SHRI GAURIDUTT MITTAL JUNIOR COLLEGE SION (E),

MUMBAI- 22

I Unit Test, March 2021

SUB-ENGLISH
STD- XI MARKS-25
DATE- 1/03/2021 TIME- 1 hour

Read the first question, read the extract and then answer all the questions.
A-1. Complex Factual / Global Understanding: 2
Complete the web on climbing the summit by Tenzing and Hillary:-

Climbing the summit by

Tenzing and Hillary

Colonel Hunt said, “By all means, I am glad Know that you brought an Indian flag”.
After one hour of steady going, we cut across from the south face and started up the west side
where we had to pass up a steep line of rocks. This was slow and difficult. Once we had cleared
these, there was nothing barring our way to top but a snow-covered incline, sloping less and less as
it neared the top.
These last sixty or seventy feet up the top were not very dangerous. But we kept up the same
steady pace. And we reached the small, flattened summit almost together :
During the last fifty feet from the peak, Hillary and I were moving about twenty feet apart. We
were tied together with a rope. Most of the time the rope was loose, but when we went over
dangerous ground, we drew it taut.
This rope was a symbol. It tied us together. One could not move without the other. We were
not two Individuals, but a team.
I have been asked many times, “Who was first?” When we were within reach of the summit, I
did not think of who was going to be “first.” I am sure that Hillary was not thinking that. Climbing
takes all your attention. You have many more important worries.
 What does it matter whether I reached the top first or Hillary? Our main thought was that
both of us reach the top. We had to. One couldn’t do it alone.

If there had been a difference of one thousand feet between us, then one could make the
claim that he was first. But even then, only the man behind him could confirm the distance between
the two of them

A-2. Inference / Interpretation: 2

Explain:-
“The rope was a symbol”
A-3. Conclusion / Guess: 2
Give reasons:-
“What does it matter whether I reached the top first or Hillary?”
A-4. Vocabulary: 2
Add suffix to convert the following verbs into nouns.
i)confirm ii)know iii)near iv)move
A-5. Personal response: 2
Pick up one sentence to show one quality of Tenzing that you have appreciated
the most in his story. Explain your answer.
A-6. Grammar:
i)You have many more important worries. (Change the voice) 1
ii)Most of the time the rope was loose. (Make negative) 1

Q-2. Read the following extract and answer the questions.

A-1. Factual Understanding: 2
The grains are referred to as ‘precious’ – Give reasons.

The Sower
Sitting in a porchway cool,

Sunlight, I see, dying fast,

Twilight hastens on to rule.

 Working hours have well-nigh past.

Shadows run across the lands:

But a sower lingers still,

Old, in rags, he patient stands.

Looking on, I feel a thrill.

Black and high, his silhouette

Dominates the furrows deep!

Now to sow the task is set.

Soon shall come a time to reap.

Marches he along the plain

To and fro, and scatters wide

From his hands the precious grain;

Muse I, as I see him stride.

Darkness deepens. Fades the light.

Now his gestures to mine eyes

Are august; and strange; his height

Seems to touch the starry skies.

A-2. Inference / Interpretation of poetic device: 2

Find out the rhyme-scheme and pick up the rhyming words from lines quoted
to you.
A-3. Personal Resonse: 2
What do you learn from ‘The Sower’? Justify your answer.
A-4. Poetic Creativity: 2
Compare a poem of four lines to express your appreciations for your mother.
Use a proper rhyme-scheme.
A-5 Poetic devices: 2
Pick out any two examples of alliteration from the poem.
A-6. Towards appreciation: 3
Write an appreciation of the poem considerin the following points:
*About the poem/poet/title
*Theme
*Poetic devices, language, style
*Values, message
*your opinion about the poem