English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Communicative

Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question : 

What are the forces that challenge national integration ?

Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :

What are the steps that we should take to strengthen the nation and its unity ?

Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question : 

How can we bind the people of the country and create an emotional bond ?

Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question : 

How can we attain internal freedom for the people of the country?

Read the passage carefully and familiarize yourself with the new words used in the passage by working out their meanings. Match the words in column A
with their meanings in column B.

Organize a group discussion on the topic : “Destabilizing Forces Within a Country : Challenges to a Nation”. 

‘Whenever our nation faces a threat, or some major calamity happens, don’t we all stand together with a sense of emotional oneness to fight against evil forces and unnatural situations?’

In groups of six, research on the occasions when ‘India’ came together (e.g. tsumani, earthquake at Bhuj, Ladakh flash floods, Mumbai Blasts)

Make a PowerPoint presentation of about 5-7 minutes. You can collect information by surfing the net and through other sources like books, magazines and newspapers.

Focus on

• Rescue
• Relief
• Rehabilitation
• Interview with victims and volunteers
• United we serve

Alternatively, prepare a creative presentation (charts, collage etc). Each member will take turn to speak on a particular aspect of the given topic.

Working in groups of four, discuss the ways in which the following have integrated India :

1. Music—Jai Ho / Vande Mataram
2. Food—North Indian!South Indian
3. Fashion—Salwar kameezs / lehengas / Achkan / Dhoti Kurta
4. Occupation and trade—Job opportunities
5. Relationships / Marriage

Jog your memory for interesting and memorable slogans you may have come  across:

Look at the pictures given below, frame short, interesting and creative slogans : 

                              ( A) 

            (B)

                 (C) 

                              (D) 

Work with your partner and write six prominent features of Indian identity.

Ten minutes or so later Naresh Dutt went looking for Patol Babu near the paan shop and found that he was not there. “That’s odd the man hadn’t been paid yet. What a strange fellow !”

(a) Where had Patol Babu gone ?

(b) Why did Patol Babu leave without informing anyone ?

(c) Why was Naresh Dutt looking for Patol Babu ?

(d) What does the incident tell us about Patol Babu ?

Why did Lavinia decide to leave her husband, John ? 

In ‘Virtually True’ why did the newspaper article “Miracle Recovery” catch Michael’s attention? 

Did the sculpture of Ozymandias fulfil the purpose for which it had been built ? Give reasons. 

What opinion do you form of Calpurnia from the play ‘Julius Caesar’ ? 

What were the blessings the albatross brought with itself in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ? 

“The Letter” revolves around human relationships and the love and faith that cements them. Discuss with reference to the story. 

In “Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments”, how does the poet justify that his verse will live on forever ? 

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

But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,

And say you do it by our permission;

…….     …….     …….    ……. 

(a) Identify the speaker. 

(b) Who is being granted permission? 

(c) What is the speaker afraid of? 

(d) What opinion do you form of the speaker?