XLR MID SEMESTEREXAM .2013. 2014
Std.: 11 Sci. (GM) Marks:40
Date:63.69, 13 Sub: English (SL) Duration : 2 Hrs.
Set-B
* Read the following stanzas and answer the questions choosing the appropriate answers
given below them: (4)
Down the street with laughter and shout ,
Glad in the freedom ofschool let out,
Come the boys like a flock ofsheep
Hailing the snow, piled white and deep.
1. Who are compared to the flock of sheep?
a. the students
b. the passengers
c. the crowd
\, d. school teachers
2. Which of the following seasons is indicated in the stanza?
a. summer
b. winter
c. monsoon
d. spring
Thus ending he hastily lifted the wicket
And out of the door tumed the poor little cricket.
Though this is a fable the moral is good:
If you live without work, you must live without food.
3. What did the ant do to the cricket?
a. helped the cricket
b. encouraged the cricket
r \ c. welcomed the cricket
d. tumed the cricket away
4. What is the moral of the poem?
a. one must work hard
b. one should store food
c. one must enjoy life
d. one shouldn't help others
* Read the following extracts and answer the questions choosing the appropriate answers
given below them: .
The snakes were- indignant and they bit the flamingos. Their bodies and legs *"r" ,:UJ,r,
and got hot. So they ran to the lake.
5. why did the snakes bite the flamingos?
a. because they didn't like them
b. because they were annoyed
c. because they wanted to chase them
d. because they wanted to be free from them
6. What was the outcome of the snake bite?
a. they died
b. they ran away from the forest
c. their bodies began to itch
d. their bodies became black and white
7. Why did the flamingos run to the lake?
a. because only the water could calm the pain
b. in order to escape from the snakes
c. because they liked to be in water
d. because water made their feather pink
Penguin is a bird that doesn't fly but walks and swims. They live on the snow in the polar
regions where there is no vegetation as it can't stand freezing cold. There days and nights
are very long.
8. How are the penguins different from other birds?
a. by not being able to fly
b. by not being able to walk and swim
c. by being able to sing
d. none olthe above
9. In which region are the penguins found?
a. in the northem regions
b. in the southem regions
c. in the polar region
d. in the western region
10. Which day is celebrated as the Penguin Awareness Day?
a. 10m January
b. 10s February
c. 20s January
d. 20ft February
+Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting pattems. It forms an important part
of many cultural and social activities. We use music to, express feelings or ideas. Music
also serves to entertain and relax. Like drama and dance, music is a performing art. It
differs from arts like painting and poetry in which afiists create work and then display or
publish them. Music composers need musicians to interpret and perform their work, just
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as the playwrights need actors to perform their plays. Thus, musical performances are
partnerchips between composers and performers'
11. Define music as is described in the passage.
a. Music is an art that influences our thought.
b. Music is an arrangement of sound into pleasing pattem.
c. Music is an arrangement ofsounds as per ragas.
d. None of these
12. What is the PurPose of music?
a. to convey a message
b. to develop a hobby
c. to express feelings and ideas
d. to attract People
13. How does music serve us? v a. by entertaining our heart and mind
b. bY catering to our hobbY
c. by makjng us imaginative
d. by inspiring us to pursue other arts
14. Whom do the music composers need to interpret and perform their works?
a. playwrights
b. painters
c. musicians
d. aclors
* Fill in the blanks selecting the most appropriate forms of verbs given below: (2)
A circular
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to the Evacuee Trust Property Board which
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the
holy places of minority communities and organized pilgrimage to such places and also
law enforcement agencies.
15. a. was sent
b. has been sent
c. is sent
d. had been sent
16. a. is working for
b. is looking for
c. looks after
d. was looking for
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* Fill in the blanks selecting t}re most appropriate conjunctions given below:
(3)
(17) did the train arrive at the platform than all the passengers waiting for the
train rushed to the compartment _(18) pushed one another to ge1 into the
compartment so it became very difficult for those _ (19) wanted to get off.
17 . a. Hardly
b. As soon as
c. No sooner
d. Scarecely
18.a. but
b. and
c. as
d. therefore
19. a. such
b. who
c. whom
d. that
*'Complete the following sentences selecting the most appropriate options given below :
(3)
20. IIe was so full of joy...... . . ...
a. as began to dance
b. and begin to dance around
c. and he became very anxious
d. that he began to dance
21. Many people go to foreign countries
a. with a view to eaming money
b. so that they had to earn money
c. in order to eaming mOney
d. on account of eam money
22. The Taj Mahal is
a. the more impressive monument in the world
b. one of the most impressive monuments in the world
c. not that much impressive as the other monument in the world
d. more impressive then any other monuments in the world
* Read the following conversation and complete the following dialogue in report.ed
speech selecting themost appropriate options given beloy: ( 3)
Father: Why were you late from school?
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Rohan: There,ras a one-day cicket match between our school and DBM school,papa.
Father: Why didn't you inform us earlier?
Rohan: I rang up home but nobody picked up the phone.
23. Father asked Rohan
a. why he was late from school yesterday.
b. why he had been late from school the day before.
c. why you were late from school the day before.
d. why was he late from school the day before?
24. Rohan replied to his father that .............and DBM school.
a. there would be a one day cricket match between his school
b. there was a one day cricket match between our school
c. there was a one day cricket match between their school
d. there has been a one day cricket match between their school
25. Father asked him further....... ..
a. ifhe hadn't informed them earlier.
b. Why he hasn't informed him earlier.
c. why he hadn't informed them earlier.
d. why he didn't inform them earlier.
*Replace the underlined words / phrases selecting the most appropriate options given
below: (2)
Subhash Chandra Bose called his army as'Azad Hind Fauj'. His soldiers were ready to
pay the price of freedom. Though they were emoty handed they did not lose courage.
26. a. pay money for
b. sacrifice for
c. pay the cost of
d. prepare for
b. without weapons
c. without hands
d. without support
* Fill in the blanks selecting the most appropriate options given below: (3)
Cancer is now
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(28) Many patients are (29) upon if they are
early stage ofcancer. Then they lead a _ (30) lif€.
28. a. cure r
b. curing
c. curable
d. cured
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29. a. operated
b. operation
c. operating
d. operatable
30. a. rout
b. routine
c. routinal
d. routed
* Read the following extracts and answer the questions choosing the appropriate answers
given below : (10)
How astonished the shah was at the shepherd's power of observation! He told him that
he was indeed the king ofthe country and had come there to hnd out whether he really
possessed the gift of knowing and understanding men. Then the shah asked him thc
names of the villages where he wandered with his sheep, and appointed him their \-
governor.
31. Why had the king visited the shepherd?
a. to find out how he cheated people.
b. to find out whether he really had the gift of knowing and understanding men.
c. to find out whether the shepherd wanted to become his governor.
d. to find out whether the shepherd had the capacity to become his governor.
32. The meaning of 'How astonished the Shah was at the shepherd's power of
observation!'is....
a. The Shah was not at all impressed by the shepherd,s power of observation
b. The Shah had nothing to do with the shepherd's power of observation
c. The Shah was greatly impressed by the shepherd,s power ofobservation
d. The Shah was not ready to accept that the shepherd had some extraordinary power of
observation
33. What did the Shah ask the shepherd?
a. some questions on administration
b. some questions on caretaking ofsheep
c. the names of the villages which he visited with his sheep
d. the names of some men whom he knew
34. Where did the Shah find the shepherd?
a. at the hillside
b. at a place where sheep were grazing
c. at the mouth of thc cave
d. at a village
35. The word 'their' in the last line refers to . . . . . ...
a. the villagers
b. the Shah
c. the courtiers
d. the villages
* Today we are taking the vow of independence under the National Flag. A time will
come when you will salute thjs flag in the Red Fort. But remember that you will have
to pay the price of freedom. Freedom can never be had by begging. It has to be got by
force. Its price is blood. We will not beg fieedom from any foreign country. We shall
achieve freedom by payrng its price. It does not matter how much price we have to pay
for it.
36. When will they salute the National Flag in the Red Fort?
a. when they reach Delhi
b. when they take the vow of independence b c. when they become independent
d. when they realize the importance of freedom
37. Subhash Chandra Bose firmly believed that. . ..
a. freedom has to be got by force and not by begging
b. freedom has to be got by fighting
c. freedom can be got only by being strong
d. freedom has to be got by taking the vow of independence
38. What is the price of freedom according to Subhash Chandra Bose?
a. National Flag
b. blood
c. Red Fort
d. British Rule
39. What was the ultimate aim of Subhash Chandra Bose?
a. preparing a very strong army - b. winning the entire world
c. winning freedom for his own country
d. becoming popular among lndians
40. The synonymous word for'vow'is.....
a. pledge
b. assurance
c. challenge
d. guarantee
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