Jharkhand Council of Educational Research and Training, Ranchi
Project Rail (Regular Assessment for Improved Learning)
Subject - Eng (Core)
Class-11 th
Time - 90 (Minutes) Total Marks-40
25.01.2025
General
Instruction:-
1.
All questions are compulsory.
2.
There is no negative marking for any wrong answer.
3.
No students shall be allowed to leave the examination hall before the
completion of the exam.
Section A (2x10-20) (Multiple Choice Questions)
1. Who is the poet of the poem 'Childhood'?
(a)
Shirley Toulson
(b)
Ted Hughes
(c)
Walt Whitman
(d) Marcus Natten
2. When did the poet realise that he had lost his childhood as
mentioned in the poem 'Childhood'?
(a)
After the age of Ten Twelve
(b) After the age of Eleven
(c)
After the age of
(d)
After the age of Thirteen
3. What could not be found in Geography as mentioned in the poem
'Childhood'?
(a)
Sky
(b)
Hell
(c)
Heaven
(d) Hell and Heaven
4. Which Figure of Speech is used in the line "Was it when
I found my mind was really mine"
from the poem 'Childhood"?
(a) Alliteration
(b)
Simile
(c)
Metaphor
(d)
Personification
5. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem 'Childhood'?
(a)
ABABAB
(b)
ABBABA
(c)
ABABCB
(d) ABBCCD
6. What is the meaning of comprehension in 'Reading Comprehension'?
(a) Ability to understand to sing
(b)
Ability to walk
(c)
Ability to dance
(d)
Ability to sing
7. Which skills of language are developed through 'Reading
Comprehension'?
(a)
Reading Skill
(b)
Writing Skill
(c) Reading and Writing Skill
(d)
None of the above
8. IIe has been working on this project --------- 2022
(a) since
(b)
for
(c)
from
(d)
till
9. Dogs bark ----- strangers.
(a)
to
(b)
on
(c) at
(d)
of
10. Plants ------ their food both from the earth and the air.
(a) derive
(b)
derives
(c)
deriving
(d)
derived
Section B (2x2=4) (Very Short Answer Questions)
11. What did the adults talk and preach of in the poem
'Childhood'?
Ans-
In the poem 'Childhood', the adults talked and preached of love.
12. Where is the poet's childhood hidden in the poem
'Childhood"?
Ans-
In the poem 'Childhood', the poet's childhood is hidden in an infant's face.
Section-C (2x3-6) (Short Answer Questions)
13. Which question does the poet ask again and again in the poem
'Childhood'?
Ans-
In the poem 'Childhood', the poet seems confused regarding the time of the loss
of his childhood so, in the poem, he asks again and again the same question
"When did my childhood go?".
14. How many stages of life have been discussed by the poet in
the poem 'Childhood'? Name those
stages of life.
Ans-
Two stages of life have been discussed by the poet in the poem 'Childhood'.
They are Childhood and Adulthood.
Section-D (2x5=10) (Long Answer questions)
15. What changes are involved in the process of growing up?
Ans-
In the poem, 'Childhood', the poet explains the process of growing up.
Throughout the poem, he discusses one by one the changes which are involved in
the process of growing up. First, one starts differentiating between real and
imaginary things like that of the absence of Hell and Heaven in Geography.
Secondly, one starts discriminating between hypocrisy and genuineness like that
of the difference between fake preaching and actual doing of the adults.
Thirdly, one starts developing independent thinking which is not influenced and
directed by others. Thus, the poet emphasises that the loss of childhood is
involved in the process of growing up but, at the same time, this loss of
innocence is compensated by some gains which come with adolescence such as an
ability of rationalization and discrimination as well as a sense of
individuality and self-confidence.
16. Read the Following passage and answer the questions from 16
(a) to 16 (e).
Gandhi
Ji is called the 'Father of the Nation'. He is known as one of the greatest men
in the world. He was born on October 2, 1869, in Gujarat. His full name was
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was educated in England. He went to South Africa
to practise as a lawyer. When he returned to India, he started movements
against the British to make India free. His movements were based on truth and
non-violence. He was sent to jail several times because of his freedom
movements against the British. At last, India was freed from the British rule
on August 15, 1947. On January 30, 1948, he was shot dead by a man named
Nathuram Godse. Thus, Bapu lived and died for India.
(a) Who is called the 'Father of Nation'?
Ans-
Gandhi Ji is called the 'Father of the Nation'.
(b) Why did Gandhi Ji go to South Africa?
Ans-
Gandhi Ji went to South Africa to practise as a lawyer.
(c) Which ideals were the base of Gandhi Ji's freedom movements?
Ans-
Two ideals i.e. Truth and Non-violence were the base of Gandhi Ji's freedom
movements.
(d) Who killed Gandhi Ji?
Ans-
Nathuram Godse killed Gandhi Ji.
(e) Find the synonym of the word 'began' from the given passage.
Ans- The synonym of the word 'began' from the passage is 'started'.
