10th Imp Question

VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA PARUTHIPATTU
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
Ln.1. Mijbil the Otter:
1.What game did Mij invent ?
2. What compulsive habits had Mijbil developed?
3.What special characteristic of Mijbil did Maxwell learn after he took him to the bathroom?
4. What guesses did Londeners make about what Mijbil was?
5.Give an example from the text to show that Mijbil is an intelligent animal?
6. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did Mijbil do two days
after that ?
7. How was Mij to be transported to England?
LN.2. MADAM RIDES THE BUS:
1. What was the most fascinating thing that valli saw on the street?
2. Why does Valli refuse to look out of the window on her way back? OR How did Valli
react when she saw the dead cow by the roadside?
3. Why does the conductor call valli,'madam'?
4. Why didn’t Valli want to go to the stall and have a drink ? What does it tell you about
her ?
5. Give examples from the text to show that valli was a meticulous planner?
6. Why does Valli stand upon the seat? What does she see now?
7. How did Valli plan for her first journey?
8. What was Valli' s favourite pastime and what was the source of unending joy for her?
9. What kind of a person is Valli? Illustrate your answer from the text that you have read.
10. Describe the appearance of the bus.
Ln.3. The Sermon at Benares:
1.How did Kisa Gotami realise that life and death is a normal process?
2. Why did the Buddha choose Benares to preach his first sermon?
3. What did the Buddha want Kisa Gotami to understand?
4. Why was kisa Gotami sad.? What did she do.in her hour of grief?
5.How did the Buddha teach kisa Gotami the truth of life?
6.Why did Kisa Gotami go from house to house ?
7. What did Siddhartha Gautama see when he went out for hunting? What impression did it
make on his mind ?
8.Why did Prince Siddhartha Gautama leave the palace and become a beggar?
Ln.4: The Proposal
1.Why does Chubukov suspect Lomov when he comes to his house?
2.Why does Lomov wish to propose to Natalya?
3.Who is Lomov ? Why does he visit Chubukov?
4. character sketch of Lomov, Natalya, Chubukov.
Poem:1.The Trees:
1.In the poem “ The Trees” where are the trees? What are their roots,twigs, etc .. trying to do?
2. What are the three things that can’t happen in a treeless forest?
3. What are the trees symbol of?
Poem.2: Fog:
1.How does the poet describe the coming and going of the fog.?
2.Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog
is like a cat.
Poem: 3. The Tale of Custard the Dragon.
1. Where did Belinda live and what pets did she have?
2. Who was Custard and how did he look?
3. Describe the appearance of the pirate./ How did the pirate look?
4. How did Belinda and her pets behave after the pirate had been killed ?
Poem:4: For Anne Gregory:
1.What colour is the young woman’s hair? Why would she want to change it?
2.What did the old religious man declare?
3.What is the main theme of the poem ' For Anne Gregory'?
Supplementary: 1.The Necklace:
1.Why was Matilda in a hurry to go to her house after the ball?
2 How did M.Loisel try to make his wife happy?
3. Why was Matilda always unhappy?
4.Why was Matilda sad after the ball.?
5.Why did Jeanne not recognise her friend Matilda?
Supplementary:2: Bholi
1. For what unusual reasons was Bholi sent to school?
2. Why was sulekha nicknamed ' Bholi'?
3. Why did Bishamber 's Marriage with Bholi not take place?
4. What filled Bholi ,a dumb cow ,with a new hope ?
5. Give examples from the text to show that Bholi was a neglected child?
6. How did the teacher build up Bholi's confidence on her first day at school?
7. What kind of mother,do you think Ramlal' wife was?
8. Why did Sulekha start stammering?
9. When did Bholi begin to believe that she was going to a better place than her home ?
10. Who.is the Artist in the story ' Bholi' ? What is the masterpiece?
Supplementary: 3.The book that saved the Earth.
1.What does Think- Tank infer on listening to the nursery rhyme,'Hey diddle diddle……?
2.What guesses are made by Think Tank about the books found on Earth?
3.What saved the Earth? How?
4. Why was the twentieth century called the era of books?
5. Who was Think Tank? What did he want?
6. How did Noodle address Think Tank and why?
All the very best!

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