ATHENA WORLD SCHOOL

PERIODIC ASSESSMENT II (2022-23)

. Class -XI

Time: 3 Hours Subject - ENGLISH Date: 16/11/22

Roll No. ____________ M.M. - 80

Instructions:
1) Read the question paper carefully.
2) Write neatly and legibly.
3) Read the answers carefully.
4) At the end mention your Name and Roll no. before submitting the answer sheet.

SECTION ‘A’
(READING SKILL : 26 marks)

1 Read the passage and answer the question

1. The earth is the only planet of the solar system which contains plenty of water and
. this water has made our earth colourful, pulsating with life of vast variety.

2. The sea occupies about 70 percent of the earth’s surface . In southern hemisphere it
occupies more area than in the northern . About 97 percent of the total water is in the sea
and the remaining three percent which is generally fresh is in lakes river ponds etc.

3. Sea has given food and shelter to countless creatures, In 1900 the population was 150 crore
now it is more the 560 crore and its increasing very fast. As a result there is a terrible hunger in
many parts of the world. In Africa, Asia and South America people do not get enough to eat. Many die of
malnutrition . Sea if used scientifically and judiciously, can meet most of our demand.

4.Plankton Algae mostly constitute the plant life. Some are so tiny microbes that cannot be
seen by naked eye but they are found in abundance in the sea.

5. Like Plant plankton there are also animal plankton, the smallest living creatures of the
sea. The animal plankton feed on plant plankton and fish. Thus there is an unbroken chain of life in
the sea. Artic Antartic seas abound in planktons algae. Fish and also blue whales, the largest living
creatures of the world.

6. Some countries have developed sea farming . The Japanese and the Hawains relish eating sea plants
more than other countries. The fact is sea plants contain rich nutrients not found in other
vegetarian food.

7. We should remember that sea is not to be exploited indiscriminately. Man in his greed
has hunted whales and some other creatures so recklessly that now they are on the verge of
extinction. As such a decision has been taken that the size of the holes in fishing nets should
be big enough to let baby fish escape.
ANSWER the following questions choosing the correct options. (1x10=10Marks)
1. Fresh water refer to water of :-
(a) Sea, (b) Lakes, river ponds. (c)Rainwater
2. There is terrible hunger in many parts of the world due to :-
(a) Overpopulation (b)High pollution level (c)Global warming
3.Blue Whales are found in great number in :-
(a) Indian Ocean (b) Artic and Antartic Sea (c) Pacific Ocean
4.Countries which have developed sea farming :-
(a) Japan and Hawai, (b) China and India, (c) Malaysia and Singapore
5. The size of the holes in fishing nets should be big enough to let :-
(a) Big fish stay in (b) Baby fish escape through it (c) Water flow out
6. Sea plants contain rich nutrients not found in :-
(a) Other plants, (b) Other vegetarian food, (c) Other non vegetarian food
7. Why is our earth more colour full and full of life?
8.Mention two uses of sea?
9. Why should fishing nets have big holes?
10. Find words in the passage which mean the same as
1. Wisely (Para 3)
2. In great number or quantity (Para 4)

Q.II –(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it.
. Giving an appropriate heading . (5Marks)
. (b) Write a summary of the above passage in about 70 words. (3Marks)

Q.III – Read the passage and answer the question given below.
1. Television affects our lives to a great extent. They are helpful to those who choose
carefully the shows. They not only increase the knowledge of the world , but also help us
to understand different areas of science and arts. They are a help to senior citizens unable to
leave their house or patient in hospitals. It helps in language practice.
2.On the other hand it is a curse for those who use it without thinking about their
physical or mental health . Children watch television for hours togather forgetting them
selves. It has a very negative influence on their lives.
3.Recent studies show that after watching T.V. children often loose power of concentration .
Another disadvantage is that television often causes it’s viewers to become dissatisfied
with their lives. Television becomes more real than reality and they find their lives monotonous
Before a child is fourteen he starts thinking that life is what Television shows. The wrong
choice often fills a child with excitement and enjoyment and he creates and lives in his
own world of fantasy. They do thing that they see in violent shows. All this is due to lack
of guidience and improper knowledge of life.
. Questions
1. Television are helpful for those who choose.
(a) Their shows wisely.
(b) To see what ever comes before them.
(c) None of these
2. Television is a curse for those who
(a) Use it without thinking.
(b) Who are careful to choose their shows.
(c) None of these

3. Recent studies show that after watching television for long:

(a) Children lose their power of concentration.
(b) They find their lives very interesting
(c) None of these

4. The wrong choice of show often fills a child

(a) excitement and enjoyment
(b) with energy
(c) None of these

5.The word monotonous means________________________________.

(a)Interesting (b)boring (c) Joyful

Answer the following briefly

6. How are televisions helpful ?
7. How does a wrong choice of show affect a child?
8. Give a suitable title to the passage you have read?

Section ‘B’
Q IV Notice writing (23
Marks) You are
Harish/Harshita of class XI th Write a notice for your school inviting the student to
participating in annual day celebration to be held on 24 Dec.2022.
Q V Write a letter to Layal book depot Bhopal, M.P. requesting them to send you a set
of books for class XI Bio Science of NCERT Syllabus.
(1x4=4Marks)
Q.VI Design a poster to launch ‘Tree Plantation Campaign in the area surrounding the school.
. (1x5=5Marks)
Q.VII Fill in the blanks give below as directed (1x5=5Marks)
1. She_______________just________________________(take) tea. (use present perfect tense)
2. I _________________(visit) the Taj Mahal three months ago. (past tense)
3. I_________________(finish) this work by tomorrow. (use future perfect tense)
4. They _____________(speak) to me in english . (present cont. tense)
5. We _______________(write) all our notes. (present perfect tense)

Q.IX Do as directed (1x5=5Marks)

1. He was suffocated under the water. (Change into negative)
2.This flower is beautiful . (Change into exclamatory)
3.Please close this door. (Change into negative)
4.They have taken all the books. (Change into interrogative)
5. The movie was awful. (Change into interrogative)
 Section ‘C’

Q.10. Read the given extract and answer the question below.
“the card board shows me how it was when the two girls cusins went paddling Each one
holding one of my mother hands And she the big girl- Some twelve year or so”
I. What does the card board refer to ?
(a) A diary entry (b) A photograph (c) A sketch (d) A Card
II. ‘It’ here refers to :
(a) The poets childhood (b)The beach holiday (c) The poet’s mother’s childhood (d) None of this
IIL. Name of the poem is .
(a) The photograph (b) The Laburnum Top (c) The Voice of the rain (d)None of these
. OR
The laburnum top is silent, quite still in the afternoon yellow September sunlight. A few
leave yellowing, all its seeds fallen.
I. What characteristic is associated with Laburnum top:
(a) Peaceful (b) Dying (c) Quite (d) Beautiful.
ll. The yellowing leaves describe the season of .
(a)autumn (b) Spring (c)Summer (d) rainy
lll. Which bird comes after wards on the tree.
(a) sparrow (b) gold finch (c)kingfisher (d) Nightingale
Q.11 Answer the following question in short any 10. (1X20 = 20 Marks)
I. Why does the author listens to his grandmother’s prayers?
II. Why did the grandmother’s take stale chappaties to the temple?
III. Why was CT scan performed on Tut’s Mummy?
IV. In which year did Tut’s Mummy under go a C.T. Scan.
V. Where did the author of ‘we are not afraid to die’ took his family?
VI. What are ‘May day ‘ calls.
VII. Who said this “honing our fearing skills?
VIII. ‘We aren’t afraid of dying, Who said these words?
IX. What happened to see during the journey?
X. Did the boys return the horse?
XI. Whose horse was stolen?
XII. ‘I had seen just once fleetingly’ why does the narrator use the words fleetingly?

Q.XII. Answer any two of the following in about 150 words. (2X4 = 8 Marks)
(a) Why did the narrator of the story wants to forget the Address’.
(b) Why do you think the boys returned the horse?
(c)How did the sparrows express their grief on grand mother’s death?
(d) What is the reaction of the children when faced with danger during the journey?