CBSE Class 11 English Question Paper Set 08

CBSE Class 11 English Question Paper Set H. Students can download the last year question papers using the link below. Free download of examination question papers with solutions. Last 10 year question papers should be practiced to get better marks in examinations.

SECTION – (A)

READING

A1. Read the passage carefully.

1) When we are young. we don't recognize that there will come a time when our limbs will grow weak, our eyesight less keen and our body unable to function as smoothly as before. The state, the society and the family owe a responsibility towards senior citizens.

2) Unfortunately, of late, we have not been able to recognize the concept of respecting, caring and helping older generations in a systematic way as some of the countries in the west have done. This is not suggest that our culture and history do not recognize this phase of life. There have been many practices of caring and helping old people in our system. But, with the dismantling of the joint family system, the problem has assumed newer and complicated proportions. Although we have started recognizing the needs of the young but when it comes to the old we have blissfully chosen to ignore them and have left them to fend for themselves.

3) There are old age homes, residential units for lower income groups in particular districts where there is a part-time medical officer to attend to the inmates. Then there are day-care centers and mobile - Medicare services besides other NGOs (Non-Government Organizations).

4) Old age homes in the country are not only insufficient but are also ill-equipped to cater to old people. This should be the responsibility of the state since it needs close and regular monitoring. The social welfare departments in the Government have very little to boast when it comes to caring for older generation.

5) Society, too, has an important role to play. It must begin by respecting the aged and placing them before anyone else's interest. In the West, if an old person is climbing down the stairs, he or she is helped. It is this kind of mindset, that is the need of the hour. Offering seats to the old, helping them cross the roads, assisting them carry their bags, fetching them water, etc. are some gestures which increase acceptability of old people.

6) In the family, senior citizens deserve a better deal. If they are thrown out of the family, the state cannot be blamed. They have given everything to their families and have the right to be recognized as important members. Sending old parents to deposit electricity bills, asking them to fetch children from schools and to guard the house while the rest of the family is away, are some of the many tasks which are thrust upon them. These become nothing short of enslaving the weakest class of people.

7) Old people are not too demanding except in cases where there may be genuine reasons of health or constraints of family environments.

[A] On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by choosing the right option.

i) What is the general attitude of the people of our country towards senior citizens?

[a] of indifference [b] of love and respect [c] of hostility [d] none of the above

ii) What is the role of the society towards old people?

[a] provides job to old people [b] give pension to old people

[c]take responsibility and extend care [d]help the old people to cross the road.

[B] Answer the following question.

iii) How do some families ill treat the elderly.

iv) What is the plight of the old age home in the country.

v) What has added to the problems of older generations in Indian school background .

vi) How can we help the old once.

(C) Pick out words which means the same.

[i] Limitation (Paragraph 7)

[ii] Indication (Paragraph 5)

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