CBSE

Class 11 English Core

Sample Paper 05 (2019-20)

Maximum Marks: 80
Time Allowed: 3 hours

General Instructions:

i. This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
ii. Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.
Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.
iii. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

Section A

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

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 practices transplant surgery and has rid
whole countries of such killing diseases such 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 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 m 1960 that many
typical colds in adults are caused by one or the other of a family of viruses known as
rhinoviruses, yet there still remain many 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. Nor can they be cultivated easily in the bacteriologist's laboratory, since

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 they only grow within the living cells of animals or plants. An important recent step
forward, however, is the development of the technique of tissue culture, in which bits
of animal tissue are enabled to go on living and to multiply independently of the
body. This has greatly aided virus research and has led to the discovery of a large
number of viruses. Their existence had previously been not only unknown but even
unsuspected.

The fact that we can catch cold repeatedly creates another difficulty. Usually, a virus
strikes only once and leaves the victim immune to further attacks Still we do not gam
immunity from cold. Why? It may possibly be due to the fact that while other viruses
get into the bloodstream where antibodies can oppose them, the viruses causing cold
attack cells only on the surface or it may be that immunity from one of the many
different viruses does not guarantee protection from all the others It seems, therefore,
that we are likely to have to suffer colds sometime yet.

1. On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make notes on it using
headings and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary-
minimum four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate
title to it.
2. Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words.

2. Read the following passage carefully:

Few animals are as useful or as unpopular as the goat. From ancient times, it has
supplied people with milk and meat. Its skin has been made into leather and the wool
of some breeds woven into soft, warm cloth. Goats are hardy creatures, and can live
on the green remains of a thorny bush or a poor grassland. Nevertheless, they have
always had a bad reputation. Perhaps this is because the billy goats (males) often have
a bad temper and a strong, unpleasant smell. Goats also do serious damage to young
trees and other plants, and can quickly reduce lush grazing land to a barren
wasteland.
For its size, the goat provides man with more useful things than almost any other
animal, yet it often does not receive the food and care given to other animals. The
goat will try to eat anything and will put up with the most uncomfortable
surroundings. But if it is well-fed and carefully housed, the goat will produce much
better milk, flesh, and wool.

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The goat is very closely related to the sheep. In fact, it looks very much like a sheep
except for three things. It has a shorter tail which turns up instead of hanging down.
Goats (both males and females) have beards and backwards-slanting horns, whereas
male sheep (rams) have curly horns. Goats have a hairy coat whereas sheep a woolly
one.
Goats can be divided into three groups — the Swiss goats, the eastern goats, and the
wool goats. The Swiss goats, which are found all over Europe and have upright,
pointed ears, produce a fine quality of milk. Goat s milk is considered to be especially
good for babies and invalids because it is easier to digest than cows milk. It is also
made into cheese and used in the manufacture of the famous Swiss chocolate. The
eastern goats which have long, drooping ears, are raised both for milk and flesh. They
are also valued for their short wool, which may be black, tan or white. However, the
best wool comes from two goats in the third group - the Angora and the Cashmere
breeds. The Angora, which came originally from near Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is
now bred in eastern Europe, southern Africa, Australia, and the United States. The
smaller Cashmere goat is difficult to raise outside its native home of Kashmir. Its soft
under hair has long been used to make the famous Cashmere shawls.
Choose the most appropriate option:

i. The tail of a sheep -

a. turns up.
b. hangs down.
c. has no wool.
d. is shorter than that of a goat.
ii. _____ have beards and backwards-slanting horns.
a. Male goats.
b. Female goats.
c. Both male and female goats.
d. Both male and female sheep.
iii. The ears of Swiss goats are-
a. pointed and upright.
b. long and drooping.
c. short and woolly.
d. long and pointed.

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 iv. The best wool comes from-
a. Swiss and eastern goats.
b. eastern and Turkish goats.
c. Swiss and Cashmere goats.
d. Angora and Cashmere goats.
v. Lush grazing land means -
a. very big and large grassland.
b. land covered with grass and healthy plants.
c. land that has been reserved for grazing cattle.
d. land covered with thorny plants and bushes.
vi. The base word in uncomfortable is -
a. comfort.
b. uncomfort.
c. comfortable.
d. none of the above.

Answer the following questions in brief:

vii. What type of creatures are goats?

viii. What unpleasant features do billy goats have?
ix. What harm can goats do to vegetation?
x. How can the goat give us better milk, flesh, and wool?
xi. Why is goat’s milk considered good for babies?
xii. What does the word 'invalid' mean?
Section B

3. You are Praveen/Prabha. As the secretary, Science Club of your school writes a notice
informing students about an Inter-School Science Exhibition and encouraging them to
participate in it.

OR

You are Anil Verma of 257, Moti Nagar, New Delhi. You have just passed B.E.
(Electrical) in first division from a prestigious Engineering College. You are in need
of a job in or around Delhi. Write an advertisement for the ‘Situation Wanted’ column

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 of The Times of India.

4. You are Vivek / Varsha Malhotra, Head Boy / Girl of Zenith Public School, Ashok Vihar,
New Delhi. You have to organise short tours to Agra, Jaipur and Chandigarh. Write a
letter to Globe Tours and Travels, 235, Nehru Place, New Delhi, enquiring about their
terms for conducted tours by deluxe buses. Also ask about the fare, boarding and
lodging charges and arrangements, total time of the trip and mode of payment.

OR

You are Ankit Patel of Chitra Senior Secondary School, Pandav Puram, Delhi. You are
captain of the hockey team of your school. You have no playground at your school.
Write a letter to the Principal, requesting him to arrange a playground facility from a
neighboring school for the practice of your team.

5. You are Vibha Mehra, a resident of B-Block, Sector-19, Noida. The residents feel
inconvenience due to the frequent digging up of roads by various departments such
as electricity, water supply, sewage, telephone, etc. Write a letter to the Editor, The
Times of India, New Delhi, highlighting the problem and suggesting remedial
measures.

OR

Draft an application for the post of an accountant in Pioneers (Pvt.) Ltd. Co.
Hyderabad in response to their advertisement that appeared in The Times of India
dated 1st August 2019. Prepare a biodata to be enclosed. You are Nipun/Aparna.

6. You are Astitva/Ashita. This year students of your school organized many campaigns
to create awareness in society towards some of the rampant social evils. The efforts of
your school were appreciated by the press and the public alike. Write an article on
the Role of Students in National Development for publication in The Indian Express
(word limit 150-200).

OR

You were a member of your school cultural club which participated in the zonal
interschool music and dance competition and won the trophy. Write a report in 150-

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 200 words for your school magazine describing the items presented, preparation,
costumes, music, performance and efforts of the participants and teachers. You are
Neha/Navin of XI D.

7. In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the
missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes
after it in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is
underlined as shown below:

The planets celestial bodies that manifest e.g. planets are celestial

their powers human beings and other (a) _____________

organic lives. Astrologers pandits worldwide are (b) _____________

of opinion that planets have influence on (c) _____________

various aspects our lives, such as love, (d) _____________

personality, intelligence, career and finance.

8. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Find
the error and write the correct word in your answer sheet. The first one has been
done for you as an example.

Incorrect Correct

I graduated at the university a month e.g. at from

ago. I studied besides Cambridge. Last week (a)

I had an interview above the programming (b)

position through Yahoo. They noticed I had very little

(c)
experience; however, they promised

not to hold that according to me. (d)

9. Look at the sentences given below in a disorderly form. Re-order (Rearrange) them to
form meaningful sentences:

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 i. pay/the/had to/poor farmers/high times/very
ii. natural disaster/farmers/share of taxes/even/pay/their/in times of/the/had to
Section C

10. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (any two)
(1x2=2)
The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling,
Each one holding one of my mother’s hands,
And she the big girl - some twelve years or so.

i. Who has been said to be the big girl? Why?

ii. What did the cardboard show?
iii. What does the poet say about the mother?

OR

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
(For the song, issuing from its birthplace, after fulfilment, wandering
Reck’d or unreck’d, duly with love returns.)

i. Why have these words been put in brackets?

ii. What is meant by song here?
iii. What is the birthplace of the song?
11. Answer any five of the following questions:

a. How did the grandmother react to the narrator's receiving education at English
school? Answer in the context of The Portrait of a Lady.

b. What is the importance of Hor? How did the author feel there? Answer in the
context of Silk Road.

c. Why does the father say ‘This child’, not ‘My child'? (Father to Son)

d. Why was there a huge crowd in front of Ranga’s home? What did they find on the
contrary?

e. What do you know about Shahids likes and dislikes? Which things were most dear

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 to him?

f. What traits of the Garoghlanian family are highlighted in The Summer of the
Beautiful White Horse?

12. What are Nek Chand's unique achievement and gift to the world? How did he get
international recognition?

OR

Why did Tut’s body have to undergo a C.T. scan? How was it carried out and what
results did it yield?

13. What do you think is the theme of the play? How has it been worked out? Answer in
the context of Mothers Day.

OR

What impression do you gather about the king from The Tale of Melon City?

14. Give a brief character-sketch of Taplow.

OR

How does the Chinese view of art differ from The European view? Illustrate your
answer with examples.

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 CBSE Class 11 English Core
Sample Paper 05 (2019-20)

Solution

Section A

1. Title: Cold -The Viral Infection

Notes

I. Fighting common cold

i. most common almt
ii. typhus & plague erd
iii. common cold diff to solve
II. Causes of cold
i. viral inf
ii. viruses — rhinoviruses
iii. affect lining of nose
III. Research work
i. tcq of tissue culture dev
ii. discovery of large no of viruses
iii. previously not known
IV. Why repeated attacks
i. cold viruses attack surface cells
ii. immunity not guaranteed
iii. cold persists
Key to Abbreviations
almt - ailment
diff - difficult
tcq - technique
no - number
erd - eradicated
inf - infection
dev - development

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 Summary:-
Medical science has got rid of most of the deadly diseases like plague or typhus but
one, which is common cold, which happens so frequently. Cold is a common ailment
which is a cause of difficulty for scientists. It is caused by infection of the lining of the
nose and other passages by a number of different viruses, thus, making it difficult to
prescribe a common remedy. Immunity through vaccination cannot be given against
repeated virus attacks, as it does not affect the bloodstream. The development of the
technique of tissue culture, in which bits of animal tissue are enabled to go on living
and to multiply independently of the body. We get repeated attacks of cold because
the virus infects the surface cells and immunity from one virus does not guarantee
protection from others.

2. i. (b)
ii. (c)
iii. (a)
iv. (d)
v. (b)
vi. (a)
vii. Goats are hardy creatures.
viii. They have a bad temper and they give out a strong, unpleasant smell.
ix. They do serious damage to young trees and other plants and can quickly reduce
lush grazing land to a barren wasteland.
x. If the goat is well-fed and carefully housed, it can produce much better milk,
flesh and wool.
xi. Goats milk is considered good for babies because it is easier to digest than cows
milk.
xii. An ‘invalid’ is a person who has been made weak by illness or injury.
Section B
3.

Science Club
GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, NEW DELHI
15th July 2019
NOTICE

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 Bright, enterprising and intelligent science students are invited to participate in the
Inter-School Science Exhibition to be held in Sophia School next month.
Submit your charts, models, projects by 30th July. Appear before the screening
committee on 30th July 2019 at 11 a.m. in the Activities Room.
Praveen/Prabha
Secretary

OR

SITUATION WANTED
A first Class B.E. (Electrical) from I.I.T. Delhi seeks a job in or around Delhi. At
present working with a private firm in Alwar. Salary expected: Rs.12,000. Please
Contact Anil Verma, 257, Moti Nagar, New Delhi-110039. Phone: 25458695

4. Zenith Public School

Ashok Vihar, New Delhi
16th July 2019

M/s Globe Tours and Travels

235 Nehru Place
New Delhi

Sub: Enquiry about conducted tours

Sir,
We organize short educational tours to places of social and historical interest during
the autumn/winter break. The likely places of visit this year are Agra, Jaipur, and
Chandigarh. Please let me know your terms for conducted tours by deluxe buses to
places mentioned above. The rates should include lodging/boarding charges, fare per
km per bus. I would like to know the kind of boarding and lodging facilities provided
by you, the duration of the journey and halting charges if any.
Please let me know if a group discount and student discount are admissible if we
charter a bus.
Expecting early response.

Yours faithfully

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 Vivek Malhotra,
Head Boy.

OR

The Principal
Chitra Senior Secondary School
Pandav Puram
Delhi 10th July 2019

Sub: Arrange a playground facility

Respected Sir,

With due regards, I would like to bring to your kind notice about our difficulties and
feelings. We all know that we have no playground in our school, but we have a bunch
of students who are very good hockey players. Due to non-availability of playground
all the players cannot practice as a team. The interzonal school tournaments are to
commence within a fortnight. As the captain of our school hockey team, I feel morally
bound that our players have proper co-ordination and play as a team and not as a
bunch of players grouped together.
For this purpose, we need playground facilities. I, therefore, earnestly request you to
arrange playground facilities from a neighbouring school in the morning/evening for
an hour or two so that we may practise together under the guidance of our coach.
I hope to have a favourable consideration.

Yours obediently,
Ankit Patel.

5. 2879, B-Block
Noida-201301
25 July 2019
The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi

Sub: Frequent Digging up of Roads

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Sir, I would like to highlight the problems faced by the residents of Sector 19, Noida
due to the frequent digging up of roads by various departments, such as electricity,
water supply, sewage, telephones, etc. It seems that there is no coordination between
these departments and the PWD. We have to put up with traffic diversions almost
every fortnight. Great inconvenience is caused by the unfilled up pits and dust rising
from the unsettled earth. The dug roads remain unrepaired and cause traffic hazards
as well as accidents. We have written to the Development Authority many times, but
our repeated efforts have failed to bear any fruit. Even today the roads are lying in a
dug-up state.
I hope the publication of the letter in your newspaper will draw the attention of the
authorities to our plight and motivate them to expedite the repair work.

Yours faithfully,
Vibha Mehra.

OR

23 Raman Villa
Race Course Road
Bhopal

August 11, 2019

The Personnel Manager
Pioneers (Pvt.) Ltd. Co.
Hyderabad

Sub: Application for the post of Accountant

Sir,
In response to your advertisement in The Times of India dated 1 August 2019, I wish
to be considered for the position mentioned above. I feel my qualifications and
experience are good enough to enable me to discharge my duties. I attach herewith
attested copies of my certificates and my bio-data. If given a chance, I may assure you,
sir, that I shall spare no pains in the discharge of my duty honestly and devotedly. I
will certainly win the confidence of my superiors.

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 Thanking you
Yours faithfully,
Nipun.

Bio-Data

Name Nipun Rawat

Father's Name Sh. Mohan Lal Rawat

Address 23, Raman Villa, Race Course Road, Bhopal

Date of Birth 15 September 1975

1. CBSE (10+2) Passing year 1992 (83%)

Educational 2. B.Com. (Hons) Passing year (1995) 73%
Qualifications 3. CA Passing year 1999
4. ICWAI Passing year 2002

Experience TISCO 'Bhopal' since Nov. 2002

Salary Expected Rs.9000 p.m. + perks

Marital Status Unmarried

Languages are known Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu

(i) Dr. V. Anand, H.O.D. Commerce, Holker University

Indore
References
(ii) Sh. R.K. Sareen, Financial Advisor GRASIM (India)
Bangalore.

6. ROLE OF STUDENTS IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

(by Astitva/Ashita)

Students are the pride and glory of a nation. They can play a very constructive role in
the progress, uplift, and development of a country. In the new millennium
information technology has turned the world into a global village. Our educated
youth have a tremendous responsibility on their young shoulders. Our country is
overpopulated and beset with poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, and superstitions. The
young students can play a positive and constructive role in every field of national

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 development. They can enlighten the villagers about new techniques in agriculture.
By making them literate, the students can provide them with valuable guidance in
establishing cooperative societies. This will help in generating money through self-
employment. In short, they can bring a transformation in society.

OR

CULTURAL CLUB BAGS TROPHY

(by Navin, XI D)

The cultural club of our school added another feather to its cap when it won the
trophy in inter-school music and dance competition held at Sophia School, Meerut.
Our school team participated in solo as well as group items of music and dance.
Kathak dance by Mohini, ghazal by Renu, folk song by Urvashi and group song were
highly acclaimed. We were rated second in the group dance, bhajan and geet. We won
the trophy for our overall best performance. The students and teachers had worked
hard for a month. They hired costumes and rehearsed three to four hours a day for
each item. In spite of initial nervousness, the performance on stage was splendid.

7.

(a) powers over human

(b) Astrologers and pandits

(c) of the opinion

(d) aspects of our

8.

Incorrect Correct

(a) besides at

(b) above for

(c) through with/at

(d) according to against

9. i. The poor farmers had to pay very high taxes.

ii. Even in times of natural disasters, the farmers had to pay their share of taxes.

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 Section C
10. i. The poet’s mother has been said to be the big girl. She was older and taller than
the other two girls.
ii. It showed three girls walking with bare feet in the shallow water of the sea.
iii. She says that the mother was then only a girl of about twelve years.

OR

i. These words are the poet's own comment on what the rain has said, so they have
been put in brackets.
ii. It means the poet’s own song or music of the soul.
iii. The heart or the soul is the birthplace of song.

11. Answer any five of the following questions:

a. The author's grandmother did not believe in the things they taught at the English
school. She hated Western Science and learning. She was unhappy to know that
there was no teaching of God and the scriptures in that school and that she
couldn't help him with his lessons.

b. Hor was a small town on the main east-west highway that followed the old trade
route from Lhasa to Kashmir. The town was on the shore of Lake Manasarovar.
But the author does not feel impressed by it. He found Hor a grim, miserable
place. It had no vegetation but only dust and rocks. There were heaps of garbage
too.

c. The father says so because he finds nothing common with his son. The son’s
affections have now turned from his father to some other object. Now they speak
to each other like strangers. There is no understanding between them.

d. Ranga had gone to Banglore for his further studies for a long span of time.
Meanwhile, people of his town had expected that a lot of changes would occur in
him. In order to see or to observe those changes, people had gone to his home. On
the contrary, they found that there was no major change in him.

e. Shahid was a wonderful friend and brilliant poet. He was fond of Kashmiri food,
of partying at his house, of music and of Mumbai films. He loved the camera, the

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 rogan josh and the songs of Kishore Kumar as well as Begum Akhtar. He had no
interest in cricket.

f. The Garoghlanian family though now poor, were famous for their honesty even
when they were wealthy. They were proud of their family first, honest next and
after that they believed in right and wrong. None of them would take advantage of
anybody in the world. They would not steal. No member of the Garoghlanian
family could be a thief.

12. The India-born and altogether untrained artist Nek Chand developed the concept of
‘outsider art’. He created a paradise using waste material at Chandigarh. He cut and
cleared the rocky place and created his dream. This drew the attention of the world.
His art is the art of an untrained visionary. It is said to be the art of those who have
‘no right’ to be called artists because they have received no formal training. But
sometimes such artists show remarkable talent and insight. Nek Chand’s creation is
known as the ‘Rock Garden’.
The Swiss Commission organized a European exhibition in 2005 on Nek Chand’s
works of art. It was shown in various other European countries. Thus Nek Chand by
virtue of his untutored talent won international recognition.

OR

A veil of mystery surrounded Tut’s life and death. Old methods of archaeology did not
provide satisfactory clues to the circumstances of his death and his age at the time of
demise. An X-ray of the mummy in 1968 further complicated the confusion. C.T. scan
was undertaken to create a three-dimensional virtual body.
A scanner was taken in a trailer to the sandy area near Tut’s tomb. Tut’s body was
carried there from his tomb in a box. The CT machine scanned the mummy head to
toe, creating 1700 digital X-ray images in cross-section. Tut’s entire body was scanned
in 0.62-millimetre slices.
The C.T. scan produced clear images of Tut’s head, neck vertebrae, ribcage, hand and
skull. The results proved satisfactory. A team of specialists in radiology, forensics and
anatomy are busy probing the secrets lay buried in Tut’s grave with his body.

13. The theme of the play is the status of women in their own household. The housewife

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 serves the members of her family with complete devotion, sincerity and love.
However, she is never given the regard, attention or thanks due to her. Her leniency
and eagerness to please everyone reduces her to the rank of an unpaid domestic
servant in her own house. Instead of being politely requested for a favour, she is
ordered to do it. She gets no thanks in return.
The theme is worked out by a portrayal of the Pearson family. Mrs. Pearson is the
harassed mother. Her daughter Doris, son Cyril and husband George take her services
for granted and have become thoughtless and selfish. The interchange of personalities
and the harsh treatment meted out to them by the personality of Mrs. Fitzgerald (in
the body of Mrs. Pearson) reforms them and they obey the mother willingly.

OR

The just and placid king appears quite ruthless as he becomes ‘more placid’ and
decides to have all the workmen hanged instead of the chief of builders. His wobbling
mind and capricious nature are indicated by the frequent changes in his decision. He
is easily swayed by arguments and seems fickle-minded. He seems to be eager about
public welfare and gets an arch constructed across the thoroughfare to edify them.
The whimsical king is easily outwitted by the clever architect. The king loses his head
in a fit of anger. In order to save his skin, he seeks the advice of the wisest man in the
country. The king wants to keep the public in good humour. He is quite observant and
judges the mood of the masses correctly. His lack of foresight proves to be his doom.
The height of the noose fits only his neck. He foolishly becomes a victim of his own
order. He wants to prevent a public revolt but pays for the public amusement with his
blood. Thus he is a short-sighted crank with muddled reasoning power.

14. Taplow, a student of the fifth form, is 16 years old. He is very talkative and outspoken.
He gets carried away easily. On being provoked by Frank, he opens his heart out and
speaks critically about his Latin teacher. He is mortally afraid of Crocker-Harris
although the master never beats any boy. He dare not ‘cut’ his master because
Crocker-Harris might even follow him to his home. He calls Crocker-harris secretive
and one who can not be easily pleased. Crocker-Harris refuses to tell the boy about his
final result before the stipulated time. Taplow crosses the limit when he says that
Crocker-harris is ‘hardly human’. On the whole, Taplow is quite honest and gullible.
He ridicules his teacher and mimics his voice. He uses derogatory words for his

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teacher. He discusses one teacher with another foolishly. His actions show that he is
not mature enough.

OR

Western figurative painting is meant to reproduce an actual view of the scene

whereas a classical Chinese landscape is based on an imaginative, inner or spiritual
approach. The Chinese art aims at achieving the essence of inner life and spirit while
the European form of art is trying to achieve a perfect illusionistic likeness.
The European painter wants the viewer to borrow his eyes and look at a particular
landscape exactly as he saw it, from a specific angle. On the other hand, the Chinese
painter does not choose a single viewpoint. His landscape is not a real one. He does
not want the viewer to borrow his eyes. He wants the beholder to enter his mind. One
can enter a Chinese landscape from any point and move across leisurely and come
back. The Chinese view of art also requires the active participation of the viewer. This
participation is both physical and mental. The stories about the paintings of Wu Daozi
and an old story from Flanders amply illustrate the difference.

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