KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAAN , JAIPUR REGION

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION : 2023-24

CLASS – XI
SUBJECT: ENGLISH CORE(301)
TIME- 3 HRS.MAX MARKS -80
BLUE PRINT
SECTION DESCRIPTION QUESTION No of MARKS TOTAL
S Questions MARKS
TYPE
1.One Unseen Passage (Factual, MCQ 10 1x10=10
Descriptive or Literary) /Objective
2. One Unseen Case-based factual MCQ 8 1x8=8
READING passage /Objective 26
SKILLS 3. Note making & Summarization LA 1 5+3=8 Marks
based on a passage SA 1
GRAMMAR 4. Gap filling (Tenses/Clauses) MCQ 3 1X3=3
& 5. Re-ordering /Transformation of MCQ/VSA 4 1X4=4 23
sentences ( four out of five) Marks
CREATIVE
6. Classified Advertisements ( One SA 1 3
WRITING out of two) (50Words)
SKILLS 7. Poster ( One out of two)(50Words) SA 1 3
8. Speech ( One out of two) LA 1 5
(120-150Words)
9.Debate( One out of two) LA 1 5
(120-150Words)
10. One poetry extract out of two from MCQ/VSA 3 1x3=3
Hornbill 31
11. One prose extract out of two from MCQ/VSA 3 1x3=3 Marks
Hornbill
12. One prose extract out of two from MCQ/VSA 4 1x4=4
LITERATURE Snapshots
13.Two Short answer type questions SA 2 3x2=6
(one from Prose and one from Poetry,
from thebook Hornbill), outof four, to
be answered in 40-50 words
14.OneShort answer type out of two SA 1 3
question, from the book Snapshots,
to be answered in 40- 50words
15.One Long answer type out of two LA 1 6
question, from Prose/Poetry of
Hornbill, to be answered in120-150
words
16.One Long answer type question LA 1 6
out of two, based on the chapters
from the book Snapshots,to be
answered in 120-150 word
GRAND TOTAL 80
Marks
Syllabus:- Up to 31-10-2023 as per KVS RO Jaipur Split-up
Reading Section Reading Comprehension Passage
Note Making & Summarization
Grammar & Writing Section 1.Short writing task – Classified
Advertisements, up to 50 words.
2.Short writing task –Poster up to 50 words.
3. Long Writing task: Speech in 120-150
words.
4. Long Writing Task: Debate based on
visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words.

Literature Section Hornbill:

•The Portrait of a Lady (Prose)
•A Photograph (Poem)
•“We’re Not Afraid to Die… if We Can be Together
•Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
•The Laburnum Top (Poem)
*The Voice of the Rain (Poem)
•Childhood (Poem)
*The Adventure
Snapshots:
• The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (Prose)
• The Address (Prose)
• Mother’s Day (Play)
• Birth ( Prose)