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Name of the Subject : 11th English
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English Model Question Paper :

Subject – English Core
Class – XI
MM – 90 Time :- 3 Hrs

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General Instructions :
(i) The paper is divided into four sections A, B, C and D. All the sections are
(ii) Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.

(iii) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions. Marks will be deducted if this limit is crossed.
(iv) Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer script before attempting it.

Section –A
READING
Q1- Read the following passage and answer the question that follow.
1 We usually think of a prison as a place where men and women are locked up for breaking the law. But this is a very recent development in the history of prisons.

2 Centuries ago, nobles and men of importance were often captured and imprisoned for revenge or until they were ransomed. It was not until the 19th century that prisons began to be used for the punishment or correction of law violators.

3 Prisons before that time were places where those accused of breaking the law were held until the trial. After the prisoners were tried, the sentence of the court was immediately carried out.

They were not sentenced to serve a term in prison. Those who had been declared guilty were put to death, whipped or given other forms of bodily punishment, or fined.

4 Gradually men began to see that this cruel treatment did not prevent crime. The result was that imprisonment began to be used as a substitute for death penalty and bodily punishment.

5 In England and in some of the European countries, places called “work houses” or “houses for correction” were established after about 1550. Those places were used to imprison beggars, vagabonds, family deserters, debtors, and those guilty of minor offences.

6 The workhouses were then right at hand for use as prisons for keeping more serious offenders. These workhouses were no safe enough for keeping long-term prisoners, and thus prisons began to be built which furnished greater security.

7 Most of these prisons were unfit places to keep human beings. They were dirty, badly lighted, and cold. Food was bad and the treatment was harsh.

Prisoners were thrown together, whether they were young or old, first offenders or hardened criminals. There was no work of training program. The inmates sat idle.

8 In the late 18th century, men began to urge that the prisons be improved and better methods of caring for prisoners be developed. Prisons changed considerably with time, and today more and more people are coming to believe that a prison should help bring about the reformation of the inmate.

There are all kinds of extensive programs to train them, as well as medical and psychological help, recreational activity, and schooling.

1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage complete/answer the following :
(i) Prison in the modern sense is a place where _______________________
(ii) But in the past prisons were used for _____________________________ until they were ransomed.

(iii) After trial, guilty persons were punished with _____________________
(iv) When cruelty and death penalty did not prevent crime _____________________________ was used as a substitute.
(v) “Houses of correction” were meant for ___________________________

(vi) Some of the disadvantages prevalent there were :
(a) _______________________________________________________
(b) _______________________________________________________
(c) _______________________________________________________

(vii) Today to bring about reformation there are prisoners programmes such as ______________________________________________ organized.
(viii) Now prisons are no longer used ________________________ but the government uses them for ___________________________________

1.2. Find words from the passage which mean the same as following :
(i) caught (para 2) _________________
(ii) blamed (para 3) _________________
(iii) thing used in place of (para 4) _________________ something/an alternative
(iv) wrong-doers (para 6) _________________