MP Board Class 11th English Ardhvarshik Paper 2025-26

MP Board Class 11th English Ardhvarshik Paper 2025-26 :-

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Instructions :

(1) All questions are compulsory.

SECTION - A (Reading)

Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below - (1×10=10)

Ants are common insects. There are more than 12,000 kinds in the world. They are

born, and live and work in a colony with many other ants. An ant goes through four

stages of development: egg, larva, pupa/cocoon and adult. An ant egg is about the size

of a period at the end of a sentence. An egg is kidney-shaped and soft. It has a sticky

surface. It can clump together with other eggs. This allows a group of eggs to be carried

away quickly if danger occurs. Some eggs don't survive because they are eaten by

other ants.The ant egg cells divide for 7-14 .days and. a larva appears. The larva will

shed its skin about 3 times. It eats constantly. It will get bigger each time it sheds. The

larva sucks up the liquids from the food brought to it. Sometimes adult ants eat food

and spit it up for the larva. The larva will also get hairier. It will have hooked-like hairs.

These hairs allow groups of them to be picked up and carried like the eggs. A larva

doesn't have any feet. It can bend a little towards food . Some types can also move

along. About 25 days later a larva changes into a pupa.

Like other insects, ants have jointed legs, three body parts, and two antennae. The

three body parts are covered by an exoskeleton. An exoskeleton is a skeleton located

on the outside of their body. An ant's head contains its brain. It also holds two

compound eyes, and pharynx (the start of the digestive system). The antennae are

attached to the head, too. The mandibles (jaws) on his head can bite and chew food.

Three kinds of ants live in a colony. Queens are ants who lay the eggs for the whole

colony. They are bigger than other ants. They were fed more as larvae. They have

wings. If a queen should die, the whole colony falls apart. There is no one to produce

new ants. Female worker ants do not have wings. They gather food, clean and take

care of the young ants. The male ants only help in reproduction and do not work.

Questions :

(i) An ant goes through following stages of development-

(a) two (b) three (c) four (d)none of these

(ii) A larva does not have any feet. (True/ False)

(iii) Which of these is located on the head-

(a)Thorax (b) abdomen (c) mandible (d) pharynx

(iv) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

(a) An ant's brain is in the thorax. (b)The thorax is the chest area.

(v) Which of the following is the best description of an ant's egg?

(a) It has a hard layer outside. (b) It is soft and sticky.

(vi) An ant egg is about the size of-

(a) a ball (b) a period at the end of the sentence (c) a hen’s egg (d) none of these

(vii) Which of the following is the purpose of the Female worker ants?

(a) to do all of the work (b) to gather food (c) to take care of new ants. (d)all of these

(viii) What happens if a queen should die-

(a) eggs will die (b) larvae will die

(ix) Which of these has similar meaning of ‘clump’?

(a) individual (b) group (c) one (d) none of these

(x) How does an ant chew and bite?

(a) with teeth (b) with pharynx (c) with mandibles (d) none of these

Q.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below - (4)

Education is the essential thing for our life , and it helps in the growth of human

civilization. Education is necessary to understand the universe around us and convert it

into something more beneficial. With the help of knowledge, we can develop a new

perspective for our life. If people are educated, then they can know their responsibilities

and rights quite well.First of all, education gives the ability to read and write to anyone. A

good education is extremely essential for everyone to grow and succeed in life.

Education increases self - confidence and assists in developing the personality of a

person. Education plays a big role in our life. Education is split into 3 parts such as

primary education, secondary education, and higher secondary education. All these 3

divisions of education have their value and advantages. Primary education is the base

of education for a person,secondary education paves the direction for further education

and higher secondary education makes the future and the ultimate way of life.

Questions -

(i) Make note based on the above passage.

(ii) Give a suitable title too.

SECTION - B (Writing)

Q.3 You are the member of school ‘Echo Club’. Write a notice informing the students (4)

about the tree plantation drive in your school.

Design a poster to be issued by the Delhi Police cautioning people not to touch any

unclaimed objects.

Q 4. You are Abhishek Saxena, residing at 54, DIG Colony Indore. Write a letter to the (4)

editor of a newspaper complaining against the nuisance caused by loudspeakers in

your locality.

Write a letter to your friend inviting him to the marriage ceremony of your elder sister.

Q.5 Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics (in about 120 words) (4)

(i) Importance of Protecting Trees (ii) Benefits of Modern Technology

(iii) Impact of Global Warming (iv) Importance of English.

Write a report giving the detailed account of the inauguration ceremony of the annual

function held in your school.

SECTION - C (Grammar)

Q.6 Fill in the blanks - (Any five) (1×5=5)

(i) Holland is……………………European country. (a/an/the)

(ii) How…………………….time do you take to reach your school? (many/much/any)

(iii) He hasn’t got……………………. money in his pocket. (any/some/few)

(iv) The cat jumped…………………………the rat. (on/upon/at)

(v) English is………………………….in many countries. (speaking/spoken/speak)

(vi) The milkman……………………milk daily in the evening. (bring/brings/bringing)

Q.7 Do as directed - (Any five) (1×5=5)

(i) Suraj shut the door. (Change into negative)

(ii) He is sleeping for three hours. (Correct the sentence)

(iii) In/this/many/book/are/there/pages/how/?

(Rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence)

(iv) Ravi and Mohan are playing cricket. (Change into present indefinite)

(v) Our team won the match. (Change into past perfect)

(vi) Leela Lives in Gwalior. (Change into present perfect continuous)

SECTION - D (Textbook)

Q.8 Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow- (1×5=5)

By making a transition, you were able to experience two worlds although one at a time.

The one you live in now and the one where you spent two days. One has the history we

know, the other a different history. The separation or bifurcation took place in the Battle

of Panipat. You neither travelled to the past nor to the future. You were in the present

but experiencing a different world. Of course, by the same token there must be many

more different worlds arising out of bifurcations at different points of time.”

Questions :

(i) Who is the speaker of the above lines?

(a) Professor Gaitonde (b) Librarian (c) Vinay Gaitonde (d) Rajendra Deshpande

(ii) Who made transition to a different world?

(a) Professor Gaitonde (b) Librarian (c) Rajendra Deshpande (d) Vinay Gaitonde

(iii) How many worlds did Gangadharpant experience?

(iv) Which of these has the similar meaning to ‘bifurcation’?

(a) whole (b) divide (c) unity (d) none of these

(v) From which lesson the above extract has been taken?

Q.9 Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow -

(A) Till the gold finch come, with a twitching chirrup.

A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end.

Then sleep as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt,

She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up

of chitterings, and a tremor of wings, trilling.

The whole tree trembles and thrills.

It is the engine of her family.

She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch end.

Showing her barred face identity mask.

Questions - (1×3=3)

(i) What is described as ‘sleek’ in the poem?

(a) goldfinch (b) lizard (c) Spider (d) Laburnum tree

(ii) Who comes to feed the young ones?

(a) a lizard (b) goldfinch (c) a cuckoo (d) a sparrow

(iii) Who gives shelter to the bird and her young ones?

(a) An old building (b) A peepul tree (c) An oak tree (d) Laburnum tree

(B) I got down and my cousin Mourad kicked his heels into the horse and shouted, Vazire,

run. The horse stood on its hind legs, snorted, and burst into a fury of speed that was

the lovliest thing I had ever seen. My cousin Mourad raced the horse across the field of

dry grass to an irrigation ditch, crossed the ditch on the horse, and five minutes later

returned, dripping wet.

Questions - (1×3=3)

(i) What is the name of the horse?

(a) Mourad (b) Aman (c) Vazire (d) None of the above

(ii) What did the horse do when Mourad kicked it?

(a) It snorted (b) it stood on its hind legs.

(iii) Where did Mourad race the horse?

(a) across the village (b) across the field of dry grass

(iv) How long did Mourad take to return?

(a) an hour (b) a week (c) five minutes (d) half an hour

Q.10 Answer the following questions in about 30 words. (Any five) [2×5=10]

(i) Why was the grandmother sad when the author was admitted to an English school?

(ii) What did grandmother used to feed village dogs and why?

(iii) What problems did they encounter in the first phase of voyage?

(iv) What does the cardboard refers to in the poem?

(v) What injuries did the father suffer in the accident?

(vi) Where was Khan Sahib going? How did he intend to reach there?

(vii) Who was Tutankhamun?

Q.11 Answer the following questions in about 30 words. (Any three) [2×3=6]

(i) Who are the persons in the photograph?

(ii) What does cardboard refer to in the poem?

(iii) Who has not changed over the years?

(iv) What do you infer about the feelings of the poet in the poem 'A Photograph'?

Q.12 Answer the following questions in about 30 words. (Any two) [2×2=4]

(i) Why did the author wait for such a long time before visiting ‘The Address’?

(ii) What does the author refer to as ‘a miracle’?

(iii) When did the boys return the horse?

(iv) Who was Mrs. Fitzgerald? What did she advice Mrs. Pearson?

Q.13 Answer the following questions in about 75 words. (Any two) [3×2=6]

(i) Explain three reasons why the author's grandmother was disturbed when he

started going to a city school.

(ii) Describe the author's grandmother.

(iii) How did the grandmother celebrate the author's arrival?

Q.14 Answer the following questions in about 75 words. [3]

Describe the central idea of the poem ‘A Photograph’?

What is the central theme of the poem, ‘The Voice of the Rain’?

Q.15 Answer the following questions in about 75 words. [3]

What makes the story ‘The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse’ interesting?

How does the play “Mother’s Day “end? Describe

MP Board Class 11th English Ardhvarshik Paper 2025-26