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Gr-XI Revision Worksheet

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The Portrait of the Lady
Answer the following questions in 40-50 words.
1 Why was it hard for the author to believe that his grandmother was once young and
pretty?
2. How did Khushwant Singh portray his grandfather in the lesson?
3. How were the grandmother and the narrator good and intimate friends?
4. Describe the grandmother's feeding the village dogs
5. What impression did the grandmother form of the English schools in the city?
6. When was the common link of friendship between the narrator and the grandmother
snapped?
7. How did the grandmother react when the author decided to go abroad?
8. Describe the happiest half hour of the day to the grandmother
9. How did the grandmother celebrate the home coming of her grandson?
10. How did the span ous pay their last homage to the grandmother?
Answer the following question in 120-150 words
1. The grandmother is a silent voice in the story. However, her actions reveal her
personality Draw a character sketch for the grandmother with suitable examples from the
text.
A Photograph
Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1. ...A sweet face,

My mother's, that was before I was born
And the sea, which appears to have changed less
Washed their terribly transient feet.
a. When did this incident take place?

b. How is the poet able to remember her mother's childhood?
c. What has stood the onslaught of time and what has not?
2. Some twenty-thirty-years later

She'd laugh at the snapshot. "See Betty
And Dolly," she'd say, "and look how they
Dressed us for the beach."
a Who would laugh at the snapshot after twenty-thirty years later?

b. How did mother remember her past?
c. Who were Betty and Dolly?
1. What does the word 'cardboard denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
2. What has the camera captured?
3. What has stood the onslaught of time and what has not?
4. The poet's mother laughed at the mapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
5. What is the meaning of the line "Both wry with the laboured ease of loss".
6. What does "this circumstance refer to?
7. Explain the line, "Washed their tembly transient feet.
8. The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
9. Comment on the tone of the poem
10. The poet's mother laughs at her photograph How does the poet react at her past?
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

1. What was the Garoghlanian tribe known for over the centuries?
2. Why was it difficult for Aram to believe the sight of his cousin Mourad with the beautiful
white horse?
3. What was Aram's experience when he first rode the horse?
4. What did the fanner John Byro tell the two boys when one day they accidentally met him
with his horse in their custody
5. What points were put forward by Aram in defense of Mourad's act of stealing the horse?
6. "I knew my cousin Mourad enjoyed being alive more than anybody else who had ever
fallen into the world by mistake Explain
7. What arguments did John Byro advance to prove the usefulness of a horse to a country
dweller?
8. Describe Mourad's parting from the beautiful white horse
9. Explain "A man could be the father of his son's flesh, but that did not mean that he was
also the father of his spirit."
10. "We'll either take him back or hide him until tomorrow morning." Which course of action
did the speaker take and why?
Answer the following questions in 120-150 words:
1. Mourad was the natural descendant of the crazy streak of uncle Khosrove. Explain the
statement giving instances from the story. "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
2. Relate some of the humorous incidents in the story. The Summer of the Beautiful White
Horse".
Address
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words:
1. Why did the narrator go to Number 46, Marconi Street?

2. "I was in a room I knew and did not know" says the narrator in the story 'The Address"
What prompted her to make this observation?
3. "Of all the things I had to forget, that would be the easiest What does the speaker mean
by "that"? What is its significance in the story?
4. Who is Mrs. Dorling? Do you justify her behaviour in the story?
5. Why did the narrator of the story The Address feel that she had ning the wrong bell? How
was she then assured that she was at the right place?
6. Comment on the significance of the title of the story The Address
7. How did the narrator conclude that she was right?
8. "I was in a room I knew and did not know," says the narrator in the story The Address".
What prompted her to make this observation?
9. How was the narrator able to recognize her own familiar woollen table- cloth?
10. How did the narrator reconcile herself to the loss of her mother's precious belongings?
Answer the following question in 150 words:
1. "The Address" is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment
Classified Advertisements
1. You have a three bedroom flat in Dwarka, which you want to let out on rent. Draft an
advertisement in not more than 50 words to be published in The Times of India', under
classified columns. Contact 2758902.
2. CPR Senior Secondary School, Meerut is looking for a receptionist for the school. Draft
an advertisement in not more than 50 words to be published in classified columns of
Hindustan Times". You are Romola Vij. Principal of the school.
3. Arun Gupta of M-3, Neel Kamal Appt. Shimla, has a very good knowledge of tourists
places in Shimla. He wants to work as a Tourist Guide. Draft a suitable advertisement for
publication in the Tours and Travels Section of a local newspapers in about 50 words
4. You are a builder and the proprietor of 'Dream House Construction'. Draft a suitable
advertisement for a new multi-storied residential building for sale to the public. Include
details like area, surroundings, facilities, etc.
5.You want to rent out your newly constructed flat in the heart of the city. Draft an
advertisement to be published in the classified column. You are Mohan/Mahima.
POSTER MAKING
1. You are Seema /Satish. You are part of the Social Service Club of your school. Your
school has adopted a nearby village. Draft a poster sensitizing people about the
importance of educating girls.
2. Draft a poster on the ill-effects of plastics on the environment.
3. During the rainy season, there is an increase in health casualties like gastroenteritis,
dysentery etc. Prepare a poster to be issued by the health department suggesting ways
on how you can prevent these diseases.
4. Repeated earthquakes in India and elsewhere have resulted in an unprecedented
damage and destruction to both life and property. Educating people on ‘Disaster
Management’ is the need of the hour. Prepare a poster for creating this awareness.
5. Prepare a poster advising people not to take alcoholic drinks illustrating the danger of
consuming alcohol. Your illustration should be in conformity with the theme provided to
you.

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Gr-XI Revision Worksheet

Answer the following question in 120-150 words

1. ...A sweet face,

a. When did this incident take place?

2. Some twenty-thirty-years later

a Who would laugh at the snapshot after twenty-thirty years later?

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

1. Why did the narrator go to Number 46, Marconi Street?

Answer the following question in 150 words:

1. "The Address" is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment

2. Draft a poster on the ill-effects of plastics on the environment.

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