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WorksheetsRevision Class XI
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 6mins
We will have to give life a new orientation. The past has crippled life very badly; it has made you almost laughter-blind, just like there are people who are colour-blind. The constant repression of laughter has made you laughter-blind.
Situations are happening everywhere, but you cannot see that there is any reason to laugh. If your laughter is freed from its bondage, the whole world will be full of laughter. It needs to be full of laughter; it will change almost everything in human life. You will not be as miserable as you are. In fact, you are not as miserable as you look- it is misery plus seriousness that makes you look miserable. Just misery plus laughter, and you will not look so miserable!
Choose the right option:
1. To go from miserable to not so miserable, one would have to
a). tell oneself to stop being miserable
b). laugh at somebody slipping on the banana peel
c). laugh while fighting
d).tinge misery with miserable
We will have to give life a new orientation. The past has crippled life very badly; it has made you almost laughter-blind, just like there are people who are colour-blind. The constant repression of laughter has made you laughter-blind.
Situations are happening everywhere, but you cannot see that there is any reason to laugh. If your laughter is freed from its bondage, the whole world will be full of laughter. It needs to be full of laughter; it will change almost everything in human life. You will not be as miserable as you are. In fact, you are not as miserable asyou look- it is misery plus seriousness that makes you look miserable. Just misery plus laughter, and you will not look so miserable!
Choose the right option:
2. According to the writer, one has become laughter-blind because
a). laughter cannot be seen only heard
b). one has become too serious in life
c). our past experiences have killed the laughter in us
d).one does not understand the value of laughter
We will have to give life a new orientation. The past has crippled life verybadly; it has made you almost laughter-blind, just like there are people who arecolour-blind. The constant repression of laughter has made you laughter-blind.
Situations are happening everywhere, but you cannot see that there is any reasonto laugh. If your laughter is freed from its bondage, the whole world will be full oflaughter. It needs to be full of laughter; it will change almost everything in humanlife. You will not be as miserable as you are. In fact, you are not as miserable asyou look- it is misery plus seriousness that makes you look miserable. Just miseryplus laughter, and you will not look so miserable!
Choose the right option:
3. Which, according to the passage, is the correct adjectival outcome of the combination of the two nouns?
i. Laughter + Misery=Happy
ii. Misery + Seriousness = Miserable
iii. Repression + Bondage = Laughter Blind
iv. Laughter + Seriousness = crippled
(a)ii and iii
(b) i and ii
(c) i and iv
(d)ii and iv
4. What comes in the blanks below
Add _______ vowel after_____ last consonant.
(a)the, the
(b) a, the
(c)a, a
(d)the, a
5. I…………………….my MBA by the time you return from abroad
(a)will be passing
(b)will have passed
(c)will pass
(d)will have been passing
6. ………………………. you require any further information, please do not hesitate to drop a mail.
(a)Would
(b)Do
(c)Whether
(d)Should
7. Which of the following words can most appropriately replace the underlined statement-
Dear Sir,
With reference to your letter dated 28th September 2020, I would like to state that…….
(a)Pertaining
(b)Apropos
(c)Aggrandizing to
(d)Acceding to
8. If you are writing a job application letter but you haven’t been given a named contact ,how do you sign off your letter?
(a)Cheerio
(b)Ciao
(c)Yours faithfully
(d)Yours sincerely
9. Most classified ad messages are made up of two types of elements. They are-
(a) Functional and Persuasive
(b)Expository and Persuasive
(c)Informational and Persuasive
(d)Informational and Creative
10. Which arrow in the picture is indicating at the ‘mast’ of the ship?
a)
b)
c)
d)
11.Which of the following is not matched correctly
(a)Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and ailing environment?– L K Jha
(b)No generation has a freehold on this earth-Margaret Thatcher
(c)We are losing the forests@ an acre a second-James Speth
(d) The four principal biological systems are fisheries,forests, grasslands and croplands-Nani Palkhiwala
12. Which one of the following is an incorrect chronological order-
(a)Amenhotep…..Akhetaten………Smenkhkare…….Tutankhaten
(b) World population is 2 billion…….Green party founded in New Zealand………….Mr Edgar S. Woolard declares himself the Chief Environmental Officer……the concept of sustainable development popularised by World Commission on Environment
(c)Set sail from Plymouth…..3500 east of Cape Town……waves are gigantic at dawn………..the wind drops and the sky grows dark
(d) Mrs Dorling is wearing Mrs S’s green cardigan ……..Liberation Day………….……..A girl of fifteen opens the door……….I resolved to forget the address
13. Which of the following options is true in terms of correct matching of chapter name and the values highlighted
Chapter Name Moral
(i)The Portrait of a Lady 1. The past speaks to us in a
thousand voices
(ii)Discovering Tut 2. English is playing a role of lingua franca
(iii)Ranga’s Marriage 3. A family legacy is etched by
your deeds
(iv)The Summer of the
Beautiful White Horse 4. The wiser mind mourns less
for what age takes away and
what it leaves behind
(a) (i)-2 (ii)-4 (iii)-3 (iv)-1
(b)(i)-1(ii)-2(iii)-3(iv)-4
(c)(i)-4 (ii)-1(iii)-2(iv)-3
(d)(i)-4(ii)-3(iii)-2(iv)-1
14. Which of the following characteristics describes Akhenaten best-
(a) Just
(b) Compassionate
(c)wacky
d)mysterious
15. Complete the following statement by choosing the correct option
‘What goes under the pot ………………………………………..
(a)is decided by what is brewing inside it
(b) now costs more than what goes inside it
(c) is not as important as what is inside it
(d)should not burn what is inside it
16. ‘Have you come back?’ said the woman. ‘I thought that no one had come back.’
Who is being talked about in the line above?
(a)Marga Minco
(b)Shirley Toulson
(c)Mourad
(d)Ratna
17.Which of the following was a sign of normalcy post World War II, according to the author?
(a)Mrs Dorling’s fifteen year old daughter finally allowing her to come in.
(b)The box being opened and silver spoons taken out.
(c)Dark coloured bread for the Jews
(d) Light coloured bread for the Jews
18. Which of the following is an example of Transferred Epithet?
(a)laboured ease
(b)barred face identity mask
(c)blazing sunshine
(d)bottomless sea
19.What does 'Reck’d or unreck’d' mean?
(a). enrichment or no enrichment
(b). cared for or not cared for
(c) to purify or not
(d). to wash or not to wash
20.Identify the incorrect statement
(a)The Laburnum tree was silent and death like in the month of September.
(b)Tut was buried in the month of March or April
(c) Wave walker was at 3500 kms east of Cape Town on 2nd January.
(d)Ratna was wearing a grand saree on Friday
