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Class 11 - English Core

1. Aram leapt to the back of the horse, but it did not move. Then he kicked into the muscles of the horse. It reared and snorted. Then
it began to run. Aram did not know how to ride. The horse ran down the road to a vineyard. It leaped over seven vines, threw the
rider and ran away.
2. Khosrove was Aram and Mourad's uncle. He was a crazy man. He was short tempered and irritable. When John Byro came to the
narrator's house and told the narrator’s mother that his beautiful white horse had been stolen, Khosrove was also there. He became
very irritated and roared, “It is no harm. What is the loss of a horse? Pay no attention to it”.
3. It was a hot summer day. I went to the canal in the company of my friend. We took off our clothes and placed them on the bank.
Then we jumped into the canal. After some time, we came out. We found that someone had taken away my shirt and my friend’s
pants. We had to walk to our homes half-dressed. I was naked waist-upwards. My friend was naked thighs downwards. Thank
God he had his underwear with him. We laughed and laughed at our plight. None could help to laugh on seeing us. Thus we
walked on spreading laughter everywhere. As we entered our street, we made a dash to our homes. This experience gave me an
endless store of amusement. I draw from it whenever I like.
4. i. (C) to remain satiated
ii. The narrator is describing the Garoghlanian family or tribe in the given extract.

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iii. The tribe/family to which the narrator belonged was renowned for its honesty. They had a long-standing reputation for honesty
that spanned eleven centuries, even during periods of wealth and poverty.

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iv. The main factor that prevented any member of the tribe from engaging in theft was their strong sense of pride and their
reputation for honesty. They placed great importance on their pride, honesty, and belief in right and wrong, and this moral
code prevented them from even considering theft as an option.
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5. The narrator had visited 46, Marconi Street for a specific purpose-to see her mother's belongings and touch them. However, these
objects seemed to have lost their value in strange surroundings and on being severed form the life of former times.
6. Mrs. Dorling had taken away all the valuables of her mother for safe-keeping. The narrator wanted to see and touch those things
once. In the first visit to Marconi Street, Mrs. Dorling refused to recognise her. In the second visit, it was Mrs. Dorling’s daughter
who opened the door. But this time the sight of her ill-arranged things distressed her.
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7. Mrs. Dorling was at one time Mrs. S’s friend. But the two were not in contact. Both had a daughter each. Mrs. Dorling herself was
a mean, greedy and dishonest woman. She won the confidence of Mrs. S’s and carted away all the table silver and precious old
things to her own house. She had taken for granted that the narrator and her family would not come back alive from the war. The
sight of the narrator at her doorstep gave her a shocking surprise. She did not allow the narrator to walk into her house. She sent
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her away dejected. When she saw the narrator at her doorstep, she became scared that the narrator would see all her mother’s
precious things and would ask to take back everything. Mrs. Dorling is greedy and means person. In fact, when she had offered to
take away all the antique and precious things of Mrs. S, to keep in her safe custody, her intention was not honourable at all. She
had all the intention of grabbing all those things. She was quite sure that Mrs. S and her family would not come alive after the war.
8. i. The phrase reflects the narrator's desire to detach herself from the past and the emotional attachments associated with that
address. She felt that revisiting or remembering that place would only serve to rekindle painful or unwanted memories.
ii. The tone of the passage can be described as reflective and somewhat melancholic. The idea that familiar objects lose their
value when seen in strange surroundings also adds a somewhat bittersweet or introspective tone to the passage.
iii. (c) The narrator no longer valued the objects associated with her former life.
iv. The narrator didn't want to remember the address or the objects associated with her former life at Number 46 Marconi Street.
She felt that those objects had lost their value as they were now in unfamiliar surroundings, and so she preferred not to
remember them anymore. She decided to forget her past as it brought bitter memories.
9. She advised Mrs. Pearson to keep firm or else all their efforts would be wasted. She warned her that she should not go soft on
them again and explain everything or else she would be back at where she began.
10. Doris couldn't believe her eyes when she saw her mother smoking and playing cards. Cyril too noted the change and asked her if
she was feeling ill. She looks just the same but her behavior is suddenly different. Cyril asks if she has gone slightly mad. Doris
thinks that she has a concussion as a result of her head hitting something.
11. The problem of wives and mothers have been universal. Husbands, sons, and daughters have always treated them like dirt. They
order them about as if they were their servants. Husbands, sons and daughters would go out to enjoy with their friends, leaving the
poor mothers and wives alone at home. They think to have done much work during the day while neglecting the hard work of

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 their mothers and wives. Moreover, they want to be served like kings and princes when they come home. It is very unfortunate
how husbands and children alike hardly consider the labour that their wives and mothers. All husbands, sons, and daughters must
think that poor wives and mothers are also human beings and have the same feelings and desires as they do. They should learn to
treat their mothers and wives with love, care and respect which has been nicely revealed in the play.
12. i. Doris and Cyril were filled with horror and shock at their mother’s behaviour. Doris saw that her mother was smoking and
playing cards when she came in, which was very unusual of her.
ii. (b) That she was not feeling unwell.
iii. ...they thought of what would happen if their mother kept behaving in this weird manner in front of their father.
iv. When Cyril asked the mother whether she was feeling unwell, she replied that she had never felt better.
13. Andrew found the baby amongst wet newspapers under the bed. Its limp warm body was white and soft. Its head lolled on the thin
neck. The limbs seemed boneless. The whiteness over the body meant suffocation caused by the lack of oxygen.
14. When the child was born, it was lifeless. A shiver of horror passed over Dr. Andrew Manson. He was shaken to his roots and
started trembling on seeing the baby that was not breathing at birth.
15. Andrew redoubled his efforts. The child began to gasp deeper and deeper. A bubble of mucus came from a nostril. The limbs were
no longer boneless. The pale skin turned pink. Then the child cried. It came alive.
16. i. Andrew asked the nurse to bring hot and cold water. He plunged the baby into hot and cold water and rubbed its chest with a
towel. Though the nurse lost hope, Andrew continued the process, and the baby revived.
ii. (b) thought the efforts were useless
iii. Andrew had witnessed a similar case in Samaritan which was a case of oxygen deprivation. He quickly tried to recall its mode

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of treatment.
iv. Asphyxia pallida is a rare medical condition that occurs in babies due to complexities during birth. In this, the patient

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collapses due to suffocation or unconscious condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess carbon dioxide in the blood,
accompanied by paleness of the skin, weak pulse, and loss of reflexes. The newborn was showing a similar symptom.
Therefore, it can be considered true in the context of the given case.
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17. The minister felt relieved that the public's eagerness to watch a hanging had been satisfied. They expressed their pleasure by
saying that they found someone for hanging. They believed that if they had failed to do so, the unruly town might have turned
against the king. Their elation is misplaced. The king had to lose his life to keep the public in good humour.
18. Yes, the architect trapped the king by transferring the blame to him. The king became very furious and was unable to remain calm.
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He asked for the wisest man to be brought there so that a proper solution could be found to the problem.
19. It is a fact that a ruler must possess common sense and intelligence to judge things with the correct perspective. He ought to have
the ability to differentiate between right and wrong. People tend to fool others to save themselves, which is very well reflected in
the plot ‘The Tale of Melon City’. The king was so foolish that he was not able to see through the excuses made by others and
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eventually paid heavily by losing his own life. The architect or the people who set the noose were far more intelligent than the
king and they managed to easily trap him in an unavoidable situation. A king should be witty enough to analyse and rationalise the
situation, otherwise, he would land in a difficult situation that might be life-threatening.
20. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
This was the wonderful part.
In the second place, we were poor.
This was the part that wouldn’t permit me to believe what I saw.
We were poor. We had no money. Our whole tribe was poverty-stricken. Every branch of the Garoghlanian family was living in
the most amazing and comical poverty in the world. Nobody could understand where we ever got money enough to keep us with
food in our bellies, not even the old men of the family.
(i) (b) Option (d)
Explanation:
his desire to ride a horse getting fulfilled
(ii) (d) None of these
Explanation:
None of these
(iii) (a) Suspicious
Explanation:
Suspicious
(iv) 1. Horse

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 (v) (b) False
Explanation:
The speaker of the given lines is a 9-year-old boy of the Garoghlanian tribe, named Aram.
21. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
I was home for a few days and it struck me immediately that something or other about the rooms had changed. I missed various
things. My mother was surprised I should have noticed so quickly. Then she told me about Mrs. Dorling. I had never heard of her
but apparently, she was an old acquaintance of my mother, whom she hadn't seen for years. She had suddenly turned up and
renewed their contact. Since, then she had come regularly
(i) (d) Various things were missing.
Explanation:
Various things were missing.
(ii) (a) her daughter quickly noticed the changes in the house.
Explanation:
her daughter quickly noticed the changes in the house.
(iii) (b) She was a nice lady.
Explanation:
She was a nice lady.
(iv) (a) Mrs. Dorling

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Explanation:
Mrs. Dorling
(v) (a) a person that you know but who is not a close friend
Explanation:
a person that you know but who is not a close friend
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22. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
CYRIL: [moving to the table; annoyed] Why not?
MRS. PEARSON: [coolly] I couldn’t bother.
CYRIL: Feeling off-colour or something?
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Mrs. PEARSON: Never felt better in my life.

CYRIL: [aggressively] What’s the idea then?
MRS. PEARSON: Just a change.
CYRIL: [briskly] Well, snap out of it, Ma-and get cracking. Haven’t too much time.
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(i) (b) He takes his mother for granted

Explanation:
He takes his mother for granted.
(ii) (c) feeling ill
Explanation:
feeling ill
(iii) (b) Because his mother had not made tea for him
Explanation:
Because his mother had not made tea for him
(iv) (b) False
Explanation:
The 'change’ referred to Cyril is a change in the way she is treated by the family.
(v) 1. Races, ice shows.
23. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
It was a conclusion which, in his present state, made him wince. He wished to consider marriage as an idyllic state; yes, he could
not otherwise consider it with the image of Christine before him. Her eyes, shining towards him, admitted no other conclusion. It
was the conflict between his level, doubting mind and his overflowing heart which left him resentful and confused. He let his chin
sink upon his chest, stretched out his legs, stared broodingly into the fire.

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 (i) (d) Failure of marriage
Explanation:
Failure of marriage
(ii) (c) in a dilemma
Explanation:
in a dilemma
(iii) (b) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
Explanation:
Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
(iv) 1. Broodingly
(v) (a) True
Explanation:
True
24. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
The workmen went and built the thing.
They did so since he was the king.
The king rode down the thoroughfare
To edify spectators there.

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(i) (c) An arch
Explanation:

(ii)
An arch
(d) Because the king had asked them to do so
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Because the king had asked them to do so
(iii) (c) To entertain the viewers
Explanation:
To entertain the viewers
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(iv) (a) True

Explanation:
True
(v) 1. Alliteration
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