MP Board Class 11 English Board Question Paper (2023)
Class 11 English Annual Examination Question Paper 2023
Access the fully corrected and solved Class 11 English Board Question Paper from 2023. This resource features error-free grammar solutions, reading comprehension answers, and important literature questions from Hornbill and Snapshots.
Section 'A' (Reading)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The song of birds is one of the loveliest sounds in nature. Sometimes when we are out in the country and we hear the birds singing, it seems to us they are calling back and forth, that they are telling one another something. The fact is that birds do communicate with one another, just as many other animals do; of course, at times the sounds that birds make are attempts at communication. A mother hen makes sounds that warn her children of danger and cause them to crouch down motionless. Then she gives another call which collects them together. When wild birds migrate at night, they cry out. These cries may keep the birds together and help lost ones return to the flock. But the language of birds is different from the language as we use it. We use words to express ideas and these words have to be learned. Birds don't learn their language. It is an inborn instinct with them. In one experiment, for example, chicks were kept away from cocks and hens so they could not hear the sounds they made. Yet when they grew up they were able to make those sounds just as well as chicks that had grown up with cocks and hens. This doesn't mean that birds can't learn how to sing. In fact, some birds can learn the songs of other birds. This is how the mockingbird gets its name.
Questions:
(i) In nature, one of the loveliest sounds is:
(a) the sound of film songs
(b) the roar of a lion
(c) the song of a crow
(d) the song of the birds
(ii) When wild birds migrate at night, they cry out:
(a) to keep them warm
(b) to keep the birds together
(c) to keep the enemy away
(d) to keep the younglings tight
(iii) We human beings use words:
(a) to express ideas
(b) to express meanings
(c) to express others' speech
(d) to express talent
(iv) Birds don't learn language as:
(a) it is taught to learn
(b) it is only a quality with humans
(c) it is an inborn instinct with them
(d) it is developed with extra intelligence
(v) The noun form of mocking is:
(a) mock
(b) mockery
(c) mockingly
(d) mocked
(vi) The sounds of birds are an attempt:
(a) to sing a song
(b) to communicate
(c) to fly
(d) to start a meeting
(vii) Which of the following has a similar meaning to 'a group of birds'?
(a) Banish
(b) Flock
(c) Apart
(d) Herd
(viii) Which of these is the main idea of the above passage?
(a) Importance of nature
(b) Necessity of sounds of birds
(c) Importance of sounds of birds/communication
(d) Importance of ecosystem
(ix) Why does a mother hen make sounds?
(a) To feed her chicks
(b) To protect her chicks
(c) To gather her chicks
(d) Both (b) and (c)
(x) Which of the following is true about birds?
(a) They learn making sounds by themselves
(b) They know how to communicate with humans
(c) They can learn sounds of other birds
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Correct Answers: (i) d, (ii) b, (iii) a, (iv) c, (v) b, (vi) b, (vii) b, (viii) c, (ix) d, (x) d.
2. Read the following passage and make notes on the basis of your comprehension of the passage. Give a suitable title too.
Soya beans belong to the legume family. The beans are the seeds of the leguminous soybean plants. They can be grown on a variety of soils and in a wide range of climates. Soybeans are versatile as they can be used as whole beans, soy sprouts, or processed as a variety of food items, such as soy milk, tofu, tempeh, textured vegetable protein, miso, soy sauce, soy oil, margarine, and soy dairy alternatives. They are also used for making candles and bio-diesel.
Soy is an excellent source of high-quality protein, is low in saturated fats, and is cholesterol-free. It is also rich in vitamins, especially Vitamin B complex, minerals such as magnesium, calcium, iron, potassium, and copper, and also fibres. In recent times it has been highly recommended because of its ability to lower the levels of LDL, a bad cholesterol. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that foods containing soy protein are likely to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
An easy way to take soy is soymilk, which is now available with added flavour. Soymilk does not contain lactose (milk-sugar) and can be drunk by those who are allergic to normal milk. To get soy milk, soybeans are soaked in water, ground, and then strained. If you don't mind the trouble, you can also make it at home.
Section 'B' (Writing)
3. You are a member of the "Eco Club". Prepare a notice informing the students about the tree plantation drive in your school.
Or
Design a poster to make people aware of the traffic rules.
4. Write an application to the Secretary, Board of Secondary Education, MP, requesting him to issue a duplicate marksheet of your high school exam as you have lost the original one.
Or
Write a letter to your sister explaining to her the importance of hobbies.
5. Write an article/paragraph on any one of the following topics in about 120 words:
(i) Importance of planting trees
(ii) Harmful effects of junk food
(iii) Importance of English
(iv) Modern Technology
Or
Your school organised an inter-school debate competition last month. Write a report of this event for your school magazine giving details like schedule, venue, topic, winners, etc.
Section 'C' (Grammar)
6. Fill in the blanks (Any five):
(1) Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. (a/an/the)
(2) He hasn't got any money. (some/any/many)
(3) The milkman brings milk daily in the evening. (bring/brings/bringing)
(4) Place the pen on the table. (in/inside/on)
(5) May I come in sir? (Can/May/Could)
(6) This is the man whose name is written on the board. (who/whom/whose)
7. Do as directed (Any five):
(1) Suraj shut the door. (Change into Negative)
Answer: Suraj did not shut the door.
(2) He makes nice tea. (Change the Voice)
Answer: Nice tea is made by him.
(3) Mohan is too weak to lift this bag. (Rewrite using 'so...that')
Answer: Mohan is so weak that he cannot lift this bag.
(4) in/this/many/book/are/there/pages/how/? (Rearrange the words into a sensible sentence)
Answer: How many pages are there in this book?
(5) He is sleeping for three hours. (Correct the Sentence)
Answer: He has been sleeping for three hours.
(6) Raju cried for milk. (Change into Present Indefinite)
Answer: Raju cries for milk.
Section 'D' (Textbooks)
8. Read the following extract carefully and answer the following questions:
People said that she had once been young and pretty and even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. 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.
Questions:
(i) Who is the author of the above extract?
(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) James Herriot
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Kamala Das
(ii) Who has been referred to as 'she' in the above extract?
(a) Sister of the author
(b) Mother of the author
(c) Grandmother of the author
(d) Daughter of the author
(iii) Which word in the extract means "picture of face"?
(a) Turban
(b) Beard
(c) Portrait
(d) Mantelpiece
(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
(v) Which of the following has not been depicted in the portrait?
(a) Beard
(b) Turban
(c) Clothes
(d) Ornaments
Correct Answers: (i) a, (ii) c, (iii) c, (iv) a, (v) d.
9. Read the following extracts carefully and answer the following questions:
(A) 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
Of chitterings and a tremor of wings and trillings
The whole tree trembles and thrills.
It is the engine of her family.
She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch end
Showing her barred face identity mask.
Questions:
(i) What is described as 'sleek' in the poem?
(a) Goldfinch
(b) Lizard
(c) Spider
(d) Laburnum tree
(ii) Who comes to feed young ones?
(a) A lizard
(b) Goldfinch
(c) A cuckoo
(d) Crow
(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
Correct Answers: (i) a, (ii) b, (iii) d.
(B) And one day I noticed that I was still curious about all the possessions that must still be at that address. I wanted to see them, touch, remember.
After my first visit in vain to Mrs. Dorling's house I decided to try a second time. Now a girl of about fifteen opened the door to me. I asked if her mother was at home. 'No' she said, "My mother's doing an errand." No matter, I said, I'll wait for her.
Questions:
(i) Which address is the author talking about?
(a) Address of her own
(b) Address of her mother
(c) Address of Mrs. Dorling
(d) None of the above
(ii) What are the possessions the author is referring to?
(a) Things at the house of her mother
(b) Things owned by herself
(c) Things taken away by Mrs. Dorling
(d) Things stolen from her
(iii) For whom did the author want to wait?
(a) For Mrs. Dorling
(b) For her mother
(c) For Mrs. Dorling's daughter
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(iv) Which of the following is the noun form of the word 'curious'?
(a) Curiously
(b) Curiosity
(c) Cure
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Correct Answers: (i) c, (ii) c, (iii) a, (iv) b.
10. Answer the following questions (in 30 words) (Any five):
(1) When was the link of the friendship between the author and his grandmother snapped?
(2) Who were the other two crewmen who accompanied the journey?
(3) What did grandmother use to feed village dogs?
(4) What is the cemetery of Tut called?
(5) What was the profession of Gaitonde?
(6) What is the importance of Lake Mansarovar?
11. Answer the following questions from poetry in about 30 words (Any three):
(1) What does the cardboard refer to in the poem?
(2) What makes the earth beautiful?
(3) What is the colour of the Laburnum Tree in September?
(4) What was the thing that the poet couldn't find in the books of Geography?
12. Answer the following questions in 30 words (Any two):
(1) Why did the boys return the horse?
(2) Why did the author of the story, "The Address", want to forget the address?
(3) Who was Mrs. Fitzgerald? What did she advise Mrs. Pearson?
13. Answer the following questions in 75 words (Any two):
(1) Describe the author's grandmother.
(2) Write a short note about King Tut.
(3) Why did Professor Gaitonde convey his regrets to the organisers of the seminar?
14. Answer the following question:
What are the three phases described in the poem 'A Photograph'?
Or
What is the central idea of the poem, "The Voice of the Rain"?
15. Answer the following question:
Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?
Or
"There lies a great difference between textbook medicine and the world of a practicing physician." Elaborate on the given statement with your own experience.
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