MANAVA BHARATI
INDIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
CLASS XIl:ENGLISH (031)
UT-I
2?
SESSION:2024-25
Weightage:
Time Duration: 50 marks
1hr. 30 min
General Instructions:
1. The Question Paper contains THREE
2. Attempt questions based on specific
sections-READING, WRITING- and LITERATURE.
3.This paper consists of 5 pages.
instructions for each part.
SECTION A
READING- 12Marks
1)-Read the passage given below carefully:
Many of us believe that'small' means 'insignificant' We believe that
small actions and choices do
not have much impact on our lives. We think that it is only the big
things,the big actions and the big
decisions that really count. But when you look at the lives of all great people, you
built their character through small decisions, small choices willsee that they
and small actions that they performed
every day. They transformed their lives through a step-by-step or
nurtured and nourished their good habits and chipped away at day-by-day approach. They
their bad habits,one step at a time. It
was their small day-to-day decisions that added up to make a
tremendous difference in the long run.
Indeed, in matters of personal growth and character building, there is
no such thing as an overnight
SUccesS.
2. Growth always OCcurs through a sequential series of stages.
There is an organic process to growth.
When we look at children growing up, we can see this process at work:
the child first learns to crawl.
then to stand and walk and finally to run. The same is true in the
naturalworld. The soil must first be
tilled and then the seed must be sowed. Next, it must be nurtured
with enough water and sunlight
and only then willit grow, bear fruit and finally ripen and be ready to eat.
3.Gandhi understood this organic process and used this universal law of
nature to his benefit. Gandhi
grew insmallways, in his day-to-day affairs. He did not wake up one day and
find himself tobe the
'Mahatma. In fact, there was nothing much in his early life that showed signs of
In his mid-twenties onwards, he deliberately and consistently
greatness. But from
attempted to change himself, reform
himself and grow in some small way every day. Day-by-day,
hour-by-hour, he risked
experimented and learnt from mistakes. In small and large situations alike, he took up ratherfailure,
than
avoiding responsibility.
4. People have always marveled at the effortless way in which Gandhi could
accomplish the most
difficult tasks. He displayed a great deal of self-mastery and discipline that was amazing.
These things
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training went intomaking his Successes
o e easily to him. Years of practice and dicriniined overcome
possible. Very few saw his struggles, fears, doubts and anxieties or his inner efforts to
them. They saw the victory. but not the struggle.
crorces
s S a common factor in the lives of all great nennle they evercised their freedoms and
Smal ways that made a great impact on their lives and their environment. Each of their stia
decisions and actions, added up tohave a profound impact in the long run. By understanaing tm
principle, we can move forward with confdence in the direction of our dreams. Often wheno0 tco
goal looks too far from us, we become easily discouraged, disheartened and pessimistic. Howeve.
when we choose to grow in smallways, taking smallsteps one at a time. performing it becomes easy.
A.On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the questions give below:
Gandhiji followed aprocess of growth. Which of the following is the third step in this process? 1
(a) Experimentation (b) Learning from mistakes
(c) Risking failure (d) Attempt to change
Ä.The main idea in the first paragraph is that 1
(a) overnight success is possible for allofus
(b) small actions and decisions are important in one's life
(c) big things, big actions and big decisions make a person great
(d) personal changes are not important
M.What is the one common thing that Gandhi did insmall andlarge situations?Answer in about 40
words. 2
jYComplete the following sentence with reference to the extract. 1
The phrase in the first paragraph means 'to steadily give up bad habits.
ySelect the option that conveys the opposite of 'unintentionally' from words used in paragraph 3.
(a) Organic (b) Consistently 1
(c) Risked (d) Deliberately
yik Comment on the writer'sreference to the way in which great people transform their lives.
Answer in about 40 words. 2
yit. Describe the 'universal law of nature' mentioned in the passage. Answer in about 40 words. 2
yit. What did Gandhi try to do after he was 25 years old? 1
jx.Pick the option that correctly lists the tone of the writer with reference to the passage. 1
1. Sympathetic 2. Encouraging 3. Wonder 4. Regret 5. Matter of fact
Codes
(a) Only 3 (b) Only 4
(c) Only 2 (d) 1 and 5
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SECTIONB
WRITING SKILLS- 14 marks
22 You are Mahender, Sports Captain, St. John's School,Iuclcnow. Write anotice ln 50 words for the
school notice board informing students about an Inter School football match to be played in your
school. Invite them to watch andcheer for the teams. (4)
3 Youare Arun/Aruna Verma, living at 147,Sector 10,Rohini, New Delhi. Youare deeply troubled
by the discrimination practiced against the poorer section of the society even in urban areas, among
welleducated, prosperous families. The discrimination can be seen most blatantly in all spheres.
Write aletter to the Editor ofanational newspaper, strongly condemning such practices. (5)
A You are Preeti/Pranay. You feel that India, with its rich and varied heritage, linguistic and cultured
diversity, is an excellent destination for tourism. Promoting tourism will surely promote our
economy. Write an article titled, Promoting Tourism is Promoting Ourselves, in 150 words,
specifying the advantages of promoting tourism and how it can be accomplished. (5)
SECTIONC
LITERATURE - 24 marks
5 Readthe extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (1x6=6)
What I want would not be
confused with inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
Iwant no truck with death.
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
Perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
Of never understanding ourselves
And of threatening ourselves with death.
AWhich of the following themes is best represented in the given extract?
va Power of war (b) Power of violence (c) Power of silence and thought (d) Power of disputes
iState whether the given statement is TRUE or FALSE, with reference to the extract.
The poet wants to have no association with death as death is the end of life.
RComplete the sentence appropriately.
The poet asks to in the whole extract of the poem.
j. Thetone ofthe poet in the expression'perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness' is
(a) unsure yet optimistic (b) sure and confident
(c)poetic and melodramatic (d) hopeful but not confident
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.Whati want should not be confused with total inactivity'
Choose the option that draws the most accurate parallel.
Keeping quiet: total inactivity=
(a) reflection and death (b) silence and chaos
(c) stagnation and introspection (d) mindfulness and fear
viAccording to the poet who is to blame for the condition of threatening ourselves with death?
(a) Stressful life (b)keeping quiet
(c)lack of understanding (d) state of confusion
6) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (1X4=4)
Have youever been there? It's still a wonderful town, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and
tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets. And in 1894, summer
evenings were twice as long, and people sat out on their lawns, the men smoking cigars and talking
quietly, the women waving palm-leaf fans, with the hre-Tlies all around, in apeaceful world. To be
back there with the First World War still twenty yearSoff and World War ll over forty years in the
future. I wanted two tickets for that.
The author wants two tickets to a place which he refers to in the last two lines of the extract.
Which year does he wish to go back to?
Ä.Atthe beginning of theextract, the author addresses the question to
(a) Louisa, Charley's wife (b) Sam Weiner, Charley's psychiatrist
(c) the reader (d) nobody in particular as it's a rhetoric question
ji. Complete the sentence appropriately.
'Tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets' is an example of
j. How has life been described in the given extract?
Answer anytwoof the questions given below in 40-50 words each: (2x2=4)
(i) Mention any two long term consequences of the drowning incident on Douglas.
What are the differences in the ambitions of Saheb and Mukesh?
Ki) What are the contrasting images used in the poem 'My mother at Sixty Six?
&}Answer in 150 words: (5)
What did the French teacher tellhis students in his last French lesson? What impact did it have on
them? Why?
HAnswer in 150 words: (5)
It would be unkind to say that Charley was a coward. Life is a series of episodes full of miseries and
pleasantries.Charley didn't like to embrace either. Critically analyze his approach supporting the
incidents from the text.
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