The Castle Convent School Summative Assessment-1 Class-11th Sub-English Session-2013-2014 Time-3hrs 15 min General Instructions 1.

All questions are compulsory 2. Writing should be neat and clean 3. Candidate must write the roll number on the question paper Q.1 Read the following Passage carefully and Answer the following questions: (10) An educated man should know what is first-rate in those activities which spring from the creative and intellectual faculties of human nature such as literature, art, architecture, and music. I should like to add science and philosophy but in these two subjects it is difficult for any but the expert to estimate quality, and many educated people have not the close knowledge necessary to judge work in them. On the other hand everyone has close and daily contact with the other four. Architecture surrounds him in every city, literature meets him on every book- stall, music assails his ears on his radio set and from every juke-box and art in its protean aspects of form and colour is a part of daily life. The architecture may often be bad, the literature and music often puerile, the art often undeserving of the name but that is all the more reason why we should be able , in all of them, to distinguish good from bad. To judge by the literature offered us in hotel book-stands and by most of the music played on the radio and by the juke-boxes we might be more discriminating in these fields than we are. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What should an educated man know? Who can estimate quality in science and philosophy? What is necessary for educated people to judge work in science and philosophy? With which subjects do we have close and daily contact? How do we have daily contact with architecture, literature, music and art? What ability should we have for these four subjects? What may often for puerile? How can we be more discriminating? Where can we find architecture? Find the words from the passage which mean (1) Having a strong intellect (2) create Marks-75

Q.2 Read the following passage and Answer the following questions: (10) The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or his daughter that he has reared with loving care, may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him perhaps when he needs it most. A mans reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill- considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honour hen success is with us, may be the first to throw stones of malice when failure settles its clouds upon our heads. The on absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world the one that never deserts him the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A mans dog stands by him in prosperity and in proverty, in health and in sickness. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The most unselfish grateful companion of a man is What may happen with a man in this world? Who may prove ungrateful to a man? Who may become traitors? What may a man lose? What result may be caused by an ill-considered action? When do people fall on their knees to honour us? When do people throw stones of malice at us ? Who does not desert a man in the moments of poverty and sickness? Which words in the passage stand for: 1. Brought up and educated 2. Ill-feeling towards others Section-B Q.3 You are Manish/Madhu a staff reporter of The Times of India . You have been asked to cover the incident of a daylight robbery when the inmates were present in a house in the outskirts of Delhi. Write a report in about 150-200 words. (5) Or You are the Student Editor of your school magazine, New light. Write a report on the DRUG ADDICTION among youngmen in about 150-200 words. Q.4 You are Rani/Raghav Write an article in about 150-200 words for publication in a daily giving suggestions to make it a reality as education is the only way to progress. (5) Or

Write an article in about 150-200 words on The Role of youth in National Development to be published in your school magazine. You are Rahul of class 11th std The castle convent school Q.5 In an inter-school debate you have to speak in favour of the motion Modern Gadgets have made us slaves to machines. Write a speech in favour of this motion in your answer sheet in not more than 150-200 words. (5) Or Write a speech in about 100-120 words on Modern Age is the Age of Computers Section-C Q.6 Read the following extract and answer the following questions : (4) The cardboard shows me how it was When the two girl cousins went paddling Each one holding one of my mothers hands And she the big girl-some twelve years or so 1. 2. 3. 4. Name the poem and the poet? What does the word cardboard stand for? How many girls can be seen in the photograph? Who are they ? What are the girls doing?

Q.7 Read the following passage and answer the following: (6) The first indication of impending disaster came at about 6 pm, with an ominous silence .The wind dropped, and the sky immediately grew dark. Then came a growing roar, and am enormous cloud towards aft of the ship. With horror I realized that it was not a cloud, but a wave like no other I had ever seen. It appeared perfectly vertical and almost twice the height of the other waves with a frightful breaking crest. The roar increased to a thunder as the stern moved up the face of the wave and for a moment I thought we might ride over it. But then a tremendous explosion shook the deck. A torrent of green and white water broke over the ship, my head smashed into the wheel and I was aware of flying overboard and sinking below the waves. I accepted my approaching death and as I was losing consciousness, I felt quite peaceful. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What happened before the great disaster ? What kind of wave was it that struck the ship? How did the wave strike the ship? What happened to the writer when the wave struck? How did the writer feel when he was face to face with death ?

6. Find out the words from the passage which means the following 1. Big 2. Standing erect. Q.8. Answer any two of the following questions : (3x2=6) 1. Mention three reasons why the authors grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school? 2. Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January? 3. Mention the way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the authors grandmother died? Q.9. Answer the following in about 80 words : (6) 1. What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger ? Or 2. Mention the three phases of the authors relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad? Q.10 Answer the following questions: (Any 2) (2x3=6) 1. What does the word cardboard denote in the poem ? why has this word been used? 2. What do you like most about the poem? (The laburnum top) 3. What is the meaning of the line: Both wry with laboured ease of loss? Q.11 Answer the following questions: (4x3=12) 1. What kind of a person do you think the narrator is? (Rangas marriage) 2. The school system often curbs individual talents. Discuss? 3. Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address? 4. Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience stricken or because they were afraid?