Question Pattern and Division of Marks for Class-XI Annual Examination, 2015 (English B) New Syllabus under WBCHSE

Academic Year: 2014-2015

Written Exam : 80 Marks

 LITERATURE: 50 MARKS

Division of Marks

• Prose: 20 Marks
• Poetry: 20 Marks
• Rapid Reader: 10 Marks

Question Pattern

PROSE: 20 Marks

MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions; one from each textual piece; 4 options in each question] ==> 1x5=5

SAQ [Short Answer Questions; two from each textual piece; any 5 to be answered in a complete sentence each] ==> 1x5=5

D/AQ [Descriptive/Analytical Questions; to be answered in about 100 words; two out of five; marks division like 2+3, 3+2, 1+4, 5+0 etc permissible; part marking to be shown clearly on answer scripts] ==> 5x2=10

POETRY: 20 Marks

MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions; one from each textual piece; 4 options in each question] ==> 1x5=5

SAQ [Short Answer Questions; two from each textual piece; any 5 to be answered in a complete sentence each] ==> 1x5=5

D/AQ [Descriptive/Analytical Questions; answer in about 100 words; two out of five; marks division like 2+3, 3+2, 1+4, 5+0 etc permissible; part marking to be shown clearly on answer scripts] ==> 5x2=10

RAPID READER: 10 Marks
(Passage from the text will not be given)

MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions; two from each five stories; any 5 to be answered out of ten; 4 options in each question] ==> 1x5=5
DQ [Only Descriptive Type Questions; no Analytical Questions; to be answered in about 100 words; one from each five stories; any one to be answered out of five; marks division like 2+3, 3+2, 1+4, 5+0 etc permissible; part marking to be shown clearly on answer scripts] ==> 5x1=5

LANGUAGE: 30 MARKS

a) Textual Grammar: 10 Marks

• Voice change [one question on this topic; one out of one] ==> 1x1=1
• Change the mode of narration [one question on this topic; one out of one] ==> 1x1=1
• Transformation of sentences [(a) simple, complex,compound sentences (b) change of degrees of comparison (c) Interchange of parts of speech (d) Affirmative to negative and vice versa (e) Exclamatory to assertive and vice versa (f) Infinitive, gerund, participle], [Joining of sentences (simple, complex, compound)], [Splitting of sentences into two or more simple sentences];[five questions from the given topics; answer five out of five] ==> 1x5=5
• Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions [six blanks]    0.5x6=3

b) Writing: 10 Marks

Paragraph Writing [Descriptive / Narrative / Current Affairs / Reflective / Argumentative (For/Against); one paragraph to be set in the question paper; hints will be given with the question; answer to be written in about 150-200 words] ==> 10
OR
Story writing from a given outline [division into paragraphs is permitted; dialogues can be introduced to enliven the situation; moral to be given only if specially asked to; only one story writing is to set in the question paper; characters may be given names; personification may be used; answer to be written in about 150–200 words] ==> 10

c) ESP: 10 Marks

1. Newspaper Advertisement [all types, classifieds; not to read like a paragraph; not to write complete sentences indiscriminately; answer to be written in about 50 words; one out of two] ==> 5
2. Commercial Leaflet [may be visually attractive with varying font sizes, a mix of capital and small letters, using bubbles, using pen only; bullets forms allowed, no need of complete sentences; answer to be written in about 50 words; one out of two] ==> 5

Project Work : 20 Marks
(Internal Assessment)

• One project work in an academic year
• Obtained marks to be added to the Annual Examination marks
• Schools can devise their own methods of internal assessment
• The Project should be written in about 1000–1500 words
•  The Project to be prepared preferably at home, individually under the supervision of the school teacher.

 Students can opt any one of the following topics:

• Developing a Story with the beginning given in 2-3 sentences
• Dramatizing a story [From within the syllabus or outside the syllabus; stage directions (what is on the stage after curtains are drawn & the location) to be mentioned; topics to be selected by students; the story to divided into scenes; scenes to be created according to the incidents narrated in the story; the story to be represented in a manner as if enacted on the stage; dialogues to be introduced; original innovations to be encouraged with a little disgression from the main story]
• Writing an autobiography [of an object (coin, book, river, tree etc.)/ persons (a student can write an autobiography of himself / herself)]

Parameters for Assessment of Project Work: 

• Imagination and originality ==> 5 marks
• Organisation ==> 5 marks
• Language and Expression ==> 5 marks
• Viva Voce ==> 3 marks
• Neatness (File Presentation) ==> 2 marks
• Total ==> 20 marks

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THE MOON by Percy Bysshe Shelley: Sample Questions & Answers

1. Answer the following questions ( each in about 50 words ): 5 marks each

(i) Discuss The Moon as a nature myth. Or, Show how, in the poem The Moon, Shelley has created myth out of a natural phenomenon.

Ans. Myth is an imaginative mechanism to present a natural phenomenon as a living being. Shelley(1792-1822), renowned for his myth-making power, personifies the moon, a natural object in the poem The Moon.

In the first stanza, the moon appears to be a weak, pale lady. She is thin and white. She cannot think or move steadily. The second stanza depicts the moon as a maiden suffering from weariness. She is in desperate search of a worthy companion. (76 words)

(ii) How does Shelley personify the moon in the poem ? Or, describe how Shelley has personified natural phenomenon in the poem The Moon.

Ans. Shelley has personified the moon by imagining it to be a person in both the stanzas. In the first stanza, the moon .......................of a worthy companion. (from broad type question no.i) (61 words)

(iii) “The moon arose up in the murky east.” – How does Shelley describe the rising of the moon in his poem The Moon ? (H.S. ’07)

Ans. The moon rises in the gloomy eastern sky. Under the layer of thin clouds, it appears whitish and shapeless. It looks like a dying lady lean, pale and confused, with a soft transparent covering on the face. Like this lady tottering out of her bedroom led by the insane and bewildered thoughts of her weak brain, the dull moon rises in the sky. (63 words)

(iv) Describe how the moon is compared to a dying lady ?

Ans. Shelley has compared the moon to a dying lady in the first stanza of the poem. The moon rises in the gloomy ................... in the sky. (from broad type question no.iii ) (79 words)

(v) “And ever changing, like a joyless eye / That finds no object worth its constancy.” – Bring out the significance/meaning of the lines. Or, who has ‘a joyless eye’ and why ? (H.S. ’12)

Ans. Here the moon has been compared to the eyes of a depressed maiden who does not find anybody worthy of her love. The moon slowly changes its shape from a complete round to a semi-circular as it proceeds towards the new moon phase. Just as the eyes of a sad maiden droop, so also the moon loses its round figure and looks pale and drooping. (65 words)

2. Answer the following questions ( each in about 30 words ) : 3 marks each

(i) What is the moon compared to in the first section of Shelley’s poem ? (HS sample question) Or, how is the moon compared to ‘a dying lady’ ?

Ans. In the first section of Shelley’s poem, the moon is compared to ‘a dying lady’. She is thin and pale. She totters out of her bedroom. Her face is covered with a thin layer of gauze. She seems to suffer from memory loss. (43 words)

(ii) What does Shelley mean when he says that the moon is ‘wrapped in a gauzy veil’ ?

Ans. The term ‘gauzy veil’ means a thin transparent piece of cloth that is used to cover a woman’s face from the sun, dust etc. Here a thin layer of cloud floating over the face of the moon appears to be a gauzy veil to the poet. ( 46 words)

(iii) “Art thou pale for weariness ?” – What, according to the poet, is the cause of the moon’s weariness ? Or, What reasons are given by Shelley for the moon’s ‘weariness’ ?

Ans. The poet P. B. Shelley imagines that the moon labours hard in moving about lonely in the sky and gazing eagerly for hours on the earth in search of a worthy companion. This makes her look weary and pale. (39 words)

(iv) “And feeble wanderings of her fading brain” – What is meant by ‘fading brain’ ?

Ans. ‘Fading brain’ is a brain that is losing its power, particularly the power to memorize. The poet says this while comparing the moon to a dying lady. Old age and illness have made her brain inactive. She fails to remember anything. (42 words)

(v) What scientific truth is referred to when Shelley says about the moon ‘wandering companionless’ ?

Ans. P. B. Shelley says that the moon wanders companionless. This is based on the scientific fact that the moon is the only satellite of the earth, i.e. it has its origin from the earth. There is no other celestial body having the same origin. That is why the moon is said to be companionless. (54 words)

Structure of Questions and Division of Marks for the current session (2013-2014) of Class-XII [English B] under WBCHSE

Prose

• Objective type [Four out of four]  1x4=4
• Short type [Word limit – about 30 words] (Two out of four)  3x2=6
• Broad type [Word limit – about 50 words] (One out of four)  5x1=5
• Total – 15 Marks

Poetry

• Objective type (Four out of four)   1x4=4
• Short type [Word limit – about 30 words] (Two out of four)   3x2=6
• Broad type [Word limit – about 50 words] (One out of four)   5x1=5
• Total – 15 Marks

Play

• Objective type (Four out of eight)  1x4=4
• Short type [Word limit – about 30 words] (Two out of four)   3x2=6
• Broad type [Word limit – about 50 words] (One out of four)  5x1=5
• Total – 15 Marks

Textual Grammar

• Do as directed  2x5=10
• Fill in the blanks with articles and prepositions  0.5x6=3
• Framing Wh-question  1x2=2
• Total – 15 Marks

Letter Writing 

[Word limit – about 120 words] (One out of two)  10x1=10

ESP [English for Special Purpose]

(One out of two)  10x1=10

• Report Writing [Word limit – about 150 words]
• Summary Writing [Word limit – about 100 words] 

Comprehension Test [Unseen Prose]

• Choosing correct alternative   1x7=7
• Short type question [Word limit – about 20 words] (Four out of four)  2x4=8
• Re-arrange of sentences [Five sentences]  5
• Total - 20 Marks

Subject Total - 100 Marks