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Practice Questions

1. “I’ll take the risk.” The narrator did take the risk. What difficulties did he face ?
Who do you think must have helped him ? As a pilot what would you do in such a
situation ? Take risk or take a wise decision ?

2. “The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement.” If you had to use
the message of the above quote from Nelson Mandela (Nelson Mandela Long
Walk to Freedom) to portray the liberation of women and what it signifies (The
Trees), what would you include in it? Also, evaluate what we can take from the
notion.

3. What was the impact of the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ on Richard
Ebright ?

4. Write a character sketch of Horace Danby.

5. “And in her smiling eyes was the right of deep satisfaction that an artist feels
when he is contemplating the completion of his masterpiece.” Imagine you are
Bholi’s teacher. You are overwhelmed with a sense of satisfaction to see the
conversion of ‘Bholi’ to ‘Sulekha’.

Express your feelings in the form of a diary entry.

6. Valli was sensitive, but at the same time, she was fearless and quite determined.
Think of another character from your textbook, First Flight, who displayed similar
character traits. Compare and contrast the lives of Valli and the other character.

7. Explain the phrase “the forest that was empty all these days”. After reading the
poem “The Trees”, for whom do you think are the forests needed ? Imagine you
are a tree in a forest, what values would you like the humans to learn from the tree?

8. “So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with
an idea to answer the letter”. What does this statement tell us about the postmaster?
Was his idea successful ? How did the receiver react? (A Letter to God)
9. Bholi and Matilda, both are distinct characters, wherein one gave importance to
self- instinct and the other gave importance to her beauty. Assume they both meet
each other at Bholi’s wedding and had a conversation over the greed of Bishamber.

Write this conversation as per your understanding of ‘Bholi’ and The Necklace’.

You may begin like this:

Matilda : Are you fine now?

Bholi : Ya! much relieved.

10. “The message conveyed in the chapter The Sermon at Benaras, People must
understand that thinking about bound situations will increase one’s stress and lead
to sorrow was diligently followed by the pilot in The Black Aeroplane as he
religiously followed the plane and did not raise a question on its presence. If you
had to use the message with reference to both the chapters how will you elaborate
it? Also, how it is relevant to both.

11. Sometimes appearance can be deceptive. How is this statement proved in the
story The Midnight Visitor ?

12. “If you ask for too much, you lose even that which you have.” Elaborate this
with reference to the character of Matilda Loisel in “The Necklace”.

13. The most important message is that all people have the right to live in freedom
just because people may be a different religion or race, doesn’t mean that they
should be treated differently.

Prepare a set of dialogues that happened between Anne Frank and Nelson Mandela
based on ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ and ‘A Long Walk to Freedom’. You may begin
like this:

Anne : I detest the world when they treat people differently on basis of their caste
and creed.

Mandela : I also faced the same discrimination in my country _____.


14. The message of the poem ‘The Trees’ is that freedom and equality should be
for all the living organisms in the world. If you had to use the message of the given
quote based on ‘The Trees’ to understand the state of the Tiger in the Zoo, how
will you elaborate it?

Also, how it is relevant to both.

15. The message of ‘The Question of Trust’ is that we should not trust anyone
without discovering out about that person. Analyse in detail with reference to
character of Horace in the story.

16. The ultimate message that one can get from ‘The Midnight Visitor’ is that in
any situation we should not panic instead we should take a step and face the
situation with our presence of mind.

17. Gotami comes to Buddha praying to him to revive her dead son. Buddha asks
her tobring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one has lost a child,
husband, parent or friend. Through this simple act, Buddha communicates the most
profound truth of life, not only to Gotami but also to the whole mankind. What is
the truth that Buddha communicates? What lesson does Gotami learn? What
changes would take place in a common man’s life if that truth is understood? (The
Sermon at Benares)

18. “Difficulties do come in our lives, but they are not there to stay forever.”
Comment on this statement with reference to the poem ‘Fog’ by Carl Sandburg.

19. Albert Einstein said, ‘The important thing is to never stop questioning.’
Richard was a genius who proved this quote true. Justify. (The Making of a
Scientist)

20. Give a brief character sketch of Mrs. Pumphrey. What values are reflected
through her character? (A Triumph of Surgery)

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