TRITON SS & COLLEGE c. To prohibit or discourage from doing something freely…………….

MODEL QUESTIONS 2081 d. Orderly, logical and consistent…………..

Grade: XI Faculty: Management/Law e. An unreadable handwriting…………..
Subject: English Set: 1 B. Answer the given questions in short: [5x1=5]
a. Why is free writing also called automatic writing?
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as
b. What does “free writing” is like writing something and putting it in a
practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
bottle in the sea mean?
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: [15]
c. What are the problems of editing?
The most effective way I know to improve your writing is to do free writing
d. How can a teacherless class help you?
exercises regularly. They are sometimes called “automatic writing,”
e. How is free writing going to help you?
“babbling,” exercises. The idea is simply to write constantly without
C. Fill in the spaces with the suitable words from the given passage.
stopping, never stop to cross something or to think about what you are
[5x1=5]
doing. If you can’t think of a word or a spelling, just use a squiggle.
a. Everybody interposes a ………………series of editing.
Free writing is important. It is like writing something and putting it in a
b. Think of the difference between…………………
bottle in the sea, suggesting that we don’t need to worry about what we
c. The idea is simply to write ………………….
have written. The class having a teacher helps your writing improve by
d. Because our schools make us ………….with the mistakes.
giving feedback and free writing without a teacher helps you write anyway
e. You’ll begin to ………your regular writing about some of the voices.
you like with no feedback at all. Free writing may seem crazy but actually
2. Give short answers to the following questions: [5x2=10]
it makes simple sense. Think of the difference between speaking and
a. How did the giant realize his mistake? (The selfish Giant)
writing. Writing has the advantage of permitting more editing. But that’s
b. What are the two things that the poet compares his love with? (A Red,
its downfall too. Almost everybody interposes a massive and complicated
Red Rose)
series of editing before the words start to exist into consciousness and when
c. What positive changes have occurred on earth after the speaker’s visit?
they finally come at the tip of the pencil. This is partly because our schools
(Corona Says)
make us obsessed with the “mistakes.”
d. “The Oval Portrait” suggests that the woman’s beauty condemns her to
Editing, in itself, is not the problem. Editing is usually necessary if we want
death. Discuss. (The Oval portrait)
to end up with something satisfactory. The problem is that editing goes on
e. In what senses are we the players in the world stage? (All the World's
at the same time as producing. The editor is constantly fiddling with what
a Stage)
he’s doing while he’s in the middle of trying to do it. No wonder, the
3. Answer these questions: [2x5=10]
producer gets nervous, jumpy, inhibited, and finally can’t be coherent. The
a. What does the slogan "Stay hungry; stay foolish" mean to you. Explain
main thing about free writing is that it is none-editing. It is an exercise in
and relate it with 'Sharing Tradition'.
bringing together the process of producing words and putting them down
b. Discuss the symbolism used in the play “Trifles.”
on the page. Practiced regularly, it undoes the ingrained habit of editing at
4. Write an Email to your friend living abroad stating how education
the same time you are trying to produce. It will make writing less blocked
empowers a person. [7]
because words will come more easily.
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media? [8]
Free writings are vacuums. Gradually you will begin to carry over your
6. Write a letter to your friend describing your town /village. Mention
regular writing about some of the voices, forces, and connectedness that
what they can do/can’t do as tourists during their stay. [10]
creep into those vacuums.
7. Do as instructed: [10]
A. Pick out a word from the given passage that explains the given
a) Sarita was shocking/shocked to hear about earthquake.
definition: [5x1=5]
(Choose the correct option)
a. Foolish, idle or nonsensical talk or chatter…………
b. To be or come between………..
 b) I have never been to Japan (Identify the word class of underlined edifices, and a regular grid pattern of streets and buildings. Clearly, much
Words) planning and central control were involved in the expansion and ordering
c) My brother speaks fluently English. (Place the adverb ‘Fluently’ in of this great metropolitan city. Moreover, the city had economic and
apporopriate position) perhaps religious contacts with most parts of Mesoamerica, the modern
d) Everyone ……………(has/have) problems in their life. (Place the Central America and Mexico.
correct option) How did this tremendous development take place, and why did it happen
e) The dog barked loudly. (Identify the type of underline verb) in the Teotihuacán Valley? Among the main factors are Teotihuacán's
f) Playing the stock market is exciting. It can be risky (Correct the geographic location on a natural trade route to the south and east of the
sentence using connectives ‘however’) Valley of Mexico, the obsidian¹ resources in the Teotihuacán Valley itself,
g) Dublin is my favorite city. It is the capital of Ireland. (Join the and the valley's potential for extensive irrigation. The exact role of other
sentences using relative pronoun) factors is much more difficult to pinpoint — for instance, Teotihuacán's
h) You don’t have a mobile phone (You need one) (Express you wish religious significance as a temple, the historical situation in and around the
using I wish/ if only) Valley of Mexico toward the end of the first millennium B.C., the
i) My sister / play tennis when she was at school. (use ‘used to’ in the ingenuity and foresightedness of Teotihuacán's elite, and, finally, the
given sentence) impact of natural disasters, such as the volcanic eruptions of the late first
j) Police protect the team (Convert into passive) millennium B.C.
8. Do as Instructed: [5] This last factor is at least circumstantially implicated in Teotihuacán's rise.
a) What does sth and sb stand for in dictionary. Prior to 200 B.C., a number of relatively small centers coexisted in and
b) Does the television ………….. children? (affect /effect) near the Valley of Mexico. Around this time, the largest of these centers,
c) Does Board of Examination. (Board and bored has same Cuicuilco was seriously affected by a volcanic eruption, as its major
pronunciation and different spelling and meaning. What is this word lifeline agricultural land were covered by lava. With Cuicuilco eliminated
called?) as a potential rival, any one of a number of relatively modest towns might
d) Arrange the following word in alphabetic order: have emerged as a leading economic and political power in Central
Channel, chanting, chair, child, chirp Mexico. The archaeological evidence clearly indicates, though, that
e) Make any two – two words with given suffix: ment Teotihuacán was the center that did arise as the predominant force in the
*** area by the first century A.D.
A. Answer the following questions by choosing the appropriate
TRITON SS & COLLEGE option: [5x1=5]
MODEL QUESTIONS 2081 a) In paragraph 1, each of the following is mentioned as a feature of
Grade: XI Faculty: Management/Law the city of Teotihuacán between A.D. 150 and 700 EXCEPT:
Subject: English Set: 2 i. Regularly arranged streets
ii. Several administrative centers spread across the city
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as
iii. Many workshops
practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
iv. Apartment complexes
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: [15]
b) Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 2 as a
The city of Teotihuacán, which lay about 50 kilometers northeast of
main factor in the development of Teotihuacán?
modern-day Mexico City, began its growth by 200 –100 B.C. At its height,
i. The presence of obsidian in the Teotihuacán Valley
between about A.D. 150 and 700, it probably had a population of more
ii. The potential for extensive irrigation of Teotihuacán Valley
than 125,000 people and covered at least 20 square kilometers. It had over
lands
2,000 apartment complexes, a great market, a large number of industrial
iii. A long period of volcanic inactivity in the Teotihuacán Valley
workshops, an administrative center, a number of massive religious
 iv. Teotihuacán's location on a natural trade route c) Explain the pun in ‘little i’ relating it with what the narrator is doing.
c) What can be inferred from paragraph 3 about Cuicuilco prior to 200 (Who are you, little i?)
B.C.? d) Explain the line, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone
i. It was a fairly small city until that date. else’s life.” (How to Live Before Your Die)
ii. It was located outside the Valley of Mexico. e) Discuss how the play is built around humour and irony. (A Sunny
iii. It emerged rapidly as an economic and political center. Morning)
iv. Its economy relied heavily on agriculture. 3) Write long answers to the following questions. [2x5=10]
d) The word "ingenuity" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to: a) Simile and metaphor are the two major poetic devices used in this poem.
i. Ambition ii. Sincerity iii. Faith iv. Cleverness Explain it citing with examples for each. (All the World’s a Stage)
e) What is the main theme of the given essay? b) Which images and metaphors are used in the story and what do they
i. Rise of historical city of Teotihuacán indicate? (The Wish)
ii. Fall of historical city of Cuicuilco 4) Write a news article about different kinds of superstitions that exist in
iii. Study of the foresightedness of forefathers in Mesoamerica your community in no less than 250 words. Explain why even the well-
iv. Geographical location of ancient cities informed and well-educated people take superstitions as a way of life.
B. Answer the following questions in brief [5x1=5] [7]
a. What two major factors resulted on the tremendous growth of 5) Suppose you are the secretary of the national innovation center (NIC),
Teotihuacán? Nepal and an innovator from a foreign country had a talk with its
b. In what era did the city of Teotihuacán’s meet its height? chairperson, Mahabir Pun about bilateral cooperation. Write a press
c. What was clear about the expansion and ordering of the grand release statement. [8]
metropolis? 6) What kind of social evils like ‘racial or caste-based discriminations’ are
d. What destroyed the Cuicuilco and when was it destroyed? you aware of? Explain with examples. [10]
e. Find word from the passage which is similar in meaning; 7. Do as instructed: [10]
i. The quality of being clever, original, and inventive. a) Are you believing in God? (Correct the given sentences)
C. Complete the following sentences in NOT MORE THAN FOUR b) I think you ………. Learn English to enroll a university course.
WORDS. [5x1=5] (should / had better)
a. With Cuicuilco eliminated as a potential rival, any one of a number of c) It was raining. We still went to the park. (Connect the sentences using
relatively modest towns might have emerged as a leading economic ‘in spite of’ )
and political …………………….. d) The early 1960s, …………… the Beatles first started, was a very
b. The largest of these centers, Cuicuilco was seriously affected by …… exciting time in pop culture.
c. Teotihuacán had …………… apartment complexes, a great market, a e) You are feeling sick. (Express you wish using ‘I wish’)
large number of industrial workshops, an administrative center among f) Mathew …………. Be at home. I can see his bike in front of his
others. home. (Use correct form of verb)
d. the city had economic and perhaps religious contacts with most parts of g) She usually wears glasses. (Identify the words class of the underline
Mesoamerica, the modern ………………. words)
e. A number of relatively small centers coexisted in and near…….. h) My friend said, “Where are they staying?” (Convert into reported
2) Write short answers to the following questions. [5x2=10] speech)
a) What is the difference between oral tradition and literary tradition? i) Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. (Convert it into
(Sharing Tradition) passive voice)
b) Do you think the title of the story ‘Civil Peace’ itself is ironical? Explain j) I have to go to ………… bank today to deposit some money. (Use
with reference to the text. appropriate preposition)
8. Do as Instructed: [5] I would cry myself to sleep,” recalls Roshni, who lost her father when she
a) Add appropriated prefix to the given words. was two and had been abandoned by her mother shortly after. But even in
i) Development ii) Able those dark moments, Roshni didn’t give up, moving out of the village to
b) Make sentence with the given prepositional verb Peeplu tehsil in Rajasthan where she rented a room and attended college.
i) Argue about With education and independence came a sense of confidence. “I kept in
c) He is good looking and gentle man. (Identify the conjunction in the touch with the children in the village. Every time there was child marriage,
given sentences) they would call me and I would go to stop it. I realised I had already been
d) Convert the given words into an adjective or an adverb thrown out of the village, the worst had already happened, what else could
i) Final ii) Moody the villagers do? So I went and fought with everyone who was getting their
e) What does the idom “Once in a blue moon “mean? child married,” she says with a laugh. So far she has stopped over a dozen
i) Change something ii) A score zero marriages.
iii) Rarely iv) To fight with great ferocity 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
TRITON SS & COLLEGE photographs, and congratulatory messages from her husband’s Facebook
MODEL QUESTIONS 2081 account to the court. The court accepted these as evidences that the union
Grade: XI Faculty: Management/Law took place when both the bride and groom were 12 years old and declared
Subject: English Set: 3 the marriage invalid.
Seema Bairwal (name changed) was 15 when she was married to a man a
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as
few years older. Later when she started attending ‘bal samooh’ meetings
practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
with NGO Shiv Shiksha Samiti and Save the Children, it dawned on her
Attempt all questions
that she had a choice. “I learnt that my life is mine. I have the power to say
1. Read the passage given below. [15]
no to marriage.
Roshni Bairwa remembers running all the way from her home in Tonk’s
A. Choose the best options from the given choices. [5x1=5]
Mahmoodnagar Dhani village to the room where the ‘bal samooh’
(a) The brides mentioned in the passage are rebels against
(children’s group) met. “My grandparents are getting me married, you have
(i) the dowry system (ii) child marriage
to do something,” the then 12-year-old told the 20 or so children sitting
(iii) purdah system (iv) arrange marriage
there.
(b) When Roshni was twelve years old, she succeeded in her
The children, all aged between eight and 16, trooped up to Roshni’s house
mission with the help of …………
and urged her grandparents to stop the impending wedding. Others,
(i) 20 children aged between eight and sixteen
including village elders and teachers, joined in. The wedding was stopped.
(ii) her grandparents
She had discovered a way out of the quagmire with the help of a local NGO
(iii) 20 children, her grandparents, village elders and teachers
and the village children.
(iv) children and an NGO
When she was in class XII, the pressure to get married returned. This time
(c) When she was sixteen the people of the village …………..
her uncle found a match for her. When she resisted, she was taunted and
(i) taunted her and beat her up
beaten. People would point to her as the girl who brought shame to her
(ii) boycotted her
family and asked their children not to speak to her. “I was 16 years old and
(iii) were angry with her
alone in the world. I walked to school with my eyes fixed to the ground. I
(iv) were sympathetic and understanding
would think sometimes, what have I done that is so terrible for everyone to
(d) Roshni moved out of the village in order to
hate me so much?
(i) seek a job (ii) escape the villagers
 (iii) attend college (iv) marry a boy of her choice a) The pair of shoes on the floor ………. (is / are) mine. (Choose the
(e) ‘Give up’ in para 3 means correct option)
(i) stop attending classes (ii) stop doing something b) A number of my friends …………. (Love / loves)
(iii) very eager (iv) voluntary help c) …………. I had a headache, I enjoyed the movie. (Put the correct
B. Answer the following questions: [5x1=5] connectives in the blank)
(a) What did Roshni remember about her childhood? d) You can’t play the guitar. (Express regret using ‘I wish’ or ‘If only’)
(b) Why did the children urge her grandparents when she was 12? e) Who is …………. Women in this photography? ( Write appropriate
(c) Why did she move to town? preposition in the blank)
(d) Why did she stay in touch with children of her village? f) That’s the house ……….. I was born (Fill in the blanks with correct
(e) ‘Annulled’ in para 5 means relative pronoun)
C. Write correct answer. [5x1=5] g) I think you …….. learn English to enroll a university courses. (Should
(a) Roshni lost her father when she was only ……………. years old. / had better ) (Place correct option in the blank)
(b) Education and independence made Roshni confident. [True/False] h) They destroyed the building. (Convert the sentences into passive)
(c) ‘Bal Samooh’ meetings with NGO Shiv Shiksha Samiti and ‘Save i) She said to me , “ We lived in China for five years” (Convert it into
the Children’ encouraged child marriage. [True/False] indirect speech )
(d) Find words/expressions from the passage that have a meaning similar j) The man who is wearing red scarf is stalking me. (Identify the word
to the following. class of underline word)
(i) about to happen soon (paragraph 2) 8. Do as Instructed: [5]
(ii) realised (paragraph 6) a) I cant ………….. the pain.
2. Answer in short. (5x2=10) i) Bare ii) Bear iii) Beer iv) Bore
(a) Poverty is ‘looking into a black future’ explain it. (What is Poverty?) b) Which on of the following word has a prefix?
(b) What do you require form your life to be happy are satisfied? (What I i) Unity ii) Union iii) Under iv) Unfair
Require from Life) c) What does the idiom ‘ Under the weather’ means ?
(c) Explain the following lines: (All the World's a Stage) i) Feeling Unwell ii) Rainy day
….all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. iii) Feeling Happy iv) Sad
(d) Sketch the character of Aksionov. (God Sees the Truth but Waits) d) I am sorry. They aren’t staying in thish hotel anymore. The …………
(e) How would you describe the conflicts between two friends? (Two Little this morning.
Soldiers) i) Checked in ii) Checked off
3. Answer in long. (2x5=10) iii) Checked Out iv) Checked on
(a) Write the summary of the play. (A Sunny Morning) e) What is the meaning of ‘formal objection’ ?
(b) Draw the character sketch of Jonathan Iwegbu. (Civil Peace) i) Act together ii) Missed
4. Write an essay on the community forest in Nepal. Describe how these iii) humbled and elevated iv) protest
community forests have contributed to maintain ecology in our
environment. [7]
5. Our country is put on lockdown for nearly two years due to covid-19
pandemic. Write a diary entry about feelings and experiences of a
person who is locked up at home. [8]
6. Write an Essay on "Literature is the Reflection of Society.” [10]
7. Do as instructed: [10]