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 Prose -1 A Hero
Multiple choice questions
1) Swami’s father was a
a)teacher b) doctor c) lawyer d) police

2) The interesting news that Swami’s father drew his attention was
a) five burglars were arrested b) a girl met with an accident
c)the bravery of a village lad fought with a tiger d) a burglar was caught by a little boy

3) The report said that the boy who fought with a tiger stayed on the tree for half –a –day. He did so because
a) He wanted to watch the tiger from the top of a tree. b) He was coward
c) He wanted someone to kill the tiger. d) he wanted to take rest for some time.

4) The important thing according to Swami’s father was

a) Courage b) strength c) age d) all of them
5)A frightful proposition according to Swami was
a) sleeping beside granny b) fighting with a tiger
c) sleeping in the office room alone d) challenging his father
6) Swami always slept beside
a) his mother b)his granny
c) his brother d)his grand father
7)”From a challenge it had become a command”. What does command refer to here?
a) killing the tiger b) sleeping in the office room alone one night
c) prove the news paper report wrong d) catching the burglar
8) The disgraceful thing according to Swami’s father was
a) sleeping beside his granny like a baby b) arguing with his father
c) being coward d) sleeping alone in the office room
9)Swami’s grandmother’s practice before she went to bed was
a)telling stories to Swami
b)singing songs for Swami to sleep
c)eating fruits singing lullaby to Swami
d)writing her diary
10) When Swami’s father pulled away Swami’s blanket, he looked like
a) an apparition b) a brave man
c)burglar d) a head master
11) Swami said that there were scorpions behind the law books .He said so because
a) He saw the scorpions behind the books before
b) the room was dusty
c) he wanted to escape from his father’s command
d) he was afraid of scorpions
12) Swami was supported most by his
a) father b)granny c)head master d)mother
13) Swami thought the safe, compact and the reassuring place in the office room was
a) under the bench b) on the ground
c) on the cot d) on the table
14) Swami saw a moving creature in the room.It was
a) his shadow b) a scorpion c) a man d) a devil
15) What did Swami use as a mortal weapon?
a) hands b) legs c) teeth d) stick

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16) Congratulations were showered on Swami because
a) he had caught a notorious burglar
b) he slept in the office room alone
c) he found out that courage was important
d) he fought with a tiger
17) Swami was appreciated as a true scout by his
a) class teacher b) friends
c) father d)head master
18) Swami did not want to be a
a)bus conductor b) engine driver
c) police d) railway guard
19) Swami became a hero when he caught the
a) snake b) ghost c) tiger d) burglar
20) Swami’s father wanted him to sleep alone in the office room to
a) be brave b) test him if he was courageous
c) he disliked him d) develop good habit

Answer the following in two or three sentences (2 marks questions)

1) Swami’s father drew his attention to a report in the newspaper. What was the report about?
Ans: The newspaper report was about the braver of a village lad who while returning home fought with a tiger. He
stayed half a day on the tree till some people came and killed the tiger. 2) What
was swami’s comment on the newspaper report? How did his view differ from that of hisfather?
Ans; Swami commented that the boy cannot kill the tiger and he must be a grown –up person. But Swami’s father
commented that anyone who has courage can do anything if he has courage and strength and age are not important.

3) What desperate attempts did Swami make to escape from his father?
Ans: Swami made the following desperate attempts to escape from his father.
1. He tried to change the subject by asking his father to join the cricket club.
2. He requested his father to allow him to sleep in the office room from the next month.
3. He went silently and pretended like sleeping beside his granny.
4. He told his father that there were scorpions behind the law books in the office room

4) Why do you think Swami looked at his granny and his mother while following his father to the office room?
Ans: Swami looked at his granny and his mother while following his father to the office room because he thought they
would stop his father taking him to the office room and support him. He did not like to sleep on the office room alone.

5) As silence deepened in the room, what was swami reminded of?

Ans: As silence deepened in the room Swami reminded the stories of devils and ghosts he had heard in his life. For
example His Chum Mani had seen the devil in the banyan tree at his street end and the poor Muniswami’s father spat
out blood when the devil slapped him near the river.

6) Why did swami feel that his father’s proposition was frightful?
Ans: Swami thought his proposition was frightful. Because he always slept beside his granny in the passage, and any
change in this arrangement kept him awake all the night.

7) There was absolute silence in the room.in spite ofit, some noises reached Swami’s ears. What were they?

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Ans: In silence in the office room Swami heard some noises –the tickling off the clock, rustle of trees, snoring sounds,
and some night insects humming.

8) As night advanced, Swami felt that something terrible would happen to him. What would it be? How would it
happen?
Ans: As night advanced, Swami felt that something terrible would happen to him. He thought that the devils would come
up to him and carry him away

9) How was Swami honoured by his classmates, teacher and the headmaster?
Ans: His classmates looked at him with respect, and his teacher patted his back. The headmaster said that he was a true
scout.

10) Why were congratulations showered on Swami the next day?

Ans: Congratulations were showered on Swami the next day because he had bitten deep into the notorious house
breaker of the district and helped the police.

11) Why did father want Swami to sleep alone in the office room?
Ans: Father wanted Swami to sleep alone in the office room because he wanted Swami to sleep alone in the office room
and show his courage. He also wanted Swami to leave sleeping beside his granny like a baby and develop good habit.

12) Why did Swami feel relieved at the end?

Ans: Swami felt relieved at the end because his father gave up the idea of making him sleep alone in the office room
thereafter.

13) Do you think Swami really wanted to join the police? If not, what did he want to be?
Ans: Swami did not want to join the police. He wanted to be an engine driver, a railway guard, or a bus conductor later
in life.
14) Who do you think was wiser, Swami or his father? Justify your preference.
Ans: I think Swami was wiser. Because
1. He tried to change the subject by asking his father to join the cricket club.
2. He requested his father to allow him to sleep in the office room from the next month.
3. He went silently and pretended like sleeping beside his granny.
4. He told his father that there were scorpions behind the law books in the office room.
15) Why did Swami say that there were scorpions behind the law books?
Ans: Swami said that there were scorpions behind the law books because he did not like to sleep in the office room and
it was just a trick to escape from his father.

Extracts(3 marks)
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow
1) “Courage is everything, strength and age are not important”
a) Who is the speaker?
Ans: Swami’s father
b)When did the speaker said so?
Ans: When Swami commented that he must have been a grown-up person and not a boy at at all.
c)What does the speaker intend to say ?
Ans: The speaker intends to say that courage is important and age or strength are not important.

2)”How can it be father? Suppose I have all the courage what could I do if a tiger should attack me?”
a) Who is the speaker?
Ans: Swami
b) Why did the speaker say so?
Ans: The speaker means that he believes that strength and age are important.

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c)How did the response affect him?
Ans: His father challenged him to sleep alone in the office room to show his courage

3)”Leave alone strength, can you prove that you have courage?”
a) Who posed this challenge?
Ans: Swami’s father
b)Did he accept the challenge? If not why?
Ans: No, He did not accept the challenge.It was a frightful proposition for him.
c) Why did the speaker pose this challenge?
Ans: Because Swami commented that Strength and age are important not the courage.

4)”From the first of the next month, I’ll sleep alone father.”
a)Who wanted to sleep alone?
Ans: Swami wanted to sleep alone.
b) Why did he request his father to allow him sleep alone from the first of next month?
Ans:He requested his father to allow him to sleep from the first of next month only to escape from his father.
c) Where he used to sleep?
Ans : Swami used to sleep with his granny.

5)”No, you must do it now, It is disgraceful sleeping beside his granny or mother like a baby.”
a) who commanded like this?
Ans: Swami’s father commanded Swami like this.
b) What does ‘it’ refer to here?
Ans: ’It’ refers to Swami sleeping alone in the office room.
c) What is shameful here?
Ans: Swami slept beside his granny or mother like a baby .It was disgraceful.

6) “Your office room is very dusty and there may be scorpions behind your law books”
a) Who said these words?
Ans: Swami said these words.
b) Why did the speaker complain that there were scorpions in the office room?
Ans: No, There were no scorpions actually. It was just a trick to escape from his father.
c) where did he want to sleep instead?
Ans: He wanted to sleep in the hall.

7) “I’ll make you the laughing stock of your school.”

a)Who does ‘you’ refer to?
Ans: swami
b)Who wanted to make him the laughing stock of his school?
Ans: Swami’s father wanted to make Swami the laughing stock of his school.
c) Why did he say so?
Ans : Because Swami used to sleep beside his granny like a baby.
8)”Aiyo! Something has bitten me,”
a) Who cried ”Aiyo! Something has bitten me?”
Ans : The burglar cried.
b) Why did he make an agonized cry?
Ans: He made an agonized cry as Swami had bitten him.
c) What was the result of the tumbling?
Ans: The burglar fell amidst the furniture with a bleeding ankle.
d) What happened next?
Ans: Swami’s father,
9) “Congratulations were showered on him the next day.”

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a) Who was congratulated? Why?
Ans: Swami was congratulated. Because, he bitten the notorious house breaker of the district.
b)What was the act of bravery done by him the previous day?
Ans: He had bitten deep into the flesh of the notorious house breaker.
c)Why was he considered as the true scout?
Ans: Because he had bitten deep into the flesh of the notorious house breaker of the district and helped the police.

Long answer type questions (4 marks)

1) Narrate Swami’s dreadful experience when he was lying in the office room?
Ans: Swami remembered the stories of devils and ghosts he had heard in his life. For example His friend Mani had seen
the devil in the banyan tree and Muniswami’s father spat out blood when he saw the devil near the river edge. In fear
his heart beat faster. He was faint with fear. He covered himself completely so that he could not breathe. He expected
the devils would come and carry him away. Swami hurriedly got up and spread his bed under the bench as he thought it
was the safe and secure place. He shut his eyes tight and encased himself in his blanket once again fell asleep
unknowingly. In sleep he was racked with nightmares. A tiger was chasing him. His feet stuck to the ground. He
desperately tried to escape but his feet would not move; the tiger was at his back and he could hear its claws scratch the
ground and then a loud thud. Swami tried to open his eyes but his eyelids would not open and the nightmare continued.
Swami groaned in despair.

2) Narrate how a newspaper report led Swami to a commanding challenge?

Ans: In the newspaper Swami’s father was reading, the news of bravery of a village lad fought with a tiger drew his
father’s attention. He also told about it to swami .But Swami argued that a boy cannot fight a tiger and he must be a
grown up person. But swami’s father argued that courage can do anything and age or strength are not important. Again
Swami disputed the theory that strength and age are important and not the courage. This led to father’s challenge that
he must sleep in the office room alone that night to show that he has courage. Thus a challenge on the newspaper
report made Swami to face a commanding challenge.

3) Narrate how a coward boy Swami became a hero overnight?

Ans: Swami inevitably had to sleep in the office room.He spent that night with the fear of the devils and the
nightmares.Then He saw something moving in darkness.he thought that his end had come and the devel had come to
carry him away.Finally as an attempt for survival he hugged it with all his might, and used his teeth as mortal weapon on
it.It was not the devil but the burglar who cried with agony and fell amidst the furniture with a bleeding ankle.The
notorious house breaker of the district was arrested by the police.The police were grateful to him .His classmates looked
upon him with respect,his teacher patted him and his headmaster appreciated that he was a true scout.Thus
unknowingly Swami Became a’hero’ overnight.
 The newspaper report made Swami a hero Explain.
A report about a village boy who had a fight with a tiger.He argued that a boy could not fight a tiger.His
father said that courage was more important.Swami did not accept this.
His father challenged him to show his courage by sleeping alone in the office room.
While Swami was sleeping alone, he saw a dark figureBelieving it to be the devil, he bit into its leg.
But it was the notorious burglar whose loud cry woke up others.

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 Unit – 1
GRANDMA CLIMBS A TREE

I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statements.
Tick the correct or the most appropriate answer.
1. Grandma was a genius because
a. she was skilful b. she could climb a tree
c. she was good d. she loved trees
2. The poet calls his grandmother
a. a brave woman b. a genius
c. childish d. a silly woman
3. Poet’s grandma was happier in
a. a boat b. a lift
c. a house d. a tree
4. Grandma learnt to climb a tree from
a. a trainee b. her brother
c. her father d. her son
5. As soon as the doctor recommended ‘a quiet week in bed’ for granny, all the family members
a. sighed with relief b. laughed happily
c. danced with joy d. felt very bad
6. For granny, ‘a quiet week in bed’ was like
a. hell b. heaven
c. prison d. jail
7. Grandma wanted a house
a. in a tree top b. beside a river
c. on a beach d. in a forest
8. My grandmother was a genius. The underlineed word means
a. a tree climber b. an elederly person
c. a gifted person d. a happy person
9. The opposite of ‘gracefully’ is
a. ungracefully b. disgracefully
c. misgracefully d. ingracefully
10. “It was like a brief season in hell” Figure of speech used in the above sentence si
a. simile b. metaphor
c. alliteration d. paradox

II. Answer the following in a word or a phrase or in a sentence (one mark questions)
1. What does the poet call his grandmother?
Ans.: The poet calls his grandmother a genius.
2. Why does the poet call his grandmother ‘genius’?
Ans.: The poet calls his grandmother ‘genius’ because, she could climb trees.
3. Who taught grandmother to climb trees?
Ans.: Her loving brother taught grandmother to climb trees.
4. What was her age where she climbed the tree last?
Ans.: She was sixty-two when she climbed the tree last.
5. What did the doctor strongly recommend?
Ans.: The doctor strongly recommended a quite week in bed.
6. What did grandma tell her son one day?
Ans.: Grandma told her son to build a house in a tree top.
7. According to poets, what was grandmother’s right?
Ans.: To reside in a tree is considered as grandmother’s right.

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8. “My dad knew his duties” what did he think his duty was?
Ans.: Poets father was a dutiful son and in accordance with grandma’s wishes, he immediately
started to build a house for her in a tree top.

III Answer the following questions in two or three sentences:

1. What did people tell the grandmother as went by?
Ans.: People told grandma that she should stop climbing trees as she grew old, and also that one
should grow old gracefully
2. What was usual in the reply given by the grandma?
Ans. : Grandma was very childish in her reply. She said that she would grow disgracefully.
3. What did the doctor recommend? How did the family members react?
Ans.: The doctor recommended grandma a quiet week in bed. Family members sighed with relief.
4. How did grandma feel while she lay in bed?
Ans.: Grandma felt miserable as she lay in bed. She loved to look at the dancing leaves. For her, it
was like a brief season in hell.
5. What did she ask for as soon as she was better?
Ans.: As soon as she was better, Grandma as ked her son to build a house in a tree top.

IV. Read each of the following extracts and answer the questions given below:
1. “Eversince childhood, said had this gift”
a. Who does ‘she’ refers to?
Ans.:Grandma
b. What was the gift that she had?
Ans.: She had the gift of climbing trees easily whether it was spreading or high.

2. I Stongly recommend a quiet week in bed”

a. Who recommended bed rest?
Ans.:Doctor
b. For whom was the rest recommended and why?
Ans.: Rest was recommended to grandma because she was ill.
3. She sat up and said, “I’ll lie here no longer”
a. Who does ‘I’ refer to?
Ans.: ‘I’ refers to grandma.
b. Why was the speaker forced to lie down?
Ans.: After the rescue, the doctor took granny’s temperature and strongly recommended her a quiet
week bed.
4. He said, “That’s all right. You’ll have what you want dear”.
a. Who does ‘you’ refer to?
‘You’ refers to granny.
b. What does the speaker mean by above words?
Granny wished for a house in a tree top and his son readily agreed to fulfill her wish.
5. “I’ll start work tonight”
a. Who started to start the work ?
Ans.: Poet’s father
b. What was the work and why was he doing it?
Ans.: The work was to build a house in tree top. He wanted to do it to fulfill his mother’s wish to live on a tree.

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  Grandma climbs a Tree LA 4 MARKS Expression
Comment on the poem Grandma climbs a Tree?
Ans: The poem ’Grandma Climbs a Tree ’is written by Ruskin Bond.She was a genius and different from
others.She could climb up trees very quickly even at the age of sixty two.She had such an unusual gift
since childhood.She was very happy in a tree than in lift of cities. She disliked materialistic life but she
liked the life amidst nature. When her neighbours advised her to stop climbing tree in old age and spend
her life gracefully,she rejected their advice.
She learned climbing trees at six from her loving brother.But others felt she might have a terrible fall
some day. One day she climbed up a tree but could not come down.She had fever in that fear.the doctor
recommended her a week bed rest.But she felt it like a hell.Soon she recovered and asked for a house on
tree top.Her son fulfilled her
wish.He and the poet built a house on tree top. The Granny eonjoyed her remaining part of life happily.
Thus Granny enjoyed her unusual gift of life in nature.
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 Prose -2 “There’s a girl by the tracks”
Multiple choice questions
1) Roma Talreja was a
a) marketing executive b) call centre executive c) unemployee d) house wife

2) “There’s a girl by the tracks” These were the voices of

a) Dinesh Talreja b) Baleshwar Mishra c) People in the opposite train d) station master

3) When Roma met with an accident, The callous behavior was exhibited by
a) Dinesh Talreja b) the People watching the accident c) Baleshwar Mishra d) tempo truck driver

4) When Roma met with an accident no one volunteered because

a) they were afraid of getting involved in courts or police
b) They were strangers to Roma
c) they were busy in their works
d)they were callous

5) When Roma fell on the tracks no one was ready to save her except
a) Dinesh Talreja b) Baleshwar Mishra c) People in the opposite train d) station master

6) The incident of Roma’s accident happened on

a) December 10,2010 b) January 26, 2012 c) August 20 ,2001 d) July 23, 2012
7) Roma’s fiancé’ was
a) Dinesh Talreja b) Baleshwar Mishra c) Call centre executive d) Vijay
8) Baleshwar Mishra was an unemployee because
a) He was from U.P b) He was a high- school dropout
c) he was looking for good jobs d) he had to look after his parents at home
9) When Baleshwar pleaded for help from the motorists, nobody helped him except the
a) railway guard b) doctor c) tempo- truck driver d)on duty Physician
10)”Take the girl to Airoli”,suggested the cop. But Baleshwar did not agree with him.Because
a) There was no good hospital. b) It was 10 kilometers away
c) There were no equipments. d) he did not like Airoli
11) The physician in the small hospital gave only first aid to Roma because
a) She was very serious b) she could not pay her medical expenses
c) There were no personnel and equipment d) There were no nurses
12) The only person who volunteered to help Baleshwar was
a) railway guard b) doctor c) tempo- truck driver d) on duty Physician
13) Baleshwar had a good Memory.The line which suggests this statement is
a) He memorized Dinesh’s cell phone number b) He remembered the nearest hospital
c)He asked her relatives phone number d) He brought Roma to the hospital in time
14) Roma’s brother Dinesh Talreja was a
a)soft ware engineer b)doctor c) marketing executive d) shop keeper
15) Finally Roma was given treatment in the
a) Small hospital b) Airoli Hospital

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c) government hospital d) Divine Multi-Speciality Hospital, Ghansoli
16) The doctor at Divine hospital admitted Rama without any paper work because
a) She was injured seriously b) he was a good doctor
c) It was a private hospital d) he feared that she may die
17) Baleshwar could not thank the tempo truck driver because
a) it was just his duty to help him
b) Roma was his relative
c)Baleshwar did not know how to thank him
d) he slipped away with his truck after having done all the help
18) Baleshar revisited the spot where Roma had fallen to
a) complain the railway police b) look for his belongings
c) look for Roma’s belongings d) inspect how the accident happened
19) Roma said “I think it’s astonishing”.what was astonishing?
a) she was survived
b) a stranger Baleshwar jumped off a train and risked his life for her
c) she could never thank Baleshwar
d)The doctor had done a miracle by saving her
20) According to Baleshwar the people of Mumbai could help at the time of accidents because
a) They were very busy.
b) they were callous to others
c) They were afraid of getting trapped in courts or with the police d) They
don’t help strangers.
21) The tempo-truck driver who helped Baleshwar was
a) young and speaking Tamil
b) middle-aged and speaking Guajarati
c) handsome
d) dark skinned

Answer the following in two or three sentences (2 marks questions)

1) ”It is a regular scene.”Where was regular about the scene? What the line suggest?
Ans: The scene of commuters getting out and into the train coaches in a rush is a regular scene in India’s
most populated metropolis. The line suggests that the people in cities are busy.
2)”Roma Talreja tried to settle into a corner near the door in the train.”Was she right in doing this? What
would you have done, if you were there?
Ans: No, She was not right in doing this. She lost her tenuous foothold and panicked. If I were there, I would
have settled in the safe place in the coach.
3)”Behanji, aap theek hai?”But there was no response and no help in sight. Why was it so?
Ans; Because she was by the tracks senseless.(unconscious)There was a large wound behind her head and
blood was flowing out. So there was no response from her.
4) Give the details about Roma Talreja.
Ans: Rama Talreja was a B.Com., graduate from Pune. She was working as a call centre executive.She loved her
job,talking and connecting to customers,and making new friends there.Her brother was Dinesh Talreja And
she was engaged to her fiance’ Vijay.
5) Give the details about Baleshwar Mishra.
Ans: Ans: Baleshwar Mishra was an unemployed high-school dropout recently came to Mumbaifor job. He was
from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
6) why did’nt the on-duty physician give only first aid to Roma and not the treatment?

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Ans: The on-duty physician could only give the basic first aid to Roma as the facility lacked personnel and
equipment.
7)”Oh, I couldn’t thank him,”Baleshwar thought.Who do you think he couldn’t thank?
Ans; Baleshwar couldn’t thank the tempo-truck driver who helped Baleshwar to carry Roma to the
hospital.He slipped away from the hospital having done all the help.
8) Why did Baleshwar revisit the spot where Roma had fallen?
Ans: Baleshwar revisited the spot where Roma had fallen to look for Roma’s belongings.Her brother dinesh
Talreja had said that her cell phone and hand bag were missing.
9) Baleshwar got some assurance from a railway employee. What was that?
Ans: Baleshwar got some assurance from a railway employee that some of Roma’s belongings had been found.
He revisited the spot to look for her belongings.
10) Roma said,”I think it’s astonishing”.what was astonishing?
Ans: According to Roma it was astonishing that a stranger would jump off a train and risk his life for her.
11)”Take the girl to Airoli,” suggested the cop. But Baleshwar disagreed. Why did he do so?
Ans: Baleshwar disagreed to take Roma to Airoli, because Airoli was atleast 10 kilometers away. Baleshwar
thought that he had to go to the nearest hospital for the treatment of Roma.
12) Was Baleshwar right in asking Roma her name while she lay in a critical condition? Justify your answer.
Ans: Yes, Baleshwar was right in asking Roma her name in the critical condition. It helped him to inform her
relatives about her condition.
13)”Baleshwar had a good memory.“ Do you agree with this? Give examples to support your view.
Ans: Yes, Baleshwar had a good memory. He memorized Dinesh’s cell phone number.
14) The doctor at the Divine Multi-Speciality hospital admitted Roma without any formalities.What
made him do so?
Ans: The doctor Anil Agarwal admitted Roma to the ICU at the Divine Multy-Speciality hospital without
formalities, because she was injured seriously.
15) If Baleshwar had not come forward to help Roma, what would have happened to her?
Ans: If Baleshwar had not come to help Roma, she would have bled to death.
16) How did the truck driver help Baleshwar?
Ans: The truck driver helped Baleshwar to carry Roma to the small hospital and the Divine Multy Speciality
Hospital in quick time. He also gave his cell phone to Roma’s brother Dinesh.
17)Baleshwar felt that people of Mumbai were afraid,What were they afraid if,according to his opinion?
Ans: Baleshwar felt that people of Mumbai were afraid of getting trapped in the courts or with the police.
So they were callous to the strangers even at the time of accidents.
Extracts(3 marks)
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:-
1)“it’s a regular scene”
a) Which is the regular scene referred here?
Ans: The people swarming into the train and getting down hurriedly in populated Metropolis.
b) Where can one find this regular scene?
Ans: In populated Metropolis.
c) Do you think is this necessary? If not’why?
Ans: No, It is not necessary. If the people rush like that, the children, women or aged or
handicapped may fall down on the tracks.
2)“There is a girl by the tracks” the voices cried out.
a) Who is is the girl mentioned here?
Ans: Roma Talreja is the girl referred here.
b) Whose voices were these?
Ans: These were the voices of the people in the opposite train.

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c) Why did the voices cry out?
Ans: The people saw Roma Talreja falling from the train on the tracks.
3)“Behanji ,aap theek hai? he asked . But there was no response and no help in sight.”
a) Who does behanji refer to here?
Ans: Behanji refers to Roma Talreja
b) Why was there no response ?
Ans: Because Roma was injured seriously and fell on the tracks unconsciously.
c) who took her to hospital?
Ans : Baleshwar Mishra
4) “My sister is injured, Please help me take her to a hospital.”But no one stopped.
a) Who does ‘sister’ refer to here?
Ans: ‘’sister’ refers to Roma Talreja
b) Who requested here so?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
c) Who does ‘no one’ refers to here?
Ans: ‘No one ’refers to the motorists on the road.
d) Why was she taken to a hospital ?
Ans: She fell down on the tracks and seriously injured.
5)“ Take the girl to Airoli,”
a) who suggested it?
Ans : The cop
b) Who is the girl here?
Ans: Roma Talreja.
c)Why did Baleshwar disagree to his suggestion?
Ans:Because Airoli was at least 10 kilometers away and he knew a nearer hospital than that.
6)“Oh ,I couldn’t thank him,”Baleshwar thought.
a) Who was not thanked?
Ans: The tempo-truck driver was not thanked.
b) Why should he thank him?
Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver helped Baleshwar to take Roma Talreja to the hospital when nobody was
ready to help him.
c) Why couldn’t he thank him?
Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver slipped from the hospital having done all he could.
7)“I can’t imagine what would have happened if Baleshwar hadn’t been there,”
a) Who does ‘I’ and ‘she’ refer to here?
Ans: Roma Talreja
b) Who rescued her?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
c) What would have happened if Baleshwar Mishra had not been there?
Ans:If Baleshwar Mishra had not been there ,she would have bled to death on the tracks alone.
8)”I think it’s astonishing that a stranger would jump off a train and risk his life for me. I can never repay
Baleshwar.”
a) Who is the stranger here?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
b) What was astonishing for the speaker?
Ans; The stranger Baleshwar Jumped off a moving train and risked his life for Roma Talreja.This was
astonishing for Roma.
c) Why couldn’t she repay him?

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Ans: Because if Baleshwar had not rescued her in time, she would have bled to death on the tracks alone.

9)“I’m new to Mumbai, but I’ve noticed that people here are afraid.”
a) Who is the speaker of this statement?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
b) What did they fear about?
Ans: Because they feared about getting involved in courts or with the police.
c) What is the effect of that on the life the people of Mumbai?
Ans: The effect of that on the life the people of Mumbai is that nobody is helping one another at
the time of rescuing anybody.

Long answer type questions (4 marks)

1) Explain how Roma Talreja met with an accident?
Ans: Roma was returning home .She boarded the train at the Mumbai suburban Railway station. She
managed to squeeze herself into a ladies’ compartment. She tried to settle into a corner near the door. The
train hurtled ahead and Roma was jammed between other women. She got pushed and lost her tenuous
foothold and panicked.Roma was thrown out of the coach. She fell on the tracks, bleeding all alone. She was
seriously injured behind her head.
2) Describe briefly how a stranger Baleshwar risked his life for Roma Talreja?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra saw Roma bleeding alone on the tracks.But nobody was ready to rescue her. He
jumped off the moving train and ran to rescue her.Heprayed silently and took herin his hands and walked
through the shrubbery and he reached the road.He was helped by the tempo truck driver and they took her to
a small hospital where she was given only the basic first aid.Again they took her to the Divine Hospital and
there Dr. Anil Agarwal treated her in the ICU. Though there was not lasting damage,she needed deep wound
sutures.If Baleshwar had not helped her to admit to the hospital, she would have died bleeding alone on the
tracks.Thus the stranger Baleshwar rescued Roma by taking risk to his life.
3) After Roma made a full recovery, Baleshwar met her. Briefly describe how Roma thanked him, and what
Baleshwar said in reply.
Ans: In a few days, Roma made a full recovery.She said she could not imagine what would have happened if
Baleshwar had not been there.She was amazed to learn how she was recued.She felt that it was astonishing
that a stranger would jump off a moving train and risk his life for her.She said that she could never repay
Baleshwar. Baleshwar replied that He was new to Mumbai and he had noticed that people there were afraid
and that they feared getting involved in the courts or with the police.He accepted that he helped her only
because she needed help.That day it was Roma who met with an accident, the other day it could be himself or
someone else on the tracks bleeding alone.

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 Quality of Mercy

Multiple type questions

1. The poet says that the quality of mercy is twice blessed because
Ans. it blesses both the giver and the taker
2. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. Here droppeth from heaven means
Ans. as pure as given from God.
3. His scepter shows Here 'Scepter' can be identified with
Ans. a king
4. A decorated rod carried by a king as a symbol of power is called a
Ans. Sceptre
5.According to the speaker, in king’s mercy is seated in the
Ans. Heart
6.The earthly power looks like divine when
Ans- mercy tempers justice
7. Whose attribute does quality of mercy stands for
Ans- God.
8. According to the poet the mightiest of might is
Ans- quality of mercy
9. Quality of mercy is compared to
Ans- gentle rain
'10. “Sceptre shows the force of temporal power” In contrast, what or whose quality does mercy
stand for?
Ans. : God’s quality

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Answer in 2-3 sentence
1. Mercy is compared to gentle rain from heaven. How is this comparison apt? justify.
Ans- Mercy is compared to the gentle rain from heaven to the earth. it is very apt because mercy is
not forced and it should be showed naturally like rain.
2. The speaker says mercy is twice blessed. What does she mean by this?
Ans-The quality of mercy is twice blessed. The person who shows mercy gets the blessing as he has
helped the other person. The taker is blest because he is forgiven.
3 The scepter shows the force of temporal power. In contrast what or whose quality does
mercy stands for?
Ans- mercy is a symbol of worldly power of a king. lt creates fear among people. Mercy is divine
power and is seated in the heart of king.
4. How do you justify that mercy is the mightiest when compared to the power of king.
Ans- The king who has sceptre in his hand creates a feeling of fear in the minds of others but the king who .has
a feeling of mercy in his heart possesses divine quality of mercy. extracts
1) It is twice blessed; it blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
A) Who that blessed twice?
Ans: The mercy is blessed twice.
B) How do you say that it is blessed twice
Ans: It is blessed both by the giver and the taker.
C . How does it blessed twice?
Ans- The giver gets the blessing as he has helped the other person. The taker is blest because he is
forgiven

2) The throned monarch better than his crown. His scepter shows the force of temporal power.
A) Who says this statement?
Ans: Portia says this.
B) What does sceptre stand for?
Ans: Scepter stands for temporal or earthly power.
C) Why is the sceptre said to possess temporal power?
Ans: Because the power of sceptre is an attribute of awe and fear of kings.
3) And the earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
A) What is that earthly power referred here?
Ans: The power of kings that is the power of sceptre is referred as the earthly power.
B) When does the earthly power look like Gog's power?
Ans: The earthly power becomes a divine or Godly power when mercy tempers justice.
C Whose power is attributed as God’s power?
Ans- King’s power.
4. “It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest”.
a. What is compared to the gentle rain from heaven?
Ans. : Mercy
b. Why does the speaker feel it is twice blest?
Ans.: According to the speaker, the person who shows mercy and the person who receives mercy is also blest
C . What is the figure of speech used in the line?
Ans -Simile

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5. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty.
a. How does the sceptre show temporal power?
Ans.: The sceptre creates fear among people.
b. In contrast, what quality does mercy stand for?
Ans.: Mercy stands for divine quality and it flows from the heart.
C . Whose example is given in the poem to temporal power?
Ans - King

6. Its mightiest in the mightiest it becomes the throned monarch better than the crow
a. Who is mighty?
Ans.: Mercy
b. How is it mighty?
Ans.: Quality of Mercy is more powerful than all the symbols of power on earth.
C . When does throned monarch better than the crown?
Ans : When King Seasons Justice with Mercy
7. It is an attribute to God himself.
a. What is this attribute?
Ans.: Quality of Mercy
b. Why is it a quality of God?
Ans.: God is all merciful and anyone on earth who preaches it is like God.
C . When it is an attribute to god himself?
Ans : When King Seasons Justice with Mercy
8. It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes
a. How does it bless the one who gives?
Ans.: The giver gets the blessing as he has helped the other person.
b. How does it bless the one who takes?
Ans.: The taker is blest because he is forgiven
c) Who blessed twice?
Ans: The mercy blessed twice

The summary of the poem

The Quality of mercy is not forced. It drops down from heaven as a gentle rain upon the earth. It's
doubly blessed. It blesses both the giver and the receiver. It's most powerful when granted by those
who hold power over others. It's more important to a monarch than his crown. His sceptre shows the
level of his temporal power - the symbol of awe and majesty in which lies the source of the dread
and fear that kings command. But mercy is above that sceptered power. It's enthroned in the hearts
of kings. It is an attribute of God himself. And earthly power most closely resembles God's power
when justice., is guided by mercy.

How does the speaker in the court try to convince Shylock that mercy is twice blessed and is a divine
quality? oR What does Portia tell Shylock about the quality of Mercy?
Ans.: Portia, one of the main characters in the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’, argues why mercy is the greatest
virtue of all. Portia compares mercy to the gentle rain that falls from heaven to the ground. Mercy blesses both
the giver and the receiver. It is the most powerful of all virtues and enhances the glory of a king more than his
crown. The sceptre of a monarch is a symbol of worldly power. It controls people through fear. The power of
the scepter mercy is divine and has its seat in the heart. The power of a man who shows mercy along with
justice would be God – like in nature.

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 Prose 3 Gentle men Rio En medio

Multiple type questions

1) It took months of negotiation to come to an understanding with the old man. This shows that the
old man was
a) understanding b) quick c) unhurried d) witty
2) The old man came to the office to
a) meet the lawyer
b) meet the Americans
c) sign the sale deed
d) argue that he was the owner of the land
3) The old man was accompanied by
a) his friends b) parents c) people d) a dark young man
4) Behind him walked one of his “innumerable kin”. The word “innumerable kin” means that the
old man had a number of
a. children b. trees in his orchard c. relatives d. followers
5) The old man in his coat looked like
a. Senator Catron b. lawyer c. an America d. Spanish
6) The old man removed his hat gloves slowly and carefully. This action is compared to
a. Hero b. an old man c. land lord d. Charlie Chaplin.
7).The young man who accompanied the old man had eyes like
a. lotus b. gazelle c. fish d. clear sky

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8).The old man carried a cane which was actually
a. stick b. steel rod c. a skeleton of a worn-out umbrella d. stylish stick
9).The old man wore a coat named
a. Farmer’s coat b. Spanish coat c. rain coat d. Prince Alberts
10). Which of the lines from the text that suggest that the old man was a farmer?
a. he loved trees
b. he planted trees for children
c. He tilled the same land they had tilled
d. He loved his people

11) How did the old man greet the people who had been waiting for him?
a. saluted them b. removed his hat c. shook hands all of them d. bowed to all of them
12) The old man removed his hat and gloves carefully because
a. he was afraid that they would be torn. b. It was his usual style
c. he was old and weak d. To respect all who assembled
13) In the first meeting of the old man and the Americans, They talked about rain and the old man's large
family. lt was
a. to mock his large family b. a custom of the Americans
c. to prepare every one for the main talk d. to make everyone know that it had not rained in that area
14.The old man had agreed to sell house and land for
a. twelve hundred dollars
15.The story teller respected the old man by saying
a. good morning b. Don Anselmo c. hello d. Sir Anselmo
l6. According to the engineer the old man owned the land
a. four acres b. eight hectares c. more than eight acres d. eight acres exactly
17.Don Anselmo took only 12 hundred dollars for the land finally because
a. the story teller failed to convince Don Anselmo to take more money than what had agreed
b. Don Anselmo was a man of principles.
c. It cost more than that amount
d. he sold only the land ,not the trees
18) It took a week to arrange another meeting because the old man
a. deliberately delayed b. was slow c. was not in the station d. was ill
19) Don Anselmo says, “The Americans are good people”. Because he wanted to_
a. appreciate them . b. mock at them c. express his sincere feelings d. flatter them
20) Why did the old man sell his house and land to the Americans? because
a. the Americans were good people
b. he needed money
c. he did not like the land
d.his house was old
21. Don Anselmo sold his land but he didn't sell his
a. house b. land c. trees in the orchard d. fruits in the orchard
22. The children of Reo en Medio were Don nselmo's
a. Sobrinos and nietos. b. grandchildren c. Friends d. share holders
23. Don Anselmo inherited the house from
a. his granny b. relatives c. his mother d. his father
24. According to Don Anselmo, The real owners of the trees were
a) Don Anselmo himself b) the Americans c)The story teller d) the children of Rio en Medio

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25. Don Anselmo did not sell the trees. Because_
a. Trees were like children to him
b. They were grown for the children of next generation
c. He had grown them in memory for every child birth
d . He wanted his surroundings to be green
26. Legally saying the trees should belong to
a. Don Anselmo b. the Americans c. the children of Rio en Medio d. The story teller
27.What did Don Anselmo do as he left the place with money? He_______
a . shook hands all around b. said goodbye
c. thanked them for purchasing his land d. offered them dinner
28. The Gentle man Don Anselmo was very fond of
A. children B. money C. the land D. dress

II. Answer the following questions in two - three sentences each:

1. Describe the old man's property.
Ans.: The old man's house was small, wretched but quaint. His orchard was gnarled and beautiful.
The little creek ran through his land.
2.Where did Don Anselmo live? What work did he do?
Ans.: Don Anselmo lived in a small, quaint house in Rio en Medio. He tilled the land that was inherited to him
from his ancestors
3.Explain briefly the appearance and manners of Don Anselmo?
Ans.: Don Anselmo wore an old, green faded coat. His gloves too were old and torn and his fingertips showed
through them and carried a cane which was the skeleton of a worn - out umbrella. when he entered the room he
bowed to all and slowly removed his hat and gloves.
4.How did the old man greet the people who had been waiting for him?
Ans.: The old man bowed to all of them in the room. He then removed his hat and gloves, slowly
and carefully.
5.What did the Americans discover after the survey?
Ans.: After the survey, the Americans discovered that Don Anselmo owns more than eight acres of
land which extends across the river.
6. The story teller offered the old man almost the double of what he had quoted earlier. Why?
Ans.: The story teller offered the old man almost the double of what he had quoted earlier because he
discovered that Don Anselmo owns more than eight acres of land which extends across the river.
7.What was the reaction of the old man to the story teller’s offer?
Ans.: The old man hung his head for a moment in thought, stood up and stared at the story teller's offer.
8.After the survey the Americans offered double the quoted price for the old man's land. why?
Ans.: The Americans were good people and when they found that Don Anselmo owned more than
eight acres of !and, they offered to pay double the price they had quoted earlier.
9.Why did the story teller fail to convince Don Anselmo to accept more money?
Ans.: The story teller failed to convince Don Anselmo to accept more money because Don Anselmo felt that he
was insulted by the offer.
10.Why do you think the Americans wanted to buy Don Anselmo’s land?
Ans.: The little creek ran through the land of Don Anselmo. His orchard was gnarled and beautiful.
So, to lead a happy and peaceful life. The Americans wanted to buy Don Anselmo's land
11.Why did the story teller say that Americans bueana gente?
Ans.: The story teller said that the Americans are bueana gentla because they did not want to cheat
Don Anselmo and they were willing to pay Don Anselmo twice the money for his land
12. How was the problem of ownership was resolved by the Americans?
Ans: The Americans bought the tree in the orchard from the descendents of Don Anselmo.lt took a
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13. Why did the Americans want to buy Don Anselmo's land?
Ans: Don Anselmo's land had a good water source as the little creek ran through the land. His
orchard was beautiful and his house was quaint.

14. Why did the Americans complain the story teller on the old man?
Ans; The Americans complained the story teller that, The children of the village were running
around the land, playing in the orchard, putting fences around their play area, plucking the flowers
from the trees, laughing whenever they were spoken they laughed at the Americans and replied in
Spanish. so they could not enjoy their property.
15. How do you say that Don Anselmo was generous?
Ans.: Don Anselmo was generous. Because he was a man of principles he refused to take the extra
money offered by the Americans for his land.

16. Why do you think Don Anselmo did not sell the trees in the Orchard?
Ans.: Don Anselmo planted a tree for memory of every birth of child so the trees in the Orchard
belongs to the children of Rio-en-Medio. Hence Don Anselmo could sell only the Orchard but not
the trees in the Orchard.

extract
1. “It took months of negotiation to come to an understanding with the old man”
a) Who is the old men referred here?
Ans- Don Anselmo
B) What was the negotiation about?
Ans.: The negotiation was about the selling of the old man's land.
c. Why do you think it took months to come to an understanding?
Ans.: It took months to come to an understanding because the old man was in no hurry to sell
2.”We have made a discovery”
a) Who is we referred here?
Ans- Americans
b. What did they discover?
Ans.: They discovered that Don Anselmo owns more than eight acres of land
c. What was the result of the discovery?
Ans.: As a result, they offered Don Anselmo double the price of what they had quoted earlier
3. “These Americans are Buena gente”
a. What is the meaning of Buena gente according to the context?
Ans.: Buena gente means good people.
b. Why did the speaker called Americans Buena gente?
Ans.: The speaker called Americans Buena gente because after the survey, they did not cheat Don
Anselmo and were ready to pay twice the money they had quoted earlier for the additional land.
C ) Who is the speaker?
Ans : Narrator
4. He said, “I do not like to have you speak to me in that manner”
a. who is I?
Ans - Don Anselmo
b. What is the mood of the speaker?
Ans.: The speaker felt that he was being insulted.
c. What made him to react so?
Ans.: He said these words when the Americans offered him twice the money they had quoted earlier
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5. “I have agreed to sell my house and land for twelve hundred dollars and that is the price?”
a. When did the speaker say this?
Ans.: The old man said this when the Americans offered him double the price that had been quoted
earlier for his land.
b. What does this statement tell about the speaker?
Ans.: This statement tells that the speaker was not greedy and he was a man of principles.
C .Why did speaker agree to sell Americans?
Ans : They were Good People
6. “I did not sell them the trees in the Orchard”.
a. Why didn't he sell the trees in the orchard?
Ans.: According to Don Anselmo he didn't sell the trees because the trees belong to the children of
Rio-en-Medio .:
b. How did Don Anselmo defend his statement?
Ans.: Don Anselmo defended that when a child was born in the village, a tree was planted and so
the trees belonged to the children of the village.
C. Was Don Anselmo right in saying this?
Ans : Yes.
7) “He lived up in Rio en Medio where his ancestors lived. He tilled the same land they had
tilled”
A) Who does “he” and “they” refer to?
Ans: “He” refers to the old man, Anselmo. “They” refers to His ancestors.
B) What does the statement convey?
Ans: The statement conveys that Anselmo was the oldest man in the village, Rio en Medio.
C . What was the profession of the Old man?
Ans- Former
8. “The trees in that Orchard are not mine”.
a. According to Don Anselmo, who did the trees belong to?
Ans.: the tree belonged to the children of Rio-en-Medio.
b. Why did he feel so?
Ans.: He felt so because every time a child was born in the village, he had planted a tree for that child.
C . When did speaker make the statement?
Ans- When Americans complained about the children's disturbances in the orchard
9) “It took months of negotiation to come to an understanding with the old man. He was in no
hurry. What, he had the most of was time”.
A) Who is the old man here?
Ans : Don Anselmo
B) Who did the old man negotiated with?
Ans: The old man negotiated with the Americans.
c) What were the terms of negotiation?
Ans: The old man had agreed to sell his house and land to the Americans for twelve hundred dollars.
d) Why did the negotiation take long time?
Ans: Because the old man had a lot time and he was in no hurry.
l0) “They are good people and they are willing to pay you for the additional land as well. You
will get almost twice as much”
A) Who are the good people referred here?
Ans: The Americans are referred to as good people.
B) Why are they offering twice the amount?
Ans: The Americans found that Anselmo owned more than eight acres of land almost double of
what was mentioned in the deed.
C) Did the owner accept double amount?
Ans- No, he didn't accept

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11) ‘’When you sold them you signed a document, a deed and in that deed you agreed to several things.
One such thing was that they were to have the complete possession of the property.”
A) Who sold the property? To whom?
Ans: Don Anselmo sold his property to the Americans.
B) Why could not they have the complete possession of the property?
Ans: Because the children of Rio en Medio were over running into their orchard.
C) how did they get complete possession?
Ans- they consulted every child of the village and paid read value for the each tree.

12)“I know these Americans are good people, and that is why I have agreed to sell to them,
but I do not care to be insulted price.”
A) Who is the speaker? and why does he call them good people?
Ans: Don Anselmo is the speaker and he calls the Americans good people as he was a gentle man.
B)What did he sell them and how much did he offer?
Ans: The old man Anselmo sold them his house and land for twelve hundred dollars.
C) Why did he feel insulted? Who insulted him?
Ans: The author and the Americans offered twice the amount as in the deed .But Anselmo was an
honest and a gentleman. He did not want more than the deed amount. So he felt insulted.
13)”I argued with him but it was useless. Finally he signed the deed and took the money but
refused to take more than the amount agreed upon.”
A) Who argued with whom?
Ans: the author argued with the old man Don Anselmo.
B) What was argued with him?
Ans: He argued with him to take the extra amount for the extra land possessed by Anselmo.
C) Why did he refuse to take the extra amount?
Ans: Anselmo was an honest and a gentle man of Rio en Medio.He was a man of principles.
14)”One day they came back to the office to complain. The children of the village were
overrunning their property”
A) Who complained to the office?
Ans: The Americans complained to the office.
B What was their complaint?
Their complaint was that the Children of Rio en Medio were
over running their property.
C) What is the property referred here?
Ans: The property refers to the land purchased by the Americans.
15)“They are good people and want to be your good neighbours always.
A) Who spoke these words? Who are called good people here?
Ans: The author called the Americans good people.
B) Who is he speaking to? Why does he speak so?
Ans: He is speaking to Anselmo. Because he wants Anselmo to avoid the children of Rio en Medio
over running into their orchard.
C) Who are the neighbours referred here?
Ans: The Americans
Answer the following in 8-10 sentences
1.Don Anselmo and the Americans were generous in their own ways. Explain.
Ans.: The Americans informed Don Anselmo that after survey, they found that he owns more than
eight acres and were willing to pay double the agreed amount. This shows that the Americans were
generous. Don Anselmo was a man of principle and refused to take extra amount. It was his generosity. the
Americans showed their generosity in one wore way. When old man told that treesbelonged to children , they
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2.At last, the problem of ownership was resolved, But it took a long time. What might be the
reason for it.
Ans.: After buying the property from Don Anselmo by the Americans the children of Rio en Medio,
began to overrun the Orchard and spend most of their time there. This was brought to the notice of
Don Anselmo and he was asked to stop the children. Don Anselmo claimed that he had sold the land to them
but not the trees.He had planted a tree for each child born in the village and the trees belonged to the children,
not to him.The owners were left with no choice. They had to buy the trees individually from the villages and
this took a long time.
3.Don Anselmo’s reaction to the offer of more money was not expected. Justify this statement.
Ans.: Don Anselmo agreed to sell his land for twelve hundred dollars. After the survey the
Americans found that the land was more than 8 acres and they were willing to offer twice the amount for the
extra land. The old man could have been happy but as he heard this the old man hung his head for a moment
and stared at the story teller. He felt that he was being insulted. He told them that he had agreed to sell his
property for twelve hundred dollars to the Americans because they are good and stuck to his words. This
reaction of the old man is truly unexpected.
4“I did not sell the trees because I could not, they are not mine”. How did the old man support
this statement?
Ans.: The old man explained that he was the oldest person in the village. Almost everyone there was related to
him and all the children of Rio en Medio were his neices and nephews. He planted a tree for every child that
was born in the village. So the trees in the Orchard belonged to the children. Hence there was no way he could
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I AM THE LAND

I. Four alternatives are given. Choose the best alternative and write in the space provided.
1. “I am the land. I wait.” Here ‘I wait’ suggests the feeling of
a. annoyance b. joy
c. patience d. disgust
2. “A chain line necklace Chokes me now” Here ‘chain line necklace’ refers to
a. a garland b. a fence
c. trees d. grass
3. “You cannot put a fence Around the Planet Earth” The speaker here is showing a tone of
a. weakness b. patience
c. excitement d. self assertion
4. Which line tells that the earth is asserting itself?
a. you shout, I lie patient
b. you say you own me
c. you cannot put a fence around the planet earth
d. you buy me
II. Answer the following questions in a word/phrase/a sentence
1. Who do you think is the speaker of the poem ‘I am the land’?
Ans.: The speaker is ‘mother earth’.
2. You cannot put a fence around the planet earth” What is the tone of the speaker?
Ans.: It is the tone of self assertion.
3. “I wait” is repeated in the poem. What quality of the speaker is highlighted?
Ans.: The word “I wait” highlights the speaker’s patience.
4. Who is the speaker referring ‘you’ in the poem ‘I am the land’?
Ans.: ‘you’ in the poem are the people/human beings.

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III. Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences.
1. “I wait” is repeated five times in the poem. What quality of the speaker is highlighted with
this repetition?
Ans.: Human beings are troubling the earth. They say that they own the lands proclaim that the land
is theirs. Mother earth has an ocean of patience and bears all the cruelty committed by man.
2. Bring out the contrast between the speaker and the reader in the poem, “I am the land”.
Ans.: The speaker in the poem is land. It says that it is always patient and bears all that is done to it.
The reader uses the land in many ways. He digs the land, grows fruits and trees and even fights for land.
3. What are the activities which go on over the land?
Ans.: Man buys land, digs land and plants trees, grows fruit on it. Children dance and play on land.
Man also fences and makes boundaries over the land.
4. “You cannot put a fence Around the planet Earth” Is this a tone of weakness or self assertion? Give
reason for your answer.
Ans.: It is a tone of self assertion. The poet mocks at those who are greedy. They wage wars to
acquire more land. The earth has given everything to us. Whatever injustice we are doing, the earth
bears everything patiently. We cannot put a fence around the mother earth.

IV. Read the following extracts and answer the questions given.
1. “Then someone tickles me, plant life ............. fruit”
a. What does tickle mean in the context?
Ans.: According to the context tickle mean to plough the land.
b. What is the mood of the speaker in the statement?
Ans.: The mother earth waits patiently when the people plough the land, plant, trees and grow fruits.

2. “You come with guns a chain link necklace chokes me now”.

a. Why do they come with guns?
Ans.: The soldiers come with guns fighting for the land.
b. What is the feeling of the speaker?
Ans.: People fight with guns for the land and mother earth feels suffocated with the action of men.
3. “You cannot put a fence
Around the planet earth”
a. What is the tone of the speaker here?
Ans.: It is a tone of self assertion
b. Why does it feel so?
Ans.: The speaker mocks at the people who wage wars and build fences on the land to divide nations.

V. Answer the following question in 8-10 sentences

1. Write the summary of the poem “I am the land” OR How does the poet describe that
the earth has an ocean of patience in the poem, “I am the land”.
Ans.: In the poem ‘I am the land’ the poet depicts the mother earth as the speaker. Mother earth tells that she
waits with patience when people claim that the land belongs to them. They occupy the land, plough, plant trees,
grow fruits and grass. The children dance and play on the land. The land bears everything without a complaint.
The soldiers come with guns fighting for the land. People build fences on the land to divide nations which
suffocates like chains in her neck. But mother earth mocks at the people’s behavior with a tone of self assertion.
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 UNIT -4
Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR

I. Four alternatives are given choose the best one ( 0ne mark questions):
1. Babasaheb throughout his life was a voracious - Reader 2.
2.Where was the second round table conference held? London
3. Which amendment of constituition of the USA gave freedom to American- 14th
4. Babasaheb came to be greatly influenced by the life and work of-Mahatma Phule
5. The news papers’ Mooka Nayak, bahishkrit Bharat and Samata’ were started by- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

6. ------- chose Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to be the 1st law Minister of Independent India-Nehru

7. Babasaheb bought 2000 old books from- London

8. The methods of civil disobedience , non-cooperation and Satyagraha was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar- Grammar
of Anarchy

9. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar spent most of his life by- Reading Books

10. Gandhiji termed the depressed class as- Harijanas

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II. Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences each.
1) How can you say that Ambedkar had a great thirst for books when he was student?
* Ambedkar was very fond of reading books from his childhood.
* He bought books by curtailing his daily needs.
* When he was New yark he is said to have purchased 2000 books. This shows that he was voracious reader.

2) What were Dr.Ambedkar’s idea / perception of the three pillars of state?

* Dr.Ambedkar had a clear idea about mutuality of the Legislature the Executive and the Judiciary.
* He said that the jurisdiction of each should be clear and untrammelled. He had sense of the importance of the sole of
citizen.

3) What is the significant observation of Dr. Ambedkar on the constitution?

* The constitution is a fundamental document which defines the power of the executive and legislature as against the
citizens.
* The other purpose of constitution is to limit their authority to avoid tyranny and oppression by the Legislature the
Executive.
4) How did Dr.Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi try to wipe out caste discrimination from India?
* Gandhiji remained the higher castes of their duty towards the depressed classes.
* Ambedkar remained the depressed classes of their inherent rights to equality with the higher castes;
* Gandhiji put stress on duties and Ambedkar on rights together.

5) How did 14th amendment to the US constitution and Mahatma Phule influence Ambedkar?
* The 14th amendment to the constitution of USA accorded freedom to the Black Americans.
* He saw the parallel of the situation for the depressed class in India.
* Ambedkar was greatly influenced by the life and work of Mahatma Phule who was serving for a classes society and for
women’s upliftment.

6) What made Dr. B.R. Ambedkar describe the method of Civil Disobedience, Non-cooperation and Satyagraha as the ‘
Grammar of Anrchy’
* According to Ambedkar the method of Civil Disobedience, Non-cooperation and Satyagraha are necessary in a state
which is ruled by foreigners.
* But in a democratic country, these methods should not be used. If used there would be loss of lives and publics.

7) Nehru chose Ambedkar as the Law Minister. What might have prompted Nehru to do so?
* Ambedkar had a great skill in Law and legislation.
* He had the vision of social justice.
* Therefore, Nehru chose him to be the Law Minister of India.

8) There were great luminaries on the drafting committee. Dr. Ambedkar is remembered as the pilot . give reasons.
* Alladi Krishna Swamy Ayyar, K.M. Munshi and Gopal Swamy Ayyangar wer the members of the Drafting Committee,
and Ambedkar was the chairman.
* Ambedkar was tactful, frank and had utmost patience.
* He explained clearly the meaning and scope of the different provision of the Draft Constitution.

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III. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
1) “I have no doubt whether we agree with him or not in many matter, that perseverance.
a) Who said this? Jawaharalal Nehru
b) Who does ‘ Him’ refer to ? Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c) When did the speaker say these words? At the time of Ambedkar’s death.

2) “The who took such an important part in our activities has passed away”
a) Who said this? Jawaharalal Nehru
b) Who passed away? Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c) What is the meaning of the phrase ‘ passed away’ ? It means ‘ dead’.

3) “They brought about a veritable revolution in social thought”

a) Who are ‘they’? Dr.Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
b) What ‘revolution’ is referred here? The discrimination of caste system.
c) How did they bring out revolution ?
Gandhiji reminded the higher caste of their duty towards the depressed classes.Babasaheb did the same by reminding
the depressed class about their inherent right to equality.

4) “The only valid division are the division between those who are noble and wholesome and those who are ignoble
and unwholesome”
a) Who said these words? Buddha
b) When did he say these words? About 2500 years ago.
c) What does the word ‘division’ refer here? The caste division.

5) “ A symbol of revolt” he said

d) Who made this statement? Jawaharalal Nehru
a) Who is the symbol of revolt? Ambedkar
b) Why is he described so? Because he fought against the discrimination of the cast system.
IV. Answer the followings in 8-10 sentences each.
1) ‘Ambedkar was a voracious reader’ how do you justify the statement.
* One trait which marked Babasaheb during his student days and he was very fond of reading books from his childhood.
* He bought books by curtailing his daily needs.
* When he was New yark he is said to have purchased 2000 books. This shows that he was voracious reader.
* And it is recorded that at the time of the Second Round table Conference in London, he bought so many books that
they had to be sent to India in 32 boxes.
2) What were the opinion of the Buddha and Avvai regarding the caste division?
* About 2500 years ago the Buddha had questioned the caste division in India.
* He said “The only valid division are the division between those who are noble and wholesome and those who are
ignoble and unwholesome’.
* The Tamil poetess Avvai had said, similarly that there are only two castes in the world, namely the charitable who give
and are superior and the miser who do not and are inferior.

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 THE SONG OF INDIA

I. Four alternatives are given choose the best one ( 0ne mark questions):

1. The two speakers in the poems are- The poet and his motherland.

2. When the poet wished to sing about the Himalayas and the tree seas, the response of the motherland was- To sing
about the beggar and leaper.

3. Of your children that died to call you their own: here the ‘ children’ refer to – Soldier

4. The ‘ Book of the Marrow’ was written by- The Motherland

5. And the sun–beam was as the hand that saves-The figure of speech used here is- Simile

II. Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences each.

1. What , according to the poet are the signs of the development of modern nation?
* Dams, steel mills.
* The ship building yards, modern technology and atomic energy.

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2. What is the contribution of seers and prophets, according to the poet?
Seers and prophets have shaped the people and the society.
Their knowledge and experience are the guiding forces for the common people.

3. Why is the poet ‘querulous’? what does he want to do?

The poet is querulous because the motherland did not wish to listen a song about physical features, temples, dams
and lakes, technology of the nation.
The poet wants to sing a song that is pure and which will remain in memory forever.

4. What are the epics? Why does the poet call the temples as ‘epics’ in stone?
Epics are the long narrative poems or stories narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the
past history of nation.
Such pictures have been carved on the walls of the temples. So the poet calls the temples the’ Epic stones’.
5. What do the night, the sun god and the clear down represent?
The night represents all sorrows and worries.
The Sun God represents cancelling all sorrow and the clear dawn shows the bright future.
6. How does the poet describe the mother’s nager? Name the figure of speech?
The poet describes the mother’s anger as ‘ that beat into my ears like gong’
The figure of speech employed here is ‘simile’.

7. How is the poet answered ? describe the vision.

The poet was answered by a wonderful vision. In the vision he saw motherland sitting on the waves to write the ‘ Book
of Marrow’.
She foresaw a new ‘ destiny’, a new bright future, like the bright Sun God, who would wipe out sorrow of the people.
The new future will arrive like a ‘clear dawn’ in which sorrows and worries will run away like a nightmare.
The sun beam will save the people like safer hand.

8. What does the motherland writing ‘ The Book of Marrow’ signify?

It signifies the motherland creating the future or destiny of the nation.

9. Explain the line, ‘A song bathed in the stainless blue unvapouring in the void’.
These lines were sung by the poet at the last stanza which means pure and significant.
It was bathed in the melodious voice that does not disappear into nothingness.

10. What is the picture of India that you get in the stanza 7 of the poem?
The poet describes the snow covered peaks of the Himalayas.
And three oceans covering the southern part of India.

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III. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
1. “ Shall I sing of the Himalayas with their snow –born peaks, of three seas that wash your palms’
a) Whom does ‘ I ‘ refer to ? the poet
b) How are the Himalayas described here?
Himalayas are covered with snow-born peaks.
c) Name the three seas.
The Arabian sea, The Indian ocean, The Bay of Bengal.
2. “ Sing of the beggar and leaper,
a) Who is the speaker? The motherland
b) What does ‘ sylvan retreats’ mean? A place of seclusion of in deep woods.
c) Why does the speaker ask to sing about beggar and leaper? To show sympathy and empathy about these people as
they come in crowed on streets.

3. “ That beat into my ears like gong That flew about me, a pitiful thing, Like great white birds”
a) Whom does’ pitiful thing’ refer here? The poet himself
b) What does ‘that ‘ mean in the context? The indignant word of the motherland.
c) Name the figure of speech used here/ Simile

4. “Querulous , I said : is there no song that I can sing of you”

a) Whom do ‘ I’ refer here? The poet
b) What do you mean by ‘Querulous’? Complaining
c) What is the tone of the speaker? He is desperate

5. “ Of these you may sing But sing also the strikes , early and late”
a) Who is the speaker? The motherland
b) Whom do ‘ you ‘ refer to ? The poet
c) What does ‘ Of these ‘ refer here?
Of these’ refers to dams, and lakes, steel mills and ship building yard, and the men that work hard.

IV. Write the substance of the poem OR Write the vision of the future India.
The poem ‘ Song of India’ is in the form of dialogue between the poet and the motherland.
The poet asks motherland if he could sing about the Himalayas, oceans, three seas, but she wishes him to sing about
beggar, leaper and untrodden people.
When the poet asks the motherland if he might sing about temples, soldiers, seers and prophets. She becomes furious
and orders him to sing about millions of people who work hard for their livelihood, the old and experienced, ignorant
and helpless children dwelling in bleak and dark homes.
Further the poet asks nervously if he would sing about dams and lakes, steel mills, ship building yards, modern
technology and atomic age. But she forces him to sing about struggle of the past and present.
Finally the poem ends with optimistic view, motherland sitting on the waves incarnating the supreme power to write
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 Unit – 5
THE CONCERT

(2 SA-1 Type question 2x2=4 Comprehension)

1. Why did Smitha get excited after reading the newspaper?VASANTH KUMAR. P
Ans.: Smitha got excited after reading the newspaper because it had the news of Pandit Ravi Shankar’s music
concert at the Shanmukhananda Auditorium the next day.
2. Why do you think the mother cautioned the girl?
Ans.: Smitha’s brother, Anant had been struck with cancer. He was very sick and was lying on the bed. So the
mother cautioned Smitha not to disturb Ananth.
3. Why did Smita’s family move to Bombay?
Ans.: Smita’s brother Ananth was suffering from cancer. They moved to Bombay from their native town Gaganpur,
so that he could be treated at the cancer hospital in the city.
4. In what way was the truth frightening to Smitha?
Ans.: Though Smitha and her family had pretended Anant would get well, she had known that Anant was going to
die of cancer. This was frightening to Smitha.
5. Do you consider Anant a talented boy? Justify your answer.
Ans.: Yes, Anant was a talented boy. He was the best table – tennis player in the school and the fastest runner. He
was learning to play the Sitar and was already able to compose his own tunes.
6. Aunt Sushila was a generous lady. How would you justify this statement?
Ans.: Whenever Smita’s family came to Bombay for Anant’s treatment they stayed in Aunt Sushila’s house.
Herapartment was small but there was always room for them. By this we can say that Aunt Sushila was a generous
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7. How did Smitha enjoy the concert?
Ans.: Smitha was spellbound by the music. As the first notes came over the air, she felt as if the gates of
enchantment and wonder were opening. But every beat of Tabla reminded her of Anant’s voice.
8. Do you think of Response of music maestros was unusual? Justify your answer.
Ans.: No, the response of music maestros was not unusual because any person with good heart and is
compassionate towards others sorrows would do the same.
9. The neighbour’s could not believe their eyes. Why do you think they felt like this?
Ans.: The neighbour’s could not believe their eyes when they saw music maestros get down from the taxi in front
of their blocks because they never expected such famous people to heed to the request of a small girl to fulfill her
brother’s wish.
10. Did Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha keep their promise? If yes, how?
Ans.: Yes, Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha kept their promise. Next day they went to Anant’s house and
played for the boy.
11. In the course of the story ‘The Concert’, whom do you consider to be more worried, Smita or Anant?
Ans.: In the story, Smita was more worried than others. Though attending the concert was a chance of lifetime, she
could not enjoy it completely because Anant was not with her. She was always thinking how to fulfill Anant’s wish.
12. As Smita sat listening to the music,She was spellbound.But all the while,her mind was echoing
something else.What was that?
Ans: Spellbound ,Smita listened to the unfolding ragas,but all the while her mind was planning to meet Ravi
Shankar personally and share her felings about her brother’s plight.If possible she would like to arrange for home
concert for her brother. That was a the chance of his life.
13. Why do you think that Smitha and Ravi Shankar deserve the appreciation of readers?
Ans. : Smitha could not take Anant with her to the concert because he was suffering from cancer. She went to the
concert with her father and enjoyed Ravi Shankar’s recital. She also wanted her brother to listen to Ravi Shankar’s
music. So, she approached Ravi Shankar and told all about Anant and requested him to come to his house and play
sitar. No one could imagine that a great musician like Ravi Shankar would agree to her request. But he along with
tabla maestro Ustad Allah Rakha played for Anant. Thus Smitha and Ravi Shankar deserve our appreciation.

Extracts
1. “You'll wake him up. You know he needs all the sleep and rest he can get”
a. Who was sleeping? Ans : Anant was sleeping
b) Why does he need rest?
Ans.: Ananth was suffering from cancer and had become very week. So he needed rest.
C) What was happening there?
Ans- Smitha was reading news paper loudly
2. “We mustn't miss the chance”
a). What chance did the boy not like to miss?
Ans.: The boy did not like to miss the chance of attending Pandit Ravishankar's music concert.
b) Why is he so eager to make use of it? Ans.:
The boy himself was a Sitar player. He was suffering from Cancer and was very ill. He thought he
might not get another chance, so he was eager to make use of it
c) Do you think the boy would get a chance in future?
Ans : No
3. “Take him home. Give him the things he likes, indulge him”
a) Who said the above statement?
Ans.: Doctors who were treating Ananth
b) Why did they say so?
Ans.: Ananth’s condition grew worse with each passing day and the doctors knew that the boy had not many
days to live. This made them to say so.
c) Were these words of hopes and despair?
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4. A walk in the park might make you feel better"'
a) Who suggested a walk in the Park?
Ans. : Aunt Sushila suggested a walk in the park
b) How was her mood in the Park?
Ans.: Smitha felt alone in the midst of people who were walking, running, playing etc. She was lost in her
thoughts.
c) Why did speaker make the statement?
Ans.: Smitha cried with sad knowing Ananth had not many days to live.
5. “But they did not voice their fears”
a. What did Ananth’s parents fear?
Ans.: Ananth's parents feared that the boy had not many days to live. b. why did speaker behave towards him
Ans- they knew that he had not many days to live c How did they behave towards him?
Ans.: They laughed, talked and surrounded Anant with whatever made him happy. They fulfilled his
every need
6 “Enjoy yourself, lucky you!”
A Who considered as lucky?
Ans- Smitha
b. Why is she lucky?
Ans': She is lucky because she was going to attend the music concert of pandit Ravi Shankar, with her father.
c. Why did speaker say like this?
Ans-Ananth could not go because of his ill health
7. “Panditji is a busy man. you must not bother him with such requests”
a. Who was bothering panditji?"
Ans. : Smitha
b. What was the request made?
Ans.: The request was made to Pandit Ravishankar to come to the house and play for Anant.
c. Why was she bothering?
Ans : Ananth was suffering from cancer and she wanted to fulfill his desires
8. "No, how can I? We’ve always done things together”
a. Who has done the things together?
Ans.: Anant and Smitha
b. Why is it not possible now?
Ans. : It was not possible now because Ananth had cancer and was confined to bed. He could not go anywhere
with Smitha.
c. How was she consoled?
Ans: Smitha’s aunt suggested to take walk in the park to feel better.
9 “Tomorrow morning we perform for the boy”
A. Who would perform for the boy?
Ans. : Pandit Rivishankar and -Ustad Allah Rakha would perform for the boy.
b. Why would they perform?
Ans : Because they understood the boy's pathetic condition.
c) Where was the concert arranged?
Ans: The concert was arranged at the apartment / in Ananth’s home.
10. They could not believe their eyes. 'It is ......... It's not possible?' they said.
a. Who could not believe their eyes?
Ans.: Neighbors could not believe their eyes
b. What couldn't they believe their eyes?
Ans.: Pandit Ravishankar and Ustad Allah Rakha came to Aunt Sushila's house to play for Anant.
c. Why could not they believe?
Ans : They thought they were great persons and could not come to home and play for the boy.

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 Jazz Poem Two

1. His rundown shoes have paper in them, it suggests Jozz player.

a. was poor b. had come running c. was a good sportsman d. kept his noted in his shoes

2.the musical instrument mentioned in the poem is

A. flute b. table. C. sitar d. saxophone

3..he is no longer a man, no not even a black man, what else is he?
a. Preacher b. a bird c. white man d. an ancient mariner

4. Now preaching it with words of screaming notes and chords. These lines suggests Jazz player
a. was shouting very loudly
b.had an old saxophone
c. wanted to louder than other player
d. wanted to give a message through his music.

5. His wrinkled old face so full of the weariness of living. These line shows that Jazz player was
A. an old man full of worries b.old but cheerful c. old man tired of living d. tired of his Winkles

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences:

1. Give a short description of the Jazz player
Ans. : The Jazz player has wrinkled old face. He is unshaven and has a tired look. He wears a faded
blue shirt, old necktie and jacket. His shoes too are old and torm out.
2.Why do you think the Jazz, player keeps her head down?
Ans. : The Jazz player is a poor, old man. He has led a hard life. He is tired and keeps his head down.

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3.What message does the Jazz player want to convey?
Ans.: The Jazz player wants to convey to the world that he is Black man who can draw people
towards him through his music.
4.How does the Jazz player change as he plays on the saxophone?
Ans.: As the Jazz player starts to play on the Saxophone he is no longer an old Black man. He
produces wonderful music and appears to be like a bird flying higher and higher.
5. How has the Jazz player held his instrument?
Ans.: The Jazz player has held his instrument across his chest. It is supported by a wire coat hanger
from his neck.
6.'He is no longer a man' says the poet. Who else is he supposed to be if he is no longer a man?
Ans.: The Jazz player forgets everything when he plays the music to preach the world. At that
moment he feels like a bird which gathers his wings and flies higher and higher

Extracts
1. Gently he lifts if now to parted lips, see? To tell that all the word that he is a black man.
a.What does he lift?
Ans.: He lift an old saxophone.
b.What message does he want to convey?
Ans.: Through his music, he wishes to convey the message of God to his listeners.
c. What does parted lips mean in the poem?
Ans. He put his saxophone and blow
2. his rundown shoes have paper in them and his rough unsaven face shows pain in wach wrinkle.
a. Why do shoes have paper on them?
Ans - Shoes are old and torn and he has put paper in them to be able to wear them.
b. What does the description of the face suggest?
Ans.: The Jazz player's face is unshaven which suggests that he does not care for his appearance. He has led a
hard life and aged so his face in wrinkled.
c. What does parer on shoes tell?
Ans : He was a poor man.
3. “He is no longer a man, no, not even a Black man”
A. Who is the man here?
Ans: The man here is the jazz player.
B. He says "he is not a man" Then what else is he?
Ans: He says he is not a man, not even a black man like ancient mariner. He imagines like a bird
that flies higher and higher.
c. When is he no longer a man? --
Ans : As the Jazz player begins to play on his Saxophone he is a changed man.
d. What do these lines suggest?
Ans. The Jazz player may be a poor old man, but when he plays he seems to go higher and higher
like a bird. He can capture hearts through his music.
Summary of the poem :
An old Jazz musician is standing like a Black Ancient mariner. His old face is wrinkled and weary. His faded
blue shirt has turned dark with sweat.. His stomach is hanging loosely. His jacket is torn out and his necktie is
undone and dropping loosely over the jacket. His shoes are torn and are stuffed with paper to cover the holes.
His rough unshaven face shows pain. He stands alone head down, eyes closed and ears perked. An old
saxophone hangs across his chest supported from his neck by a wire coat hanger. He gently lifts the saxophone
to the parted lips. But once he starts playing music he is no longer a Black man but a bird which gathers his
wings and flies high and higher. He seems to be spreading the message of God through his music.

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 Discovery

l. "The Santa Maria will be lighter for his carcass". These words were said by
a. Diego b. Francisco c. Pedro d. Guillermo Ires
2. "A Good sailor knows his place", says Columbus to Diego. This statement is
a. apiece of advice b. an indirect command c. an expression of sorrow d. a cry of horror
3. Columbus feels that his worst enemy is
a. the angry sea b. his vision c. his uncontrolled tongue d. the sailors song
4. Pepe is always eager to say that he is ever------------------ to Columbus
a. loyal b. disobedient c. disloyal d. unfaithful
6. 'Who's to put him in irons?' challenges Guillermo. The person meant by 'him' in this context is:
a. Guillermo
b. The first man to move towards Columbus
c. Columbus
d. The first man who challenged Columbus
7. Columbus set out from Spain
a. for a long holiday
b. to become a new world
c. to discover a new world
d. to make new friends
8. Columbus said that he had discovered one thing. It was
a. there were no buts to discipline
b. a good sailor knows his place
c. God's will was his will
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9. "Your best cannot be bettered", says Columbus. This implies that
a. No one is perfect at anytime
b. There is always scope for improvement
c. Once we reach the best, we cannot improve
d. Columbus is not totally happy with Francisco
10. 'I will perform it myself, says Columbus. What does 'it' mean here?
a. To navigate the ship forward b. To out Guillermo Iris in irons.
c. To turn back the helps towards Spain d. To stop the seamen singing
11. After 'a perceptible Pause', who grows mare mutinous than others?
a. Pedro b. Guillermo c. Diego d. Francisco
12. "Everybody doubts except me" says…………
a. Pearo b. Pepe c. Diego d. Juan Pation
13. Columbus says, "would God implant desire to solve mystery and he doesn't provide solutions?
The mood of Columbus in saying this.
a. Desperate b. Trust/Faith in God c. Angry d. Helplessness
14. The seamen were desperate because
a. they were tired and wanted to return to their homes and families
b. there was a storm in the sea
c. they were tortured by the captain
d. the food in the ship was exhausted.
15) The captain of the discovery of The New World(America) was____
A. Gullermo Ires B. Pedro Gutierrez C. Francisco D. Columbus
16) The name of the ship that took Columbus to the New world of America
A. Santa Maria B.Spainia C. Titanic D. Britannica
17) The seamen were singing the song to
A. keep their spirits B. keep away boredom c. enjoy their voyage D. find the New World
18) The word which was considered ugly by Diego was
A. irons B. ship C. Spain D. mutiny
19) The song in the beginning of the play "The Discovery" conveys the ____
A. sorrow mood of the seamen. B. happy mood of the seamen.
C. active mood of the seamen. D. jealousy mood of the seamen.
20) What was Columbus' worst enemy? It was his_
A. unbridled tongue B. Will C. song of sailors D. ship in Storm
21) What was Columbus' best friend? It was his
A. unbridled tongue B. Will C. song of sailors D. Storm
22) Who preferred the company of Columbus?
A. Diego Garcia B. Columbus C. Francisco D. Pepe
23)Who did Columbus have faith? He had faith in
A. Diego Garcia B. Guillermo Ires C. Pedro Gutierrez D. young pepe.
24) "Santa Maria will be the lighter for his carcass" whose words is Pepe quoting here?
A. Diego Garcia B. Guillermo lrish C. Francisco D. Pedro Gutierrez
25) "What! Does that child stand between me and death?"who is child referred?
A. Diego Garcia B. Columbus C. Francisco D. pepe
26) What does Columbus compare Loyalty to?
A. seaweed on an outgoing tide
B. a mast hollowed by worms
C. bubbles that burst at the first contact
D. Storm against deep a ship
27) What does Columbus compare friendship to?________
A. seaweed on an outgoing tide B. a mast hollowed by worms
C. bubbles that burst at the first contact D. storm against a ship

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28) What does Columbus compare Discipline, duty and obedience to?
A. seaweed on an outgoing tide B. a mast hollowed by warms
C. bubbles that burst at the first contact D. storm against a ship

Answer in 2-3 sentence each

l. Write about the physical features of Columbus in the play 'The Discovery'.
Ans: Columbus is a tall ,well-built man of forty six. Hair prematurely white, complexion fair, almost ruddy. A
man of quick temper and irritability which he controls only with an effort .His face, in response, is
melancholic.
2.The play begins with a song. What mood does this convey?
Ans.: The seamen who had been away from home for a long time had not sighted land. The song shows that the
seamen were desperate.
3. ‘There are limits to patience’, says Diego. What does this suggest about Diego's state of mind?
Ans.: Diego along with the seamen were tired of the voyage and wanted to return home, but
Columbus was firm and would not give up. So Dicgo desperately said these words.
4.Who do you think has the lives of fifty in his hands? How?
Ans.: Christopher Columbus had the lives of fifty seamen in his hands. He was their captain. The seamen were
tried and wanted to return home but Columbus was firm and would not give up.
5. What does Columbus feel his worst enemy? Why do you think he feel so?
Ans.: Columbus feels that his uncontrolled tongue is his worst enemy. Columbus was a man who lost his temper
soon and was easily irritated. He would often speak rudely to his men which made them angry towards him.
7.How didPedro try to defend the drunken seamen? Was he right in defending them?
Ans.: Pedro defending that the drunken seamen were simple men and wanted to relax by drinking as they did
not have the same vision as Columbus. Pedro was not right in defending the seamen because their drinking was
leading to unruly behavior
6. 'Mutiny is an ugly word', says 'Diego. Is mutiny an ugly word? If so, why?
Ans.: Yes, Because mutiny leads to destruction. Mutiny curbs the development of determination,tolerance and
faith in God.
8.Colum bus was always furious when he heard the seamen's song. Why did it make him angry?
Ans : The song expressed the seamen's love for drinking which was a sign of their deep discontent.
Columbus was angry because they did not understand what he was trying to achieve
9.Columbus feels that whatever he does, it is God's will. What will of God does he like to fulfiI1through
this venture?
Ans.: Columbus felt that it was the will of God that he should discover a new world which would
bring wealth to his country and help them to bring new souls on the path to God.
10. Columbus says, "would God implant desire to solve mystery and he doesn't provide solutions?"
Identify the mood of Columbus in saying this?
Ans.: Columbus had been sailing for many days not yet sighted land. His men were turning against
him. But Columbus felt that if God had sent him he would surely help him find a way. These words
shows that he had faith in God.
11. Whose company did Pepe prefer? What was the reason for this?
Ans.: Pepe preferred to be in the company of Columbus because he had faith in Columbus vision.
l2.Pepe warns Columbus about some people. Who are they?
Ans.: Pepe warns Columbus about the other sailors because they drank too much and were going
against Columbus.
13. How did the seamen show their anger towards Columbus?
Ans.: The seamen rushed in an angry mass towards Columbus growling like wild animals.
14. "Discipline knows no buts" what made Columbus say this?
Ans.: Columbus wanted to punish Guillermo Ires, who had disobeyed Columbus. So he ordered that Guillermo
should be brought to him. Francisco tried to protest, against this. Columbus then said these words.

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15. Why did the Crewmates of Columbus feel desperate?
Ans.: After sailing for so many days, Columbus and his men could not sight a land. They were tired and wanted
to return to their homes and families. But Columbus would not give up. So they were desperate.
16.'Devil's track to nowhere', says Guillermo. What does this suggest about the thinking of the seamen?
Ans.: The seamen felt that Columbus was perhaps possessed by the Devil. He was risking their lives and taking
them on a voyage which would take them nowhere.
17. How did Pepe prove his loyalty to Columbus?
Ans.: Pepe was the only person who had faith in Columbus and tried to warn him about how desperate the
others had become. When the seamen rushed to kill Columbus, Pepe stood before them with his arms spread out
and told them that they would have to kill him first. His loyalty put the others to shame.
18."This is a voyage of discovery". What had Columbus set out to discover?
Ans.: Columbus had set out to discover a new world, where he would find new wealth and a new territory for
his king and queen to rule.
19. According to Columbus, what was the one thing that he had discovered?
Ans.: Columbus said that he had discovered one thing - that if a man had a vision, he must follow it alone. He
should not expect loyalty, friendship, discipline or obedience from others.
20.Pepe says, "Everybody doubts ......... except me". Why do you think he is an exception.
Ans.: Because Pepe was loyal to his captain and believed that the captain would reach his destiny when the
other seamen wanted to attack him with anger.
2l.Pepe excitedly declares that he is still loyal to the leaders what effect does it have on others like Juan
and Guillermo?
Ans.: Pepe was the only one who had the faith that Columbus would discover a new world. But the other sailors
like Juan and Guillermo rebelled against him and even tried to attack him and abused Pepe when he came
forward to save Columbus from being attacked.

Extracts
1. "A good sailor knows his place" says Columbus to Diego
a. Was Columbus giving to Diego a piece of advice or was it an indirect command?
Ans.: It is an indirect command.
b. What was 'Diego's reaction?
Ans.: Diego tried to suppress his anger and with a scowl goes off from there.
C. Why did Columbus say so?
Ans: Because his claim was that only the captain of the ship has the right to appear on the quarter deck.
2. "The Santa Maria will be lighter for his carcass".
a. Whose words was Pepe quoting here?
Ans.: Pepe was quoting the words of Guillermo lres.
b. What do the words reveal about the person who said them?
Ans: These words show that the speaker was so upset with Columbus that he wished he was dead.
C .What does the word carcass mean here?
Ans: Dead body.
3. "Once clear of the Devil's track to nowhere", we'll below our way back home".
a. What does 'Devil's track to nowhere' suggest about the thinking of the seamen?
Ans.: He was risking their lives and taking them on a voyage which would take them nowhere.
b. How did they prove to be wrong?
Ans.: Very soon, land was sighted and a New World was discovered. So they proved to be wrong.
C . Why did they say so?
Ans : Because the sea men thought Columbus was trying take the lives of fifty men and they were fed up with
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4. "Your duty is to obey me as mine is to obey the Royal Sovereigns of Spain who sent me'.
a. When did Columbus say these words to Guillermo?
Ans.: Guillermo rebelled against Columbus and demanded that they should give up their search for a new land.
b. What do these words prove?
Ans.: These words prove that Columbus was not only a strong leader but was also loyal and obedient towards
his king and queen.
C. Why did Columbus say so?
Ans : To calm the rebble of Guillermo and the sea men.
5. "Why should one man have lives of fifty in his hands?"
a. Who is the speaker?
Ans.: Diego said these words to Pedro
b. What does the speaker mean?
Ans.: Diego said these words meaning that Columbus had no right to spoil their lives.
C. What made him to say so?
Ans : Diego and other Seamen were becoming impatient and they wanted to
6. "Mutiny is an ugly word, Sir"
a. Why did the speaker say these words?
Ans.: Diego said these words in reply when Pedro asked him whether he was thinking of rebelling against
Columbus.
b. In what way the word is ugly?
Ans.: The word is ugly because Mutiny' is a deed which leads to destruction.
C . Why did he say so?
Ans . Because Pedro thought that Deigo and the Sea Men were entertaining the Mutinous thoughts.
7. "Discipline knows no buts" says Columbus
a. When did Columbus say this?
Ans.: when He asked Francisco to bring Guillermo lres to him for speaking against him. Francisco
hesitated to obey his order.
b. What did Columbus mean to say by these words?
Ans. : Columbus meant that one should not hesitate to enforce discipline.
C . To what does the word discipline here refer to?
Ans : lt refers to the rules and regulations that the sea men and others to follow on the ships.
8. Pepe said, "Captain, be careful sometimes they are desperate"
a. Why did Pepe say these words?
Ans.: Pepe tried to warn Columbus that these could be danger from them anytime
b. Why were they desperate?
Ans.: they lost their patience as they left their family since many days back they wanted to go back to Spain
c . Whom does the word they refer to?
Ans : to the sea men.
9. "What! does that child stand between me and death?" said Columbus.
a. When did Columbus say this?
Ans.: When Columbus hears Pepe saying that he had to be killed first.
B.What had the child done?
Ans.: The child (Pepe) stood in front of Columbus to protect him from being attacked by the seamen.
C . Why did Columbus say so?
Ans : Because when the sea men rushed towards Columbus to kill him Pepe runs to the foot of the stairs and
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10. "They ought to stop that. The captain is always furious when he hears it."
A. Who should stop that?
Ans: The sailors should stop that.
B. What does 'it' refer to? Why is the captain furious to hear that?
Ans: 'it' refers to the seamen's song. The captain Columbus is furious to hear that because he did not like the
attitude of sailors.
C. What made him to say so?
Ans : Juan thought that the song of the sea was having the smell of mutiny.
12."There are limits to patience, sir"
A. Who lost his patience?
Ans: Diego lost his patience.
B. Who is he speaking to?
Ans: Diego is speaking to Pedro.
C . Why did speak so?
Ans : He lost his patience and wanted to go back to Spain.
13."We're like bats trying to fly by day. It's time he gave way. Why should one man have the
lives of fifty in his hands?"
A. Who is compared to bats?
Ans: The seamen are compared to bats flying in the morning.
B. What does the speaker mean?
Ans: Speaker means that the seamen are forced to continue voyage
C:Who had the lives of fifty in his hands?
Ans: Columbus had the lives of fifty in his hands.
14. A curb for my tongue-oh a curb for my unbridled tongue, my worst enemy! My will,
friend, because God's will, shall that suffice"
A. Who said this to whom? Why?
Ans: Columbus said this to Pedro. Because Columbus confessed his quick temperas enemy and his will Power
as friend.
B. Why did he call his will as friend and tongue as enemy?
Ans: Because his will is the will of God where as his tongue speaks words of discomfort to seamen.
C .What does the word "unbridled" mean?
Ans : Un controlled
15."I do not claim your confidence, sir."
A. Who do 'I 'refer to? Who is the 'sir 'here?
Ans: 'I 'refer to Pedro. Columbus is the 'sir 'here
B. What was his confident in?
Ans: He was his confident in his discovery.
C .what was reason for his not being confidence?
Ans : Because he Pedro and other sea men were have become desperate and want to go back to Spain.
17."I prefer your company to theirs."
A. Whose company does the speaker prefer to?
Ans: The speaker prefers the company of Columbus.
B. Whose company does not he like? Why?
Ans: He does not like the company of the seamen. Because he does not like their desperate and horrible
behavior.
C .Why did he like his company?
Ans : he was the faithful servant of Columbus.
D. who is the speaker?
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18 ."They are simple men and must have their relaxation. We have not all your visions,
Captain.'
A. Who does 'they' refer to?
Ans: 'They' refers to the seamen.
B. Who is the captain? What were his visions?
Ans: Columbus is the captain. His vision was to discover the New World America.
C . What were they doing for relaxation?
Ans : They were singing for relaxation

19. "So far, I have discovered but one thing"

a. Who do 'I' refer to?
Ans.: Columbus
b. When did the speaker say this?
Ans.: When Columbus was disappointed with the behavior of seamen.
c. What had he discovered?
Ans.: he discovered that when a man is given a vision, he must follow it alone.
20. 'What! Does that child stand between me and death?
a. Who does the 'child' refer to?
Ans. : Pepe
b. When did the speaker say so?
Ans.: When Pepe stood between the seamen and Columbus.
c. What character does the child's action reveal?
Ans.: Pepe was loyal to Columbus
21. "Cowards, Cowards! You will have to kill me first"
a. Who is the speaker and whom did he call cowards?
Ans.: Pepe is the speaker. Guillermo and seamen.
b. When did the speaker say these words?
Ans.: When Guillermo and some Seamen tried to attack Columbus.
c. What character does it reveal about the speaker.
Ans.: Pepe was loyal and obedient to Columbus
22. “Your duty is to obey me as mine is to obey the Royal Sovereign of Spain who sent me"
a. Who is the speaker here?
Ans.: Columbus
b. When did the speaker say these words?
Ans.: When Guillermo rebelled against Columbus, Columbus reminded him of his duty to obey his order.
c. What character does this statement reveal about the speaker?
Ans.: Columbus as an efficient captain and loyal to his king and queen.

Answer the following questions in a paragraph of 8-10 sentences.

1. "Columbus had the will power and had the strength to face obstacles" Justify your answer.
Ans.: Columbus and his crew left Spain to discover the new world. He and his men sailed for a long
time but did not come across the trace of any land. The sailors were fed up. They wanted to go back
to their places. They asked Columbus to turn the ship back to their country. When Columbus asked
then to wait for a few days, the crew became angry. The sailors thought of revolting and even murdering
Columbus. One of the sailors rushed towards Columbus to murder him, Pepe another sailor interviewed him and
saved the life of Columbus. Columbus had a lot of patience and encouraged his sailors not to become desperate.
After a few days Columbus saw a light faintly flickering raising up and down. The land he discovered was west
Indies. The crew jumped with joy.

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 Balled of the Tempest

1. There we kissed the little maiden 'The sailors did this because
Ans. She filled their hearts with hope
2. The captain's daughter had faith that
Ans-god would protect them
3. The sailors in darkness amidst the tempest could do nothing except-.
ans. Praying
4 The sailors heard the rattling sound of
ans.: The breaking sound of the mast
5 The fearful thing in winter on the ocean is
Ans. the tempest

2-3 sentence
1. Usually.storms are formed in the deep sea. What precaution have the sailors got to take
before voyage?
Ans.: Before setting out on a voyage, sailors have to make sure that the ship is strong enough to
withstand any storm at sea. They have to be well stocked with food and water. They need life
saving jackets and be sturdy swimmers.
2.When the captain shouted. 'We are lost'. How did his daughter react?
Ans.: His daughter held his hand and gently asked if God protected us on land would he not protect
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3.The speaker and his crew-mates sat in darkness and prayed. What did they hear?
Ans.: They heard the storm raging at sea, then the sailors sat in the darkness and prayed; The captain staggered
down the stairs and shouted 'we are lost'.
4. The crew mates kissed the maiden and spoke in better cheers. What made them feel cheerful?
Ans.: The little girl asked her father if God protected them on land. Would he not protect them on the sea. Her
faith in God brought hope to the sailors and they kissed her in joy.
5. ‘A ship is always safe at the shore, but it was not built for that’ what does this mean?
Ans.: A ship is built to take people and goods across the seas. lf it just stays on the shore it will no
doubt be unharmed, but would be of no use to anyone.
6 The poet uses the phrase 'the hungry sea'. What can the reader imagine from this?
Ans.: The poet personifies the sea hungry because when the storm is very severe, the huge waves
will drown the ship and sailors as if the sea is very hungry.

Extracts
1. 'We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep'
a. Who does the word 'we' refer to here?
Ans.: 'We' refer to the sailors.
b. Not a soul would dare to sleep-why was it so?
Ans.: Because the sailors were afraid that the storm would destroy the ship and their lives.
c. What does the word 'cabin' mean?
Ans- Shelter for sleep
2. 'tis a fearful thing in the winter to be shattered by the blast
a. What is to as a 'fearful thing'?
Ans.: To be caught in a fierce storm at sea in winter is the fearful thing.
b. How did it affect the sailors?
Ans. : The sailors lay awake saying a silent prayer in the dark.
c. Where did the fearful thig appear? What did it shatter?
Ans: The fearful thing appeared in the mid sea. It shattered the mast of the ship.

3 "We are lost!"The captain shouted

a. Who does 'we'referlb?
ans: 'We' refers to the chptain of the ship and his crewmates.
b. Why did he say so?
Ans: The storm was very fierce and the captain feared that the ship would be torn apart any
moment.
c. How did his daughter react to the situation?
Ans .: His daughter remained calm. Holding her father's hand she asked if God could protect them
on land would he not protect them on sea
4. "Then we kissed the little maiden And we spoke in better cheer"
a. Who was the little maiden?
Ans.: The little maiden was the captain's daughter.
b. Why did they kiss her?
Ans.: The little girl brought back hope to the sailors by saying that God would protect them. So, they kissed her.
c. Who do we refer to?
Ans : sailers

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Paragraph answer
Write in your own words the substance of the poem 'Ballad of the Tempest’
Ans.: It was dark, stormy night in winter a ship was out at sea. Huge waves dashed against the ship
and the roar of the sea filled the sailors with fear. They crowded together in one cabin. Even the
bravest among them could not sleep. They just sat in the darkness and prayed. As the storm continued, the
captain too gave up hope and said that nothing could save them. At that point, the captain's little daughter held
his hand and quietly asked if God protected them on sea. Her faith in God filled the sailors with a new hope. By
morning, the storm cleared and they reached harbor safely.

Quote from Memory 4 Marks

We were crowded in the cabin,
Not a should would dare to sleep,
It was midnight on the waters,
And a storm was on the deep.
Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered by the blast,
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder, “Cut away the mast!”
So we shuddered there in silence, -
For the stoutest held his breath,
While the hungry sea was roaring
And the breakers talked with death
As thus we sat in darkness
Each one busy with his prayers,
“we are lost!” the captain shouted,
As he staggered down the stairs ........
But his little daughter whispered,
As she took his icy hand,
“Isn’t God upon the ocean,
Just the same as on the land?”
Then we kissed the little maiden,
And we spoke in better cheer,
And ewe anchored safe in harbour
When the morn was shining clear.

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 Colours of Silence

Multiple choice questions

1. Satish could hear Surender only after he repeated the question three times, because_.
A. he was busy in drawing
B. he was watching T.V
C . he did not notice him
D. he could not hear him
2.Satish asked Surender to why he was speaking so softly because
A. he was busy in drawing
B. he was watching T.V
C . he did not notice him
D he could not hear him
3.Satish suffered terrible headaches and feeling as if dark and silent since_.
A. he went to Kashmir
B. met with an accident
C. last operation on his leg
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4.Surender gave a strange look at Satish because___
A. he was busy in drawing
B. he was watching T.V
C . he did not notice him
D. he could not hear him
5. Satish met with an accident when he was crossing a _
A. the road at his school
B. rickety bridge over some rapids
C. the mountain path
D. snow covered Himalaya in Kashmir
6.Satish suffered frequently from bouts of fever and infections, especially of the
A. ears B. head C. eyes D. legs
7. Everything seemed to Satish like scenes from some pantomime show because
A. he was suffering from bouts of fever
B. he was operated on his legs
C. he had lost his hearing
D. he had lost his sight
8.The doctors didn't know the cause for Satish ill health except that_
A. he was suffering from bouts of fever
B. he was operated on his legs
C. ear infection
D. effect of medicines to treat his legs
9.Satish did not want to go to another school because
A. he was suffering from bouts of fever
B. he was operated on his legs
C. hearing problem
D. frequent absence to school
10. Satish could not talk freely with anyone because
A. he was suffering from bouts of fever
B. he was operated on his legs
C. his neighboring children teased him
D. he was unable to hear a single sound

11. Who supported Satish in teaching words and pronunciation? It was his_
A. father B. brother C. mother D. teacher
l2.Satish’s father inspired him to learn a great deal by-.
A. painting pictures
B. singing songs
C. reading books
D. studying words and their pronunciation
13. Satish became a voracious reader because of his_.
A. father B. brother C. mother D. teacher
14. The books depressed and left a deep impression on Satish's sensitive mind
A. he was not interested in reading books
B. he wanted to become an artist
c. they were the serious books meant for older children or adults
D. he was depressed by his plight

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15. The turning point in Satish's life was
A. he watched a bird and drew its sketch
B. his leg was operated
C. he was admitted to a new school
D. he recovered his hearing

16. Sketching came naturally to Satish because he was good at

A. drawing B. painting C. observing D. Urdu calligraphy
17. Satish's father took away all note books he had drawn because
A. He hated his son
B. he was not good at drawing
C. He did not want his son to make a living by drawing
D. that was not his field of interest
18. Who was optimistic of Satish' s recovery of hearing ? It was his_
A. father B. brother C. mother D. teacher
19. The only solace for Satish was
A. reading books B. painting C. observing birds D. Urdu calligraphy
20. Satish's father found the best school of arts for Satish so that he wants to .
A. forget his suffering by going to school
B. enjoy his life
C. make life in his chosen field
D. make great name as an artist
2l.Satish's eyes filled with tears and his father did an uncharacteristic thing. The 'uncharacteristic thing.'- here is
that his father did was_.
A. his father sat beside him and encouraged his art of drawing
B. He brought him armful of books
C. His father found him the best school of arts for him
D. supported him in becoming a voracious reader

1. Why was Satish confined to bed? What was the worst thing for him? Why was it so?
Ans.: After the accident, Satish's legs became very weak, requiring several operations. He frequently suffered
from bouts of fever and infections of the ear. So he was confined to bed. He was becoming deaf and he could
not bear the silence.
2. How did Satish meet with an accident?
Ans. : On a holiday in Kashmir, Satish went hiking with his father and brother while crossing rickety bridge
ovef some rapids, his foot slipped and he fell into the rapids.
3. Satish didn't want to go to a new school. What was the reason?
Ans.: Satish didn't want to go to a new school where he couldn't talk to the other children, where everyone
would make fun of his deafness.
4. What did Satish see at the far corner of the garden? why did it attract him?
Ans. : Satish saw a bird at the far comer of the garden. Its restless energy attracted him.
5. What effect did the books he read have on Satish?
Ans.: The books that Satish read were meant for adults. That made him feel depressed and left a deep
impression upon his sensitive mind. His own world is comfortable in comparison to the world outside.
6. Describe the bird in the garden, which attracted Satish?
Ans. : The bird had a long tail and black crest. It was restless and full of energy. Its eyes moved
here and there and its whole body seemed ever ready to fly.
7. How did the beautiful bird inspire Satish?
Ans.: Satish stared at the bird for a long time. After it flew away he took out his note book and pencil and made
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8. Why was Satish's father against drawing?
Ans.: Satish's father felt that artists do not make much money. He wanted a bright future for his son.
He thought that it is possible only by studying hard. He thought drawing as waste of time.
9. Satish's parents were both his well-wishers. But each cared for him in a different way. How?
Ans.: Satish's father was optimistic and hoped that Satish's hearing would come back. Instead of wasting time
on drawing, he wanted Satish to study. Satish's mother did not have the hope that he would recover. She was
happy that her son had found good pass time in drawing and she did not want to stop him.

10. Satish's father accepted that his son's destiny lay in canvas and paint. What did he
promise to do? How did Satish express his gratitude?
Ans.: Satish's father promised to find out the best school of arts so that Satish could make his life
inthe field of his choice. Satish's eyes filled with tears and he hugged his father tightly.
11. Why was the school Satish going kept him out of the school?
Ans: Due his frequent absence and his hearing problem, the school he was attending till then, kept
him out of the school. They forced Avtar Narain to look for a new school.
12. Why didn't Satish want to go to a new school?
Ans: Satish didn't want to go to a new school because he couldn't talk to the other children, where
everyone would make fun of his deafness.
13. What made Avtar Narain angry?
Ans: Avtar Narain had to look for different schools for his son Satish. But every school didn't want
him to educate as he was not able to hear. They treated his son as dumb and asked Avtar Narain to
look for other school. So he was angry.
14. Why did Satish's father make expeditions to school? Was he successful? If not why?
Ans: Satish was frequently absent from and he had hearing problem. So every school did not want
him to admit. So Avtar Narain had to make expeditions to schools. But he was not successful.
Because every school did the same thing for the same reason.
15. How did Satish's brother Inder try to help him?
Ans; Satish's brother Inder sat for hours with him and talked to hear him, teaching him words and
pronunciation. He and his father spent time with him every day, talking to him trying to teach him
things.
16. what did satish see at the far corner of the garden? why did it attract him?
Ans: Satish at the far corner of the garden saw a bird with a long tail and a black crest. Satish was attracted by
its restless energy .Its eyes kept darting, its whole body was ready for flight any moment.
17. How do you say that Satish's parents had difference of opinion about making his life?
And: Satish's father always wanted him to study well and earn knowledge and become successful in
life. But Satish was inclined towards painting .He opposed his son for that. But his mother felt
drawing as a means of entertainment for her son.
18. Which action of Satish changed his father's attitude?
Ans: Satish was busy mixing the colours on his palette. Though he saw his father standing at the
staring his painting, he continued with his mixing. This action of Satish changed his father's
attitude.
l9.What was Satish unable to believe? Why?
Ans: One day Satish's father sat beside him and put his hand on Satish's shoulder. Then Satish was
unable to believe his father who was not angry with his painting.
20.How did Satish express his gratitude to his father?
Ans: Satish's eyes were filled with tears .he hugged his father tightly, his heart was full of love for
his stem father who had atlast accepted that his destiny was in canvas and paint.
21. Name the three fields in which Satish Gujral has made his name?
Ans: Satish came to be popularly known as Satish Gujral. He is the famous artist from India. He is an
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Extracts
1. "We will have to look for a neu school”
a. Who is the speaker?
Ans -Satish's father
b. why did Satish's father have to look for a new school?
Ans.: Due to his frequent absence and hearing problem, the school Satish was attending, informed
his father that they could not keep him.
c. What was the reason?
Ans.: Satish did not want to go to a school where he couldn't talk to other children and where they
would make fun of his deafness.
2. “You can learn a great deal of things just by reading"
a. Why do you think Satish's father encouraged him toread?
Ans.: To get on in life, Satish's father wanted Satish to read.
b. How did reading influence Satish?
Ans.: As Satish began to read, it was as if a whole world opened out to him. He realized that there
were others who had suffered more than him.
c. Was Satish successful in reading?
Ans- yes
3. "This is an idle pass time. You would do better to read and get some knowledge".
a. who was spending ideal time?
Ans : Satish was spending
b. What is an idle pass time according to the above statement?
Ans.: Drawing is an idle pass time according to the above statement.
c. Why does Satish's father give more importance to reading?
Ans.: Satish's father thinks that by reading Satish can make something out of his life, To get on in
life, one has to read a lot.
4. “You made do this very badly, don't you?"
a. who is the speaker?
Ans- Satish's father
b. What do you think made Satish's father say this?
Ans.: Though his father was against it, Satish continued to draw and paint. His father realized that
his son had a great love and talent for art.
c. What did he do soon after leaving the room?
Ans.: He bought paints, brushes of all shapes and sizes and several rolls of drawing sheets for Satish.
5. "You will learn arts and make your life in your chosen field"
a. Why did you think made Satish's father take this decision?
Ans. : Though his father was against it, Satish continued to draw and paint. His father realized that
his son had a great love and talent for art.
b. How did Satish react to his father's decision?
Ans.: Satish's eyes filled with tears. He hugged his father tightly and his heart filled with love for
his father
c. did Satish make his mark in life?
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6."It has been more than three years since he became ill, how do you possibly think that he
can recover his hearing?"
a. Who asked this question to whom?
Ans : Satish's mother asked this to his father.(her husband)
b. Are these words of pessimism?
Ans: yes, these are the words of pessimism. She lost her hope Satish could not recover his hearing.
c. Who was optimistic of recovery of his hearing?
Ans : Satish's father was optimistic of recovery of his hearing.
7."Why do you take away his source of entertainment?"
a. What was the source of entertainment? Who got that entertainment?
Ans: Drawing was the source of entertainment. Satish got that entertainment
b. Who took away his source of entertainment?
Ans: Satish took away his source of entertainment.
c. Why did speaker make this statement?
Ans : he did not want his son to make his life by drawing.

1. "Satish Gujral became a great artist”, support this statement mentioning a few of his
achievements.
OR
"Physical disability is no barrier to success to Satish". Justify.
Ans : Satish met with an accident at the early age of eight so he lost his hearing power. Due tofrequent absence
and hearing problem, the school he was attending informed his father that they could keep Satish. Other school
also refused admission. His father and his brother spent much time with him and provided many books. He
developed his interest in painting. In the beginning his father discouraged him but later he accepted that his
son's destiny lay in canvas and painting. He admitted his son to the best school of art and made his 'life in the
chosen field. Satish Gujral is among the foremost artists of India and accomplished in several art forms like
painting, sculpture and architecture.
2 Narrate the circumstances of Satish’s staying at home.
Or everything seemed like scenes from some pantomime show to Satish? Why?
One holiday Satish was hiking with his father and brother. They were crossing a rickety bridge over
some rapids. Satish looked down at swirling water below him. His foot slipped. He lost his balance
and fell in the rapids. As a result of this his legs and ear were injured. His legs became weak. He
suffered frequently from bouts of fever and infectious. He could never here properly. The teacher
did not allow him to come to school because he was weak in hearing and frequently absented for the
class. His father tried to get admission to him in some other school but in vain. When he went
outside to play with children they teased him. Therefore he was compelled to stay at home
3. Describe the incident that changed the lonely and despairful life of Satish?
One day he was looking gloomy in to the far corner of the garden, he saw a bird that was unlike any
he had ever seen before it had a longish tail and black crest. But most interesting thing of a bird
was its restless energy. For a long moment he stared at the bird. When it flew away he jumped
down from his bed and took out his notebook and pencil he sketched the bird from his memory with
a few deft strokes . he liked the picture and set against the stack of books on his bedside table. His
father did not like panting initially but later supported well.

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 Unit - 7
THE BLIND BOY

I Four alternatives are given. Choose the best alternatives.

1. The tone of the speakers is one of
a. surprise b. curiosity
c. sadness d. helpless
2. “I feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night”. The ‘him’ here refers to
a. light b. the sun
c. the moon d. a bulb
3. “With heavy sighs I often hear
you mourn my hapless woe”
who is mourning here?
a. people b. the blind boy
c. sun d. poet
4. The word which does not rhyme with ‘woe’ is
a. know b. sow
c. cow d. sow
5. “then let not what I cannot have my cheer of mind destroy”. This implies that the blind boy is
a. happy though he does not have the blessings of sight
b. happy not to have the blessings of sight
c. unhappy because he does not see day and night
d. jealous of people who have everything
Ans.: 6. Whilst thus I sing, I am a king. The figure of speech used here is
a. metaphor b. alliteration
c. personification d. irony
7. To the blind boy, the blessings of sight is
a. a curse b. a riddle
c. a lesson d. a pain
II. Answer the following questions in a word/sentence or a phrase each:
1. Who is the voice of the poem?
Ans. : The voice of the poem is of a blind boy
2. “You mourn my hapless woe”, who is sympathizing with whom?
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Ans.: The person who is addressed as ‘you’ in the poem is the people.
4. What a normal person can easily understand is almost a riddle to the blind boy. What is it?
Ans. : How can sun make day and night is the riddle to the blind boy.
5. What is it that the blind boy cannot enjoy?
Ans.: The blind boy cannot enjoy the blessings of sight.
6. How do others feel about the blind boy?
Ans.: Others feel sad about the blind boy.
7. Who makes day and night of the blind boy?
Ans.: The blind boy himself makes his day and night.
8. How does the blind boy experience the Sun?
Ans.: The blind boy experiences the sun by its warmth
III. Answer the following in 2-3 sentences:
1. “The blessings of the sight” can you list out a few of them?
Ans.: Day and night, beautiful colours, and the beauty of nature around us are the blessings of the sight.
2. How does a blind person understand whether it is day or night?
Ans.: Whenever the blind person is awake it is day, when he is asleep it is night for him. Sun does not
make his day or night.
3. How do others feel about the blind boy? What is his reaction?
Ans.: People feel sorry for the blind boy and try to show sympathy towards him. The blind boy says
that he does not really understand what he is missing so he does not feel that his life is miserable.
4. How does the blind boy pacify himself?
Ans.: People sympathize with the blind boy. But the boy does not want to be unhappy about what he
cannot get. Though he is poor and blind, he feels rich because he is happy.
5. What a normal person can understand is almost a riddle to the blind boy. What is it?
Ans.: We can recognize day and night. The blind boy can feel the warmth of the sun, but doesn’t know how the
sun can make day and night because when he falls asleep it is night and whenever he is awake it is day for him.
6. What is the message of the poem ‘The Blind Boy’?
Ans.: The message of the poem ‘The Blind Boy’ is we should be happy and contented with what
god has given us. We should not spoil our happiness by trying to get what we can’t.
IV Read each of the following extracts and answer the questions given below:
1. “I feel him warm, but how can be or make it day or night?”
a. Who is the ‘I’ here?
Ans.: ‘I’ here refers to the blind boy.
b. Whose warmth does he feel? Why does he wonder how he makes day or night?
Ans.: He feels the warmth of the sun. The blind boy cannot see the sun rising or setting. So he wonders how he
can make day or night.
2. “And could I ever keep awake
With me ‘there always day”
a. Who is the speaker here?
Ans.: The blind boy is the speaker here.
b. What is he trying to convey here?
Ans.: The blind boy cannot see the difference between day and night. To him it is day when he plays and night
when he sleeps. So he says that if he did not sleep it would always be day for him
3. “But sure with patience, I can bear”
A loss I ne’ver can know”
a. What is the ‘loss’ the speaker cannot know?
Ans.: The loss here refers to the blessings of sight.
b. How does he face the loss? What does it show about him?
Ans.: The blind boy does not feel sorry for what he cannot have. He bears his loss patiently and cheerfully.

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4. “Then let not what I cannot have my cheer of mind destroy”.
a. What made the speakers say these words.
Ans.: When people felt sorry for the blind boy and felt that he cannot enjoy many things, then the
blind boy said these words.
b. What was the reply of the speaker?
Ans.: The blind boy does not want to be unhappy about things he cannot get. He wishes to remain
cheerful at all times.

V Answer the following in 8-10 sentences

1. “We should feel happy with what he had and never go after what we can’t get”. How has the
poet brought about this message in the poem ‘The Blind Boy’. OR Summary of the poem
‘The Blind Boy’.
Ans. : This poem peeps into the feelings of a boy who cannot see. The blind boy is the speaker in the
poem. He wonders what light is like for he has never seen it. He wishes to know what his blessings
of sight are. People around him talk of the beautiful things they see. They say that the sun shines bright
but he can only feel the warmth of the sun. He cannot understand how the sun brings about night and day. To
him, day is when he is awake and night when he sleeps. So if he remained awake it would continue to be day
for him. The blind boy hears people pitying him but he does not feel sorry for himself. He decides that he will
not make himself unhappy over something he cannot get. He would be happy as a King by being ever cheerful.

VI Quote from memory (8 lines)

The Blind Boy
O SAY what is that thing call’d Light,
Which I must ne’er enjoy;
What are the blessings of the sight,
O tell your poor blind boy!
You talk of wondrous things you see,
You say the sun shines bright;
I feel him warm, but how can he
Or make it day or night?
My day or night myself I make
Whene’er I sleep or play;
And could I ever keep awake
With me ’twere always day.
With heavy sighs I often hear
You mourn my hapless woe;
But sure with patience I can bear
A loss I ne’er can know.
Then let not what I cannot have
My cheer of mind destroy:
Whilst thus I sing, I am a king,
Although a poor blind boy.

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 Science and Hope of Survival

1. According to Keilis-Borok The following cannot enjoy a higher income_

A. doctors B. businessmen C. lawyers D. scientists
2. "A writer is not a writer merely a person who writes: a writer is a person who cannot live without
writing."-this is a saying by
A. Keilis-Borok B. Rabindranath Tagore C. Leo Tolstoy D. A scientist
3.Science is an exciting adventure where major reward comes from_
A. society B. scientists C. discovery itself D. every one
4. By science a Scientist cannot get
A. camaraderie B. independence C. money D. freedom
5.The scientist Keilis-Borok worked on
A. cold war B. nuclear weapons C. seismic waves D. biotechnology
6. The scientist Keilis-Borok was summoned by
A. the President of Russian Academy of Sciences
B. the palace of Nations in Geneva
C. the President of America
D. the President of United Kingdom.
7. ln 1960,every man and child on the earth lived under the threat of annihilation by
A. cold war B. bombs C. great countries D. nuclear weapon

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8. The technical experts were summoned to the Palace of Nations in Geneva to solve the problem of
A. nuclear weapon test ban B. nuclear test C. power politics D .annihilation
9. People trained in theoretical physics are head hunted by_
A. scientific institutions
B. financial institutions
C. mathematical institutions
D.educational institutions
10. Those who trained in biological research become founders and directors in
A. electronics industry B. Pharmaceutical industry C. large scale industry D. bio industry
11. According to Keilis-Borok The indispensable guardian and care taker of humanity, is
A. nuclear energy B.bio technology C. science D. industrial growth
12. 1f you are so clever, why are you so poor? -The professional addressed as 'you' in the statement
refers more than others to a _
A. lawyer B. scientist C. doctor D. businessman
13. The writer says, "l found myself in Geneva." It expresses ,more than anything else, the writer’s
A. pleasure B. surprise C. anxiety D. annoyance
14. "lmmersion in science does not go with common sense," suggests_ absentmindedness of scientists
15.Which of the following qualities help the scientists to come up with a solution the problem.
A. self-assessment B. self-praise C. popularity D. self-discipline
1."According to the author why do some people choose to become scientists though they may
not earn much money?
Ans.: According to the author, some people choose to be scientists because they cannot live without
science. Their discovery brings the reward. Instead of money, they enjoy freedom, discovering the
mysteries of nature and teamwork.
2. Why did the super powers meet in Geneva?
Ans.: The three super powers wanted to come to an agreement - ban on the nuclear weapon test.
They met in Geneva to discuss the problems that could arise as a result.
3."Technical experts were summoned to solve the problem that arose" What was the problem?
Ans.: The nuclear powers wanted to sign an agreement to stop the test of nuclear weapons. There was a
possibility that, one of them could secretly conduct a test. Detecting the violation was the problem.
4. How can you prove that scientists are the most practical people in the world?
Ans.: It is through the work of the scientists that we have medicines, electronics, new sources of energy, modes
of transport and the green revolution. This proves that scientists are the most practical people.
5. What did Borok learn at the Geneva Summit?
Ans.: He leant that there were people all over the world, who thought and acted the way he did. So he never felt
lonely abroad. He also realized that while there was science there was hope for the survival of mankind.
6. According to the authors why do some people choose to become Scientists?
Ans.: Some people choose to be scientists because they cannot live without science. Discovery is their reward.
They enjoy teamwork, independence and the joy of uncovering one of the mysteries of nature.
7. Why did the super powers meet in Geneva?
Ans.: The three super powers wanted to come to an agreement, to put a ban on the nuclear weapon
test. They also wanted to discuss the problems that could arise as a result.
8.How could the Kelis Borok help to solve the problem?
Ans.: The scientist was doing research on the theory of seismic waves. It turned out that the problem had a
direct connection with the theory of seismic waves.
9. What was the common thread that bound scientists from the opposite sides of the Iron Curtain?
Ans.: The scientists are able to work out a common language, based on respect to hard evidence,
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10. How does basic science help one's career?
Ans.: The knowledge of basic science give us new sources of energy, mineral deposits, efficient
defense from terrorism, cure from cancer and new forms of transportation.

Answer the following in 6-8 sentences:

1.What lessons did the writer learn at the Geneva Summit?
Ans.: The writer learnt many things at the Geneva Summit. The first was that there were people all around the
world who think and interact the way he did. Secondly, he learnt that with those people with the same interests
around him, he could never feel lonely abroad. Thirdly he realized that science is our indispensable guardian
and caretaker. As long as there is science, there is hope of survival and well being for all of us.
2.Why did the scientists meet at Geneva? What conclusion did they come to?
Ans.: After the Second World War the U.S.A., U.S.S.R and U.K. became powerful countries in the
world. Each of these nations had nuclear bombs. Within minutes the world could be destroyed. In
order to save themselves the super powers were willing to come to an agreement of putting a ban on
the nuclear weapon tests. But there was a doubt about violating this treaty. Therefore, a number of
scientists all over the world met at Geneva to save the world from danger. They arrived at a decision
which resulted in the formulation of Nuclear Text Ban.
3.‘Iron Curtain’ is referred as a barrier. It was outwardly difficult for the opposite sides of the iron
curtain to find out the solution for the problem of violation of agreement. What was the reason?
Ans.: A cold war was going on the atmosphere. There were political tensions as well and at that
moment it was expected from scientists and engineers to find out the solution for the problem of
violation of agreement which was impossible. It was because everyone had a different cultural
background. They were able to work out a common language by expertise but still the cold war and
the political tensions did not allow them to break the Iron Curtain

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 Unit - 8
OFF TO OUTER SPACE TOMORROW MORNING

I Four alternatives are given. Choose the best alternatives.

1. With what feelings is the speaker flying out of earth?
a. despair b. Lack of Confidence
c. fear of failure d. doubt about his return
2. The expression “winter under lock” means, that in space
a. there is no change of seasons
b. seasons change frequently
c. capsules are locked in winter
d. there is no hear
3. You can start the count Down; You can take last look; suggests ............
a. the end of the launching of the rocket
b. the re-entering of the rocket to the earth
c. the beginning of the launching of the rocket
d. failure of the launching of the rocket
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4. You can cross out my name from the telephone book – the poet says this because ..........
a. he will not be coming back from space
b. he is a failure in space
c. he is lost in space
d. he cannot have any contact with others
Ans.: he cannot have any contact with others
II. Answer the following in one sentence only:
1. “You can cross out my name from the telephone book” why does the poet say this?
Ans.: Because he will be off to space and nobody can contact him.
2. “In Solit’ry confinement as complete as any gaol”. In the above mentioned line what two
things are compared?
Ans.: Lonliness to gaol confinement
3. Why do the tea cups circle around him?
Ans.: There is no gravity in space. So tea cups circle around him.
4. What does the poet mean by saying “There won’t be any calendar?”
Ans.: The poet means that there is no count of days in space.

III. Answer the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences:

1. State the reason for the poet to say ‘Calendars and clocks are useless in space?
Ans.: The poet says this because there are no seasons and no day and night.
2. The speaker has the feeling that he is imprisoned. What might have been the reason for him to have
such a feeling?
Ans.: The speaker is alone and he feels lonely. He cannot have contact with anybody. No one can
visit him.
3. Give some instances of daily routine mentioned in the poem ‘Off to Outer Space Tomorrow Morning’?
Ans.: Writing letters, people visiting, knocking at the door phone contact. The speaker cannot do all
these things because he is in space.
IV. Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1. “There won’t be any calendar, there won’t be any clock;
a. Where is the speaker experiencing this?
Ans.: Space
b. Why will there be no calendars or clocks?
Ans. : There is no concept of time while flying through space. So there are no calendars or clocks.
2. “With tea cups circling round me like the planets round the sun”
a. Where would the speaker experience this?
Ans.: In space
b. Why does the speaker have the above feeling?
Ans.: There is no gravitational force in space. So everything floats.
3. I’m off to outer space tomorrow morning?
a. Who is off to outer space?
Ans.: The speaker/the poet
b. Why is this above line repeated several times in this poem?
Ans.: The poet would be alone in a world of his own. To emphasis his loneliness this above line is
repeated.
V. Answer the following in 6-8 sentences:
1. How has the poet described the life in space?
Ans.: He has mentioned that there is absence of gravitation pull in space. Everything keeps on
swirling inside the rocket. The concept of day and night doesn’t apply in space. There will be no
communication in the form of letters and mails with the outer world. Calendars and clocks are
useless in space. Totally, we can say that life in space is totally in contrast to life on earth.
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 SUPPLIMENTARY READER
1. NARAYANPUR INCIDENT

1. Why were the students marching in the street? Why was it termed uncommon?
Ans.: The students were marching to give a notice to the collector, for the British to quit India. It
was uncommon because they walked silently without shouting slogans or behaving in a violent
manner. Even though there were policemen, they marched as if the policemen didn't exist.
2. Can you guess what the police officer had been talking to the student leaders?
Ans. : The students met the D.S.P. and one of them handed him a piece of paper. The Police Officer
didn't even glance at it. This shows that he might have advised them to go back. He might have told
them to stop their agitation.
3. Babu and Manju were a bit disappointed with the way students were marching. What was
the reason?
Ans.: The students marched back to their homes silently and Manju and Babu thought that the students were scared of the
police. According to them, the students should have protested. Hence, they were disappointed.
4. What had the police expected about the way of protest? How did the student leaders manage the protest?
Ans.: The police expected the students to stout slogans and cause violence. This would make the police to arrest them,
beat them up and imprison them. But the students leaders did not want to be arrested then, as they had a lot more to do.
Therefore, they marched back silently.
5. What was there in the 'mysterious parcel'? What suspicion did the police have about that?
Ans.: The 'mysterious parcel' contained a 'cyclostyle machine'. The police suspected that Mohan and his family were
making copies of Mahatma's speech. They also suspected that some people were hiding these.
6. Why had Patil, the sub - inspector come to Mohan's house? Who believed him? What was the result?
Ans.: Patil the sub-inspector came to Mohan's house to give a warning about the raid of his wife. As he was a close friend
of Mohan's father, he asked Mohan to give him the cyclostyle machine and all proof pertaining to the agitation against the
British. Mohan's mother believed him and allowed him to take away all these things.
7. How do you know that Mohan's mother was supportive of their struggle?
Ans.: When Suman and their friend brought the cyclostyle machine, she asked them to keep it in the Puja room. When the
sub Inspector came in initially, she acted as if everything was normal and nothing revolutionary took place at their home.
8. What do you think is the writer of the incident trying to impress upon the readers? readers?
Ans.: People wanted to fight against the British and get freedom. Some Indians were working for the British but they were
waiting for them to quit India. These people helped the freedom fighters secretly. The sub-Inspector Patil also indirectly
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On Top of the World
1. What were the hardships faced by Dicky Dolma before she was ready for mountaineering?
What was its impact on her?
Ans: Dicky Dolma lost her mother when she was just 11. She also lost her brother. These experiences had a profound
impact on her life.
2. What was Dicky Dolma fascinated by since her childhood? Why?
Ans: Dicky Dolma fascinated by the grandeur of the snow-clad peaks of the Himalayas since her childhood. Her native
place Palchan was surrounded by mountain peaks. And she was also interested in skiing.
3. How did Dicky Dolma prepare herself for her venture?
Ans:Dicky Dolma prepared herself for the venture of scaling The Mt. Everest by joining the newlyopened mountaineering
institute in Manali. She took up the basic training at the institute and worked with dedication and determination. She got
'A' grades and was selected by the All-India expedition to Mount Everest.
4. What was the dream of Dicky Dolma? When did her dream come true? What was her achievement?
Ans: The dream of Dicky Dolma was to scale the snow-covered Himalayas. Her dream came true when her name was
cleared by An all-India expedition to Mount Everest. She climbed the Mt. Everest on 10h May, 1993 and became the
youngest woman in the world to have the achievement of scaling the world's highest peak.
5. How did Dicky Dolma feel when she climbed the Mt. Everest?
Ans: Dicky Dolma could not describe the sight of Mt. Everest. She had never 'imagined the beauty of Mt. Everest. She felt
that all the state awards and national awards are nothing when compared to the experiences of seeing the sight of Mt.
Everest.
6. What makes you think that Dicky Dolma's life as a girl was sorrowful?
Ans.: Dicky Dolma lost her mother when she was 11, she lost her elder brother too.
7. What factors encouraged Dolma to take up basic mountaineering course?
Ans.: Dolma came to know that a mountaineering institute was set up at Manali and it would give training to those who
were interested in climbing mountains. Her friends and her family members also encouraged her to join this course. the
Himalayas. Her home, in Palchan was surrounded by beautiful mountain
8. Dolma says, "It is not a difficult decision for me to take up the challenge of the lofty mountains" Why does she
say so?
Ans.: From her childhood, Dolma had been fascinated by the grandeur of the snow clad peaks of the Himalayas. Her
home, in Palchan was surrounded by beautiful mountain peaks.
9. How has Dolma described her preparedness for the task of scaling Mount Everest?
Ans.: Dolma got training in the mountaineering institute at Manali. Her determination and hard work helped her to secure
'A' grades. She believed that success always follow dedication, determination and hard work. She used to practice lour
hours every day before the task of scaling Mount Everest
10. What was the biggest headache that Dolma had to face besides her physical and mental problem?
Ans.: Dolma's father was bedridden. She was not financially sound and she needed a lot of money for her father's
treatment, so the family had very little to offer her.
11. What does Dolma say about mountaineering after she returns from Mount Everest?
Ans.: "Mountaineering" is a tough sport. This thought never comes to me. It is my zeal for the
work. Seeing peaks is a second nature to me. I have never been scared when it comes to hard work",
says Dolma.
12. What does Dolma say about the view from the top of Mount Everest?
Ans.: Dolma said that an Everest can feel and understand but cannot be described in words. It was much breath taking that
she could ever be imagined. The awards that she had bestowed stand very low before the view from the above.
13. What can we learn from Dolma's life?
Ans.: whenever hurdles come, we must face them boldly. Dolma's determination and hard work, Zeal for the work" is
emulating.
14.How could Dicky Dolma achieve the great feat even with her hardships?
Ans: Dicky Dolma never felt mountaineering a tough sport. She had zeal for work. She was determined and sincere in
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Ans: When she was getting ready for Mountaineering of Mt. Everest, her father was bedridden and a lot of
money was needed for his treatment. So the family had very little to offer her. But her determination never
allowed her to leave the sport.
16. Mention the hobbies of Dicky Dolma.
Ans: Besides mountaineering Dicky Dolma love to listen to music, especially old Hindi film songs.
She is teaching mountaineering at the Mountaineering Institute at Man

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 A Great Martyr ever Cherished

1. The writer speaks of the 'smile' that welcomes anyone who enters Hanifs house. What more do we
know about this 'smile'?
Ans: The smile of Hanifuddin just from the photograph frame welcomes anyone who enters Hanif s house. This
smile gives the memory of a twenty-five year old martyr lieutenant Hanifuddin.
2. What did Hanif choose as his mission? Why did he do so?
Ans: Hanifuddin chose to join the army. Because he knew that life was short for him and to serve India In army
was his mission.
3. Life for Hanif in the beginning was never a smooth sail. Why was it so?
Ans: Because Hanif lost his father when he was just eight. His mother Hema Aziz was left to take care of three
young boys. But she had to leave the children alone and travel with the performance team of the Information
and Broadcasting Ministry
4. The absence of mother from home taught the children something. what was that?
Ans: The absence of mother from home taught the children something that made the children to become very
responsible, getting up and getting ready for school without having to tell them. It gave the children a message
that one's duty is the most important thing in life.
5. How does the writer describe the 'introvert' Hanif?
Ans: An 'introvert' Hanif began to make friends only by the time he was 14 years of age. He would often go out
of his way to help people because that gave him a certain kind of joy.
6. Hanif was a young man with varied talents and interest.Illustrate this statement from textual examples.
Ans: Hanif was dabbled in art, sketched very well, made beautiful cards out of waste material, read a great deal
and loved playing the drums. That is why the officers at Raj Rifs made him get all his instruments from Delhi
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7. What did Hanif chose as his mission? Why did he do so?
Ans.: Hanif knew that life for him was short; he wanted to serve the nation. Therefore he joined Indian Army as
a soldier. He believed that a person working for the nation could change lives.

9. Life for Hanif in the beginning was never a smooth sail. Why was it so?
Ans.: Hanif lost his father when he was just eight years old. His mother a vocal artiste, was out very often with
the performance wing. Therefore he became very responsible at a tender age.
10. The absence of mother from home taught the children something. What was that?
Ans.: Hanif s mother a vocal artiste, would often had to leave the children alone: as she travelled with the
performance wing. The kids became very responsible getting up and getting ready for school without her having
told them and leant that one's duty is the most important thing in life.
11. Sha.re your thoughts and impression of Hanif with your classmates.
Ans.: Hanif even though he lived only for 25 years, continues to live forever in our hearts. In his short life span
he became a hero by sacrificing himself in the Kargil war. Because of the hardships from a tender age, he learnt
that one's duty is the most important thing in life. He often went out of his way to help people and this gave him
happiness. He was a young man of varied talents and interest. Life for Hanif was always 'ekdam bindas'
12. How does the writer describe the 'introvert' Hanif?
Ans.: Hanif began to make fri6nds at his fourteenth year of age. He often went out of his way to
help people. By doing so, he derived joy.
13. Hanif wai a young man with varied talents and interest. Illustrate this statement drawing support
from the text.
Ans.: Haniff dabbled in art, sketched very well. He made beautiful cards out of waste material. He
read books and loved playing drums.

14. What were the dreams of Hanif? Do you think they were fulfilled?
Ans.: Haniff had dreamt that he would rise up the ranks. This dream could not be fulfilled because he was killed
in the Kargil war. His another dream was that a post be named after him. Those dreamscame true when the sub-
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 THE BIRD OF HAPPINESS
Answer the following questions in 1-2 sentences.
1. What is the source of the story ‘The Bird of Happiness’?
Ans: Tibetan folk tale
2. Where did the Bird of Happiness live according to the people of Tibet ?
Ans:The Bird of Happiness lived on a snowy mountain in the East according to the people of Tibet.
3. Why was Wangjia sent to find the Bird of Happiness?
Ans:Because he was a bright boy.
4. Who guarded the Bird of Happiness ?
Ans:The three old monsters guarded the Bird of Happiness .
5. What did the girls of the village offer Wangjia?
Ans : The girls of the village offered Wangjia barley wine.
6. How was the voice of the first monster?
Ans: The voice of the first monster was like a crow.
7. What was the condition put forward by the First monster?
Ans: The condition put forward by the First monster was to kill Lousang’s mother.
8. What is the meant by the phrase’Will I ever make it’?
Ans.Can I succeed?
9. How was the second monster’s voice?
Ans: Thesecond monster’s voice was like that of a whistling wind.
10. What was the condition put forward by the second monster?
Ans: The condition put forward by the second monster was to poison old gaffer Silong.
11. What was the punishment given by the second monster when Wangjia refused to obey him?
Ans: Thepunishment given by the second monster When Wangjia refused to obey him was to starve to death.
12. What was the condition put forward by the third monster?
Ans: The condition put forward by the third monster was to gouge Bhima’s eyes.
13.How did the monsters kill the people?
Ans:The monsters killed the people by blowing their beards..
14. What are the stones on the scree compared to ?
Ans: The stones on the scree are are compared to knife.
15. What did the Bird of Happiness offer Wangjia?
Ans: The Bird of Happiness offered Wangjia some dried meat and cream cake.
16. What happened to Wangjia When the third monster blew his beard?
Ans:When the third monster blew his beard, Wangjia’s eyes flew from their sockets.
17. Fill in the in table recollecting the story’The Bird of happiness’
Ans:
Monster’s challenges Wangjia’sanswer/actions
First Monster Kill Lousang’s mother I love my mother and I don’t kill other’s
mother
Second Monster Poison old gaffer Silong I love my grandpa and I don’t kill other’s
grandpa.
Third Monster Gouge Bhima’s eyes No one has the right to destroy a girls
pretty eyes.I will never gouge Bhima’s
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18.Fill in the details of the three monsters recollecting the story’The Bird of happiness’

His Voice Punishment

beard given to Wangjia
First black Voice of a crow To walk for 900
Monster miles across
scree.
Brown Whistling wind To starve to
Second death.
Monster
Third white Thunder Gouged his eyes
Monster

Answer the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences each.

1. What did the people in the poor area in Tibet suffer from OR How can you say that the
people in the poor area of Tibet were unhappy?
Ans: The poor area had no rivers or good land, no warmth or fresh flowers, no trees or green grass.
The people suffered from hunger and cold all year round. so they were unhappy.
2. What did the old folk of Tibet say about happiness?
Ans: The old folk used to say that happiness was a beautiful bird. It lived far away, on a snowy
mountain in the east. wherever the bird flew, happiness went with it.
3. ”Will lever make it?” Why did Wangjia feel so?
Ans: In anger, the first monster blew through his beard and the smooth road became a vast scree.
Every stone on it was as sharp as a knife. As Wangjia walked on it his boots got torn. His feet got cut.
His hands were torn to pieces. The journey was very tough. So, he thought if he would ever make it.
4. How was Wangjia made to suffer by the second monster?
Ans: The second monster blew through his beard. His bread bag flew into the sky. The blue
mountains and green rivers turned into a desert. Wangjia suffered with no food. At first his stomach
rumbled with hunger, his head swam and got sharp pain in his guts.
5. What changes came over Wangjia as the Bind of Happiness caressed him?
Ans: As the bind of Happiness caressed Wangjia, his eyeballs flew back to their sockets, he saw
much more brightly than before. All his wounds were healed and he was stronger than ever.
6. Why did Wangjia decide not to go back?
Ans: Though the journey was very tough, Wangjia decided not to go back. He knew that the people at
home were waiting for him to bring back happiness.
7. What did the third monster warn Wangjia?
Ans: The third monster warned wangia that if he wanted to see the bind of Happiness. He would bring
Bhimas eyeball lf he failed, the monster, would gouge out wangjia’s eye balls.
8. “Will lever make it?”Why did Wangjia feel so?
Ans: When Wangjia started his journey after the first monster made him walk through the vast scree
for nine hundred miles. his hands and feet were torn into pieces. Then he felt that he could not
continue his journey.
9. What do you understand by happiness after reading the story ‘The Bird of Happiness’?
Ans: One can be happy if there are rivers, forests, flowers, fields, warmth and trees. That is the real
happiness lies in the happiness of all. so everyone should work for the happiness of all to be
him/herself to be happy

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1 Opposite words 54. Profit X Loss 11. Mean X Great
1. Difficult X Easy 55. Initially X Finally 112. Brave X Coward
2. Full X Empty 56. Serious X Casual 113. Glad X Sad
3. Broad X Narrow 58. Grieving X Enjoying 114. Happy X Unhappy
4. Kind X Cruel / Unkind 59. Bitter X Sweet 115. Quit X Join
5. Lose X Gain 60. Strong X Weak (feeble) 116. Present X Absent
6. Life X Death 61. Mighty X Feeble 117. Stop X Allow
7. Dirty X Clean 62. Miser X Generous 118. Full X Empty
8. Weak X Strong 63. Come X Go 119. Notice X Ignore
9. Reward X Punishment 64. Tell X Ask 120. Poverty X Richness
10. Soft X Hard 65. Buy X Sell 121. Foolish X Wise
11. Bold X Timid (coward) 66. Right X Wrong 122. Empty X Full
12. Laugh X Weep 67. Right X Left 123. Clever X Foolish
13. Arrive X Depart 68. Remember X Forget 124. Order X Request
14. Arrival X departure 69. Give X Take 125. Beautiful X Ugly
15. Same X Different 70.Master X Servant 126. Charming
16. Long X Short 71. Master X Student 127. Ever X Never
17. Slow X Fast 73. Big X Small 128. Prolific X Barren
18. Accept X Reject/Refuse 74. Vanish X Appear 129. Open X Close
19. Young X old 75. Glad X Grieve 130. Save X Spend
20. True X False 76. Fast X Slow 131. Cool X Hot
21. Right X Wrong 77. Superiority X Inferiority 132. Frown X Smil
22. Rich X poor 78. First X Last 133. Bud X Flower
23.Brave X Timid 79. Dream X Realize 134. More X Less
24. Encourage Discourage 80. Alive X Dead 135. Leader X Follower
25. Patriot X Traitor 81. Celebrate X Mourn 136. Former X Later
26. Triumph X Defeat 82. Affluent X Poor 137. New X Old
27.Superior X Inferior 83. Generous X Miser 138. Ancient X Modern
28. Intelligent X Dull 84. Good X Bad 139. Powerful X Powerless
29. Always X Never 85. High X Low 140. Quickly X Slowly
30. Demolish X Construct 86. Active X Passive 141. Interesting X Boring
31. Success X Failure 87. Outer X Inner 142. Begin X End
32. Careful X Careless 88. Famous X Notorious 143. Suffer X Enjoy
33. Sweet X bitter 89. Best X Worst 144. Open X Close
34. High X Low 90. Stronger X Weaker 145. Large X Small
35. Wise X Foolish 91. Special X Ordinary 146. Appeal X Command
36. Presence X absence 92. Silly X Great 147. Request X Order
37. Help X Hinder 93. Together X Singly 148. Strength X Weakness
38. Ignorant X Intelligent 94. Attack X Defend 149. ncrease X Decrease
39. Clever X fool 95. Heavy X Light 150. Expand X Contract
40. Mighty X Weak 96. Defeat X Victory (win) 151. Fastest X Slowest
41. Useful X Useless 97. Proud X Humble 152. Highest X Lowest
42. Permanent X Temporary 98. Reward X Insult 153. Feat X Failure
43. Proud X Humble 99. Aristocrati X poor 154. Easy X Difficult
44. Quick X Slow 100. Generosity X Miserliness 155. Mighty X Feeble
45. Lenient X Strict 101. Oblige X Refuse 156. Native X Foreign
46. Heavy X Light 102. Dry X Wet 157. Tough X Smooth
47. More X Less 103. Won X Lost 158. Never X Always
48. Remember X Forget 104. Acknowledge X Reject 159. Wrong X Right
49. Safe X Unsafe/Dangerous 105. Widow X Widower 160. Friend X Enemy
50. Certain X Uncertain 106. Lady X Gentleman
51. below X Above 107. Hard X Soft
52. Reprimand X Prais 108. Patriot X Traitor
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1. ability X inability 110. Silent X Aggressive
2. accurate X inaccurate 11. harmony X disharmony 12. happy X unhappy
3. active X inactive 12. honest X dishonest 13. healthy X unhealthy
4. adequate X inadequate 13. honour X dishonour 14.important X unimportant
5. animate X inanimate 14. interest X disinterest 15. lucky X unlucky
6. applicable X inapplicable 15. like X dislike 16. pleasant X unpleasant
7. appropriate X inappropriate 16. loyal X disloyal 17. reliable X unreliable
8. capable X in capable 17. obedient X disobedient 18. satisfactory X unsatisfactory
9. comparableX incomparable 18. obey X disobey 19. popular X unpopular
10. complete X incomplete 19. place X displace 20. load X unload
11. consistent X inconsistent 20. integrate X disintegrate 21. heard X unheard
12. convenience X 21. please X displease 22. successful X unsuccessful
inconvenience 22. respect X disrespect 23. natural X unnatural
13. correct X incorrect 23. satisfy X dissatisfy 24. necessary X unnecessary
14. decent X indecent 24. similar X dissimilar 25. selfish X unselfish
15. discipline X indiscipline 26. touchable X untouchable
15. perfect X imperfect IM 27. worthy X unworthy
16. definite X indefinite 1. balance X imbalance 28. tidy X untidy
17. direct X indirect 2. material X immaterial 29. usual X unusual
18. divisible X indivisible 3. mature X immature 30.well X unwe
19. effective X ineffective 4. measurable X immeasurable
20. equal X inequal 5. memorial X immemorial MIS
21. expensive X inexpensive 6. mobile X immobile AB
22. sufficient X insufficient 7. mobilize X immobilize 1. behave X misbehave
8. mortal X immortal 2. calculate X miscalculate
23. valid X invalid
9. modest X immodest 3. chance X mischance
24. visible X invisible
10. moral X immoral 4. conduct X misconduct
25.glorious X inglorious
11. movable X immovable 5. fortune X misfortune
26. gratitude X ingratitude
12. mutable X immutable 6. guide X misguide
27. human X inhuman
13. partial X impartial 7. handle X mishandle
IR
14. patient X impatient 8. judge X misjudge
1. rational X irrational 9. lead X mislead
16. perfection X imperfection
2. regular X irregular 10. place X misplace
17. Permanent X Impermanent
3. repairable X irreparable 18. personal Ximpersonal 11. spell X misspell
4. relevant X irrelevant 20. polite X impolite 12. spelt X misspelt
5. resolute X irresolute 19. possible Ximpossible 13. manage X mismanage
6. responsible X irresponsible 21. probable X improbable 14. print X misprint
7. reversible X irreversible 22. precise X imprecise 15. understand Xmisunderstand
8. religious X irreligious 23. proper X improper 16. trust X mistrust
DIS 24. pure X impure 17. use X misuse
1. advantage X disadvantage UN Non
2. agree X disagree 1. known X unknown 1. sense X nonsense
3. allow X disallow 2. certain X uncertain 2. stick X nonstick
4. appear X disappear 3. clean X unclean 3. stop X nonstop
5. approve X disapprove 4. comfortable X uncomfortable 4. flammable X nonflammable
6. believe X disbelieve 5. common X uncommon 5. vegetarian X nonvegetarian
7. comfort X discomfort 6. employment X unemployment 6. controversial X noncontroversial
8. connect X disconnect 7. even X uneven IL
9. continue X discontinue 8. fit X unfit 1. health X ill health 4. legible X illegible
10. count X discount 9. faithful X unfaithful 2. favour X illfavour 6. literate Xilliterate
10. fortunate X unfortunate
3. legal X illegal 7. logical X illogical

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Two or more words having similar pronunciation but different spelling and meaning are called
Homophones.

Point out the difference in meaning between the pair of words.

1) To =I go to Mysore.
Too = I eat sweets. I eat fruits too.
Two =I have two eyes.
2Right =This is my right hand. / My answer is right.
Write = I write poems.
Rite =We perform final rites.
3) Principal = Chandrashekar is our principal.
Principle=He has good principles.
4) Pray = I pray God everyday.
Prey = He lion got its prey.
5) Week = Seven days make a week.
Weak = You are very weak.
6) Adopt =Lakshmibai adopted a child.
Adapt =Birds are adapted for flying.
Adept = Sachin is an adapt in batting
7) Rome =Rome is a city.
Roam = Don’t roam in the city.
8) Accept = Vivekananda accepted Sri Rama Krishna as his guru.
Except = I like all fruits except orange.
9) Advice = It is a good advice.
Advise =The docter advised not to eat oily food.
10) Practice =Praclice makes one perfect.
Practise = Practice well for exams.
11) Effect = The effect of the flood was very bad.
Affect = The flood affected the people of Karnataka.
12) Hair=My hair is black.
Heir =Tippusultan was the heir of Hyderali.
Hare =The hare lives in the forest.
13) Been =( Be- participle from) I had been to Mysore.
Bean = I eat beans.
14) Be (verb – is)= I want to be a doctor.
Bee = The bee is an insect.
15) Brake = Please apply the brake.
Break =Don’t break benches.
16) Bear = The bear is an animal.
Beer = Don’t drink beer.
17) Blue =The sky is blue.
Blew (past form of blow)=Krishna blew his flute.
18) Knew (past of know)= I knew English.
New = This is a new car.
19) Idol = This is an idol.
Idle = Don’t sit idle.
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20) Bridal =The bridal dress is costly.
Bridle =The bridle is soft.

21) Buy =I buy a scooter.

By (prep)=Ravana was killed by Rama.
22) Cell = The cell is the unit of life.
Sell = Sell your car
Shell = The sea shell is beautiful.
23) Cereals =We eat cereals.
Serial = I watch serials. / My serial number is 25.
24) Dairy = We buy milk in the dairy.
Diary =I write my diary.
25) Deer =This is a deer.
Dear =You are my dear brother
26) Die =The dove died.
Dye =Dye the white shirt.
27) Fair =This is a fair. / This is not fair.
Fare =The bus fare is costly.
Fire = Don’t fire crackers.
28) Feat =It is a great feat.
Feet (plural of foot) I am five feet
29) Won =India won the match.
One =I need one day leave.
30) Wait = Don’t wait for me.
Weight =My weight is 60 kgs.
31) Waist = Don’t touch my wai

B.Fill in the blanks with a suitable homophone and a complete the story.
1. We had_____________ many apples to carry.(to/too/two)
2. I __________a horse at the Marina beach .(road/rode)
3. Did you have a _________for lunch?(pare/pair)
4. The books are over__________on the shelf.(their/there)
5.This is a_________(storey/story) told by a ________(night/knight).Once he received
letter.When he_____________(red/read)it_________(through/threw),he could not believe his own
eyes._______(For/Far),it was written _______(buy/by)none other than the queen of the land.She
asked him to meet her_________(at/yet) a secret place.The knight was in a fix.But he thought
_____(of/off) a plan to tide over this problem.He_______(vent/went) to the meeting place,not
alone,but along with his__________(fair/fare)wife.Can you guess what happened then?

C.Complete the sentence by using a suitable word in the bracket:

1 .Once a ______wnet to meet our _________Chief minister S.M.Krishna.(former/farmer)
2.Raju and I went to a shop to _____dresses__________a car.(by/buy)
3. Yesterday I watched a movie.I already_________the story from my brother.So it did not seem
_____to me. (new/knew)
4.I have _______the scene of Sunset at Agumbe many times in my life.

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 1. Collecation
A B
1. Book – worm, ant, hand, pen
2. long – small, hen, run, food
3. earth – land, water, quake, sun
4. railway – station, chair, run, stop
5. post – book, box, paper, table
6. honey – moon, sun, star, earth
7. wall – door, table, clock, journey
8. blood – post, water, book, bank
9. photo – studio, table, lady, man
10. money – coins, letter, stamps, order
11. charming--girl, hot, answer, book
12. self – discipline, myself, mother Stars
13. wheel – stool, paper, book, chair
14. police – nurse, conductor, constable, stand
15. hand – pants, sari, socks, kerchief
16. twinkling – stars, moon, sun, earth
17. break – lunch, dinner, fast, last
18. freedom – fighter, boxer, wrestler, swimmer
19. leave – answer, question, letter, box
20. brisk – run, walk, sing, dance
21. shake – leg, mouth, hands, eye
22. mouth – talking, eating, watering, licking
23. nuclear – land, weapon, bottle, bolt
24. speedy – recovery, damage, task, time

5. The spelling of a word is jumbled write the word

zoed – doze
lbssening – blessing
stpudi – stupid
odutb – doubt
sotaliry – solitary
gola –goal
areg – rage
rreor – error
diayl- daily
maitbion – ambition
suonmm – summon
egare – eager
fare – fear
beonck – beckon
rpeytt - pretty
olyla – loyal
ggrade – ragged
dede – deed
baoed – abode
now – own
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rcawl – crawl
obthre – bother
flitre – trifle
rftalret – flatter
lgisetn – glisten
lgaem – gleam
trmcou – tremour
lasoce – solace
a) Aeltr b) nomuntai c) ciensec d) nocretc e) boudt f) ragtedy.

6. Give one word for the following:

1.One who enters the house to steal. (burglar)
2.To speak in a very kind way. (polite)
3.To talk in a low voice. (whisper)
4 To make movements with hands. (gesture)
5.Lower the body close to the ground. (crouch)
6.One who travels to workplace daily. (commuter)
7.The man that a woman is engaged to. (fiancé)
8.A person who loves his country. (Patriot)
9.A piece of land which fruit trees are grown. (orchard)
10.A person who makes figures in stone, wood, metal etc.(sculptor)
11.A person who is especially good at some art or achievement.(wizard)

Reference source (1 Mark)

1. Dictionary : Meanings, opposites, pronunciation, the other forms of the words.
2. Atlas : Continents, latitudes, longitudes, rivers, mountains, peaks, valleys, seas, oceans, boundaries.
3. Thesaurus : Synonyms of words and phrases.
4. Encyclopedia : It gives basic information on every subject in alphabetical order.
5. Globe : Locations of places.

Examples:
1. Pronunciation of a word : Dictionary
2. The place where first nuclear bombs exploded :Encyclopedia
3. To assemble the TV you recently bought : TV manual
4.Details about the rivers of a country : Atlas
5. To know who won world cup match which was played the previous day : Newspaper
6. Variations of the word ‘Compose’ : Thesarus
7. To know the spelling of the word “encyclopeda” :Thesaurus
8. Synonym of the word ‘Prosper’ : Dictionary

DEFINITION OF SYLLABIFICATION
Syllabification Definition:
It’s the sound of a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) that is created when pronouncing the letters. A, E, I, O, U, or Y.
The number of times you hear the sound of a vowel is the number of syllables in a word.

Ways to count Syllables.

1. The Listen Method.
a. Say the word
b. How many times do you hear A, E, I, O, or U as a separate sound?
c. This is the number of syllables.

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2. The Chin Method.
a. Put Your hand under your Chin.
b. Say the word
c. How many times does your chin touch your hand?
d. This is the number of syllables.
3. The Written Method
a. Count the number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in the word.
Add 1 every time the letter ‘Y’ makes an A, E, I, O, U sound.
Subtract 1 for each silent vowel (like a silent ‘e’ at the end of a word)/
b. Subtract 1 for each diphthong (au, oy, oo) or Triphthong (iou) in the word.
c. Add 1 if the word ends with ‘le’ or ‘les’ and the letter before the ‘le’ is not a vowel.
d. The number you get is the number of syllables in the word. avoid breaking two successive lines.
When breaking a word is unavoidable, mark the division with a hypen (made with one stroke on
the typewriter[-]). It is splitting of words according to the syllables or units of sounds that must
have vowel sound
THREE LETTERS HAVING ONE SYLLABLE
oft Sun ,bus, few, act, bid,red, one,cat bus,few, act, bid, red, one, cat

FOUR LETTERS HAVING ONE SYLLABLE

Raid, dumb, Moon, slew, life, base, head,plot high, soul, fear, love, week, head, rage, base, door, drop, yard,
heat, pole, cord, vile, path, step, sack, soul, week, high, fear.

FIVE LETTERS HAVING ONE SYLLABLE

Sword, steel, sweep, tongue, wrong, spoke, cause, worse, crown, blame, mourn ,scene, break, dumb, faith,
count, glove, steep, knees, snake, pause, month, bomb, month.

SIX LETTERS HAVING ONE SYLLABLE

Cheeks, yelled, tongue, rhythm, school.

school – school = 1
people – peo-ple-2
primary – pri-ma-ry = 3
section – sec-tion =2
taller – tal-ler = 2
English – eng-lish = 2
anger – an-ger = 2
ago – a – go – 2
probability – pro-ba-bi-li-ty=5
determination-de-ter-mi-na-tion=5
idea – i-dea = 2
vanish – va-nis=2
accept – ac-cept =2
again – a-gain =2
canteen – can-teen = 2
conscience – con-sci-ence=3
reflection – re-flec-tion=3
direction – di-rec-tion=3
quiz – quiz – 1
whole – whole – 1
continent – con-ti-nent = 3

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determine – de-ter-mine =3
7. Pick out the right phrase:
1. The match was ...................... due to heavy rain. (put off/put out)
Ans:put off
2. The bird ........................... the statue. (flew over/flew on)
Ans: flew over
3. Many soldiers ....................... the war. (died of/died in)
Ans:died in
4. Many people .......................... plague. (died of/died in)
Ans:died of
5. The teacher could not ........................ what the student had written.
Ans:make out (make up/make out)
6. Ramu ...................... his mind to study hard. (made up/made out)
Ans:made up
7. The crowd ........................ to the chief guest. (gave away/gave way)
Ans: gave way
8. Smita was ............................ the lost book. (looking into/looking for)
Ans:looking for
9. Mother advised Neha to .................. junk food. (give up/give in)
Ans:give up
10. Don’t ................... others for help. (depend at/depend on)
Ans:depend on

11. Happy man was ..................... what he had. (contented with/contented at)
Ans:contented with
12. Akbar ................... his uniform and rushed hurriedly. (put on/put out)
Ans:put on
13. Jaya ................... walk to school daily. (used for/used to)
Ans:used to
14. We should not ................ upon the old people. (look down at/look down)
Ans:look down

8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the word given in brackets:
1 A son was .................. to the king and his ........... was celebrated throughout
the kingdom. (born).
Ans: born, birth
2 Police ............ the thief but his ................ was not answered. (question)
Ans: questioned, question
3 Edison .............. bulb and his ............ is used throughout the world. (invent)
Ans: invented, invention
4 Some people ............ that their .......... are always right. (think)
Ans: think, thoughts
5 Don Anselmo ........... to sign the .................. (agree)
Ans: agreed, agreement
6 Air ............ everywhere but its .............. cannot be seen. (exist)
Ans: exists, existence
7 Doctors .............. patients to exercise regularly though most of their ......... are not followed.
(suggest)
Ans :suggest, suggestions

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8 ................. letter was posted to the ............ candidate. (appoint)
Ans: appointment, appointed
9. James ........... huge amount in dairy farming. His ......... went down the
drains when most of the cows died of disease. (invest)
Ans: invested, investment

10. Doctor .......... the patient and sent his ................ report to his senior.(exam)
Ans: examined, examination

Exercise for practice

1) India is a ……….country( develop)
2) Suresh is an………. Man(honour)
3) Cricket is an………. Game(interest)
4) He was ………. In keeping the news secret(success)
5) Are you really………. In the subject ? (interest)
6) I need you………. At this moment (present)
7) The more expensive articles are not ……….better (necessary)
8) Leelavathi has………. In her students ability (confident)
9) She writes……….(beatuty)
10) She solved the problem………. (intelligent)
11) ……. Is the foundation of democracy(educate)
12) The sunset is a ……. Sight (beauty)
13) He bought the land for …….(develop)
14) People need to be ……. On the dangers of drug taking.(educate)
15) Our relationship is based on mutual……. (depend)
16) There is no……. in the results (differ)
17) He looked at me in……. (confuse)
18) The Tata Institute is recognized as a centre of……. In research (excel)
19) The product is still at a ……. Stage. (develop)
20) Anil Kumble is a highly ……. Bowler. (depend)
21) He has done the work……. (satisfy )
22) Sarala is a ……. Girl (truth)
23) The teacher has made ……. in my note book (correct)
24) Andy was a ……. (simple)
25) Don’t take hasty……. (decide)
Answers:
1) Developing 2) hounourable 3) interesting 4) successful 5) interest ed 6) presence 7) necessarily
8) confidence 9) beautifully 10) intelligently 11) education 12) beautiful 13) development 14)
educated 15) dependence 16) difference 17) confusion 18) excellence 19) developmental 20)
Dependable 21) Satisfactorily 22) Truthful 23) Correction 24) Simpleton 25) Decision.

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READING
Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
1. Homework has historically been given to students to reinforce what they learn at school, and ultimately to
help them learn the material better. However, too much homework is not helpful,and can be counter-productive.
Excessive amount of time spent on completing homework can take away the kid’s social life, family time, and it
limits their participation in sports or other activities. The amount of homework a teacher has to give to a student
should be restricted.
a. Why is homework given to students?
b. “Too much homework can be counter" – productive. How?
c. What is to be restricted?
d. What do kids lose, by doing homework?

2. You must have heard about the Hussain Sagar Lake. It is in Hyderabad. It is one of the largest man-made
lakes. Hyderabad and Secunderabad are the twin cities of the state. The lake connects these cities. It was
originally constructed to supply drinking water. Now it is not used as a drinking water source. People say, “This
is sad. There is plenty of water. Nobody can drink it”. The lake faces a few threats. The main threat is
encroachment by both private and public agencies. The lake also faces the problem of pollution. One of the
locals said: “oh, sometimes it stinks horribly”. This is due to the continuous discharge of domestic wastes and
industrial chemicals. Hence it is our duty to save the Hussain Sagar Lake.

a. Which are the twin cities connected by Hussain Sagar Lake?

b. Why was Hussain Sagar Lake constructed?
c. Why do people feel sad?
d. How is the lake getting polluted?

3. Mark Twain who had earned a reputation as a humour writer got an invitation to address a public meeting. He
reached that city on the day of meeting. He felt that his programme had not been sufficiently publicized. There
were not many posters either on the city walls or in the area near the railway station. He decided to find out if
the citizens had advance knowledge of his programme. So, he went to a shop. He asked at the shop’s counter
“Brother, is there any interesting programme in the city, where a traveler could spend his evening usefully and
relax?” “I think there is some lecture in the evening” the shop keeper replied in a comforting tone. “On what
basis, have you made this guess?” asked mark Twain. “I will tell you that, today we have had a tremendous sale
of eggs” said the shopkeeper and busied himself in work.
a. What made mark think that his programme had not been given enough publicity?
b. Which words/phrase in the passage say that the shop-keeper did not have definite information about the
meeting?
c. How did mark Twain try to find out whether his programme has been published properly?
d. How did the shopkeeper guess that there was a lecture?

4 JAPAN
In Japan the whole year is a time of fund and festivals for the children. In the spring the countryside and the
hills are full of small streams. The young boys love fishing in them. Summer brings many festivals. One festival
is ‘Tanahata’. On this day children decorate bamboo branches with coloured paper and pray for a good
handwriting. Autumn brings the festival of thanks – giving for good crops. People make small shrines called
“Mikoshi’ and take them in a procession through the streets. Children enjoy carrying the shrines turn by turn.
They believe that this would bring good luck to homes and shops. In Northern Japan, where there is snow all
round in winter, the Japanese celebrate the festival of ‘Kamakura’. They make snow huts. Children invite their
friends and offer them oranges and glasses of warm sweet rice wine.

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Fill up this table
Season Festival How they Celebrate
Summer 1) ................................... 2) ....................................
3) ...................................... Festivals of Thanks giving 4) .....................................
5) ...................................... 6) .................................... Make snow huts and invite friend
Answer
1. Tanahata
2. decorate bamboo branches with coloured papers
3. Autumn
4. make small shrines called Mikoshi and take them in a procession.
5. Winter
6. Kamakura

CITY WEATHER
Forecast : Mist in the morning mainly clear sky. Not much changes in high temperature.
Temperature : Maximum temperature on Friday 27.6o C and the minimum 16.1o C. Maximum relative
humidity on Friday 96 percent and the minimum 56 percent.
Sunset (Saturday) : 5.36 p.m.
Sunrise (Sunday) : 6.34 a.m.
Moonrise (Sunday) : 6.29 p.m.
Moonset (Saturday) : 9.02 a.m.

A. Choose the correct answers

1. There will be mist in the .....................
a. morning b. evening c. afternoon
2. The sky will be mainly ..............................
a. cloudy b. clear c. bright
3. Change in night temperature will be .................
a. little b. more c. not much

B. Choose the correct answer

4. What was the maximum temperature on Friday? (27.6oc/16.1o c)
5. What was the minimum temperature on Friday? (27.6oc/16.1oc)
6. What is the scale used to measure the temperature ? (Farenheit/Celsius)
7. What kind of day will Saturday be? (Cloudy/Sunny)

C. Answer in one word only :

8. Mention the time for moonrise on Sunday ............................
9. What will be time for Moonset on Saturday? ..................................

D. Pick up words from the passage to fill in the blanks :

10. Detailed national and international weather can be seen on ...............................
11. The time for sunset on Saturday is ................................
12. The time for sunrise on Sunday is ................................

E. Choose words from the passage which mean

13. fog 14. heat and moisture in the air.

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7.REPORT CARD
Raju is a student of class X. Look at his Report Card and notice his marks and grades in I and II
Terminal Tests in different subjects.
Subject Maximum Marks 1st Terminal Test 2nd Terminal Test
English 20 12 14
Hindi 20 15 17
Sanskrit 20 17 18
Maths 20 05 05
S. Studies 20 07 07
Gen. Science 20 10 12
Drawing Gr. B Grade A Grade
Music Gr. A Grade A Grade
A Answer the following questions
1. In which term did Raju do better?
2. Which is his weakest subject ?
3. In which subject did he get the highest marks?
4. In which subjects has Raju improved his marks?
5. In which subjects has he shown no improvement?
6. Which subjects have only grades and not marks?
7. In which subject did Raju get the same grade in both the Terminal Tests?
8. By how many marks did he improve in general science in the second Term?
B. Complete the sentence :
9. Raju should give more attention to ................ and ..................
10. Raju loves music. That is why he got .................. in both the terms.
11. Raju has to study .................. subjects in Class X.
12.The maximum marks in the Terminal Test for each subject ......
13 Raju’s Report Card shows that he is ................... in languages

Re-arrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence.

1.Radha/Does/film/?/sings/songs
Ans:Does Radha sings film songs?
2.sight/what/beautiful/a/!/
Ans:What a beautiful sight!
3.your/how/treat/parent s/do/you
Ans:How do you treat your patients?
4.snakes/afraid of/you/are
Ans:Are you afraid of snakes?
5.the/took/he/deed/the/signed/and/money
Ans:He took the money and signed deed
6..with/?/do/argument/whose/with/agree
Ans:Whose argument do you agree with?
7.the/agree/price/you/with/Do?
Ans:Do you agree with the price?
8.poor/Tibet/was/very/area/there/a/in
Ans:There was a poor area in Tibet
9.so/special/music/about/?/What’s
Ans:What’s so special about music?
10. walking/a/bridge/he/along/was/narrow
Ans:He was walking along a narrow bridge

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Look at the pictures. Write a sentence using the correct form of word on what you read.
1. Frame a sentence using ‘bigger than’

Ball Ball
A B
Ans:Ball A is bigger than ball B
5KG Sugar
2kg
2. Heavier than B
sugar
Ans:Bag B is heavier than bag A A

3. Larger than

B A

Ans:Box B is larger than box A

mango
4. Taller than
neem

Ans:Mango tree is taller than neem tree

5. Longer Than
_______ ______________
Line A line B
Ans:Line B is longer thanlineA

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WRITING
Letter Writing
Official Letter
1 From address
2. Date
3. To address
4. Salutation
5. Subject
6. Body of the letter
7. Complimentary ending

Format Official Letter

1. OFFICIAL LETTER

1 from address
----------------------------
---------
2 Date
----------------------------
3 To address
----------------------------
4 Solutation
----------------------------
5
Subject………………………………………………………………….
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6
Bodyletter……………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
7 Complimentary ending
---------------------------

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Imagine that you are Shanthi / Shivanna, 10th Std, Govt. high School, Haveri . Write a letter to the
Editor of a newspaper about the roads and drainage system in your locality.

From
Shanthi,
10th standard
Govt. High School Haveri

Date – 6-1-2016

To,
The Editor,
Deccan Herald,
Bangalore.

Dear Sir
Respected sir

Subject:- Regarding bad conditions of roads

There are four main roads and ten bye lanes in our village. The roads have not been swept for nearly
one month. Flies and mosquitoes have been haunting us. I request you to draw the attention of
concerned authorities to get the roads swept without fail.
Thank You,

Yours faithfully,
Shanthi

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2) Personal letter.

Steps of personal letter

1 From address (address of writer)
2 Date
3 Salutations
4 Body of the letter
5 Complimentary ending
6 To address

Format of personal letter

1 From
…………………………
…………………………
…………………………
………………………..

2 Date -------------

3 My dear ………………………….

4 Body of letter
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5 Yours Affectionately / yours sincerely

…………………………………

6. To address
………………………..
………………………..
………………………..

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Imagine that you are Suresh / Sudha Xth standard, Govt High school, Belgaum.
Write a letter to your father requesting him to send Rs. 500, for your school Excursion, using the
following clues given below:- Your studies – period of holidays – school’s plan for a trip – places to be
visited -Amount of expenditure – request for money.
From,
Suresh / Sudha
Xth Standard
Govt, High School,
Belgaum.

Date : - 01-01-2016

Dear Father,

I am fine, How are you? I hope you and mother are also fine. I am studying well, My teachers are teaching well.
I study for six hours a day. We have 15 days holidays. Our school teachers have planned for excursion (tour) to
Belur, Halebidu, Mysore, Srirangpatana. They have fixed Rs. 500 for excursion. I want to go on excursion.
Please send me Rs. 500/-

Yours Affectionately
Suresh.

2. Imagine that you are Raju/Rajani Door No. 345, Patel Road, Koppa.Write an application to the General Manager
KSRTC requesting for more number of buses to your place.
3. Imagine that you are Rajesh/Ravi from Bengaluru Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about the sports day in
your school.
4. Imagine that you are Prajwal/Pamela of S.K. high School, Bommanahalli Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her
to spend this summer holidays in your house.
5. Imagine that you are Latha/Lohith of Cambridge high school, Bengaluru Write a letter to the commissioner for the need
of more number of public parks in a crowded city like Bengaluru

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Paragraph composing using a profile
(example)
Below is a profile of Mr. Ramakrishna the school clerk. Write the information in the form of a
paragraph.
age : around 40 years
Height and weigh : 6 feet, solid built
Family: small – one male and a female-college –going
Reason for his popularity: helpful, best gardener
Education; B.Com graduate
Hobbies: gardening, bee keeping, coin collection

Mr. Ramakrishna is 40 years old. He is a school clerk. He has solid built physique and six feet tall.
He is happy with his small family –wife, a son and a daughter. Both his children are college going
.He is a commerce graduate. Gardening, bee keeping and coin collection are some of his hobbies.
He is a very popular person in his locality because, he is helpful and soft spoken. He is not only a
loving father but also an ideal gentleman among his neighbors. Note: Prepare a boi-sketch of your
father/mother. Then write a paragraph based on it.

1 Given below is a profile of Amar the grocer. Write a short biographical sketch of Amar. Take the help
of the clues given below
Age - 45 years,
Height/weight - 6 feet, well built.
Residence - Naganahalli
Family - large, three daughters, two sons.
Education - high school dropout
Reason for his popularity - courteous, kind and honest.
2 Given below is a profile of Shruthi, a teacher in Don Bosco School write a short biographical sketch of
Shruti with the help of the clues given below
Age - 24 years
Height/weight - 5 feet, slim
Appearance - fair, curly hair
Education - MA (English) Med
Behavior - always smiling, punctual, well dressed, loved by students.

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Story writing /Paragraph Writing
Hints for writing
Construction of paragraphs or stories on the given outline is a very good exercise to bring out the
student’s imagination and capacity to write in simple language.
1. While writing the paragraph / story follow the outline given carefully. Do not omit any point.
Keep to the order in which the points are given in the outline.
2. Be careful to connect the points given in the outline naturally so that the whole willbe read well as a connected piece of
good composition. You must use your imagination in filling the details of action, gesture and conversation that should
connect one point with the next.
3. If you are asked to supply a heading or title to the paragraph or story, you may choose the main
character, object or incident of the story or a proverb or well-known quotation that suits the story.
4. See that your composition is grammatical , idiomatic and in good simple English. Revise your work, and if necessary,
rewrite it until it is as good as you can make it.
5. Please do take the help of sentence structures while constructing sentences.

A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED

Once an ant fell into a stream. In vain it tried to catch hold of a leaf or twig to save itself. It was carried along the stream.
A dove was watching the ant from the branch of a tree. Out of pity it let fall a leaf into the stream. The ant climbed upon
the leaf and was saved. Another day, a hunter took aim at the same dove with his gun. The dove knew nothing about this
hunter; but the ant saw him. It knew that the dove was in danger. It quickly came to the hunter and bit his toe. The hunter
missed his aim and the dove flew away. That was how the grateful ant did
good turn to the kind dove.

A PERFECTLY HAPPY MAN!

Once a king became seriously ill. The doctors said that he could be well again if he wore the shirt of
a perfectly happy man. The king sent his men all over to find a perfectly happy man. They could not
find one. After a weary search, they came upon a begger. He was singing. He was laughing. He was
perfectly happy. He was brought before the king. The doctors asked him to give his shirt to the king.
He laughed and said," I have no shirt at all."

WHO TO BELL THE CAT?

Once the mice living in a certain house were very much afraid of a cat, for it killed and ate many of them. They held a
meeting to decide how to get rid of the nasty cat. One mouse said that they should leave the house. Another said that they
should not come out of their holes. Then a young mouse stood up and said, "Why not tie a bell round the cat’s neck? We
can then hear it coming, and get away easily out of its way." All the mice cheered,"What a good plan!" Now an old mouse
stood up and said, "The plan is, no doubt, very good, but who will bell the cat ?" No mouse now came forward to do it.
Suddenly the cat appeared and all the mice ran into thier holes.

THE HIDDEN TREASURE

A farmer had several sons. But they were lazy and would not help him to work in the fields. The
famer fell ill. He knew he was dying. So he called all his sons together and told them that they could
find all his wealth burried in his fields. The farmer died. His sons at once went to the fields and dug
every bit of land, but they found no treasure. They were very sad. Soon the rains fell and, as the
earth had been well dug, they sowed the corn. There was a very fine crop that year. The sons now
learnt what their father meant by treasure. The treasure could be got only by hard work.

A FEW EXAMPLES
1. A farmer had a goose - it laid a golden egg every day - gready farmer - wanted to more golden
eggs at once - thought of a plan - killed the goose - opened its stomach - no golden egg - Moral.

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2. A slave escaped from bondage to the forest - soldiers came after him to catch - entered a cave - a
lion was roaring with pain - its paw was swollen - the slave approached it and removed the thorn -
they became friends - later the soldiers arrested the slave - took him to the king - the king ordered
the soldiers to throw the slave to the hungry lion - the lion rushed at the slave - recognised the slave
- remembered the kindness shown by the slave - then licked the feet of the slave - the spectators
amazed - the slave explained the situation to them - the king set him free.

3. Cap seller - going to market - felt tired - slept under a tree - a basket - caps for sale - monkeys onthe tree - came down -
opened the basket - took the caps - wore them - started making noise – Cap seller woke up - no cap in the basket - looked
up in wonder - monkeys wearing caps - tried several methods to collect the caps - failed - out of frustration threw his cap -
monkeys also threw the caps - Cap seller collected the caps and went aways happily.

4. A fox fell into a well - a thirsty goat came to the well - fox invited the goat to have a drink of
fresh water - the foolish goat jumped into the well - fox tried to step on the goat’s back and jumped
off - promised to draw out goat afterwards - the goat agreed - the fox went away - foolish goat
stayed there.

5. A hungry fox - saw a crow with a piece of meat in its beak. Fox thought of a plan - praised the crow - the crow listened
- felt very happy - fox requested the crow to sing a song - foolish crow very pleased - began to sing - the piece of meat fell
down - Fox picked up - ran away .

6. A wood cutter - cutting wood - dropped his axe in the pond - started weeping - god appeared -
asked what the matter was - brought a golden axe from the pond - wood cutter did not accept -
brought a silver axe - not accepted - brought an iron axe - accepted - pleased with the honesty of the
poor wood cutter - offered all the axes to him.

7. Two friends - travelling in a forest - a bear appeared - afraid - one hastily climbed up a tree – the other lied down
motionless - the bear came near and sniffed the boy - went away - the friend on the tree climbed down - inquired - what
did the bear tell him - replied - " Don’t trust a false friend."

8. Robert Bruce - King - lying on the ground in a dejected mood - failed to defeat his enemies - was
thinking of giving up the attempt - saw a spider falling down from the ceiling - the ceiling far away
- wondered how it would get there - the spider fell back again - again it tried - again it fell - it made
nine such attempts - no success - climbed up once more - at last succeeded in reaching the roof -
Bruce imitated its example - he too tried once again - was successful.

9. A dog with a piece of bone in its mouth - crossing a river - saw its reflection - mistaken it for
another dog with another piece of bone - dropped its bone to snatch the other bone - Moral.

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 Drafting a wedding invitation

Task; Imagine you are the son of Mrs.Ramya & P.Siddartha,Senior electrical Engineer,TKB
STSTEMS,Hubli.Your sister Shalini.S is getting married with Shiva Kumar .R s/o Srimathi Radha& Ramappa
.C, Lecturer in Socialogy,Chitradurga on 25th October,2015 at TulasiKalyana Mantap ,Huliyar Road Hiriyur at
11-20 am to11-55 am.
Mrs.N.Ramya & P.Siddartha
( Senior electrical Engineer,TKB STSTEMS,Hubli)
We request the honour of your gracious presence at the marriage
of our daughter
Shalini.S
with
Shiva Kumar .R
(s/o Srimathi Radha& Ramappa .C, Lecturer in
Socialogy,Chitradurga)
On 25th October,2015
at 11-20 am to11-55 am.
at Tulasi Kalyana Mantap ,Huliyar Road Hir

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 LANGUAGE IN USE (GRAMMAR)

Read the conversation and choose the question to get the italicized sentence as answer.
1. Teacher : Do You know Cariyappa?
Student : Yes, General Cariyappa was a man of principles.
a. Why was he man of principles?
b. Who was a man of principles?
c. How was he man of principles?
d. Whom was he man of principles?
Ans:b

2. Ramu : Mr. and Mrs. Gupta had arranged a Diwali party?

Somu : Were you invited?
a. Why Mr. and Mrs. Gupta had arranged a party?
b. Where did Mr. and Mrs. Gupta arranged?
c. Who had arranged a party?
d. When did Mr. and Mrs. Gupta arrange a party?
Ans:c

3. Mani : Yesterday we visited Mysore Zoo.

Mrs.N.Ramya & P.Siddartha
( Senior electrical Engineer,TKB STSTEMS,Hubli)
We request the honour of your gracious presence at the marriage of our daughter Shalini.S With Shiva Kumar
.R (s/o Srimathi Radha& Ramappa .C, Lecturer in Socialogy,Chitradurga) On 25th October,2015 at 11-20 am to
11-55 am. at Tulasi Kalyana Mantap ,Huliyar Road Hiriyur
Monu : Mysore Zoo is one of the best zoos in India.
a. When is one of the best zoos in India?
b. What is one of the best zoos in India?
c. Which is one of the best zoos in India?
d. How is one of the best zoos in India?
Ans:c

4. Syed : Shahjahan built Tajmahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz.

Savitha : Yes, it is one of the seven wonders of the world.
a. What did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife?
b. When did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife Mumtaz?
c. Which did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife Mumtaz?
d. When did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife Mumtaz?
Ans:a

5. Anil : Mom, I want Some more sugar for my coffee.

Mom : It is on the Kitchen Shelf take it.
a. Where is sugar?
b. Why is sugar?
c. Which is sugar?
d. How is sugar?
Ans:a

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6. Sita : I’m going for shopping to buy a sari.
Mom : Mysore silk is the costliest sari.
a. Which is the costliest sari?
b. What is the cost of the sari?
c. Where do we buy Mysore silk sari?
d. When do you buy Mysore Silk sari?
Ans:a
7. Ram : My brother is going to States.
Mom : He is going to study Ms.
a. Why is he going to States?
b. Where is he going?
c. When is he going to States?
d. Who is going to States?
Ans:a
8. Janaki : I did not see Asha for past 3 days.
Rani : Asha had been to Bengaluru.
a. When had Asha been to Bengaluru?
b. Where had Asha been?
c. Why had Rani gone to Bengaluru?
d. When did Rani go to Bengaluru?
Ans:b

9. Vishnu : Why did you not come for evening walk yesterday?
Vinu : I went to Yoga class at 5 p.m.
a. How did Vinu go to yoga class?
b. Where was the yoga class?
c. Whom did Vinu meet in yoga class?
d. When did Vinu go to yoga class?
Ans:d
10. Teacher : Does anyone wish to entertain the class?
Mom : Sir, Mamatha will sing classical songs.
a. What song will Mamatha sing?
b. When will Mamatha sing the song?
c. Where will Mamatha sing the song?
d. Why will Mamatha sing the song?
Ans:a

Fill in the blanks with the verbs given in brackets:

1. Every seat in this bus ......... a number (has/have).Ans:has
2. The crowd .............. dispersed by the police (was/were).Ans:was
3. One of my friends ................ visiting palace this evening (are/is)Ans:is
4. Number of questions ......... asked by the students (were/was)Ans:were
5. All seats in this bus .............. numbers (have/has)Ans:have
6. Either Ram or his friends ............... taken it (has/have).Ans:have
7. She, as well as you, .................. intelligent (is/are).Ans:are
8. The match .............. very interesting (was/were).Ans:was
9. Each of the girls ............. done her homework (has/have)Ans:has.

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10. Bread and butter .............. his daily diet (were/was).Ans:was
Fill in the blanks choosing the right form of verbs given in brackets:
1.My friend ............. (be+drive) when the car accident took place. He ............ (buy) that car last
month. He ............... (be) severely wounded.(was driving,bought,was)

2. Satish ................ (have+discover) another pastime which he ............. (can) indulge in. He
................ (begin) filling pages and pages with doodles. (had discovered,could,began)

3. Several ................ (visit) to the doctors ................ (follow) with nothing improving for Satish.
He ............... (remain) in his silent world and ........... (manage) to paint and draw for
himself.(visits,followed,remained,managed)

4. One day Ganesh ............. (ride) the bicycle, and ............. (lose) control. He hit against an
electric pole. His left leg ............... (fracture) and ........ (be) badly
hurt.(rode,lost,fractured,was)

5. The first baby bomb ................. (be+drop) on the city of Hiroshima. Many people .............
(be+kill) and injured.(was dropped,were killed)

6. A dancer_______ (offer) prayers asking forgiveness to the earth goddess before she .......
(begin) the dance. Chefs offer a prayer to the stove before they ........... (cook) for certain
religious functions. These ............... (be) rituals at various stages of building a
house.(offers,begins,cook,are)

7. The seamen ................. (have+lose) their patience. They ............ (think) that they were dupedGuilermo
............. (tell) Columbus that the seamen were men with common feelings.(had lost,thought,told)

8. India .............. (be+rule) by the Britishers for 200 years. Youths like Bhagath ........... (fight)
for freedom. Now our country ........... (be) a democratic country.(was ruled,fought,is)

9. Ramu ............. (be+stand) in front of the school. The teacher who ............. (see) him ..............
(question) him.(was standing,saw,questioned)

10. Maria ............... (have) a dog. She .............. (buy) it from London. She ......... (be) severely
attached to her pet and her family also ............ (love) it.(had,bought,was,loved)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions and articles:

1. Swami looked .......... Granny, hesitated, for a moment, and followed his father into .............office
room.(at,the)
2. Swami had bitten ............. the flesh of one of ............... most notorious house – breakers.(into,the)
3. He had just seen a young woman ............ a black salwar – kameez lying next to .............. tracks.(in,the)
4. Geetha comes from ............. affluent family. She gets up ............... 5 am every morning.(an,at)
5. For ............ moment, Asha stared ............. the bird.(a,at)
6. Shankarappa is ................... M.L.A. He is the most favourite leader ____ his locality.(an,the)
7. Kabir is ............. angry person. So, he is not respected ............ anyone.(an,by)
8. I went ................ the market and bought apples to ................ children.(to,the)
9. Columbus set out .................... a voyage in ................ ship to discover new land.(for,a)
10. Freedom fighters have played .................. important role ............ shaping the history.(an,of)

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1. Could you please spare some time, sir?
a. request b. apolize c. order d. Questioning
2. You’re absolutely right
a. expressing agreement b. expressing disagreement
c. Complimenting d. Wishing
3. If you don’t mind could I use your pen?
a. questioning b. seeking information
c. seeking help d. seeking permission
4. I’m really grateful to you
a. Complimenting b. Wishing
c. requesting d. expressing gratitude
5. I’m very sorry
a. apologizing b. ordering
c. complimenting d. expressing gratitude
6. You should consult a doctor
a. ordering b. expressing agreement
c. seeking information d. Suggesting
7. Don’t worry everything will be all right.
a. sympathising b. giving direction c. suggesting d. Requesting
8. Shut the door
a. suggesting b. requesting
c. ordering d. giving direction
9. Story books are on fifth shelf in second row from here.
a. giving direction b. seeking information
c. ordering d. Requesting
Fill in the blank with appropriate modal:
1. It .................. rain
a. can b. may c. would d. Could
2. ............ I come in?
a. may b. might c. will d. Would
3. ............ you carry these files for me?
a. should b. would c. may d. Might
4. ................ I have a look at your essay?
a. might b. would c. will d. May
5. You .................... help your friend.
a. need b. dare c. have d. Must
6. ............ you agree with this discussion?
a. may b. might c. would d. Must
7. ................ you speak English?
a. can b. must c. might d. Shall
8. .................... God bless you!
a. might b. may c. should d. Shall
9. We ................. wear helmet while riding.
a. should b. could c. might d. Need
10. Aunt .................. visit us tomorrow
a. have b. might c. dare to d. Could

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1. Shallu : Saroja failed in the exam.
Sami : If she had studied hard, she ............. passed
a. should has b. would have c. will have d. Would

2. Manoj : I bought Audi

Krishna : Really! If I had money, I too ........... bought Audi
a. could have b. would be c. would d. Could

3. Srikala : Show me the photos of your trip to Ooty.

Nirmala : Oh, I forgot to take my Camera. If I had taken my Camera, I .............. taken photos.
a. will have b. could have c. would be d. could be

4. Abu : Do you own a house?

Avinash : I don’t have enough money. If I had money, I ........... bought a house my now.
a. must be b. would has
c. would had d. would have

5. Swamy : Mona lost all her money in business and she is very upset.
Soma : If I had met her, I ........... advised her not to give up
a. would have b. would has c. would had d. would be
6. Nitin : Yesterday I went for a party. So I couldn’t complete my project.
Mohit : If I had any project, I ............ attended the party.
a. not would have b. wouldn’t have
c. wouldn’t has d. wouldn’t had

7. Nisha : Your drawing looks dull without any colours.

Mohit : If I had sketch pens, I ................. coloured it.
a. couldn’t have b. could has
c. could have d. could had

8. Ravi : I am very tired. I can’t walk.

Harish : If I had bike, I ............. dropped you
a. will have b. will be
c. would be d. would have
9. Preethi : You missed the train
Pramitha : If I had started early, I ............. missed it.
a. won’t have b. can’t have
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1. .Vinutha ............ her sister entered the house,____ there was no electricity ............... they took out a box of
matches and lit a lamp. ........... they couldn’t see anything.
(still, but, and, so) Ans:and,but,so,still
2.................. Venkatram is a rich man, he is not generous. ........... his wife helps the needy............. she was from
a poor family ....suffered a lot..(though,because,and,but) Ans:though,but,because,and

3. Suresh ..................... Mahesh went to the bus station ............... they missed the bus. .................. they entered
the station, the bus left. ...............they could not board the bus. (but, as soon as, and, so) Ans:and,but,as soon
as,so

4. Ramanna is rich ..................... sad .............. discontented. He owns hundred acres of land
which he has inherited from his ancestors. He does not possess .................... wife ................children.
(or, but, and, either) Ans:but,and,either,or

5. Abdul Kalaam was a disciplined person ................ he was from a poor family, he became
popular. He made a name ................... as a scientist .............. as a states man ................. he
was service dedicative. (not only, though, but also, because) Ans:though,not only,but also,because

6. Radhakrishnan was a teacher. Everybody liked him ................ he had lot of patience while
teaching. .................... any student didn’t have money to pay fees, he would give him money,
............... he was kind ............... service minded.(If, and, because, as) Ans:because,if,as,and

7.The people did not help Roma____ they were afraid of being involved._____Baleshwar alone
had to take Roma.He requested the passerby to help him_____,no one heeded him.A tempo
truck driver stopped ____ took Roma to the hospital. (so,but,and,because) Ans:because ,so but,and

8. The people of Tibet suffered from cold ................. hunger. They decided to send Wangjia to
find bird of happiness........ he was a smart boy .......... he was a small boy, he was determined
................... the others hesitated to go (because, and, though, while) Ans:and,because,though,while

9. Ram ................ Raju are twin brothers. Ram is hard working .................. Raju is lazy ...........
he is lazy he is smart. His father knows ................ he would achieve a lot in his life. (that, but, and, though)
Ans:and,but,though,that

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1. Ramesh is a famous educationist, ............... The question tag to be used above is
a. Isnt’ he? b. Is he? c. doesn’t he? d. Does he?
2. Leela and Sheela were awarded ...............
a. Isnt’ she? b. weren’t they?
c. Isn’t they? d. Aren’t they?
3. Amith never tells lies .................
a. Isnt’ he? b. Is he?
c. Doesn’t he? d. Does he?
4. Meera can do the sum ................
a. Can she? b. Can’t she
c. Isn’t she? d. Is she?
5. I’m fond of eating sweets, .............
a. Am I? b. Amn’t I?
c. Aren’t I? d. Are I?
6. Jazz met his friend in London, .................
a. does he? b. Didn’t he?
c. Did he? d. doesn’t he?

REPORTED SPEECH
I Read the conversation. Based on it, Complete the reported form given below.
Father : Why aren’t you doing your homework, Joseph?
Joseph : They didn’t give us any home work today Daddy.
Joseph’s father asked him why
a. .......................................................
Joseph replied that they hand n’t
b. ........................................................
Ans.: a. he wasn’t doing his home work
b. given them any home work that day.

ii. Read the conversation. Based on it complete the reported form given below:
Rajev : How are
you? Rakesh : I’m
fine, you?
Rajeev : I’m fine, thank you. Why did you go to Delhi last week?
Rakesh : I went to Delhi to see the minister.
Rajeev asked Rakesh why ............................. Rakesh replied that ....................
Ans. : he had gone to Delhi previous week. He had gone to Delhi to see the minister.

iii. Preethi : Will you please help me to cross the road?

Bharathi : I will help you to cross the road.
Preethi asked Bharathi whether .................Bharathi replied that ..............
Ans. : She would help her to cross the road.
She would help her to cross the road

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Prashant Prashant :
How are you?
Chand : I’m fine. Thank you. Are you working in this company? Prashant : Yes, I am. I joined this firm last
year.Chand and Prashant greeted each other. Chand asked Prashant ................ Prashanth replied he was
and he ...................
Ans. : If he was working in that company had joined that firm the previous year.

v. Child: I want a balloon, which I can release into the air. Balloon man : Which colour balloon do you want?
A child told a balloon man that ...............
The balloon man ....................
Ans. : a. he wanted a balloon which he could release into the air
b. asked which colour balloon he wanted

vi. Son : Why are they asking for money,

mummy? Mother : It is because they are
poor, darling On seeing the beggars the son
.................When the mother replied that ..................
Ans. : a. asked his mother why they were asking for money
b. it was because they were poor

vii Captain : Do you know how to play cricket?

Laksh : Never had a chance to learn it.
The captain asked Laksh ................
Laksh replied .........................
Ans. : a. if he knew how to pay cricket
b. that he had never had a chance to learn it

viii. Nishchu : Hi Lakshya how are you?

Lakshya : Life’s rather tough. I need a job.
Nishchu on meeting Lakshya asked .................
Lakshya replied ..............................
Ans. : a. how he was
b. that he was on the look out for a job

ix. Mother : I have washed the car for you

today Daughter : Thank you, Mom
The mother told the daughter that ...............
The daughter ...............
Ans.: a. she had washed the car for her that day also
b. thanked her mother

x. Boss : Are there any more

files? Peon : Yes sir
Boss asked the peon ................
The Peon .................
Ans.: a. if there were any more files
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Husband : I have to meet the deadline or the
editor will give the work to somebody else. The
wife requested
Her Husband requested
Ans. : a. requested her husband
to stop that work
b. replied that he had to meet.
xii. Astrologer : Will you give me five rupees. If you find my
answers satisfactory
Customer : No
The astrologer asked the customer ............
The customer ...............
Ans.: a. Whether he would give him five rupees if he found his answers satisfactory.
b. replied no (negatively)

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1. She walks home
a. finite b. non – finite
c. Gerund d. Participle
Ans.: a. finite

2. She walked home.

a. finite b. non – finite
c. Gerund d. Participle
Ans.: a. finite

3. He loves camping in the woods

a. non – finite b. infinitive
c. participle d. finite
Ans.: a. non-finite

4. I need to go to sleep.
a. non – finite b. participle
c. finite d. noun
Ans.: a. non-finite

5. The sleeping dog caused a delay

a. non – finite b. Gerund
c. infinitived. finite
Ans.: a. nonfinite

6. I hate camping
a. non – finite b. finite
c. Adjective d. noun
Ans.: a. non-finite 7. I want to go there.
a. non – finite b. finite
c. Adjective d. Gerund
Ans.: a. non-finite

8. We ate our roasted marshmallows

a. non – finite b. Adjective
c. gerund d. infinitive
Ans.: a. non-finite 9. I live in Germany

9. We went to school at 9 a.m.

a. finite b. non-finite
c. gerund d. infinitive
Ans.: a. finite

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S – Yes Dt – That Hmwrk – Pipl – Bk – Back
Home People
Work
Y – Why Dts – That Sday – %- Jst – Just
is Yesterday Percentage
R – Are Gt – Got 2day – Gud- Good 1s - Once
Today
U – You Tst – Test B/w – Wud – B4 -
Between Would Before
2 – To, Wt – What Gn – Good Cum – Skl –
Two night Come School
D – The 4 – For Gm – Tnk u- Hw – How
Good Thank you
morning
Plz – Bcz – Satdy – Zzzwel – 2nite -
Please Because Saturday Sleep Tonight
Well
N – And Wr – 2Moro – Evng - Cnt -
Where Tomorrow Evening Cannot
Decode the following sms into normal sentences.
1. u 1 d match (you won the match)
2. 2 n 2 makes 4 (two and two makes four)
3. Pls cum b4 its l8 (please come before it is late)
4. Vr r u? (where are u?)
5. Hw r u? (how are u?)
6. R u hpy? (are you happy?)
7. I 8 rice 4 lunch ( I ate rice for lunch)
8. Go hm erly (go home early)
9. Gud nt. (good night)
10. V r rdy to go. (we are ready to go)
Hw r u : How are you
Wh r u : Where are you
r u bsy : Are you busy
y r v here : Why are we here
y r u sad : Why are you sad
zzz well gud n8 : Sleep well good night
R v Gng 2day : Are we going today
c u l8r: See you later
dis msg s 4 u 1ly :This message is for you only
V 1 d match: we won the match
I m Lte bcoz f rain: I am late because of raining
v 1 d match : we won the match
lk b4 u leap : Look before you leap
2 n 2 makes 4 : Two and Two makes four
pls come b4 its 2 la8 : Please come before it is too late
y r u sad? : Why are you sad?
I 8 rice 4 lnch : I ate rice for lunch
v r rdy 2 go : We are ready to go
do d wrk n go home : Do the work and go home
I cnot c d t pot : I cannot see the tea pot
y day v rot d sa : Yesterday we wrote the essay
v r la8 2 day : We are late today
How r u? : How are you?

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To which source of information will you refer to know the following. Choose the appropriate answer.
1. Pronunciation of a word ...............
(grammar book, atlas, dictionary, newspaper) Ans:dictionary

2. The place where first nuclear bombs exploded .............

(encyclopedia, dictionary, manual, the saurus) Ans:encyclopedia

3. To assemble the TV you recently bought.

(atlas, TV manual, newspaper, dictionary) Ans:TV manual
4. Details about the rivers of a country .................
(newspaper, manual, grammar book, atlas) Ans:atlas

5. To know who won world cup match which was played the previous day.
(atlas, encyclopedia, newspaper, thesaurus) Ans:newspaper

6. Variations of the word ‘Compose’

(newspaper, encyclopedia, thesaurus, atlas) Ans:thesaurus

7. To know the spelling of the word “encyclopedia”.

(newspaper, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas) Ans:thesaurus

8. Synonym of the word ‘Prosper’.

(manual, dictionary, atlas, newspaper) Ans:dictionary

Arrange the following words in dictionary order.

1. Charm, Churn, Choke, Chase.
2. Quaint, Quality, Quantum, Quarter
3. Prosper, Proper, Propel, Property.
4. Sympathy, System, Symptom, Symmetry.
5. Technical, Technician, Technology, Technique.
6. Adore, Address, Admire, Admit.
7. Bench, Beach, Beauty, Beast.
8. Garland, Gallow, Gamble, Gambit
9. debut, debit, debris, debate
10. reason, ranson, revenge, repair
11. ocean, orange, order, open
12. daughter, doctor, deter, dollar
13. rainbow, raindrop, railway, raincoat
14. supper, super, sleeper, slipper
15. mango, marriage, manager, mankind
16. tea, teacher, teach, teachers
17. crest, create, creep, credit
18. moment, movement, mute, manage
19. strained, strain, shrine, justice
20. better, butter, bitter, bite
21. cat, beat, suit, dog
22. door, yellow, busy, work
23. useless, friend, wise, tree
24. goat, high, waste, team
25. full, lawyer, white, read
26. damage, beautiful, garden, tiger
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 POETRY SECTION
FOR FOUR MARKS
Poem No. 01: Grandma Climbs a Tree.

Key points ;

❖ The poem was written by Ruskin Bond ,here he expressed about his grandma.
❖ Grandma was a genius because she could climb trees and be up in their branches at the
age of 62 in trice.
❖ As years she would be told not to climb trees but she woud laugh and tell to do it
better now.
❖ When she had terrible fall,she was advised to take a week bed rest which was like a
brief season in hell.
❖ When she wanted house on tree top . her son knew his duties he soon finished the
chore.

OR

Poem 05 : Jazz Poem Two

❖ The poem was written by Carl wendall Hines,Jr

❖ The old jazz musician had a message for the people of the world
❖ He is a pathetic figure like Mariner and he wanted to show his blackness to the world
through his music
❖ He was described wrinkled old face turned downward with wearies,closed eyes,frayed
collar ,old shirt turn dark with sweat ,old jacket with sagging stomach,run-down
shoes,unshaven face.
❖ He wore alto saxophone to tell that he was black man that he was sent to preach the
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 FOR TWO MARKS
Off to Outer space Tomorrow Morning
• The poet expressed the experiences of outer space
• There would be no calendar, no clock, because day light would be on
• There would be no writing a letters, posting mails and no visiting friend because off to
outer space .
• He would be centre of gravity and tea cup circle around him like planets rounds the
Sun .
• Rocket thrust him across galaxies ,there would be twenty hundred light year for first
stop.

PROSE SECTION
FOR FOUR MARKS
A HERO
▪ Swami’s father read about the bravery of a boy in news paper. Swami replied that he
must be very strong and grown up.
▪ His father challenged him to sleep in the office to prove his courage. But swami tried to
change the subject with talking about new bat and ball.
▪ When matter out of control, he told to sleep next month and room was dusty.
▪ Granny told not to disturb him ,because he was sleeping beside her.
▪ In the room at night ,silence deepened, his heart beat faster, where as he remembered
all devil and ghost stories .
▪ As he was fear ,went under the bench feeling much safer place, compact, and reassuring
after that he has bitten something went forth agonized, thundering cry. In movement
father , cook and a servant came in carrying light fell on burglar.
▪ Congratulation showered on him, his classmates looked at with respect, teacher patted
his back, and headmaster told he was true scout because he had bitten into the flesh of
the most notorious house-breakers of the district and the police were grateful to him
for it.

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 Colours of silence
▪ Satish met an accident when he went hiking with his father and brother. they were
crossing the rickety bridge, the boy looked down at swirling water. Just then his feet
slipped losing his balance and fell into rapid.
▪ His legs were plastered ,his head hurt badly, he was bruised and aching all over then he
had problem in ear.
▪ Due to frequent absent ,the head master told Avtar Narain that he could not keep him.
▪ Satish did not want to go new school, because he could talk with others and they
would make fun on him
▪ His father and brother Inder spent time with him, talking to him.his father gave armful
books like “life of Garibaldi”,the works of Munsi Premchand and Sarat Chandra etc.
▪ When he was confined to bed, all he could do was sit and stare at window.
▪ Once he saw a bird .it had longish tail and a blank crest and its restless energy ,eyes kept
darting here and there.
▪ Now Satish gujral is among the foremost artist of India.he accomplished in painting,
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(Reference to context)
There’s Girl By Tracks
1. Oh,I couldn’t thank him .
a) who is the speaker ?
b)why couldn’t thank him ?.
c) what does it reveal about the speaker ?
ans:
a) Baleshwar b)because he was busy in her treatment c) kindness
2. “Let’s go and help her “
a)who did the speaker shout this at ?
b)why did the speaker want help her ?
c) what was the reply from others ?
ans: a) passangers/people b) she was by the tracks c) they were afraid of involving
3. “ I hope , I am not too late”
a) who does ‘I’ refer to ?
b)why did the speaker feel so ?
c) where was he going early ?
ans: a) Baleshwar b) he was so far away c) he was going to the tracks where the girl had
fallen
4.“I am new to Mumbai “.
a) who said this ?
b)when was this said?
c)why was the speaker new to Mumbai ?
ans: a) Baleshwar b)when Roma was thanking him .c) because he was from U.P. came for job

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1. “Mutiny is an ugly word ,sir”
a)whose words are these ?
b) What does mutiny mean ?
c) When did the speaker say so ?.
Ans: a) Diego b)rebel or revolt c)when Pedro said about entertaining thoughts
2. “A good sailor know his place “
a) Who is the speaker?
b ) Who is this said to ?
c) What did the speaker want to remind ?
Ans. a)Columbus b)Diego c)to tell the proper work place
3. “Discipline knows no buts”
a) Whose words are these ?
b) When did the speaker say so ?
c)What does the statement mean ?
Ans: a)Columbus b)when Francisco answering said but c)disciplined person never say but
only works
4. “Dark deeds are better done in the dark”.
a) Who said this ?.
b) Why was the speaker said this ?.
c) What does the statement mean ?
Ans: a) Columbus b)When Guillermo told to wait for tomorrow ? c)works are done in the
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Gentleman of Rio En Medio

Don Anselmo appearance and manners
• He wore an old , green faded coat
• His gloves too old and torn his fingers tips showed through them
• The cane he carried was the skeleton of worn out umbrella

Americans complaint and Anselmo’s reply

• The children of the village were running all over the their property
• They came every day , played under the trees ,built the fences around them and
spent the most of their time
• Anselmo reply was that he was not sold the trees but only property
Don Anselmo ,a man of principle
• Refused to take double amount by Americans
• He stood by his words
Americans offering more money
• The buyers surveyed the land , it was found that owned eight more acres . so they
offered 2400 dollars

The concert
Anant , a talented boy:
• He was table tennis player
• He was fastest runner and learning to play sitar
• Able to compose his tunes to the astonishment of his guru .
Smita’s help to her brother:
• Smita’s plan was to request Pandit Ravi Shankar as to play for her brothr
• She was success in her effort
Appreciation about Ravi Shankar :
• Pandit Ravi Shankar being a great sitar player came to Smita’s house with Ustad
Allah Rakha to play the sitar for her brother , Anant .
• These qualities were appreciable to the readers
Smita’s exciting in reading news paper:
• She read the news that Pandit Ravi Shankar was going to play sitar at
Shanmukhananda auditorium the next day
• Her mother cautioned her to be quite because her brother was sick

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 Science and Hope of Survival
Super powers meeting in Geneva:
• The three super power countries , the U.K, The USSR, and the USA wanted to come an
agreement putting ban to the nuclear test.
Technical experts summon:
• Nuclear powers wanted to sign an agreement to stop the test to make new nuclear
weapons ,
• there was possibility that one of the participants could secretly make an
underground nuclear explosion
• The problem was how other powers could detect this violation .

SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION
FOR TWO MARKS

On Top of World

▪ Dickey dolma was born and brought up in Palchan(Himachal Pradesh)

▪ When she was 11 years, she lost her mother and elder brother.
▪ It was not difficult her to climb Mt.Everest because she had been fascinated and
beautiful peaks were surrounded her home.
▪ She climbed Mt.Everest on May10,1993.and became the youngest woman in the world
to reach the feat at the age of 19.
▪ Her headache was her financial situation because her father was bedridden and needed
much money for his treatment.
AND
A Great Martyr Ever Cherished

▪ Lieutenant Hanifuddin was 25 years old martyr.

▪ He had battle with hardship from a tender age. Because he lost his father when he was
8 years old.Hanif’s mother Hema Aziz , a vocal artiste travelled with the performance
wing of the information and Broadacasting Ministry.
▪ His elder brother Nafisuddin was a teacher at JD Tyler school. His younger brother took
to composing music on casio. Often he supported him with on drums.
▪ An introvert , Hanif began to make friends only by the time he was 14 years.
▪ His happiness was to help to people. As per 77 years old gentleman he had approached
with some queries about Sufism.
▪ He was ekdam bindas , he dabbled in art ,sketched very well, made beautiful cards from
waste material and loved playing drums.

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