Class - XI
Subject : English 2nd
paper
Time : 3 hrs. Marks.
100
PART A
1. Read the
following passage and answer the questions Nos. 1-8 given below:
Thomas Alva Edison was born in
1847 in Ohio.
America.
As a little boy he was very inquisitive. He always wanted to know how things
were done. Very early in life. he showed that he was full of curiosity a
quality which is so important to inventors . In 1869, he went to New York where he worked
for some time as a telephone operator. But soon he became interested in
inventions. In a very short time they were his chief business. In order to
carry on his business, which was to become his life work he built a laboratory
at Menlo park
where he had gone to live. His first great invention was a system of
telegraphy. Soon afterwards he invented the phonograph, the first form of the instrument
that we now know as gramophone or record-player. The word phonograph means
something that can write or record sound. Other scientists before Edison had thought of instrument which would do this. But
Edison was the first man to make an instrument
which actually worked. He also invented the incandescent tamp, a lamp in which
the light is caused by a heated wire called a filament. The wire is heated by
an electric current. People could now use electricity to illuminate their
homes. By the time Edison died in 1931 he had
about a thousand inventions to his credit.
1. True or False? Correct the incorrect ones :- 1x5=5
a) Thomas Alva Edison was born in the United States.
b) Curiosity is an important quality for
invention.
c) Edison
died in 1931.
d) Phonograph does not mean something that
can write or record sound.
e) No scientists before Edison
could ever think of any instrument like phonograph.
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct forth of the verbs
provided :- 1x5=5
Alva
Edison (a) ____ (be) an American scientist of the nineteenth century. He (b)
_____( possess) a scientific brain. Even in his boyhood he (c) ____ (
show) great interest in scientific
experiments. This interest (d) ____ (lead) him to tremendous success in course
of time. He (e) ____(make) many of the great inventions of the world.
3. Complete the following sentences with the help of
information from the passage. 1x5=5
a) Curiosity is a very essential quality
for ______.
b) Edison
showed this quality in his very ______.
c) He spent most of his life in _________.
d) He was the first to make an effective
______.
e) His laboratory was situated ________.
4. Match the phrases/words from column A with those of column B
:- 1x5=5
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Column A
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Column B
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(a) Edison's
first great invention was
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(i) heats the wire.
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(b) He built a laboratory
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(ii) a system of telegraphy
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(c) He also invented
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(iii) the mission of his life.
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(d) An electric current
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(iv) of his own.
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(e) Invention was
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(v) gramophone or record player.
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(vi) incandescent lamp.
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5. Based on the information in the reading text, answer each of
the following questions in one complete sentence :- 1x5=5
a) When was Edison
born?
b) What does curiosity mean?
c) What did he do in order to carry on his
work of invention?
d) When did Edison go to New York?
e) How many inventions did Edison make?
6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to give some facts
about Edison:- 1x5=5
Edison
is one of the great (a) ______of the word. To see how things were done was a
constant (b) _____ of his life. It helped him a lot to (c) _______ great inventions. He invented a large
number of things very (d) ____. The world is greatly indented (e) ______ him.
7. Make short notes on Edison
by writing one point of information from the passage under each heading. 1x5=5
a) When born?
b) What quality?
c) When shown?
d) What instrument?
e) How heated?
8. Summarise the central idea of the passage in five sentences.
1x5=5
PART B
9. Fill in the blanks in the letter below with the correct form
of the verbs in brackets :- 
Dear Salim.
Thanks a lot for your letter. You
have (a) ____ (praise) cricket as the first game in the world. I (b) _____(not
like) to dispute that, but it (c) _____ (be) not my favourite game. My two
favourite games are tennis and chess. Tennis (d)____ (seem) to me the best of
all outdoor games. Football and hockey (e) ____(be) too violent to suit me,
cricket is too slow: badminton is childish. But tennis (f) ____ ( provide) you
with plenty of exercise. It (g) ____ (develop) the quickness of eye and limb
and it (h) _____ (make) your brain active. Chess (i) ____ (be) the queen of
games. I (j) _____(not take) any interest in card games. In spite of being (k)____(call)
a selfish game of only two persons, chess (l) _____ (interest) me more. Well, I
(m) ____ (not consider) that bridge (n) _____(be) less selfish simply because
of four players instead of two. Many people (o)____(say) that chess is a slow
game. But no chess player even (p) _____ (agree) to this opinion. For an
outside it (q) _____(look) slow to see two men (r) ____ (sit) silent and (s)
_____ (make) a move only every few minutes. But to the two players it is all
the time intensely exciting. You are provably (t) _____ (scoff) at me by now
but I don't mind.
Your sincerely
Azad.
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words or phrases. You may
use the same word more than once it necessary :- 1x10=10
Most people long (a) _____
wealth. They think wealth (b) ______ happiness. But it often (c) _____ one to
trouble. A millionaire is a very (d) _______person, but his great wealth is a
great responsibility. He may have many large estates and factories. He needs to
take great (e) ______them. There may be dispute (f)____ the millionaire and his
workers. It may (g) ____ one trouble after another. These disputes many (h)
_____to strike. In this case, the millionaire may (i) _____ a lot of money in
spite of being rich, he therefore, may not have an easy (j) _____.
PART-C
11. Answer the
following questions to form a continuous paragraph ( 100 words). 10
(a) Do you celebrate your birthday? (b) Whom
do you invite to it (c) When did you celebrate your
last birthday? (d) What arrangements did
you make for it? (e) How did you enjoy it?
12. Imagine that
you spent a few days with your friend in his village home during the last
summer vacation. You enjoyed the beautiful natural surroundings there. Now
describe the beautiful sights and sounds of nature and the warm hospitality you
enjoyed there. 10
13. Look at the
advertisement below:
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Write a letter asking for further information about the tour
e.g. date of the tour, duration of the tour, tour fees, transport, other
facilities etc. (100 words). 10
14. Describe the causes of students' failure in English in our
country. Write about its causes, responsibility of the teachers & students
and the ways to improve their English. 10
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