English Medium इयत्ता १० - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Communicative

Why does the ancient Mariner compel the wedding guest to listen to his story?

How does Decius Brutus persuade Caesar to accompany him to the senate house?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

'Were these people pulling his leg? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax ? A meek harmless man like him and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him.'

(a) Who is the speaker?

(b) Why does he think that he is being made a 'laughing stock'?

(c) What does the word 'hoax' mean?

Caesar shall forth; the things that threaten'd me
Ne'er look'd on my back; when they shall see
The face of Caesar, they are vanished.

(a) Where is Caesar planning to go ?

(b) What are the 'things' that threaten him ?

(c) What does the word 'vanished' mean ?

Why did the poet have to wait near the water trough ? (Snake)

What did Sebastian write in the final e-mail he sent to Michael ?

Why did the wedding guest beat his breast ?

What quality of King Ozymandias does the poem reflect ?

Why did Cassius tell Brutus not to allow Antony to speak on Caesar's funeral ?

How does the lesson, 'A Shady Plot' remind us that man has no right to invoke supernatural powers through Ouija boards, Tarot cards etc to solve his problems and that one should face life boldly and overcome difficulties using wit and intelligence. Write in 80−100 words.

Respect for all forms of life is an essential value. Unmindful destruction of nature and its creatures deserves just punishment. Write in 80−100 words this essential value as brought out in the poem, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

Patol Babu suddenly felt that he could write a whole thesis on that monosyllabic exclamation. Why had he felt so disheartened when this single word contained a gold-mine of meaning?

(a) Why was Patol Babu disheartened?

(b) Which was the word that contained a 'gold-mine'?

(c) What does the word 'monosyllabic' mean?

How foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia I am ashamed. I did yield to them.

Give me my robe, for I will go.

(a) Why was Calpurnia afraid?

(b) Where did Caesar decide to go?

(c) What does the word 'yield' mean?

Why did the poet try to harm the snake ?

How did Michael in the last game save Sebastian ?

How did the mariners reach the land of ice and snow ?

"The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed". Whose hand and heart are referred to in this line ? Why ?

Why did Caesar's will infuriate the Romans ?

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?

This was the most unkindest cut of all;

For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,

Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,

Quite vanquish'd him : then burst his mighty heart;

(a) Who speaks these words?

(b) Whose ingratitude was he referring to?

(c) Why did it break Caesar's heart?