MP Board Class 11 English Board Question Paper (2022)
Class 11 English Annual Examination Question Paper 2022
Access the fully corrected and solved Class 11 English Board Question Paper from 2022. This resource features error-free grammar solutions, reading comprehension answers, and important literature questions from Hornbill and Snapshots.Class 11 English Annual Board Question Paper 2022
Time: 3 Hours
Max Marks: 80
Section 'A' (Reading Skills)
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
Neeraj Chopra did not just win a gold medal, flinging the javelin a staggering 87.58 m to top the charts in Tokyo, but vaulted himself into history books also. It would go down, to date, as the most historic of medals in India's Olympic history. Perhaps, the most historic in the nation's sporting history. The gold, a historic first for the country in track and field, the second for an individual ever and the first since Abhinav Bindra's in 2008, would also ensure India's richest-ever tally (seven). Much before he won the country's first-ever track and field medal, they used to call Neeraj, the village Sarpanch (headman) in Khandra, near Panipat. What started as a joke turned out prophetic.
Growing up at Khandra village, near Panipat, Neeraj was an overweight and restless kid most of the time. Since they wanted to keep him occupied, his father, a farmer, took him to the Shivaji stadium. Neeraj had tried other sports too. He was not too fond of running, but when he saw a few heavy men throwing the javelin, he wanted to try it too. When he realised that he was good at it, he started loving it more. Many, including Calvert and Volker Herrmann, who was the AFI's High Performance Director before quitting in November last year, felt that Neeraj would start winning medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics. He has proved them right by clinching a medal and proved them wrong by doing it four years early. He has been a consistent performer since bursting into the spotlight with a historic gold in the junior world championships in 2016 with an Under-20 world record of 86.48 m which still stands. His other achievements include gold medals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, besides the top finish in the 2017 Asian Championships. He is also a 2018 Arjuna Awardee. There is still a wall-hanging in the drawing room of Chopra's ancestral home which features an oft-repeated motivational quote "A single idea can light up your life." The Chopra family's single idea to let him pursue javelin throw on Saturday lit up the country in its golden glow.
Questions:
(i) Neeraj Chopra won a Gold medal in:
(a) Wrestling
(b) High Jump
(c) Javelin
(d) Gymnastics
Answer: (c) Javelin
(ii) Neeraj Chopra was called ______ in his village.
(a) junior
(b) headman
(c) lord
(d) golden boy
Answer: (b) headman
(iii) Neeraj won his gold medal in ______ Olympics.
(a) Paris
(b) Tokyo
(c) London
(d) Beijing
Answer: (b) Tokyo
(iv) ______ won the first Gold medal in Olympics for India.
(a) Abhinav Bindra
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Calvert
(d) Herrmann
Answer: (a) Abhinav Bindra
(v) Find the similar meaning for "consistent":
(a) varying
(b) same
(c) different
(d) changing
Answer: (b) same
(vi) Find the antonym of 'include' from the following options:
(a) preclude
(b) exclude
(c) seclude
(d) occlude
Answer: (b) exclude
(vii) Name the award which has been given to Neeraj Chopra in 2018.
Answer: Arjuna Award
(viii) Who took Neeraj to the stadium in his childhood?
Answer: His father
(ix) Write Neeraj Chopra's achievements mentioned in the passage.
Answer: Gold in Junior World Championships (2016), Gold in Commonwealth Games (2018), Gold in Asian Games (2018).
(x) Which motivational quote is featured in Chopra's ancestral home?
Answer: "A single idea can light up your life."
2. Read the following passage and make notes on the basis of your comprehension of the passage and give a suitable title:
Despite all the research, every one of us catches a cold and most of us catch it frequently. Our failure to control one of the commonest of all ailments sometimes seems ridiculous. Medical Science regularly practises transplant surgery and has rid all countries of such fatal diseases as Typhus and the Plague. But the problem of the common cold is unusually difficult and much has yet to be done to solve it. It is known that a cold is caused by one of a number of viral infections that affect the lining of the nose and other passages leading to the lungs but the confusing variety of viruses makes study and remedy very difficult. It was shown in 1960 that many typical kinds of colds in adults are caused by one or the other of a family of viruses known as 'rhinoviruses', yet there still remain many kinds of colds for which no virus has as yet been isolated. There is also the difficulty that because they are so much smaller than the bacteria which cause many other infections, viruses cannot be seen with ordinary microscopes.
Solution (Note Making):
Title: The Mystery of the Common Cold
Notes:
* Failures of Medical Science
1.1. Can do transplant surgery.
1.2. Cured fatal diseases (Typhus, Plague).
1.3. Cannot cure common cold.
* Causes of Cold
2.1. Viral infections in nose/lungs.
2.2. Confusing variety of viruses.
2.3. 'Rhinoviruses' (found in 1960).
* Why it is hard to cure
3.1. Many viruses still unknown.
3.2. Viruses are smaller than bacteria.
3.3. Cannot be seen with microscopes.
Section 'B' (Writing Skills)
3. You are Ankit/Ankita from Govt. H. S. School, Chhindwara. Write a notice on behalf of the President of the Eco-club of your school informing the students about the upcoming 'Tree Plantation Drive'.
Or
Design a poster to be issued by the Traffic Police Department to make people aware of the use of helmets.
4. You are Arun Singh, resident of 12/E-6 Arera Colony, Bhopal. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper highlighting the nuisance caused by loudspeakers in your locality.
Or
Write a letter to your friend advising him to study English, Maths, G.K., and Reasoning for cracking competitive exams.
5. Write an article on the impact of Global Warming on plants and animals (120-150 words).
Or
Write a report for a newspaper about an accident you witnessed using the following inputs:
(i) Where and when did the accident happen?
(ii) What is the prime cause of this accident?
(iii) People, vehicles involved, loss of life and property.
(iv) The scene of the accident, details of casualties (dead, injured, hospitalized).
Section 'C' (Grammar)
6. Fill in the blanks (Any five):
(i) Monika is a B.Sc. student.
(ii) The traffic rules must be followed.
(iii) The cat jumped upon the mouse.
(iv) This is the man whose name is written on the board.
(v) I don't like either of them.
(vi) She often visits us in the evening.
7. Do as directed (Any five):
(i) He teaches English. (Change into negative)
Ans: He does not teach English.
(ii) They are playing football. (Change the voice)
Ans: Football is being played by them.
(iii) Mohan is too weak to lift this bag. (Rewrite using 'so...that')
Ans: Mohan is so weak that he cannot lift this bag.
(iv) a/apple/an/day/keeps/the/away/doctor (Rearrange)
Ans: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
(v) She is working hard. She wants to crack IIT-JEE examination. (Combine using "to + infinitive")
Ans: She is working hard to crack the IIT-JEE examination.
(vi) If they work properly, they will not be punished. (Rewrite using 'unless')
Ans: Unless they work properly, they will be punished.
Section 'D' (Textbooks)
8. Read the extract and answer the questions given below:
(Note: In the original paper, the text was about the painter Wu Daozi, but the questions were about "The Portrait of a Lady". Below is the correct extract for the questions provided)
Extract: "...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 like a hundred years old."
(i) Who is the author of the above extract?
(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) James Herriot
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Kamla Das
Answer: (a) Khushwant Singh
(ii) Who has been referred to as 'she' in the above extract (context of chapter)?
(a) Sister of the author
(b) Mother of the author
(c) Grandmother of the author
(d) Daughter of the author
Answer: (c) Grandmother of the author
(iii) Which word in the extract means "picture of face"?
(a) Turban
(b) Beard
(c) Portrait
(d) Mantelpiece
Answer: (c) Portrait
(iv) According to the extract, how old did the grandfather look in his portrait?
(a) Hundred years
(b) Less than hundred years
(c) More than hundred years
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Hundred years
(v) Which of the following has not been depicted in the portrait?
(a) Beard
(b) Turban
(c) Clothes
(d) Ornaments
Answer: (d) Ornaments
9. (A) Read the extract and answer the questions:
Extract: "Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup, / A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end. / Then sleek as a lizard and alert and abrupt, / She enters the thickness and a machine starts up..."
(i) What is described as 'sleek' in the poem?
(a) Goldfinch
(b) Lizard
(c) Spider
(d) Laburnum tree
Answer: (a) Goldfinch
(ii) Who comes to feed the young ones?
(a) A lizard
(b) Goldfinch
(c) A cuckoo
(d) Crow
Answer: (b) Goldfinch
(iii) Who gives shelter to the bird and her young ones?
(a) An old building
(b) A peepal tree
(c) An oak tree
(d) Laburnum tree
Answer: (d) Laburnum tree
9. (B) Read the extract and answer the questions:
Extract: "It wasn't morning yet, but it was summer and with daybreak not many minutes around the corner of the world it was light enough for me to know I wasn't dreaming. My cousin Mourad was sitting on a beautiful white horse..."
(i) Choose the name of the chapter:
(a) The Address
(b) Birth
(c) The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
(d) Mother's Day
Answer: (c) The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
(ii) Who was sitting on the horse?
Answer: Mourad.
(iii) In which language did Mourad speak?
Answer: Armenian.
(iv) Give the noun form of the word 'beautiful'.
Answer: Beauty.
10. Answer the following questions in 30 words (Any five):
(i) What did the grandmother do when the author returned from abroad after five years?
Ans: She collected the women of the neighbourhood, got an old drum, and started to sing songs of the home-coming of warriors.
(ii) Who were the other two crewmen who accompanied the journey?
Ans: Larry Vigil (American) and Herb Seigler (Swiss).
(iii) Which island did they find nearby using their charts?
Ans: Ile Amsterdam.
(iv) What do European paintings reproduce?
Ans: An actual view (figurative painting).
(v) When was the concept of sustainable development popularised?
Ans: In 1987 (by the World Commission on Environment and Development).
(vi) What is Article 48A?
Ans: It obliges the State to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.
11. Answer the following questions from poetry in about 30 words (Any three):
(i) Who are the persons in the photograph?
Ans: The poet's mother and her two girl cousins, Betty and Dolly.
(ii) What was compared with the movement of the Goldfinch?
Ans: A lizard (sleek, alert, and abrupt).
(iii) What will happen if it doesn't rain?
Ans: Seeds will remain latent and unborn; the earth will remain dry and dusty.
(iv) What makes the Earth beautiful?
Ans: The rain beautifies the earth by washing away dust and giving life to seeds.
12. Answer the following questions in about 30 words (Any two):
(i) What according to Aram, was his first longing?
Ans: To ride a horse.
(ii) How did Albert feel about going to school everyday?
Ans: He felt miserable and hateful because he disliked the rote learning method.
(iii) What does the author of the story 'Birth' refer to as "a miracle"?
Ans: Bringing the lifeless stillborn baby back to life.
13. Answer the following questions in about 75 words (Any two):
(i) What was the turning point in the friendship between the grandmother and the author?
Ans: The turning point was when the author's parents called them to the city. The author joined an English school, went by bus, and studied subjects the grandmother couldn't understand. She could no longer help him with lessons, creating a distance between them.
(ii) Discuss the first two sections of the events on the sea voyage.
Ans: The first section (Leg 1) was pleasant as they sailed down the west coast of Africa to Cape Town. The second section (Leg 2) began after leaving Cape Town, where they encountered gigantic waves and stormy weather, leading to the disaster on January 2nd.
(iii) What is the aim of the Green Movement?
Ans: To create a holistic and ecological view of the world. It shifts focus from seeing the earth as a machine to seeing it as a living organism that needs to be respected and preserved for future generations.
14. Answer the following:
What are the three phases described in the poem "A Photograph"?
Ans:
* Phase 1 (Childhood): The poet's mother is 12 years old, enjoying a beach holiday with her cousins. It represents innocent joy.
* Phase 2 (Middle Age): The mother laughs at the snapshot years later. The sea holiday was her past; her laughter is the poet's past.
* Phase 3 (Death): The mother is dead. The poet is left with silence and grief.
15. Answer the following:
"The Address" is a story of human predicament that follows war. Explain.
Ans:
The story highlights the emotional suffering of war survivors. The narrator loses her family and home during the war. When she returns to claim her mother's belongings from Mrs. Dorling, she realizes that the objects have lost their value without the people who owned them. She faces the predicament (dilemma/suffering) of holding onto painful memories or letting go. Ultimately, she decides to forget the address and the past to move forward in life.
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