AHSEC| CLASS 11| ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH| QUESTION PAPER - 2023| H.S. 1ST YEAR
2023
ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
GROUP – A
1. Answer any ten of the following questions: 1/2x10=5
(a) What does ‘jiffy’
mean?
(b) What does ‘popover’
stand for?
(c) What is
Gusev?
(d) But I am
_______. (Fill in the blank)
(e) What is
Virgil?
(f) What is
ghooral?
(g) What is the
meaning of ‘vanity’?
(h) I never give
the wall to a ________. (Fill in the blank)
(i) Who was
Perkins?
(j) Write the
full form of RT.
(k) Who says, ‘Operation
successful’?
(l) What is a
satchel?
2. Answer any six of the following questions: 1x6=6
(a) Who is the
suitor of the story, The Suitor and Paper?
(b) Who asked
for a stag party?
(c) How many
daughters did Kondrashkin have?
(d) Which is the
hardest part of schooling, according to G. B. Shaw?
(e) Which boots
were not divided into rights and lefts?
(f) Does the
scholar who knows everything exist?
(g) How do the
villagers plough the narrow fields?
(h) How did the
tiger kill his first victim?
(i) What items
are sold by the bania in his stall?
(j) What is the name
of the vehicle mentioned in the story, How it Happened?
(k) How many
sharp curves did Claystall Hill have?
(l) What,
according to Gardiner, are the liberties to preserve?
(m) Which bird
did the captive think of?
3. Answer any six of the following questions: 2x6=12
(a) Why did Kondrashkin
fear that Pyotr might be sent to Siberia?
(b) Why did
Kondrashkin call Pyotr dishonest?
(c) What is G. B.
Shaw’s opinion on ‘routine’?
(d) Why is da Vinci’s
notebook considered ‘funny’?
(e) Describe the
dress of a high-caste hill woman.
(f) How do the
inhabitants of Kumaon villages get news of the outside world?
(g) What was
whirring like a high wind?
(h) What is the
food offered to the captive in the headman’s house?
4. Answer any four of the following questions: 3x4=12
(a) Why did Dr.
Fituyev refuse to give Pyotr the certificate he wanted?
(b) Why does G.
B. Shaw call himself ‘an educated man?
(c) About what
does Corbett caution his imagined readers?
(d) Why did the
narrator feel that he was ‘like a man in a dream’?
(e) What is
bio-piracy? How does it affect a country?
5. Answer any two of the following questions: 5x2=10
(a) Why did
Pyotr decide to adopt ‘Hamlet’s device’ and why did he fail in this venture?
(b) How does G.
B. Shaw argue that a routine, supposed to suit everybody, actually suits
nobody?
(c) Describe the
two instances when the villagers display bravery and courage.
(d) What prompts
A. G. Gardiner to heap praises on the bus conductor?
(e) Why was the
narrator amazed to know the actual status of Stanley?
(f) Write about
the journey undertaken by the captive and the young man.
GROUP – B
(Poetry)
6. Answer any eight of the following questions: ½ x8=4
(a) A free bird
________. (Fill in the blank)
(b) Where was
Maya Angelou born?
(c) Name the
poetic autobiography written by Wordsworth.
(d) Where was
the speaker on that Spring day?
(e) What kind of
sound did the speaker hear?
(f) What is the
meaning of ‘mercy’?
(g) Who wrote
the poem, The Divine Image?
(h) Where Mercy,
Love, and Pity ________. (Fill in the blank)
(i) Who is seen
as God’s child and care?
(j) What does ‘oft’
stand for?
(k) What does ‘ere’
stand for?
(l) To what does
the poet compare his friends?
7. Answer any seven of the following questions: 1x7=7
(a) What is the
meaning of ‘downstream’?
(b) What is a
trade wind?
(c) Where does
the free bird dip its wings?
(d) Who is the
writer of the poem, Lines Written in Early Spring?
(e) What is
periwinkle?
(f) What kind of
thoughts overpowered the sweet mood of the speaker?
(g) What kind of
man prays to the human form ‘divine’?
(h) Pick out one
fond memory from the poem, The Light of Other Days.
(i) What does the
poet remember before falling asleep?
(j) Whom does
the poet see as leaves falling in ‘wintry weather’?
8. Answer any three of the following questions: 2x3=6
(a) Why does the
caged bird sing ‘a fearful trill’?
(b) What does
the phrase ‘grave of dreams’ mean?
(c) What is the
significance of the primrose tufts and periwinkle in the poem, Lines Written in
Early Spring?
(d) What did the
budding twigs do?
(e) Name the
different human forms represented by ‘virtues of delight’.
(f) Why does the
poet feel like ‘one who treads along’?
(g) What happens
to the poet ‘in the stilly night’?
9. Answer any one of the following questions: 3
(a) Describe the
helplessness of the caged bird.
(b) What is
Wordsworth’s belief regarding Nature’s holy plan?
(c) What is the
significance of the expression ‘In Heathen, Turk, or Jew’?
(d) Briefly
describe the banquet hall.
10. Answer any one of the following questions: 5
(a) Compare and
contrast the conditions of the caged bird and the free bird.
(b) What are the
reasons behind Wordsworth’s lamentations?
(c) Bring out
the central idea of the poem, The Divine Image by William Blake.
(d) How does
Thomas Moore portray the theme of friendship in The Light of Other Days?
GROUP – C
(Grammar and
Composition)
11. Make sentences with any two pairs of words to
illustrate the difference in meanings between them: 2x2=4
Fair-fare
Cite-site
Eminent-imminent
Diary-dairy
Petrol-patrol
Carrier-career
12. Identify five nouns and five adjectives in the
sentences given below: ½ x10=5
People of every
country, whether of England, or France, or Germany, or Italy, or India think
that their country is the best and the greatest. This is a wrong notion;
because, like individuals, every country has some positive and some negative
qualities. We must take the good from others. Our country is poor and its people
are sad. By following the healthy practices of other countries, we can help the
backward people and make our country happier and better.
13. Fill in the blanks of any five of the following
(sentences with conditional clause) with correct tense forms: 1x5=5
(a) She might
catch the bus, if she _____(run) fast.
(b) If you _______(inform)
me, I would have reached the station.
(c) Unless they
_____(request) me, I shall not go.
(d) If I _______(be)
you, I would not seek his help.
(e) In case you
________(see) Sudha, give her this book.
(f) Unless she
______(mend) her ways, she will suffer.
(g) If I _______(be)
a bird, I would fly there.
(g) I wish I _______(can)
play football better.
(i) Millions of
people _______(die), if they do not receive the aid now.
14. Write a precis of the following passage and add an appropriate
title to it: 6
Village life has
many charms. There is the peasant rising with the morning star glittering in
the sky and turning his bullocks and buffaloes out to graze before sunrise. After
sunrise they are taken to the fields to plough. Watch the peasant’s wife
milking her cows or grinding her corn! Hear the lambs bleating, and the birds
chirping! How fine the fields look! While the peasant in his fields is working
all day in sun or rain, as if he plays on the lap of Mother Earth. Notice the
housewives of the village with pots on their heads going to the village wells
and thence bring water for their homes, all walking with slow, steady steps, in
groups, talking to one another as they walk, while the pots stand piled overhead,
firm like a column rooted in earth. Also see the group of villagers sitting in
a temple or shop or village office in the evening and having their small talks
about things in general. It is true that there is a great deal to be done for
our villages by way of education, sanitation, and other modern methods of health
and happiness.
GROUP – D
(Drama)
15. Answer any three of the following questions: 1x3=3
(a) What is the
name of the mother of Sheila Birling?
(b) What is the
name of the Inspector?
(c) Where does
the investigation take place?
(d) Who is Edna?
(e) Who had
taken the name of Daisy Renton?
(f) Who is the Chairperson
of the Brumley Charity organization?
16. Answer any one of the following questions: 2
(a) What is the
initial reaction of Mr. Birling to the manner of the Inspector’s questioning?
(b) Why does the
Inspector not show the photograph to all the people at the same time?
(c) Can Eva
Smith be seen as a victim of personal and professional exploitation?
17. Answer any one of the following questions: 5
(a) Write about
the nature of the relationship between Eva and Mrs. Birling.
(b) How did Mr.
Birling deal with the issue of pay hike demanded by his employees?
(c) Write why
Sheila feels that she has been let down by her family.
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