Literature

Q.

Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far?

Do you know what ‘linguistic chauvinism’ means?

Q. I heard Mr.Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you lil Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Everyday we say to ourselves ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. ‘Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it: you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language? But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”

Who does Mr. Hamel blame for not learning their language?

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1. Himself
2. Parents
3. Students
4. All of the above

Q. I heard Mr.Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you lil Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Everyday we say to ourselves ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. ‘Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it: you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language? But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”

Why did Mr. Hamel say that he won’t scold Franz?

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1. Because Franz had studied well
2. Because he had already punished Franz
3. Because he thought that Franz was already feeling bad enough
4. Because he no longer had to learn French

Q.

Give a brief life sketch of Laxmi Lakra.

Q. In the story ‘The Lost Spring’, how does Mukesh plan to become a motor mechanic?

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1. By reading books about motor mechanics.
2. By learning in a school.
3. By learning from a garage
4. By hiring a private tutor

Q.

Why Did Douglas Go To Lake Wentworth In New Hampshire How Did He Make His Terror Flee

Q. In the story ‘The Last Lesson’, M. Hamel is introduced as a ruler-wielding teacher. This demonstrates that...

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1. He is very gentle and caring
2. He is very strict
3. He likes to play with wooden objects
4. He returned lost things to their rightful owner.

Q.

Who was the first Indian woman who crossed English Channel?

1. Bhakti Sharma

2. Arati Saha

3. Shikha Tandon

4. Bula Chaudhury

Q. Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, “Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.”

What does the author mean by ‘he built a swimmer’?

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1. The swimming instructor built a swimming machine.
2. The author built a swimming machine to help him swim.
3. The author and the swimming instructor built a swimming machine together.
4. The swimming instructor taught the author how to swim, step by step.

Q. In the story ‘Deep Water’, what lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of drowning while learning to swim?

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1. Learn swimming
2. Have a love for swimming
3. Swimming is not difficult
4. Face the fear

Q. In the poem ‘My Mother at Sixty Six’, why was the image of happy children 'spilling out of their homes' brought in by the author?

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1. To bring out the contrast between childhood and old age.
2. To present an image of sadness and passivity.
3. To show the naughtiness of children’s pranks.
4. To draw a comparison with herself.

Q. He nodded at the bills. “That isn’t money, mister, ” he said, “and if you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far, ” and he glanced at the cash drawer beside him. Of course the money was old-style bills, half again as big as the money we use nowadays, and different-looking. I turned away and got out fast. There’s nothing nice about jail, even in 1894.

Why was the money not accepted?

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1. Because the notes were torn
2. Because it was the currency of a different country
3. Because the notes were not the ones used during that time period
4. Because the money was not enough

Q. In the story ‘The Third Level’, what was different about the third level of Central Station?

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1. Everything in it was bigger than usual.
2. Everything in it looked shiny and new.
3. Everything in it looked older in style and smaller in size.
4. Everything in it was placed in different places.

Q. Unless, governor, 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 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.

What does the line “Let their tongue run naked into books” mean?

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1. The poet wants the children to get exposed to a lot of books
2. The poet wants the government officials to read a lot
3. The poet wants the teachers to read storybooks
4. All of them

Q.

Rearrange the following: algebra and/ a week/ me/ he taught/ geometry/ twice. very poor/ subjects/ i was/ in these / earlier. very/ now/ proficient/ have become/ in them / i. and my / persistence/ hardwork/ to his/ thanks.

Q. In the story ‘Deep Water’, when did the misadventure at the Y.M.C.A. pool happen?

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1. When he was swimming with his family.
2. When he was swimming with his instructor.
3. When he was swimming with his friends.
4. When he was swimming all by himself.

Q. In the story ‘The Enemy’, why did the surgeon speak sharply to his wife?

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1. To get things he needed
2. To get her help
3. To stop any disturbance that could harm the wounded man
4. None of the above

Q. He nodded at the bills. “That isn’t money, mister, ” he said, “and if you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far, ” and he glanced at the cash drawer beside him. Of course the money was old-style bills, half again as big as the money we use nowadays, and different-looking. I turned away and got out fast. There’s nothing nice about jail, even in 1894.

What does the following line mean? “If you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far”

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1. If you want me to take you somewhere, you won’t be able to travel far.
2. If you are trying to hurt me, I won’t be able to take you anywhere.
3. If you are trying to cheat me, you won’t succeed.
4. If you are trying to hurt me, you won’t succeed.

Q. In the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’, what does the poet want humanity to do?

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1. Keep working hard
2. Stay still
3. Talk more
4. Stay safe

Q.

Choose the correct intensifier if hardly made a dent.

Q. He nodded at the bills. “That isn’t money, mister, ” he said, “and if you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far, ” and he glanced at the cash drawer beside him. Of course the money was old-style bills, half again as big as the money we use nowadays, and different-looking. I turned away and got out fast. There’s nothing nice about jail, even in 1894.

Why did the narrator turn away and get out fast?

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1. He wanted to reach his destination very soon.
2. He did not want to go to jail.
3. He wanted to convert his new currency to old-style currency.
4. He wanted to make arrangements to purchase two coach tickets.

Q. In the poem ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum’, what is the stunted boy reciting from his desk?

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1. A lesson
2. Shakespearean play
3. A poem he wrote
4. A story written by his friend

Q. Unless, governor, 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 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.

Name the literary device used in ‘like catacombs’.

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1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. None of these

Q. Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, “Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.”

Select the correct order of events.

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1. Swim, dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.
2. Swim, crawl stroke, dive off and swim the length of the pool.
3. Swim, dive off and crawl stroke, swim the length of the pool.
4. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, swim, crawl stroke.

Q. I heard Mr.Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you lil Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Everyday we say to ourselves ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. ‘Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it: you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language? But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”

“We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.” The word reproach in this context means:

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1. Anger
2. Regret
3. Praise
4. Pride

Q. I heard Mr.Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you lil Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Everyday we say to ourselves ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. ‘Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it: you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language? But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”

The interjection ‘Bah!’ expresses:

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1. Remorse
2. Contempt
3. Joy
4. Hope

Q. I heard Mr.Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you lil Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Everyday we say to ourselves ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. ‘Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it: you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language? But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”

What is the trouble with Alsace?

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1. It is a small town.
2. It had the habit of postponing things to the next day.
3. It is not very good with German.
4. None of the above

Q. Unless, governor, 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 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.

In the line ‘Break O break open till they break the town’ who does the word ‘they’ refer to?

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1. Children
2. Teachers
3. Parents
4. Government officials

Q. Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, “Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.”

After his ‘misadventure’, how did the author feel about swimming alone in a pool?

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1. Very confident
2. Indifferent
3. Less confident
4. All of the above.

Q. Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, “Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.”

Before this event, how many times did the author practise in the pool?

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1. Five months a year
2. Five days a week
3. Five times a day
4. Once a week