JHARKHAND COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING,
RANCHI
SECOND TERM EXAM 2021-2022
ENGLISH CORE
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Set 3
Class 11 Subject English Core Full Marks 40 Time 1 ½ Hrs
General Instructions:
i. Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as
practicable.
ii. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper.
iii. All parts of a question must be written together.
iv. Answers of the questions must be in the context of the instructions given therein.
Section A
Read the following passage carefully and answer any five of the following questions in
short: 2x5=10
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. His mother was an inventor and
his father was a priest. His parents wanted him to become a priest like his father, but he had a
passion for studying Science. He studied Science at the University of Prague and then started
working for the Central Telephone Exchange in Budapest.
At the age of 28, Tesla decided to go to America in pursuit of his desire to create new
inventions. Upon moving to the United States, Tesla started working with the famous
American inventor, Thomas Edison. While working together, a disagreement occurred
between Tesla and Edison over Edison’s direct current and Tesla’s alternating current. This
was also known as the “war of the currents.” Edison lamps were supplied with direct current
which made them weak and inefficient. The direct current could not travel for long distances.
On the other hand, Tesla’s alternating current was able to travel long distances on distribution
lines, first in one direction, and then in another in multiple waves.
Tesla left Edison to create his own company called the Tesla Electric Light Company. His
work caught the attention of another American inventor, George Westinghouse. They joined
hands and started working together to generate electricity for the nation. Edison and Tesla
were now in direct competition for providing America with energy and power. In 1893,
Tesla’s AC electrical system was selected over Edison’s at the World’s Columbian
Exposition in Chicago. Westinghouse ran into financial trouble and Tesla had to walk out of
the partnership by selling his patent.
You would be surprised to know that Tesla had over 800 different patents to his name, and
despite that he was penniless. It is absolutely ironical that the man who invented the modern
world died a pauper in a lonely hotel room on January 7, 1943 at the age of 86.
1. Why did Tesla not become a priest?
2. With which famous American inventor did Tesla start working? What is “the war of
currents”?
3. When and where was Nikola Tesla born?
4. Why did Tesla break the partnership with George Westinghouse?
5. Which company did Tesla create?
6. What is ironical about Tesla’s life?
7. Which word means the same as ‘difference of opinion’?
SECTION – B
Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 100 words: 5x2=10
8. You are Nidhi/Sohan. You are extremely saddened seeing how people are cruel on stray
dogs. Write a letter to the Editor of "The Hindustan Times”, Ranchi, spreading awareness
about our responsibility towards the homeless stray dogs.
9. You are the principal of your school. Write a notice informing the students about the
Covid-19 vaccination camp for children that is scheduled to be held next Monday in your
school.
10. Write an article for a local newspaper on “The Growing Corruption in Government
Offices”.
SECTION – C
Answer any five of the following questions in not more than 50 words: 3x5=15
11. What are the reasons that are leading to depletion of our natural resources?
12. Why does Taplow say that Mr. Crocker Harris is ‘hardly human”?
13. What is a Tibetan Mastiff? Why was the narrator fascinated by the awesome Tibetan
mastiffs?
14. What faults does Markus Natten find in grown-ups (adults)?
15. The father and the son behave like strangers to each other. What can be the possible
reasons for this situation?
16. Why did Albert feel miserable when he left school that day?
17. Why was Andrew so serious and distraught that particular evening?
SECTION- D
Answer any one of the following questions in not more than 100 words: 5x1=5
18. Who was Andrew’s girlfriend? Why was he sceptical about relationships?
19. What is the Green Movement? What are its aims?
