झारखंड शैक्षिक अनुसंधान एवं प्रशिक्षण परिषद, रांची
PROJECT RAIL
(REGULAR ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVED LEARNING)
CM SOE/MODEL SCHOOLS 19.12.24
Sub: English Elective
Class: 11 Time: 90 Minutes marks: 40
General Instruction:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) The total number of questions are 16.
3) 2 marks are allotted for each objective type
question, 2 marks for each very- short answer question, 3 marks for each
short-answer question and 5 marks for each long answer question.
4) There is no negative marking for any wrong answer.
5) Objective question 1 to 10 has four options, choose
the correct option (a,b,c,d) and write down in the answer sheet.
6) Write the answer to very-short answer question 11
to 12, short answer question 13 to 14, and long answer question 15 to 16 in
your answer sheet.
7) No students shall be allowed to leave the
examination hall before the completion of the exam.
SECTION - A (2X10=20)
Read
the unseen poem given below and answer the following question.
The
way a crow
Shook
down on me
The
dust of snow
From
a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part
Of
a day I had rued
1. What did the Crow shake on the poet?
(a) Dust of snow
(b)
Dust of garden
(c)
Dust of tree
(d)
Dust of land
2. The crow and hemlock tree symbolize-
(a)
happiness
(b) sorrow
(c)
celebration
(d)
death
3. Where was the crow setting?
(a)
on a banyan tree
(b) on a hemlock tree
(c)
on a pine tree
(d)
on a gulmohar tree
4. What was the mood of the poet in the beginning of the poem?
(a) sad
(b)
happy
(c)
angry
(d)
non of the above
5. What has the poet saved?
(a) some part of the day.
(b)
some money.
(c)
some poetry.
(d)some
part of the book.
6. How did satyajit get promotion in his job?
(a)
by giving bribe to his boss.
(b)
by getting a transfer to another place.
(c)
by working day and night.
(d) by catching a forgerer in his bank.
7. Who invited satyajit for the wedding?
(a)
Beena
(b) Uncle Srinath
(c)
Kamini
(d)Uncle
Sridhar
8. How old was the banyan tree in the poem 'Felling of the
Banyan Tree'?
(a)
20 years old.
(b)
500 years old.
(c) 200 years old.
(d)300
years old.
9. Who was Ajamil in the poem 'Ajamil and the Tigers'?
(a)
A Police officer.
(b) A Shepherd.
(c)
A Farmer.
(d)
A Driver.
10. Who is the author of the essay 'Bridges'?
(a)
Arundhati Roy
(b) Kumudini Lakhia
(c)
G.N. Devy
(d)
John Ruskin
SECTION - B (2X2=4)
11. What does the sheep symbolize in the poem 'Ajamil and the
Tigers' ?
Ans-
In this poem the sheep represents the common people who are innocent.
12. How did the poet feel when the trees around his neighborhood
were being cut?
Ans-
The poet was sad when the trees nwere being cut down.
SECTION - C (2X3=6)
13. Why Did Ajamil refuse to meet the sheepdog's eyes?
Ans-
Sheepdog is a brave warrior and is capable of winning the war against all the
tigers. Ajamil knows that sheepdog would not be happy to sign a treaty with
tigers. So he refused meet his eyes with the dog.
14. What happened when Satyajit's bank collapsed?
Ans-
When Satyajit's bank collapsed all of his private assets vanished instantly
including his equities, his home at tagore street and even his car.
SECTION - D (2X5=10)
15. How did Kumudini react to her mother's death?
Ans-
The news of the death of kumudini's mother was not directly gevin to her by the
principal of the school where she was studing at that time. She was told thath
she had to go home as her mother was sick. When Kumudini reached home she saw
her mother dead. She left helpless in this world. She was only 14 years old at
that time. Her hands hung loose from her body she also left hungry but could
not express it to anybody. She was afraid of appearing greedy.
16. What were the lessons of life learnt in her younger days
that Kumudini carried into her
adult life?
Ans-
During her younger days Kumudini learned various lessons that she carried into
her life. She recalls one incident when liaquat Ali's gardener caught his
brother and her picking guavas from his garden. Liaquat did not punish them or
corrected their mistake. instead, asked them to freely pick them whenever they
wanted to. During her college days, she understood a lot of things. The most
important was discipline, through discipline gained discipline in her thoughts
too.
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