HSC Arts इयत्ता ११ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

Compare the two crests.

What was Sletherby’s response to Bertie’s request?

What caught his attention about the car door?

Describe Honario Saltpen-Jago.

Why did K.C’s words shock Sletherby?

Rearrange the sentences given below and write a summary of the story in a paragraph. Begin with:

Philip Sletherby was travelling by train to Brill Manor.

1. The young man introduced himself as Bertie, the son of Saltpen Jago.
2. Bertie needed three pounds desperately and asked Sletherby to lend it to him.
3. All the time Sletherby was gazing at the door panel of the car, on which were the two crests – a demi-lion and a greyhound courant.
4. He was received by Claude People. K.C., who had kept on talking about various things.
5. Bertie had left his purse behind, after sealing an envelope with the crest on the purse.
6. Bertie stated that it was the Jago crest. He further added that his mother’s hair was dark brown similar to his.
7. While describing the appearance of Honario Saltpen-Jago, K.C. referred to her altered hairstyle.
8. Sletherby realized that Bertie had not lied to him, but that he had mistaken him for fraud.
9. He explained that the Saltpen crest was that of a demi-lion.
10. Sletherby sat dumbstruck on learning that Mrs. Honario Saltpen Jago had changed her dark brown hair to a blonde, just five weeks ago.
11. Sletherby pointed out to him that his mother’s letter had a greyhound courant crest.
12. His companion in the train was a young man who was searching for something frantically
13. Suspecting foul play, Sletherby did not give him any money, as he knew Mrs. Saltpen-Jago was a blonde.

Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

on approval

Describe the youth’s strange behaviour when he was in the train.

One has to be cautious and not be carried away by stories. How did Sletherby exhibit caution?

How did Sletherby’s judgment of Bertie turn out to be a wrong one?

As Sletherby, would you apologize to Bertie for your rude behavior? Give reasons.

‘Seeing is believing’. How is this humorously disproved in this story? Bring out the irony in the situation.

Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

a rustic holiday

Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

a double-distilled idiot

Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

a tinge of coldness

Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

making up for lost time

Now, refer to a dictionary and match the professions with their relevant job descriptions.

Note-making involves the fundamental skills of reading and writing

Summarising is to briefly sum up the various points given in the notes made from the original passage. It is a retrieval of information from the notes made. Hence, while writing it, one need not go back to the original passage but refer only to the notes made. A first draft will help us to write a fair summary.

Given below are hints about a renowned British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Write a biographical sketch on the author in not more than 80-100 words based on the information given below.