CBSE Board Class 11 English Elective Previous Year Question Papers 2005

Previous Paper – 2005
Class – IX
Subject –ENGLISH (ELECTIVE)

1. The following passage has not been edited and there is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in you answer sheet against the correct number. ( ½ x 6 =3 Marks)
Incorrect Correct
Peer counselling can best be describe as a healthy (eg.) describe described
interaction within youngsters, whereby one performs (a) ______________
the role of a mentor, while the others seek guidance
through the much unfamiliar by–lanes of student life. (b) ______________
In fact, the roles of both is interchangeable within (c) ______________
the flexible gamut of peer counselling, as that the (d) ______________
process and their outcome are both enjoyable (e) ______________
and helpful in overcome the phenomenon of peer pressure.  (f) ______________

2. Read the following conversation between a mother and daughter while watching a cricket match. Complete the passage given below.  (1 x 3 = 3 Marks)
Mother: Who do you think will win the match?
Daughter: Who is wearing blue?
Mother: India
Daughter: Who are the men in yellow?
Mother: They are the Australians
Daughter: They will surely win the match.
Mother: Oh! Why do you feel so?
Daughter: There are 11 of them against just two Indians.

The mother asked her daughter who a)…………………………… The daughter enquired who the ones in blue were. The mother replied that they were Indians. The girl then wanted b) …………………… When the mother said that they were Australians, the daughter emphatically replied that they would surely win the match. The mother surprisingly asked her c) ……………………. The daughter replied that there were 11 of them against just two Indians.

3. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences as in the example. Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet.    (1 x 2 = 2 Marks)

Example: saw/ a rabid dog / being bitten/ a man /after/ in acute pain/ Louis
Pasteur/ by . then /there /no treatment /was
Louis Pasteur saw a man in acute pain after being bitten by a rabid dog.There was no treatment then.
1. the/ red hot iron/ burnt / with /wound /to be/ had
2. this/ alternative solutions/ he saw/ decided /and /to find/ to /it
4. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct options. (1 x 3= 3 Marks)
All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players:
They have exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His act being seven ages.

1. The poetic device used in line 1 is _______________
2. What does the term 'players' in line 2 mean?
3. 'Exits and entrances' means __________________________________
5. Answer the following questions in 3-4 sentences each: (2 x 3 = 6marks)
1. How is the man in the last stage of life?
2. What reason did Bramble give to give up the boxing?
3. How does a man as a soldier behave?
6. Imagine Harold writes his diary. Write a page on his behalf when he comes to know about his father's real profession. (3 Marks)