HSC Arts Class 11 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:

Alexander the Great, wished to conquer many lands and ______the entire world.

Complete the passage given below, with suitable words from the box:

Lima, a (a)______and (b)______woman, kept (c)______at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ______to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e)______. It so happened, that Lima was (f)______from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)______and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h)______sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (i)______to them.

What do the three words, ‘graves, worms and epitaphs’, refer to?

What does the executor mentioned in the poem do?

Who is Bolingbroke? Is he a friend or foe?

Are all deposed kings slain by the deposer?

What does the crown of rulers stand for?

What hides within the crown and laughs at the king’s grandeur?

What does ‘flesh’ mean here?

What are the various functions and objects given up by a defeated king?

How does the king establish that he and his subjects are equal in the end?

Bring out King Richard’s feelings when he was defeated.

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

“Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke’s,

And nothing can we call our own but death;”

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

All murdered – for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, …”

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

“Comes at the last, and with a little pin

Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

“How can you say to me, I am a king?”

Working with your partner, discuss the following adages and share your views with the class. You may need to give your ideas and justify your point of view. Remember to take turns while making your presentation/short speech.

War begets war

Working with your partner, discuss the following adages and share your views with the class. You may need to give your ideas and justify your point of view. Remember to take turns while making your presentation/short speech.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;

Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth’’.

Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“And yet not so – for what can we bequeath

Save our deposed bodies to the ground?”