Class 11 English: CBSE Sample Question Papers- Term II (2021-22)- 2 | Sample Papers for Class 11 Commerce PDF Download

Class : XI
Time : 120 Minutes
Maximum Marks : 40

General Instructions : 

• The Question Paper contains THREE sections-READING, WRITING AND GRAMMAR and LITERATURE. 
• Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.

I. Read the passage given below :

1. We live in an age of wonders and miracles. It has been called the ‘Age of Science’, and different aspects of our life that changed in the preceding centuries have been attributed to science. This is completely true, but it is only one side of the coin. The flip side is that as we have advanced more in the field of technology, values such as empathy and concern for our fellow human beings are gradually being eroded.
2. Take the example of the Internet. On one hand, access to information and knowledge at the click of a button is a veritable boon to everyone (especially students) and this has made our lives much simpler. On the other hand, it has severely limited actual contact with teachers, friends and elders. Thus, the learning is incomplete because it lacks personal advice that a person gives on the basis of their knowledge and practical experiences.
3. Today, a small child can access and navigate the Internet with ease, but at the same time miss out on the basic human traits of friendship, relationships and family values. Owing to excessive technology, children often miss out on the most enriching childhood experiences, such as playing outdoor games with friends, which apart from being immensely enjoyable and physically exhilarating, also develop traits such as teamwork and discipline at an early age. As friendship is gradually being limited to virtual friends, it has harsh implications on the personality development of a child because the time spent with computers or mobile phones can never substitute for the holistic benefits of outdoor play. As for me, I think this age of rapid development has created at least as many problems as it has solved, if not more. The reason is that the basic goal of life, which should be the pursuit of happiness has now been replaced by the pursuit of money. Money and happiness are considered analogous in our present society, but they actually are not so. In this mindless pursuit of money, nobody has time now to appreciate the beauty of life, which consists not of multi- billion dollar skyscrapers, but a simple act of kindness to someone at the time of need.
4. So, there is an urgent need to stop for a moment and think about where we are actually heading- is it development or is it destruction? Do we have to wait until people have grown so much apart from each other that we cannot see the suffering of our own species due to our mindless greed, or can we still mend our ways?

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer ANY EIGHT questions from the nine given below.
Q.1. Give one point of evidence from the text that proves that it is like one side of the coin to say that life has changed owing to science.

Different aspects of life have changed due to science. For example, values such as empathy and concern for our fellow human beings are gradually being eroded. So, it is only one side of the coin to say that life has changed owing to science.

Q.2. State any one advantage of the internet mentioned in lines 8-10 in the passage. 

Internet has enabled access to information and knowledge very easily.

Q.3. What will be the consequence of our actions if we do not change our ways? 

If we do not change our ways, human beings will not feel each other ’s suffering.

Q.4. How does the internet hamper the holistic growth of a child? 

Because of excess use of technology, children miss childhood experiences like outdoor games. These activities develop traits such as teamwork and discipline at an early age. This hampers the holistic growth of the child.

Q.5. Rewrite the sentence replacing the underlined words with a word or phrase from lines 30 to 35 in the passage. 
The relationship between a teacher and a student is similar in essence to that of a father and a child. 

The relationship between a teacher and a student is analogous to that of a father and a child.

Q.6. Why has the writer used the word ‘holistic’ to describe the benefits of outdoor play?

Holistic means complete or whole. Outdoor games are enjoyable and also teach lessons in teamwork and discipline. They also provide physical exercise. As such, they are holistic.

Q.7. Use a suitable phrase from lines 40-45 of the passage to complete this sentence.
The thief decided to _______________________ after he listened to the sage’s advice on the fickleness of life.

The thief decided to mend his ways after he listened to the sage’s advice on the fickleness of life.

Q.8. True happiness lies in simple acts of kindness. What acts of kindness are expected from a school going child?

School-going children should be caring and kind. They should avoid being rude to others and help weak students in their studies. They should help old people and little children as much as they can.

 Q.9. What should be the basic goal of one’s life? 

The basic goal of one’s life is the pursuit of happiness.

II. Read the following passage.

1. Pangolins are adorable, shy and stooped creatures. When threatened, this pre-historic mammal curls up into a ball, presenting a hide covered in overlapping scales so tough, they can withstand a tiger attack or blows from an axe. Around 3,500 pangolins are boiled alive in India every year, and about 10,000 worldwide according to the data from the UK based NGO Environmental Investigation Agency.
2. Its scales fetch up to ₹ 15,000 per kg in the market. They are used as a ‘tonic’ in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the most poached mammal in India and the world. Yet, there is little data on its decline as it is largely ignored.
3. Similarly, other animals like the Slender Loris and the Red Line Torpedo Barb are also trapped and sold by the thousands as exotic pets. The Dugong or Sea Cow is hunted for its flesh, and the first owlet is sought after for its supposedly magical properties. The Sea Cucumber, which is hunted as a delicacy and an ingredient in traditional Chinese and South-East Asian medicine, has been wiped out in many parts of the western coast. The Sea Horse, traded in thousands as aquarium pets, dried curios and ‘cure’ for asthma, faces the same fate on the eastern coast.
4. In spite of this, the large and powerful animals like the tiger, elephant, koala and whale are given more attention and budgetary allotment. “With the bulk of endangered species, the conservation efforts end at moving them from one list to another as their numbers drop and they become more and more endangered. This is just a cosmetic change since it does not reflect any changes of real significance on the ground,” says Shikhar Niraj, head of TRAFFIC India, a joint programme of World Wide Fund for Nature and the World Conservation Union. Since ‘celebrity’ animals like the tiger or the elephant are international symbols of Indian Wildlife, they tend to hog public attention. This is bad news.
5. As marine ecologist Deepak Apte puts it, “We may concern ourselves with the flagship species, but it is the minutiae that actually balances the ecosystem. Be it the Scavenger species, the Sea Cucumber or the Insectivorous Loris, it is these species that keep the ecosystem healthy and clean.”

Q.1. On the basis of your reading the passage, make notes using recognisable abbreviations wherever necessary. Use a format you consider suitable, supply a suitable title.

Endangered Animals

• Animals often poached:
  1.1. Pangolin
  1.2. Slender Loris
  1.3. Red Line Torpedo Barb
  1.4. Sea-Cucumber
  1.5. Dugong 
• Pangolin
  2.1. shy stooped creature
  2.2. ambles close to ground
  2.3. beady eyes
  2.4. looks furtively
  2.5. hide covered with overlapping scales 
• Reasons for poaching: 
  3.1. Pangolin
  3.1.1. used as a tonic in chinse medcn
  3.2. Loris & Red Line Torpedo Barb
  3.2.1. sold as pets
  3.3. Dugong or Sea Cow
  3.3.1. hunted for flesh
  3.4. Sea Cucumber
  3.4.1. eaten as a delicacy
  3.4.2. ingr. in chinse. medcn.
  3.5. Sea Horse
  3.5.1. traded as aquarium pet
  3.5.2. cure for asthma
• Need for consrvtn:
  4.1. balance the ecosystem
  4.2. keep the ecosystem healthy and clean.

Q.2. Make a short summary of the passage in about 50 words.

SUMMARY

Animals like Pangolin, Slender Loris, Red Line Torpedo Barb, Sea- Cucumbers, Dugong, Sea Horse etc. are endangered but ignored. More budget is allotted to conserving large and powerful animals like tigers and elephants. But there is need to conserve these endangered animals as they balance the ecosystem and keep it healthy and clean.

III. As President of the Residents Welfare Association of Mayur Colony, Delhi, design a poster in not more than 50 words for promoting cleanliness in the surroundings of your colony.

(IV) Attempt ANY ONE from (A) and (B) given below.
Q.1. The canteen of your school is supplying oily and sweet food. Write a letter to the Principal of your school requesting her to improve the quality of the food sold by the canteen.

The Principal,
Victoria Public School,
Kanpur.
28th March, 20XX
Subject: Improvement in the school canteen.
Sir,
Through this letter of mine, I wish to draw your attention towards the unhygienic conditions of the school canteen. Our school canteen is providing oily food to the students. All of us know that oily food is not good for our health. It makes us obese and lethargic. The sedentary lifestyle of today’s students is also making them disease prone. The quality of food supplied by our canteen is low. The food items lack in vitamins and purity.
I request you to make arrangements for the supply of nutritious food at the canteen. The items supplied should be such that it helps to improve the health of the students. No fast food should be sold by the canteen as it is quite unhygienic in nature.
Thanking You
Yours truly,
Ria Dutta
XI-B

Q.2. You are Kamakshi/Kuber. You have been selected to represent your school in an All India School Debate Competition organised by the Rotary Club, Bengaluru (South). The topic for the debate is: ‘In the opinion of this house, value- based education is the only remedy for decreasing crime rate amongst the educated folk.’ Write the debate in 120-150 words for or against the motion, giving arguments for your stand.

Value-Based Education Today
I, Kuber of class XI, have got the golden opportunity to express my views for the motion on the topic, value-based education is the only remedy for decreasing the crime rate. Mr. Chairman, Respected Judges and Dear Friends! There can’t be two opinions on the fact that ‘valuebased education is the only remedy for decreasing crime rate among the educated folk.’ Even though education has been made compulsory up to the secondary level in India, value-based education to all still remains a distant dream. Education has been practically reduced to the job of providing degrees. These degrees do help them in getting jobs in the market. However, our education system doesn’t help young men and ladies to build up their characters and morals. The result is disastrous. Our schools, colleges and universities are producing a huge army of irresponsible and uncivilised young brutes. Crime among the educated young people have been rising at an alarming rate. Robberies, chain-snatching, eve-teasing and thefts haven’t remained the monopoly of professional uneducated criminals anymore. Many educated young people have joined their ranks. Therefore, the need of the hour is an education system that is based on moral values. Moral education should be made a compulsory subject in all schools. Nationalism, patriotism, devotion and dedication to our country and its people, should be the guiding principles of our education system. Only a comprehensive and value-based education can help in the character building, moral and spiritual upliftment of the educated folk. It will certainly bring down the crime rate in them. 

Thank you

V. (A) Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word.
Q.1. Take as ____________ stamps as you need. 

many

Explanation: Since 'stamps' are countable, many will be used.

Q.2. I ____________ (be) to the doctor. (Fill in the blank using the present perfect tense.) 

I have been to the doctor.

 Explanation: In Present Perfect Tense has been / have been is used. Here the subject is 'I'. So, 'have been' will be used.

(B) Rearrange the given words to make meaningful sentences.
Q.1. had/winning a medal/he/my/I told him/until/about

He had not known about my winning a medal until I told him. 

Q.2. on/my bicycle/to/go/I used to/my school

I used to go to my school on my bicycle.

VI. Answer the following questions within 30-40 words each.
Q.1. What suggestions of Frank shocked Taplow? Why?

Frank had suggested that Taplow could cut Crocker Harris because the latter was already ten minutes late. This suggestions shocked Taplow because he could not even think of doing such a thing.

Q.2. ‘The Voice of the Rain’ contains a dialogue between the poet and the rain itself. Give a summary of the dialogue.

The poet inquires who the rain is. The rain replies, “I am the poem of Earth. I rise out of the Land and the bottomless sea like something untouched. I rise upwards to the sky where I change my form. Then I fall down on the the earth and bathe the droughts, atoms and dust. I give life to things”. 

Q.3. What is the significance of Green Movement in the modern world?

The Green Movement has brought a great awareness among people. It has taught us that we are just partners on the earth sharing this planet with other living organisms. Having learnt this, human beings worldwide have reduced the large amount of destruction being caused on Earth. 

VII. Answer the following questions within 70-80 words each.
Q.1. Who was Joe Morgan? Why had he been waiting for Dr. Andrew Manson?
OR
How did Einstein’s medical certificate prove useless? 

Joe Morgan was a driller in Blaenelly, a mining town. He was a big, strong and heavy middleaged person. Joe and his wife Susan, who had been married for nearly twenty years and were expecting their first child. Joe was waiting for the doctor to help Susan in the delivery of the child.

OR
Einstein managed to get a medical certificate with the help of Yuri but before he could submit it to the head teacher, he was called by the teacher and was expelled from the school. The school authorities were of the opinion that he was turning rebellious. So the medical certificate proved useless.

Q.2. Mothers should be respected not ignored. Examine the problem confronted by Mrs. Pearson under the light of this statement. Who helps her solve this problem and how? 

Mrs. Pearson’s problem is that she is neglected by her husband and children. She is very fond of her family. She runs after them all the time, takes their orders as if she is their servant. She stays at home every night while they go out enjoying themselves. She takes no holiday. They have come to believe that she is there simply to look after them and wait for them. So they take, no notice of her. Her neighbour, Mrs. Fitzgerald, helps her solve this problem. She advises Mrs. Pearson to assert her rights as the mistress of the house if she wants them to treat her properly.

Q.3. Give a brief account of the author ’s visit to the medical college at Darchen and the effect of the Tibetan medicines on him.

At first, the author was impressed neither by the building of the medical college nor the Tibetan doctor. The building looked like a monastery and the doctor himself appeared like any other Tibetan in a thick-pullover and wooly hat. He had no white coat. The author, then, explained his sleepless symptoms and sudden aversion to lying down. The Tibetan doctor diagnosed his illness as a cold and effect of the altitude. So, he gave him a five- day course of Tibetan medicines in fifteen screws of paper. The medicines, which appeared to be quite ineffective, worked wonder and only after his first full day’s course, the author was able to sleep soundly at night. He woke up quite fresh the next day and recovered completely after the five-day course.