I pu English notes 2022-23

CONTENTS

PROSE AND POETRY

1. The Gentlemen of the jungle.

2. The School Boy.

3. around a medicinal creeper.

4. Oru Manushyan.

5. Money madness.

6. Babar Ali.

7. If I was a Tree.

8. Watchman of the Lake.

9. the Farmer‟s WiFe.

10. Frederick Douglass.

11. An Old Woman.

12. Two Gentlemen of Verona.

13. do not ask of me, my love.

GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION

 Passages.

 Articles and Prepositions.

 Verbs.

 Subject – verb Agreement.

 Correction of Sentences.
 Homophones.

 Word Class.

 Word Order.

 Question Tags.

 „Do‟ Forms.

 Framing Questions using „Wh+‟ Forms.

 Reference Skills.

 Letter Writing.

 Language Functions.

 Complete the Dialogues

 Dialogue Writing.

QUESTION PAPERS

 Model Question paper 1

 Model Question paper 2

FOREWORD

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1. The Gentlemen of the Jungle Jomo Kenyatta

Text book one mark questions and answers:

1. Ans: The elephant requested the man to allow him to put his trunk inside his hut (man’s hut)
2. Ans: False
3. Ans: slowly he pushed himself inside and pulled out the man
4. Ans: a. The skin of the man is harder than any other animal
5. Ans: By appointing a commission of enquiry
6. Ans: Impartial justice that his hut would be returned to him.
7. Ans: Because no one (man) was included from man’s side as member of enquiry commission.
8. Ans: c. To save the hut from the hurricane
9. Ans: In the favor of elephant
10. Ans: Afraid of the animal’s strength
11. Ans: He trapped them in a big hut and set fire

Extra one mark questions:

1. Who made friendship with the man in the jungle?

Ans: An elephant

2. Where did the man had a little hut?

Ans: At the edge of the forest

3. Who had a little hut at the edge of the forest?

Ans: A man

4. Who came to get man’s favour or help?

Ans: An Elephant

5. Why did the elephant take man’s help?

Ans: To protect his trunk (himself) from the rain

6. Why did the elephant thank the man?

Ans: For his help

7. What did the elephant do when man allowed him to keep his trunk inside the hut?
Ans: Pushed himself inside and pulled out the man out of the hut.

8. Whom did the elephant pullout of the hut?

Ans: Man

9. Who pulled the man out of his hut?

Ans: Elephant

10. Why did the man began to grumble against the elephant?
Ans: Because the elephant occupied his hut

11. Why did all the animals in the forest come near the hut?
Ans: To know the dispute between the man and the elephant
12. Name one of the high ministers of lion’s kingdom
Ans: Elephant, Rhinoceros, leopard etc.

13. Name one of the gentlemen of the jungle?

Ans: Elephant, Lion Fox, etc.,

14. What was the dispute between the elephant and man?
Ans: Ownership of the hut or occupation of hut.

15. What did the lion want to have in its kingdom?

Ans: Peace and Tranquility.

16. Who ordered to appoint the commission of enquiry?

Ans: Lion, the king of forest.

17. Why was the commission of enquiry appointed?

Ans: To go thoroughly and report the dispute between elephant and the man.

18. What did the lion assure man?

Ans: Impartial justice.

19. Who were appointed in the commission of enquiry?

Ans; Mr. Rhinoceros, Mr. Buffalo, Mr. Alligator, Rt. Hon , Mr. Fox as chairman, Mr. Leopard as
secretary.

20. Mention one of the members of enquiry commission,

Ans: Mr. Rhinoceros, Mr. Buffalo, Mr. Alligator.

21. Who acted as the chairman of the enquiry commission?

Ans: Mr. Fox

22. Who acted as the secretary of the enquiry commission?

Ans: Mr. Leopard

23. What did the man protest against the members of the commission of enquiry
Ans; To include a member (a man) from his side in the commission of enquiry.

24. Who was called first for the enquiry?

Ans: Elephant.

25. What did the elephant state in its enquiry?

Ans: That he was invited to protect man’s hut being blown away.

26. What did the commission ask the man in its enquiry?
Ans: To confine to relevant issues and if the hut was occupied by anyone else before the
elephant assumed his position?

27. Who arranged delicious meal for the members of the commission of enquiry?
Ans: Elephant
28. What is the verdict of the commission of enquiry?
Ans: The elephant will continue its occupation in the hut and man has to go out and build a new
hut.

29. Why didn’t the man refuse the verdict of the commission of enquiry?
Ans: Because he was afraid of the teeth and claws of the members of commission of enquiry.

30. What happened when the man built other huts?

Ans: All animals occupied his (man’s) huts one after the other.

31. Why did the man build a bigger and better hut at the end?
Ans: To trap all the animals or gentlemen of the jungle.

32. What happened when the man built a big and better hut?
Ans: All the gentlemen of the jungle or animals occupied it and started quarreling among
themselves for ownership.

33. How did the man take revenge against the animals or gentlemen of the jungle?
Ans: He trapped them into a hut and set fire.

34. Whom do the man and animals represent in the story?

Ans: Man represents Africans and animals represent the Europeans.

Four marks questions.

1. Why was the commission of enquiry appointed by the king of the jungle? OR What
was the dispute between the man and the elephant? OR How did the dispute arise between
the man and elephant?

Ans: ‘The Gentlemen of the jungle’ is an ironical fable conveying Europeans imperium over the
Africans written by Jomo Kenyatta the first president of Kenya.
Once an elephant made friendship with a man and requested him to allow him to keep/put
his trunk inside man’s hut as it was raining. The man allowed but later the elephant gradually
pushed himself inside and occupied the hut. He flung out the man into the rain. So the man
grumbled against elephant. The animals heard the noise and came to know the dispute or
matter. The king of the jungle wanted peace and tranquility in his kingdom, so he commanded
his ministers to appoint a commission of enquiry to go thoroughly the dispute between the
man and the elephant and report the same. The lion asked the man not to grumble but to
wait and watch the findings of his commission. The lion assured impartial justice to man
regarding the possession or ownership of his hut. The man was also pleased with words of the
lion and thought that naturally his hut will be returned to him.
2. How did the elephant justify its act of occupying the hut? OR How did the commission of
Enquiry conduct its enquiry? OR What did the elephant and man state in their enquiry?

Ans: The commission of Enquiry, consisting of the elders or the Gentlemen of the jungle first
called the elephant to take the evidence. The elephant came in with majesty and commanded
in authority that he did not want to waste their valuable time. He stated that the man invited
him to save his hut from being blown away by a hurricane. He considered it necessary to
protect his friend’s interest; hence he occupied the hut to turn the undeveloped space to a
more economic use. He did his duty in the interest of man. All the members of the commission
and other elders of the jungle were convinced with the elephant’s conclusive evidence.
Later, the commission of Enquiry called the man to take the account of the dispute just for
name sake and cut short his saying to relevant issues as they have already heard from the
elephant. They asked him if anyone else has occupied his hut before the elephant. Man said
no. ultimately they favored their verdict to the elephant or they favored their verdict in favor
of the elephant.

3. What fate awaited the man each time he built a hut? How did he overcome them?

Ans: As the commission of enquiry told that the elephant would centime to live in the hut and
man has built a new hut more suitable for his needs, the man accepted it afraid of the animals.
When the man built another hut soon Mr. Rhinoceros charged in with his horn lowered and
ordered the man to quit. A royal commission was again appointed to look into the matter but
the same finding was given in favour of Rhinoceros. The same procedure was followed until all
the members of the commission of enquiry and rest of the animals were accommodated with
new huts built by the man. The man lost his patience and ultimately thought not to be
cheated by animals. He decided to adopt an effective method of protecting himself. The man
built a bigger and better hut a little distance away to trap the gentlemen of the jungle. Soon all
the animals followed one after the other in to the same hut. They embroiled themselves for
their ownership. The man came out and set fire to the hut along with all the animals in it. Thus
he saved himself and lived happily.

4. Who were appointed in the commission of enquiry? What was their verdict? OR What is
the verdict of the commission of enquiry?

Ans: The Elephant appointed the ministers for the commission of enquiry with Mr. Rhinoceros,
Mr. Buffalo, Mr. Alligator, Hon .Rt. Mr. Fox, as chairman and Mr. Leopard as the secretary. No
one from man’s side or man’s representative was not included in the commission of enquiry
as no man was well educated to understand the laws of the jungle.
The commission of Enquiry declared that they have heard sufficient evidence from both sides
and retired to consider their decision. They declared that the dispute has arisen through a
regrettable misunderstanding due to the backwardness of man’s ideas so the elephant has
full filled his sacred duty of protecting man’s interest and put to its economic use. They also
said that man hasn’t yet reached the stage of expansions so there is a need to arrange a
compromise to suit both parties. Finally they told that the elephant would continue his
occupation in man’s hut and man has to build another but more suitable for his needs and
they would see that he was well protected. Afraid of the animals the man accepted the verdict.
Six mark question

1. What made the man to burn the hut along with all the gentlemen of the jungle? OR What
moral do you find in the story ‘the gentlemen of the jungle?

Ans: ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’ is an ironical fable conveying how the Africans become the
victims of Europeans imperialism or colonialism and regained their independence. It also
reflects Kenya’s independence in which man represents the Africans and elephant or animals
represent the British or Europeans who had all the power. Once, an elephant made friendship
with a man who had a hut just to get his help. The man helped the elephant out of mercy but
the elephant over powered or should it’s empower on man. Elephant pulled out the man out of
his own hut into the rain and occupied it. When the man grumbled the gentlemen of the
jungle came there. The lion the king of the jungle appointed the commission of enquiry to
look into the matter and report it. The commission refused to include a man’s represent as no
one was well educated to understand the laws of the jungle but assured impartial justice. The
elephant appointed the members of commission to its benefit and gave its conclusive and
other evidences convincingly. Man was not given enough opportunities or deprived to state
his case. The commission favored the elephant. The man accepted their verdict as he afraid of
the animals. He left his hut to the elephant and built another hut but soon the Rhinoceros
occupied it. Again the commission was appointed to give the same findings. The same was
repeated until all the animals of the jungle were accommodated in the huts build by the man.
They misunderstood man’s kindness as his weakness so the man ultimately last his patience
and thought a plan to trap all the animals. He built bigger and better hut, soon all the
gentlemen of the jungle entered the new hut one after the other and embroiled themselves
for its ownership. The man came out and set the hut on fire and burnt them. Then he lived
happily forever thinking that peace is costly but worth the expense. The conclusion is marked
by a symbolic end of oppression, segregation and racial discrimination of the African continent.
‘Europeans fooled Africans for a time but not for ever’. The British made friendship with the
Africans, came in 1963 as missionaries then invaded African and ruled it until 1988 with the
support of other Europe countries.
 2. THE SCHOOL BOY William Blake.

Text book question and answers.

1. The school boy

2. All the above three
3. The thought of go in to school
4. In sigh and dismay
5. Closed walls of the school or no freedom
6. b. fruits are gathered
7. 1. Youth
2. Childhood
3. Old age.

Extra one mark Questions:

1. When does the school boy love to rise?

Ans: In a summer morning

2. What was the boy’s sweet company in the summer morning?

Ans: Singing birds, sky larks hunts man

3. What does the boy enjoy?

Ans: The sweet company of singing birds, skylark, hunts man’s horn etc.

4. What does the poet mean by learners bower?

Ans: The school or classroom

5. Where can a boy finds his delight?

Ans: In the nature or summer

6. Where couldn’t the boy find his delight?

Ans: In the school

7. What does the poet mean by sit in a cage and sing?

Ans: To learn in a confined school

8. Whom did the speaker complaint?

Ans: To his father and mother.
Four marks question

1. Describe the school boys’ views towards the school? Describe the school boys experience
in the school.
What drives away the boy’s joy? What is his complaint?

Ans: ‘The school boy’ is a poem from the ‘songs of experience’ written by William Blake, a
great painter and romantic poet of England. In this poem the poet talks about a child that
wakes up in the morning with pleasure but soon the boy’s pleasure disappears to realize the
school. The main theme is the sorrow that the school boy feels having to go to school, when he
wants to enjoy the summer or the natural joy.
The boy likes to rise in the summer morning and enjoy the sweet company of the singing
birds, skylark and hunt’s man’s horn etc., in the nature. The boy feels uneasy and sad to know
that he has to go to the school on a summer morning as it takes away all his pleasure. He feels
that the school children have to sit and spend their time in dismay all day under the strict
supervision of the teacher in the closed walls of the classrooms.
The boy feels that the children are forced to sit anxiously in passive rather than being active
participants in their own learning. The boy is not negative about learning itself but he could
not take delight in formal schooling as he expects different education system existing in the
nature. He feels that a child in the school is like a bird in a cage so he asks how a bird born for
joy sits and sings in a cage. The child couldn’t enjoy education under the terrifying experience
in the school so they sit with drooping shoulders forgetting their youthful pleasure. The boy
suggests that in the school ‘buds are nipped’ ‘blossoms blown away’. The pupils are stripped off
their joy. He asks how represents sorrow and dismay.
He asks how they could gather what grief’s has destroyed and longs for the mellowing year
summer fruits or the blasts of winter which represent child’s subsequent life.
3. Around a Medicinal Creeper Poornachandra Tejaswi

Text book one mark Questions

1. He tied it to a nearby tree.

2. It is not found in needy time.
3. That the leaves have cured the cut on Mara’s hand so quickly without mark.
4. By chewing the medicinal leaves.
5. Because of brushing his teeth with some plant stick in the forest.
6. A live wild buck
7. Became firm and rubbery (hard solid)
8. When they disclose (tell) others about plants and their uses.

Extra one Mark Questions

1. How long did it take for the narrator to learn some facts about the medicinal plants?
Ans: Twenty years

2. What was to be protected from the sun by putting a shade over it according to the narrator?
Ans: A coffee seed bed.

3. Who was sent to bring some creepers from forest?

Ans: Sanna.

4. Why did Mara scold Sanna as a fool?

Ans: For plucking the medicinal creepers.

5. Who did Mara call a fool?

Ans: Sanna

6. When did Mara become active in the forest?

Ans: When he saw a medicinal creeper shown by Sanna.

7. What was cursed by a sage according to Mara?

Ans: A medicinal creeper

8. How was the medicinal creeper shown by Mara or Sanna?

Ans: The creepers leave resemble betel leaves and it bears fruits in bunches like agapes. When is
the medicinal creeper shown by Mara usually found?Ans: In the rainy season.

9. Why did Mara tied the creeper to a nearby tree?

Ans: To find/locate it easily at times of need

10. Mention one of the person’s names with whom the narrator wandered in the forest?
Ans: Masti, Byra, Appanna, Mara, Sanna etc.

11. What was the narrator keen to share with others?

Ans: The information known to him about the medicinal plants.
12. What was the white man ready to offer Mara if he shows the medicinal leaves?
Ans: His entire estate.

13. What has Mara lost when he laid a trap to catch the Rabbit?
Ans: His one side teeth

14. Where did the white man (doctor) live?

Ans: At Hulihindalu

15. Who experimented the creepers leaves with milk?

Ans: Narrator and his friend Chandru.

16. What was narrator’s friend Chandru?

Ans: Plant Pathologist

17. What did Krishna suffer from? OR What was Krishna’s illness?
Ans: Skin boils and piles.

18. Who cured Krishna’s illness or diseases?

Ans: A Malayali Sadhu or God man

19. What did Sadhu advice Krishna to cause his skin boils?
Ans: To eat crushed bark of some tree mixed with duck’s eggs

20. What did Sadhu advice Krishna to cure his piles?

Ans: To take prescribed tuberous root mixed with milk for five days

21. Why is India’s native medicinal system on the verge extinction?

Ans: Because the native doctors do not share or pass on the medicinal facts or knowledge with
others

22. Why do not the native doctors tell others about their medicines or medicinal plants?
Ans: Because they thought that the medicines lose their potency.

Four Marks Questions

1. How was Krishna cured of his illness? OR How the Sadhu or God man did cured Krishna’s
diseases or illness?

Ans: Once Krishna had boils all over his body so he had been to a Malayali Sadhu known to
him for natural treatment. The Sadhu advised Krishna to eat tee rushed bark of some tree
mixed with duck’s eggs for ten days. As Krishna did so he was completely cured and he never
got a boil there after.
Later when Krishna became an auto driver he suffered from piles. He started passing blood
with his stools. It had become more serious and he was tired, breathless and wheezing. So he
went to hospital borrowing some money from the narrator. The doctors advised him surgery
but he was poor. Again Krishna went to the Malayali Sadhu known to him. The Sadhu had
become too old and could not go to the forest; hence he described the medicinal creeper
vividly and asked him to search for it. He also advised him to take the tuberous root of the
described creeper mixed with milk for five days. When Krishna did so he was completely cured.
2. What was the story behind Mara’s loss of teeth?

Ans: Mara did not have any teeth on the right side of his mouth so the narrator curiously
asked him how he had lost all his teeth only on one side. Mara told him an interesting story
that once when Mara laid a trap to catch rabbits in the forest. He went there before the dawn
and found the trap empty since there was a stream he decided to brush his teeth. He brushed
his teeth with a stick from a nearby plant, felt sour taste soon he washed his mouth in the
stream nearby. He took some water put into his mouth and after churning it around in his
mouth, spat it out. He was surprised to see that all the teeth with which he had brushed fell
out of his mouth. He was thankful that he had not brushed all the teeth but only one side
otherwise he would have lost all his teeth.

Six Marks Questions

1. Narrate Mara’s different instances of ignorant experiences with the medicinal plants
herbs.
Ans: “Around a medicinal creeper is a translated auto biographical narration of
Poornachandra Tejaswi based on his experience that focuses on Indian traditional knowledge
of plants with medicinal properties.
Mara narrated different stories about medicinal plants or creepers some of which may be
true, imaginary and a few others may be false. In the first instance Mara called Sanna a fool
for plucking medicinal creepers along with other creepers. Later when they went in search of
it, he saw the creeper and tied its end to a nearby tree. He narrated a myth that the creeper
had been cursed by a sage that it would not be found or seen when someone is in need of it.
Hence it must be tied when they find it to save the dear life. The reason may be that it was
found only in rainy season but not throughout the year so if it was tied one could easily find at
times of need. Later we come to know that the same medicinal creeper’s tuber root saved
Krishna from piles.
Once Mara cuts his hand accidently while cutting the bamboo with sickle and someone
brought and pressed some leaves against the wound and bandaged it with the lungi cloth.
Later when they went to a doctor for further treatment, the doctor was shocked to see that
there was no wound or mark a found. The leaves cured the wound so soon. Knowing this the
doctor was ready to offer his entire estate to Mara if he shows the same leaves but he could
not trace the same leaves again.
Mara said that once he brushed his teeth with some plants stick in the forest, he felt sour and
washed his mouth in a nearby stream one side teeth fell out of his mouth. Mara told
unbelievable incident of how he and his friend trapped a barking deer, divided the meet
equally and wrapped the meat in some leaves. Later when they went home and open the
wrapped meat they were astonished to see or live wild buck in it. It jumped and ran out of
their house. Mara’s wife ignorantly threw the leaves in to the fire. Krishna’s diseases like skin
boils and piles cured by the Sadhu through the natural prescriptions. Even the narrator was a
relieved of his heel pain and swelling as he tasted the creeper’s root a bit.
All these incidents definitely fill us the confidence and give us evidence that Mara’s ignorant
experiences are quite convincing and India’s herbal traditional medicine is better than English
medicine but we are ignorant to utilize it to the best.
4. ORU MANUSHYAN Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Text Book one Mark Questions

1. 1500 miles
2. in a very small, dingy room on a dirty street
3. Commit a murder
4. Teach them to write addresses in English
5. b. Learning to write on addresses in English
6. To save the expense of drinking morning tea, eating noon meals.
7. 14 (fourteen Rupees)
8. a. a man with a red turban

Extra one mark Questions

1. What had been unknown to the in habitants?

Ans: The quality of mercy

2. What were daily occurrences?

Ans: Murder, Robbery, pick pocketing

3. At what time does the narrator teach English?

Ans: From 9.30 till 11 in the night

4. What did the narrator teach?

Ans: To write addresses in English

5. How much was paid to write on address on the letter English at the post office?
Ans: One to four Annas

6. What did the narrator do to save the expense of drinking morning tea and eating meal?
Ans: slept all day and woke up at 4 in the evening

7. What was or how much was the narrator’s life time saving in the story?
Ans: Rs 14

8. How much was the narrator’s bill at the restaurant?

Ans: 11 Annas

9. What meal did the narrator had in the restaurant?

Ans: Chapattis meat curry and tea.

10. Why did the narrator begin to sweat?

Ans: To know that his wallet was not there

11. What was the restaurant owner’s reaction when the narrator said that he had lost his
wallet?
Ans: He gave a long guffaw, caught narrator lapels
12. What did the owner intend to do coat if the narrator didn’t pay the bill?
Ans: To strip his clothes and gouge out his eyes

13. What was the reaction of the people in the restaurant?

Ans: To enjoy at the sorrow or misery of the narrator they had the look of hungry wolves but
not kindness

14. What was the narrator asked to take off?

Ans: His coat, shirt, shoes and even the trousers

15. Who came to the narrator’s rescue?

Ans: a stranger

16. How was the stranger who rescued the narrator?

Ans: Fair complexioned man, six foot tall, with red turban white trousers big moustache and
blue eyes.

17. What name did the narrator give to the stranger?

Ans: Mercy

18. Who had pick-pocketed the narrators wallet?

Ans: The stranger who helped him

19. Who paid the narrators bill at the restaurant?

Ans: The stranger

20. Where did the stranger take the narrator after paying the bill?
Ans: To a deserted bridge

21. How many wallets did the stranger take out form his various pockets?
Ans: Five wallets.

22. What did the stranger instruct the narrator?

Ans: Not to say anything about him but to go away without turning round

23. What did the stranger finally wish the narrator?

Ans: ‘May God bless you’
Four marks Questions:

1. Describe the people and the place where the narrator lived or the incident took place.

Ans: ‘Oru Manushyan’ is a short story with a twist in the end which depicts both proto type
and multi- dimensional characters. The narrator tells his experience of how he was caught in a
trouble and was rescued in the land of total strangers. Once the narrator was in a city some
1500 miles away from his home. The inhabitants never know the quality of mercy, they were
cruel and murder, robbery pick pocketing were daily common occurrences to them. They
were professional soldiers working as watchmen in banks, mills and large commercial
establishments in big cities. They lent money on interest and cheated. They were ready to do
anything even commit a murder for money as they valued it highly.
The narrator stayed in a small dingy room on a dirty street and carried a profession of
teaching English to some migrant labours. He thought them to write addresses in English from
nine thirty to till eleven in the night as it was considered a great education and they could earn
an anna to four annas for writing an address on the letter at the post office.

2. What was the routine of the narrator in the city?

Ans: ‘Oru Manushyan’ is a short story with a twist in the end which depicts both proto type
and multi- dimensional characters. The narrator tells his experience of how he was caught in a
trouble and was rescued in the land of total strangers. The narrator stayed in a small dingy
room on a dirty street and carried a profession of teaching English to some migrant. He
thought them to write addresses in English from nine thirty to till eleven in the night as it was
considered a great education and they could earn an anna to four annas for writing an address
on the letter at the post office. The narrator slept all day and woke up at four in the evening
just to save expense of drinking morning tea and evening meals.

3. Give an account of the embarrassing experience of the narrator at the restaurant.

Ans: One day the narrator got up at 4 pm as usual finished his daily activities, dressed in a suit,
kept a wallet in his coat pocket with fourteen rupees in it, the life time savings and went to
have tea and a meal at the restaurant. He ate full meals consisting of chapattis and meat
curry, drank tea and the bill came to eleven annas, when he wanted to pay the bill he was
shocked to know that his wallet was pick pocketed or stolen bysomeone. He began to sweat
as the owner of the restaurant gave a loud guffaw, caught him by the lapels of his coat and
ordered him strictly not to play the tricks but to pay the bill or else he would strip his clothes
and gouge out his eyes. No one come to the narrators rescue (help), the owner asked him to
take off his clothes to punish and send him out naked. The narrator resisted but knew that
there was no other way but to do so, so he took off his coat, shirt, shoes and was forced to take
off his trousers in spite his protest that he had nothing on underneath. When he began to
undo the buttons of his trousers, a stranger came forward and rescued him by paying the
eleven Annas or the bill.
4. Write about the brief encounter between the narrator and the stranger. (OR)
Does this story talk about transformation in a person? Discuss.

Ans: ‘Oru Manushyan’ is a short story with a twist in the end which depicts both proto type
and multi- dimensional characters. One day the narrator got up at 4 pm as usual finished his
daily activities, dressed in a suit, kept a wallet in his coat pocket with fourteen rupees in it, the
life time savings and went to have tea and a meal at the restaurant. He ate full meals
consisting of chapattis and meat curry, drank tea and the bill came to eleven annas, when he
wanted to pay the bill he was shocked to know that his wallet was pick pocketed or stolen by
someone. He began to sweat as the owner of the restaurant gave a loud guffaw, caught him
by the lapels of his coat and ordered him strictly not to play the tricks but to pay the bill or
else he would strip his clothes and gouge out his eyes. No one come to the narrators rescue
(help), the owner asked him to take off his clothes to punish and send him out naked. The
narrator resisted but knew that there was no other way but to do so, so he took off his coat,
shirt, shoes and he was forced to take off his trousers in spite his protest that he had nothing
on underneath the people around and owner laughed loudly. When he began to undo the
buttons of his trousers, a stranger came forward and rescued him by paying the eleven Annas
or the bill. The stranger who came to help the narrator was a fair complexioned man, six foot
tall, with red turban white trousers, big moustache and blue eyes. The narrator was so
thankful to the stranger and had no words to express his gratitude for man was saved his dear
life. He put on his dress and the stranger took him out to a deserted bridge mean while the
narrator told his name to be mercy. The stranger didn’t disclose his details, didn’t laugh but
instructed the narrator not to disclose his details to anyone and go away without turning
round. The stranger took out about five wallets from his various pockets and asked him which
among them his wallet was. The narrator took his wallet and verified his amount in tact then
the stranger asked him to go away and said ‘May God help you’ so even the narrator
regretted “May God help you.” Though the stronger was a thief he came forward and saved
the narrator’s life and dignity, so it conveys the fact that the human or good exists in a few
everyone but some situations might have made them inhumane and enjoy at the cost of others
misery this is a good transformation in his life.
5. Money Madness D.H Lawrence.

Text book one mark Question

1. a. Unhappy / painful
b. Real tremor / fearful
2. b. It has made us tremulous
3. Without respect /care
4. Bread, shelter and fire
5. c. Eating dirt
6. Kill one on other for money

Extra one mark Questions

1. What is our vast collective madness?

Ans: Money

2. Why does the individual carry a grain of insanity around with him according to the poet?
Ans: Because the multitude is mad

3. What makes us quail?

Ans: Money

4. What is the man terrified of in the poem?

Ans: Money madness

5. What is the speaker fear in the poem?

Ans: He had to eat dirt if he has no money

6. Why should we have some money?

Ans: To save us from eating dirt

7. What should we have to save us from eating dirt?

Ans: Money

8. What is the speaker terrified off in the poem ‘Money Madness’

Ans: Money madness
Four /six Marks Questions

1. “Collective madness about money affects the individuals” How does the poem bring this
out? OR What does the poet convey in this poem?

Ans: “Money Madness” is a poem written by D.H. Lawrence, a great poet, dramatist, novelist
and short story writer in English. In the present poem ‘Money Madness’ the poet conveys us
the people’s greed for money and how money has become more important than everything
else in the modern day life style. The poet feels that the money is a madness shared by
everyone in the world because when the whole world is mad then every single person carries
madness around him. No one gives a pound note with happiness but with pain and if a person
thinks to give a pound note, he feels tremors within him. Money makes us kneel in front of it
because we are afraid of it actually it is not money we are afraid of but it is our collective
madness. If people have money everyone makes fiends with then but if they don’t have
money no one cares about them If we have money then, the people may give us bread which
will keep us alive but we shall have to eat dirt with is, so it creates fear in everyone and the
fear can turn out to be a delirium. If we want to save ourselves from humiliation, criticism,
guilt and blames in this modern society we must have money because money parallels power
and everything. The poet feels to be money less society, so he says that bread, shelter and fire
should be free for everyone in the world. The poet urges (forces) us to gain our sanity before
we start killing each other for money and must replace our money madness with logical
humanity.
6. Babar Ali Samarpita Mukherjee Sharma

Text Book one Mark Questions.

1. At his family’s back yard.

2. Wales up at 7 AM does household chores goes by an auto and walks for five K M’s to school
to study XII Returns from the school and engages classes as head master for class I to VIII at this
own school
3. A worn out concrete building covered in torn posters tiny dark room, a school at his homes
back yard in the open under the sky. Children from I to VIII are taught by Ali and his friends
studying in high school
4. Because he was the only person to get the better formal education in his family and village
encouraged by his father.
5. Education
6. Because they can’t bear the expenses of education like books uniform transports etc.
7. b. an illiterate educationalist
8. b. High school student volunteers
9. d. Taking advantage of age gap.

Extra one mark Questions /Answers

1. Who is the youngest headmaster of the world?

Ans: Babar Ali

2. Who is Babar Ali?

Ans: Youngest headmaster in the world

3. How old was the youngest headmaster Babar Ali?

Ans: 16 years

4. Where does Babar Ali come from?

Ans: Gangapur village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad.

5. Name the volunteer who introduced us to Babar Ali in this lesson?

Ans: Y.L. Volunteer Tanveer

6. At what time does Babar Ali usually wake up?

Ans: At 7 A.M

7. How did Babar Ali go to school?

Ans: First the goes by an auto then by walk for 5 KM

8. Which class was Babar Ali studying?

Ans: Class XII

9. Where was Babar Ali studying class XII?

Ans: In Cossimbazar Raj Govinda Sundari Vidyapeeth
10. How was Babar Ali’s appearance?
Ans: Thin gangly studious and smart

11. What did Babar Ali do soon after returning from school?
Ans: Did the job of the Head Master or takes classes at his own school for 800

12. How many students were there in Babar Ali’s school?

Ans: Around 800 students

13. Who came to study in Babar Ali’s school?

Ans: The poor unprivileged children of class I to VIII

14. Who were there in Babar Ali’s come?

Ans: Babar Ali’s three siblings and his parents

15. Mention Babar Ali’s father’s name

Ans: Nasiruddin Sheikh

16. What is Nasiruddin Sheikh?

Ans: A Jute seller

17. According to Nasiruddin sheikh Education is Man’s true religion.

18. What work did the poor children do to help their family in come?
Ans: Boys as mechanics, day laborers, grass cutters, livestock herders and Girls as maid servants.

19. At what age did Babar Ali actually started his school?
Ans: At the age of nine

20 Mention the name of the school started by Babar Ali

Ans: Anand Siksha Nikethan

21. In fact Babar Ali’s school Anand Siksha Nikethan grew out of a game

22. In Which year was Babar Ali’s school institutionalized?

Ans: In 2002

23. How many students were there in Babar Ali’s school when it was institutionalized in 2002?
Ans: Eight

24. Where did the help come from for Babar Ali to run his school other than his father’s help?
Ans: From his teachers, monks at local Ramakrishna mission sympathetic IAS officer, local cops.

25. Who was Tulu Rani Hazra?

Ans: A fish monger and an illiterate educationalist

26. How did Tulu Rani Hazra help Babar Ali’s school?
Ans: By inspiring erring parents to join their children to Babar Ali’s school during her fish selling
rounds.
27. How many students had Tulu Rani Hara recruited to Babar Ali’s school?
Ans: 80 students

28. Who was the most educated among Babar Ali’s teaching volunteer?
Ans: Debarita Bhattacharya

29. Where does Debarita Bhattacharya go to college?

Ans: In Behrampur

30. How many students were there for class I and II?
Ans: 200 students

31. How many students were there in class VIII?

Ans: 20 students

32. Who taught most of the classes for class VIII?

Ans: Babar Ali and Debarita Bhattacharya.

Four Marks Questions /Answers

1. How did Babar Ali’s school ‘Anand Shiksha Nikethan’ come into existence? OR ‘What
started as a game resulted in a much sought after school for the unprivileged’. Explain

Ans: Babar Ali is the son of Nasiruddin Sheikh, who believed that Education Is man’s true
religion. Hence, he supported his son’s education. Babar Ali was the only fortunate soul to get
proper formal education in his village. Babar Ali wanted to help some poor children to make
this world a better place so he started his school while he was studying in class 12.
In fact Babar Ali started his school Anand Shiksha Nikethan at the age of nine and it grew out
of a game, while Babar Ali and his friends use to play school-school game with Babar Ali as
teacher and his friends who had never seen school as students they enjoyed learning. Babar Ali
initially started teaching while trying to explain his friends. The same school, which started as
a game was institutionalized with the strength of 8 students in 2002, later the number of
students increased and help began to come from all sides. After nine years the school had 800
students in total with 10 volunteer teachers, who were studying in high school. They
conducted the classes from 1 to 8 with Babar Ali as the Head Master then the same school was
recognized by the west Bengal Government.
Though the government provides free education so many poor parents couldn’t send their
children to school as they couldn’t bear the cost of uniforms, books, stationary and other
things. The children were going to different works like mechanics, day labourers grass cutters,
live stack herders maid servants etc., instead, if going to school. Babar Ali wanted to help the
deprived poor children by giving them free education hence he took the initiative and started
his school Anand Shiksha Nikethan.
2. Describe Babar Ali's school Anand Shiksha Nikethan.

Ans: Babar Ali a 12 class student and the youngest headmaster runs his school Anand Shiksha
Nikethan from class 1 to 8 at the backyard of his house in a worn out structure covered in half
torn posters. The poor under privileged bids sit under the open sky, on the mud ground or
broken benches and learn the basics and fundamentals of life at free of cost. So many
sympathetic people and his father extended their help to run the school. The school started
out of a game was institutionalized with 8 students in 2002. After nine years it had 800
students in total with 10 volunteer teachers teaching grades 1 to 8 later it was recognized by
the government of west Bengal. The children of the village and the localities war by came to
Babar Ali’s school after finishing their daily chores and jobs. Tulu Rani Hazra encouraged some
parents to join their children to B.A’s school during her fish selling rounds and recruited 80
students till then. The teaching staff was not trained but were the high school volunteer
students. The most educated was Debarita Bhattacharya a college student in Behrampur.
They took the advantage of the narrow age group and educated the students. Babar Ali’s act
inspires every one of us to do something for the betterment of this world.

Six Marks Question /answer

1. According to Nasiruddin ‘Education is man’s true religion’. How does Babar Ali’s school
prove this? OR Do you feel that Babar Ali’s initiation is a success story? Explain.

Ans: Babar Ali has certainly proved us ‘where there is a will there is a way’. Though he was
young he wanted to do something for the betterment of this society and world. He
understood that though the government provides free education so many poor parents were
not in a position to send their children to school. They couldn’t bear the cost of books clothes
and few other things. Instead of going to school the children were going to work as mechanics,
day laborers, livestock herders’ and maid servants etc. Babar Ali wanted to change this by
providing free education and took the initiation to start school Anand Shiksha Nikethan for
the poor and deprived children. In-fact the school grew out of a school. School game during
Babar Ali’s childhood, as a teacher he use to teach his friends who haven’t seen the school
later it was institutionalized with 8 students in 2002, at the age of nine. The class conducted
under the open sky. The students have to sit in the mud in homemade shelter.
Unlike any formal school Babar Ali’s school was started at the back yard of his house he
became the youngest headmaster of the world at the age of 16. While he was studying in
class 12. He went to school till after noon and after returning from school he use to take class
at his school Anand Shiksha Nikethan as the headmaster for classes 1 to 8. Gradually the help
began to come from his father and sympathetic people like his teachers, monks, IAS officers,
local cops, administrator etc. the strength of students increased to 800 students in total with
volunteer teachers who were just high school students. Debarita Bhattacharya a college
student helped to take the classes along with Babar Ali. They took the advantage of the
narrow are group to teach the students and taught them as they learned from their teachers.
Tulu Rani Hazra an illiterate fish monger inspired many parents to join their children to Babar
Ali’s school during her fish selling rounds and recruited 80 students till then. Later Baber Ali’s
school was recognized by Government of west Bengal Babar Ali’s initiation is definitely a
successful story and inspiration to the mankind to contribute something for the Betterment of
this society and world.
7. If I was a tree Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy

Text book One Mark Questions/Answers

1. a. Trees are not treated as object of defilement

2. His caste
3. When she feels itching
4. By burning in the holy fire of Yagna or becoming a bier to a sinless person
5. May be to a non-vegetarian person
6. burnt in a holy fire and used for a bier

Extra one mark Questions

1. What does the speaker prefer or want to become?

Ans: A tree

2. Why does the speaker want to become a tree?

Ans: To be free from discrimination or to avoid casteism or discrimination

3. When wouldn’t the tree shadow feel defiled?

Ans: When the sunlight embraced him

4. What would be sweet to the tree?

Ans: Friendship with cool breeze and leaves

5. What wouldn’t turn back taking the tree as dog eater?

Ans: Rain drops

6. Who would scrap body on to the bark of a tree?

Ans: Holy cow

7. Why does the cow scrap her body to the bark of a tree?
Ans: To avoid itching.

8. Who wouldn’t flee shouting for bath when the tree stretches its roots?
Ans: Mother earth

9. What would the holy cow do when she feels itched?

Ans: Scrape her body to the tree.

10. Who take shelter inside holy cow?

Ans: Three hundred thousand gods

11. Why the cow is called holy?

Ans: Because the three hundred thousand gods are present in it.

12. When/how would the three hundred thousand gods touch the tree?
Ans: When the cow scrape her body to the tree
13. What would the tree desire to become at the end of its life?
Ans: born in the holy fire of yagna or a bier for a sinless person

14. Why does the tree want to be burnt in the holy fire at the end of its life?
Ans: To became pure

4/6 Marks Questions

1. Why does the speaker want to become a tree? OR What are the advantages becoming a
tree than ma? OR What does the poet convey in the poet “If I was a tree”? OR The poem is
as active roll on social discrimination. Discuss

Ans: “If I was a tree” is a poem written by Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy, a great modern writer,
poet and a playwright in Kannada. In the present poem ‘If I was a tree’ the poet has expressed
and reflected his feeling of agony and disappointment with caste Indian society. The speaker
preferred to be born as a tree instead of a human being as there would be no social
discrimination and defilement like caste, creed, and color in the God created nature.
The speaker says that if he were born as a tree the birds wouldn’t ask him what caste he was
before they build their nest in the tree. When the sunlight embraced him his shadow wouldn’t
feel defiled. His friendship with the cool breeze and leaves would be sweet Raindrops wouldn’t
turn back taking him for a dog eater. When he branch out further from his roots mother earth
wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath. The sacred cow would scrape her body on his bark
scratching wherever it itched and the three hundred thousand gods sheltered inside her
would touch him. He feels that at the end his hacked pieces of dry wood burning in holy fire
might make him pure or he may become the bier for a sinless body is borne on the shoulders of
four good men.
The speaker might have been hesitated and humiliated by the social evil practices in our
society hence; he might prefer to be born as a tree.
8. WATCHMAN OF THE LAKE R.K NARAYAN

Answers to the Text Book Question

1. Because the road must be ready before the king’s arrival in that road
2. He may disturb the workers/work
3. By hiding and jumping from the tree in front of the king. To convey the command of the Goddess.
4. Inform the king to build a lake for river Veda.
5. He appreciated Mara obeyed the goddess command and build a tank
6. That the lake was sacred so nothing that walks, flies or swims should be killed.
7. To get water released to their fields and save them from the drought
8. C. The lake
9. C. He was worried about the lake.
10. That she shouldn’t destroy the lake until he goes to the king to inform the same and
returned to her.

Extra one mark Q/A

1. Name /mention one of characters from the drama Watchman of the lake?
Ans: Village Headman /King/Mara/Ganga/Bhima.

2. Who is Mara?
Ans: Watchman of the lake

3. What was the village headman supervising?

Ans: Road under constructing.

4. Why was Mara hanging around the road under construction?

Ans: To meet the king

5. When should the road work completed?

Ans: Before the arrival of the king

6. Why did Mara want to meet the king?

Ans: To convey him the goddess command

7. What was the command of the goddess?

Ans: To inform the king to build a tank or lake for river Veda

8. Why was the village headman in a hurry to complete the road work?
Ans: Because the king would arrive the next day

9. Who did the village headman call lunatic and fool?

Ans: Mara

10. Whom did the village headman asked not to come in the way of the king?
Ans: Mara

11. What did the village headman threaten Mara?

Ans: To lock him up in the cellar behind the old temple
12. Why did village headman tell Mara, he will give him a gift?
Ans: To keep him away from meeting the king

13. Who was given the greatest gift to Mara?

Ans: Mara’s father in law.

14. Who did the Headman ask to lookup Mara in a cellar behind the old temple?
Ans: Bhima.

15. Why was Bhima grown giant or strong according to him?

Ans: Because his mother had given him iron decoction when he was a baby.

16. Who hid in the tree? Why?

Ans: Mara. To meet the king.

17. Where was Mara hiding to meet to the king?

Ans: In a tree.

18. Who was Mara’s Jailor appointed by headman?

Ans: Bhima.

19. Who did Mara see in his dream?

Ans: The goddess of river Veda.

20. Who ordered Mara to inform the King to build a tank?

Ans: Goddess of the river.

21. Who is Mara’s son?

Ans: Ganga.

22. What did Mara warn the fisher man?

Ans: Not to fish in the lake or else he would push him into the lake.

23. What was the command of the Goddess regarding to sacred place according to Mara?
Ans: Nothing that flies, swims or walks they should be ever be killed.

24. Why was the visitor come to Mara?

Ans: To request him to release water to them.

25. What did Mara suggest the king in order to save the lake?
Ans: TO kill him (Mara)

26. What was Mara’s last request with the king for his son?
Ans: To appoint his son Ganga as the watchman of the lake after him and then his son until the
end of his race.

27. Who informed Ganga about his father’s sacrifice or death?

Ans: The king.
28. Who was appointed as the watchman of the lake after Mara?
Ans: His son Ganga.

29. Who would be the watchman of the lake after Ganga?

Ans: His son.

30. Why did the King install Mara’s statue in the temple along with the goddess?
Ans: To recognize Mara’s sacrifice.

31. What is the goddess play thing?

Ans: River Veda.

32. What did Mara request the Goddess to grant him?

Ans: Not to destroy the lake until Mara returns from the king’s capital.

33. What did Ganga advise his son not to forget?

Ans: Worship at the shrine, every Tuesday and Friday.

34. Actually the Goddess wanted to destroy the tank. Why didn’t she destroy?
Ans: Because Mara didn’t return, she kept her word or promise.

Four marks questions and answers

1. How did the village headman try to prevent Mara from approaching the king? Why?

Ans: Mara was hanging around the road under construction to meet the king and convey him the
command of the Goddess. The village headman was supervising the road work as it should be
completed before the arrival of the king the next day.
The village headman thought that Mara was a lunatic, mad fellow and the king will be angry if he
was allowed to meet him. So he tried to keep Mara out of king’s sight during his visit until his
departure but he failed. The Headman warned Mara not to come to the place of king’s visit until
the king’s departure. He lured Mara with the offer of or gift if he keeps away from the king. Even
he threatened him to look him up in the cellar behind the old temple and finally did so with the
help of Bhīma but Mara escaped wisely. He hid and waited in a tree since the cock crew on the day
of king’s arrival in his way. He jumped from the tree
in front of the king during his visit and met him. He informed the king regarding the command of
the Goddess to build a tank or lake there for river Veda.

2. Bring out the mythological significance of the sacred spot that Mara described to the king.
(OR) How did Mara inspire the king to build a tank with the mythological concept of the sacred
place? OR What was the need of the lake as narrated by Mara?

Ans: Mara met the king during his visit to convey him the command of the Goddess. He told that
the river Goddess Veda had appeared in his dream and commanded him to tell the king to build a
lake for her in that sacred place. Mara narrated mythological concept of that sacred place.
Mara said that the place where the king stood is a sacred spot. Once Hanuman stood there on the
day Laxmana was wounded and lay in or deadly faint. Hanuman went up the mountain and found
Sanjeevini on the crest. Then he flew to Lanka with it and saved Laxmana’s life. A stream arose
where there was Sanjeevini and flowed down the mountain. It is called river Veda and it is the life
blood of the people of his kingdom. Mara said that the water has flowed on and reach their villages
since the day Hanuman took the Sanjeevini the people used the water for their needs and wasted
 the remaining water allowing to flow into marshland and perish. During the summer the river
would disappear and people would be affected by drought. Hence the Goddess had appeared in
Mara’s dream and told that river Veda was her play thing. She commanded him to tell the king to
build or tank for her and not to let her leave that village but to give her a home. The king obeyed
the command of the Goddess and build a lake for her and appointed Mara as the watchman of the
lake.

3. What instructions did Mara give his son about the lake and the creatures? What light do the
instructions throw on Mara’s character?

Ans: The instructions Mara gives his son about the lake and the creatures show his concern for
conservation of natural resources. He told his son Ganga that after his death, he would be the
guard in charge of the lake. He must not allow any fish to be killed; no person should be allowed to
shoot down the gulls and to catch fish in the lake. He also told him that the sacred place belonged
to the Goddess and her command was that nothing that flew, or swam or walked in those parts
should ever be killed. Even the tiger should go untouched. He advised him to tend the lake
unpolluted by man or beast. It is the exhibit of the love of the rustic poor man towards nature.

4. “Nature is both protective and destructive” How does the play bring out this idea?

Ans: nature is both protective and destructive. The modern idea of conservation, preservation and
protection of nature is linked to the divine faith of the people of India in nature through a folk tale.
Man’s meddling with nature leads to destruction. Symbolically, protective nature of nature is
shown through Goddess appearing in the dram of Mara advising the king to build a tank to stop the
river Veda flowing with no use. Ayyanakere near Sakkarepatna was built and has been life blood of
the farmers of the surrounding villages. This is the protective nature of the nature. Heavy,
torrential rains breaking the bounds of the tank reveals nature’s fury. For no reason the down pour
plays devastation. Goddess is the Mother Nature personified. Hence, the destructive nature is
brought out in the play.

5.In what way do you think Mara’s sacrifice saved the lake? What sacrifices need to be made to
save the lakes today?

Ans: Goddess appeared the second time to Mara, the watchman. She was furious. She told him
that she was going to kick away the miserable stones they had piled to imprison the waters of
Veda river. She had decided to break the bounds of the lake. He pleaded the Goddess that the
waters would destroy hundreds of villages and towns and the king’s capital beyond. The Goddess
did not take pity on Mara. Finally, he begged a favour that he would run to the capital and informs
the king and return. Till then, he took her word not to go ahead with the destruction of the tank.
She granted him that favour. He went to the king and told him to kill him as to make him
impossible to return. Mara sacrificed his life for the sake of his king and the lake. If he had
returned to Goddess, she would have broken the bounds of the lake and there would have
been deluge. Today, we have to sacrifice our luxurious life to keep the water beds unpolluted.
Six marks

1. What made Mara to sacrifice his life at the end of the drama? (OR) In what way do you think
Mara’s sacrifice saved the lake? (OR) Describe Mara’s meeting with the king on the story night?
(OR) Why did Mara go to the king on a stormy night? And what did he convey the king?

Ans: Mara looked after the lake as a faithful watchman with pride, love affection responsibility as a
owner and king of the lake and thought the same to his son Ganga. Once at the late night during
the torrential downpour and storm Mara went to the king’s palace and rang the bell at the palace
gate to inform important and urgent message to the king. He told the king that everything was
normal and clears until the evening but at dusk the sky darkened and by mid-night there was
torrential downpour (heavy rain) and storm. When he went and saw, the river Veda was
thundering down the mountain. The winds shook the earth, the waves rose to a man’s height and
hammered at the bank of the lake so at any moment the lake may burst its bond and cause floods.
When Mara prayed the Goddess she stood before him in a terrible mood. He was afraid at the
sight of her. Her tresses were wild, her eyes gleamed and there was a sword in her hand. She
threatened to destroy the lake as river Veda was her plaything and no one should stop it. She would
kick away the banks and destroy the lake. Mara pleaded the Goddess not to destroy the lake as
hundreds of villages, towns, king’s capital and almost everything will be washed away but it was of
no use because she did not heard his words. He begged the Goddess at least to grant him a word or
bless him that she should not damage the lake until he goes to the king to inform the same and
returned to her. The Goddess blessed him or gave her word to do so, so he (Mara) had come to
him (king) and has informed the same. Mara requested the king to kill him so that he (Mara)
couldn’t return to the lake Goddess and the Goddess will not destroy the lake until his return.
Mara sacrificed his life for the public welfare and requested the king to appoint his son Ganga as
the watchman of the lake.
9. THE Farmer‟s WIFE P. LALITHA KUMARI

One mark questions

1. Who do ‘you’ and ‘I’ in the poem refer to?

Ans: ‘You’ refers to the farmer
‘I’ refers to the wife of the farmer

2. Why has the speaker’s husband committed suicide?

Ans: Because he could not pay his debt.

3. What memories of her husband trouble her now?

Ans: he was drunk. He used to abuse and revile her and kicked her.

4. What does the phrase ‘harvest of my womb’ suggest

Ans: the four children she gave birth from her womb.

5. How many children did the speaker have?

Ans: The speaker had 4 children

6. What does the sentence ‘worm-eaten cotton pods’ mean?

Ans: A family without the head.

7. To what condition had her husband’s act of committing suicide pushed her?
Ans: Her dignity was lost.

8. The poem ends with _________

a will to survive against all odds.

9. For whom does the widow live?

Ans: For her children

10. What remained after the death of the farmer?

Ans: The debt.

11. Which crop did the famer grow?

Ans: Cotton crop
Four marks questions and answers

1. What expression in the poem brings out the contrast between the speaker and her husband’s
plight? What difference does this indicate?

Ans: There are many expressions in the poem that being out the contrast between the speaker
and her husband’s plight. Husband is virtuous he has gone, she is sinner, so surviving. He is unable
to bend head, stretch out his hand, or sell his crops he is dead. The wife is born with a head bent, a
hand outstretched, quite used as to the commodity of sale, she is forced to lead life. The husband
has found release with the poison, but he has poisoned her bitter existence. Crops are destroyed,
harvest of the womb survives. Children are remaining. This difference indicates the pent up
frustration of the speaker.

2. What kind of questions does, the poem raise about the plight of farmer’s widows? Do you
think that these questions are only addressed to the speaker’s dead husband?

Ans: The poem “The Farmer’s Wife” raises much kind of questions about the plight of farmers’
widows. How could she face the creditors? What she should do with the small children? How
would she be able to live in male dominated society? The inability of the widows to seek help from
others shown is clearly shown. The poem also raises the issue of futility of the farmers committing
suicide. It is an attempt to create awareness among the males about the plight of the widows.
Moreover, it is an attempt to encourage the widows not to lose heart. These questions are not
only addressed to the speaker’s dead husband. They are universal prevalent among the laborious
farmers in India.
 10. FREDERICK DOUGLASS

One mark questions

1. ‘What was the earlier name of Frederick Douglass?

Ans: Frederick Augustus Washington Baily

2. Where was Frederic Douglass born?

Ans: In Tuckahoe in Talbot County, Maryland.

3. When was Frederick Douglass born?

Ans: It was 1817 or 1818.

4. Where did Frederick Douglass serve as a child servant?

Ans: In Baltimore.

5. Who taught Frederick Douglass reading and writing?

Ans: His master’s wife.

6. When did Frederick Douglass escape from slavery?

Ans: in the year 1838

7. Where did Frederick’ Douglass go after escaping slavery in 1838?

Ans: To New York

8. Who was Frederick Douglass’s wife?

Ans: Anna Murray.

9. When did Frederick Douglass the Anti-Slavery society?

Ans: In 1841

10. Why was Frederick Douglass appointed as an agent of Anti-slavery society?

Ans: Because his speech was impressive.

11. What prevented the slaves from knowing their birth days?
Ans: unauthentic records

12. How would the master look at the enquiries about the slaves’ birthday?
Ans: Improper and impertinent

13. What was whispered about Douglas’ parentage?

Ans: His master was his father

14. Who were the parents of Frederick Douglass?

Ans: Harriet Bailey a dark woman was his mother. His father was a white man

15. ‘Douglass’ mother was able to meet him only at night.

16. When was Douglass separated from his mother?

Ans: When he was an infant
17. Why did the masters part the children from their mothers?
Ans: This was to avoid the development of child’s affection towards its mother.

18. What was the penalty to the field hand for not being in the field at sunrise?
Ans: A whipping

19. How old was Frederick Douglass when he lost his mother?
Ans: He was 7 year old.

20. Name the person who was believed to be both Douglass’ Father and Master?
Ans: Captain Anthony

21. Who was Mr. Plummer?

Ans: Mr. Plummer was an overseer. He was a drunkard and a savage monster.

22. By whom was Douglass’ aunt whipped?

Ans: By Mr. Plummer

23. Who was Douglass’ first master?

Ans: Captain Anthony

24. Who was frequently compelled to sell the slaves?

Ans: the master

25. Who was well known for cutting and slashing the women’s heads so horribly?
Ans: Mr. Plummer

26. When was the mother taken from the child?

Ans: When the child reached its twelfth month.

27. Who was placed under the care of an old woman?

Ans: The child

28. Why was the child placed under the care of an old woman?
Ans: To destroy the natural affection of the mother for the child

29. How did Douglass receive the tidings of mother’s death?

Ans: As the death of a stranger

30. Who suffered greater hardships?

Ans: The slaves

31. Who was not considered a rich slaveholder?

Ans: Captain Anthony
 4MARK QUESTIONS:

1. Why wasn’t Douglass affected much by his mother’s death?

Ans: Douglass never saw his mother. He might have seen her four or five times in his life, that too
at night. He did not see her during the day where a little communication took place between
them. She died when he was about seven years old. Douglass was not allowed to be present
during her illness, at her death or burial. She was gone before he knew anything about his father.
He has not enjoyed her soothing presence, her tender and watchful care. He received the news of
her death as he might have received a stranger’s death. So, he was not affected much by his
mother’s death.

2. What kind of hardships did the slaves suffer at the hands of the slave holder and his mistress?

Ans: Slavery was a curse of American slaves. The master did not allow the slaves to know their
birth days. Sometimes, they didn’t know who their father was. The masters ill-treated a field hand
whipping her if she was not present in the field at sunrise. The slave holders have ordained, and by
law established, that the children of slave women shall in all cases follow the condition of their
mothers. This was done for the fulfillment of their own lusts. As such the slave holder had the
double relation of master and father to his slaves. The slaves were a constant affiance to their
mistresses. She always used to find fault with them. She was pleased with the whipping of the
slaves. The master was forced to sells his slaves to satisfy his white wife. This was the condition of
the slaves at the hands of the slave holder and his mistress.

3. In spite of the hardships he suffered as a slave, why does the author say, ‘Slavery would not
always be able to hold me within its foul embrace?”

Ans: Fredrick Douglass suffered a lot of hardships as a slave. He was not allowed to know his birth
day. He was sent to Baltimore to be a house servant. Douglass was unhappy that he was deprived of
the privilege of knowing his birthday. There was a whispering about his parentage too. It was
whispered that his master was his father. He was separated from his mother when he was an
infant of twelve months. He never met his mother during day. Their meeting took place at night
only. At the age of 7 he lost his mother. In spite of all these hardships, he learned to read and write
with the assistance of his master’s wife. In 1838, he escaped from slavery and went to New-York city
and got married to Anna Murray. He was a great orator. In 1841, he addressed the convention of
the Massachusetts Antislavery Society in Nantucket and so, greatly impressed the group that they
immediately appointed him as an agent. Slavery could not hold him in its foul embrace as his faith
and spirit of hope helped him to work in several capacities.
11. AN OLD WOMAN Arun Kolatkar
One mark questions:

1. ‘You’ in the poem refers to

a) The speaker b) The passerby c) The reader d) anyone

2. What does the ole woman offer to at the shrine?

Ans: To show the horse shoe shrine

3. What does the old man expect from the tourists for her service?
Ans: 50 paisa coin

4. The lines, ‘you turn around and face her with an air of finality’ suggest that he decided to
Ans: end the farce

5. The old woman’s eyes are compared to bullet holes

6. ‘You are reduced to so much small change in her hand’. Here, the speaker is suggesting that
Ans: One is reduced to an insignificant position

7. Where did the old woman take the visitors?

Ans: To the horseshoe shrine

8. Who grabs hold of the tourist’s sleeve?

Ans: The old woman

9. What did the tourist want to end in the poem ‘An old woman’?
Ans: To end the farce

10. How was the tourist reduced to?

Ans: He was reduced to so much small change in the old woman’s hand

1. How is the plight of the old woman depicted in the poem?

Ans: The old woman is a self-asserted guide in a holy place. She wants to take the traveler to the
horse shoe temple for which she demands a 50 paisa coin. The old woman sticks to her demand
even though the traveler has seen the place earlier. She won’t let him go. After the traveler sees
her face, to say an end to the farce, she poses a question to him. That the old woman has nothing
to do on wretched hills like these. She is forced to do her job herself alone playing on the blind
beliefs of the people but she exhibits her dignity of labour in performing her duty.

2. How does the speaker’s attitude undergo a change?

Ans: We notice that the speaker’s attitude undergoes a change throughout the poem. In the
beginning, he was unwilling to respond to the woman’s wish of taking him to the horse-shoe
temple, because he has already seen it. As the old woman insists upon him by tightening her grip
on his shirt, the speaker feels that all an old woman is sticky like her. After he looks on to her face
directly, he feels that he should do away with the old woman’s demand by paying her what she
needs. But the question of the old woman that, what else the old woman can do on such wretched
hills makes the speaker change his attitude. Now he wants to see the issue through the old
woman’s perspective. Everything seems to crack along with the cracks on her face but the old
woman standing alone shatter proof astounds him. Finally, he feels that she is quite insignificant
human being compared with the magnanimity of the old woman. Through-out the poem, the
attitude of the speaker goes on changing as he encounters with the old woman.

3. What is the speaker trying to convey through ‘And the hills crack, and the temples crack, and
the sky falls?’

Ans: The speaker is trying to convey through the lines and the “hills crack, and the temples crack,
and the sky falls”, that the stability of the old woman, standing alone on the wretched hills, (Holy
places) with dignity, unwearied and stagnant is the woman’s human manifestation. The cracks
symbolize degeneration of values, decaying of tradition. She is not affected by the noise around
her. She is steadfast in her will to lead her life with a dignity. The old age doesn’t deviate her from
her conviction. The futility of blind beliefs of the people does not throw any hindrance to her
labour.

4. How do you relate the ‘cracks around her eyes to the cracking of hills and temples?

Ans: the cracks that began around the old woman’s eyes can be related to the cracking of hills and
temples as follows. The cracks on the body of the woman connote the futility of the blind beliefs,
which she has experienced till her old age. The hills and temples cracking and the sky falling are
the indication of underlining feelings in the innermost heart of the woman of degeneration of
values. It also means that the old woman has endured everything around without caring the noise
around. The noises die away but she remains steadfast.
12. TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA A J CRONIN

One mark questions

1. Where does the narrator first meet the two boys?

Ans: On the outskirts of Verona

2. Why doesn’t the driver approve of the narrator buying fruit from the two boys?
Ans: To get fruit much better in Verona.

3. List the different things that the boys did to earn their living?
Ans: The boys sold wild berries. They polished shoes. They sold newspapers. They took the tourists
round the town Verona.

4. Inspite of working hard and earning money, the two boys still looked poor because?
Ans: They wanted to save the money for medical expenses.

5. What qualities in the two boys attracted the narrator?

Ans: Their unremitting willingness to work

6. Nicola was not pleased when Jacopo asked the narrator to drive them to Poleta as
he __________
Ans: Did not want to ask anyone for favours.

7. Why did the two boys go to Poleta?

Ans: To see their sister Lucia who was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine

8. Why did the two boys want the narrator not to follow them?
Ans: They did not want the narrator to know their problems

9. What does the narrator learn from Lucia’s nurse?

Ans: That the sister of the two boys was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. Their father was
killed in a war.

10. Who are the Gentlemen of Verona?

Ans: Nicola and Jacopo

11. Who stopped the narrator on the outskirts of Verona?

Ans: The two boys

12. What were the two boys selling?

Ans: Wild strawberries, bright scarlet berries

13. Who warned the narrator not to buy the fruits?

Ans: The car driver

14. Who was Luigi?

Ans: A car driver
15. What did the car driver disapprove?
Ans: The shabby appearance of the two boys

16. What did Nicola wear?

Ans: Jersey and cut-off khaki pants

17. What did Jacopo wear?

Ans: A shortened army tunic

18. How were the boys?

Ans: They had brown skins, tangled hair and dark earnest eyes.

19. What did the companion of the narrator discover?

Ans: That the boys were brothers

20. How old was Nicola?

Ans: 13 year old

21. How old was Jacopo?

Ans: Nearly 12 year old

22. How is Verona?

Ans: A lovely city, rich in history

23. Who are believed to have lived in Verona?

Ans: Romeo and Juliet

24. How did the two boys greet the narrator?

Ans: With friendly faces

25. What did the boys show visitors through the town?
Ans: Juliet’s tomb and other places of interest

26. How was Jacopo, according to the narrator?

Ans: Lively as a squirrel

27. How was Nicola’s smile?

Ans: Steady and engaging

28. For which bus was the boys waiting for?

Ans: For the last bus from Padua

29. What did the boys take usually as their meal?

Ans: Black bread and figs

30. When was the narrator leaving Verona?

Ans: On Monday

31. How fat is from Verona to Pol eta?

Ans: 30 kilometers
32. What did the boys hire to go to Pol eta?
Ans: On bicycles

33. Who opened the door to admit the narrator?

Ans: A nurse

34. How was the nurse?

Ans: A pleasant looking woman

35. Where did the boys sit in the hospital?

Ans: At the bedside of a girl of about twenty

36. What was Lucia?

Ans: A singer

37. What was the father of Nicola and Jacopo?

Ans: A singer

38. Where did the father work as a singer?

Ans: At La-Scala

39. Who was killed in the war?

Ans: The father of Nicola and Jacopo.

40. What were the boys used to carry?

Ans: To Carry messages to the forces of liberation.

41. Lucia was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine

42. How long was Lucia a patient in the hospital?

Ans: Twelve months

43. Why did the boys wait in the deserted Square at late night?
Ans: They were waiting for the lost bus to Padua to sell the unsold papers.

44. What destroys the house of the boys?

Ans: A bomb

45. What was Jacopo compared to?

Ans: To squirrel

46. In what different ways were the boys useful to the narrator?

Ans: The two boys, Nicola and his younger brother Jacopo first stopped the narrator on the
outskirts of Verona. They wanted them to buy their straw berries. Their earnest eyes attracted the
narrator. The boys faithfully rendered their service to the visitors of Verna city. Naturally, they
took the narrator round the Verona city. They were childish, in many ways quite artless. Jacopo
was active like squirrel. They had the seriousness on their faces which one respected they proved
useful to the narrator. If they wanted a pack of American cigarettes, or seats for the Opera or the
name of the good restaurant that could provide good food. They could be relied upon to satisfy
their needs. Moreover, the boys, had unremitting willingness to work.
47. What do you understand about the boys’ character from their action and behavior?

Ans: Nicola and Jacopo were engaged in many jobs to earn money to meet the hospital expenses
of their sister. They, faithfully, rendered their services to the visitors of Verona town. They were
earnest in their work. They shined shoes, sold fruit, hawked hard to lead a noble life. In both the
boyish faces there was seriousness which one respected. They were reliable in any work or service
they rendered. They had unremitting willingness to work. They did not return home without
selling out their newspapers though it
was late midnight. They had known comfortable and cultured life. Self-confidence, persistence,
devotion, dedication and concern were their mantras. They lived for a purpose. Their selfless
service to their sister shows their youthful devotion. War, with its horror, had not broken their
spirit. They did their duties with dignity and courage.

48. “War may destroy one’s home but not one’s heart.” Discuss the statement with reference to
the story of the boys.

Ans: Nicola and Jacopo, the two young boys were left alone except their sister Lucia. Their father, a
widower who was a famous singer, had been killed in war. A bomb had destroyed their home and
they were thrown out into the streets. For months they lived in a sort of shelter which was built by
their own hands. They never yielded to the horrors of the war. Lucia, the sister, had caught
tuberculosis of spine contracted during the miseries of the war. They never gave up; the young
boys took their sister to the hospital. She has been in the hospital for twelve months. They
struggled very hard, did all the kinds of jobs to pay the hospital bills. War did not break the bond of
love between the brothers and the sister. They were homeless, but not heartless.
13. DO NOT ASK OF ME, MY LOVE FAIZ AHMED FAIZ

One mark questions

1. When does the speaker realize what he thought about love was not true?
Ans: When he sees the miseries of life.

2. ‘That’ the way I imagined it to be suggests

Ans: The speaker’s realization of realities

3. What gave the spring everlasting youth in the poem ‘Do not Ask of Me, My Love’?
Ans: The beauty of his love gave spring everlasting youth.

4. The speaker says ‘Do not Ask of Me, My Love, that Love I once had for you’,
Ans: Because He has realized that there are other sorrow around him demand his attention

5. What did the speaker request his beloved not to ask?

Ans: That Love he once had for her

6. How was the speaker’s life when he was with his beloved?
Ans: His life was bright, young and blooming

7. Which was more than any other pain for the speaker?
Ans: His beloved’s sorrow

8. His beloved’s beauty is compared the spring

9. What was everything for the speaker?

Ans: His beloved’s eyes

10. What did the speaker think when he was with his beloved?
Ans: He thought that the world was his.

11. What are there in the world than love and other pleasures
Ans: Other sorrows

12. According to the speaker, what are woven in silk and satin and brocade?
Ans: Those are dark and brutal curses of countless centuries.

13. What was dripping from the festering sores?

Ans: Pus
14. What does the line “those dark and brutal curses of countless centuries” suggest?

Ans: The line means the world is full of miseries which are the curses of several centuries. There
have been wars, blood-shed, innumerable deaths caused due to the lovers. The empires were set
to ashes and mingled into the dust because of love. We find the pages of history filled with
animosity, envy and hatred due to love. Those old affiliations and attachments of love have cursed
the future generations. The line suggests the other horrors of passionate life.

15. What harsh realities of life have drawn the speaker’s attention much more than the beauty of
his beloved?

Ans: The speaker was engrossed by the beauty of his love when he was young. The world was his
love. Everything was in vain before love. But, it was a wishful thinking of the speaker. He is drawn
by the harsh realities which are more painful and pleasurable than love. He is unable to pay the
same undivided attention to his love because countless centuries were dark and brutal with curses.
There are bodies bathed in the blood, smeared with dust, sold from market- place to market-place.
There are bodies dripping with pus due to untoward diseases. Such harsh realities, such miseries
have deviated the mind of the speaker from love.

16. What transformation in the perception of love do you see in the poem?

Ans: The speaker is asking his love not to expect the same love from him as he had for her in the
young and blooming years. Life was bright then, and her sorrow was much more than any other
pain in the world. Her eyes, enchanting beauty, engaged him, the world looked in vain. Her
Presence intoxicated him and he was the boss of the whole world. Now he knows that it was an
illusion that was apt at that time. He has been engrossed in the harsh realities. He is unable to pay
the same undivided attention to his love as the priorities have changed. He is drawn by other
sorrows and pleasures than love. His love is transformed to more serious miseries caused by love,
poverty and envy. Brutal curses of many centuries are woven with the richly decorated women,
that were woven with silk, satin and brocade. He feels that his eyes should concentrate on more
serious matters than love. Several bodies were bathed in blood, smeared with dust, there were
several diseased bodies from which pus was dripping. He expresses his helplessness to give the
same love he had given her once.
ONE MARK QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE:
1. The Gentlemen of the Jungle

I. Answer the following questions in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. Who made friendship with the man in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
2. Why did the elephant approach the man for help?
3. Where was the man’s hut located in the forest?
4. What was the request of the elephant to his friend on a rainy day?
5. What did the elephant promise to repay the man for his help?
6. Where did the elephant fling the man?
7. What did the elephant want to protect his skin from?
8. What did the elephant wish to protect from the hailstorm?
9. What did the lion wish to have in his kingdom?
10. Who commanded his ministers to appoint a Commission of Enquiry?
11.. What did the king do to resolve the dispute between the man and the elephant?
12. Name one of the members in the Commission of Enquiry.
13. Who was the Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry?
14. Who was the Secretary of the Commission of Enquiry?
15. “I have always regarded it as my duty to protect the interests of my friends” was said by
the___
a. elephant b. lion c. man
16. What did the elephant always regard as his duty?
17. What was the only question asked to the man by the Commission of Enquiry?
18. Why was no human included in the Commission of Enquiry, according to the animals?
19. What were the members of the Commission of Enquiry reputed for?
20. The elephant wanted to put the_______ space in the man’s hut to a more economic use.
a. occupied b. unoccupied c. cultivated
21. What did the elephant want to turn the undeveloped space into?
22. Who provided the delicious meal to the Members of the Commission?
23. In whose favour was the judgment given?
24. What fear made the man accept the judgment of the Commission?
25. What kind of hut did the man build, finally?
26. The dispute and fight among the Gentlemen of the Jungle was for the rights of _____
a. occupation b. penetration c. freedom
27. According to the man, _______is costly, but it’s worth the expense.
(Fill in the blank with the right word from the text)

2. The School Boy

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence:

1. Who loves to rise on a summer morning?

2. When does the school boy love to rise?
3. Whose song is heard on every tree?
4. Who winds his horn?
5. What does the huntsman wind?
6. Which bird sings with the school boy, according to the speaker of “The School Boy”?
7. Mention one of the things that the school boy considers as ‘sweet company’.
8. What drives the joy of the boy away?
9. What does the boy hate to do on a summer morning?
10. Where does the boy hate to go on a summer morning?
12.’ A cruel eye outworn’ refers to ________
a) authoritarian teacher b) bird c) huntsman
13. ‘Learning’s bower’ refers to ______
a. fields b.home c. school
14. What does ‘cage’ stand for?
15. What cannot give delight to the school boy?
16. ‘Dreary shower’ implies ________
a) monotonous ways of teaching. b) easy ways of understanding.
c) modern techniques adopted in teaching.
17. “And blossoms blown away”. Here ‘blossoms’ refer to_____
a) teachers b) flowers c) children
18. ‘Spring’ refers to _______in the poem.
a. old age b. childhood c. youth
19. ‘Summer’ refers to _______in the poem.
a. old age b. childhood c. youth
20. Which season signifies ‘old age’ in the poem?
21. What does ‘winter’ refer to, in the poem?

3. Around A Medicinal Creeper

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. How long did the author take to learn about the medicinal creeper?
2. What was to be protected from the sun by putting up a shade over it?
3. Who brought some creepers from the forest?
4. Where did Sanna bring the creepers from?
5. Why did Mara scold Sanna?
6. “Hey, why did you pluck this, you fool?” said Mara. Here ‘fool’ refers to _______________ .
a) Sanna b) the author c) medicinal creeper
7. Who tied the medicinal creeper to the tree?
8. What did Mara do when he found the medicinal creeper?
9. According to Mara, ‘the thief ’ was ____________________________.
a) Sanna b) the author c) the medicinal creeper
10. According to Mara, who had cursed the medicinal creeper?
11. What was the curse of the sage on the medicinal creeper?
12. What do the leaves of the medicinal creeper resemble?
13. The medicinal creeper bears fruits in a bunch like ___________________ . (Fill in the blank.)
14. When does the medicinal creeper come up every year?
15. Mara tied the medicinal creeper to a tree so that it _____________________ .
a) needed the support of a tree b) should not run away c) could be easily located
16. When did Mara cut his hand?
17. Whom did Mara go to, when he had a cut in his hand?
18. Where did the white man live, in the lesson ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’?
19. What was the surprise when the white man opened Mara’s bandage?
20. How did Mara convince the white man that he had a wound on his hand?
21. What did the white man offer Mara if he showed him the plant?
22. The white man threatened to shoot Mara if he ____________.
a) didn’t take him to the forest b) didn’t show him the plant c) had no wound on his hand
23. On which side did Mara not have any teeth?
24. How did the stick taste when Mara was brushing his teeth?
25. What did Mara and his friend wrap the meat of the barking deer with?
26. What did Mara find when he opened the packet of the meat of the barking deer?
27. Where did Mara’s wife throw the leaves which were used to pack the meat?
28. What did Appanna say about the medicinal creeper when it was mixed with milk?
29. Name the plant pathologist in ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’.
30. What was Mr. Chandru in ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’?
31. What happened when milk was mixed with the leaves of the medicinal creeper?
32. Krishna was working as a ______________ after stopping his work in the narrator’s estate. a)
rickshaw driver b) doctor c) plant pathologist
33. What was Krishna suffering from?
34. What was the only allopathic treatment for piles according to the narrator?
35. What did the doctor advise for Krishna’s piles?
36. Who treated Krishna when he had got boils all over his body?
37. ‘Godman’ refers to _______________.
a) Mara b) Krishna c) Malayali sadhu
38. What did the author do when he found the tuberous root of the medicinal creeper?
39. What was the taste of the tuberous root of the medicinal creeper?
40. When did the swelling in the author’s right heel disappear?
41. Why did the Malayali sadhu share his knowledge of the medicine with Krishna?
42. When would the medicines lose their potency, according to the belief of native doctors?
43. How do the mongoose and cowcal save themselves from snakebite?

4. Oru Manushyan

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or in a sentence:

1. How far was the big city from the narrator’s home-town?
2. The people in the city were not known for the quality of _________. (Fill in the blank.)
3. The people of the city were ___________________________.
a) Honest b) cruel c) obedient
4. By tradition, the people of the city were ___________.
a. soldiers b. beggars c. teachers
5. Where would many people serve as watchmen in the big city?
6. What was highly valued by the people of the city?
7. What were the daily occurrences in the city?
8. How did the people earn money in the city?
9. For money, people would do anything, even commit __________. (Fill in the blank.)
10. Where did the narrator stay in the big city?
11. What did the narrator do, to earn his living?
12. Who was taught English by the narrator?
13. When did the narrator teach English to migrant labourers?
14. _____________was considered great education in the city.
a) Learning English b) Teaching English c) Learning to write an address in English
15. People paid ______________ to write an address in English at the post office.
a. eleven annas b. four annas c. fourteen rupees
16. When did the narrator wake up every day?
17. Why did the narrator have food only in the evening?
18. What was the narrator’s life’s savings?
19. How much did the narrator have in his wallet?
20. What did the narrator eat in the restaurant?
21. How much was the bill of the narrator in the restaurant?
22.In ‘Oru Manushyan’, the narrator put his hands into his pockets and found that his _______
a. wallet was not there b. wallet was there c. pocket was torn.
23. What was the threat of the owner of the restaurant to the narrator if the money was not paid?
24. The people in the restaurant looked like hungry ________________.
a) wolves b) tigers c) lions
25. The narrator was not ready to take off his _______________________.
a) coat b) shirt c) trousers
26. Why was the narrator not ready to take off his trousers?
27. The man who came forward to pay the narrator’s bill was _________________.
a) a man with a red turban b) a man dressed in a suit c) a money lender
28. What did the narrator call the man who paid his bill?
29. Who had picked the narrator’s wallet?
30. Where did the man with the red turban take the narrator?
31. How many wallets did the thief have in his pockets?
32. Who saved the narrator by paying his bill?

5. Money Madness

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each as required:

1. In the poem “Money Madness”, what does the individual carry around with him?
2. How does a man often feel when he hands out a one pound note?
3. What does a person experience if he hands out a ten pound note?
4. We grovel before _______________ in strange terror.
5. We _________ before money in strange terror.
6. What is it that makes us quail as revealed in the poem “Money Madness”?
7. What are we really so terrified of?
8. Who asks with one voice ‘how much is he worth?’ in the poem “Money Madness”? 9. What
would happen to an individual if he has no money? OR
What would they give an individual if he has no money?
10. The poet says that if he has no money they would give him ______so that he doesn’t die.
11. What is the poet frightened of being forced to do if he has no money?
12. The fear of having no money and being forced to eat dirt can become a ______
13. In the poem ‘Money Madness’, What can become a delirium?
14. The poet says that we must have some money to______
i. eat dirt. ii. avoid eating dirt iii. none of the above
15. In the poem ‘Money Madness’ what should be free for everyone?
16. What would happen if we do not regain our sanity about money?
17. When the poet says “It’s one thing or the other”, he means______
a. regaining sanity b. killing one another
c. regaining sanity or killing one another
18. The fear that the poet speaks of, in the poem “Money Madness” is ____
a. Money has a cruel fearful power among men. b. The collective money madness of
mankind. c. Having to eat dirt if he has no money. d. All the above.
19. The poet opines that we must regain our_________ about money.
 6. Babar Ali

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. Who is the youngest headmaster in the world?

2. Babar Ali initially started his afternoon school at the age of ______
3. What was the name of Babar Ali’s little afternoon venture (school)?
4. Babar Ali hails from the village of ______ in West Bengal.
5. Where did Babar Ali teach hundreds of students?
6. Who was the first privileged member in Babar Ali’s family to get a proper education?
7. How many students in total, learn in Babar Ali’s school?
8. What do the underprivileged children learn free of cost at Babar Ali’s school?
9. Who is described as a fortunate soul in his district of Murshidabad?
10. The extent of Babar Ali’s home is described as the size of an average________
11. The name of Babar Ali’s father is _________
12. Nasiruddin Sheikh was a _________ by profession.
13. What is man’s true religion, according to Nasiruddin Sheikh?
14. Who believed that education is man’s true religion?
15. How many subjects do the students at Babar Ali’s school study?
16. Who initially supported Babar Ali’s venture with his own income?
17. Many families could not afford to send their children to school in spite of free education
because they still had to pay for ______________.
18. The School ‘Anand Shiksha Niketan’ started as a ________.
19. The children enjoy playing the game ‘school-school’ because they_______
a. learnt arithmetic b. had never seen the inside of a school c. Both a and b
20. According to Babar Ali, what works to their advantage?
21. When was Babar Ali’s school institutionalized?
22. Who initially provided the rice for the mid-day meals at Babar Ali’s school?
23. How many students are on roll-call in Babar Ali’s School?
24. Babar Ali’s afternoon school is now registered and recognized by the Government of
_________.
25. Who is an’ illiterate fishmonger’ by morning and a ‘crusading educationalist’ by afternoon?
26. What does Tulu Rani Hazra do when she ventures on her fish selling rounds of nearby villages?
27. How many children has Tulu Rani Hazra recruited?
28. The teaching staff of nine at Babar Ali’s school comprises of ______
29. Who is the most educated of the high school student volunteers at Babar Ali’s school?
30. In Babar Ali’s school, _____ are given free for classes I to V.
31. ___________ is spared in Babar Ali’s school.

7. If I was a Tree

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. What does the speaker want to be in the poem, ‘If I was a tree’?
2. Who would not ask the caste of the tree before building its nest in ‘If I was a tree’?
3. According to the speaker in ‘If I Was A Tree’, what would not the bird ask before building its
nest?
4. What wouldn’t feel defiled when sunlight embraces the tree in ‘If I was a tree’?
5. The _______ would embrace the tree in the poem ‘If I was a tree’’?
a) Cow b) Sunlight c) Bird
6. Whose friendship with the cool breeze would be sweet, in ‘If I was a tree’?
7. _______ would not turn back taking the speaker for a dog-eater if he was a tree.
a) The Mother Earth b) Rain drops c) The sacred cow
8. Who would not flee shouting for a bath in ‘If I was a tree’?
9. According to the speaker, when would not The Mother Earth flee shouting for a bath in ‘If I was
a tree’?
10. How many gods are sheltered inside the body of the cow?
11. Who are sheltered inside the body of the cow?
12. W8here are the three hundred thousand gods sheltered in ‘If I was a tree’?
13. What would scrape her body on the bark of the tree in ‘If I was a tree’?
14. When would the three hundred thousand gods touch the speaker if he was a tree?
15. How does the speaker want to be purified in the poem, ‘If I was a tree’?
16. Name any one of the uses of the tree according to the speaker in the poem, ‘If I was a Tree’.
17. When is the tree made pure according to the speaker in the poem, ‘If I was a tree’?
18. The ______ is hacked into pieces of dry wood to burn in the holy fire.
a. mother Earth b. tree c. sacred cow.
19. What becomes a bier for a sinless body in the poem, ‘If I was a Tree’?

8. Watchman of the Lake

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. Why were the roads being repaired in Mara’s village in ‘The Watchman of the Lake’?
2. Who did the village headman consider as a ‘lunatic’ in ‘The Watchman of the Lake’?
3. The village headman was angry with Mara because______________
a. He wanted to marry his daughter. b. He disturbed the good work.
c. None of the above
4. Why was the headman in a hurry to complete the road work?
5. The village headman asked Mara to keep away from the road workers because ________
a. He was disturbing them by talking about his dream b. He was destroying the road
c. He was snatching away the implements of the workers
6. According to Mara, why was the village headman jealous of him?
7. Who threatened to lock up Mara if he did not go out of sight for two days?
8. Who had given the greatest gift to Mara in ’Watchman of the Lake’?
9. Who commanded Mara to tell the king to build a tank to the river Veda?
10. Who helped Mara to escape from the cellar?
11. Where was Mara waiting for the King?
12. Why was Mara waiting for the king in a tree?
13. When the king was passing through Mara’s village, there was a sudden confusion as
_________.
a. the king fell down on an unrepaired road.
b. Mara jumped down from the branches of a tree before the king.
c. someone tried to attack the king.
14. Who had given Bhima iron decoction when he was a baby?
15. Who was Mara’s Jailor in ‘The Watchman of the Lake’?
16. Where was Mara held as a prisoner in ‘The Watchman of the Lake’?
17. _____ was bound and thrown into the cellar in ‘The Watchman of the Lake’.
a. Mara b. Racha c. Bhima
18. Who had come in Mara’s dream to talk about the tank?
19. How did Mara manage to draw the attention of the king?
20. The command of the Goddess to Mara was to ____
a. wait for the king in the tree. b. tell the king to build a tank for the river Veda.
c. drink iron decoction to become strong like Bhima.
21. _____ believed that Mara had the grace of the gods upon him.
a. The Village headman b. The fisherman c. The king
22. Who was initially appointed as the watchman of the lake by the king in ‘Watchman of the
lake’?
23. According to Mara, the command of the Goddess about the creatures of the lake was_____
a. One can catch fish occasionally.
b. Only gulls(birds) should be caught.
c. Nothing that flies, swims or walks should ever be killed.
24. According to Mara, ______ comes down the mountain to slake its thirst in the dead of the
night.
25. Why did the visitor from the farthest village come to Mara?
26. Mara rushed to the king’s palace because he wanted to save _____
a. his own life. b. the king. c. the lake.
27. Mara was trembling at the king’s palace because,
a. he was afraid of the king b. he was afraid of the safety of his son
c. he was terrified of the wrath of the Goddess.
28. Where did Hanuman find Sanjeevini, according to Mara, in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
29. Who was Mara waiting for, hiding in the tree?
30. What is described as the ‘life-blood of the King’s subjects’?
31. Who summoned the king on the torrential night?
32. Name the river mentioned in ‘Watchman of the Lake’.
33. What had the Goddess instructed Mara in his dream, in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
34. The Goddess considered river Veda as her________.
a. daughter b. own plaything c. life-blood
35. What does the Goddess regard as her own plaything in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
36. What did Mara convey to the king late at night?
37. What was the command of the Goddess when she appeared in Mara’s dream for the first
time?
38. What was the mood of the Goddess when she appeared in front of Mara on the stormy night?
39. What was the suggestion given by Mara to save the lake?
40. ______ was the mood of the Goddess when she appeared in Mara’s dream for the first time?
a. Protective, motherly, and divine. b. Fierce, unkind and threatening.
c. Disagreeing, demanding and commanding.
41. What was Mara’s last request to the king before he sacrificed his life?
42. Who was appointed as the watchman of the lake after Mara?
43. Who ordered Ganga to perform his father’s duties after the death of Mara?
44. Whose idol is installed on the top pedestal in the shrine?
45. Whose idol is installed on the lower pedestal in the shrine?

9.the Farmer‟s WiFe

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each as required :

1. According to the speaker in 'The Farmer's Wife', who is “the poor sinner”?
2. Why did the farmer commit suicide?
3. The farmer committed suicide by __________
4. In the poem 'The Farmer's Wife', the phrase 'the harvest of my womb' refers to __________
5. In the poem 'The Farmer's Wife', the line “You are virtuous and you are gone”, "You" refers to
______________.
6. According to the farmer’s wife, what is she used to?
7. What does the farmer’s wife want to teach her children?
8. How did the farmer treat his wife when he was drunk?
9. What was the 'death blow' given by the farmer to his wife, in ‘The Farmer’s wife’?
10. “Worm eaten cotton pods" are compared to _____________
11. What does the farmer’s wife mean by ‘harvest of my womb’?
12. How many children did the farmer’s wife have?
13. The phrase ‘a bent head’ in ‘The Farmer’s wife’ refers to
a. her physical deformity. b. submissive nature of women in general.
c. aggressive nature of women in general.
14. What does the phrase ‘you crossed over’ refer to, in ‘The Farmer’s wife’?
15. What does the farmer’s wife decide at the end of the poem 'The Farmer's Wife'?

10. Frederick Douglass

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. Where was Frederick Douglass born?

2. What authentic record had Frederick Douglass never seen in his life?
3. What were the slave children ignorant of?
4. How did the slaves remember their birthdays?
5. According to Frederick Douglass, ________ children could tell their ages accurately.
a. black b. white c. both a and b
6. How old was Frederick Douglass in 1835?
7. Who was the overseer of Captain Anthony?
8. What prevented the slaves from knowing their birth days?
9. Who had hired the mother of Frederick Douglass on his farm?
10. What was the source of unhappiness to Frederick Douglass during his childhood? 11. Who is
the mother of Frederick Douglass?
12. What was whispered about the parentage of Frederick Douglass?
13. When was Frederick Douglass separated from his mother?
14. Why were the mother and the child separated?
15. How far did Frederick Douglass’s mother walk to meet him?
16. How old was Frederick Douglass when his mother died?
17. How did Frederick Douglass feel when his mother died?
18. The child with a black mother and white father is referred to as _________.
19. Who was a savage monster according to Frederick Douglass?
20. Where did Frederick Douglass run away from, to escape slavery?
21. Whose daughter was Harriet Bailey?
22. How many slaves did Captain Anthony possess?

11. An Old Woman

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each :

1. In the poem ‘An Old Woman’, ‘You’ refers to______________.

a. the old woman. b. any pilgrim whom the old woman meets. c. Khandoba.
2. What does the old woman offer to do?
3. Where does the old woman want to take the speaker?
4. The old woman is __________.
a. a beggar. b. a person with self-respect. c. a guide appointed by the government.
5. The old woman represents __________
a) inhuman social negligence. b) Greediness. c) happiness.
6. What does the old woman demand for her service?
7. The old woman sticks to the speaker like a _______.
8. The old woman’s eyes are compared to ______.
9. What does the phrase ‘bullet holes’ stand for?
10. ‘You want to end the farce.’ Here, “farce” stands for _____
a. a play that was enacted there. b. the speaker. c. the old woman pestering the speaker.
11. Who is referred to as a ‘shatterproof crone’ in the poem?
12. Name the shrine mentioned in the poem.

12. Two Gentlemen of Verona

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. Where did the author meet the two boys?

2. Who tries to stop the author from buying fruits from the boys?
3. What did the driver tell about the fruits?
4. What did the narrator buy from the boys?
5. Who was younger between Nicola and Jacopo?
6. Who was elder between Nicola and Jacopo?
7. What were the boys doing in the public square?
8. What was one of the jobs done by the two boys to earn money?
9. How old was Jacopo?
10. How old was Nicola?
11. The narrator observed that the two boys spent _______
a. very little money on their food and clothing.
b. more money on their food and clothing.
c. little time to earn money.
12. The narrator was very much impressed by the boys’ personalities because______
a. they were great actors.
b. despite their age, they behaved like true gentlemen.
c. they were not successful.
13. What favour did Jacopo ask the narrator?
14. Why were the two boys visiting Poleta on every Sunday?
15. What was Lucia suffering from?
16. Mention one of the ways the boys helped the resistance movement.
17. How long did the German Elite Guards rule over Verona?
18. Where are Romeo and Juliet reputed to have lived in?
19. How old was Lucia?
20. Whose tomb did Nicola offer to take the narrator to?
21. Name the village where Lucia was being treated?
22. How would the boys usually go to Poleta?
23. Where did Nicola and Jacopo’s father work as a singer?
24. How far was Poleta from Verona?

13. Do not ask of Me, My Love

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

1. What did the speaker of the poem tell his beloved not to ask of him, in the poem ‘Do
not ask of Me, My Love’?
2. What does the speaker request his beloved in the poem ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
3. When was the speaker’s life bright, in ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
4. What is more painful for the speaker in the beginning in ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’
5. When does the speaker’s idea of love undergo a change, in ‘Do not ask of Me, My
Love’?
6. What gave the Spring ‘everlasting youth’ in the poem ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
7. When did the speaker think that the world was with him?
8. What does the line “those dark and brutal curses of countless centuries” suggest?
9. According to the speaker of the poem, ‘there are other________ in the world than
love’.
10. What was everything for the speaker in the beginning, in the poem ‘Do not ask of Me,
My Love’?
11. In the poem, when the speaker says “you are beautiful still, my love, but I am helpless
too” suggests that _____
a. he has to address the miseries of human beings.
b. he is in love with another beautiful lady.
c. he is trying to flatter her.
 ENGLISH GRAMMAR
PASSAGE – 1

IV. Read the following passage and answer the question set on it:

Garcinia Indica is the biological name of the kokum fruit. This is also known as amsul. It is used as
the flavouring agent in dals and sabzis, to add the right tanginess to the preparation. It’s added in
bhindi sabzi so that it doesn’t get too sticky. While cooking arbi and other tubers, kokum is added
to it and this helps to control the itch or irritation to the throat. In Assam, kokum is used to make
tangy fish curry called tenga. One can eat it raw like kachcha (unripe) aam with salt and masala.
This prevents cavities. When we mix kokum with coconut milk, we get the famous ‘sol kadhi’ of the
Western Ghats. Kokum agal or kokum water mixed with lime or pudina is a trend starter. This
prevents dehydration and acidity. Kokum sherbet is popularly called amrut kokum which has
sugar, spices, rock-salt in it. This is the best drink for weight loss.
Kokum butter nurtures and regenerates skin cells. Farm festivals that promote local foods and
food products often sell raw kokum butter. One can use it for many home beauty applications.
Rubbing the soles of feet with kokum butter just before going to bed will provide restful sleep to
the most stressed out mind.

Questions:

1. What is the other name of kokum fruit?

2. Kokum is added with arbi while cooking to control the _____
a) stickiness b) irritation in the throat c) taste
3. Which is the tangy fish curry of Assam mentioned in the passage?
4. What is mixed with coconut milk to make ‘sol kadhi’?
5. How can kokum be used to prevent dehydration and acidity?
6. What is the popular name of kokum sherbet?
7. Name one of the uses of kokum butter as mentioned in the passage.
8. How will one get restful sleep?
9. Add a prefix to get the antonym of ‘hydrate’. * ne, de, un +
10. Raw kokum butter is sold in Farms festival held for the_________ (promote/promotion) of
local foods. (choose the right word given in brackets)

PASSAGE – 2

Read the following passage and answer the question set on it:

One great Chinese traveler, Huen – Tsang had come to India. He studied Buddhism for some time
in Nalanda University. While returning to his country, he carried with him some manuscripts,
grantas relating to Buddhism. He was sailing on the Bay of Bengal to China. Two Buddhist scholars
Gnanagupta and Tyagaraja accompanied him on board the ship. They had planned to travel with
him till the ship crossed the Bay of Bengal and return to their homeland. Suddenly dark clouds
appeared in the sky. Terrific tempests and cyclonic winds began to blow. People on board the ship
feared that the ship would sink. The Captain ordered that if anyone had any heavy article, it should
be thrown into the sea. Huen – Tsang had the heavy manuscripts and grantas. He got ready to
throw them into the sea. Gnanagupta and Tyagaraja said to him that these works are ‘treasure
house of knowledge’. They did not want it to be thrown into the sea. Instead they volunteered to
jump into the sea. They confirmed to tell that Man’s life is transitory and perishable. Knowledge is
permanent and imperishable. They requested Huen – Tsang not to throw away these extra
ordinary grantas. They told that many people would obtain light which would lead them on the
path of ‘Nirvana’ i.e., Salvation. This would result in ‘supreme bliss’. After having said this, the two
Indian scholars jumped into the tempestuous sea. Huen – Tsang continued his journey and
mentioned about these two great people in his books.

Questions:

1. Who was Huen – Tsang?

2. What did Huen-Tsang study in Nalanda University?
3. What did Huen – Tsang take when he returned to his country?
4. How far did Gnanagupta and Tyagaraja plan to travel with Huen – Tsang?
5. What was the fear of the members aboard the ship?
6. What did the captain tell the crew to do?
7. Gnanagupta and Tyagaraja said that these works are ‘a treasure house’. Here ‘treasure house’
refers to_____
a) Sea b) Ship c) Manuscripts and grantas
8. Why did the two scholars jump into the sea?
9. Add the prefix to write the antonym of ‘perishable’ (in, im, ir)
10. One reads books to become ________. (knowledge / knowledgeable)

PASSAGE – 3

Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it:

Max Mueller was a distinguished German poet. Some of his poems were set to music by Australian
composer, Franz (Peter) Schubert. As a youth, Mueller took to the study of the Sanskrit language
with great devotion and started learning the language. He took his Doctorate in Philosophy in
1843. He did research work on Sanskrit and philosophy under eminent scholars in Berlin
University. In 1846, Mueller went to London to copy and collect manuscripts in Sanskrit. He
translated Rig Veda which consists of 1,028 hymns addressed to different gods. As it was being
printed in a London university press, he migrated to Oxford in 1848 and lived there for the rest of
his life.
The first volume of Mueller’s edition appeared in 1849, the sixth and last volume in 1874. This
printed Rig Veda caused great enthusiasm in India. Several publications on Indian Religion and
literature appeared in quick succession. Max Mueller became the greatest interpreter of India to
the Western World. His book ‘India – what it can teach us’ has a special place among his
publications. But, Max Mueller never visited India!

Questions:

1. The famous music composer who set the music to Mueller’s poems was _____.
2. Where did Mueller get his Doctorate in Philosophy?
3. Name the university where Mueller did research work.
4. Why did Mueller go to London?
5. Who translated the verses of Rig Veda into English?
6. Mueller migrated to Oxford in ______
a) 1846 b) 1848 c) 1849
7. When did the sixth volume of Mueller’s edition appear?
8. Name the book of Mueller on India mentioned in the passage.
9. Add a prefix from the brackets to the word ‘appear’ to get the antonym. (un, dis, re)
10. Max Mueller’s______ (interpret) of India is very popular in the Western world.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in the bracket)

PASSAGE – 4

Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it:

The credit for making the first war of Independence a memorable event goes largely to Tantya
Tope. A man with a commanding personality, Tantya had courage, zeal, foresight and ability to
take quick decisions. He was of immense help to Laxmi Bai and Nana Sahib. He was the
commander–in–chief of the rebel army at Shivrajpur. The victory of Indian forces at Kanpur was
mainly due to his able leadership.
After capturing Kalpi, Tantya turned it into the main fort of the rebels. He won many battles by
confusing the British Generals by Guerilla tactics. While the British energy was entirely directed to
search and capture Tantya, he was busy organizing the force to ambush the British. His name was
synonymous with bravery. For days he wandered in jungles facing hardships but still could
hoodwink the enemy. However, he was unaware of a traitor who deceived him. He was captured
by the British on 7th April 1859. In the trial, he admitted that all he did was for the sake of his
country and he had no regrets. The first war of Independence came to an end with Tantya’s death.
Tantya was the only child of Pandurang and his wife Rukma Bai. He was born in Yelva in
Maharashtra but brought up in Bithoor where Nana Sahib lived. He adored Nana and dedicated his
life for him. Tantya’s real name was Ram Chander Rao. He was involved in rebellions since the
Kanpur revolt and remained linked to the war of independence till his death on April 18th, 1859.
Tantya is like Garibaldi in his revolutionary fervor and patriotism.

Questions:

1. How did Tantya Tope win many battles against the British?
2. What was Tantya Tope’s name synonymous with?
3. The credit for making the first war of Independence a memorable event goes to
a) Laxmi Bai b) Nana Sahib c) Tantya Tope
4. The victory of Indian forces at Kanpur was due to __________
(Fill in the blanks with right word from passage)
5. Where was Tantya Tope born?
6. What was the real name of Tantya Tope?
7. When did Tantya Tope stop involving himself in rebellions?
8. Mention the rebel that Tantya Tope is compared to, in the passage.
9. Pick a word from the passage that describes Tantya Tope’s personality.
10. Fill in the blank with the right suffix to the word `Patriot` _________________ (ism, ive, aly)
 PASSAGE – 5

Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it:

A soy bean belongs to the legume family. The beans are the seeds of the leguminous soy bean
plant. They can be grown in a wide variety of soils and a wide range of climates. Soy beans are
versatile as they can be used as whole beans, soy sprouts or processed as a variety of food items,
such as soy milk, tofu, textured vegetable protein, soy sauce, oil and margarine and soy dairy
alternatives. They are also used for making candles and bio diesel.
Soy is an excellent protein rich food. It is low in saturated fats and cholesterol-free. Vitamin B is
plentiful in it. The minerals like magnesium, calcium, iron, potassium and copper are found in
abundance in soy. It is also rich in fibre. Soy is highly recommended because of its ability to lower
the levels of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL), a bad cholesterol. The Food and Drug Administration
has confirmed that foods containing soy protein are likely to reduce the risk of coronary heart
disease.
An easy way to take soy is to drink it in the form of soya milk. It is not available with added flavors.
Soya milk does not contain lactose (milk sugar) and can be drunk by those who are allergic to
normal milk. To get soya milk, soy beans are soaked in water, ground and then strained.

Questions:

1. Which family does soy beans belong to?

2. Where are soy beans grown?
3. Mention one of the food items prepared using soya beans.
4. What are the other uses of soy?
5. Name the bad cholesterol mentioned in the passage.
6. What has the Food and Drug Administration confirmed about soy protein?
7. In recent times soy has been highly recommended because it
a) is rich in vitamin B.
b) can lower the levels of Low Density Lipoprotein.
c) has high quality protein.
8. Why can soya milk be drunk by those who are allergic to normal milk?
9. Add a prefix to the word ‘saturated’ to form its antonym. (un, re, in)
10. The________( versatile) of soy beans is proved by its use as whole beans, sprouts and a variety
of processed food items.
(Fill in the blank using the appropriate form of the word given in the bracket)
 ARTICLES AND PREPOSITIONS

V. A. 34. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets.

1. Once upon a time an elephant made friendship _____ a man. One day _____ heavy
thunderstorm broke out; the elephant went to his friend who had a little hut ____ the edge of
_____ forest.
(a, the, with, on, an, at)

2. “My dear good friend, your skin is harder than mine, there is not enough room ___ both of us,
and you can afford ___remain in ____ rain while I am protecting my delicate skin from ____
hailstorm.” (a, for, by , the, to, in)

3. “My Lord, there is no disturbance of the peace _______ your kingdom. I have only been having
______ little discussion ________ my friend here as to _____ possession of this little hut.”
(an, with, the ,a, in ,for)

4. ______ seeing the personnel, ______ man protested and asked if it was not necessary to include
_____ this Commission ______ member from his side.
( in, a, on, an, the)

5. “Gentlemen of ______ jungle, there is no need ______ me to waste your valuable time_______
relating _______ story which I am sure you all know.”
(in, a, with, of, for, the)

6. “My good man, please confine yourself ____ relevant issues. We have already heard the
circumstances ______ various unbiased sources; all we wish you to tell us is whether _____
undeveloped space in your hut was occupied______ anyone else before Mr. Elephant assumed his
position?” (a, from ,by, to, an, the)

7. _____ our opinion this dispute has arisen through _____ regrettable misunderstanding due
to______ backwardness _____ your ideas.
(from, of, in, a, the, an)

8. Early one morning, when_____ huts already occupied _____ the jungle lords were all beginning
to decay and fall to pieces, he went out and built _____ bigger and better hut a little distance away
_____ the jungle.
( an, by, a, the, in, from)

9. It was quite_____ big city in the valley of a mountain, some thousand five hundred miles ______
home, _____ inhabitants of which had never been known_____ the quality of mercy.
( the , a, for, from, by, to)

10. The narrator stayed in the city in ____ small dingy room. By tradition _______ people there
were professional soldiers. Some ____ them went to distant places and lent out money
___________ interest. (of ,in, the, to ,on, an , a)

11. Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. The story of this young man_____
Murshidabad in West Bengal is _______ remarkable tale ____the desire to learn amid ______
direst poverty. (in, from, of ,a, the, on)
12. Babar lives ____ his three siblings and his parents’ ____ a thatched house which is _____ size
of _____ average city kitchen. (the, a, an, in, with, for)

13. Clad in widow’s whites, stick ____ hand, Tulu Rani Hazra is ____ illiterate fishmonger by
morning and _____ crusading educationalist ____ afternoon.
(an, the in, by, on, a)

14. Babar Ali’s tale is a testament to ___________ difference that one person can make _________
his/her world. In this case it was ___________ mere child who decided to do something
___________ a situation he felt was unfair.
( about, the, by ,a, an, in)

15. On the Eastern base ______ Baba Budan Hills, in Karnataka state, there is_____ obscure little
place now called Sakkerepatna, which _____ one time, a thousand or more years ago was ______
capital of a king called Rukmangada.
(at, an, a, the, of, in)

16. Verona is ____ lovely city, rich _____ history, with quiet medieval streets and splendid
buildings ____ an exquisite pale honey color. Romeo and Juliet are reputed to have lived there.
Bombed in _____ recent war, it has lost its bridges, but not its gaiety or charm.
(the, a, in, of , from)
 VERBS

35. B Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. Once upon a time, a man ________(live) in a hut at the edge of a forest.

An elephant _________ (make) friendship with him. One day, when it ___________(be + rain)
heavily, the elephant _________ (request) the man to allow to put his trunk in his hut.

2. The Lion was the king of the jungle. He __________(want) to have peace in his kingdom. So he
____________ (appoint) a Commission of Enquiry. Mr. Fox ________ (be) the chairman. On seeing
the members, the man ____________ (demand) to include one from his side.

3. Once the Commission of Enquiry___________ (sit) to take the evidence. The Elephant
___________(come) along with a superior air. He __________(justify) his act of occupying the hut.
The man _______________(be + wait) for his opportunity to give evidence.

4. The members of the Commission of Enquiry declared. that they ____________ (have + hear)
sufficient evidence. Then, they __________(enjoy) a delicious meal at the expense of Mr.
Elephant. Finally, they __________(decide) to give the judgement in favour of Mr. Elephant. The
man ___________(accept) the judgement.
5. It was quite a big city. I_______ (stay) in a small room in that city. I __________ (carry) on a
profession of teaching English. I __________(teach) them to write address in English. People
_______(pay) one anna to four annas for writing an address.

6. By tradition, the people of the city ______ (be) soldiers. But, some of them _______(go) to
distant places. Many others __________ (serve) as watchmen. Money was highly valued by them.
For money, they ____________(will + do) anything, even commit murder.

7. I got up at 4 pm and _________ (finish) my daily chores. Then I ___________ (step) out for a
meal. I _______(have) 14Rs in the wallet which was in my coat pocket. I ________(enter) a
restaurant and ordered a meal.

8. The narrator put his hand in his coat pocket to pay the bill. But he __________(begin) to sweat
and almost ___________ (digest) in an instant all that he ___________ (have + eat). The reason
_____ (be) that his wallet was not there.

9. It _______ (be) a busy restaurant. When the narrator didn’t pay t8he bill, the owner ______
(give) a loud guffaw. He _________ (catch) him by the lapels of his coat and told him to put down
the money. All the people__________(be + look) like hungry wolves at him.

10. Nasiruddin Sheikh was Babar Ali’s father. He ____88__ (be) a jute seller. He
_________(support) his son Babar Ali in all his ventures. Thus, Babar Ali _________ (start) his own
school at the age of nine. Today, 800 students ___________(be + get) education in his school.
11. Babar Ali’s school _______(grow) out of a game. In the play ‘School-School’, Babar Ali was the
teacher. His friends ___________ (have + not + see) the inside of a school. They ________ (enjoy)
playing students. They ________ (end) up learning arithmetic and enjoying it.

12. Gradually, Babar Ali’s name spread. Help ________ (begin) to come from other quarters. When
Babar Ali _________ (think) of a mid-day meal scheme, the rice ________ (come) from his father’s
fields. But now, he ________(get) it from the government stock.
13. My jailor let me go when he _________ (hear) of my dream. Then I ________(slip) out unseen
and __________ (climb) the tree. I ________ (hide) myself in its leaves waiting for the Majesty’s
arrival.

14. The Goddess appeared before Mara. She_________ (tell) him to give her message to the king.
She _________ (say) that a tank__________ (have) to be built to the river Veda. Mara
_________(be + wait) for an opportunity to meet the king.

15. Mara said that the Goddess _________(stand) before him. Her tresses _________(be) wild.
She ___________(have + splash) her forehead with vermilion. He _______ (fall) down and prayed
her not to destroy the lake.

16. As we drove through the foothills of the Alps, two small boys _________ (stop) us on the
outskirts of Verona. They ___________ (be + sell) strawberries that _________ ( look) delicious
against the green leaves lining the basket. We _______(want) to buy fruits from them.

17. Nicola and Jacopo’s father was killed in the war. Later, a bomb _________ (have + destroy)
their home. They ________ (suffer) from starvation. Even then, they ______________ (do + not +
lose) their heart. They ________(join) the Resistance Movement to fight against the Germans.

18. The two boys met their sister. One _____________ (can + identify) her resemblance to her
brothers. A vase of wild flowers ___________ (stand) on her table. They also _________(carry)
several books for her. She _________ (feel) happy after meeting her brothers.

19. I waited outside until the boys __________ (rejoin) me and then _________ (bring) them back
to the city. I did not say even a word. I knew that they _____________ (will + prefer) to feel that
they ______________(have + keep) their secret.

20. Frederick Douglass had seen his mother only four or five times in his life. Because, she _____
(be) a field hand in the farm of Mr.Stewart, who _______ (live) about 12 miles away from Douglass
home. She _______ (make) her journeys in the night to see her son. She _________(travel) the
whole distance on foot after her work.
 Subject – Verb Agreement

36. C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject:

1. A man___________ (have/has) a little hut at the edge of the forest. An

elephant______________ (makes/make) friendship with him. One day during heavy rain, the
elephant__________(request/requests) him to allow to put his trunk inside the hut.

2. The commission of enquiry _______(give/gives) judgement in favour of Mr. Elephant. Then the
man _________ (builds/build) a new hut. But, Mr. Rhinoceros___________(occupy/occupies) the
new hut and drives the man away.

3. The man________(goes/go) on building new huts one by one. Every time

he_______(lose/loses) his hut to one or the other animals. Finally, he__________(gathers/gather)
all the animals in the bigger hut and burns them to ashes.

4. The narrator________(stay/stays) in a small, dingy room in the big city. Some migrant laborers
_____(are/is) also staying there. He__________(teach/teaches) English to them to earn money.

5. The narrator____________(get/gets) ready to go to the restaurant. He____________(puts/put)

his wallet in the coat pocket. He____________(have/has) fourteen rupees in his wallet.

6. The narrator said, ``I_______(sleeps/sleep) all day and wake up in the evening.
This_______(is/are) to save the expense of eating the noon meal. So far, I_______(has/have)
saved fourteen rupees’’.

7. Babar Ali______(start/starts) his day by doing some household chores. Then

he_____(takes/take) an auto rickshaw first and later_______(walk/walks) five kilometers to his
school where he is a class XII student.

8. After the classes, other students_______(goes/go) to the playground. But, Babar Ali
________(make/makes) his way to an afternoon school where he______(are/is) the headmaster.

9. There______(is/are) 800 students in Anand Shiksha Nikethan. Babar Ali_______(give/gives) the

lessons just the way he has heard them from his teachers. The students__________(enjoys/enjoy)
his way of teaching.

10. It is easier to enroll kids who______(is/are) not old enough. Class I and I______(has/have)
over 200 students. They________(studies/study) 10 subjects.

11. The teaching staff of Anand Shiksha Nikethan______(are/is) made up of high school student
volunteers. They_____(is/are) helping Babar Ali in making a difference. Among them, Debarita
Bhattacharya_______ (go/goes) to college in Behrampur.

12. Mara_________ (spring/springs) like a buck and ________ (runs/run) up a hill. The village
headman ___________(order/orders) his men to catch Mara.

13. Mara said, `` I will ______(sits/sit) in the temple and________(pray/prays) to God. If the God
in the temple________(thinks/think) I have work to do, he will take me out’’.
14. The Goddess________(has/have) come in Mara`s dream. She says Veda_______(are/is) her
plaything. She _______(wants/want) the king to construct a tank to Veda.

15. Mara________(see/8sees) a man fishing in the lake. He________(warns/warn) him not to fish
in the lake again. He_________(feels/feel) proud in discharging his duties of a watchman.

16. The two boys____________(was/were) selling wild strawberries. Our driver Luigi said,
``__________ (don’t/doesn`t) 8buy them. You can____________(get/gets) better fruits in
Verona’’.

17. The two boys____________(was/were) sitting in a deserted square. A bundle of unsold papers
_________(was/were) at their feet. Jacopo__________(was/were) asleep on his brother`s
shoulder.

18. The two boys______(was/were) seated at the bedside of a beautiful girl. She _____
(was/were) listening to their chatter. She________(was/were) wearing a pretty lace jacket.

19. The two boys________(has/have) accepted the responsibility with dignity and courage. This
selfless action of the boys_________(give/gives) us a hope that there still________(exist/exists)
nobility in human society.

20. The nurse____________(take/takes) the narrator through the vestibule into the hospital. The
hospital ____________(was/were) a villa. The floors____________(was/were) waxed and
polished.
 V. D. 37-38. Correction of sentences

Articles:

1. My friend is a honest man.

2. A Ganga is a holy river,
3. He hit upon a idea of enlisting the help of his colleagues.
4. He is elected as a MLA
5. Once upon a time a elephant made a friendship with a man.
6. He asked me for an sum of money.
7. Roshan was an first to arrive.
8. Honesty is a best policy.
9. I met a elderly gentleman on the street.
10. He is an curator of the museum.
11. A more the merrier.
12. The sugar is bad for your teeth.
13. This is an least of his concerns.
14. I saw the drama in a auditorium.
15. He studies at an University.

Prepositions:

1. I had to reach the station at 10:00 am.

2. I prefer coffee more than tea.
3. He shot for the tiger but missed.
4. He accompanied with his friends.
5. We walked ten kms by foot.
6. I am blessed by good health.
7. Mr Kumar presided in the meeting.
8. Can you think with anyone who can get the job done?
9. The baby was dressed with blue.
10. You must stand with me in times of difficulties.
11. He confessed about the crime.
12. If you do not show it for me, I will shoot you down.
13. He is superior than me.
14. The train arrived in time.
15. We need not spend money for trifles.

Tenses:

1. I am knowing your brother.

2. I am liking it.
3. He has took my books.
4. You resembled your mother.
5. Fortune is favouring the brave.
6. I am forgetting your name.
7. People have the luxury to be saying what they want.
8. When is the train arriving?
9. I am having a sweet tooth.
10. If you would have practiced regularly, you would have won the match.
11. These boxes are weighing thirty tonnes.
12. You are looking gorgeous in this dress.
13. Youngsters are liking spicy food.
14. I am taking a walk after dinner.
15. Scientists are predicting that fossil fuels will be eliminated in the future.

Subject-verb agreement:

1. Every room in this college are neat and clean.

2. A flock of birds are flying overhead.
3. The team have come prepared.
4. Slow and steady win the race.
5. Ten Kilometers are a short distance.
6. The information are helpful.
7. The horse and carriage are at the door.
8. The news are interesting.
9. Bread and butter are his only food.
10. My pair of shoes are missing.
11. My shoes is torn.
12. To err are human.
13. Mathematics are an interesting subject.
14. ‘Gullivers Travels’ are an interesting book.
15. The mob were furious.

Redundancy:

1. I get up at 5am in the morning.

2. He is the most expert.
3. The companies decided to merge together.
4. We must rise up to the occasion.
5. One can obtain examples from past history.
6. She herself was upset at the outcome.
7. I’ll do it myself.
8. He is my most best friend.
9. The shop remains open on seven days of the week and on Sundays too.
10. Bring both your parents to school and your father.
11. I have managed to obtain the original prototype.
12. There are earlier precedents to the case.
13. He could not cope up with the work.
14. He goes to bed at 11pm in the night.
15. You will be prosecuted if you trespass without permission.

Wrong use of words:

1. My father adviced me.

2. The shop sells wooden furnitures.
3. The outcome did not effect him.
4. I bought the pen in a stationary shop.
5. The chief guest complemented the prize winners.
6. The committee gave its ascent to the draft resolution.
7. He gave up his birth to an old lady in the train.
8. Black current is a nutritious food source.
9. He agreed to take up the responsibility in difference to his father’s wishes.
10. I saw beautiful sceneries.
11. They decided to bath the child.
12. He decided to have some desert after dinner.
13. It was a worthy spectacles.
14. He was elected as President of the group.
15. I sleep at 11 pm.

Word order:

1. Why you are late?

2. When you did come?
3. Why you didn’t come?
4. He went to the village to sell his property along with his wife.
5. She has been waiting for him still.
6. Still he is unable to decide.
7. He only lost his wallet.
8. The two first members of the group are active participants.
9. The boy is my son who spoke first in the competition.
10. You should regularly study if you wish to do well in the exams.
11. Daily you must plan your routine.
12. When you decide to did come?
13. The thieves were arrested by the police carrying the contraband.
14. The Manager after hearing the opinion of his adviser came to a conclusion.
15. Every man should do some or other work.
 E. 39 Homophones

1. The Elephant said that he would ___________ (written / return ) his kindness.

2. The lion wanted _________ (piece / peace ) and tranquility in his kingdom.

3. The man was given a ________ (site / sight ) to build a new hut.

4. Learning to _________ (write / right ) an address in English was considered great education.

5. The narrator found that he had lost his _______ (wallet / valet ) in the restaurant.

6. Babar Ali was not an ________ ( idol / idle ) student in his school.

7. Mara was locked in a ________ ( seller / cellar ) behind the old temple.

8. Bhima can swing an elephant by its _________ ( tale / tail )

9. I often _______ ( sea / see ) at the dead of night, a tiger comes to the lake to slake its thirst.

10. Mara _________ ( cowered / covered ) at the sight of the goddess.

11. The King was afraid that it was the ________ ( last / lost ) day of the world.

12. Mara’s ______ ( last / lost ) request was to make his son the watchman of the lake.

13. Verona is a lovely city with ____ ( quite / quiet ) medieval streets and buildings.

14. The two boys were sitting on the pavement beneath the _______ ( pale / pail ) arc lights.

15. Lucia sat propped upon pillows, looked very _______ ( weak / week ).

16. After the war, food was scarce and ______ ( dear / deer ) in Verona.

17.The village headman asked Mara ______(knot / not ) to meet the king.

18 I ate a________ ( piece / peace ) of root.

19. Douglass’ mother was with him in the ________ ( night / knight )

20. Mara wrapped the _______ ( meet / meat ) in the leaves.

 IV. E. 40. WORD CLASS.

Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in the brackets

1. All the animals in the jungle listened to the heated ___________ ( argue ) between the man and
his friend.

2. The lion did not want any __________ ( disturb ) in his kingdom.

3. The elephant said that he was having a little __________ ( discuss ) with his friend.

4. The elephant wants to have the ____________ ( possess ) of the little hut.

5. The members of the commission were known for their ____________ ( impartial ) in justice.

6. The man was given ___________ ( permit ) to build a new hut suited to his needs.

7. The man said that there was no ___________ ( alternate ).

8. He feared that his _________ ( refuse ) might expose him to the teeth and claws of the
members of the commission.

9. The school boy feels that he would forget his ___________(youth) spring if he does not enjoy
his childhood.

10. The people of the city were _______________ ( profession ) soldiers.

11. The narrator saw in his ______________ ( imagine ) a man standing stark naked in the crowd.

12. Babar Ali was a _____________ ( study ) boy in Cossim bazar Raj Govinda Sundari Vidya Peeth.

13. The high school student volunteers are helping out Babar in making a ___________ ( differ ).

14. The presence of Mara was a ___________ ( disturb ) to the road menders.

15. The ___________ ( separate ) of the mother and child hindered the development of child.

16. Luigi disapproved the shabby ___________ ( appear ) of the two boys.

17. The two boys had an unremitting ___________ ( willing ) to work.

18. Before the war, the boys had a _____________ ( comfort ) and cultured life.

19. The selfless action of the boys brought a new __________ ( noble ) to human life.

20. The two boys sat in the __________(desert) square.

 WORD ORDER

V. E. 41. Rearrange the segments to form meaningful sentences:

1. your trunk in/please put/gently

2. peace and tranquility/wanted to have/the lion/ in his kingdom

3. a good deed/ and one day /I shall return /you have done me/your kindness

4. with the findings /I am sure / you will be pleased / of the commission of Enquiry

5. regarded it as my duty /I have always /of my friends / to protect the interest.

6. to save his hut / he invited me / by the hurricane /from being blown away .

7. fool people / you can / but not for ever/for a time

8. was considered / learning to write / great education there /an address in English

9. a fair complexioned man /six foot tall / with a red turban / there stood / and white trousers

10. great deed / done a / you have

11. gave a loud guffaw / startling everyone around /the owner

12. to get a proper education /is the first member / Babar Ali / in his family

13. believes that / education is / Nasiruddin Sheikh / a man’s true religion

14. his own school / Babar Ali / of starting / took the initiative

15. the expense / but is worth / peace is costly

16. a full meal / I ate / chapattis and meat curry / consisting of

17. under the / teaches his students / Babar Ali / open sky

18. gives lessons / just the way / from his teachers / he has heard / Babar Ali

19. at the / started his school / Babar Ali / mere age of nine

20. of nine / the teaching staff / high school volunteers / is made up of

21. is a testament / that one person / in his world / Babar Ali’s tale / to the difference / can make

22. that we want to see / that we be the change / isn’t it high time / in this world?

23. and ran up the hill / like a buck / he sprang off

24. before I go ? / I can do / is there anything / for you

25. you picked fruit / I thought / for a living

26. was steady / Nicola’s smile / and engaging

27. in vexation / Nicola / at his younger brother / was glaring

28. to keep away / have I not / from here / told you / ?

29. before me / the Goddess / stood

30. promised to / back there / she has / wait till / she sees me

31. is my plaything / the Goddess of the lake / I am / and that river Veda

32. must be saving / to America / to emigrate / you

33. every hope / that she will / there is / walk and sing again

34. of my hut / and shut the door / my son in/ I called

35. have I said / to offend you / what / so much sir?

 Question Tags

V. E. 42. Add suitable question tags to the following statements:

1. Your skin is harder than mine, _____________?

2. I am the king of the jungle, ______________?

3. The man was not happy with the findings of the commission, ____________ ?

4. You can’t fool people for forever,_____________?

5. The bird cannot sit in a cage and sing, ___________?

6. The skylark sings with me, _____________?

7. You do not know the local language, ___________?

8. My money was there intact, __________ ?

9. Babar Ali wakes up every day at 7 am, __________?

10. Education is the man’s true religion, ___________?

11. Babar Ali teaches his students under the open sky, ___________?

12. I don’t feel for you, ________?

13. We were doing our work, ____-_____?

14. I am not tempted to kick you, _______?

15. I am afraid of Bhima, _________?

16. You have asked for an audience, __________?

17. Her garment was of gold woven with lightning, ___________?

18. Veda is swelling and carrying mud, _________?

19. The Goddess stood before me, _________?

20. You are virtuous, __________?

21. I must embrace life, ___________?

22. You want to end the farce, ___________?

23. We are leaving on Monday,__________?

24. 2The Goddess carried a sword in her hand, ____________?

25. It won’t cause any trouble, _______?

„Do‟ Form questions

V. E. 43. Change the following sentences into questions beginning with the right form of ‘do’:

1. An elephant made a friendship with a man.

2. The lion replied in a noble voice.

3. The commission sat to take evidence.

4. The man lives happily forever.

5. Birds sing on every tree.

6. The huntsman winds his horn.

7. The narrator carried on a profession in a big city.

8. He puts it into his pocket.

9. Nasiruddin Sheikh supported his son’s venture.

10. The boys help their families by working as mechanics.

11. The girls work as maid servants in the village.

12. Babar Ali wanted to change the situation.

13. He teaches his students under the open sky.

14. Babar Ali lives in West Bengal.

15. They hack the trees into pieces.

16. He sprang like a buck and disappeared.

17. Mara wants to grow fat and strong.

18. Mara built the lake.

19. Mara went to the edge of the lake.

20. It takes a moment to die.

21. They keep looking at the sky.

22. The woman sticks to you like a burr.

23. Nicola answered seriously.

24. We drove to the tiny village.

25. They know Verona very well.

Framing Questions using „Wh‟ WorDs.

V. E. 44. Frame ‘Wh’ questions so as to get underlined word/s as answer:

1. An elephant made a friendship with a man.

2. Peace is costly.

3. An elephant made a friendship with a man.

4. The man had a little hut at the edge of the forest.

5. The school boy loves to rise in a summer morn.

6. The narrator took off his coat.

7. The narrator had fourteen rupees in his wallet.

8. The people looked at the narrator like hungry wolves.

9. The boys help their families by working as mechanics.

10. Tulu Rani Hazra has recruited 80 students.

11. The speaker wanted to be purified by burning in the holy fire.

12. Trees are more humane than humans.

13. Mara sprang off like a buck .

14. Bhīma can swing an elephant by its tail.

15. Mara hid himself in the tree to meet the king.

16. Lakshmana was wounded in the battle field.

17. Mara was praying for the king’s arrival.

18. Mara had requested the Goddess to save the lake.

19. The goddess stood before Mara.

20. Mara pleaded with the Goddess because he wanted to save the lake.

21. The king built a shrine for Mara.

22. A farmer’s wife was born with a bent head.

23. The farmer’s wife decides to embrace life.

24. The old woman demands fifty paise to take the speaker to the shrine.

25. The two boys greet the visitors with friendly faces.

26. The German Elite Guard established headquarters in Verona.

27. The two boys were saving money to go to America.

28. The two boys’ father had been singing at La Scala before the city was bombed.

29. Verona is a lovely city.

30. Douglass’ mother lived about twelve miles from his home.
 REFERENCE SKILLS

VI. A. 45. 1. Read the following advertisement and answer the questions:
SAHARA ART AND CRAFT
Shopping Festival – 2017
Exhibition and Sale

Date : 13th October to 12th November 2017

Time : 10:00 AM to 9:30 PM
Place: Mallappa Kalyana Mantapa.
Questions:

1. When does the shopping festival start in Bangalore?

2. What is the timing of the exhibition and sale?
3. On which website can one contact Sahara art and craft?
4. Where does the shopping festival of Sahara art and craft take place?

2. Read the following advertisement and answer the questions given below:

TAAPASI PROJECTS
RERA Approval Received
No. : PR/KN?170823/00142
BDA Approved - TAAPASI – SUMMER BAY

Luxury Plots, In the Heart of North Bangalore

Sites available at `Rs.3500/ per square foot
4 kms from Vidyaranyapuram

Questions:

1. Which project of Taapasi is approved by BDA?

2. What is the cost of the sites per square foot?
3. How far are the sites from Vidyaranyapuram?
4. What is the website to contact TAAPASI PROJECTS?

3. Read the following advertisement and answer the questions set on it :

Flip kart - Launching Nokia 5

3 GB RAM with pure Android TM
Nougat
@ Rs.13,499/-
No cost EMI from Rs.1500/- per month

Questions:

1. Name the agency that launches Nokia 5?

2. What is the cost of Nokia 5?
3. What is the EMI for Nokia 5?
4. Nokia has ______ RAM with pure Android TM Nougat.
4. Refer the following table and answer the questions

Indian Premier League – 2016

Teams Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate
Mumbai Indians 5 4 1 8 +2.110
Royal Challengers 5 4 1 8 +1.510
Rajasthan Royals 5 3 2 6 +0.430
Sun risers 5 3 2 6 - 0.380
Hyderabad

Questions:

1. Which team has the highest run rate?

2. How many matches has Royal Challengers played?
3. How many matches has Rajasthan Royals lost?
4. Name the team that has the lowest run rate.

5. Refer the following weather report below and answer the questions

Names of April November

cities
Min. Max. Temp. Min. Temp. Max. Temp.
Temp.
Bangalore 29 34 18 26
Mysore 30 35 17 28
Bidar 35 42 19 29
Raichur 36 44 26 23
Note: Temperature in degree Celsius.

Questions:

1. Which city records the highest temperature in April?

2. Which is the coolest city in November.
3. What is the maximum temperature in Bidar in April?
4. Which city records the lowest temperature in April?

6. Read the following table and answer the questions set on it:

Name of the Train Departure Name of the City Destination

Hubli Express 9.30 AM Hubli Bengaluru
Goa Express 8 AM Vasco Bengaluru
Chamundi Express 10 AM Bengaluru Mysore
Brindavan Express 6.30 AM Mysore Bengaluru

Questions:

a. Which train leaves for Hubli?

b. When does Brindavan Express leave Mysore?
c. What is the destination of Chamundi Express?
d. At what time does Goa Express leave Vasco?
 VI. B. 46. Letter Writing:

1. Write a letter to the Principal of your college requesting him/her to grant you a leave of absence
for two days.

2. Write a letter to the Assistant Commissioner requesting him/her to deliver a speech on GST for
the students in your college next month.

3. Write a letter to the BESCOM Officer in charge of your area to reduce the duration of power
cuts to help the students.

Your letter should also include the following points:

a. Inconvenience caused to the students during study time.
b. Irregular power cuts disturb the concentration of students.
c. Request to take remedial measures.

4. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner of your area requesting him/her to take remedial
measures to overcome the stray dog menace.

Your letter should also include the following points:

a. Increase in the number of stray dogs.
b. Frequent attacks by stray dogs.
c. Adopting measures such as castration, relocation etc.,

5. Write a letter to the Commissioner, City Corporation, Bangalore, complaining about the
irregular water supply and the inconvenience caused to the people.

Your letter should also include the following points:

a. Supply of water at odd hours.
b. Non-availability of water to some families.

6. Write a letter to the Principal of your college requesting him/her to issue Transfer Certificate,
the reason being the transfer of your father.

7. Write a letter to the Forest Officer of your area, inviting him/her to preside over the ‘World
Environment Day Function’ organized in your area.

8. Write a letter to the Co-Ordinator, ‘Institute of Spoken English’ seeking information about the
courses offered in the Institute.
 LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS

VII. A. 47. Match the expressions under column A to its corresponding language functions under
column B

I A B
Expressions Functions

1. Take a right turn. i. Making a request.

2. Hi, how are you? ii. Expressing gratitude.
3. It is very kind of you. iii. Complimenting.
4. You look great. iv. Greeting.
5. Could you please carry this bag? v. Giving direction.

II A B
Expressions Functions

1. Well done, we are proud of you. i. Seeking permission.

2. That is a pity. ii. Introducing.
3. Can I have it? iii. Congratulating.
4. Meet my friend, Kavitha. iv. Apologizing.
5. I am sorry. v. Expressing sympathy.

III A B
Expressions Functions

1. See you later, bye. i. Asking for information

2. Sorry, I couldn’t follow it. ii. Leave taking.
3. Want a hand? iii. Complaining.
4. At what time does the train arrive? iv. Request for repetition.
5. I am sorry to say this. v. offering help.

IV A B
Expressions Functions

1. I am sorry, that is not possible. i. Leave taking.

2. Indeed, you are right. ii. Asking for information.
3. See you again, bye. iii. Greeting.
4. How was your trip? iv. Refusing permission.
5. Hi, how do you do? v. Agreeing.

V A B
Expressions Functions

1. I am not sure. i. Greeting.

2. I regret to bring to your notice ii. Seeking permission.
3. Can I take your pen? iii. Expressing preference.
4. Hello, good morning. iv. Disagreeing.
5. I would rather have v. Complaining.
VI A B
Expressions Functions

1. I am extremely sorry for the trouble. i. Leave taking.

2. Thank you very much. ii. Apologizing.
3. Go straight, turn left. iii. Introducing.
4. Sheela, this is my friend Raja. iv. Giving direction.
5. Ok, bye. v. Expressing gratitude.

VII A B
Expressions Functions

1. Can I help you? i. complaining.

2. We would be grateful if you ii. request for repetition.
3. Of course, yes. iii. making a request.
4. I beg your pardon. iv. agreeing.
5. I am sorry to say this v. offering help.

VIII A B
Expressions Functions

1. Well done. i. giving permission.

2. Would you mind passing ii. congratulating.
3. Please go ahead. iii. asking preference.
4. You look smart. iv. making a request.
5. Who do you want to go with? v .complimenting.
 B. 48. Complete the dialogue:

1. Pranab wants to visit Rajasthan. He is collecting information from a travel agent.

Pranab : Hello, Good morning.

Travel agent : _________________, what can I do for you?
Pranab : I’m planning to visit Rajasthan, would you give me some
information about the modes of travelling.
Travel agent : ___________________ by car, or train or by air?
Pranab : ___________________to go by car.
Travel agent : O.K. Sure, would you prefer to go by an A/C car.
Pranab : No, I _________________a non A/C car.
Travel agent : O.K, sir. That can be arranged.
Pranab : Thank you.

2. A parent visits his son’s college and meets the Principal. He enquires about his son’s
performance.

Parent : Good Morning sir.

Principal : ________________. Please have a seat. What can I do for you?
Parent : I am Ganesh’s father. ______________ in first PUC science stream.
Principal : Oh! Is it? Your son is a good athlete. He participates in every athletic
event and has won many prizes.
Parent : Thank you sir. ____________________?
Principal : _________________________, he is not as good at studies. You must see
to it that he studies regularly.
Parent : Definitely .Thank you sir. Bye.

3. Meeting of two friends:

Radha : Good Morning, Sheela.

Sheela : ________________, How are you?
Radha : ________________, thank you.
Sheela : ________________?
Radha : I am going to the market.
Sheela : Ok. ________________.

4. (A conversation between a teacher and the student who has come late to the class)

Student : May ________________, sir?

Teacher : Why are you late?
Student : I am sorry sir._________________.
Teacher : Why did you miss the bus? You should have left the house early.
Student :_________________. Hereafter, I will leave the house 10 minutes early.
Teacher : Ok, come in.
Student : ___________________.
5. (Radha’s sister has met with an accident in Hubli. Radha was on a tour and is in Davanagere.
She is on her way to the bus station to go to Hubli. She enquires the way to the bus station with
a stranger.)

Radha : _______________, Could you please tell me the way to the bus station?
Stranger : You ____________________and turn left.
Radha : Is there a bus to Hubli now. My sister has met with an accident. I need to reach
their urgently.
Stranger : Oh! _______________. A bus leaves for Hubli in 10 minutes. You better hurry up.
Radha : ____________________, bye.

6. (A patient calls a receptionist of a clinic and requests for an appointment.)

Patient : Is this Ashwini clinic?

Receptionist : Yes. ___________________
Patient : This is Sushma. Can I get Dr. Dev’s___________________?
Receptionist : I am sorry. You cannot get his appointment for tomorrow. He is not
available.
Patient : Then ___________________.
Receptionist : You can come on Thursday at 10 o’clock.
Patient : __________________.

7. (Miss. Babitha wants to buy a new television. She visits a showroom and speaks to the
salesperson.)

Salesperson : _________________, what can I do for you, madam?

Babitha : Good morning. ________________.
Salesperson : Do you have any particular brand in mind, madam?
Babitha : _________________go for Sony or LG
Salesperson : Good selection, madam. Both are good. We have the latest models in
both of them.
Babitha : I want to have a look at both of them and _____________
Salesperson : Certainly, madam, I’ll show them and give you the price list too.

8. (Suresh asks Ramesh to drop him to the college. But Ramesh politely rejects his request.)

Suresh : __________________. Where are you going?

Ramesh : I am going to my office.
Suresh : ____________________college?
Ramesh : _________________, it is getting late for me to go to the office. Don’t
think otherwise.
Suresh : It is O.K.______________.
9. (Ashok is travelling in a train. He speaks to the co-passenger who is reading a book.)

Ashok : __________________, would you please close the window?

Co-pas : __________________. I was reading the book. Did you say something?
Ashok : Would you mind closing the window?
Co-pas : Sure, sir. By the bye, where are you from?
Ashok : _____________________.
Co-pas : Oh! It is a beautiful city. It is famous for KRS garden, Palace etc.
Ashok : Yes sir. ___________________?
Co-pas : I have visited it many times. It is a lovely city.

10. (Suma visits Shobha at her house. Suma apologises for not helping Shobha.)

Suma : Hi, Shobha, are you drawing?

Shobha : Oh! Suma, please come in. I was _____________.
Suma : Shobha, you asked me to drop you to the market yesterday. But I
couldn’t, as I was in a hurry to go to the hospital. I am really
________________.
Shobha : It’s okay. Don’t feel bad about it.
Suma : You were busy. Hope I have not disturbed you.
Shobha : ________________________, would you like to have some coffee?
Suma : ________________________. I had it just a while ago.
 C. 49. Dialogue Writing:

1. A student goes to a public library. He speaks to the librarian about the timings. Write a dialogue
between them.

2. Ajay is asking permission from his father to go on a college trip. Write a dialogue between Ajay
and his father.

3. Imagine that you are at Taj Mahal in Agra. You are asking the guide for details about Taj Mahal.
Write a dialogue between you and the guide.

4. Latha is going to the birthday party of her friend. She wants to buy a gift for her friend. She is in
a gift shop and speaking to the shopkeeper. Write a dialogue between them.

5. Suresh has got the 1strank in NEET exam. He shares his joy with his friend Nikhil who has got the
2nd rank in CET. Write a dialogue between them.
6. Kumar has lost his purse on his way to college. His friend, Raju, sympathizes with him for the
loss. Write a dialogue between them.

7. Satish has received an appointment order from Infosys. His neighbour, Ram congratulates him.
Write a dialogue between them.

8. Shobha complains about her headache and asks her class teacher to permit her to go home.
Write a dialogue between them.

9. Srinivas has been admitted to the hospital to get treated for dengue. His friend Anil visits and
consoles him. Write a dialogue between them.

10. You are in ‘Poorvika’ store to buy an I-phone. You are enquiring with the shopkeeper about the
features of the I-phone. Write a dialogue between the shopkeeper and you.

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 I PU ENGLISH FULL SYLLABUS 2022-23
Model Question Paper - 1

Time: 3: 15 hours Max. Marks: 100

Instructions
a. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
b. Write the question number as it appears on the question paper.
c. One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
d. For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each : 12 X 1 = 12

1. What was the elephant’s request to the man in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
2. Mention one of the sweet companies for the school boy.
3. Why did Mara once lay a trap in the forest in ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’?
4. How much did the narrator have in his wallet when he went to the restaurant in
‘OruManushyan’?
5. Mention one of the things that should be provided for free to everyone, according to the
speaker of‘Money Madness’.
6. What is man’s true religion, according to Baber Ali’s father?
7. The speaker of the poem ‘If I Was a Tree’ wants to be a tree because
a. trees are not useful to the people.
b. trees are not treated as objects of defilement.
c. trees live longer than human beings.
8. What was the command of the Goddess to Mara in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
9. When was Frederick Douglass separated from his mother?
10. What does the old woman demand from the pilgrims to show ‘the horse-shoe shrine’?
11. Why were Nicola and Jacopo saving money, ignoring their comfort?
12. In ‘ Do not Ask of Me, My Love’, ’sorrows’ in the line ‘ there are other sorrows in the
world thanlove.’ refers to miseries
a. generated by love.
b. caused by charity.
c. caused by poverty and deprivation.

II. Answer any eight of the following in a paragraph of 80-100words each: 8x4=32

13. How did the elephant cheat the man and occupy his hut?
14. Write briefly the speaker’s experience in the school, in “ The School Boy”.
15. What story did Mara narrate about losing the teeth on the right side of his mouth?
16. How did a stranger save the day for the narrator in “ OruManushyan”?
17. How did “ Anand Shiksha Nikethan” come into existence?
18. How does the poem ‘If I was a Tree’ express the pain and plight of a particular community?
 19. What instructions did Mara give his son, Ganga, about the duties of the watchman of the lake?
20. How does the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ bring out the misery of the farmer’s wife?
21. Narrate the experience of the speaker in ‘An Old Woman’.
22. What did the narrator learn about Lucia from the nurse in‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?

III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1X6=6

23. How does the fear of money affect the individual as well as the multitudes of a money mad
societyin “Money Madness”?
OR
“The story of Nicola and Jacopo in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ redefines the qualities of a
gentleman.” Substantiate.
OR
The details given by Frederick Douglass about the life of slaves depict the painful and harsh
experiences of the slaves. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10

It began on the fateful December day that Rosa Parks left her job at the fair Department store in
Montgomery, Alabama. The square on that day was festooned with red and green Christmas
lights and there was a big banner over one of the stores, saying “Peace on Earth, Good will to
Men”.
Rosa Parks paid no attention to the lights or the banner. She had been working since early
morning and she was very tired. There was a little pain across her neck and shoulders and her
feet ached.
It was Thursday, December 1, 1955. The Black Revolution was about to begin.
In Montgomery as in most southern cities, most of the bus passengers were black. Despite this
fact, the first four seats on all buses were reserved for white people and could not be used,
under any circumstance by blacks. Behind these four seats was a middle section of two or three
seats that “if the front section filled up and one white person came to sit in the middle section,
all blacks in the middle section had to get up and stand in the back.”
There was no need for Rosa Parks to rehearse all this. She was not looking for trouble. What she
wanted was a comfortable seat. Anybody with a keen eye would have seen that this was not the
day, nor the hour to give this mild-mannered woman a hard time.
As she approached the first bus, she noticed that it was crowded and she let it go by for she
wanted a seat; she wanted to be comfortable. Later when she got into the second bus the Negro
section was full and she sank into a seat in the middle section. At the next stop, several whites
got in and one of them was left standing.
The driver looked in the rear mirror and told the Blacks in the middle row to get up and give
place to thewhite man. At this the others in the section vacated their seats. Mrs. Parks remained
seated. The driver this time asked her a little louder to get up. She acted as if she had not heard
him at all.
He stopped the bus, got off and called the police. Two policemen came and asked her if she had
understood the driver’s request. She said “yes’.
‘Why didn’t you get up? One officer asked.
“I didn’t think I should have to” she replied and there came from deep inside her the terrible and
unanswerable question, “Why do you push us around?”
There was no answer in the police manual or in any book to that question and the officer
mumbled “I don’t know, but the law is the law and you are under arrest.”

24. Where was Rosa parks employed?

25. Where was the banner "Peace on Earth, Good will to Men”?
26. Why did Rosa Parks not pay attention either to the lights or to the banner that day?
27. Why did Rosa Parks not get into the first bus?
28. Why did Rosa have to take a seat in the middle section?
29. How did the driver know that the Blacks were seated in the middle row?
30. Who did not obey the driver's order?
31. Every human being likes to lead a life. (comfortable/comforts).
32. Add an appropriate prefix to the word ‘comfortable’ to get its antonym.
33. Which question of Mrs. Parks could the police not answer?

V. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets. 4x1=4

34. Mara had gone …… the forest to bring some bamboo shoots home. ..........his hands thrust
through the bamboo cane when he was cutting …… shoot, he accidentally cut his hand. The
sharp sickle hadapparently cut.....................................................................artery.
( with, the, to, an, a)

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. 4x1=4

35. Mara …… (do) not have any teeth on the right side of his mouth. He ...... (has) to chew
everything on the left side. He …. (be) aged and perhaps they................. (have+fall) off
naturally.

C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: 3x1=3

D. “I …….(have/has) told you the reason twenty times. The king ........ (passes / passed) this way
and I don’t want him to know that our village (has / had) such fools as you,” said the village
head-man.

E. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them. 2x1=2

36. This is an useful book.

37. Bread and butter are my usual breakfast.

F. Rewrite as directed: 6x1=6

38. Sanna plucked …… (some/sum) medicinal leaves from the creeper.

(Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word given in brackets)

39. I did not ask Mara for any …… (explain) because this was the height of his inventive genius.
(Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in brackets)
40.could have /asked for /an/you/ audience.
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)

41. I have no influence over him, ………?

(Add a suitable question tag)

42. He stays in a very small, dingy room on a dirty street.

(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘do’)

43. Babar Ali has brought a significant change in the field of education.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined words as answer)

VI. A. 45.Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it. 4x1=4

College Day Celebrations

Event Time
Inauguration 09.00 am to 10.00am
Exhibition 10.00 am to 1.00pm
Lunch break 1 pm to 3 pm
Valedictory Function 3 pm to 5 pm
Cultural Programme 5.30 pm to 08.30 pm

i) How long does the inauguration go on?

ii) When does the Exhibition end?
iii) What time does the valedictory function begin?
iv) When does the cultural programme start?

B. 46.Write a letter to Sri Dayanand, Commissioner, Mysuru City Police, Mysuru, thanking
him forvisiting your college as the Chief Guest for the ‘Athletic Meet’. 5

Your letter should contain the following points:

 His call to the youth of today to be law abiding citizens.
 His inspirational words about the duties of the citizens.
 His motivational words to join the police force.

VII. A. 47. Match the expression under column A to its corresponding language functions under
column B. 5x1=5

A B

a) Please, give me your notes. Complimenting.

b) Meet my friend Rajesh. Rejecting.
c) You have done a good job. Sympathizing.
d) I will not accept the offer Introducing.
e) What a loss! Requesting.
B. 48) complete the dialogue: 4x1=4

(Ram meets a stranger at the railway station)

Ram : Excuse me. Would you please do me a favour?

Stranger : Certainly, .
Ram : How far is Mysuru Palace from here?
Stranger : Any way, I am also going there. ?
Ram : Yes, Sure .

C. 49) Dialogue Writing: 3x1=3

Krishna has secured a good percentage in his PUC exams. He shares his happiness with his
father.Write a dialogue between the father and the son.

………….
 Model Question Paper-2
Time : 3:15Hrs Max Marks:100

Instructions
a. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
b. Write the question number as it appears on the question paper.
c. One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
d. For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: 12x1=12

1. Who was the secretary of the commission of Enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
2. What does ‘cage’ refer to, in ‘The School Boy’?
3. According to Mara, how do the mongoose and the cowcal cure themselves of
snake bite in‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’?
4. In ‘OruManushyan’, the people in the city would do anything, even for the sake of
money.
a. commit murder. b. rob banks c. beg on streets.
5. Who is the most educated teacher in Babar Ali’s school?
6. wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath in the poem, ‘If I Was a Tree’.
a. Mother Earth b. Rain drops c. Leaves
7. In ‘Watchman of the Lake’, one day a visitor approached Mara to
a. Get water to his village
b. Stop fishing in the lake
c. Work as watchman of the lake.
8. What does ‘the harvest of my womb’ refer to, in ‘The Farmer’s Wife’?
9. Write one of the things that sustained Douglass during the darkest hours of slavery.
10. What does the old woman offer to do to get fifty paisa?
11. Name the village where Lucia was getting treatment in ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
12. What did the speaker ask his beloved not to expect from him, in ‘Do Not Ask of Me, My
Love’?

II. Answer any eight of the following in 80 -100 words. 8x4=32

13. How did the elephant justify his act of occupying the hut in “The Gentlemen of the
Jungle”?
14. How does the school boy view his experience in school in “The School Boy”?
15. How was Krishna cured when he had piles in “Around a Medicinal Creeper”?
16. Describe the people and the place where the narrator lived in ‘Oru Manushyan’.
17. Why does the poet describe money madness as our ‘vast collective madness’ in
“MoneyMadness”?
18. Why does the speaker wish to be a tree in “If I was a Tree”?
19. Give an account of Mara’s meeting with the king on the stormy night in ‘The
Watchman of theLake’.
 20. How does the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ bring out the plight of the farmer’s wife
and her self-assertion?
21. Write a note on the cruelty of Mr. Plummer in “Frederick Douglass”.
22. What were the different ways in which Nicola and Jacopo earned money?

III. Answer the following in about 200 words 1x6=6

23. How does the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’ bring out both the protective and
destructivefaces of nature?
OR
‘Money is the root of all evils in the society’. Examine this statement with reference to the
poem‘Money Madness’.
OR
Babar Ali’s school took shape out of an individual’s responsibility towards society.
Elaborate.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10

Born on March 21, 1916 Bismillah Khan belonged to a family of professional Shehnai players.
At the age of six, he moved to Banaras where his maternal uncle Ali Bux introduced him to the
nuances of playing the simple reed instrument, the Shehnai. For many years the temple of
Balajiand banks of Ganga became the favourite haunt where Bismillah could practice for hours
in solitude. The flowing waters of Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent ‘ragas’ which
were earlier considered to be beyond the range of Shehnai.
His first reward came at the age of 14, as the best performer at the All India Music Conference
inAllahabad in 1930. In 1947 he won three medals at the music conference in Calcutta. On the
firstIndependence Day, 15th August 1947, he played it at the invitation of the then PM
Jawaharlal Nehru. Awards and recognitions came fast. He participated in the World Exposition
in Montreal, Cannes Art Festival and Osaka Trade Fair. An auditorium was named after him in
Tehran called Tahar Mosiquee’ Ustaad Bismillah Khan. The World Music Institute Celebrated
his 80th birthday in New York.
In spite of having travelled all over the world Khan Saab, as he is fondly called, was fond of
Banaras and Dumaron. Once, one of his students wanted him to head a Shehnai school in the
USA and recreated the atmosphere of Banaras there. But Ustaad asked him if he could take the
Ganga there. Talking about Balaji temple he said, “ I have tears in my eyes when I visit the
place”. About Dumraon he said, “ How can I forget the place of my birth?”. While in Mumbai, I
think of only Varanasi and holy Ganga. And in Varanasi I miss Dumraon. No wonder Khan Saab
never thought of migrating from Banaras unlike some stars like Pandit Ravi Shankar or Ustad
Allaudin Khan.

24. How old was Bismillah Khan when he moved to Banaras?

25. introduced Bismillah Khan to the nuances of playing Shehnai.
26. Where was the ‘All India Music Conference’ held?
27. What inspired Bismillah Khan to improvise and invent ragas?
28. played Shehnai for Free India from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
a. Khan Saab. b. Pandit Ravi Shankar. c. Ustad Allaudin.
 29. Where is the auditorium named after Bismillah Khan Saab situated?
30. Bismillah Khan’s birth place is
a. Banaras. b. Dumraon. c. Tehran.
31. Where was Khan Saab’s 80th birthday celebrated?
32. The Prime Minister offered an (invite) to Khan Saab to play at the Red Fort.
33. Add a suitable prefix to the word ‘wanted’ to write its antonym (re, un, de)

V. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets . 4x1=4

34. The narrator slept all day and woke up four the evening. He did so to
save expense of drinking tea or eating the
noon meal. He came out and entered crowded restaurant.
(in, a , at , an, the)

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. 4x1=4

35. Captain Anthony was not considered a rich slave holder. He (own) only thirty
slaves and two or three farms. His farms and slaves (be) under the care of an
overseer. Mr. Plummer (be) an overseer. He was always
(arm) with a cowskin and a cudgel.

B. Choose the correct form of verb that agrees with the subject. 3x1=3

36. Nicola and Jacopo struggle hard to save money. One night they (are/is)
sitting on thestone pavement. When the narrator_______(speak/speaks) to them,
he learns that they _________(has/have) specific plans.

C. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them. 2x1=2

37. Mara returned back from the jungle, one evening.
38. Why did you brought this?

D. Rewrite as directed. 6x1=6

39. Babar Ali’s students did not get .

(bored/board)(Fill in the blank with
an appropriate word)

40. Mara stood in . (amaze)

(Fill in the blank with the right form of the word given in brackets)

41. a miserable/was/ drunkard/ Mr. Plummer.

(Rearrange the segments to a meaningful
sentence)

42. Venice is a picturesque

city, ?(Add a question tag)

43. The narrator thanked the stranger.

(Change into a question beginning with right form of ‘do’)
 44. Nicola and Jacopo were sitting under the arc lights.
(Frame a question as to get the underlined word as answer)

VI. A.45. Read the weather report and answer the questions on it. 4x1=4

Names of Cities May December

Min Max Min Temp Max
Temp Temp Temp
Mysuru 32 36 15 28
Bengaluru 30 32 12 22
Gulbarga 39 44 22 29
Dharwad 35 40 18 27

Note: Temperature in degree centigrade.

a. Which city records the highest temperature in May?

b. has the minimum temperature in December.
c. What is the minimum temperature of Dharwad in May?
d. What is the maximum temperature of Mysuru in May?

B. 46. Write a letter to the Bank Manager requesting to transfer your account from
SBI Chickmangaluru branch to SBI Hubballi main Branch as you have been transferred
to Hubballi.Your letter should have the following information. . 1x5=5
* Type of account
* Account Number

A. 47. Match the expressions under column A with its corresponding language function
underB. 5x1=5
A B
1. Hello! Good Morning. Expressing gratitude.
2. It’s very kind of you. Apologising.
3. Sorry, I won’t allow you inside Introducing.
4. I’m really sorry for the mistake. Greeting.
5. Meet my friend Rashmi. Refusing permission.

B. 48. Complete the dialogue. 4x1=4

Rekha : Hi Adarsh ?
Adarsh : I’m fine. . How are you Rekha?
Rekha : I’m fine too, Thank you. We have a party at home today ?
Adarsh : . I will definetly come.

C.49. Dialogue writing. 3 marks.

Salim goes to a hospital and enquires with the receptionist about an appointment with
the ENTspecialist. Write a dialogue between Salim and the receptionist.
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