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CLASS-XI EΧΑΜΙΝΑΤΙΟΝ, 2026
(Paper-I) ENGLISH (CORE)
(MCQ Type) 25.02.2026
Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions from Q. Nos. 1 to 5 :
Nobody
comes to Novastoshnah except on business, and the only people who have regular
basiness there are the seals. They come in the summer months by hundreds and
hundreds of thousands out of the cold grey sea, for Novastoshnah Beach has the
finest accommodation for seats of any place in the world.
Sea
Catch knew that, and every spring would swim from whatever place he happened to
be in would swim like a torpedo boat straight for Novastoshnah, and spend a
month fighting with his companions for a good place on the rocks as close to the
sea as possible. Sea Catch was fifteen years old, a huge grey-fur seal with
almost a mane on his shoulders, and long, wicked dog teeth. He was scarred all
over with the marks of savage fights, but he was always ready for just one to
fight more.
Yet
Sea Catch never chased a beaten seal, for that was against the Rules of the
Beach. He only wanted room by the sea for his nursery; but as there were forty
or fifty thousand other seals hunting for the same thing each spring, the
whistling, bellowing, roaring, and blowing on the beach were something
frightful
From
a little hill called Hutchinson's Hill, you could look over three and a half
miles of ground covered with fighting seals; the surf was dotted all over with
the he heads of scals hurrying to land and begin their share of the fighting.
They fought in the breakers, they fought in the sand, and they fought on the
smooth-worn basalt rocks of the nurseries; for they were just as stupid and
unaccommodating as men.
1. Why do seals come to Novastoshnah?
(A)
To mate
(B)
To rest
(C) To find the best accommodation for seals
(D)
To hunt for food
2. How does Sea Catch reach Novastosahnah every spring?
(A)
He walks on land
(B)
He takes a boat
(C) He swims like a torpedo boat
(D)
He flies
3. What is Sea Catch's physical appearance like ?
(A)
Small and weak
(B) Large and grey with a mane and long teeth
(C)
Black and sleek
(D)
White and fluffy
4. How does Sea Catch behave towards defeated seals?
(A)
He chases them away
(B) He leaves them alone
(C)
He kills them
(D)
He fights them more
5. How do the seals behave towards each other on Novastoshnah
Beach ?
(A)
They live in harmony
(B)
They are peaceful and accommodating
(C) They are aggressive and unaccommodating
(D)
They are shy and hide
6. Abbreviations are freely used in
(A)
Notice writing
(B)
Letter writing
(C) Note-making
(D)
Article writing
7 The summary of a passage contains
(A) main idea
(B)
glossary
(C)
word-meanings
(D)
format
8. How would you address the recipient of a formal letter?
(A)
Reverend Sir/Madam
(B)
My dear
(C) Dear Sir/Madam
(D)
Hello Sir/Madam
9. Letters to the Editor are written for
(A) Newspaper
(B)
School
(C)
College
(D)
Club
10. What should not be included in report writing?
(A) Personal comments
(B)
Data collected
(C)
Information by witness
(D)
None of these
11 What should be the tile / heading of an advertisement if you want
to sale of your car?
(A)
To let
(B) For sale
(C)
Situation vacant
(D)
Missing
12. In report writing, narration of the event is always done in
(A)
Present form
(B)
Simple future form
(C) Immediate past form
(D)
Present continuous form
13. What should the first paragraph of an article be all about?
(A) Brief introduction of the to
(B)
Conclusion
(C)
Consequences
(D)
Statistics
14. What can be written in 'Conclusions' in Article writing?
(A)
Suggestions
(B)
Remedial Measures
(C)
Order
(D) Both (A) and (B)
15. Choose the grammatically correct sentence for the given jumbled
words :
island/is/the/
Sri Lanka/in/an/Indian Ocean
(A)
An island is in Sri Lanka the Indian Ocean
(B) Sri Lanka is an Island in the Indian Ocean
(C)
In the Indian Ocean is Sri Lanka an island
(D)
Sri Lanka is the island in an Indian Ocean
16. Choose the grammatically correct sentence for the given
jumbled words :
world/is/greatest/in/
the/dramatist / the / Shakespeare
(A) Shakespeare is the greatest dramatist in the world
(B)
Dramatist greatest the is Shakespeare in the world
(C)
In the world is greatest dramatist is the Shakespeare
(D)
The Shakespeare is greatest dramatist in the world
17. The Active voice of "A book is being read by me"
is
(A) I am reading a book
(B)
I was reading a book
(C)
I had been reading a book
(D)
I were reading a book
18. The cricket match ………. at 7 p.m.
(A) starts
(B)
start
(C)
is start
(D)
will started
19. Mr. Jamuna Prasad …………. a stick when he steps out.
(A) carries
(B)
carrying
(C)
carried
(D)
carry
20. The Passive voice of "Nidhi writes a letter" is
(A) A letter is written by Nidhi
(B)
A letter was written by Nidhi
(C)
A letter are written by Nidhi
(D)
A letter were written by Nidhi
21. The 'big girl' in the poem, 'A Photograph' refers to
(A)
The poet
(B) Poet's mother
(C)
The eldest cousin of the poet
(D)
The youngest of the girls
22. Which month of the year has been mentioned in the poem, The
Laburnum Top'?
(A)
October
(B)
August
(C) September
(D)
November
23. In the poem, The Voice of the Rain, which of the following
is personified ?
(A)
Earth
(B)
Sky
(C)
Music
(D) Rain
24. One can find one's lost childhood in
(A)
an album
(B)
a remote place
(C) the face of a child
(D)
heaven
25. According to the poem, Father to Son', who speak like
strangers ?
(A) Father and son
(B)
Husband and wife
(C)
Sister and brother
(D)
Father and daughter
26. Why did the author's grandmother accompany him to his
school?
(A) Because it was attached to the temple
(B)
Because she was worried about the author
(C)
Because there were many dogs on the way
(D)
Because she had no work to do
27. The grandmother of Khushwant Singh believed that the
education should be
(A)
Idea based
(B)
Agriculture based
(C) Religion based
(D)
Computer based
28. The Tomb of King Tut was discovered by
(A)
Zahi Hawass
(B) Howard Carter
(C)
John Marshall
(D)
Robert Hamilton
29. The place where Egyptian kings were buried is known as
(A)
Graveyard of Kings
(B)
Cemetery of Pharaohs
(C)
Valley of Pharaohs
(D) Valley of Kings
30. Gangadharpant Gaitonde was a Professor of
(A)
English
(B)
Political Science
(C) History
(D)
Economics
31. Where did the author go to complete the Kora ?
(A)
China
(B)
Ravu
(C) Mount Kailas
(D)
Lake Mansarovar
32. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse' is a short story of
two ……….. boys.
(A)
Assyrian
(B) Armenian
(C)
African
(D)
American
33. Who was the true owner of the beautiful white horse?
(A)
Mourad
(B)
Aram
(C)
Uncle Khosrove
(D) John Byro
34. Andrew Manson was ………. by profession.
(A)
Teacher
(B)
Lawyer
(C) Doctor
(D)
Mason
35. The King lost his crown under the arch because
(A)
The arch was built crooked
(B) The arch was built too low
(C)
The arch was built too high
(D)
None of these
36. According to the poem, The Tale of Melon City', who was
finally hanged ?
(A) The fool
(B)
The king
(C)
The architect
(D)
The minister
37. What took the place of the village dogs in Grandmother's
life in the city ?
(A) Sparrows
(B)
City dogs
(C)
Cats
(D)
None of these
38. The cardboard in the poem, "A Photograph" shows
the pictures of
(A)
two school girls
(B)
two neighbours
(C)
two real sisters
(D) poet's mother and her two cousins
39. Which month is described in the poem, The Laburnum
Top"?
(A)
April
(B)
June
(C) September
(D)
November
40. Who promoted the worship of the Aten, the sun disk ?
(A)
Amenhotep I
(B)
Amenhotep II
(C)
Amenhotep III
(D) Amenhotep IV
