MBOSE Class 11 Question Paper 2018 for Elective English

Total No. of Printed Pages––6 (2)
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(c) Della had a habit of saying little silent prayers
2018 about the simplest everyday things.

ELECTIVE ENGLISH (d) After saving for months Della had $ 21.87 to buy
Jim a present.
Full Marks : 100
(e) Sharma worked as the despatch clerk in the firm.
Time : 3 hours

(f) The narrator listened to the footsteps for five
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
minutes before alerting his brother.
General Instructions:

(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script. 2. Name the speaker and person(s) spoken to. 1x6=6

(ii) Attempt Part–A Objective Questions serially. (a) Yes, you professed a lot more than you practised,
my old dear-like most women.
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place.
(b) Late to be traipsing across this coomb-hey,
stranger?

( PART : A–OBJECTIVE ) (c) A gentle hand will add a flavour to his wine–
a kitchen wench who awaits my word as I await
( Marks : 50 ) your decision.

(d) Miserable wretches! What have you to say that
1. State whether the following statements are True or judgment be not instantly passed upon you?
False : 1x6=6
(e) Ah, bah! how you great people bow and scrape,
(a) Dr. Heidegger invited four of his friends to assist and how we little people laugh at you for it!
him in one of his little experiments.
(f) I am here to protect you.
(b) Widow Wycherly was a great beauty in her day.

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(3) (4)

3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. 1x8=8 4. Answer any ten of the following questions in 2/3
sentences each: 3 x 10 = 30
(a) I’m glad of it.(awfully, lawfully, unlawfully)
(a) What made widow Wycherly live in deep
seclusion for a long time past?
(b) You belong to the ruling class and have turned
your back against your . (b) What happened to the faded rose after it was
(word, order, class) thrown into the water in the vase?

(c) What did Roy win in a pool tournament? What
(c) I want to see the in the sky. was it used for?
(reds, blacks, browns)
(d) Why were the cops reluctant to leave the
narrator’s house?
(d) I take things as I them, and make the
best of them. (want, get, find) (e) Why couldn’t Srijut Sharma voice his inner
protest?

(e) With hands, they raised the glasses to (f) Mention two occassions where Sharma was
their lips. (diseased, palsied, trembling) reprimanded by Mr. Nest.

(g) Why did Stein consider the absence of Baron
(f) Della off the table and went for him. Brunfels an advantage?
(wriggled, glided, waggled)
(h) What put Cobleigh in a ‘towering rage’?

(i) Why was Pauline agitated as she enters her
(g) Srijut Sharma hesitated, for the demeanour of
sister’s apartment?
the Goanese chauffeur was .
(daunting, terrifying, frightening) (j) In brief, account for the ‘glad cause’ at the
Shepherd’s cottage.

(h) When I got to the attic, things were pretty . (k) According to the hangman what was ‘an
(chaotic, confused, muddled) unprincipled’ thing?

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(5) (6)

(l) What did King Konrad find admirable in the (b) Who were the ‘four rioters’? Describe the riot
Baron? created by them. 3+6=9

(m) What broke Pauline’s heart? (c) Give a detailed description of the two possessions
of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they
took a mighty pride in.

(d) Give a character sketch of Mr. Acton.
( PART : B–DESCRIPTIVE )

( Marks : 50 )
7. Write an essay on any one of the following topics
(200-250 words) 1x8=8
5. Answer any two of the following: 2 x 9 = 18 (a) An inspirational story of a great character.

(a) Who are Wayfarers? Name the three wayfarers (b) Computers and Modern Education.
in the play. How did they find themselves in the
Shepherd’s cottage at the same time? 2 + 2 + 5 = 9 (c) Importance of Good Health and Fitness.

(b) How did King Konrad win over the conspirators?
8. Write a short article (100–125 words) on the role of
(c) Bring out the interplay between comedy and media in the world today. 1x6=6
tragedy as we find in the play, Comedy and
Tragedy. Or

(d) Describe the relationship between Harry Hawke Write a report on the benefits of Clean India
and Elias Cobleigh. Campaign.

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6. Answer any two of the following questions: 2 x 9 = 18

(a) What made the narrator regret that he paid
attention to the footsteps on the night of
November 17, 1915?

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