THE CITY GRAMMAR H/S SCHOOL (SHD)

BI-ANNUAL EXAMINATION DEC 2023

(CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS/ANSWERS Class XI English)

Text Questions
Q: 1 Why was the Quaid feeling honoured while addressing the First Constituent Assembly?
Ans: On 10 th August 1947, the First Constituent Assembly was established in order to frame
a constitution for Pakistan. The Quaid was made its first ever president. The newly born
nation gave him right to deliver the inaugural speech. Thus he was feeling honoured while
addressing the assembly.
Q: 2 How has the lake changed since he was a boy?
Ans: The lake has changed in following three ways since he was a boy.
First, the road where horses drew the wagon/vehicle has been tarred/ pitched fully.
Second, the waitresses of the restaurant have learnt to wash their hair due to the effect of
the movie.
Third, the motorboats produce irritable and awful sound now unlike before. New boats have
noisier engines.
Q: 3 How was the life of Mme. Loisel before the loss of the necklace?
Ans. Mme. Loisel lived a happy and contended life before the loss of the necklace. She was
pretty, charming and seemed to be young and attractive. She was not rich, but she had
enough money to live a happy life. She daydreamed about being rich but remained satisfied
in her life.
Q: 4 Why did the manager look relieved when he knew the purpose of the author's visit?
Ans. The manager supposed the author a detective. But when the author told him that he
went there to open an account, the manager looked relieved for knowing that the author did
not come for any investigation.
Q: 5 What is mark of genius according to the author?
Ans. According to the author, "to believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for
you in your private heart is true for all men—that is mark of genius."
 THE CITY GRAMMAR H/S SCHOOL (SHD)
BI-ANNUAL EXAMINATION DEC 2023
(CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS/ANSWERS Class XI English)

POETRY
Q: 6 What was written on the pedestal of the statue of Ozymandias?
Ans."My name is Ozymandias, the King of Kings" was written on the pedestal of the statue of
Ozymandias.
Q: 7 Which lines of the poem do you like the most and why?
Ans. Life is queer with its twists and turns, as everyone of us sometimes learns,
I like the above lines of the poem most because they are based on the realities of life. Our life
is full of ups and downs and we learn a lot while going through them.
Q: 8 What does the poet mean when he says that happy man does not serve another's will?
Ans: A Happy man does not serve another's will. Here the poet means that a happy man
always listens to his heart. He does not act upon the directions given to him by others. He
never listens to other while deciding the cases of his life. He is the king of his life.

Grammar
Q: 9 Write down two sentences of apostrophe using compound noun and Number.
1. He invited to the commander-in-chief's staff for reception.
2. There are two 8’s in 88.
Q: 10 Use Apostrophe with regular plural nouns?
1. This is boys’ hostel.
2. We had a teachers’ meeting.
Q: 11 Write down article. With examples A/an/the
Q: 12 Write 3 sentences using article the, an or a;
5. He bought____________umbrella. An
6. He went for__________walk. A
7. He recites ______holy Qur'an every day. The
 THE CITY GRAMMAR H/S SCHOOL (SHD)
BI-ANNUAL EXAMINATION DEC 2023
(CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS/ANSWERS Class XI English)
Q: 13 Write down the degrees of an adjective: with examples
1. Positive 2. Comparative 3. Superlative
Q: 14 Write down the comparatives of the following adjectives:
Good: better tall: taller intelligent: More intelligent
Q: 15 Write down the superlatives of the following adjectives:
Big: biggest beautiful: most beautiful Good: Best