NEB Class 11 English Question Paper 2078

Read the text and do the tasks. $[15]$

Mt Everest grows by nearly a metre to new height

The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced. Until now the countries differed over whether to add the snow cap on top. The new height is 8,848.86m (29,032 ft). China's previous official measurement of 8,844.43m had put the mountain nearly four metres lower than Nepal's. Officials at Nepal's foreign ministry and department of survey said surveyors from both countries had co-ordinated to agree on the new height. The agreement to jointly announce the new measurement of the Earth's highest point was made during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, last year.

Chinese authorities had said previously Mount Everest should be measured to its rock height, while Nepalese authorities argued the snow on top of the summit should be included. The Chinese surveyors had calculated their figure after they measured the mountain in 2005. ... The 8,848m height Nepal had been using for Mount Everest was determined by the Survey of India in 1954, but for the first time the country has now conducted its own measurement of the summit. Four Nepalese land surveyors spent two years training for the mission before heading to the summit. ... Nepal's lead surveyor Khimlal Gautam lost his toe due to frostbite while on the summit to install height-measuring equipment last year. ... "Unlike other surveys of the Everest in the past, we chose 03:00 to minimise errors that could have been caused because of sunlight in the day time."

Some geologists have suggested a major earthquake in 2015 may have had an impact on Mount Everest's height. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal and caused an avalanche which buried parts of the base camp. ... Some geologists said the earthquake may have caused Everest's snow cap to shrink. Scientists found that some other Himalayan peaks such as Langtang Himal had reduced in height by approximately a metre after the earthquake. Others have argued that Mount Everest may have actually grown over time because of the shifting tectonic plates it sits on. "The 2015 earthquake is also a major reason why we re-measured the mountain," said Mr. Dhakal.

A. Complete the following sentences using ONE word from the text. $[5\times1=5]$

a. Nepal and China previously had different views about adding the ............ to the height of Mt. Everest.

b. Surveyors from both Nepal and China had worked together to come up with the same view on the ............ of Mt. Everest.

c. China's earlier official measurement of 8844.43 m was based on the measurement done in ............

d. The team leader of Nepal's surveyors lost his toe during the installment of ............ on the top.

e. Some geologists also had the view that the change in ............ under Mt. Everest may have increased its height.

B. Write TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN. $[5\times1=5]$ (printed as part C in source)

C. Answer the following questions. $[5\times1=5]$

a. What did the surveyors from both Nepal and China agree on about Mt. Everest?

b. Why did both countries determine to carry out the new measurement of Mt. Everest?

c. Which sentence in the text indicates that it was the first time for Nepal to measure the height of Mt. Everest?

d. Why did the Nepali team take 3:00 as a reference in measuring the summit?

e. What covered the parts of the base camp at the mountains during the 2015 earthquake?

Read the text (Mt Everest, Q1) again and write TRUE if the statement agrees with the text, FALSE if it contradicts, NOT GIVEN if there is no information. $[5\times1=5]$

a. According to the author, only strong physical exercise keeps people healthy.

b. The author thinks that walking is better than running in the initial stage.

c. Regular exercise frequently releases our brain cells.

d. Physical exercise ensures the overall growth of a person.

e. The author advises people to make notes of the duration and distance of the daily walk.

Write short answers to the following questions in about 75 words each. $[5\times2=10]$

a. Why is the speaker saying that 'the children are the most beautiful flowers of all'? (The Selfish Giant)

b. What were the circumstances that led to Aksionov's imprisonment? (God Sees the Truth)

c. What is the speaker's attitude toward war? (The Gift in War Time)

d. What do you think is the main idea of the essay 'What is Poverty'? Is the main idea explicit or implicit?

e. Why are Don Gonzalo and Laura annoyed with each other? (A Sunny Morning)

Write long answers to the following questions in about 150 words each. $[2\times5=10]$

a. Jobs contends that you need to love what you do in order to be great at it. Do you agree or disagree? Why? (How to Live Before You Die)

b. Write the summary of the poem 'All the World's a Stage'.

The following bar graph shows the total cases of COVID-19 infection in Nepal from 2020-01-01 to 2021-01-20. Write an interpretation of it in about 150 words. $[7]$

Suppose you are the coordinator of the organizing committee for the 'Sports Week' at your school. Write an email inviting the other members of the committee for its first meeting. $[8]$

Is the use of smartphones useful for the students of secondary level? Write an essay discussing the advantages and disadvantages of smartphones in about 300 words. $[10]$

Do as instructed in the brackets and re-write the sentences. $[10\times1=10]$

a. I have to go to the dentist because my tooth is aching terrible. (Find the mistake in this sentence and correct it.)

b. His house is … (in/ at/ by/ on) the way from Itahari to Biratnagar. (Choose the correct preposition.)

c. Ram assured me that he would meet me at the bus station exactly at 8 a.m. It is now 10 a.m. I have waiting for him since early morning. (Identify which bold verb form is incorrect and rewrite.)

d. You … (will/must/has to/had to) stop smoking. It is very harmful. (Fill in the blank with the appropriate auxiliary verb.)

e. He usually … (do/did/has done/does) his homework in his room. (Identify which verb form completes the sentence.)

f. As a part of the project work, the students had to work physically. Therefore, they requested their teacher to stop study. (Identify which bold-faced word needs to be rewritten and correct it.)

g. Ganesh is a doctor. His wife is a doctor. (Combine using 'both …… and'.)

h. The man is in the garden. The man is wearing a blue jumper. (Join using an appropriate relative pronoun.)

i. My uncle wrote a wonderful play. (Change into passive voice.)

j. Mohan said, "My brother arrived home late." (Change into reported speech.)

Do as instructed. $[5\times1=5]$

a. The art of producing beautiful writing with a special pen or brush is called calligraphy. (What word class does the underlined word 'special' belong to?)

b. Arrange the following words as per dictionary order: chanting, chopper, chirruping, chivalry, chancellor.

c. What does the sentence 'He burnt his fingers by interfering in his neighbour's affair.' mean?

d. What does the prefix 'under-' in the word UNDERESTIMATE mean?

e. Which of the following sentences is correct?