English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity. 

While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :

Closed circuit cameras have been installed in these offices to monitor

You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity. 

While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :

The statistics about the health problems suffered by these people are

You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity. 

While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :

That most people are not happy with their jobs in a call centre can be inferred from the fact that:

Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.

It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger.

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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.

It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger.

Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her
house on Curzon Street, ostensibly in Loona Bimberton's honour, with a tiger-skin
rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.

Mothers carrying their babies home through the jungle after the day's work in the
fields hushed their singing lest they might curtail the restful sleep of the venerable
herd-robber.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.

Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in
general, irrespective of nationality or denomination.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.

 Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the beast of prey had succumbed to
heart-failure, caused by the sudden report of the rifle, accelerated by senile decay.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.

As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and
her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed
emotions.
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Years later Mrs. Packletide writes her autobiography. As Mrs. Packletide, write
about the tiger episode with the help of the clues given below.

In groups of four, construct the dialogues and enact the following situations
from the story:
1. Mrs. Packletide and the headman of the village/other villagers discussing the
details of the tiger shooting
2. Miss Mebbin blackmailing Mrs Packletide into gifting her a cottage
3. Loona Bimberton and a lady-friend discussing Mrs Packletide's hunting success

Answer the question given below:

The Maasai tribe in Africa hunt lions because

Answer the question given below:

Solo hunting has been banned because

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The hunting of lionesses is discouraged because

Discuss with your partner which part of the poem you liked the most and give reasons for your preference.

Answer the question given below:

The Maasai warriors chase a lion with rattle bells to

Answer the question given below:

The Maasai use three parts of the lion. They are

Answer the question given below:

The tail is given to

Look at the picture of the old man given below:

Working with your partner note down the feelings of the old man in the picture.

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Can you think of reasons for these feelings? Discuss with your partner and note
down possible reasons.

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