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Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
How did Zitkala-Sa try to save her long hair?
Concept: The Cutting of My Long Hair
Answer the following in 125-150 words:
What made the American publisher think that the novel, ‘The Name of the Rose’ won’t sell well in America? What actually happened? What was the secret of its success?
Concept: The Interview
Answer the following in 125-150 words:
What made the American publisher think that the novel, ‘The Name of the Rose’ won’t sell well in America? What actually happened? What was the secret of its success?
Concept: The Interview
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
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words :
In one's approach to life one should be practical and not live in a world of dreams. How is Jansie's attitude different from that of Sophie?
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words :
Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot realise. Comment.
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words :
How different is Jansie from Sophie?
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120-150 words :
It is not unusual for a lower middle class girl to dream big. How unrealistic were Sophie's dreams ?
Concept: Going Places
Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words:
It is normal for adolescents to fantasise and indulge in hero worship. How far is it true of Sophie?
Concept: Going Places
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
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Old
familiar ache, my childhood's fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile... ... ...
a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?
b) What was the poet's childhood fear?
c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?
d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?
Concept: My Mother at Sixty-six
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Old
familiar ache, my childhood's fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile... ... ...
a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?
b) What was the poet's childhood fear?
c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?
d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?
Concept: My Mother at Sixty-six
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Old
familiar ache, my childhood's fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile... ... ...
a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?
b) What was the poet's childhood fear?
c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?
d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?
Concept: My Mother at Sixty-six
