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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
It is true that he needed money very badly, but what was twenty rupees when measured against the intense satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and dedication?
(a) Why was Patol Babu badly in need of money?
(b) What was the small job which gave him intense satisfaction?
(c) What does the word 'measured' mean in the above context?
Concept: Patol Babu, Film Star
Ten minutes or so later Naresh Dutt went looking for Patol Babu near the paan shop and found that he was not there. “That’s odd the man hadn’t been paid yet. What a strange fellow !”
(a) Where had Patol Babu gone ?
(b) Why did Patol Babu leave without informing anyone ?
(c) Why was Naresh Dutt looking for Patol Babu ?
(d) What does the incident tell us about Patol Babu ?
Concept: Patol Babu, Film Star
Answer the following in 100-200 words :
"Patol Babu, Film Star," by Satyajit Ray emphasizes the valuable contribution of a mentor in changing a negative mindset into a positive one. Describe how Mr. Pakrashi's advice helps Patol Babu in performing his role.
Concept: Patol Babu, Film Star
In Patol Babu, Film Star, how is Patol Babu's character a commentary on the struggling actors in the film industry?
Concept: Patol Babu, Film Star
Why did the news about Sebastian Shultz shock Michael?
Concept: Virtually True
What sort of person was Michael's dad?
Concept: Virtually True
How was Shultz finally recued by Michael?
Concept: Virtually True
How did Sebastian Shultz communicate with Michael? What did he say in his last message?
Concept: Virtually True
What did Sebastian write in the final e-mail he sent to Michael ?
Concept: Virtually True
How did Michael in the last game save Sebastian ?
Concept: Virtually True
Why did Michael and his father go to the computer fair?
Concept: Virtually True
Why did the news of Shultz's miracle recovery shock Michael?
Concept: Virtually True
In ‘Virtually True’ why did the newspaper article “Miracle Recovery” catch Michael’s attention?
Concept: Virtually True
Answer the following question:
How do we know that Michael's father was fascinated by computers?
Concept: Virtually True
In the story, Virtually True, Michael said, "That's what I like about computers. The more futuristic they get, the better you can understand the past." Explain what he meant.
Concept: Virtually True
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
"You must make your public happier :
Give them something, sharper, snappier.
We must aim for better billings."
(a) Identify the speaker of the above lines.
(b) Who does 'we' refer to?
(c) What must be done for 'better billings'
(d) What trait of the speaker's character is revealed through the above lines?
Concept: The Frog and the Nightingale
Even though both, the frog from Vikram Seth’s poem, The Frog and the Nightingale and Abel's children from the play, The Dear Departed, display greed, there are differences. Elaborate, in about 150 words, how the greed of the frog and that of Abel's children differ in motivation, actions, relationship, and consequences.
Concept: The Frog and the Nightingale
In “Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments”, how does the poet justify that his verse will live on forever ?
Concept: Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments
What feelings does the partially destroyed statue of Ozymandias convey?
Concept: Ozymandias
What is ironic about the inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias?
Concept: Ozymandias
