Model set 2 for class xi wbchse 2025 by pkg sir

Model set 2 for class xi wbchse 2025 by pkg sir

UNIT-I: Prose

A. Answer any two of the following questions: (2×2=4)

1. What was Jimmy Valentine’s special skill?

2. How does Bacon describe the effects of reading on a person’s character?

3. Why did Mother Teresa say, "Love begins at home"?

4. How did Annabel Adams influence Jimmy Valentine’s life?

B. Answer any one of the following questions: (6×1=6)

1. Discuss the transformation of Jimmy Valentine’s character throughout the story.

2. How does The Garden Party depict class differences?

3. Narrate in your own words the experience of Mother Teresa in an old age home.________________________________________

UNIT-II: Poetry

A. Answer any two of the following questions: (2×2=4)

1. What does the Duke mean when he says, "I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together"?

2. How does Maya Angelou portray self-confidence in Still I Rise?

3. What impression do you get about the Duchess from My Last Duchess?

4. What does the phrase "I rise" symbolize in Still I Rise?

B. Answer any one of the following questions: (6×1=6)

1. Analyze the character of the Duke in My Last Duchess.

2. Discuss the themes of oppression and resistance in Still I Rise.

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UNIT-III: Short Stories

A. Answer any one of the following questions: (5×1=5)

1. What difficulties did the Brahman face in The Ghost Brahman?

2. How does The Man Who Wished to Be Perfect explore the idea of perfection?

3. How did the husband discover his wife’s ghostly nature in A Ghostly Wife?

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UNIT-IV: Grammar

A. Answer any one of the following questions: (2×1=2)

1. Transform into a compound sentence: If you do not hurry, you will miss the train.

2. Correct the error: He went to abroad for higher studies.

B. Fill in the blanks as per direction: (0.5×6=3)

1. ______ the teacher carefully to understand the lesson. (Use a phrasal verb.)

2. ______ my work, I went to sleep. (Use a participle.)

3. The letter ______ by the postman yesterday. (Use passive form.)

4. ______ is believing. (Use ‘see’ as a gerund.)

5. The book that I borrowed from the library was very interesting. Here, ______ is a relative clause.

6. He is addicted ______ video games. (Use an appropriate preposition.)

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UNIT-V: Writing

A. Write a paragraph (about 150 words) on one of the following topics: (10)

1. Social Media

2. Smartphone – A Boon or a Curse

OR

B. Write any one of the following letters: (5)

1. Write a letter to the Headmaster of your school requesting a transfer certificate.

2. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper about the problem of water pollution.

OR

C. Write a report on one of the following events: (5)

1. A Blood Donation Camp in Your Locality

2. An Annual Sports Day Celebration

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