MBOSE Class 11 Question Paper 2022 for English

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(c) It has its own needs and vital processes
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(metabolic/physical)
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(d) Well, on Saturday, about , they began to
Full Marks : 100 pray, and continued in prayer till almost break
of day. (mid-day/midnight)
Time : 3 hours
(e) The common link of friendship was .
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions (snapped/broken)

General Instructions: (f) When I decided to go abroad for further studies,
I was sure my grandmother would be .
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script. (happy/upset)
(ii) Attempt Part–A Objective Questions serially.
(g) He turned and back to the sea with
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place. horror. (galloped/jumped)

2. Write whether the following statements are True or
( PART : A – OBJECTIVE )
False (any five) : 1x5=5
SECTION – I
(a) The narrator felt that Ile Amsterdam was the most
beautiful island in the world.
( Marks : 20 )
(b) The concept of sustainable development was
popularised in 1997 by the World Commission
1. Complete the following sentences using the right word on Environment and Development.
from the alternatives given in the brackets (any five):
1x5=5 (c) The children of tomorrow will thank us for the
way we have used up all the earth’s natural
(a) The water level rose . (frightfully/ resources.
threateningly) (d) Christian had been crushed by Apollyon before.

(b) I rushed on deck and gazed with at the (e) The thought of his grandmother, being young
stark outline of Ile Amsterdam. (wonder/relief) and pretty was almost revolting to Khushwant
Singh.

(3) (4)

(f) Grandmother sang of the home-coming of (b) The water striders are weightless.
warriors.
(c) Derozio is not sure that his students will gain fame
(g) Everywhere the People of the Sea told him the
same things. and fortune in future.

(d) The poet feels he has not been able to make a
3. Complete the following sentences using the right word: difference in the lives of his students.
1x5=5
(a) Let every feather show its ; (beauty/ (e) In the poem ‘Childhood’, the poet expresses his
marks) sadness over the loss of his childhood.

(b) I also love a place (f) Children believe that adults are faultless.
That’s green, away from all mankind (quiet/lonely)
(g) Whitman resolves to take the untrodden path in
(c) No, not only
order to conform to the standards of life set by the
walk on water. (saints/prophets)
society.
(d) What joyance rains upon me, when I see.
, in the mirror of futurity. (glory/fame)
SECTION – II
(e) When did my childhood go?
( Marks : 30 )
Was it when I found my was really mine.
(heart/mind)
5. Answer any five questions in not more than 20 words
(f) It went to some forgotten place, each : 1x5=5
That’s hidden in an infant’s . (eyes/face)
(a) Why did the narrator and his family undertake
(g) Strong upon me the life that does not itself, the voyage?
yet contains all the rest. (exhibit/prohibit)
(b) How did Sue make her father laugh when the
situation was almost hopeless?
4. State whether the following statements are True or
False (any five) : 1x5=5 (c) What question was raised by the First Brandt
Report?
(a) The poet says that both the kingfisher and the
peacock have lovely hues. (d) Why is population control essential in India?

(5) (6)

(e) How did Hopeful convince Christian not to end (ii) She has written two books.
his life?

(f) How did the author’s grandmother behave just (iii) I will never forget you.
before she died?
(iv) Who did the job?
(g) How did Kotick ‘persuade’ the seals to follow him
to the new safe place? (b) Make sentences with the following idioms :
1x4=4
6. Answer any five of the following questions in not more (i) Break the ice
than 2 sentences each: 1x5=5
(ii) Hand to mouth
(a) Where does the kingfisher stay?
(iii) Burn the midnight oil
(b) Which qualities of the kingfisher does the poet
appreciate?
(iv) Hit the sack
(c) What kind of legs do the water striders have?

(d) What does the poet see in the mirror of futurity?
(c) Change the following sentences as directed:
(e) What did Marcus Natten learn about the existence 1x3=3
of Heaven and Hell?
(i) She is taller than her sister.
(f) What contrast did Marcus Natten find in adult’s (Change into a Negative Sentence)
behaviour?

(g) What decision did Walt Whitman take in the (ii) What a beautiful day?
afternoon he explored the untrodden path? (Change into an Assertive Sentence)

7. (a) Change the voice: 1x4=4 (iii) She is an amazing dancer.
(Change into an Exclamatory Sentence)
(i) The thief has been arrested by the police.

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(d) Fill in the blanks with correct determiners : (g) According to JB Priestley, what should our
1x2=2 statesmen have done instead of rushing off to
Versailles with a bundle of ill-digested notions?
(i) The new job isn’t different from
the old one. (many/much)

(ii) There are a books in our library. (h) What was William Wordsworth’s ‘youthful notion’?
(little/few)

(e) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the ( PART : B – DESCRIPTIVE )
verb: 1x2=2
( Marks : 50 )
(i) We him yesterday. (visit)

(ii) I am tired of here. (work) 9. Answer any two of the following questions : 5 x 2 = 10

(a) How did the narrator and his family reach the
8. Answer any five of the following questions in not more island?
than 2 sentences each: 1x5=5
(b) How is the growing human population responsible
(a) Why did Varmaji bribe his grandson? for the declining health of the earth?

(b) Why did all the neighbours and relatives come
(c) What was specially emotional and moving about
to visit Rakesh’s family?
grandmother’s funeral?
(c) How did Rakesh react to Mr. Varma eating a dish
of ‘soojie halwa’? (d) “I am old and I shall never live to see that day,
but others will. Try once more”. 1+1+3=5
(d) Why is migration easier on Mars than on Earth?
(a) Who is the speaker here?
(e) What is the most tantalising thing about Earth?
(b) “Whom is the speaker speaking to?
(f) What sight should have done Mr. Selfridge good,
according to the author? (c) What ‘day’ is he talking about?

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10. Answer any two of the following questions : 5 x 2 = 10 Or
Write an essay on any one of the following topics:
(a) What, according to the poet are the significant (a) Road condition in rural Meghalaya.
qualities of the kingfisher? (b) Computer–Its role in life today.
(c) Hazards of plastic use.
(b) How does the poem ‘To India– My Native Land’
reflect the poet’s love for India?
13. Read the following passage and answer the questions
(c) What are Marcus Natten’s speculations regarding carefully: 10
‘childhood’? One day, a guru foresaw in a flash of vision what
he would be in his next life. So he called his favourite
disciple and asked him what he would do for his guru
(d) Why does Walt Whitman want to take the
in return for all he had received. The disciple said he
‘untrodden path’? What does he hope to achieve would do whatever his guru asked him to do. Having
by doing so? 2+3=5 received this promise, the guru said, “Then this is
what I’d like you to do for me. I’ve learned that when I
die, which will be very soon, I’m going to be reborn as
11. Answer any one of the following questions : 1 x 10 = 10 a cat. Do you see that cat eating garbage there in the
yard? I’m going to be reborn as the fourth kitten of its
next litter. You’ll recognise me by a mark on my brow.
(a) How did Rakesh treat his father in his old age?
When that cat has littered, find the fourth kitten with
What led his father to disillusionment? 5 + 5 = 10 a mark on its brow and, with one stroke of your knife,
slaughter it. I’ll then be released from a cat’s life. Will
(b) How does JB Priestley enjoy his outing with his you do this for me?” The disciple was sad to hear all
artist friend at Yorkshire Falls? this, but he agreed to do as he had promised. Soon
after this coversation, the guru did die. And the cat
(c) Why do the Martians think that prospects for life did have a litter of four little kittens. One day, the
on earth is extremely poor? disciple sharpened his knife and picked out the fourth
little kitten, which did indeed have a mark on its brow.
Just as he was about to bring down his knife to slit
12. Write a report for your school magazine about how its throat, the little kitten suddenly spoke. “Stop! Don’t
you observed the World Environment Day this year. kill me!” it screamed. Before the disciple could recover
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from the shock of hearing the little kitten speak in a

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human voice, it said, “Don’t kill me. I want to live on
as a cat. When I asked you to kill me, I didn’t know
what a cat’s life would be like. It’s great! Just let me
go.

Questions :–
1. What did the guru foresee for himself in his next
life? 1

2. What did the guru ask the disciple to do for him? 2

3. What did the disciple promise the guru? 1

4. What preparation did the disciple make to fulfil
the promise he made to his guru? 1

5. Why was the disciple shocked? 3

6. Why, do you think did the guru change his
mind? 2

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