Bagmati College

Subject: COMPULSORY ENGLISH

Grade: XI FM: 75
Time: 3 hrs subject code-0031

Students are expected to write their answers in their own words rather than being based on the
rote learning. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Attempt all the questions.

1. Read the text and do the tasks given below. 15

1. Fear of failure is an attitude problem. All of us postpone things. We procrastinate. We

rationalize. We make excuses. We foolishly believe that to be creative and to have a
positive attitude and to simply do things, we have to have all kinds of preconditions.

2. You can find several excuses for waiting to be more creative. But scratch the surface of
these smooth and logical rationalizations, and if you are honest, you will see the face of a
little demon, the fear of failure, hiding there.

3. Zig Ziglar reminds us that this is nothing but an attitude problem: The future can be
depressing or magnificent it is not correlated to the present or the past, past failures or past
successes. It is only our attitude towards these failures or successes which determines our
future." You can change yourself by changing your attitude without fear of error.

4. Problems cause stress and stress reduces our effectiveness. So it is very logical that once
we solve our problems, we should be able to increase our efficiency and effectiveness.
Incidentally, we can't eliminate problems unless we have the final exit the very thought of
this itself is very stressful.

5. What causes our problems? Well, roughly speaking one-third of our problems are there
because we are alive and kicking. Another one-third of our problems are created by
ourselves; and the remaining one-third of our problems exist because of greed and ego.

6. When too many problems are causing you enormous stress and strain, do the following:

(i) Think..... there must be a better way to solve these problems. It helps to remember the
crow and jug story! Recall similar stories and incidents.

(ii) Ask, ask, ask...from yourself and from others, how to do things in better ways. May be
certain things should not be done at all or should be clubbed with other activities! Don't
forget that even stupid questions will get your intelligent and common-sense answers.

(iii) Do it now! Start doing it. Don't forget that the first step towards solving a problem is to
begin. The first step is the most difficult one, but taking it will kill procrastination-a disease
or a problem in itself. Do not forget to prioritise your problems first. Those which are "C
category jobs should be delegated to others, but do not forget to check and recheck till these
 get done.

7. There is always a silver lining in any gloomy situation, provided you starve the problems
and feed the opportunities. For every problem, there could be several solutions, and
solutions point towards opportunities.

8. Apply the MISER concept to solve problems. MISER... where M stands for Merge, I for
Improve, S for Simplify, E for Eliminate and R for Reduce, MISER is an excellent
conceptual sieve that helps in reducing many problems to a very few ones.

A. Find the words in above passage which convey the same meaning as
the following: 5×1=5

i. Delay or postpone action (para 1)

ii. Great in deed or exalted in place (para3)
iii. By way of interjection or digression (para 4)
iv. Very large (para 6)
v. Low in spirits (para 7)
B. Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most
appropriate in your answer sheet: 5×1=5

i. Most people procrastinate because.......

a) They are not creative
b) They adopt a wrong attitude
c) They are too lazy to do anything
d) They wait for better opportunity
ii. Our future is determined by.......
a) past failure
b) success in the present
c) efforts in future
d) attitude towards past failures or success.
iii. Our effectiveness gets reduced as........
a) problems multiply
b) depressing time is painful
c)stress is caused by problems
d) problems dishearten us
iv. We cannot eliminate problems because..........
a) we are alive and kicking
b) we are inactive
c) we are afraid of final exit
d) we postpone actions
v. The best way to tackle a problem is.......
a) to defer it for some time
b) to seek help of a friend
c) to think of an easy solution
d) to begin at once
C. Answer the following questions very briefly. 5×1=5

i. How does our effectiveness get reduced?

ii. Can we eliminate problems? Why not?
iii. What is the best way to tackle the problem?
iv. Which saying has been used in the passage for being optimist?
v. Give a suitable title to the passage.

2. Write short answers to the following questions. (5x2-10)

a. What is the main theme of the story, God Sees the Truth, But Waits? (God Sees the
Truth, But Waits)
b. Why does Jonathan think of himself as 'extraordinarily lucky" (Civil Peace)
Or,
Why does wasserkopf demand a fee refound from the school. (Refund)
c. What is the speaker remembering from his childhood days in the poem? (Who are you
little i)
d. According to the writer, what are the four general human needs? (What I Require from
Life)
Or,
What does the expression “She was dead” mean? (The Oval Portrait)
e. . How is poverty defined by the writer, Jo Goodwin Parker? (What is Poverty)

3. Write long answers to the following questions: (2x5-10)

a) Describe the various stages of a homan's life as incorporated in the poem, "All the
World's a Stage"
b) Explain with examples to justify that the play, ‘A Sunny Morning' is a blend of
Romance and comedy.
Or,
Explain the following line with reference to the text:
I will depart one day.
But remember
There’re many others like me.
They’ll come too.
If you don’t get rid of your inflated ego,
You’ll be back to your cave time
That you endured
Long, l o n g, l o n g ago …
(Corona says)

4. Your college recently celebrated "Annual Day Programme-2079" Draft a news to

be published in a local English daily including headline, sub-headline, by-line and
date line. 7
5. General Motors Pvt. Ltd, Basundhara, Kathmandu has a vacancy for the post of
Finance Assistant. Write a job application letter for the same post including your updated
CV 8
6. Write a standard review of a film that you have recently watched including the
following elements: 10
 Title of the Review
 Movie Infographic
 Overview
 Plot
 Cast,
 Performance and Direction
 Music & Cinematography
 Grounds for Improvement
 Conclusion/Final Verdict

7. Do as indicated in brackets and rewrite the sentences. (10×1=10)

a. The climate is semi-tropical and exceptional similar over large areas (Find the mistake
in this sentence and correct it.)
b. The bullet went straight....... (from/by/in/through) his head during the cross-fire. (Use the
correct preposition from the given alternatives)
c. Twelfth grade students are appearing Board Examinations. They will study Bachelor's
Degree for four years by the end of 2083 BS. (The bolded verb form is incorrect,
correct it and rewrite the sentence.)
d. We (ought to/ could/may/won't) take care of our parents. (Fill in the blanks choosing
the appropriate modal auxiliary verb).
e. A number of soldiers has......(been/was/were/is) injured during the war.(Use the correct
form of the verb given in bracket)
f. Ganesh is not a doctor. His wife is not a doctor. (Combine the sentences using the
conjunction neither............nor.)
g. I dream about............(build/to build/building) a big house (Choose the correct form of
the verb given in bracket)
h. He says to me," I will arrive there by 4pm tomorrow". (Change) the sentence into
indirect speech)
i. My sister is leaving for Australia. I admire her very much. (Join the two sentences using
appropriate relative pronoun).
j. I hate people disturbing me during the sleep. (Change the sentence into passive voice)

8. Do as instructed. (5×1-5)
a. To which of the following words can prefix 'pre' be added?
i. conscious ii, determine iii, mortem. iv. discover
b. What does the idiom, play to the galleries' mean in the sentence, "To be a good orator,
you don't have to play to the galleries?"
i. make a fool of yourself ii offend the audience
iii. appeal to the lower taste iv. appease select audience
c. Which one of the following words come between 'example' and "exchange in the dictionary
entry?
i) excavate iii) excite
ii) examine iv) exclude

d. Your teacher says you draw pictures in class and you should grow up. What is the meaning of
the phrasal verb 'grow up' in this sentence?

i.. stand up i get old ii. become taller iv. act mature

e. The moon looks beautiful tonight. The bold-faced word in this sentence is:
i) a noun ii) an adverb iii) a determiner iv)an adjective

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