PRABIIU DAYAL PUBLIC SCHHOOL

SUBJRCT-ENGLISH-2022
CLASS- XI

Max Marks: 40
Time: 2 hrs

GeneralInstructions
1. The paper contains four sections, Section A, B, C and D. All these sections are
compulsory.
2. Read the questions
carefully before answering,
3. Marks will be deducted for
exceeding word limit and for illegible, untidy presentation.
4. There are four printed
pages.

SECTION -A
(READING)-13marks
1. Read the following passage given below carefully:
Bill Gates believes in achieving his goals through hard work. He also believes that if
you are intelligent and know how to use your intelligence, you can reach your goals and
targets, rom his early days Bill was ambitious, competitive and intelligent. These
qualities helped him to attain a great position in the profession he chose. Also, Bill was
deemed by his peers and his teachers as the smartest kid on campus.

Bill's parents came to know their son's intelligence and decided to enrol him in a
private
school known for its intense academic environment. That was the most
important
decision in Bill Gate's life, where he was first introduced to computers. Bill Gates and
his friends were very much interested in computers and formed a 'Programmers Group'
in late 1968. Being in this group, they found a new way to apply their computer skills
in the University of Washington: In the next year, they got their first opportunity in
Information Sciences Inc in which they were selected as programmers. ISI (Information
Sciences Inc) agreed to give them royalties whenever it made money from any of the
group's programs. As a result of the business deal signed with Information Sciences Inc,
the group also became a legal business.

3 Upon graduating from Lakeside School, Bill enrolled in Harvard University in 1973,
one of the best universities in the country. He didn't know what to do, so he enrolled his
name for pre-law. He took the standard freshman courses with the exception of signing
up for one of Harvard's toughest mathematics courses. He did well over there, but he
couldn't find it interesting. He spent many long nights in front of the school's computer
and the next day fell asleep in class. After leaving school, he almost lost himself from
the world of computers.

4 Within an year, Bill Gates dropped out from Harvard. Then he formed Microsoft
Microsoft"'s vision is "A computer on every desk and Microsoft software on every
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computer", 1ill is a person And works vory
visionary
work has put him wlhero he is today, 1le does not
belief in high inteligence and hard
luck or God'n gCe, but Just
burd work nd bolieven in boinp
believe in mere

beliefs are s o powerful that they

have holped bim increase his wenlth
competitive. His
and his monopoly in he industry

reading of the paSsage, aosWer the following questions

(a) On the basis of your
(IXH Hmarks)
briefly

i) What was important decision in Bill Gates life 7

the most
become a legal businoss ?
(Gi) Ho did the Programners Oroup I larvard
What unusual step did Bill take
in Universíty 7
(Gi)
What factors helped i | to incroe his wealth and his monopoly in the
iv
industry ?
formed ?
(v)Why was the Programmer's Group
Microsoft 7
(viy What is the vísion of is the antonym of Jazy'
(viyThe word in paragraph in paragraph 4 mcans the same as "Complote
(vii) The word

Control

the passage given below;

2.Read
is
relax, A good night's sleep
to
is important as taking tíme out
chance to meet the
1. Getting enough sleep
as

health of your you the best

brain and gives
the hours sleep
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mind, An average person stress and slecp
with a razot-sharp
Coming day
need slightly less than this, aging,
that you
at rightalthough
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since stress tends to make
it harder for you to fall asleep
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can
deprivation often feced stress, Eventually,
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and
of memory-something you
interfere with the performance
your minutes earlier
than
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not getting enough sleep,
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by
the bed and try to
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o prevet.
few days, Lie down on
sleep
your normal
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work, This is normally cnough
to catch up on any
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of your doctor.
should seek the advice
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2. to remember
affecting your ability root of your problem.
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this could be the
your memory
scores, make you more
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can deplete your outlook on
Prolongd periods
of irsufiiciem sleep reinforce a more negative
depression-this can also mood
even cause memory and
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stress burden. The good Tackle your sleep
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and everyting else
in the habit
your brain
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to you when you
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can start to Wrk Aders,
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in a
during these moments that your brain stores, processes and plays
with the information it has received.

4.Meditation has long been a part of religious and spiritual life, specially in Asia. Today, more
and more people
adopting it in Western countries also, for its vialue of
are

mind and lowering stress. There is some developing peace

of
evidence that regular meditation can have real sleep
gain and health benefits particularly in tems of
protecting your
brain against agng
(a) On the basis of your
understanding of the above passage, make notes on it
using heading and sub-beadings. Use recognizable abbreviations wherever
necessary (minimum 4) Use a format you consider suitable, Also supply an
appropriate title for it. (3 marks)

(b) Write a
summary of the above passage in about 80 words.
(2 marks)

SECTIONB
(WRITINGSKILLS) -8 marks

Q3. Draft a poster on the Importance of Yoga" issued by Bhartiya Yog Sansthan.
3 marks)
OR
You are the Principal of St. Anthony School. Draft a poster to instil discipline in the
children which can be put in the class rooms.

Q4 There is a lack ofclean toilets in your brother's school. Write a letter to the Principal, Evergreen
Senior Secondary School, Daryaganj., New Delhi, complaining about this most essential
problem. You are Karan/Divya living at F-311, Ekta Colony, Delhi.
(5 marks)
OR

You are Aman/Amina of Prabhu Dayal Public School, Shalimar Bagh. Your school has
organised a debate on "Is education a key to the successful future" and you will be
participating from your school. Prepare your views against or in favour of the motion
(150-200 words).
SECTIONNC
(GRAMMAR)-4 marks

Q5. Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with correct form of verbs given
in the brackets
(2 marks)
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It (a).. ....(be) impossible for us to work without secing clearly. But eight year old
Samayak Jain can even (b)... ...put) a thread into a needle blindfolded. In a TV
show on last Sunday, from typing messages on a mobile phone t o . . . (solve)
mathematical problems and (C). ..(identify) currency, Samayak did everything
blindfolded. (2 marks)

Q6. Rearrange the words given below to make meaningful sentences.

(2 marks)
a) where/a/for/and/reading/are/a library/stored/place/books/is/kept
b) a/books/of/good/all kinds/library/found/are/in

SECTIOND
(LITERATURE) - 15 marks

Q7 Read the extract given below and answer the

questions. (3 marks)
And who are thou? said I to the soft falling shower,
Which, strange tel, gave me an answer, as here translated:
to
I am the poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain,
Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the
bottomless sca

) Who is 'T' in the above lines?

(1i) What is the figure of speech used in above lines?
(iv) Explain "Eternal I use impalpable out of land and bottomless sea."

Q8. Answer any four of the following questions. (4X2=-8 marks)

(a) Albert found comfort in music. How?
(b) What did Andrew Manson do when he found that the child was born lifeless ?
(c) Who was Norbu? How did the narrator feel on having met him?
(d) Write a brief character sketch of Crocker Harris.
(c) The poem appears to be making a complaint about "the world of adults".
Comment briefly. (Childhood)
() How is George treated at the club?

Q9. "Overpopulation of the planet has made it an ailing one". Comment.

planet) (Ailing
(4 marks)
OR
School system often curbs individual talent". Discuss with
Einstein from the lesson.
your knowledge about