English [Std: 11th] Shannen School (GSEB) Date : 13-04-2020

3 hours Annual Examination 80 marks

FINAL TERM EXAM PAPER

1) This question paper contains five sections. All sections are compulsory.
2) Do not separate sub-questions.

SECTION - A
I. Read the passage and answer the questions: (4)
Until that is , I met Norbu. The café was small, dark and cavernous . The walls and ceiling were wreathed
in sheets of multi – coloured plastic,of the striped variety – broad blue,red and white – that is made into
stout , voluminous shopping bags sold all over China.
1. The café mentioned above was in
(A) Hor (B) Darchen (C) Ravu (D) Lhasa
2. The boy , Norbu was
(A) Chinese (B) Tibetan (C) English (D) American
3. The word ‘voluminous’ is
(A) Adverb (B) Verb (C) Noun (D) Adjective
4. Norbu worked in Beijing at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in the institute of
(A) Ethic Literature (B)English Literature (C) Ethnic Literature (D) None of these

II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate options from the brackets and write the answers only (4)
( demise transcending holistic planet emerging existence environmental ushered )
For the first time in human history we see a ______1________concern – the survival not just of the
people but of the ____2_____. We have begun to take a ___3_____ view of the very basis of our
_____4_______.The ______5__________problem does not necessarily signal our______6_______, it is
our passport for the future. The ____7__________ new world vision has ______8___ in the Era of
responsibility.

III. Answer the following questions: (8)

1. Justify the title “ We’re not afraid to die…….if we can all be together”
2. How do fisheries, forests,grasslands and croplands form the foundation of the global economic system?
3. What happened when Mr. Crocker Harris made one of his classical jokes?
4. Write a note on the author Nick Middleton’s experience in Hor.

SECTION – B
IV. Read the following stanza and answer the questions: (4)
Father and son, we both must live
on the same globe and the same land.
He speaks : I cannot understand myself
why anger grows from grief
we each put out an empty hand
longing for something to forgive
1. In the above lines, what is the wish of the Father?
2. What is the confusion in the son’s mind
3. Who has penned the poem?
4. We each put out an empty hand – mention the figures of speech

V. Select the correct figures of speech from the given options: (3)
1. Myself, why anger grows from grief
(A) Metonymy (B) Metaphor (C) personification (D) Tautology
English [Std: 11th] Shannen School (GSEB) Date : 13-04-2020
3 hours Annual Examination 80 marks

2. I am the poem of the earth, said the voice of the rain

(A) metaphor and transferred epithet (B) personification and apostrophe
(C) Personification and syneCdoche (D) metaphor and personification
3. That’s hidden in an infant’s face
(A) hyperbole (B) assonance (C) anastrophe (D) personification

VI. Answer the following question: (6)

1. What does the phrase “ her barred face identity mask” mean?
2. In the poem “Father to son”, how has Elizabeth Jennings described the relationship between a father
and his son?
3. What parallel has the poet drawn between the rain and the poem?

VII. Answer the following questions: (4)

1. What were the essential differences in characteristic of Mrs. Fitsgerald and Mrs. Pearson
2. How did Shyama play an important role in Ranga’s marriage?

SECTION - C
VIII. Rectify the errors: (3)
I rushed in deck and gazed with relief into the stark outline of Ile Amsterdam. It was only a bleak peace
of volcanic rock with little vegetation. It was the most beautiful island in the World.We anchored ofshore
for the night and the next morning all 30 inhabitants of the island cheered as they help us ashore.

IX. Choose the correct meanings of idioms and rewrite the sentences: (4)
1. Just two days before the sports event , the participants were honing their sprinting skills
(to learn to perfect to perform )
2. The big auditorium was festooned in multicoloured hues in honour of the star singers
( decorated cleaned lighted )
3. She decided to have a square meal after the conference got over.
( full meal quick meal light meal )
4. Without hearing her advice, the man stalked off
( walked out hurriedly, walked out happily , walked out angrily )

X. Change the following into indirect speech: (4)

Mrs. Fitzgerald : You admitted yourself you were spoiling them and they didn’t appreciate you. If there
are any apologies or any explanations, you will be straight back where you were. you just give them a
look or a tone of voice to suggest you might be tough with them if you wanted to be.Anyhow, we can
test it.

XI. Do as directed: (6)

1. We passed solitary shepherds tending their flocks. . ( change to complex)
2. There is a growing worldwide consciousness that the earth itself is a growing organism . ( change to
compound)
3. We had spent all our leisure time in British waters . (change the voice )
4.She looks pale and red – eyed. ( change to excamatory)
5.I checked my watch again. ( change to interrogative)
6. I know a lot of medical students and some of them are friendly. ( change to simple)
English [Std: 11th] Shannen School (GSEB) Date : 13-04-2020
3 hours Annual Examination 80 marks

SECTION – D
XII. Read the following passage and answer the questions: (5)
My own recollection is that I had not any high regard for my ability. I used to be astonished whenever I
won prizes and scholarships. I very jealously guarded my character. The least little blemish drew tears
from my eyes. If a teacher rebuked me, it was unbearable .I remember having received corporal
punishment. I did not mind the pain of the punishment so much as I did the fact that the people
thought I deserved it. I wept piteously out of shame in spite of the fact that I was just a boy in the
second standard.
-Mahatma Gandhi
1. What shows us Gandhiji’s humility?
2. What was unbearable for him?
3. Which incident made him weep?
4. I very jealously guarded my character. ( compound)
5. Write adjective form of : a) fact b) tear

XIII. As a newspaper reporter write a report about a successful anti – tobacco campaign conducted by the
Lions Club of Baroda. (5)

XIV. You are the secretary of the computer club of your school. Write an E - Mail to the principal of St.Xavier
School,Mission Road,Nadiad, inviting their students to take part in a computer workshop . (5)

SECTION - E

XV. Wanted a Project Manager, with experience , to work in a multinational glass manufacturing unit. Write
a job application with detailed Biodata to – Denver Glass Industry, Central Avenue,Mehsana. (7)

XVI .Write an essay on any one of the topics in about 250 words: (8)
1. Child labour – a burning problem
2. Pleasures of a morning walk