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What are the raindrops compared to and why?
Concept: A Letter to God
What excuses did Mrs. Pumphrey make about Mr. Herriot's advice?
Concept: A Triumph of Surgery
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did the night after the rains turn sorrowful for Lencho?
Concept: A Letter to God
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
How did Mrs. Pumphrey treat Tricki?
Concept: A Triumph of Surgery
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
What made Hari Singh come back to Anil?
Concept: The Thief’s Story
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option:
|
He stalks in his vivid stripes He should be lurking in shadow |
- 'He' is in a rage because he is ______. (1)
- hungry
- tied
- thirsty
- in a cage
- He is lurking in the shadow because ______. (1)
- The above lines express the tiger's ______. (1)
- resignation
- fear
- anger
- acceptance
- Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
It is clear that metaphor is the poetic device used for ‘pads of velvet’ — because ______.
(Clue: explain how metaphor is applied here.) - The contrast in the above extract is between life in the forest and life in the ______. (1)
- circus
- national park
- cave
- zoo
Concept: A Tiger in the Zoo
Why did Hari Singh smile in his most appealing way towards the end of the story?
Concept: The Thief’s Story
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
|
He stalks in his vivid stripes He should be lurking in shadow |
- 'Quiet rage' refers to the tigers ______. (1)
- helplessness
- he has not been able to hunt
- his prey has not come to the water hole
- he is not free
- He is lurking in shadows because ______. (1)
- Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
It is clear that metaphor is the poetic device used for 'pads of velvet' because ______.
(clue-explain how metaphor applies here). - Find a word from the extract which means to walk with measured, stiff of haughty strides: (1)
- steps
- lurking
- pads
- stalk
- State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE: (1)
The tiger is stealthily waiting for the deer to come to the water hole.
Concept: A Tiger in the Zoo
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
'No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion'. Do you agree? Elaborate on the basis of the chapter "Nelson Mandela - Long walk to freedom".
Concept: Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
Trust and compassion can reform a person. Justify this statement in the light of the lesson 'The Thief's Story'.
Concept: The Thief’s Story
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Concept: The Midnight Visitor
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
Why does the poet not offer the boy money to buy another ball?
Concept: The Ball Poem
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option:
| If strolling forth, a beast you view, Whose hide with spots is peppered, As soon as he has leapt on you, You'll know it's the leopard. 'Twill do no good to roar with pain, He'll only lep and lep again. |
- One can find out that it is a leopard by the way it ______. (1)
- leaps
- eats
- looks
- roars
- State whether the following statement is true or false: (1)
When an animal repeatedly leaps at a person, it is a leopard. - Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
It is clear that repetition is a poetic device used for 'lep and lep again' because ______.
(Clue: explain how repetition is applied here.) - The Royal Bengal Tiger has black stripes on yellow skin whereas a leopard has ______. (1)
- Complete the analogy with a word from the extract: (1)
claws : nails :: ? : skin
Concept: How to Tell Wild Animals
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Motivation plays an important role in taking risks in life and in succeeding. Do you agree? Discuss with reference to the pilot of the old Dakota and the young seagull.
Concept: Black Aeroplane
Read the extract given below and attempt the questions that follow:
| Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly black. If was impossible to see anything outside the aeroplane. The old aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air. I looked at the compass. I couldn't believe my eyes the compass was turning round and round and round. It was dead. It would not work. The other instruments were suddenly dead, too. I tried the radio. "Paris Control? Paris Control? Can you hear me?" There was no answer. The radio was dead too. I had no radio, no compass, and I could not see where I was. I was lost in the storm. |
- As soon as the pilot was inside the cloud ______. (1)
- his ears got blocked.
- he choked with fear.
- his vision was obstructed.
- he was jumping up and down.
- The devices in the aeroplane were ______. (1)
- malfunctioning.
- broken completely.
- giving wrong readings.
- stopped responding completely.
- The Paris air control did not reply to the pilot's call because ______. (1)
- Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word 'twisted' as used in the extract. (1)
- Ragini twisted Raghav's Wrist.
- Ragini twisted the story to suit the occasion.
- Ragini did not appreciate Raghav's twisted bent of mind.
- Ragini matched the swimmer as he twisted twice in the air before diving into the water.
- Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only: (1)
The narrator's ______ comes through clearly when he sees the compass turning round and round.
Concept: Black Aeroplane
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Describe the young seagull's first flight.
Concept: His First Flight
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
How did Ausable get rid of Max without using a weapon.
Concept: The Midnight Visitor
Describe in 120‒150 words Margot and Anne's relationship with their parents.
Concept: From the Diary of Anne Frank
Write a character sketch of Mrs. Van Dann in 120‒150 words.
Concept: From the Diary of Anne Frank
Attempt a character sketch of Peter in 120‒150 words.
Concept: From the Diary of Anne Frank
