C.R.

OASIS MODERN SCHOOL

CLASS 11
2024-25
ENGLISH

SECTION-A
Q1. Read the following passage carefully:(10)

1 Getting enough sleep is as important as taking time out to relax . A good night's sleep is
essential for preserving the health of your brain and gives you the best chance to meet the
coming day with a razor sharp mind. An average person needs about six to eight hours sleep a
night— although it is true that you need slightly less than this , as you grow older — another
advantage of ageing stress and sleep deprivation often feel on each other, since stress tends to
make it harder for you to fall asleep at night and sleep deprivation in itself causes stress.

2 Eventually, too little sleep can dramatically interfere with the performance of your memory—
something you obviously want to prevent . If you are not getting enough sleep, try going to bed
30 to 60 minutes earlier than your normal bedtime for a few days. Lie down on the bed and try
to relax by dissociating yourself from your daily routine work. This is normally enough to catch
up on any sleep deprivation.

3 If, however, you suffer from insomnia you should seek the advice of your doctor. The chances
are it is already affecting your ability to remember and recall information—and if you are
struggling to improve your memory scores , this could be at the root of your problem. Prolonged
periods of insufficient sleep can deplete your immune system, make you more accident prone
and even cause depression— this can also reinforce a more negative outlook on life, which can
contribute to your stress. The good news is that sleep issues and everything else should fall into
place.

4 Because stress management is so essential to maximise your brain power, if you are not in
the habit of setting aside time to relax, make it a Priority to do so. Even a minute or two of deep
breathing can start to work wonders. Often the best ideas and memories can come to you when
you are in a state of relaxation as it is during these movements that your brain stores, processes
and plays with the information it has received.

5 Meditation has long been part of religious and spiritual life, especially in Asia. Today more
and more people are adopting it in western countries also, for its value in developing peace of
mind and lowering stress. There is some evidence that regular meditation can have real sleep
gain and health benefits particularly in terms of protecting your brain against ageing.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage above answer the following questions by
choosing the correct option:

1.1 Getting enough sleep is as important as ____

 a. Preserving the brain
b. Taking time out to relax
c. Meeting the next day
d. Avoiding stress and sleep deprivation

1.2 An average person needs ______

a. Six to eight hours sleep per night
b. The best chance to meet the coming day
c. To feed ageing stress and sleep deprivation
d. To fall asleep at night

1.3 If you are not getting enough sleep ____

a. It will interfere with your performance
b. It can affect your memory performance
c. It can dramatically cause ageing
d. It can make it harder to sleep

1.4 People suffering from insomnia should _____

a. Change their nor.al bedtime for a few days
b. Dissociate from normal routine work
c. Seek the advice of their doctor
d. Seek the advice of their elders

1.5 Once your sleep pattern improves,____

a. You receive good news
b. You reinforce a more negative outlook
c. You contribute to your stress burden
d. Your memory and mood automatically improves

1.6 Meditation has long been part of the spiritual life of _____
a. America
b. Africa
c. India
d. Asia

1.7 People in the West are adopting mediation for its ____
a. Value in getting peace of mind and lowering stress
b. Sleep gain
c. Protecting the brain against ageing
d. Healthy benefits

1.8 The term 'deprivation’ used in para 1 denotes _____

a. The fact of not having something that you need
b. To give something in huge amount
 c. To keep something private
d. To take away necessities

1.9 Choose an appropriate title for the above passage.

a. Sleep: boon or bane
b. Stress management
c. Importance of sleep
d. The performance of one's memory

1.10 Why is stress management so essential?

Q2. Answer the questions from the passage given below:(10)

1.Reading Comprehension (RC, as it is normally called) is the most peculiar section in almost all
scholastic, entrance and employment tests. The skills in RC make a lot of difference to one’s
chances of good grades/selection.
2.Most students find it difficult to tackle topics that are diverse from the field they are in or they
are comfortable with. So one needs to develop a taste for even the most obscure and boring
topic on this planet. For success in RC one should be able to understand. And even with an
average speed one can succeed if one implements the strategies.
3.Broadly speaking, RC passages can be classified in a few categories. Fact based RC is the
simplest form of RC. These types of passages have a lot of information in the form of names,
numbers etc. In this type of passage one should read very fast.
4.Don’t try to memorize any facts, numbers or names etc. In fact there is no need to even
remember them. Just make yourself familiar with the structure of the passage. Just see in which
paragraph author is talking about what. Mark it. Then when you go to the questions, identify in
which paragraph information regarding that question is mentioned. Go to that paragraph, read
the numbers, names etc. and mark the answer.
5.Inference based RC is the toughest form of RC. Here the passage is fairly tough to
understand. This includes passages on topics like Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy, etc. Most of
the students will be comfortable attempting these passages at least in RC. The reading speed is
fairly slow in this type of passages. The way to master this type of passages is to read them
again and again while practising.
6.Topic based RC includes passages on any particular topic like economics, astrology, medical
science, etc. Generally what makes -these passages tough is usage of technical terms. If a
topic is new to us then presence of technical term scares us even if they are defined in the
passage. For success in this type of passages we need to have a fan-understanding of the
definition of the term if it is defined in the passage. Read that definition twice if you need to. But
don’t worry about technical terms if they are not defined in the passage. Assume them to be
non-existent and proceed. Key principle in these passages is that don’t go to the next line
unless the previous line is clear.
7.Reading passage first and then questions is the most popular strategy for RC. While
answering the question you may come back to the passage to find the answer as you have just
read the passage initially and not crammed it. But you should not come back for each and every
question. If you come back for the majority of questions then you haven’t read the passage
properly. The key to success for this strategy is that you should understand the passage very
well. We will suggest students to follow this technique from the beginning and work upon this.
8.Reading questions first and then passage is the strategy followed by a few students. They just
look at the questions and not options. The objective is that after seeing the questions when you
read the passage then you read only that part carefully where the answer is given. The flaw with
this is that you will not be able to remember all the questions. Besides this, this strategy fails
when there are questions that require understanding of the passage.

Answer the appropriate answers

1.Most students find Reading Comprehension difficult because……………………….
(a) the language is tough
(b) the vocabulary is difficult
(c) the style is too involved
(d) the topics are unrelated to their interest
2.Fact based RC is the easiest because……………………….
(a) it is written in simple language
(b) there are no allusions
(c) it contains information
(d) it can be memorised easily
3.For answering a question on RC, one should……………………….
(a) memorise the facts, figures, etc.
(b) mark what the author is talking about in the para
(c) mark the essential details of the passage
(d) remember the names, numbers, etc.
4.Topic based RC is tough as……………………….
(a) it contains technical terms
(b) it is based on different topics
(c) it demands instant understanding
(d) one can’t read them fast enough
5.Careful reading of the passage is essential for……………………….
(a) answering difficult questions
(b) saving time and effort
(c) proper understanding and answering correctly
(d) selective identification of relevant parts
6.The word ‘diverse’ in para 2 means……………………….
(a) similar
(b) same
(c) variety
(d) different
7.What should one do to find the right answers?
8.Why is topic based R C tough?

Section B
Q3. You are a Senior Zonal Manager Of U.T.I. Bank. Your bank needs space for a new space for
a new ATM in Hyderabad. Draft a suitable advertisement To be published in the classified
columns of The Times of India inviting parties to send their offers to you . Include the area and
locality required , rent offered , time period to send offers and mailing address.(5)

Q4. Write a letter to the Editor about a road that needs repair. (5)

Q5. You have always been proud of being a citizen of the country which shows love and care for
elders. However, now this value is found to be disappearing. Write a speech in 150-200 words
on ‘ Difficulties faced by senior citizens.(5)

Q6. Write a debate either for or against the motion: Admission to top - notch institutes
guarantees a successful career.(150-200 words).(5)

Q7.Read the passage and answer the given questions:

Conversation is indeed the most easily teachable of all arts. All you need to do in order to
become a good conversationalist is to find a subject that interests you and your listeners. There
are, for example, numberless hobbies to talk about. But the important thing is that you must talk
about other fellow’s hobbies rather than your own. Therein lies the secret of your popularity. Talk
to your friends about the things that interest them, and you will get a reputation for good
fellowship, charming wit, and a brilliant mind. There is nothing that pleases people so much as
your interest in their interest.

It is just as important to know what subjects to avoid and what subjects to select for good
conversation. If you don’t want to be set down as a wet blanket or a bore, be careful to avoid
certain unpleasant subjects. Avoid talking about yourself, unless you are asked to do so. People
are interested in their own problems, not in yours. Sickness or death bores everybody. The only
one who willingly listens to such talk is the doctor, but he gets paid for it.

To be a good conversationalist you must know not only what to say, but how to say it. Be
mentally quick and witty. But don’t hurt others with your wit. Finally try to avoid mannerism in
your conversation. Don’t bite your lips or click your tongue, or roll your eyes or use your hands
excessively as you speak.

Don’t be like that Frenchman who said, “How can I talk if you hold my hand?”
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it using headings and
subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations (minimum four) and a format you consider
suitable. Supply a suitable title to it. (5)

(b) Make a summary of the above passage in about 80 words. (3)

Q8. Fill in the blanks using suitable word from the options given below:(4)
If you (a)____ looking for a tool (b)_____ improve your English vocabulary, then you should try
‘Word Delicious’. The game comprises two modes (c)_______ play. In one game you are given
(d)______ word along with 4 synonyms.

(a) I. be
II. Is
III. am
IV. are

(b) I. be
II. from
III. for
IV. with

( c ) I. at
II. For
III. of
IV. to

(d) I. a
II. the
III. an
IV. is

Q9. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.(3)

A. rice powder/is/coloured sand/ rangoli/lime/ created out of coloured sand/ traditionally/ white
stone /etc.
B. drawn/a/is/and/coloured/ symmetrical design / rice powder
C. layered / it / then/ on top / is / to a picture / form

Section C

Q10. The laburnum top is silent,quite still

In the afternoon yellow September
sunlight ,
A few leaves yellowing,all its seeds
fallen.(3)

1.In these lines the poet is describing ___

a. A laburnum tree
b. September sunlight
c. Serenity and stillness
d. Fallen seeds of labrum
2.Trace the word from the extract which means not moving ____
a. Silent
b. Fallen
c. Quite
d. Still

3.In the Month of September, all the leaves and seeds have/have been ___
a. Grown
b. Erupted
c. Fallen
d. Yellowed

Q11. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
And who art thou? Said I to the soft falling shower,
Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here Translated:
I am the poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain,
Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea,
Upwards to heaven, whence, vaguely form’d, altogether Changed, and yet the same.

1. What do you understand by the phrase ‘Strange to tell’?(1)

2.How has the answer been conveyed to us and what is it?(2)
3. Why does the rain call itself ‘eternal’?(2)

Q12. Read the extract and give the answers.(4)

My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and
wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she had once been young
and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait
hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes.
His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years
old.

1. Name the chapter.

A The Portrait of a Lady
B Landscape of the Soul
C Discovering Tut
D We are not Afraid to Die if we can all be Together

2. Name the author.

A Khushwant Singh
B A.R. Williams
C Marga Minco
D Kalki
3. What literary device is employed in “Like everyone’s grandmother”?
A Metaphor
B Simile
C Transferred Epithet
D Enjambment

4. Find out the synonym of ‘Pretty’ from the following?

A Beautiful
B Ugly
C Unattractive
D None of these

Q13. Answer the following questions given below:

A.Why was the author disappointed with Darchen?(3)

B.Why did Professor Gaitonde convey his regrets to the organisers of the Panipat Seminar?(3)

C.Mention some remarkable changes in Mrs Annie Pearson’s behavior that shocked both Doris
and Cyril. What possible reasons for this change were thought of ?(3)

D.Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew what he was witnessing
around him.Elucidate(2)

E.There lies a great difference between textbook medicine and the world of a practising
physician. Discuss.(2)