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Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did Richard Ebright raise a flock of butterflies?
Concept: The Making of a Scientist
How did Valli react when she saw the dead cow by the roadside?
Concept: Madam Rides the Bus
Why did Matilda not want to see her rich friends?
Concept: The Necklace
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
Why was Matilda unhappy in her early married life?
Concept: The Necklace
Answer the following question in 30-40 words :
What was the most fascinating thing that Valli saw on the street?
Concept: Madam Rides the Bus
As a reader do you sympathise with Matilda? Give reasons from the text to support your answer.
Concept: The Necklace
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Valli was an extra-ordinary girl who had self-confidence and courage to realise her ambition by planning and drawing on her spirit of adventure. Discuss in reference to the chapter 'Madam Rides the Bus'.
Concept: Madam Rides the Bus
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Matilda was very proud of her beauty and charm and this led to her downfall. Elaborate.
Concept: The Necklace
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
Contentment in one's life is very important to lead a peaceful life. We should be happy with what we have and should not crave for what we don't have. Matilda suffered in life because she was not content in her life. Her desires led to her disaster. What do you learn from her mistake in life?
Concept: The Necklace
Answer the following question in 80-100 words:
“The life of mortals in this world is troubled and brief and combined with pain ….” With this statement of the Buddha, find out the moral value that Kisa Gotami learnt after the death of her child.
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
Answer the following question in 80-100 words:
“Don’t you worry, Pitaji! In your old age I will serve you and mother”. Through this statement the narrator wants to highlight the moral values Bholi was imbued with. Based on the reading of the lesson, what made Bholi aware of her rights and how did she use them?
Concept: Bholi
The credit of Bholi's transformation to Sulekha goes to her teacher. Elaborate with reference to the text.
Concept: Bholi
How does Buddha bring about a different perspective in Kisa Gotami's understanding of life?
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
What did Kisa Gotami do after the death of her only son?
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Destiny had been cruel to Bholi yet she made a place for herself in a conservative society. Discuss.
Concept: Bholi
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
“As ripe fruits are in danger of falling early, so mortals when born are always in danger of death’. With this statement of the Buddha find out the moral values that Kisa Gotami learnt after the death of her child.
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
Why does Noodle tell Think-Tank about the books?
Concept: The Book that Saved the Earth
Answer the following question in 30-40 words :
What difficulty do the crew of the space probe face on the Earth?
Concept: The Book that Saved the Earth
Natalya and her father Chubukov 'turn around' when Lomov puts his proposal in the open. As a reader briefly describe what you think of Natalaya and Chubukov from the play "the Proposal".
Concept: The Proposal
Read the extract given below and attempt the questions that follow:
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Lomov: But you can see from the documents, honoured Natalya Stepanovna. Oxen Meadows, it’s true, were once the subject of dispute, but now everybody knows that they are mine. There’s nothing to argue about. You see my aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity to the peasants of your father’s grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her. The peasants belonging to your father’s grandfather had the free use of the Meadows for forty years, and had got into the habit of regarding them as their own when it happened that... Natalya: No, it isn't at all like that! Both grandfather and great grandfather reckoned that their land extended to Burnt Marsh- Which means Oxen Meadows were ours. I don't see what there is to argue about, its simply silly. |
- The subject of dispute was regarding ______. (1)
- free use of Meadows.
- making of bricks.
- peasants using Meadows.
- ownership of Meadows.
- Find the word from the extract which means 'continuance': (1)
- dispute
- perpetuity
- belonging
- reckoned
- Lomov's aunt's grandmother gave Oxen Meadows to Natalya's father's grandfather in lieu of ______. (1)
- According to Natalya why did Oxen Meadows belong to them? (1)
- Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only: (1)
The peasants had free use of Meadows for ______ years.
Concept: The Proposal
