MBOSE Class 11 Question Paper 2020 for English Alternative

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(d) He was mortally scared that Allaharakha may die
of ______. (fatigue/hunger)
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ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH (e) He began to ______ like a madman. (utter/stutter)

Full Marks : 100 (f) Those six ______ plates took possession of him.
(golden/silver)
Time : 3 hours
(g) Kiran ______ to see people enjoying good fare.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions (liked/disliked)
General Instructions:
2. Write whether the following statements are True or
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script. False (any five) : 1x5=5
(ii) Attempt Part–A Objective Questions serially.
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place. (a) Mr. Ormond Wall was from Pittsburg.

( PART : A–OBJECTIVE ) (b) Rahim Khan ill-treated his wife for twenty years.

( Marks : 50 ) (c) Zaman was the ‘chief’, the man who kept the
Rangers across happy.
SECTION – I
(d) The first meal that Najab had while crossing the
( Marks : 30 )
desert comprised of dry, stale bread with onion.
1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the right word from the
given alternatives in the brackets (any five): 1x5=5 (e) The Bishop was addressed as “Monsieur
Innkeeper” by the convict.
(a) We ______ him to begin. (begged/requested)
(b) The thought of being so universally detested gave (f) The convict told the bishop that he had been
him grim ______. (satisfaction/contentment) nineteen years in the galleys.

(c) The ______ sparrows were his only friends in the
(g) Kiran was fond of society and amusement.
world. (three/four)

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(3) (4)

3. Complete the following lines using the right word (c) ‘Light Shining out of Darkness’ is an inspirational
from the given alternatives (any five) : 1x5=5 hymn.

(d) The sight of the baby’s white feet playing in the
(a) When ______ age shall this generation waste,
grass is ‘winsome’ to the poet.
Thou shalt remain. (old/young)
(e) According to Masefield, our time on Earth is brief.
(b) Join the ______ song of the great stars sweeping
by. (joyous/jubilant)
(f) Heard melodies are sweeter than those unheard
of.
(c) When the white feet of the baby ______ across
the grass. (touch/beat) (g) John Keats was a ‘Romantic’ poet.

(d) He plants his ______ in the sea. (footprints/
footsteps) 5. Answer any five questions from either Group A or
Group B in about 25 – 30 words. 2 x 5 = 10
(e) Thy eagle ______ is chained down at last. (wing/
pinion)
GROUP–A

(f) Blind ______ is sure to err. (disbelief/unbelief) ( Abraham Lincoln )

(g) Judge not the Lord by ______ sense. (feeble/weak) (a) What were the advertisements on the walls and
boards for?

(b) What incident took place on the night of August
4. Write whether the following statements are True or
29th, 1857?
False (any five) : 1x5=5
(c) What did the witness, Allen, claim to have seen?
(a) A Baby Running Barefoot is an ode to beauty in How did he calculate the time?
its most innocent form.
(d) Who was the secretary of the Anti-Slavery
Association and what did he want from
(b) In the poem, ‘To India–My Native Land’, Derozio Mr. Lincoln?
personifies India as a goddess.

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(e) In which year was slavery abolished in the United SECTION – II
States of America?
( Marks : 20 )
(f) Why was Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln eager to take
her husband around?
6. Attempt any five questions in about 25 – 30 words
each. 2 x 5 = 10
(g) What was Todd’s opinion on slavery?
(a) Who brought the stranger at Dabney’s? How did
(h) How did Lincoln explain his views on Christianity the stranger look like?
to Fairbanks?

GROUP–B (b) Why did Rahim Khan’s sons leave home?

( Julius Caesar ) (c) Why does everyone in the village remember the
day when Fatimah entered the village?
(a) Who is a soothsayer? What did the soothsayer
tell Caesar to ‘beware of ?’ (d) Why was Jean Valjean constantly refused shelter?

(b) What did Metellus Cimber plead before Caesar?
(e) Why does God move in a mysterious way?

(c) Who was Marcus Brutus? Why did he join in the
conspiracy to kill Caesar? (f) What is a sonnet?

(d) Name the conspirators who killed Caesar. (g) Who is being led by the priest to the altar?

(e) “This was the most unkindest cut of all”. Whose (h) What is ‘frowning providence’?
cut was the ‘most unkindest’ of all? Why is it so?

7. Rewrite the sentences as directed: 1 x 10 = 10
(f) Why did Calpurnia try to persuade Caesar not to
go to the Senate House?
(a) He lost the game. (Change the voice)
(g) Who was the last person to stab Caesar? What
were Caesar’s last words? (b) It was _______ big deal. (Insert an article)

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(7) (8)

(c) She said, “I am allergic to chocolates”. 9. Answer any two in about 60-70 words: 5 x 2 = 10
(Change into Indirect speech)

(d) Mona does not believe in God. (Use one word for (a) What, according to Masefield is the best way to
the underlined words) live in “Laugh and Be Merry”? 5

(e) They are a lovely couple. (Add a question tag) (b) Give examples of God’s actions as mentioned by
William Cowper in his poem. 5
(f) It was a memorable trip.
(Change into exclamatory) (c) What does the poem, ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn” tell
us of Keats ideas on Art? 5
(g) The thief ran too fast to be caught.
(Use so ........ that) (d) Explain Derozio’s expression of patriotism. 5

(h) This cannot be true. (Change into interrogative)

10. Explain with reference to the context (any two) either
( PART : B – DESCRIPTIVE ) from Group A or Group B in about 60 – 70 words
2 x 5 = 10
( Marks : 50 )

8. Answer any two in about 60-70 words: GROUP – A
5 x 2 = 10
( Abraham Lincoln )
(a) What are the ‘three extraordinary and
remarkable things’ about the stranger’s story? 5
(a) That young man looks like a preacher, doesn’t
(b) Describe Valjean’s inner battle before he stole he?
the silver. 5

(c) What changed the young Rahim into a bitter (b) But I’m not going to sell her.
man? 5
(c) Mr. Allen, you have an extraordinary pair of eyes.
(d) How does love bring about a change in Najab’s
character? 5

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(9) ( 10 )

GROUP – B to all nature, it is far more powerful than loudness or
force and far more fruitful.
( Julius Caesar )

12. Read the following passage and answer the questions: 10
(a) Et tu Brute? Then fall Caesar!

(b) Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! The proverb says, “ When you are in Rome, do as
the Romans do”, and a polite person in a foreign
(c) “Not that I loved Caesar less, country will always try to behave in a way that will
But that I loved Rome more”. not offend the people of the country. Good manners
may be different in different places, but the principle
11. Write a precis of the following passage and give a of good manners is always the same everywhere – it is
suitable title. 8 + 2 = 10 a consideration for the feeling of others. Good manners
are the mark of a gentleman and a gentleman always
tries to consider other people’s feelings. He will not
As daylight can be seen through very small holes,
say things that will hurt them, he will not speak in a
so little things will illustrate a person’s character.
rude way to offend them, he will not do things when
Indeed character consists in little acts, well and
he is with them, that he knows they do not like. So
honourably performed in our daily life. One of the
good manners are really a form of unselfishness. No
most marked tests of character is the way we conduct
one can have really good manners who is selfish and
ourselves to others. A graceful behaviour towards
conceited, and who always wants his own way and
superiors, inferiors and equals is a constant source of seeks his own comfort. He may be outwardly polite,
pleasure. It pleases others because it indicates respect but he will not have the spirit of good manners.
for their personality, but it gives ten fold pleasure to
ourselves. Every man, may, to a large extent, be a self -
(a) What is the principle of good manners? 1
educator in good behaviour, as in everything else, he
can be civil and kind, if he will, though he may not (b) What does a gentleman always try to consider? 1
have a penny in his purse. Even a kind look will give
(c) How are good manners really a form of
pleasure and confer happiness. Gentleness in society
is like the silent influence of light which gives colour unselfishness? 3

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(d) Who cannot really have the spirit of good
manners? 2

(e) What does the proverb ‘When you are in Rome,
do as the Romans do’ mean? 2

(f) Give the same meaning of any two words from
the passage . 1
2
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(i) displease

(ii) wound

(iii) over-high opinion of one’s powers.

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