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PROJECT RAIL (REGULAR ASSESMENT FOR IMPROVED LEARNING)
25.01.2025
SUBJECT: ENGLISH "ELECTIVE"
CLASS-11
Time: 01 hr. 30 minute
Maximum Marks: 40
General Instructions:
1) All Questions are compulsory
2) The total number of question is 16.
3) 2 marks are given for objective question, 2 marks
for very short answer question, 3 marks short answer question, 3 marks for
short answer question and 5marks for long answer.
4) There is no negative marking for any wrong answer.
5) Objective question 1 to 10 has four options, choose
the correct option's (a,b,c,d) and write down in the answer sheet.
6) Write the answer to very short answer, 11 to 12,
short answer question 13 to 14and 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(2×10=20) Objective Questions
1. Who is the central character
of"Glory Of Twilight"?
(a) Srinath
(b) Satyajit
(c) Harish
(d) Beena
2."Glory of Twilight "is taken
from the collection,
(a) Steel Hawk and Other Stories
(b) So Many Hungers
(c) An Astrologer and Other Stories
(d) None
3. When Satyajit arrived at the village,
how much money did he have in his pocket?
(a) ₹2001
(b) ₹2000
(c) ₹200
(d) ₹250
4. What was Harish's demand to provide
loan to uncle Srinath?
(a)
To mortgage Satyajit's land
(b)To mortgage Satyajit's house and fish pond
(c)To
mortgage Beena's gold
(d)
To mortgage Satyajit's house only
5. Who composed the poem,"Felling of Banyan Tree"?
(a) Dilip Chitre
(b)
W.H.Auden
(c)
Nissim Ezekiel
(d)
Padma Sachdev
6. What is the meaning of the word 'demolish'?
(a) Destruct
(b)
Construct
(c)
Establish
(d)
All of these
7. Who told the tenants to leave the houses?
(a)
Grandfather
(b)
Grandmother
(c) Father
(d)
Mother
8. Kumudini Lakhia is a renowned -------dancer.
(a)
Bharatnatyam
(b)
Odissi
(c) Kathak
(d)
Kuchipudi
9. The author, Kumudini Lakhia, was sent to boarding school at
the age of ----
(a)
Five
(b) Nine
(c)
Ten
(d)
Twelve
10. What did Kamlata Dutt insist to the author, Kumudini Lakhia
?
(a) To join Ram Gopal Dance Academy
(b)
To join Vibha Dance Academy
(c)
To join Ram Krishna Academy
(d)
To join Gopal Krishna Academy
Section B (2x2 = 4) Very Short Questions
11. Who used to say," Trees are sacred"in the poem
"Felling of Banyan Tree "?
Ans-
The grandmother used to say, "Trees are sacred" in the poem
"Felling of Banyan Tree".
12. Who wanted that Kumudini Lakhia should become a dancer when
she was a kid?
Ans-
Her mother
Section C(3x2 = 6) Short Questions
13. How did Kumudini Lakhia react to her mother's death?
Ans-
The author, Kumudini Lakhia, was called to the principal 's office. She was
told that she had to go home as her mother was sick.
When
she reached home, her mother had already passed away. She saw her motionless.
She felt broken and helpless. Her hands hung loose from her body.She was also
extremely hungry but could not express it to anybody. She was afraid of being
called greedy.
14. What happened when Satyajit 's bank collapsed?
Ans-
When Satyajit 's bank collapsed, all of his private assets vanished overnight
including the equities, the house on Tagore Street and even his two cars. He
had nothing in his hands whatever he had earned With a sudden collapse of bank,
he lost everything.
Section D(5x2 = 10) Long Questions
15. What details of the banyan tree does the poet highlight in
the poem" Felling of Banyan Tree
"?
Ans-
The poet, Dilip Chitre", highlights many details of the banyan tree
throughout the poem," Felling of Banyan Tree "The banyan tree was
three times taller than the poet's house.Its trunk had circumference of fifty
feet .Its roots were aerial and scraggy falling all over the ground. The rings
of the huge banyan tree revealed that the banyan tree was two hundred years
old.
16. Describe the cycle of events in Satyajit's life that brought
him back to where he began.
Ans- Satyajit is the central character of the story,"Glory of Twilight ".Initially, he was a rich man.He started his career as a mere clerk and became Managing Director. He succeeded and this success increased his respect.
