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CBSE TEST PAPER-04Class XI English Core

Time :-11/2 Hrs. M.M. 40

SECTION A (READING)

Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

(i) In speaking today about the social responsibilities of science, I will speak

of things which are relatively easy for young people, but difficult for older

persons, to understand. This is because young people possess a quality

that, in general, diminishes with years: the quality of imagination.

Imagination is a quality which is an integral part of science, and naturally

endowed to young people. It is a quality which sadly enough evaporates

with advancing age, yet it is a quality which our unhappy world needs in

abundance at the present time.

(ii) For the last three centuries, the findings of science have had marked

impact upon society, but people on the whole have not understood just

how would has been affected, nor have they cared. From the time of

Newton, men began to realize that through technology, which is based

upon the findings of science, substantial comforts and profits could be

gained. From the time of Pasteur, men began to realize that though the

application of science to medicine, they might be able to live longer.

(iii) From the time of Leonardo da Vinci, men appreciated that science could

materially aid in winning wars. As years went by, a technological

materialism was developed; demands for new technical knowledge

became grater and greater; more and more men became scientists and

technologists. The scientist came to be looked upon as the creator of a new

and abundant life. To make substantial profits, to work less, to live longer,

to win wars- what more could the people of a nation desire? In the valour

of its ignorance humanity accepted science and technology as its

benefactors, seldom questioning, seldom asking where it was leading.

(iv) And where has it led? To a large part of the world, it has brought

unprecedented comfort. To an even larger part of the world, it has brought


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unprecedented agony.

(v) To the world of the future (the world in which you young people must

live), technological expansion may bring total catastrophe, or it may aid in

the moulding of a balanced would in which men may have the opportunity

to live in reasonable harmony with their environment and with each

other. The end result will depend upon the wisdom and imagination with

which we integrate our scientific and technical knowledge from other

fields of human endeavour, into a pattern for a peaceful and stable world.

(a) On the basis of the reading of the above passage make notes on it in a suitable

format. Use recognizable abbreviations, wherever necessary. Give a suitabletitle to the notes.

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(b) Find words in the passage which mean the same as the following:

(i) Comparatively (P-1)

(ii) Plentiful (P-3)

(iii) Experienced never before (P 4 5)

SECTION B (WRITING)

Q2. You need to open a fresh bank account. Describe in about 80-100 words the

process of opening this account. You may use the suggestions given below

along with your own ideas:

Obtain form fill it affix photograph introduction by current account

holder submit & deposit money next day a/c number, cheque book, pass

book.

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SECTION C (GRAMMAR)Q3. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals.

We (i) _________ think that the weight of our equipment (ii) __________make

walking or climbing very arduous, but as soon as we set foot on the soil of the

moon, we (iii) _________ find that it is just the contrary. If we (iv) _____ carry

heavy weights, we (v) _________ jump to great heights. We (vi) ________even want

to break our own jumping records.

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Q4. Rearrange the following words into meaningful sentences:-

(i) Old daughter / cannot / mini / live / my / five-year / Chattering / without.

(ii) vexed / at / her mother / this / is often.

(iii) like to / prattle / I / but / would not / stop her / she / would.

(iv) has / a minute / her life / mini / never wastes / in all / in silence.

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SECTIOIN D (TEXT BOOKS)

Q5. Read the given stanza and answer the questions that follow:

Then sleek as a lizard, and alert and abrupt,

She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up

Of Chitterings, and a tremor of wings, and trillings.(a) What is a being described in the given lines? [1]

(b) What is the machine refered to in line 2? [1]

(c) Name and explain the poetic devices used in the given lines. [2]

Q6. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each. Any THREE only.

(i) What is the middle void? Why is it important?

(ii) Why has Amenhotep IVs reign been described as one of the strangest

periods in the history of ancient Egypt?

(iii) Why does the narrator say I was in a room I know and did not know?

(iv) Give examples to show that the narrator was proud of his village

Hosahalli.

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Q7. Answer the following questions in about 80-100 words only.

(a) Give a brief character sketch of the narrator of the story Rangas

Marriage with focus on the relationship he has with Ranga.

OR

Why did the narrator not wait for Mrs. Darling and decided to forget the

address?

(b) Explain the concept of shanshai

OR

Ling Tut ..in death as in life, moved regally ahead of his countrymen

Elaborate.

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