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Why were the secret galleries bare?

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The secret galleries were looted by the cunning enemies. So, they were bare.

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पाठ 1.2: The Castle - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 1.2 The Castle
Exercise | Q 1. i) | पृष्ठ २०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Have you ever visited a fort or a castle?


Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.

All through the summer at ease we lay,

And daily from the turret wall

We watched the mowers in the hay

  1. Who does ‘we’ refer to?
  2. How did the soldiers spend the summer days?
  3. What could they watch from the turret wall?

Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.

Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,

So smooth and high, no man could win.

  1. How safe was the castle?
  2. What was the firm belief of the soldiers?

Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

A little wicked wicket gate.


Describe the garden during the night.


The casuarina tree will be remembered forever. Why?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

The giant wears the scarf, and flowers are hung

In crimson clusters all the bough among!

  1. Who is the giant here?
  2. Why is the scarf colourful?

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Dear is the Casuarina to my soul;


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“ A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound

No other tree could live. But gallantly

The giant wears the scarf, and flowers are hung......”


Describe the reminiscences of the poet, when she sees the casuarina tree.


What is the world compared to?


Complete the summary of the poem, choosing words from the list given below. Lines 1 to 32

Ulysses is (1) ______to discharge his duties as a (2) ______, as he longs for (3) ______. He is filled with an (4) ______thirst for (5) ______and wishes to live life to the (6) ______. He has travelled far and wide gaining (7) _______ of various places, cultures, men and (8) ______. He recalls with delight his experience at the battle of Troy. Enriched by his (9) ______he longs for more and his quest seems endless. Like metal which would (10) ______if unused, life without adventure is meaningless. According to him living is not merely (11) ______to stay alive. Though old but zestful, Ulysses looks at every hour as a bringer of new things and yearns to follow knowledge even if it is (12)______.

fullest, unquenchable, unattainable, experience, knowledge, king, matters, rust, adventure, unwilling, travel, breathing

‘As tho’ to breathe were life!’ – From the given line what do you understand of Ulysses’ attitude to life?


Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.

Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea...


Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.

For always roaming with a hungry heart


Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

Little remains: but every hour is saved

From that eternal silence, something more,

A bringer of new things; and vile it were

  1. How is every hour important to Ulysses?
  2. What does the term ‘Little remains’ convey?

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus,

To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle Well-loved of me,

  1. Who does Ulysses entrust his kingdom to, in his absence?
  2. Bring out the significance of the ‘sceptre’.

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

....you and I are old;

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;


What is Ulysses’ clarion call to his sailors? How does he inspire them?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

“Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.”

  1. How should one face life?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms.

  1. Can being in solitude help a strong human being? How?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

..........Free imaginations

Bringing changes into a world resenting change.

  1. How does free imagination help the world?
  2. Identify the figure of speech.

Pick out the alliterated words from the poem and write.

And this might stand him for the storms


Describe the posture of Napoleon.


What did the rider do when he reached Napoleon?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

‘You’re wounded!’ ‘Nay’, his soldier’s pride Touched to the quick, he said:

  1. Why did the boy contradict Napoleon’s words?
  2. Why was his pride touched?

What is the role of the young soldier in the victory of the French at Ratisbon?


Napoleon was a great source of inspiration to his army. Justify.


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