Artham Resources | Class 11 English Core Half-Yearly Sample Paper with Solutions (Set 11)
Strictly Aligned with CBSE Board Pattern & New NCERT Curriculum 2026–27
A full-length, board-calibrated 80-mark mock paper for Class 11 English Core designed to assess advanced reading comprehension, applied grammatical accuracy, and thematic literary synthesis under timed 3-hour exam conditions.
Key Highlights & Academic Features
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100% Latest 80-Mark Blueprint:
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Section A (Reading – 26 Marks): Discursive passage testing analytical inferences, contextual vocabulary, and authorial perspective (10 marks); case-based factual passage with data or statistical infographics (8 marks); and Note-Making & Summarization (8 marks: 5 marks for notes with title, indentation, and key to abbreviations + 3 marks for summary).
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Section B (Grammar & Creative Writing – 23 Marks): Integrated grammar gap-filling/sentence transformation (7 marks), Short Writing Tasks (Classified Advertisements / Posters, 3 marks each), and Long Writing Tasks (Speech / Debate Writing with rebuttals, 5 marks each).
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Section C (Literature – 31 Marks): Contextual poetry and prose extracts, short-answer analytical checks, and long-form thematic/character-contrast essays from Hornbill and Snapshots.
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Half-Yearly Syllabus Coverage: The Portrait of a Lady, “We’re Not Afraid to Die… if We Can All Be Together”, Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues, A Photograph, The Laburnum Top, The Voice of the Rain, The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, The Address, and Mother’s Day.
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50% Competency-Based: Higher-order inferential questions, poetic symbolism and figurative devices (synecdoche, transferred epithet, imagery), data-driven deduction, and balanced persuasive rhetoric.
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Step-by-Step Marking Scheme: Detailed breakdown of marks for format compliance, content depth, organization/coherence, and grammatical accuracy.


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