POLICE DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR CANT.

UT-1 (2021-22)
Class: XI
SUBJECT: English Core

MM 20 MT 1 HR

Section-wise Email-ids to post the pdf of paper attempted

XI A&B engexam202122@gmail.com
XI C&I assignmentenglish1112@gmail.com
XI E& H assessmenteng2021@gmail.com
XI F english.term12020@gmail.com
XI G&J exam1112.eng@gmail.com
XI D & K engworkpdav2021@gmail.com

DESCRIPTIVE

SECTION-A
(WRITING)

1. You are Amit/Amrita, Head Boy/Head Girl of Zenith Public School. Write a notice
for your school notice board inviting entries from desirous students for Preliminary
round of Britannia Quiz Contest to be held at your school.
Or
You are Praveen /Prabha, Secretary, Social Welfare Club of your school. Write a
notice motivating students to donate in cash and kind for the victims of recent
cyclones: Yaas and Tauktae. 2 marks

2. Two main parks in your locality have suffered from neglect on the part of local
authorities. They have virtually been taken over by undesirable elements. As a result
the residents have stopped going to the parks. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the
editor of a local newspaper expressing your concern about the problems the neglect
and indifference of concerned authorities have created and suggest measures to
reclaim the parks for children. You are Gautam/Gauri of 2, Gobind Enclave, Meerut.
Or
Write a letter to the editor of a national daily, expressing your opinion and views on
the increased human dependence on technology. Right from a small child to an adult,
or even an old man, everyone wants gadgets only: cell phone, I-pod, laptop, etc. This
has an adverse effect on social relationships suggest how this menace can be handled
in this crucial time. You are Rajiv/ Ranjana of 69, Krishna colony, New Delhi.
5 marks

3. The planet earth is facing many challenges due to human driven activities: dipping
water level, melting glaciers, polluted air, dipping oxygen level, polluted land and
water and much more. It is now urgent to take significant actions in order to save our
planet. Write an article in about 120-150 words for your school magazine on ‘Save
the Blue Planet, Together We Can’. You are Akshay/Akshita of Graham Public
School, Indore.
Or
 You are Satish/Saba, associated with an NGO, which works to uplift the socio-
economic conditions of child labourers by counselling their parents and helping them to
go the school. Write an article in about 120-150 words on ‘Role of Literacy in
Eradicating the Evil of Child Labour’. 5 marks

SECTION-B

(LITERATURE)
4. Answer any TWO of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
2X2=4 marks

1. What was the turning point in the relationship of the author and his grandmother?
2. Explain the phrase ‘silence silences’ in the context of the poem A Photograph?
3. How does Aram justify Mourad’s act of stealing?

5. Answer any ONE of the following question in 125 words:

4X1=4 marks

Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If
yes, give instances which show this.
Or
What impression do you form of Mourad after reading the story ‘The Summer of
Beautiful White Horse’?