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Attempt in 120‒150 words a character sketch of Miss Sullivan.
Concept: Reading Skills
What role did Mr. Gilman play in Helen Keller's life? (120‒150 words)
Concept: Reading Skills
Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
Bring out the importance of the diary in Anne's life.
Concept: Reading Skills
Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
Why does Anne call herself 'a bundle of contradictions'?
Concept: Reading Skills
Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
What was the incident of the Frost King? How did it affect Helen?
Concept: Reading Skills
Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
Write a character sketch of Bishop Brooks as he appears in Helen Keller's − The Story of My Life.
Concept: Reading Skills
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Concept: A Letter to God
What are the raindrops compared to and why?
Concept: A Letter to God
What excuses did Mrs. Pumphrey make about Mr. Herriot's advice?
Concept: A Triumph of Surgery
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did the night after the rains turn sorrowful for Lencho?
Concept: A Letter to God
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
How did Mrs. Pumphrey treat Tricki?
Concept: A Triumph of Surgery
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
What made Hari Singh come back to Anil?
Concept: The Thief’s Story
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option:
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He stalks in his vivid stripes He should be lurking in shadow |
- 'He' is in a rage because he is ______. (1)
- hungry
- tied
- thirsty
- in a cage
- He is lurking in the shadow because ______. (1)
- The above lines express the tiger's ______. (1)
- resignation
- fear
- anger
- acceptance
- Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
It is clear that metaphor is the poetic device used for ‘pads of velvet’ — because ______.
(Clue: explain how metaphor is applied here.) - The contrast in the above extract is between life in the forest and life in the ______. (1)
- circus
- national park
- cave
- zoo
Concept: A Tiger in the Zoo
Why did Hari Singh smile in his most appealing way towards the end of the story?
Concept: The Thief’s Story
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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He stalks in his vivid stripes He should be lurking in shadow |
- 'Quiet rage' refers to the tigers ______. (1)
- helplessness
- he has not been able to hunt
- his prey has not come to the water hole
- he is not free
- He is lurking in shadows because ______. (1)
- Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
It is clear that metaphor is the poetic device used for 'pads of velvet' because ______.
(clue-explain how metaphor applies here). - Find a word from the extract which means to walk with measured, stiff of haughty strides: (1)
- steps
- lurking
- pads
- stalk
- State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE: (1)
The tiger is stealthily waiting for the deer to come to the water hole.
Concept: A Tiger in the Zoo
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
'No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion'. Do you agree? Elaborate on the basis of the chapter "Nelson Mandela - Long walk to freedom".
Concept: Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
Trust and compassion can reform a person. Justify this statement in the light of the lesson 'The Thief's Story'.
Concept: The Thief’s Story
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Concept: The Midnight Visitor
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
Why does the poet not offer the boy money to buy another ball?
Concept: The Ball Poem
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option:
| If strolling forth, a beast you view, Whose hide with spots is peppered, As soon as he has leapt on you, You'll know it's the leopard. 'Twill do no good to roar with pain, He'll only lep and lep again. |
- One can find out that it is a leopard by the way it ______. (1)
- leaps
- eats
- looks
- roars
- State whether the following statement is true or false: (1)
When an animal repeatedly leaps at a person, it is a leopard. - Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
It is clear that repetition is a poetic device used for 'lep and lep again' because ______.
(Clue: explain how repetition is applied here.) - The Royal Bengal Tiger has black stripes on yellow skin whereas a leopard has ______. (1)
- Complete the analogy with a word from the extract: (1)
claws : nails :: ? : skin
Concept: How to Tell Wild Animals
