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Campus Ahmedabad Date 17.02.21

Name of student Class 11 A and B

Name of examination Semester-2 Student Roll No.

Mail ID of subject
sangeeta.rai@globalindianschool.org
teacher
Subject English
Session 2020-21
Duration 3 hrs.
Maximum marks 80

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This question paper has 2 parts
Part A- 40 Marks Objective type questions which carry 1 mark each
Part B- 40 Marks Descriptive questions, following are the types of questions
2 Marks
3 Marks
5 Marks

PART A (Objective Type)

Q.1 Read the given passage carefully and answer ANY TEN out of the following questions by choosing
the best answers from the given options: [10]

1. Travel is a bug that was in me when I was born, probably inherited from my father. In 24 years of
travelling widely through India, I have been most fascinated by those little islands that dot the Bay of Bengal
off the East Coast of India. Yes, I am talking about the Andaman Islands. Andamans somehow seemed
almost sinister, with images of being haunted, bleak and scary, until my parents actually returned from a trip
to Port Blair and told us about these serene islands. We immediately awaited the first opportunity to take a
break and check them out. Finally, the D-Day came and we were all ready. We boarded the aircraft and to our
surprise found that there were several empty seats. On enquiry, we learnt that all supplies to the Andamans
including newspaper and meat go from the mainland and so there is always more cargo and less people.

2. Port Blair airport is a small, old airport that was constructed in 1947. On my way to the hotel I noticed that
there are none of the usual auto rickshaws that noisily wend their way through most Indian towns. There was
only one traffic signal in the entire town and the roads were more ups-and-downs than level. This was all
surprising for a person like me who has lived in the coastal towns of Chennai and Mumbai.

3. The colour of the sea was an unpolluted blue, a colour that I had not seen in any of the beaches in India. It
was calm and beautiful. I was thrilled with the fact that we were going to spend 10 entire days there. All we
had to do was sit in the open restaurant, look at the sea, enjoy the cool breeze and feel good.

4. The Andaman Islands are a group of several islands, so most of our sightseeing was by boats. There are a
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total of more than 356 islands there. Even the oldest boatman, Rathnam, had seen only 200 of them. I figured
that 10 days was surely not enough to get a full picture of this place, so I started to store every sight, every
sound and every smell. The sound and light show at the jail sent a shiver down my spine. The realization that
those who fought for our Independence had lived, struggled, suffered and even died here left an impact.

(i) What kind of a passage is this?

(a) Fiction
(b) Travelogue
(c) Persuasive
(d) Biography

(ii) Why was the author interested in taking a trip to Andaman Islands?

(a) It had a haunted, bleak and scary image.

(b) As his parents had recently taken a trip there.
(c) He loved travelling.
(d) He was largely fascinated by what his parents told him about the islands.

(iii) Why was the author surprised when he reached Port Blair?

(a) The airport was very small.

(b) There was only one traffic signal in the entire town.
(c) Living in a busy city, he had never expected such a town.
(d) None of the above.

(iv) What is the meaning of the phrase ‘sent a shiver down my spine’?

(a) Feel very frightened

(b) Feel very excited
(c) Feel very relaxed
(d) None of these

(v) The synonyms of ‘serene’ in the first paragraph is……………

(a) calm
(b) threatening
(c) benign
(d) good

(vi) One thing that left a major impact on the author was……………

(a) the serenity of the place

(b) the wholesome experience
(c) vastness of the islands
(d) the realization that freedom fighters had lived, struggled and died there

(vii) What was unusual about Port Blair?

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(a) There were no noisy auto rickshaws wending their way.

(b) The town had only one traffic signal
(c) roads were more ups-and-downs than level.
(d) all of them

(viii) What did the author do there?

(a) enjoy the cool breeze

(b) sit in the open restaurant
(c) go skiing
(d) both (a) and (b)

(ix) The word……….. in the passage means ‘provisions’ (paragraph 1)

(a) supplies
(b) bleak
(c) empty
(d) fascinated

(x) The word in the passage which is an antonym of ‘contaminated’ is (para 3)

(a) calm
(b) unpolluted
(c) breeze
(d) none of the above

(xi) Why was most of their sightseeing by boats?

(a) because the Andaman islands are a group of over 356 islands.
(b) he liked to sit in the boat
(c) the boatman was his friend
(d) none of the above

Q.2 Read the passage carefully and answer ANY EIGHT out of the following questions by choosing the
best answers from the given options: [8]

1. No treatment on the market today has been proved to slow human aging. But one intervention,
consumption of a low-calorie yet nutritionally balanced diet, works incredibly well in a broad range of
animals, increasing longevity and prolonging good health. Those findings suggest that caloric restriction
could delay aging and increase longevity in humans, too. But what if someone could create a pill that
mimicked the physiological effects of eating less without actually forcing people to eat less, a 'caloric-
restriction mimetic'?

2. The best-studied candidate for a caloric-restriction mimetic, 2DG (2-deoxy-Dglucose), works by

interfering with the way cells process glucose. It has proved toxic at some doses in animals and so cannot be
used in humans. But it has demonstrated that chemicals can replicate the effects of caloric restriction; the
trick is finding the right one.
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3. Cells use the glucose from food to generate ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the molecule that powers many
activities in the body. By limiting food intake, caloric restriction minimizes the amount of glucose entering
cells and decreases ATP generation. When 2DG is administered to animals that eat normally, glucose reaches
cells in abundance but the drug prevents most of it from being processed and thus reduces ATP synthesis.
Researchers have proposed several explanations for why interruption of glucose processing and ATP
production might retard aging. One possibility relates to the ATP-making machinery’s emission of free
radicals, which are thought to contribute to aging and to such age-related diseases as cancer by damaging
cells. Reduced operation of the machinery should limit their production and thereby constrain the damage.
Another hypothesis suggests that decreased processing of glucose could indicate to cells that food is scarce
(even if it isn’t) and induce them to shift into an anti-aging mode that emphasizes preservation of the
organism over such ‘luxuries’ as growth and reproduction

(a) Consumption of a low-calorie and balanced diet worked well in a broad range of animals’ _______.

(i) fleshy body growth

(ii) long life and good health
(iii) nutritionally balanced diet
(iv) food habits

(b) What can suspend aging and increase longevity in humans?

(i) caloric restriction

(ii) unbalanced diet
(iii) high nutritious food
(iv) physiological effects

(c) Which is considered as the best-studied candidate for a caloric-restriction mimetic?

(i) Deoxy -D- Glucose 7

(ii) ATP
(iii) 2DG
(iv) Glucose

(d) Why 2DG cannot be used in humans?

(i) It was created only for animals
(ii) It has proved toxic in animals
(iii) It has proved toxic in humans
(iv) It was created for non-humans

(e) ATP is generated from glucose by ____.

(i) Food
(ii) Adenosine
(iii) Cells
(iv) molecule

(f) _____ is reduced when 2DG is administered to animals that eat normally.

(i) Glucose
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(ii) ATP synthesis

(iii) Drug
(iv) Cell

(g) The second hypothesis proposes that lessened processing of glucose could direct cells that food is
scarce and give indication to change into _______ to preserve the organism from further growth.

(i) conservation
(ii) damaging cells
(iii) an anti-aging mode
(iv) ATP production 8

(h) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘duplicate’. (para 2)
(i) mimetic
(ii) process
(iii) demonstrate
(iv) replicate

(i) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘interference’. (para 3)
(i) restriction
(ii) abundance
(iii) interruption
(iv) indicate

Q.3 Choose the correct option and fill in the blanks: [5]

(i) -------------- people attended the function compared to last year.

a. some b. a few c. any d. fewer

(ii) I am very badly in need of a job. I ____________ if you grant me the favour.

a. shall obliged b. shall be obliging c. shall be highly oblige d. shall be highly obliged

(iii) Do you have ----------------- complaint against the clerk in the office?

a. a lot of b. some c. any d. many

(iv) How ------------------ kgs of sugar do you want for the party?

a. much b. some c. many d. little

(v) I certainly ------------------- my colleague if I had been there with him.

a. helped b. can help c. may help d. would have helped

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Q.4 Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences: [3]

1. healthy/ takes/ keep/ himself/ everyday/ exercise/ Kamal/ to

2. below/not/ must/ age/ of/ eighteen/ years/ drive/ the/ children.
3. threat/earth/global/to/on/today/is/warming/the/biggest/life/single

Q.5 Read the extract below (ANY ONE) and choose the correct options: [3]

(A) Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings

She launches away, towards the infinite

And the Laburnum subsides to empty.

(1) What does ‘launches’mean in the extract?

(a) It means sleeping

(b) It means flying
(c) It means diving
(d) It means fluttering

(2) What effect does the last line create?

(a) It creates the contrast between the liveliness of the tree and its silence
(b) It creates the contrast between the change of seasons
(c) It creates an opportunity to plant more Laburnum trees
(d) It creates the scene for the arrival of new bird species on the tree

(3) ……….from the extract means the same as ‘strange’ and ‘mysterious’.

(a) Delicate
(b) Odd
(c) Infinite
(d) Eerie

OR

(B) When did my childhood go?

Was it when I found my mind was really mine, To use whichever way I choose,
Producing thoughts that were not those of
other people, But my own, and mine alone Was that the day!”

(1) Explain “my mind was really mine”.

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(a) It means that his mind was influenced by others

(b) It means that his mind was not influenced by others
(c) It means that his mind was influenced by his parents
(d) It means that he was not confused

(2) What did the poet realise?

(a) He realised that his mind belonged to his parents
(b) He realised that his mind was controlled by his friends
(c) He realised that his mind was controlled by his teachers
(d) He realised that his mind was his, and he had his own individuality

(3) The poet ……….. find an answer to his question

(a) did
(b) did not
(c) can
(d) may

Q.6 Attempt ANY TWO from the following three extracts: [6]

(A) The funny thing is that in spite of everything, I do rather like him. I can’t help it.

(a) Who is the speaker of the above line?

(i) Crocker Harris (ii) Frank (iii) Taplow (iv) Millie

(b) Who is ‘him’ in the above line?

(i) Taplow (ii) Principal (iii) Frank (iv) Crocker Harris

(c) Why does everyone like him?

(i) he is very strict (ii) he is very funny (iii) he is not biased (iv) he does not hit anyone

(B) What is often overlooked is an essential third element where the interaction takes place. It can be
compared with the ___________ ? This is also the space where man finds a fundamental role between
Heaven and Earth.

(a) What is the essential third element?

(i) Left Void (ii) Middle Void (iii) Yang (iv) Yin
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(b) What can the third element be compared with

(i) prayer (ii) travel (iii) yogic practice of pranayama (iv) nirvana

(c) What is the role of man in between Heaven and Earth?

(i) he is a sinner (ii) he is meant to do actions (iii) he is in a path

(iv) he becomes a conduit of communication
(C) Mr. Lester Brown, in his book points out that there are four principal biological systems of the
earth. The environment is being exploited. We have shifted to a holistic and ecological view of the
world.
(a) What is one of the reasons for the exploitation of the environment?

(i) increasing population (ii) global warming (iii) animal extinctions (d) water
(b) What is the meaning of holistic and ecological view?
(i) the preservation of the environment (iii) saving trees
(ii) saving of the water resources (iv) rainwater harvest

(c) What are the four principal biological systems that form the foundation of the global economic
system?
(i) water, air, sand, forests
(ii) ocean, forests, deserts, land
(iii) fisheries, grasslands, forests, and croplands
(iv) fisheries, grasslands, oceans, land
Q.7 Attempt ANY FIVE questions: [5]
a) Why did Norbu want to do Kora?
i. because he wanted to become a monk
ii. because he wanted peace
iii. as he was practising meditation from so long
iv. because he was writing an academic paper on Kailash Kora
b) How does Mrs. Pearson describe her family members?
i. Thoughtless and selfish
ii. Pleasant and helpful
iii. Hardworking
iv. Mindful
c) What was uncle Khosrove’s customary line?
i. Ignore it; pay no attention.
ii. Forget it.
iii. It is harmless; ignore it.
iv. It is no harm; pay no attention to it.
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d) Who are on both sides of her mother? (A Photograph)

i. Cousins, Betty and Dolly
ii. Parents
iii. Cousins, Dolly and Adam
iv. Friends
e) Why did the author hire the two crewmen? (We are not afraid to die)
i. to take rest from the long voyage
ii. to help tackle one of the world’s roughest seas, the southern Indian Ocean
iii. because he could no longer sail the ship
iv. he wanted to spend some time with his family
f) How did Carter remove the resins?
i. with the help of chisel and hammer
ii. with the help of chemicals
iii. with the help of machinery
iv. with the help of man power
PART B (Subjective Type)
Q.8 (a) On the basis of your understanding of the given passage, make notes on it using headings and
sub- headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary-minimum four) and a format you
consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it. [5]

(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. [3]

1. Colour Therapy is a complementary therapy for which there is evidence dating back thousands of years to
the ancient cultures of Egypt, China and India. If we define it in simple terms, Colour is a light of varying
wavelengths, thus each colour has its own particular wavelength and energy.
2. Colours contribute to energy. This energy may be motivational and encouraging. Each of the seven colours
of the spectrum are associated with energy. The energy relating to each of the seven spectrum colours of red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, resonates with the energy of each of the seven main
chakras/energy centres of the body. Colour therapy can help to re-balance and/or stimulate these energies by
applying the appropriate colour to the body.
3. Red relates to the base chakra, orange the sacral chakra, yellow the solar plexus chakra, green the heart
chakra, blue the throat chakra, indigo the brow chakra (sometimes referred to as the third eye) and violet
relates to the crown chakra.
4. Colour is absorbed by the eyes, skin, skull, our ‘magnetic energy field’ or aura and the energy of colour
affects us on all levels, that is to say, physical, spiritual and emotional. Every cell in the body needs light
energy - thus colour energy has widespread effects on the whole body. There are many different ways of
giving colour, including; Solarised Water, Light boxes/lamps with colour filters, colour silks and hands on
healing using colour.
5. Colour therapy can be shown to help on a physical level, which is perhaps easier to quantify, however
there are deeper issues around the colours on the psychological and spiritual levels. Our wellbeing is not, of
course, purely a physical issue. Fortunately, many more practitioners, both orthodox and complementary, are
now treating patients in a holistic manner.
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6. Colour Therapy is a totally holistic and non-invasive therapy and, really, colour should be a part of our
everyday life, not just something we experience for an hour or two with a therapist. Colour is all around us
everywhere. This wonderful planet does not contain all the beautiful colours of the rainbow for no reason.
Nothing on this earth is here just by chance; everything in nature is here for a purpose. Colour is no
exception. All we need to do is to heighten our awareness of the energy of colour, absorb it and see how it
can transform our lives.
Q.9 You are Karan/Kanika, Secretary Cultural club of your school. Your school is organizing a
Dramatics workshop during the Winter Break for senior students of the school. Draft a notice for the
school notice board informing the students giving all relevant details [3]
OR
You are Isha/Ishaan the Head Girl/Head Boy of R.K. memorial Sr. Sec. School. Gurgaon. Write a
notice for your school notice board inviting names for the excursion trip to Goa planned in the last
week of September. Give all relevant details.

Q.10 Draft a suitable poster to create awareness among the people about the importance of ‘Blood
Donation’. Give all the necessary details. [3]

OR

Fireworks and crackers are known to create pollution during festivals. As an environmentalist design a
poster in about 50 words to create awareness of their ill effects.

Q.11 You are Ravi/ Rashi staying at 12 Vaibhav Apartments Indore. Last month you purchased a
laptop from RK Dealers, Gandhi Market Indore with a warranty of two years. All of a sudden it has
stopped working. Write a letter to the dealer complaining about it and request to replace it against the
warranty that goes with it. [5]

OR

You are Deepak/ Deepika from 14, Mall Road Kochi. You saw an advertisement put up by Excellent
Coaching Centre which provides coaching for Medical Entrance Exam. As you are interested in
enrolling yourself, write a letter in about 120-150 words to the Director, Excellent Coaching Centre,
Chennai requesting him to give you the necessary details.

Q.12 Mobile phones have influenced children in a big way. Write an article in 150-200 words on how
they have affected the younger generation. You are Ekta/ Eklavya. [5]

OR

Write a speech to be delivered in the school assembly on ‘Importance of Discipline’ in life. (150-200
words)
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Q.13 Attempt ANY ONE question in about 30-40 words: [2]

(i) What moment does the photograph depict? (A Photograph)

(ii) How is the tree transformed during the bird’s visit? (The Laburnum Top)

Q.14 Attempt ANY ONE question in about 30-40 words: [2]

(i) Why was the narrator sorry to see the miserable plight of Hor?

(ii) How did the grandmother react to the fact that the author was being given music lessons? Why?

Q.15 Attempt ANY ONE question in about 30-40 words: [2]

(i) What did the narrator learn about Mrs. Dorling from her mother?

(ii) Why were the people of the village curious to see Ranga?

Q.16 Attempt ANY ONE question in about 120-150 words: (Long Answer Type) [5]

(i) What is the problem confronted by Mrs. Pearson? Who helps her solve this problem and how?

OR

(ii) Why was Andrew Manson torn between two desires? How did he resolve this dilemma?

Q.17 Attempt ANY ONE question in about 120-150 words: (Long Answer Type) [5]

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

(ii) Elaborate on the beautiful bond of love and friendship between the author and his grandmother.

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