SSC (English Medium) 10th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Complete the following basic plot diagram :

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What would you do if you ran short of money, to buy a birthday gift for one of your parents/ siblings?

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Think of two alternatives that could have prevented Della as well as Jim from selling their most precious possessions.

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Justify the title of the story, ‘The Gift of the Magi’.

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Gifts that you buy have fixed prices/ rates. How can the buyer increase the value of a gift bought for someone very dear in the family?

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What situation is the climax of the story? How does it end up as an Anti-climax?

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If you share this story with some friends in a junior class, how would they react in the end?

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Who were the very first people to give Christmas gifts? What had inspired them to do so?

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At the end of the story, O Henry remarks that of all who give gifts, Della and Jim were the wisest. Think and explain this paradoxical remark.

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Della was not too happy about bargaining for grocery etc.

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The flat was in a dilapidated condition.

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King Soloman would express his jealousy of Jim.

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Della spent a joyful time, for two hours.

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Della’s elated mood underwent a change as she opened her gift.

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The weekly income amount does not matter.

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Let us set aside our gifts and get ready for dinner.

Read the following and answer.

Say WHAT

______ troubled Della on Christmas Eve?

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Say WHAT

____________ was the current family income?

Find out minimum four-lettered words from the given word:

Conversation- ______, ______, ______, ______

Arrange the given words in the proper alphabetical order.

solution, security, sleep, suddenly