Practice with the English (B) Sample Questions Set 2 for Class 11, designed specifically for the 1st Semester of 2024. These questions follow the latest question pattern, ensuring comprehensive preparation.
English (B) Sample Questions
Class XI
1st Semester 2024
F.M – 40 Time: 1h15min
Instructions:
- All Questions are Compulsory
- Textual Questions
- Grammatical Questions
1. What theme is central to the poem, “Upon Westminister Bridge”?
a) The power of nature
b) The beauty of the city in the early morning
c) The chaos of urban life
d) The loneliness of the city
2. Which of the following best describes the tone of the poem, “Upon Westminister Bridge”?
a) Angry
b) Melancholic
c) Joyful and peaceful
d) Sarcastic
3. The phrase “mighty heart” refers to:
a) The poet’s heart
b) The river
c) The city of London
d) The sun
4.The poet’s reaction to the scene is one of:
a) Indifference
b) Awe and admiration
c) Disappointment
d) Fear
5. The poem contrasts the calm of the morning with:
a) The chaos of the afternoon
b) The busyness of everyday life
c) The calm of the night
d) The beauty of the sunset
6. The imagery used in the poem is primarily:
a) Visual
b) Auditory
c) Tactile
d) Olfactory
7. “Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!” suggests that:
a) The poet often experiences such calm
b) This is a unique and profound moment of peace
c) The poet is anxious
d) The poet is unaware of his surroundings
8. The poem reflects the poet’s deep connection with:
a) The rural landscape
b) The cityscape at dawn
c) The industrial world
d) The sea
9. What imagery is used to describe the bangles for maidens in the poem, “The Bangle Sellers”?
a) As the flame of marriage fire
b) As sunlit corn
c) As mountain mist
d) As the color of love
10. What do the “buds that dream” in the poem, “The Bangle Sellers” symbolize?
a) Wealth
b) Love
c) Youth and innocence
d) Sadness
11. What is the significance of the “bloom that cleaves to the glory of newborn leaves”?
a) Represents wealth
b) Symbolizes purity and new beginnings
c) Depicts sadness
d) Reflects anger
12. Which bangles are meant for a bride?
a) Silver and blue
b) Purple and grey
c) Sunlit corn and flame-colored
d) Bud-like and misty
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13. What do the bangles like “the flame of her marriage fire” represent?
a) Love and desire
b) Wealth and power
c) Sadness and mourning
d) Joy and laughter
14. What does the phrase “bridal laughter and bridal tear” signify in the poem, “The Bangle Sellers”?
a) Joy and sorrow of marriage
b) Wealth and poverty
c) Youth and old age
d) Power and weakness
15. What are the colors of the bangles meant for a woman who has journeyed through life
midway?
a) Red and green
b) Purple and gold-flecked grey
c) Silver and blue
d) Yellow and orange
16. What do the purple and gold-flecked grey bangles symbolize in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
a) Love
b) Youth
c) Maturity and fulfillment
d) Death
17. What phrase best describes the overall theme of the poem, “The Second Coming”?
a) Optimism and hope
b) Chaos and disorder
c) Love and affection
d) Peace and tranquility
18. What does the phrase “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold” imply in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
a) Society is stable
b) The world is improving
c) Chaos is prevailing
d) Order is being restored
19. What does “mere anarchy” refer to in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
a) A peaceful revolution
b) Total chaos and disorder
c) A minor disturbance
d) A political movement
20. What is “loosed upon the world” according to the poem, “The Second Coming”?
a) Anarchy
b) Peace
c) Love
d) Wisdom
21. What is “drowned” in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
a) Hope
b) Innocence
c) Courage
d) Faith
22. What do the “best” people lack according to Yeats?
a) Intelligence
b) Conviction
c) Passion
d) Power
23. What are the “worst” people full of in the poem,“The Second Coming”?
a) Hatred
b) Ignorance
c) Passionate intensity
d) Fear
24. What does the speaker anticipate will happen soon in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
a) A war
b) The Second Coming
c) A natural disaster
d) A political revolution
25. The beauty of the morning, silent, bare, ________ the fields, and to the sky. [Fill in the
Blanks with Prepositions]
a) in
b) on
c) to
d) with
26. The city now doth wear the beauty of the morning. The beauty is like a garment.[Join the
following sentences with a suitable clause]
a) The city now doth wear the beauty of the morning as if it is like a garment.
b) The city now doth wear the beauty of the morning because it is like a garment.
c) The city now doth wear the beauty of the morning, which is like a garment.
d) The city now doth wear the beauty of the morning, and it is like a garment.
27. Convert the sentence “The river glideth at his own sweet will” into a complex sentence.
a) The river glideth at his own sweet will, and it is very serene.
b) The river glideth at his own sweet will, which makes it very serene.
c) Because the river glideth at his own sweet will, it is serene.
d) The river glideth, and it is serene at his own sweet will.
28. Convert the sentence “Never did sun more beautifully steep” into a compound sentence.
a) Never did sun more beautifully steep, and it was a beautiful sight.
b) Never did sun more beautifully steep, or it was a beautiful sight.
c) Never did sun more beautifully steep, nor did it ever again.
d) Never did sun more beautifully steep, so it was a beautiful sight.
29. We bear our shining loads to the temple fair. [Change into passive voice]
a) Our shining loads are borne by us to the temple fair.
b) The temple fair is borne our shining loads by us.
c) Our shining loads were borne by us to the temple fair.
d) The shining loads are bearing by us to the temple fair.
30. “Who will buy these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light?” [Turn into indirect speech.]
a) They asked who would buy those delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light.
b) They inquired who would buy these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light.
c) They asked who will buy those delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light.
d) They inquired who buys these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light.
31. Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaves. [Change into past tense.]
a) Some were aglow with the bloom that cleaved
b) Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaved
c) Some were aglow with the bloom that cleaves
d) Some were aglow with the bloom that cleaves
32. Some are meet _______ a maiden’s wrist.[Fill in the Blanks with Prepositions]
a) for
b) with
c) by
d) to
33. Some are like fields of sunlit corn. Meet for a bride on her bridal morn. [Join using a relative
clause.]
a) Some are like fields of sunlit corn which are meet for a bride on her bridal morn.
b) Some are like fields of sunlit corn meeting for a bride on her bridal morn.
c) Some are like fields of sunlit corn and meet for a bride on her bridal morn.
d) Some are like fields of sunlit corn, meet for a bride who is on her bridal morn.
34. Lustrous tokens of radiant lives” [Turn into a negative form.]
a) Not lustrous tokens of radiant lives
b) No lustrous tokens of radiant lives
c) Lustrous tokens of not radiant lives
d) Lustrous tokens of radiant lives are not
35. Who will buy these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light?[Change the Voice]
a) By whom will these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light be bought?
b) Who will be bought by these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light?
c) Will these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light be bought by whom?
d) Who will buy these delicate, bright rainbow-tinted circles of light?
36. Lustrous tokens of radiant lives,” they said. [Change into indirect speech.]
a) They said that those were lustrous tokens of radiant lives.
b) They said that lustrous tokens of radiant lives were.
c) They said that lustrous tokens of radiant lives were those.
d) They said that these were lustrous tokens of radiant lives.
37. The best lack all conviction. The worst are full of passionate intensity.[Joining with Clauses]
a) The best lack all conviction because the worst are full of passionate intensity.
b) The best lack all conviction but the worst are full of passionate intensity.
c) Although the best lack all conviction, the worst are full of passionate intensity.
d) The best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.
38. The blood-dimmed tide is loosed.[Transform into complex]
a) The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, which causes chaos everywhere.
b) The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, it is everywhere.
c) The blood-dimmed tide looses and is everywhere.
d) The blood-dimmed tide was loosed and everywhere.
39. The falcon cannot hear the falconer” [Turn into a compound sentence.]
a) The falcon cannot hear the falconer, nor does the falconer call out loudly.
b) The falcon cannot hear the falconer but the falconer is nearby.
c) The falcon cannot hear the falconer, so the falcon is lost.
d) The falcon cannot hear the falconer and the falconer is shouting.
40. A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun is moving its slow thighs.[Turn into simple sentence]
a) A gaze, blank and pitiless as the sun, moves its slow thighs.
b) The gaze is blank, pitiless as the sun, and it moves slowly.
c) The gaze, blank and pitiless, is moving slowly.
d) Moving its slow thighs, a gaze is blank and pitiless.
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