KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN,

BANGALORE REGION

HALF YEARY EXAMINATION – 2023-24 -BLUE PRINT

CLASS XI – ENGLISH CORE (301) TIME: 3HRS MM: 80

TYPOLOG Testing Question Type MCQ VERY SHORT SHORT Very Long MARKS
Y competencies/ Q NO 1 mark Short Answer Answer answer
learning Answer TYPE TYPE TYPE 120-
outcomes TYPE 3 5 MARKS 150 words
1 MARKS MARKS 6 MARKS
READING Conceptual Q1 One unseen passage- 5 5 10
SKILLS understanding, The passage may be
decoding factual, descriptive or
26-Marks analyzing, literary.
inferring, Q2 One unseen case-based 4 4 8
critical factual passage with
thinking and verbal/visual inputs like
vocabulary. statistical data, charts
etc.
Q3 (a) Note making 1 8
Q3(b) Summarizing/ Abstract 1
writing
CREATIVE Expressing an Q4 Gap filling (Tenses, 2 2 4
WRITING opinion Clauses)
AND reasoning, Q5 re-ordering/ 3 3
GRAMMAR justifying transformation of
illustrating,
appropriacy of
sentences
23-Marks
style and tone, Q6 – Classified 1 3
using Advertisements,
appropriate Q7 Poster making 1 3
format, applying Q8 Speech Writing 1 5
conventions, Q9 Debate Writing 1 5
using integrated
structures,
accuracy and
fluency
LITERATU Recalling, Q10 One Poetry extract out 1 2 3
RE TEXT reasoning, of two, from Hornbill,
AND applying Q11 One Prose extract out of 2 1 3
EXTENDE literary two, from Hornbill,
D conventions, Q12 One prose extract out of 2 2 4
READING extrapolating, two, from Snapshots
TEXT identifying Q13 Two Short answer type 2 6
central questions (one from
31-Marks themes, Prose and one from
illustrating, Poetry, from the book
justifying etc. Hornbill), out of four,
Q14 One Short answer type 1 3
question, from the book
Snapshots
Q15 One Long answer type 1 6
question, from
Prose/Poetry of
Hornbill
Q16 One Long answer type 1 6
question, based on the
chapters Snapshots
TOTAL 16*1=16 19*1=19 6 *3 = 18 3 *5 = 15 2*6=12 80

Section Competencies Total marks

Reading Skills Conceptual understanding, decoding, Analyzing, 26
inferring, interpreting, appreciating, literary,
conventions and vocabulary, summarizing and using
appropriate format/s.
Grammar and Conceptual Understanding, application of rules, 23
Creative Writing Analysis, Reasoning, appropriacy of style and tone,
Skills using appropriate format and fluency, inference,
analysis, evaluation and creativity.
Literature Text Recalling, reasoning, appreciating literary 31
Book and convention, inference, analysis, creativity with
Supplementary fluency, Critical Thinking
Reading Text
TOTAL 80