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What are some of the positive views on interviews?
Concept: The Interview
Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context.
| Some might make quite extravagant claims for it as being, in its highest form, a source of truth, and, in its practice, an art. Others, usually celebrities who see themselves as its victims, might despise the interview as an unwarranted intrusion into their lives, or feel that it somehow diminishes them, just as in some primitive cultures it is believed that if one takes a photographic portrait of somebody then one is stealing that person’s soul. |
(i) What is the most likely reason some people consider the practice of interview to be an art? (1)
This could be because it requires-
- fluency of words.
- sensitive and careful handling.
- creativity and imagination.
- probing and focusing on details.
(ii) Rewrite the sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with its inference. (1)
Celebrities feel that an interview diminishes them.
(iii) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below. (1)
(1) Celebrities don’t consent to be interviewed.
(2) Interviews intrude the privacy of celebrities.
- (1) Can be inferred from the extract but (2) cannot.
- (1) cannot be inferred from the extract but (2) can.
- (1) is true but (2) is false.
- (2) is the reason for (1).
(iv) Rationalise, to support the given opinion: (1)
To say that an interview, in its highest form, is a source of truth, is an extravagant claim.
(v) Replace the underlined word with its antonym from the extract. (1)
Some celebrities hate the idea of having to give an interview because it makes them feel like supporters.
(vi) The author’s views on interview, in the extract, can best be described as statements based on ______. (1)
- facts
- hypothesis
- beliefs
- superstitions
Concept: The Interview
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Umberto Eco, with reference to "The Name of the Rose" says, “I think if I had written The Name of the Rose ten years earlier or ten years later, it wouldn’t have been the same.” What could he have meant?
Concept: The Interview
Why did Jansie not approve of Sophie’s dream ?
Concept: Going Places
Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
Concept: Going Places
Do you think that the third leve was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Concept: The Third Level
‘It’s easy to judge others and give advice, but much more difficult to apply it to ourselves.’ Elaborate with reference to the character of Sam in The Third Level.
Concept: The Third Level
Answer the following question in about 120-150 words.
In the story, ‘The Third Level’ by Jack Finney, Charley is obsessed with finding the third level. In an attempt to thrash out whether this obsession is a good quality or a harmful one, Charley’s wife expresses her thoughts in a diary entry.
As Louisa, Charley’s wife, write this diary entry. Support your response with reference to the story.
You may begin this way:
I have been married to Charley for a few years now and I have always known him to be an intelligent man with an imaginative mind. However, his recent obsession with finding the Third Level has …
Concept: The Third Level
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What extraordinary experience did Charley have when he went to the Grand station?
Concept: The Third Level
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What did Charley find in his collection of first-day covers?
Concept: The Third Level
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Why did Charley buy old-style currency?
Concept: The Third Level
The Tiger King wanted to protect himself from a tiger attack. Describe the difficulties created by him for his officials and subjects.
Concept: The Tiger King
Comment on any one aspect of the writing style of the author, Kalki in The Tiger King.
Concept: The Tiger King
Read the given extract and answer the questions:
| In other words, the Tiger King is dead. The manner of his death is a matter of extraordinary interest. It can be revealed only at the end of the tale. The most fantastic aspect of his demise was that as soon as he was born, astrologers had foretold that one day the Tiger King would actually have to die. “The child will grow up to become the warrior of warriors, hero of heroes, champion of champions. But...” they bit their lips and swallowed hard. When compelled to continue, the astrologers came out with it. “This is a secret which should not be revealed at all. And yet we are forced to speak out. The child born under this star will one day have to meet its death.” |
- Complete the sentence appropriately. 1
The author’s purpose in using foreshadowing, is to ______. - In the given extract, what emotion were the astrologers feeling when they "bit their lips and swallowed hard"? 1
- Humiliation
- Disbelief
- Grief
- Unease
- Which trait are the astrologers lauding when they say "warrior of warriors, hero of heroes, champion of champions"? 1
- How is the line, "the most fantastic aspect of his demise", an example of contrast? 1
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Do you agree with the Tiger King's statement?
You may kill even a cow in self-defence.
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What did the Maharaja and dewan do to avoid the danger of losing the throne?
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What did the Maharaja do to realize his ambition of killing a hundred tigers?
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
In what way did the infant Tiger King surprise the astrologer?
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Did the Tiger King manage to kill the hundredth tiger? Why/Why not?
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Why did the shopkeeper sell the wooden tiger at a cheap price?
Concept: The Tiger King
