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‘Honour among thieves' is considered a popular code.
Examine A Question of Trust as a story woven around this code.
Concept: A Question of Trust
Mention any two issues over which Amanda was nagged and scolded?
Concept: Amanda!
Amanda did not agree with the restrictions put on her. Give two reasons to support the statement.
Concept: Amanda!
'I am an orphan, roaming the street'. Why does Amanda visualize this?
Concept: Amanda!
Ananda was blamed for a number of things. Mention any two.
Concept: Amanda!
As a reader do you identify with Amanda? How?
Concept: Amanda!
Kitty was a trusted friend to Anne. Elaborate.
Concept: From the Diary of Anne Frank
Answer the following question in 40 – 50 words:
In the poem ‘Amanda’, why does the poet use the famous fairy tale character, Rapunzel? Explain. (Amanda)
Concept: Amanda!
Why does Mrs. Hall find the scientist eccentric?
Concept: Footprints Without Feet
Attempt the following question in 100-150 words:
How did Griffin’s invisibility come to his help whenever he found himself in trouble?
Concept: Footprints Without Feet
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
Describe the curious episode which took place in a clergyman’s study.
Concept: Footprints Without Feet
Answer the following question in 30-40 words :
Why did Maddie write a note to Peggy and then tore it?
Concept: The Hundred Dresses - I
Read the following extract and answer the questions:
| The arrival of a stranger at an inn in winter was in any case an unusual event. A stranger of such uncommon appearance set all tongues wagging. Mrs. Hall, the landlord’s wife, made every effort to be friendly. But Griffin had no desire to talk, and told her, “My reason for coming to Iping is a desire for solitude. I do not wish to be disturbed in my work. Besides, an accident has affected my face.” Satisfied that her guest was an eccentric scientist, and in view of the fact that he had paid her in advance, Mrs. Hall was prepared to excuse his strange habits and irritable temper. |
- State any one inference about Griffin from the given context: “My reason for coming to Iping is a desire for solitude. I do not wish to be disturbed in my work. Besides, an accident has affected my face.”
- State True or False:
Even though Mrs. Hall was satisfied with Griffin, she was skeptical to excuse his strange - It was not difficult for Griffin to convince the landlord and his wife about his strange appearance and eccentric behaviour. Elaborate in about 40 words with reference to the context.
- Which phrase would correctly substitute ‘set all tongues wagging’ in the given sentence from the extract?
A stranger of such uncommon appearance ______.
Concept: Footprints Without Feet
Attempt the following question in 100-150 words:
Give a brief character sketch of Ebright’s mother.
Concept: The Making of a Scientist
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words :
How did Richard Ebright's mother help him?
Concept: The Making of a Scientist
Justify how ‘Animals’ by Walt Whitman is a criticism of mankind and its ways.
Concept: Animals
Read the following extract and do the given activities.
A1. State whether the following statements are true or false: (2)
- Animals show their relations to us.
- Humans have given up many good qualities.
- Animals sweat and whine about their condition.
- Animals are placid and self-contained.
| I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things. Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth, So they show their relations to me and I accept them, They bring me tokens of myself, they evince them plainly in their possession. I wonder where they get those tokens, Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them? |
A2. Answer the following question with the help of the given extract: (2)
(i) What craze do animals never display? Why?
A3. Pick out one example of Rhetorical question from the extract. (1)
Concept: Animals
Validate the importance of small, fun learning tasks towards successful careers, in the context of Richard Ebright in The Making of a Scientist.
Concept: The Making of a Scientist
Why does the poet wish to 'turn' and live with animals?
Concept: Animals
What did Ebright learn from his failure at the Science fair?
Concept: The Making of a Scientist
