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How is the Goan baker still an important part of the life of a Goan village?
Concept: A Baker from Goa
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Who are paders and why are they friends of children?
Concept: A Baker from Goa
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did Richard Ebright raise a flock of butterflies?
Concept: The Making of a Scientist
As a reader do you sympathise with Matilda? Give reasons from the text to support your answer.
Concept: The Necklace
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Valli was an extra-ordinary girl who had self-confidence and courage to realise her ambition by planning and drawing on her spirit of adventure. Discuss in reference to the chapter 'Madam Rides the Bus'.
Concept: Madam Rides the Bus
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Matilda was very proud of her beauty and charm and this led to her downfall. Elaborate.
Concept: The Necklace
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
Contentment in one's life is very important to lead a peaceful life. We should be happy with what we have and should not crave for what we don't have. Matilda suffered in life because she was not content in her life. Her desires led to her disaster. What do you learn from her mistake in life?
Concept: The Necklace
The credit of Bholi's transformation to Sulekha goes to her teacher. Elaborate with reference to the text.
Concept: Bholi
How does Buddha bring about a different perspective in Kisa Gotami's understanding of life?
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
What did Kisa Gotami do after the death of her only son?
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Destiny had been cruel to Bholi yet she made a place for herself in a conservative society. Discuss.
Concept: Bholi
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
“As ripe fruits are in danger of falling early, so mortals when born are always in danger of death’. With this statement of the Buddha find out the moral values that Kisa Gotami learnt after the death of her child.
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
Natalya and her father Chubukov 'turn around' when Lomov puts his proposal in the open. As a reader briefly describe what you think of Natalaya and Chubukov from the play "the Proposal".
Concept: The Proposal
Read the extract given below and attempt the questions that follow:
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Lomov: But you can see from the documents, honoured Natalya Stepanovna. Oxen Meadows, it’s true, were once the subject of dispute, but now everybody knows that they are mine. There’s nothing to argue about. You see my aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity to the peasants of your father’s grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her. The peasants belonging to your father’s grandfather had the free use of the Meadows for forty years, and had got into the habit of regarding them as their own when it happened that... Natalya: No, it isn't at all like that! Both grandfather and great grandfather reckoned that their land extended to Burnt Marsh- Which means Oxen Meadows were ours. I don't see what there is to argue about, its simply silly. |
- The subject of dispute was regarding ______. (1)
- free use of Meadows.
- making of bricks.
- peasants using Meadows.
- ownership of Meadows.
- Find the word from the extract which means 'continuance': (1)
- dispute
- perpetuity
- belonging
- reckoned
- Lomov's aunt's grandmother gave Oxen Meadows to Natalya's father's grandfather in lieu of ______. (1)
- According to Natalya why did Oxen Meadows belong to them? (1)
- Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only: (1)
The peasants had free use of Meadows for ______ years.
Concept: The Proposal
Why does Amanda wish to be a mermaid?
Concept: Amanda!
Amanda's mother gives her a list of do's and don'ts. What impact does this have on Amanda?
Concept: Amanda!
Chubukov suspicious one accused when Lomov comes to his house. Explain.
Concept: The Proposal
Explain why the poet personally holds the conviction that the world will primarily end in fire?
(Fire and Ice)
Concept: Fire and Ice
Dr. Herriot knew his patients as well as their owners really well. Discuss.
(A Triumph of Surgery)
Concept: A Triumph of Surgery
Read the given extract and answer the following questions.
| But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. |
i. Fill the blank with one word. (1)
When the speaker says that ice could also bring about the end of the world, he refers to _______ as the means for destruction.
ii. What does the speaker’s alignment with those who favour ice suggest? (1)
iii. Which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude towards destruction caused by ice?
- Indifferent
- Fearful
- Dismissive
- Respectful
iv. Comment on the poet’s use of language in these lines. (2)
Concept: Fire and Ice
