Class 11 English Core NCERT Notes — Hornbill & Snapshots

Chapter-wise summaries • Word meanings • Q&A • Extract-based MCQs • Writing skills

This page lists chapter links for Hornbill and Snapshots (NCERT Class 11 English Core). Open any chapter to read a short summary, meanings, solved questions, and MCQs. Writing skills resources are included below.

NCERT Hornbill Class 11 cover

Hornbill — Prose (Class 11)

  1. The Portrait of a Lady — Khushwant Singh
  2. We're Not Afraid to Die… if We Can All Be Together — Gordon Cook & Alan East
  3. Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues — A. R. Williams
  4. Landscape of the Soul — Nathalie Trouveroy
  5. The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role — Nani Palkhivala
  6. The Browning Version — Terence Rattigan
  7. The Adventure — Jayant Narlikar
  8. Silk Road — Nick Middleton MCQs & short answers

Hornbill — Poems (Class 11)

  1. A Photograph — Shirley Toulson
  2. The Laburnum Top — Ted Hughes
  3. The Voice of the Rain — Walt Whitman MCQs & short answers
  4. Childhood — Markus Natten MCQs & short answers
  5. Father to Son — Elizabeth Jennings

Snapshots — Supplementary Reader (Class 11)

  1. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
  2. The Address
  3. Ranga's Marriage
  4. Albert Einstein at School
  5. Mother's Day — Complete Guide
  6. The Ghat of the Only World
  7. Birth
  8. The Tale of Melon City

Writing Skills (Class 11)

Novel

  1. Up from Slavery — Booker T. Washington