English Medium कक्षा १० - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English - Language and Literature

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
"Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself!"

(a) Who is speaking and to whom?

(b) What is the dispute over?

(c) What does the word, 'restrain' mean?

Answer the following question in 80-100 words : 
Whenever we want to achieve something difficulties always come in our way. What did Valli have to do to go and ride in a bus?

Answer the following question in 150-200 words: 
Describe the difference between Anne's and Margot's feelings for Peter.

Answer the following question  in 30-40 words :
Why did Maddie write a note to Peggy and then tore it?

Answer the following question  in 30-40 words :
What was the most fascinating thing that Valli saw on the street?

What is the significance of the Buddha’s request for a handful of mustard seeds and the addition of a condition to it?

Which two issues about himself convinced Lomov of his decision to get married?

Farce is a kind of comedy that includes situations and dialogues that are ridiculous, exaggerated and even absurd. Evaluate the play, The Proposal, as a farce.

Validate the given statement with reference to baby seagull’s fear.

‘Fear doesn’t exist anywhere else other than one’s mind.’

(His First Flight- Two Stories about Flying)

Valli’s unique maiden bus ride experience could be possible because she belonged to a small village. Do you agree? Why?/Why not? (2 reasons)

How can we say that Natalya was continuously successful in maintaining an upper hand during her arguments with Lomov? (Any one example)

(The Proposal)

Mijbil and the Tiger, both were looked after by humans. Assume they both meet each other in the zoo and have a conversation about their lifestyle and feelings. Write this conversation as per your understanding of Mijbil the Otter and A Tiger in the Zoo.

[You may begin like this
Tiger: Thanks for visiting me, though I don’t usually like visitors.
Mijbil: Oh? I would love visitors, I think.]

“Not from weeping nor from grieving will anyone obtain peace of mind"

If you had to use the message of the given quote from the Buddha’ssermon (The Sermon at Benares) to help the boy cope with the loss of his ball and what it signifies (The Ball Poem), what would you include in your advice?

Also, evaluate why it might be difficult for him to understand the notion.

What does the writer recall about his childhood in Goa?

"These sights so moved him that he at once went out into the world to seek enlightenment." What were the sights that moved 'him'?

As Valli, make a diary entry sharing your joys and disappointments during the bus ride.

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".

Kisa Gotami admitted that she was being selfish in grief. Do you agree? Why/Why not?

Why did Kisa Gotami become weary and hopeless?

What was the objective of Lomov's visit to Chubukov's house?