a duel with the count of Monte Cristo? And how do you define a
“Second”?
4. Why did the Count of Monte Cristo drop the idea of killing Albert in the duel?
5. What were the chargers against the Count of Morcerf? How were the justified?
6. How did the Count of Monte Cristo take revenge?
7. What did the Countess of Morcerf do to save her son’s life?
8. Why did the Countess of Morcerf visit the house of the Count of Monte Cristo?
9. What does the Count of Morcerf say when the Count of Monte Cristo discloses his identity?
(Progress)
1. Give brief character sketch Mrs. Meldon or Prof Henry Corrie
2. Who was Eddie and how was he killed?
3. How was Corrie going to revolutionize the warfare?
4. What did she discover on the 3rd death anniversary of her son’s death?
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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SINCE 1989
CLASS: XI |SUB: ENGLISH| BY: SIR KHALID KHAN | PREPARATION PAPER 2021-2022
5. What is Corrie’s invention and how it works?
6. Why does Mrs. Meldon’s call ‘War is an organized butchery of boys?
7. Do you think that Mrs. Meldon is justified in killing her brother?
8. What opinion does Prof Henry Corrie hold about woman?
9. Why did Mrs. Meldon kill her merely brother?
10. Do you agree that Professor Henry Corrie was highly patriotic?
SUB SECTION-IV (GRAMMARS)
1. Correct the errors, omissions of VERBS, PREPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES.
2. Use any three of the following PAIRS OF WORDS in your own sentences.
3. Write the MEANING of any five of the following WORDS OR PHRASES:
Section ‘C’
(Detailed Questions and Answers) 20 Marks
Note: Answer any TWO questions from this section, all questions carry equal marks.
Q. No. 03: Write a letter to the editor of the newspaper complaining against Shortage Supply Of
Water
OR
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper regarding the increasing menace of street crimes in
Karachi.
OR
Write a Letter to the editor about insanitary conditions of city.
Write a story based on the moral
a) Honesty is the Best Policy b) Union is Strength c) Pride Hath a Fall d) Greed is Curse
Q. No. 04: Write an Essay any one of the topic.
a) Covid-19 Pandemic and its effect b) Smartphone a Blessing or a Curse c) Social Media
d) PSL 2022 e) Street crimes in Karachi f) Importance of Online Education
Q. No. 05: Translations

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