Vidya Pratishthan's

ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE COLLEGE, VIDYANAGARI BARAMATI DIST. PUNE

Class: XI UNIT TEST - II (2024) Time: 1.30 Hr.
Date: 16/01/2024 SUB: ENGLISH (01) Marks: 25
SECTION – I (PROSE)
(Reading for Comprehension, Language study and Vocabulary)
Q.1) Read the extract and complete the activities given below. (12)
If we wish to maintain democracy not merely in form, but also in fact, what must we do? The first thing
in my judgement we must do is to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic
objectives. When there was no way left for constitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives,
there was a great deal of justification for unconstitutional methods. But where constitutional methods are open,
there can be no justification for these unconstitutional methods. These methods are nothing but the Grammar of
Anarchy and the sooner they are abandoned, the better for us.
The second thing we must do is to observe the caution which John Stuart Mill has given to all who are
interested in the maintenance of democracy, namely, not “to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or
to trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions." There is nothing wrong in being grateful
to great men who have rendered life-long services to the country. But there are limits to gratefulness. As has been
well said by the Irish Patriot Daniel O'Connel, ‘No man can be grateful at the cost of his honour, no woman can
be grateful at the cost of her chastity and no nation can be grateful at the cost of its liberty.’ This caution is far
more necessary in the case of India than in the case of any other country, for in India, Bhakti or what may be
called the path of devotion or hero-worship, plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitude by the part it plays
in the politics of any other country in the world. Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But
in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. On the 26th of
January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social
and economic life we will have inequality. In Politics we will be recognizing the principle of ‘one man one vote’
and ‘one vote one value’.
A1) Choose and rewrite the two correct statements from the following. (2)
i) There are no limits to gratefulness.
ii) Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul.
iii) Where constitutional methods are not open, there can be justification for these constitutional methods.
iv) No nation can be grateful at the cost of its liberty.
A2) Complete the following statements. (2)
i) There is nothing wrong in being grateful to great men ………………………….
ii) In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life………………..
A3) Explain the following statement. (2)
Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation.
A4) Being a citizen of India, write your feelings towards India. (2)
A5) Language study. (2)
i) John Stuart Mill has given one caution. (Identify the Tense)
ii) In politics we will be recognizing the principle of ‘one man one vote’ and ‘one vote one
value’. (Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part as the answer)
A6) Match the following words in column ‘A’ with their synonyms in column ‘B’. (2)
Column ‘A' Column ‘B'
i) chastity a) contributed
ii) hero-worship b) cause something to become worse in quality
iii) rendered c) excessive admiration for somebody
iv) degradation d) purity
SECTION – II (POETRY)
Q. 2A) Read the following extract and complete the activities given below. (10)
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This city now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm, so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
A1) State whether the following sentences are ‘True or False’. (2)
i) The poet describes the beauty of the surrounding by standing on the bridge as seen at early in the morning.
ii) The poet compares garment with the beauty of the evening.
iii) The poet thinks that there is no place on the earth which is as beautiful at this one.
iv) According to the poet the river is not flowing on its own will.
A2) Explain the meaning of the following line. (2)
‘All bright and glittering in the smokeless air’.
A3) Write any two responsibilities of human beings towards nature. (2)
A4) Identify and explain the figure of speech of the following line. (2)
‘This city now doth, like a garment, wear’.
A5) Poetic Creativity. (2)
Compose 4 – 6 lines on beauty of your village / town / city.
B) Writing Skill – Interview. (3)
Imagine you are going to take an interview of a well-known doctor in your area. Frame a set
of 8-10 questions focusing on his / her career, practice, social behaviour and activities he / she carried
out. You may take help of the following points to draft your questions maintaining a proper
sequence.
 Early life / struggle
 Family background
 Inspiration / idol / role model
 Hurdles / problems
 Purpose of work in poor area
 Achievement / success
 Dream
 Message