AHSEC| CLASS 11| ENGLISH| SOLVED PAPER - 2019| H.S. 1ST YEAR
2019
English
Full marks: 90
Pass Marks: 27
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
SECTION
- A
(Reading)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
According to a survey, over 26 million people in India defecate in
the open. Around 60 per cent of Indians do not have access to safe and priae
toilets. Such overwhelming majority of those without access to sanitation
facilities poses a formidable obstacle in the development of the nation.
In 1999, the Union Government rolled out the Total Sanitation
Campaign (TSC). Its objective was to spread awareness among the rural people
and generation of demand for sanitary facilities. The scheme was implemented
with emphasis on community-led initiatives. The government provided financial
incentives to the families which were Below Poverty Line (BPL). The government
assistance was also extended for construction of toilets in the primary schools,
the Anganwadi Centres and the Community Sanitary Complexes (CSC).
The Government of India also launched the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP)
to recognize contributions in this field. NGP became a success which prompted
the Government to rename CSC as the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA). Its objective
was to accelerate the sanitation coverage in the rural areas. This scheme was
handled by the Ministry of Rural Development.
Under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, the government adopted the
community-centric strategies. The demand driven approach continued highlighting
awareness creation and demand generation for sanitary facilities in houses,
schools. It also emphasised on a cleaner environment.
On October 2,2014, the campaign was renamed and launched as Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan or Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Misin (SBM)to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi's
vision of 'Clean India'. SBM has two sub-Missions Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural)
and Swachh Bharat Mission (Uran). The focus now is to achieve a clean, defecation
free India by October 2, 2019, i.e. Mahatma Gandhi's 150" birth
anniversary. If we can improve the levels of cleanliness in the country and
make it Open Defecation Free.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has become a 'Jan Andolan' receiving
tremendous support from the people. Citizens too have turned out in large
numbers and pledged for a neat and cleaner India. Taking the broom to sweep the
streets, cleaning up the garbage, focusing on sanitation and maintaining a
hygienic environment have become a practice after the launch of the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan. People have started to take part and are helping spread the message of
'Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Questions:
(a) (i) What was the objective of TSC? 1
Ans: The objective of TSC was to spread
awareness among rural people and create demand for sanitation facilities.
(ii) How was CSC renamed? 1
Ans: The Government of India also
launched the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) to recognize contributions in this
field. The NGP was successful which prompted the government to rename the CSG
as the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA).
(iii) What is the present focus of SBM? 1
Ans: The current focus of SBM is to
achieve a clean, defecation free India by October 2, 2019 i.e., 150th birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
(iv) What is the message of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan? 1
Ans: The message of the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan is 'Cleanliness is next to Godliness'.
(v) What causes a formidable obstacle to the nation? 2
Ans: According to a survey, more than 26
million people in India practice open defecation. About 60 percent of Indians
do not have access to safe and private toilets. Such a large number of people
who are denied access to sanitation facilities are a major hindrance in the
development of the nation.
(vi) How was the total Sanitation Campaign carried out? 2
Ans: The Total Sanitation Campaign was
carried out with an emphasis on community-led initiatives. The government
provided financial incentives to those families who were below poverty line
(BPL). Government assistance was also provided for the construction of toilets
in primary schools, Anganwadi centers and Community Sanitary Complexes (CSCs).
(vii) Write how SBM is receiving support from the citizens. 2
Ans: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has become a
mass movement which is getting tremendous support from the people. Citizens
also came out in large numbers and took a pledge for a clean and clean India.
After the launch, it has become a practice to sweep the streets, clear the
garbage, pay attention to cleanliness, and maintain a clean environment. People
have started participating and helping spread the message.
(b) Pick out words from the passage that mean the following: 1x2=2
(i) difficult to deal with
Ans: formidable
(ii) a solemn promise or undertaking
Ans: pledge
2. Read the passage given below and
answer the questions that follow:
1. How does television affect our lives? It can be very helpful to
people who carefully choose the shows that they watch. Television can increase
our knowledge of the outside world; there are high quality programs that help
us understand many fields of study, science, medicine, the arts, and so on.
Moreover, television benefits very old people, who cannot often leave the house
as well as patients in hospitals. It also offers non-native speakers the
advantage of daily informal language practice. They can increase their
vocabulary and practice learning.
2. On the other hand there are several serious disadvantages of
television. Of course, it provides us with a pleasant way to relax and spend
our free time, but in some countries, people watch the 'boob-tube' for an
average six hours or more a day. Many children stare at a television screen for
more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying and
sleeping. It's clear that the tube has a powerful influence on their lives and
that its influence is often negative.
3. Recent studies show that after only thirty seconds of television,
a person's brain 'relaxes' the same way that it does just before the person
falls asleep. After effect of television on the human brain is that it seems to
cause poor concentrate o a subject for only fifteen to twenty minutes. They
earn pay attention only for the amount of time between commercials.
4. Another disadvantage is that television often causes people to
become dissatisfied with their own lives. Real life does not seem as exciting
to these people as the life of an actor in the screen. To many people,
television becomes more real than reality and their own lives seem boring. Also
many people get upset or depressed when they can't solve problems in real life
as quickly as television actors seem to.
5. Before a child is fourteen years old, he or she views eleven
thousand murders on the tube. He or she begins to believe that there is nothing
strange about fight, killings and other kinds of violence. Many studies show
that people become more violent after certain programmes. The may even do the
things that they see in a violent show.
6. The most negative effect of 'boob-tube' might be people's
addiction to it. People often feel a strange and powerful need to watch
television even when they don't enjoy it. Addiction to a television screen is
similar to drug or alcohol addiction, People almost never believe that they are
addicted.
Questions:
(a) On the basis of your reading, of the above passage; make notes
on it, using recognisable abbreviations wherever necessary. Add a suitable
title to it. 5
Ans:
1. Television; A Boon or A Curse
(i)
choose the show
(ii)
inc. knowl
(iii)
high quality prog
(iv)
benefits old peo
(v)
inc voc and pra listening.
2. dis. ad. of Tel
(i)
boob tube for. an ave. of six hrs.
(ii)
lack of st. and sleep
(iii)
neg. infl.
3. aff. Brain
(i)
brain relaxes after 30 minutes watch
(ii)
causes poor concentration
(iii)
causes disat. among people
(iv)
causes depression
4. aff. People
(i)
believes nothing strange about fight, killing and other violence.
(ii)
Peo. Becomes more violent
(iii)
People’s addict” to it like drug or alcohol addict”
Abbreviations used
Tel: Television
aff: affects
inc: increases
knowl: knowledge
prog: Programmes
peo: people
voc: vocabulary
pra: Practise
disad: disadvantages
Ave: Average
st: studying
neg: negative
inf: influence
dist: influence
addict”: addiction
(b) Make a summary of the above passage in about 80 words. 3
Ans: The impact of TV on our everyday
lives cannot be ignored. Television enables us to learn more about the outside
world because it has good programs that help us understand many subjects:
science, medicine, art, and so on. However, it also has some serious
disadvantages. Studies show that TV affects the brain and makes people unable
to concentrate. Children who watch a lot. TV can often focus its attention on
twenty minutes of advertising time between certain products. TV also makes
people unhappy with themselves. My own life in real life doesn't look as exciting
as the lives of the actors on screen. Furthermore, when a child sees thousands
of murders on the tube, he begins to believe that there is nothing strange in
fights, murders and other forms of violence. Studies show that people become
more violent after watching certain programmes. After all, the worst effect
people can have is its addiction.
SECTION-B
(Writing)
3. You are arranging a week-long
Educational Tour to Sivasagar in the last week of April. Describe your
preparations to your classmates in about 100 words. 6
Ans:
Educational
Tour
I am here to inform all my
classmates about the educational tour to Sivasagar
starting from 25th of this April. As we all know that we have been given
permission to spend four days and three nights at Sivasagar, as a class leader
I have made plans according to the schedule.
We
are leaving from our institute on the evening of 24th April in our institute
bus. We will be in Sivasagar on 25th April around 8 am. I request everyone to
pack essentials like bed sheets, clothes, and tablets. We will visit important
places around Sivasagar. The city is surrounded on all sides. Large number of
monuments including historical tanks, temples, palaces etc. Every year a large
number of domestic and international tourists visit this historical place to
see these majestic configurations of monuments built by the Ahom kings. Among
the various places of attraction, Joysagar Tank and Lord Shiva Temple on the
banks of the tank, Sivasagar Tank, Palace of Ahom Kings, Rang Ghar and Talatal
Ghar are the places we are visiting.
All
the housing arrangements were already done through wire and there is no need
for individual housing. That's it for now and I want everyone to be present at
the main gate of our organization on the evening of 24th April; Around 6:30 in
the evening.
Or
Your School/College observed the "World Environment Day" o
5th June. The students took part in a plantation program and took out a rally
to create awareness among the people. Prepare a report in about 100 words on
the event to be published in your school/college wall-magazine. 6
Ans:
"World Environment Day"
World Environment Day,
5th June: On the occasion of World Environment Day, tree plantation drive was
celebrated in our school on 5th June. The main objective of this campaign was
to spread awareness and create awareness to save the environment from
degradation. The program began with an impressive speech by our Principal on
the effects of global warming and the importance of trees in our lives. After
the program on his instructions, the students of each class planted saplings in
the campus. In groups of five students, each group bought a plant. The event
was successful as each and every student contributed immensely for the day. In
addition, a skit was presented by the primary classes after the programme. They
dressed up as natural sources of the environment and staged a skit on the theme
of saving the environment from global warming. The play touched everyone so
deeply that they received a standing ovation. Later, the program was concluded
by taking an oath to save the environment from pollution by contributing a
little in our daily life.
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