ENGLISH CORE MODEL QUESTION PAPER 2022-2023
CLASS XI Set-2 Marks:40
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Total number of questions is 40.
Each question carries 1 mark.
Four options are given. Students are expected to select the most appropriate answer.
All the questions are compulsory.
No marks will be deducted for wrong answer.
Read the following passage and answer the questions from 1 to 5:
Child labour is the world wide problem
and it is the biggest matter of concern for our country too as future of our
generation is going towards darkness due to this social evil. Instead of
enjoying their childhood, they are being forced, either because of the parental
selfishness or because of the lack of their basic needs for survival, to go for
work as labour on part time or full time basis at very low payment. According
to the national survey more than 13 million children are captivated in this
major crime in which girls are two times more than boys, who are observed in
this crime. Though, percentage ratio of the child labour has been decreased in
comparison to the last few years but still this crime is swallowing our new
generation's future silently. There is a very huge working area in our country
where child labour is thriving, like-domestic services, agriculture, hotel and
restaurants, entertainment industry, coal mines, match box or firebox
manufacturers etc. This crime named as 'child labour' is depriving under age
children from getting basic education or financially secure social life because
children are involved in this crime at very low age of 5 to 7 years.
1. Children are forced to work as labour
because
(a) of the lack of their basic needs for
survival
(b) of the parental selfishness
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
2. According to the national survey what
is the number of children working as labour?
(a) 10 million
(b) 12 million
(c) 13 million
(d) 23 million
3. Because of child labour what are the
children deprived of?
(a) food
(b) clothes
(c) education
(d) house
4. At what age children are involved in
child laboour?
(a) 4 to 6 years
(b) 5 to 6 years
(c) 7 to 9 years
(d) 5 to 7 years
5. What do 'thriving' in the passage
mean?
(a) Progressing
(b) Not doing well
(c) Sarcastic
(d) Deprive
6. Where do we write 'date' in Letters to
Editor?
(a) Before sender's address
(b) Before receiver's address
(c) After salutation
(d) After subject
7. In a formal letter, salutation
includes
(a) Sir/Madam
(b) Date
(c) Receiver's name
(d) Sender's address
8. Choose the grammatically correct
sentence:
on my bicycle/to/go/I/ used to/ my
school
(a) On my bicycle to I used to go my
school
(b) I used to go my school to on my
bicycle
(c) I used to go to my school on my
bicycle
(d) I used to on my bicycle to go my
school
9. Choose the grammatically correct
sentencen:
(a) I have no any friend
(b) I have no friend
(c) I have any no friend
(d) I have any friend no
10. Corona Virus..............out in the
city.
(a) have broken
(b) breaking
(c) break
(d) has broken
11. I........to the temple everyday.
(a) goes
(b) going
(c) go
(d) has gone
12. Kusum is related.......me.
(a) with
(b) to
(c) for
(d) in
13. Accidents........ ..happen in a
crowded city.
(a) should
(b) can
(c) shall
(d) must
14. What..........an apple fall?
(a) make
(b) makes
(c) has been making
(d) have made
Read the following extract and choose the
most appropriate option for Question Nos 15 to 17.
And who art thou? said to the
soft-falling shower, Which strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here
translated: I am the poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain, Eternal I risc
impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea.
15. Name the poem of the given extract:
(a) A Photograph
(b) The Voice of The Rain
(c) The Laburnum Top
(d) Father to Son
16. Who is 'I' in the poem?
(a) The Voice of the Rain
(b) The Poet
(c) The Earth
(d) The Reader
17. The word 'impalable' in the fourth
line means
(a) strong
(b) weak
(c) bottomless
(d) untouched and unseen
18. Poet's mother and her cousins were
standing
(a) at the beach
(b) near a river
(c) near a canal
(d) on a rock
19. The Laburnum top is
(a) quite beautiful
(b) barren
(c) quite green
(d) quite silent and still
20. The poet, Markus Natten wants to
know
(a) the day he became an adult
(b) the day he became wise
(c) the day he lost his childhood
(d) the day he became responsible.
21. In the poem, 'Father To Son' the
father is ready to
(a) forget him
(b) forgive him
(c) live with him
(d) fight with him
22. "That girl" in the poem 'A
Photograph' refers to
(a) Dolly
(b) Betty
(c) Narrator's mother
(d) Narrator's sister
23. Grandmother went to school with the
narrator because
(a) she was worried about the narrator
(b) she had no work to do
(c) the school was attached to the
temple
(d) there were many dogs on the street
24. From where did the narrator Gordon
Cook set sail?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Australia
(c) Plymouth, England
(d) Ile Amsterdam
25. Who was the last heir of powerful
Egyptian dynasty?
(a) King Tut
(b) King Akhenaten
(c) King Carter
(d) Nek Chand
26. Which Article of the Constitution
asserts that "The state shall endeavour to protect and improve the
environment"?
(a) Article 50A
(b) Article 48A
(c) Article 44A
(d) Article 42A
27. Taplow is extremely interested in
(a) English
(b) Social Science
(c) Science
(d) Hindi
28. Where was Professor Gaitonde going
to?
(a) Goa
(b) Mumbai (Bombay)
(c) Pune
(d) Delhi
29. Who gave the narrator, Nick
Middleton, 'a farewell present and was the present given at Ravu"?
(a) Tsctan
(b) Norbu
(c) Lhambo
(d) Daniel
30. Who tapped on the windows in the
story "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
(a) Aram
(b) Moured
(c) Jon Byro
(d) Uncle Khosrove
31. Which of the following is written by
Marga Minco?
(a) Ranga's Marriage
(b) Albert Einstein at School
(c) The Address
(d) Mother's Day
32. Ranga had named his son
(a) Shyama
(b) Vinoth
(c) Rama
(d) Krishna
33. ……………….was Albert Einstein's cousin.
(a) Yuri
(b) Cyril
(c) Elsa
(d) Doris
34. Shahid had been under treatment of
cancer for about
(a) 14 years
(b) 14 days
(c) 14 months
(d) 16 months
35. Who was waiting for Doctor Andrew
Manson?
(a) Joe Morgan
(b) Susan Morgan
(c) Larry
(d) Albert
36. What was Andrew Manson's profession?
(a) Teacher
(b) Politician
(c) Doctor
(d) Lawyer
37. The king lost his crown under the
arch because
(a) the arch built was too high
(b) the arch built was too low
(c) the arch built was crooked
(d) none of these
38. What is the name of the village of
Ranga?
(a) Bosahali
(b) Hosahali
(c) Rosahali
(d) Kosahali
39. The crewman Larry Vigil was
(a) an American
(b) an Indian
(c) a Swiss
(d) a Japanese
40. Gangadharpant Gaitonde is a
Professor of
(a) Hindi
(b) History
(c) Political Science
(d) Geography
