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PATRON
Hon’ble SHri. n.R.Murali
Dy. Commissioner, KVS, R.O.Kolkata
Convener
1.
2.
Shri. T. BRAHMANANDAM , AC , KVS , R.O.KolKATA
SHRI. M. SAHU, AC, KVS , R.O.KOLKATA
3.
SHRI. G.C.GORAIN, AC, KVS, R.O.KOLKATA
PROJECT LEADER
Mrs. Sangita Roy, Principal KV Asansol
TEAM MEMBERS
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MRS. MUN MUN BANERJEE, PGT(ENG) K V COMMAND HOSPITAL
02
MR. S.M.S ALAM, PGT(ENG), K V FORT WILLIAM
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MR. N.N. MANDAL, PGT(ENG), K V BARRACKPORE AFS
04
MR. OM PRAKASH RAI, PGT(ENG), K V DUM DUM
05
MRS. SAMPA GARAIN, PGT(ENG), K V COSSIPORE
06
MRS. RANU BANERJEE , PGT(ENG), K V ASANSOL
COMPUTER HANDS
MR. SANTANU MAHATA
MRS. PAROMITA MAZUMDAR
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EXTRACT TYPE QUESTIONS
POEM
1. MY
MOTHER AT
SIXTY-SIX
1ST YEAR
QUESTIONS
1. …….but soon
2011(2)
put that thought away and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children
spilling
out of their homes,……
(a) Which thought did the poet
put away? (1)
(b) What do the ‘sprinting trees’
signify? (1)
(c) What are ‘the merry children
spilling out of their homes’
symbolic of? (2)
2. and
2015(1,2,3)
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children
spilling
out of their homes, but after the
airport's
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter's moon and felt that
old familiar ache,….
(a) How can the trees
sprint?(1)
(b) Why did the poet look at
her mother again? (1)
(c) What did she observe? (1)
(d) Identify the figure of
speech used in these lines.
(1)
3. that she, looked as old as 2012 (3)
she was but soon
put that thought away, and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry
children spilling
out of their homes,
(a) What did the poet realize ?
3
2ND
YEAR
3RD
YEAR
How did she feel ? (2)
(b) What did she do then ? (1)
(c) What did she notice in the
world outside ? (1)
1. Break O break open till they 2011(1)
break the town
And show the children to green
fields, and make their world
Run azure on gold sands, and let
their tongues ;
run naked into books the white and
green leaves open,
History theirs whose language is the
sun.
(A) to whom does ‘they’ refer? 1
(b) What would they break? 1
(c) What other freedom should they
enjoy? 2
2. Surely, Shakespeare is
2011(2)
wicked, the map a bad
2. AN
example,
ELEMENTARY With ships and sun and love
SCHOOL
tempting them to stealCLASSROOM For lives that slyly turn in their
IN A SLUM
cramped holes
AN
From fog to endless night? On their
ELEMENTARY slag heap, these children
SCHOOL
Wear skins peeped through by
CLASSROOM bones and spectacles of steel
IN A SLUM
With mended glass, like bottle bits
on stones.
(a) Why is Shakespeare
described as wicked? (2)
(b) Explain: ’from fog to endless
night’. (1)
(c) What does the reference to
‘slag heap’ mean? (1)
3. On their slag heap, these
2015(1,2,3)
children
Wear skins peeped through
by bones and spectacles of
steel
With mended glass, like
bottle bits on stones
(a) Who are these children?(10
(b) What is their slag heap(1)
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Why are their bones peeping
through their skins? (1)
(d) What does ‘with mended
glass’ mean?(1)
4. . And yet, for these
Children, these windows, not
this world, are world,
Where all their future's
painted with a fog,
A narrow street sealed in with
a lead sky,
Far far from rivers, capes,
and stars of words
(a) Who are these children?
(1)
(b) What is their world like?
(1)
(c) What kind of future does
the poet foresee for them?
(1)
(d) Why does the poet say
that the narrow street is
sealed? (1)
5. Unless, governor, teacher,
inspector, visitor,
This map becomes their
window and these windows
That shut upon their lives like
catacombs,
Break O break open 'till they
break the town
And show the children green
fields and make their world
Run azure on gold sands, and
let their tongues
Run naked into books, the
white and green leaves open
History is theirs whose
language is the sun.
(a) Who can improve the lot
of the slum children?
(b) What kind of life do they
lead?
(c) What is the poet’s appeal
to persons of power and
influence? (1)
(d) What do the ‘the white
(c)
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and green leaves’ refer to?
(1)
2012 (1)
6. Far far from gusty waves
these children's faces.
Like rootless weeds, the
hair torn around their
pallor.
The tall girl with her
weighed-down head. The
paperseeming boy, with rat's
eyes
(a) What are the children
compared to ? (1)
(b) Why do you think the
tall girl is sitting with a
weighed down head. (1)
(c) Give two phrases which
tell us that the children
are under-nourished ?
(2)
2012 (2)
7. The stunted, unlucky heir
Of twisted bones, reciting a
father's gnarled disease,
His lesson from his desk.
At back of the dim class
One unnoted, sweet and
young. His eyes live in a
dream,
Of squirrel's game, in the
tree room, other than this.
(a) Who is the “unlucky
heir” and what has he
inherited ? (2)
(b) What is the stunted
boyreciting ? (1)
(c) Who is sitting at the
back of dim class ? (1)
8. With ships and sun and
love tempting them to
steal-For lives that slyly turn in
their cramped holes
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2014
(Delhi)
From fog to endless night?
(a) Who are ‘them’ referred
to in the first line ? (1)
(b) What tempts them ? (1)
(c) What does the poet say
about their lives ? (2)
1. It would be an exotic moment 2011(3)
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
(a) What will happen if there is
no rush or running of
engines? (1)
(b) Why would it be an exotic
moment? (2)
How would we feel at that
moment? (1)
3. KEEPING
QUIET
2. for once on the face of the
earth,
let's not speak in any
language;
let's stop for a second,
and not move our arms so
much.
2012 (2)
(a) Why does the poet want
us to keep quiet ? (2)
(b) What does he want us to
do for one second ? (1)
(c) What does he mean by
‘not move our arms’ ? (1)
3. Perhaps the earth can teach us 2013 (1)
as when everything seems
dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I’ll count up to twelve,
and you keep quiet and I will
go.
(a) What does the earth teach
us ? (1)
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(b) What does the poet mean
to achieve by counting
uptotwelve ? (1)
(c) What is the significance of
keeping quiet ? (1)
1. A thing of beauty is a joy
for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it
will never
Pass into nothingness; but
will keep
A bower quiet for us….
(a) ‘A thing of beauty is a joy
for ever’. Explain. (2)
(b) A beautiful thing will ‘never
pass into nothingness’. Why?
(1)
(c) What does the poet mean by
‘a bower quiet for us’? (1)
2012 (3)
4. A THING OF
BEAUTY
2. And such too is the
grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the
mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have
heard or read:
An endless fountain of immortal
drink,
Pouring unto us from the
heaven's brink.
(a) Explain : ‘the grandeur of
the dooms’. (2)
(b) What does the poet mean by
the mighty dead ? (1)
(c) What is the source of the
endless fountain of immortal
drink ? (1)
3. A flowery band to bind us to
the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the
inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy
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2013 (1)
days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'erdarkened ways
Made for our searching:
(a) What are we doing
everyday ? (1)
(b) Which evil things do we
possess and suffer from ?
(1)
(c) What are the
circumstances of that
contribute towards
making humans unhappy
and disillusioned with life.
(1)
4. All lovely tales that we have
heard or read:
An endless fountain of immortal
drink,
Pouring unto us from the
heaven's brink.
5. AUNT
JENNIFER’S
TIGERS
AUNT
JENNIFER’S
TIGERS
2014
(Delhi)
(a) Name the poem and the poet.
(1)
(b) What is the thing of beauty
mentioned in the above lines ?
(1)
(c) What image does the poet use
in these lines ? (2)
1.When Aunt is dead, her terrified
2011(3)
hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was
mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she
made
Will go on prancing, proud and
unafraid.
(a) Why are Aunt Jennifer’s
hands terrified? (1)
(b) Why did she make the tigers?
(2)
(c) What will happen to her
tigers after her death? (1)
2. When Aunt is dead her terrified
hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was
mastered by
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The tigers in the panel that she
made
Will go on prancing, proud and
unafraid.
(a) Why are Aunt’s hands said to
be terrified?(1)
(b) Explain: ‘Still ringed with
ordeals’.(1)
(c) How will Aunt’s death affect
the tigers?(2)
3. Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering
through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to
pull.
The massive weight of Uncle's
wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's
hand.
(a) Why are Aunt Jennifer’s
fingers fluttering?(1)
(b) What is the result of the
fluttering? (1)
(c) What does the massive
weight of the wedding
band symbolize?(1)
(d) Identify the poetic device
used in the first line of the
above extract. (1)
4. Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance
across a screen,
bright topaz denizens of a world of
green,
They do not fear the men beneath
the tree;
they pace in sleek chivalric certainty
(a) Why are the tigers called
‘Aunt Jennifer’s tigers?’(1)
(b) What does the prancing of the
tigers suggest?(1)
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(c) What is the poetic device
used in the second line?(1)
(d) What is the poetic device
used in the last line?(1)
They do not fear the men beneath
the tree:
They pace in sleek chivalric
certainty.
(a) Are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers
real? Give reasons for your
answer. (1)
(b) Why do the tigers do not fear
the men beneath the trees?
(1)
(c) What do you understand by
‘chivalric certainty’? (1)
(d) What is the poetic device
used in the above lines?(1)
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
NAME OF QUESTION
THE POEM
1. MY
MOTHER
AT SIXTYSIX
YEAR OF
BOARD
QUESTION
(1)
1. WHAT WERE Kamala
2011(1)
Das’ fears as a child? Why
do they surface when she is
going to the airport?
2. Why has Kamala Das
2011(3)
compared her mother with
‘a late winter’s moon’?
3. Why has the poet brought
in the image of the merry
children spilling out of
their homes?
4. Why are the young trees
2012 (2)
described as sprinting?
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YEAR OF
BOARD
QUESTIO
N (2)
2013 (1)
YEAR
OF
BOAR
D
QUEST
ION (3)
5. Why has the mother been
compared with the late
winter’s moon?
6. What is the ache and pain
that the poet feels?
7. Why does the poet smile
and what does she say
while bidding goodbye to
her mother?
8. What do the parting words
of the poet and her smile
signify?
9. What is the significance of
the parting words of the
poet and her smile, in
My Mother at Sixty-six?
10.What were the poet’s
feelings at the airport ?
How did she hide them ?
2. AN
ELEMENT
ARY
SCHOOL
CLASSRO
OM IN A
SLUM
2012 (1)
11.How does Kamala Das try 2014 (Delhi)
to put away the thoughts of
her ageing mother ?
1. What message does
2011(3)
Stephen Spender convey
through the poem, ‘An
Elementary School
Classroom in a Slum’?
2. What is the theme of the
poem ‘An Elementary
School Classroom in a
slum’?
3. How are the slum children
described in the poem?
4. What do slum children
inherit from their parents?
5. In what context does the
poet use the term ‘gusty
waves’?
6. What is suggested by the
young boy whose eyes live
in a dream of squirrel’s
game in trees far away?
7. How is the comparison of
the slum children with
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3.
KEEPING
QUIET
‘bottle-bits on stones’ apt?
8. What is the significance of
‘fog’ in the poem?
9. Why is the ‘map’ a bad
example?
10.How is Shakespeare
‘wicked’ for these
children?
11.Who can help these
children?
12.Explain: ’History theirs
whose language is the sun’.
13.What might be the reasons
for the tall girl to sit with
her ‘head weighed-down’?
14.Why does Spender call
Shakespeare wicked and
the map a bad example?
15.“So blot their maps with
slums as big as doom”,
says Stephen Spender ?
1. What is the sadness that the
poet, Pablo Neruda refers
to in the poem, 'Keeping
Quiet’?
2. Do you think the poet
Pablo Neruda advocates
total inactivity and death?
Why/ Why not?
3. ‘Life is what it is
about;….’ How is keeping
quiet related to life?
4. How will ‘keeping quiet’
protect our environment?
5. Why does one feel ‘a
sudden strangeness’ on
counting to twelve and
keeping quiet?
6. How can you say that the
poet appeals for silence and
stillness but does not
advocate death?
7. According to Pablo
Neruda, what is it that
human beings can learn
from Nature?
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2012 (3)
2011(1)
2011(2)
2015(1)
2015(3)
2015(2)
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
1.
2.
3.
4.
4. A
THING OF
BEAUTY
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Why does the poet not
want us to speak in any
language?
What will countingupto
twelve and keeping still
help us achieve?
How can suspension of
activities help ?
What lesson does the poet
ask us to learn from
Nature?
Do you thing the poet
advocates total inactivity
and death ?give a reasoned
answer.
Which is the exotic
moment that the poet refers
to in ‘Keeping Quiet’ ?
What is the message of the
poem ‘a thing of beauty’?
Mention any four things of
beauty that add joy to our
life.
What objects of nature
does Keats mention as
sources of joy in his poem,
‘A Thing of Beauty’?
How does the loveliness of
a beautiful thing go on
increasing?
How are we 'wreathing a
flowery band to bind us
to the earth'.
What does the poet refer to
by 'unhealthy and o'erdarkened ways'.
In what context does the
poet refer to the ‘simple
sheep’
How are some of the ‘tales
that we have heard or read’
beautiful according to the
poet?
What is the ‘grandeur’
associated with the ‘mighty
dead’?
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2012 (1)
2012 (3)
2014 (Delhi)
2011(1)
2015(1)
2015(3)
2012 (1)
5. AUNT
JENNIFER’
S TIGERS
10.How is a thing of beauty a
joy for ever ?
1. What kind of ordeals is
Aunt Jennifer surrounded
by?
2. How do the words
‘denizens’ and ‘chivalric’
add to our understanding of
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers ?
3. Why did Aunt Jennifer
choose to embroider tigers
on the panel ?
4. How has Aunt Jennifer
created her tigers ? What
traits of the tigers do they
reveal ?
5. What will happen to Aunt
Jennifer’s tigers when she
is dead ?
6. What are the difficulties
that Aunt Jennifer faced in
her life ?
7. Of what or of whom is Aunt
Jennifer terrified in the
third stanza ?
8. Do you sympathies with
Aunt Jennifer ? What is the
attitude of the speaker
towards Aunt Jennifer ?
9. Describe the poetic
devices used in the poem.
10.What does the poet try to
convey through the poem,
“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” ?
2012 (2)
2012 (1)
2012 (2)
2012 (3)
2013 (1)
2014 (Delhi)
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QUESTION BANK OF PROBABLE QUESTIONS OF AISSCE, 2016
ENGLISH CORE (301)
KOLKATA REGION
The last Lesson
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SAQ OF 3 MARKS (CONTENT 2 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 1 MARK)
SET: ONE
1. Why was Franz fond of roaming near the forest?
2. Why was Franz unwilling to learn the lesson on participle?
3. When and where was it discussed that the discontinuing of French was disheartening
for a particular community? Discuss.
4. What were the regrets of Mr. Hamel?
5. Why was Franz unwilling to attend the last lesson?
SAQ OF 3 MARKS (CONTENT 2 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 1 MARK)
SET: TWO
1. How did Mr. M Hamel encourage the students to respect their own language in his
last lesson?
2. What tempted Franz to stay away from the school? Comment.
3. Did Franz get the same treatment that he expected while going to attend the last
lesson?
4. Why did the people living in the vicinity attend the last lesson?
5. What did Franz see through the window when he reached his school?
LAQ OF 6 MARKS (CONTENT 3 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 3 MARKS)
SET: ONE
1. How different from usual was the atmosphere at school on the day of the last lesson?
(The Last Lesson)
2. Everybody during the last lesson is filled with regret. Comment .(The Last Lesson)
3. How did the order from Berlin change the situation in the school? (The Last Lesson)
4. What does the pigeon episode connote? Enunciate. (The Last Lesson)
5. What were the challenges for Franz while studying French? (The Last Lesson)
LAQ OF 6 MARKS (CONTENT 3MARKS AND EXPRESSION 3 MARKS )
SET: TWO
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1. Why was Franz unwilling to attend the last class even though he eventually
attended it? (The Last Lesson)
2. How had Mr Hamel Voiced his concern as to the betterment of the learning of
French? (The Last Lesson)
3. How can you support the view that the last lesson had an ambience of high
emotional interaction? (The Last Lesson)
4. Why was it decided that the teaching of French should be discontinued? Elaborate
it in the light of its background happenings? (The Last Lesson)
5. The story of the last lesson is a portrayal of the learning psychology of the child in
a given context. How? Elaborate.
Lost spring
SAQ OF 3 MARKS (CONTENT 2 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 1 MARK)
SET: ONE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What is the attitude of the family of Mukesh towards their situation?
What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps?
What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents?
What were the ambitions of Mukesh ?
What was Saheb expecting to do in his life in future?
SAQ OF 3 MARKS (CONTENT 2MARKS AND EXPRESSION 1 MARK )
SET: TWO
1. Through the years rag-picking has acquired the proportions of a fine art in
Seemapuri. Enunciate.
2. Why were the poor bangle sellers unable to organize themselves into a cooperative?
Discuss.
3. Mention the hazards of working in the glass-bangle industry.
4. The title lost spring is metaphorical. Delineate.
5. Saheb-e Alam was a victim of his present circumstances. Elaborate.
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LAQ OF 6 MARKS (CONTENT 3 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 3 MARKS)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
SET: ONE
What was the role of the middle men in perpetuating the misery of the workers of the
glass-bangle industry?
Mukesh could not realise his dream in life. What were the factors that debarred him
from this realization?
What was the general opinion about the workers of the glass-bangle industry?
The glass-bangle industry had human life debilitating circumstances. Elaborate with the
help of the text content.
Saheb-e-Alam lost the hey days of his childhood because of the penury that he suffered
in life. This adversely affected his future. Comment.
LAQ OF 6 MARKS (CONTENT 3 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 3 MARKS )
SET: TWO
1. What were the odds that Mukesh and Saheb-e-Alm struggled with. Describe in
details.
2. Describe the usual life of a usual day of Mukesh.
3. What was the plight of the house where Mukesh was dwelling?
4. Lost Spring is a tale that tells how penury can ruin the prospect of a pleasant
human life.
Enunciate.
5.
Child hood is the most precious time of the life of a person in terms of the
future prospects and gains of life. Do you agree that the story of lost spring is a
portrayal of this conviction . Why? Why not?
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Deep water
SAQ OF 3 MARKS (CONTENT 2 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 1 MARK)
SET: ONE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
How did William Douglas overcome his fear of deep water?
What was the role of the trainer in making Douglas overpower his deep-seated fear?
What was the incident that happened in the YMCA pool?Discuss.
What happened with Douglas when he was swimming in the Went worth lake?
Why did Douglas develop an aversion to deep water?
SAQ OF 3 MARKS (CONTENT 2 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 1 MARK )
SET:TWO
1. Deep water is the story where Douglas is affected by his unpleasant memories.
Explain.
2. Why did Douglas get affected by his unpleasant memories while swimming in
deep water?
3. Memories have a tendency to affect reasoning adversely. How can it be justified
in the context of the swimming-related behaviour of Douglas?
4. The fear of Douglas was based on unpleasant memory and resulted in the
diffidence of his swimming skills. Do you agree? Why? Why not?
5. Describe the plight of Douglas in lake Wentworth while he was swimming there.
LAQ OF 6 MARKS (CONTENT 3 MARKS EXPRESSION 3 MARKS)
SET: ONE
1. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was
thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?
2. Why does Douglas as an adult recount the child hood experience of terror in deep
water?
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3. All we have to fear is fear itself. What is the context? How far is it justified in the
context of the lesson-Deep water?
4. Courage and optimism helped Douglas. Elaborate in the light of the text of the
lesson- Deep Water.
5. What undesirable happening occurred to William Douglas while he was swimming in
the pool? What was its aftermath?
LAQ OF 6 MARKS (CONTENT 3 MARKS AND EXPRESSION 3 MARKS )
SET: TWO
1. Unsavoury memories were revived when Douglas went to swim. What was the context?
When did it happen? Describe the situation in details.
2. When did Douglas feel liberated in the story? Describe the occasion at length.
3. Why did Douglas go to lake Wentworth in New Hampshire? How did he make his terror
flee?
4. What were the concerns of Douglas while swimming in deep water? Were these
concerns logical? Enunciate.
5. Douglas was a well trained swimmer but his bad memories sapped his mental strength
and in
the process his behavior turned illogical and Douglas got overpowered by fear. It is
reflected in his behavior. Comment.
INDIGO
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer the following Questions in 30 to 40 words. (3marks)
1. Why did Gandhiji agree to the planters offer of a 25% refund to the farmers?
(2009,2013)
2. How did Shukla succeed in persuading Gandhiji to visit Champaran? (2008)
3. Why did Rajkumar Shukla want to take Gandhiji to Champaran?(2008)
4. What made Gandhiji declare ‘the battle of Champaran is won?
5. What argument did Gandhiji give for not complying with the official orders to quit
Champaran?
6. Why did the servants think Gandhiji to be another peasant? (2010)
7. Why did Gandhiji object to CP Andrew’s stay in champaran? (2009)
8. How did Gandhiji help the peasants of Champaran? (2009)
9. How was Gandhiji able to influence the lawyers at Champaran? (2009)
10. How did Champaran episode change the plight of the peasants?
11. Gandhiji was involved in a conflict of duties. What did he decided in the end and
why?
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12. Gandhiji’s politics were intertwined with practical day to day problem of the
millions.
Justify this statement.
13. Describe the social work that Gandhiji undertook to do in Champaran.
14. ‘This was typical Gandhiji pattern” observes Louis Fisher. What do you learn about
Gandhian politics from this extract?
15.Why did the servants in Rajendra Prasad’s house didn’t allow Gandhiji to take water
from
the well?
16.Why the magistrate release Gandhiji? (2014)
17. How can you justify that Rajkumar Shukla was a resolute? (2015)
18.What were the terms of the Indigo contract between the British landlords and the
Indian
peasants? (2015)
19. How was Gandhiji treated at Rajendra Prasad’s house? (2015)
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions in 120-150 words. (6 marks)
1. Exploitation is a universal phenomenon. The poor indigo farmers were exploited by
the
British landlords to which Gandhiji objected. Even after our independence we find
exploitation of unorganized labour. What values do we learn from Gandhiji’s campaign
to counter the present day problems of exploitations? (2015)
2. Why did Gandhiji agree to a settlement of 25% refund to the farmers? How did it
influence the peasant-landlords relationship in Champaran?
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3. How can you say that ordinary people too contributed to to the freedom of the
country
during freedom movement? (2005)
4. ‘Freedom from fear is more important than legal justice for the poor’.
Do you think that the poor of India are free from fear after Independence?
Describe how Champaran turned to be a turning point in Gandhiji’s life. How did the
success of Champaran justify the way and means adopted by Gandhiji during Civil
Disobedience?
5. Describe how Champaran turned to be a turning point in Gandhiji’s life. How did the
success of Champaran justify the way and means adopted by Gandhiji during Civil
Disobedience?
6. ‘Self- reliance, Indian independence and helps to the share croppers were all bound
together’. Elucidate on the basis of reading ‘Indigo by Louis Fisher.
7. How did Gandhiji use Satyagraha and Non-Violence at Champaran to achieve his
goal?
(2008)
THE RATTRAP
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer the following Questions in 30 to 40 words. (3marks)
1. From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap? Why was he
amused by the idea?
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2. What made the peddler think that he had fallen into a rattrap?
3. What made the peddler accept Edla Wilmanson’s invitation?
4. What did the peddler say in his defense when he was threatened by the ironmaster to
hand him over to the sheriff?
5. Why did the peddler sign himself as Captain Von Stahle?
6. Justify the title of the story ‘The Rattrap’.
7. What message does the story ‘The Rattrap’ convey?
8. How did Edla Wilmanson intercede for the vagabond when her father asked him to leave
the place
at once?
9. Why was the old crofter so friendly and relaxed with the peddler?
10. How did the author employ the metaphor of ‘The Rattrap’ effectively in the story?
Explain with
example from the text.
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11. The crofter can be called a good host. Why?
12. Why was Edla happy to see the gift by the peddler?
13. Why did the ironmaster speak kindly and invite the peddler to his home?
14. Why did the peddler decline to come home with the iron master?
15. How did the peddler reach the Ramsjo Ironwork?
16. Why was the crofter so friendly and talkative with the peddler?
17. Edla was a better judge than her father. Justify this from the story ‘The Rattrap’.
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions in 120-150 words. (6 marks)
1. Describe how the story ‘The Rattrap’ shows that basic human Goodness can be
brought out
by understanding and love.
2.Edla proved to be much more persuasive than her father while dealing with the
peddler.
Comment.
3.Why did the Crofter repose confidence in the peddler? How did the peddler betray
that and
with what consequence.
4.What impression do you form of Edla on reading the story “ The Rattrap”?
5.Peddler enjoys the sympathy of readers right from the beginning of the story. Draw a
character sketch of the peddler justifying the sympathy he generates among the
readers.
6.How did the peddler feel after robbing the crofter? What does his reaction highlight?
7.Describe the peddler’s meeting with the iron master. How did he declare his
invitation?
8.Compare and contrast the character of the iron master with that of his daughter.
9.The story’ The Rattrap’ focuses on human loneliness and the need to bond with
others.
Justify the statement from the story “The Rattrap”.
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GOING PLACES
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words (4 marks)
Q1) What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of ? Why does Jansie discourage
her from having
unrealistic dreams ?
Q2) Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey ?
(2008)
Q3) Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about in her meeting with Danny Casey ?
Q4) How as Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her Future ?
Q5) Why didn't Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny Casey ?
Q6) What did Sophie think of Geoff ? (2008)
Q7) Describe Sophie's father ?
Q8) How does Sophie 's father react when Geoff tells him about her meeting with Danny
Casey?
Q9) "Casey must have strings of girls" warns Geoff. Why does Geoff say such things
about Casey to
Sophie ?
Q10) How does Sophie describe her imaginary meeting with Danny Casey to Geoff ?
Does Geoff believe
her ?
Q11) Why was the visit of Sophie's father and his family to watch United 'their weekly
pilgrimage' ?
Q12) Sophie would sit for hours wishing Danny would come what made her sad and
despondent in the
end ?
Q13) Did Sophie ever meet Danny Casey ? When did she actually see Casey in person?
(2010)
Q14) Who was Danny Casey ? Why was the members of Sophie's family so crazy after
seeing him ?
Q15) Jansie knows her limitations. How?
Q16) Why is Sophie jealous of Geoff's silence ? How does Geoff share her secret ?
Q17) How does Sophie's father react to her story of meeting with Danny Casey ? (2010)
Q18) Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey
?
Q19) "Damn that Geoff this was a Geoff thing not a jansie thing". Why did Sophie say so
? (2010)
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Q20) What thoughts came to Sophie's mind as she sat by the canal?(2010)
Q21) Why didn't Sophie want Jansie know about her meeting with Danny Casey?
Q22) What are the adolescent issues discussed in the lesson " Going Places"?
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions in 120- 150 words. (6 marks)
Q1)Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her
perspective what did
he symbolize?
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Q2) Compare and contrast Sophie and Jansie with relevant instances from the story
"Going
Place"?(2009)
Q3) Describe Sophie's father?
Q4) Dreams are not those that we see in our sleep, they should be the one's who never
let us sleep?
Justify this statement from the lesson "Going Place"?
Q5) Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot realise.
Comment.
(2015)
Q6) What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of
her family's
financial status?
Q7) Contrast Sophie's real world with her Fantasies? (2009)
Q8) Do you think Sophie is the representative of unguided adolescent? Discuss.
Q9) One of Your friend Studying in the city is victim of adolescent fantasizing and the
hero worship.
Write a letter to her making her realise the wrong path she is treading and guiding her
through the right
way being true friend?
Q10) "Going Places" is partly about teenage behaviour and how it affects the individual
and his/her
relationship with others. Discuss?
Q11) It is natural for teenagers to have unrealistic dreams what would you say are the
advantages and
disadvantages of such fantasizing?
Q12) What impression do you form about Sophie after Reading the story "Going
Places"?
Q13) The unrealistic dreams determine negativity and failure .Childhood dreams
dishearten and
disappoint the people. Write an article on the topic "Horrors of unrealistic dreams"
taking ideas from
the following lines5
"For some while waiting, she imagined his coming. She watched along the canal, seeing
him come out of
the shadows, imagining her own consequent excitement.
Q14) Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if
ever, do they forgive
them. The attitude of parents shape the child's perception. Write an article on effective
parenting taking
idea from the following lines...
"Sophie's father was scooping shepherd's pie into his mouth as hard as he could go his
plump face still
grimy and seat marked from the day... outside the that she passed her father's bicycle
dropped against
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the wall, and was glad.
Q15) In this story "Going Places" the author A.R.Barton has successfully taken the
reader to places.
Elaborate?
Q16) How did Sophie detail her meeting with Danny Casey? (2014)
Q17) It is not usual for a lower middle class girl to dream big. How unrealistic were
Sophie's
dream?(2015)
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VISTAS
Questions that have been repeated at least three or more times
TYPE 1
Answer the following Questions in about 30-40 words: - 3 marks
Topic:- The Tiger King
a) The astrologer’s prediction about the death of the tiger king came to be true. Do you agree
with this statement? Explain why or why not?
b) Describe the efforts made by the tiger king to achieve his target of killing a hundred tigers.
c) How did the tiger king acquire his name?
d) Why did the Maharaja order the Dewan to double the land tax?
e) How did the tiger king celebrate his victory over the killing of the hundredth tiger?
TYPE 2
Questions repeated one or two times
3 marks
a) Who is the Tiger King? How does he get that name?
b) How did the Tiger King meet his end? What is ironical about his fate?
c) What did the state astrologers say he would do “if the hundredth tiger were also
killed”?
d) Why was the Maharaja in fear of losing his throne? How did he solve this problem?
e) How did the Maharaja manage to save his throne?
f) What did the high-ranking British Officer wish to do? Was his wish fulfilled?
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LONG QUESTION ANSWER
Repeated three or more times
6 marks
a)
b)
c)
d)
Type 1
Why was the Maharaja so anxious to kill the hundredth tiger?
How did the Tiger King stand in danger of losing his kingdom? How was he able
to avert the danger?
How did the Dewan try to help the Maharaja achieve his mission?
How did the hundredth tiger take its final revenge upon the Tiger King?
TYPE 2
Questions repeated one or two times
6 marks
a) The story of “The Tiger King” is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How
does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
b) When and why did the Maharaja decide to get married?
c) Why do you think, was the Maharaja in danger of losing his throne?
d) What did the British Officer’s secretary tell the Maharaja? Why did he refuse
permission?
e) How did the Tiger King celebrate his victory over the killing of hundredth
tiger?
f) Draw a character sketch of the “Tiger King” of Pratibandhapuram in your own
words?
g) What miracle took place when the baby prince was ten days old?
h) “Destiny has its own ways”. Does this proverb suitably apply in the case of the
Tiger King? Explain.
TOPIC :-The Enemy
TYPE 1
Questions repeated three or more times
marks
3
a) Why had Hana to wash the wounded man herself?
b) Did Hana think the Japanese tortured their prisoners of war? Why?
c) What explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier? Was it
human consideration, lack of national loyalty, dereliction of duty or simply selfabsorption?
d) How was the plan of the of the prisoner’s escape executed in the story?
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TYPE 2
Questions repeated one or two times
3
marks
a) Describe the difficulties faced by Dr. Sadao when he tried to help the enemy
soldier?
b) What was the old gardener’s reaction when Dr.Sadao gave shelter to the enemy
soldier?
c) Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield?
d) How did Dr. Sadao get rid of the enemy soldier?
e) Why did the General spare the American soldier?
f) Why did the servants leave Dr.Sadao’s house?
g) Why did the messenger come to Dr. Sadao? What did Hana think about it?
h) How did Dr. Sadao ensure that the American soldier left his house but he himself
remained safe and secure?
LONG QUESTION ANSWER
Type 1
Questions repeated three or more times:
6
marks
a) What secret plan did the General have about the American soldier staying under
the care of Dr. Sadao?
b) Why did Dr. Sadao let the wounded American soldier escape? Explain
highlighting the character of Dr. Sadao?
c) Why did the Servants leave Dr. Sadao’s house?
d) How did Dr. Sadao get rid of the enemy soldier?
e) What forced Dr.Sadao to be impatient and irritated with his patient?
TYPE 2
Repeated one or two times
6 marks
a) While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially
during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?
b) In what context does Hana remember General Takima? What does she infer?
c) Draw a character of the old General in the lesson, ‘The Enemy’.
d) Dr.Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier.
What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance
from the domestic staff?
e) There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our
roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty.
Discuss with referenceto the story you have just read.
f) What impression do you form about Dr.Sadao as a man and as a Surgeon on
your reading the chapter, ‘The Enemy’?
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TOPIC:- Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
TYPE 1
Questions repeated three or more times:
3 marks
a) Why did JO disapprove of Jack’s ending of the story of Roger Skunk?
How did she want it to end?
b) How is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child ?
Explain with reference to the lesson, ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy’?
c) Why was Roger Skunk’s mommy angry? Does her anger seem justified?
What did she decide to do?
d) Why did Roger Skunk visit the owl? What did the owl advise him?
TYPE 2
Questions repeated one or two times:
3 marks
a) Why did Jo think Roger Skunk was better off with the new smell?
b) How did Jo want the wizard to behave when mommy Skunk
approached him?
c) What part of the story did Jack himself enjoy the most and why?
d) Why does Jo insist that her father should tell her the story with a
different ending?
e) How did the wizard help Roger Skunk?
Long Question Answer:
6 marks
Questions repeated 3 or more times:
Type 1:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Why did Jo want the wizard to hit the mother?
How does Jo want the story to end and why?
Why did Jo think Roger Skunk was better off with the new smell?
How did the wizard help Roger Skunk? Explain in your own words.
Type II:
Repeated one or two times:
6 marks
a) What is the moral issue that the story should wizard hit mommy
raises?
b) Why did Jo want the wizard to hit the mother?
c) How was the Skunk’s story different from the other stories narrated by
Jack?
d) How is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child?
Explain with reference to the lesson, ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy?’
e) How does Jack assert his authority as a father over his daughter?
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Memories of Childhood
Type I
Short answer (30-40 Words) 3 marks each
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Why was Zitkala-Sa in tears on the first day in the land of apples?
What sort of shows or entertainment attracted Bama?
Which activities of the people would Bama watch weekly in the Bazaar?
How did Zitkala-Sa try to avoid the loss of her long hair?
What were the articles in the stalls & shops that fascinated Bama on her way back
from school?
6. What kind of discrimination did Bama and Zitkala experience? How did they respond
to their respective situations? (2009)
7. What are the similarities in the lives of Bama & Zitkala though they belong to
different cultures? (2009)
8. Why was Zitkala-Sa terrified when Judewin told her that her hair would be cut short?
(2010)
9. What advice did Annan offer to Bama? (2011)
10.What did Zitkala-Sa do to prevent her hair from being cut off? How did she react to
it? (2011)
Long Answer (120-150 Words) 6 marks each
1. We Too Are Human Beings highlights high caste- low caste discrimination in society.
How do low caste people suffer on account of this? What advice is given to Bama to
overcome this problem? (2015).
Type II
1. What would take Bama half an-hour to cover ten minutes distance? (2005, 2007,
2008).
Evans Tries an ‘O’ Level
Short Answers ( 30-40 words) 3 marks each
1. Who do you think has outwitted the other – Evans or the Governor? How? (2001)
2. What clues did the answer sheet of Evans provide to the Governor? (2009)
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3. How did Mc Leery explain the semi-inflated rubber ring in his suitcase? How was the
ring ultimately used? (2010)
4. How did the Governor react to the two phone calls he received in quick succession?
(2011)
5. Who was Carter? What did the Governor ask him to do? (2012)
6. What were the contents of the small brown suitcase that Mc. Leery carried? (2012)
7. Who do you think made the call to announce a correction in the question paper?
What was its purpose?
Long Answer ( 120-150 Words) 6 marks each
1. What purpose did the question paper and the correction ship serve? How did they help
both the criminal& the Governor? (2012)
2. Give a character sketch of the Governor of Oxford Prison, based on your understanding
of the story, ‘Evans Tries an O-Level’.
3. Did the Governor and his staff finally heave a sigh of relief? Why / Why not?
4. What kind of a person was the governor of the prison in Evans Tries an O level? Mention
any four lapses in his arrangement for Evans’s O-Level exam that helped Evans escape.
(2008)
5. How was the ‘injured’ McLeery able to befool the prison officers? (2012)
6. How did Evans and his friends plan Evans’ escape most meticulously down to the
minutest detail? Did they succeed? How? (2011)
ON THE FACE OF IT
TYPE I
Short Answers ( 30-40 words) 3 marks each
1. What peculiar things does Derry notice about the old man, Lamb? (2012)
2. If you were to give a different ending to the story, ‘On the Face of It’, how would you
end it?
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3. How does Derry interpret the fairy tale ‘Beauty and the Beast’? What does he feel
about himself? Was he convinced by its moral? (2013)
4. How did Mr. Lamb try to give courage and confidence to Derry? (2010)
5. Why does Mr. Lamb keep his gates open? (2011)
6. Why does Mr. Lamb keep the gate always open? (2011)
7. How does Mr. Lamb keep himself busy when it is a bit cool? (2012)
8. People are insensitive to those who have disabilities. Give instances from the story.
(2006)
9. Why does Derry tell Mr. Lamb that he is afraid of seeing himself in the mirror in the
story?
10.How does Mr. Lamb try to remove the baseless fears of Derry? (2008)
11.What did Derry’s mother think of Mr. Lamb?
12.Mr. Lamb told Derry the story of a man who hid himself in his room. Why did the
man do so and with what result? (2010)
Long Answer ( 120-150 Words) 6 marks each
1. Both Derry and Mr. Lamb are physically impaired and lonely.It is the responsibility of
society to understand and support people with infirmities so that they do not suffer
from a sense of alienation. As a responsible citizen, write in about 100 words what
you would do to bring about a change in the lives of such people? (2014)
2. What is the bond that unites the two- the old Mr. Lamb and Derry, the small boy?
How does the old man inspire the small boy? (2011)
3. This lesson is an apt depiction of the loneliness and sense of alienation experienced
by people on account of disability. Explain. (2011)
4. What benefits did Derry reap from his association with Mr. Lamb? (2014)
5. How did Mr. Lamb’s meeting with Derry become a turning point in Derry’s life?
TYPE II
1.
What is it that draws Derry towards its Lamb in spite of himself? (2004, 2005, 2006)
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NOVEL
THE INVISIBLE MAN
Questions asked in 2015
-6 marks question
Answer the following questions in 120-150 words
Q1) why and how did Griffin rob the Vican’s house?
Q2) Attempt a character sketch of Mrs. Hall.
Expected/probable questions.
Q3) How did Griffin make himself completely invisible at ‘Coach and Horses’?
Q4) As a scientist how is Kemp different from Griffin?
Q5) Within a few days of his arrival people became suspicious of Griffin atIping.Why?
Q6) Attempt a character sketch of Marvel.
Q7) Griffin is a man of Science without humanity. Explain.
Q8) What sort of man is Dr.Kemp? What role does he play in the story?
Q9) Explain what role has Dr.Cuss in the development of the story? How did he excite our
laughter?
Q10) Who is Bunting? How is he troubled by the Invisible man?
Q11) How is Jaffers important in the story?
Q12) What crucial role does Thomas Marvel play in the story and what happens to him in
the end?
Q13) Describe Colonel Adye’s character?
Q14) Why did the stranger cause curiosity when he came to Mrs. Hall’s inn?
Q15) What was peculiar about the stranger’s luggage?
Q16) What drawbacks of being invisible were faced by Griffin, The Invisible Man?
Q17. Why is the third chapter titled “The Furniture That Went Mad”?
Q18. Being invisible changes a person’s life. Give your views in context to the novel ‘The
Invisible Man’.
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Q19. Who was Dr. Kemp’s visitor? Why did he visit his house?
Q20. Was Dr. Kemp a traitor? Why/Why not?
Q21. What happened to the three volumes full of secrets in the end?
Q22. How was Griffin finally caught?
Q23. Bring out Mrs. Hallis over sociability.
Q24. Griffin’s second experiment failed. Elaborate.
Q25. What is the theme of the novel ‘The Invisible Man’?
Q26. “But’ed or no’ed, the warrant says ‘body and duty’s duty”- was Jaffer able to fulfil his
duty?
Q27. How did Griffin unleash a reign of terror during his stay at Iping?
Q28. How did Griffin meet his tragic end?
Q29. What do you think was the reason behind Griffin’s murdering Wicksteed?
Q30. How was Griffin responsible for his father’s death?
Q31. Why did Griffin opt for Physics? How did he work in his field? What did he find?
Q32. Dr. Kemp was observant, scientific and thoughtful. Substantiate.
Q33. What forced Griffin to burn down the house in Great Portland Street?
Q34. Mr. Marvel was the ultimate opportunist. Comment.
Q35. Colonel Adye’s own decision was responsible for his own death. Elaborate.
Q36. Describe the plot and the story structure of The Invisible Man.
Q37. How did Griffin escape from Dr. Kemp’s house when Adye had come quietly to arrest
him?
THE END
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