Snapshots The Summer of the Beautiful - Practice Papers 2

 CBSE Class 11 English Core

Section D
Practice Paper

Question No. 10

Short Answer Type Questions:

Answer these questions in upto 40 words

  1. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
    1. Why was it hard for the author to believe that his grandmother had once been young and pretty?
    2. The author and his grandmother were good friends. Support your answer with suitable examples.
    3. Why was the grandmother distressed with education in city school?
    4. What change came over the grandmother when the author returned home from abroad?
    5. How do the sparrows react at the death of the author’s grandmother?
    6. How do you know that the author’s grandmother was a religious lady?
    7. How did the grand mother pass her time in her city home?
    8. Why does the narrator call his grandmother a ‘winter landscape’?
  2. WE’RE NOT AFRAID TO DIE ....
    1. What preparations were made by the narrator before their round the world voyage?
    2. Describe the efforts made by the captain to protect the ship from sinking?
    3. How did Sue and Jonathan behave during the crisis hours?
    4. What destruction was caused to the ‘Wave Walker’ when hit by the storm?
    5. How did Larry and Herbie help during all those crucial hours?
    6. Why was the narrator getting a hug from his children?
  3. DISCOVERING TUT: THE SAGA CONTINUES
    1. Who was Tut? Why was his demise a big event?
    2. Who was Howard Carter? What was his discovery?
    3. Why was King Tut’s mummy subjected to a CT scan?
    4. What were the everyday things buried along with Tut’s mummy?
    5. Carter had to Chisel away Tut’s mummy. How did he justify it?
    6. Why was Carter’s investigation resented?
    7. Why did Ray Johnson describe Akhenaten as “Whacky”?
    8. Why did Egyptians store daily use items along with the mummies of their popular kings and queens?
  4. THE AILING PLANET: THE GREEN MOVEMENT’S ROLE
    1. What does the earth’s vital sign reveal? What is our duty?
    2. What does the notice in the zoo at Lusaka read? What does it signify?
    3. ‘Forest precede mankind; deserts follow’. Explain this statement?
    4. What are the four principal biological systems of the earth. How are they useful for us?
    5. Development is the best contraceptive. Eleborate?
    6. What role has the Industry to play in this era of responsibility?
  5. THE BROWNING VERSION
    1. Why did Taplow go to school on the last day?
    2. Why did Crocker Harris not disclose Taplow’s result?
    3. What do you learn about Mr. Frank as a teacher from this lesson?
    4. Why did Taplow laugh at Crocker Harris’s joke?
    5. Why does Tallow Cal Crocker Harris a man of principles?
    6. Who is Millie? Why does she send Taplow to the chemist?
    7. Why did Taplow keep on waiting, even after knowing that Crocker Harries was ten minutes late?