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English Class XI
English Class XI
RTC 1
“My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was attached
to the temple”
RTC2
“When I went up to University, I was given a room of my own. The common link
of friendship was snapped. My grandmother accepted her seclusion with
resignation.”
1. Gradually the author and the grandmother saw less of each other and their
friendship was broken. Was the distancing in the relationship deliberate or
due to the demand of the situation?
2. Draw the character sketch of author’s grandmother.
Chapter : We are not afraid to die
RTC 1
“When I went in to comfort the children, Jon asked, “Daddy, are we going to die?”
I tried to assure him that we could make it. “But, Daddy,” he went on, “we aren’t
afraid of dying if we can all be together — you and Mummy, Sue and I.”
RTC 2
“I rushed on deck and gazed with relief at the stark outline of Ile Amsterdam. It
was only a bleak piece of volcanic rock, with little vegetation — the most beautiful
island in the world!”
Chapter : A photograph
RTC 1
The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling
Each one holding one of my mother’s hands,
And she the big girl - some twelve years or so.
RTC 2
A sweet face
My mother’s, that was before I was born
And the sea, which appears to have changed less
Washed their terribly transient feet.
1. What has stood the onslaught of time and what has not?
2. How does the poet describe her mother?
3. Where was the mother?What was she doing?
RTC 3
Some twenty- thirty- years later
She’d laugh at the snapshot. “See Betty
And Dolly," she’d say, “and look how they
Dressed us for the beach."
RTC 1
Whereas the European painter wants you to borrow his eyes and look at a
particular landscape exactly as he saw it, from a specific angle, the Chinese
painter does not choose a single viewpoint.
Chapter : Childhood
RTC1
Where did my childhood go?
It went to some forgotten place.
That’s hidden in an infant’s face.
That’s all I know.
(a) Where did the poet in childhood go?
(b) Why does the poet call it a forgotten place?
(c) Find out similar word to ‘toddler‘ in meaning.
RTC2
When did my childhood go?
Was it the day I ceased to be eleven
Was it the time I realized that Hell and Heaven
Could not be found in Geography,
And therefore could not be,
RTC 3
When did my childhood go?
Was it the time I realized that adults were not
All these seemed to be,
They talked of love and preached of love,
But did not act so lovingly,
Was that the day !
(a) What does the poet realize about adults
(b) Why is the poet feeling sorry?
(c) Trace the word from the extract which means to teach
RTC 1
‘ It’s no harm, pay no attention to it’
a) Who said these words in the lesson?
b) What does the statement reflect about the speaker’s character?
c) Name the author of the lesson
Short answer question:
1. What did you get to know about the families of two boys from this story
the beautiful white horse?
2. Why did the boys return the horse to John Byro?
3. How does Aram justify the act of stealing?
4. Highlight the similarities between Khosrove and Mourad.
Long answer question
1. What impression do you form of the cousin Mourad?
2. State some of the humorous incidents of the story. Which incident you
like the most and why.
The Adventure
A. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (Word limit: 40 words)
1. What plan of action had Professor Gaitonde arrived at?
2. Gangadhar Pant had not been to ‘this Bomabay before’. How was ‘the Bombay’
different?
3. What led Professor Gaitonde to believe that ‘history has taken a different turn,
perhaps before 1857?
4. How did the shops and office buildings along Hornby Road differ from those he
knew well?
5. ‘‘This was a blow, not totally unexpected.’’ What was the blow and how was it
not totally unexpected?
6. Which according to Gangadharpant was the precise moment where history had
taken a different turn?