MBOSE Class 11 Question Paper 2023 for English

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(c) So, he explored and explored by himself from
2023 the North to the South _______. (Atlantic/Pacific)

ENGLISH (d) The great wave had put our _______ engine out of
action. (Supplementary/Auxiliary)
Full Marks : 100
(e) The concept of sustainable development was
Time : 3 hours popularised in _______ by the World Commission
on Environment and Development. (1987/1978)
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
(f) After five years I came back home and was met
General Instructions: by her at the _______. (Gate/Station)
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script. (g) Take them into the _______ tomorrow, and show
(ii) Attempt Part–A Objective Questions serially. them the bones and skulls of those that thou
hast already despatched. (Castle yard/Grave
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place. yard)

( PART : A – OBJECTIVE )
2. Write whether the following statements are True or
SECTION – I False (any five) : 1x5=5

( Marks : 20 ) (a) Nani Palkhiwala said “More children does not
mean more workers”.

1. Complete the following sentences using the right word (b) Giant Despair never takes counsel from anyone.
from the given alternatives (any five): 1x5=5
(c) Grandmother collected the women of the
neighbourhood to celebrate the author’s return.
(a) Here are some funny people. Did they make you
______? (Laugh/Happy) (d) Mr. Lester Brown said, we have borrowed this
earth from our children.
(b) He getteth him a ______ crab-tree cudgel, and
goes down into the dungeon. (dangerous/ (e) The narrator lost hope when the ‘Wavewalker’
grievous) capsized.

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(f) Grandmother understood the subjects taught in 4. State whether the following statements are True or
the city school. False (any five) : 1x5=5

(g) Kerrick Booterin was pleased to see a white seal. (a) Derozio’s pupils worship God’s omnipotence.
(b) The Kingfisher is a multicoloured bird.

(c) The poet compares the water bug to a prophet.
3. Complete the following sentences by using the right
word from the given alternatives (any five): 1x5=5 (d) The poet, Walt Whitman, was very happy with the
norms of the society.
(a) Bequeathing hence types of love.
(Athletic/Romantic) (e) The poet confirms that there is no specific age at
which one leaves one’s childhood behind.
(b) Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven,
could not be found in . (Google map/ (f) The strider skates on the surface of the water.
Geography)
(g) HLV Derozio felt that his life was meaningless, in
(c) Weaving the you are yet to gain. ‘To the Pupils of Hindu College’.
(Chaplets/Garland)

(d) See them on dry capillary legs. (Stand/ SECTION – II
Perch)
( Marks : 30 )
(e) Live with proud peacocks in . (Forest/
Green parks) 5. Answer any five questions in not more than 20 words
each : 1x5=5
(f) And the sweet of the spell that binds
your intellectual energies and powers. (opening/ (a) Why were Christian and Hopeful imprisoned by
loosening) Giant Despair?

(g) them along that substantial life. (b) How did the grandmother react to what was being
(Creating/Projecting) taught in the city School?

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(c) Why did the old seal of the Lost Rookery of (f) Why does the poet compare the water bug to a
Masafuera ask Kotick to try once more? prophet?

(d) What messages were written on the card made (g) Why does the poet say that the rainbow’s
by Sue? mother’s name was ‘Tears’?

(e) What are the four principal biological systems of
the Earth? 7. (a) Change the voice: 1x4=4
(f) Why did the narrator pick up the two crewman (i) We are living a hard life.
before heading East?
(ii) People admired his bravery.
(g) What was the result of the three years study using
satellites and aerial photography conducted by (iii) We shall discuss this matter tomorrow.
the United Nations?
(iv) Everyone praises good men.

6. Answer any five of the following questions in not more
than 2 sentences each: 1x5=5 (b) Make sentences with the following idioms : 1 x 4 = 4

(a) Walt Whitman says that he wants to take a new (i) Kith and kin
challenge. What was that?
(ii) To beat about the bush
(b) Why could Hell and Heaven not be found in
Geography according the Natten? (iii) Come out with flying colours

(iv) Bag and baggage
(c) According to Marcus Natten, children believe that
adults are faultless. Why is it so?

(d) To what does Derozio compare the opening of (c) Change the following sentences as directed:
his pupils’ minds? 1x3=3

(e) What is the similarity between the Kingfisher and (i) He attended the ceremony.
the poet? (Change into a Negative Sentence)

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(ii) Who does not want to be happy? (d) How does Mr. Selfridge comment on laziness?
(Change into an Assertive Sentence)
(e) What complaints did old Varma make to Bhatia
about his family?
(iii) It is a very beautiful flower.
(Change into an Exclamatory Sentence) (f) What is the most tantalising thing about Earth?
Why is this so?

(d) Fill in the blanks with the correct determiners : (g) What happened at the Birthday party of Rakesh’s
1x2=2 youngest son?
(i) She doesn’t have _____ books. (much/many)
(h) How did the author and his friend spend their
(ii) ______ customer will be honoured. (Every/ time on the moor?
All)

(e) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the ( PART : B – DESCRIPTIVE )
verb: 1x2=2
( Marks : 50 )
(i) The principal ______ to speak to you. (want)

(ii) I _____ a new bike yesterday (buy) 9. Answer any two of the following questions : 5 x 2 = 10

(a) Write about the role played by Sue and Jonathan
8. Answer any five of the following questions in not more throughtout the family’s struggle in the sea.
than 2 sentences each: 1x5=5
(b) How did the relationship between the
(a) What makes America a prosperous country? grandmother and the grandson develop in the
village?
(b) When can earth be seen from Mars?

(c) What was the only pleasure left for Rakesh’s (c) How did Kotick change the attitude of the other
father? seals?

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(d) “My soul chooseth strangling rather than life”. (c) What do the Martians believe about the possibility
of life on Earth? Compare the two viewpoints.
(i) Who is the speaker here? 1

(ii) To whom were these words said? 1
12. Write a report for your school magazine about your
(iii) Why did the speaker say so? 3 school’s Annual Sports Day organised in your
institution recently. 10

10. Answer any two of the following questions : 5 x 2 = 10 Or

(a) How has Ramanujan succeeded in drawing a vivid Write an essay on any one of the following topics:
image of the water strider?
(a) A person who inspires you.
(b) What gives Derozio a special sense of
achievement? (b) Tourism in Meghalaya.

(c) An Eventful day in my life.
(c) Why does the poet want to take the “Untrodden
Path”? What does he hope to achieve by doing
so?
13. Read the following passage and answer the questions
(d) What does the poet suggest to the Kingfisher in carefully: 10
the second stanza? India is chiefly an agricultural land. The
cultivation of crops depends on a proper supply of
water throughout the year. Since olden times, large
11. Answer any one of the following questions : 1 x 10 = 10 parts of our country have suffered from periods of too
much rain, alternating with periods of drought. People
(a) Did Rakesh prove to be a devoted son till the have known that if surplus water of the flood seasons
very last days of his father’s life? Give reasons can be stored away for use in the fields during the
for your answer. dry seasons, the problem would be solved.
Unfortunately, they have had neither the knowledge
(b) According to J.B. Priestly, what are the positive nor the means to do much in this matter. What little
benefits of spending time in leisurely activities. they knew, they have tried to put into practice. They

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have dug canals to carry away water from the great
perennial rivers. This was heavy and expensive work
and practicable over only a small area. Large tanks
were excavated, small bundh or dams built to hold
water or hold back floods. But it has not been possible
to do anything on a countrywide scale.

Questions :–

(a) How has our country suffered since olden times? 2

(b) What have our people known to avoid this
suffering? 2

(c) What have they been doing regarding the matter? 2

(d) Why have they not been able to do much? 2

(e) Write out from the passage words which have the
same meaning as of the expression given below:

(i) Coming by turns 1
(ii) Flowing the whole year. 1

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