HSEB Major English - | Class 11 | Examination Paper 2070

HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION BOARD

Major English - Class 11
Examination - 2070

Time - 3 hrs

F.M. - 100
P.M. -  35

Attempt all the questions.

1. Do you think there would be a war if nobody went to fight ? Discuss logically. [15]

2. Answer any five of the following questions. [5x5=25]

a) Why do we have to preserve natural environment ? Give any five reasons.
b) What does the poet say in the poem ?
    (William Shakespeare, When Icicles Hang)
c) Imagine how the word look like in case Pandora did not open the box.
    (Rosalind Vallance, Pandora's Box)
d) What does the poet compare love to ?
    (Robert Burns - Oh, My love is like a Res, Red Rose)
e) Why is it significant that cock's fighting receives care and attention equal to that given to human babies ?
    (Clifford Geertz of Cocks and Men)
f) What role did Tay Soon's wife play in contributing to the entire disserts ? (Catherine Lim, -Paper)
g) Write two paragraphs about your attitude to ambition by giving examples from the experiences of your friend.
h) Explain the following lines:
    I'm nobody! Who are you
    Are you-Nobody too?
    Then There's a pair of us
    Don't tell they'd advertise-you know!
    (Emily Dickinson, Nobody)

3. Introduce any two poets of the Early Nineteen Century especially with reference to their contributions. [15]
                                           Or
'Shakespeare and Marlowe are two leading Elizabethan dramatists'. Justify the saying. [15]

4. Write short notes on any three. [3x5=15]

(a) Science fiction
(b) Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales
(c) Edmund Spencer
(d) John Milton
(e) Sonnet
(f) W.B. Yeats

5. Sketch the situations of the child whose parents get divorced. [15]
                                            Or
Discuss whether your society is authoritarian or otherwise. Support the arguments with self-experiences as a junior in your family. [15]

6. Answer any three of the following: [3x5=15]

(a) Write the significance of Havel's statement that 'poetry was over and the prose was begining'. (The Valvet Hangover)
(b) Wet Saturday is a psychological story. Explain.
(c) What impression do you have of the King and Queen ? (Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland)
(d) What can you infer about Chinese culture form the way the bring up their children ? (Bruce Dollar, Child Care in China)
(e) Why is the poem titled "Dream Variations"?