11th English Important Questions Public Exam 2022
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- 11th English Public Exam Model Question Paper 2022 & One Marks
2 Marks
Read the lines given below and answer the questions.
1. ‘But now they only laugh with their teeth,
While the ice -block– cold eyes…’
a) Who are ‘they’?
b). Explain ‘ice-block-cold eyes’.
2. They used to laugh with their hearts
And laugh with their eyes
a)Who does ‘they’ refer to?
b). How did they laugh?
3. So, show me, son
How to laugh; show me
How used to laugh and smile.
a) Whom does the poet ask to show?
b) What does he want to learn from his son?
4. With all my heart I do admire
Athletes who sweat for fun or hire
a) What pleases the ego?
b) Why are the athletes often rough during play?
5. When officialdom demands
Is there a doctor in the stands?
a) Why are doctors called from stands by the sponsors?
b) Why does the poet make such an observation?
6. When swollen eye meets gnarled fist
When snaps the knee and cracks the wris
a) Why are the eyes swallon?
b) What encounters the gnarled fist?
7. With all my heart I do admire
Athletes who sweat for fun or hire
i. Whom does the poet admire?
ii. For what reasons do the athletes sweat?
8. Well, ego it might be pleased eenough.
But zealous athletes play so rough…
i. What pleases the ego?
ii. Why are athletes often rough during play?
9. When officialdom demands
Is there a doctor in the stands?
i. Why are doctors called from stands by the sponsors?
ii. Why does the poet make such an observation?
10. When snaps the knee and cracks the wrist….
i) Identify and explain the use of the literary device in this line.
ii) Explain: snaps the knee.
11. Underline the alliterated words in the following lines.
(i) For this most modest physiques…
(ii) They do not ever in their dealings…
12. One infant grows up and becomes a jockey
Another plays basketball or hockey
This one the prize ring hates to enter
That one becomes a tackle or center…
i) Find the rhyming scheme on the lines
ii) Find out the rhyme words.
13. “Most of all, I want to relearn
How to laugh, for my life in the mirror”
a) Why does the poet want to relearn how to laugh?
b) Whom does the poet want to relearn from?
14. “Well, ego it might be pleased enough
But zealous athletes play so rough”
a) What pleases the ego?
b) Why are the athletes often rough during play?
15. “When officialdom demands
Is there a doctor in the stands”
a) Why are doctors called from stands by the sponsors?
b) Why does the poet make such an observation?
16. “One infant grows up and become a jockey
Another plays basketball or hockey”.
a) What is meant by ‘jockey’?
b) Pick out the rhyming words.
17. “But now they only laugh with their teeth
While their ice-block cold eyes”
a) Explain : ice-block cold eyes.
b) Mention the figure of speech.
18. “I have to wear many faces, Like dresses – home face”
a) Who does the term ‘I’ refer to?
b) Identify the poem and poet name.
19. Defeat we repel, courage our fort;
a. How do we react to defeat?
b. Which is considered as our stronghold?
20. We are proud of the position we
Hold; humble as we are
a. What is the speaker proud of?
b. Pick out the alliterative words?
21. Let’s talk of graves of worms and epitaphs.
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes
Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth
a. Define the term ‘epitaph’.
b. Mention the figure of speech.
22. All murdered – for within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits
a. What does antic means?
b. Mention the figure of speech used in this line.
23. Our nature it is that whatever we try
We do with devotion deep and true
a. Who does ‘we’ refer to?
b. How should we carry our duties?
24. And yet not so- for what can we bequeath
Save our deposed bodies to the ground
a. What is the meaning of bequeath?
b. Who is the speaker?
3 Marks
Answer the following questions
1. Why did Mary Kom think that she should not return empty-handed?
2. What was her first impression of America?
3. How did the grandmother spend the last few hours of her life?
4. Why did she call herself ‘lucky’?
5. According to Mary Kom, what was the reason for her losing in the finals?
6. What made her feel confident about the competitive players? Explain
7. Describe the grandfather as seen in the portrait.
8. Why did she call herself ‘lucky’?
9. What was the happiest time of the day for grandmother?
10. What made the dogs follow the grandmother after school hours?
11. What was her first impression of America?
12. How did Mary Kom manage to get financial support for her trip to the USA?
13. What is the difference between a physical and mental tight corner?
14. Why did the narrator visit Christie’s?
15. How can a graduate give back to his/ her society?
16. What did she consider her greatest achievement? Why?
17. How did the narrator take advantage of the situation?
5 Marks
Answer in a paragraph Questions (of about 150 words)
1. Describe grandmother’s life.
2. Describe Mary Kom’s personal experience during her first International Championship match from the time
of selection to winning the medal.
3. Explain the things the poet has learnt when he grew up into an adult.
4. Bring out the message of the poem “Confessions of a born spectator”
5. Bring out the people’s reaction to the noises from the surgery.
6. What had really happened in the dentist’s room?
7. Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary?’
8. The grandmother played a vital role in the author’s formative years.
9. According to the poet what contributes most to the injuries sustained by the athletes?
10. This poem is nothing but a criticism of modern life. Justify this statemen
11. Write the paragraph about “The first patient”
12. Describe the last days of the grandmother.
13. Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary’?
14. Wxplain the things that the poet has learnt when he grew into an adult.
15. Bring out the message of the poem, “Confessions of a born spectator’.
16. Describe author’s grandmother life?
17. Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary’?
18. Write an appreciation of the poem “Confessions of a born spectator”.
19. Bring out the message of the poem “ Once upon a time”.
20. How does Arignar Anna highlight the duties and responsibilities of graduates to the society.
21. Write briefly about the mental tight corner that the author involved himself in.
22. Write an appreciation of the poem “The Hollow Crown”.
23. What does the poet convey in his poem “ Everest is not the only peak”.
24. Compare and contrast the village life and urban life of the author‟s grandma.
25. How do Universities mould students apart from imparting academic education to them?
26. In what way is every hillock similar to Everest.
27. How does Gabriel Okara criticize the modern life in his poem “Once upon a Time”?
Letter writing.
- Write a letter to a sports company ordering sports items for the Physical Education Departmentof your school.
- Write a letter to the curator of the museum seeking permission for a school visit.
- Wite a letter to the Newspaper Editor about the need to wear seat belts while driving.
- Write a letter to the curator of the museum seeking permission for your school visit.
- Write a letter to the Chief Reservation Supervisor of Railways requesting him to
grant concession for your educational tour. - Write a letter to the newspaper editor drawing attention to the insanitary condition
prevalent around your living hub. - You recently had a holiday and stayed in your friend’s house. Write a letter to your friend.
Include the following details in your letter.
