HSC Science (Electronics) ११ वीं कक्षा - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

State whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

The Ear was appointed as a judge.

The tongue justifies the possession of the spectacles on behalf of the nose. Pick up the expressions from the poem that argues in favour of the Nose and complete the following web diagram.

Imagine that you are a lawyer defending the case of the eyes in court. Present your counter statement in support of your client.

Justify the verdict delivered in the poem.

I can support my answer with the help of the following suitable arguments:

1. _______________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________

Read different stories about intelligent ministers of kings, whose judgments helped to bring about law and order in society. For example - Birbal, Tenalirama, etc. Write 5 such stories in your notebook.

You have heard the proverb ‘Plan your work, work your plan’. It means - ________________.

Choose the proper alternatives from the statements given below which would explain why town planning is essential - _______________.

1. To develop the city according to the guidelines.
2. To get the ‘Best City Award’.
3. To attract tourists.
4. To use and develop the land available in the city for the interest of the citizens.

Given below are various professions in column A and in column B, the nature of work in respective professions. Match the columns.

Read the poem and complete the web about the activities the planners do.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners plan to construct buildings wherever they find a place.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners take public consent for the alterations they make in the old structures of the city.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners are concerned about the environment of the area.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners make their plans mathematically perfect, at the same time they calculate their profit.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners deliberately find drawbacks in the old city planning.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

The newly planned city looks modern and amazingly beautiful.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners paint beautiful pictures of the upcoming changes in the city that charm the citizens.

Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners make tactful changes so that citizens do not recognize familiar landmarks.

Read the expression:

‘the blueprint of our past’s tomorrow’. Consider in a group why the poet has not mentioned ‘the present’. It is because of the planners who have possessed our ‘present’ in order to change ‘our past’ into the ‘future’ they desire. Go through the poem and write the lines which support this thought.

1. The buildings are in alignment with the roads which meet at desired points.
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________.

The term 'Anaesthesia' in the poem means - 'The planner gives beautiful pictures of the new modern city'. Now find out what is Amnesia and Hypnosis in the given context.

Pick out the statements which aptly depict the theme of the poem.

1. In the poem, the speaker memorises the past.
2. In ‘The Planners’ the poet describes the unstoppable force of modernisation.
3. The poet talks about the replacement of natural environment by the concrete jungle.
4. The poet proposes to stop modernisation.
5. The poet laments helplessly.