English Question paper with answers Class 11th
CLASS – XI
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
TIME: 3 HRS MM: 80
SECTION A (READING COMPREHENSION)
1. Read the following passage
carefully and answer
the questions given below:
The modern classroom has taken several steps forward in its evolution of the learning environment in the past 25 years. Many of the benefits that we have seen in this setting are due to the introduction of new technology options for students.
Instead of having
a single computer
for a class to use or a laboratory environment for the entire school placed in one room, we can now help
students learn at their table or desk with items issued to them directly. Thus,
there are quite a lot of advantages of having technology in classrooms.
Technology helps children to stay motivated during the learning
process. Most students don’t like to go to school
if they feel like they are wasting
their time. When there is technology allowed in the classroom, then teachers
have an opportunity to let children work at a pace which suits them the best without disturbing others. They can look up
additional information about
a subject they are learning about that day, play educational games that
reinforce the lesson, or work on advanced material using a program.
Because many of today’s technology options allow students
to see how well they are
doing compared to the average
of all users, it gives them a chance to push harder
for themselves and their education. Many of the programs that encourage learning also issue rewards or award
certificates, which helps to make the lessons fun as well.
Technology encourages more communication between
teachers and parents.
When there is technology in the classroom, then there are more opportunities for parents and
teachers to connect with each other. Using a blog for the classroom can help
parents get to see what their children are learning each day. Apps and software
options allow teachers
to instantly report on a child’s
behavior to let parents know in real-time what is happening throughout the day. There are options
for chat boxes, instant messaging and other forms
of communication as well.
Let’s not forget about email here either.
Since the 1990s when this technology option came into the classroom
environment, it created more reliability in messaging
between teachers
and parents there
should be a need to talk.
Technology also creates new ways to learn for today’s students.
There are three critical forms of intelligence that we see in children
today: emotional, creative
and instructional. The traditional classroom environment, which
typically encourages lecture-based lessons, focuses more on the latter option.
Standardized tests and similar ranking tools
do the same. When children
have access to technology today, then those who excel outside of the standard learning setup
can still achieve
their full potential.
Technology allows children
to embrace their curiosity in multiple ways. They can try
new things without embarrassment because their
tech access gives them a
level of anonymity. This process allows
children to work,
through trial and error if they wish to see if a different strategy helps
them to learn more effectively.
It even encourages students to stay engaged with their learning
environment. Children get bored very easily when they feel like they already
know what is being taught in their classroom. Some children will transform into
mentors or leaders in this situation to help their fellow students, but there
are many more who disengage because they lack stimulation. By introducing technology to the classroom, there are fewer places
where repetitive learning must take place. Teachers can introduce new subjects, try new techniques or use different
projects to encourage ongoing learning,
which creates more overall engagement.
Choose the correct alternative for each of the following questions: (5)
(i) Technology allows children to embrace their........... in multiple ways.
(a) intelligence (b) hard work (c) curiosity (d) passion
(ii) What is the benefit of technology for children during learning process?
(a)
They feel bored
(b) They stay motivated
(c) They are excited
(d)
They feel sleepy
(iii)
What according to the passage, makes
the lessons fun during learning process?
(a)
Issuing rewards and certificates
(b) Showing cartoon film
(c) Delivering lectures
(d)
Using different tools
(iv)
Due to the lack of............... , children sometimes
get disengaged.
(a)
Fun
(b) Motivation
(c) Stimulation
(d)
None of the above
(v) ------------------------------- encourages more connection between parents and teachers.
(a)
Communication
(b) Technology
(c) Hatred
(d)
All of the above
Answer: i. c. curiosity
ii. b.
They stay motivated
iii.
a. Issuing rewards and certificates
iv. c.
Stimulation
v.
b. Technology
Answer the following questions: (5)
(ii) What can the teachers do to encourage learning
among children?
Teachers can introduce new subjects, use
innovative teaching methods, include technology, and provide interactive
activities to make learning interesting and engaging.
·
Emotional
intelligence
·
Creative
intelligence
·
Instructional
intelligence
(v) Vocabulary (2 Marks)
·
Chances → Opportunities
·
Credibility
→ Reliability
2.
The table below shows the monthly
rainfall (in mm) in four cities from June to August
2024. Study the table very carefully and answer the questions that follow: (4)
|
City |
June |
July |
August |
|
Raipur |
110 |
100 |
80 |
|
Bhopal |
95 |
89 |
83 |
|
Hyderabad |
120 |
115 |
99 |
|
Jamshedpur |
115 |
95 |
88 |
Questions:
1.
Which city had the lowest
rainfall in July?
·
Bhopal – 89mm
2.
In which month did Bhopal receive the highest rainfall?
·
June
3.
Which two cities received the same amount
of rainfall in two different
months?
·
Bhopal and Jamshedpur
4.
Jamshedpur had the highest rainfall
in the month of August. (True/False)
·
False
Read the following
passage very carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Spruce is a tall, handsome, evergreen
pine tree of temperate and arctic
regions. Its scientific name is Picea Smithiana. The family is Coniferae. Spruce
being the English name of the species, its regional
name is rai, kachal, raiang etc. Its natural habitat falls more in the middle
and inner ranges of the Himalayas and less in the higher reaches of outer ones.
The species grow naturally in the Himalayan tract starting from Sikkim
from the east and rolling over westwards up to
Afghanistan. The usual
altitude of its occurrence ranges
from 2300 m to 3300 m. It does well on clayey
loam soil with fairly good moisture content.
Spruce tree can be
easily identified in the field from its drooping branches whorled on all sides of the main stem and the tips
of the branch – lets drooping
downwards. The bole is straight and erect. The canopy starts at nearly
middle of the total height of the bole and tapers to a narrow
end towards the top. The full crown tree thus
emerges out as a typical pyramid
shape canopy.
The bark of Spruce is smooth, off white to greyish
brown, one to two centimeters thick, exfoliating in small circular flakes
measuring about 2 to 3 cm in diameter. The leaves are dull green in colour,
needle like in shape, 3-5 cm long and spirally arranged in all directions of
the twig. New sprouts keep appearing and old leaves getting
detached and shed almost simultaneously throughout
the year. The phenomenon puts the species in a class of evergreen trees. The
flowers of Spruce are small in size and hardly visible. These appear during
March-April. The pollen grains disperse during April-May. The fruit, drooping
cones, appear during July-August and ripen by the following August-September to
yield good viable seed. The seed is about 2 mm long and 1 mm thick, has a wing
which helps in its dispersal over long distances in the fields.
Spruce is a slow growing pine. Like other sibling
pines, it has annual rings of growth, which help in assessing the exact age of
a particular tree. It attains maturity in about 120-150 years when its height
is about 30-40 m and girth is about 2-3 m. The wood is off white in colour with
a brownish tinge. It is comparatively light (14 to 15 kg per cubic foot) in
weight and quite elastic in texture, the wood being straight grained, it is
easy to saw plane, polish and use for joinery. It is good for all kinds of
woodwork.
However, it has hardly any life when exposed to the
vagaries of the weather,
especially under water. Its knot-free logs are highly
priced for the timber required for building aircrafts. The rest of the wood,
whether knotted or free of the lacunae, is highly priced for packing cases,
making cheap furniture, bedsteads, drawing boards, plain tables, roof ceiling,
wall planking, shingles, paper pulp, matches etc.
So far as regeneration of Spruce is concerned, it
needs an absolutely undisturbed environment for the new crop to come up
naturally. As per the existing practice all Spruce forest areas requiring
regeneration are close to exercise of all kinds of rights and even departmental
exploitation. And with a view to make the regeneration full proof, the
foresters generally raise seedlings of the species in departmental nurseries
and transplant these in the field when these are nearly two years old.
3. On
the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes with headings and
sub-headings. Use abbreviations wherever necessary. (4)
4. Write
the summary of the above passage and give a suitable title to it. (3)
Answer:
3. Note Making (4 Marks)
Title: Spruce Tree
1. Introduction
Scientific name: Picea Smithiana
Found in Himalayas
Altitude: 2300–3300 m
2. Physical Features
Tall evergreen tree
Drooping branches
Pyramid-shaped canopy
3. Leaves & Flowers
Needle-like leaves
Flowers in March–April
Seeds with wings
4. Uses
Wood for furniture
Aircraft timber
Paper & packing
5. Growth & Regeneration
Slow growing
Needs undisturbed environment
Artificial plantation used
4. Summary (3 Marks)
Title: The Spruce Tree
Spruce is an evergreen tree found mainly in the Himalayan region. It
grows at high altitudes and has a pyramid shape with drooping branches. The
tree produces small flowers and winged seeds that help in dispersal. Its wood
is widely used in furniture, packing and even aircraft construction. However,
it is slow-growing and requires careful regeneration, often supported by
artificial plantation methods.
SECTION – B [WRITING
AND GRAMMAR]
5. You are Tanay/Tanuja, the Cultural Secretary of your school. You have planned a recreational tour to Delhi. Draft a notice to inform the students of your class regarding the same. Also mention the date and other necessary detail. (4)
Draft a notice for your school notice board regarding an
Inter-School Singing Competition to be organized in the community hall of your city. Assign
yourself as Sukant/Shefali,
the School Captain.
ABC School
NOTICE
Date: 10 April
2026
Recreational Tour to Delhi
All the students
of Class XI are informed that a recreational tour to Delhi is being organized
by the school from 25 April to 30 April 2026. Interested students should submit
their names along with ₹5000 to the undersigned by 15 April 2026.
Limited seats available.
Tanay
(Cultural
Secretary)
6.
You are Vimal/Vaishali residing at
87/B, Nandani Vihar, Bhatapara.
Write a letter to the Editor of The Hindu,
informing about inadequate supply of water in your colony,
requesting them to publish the issue in their newspaper. (5)
Write a letter
to your friend
congratulating on his/her
brilliant performance in the
High School Examination. Mention yourself as Raghav/Rashmi.
Subject: Complaint about inadequate water
supply
Sir/Madam,
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper,
I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the
problem of inadequate water supply in our colony. Residents are facing severe
difficulties due to irregular supply and low pressure of water.
People are forced to depend on private tankers,
which is costly. This situation is affecting daily life and hygiene.
I request the authorities to take immediate
action to resolve this issue.
7. Design an attractive poster
on behalf of Kanker Police
to make people aware
regarding increasing number
of accidents in and around
the district recently. (4)
Design an effective poster
to make people aware against
the use of drugs.
Answer:
SAVE LIVES! DRIVE SAFE 🚫
🚦 Increasing Road Accidents in Kanker
Wear Helmet
Follow Traffic Rules
Avoid Over-speeding
Don’t Drink & Drive
Your Safety is in Your Hands!
Issued by: Kanker Police
8. Write an article
in about 200 words on any of the following topics: (8)
(a)
Importance of Yoga to School Students
(b)
Advantages of Planting
Trees
(c)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Advantages and Disadvantages
(d)
Importance of Sports and Games
9 Do as directed: (any 8) (8)
(a)
She has................ friends (Fill up the blank using many/much/little)
(b)
He was singing
a song. (Change
into simple present tense)
(c)
I have.............. rice left with me. (Fill up the blank using few/some/many)
(d)
Mr. Kapoor is.......... MLA of Jamnagar. (Fill up the blank with a suitable
article)
(e)
Rupali is teaching
the children. (Rewrite
the sentence in passive
voice)
(f) People............. Drive carefully. (Complete the sentence
using must/will/may)
(g)
I have bought a new car. (Change
into passive voice)
(h)
The boy is my brother.
He is sitting outside. (Combine
using a relative clause)
(i) He jumped.............. the river. (Complete the sentence using on/at/into)
(j)
Children love to play in the rain. (Rewrite
the sentence in present perfect tense)
Answer:
- She
has many friends.
- He sings
a song.
- I have
some rice left with me.
- Mr.
Kapoor is an MLA.
- The
children are being taught by Rupali.
- People
must drive carefully.
- A new
car has been bought by me.
- The
boy who is sitting outside is my brother.
- He
jumped into the river.
- Children have loved to play in the rain.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below:
He was just a teenager
when he died.
The last heir of a powerful family that had ruled Egypt and its empire for centuries, he was
laid to rest laden with gold and
eventually forgotten. Since the discovery of his tomb in 1922, the modern
world has speculated about
what happened to him, with murder being the most extreme possibility. Now, leaving his tomb for the first time in almost 80 years. Tut has
undergone a C.T. scan that offers new clues about his life and death and provides precise data for an accurate
forensic reconstruction of the boyish pharaoh.
Questions:
1.
Who is
‘He’ in the above passage?
(a) Jonathan (b) King Tut (c) Gaitonde (d) None of the above
2.
In which year,
the tomb was discovered?
(a) 1292 (b) 1229 (c)
1922 (d) 1921
3.
The full form of C.T. is:
(a)
Computer Tomography
(b) Computing Technology
(c)
Computer Technology
(d)
Computed Tomography
4.
Who is the writer of the
lesson from which the above extract has been taken?
(a)
A.R. Williams
(b)
Nani Palkhiwala
(c)
Khushwant Singh
(d) None of the above
Answer:
1. (b) King Tut
2. (c) 1922
3. (d) Computed Tomography
4. (a) A.R. Williams
11. Read the extract
given below and answer the questions that follow: (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 an empty hand.
Longing for something to forgive.
Questions:
1.
What emotion does the father
show in the above lines?
2.
What do the father and son long
for?
3.
What does the father want from his son?
4.
Find out the antonym of ‘full’ from the above
extract.
Answer:
1. Emotion → Love mixed with
sadness
2. They long for →
Forgiveness and understanding
3. Father wants → Better
relationship with his son
4. Antonym of ‘full’ → Empty
Hornbill:
12. What
was the name of the boat in which the author set for a voyage in the lesson
“We’re Not Afraid to Die…if We Can All Be Together?” (2)
Ans.
Wavewalker
13. What does the notice ‘The world’s most
dangerous animal’ suggest at a cage
in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia,
signify? (3)
Ans.
It refers to humans. The mirror shows that humans are the most dangerous
animals due to their destructive nature.
14. Mention the three reasons why the author’s
grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school. (3)
Ans.
Grandmother’s Disturbance :
*
No teaching of God or scriptures
*
Western education system
*
Lack of moral values
15.
How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted? (4)
What explanation did Rajendra give on the concept of reality with the example
of the movement of an
electron?
Ans. Due to
overpopulation, deforestation, industrialization, pollution and overuse of
natural resources, Earth’s biological systems are being damaged and depleted.
16. Who is the author of the lesson ‘The Summer of the Beautiful
White Horse’? (2)
Ans. William
Saroyan
17. Why did the narrator
of the story want to forget the address? (3)
Ans. The narrator
wanted to forget the address because it reminded her of painful memories of war
and loss.
18.
Justify the title
of the play ‘Mother’s Day’?
Narrate ‘The Tale of Melon City’ in your own words. (5)
Ans. The play highlights how a mother, treated as a
servant, asserts her importance. It shows her realization of self-worth and
teaches family members to respect her. Hence, the title is appropriate.
OR
The Tale of Melon City
The story is about a foolish king who
orders the hanging of someone after a faulty arch collapses. After a chain of
blame, no suitable person is found. Finally, the king himself is hanged due to
absurd justice. A melon is chosen as the new king. The story is a satire on
irresponsible governance.
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