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1ST TERM TEST 2021, VISION CREATIVE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, THOUBAL OKRAM, CLASS: XI, SUBJECT : ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH, , Time : 30 minutes Full mark: 30, , Choose the correct answer of the following questions from the options given below :, QI Who is the writer of the poem “The Human Scasons” ? |, (a) William Shakespeare, (b) John Donne, (c)John Keats, (d) Robert Frost, Q2. Which season is compared to the last stage of a man’s life ? 1, (a) Autumn, (b) Summer, (c)Spring, (d) Winter, Q3. When does a man think again of his thought of youth? 1, (a). Childhood, (b) Middle age, (c) Youth, (d) None of the above, Q4_ In the poem “The Human Seasons” threshold is compared to — 1, (a) The beginning of life, (b) The entrance to a house, (c) The entrance to old age, (d) All of the above, Q5 How many stages are there in a man’s life ? |, (a) Four, (b) Five, (c) Three, (d) None of the above, Q6.What would happen if there is no “Winter” in the life of a man? 1, (a) He would begin a new stage, (b) He would become mortal, (c) He would become immortal, (d) None of the above, Q7. Man has lusty spring at stage of 1, (a) old age, (b) middle age, (c) Youth, (d) Declining, Q8. Remembrance is a— I, (a) Sonnet, (b) Poem, (c)Ode, (d)None of the above, Q9. “Remembrance” is a tribute to the poet's 1, (a) Parents, (b) Friends, (c) Patron and the dark lady, (d) None of the above

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Q10. Why does the poet use the term ~ Session”?, (a) To mean the poet sheds tears while remembering the past, (b) To mean the court of his silent thought, (c) To mean the court of his unfulfilled desires, (d) To mean unfulfilled love, longingness come one after another making him sad, QI. What happens to Shakespeare when he thought of his friend?, (a) There memory brings to his mind the old sorrows afresh, (b) They revive memories of past, of dead friends and unfulfilled desires, (c) His sadness disappears all of a sudden and feels cheerful again, (d) Tt uppeurs to him like the opening of old accounts and paying for them all over again, Q12, What does the poet compare his sweet silent thoughts with(a) Sorrows and pain which have long been forgotten, (b) The session of a court of law, (c) Unknown realm of death which is timeless, (d) None of the above, Q13. What does the poct mean by “long since cancelled woe"?, (a) Reviving the happiest memory of the past, (b) Reviving many familiar sight that the poet lost since long, (c) Loss of many familiar sights like those of his friends, (d) Tt is just like opening his ald sad account anew, QI4, Who wrote the poem “Remembrance™, (a) John Donne, (b) William Shakespeare, (c) William Wordsworth, (d) None of the above, QIS5. In how many ways does the poet commit sin?, (a) In many ways, (b) Only in one way, ({c) The poet doesn’t mentioned, (d) The poet’s sin is much., QI6, What is the poet's biggest fear?, (a) He was committing sins and luring others to commit sins through his sinful ways, (b) He is responsible for all the sins, (c) He may not be redeemed by God at the time of his death, (d) None of the above, QI17. After his death, the poet wants to, (a) Cross the ocean of eternity, (b) Rebirth as human, (c) Victim of many kind of sins, (d) None of the above, QI8. “I shall perish on the shore”, What does “shore” stand for?, (a) Redemption or salvation, (b) Bank of the ocean of eternity which man must cross to reach God, (c) Door for all sins, (d) None of the above, Q19, Does the poet think that he cannot avoid sins?, (a) Yes, he does when alive, (b) Yes, when he dies, {c) No, he doesn’t think so, (d) No, there is an original sinner

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Q20, According to the poem “Hymn to God the Father”, who is the real sinner? 1, , (a) God is the original sinner, , (b) Adam and Eve are the original sinner, , (c) Christ is the original sinner, , (d) All of the above, , Q21. Who wrote the poem “Hymn to God the Father”? 1, , (a) Robert Frost, , (b) William Shakespeare, , (c) John Keats, , (d) John Donne, , Q22.According to the writer, history should teach us- 1, , (a) How the world has slowly but surely progressed, , (b) How the first simple animals gave place to more complicated and advanced animals, and how last of all came the master animal, Man and how by force of his intellect, he, triumphed over the others, , (c) Both (a) and (b), , (d) None of the others, , Q23. Jawarharlal is writing this letter to his daughter from 1, , (a) Malacca Goal, , (b) Naini Prison, , (c) Anand Bhawan, , (d) None of the above, , Q24. What supposed to be the there of history according to the writer? 1, , (a) Idea of co-operation, , (b) Our ideal should be to work together for the common good, , {c) Man’s growth from barbarism to civilization, , (d) All of the above, , Q25.Upon what we look as the lowest of living things? 1, , (a) Birds, , (b) Fishes, , (c) Insects, , (d) Animals, , Q26. What characteristics of insects are far better than man’? 1, , (a) Mutual co-operation, , (b) Sacrifice for the common gaod, , (c) Both (a) and (b), , (d) None of the above, , Q27. What makes us doubt if our world is going forward or backward? 1, , (a) Sometimes, looking at great stretches: of history, it is difficult to believe that our ideal, , has made much progressed or that we are very much civilized or advanced,, , (b) There is enough want of co-operation today, of one country or people selfishly, , attacking or oppressing another, of one man exploiting another., , (c) After millions of years of progress we are still backward and imperfect and sometimes, we read about past periods of history which seem to be better than ours more cultured, and civilized even., , (d) All of the above,, , Q28. Many people nowadays are apt to boast of — 1, , (a) Our great civilization, , (b) Wonders of science, , (c) Both (a) and (b), , (d) None of the above

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Q29.A Sanskrit verse which can be translated as “For the family, sacrifice the individual, for, the community, the family, for the country, the community and for the soul ,the whole, world”. This can be interpreted as 1, , (a) The lesson of co-operation and sacrifice for the larger good., (b) Oppression and suppression of another people, (c) Exploitation of backward and imperfect ones, (d) None of the above., Q30. According to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, what is the even greater thing ? 2, (a) Trying to free India, (b) Working for the cause of humanity, (c) Both (a) and (b), (d) None of the above