These AP 9th Class English Important Questions 5th Lesson will help students prepare well for the exams.
AP Board 9th Class English 5th Lesson Important Questions and Answers
Section – A
Reading Skills
Discursive Passage and Case-based Passage
1. Read the passage given below.
Darjeeling, the most celebrated of the Indian hill stations, is all smallness. It is small physically, of course – hard even to find upon the map of India, so tucked away it is like a trinket on the northern frontiers. One crosses vast scorched plains to reach it from Calcutta, over colossally winding rivers, through a landscape that has no end; but at the foot of the hills Darjeeling sends a toy train to meet you – a gay little blue painted trundle of a train, which takes you indefatigably puffing and chugging up through the ’ forests and the tea gardens to the town.
Darjeeling is perched upon a narrow bridge, about 7000 feet up, with deep gorges falling away on either side. Darjeeling is built in layers, neatly along its ridge like an exhibition town, from the posh hotels and the villas at the top to the jumbled bazaar at the bottom; and all the way down this dense tiered mass of buildings life incessantly buzzes, hums and fizzes.
Little people greet you at the top. Little ponies canter about little streets. Hundreds and thousands of merry little children tumble all about you. It is a place of astonishing cheerfulness. Everybody seems to be feeling simply splendid. Perhaps they all are, for the air is magnificently brilliant, the heat is seldom too hot and the cold often not icy.
One can see Kanchenjunga and its peers from Darjeeling. Some visitors never see the snow peaks at all, for they are often invisible for days at a time when the town is swirled all around by cloud. To see the divine mass of the Himalayan mountains, in the cool of the morning, is one of the noblest experiences of travel.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i) What is the height of Daijeeling? (B)
A) 700 feet up
B) 7000 feet up
C) 17000 feet up
D) 1700 feet up
Answer:
B) 7000 feet up
ii) Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.
Darjeeling is a place of astonishing _________ (A)
A) cheerfulness
B) melancholy
C) chaos
D) charity
Answer:
A) cheerfulness
iii) What can we say about Darjeeling as it is hard for us to find it upon the map of India? (A)
A) too small to be located
B) too large to be located
C) too high to reach
D) too cold for one to withstand
Answer:
A) too small to be located
iv) State whether the following statement is True or False. (T)
‘On your train journey, you cross many long winding rivers.’
Answer:
True
v) Why do some visitors never see the snow peaks? (D)
A) Because they can see the divine mass of the Himalayan mountains.
B) Because Kanchenjunga is visible4rom Darjeeling.
C) Because the air is magnificently brilliant, the heat is seldom too hot and the cold often not icy.
D) Because they are often invisible for days at a time when the town is swirled all around by cloud.
Answer:
D) Because they are often invisible for days at a time when the town is swirled all around by cloud.
vi) Pick out from the given passage the word that means ‘horses of small breed’. (C)
A) Canter
B) Peers
C) Ponies
D) Fizzes
Answer:
C) Ponies
vii) Choose the option that gives the word the antonym of which is ‘stroll’. (A)
A) Canter
B) Splendid
C) Swirled
D) tiered
Answer:
A) Canter
viii) Daijeeling is like a on the northern frontiers.(B)
A) hill station
B) trinket
C) scorched plain
D) Both (A) and (C)
Answer:
B) trinket
ix) Which of the following is / are true? (C)
i) Darjeeling is built in layers.
ii) Little ponies greet you at the top.
iii) The heat is seldom too hot.
iv) Darjeeling is with deep gorges falling away on either side.
A) (i) (ii) & (iii)
B) (i) (ii) & (iv)
C) (i) (iii) & (iv)
D) (ii) (iii) & (iv)
Answer:
C) (i) (iii) & (iv)
x) State whether the following is True or False.
‘Darjeeling is one of the southern frontier of India.’
Answer:
False
2. Read the passage given below.
Most of us read at least one newspaper a day. But have you thought about why we read newspapers?
Imagine yourself living five hundred years ago. Something important has happeneed. A king has lost a war. Or a king has been killed. Or two countries have fought with each other. But you don’t hear about it until years have gone by. The news is told by one person to another, then he tells someone else, and so it goes on. And of course, some people hear things wrong, or forget something they heard. So the news you finally hear is often not very correct.
But today, we can read, in our newspapers, of important happenings in countries far away. And we can read about them on the same day that they happen or a day later. Newspapers tell us of many things, too. They tell us about the weather. They tell us what pictures are being shown. They tell us what we can hear on radio, or see on television.
Newspapers also carry advertisements. Advertisements tell us about the things we can buy. The people who make these things pay the newspapers a lot of money for printing the advertisements. But they don’t mind paying because one advertisement carries the news of their products to millions of homes.
Advertisements are good for the newspaper reader too. They largely pay for the cost of printing a newspaper. So we can buy our newspapers cheap !
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i) When did people some five hundred years ago get news of important happenings? (D)
A) on the day of the happenings
B) the next day of the happenings
C) a week after they happened
D) a longtime after they had happened
Answer:
D) a longtime after they had happened
ii) The news that people 500 years ago got was often not ________ (B)
A) incorrect
B) correct
C) wrong
D) ambiguous
Answer:
B) correct
iii) State whether the following statement is True or False. (T)
‘Today, newspapers tell us the same day or the next day, about the things that happen in countries far away.’
Answer:
True
iv) Why do people who make things pay the newspapers? (C)
A) Because they want the newspapers to run
B) Because people can buy newspapers at a high price
C) Because the newspapers print their advertisements
D) All the above
Answer:
C) Because the newspapers print their advertisements
v) Complete the following.
| Opinion | Reason |
| A lot of money given for advertisements. |
Answer:
Reason: One advertisement carries the news of their products to millions of homes.
vi) Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence. (A)
If there is ______, we’ll go for a walk.
A) good weather tomorrow
B) bad weather tomorrow
C) rainfall tomorrow
D) no news about the weather tomorrow.
Answer:
A) good weather tomorrow
vii) Select the option that corresponds to the following relation below.
The more incredible the mountains, the greater the thrill. (C)
A) The less the information in the newspaper, the more the number they get sold.
B) The more the information in the newspaper, the less.the number they get sold.
C) The more the information in the newspaper, the more the number they get sold.
D) None of the above
Answer:
C) The more the information in the newspaper, the more the number they get sold.
viii) Fill in the blank in the following statement by choosing the correct option.
Newspapers tell us _________. (D)
A) about the weather
B) what pictures are being shown
C) what we can hear on radio or see on television
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above
ix) From the given passage, find the word that means ‘things that are made or produced’. (C)
A) Advertisements
B) Newspapers
C) Products
D) Printer
Answer:
C) Products
x) Why are advertisements in the newspapers good for the newspaper – reader? (A)
A) Since advertisements largely pay for the cost of printing a newspaper, the readers can buy their newspapers cheap.
B) Since advertisements pay a little for the cost of printing a newspaper, the readers can buy their newspapers cheap.
C) Since the advertisements mislead the readers, the readers can buy their newspapers cheap.
D) Since the price of a newspaper remains same for ever, the readers can buy their newspapers cheap.
Answer:
A) Since advertisements largely pay for the cost of printing a newspaper, the readers can buy their newspapers cheap.
3. Read the passage given below.
One vof the defects of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science, as we have seen, has given us powers fit for the gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines were made to be man’s servants. But man has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way to become his masters.
Most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal, and given petrol to drink, and oil to wash, and they must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect there, they grow sulky and refuse to work, but with rage and blow up spread ruin and destruction ‘all round them.
So we have to wait upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in good temper.
Already we find it difficult either to work or play without the machines and a time may come when they will rule us altogether, just as we rule the animals.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i) Infer one reason for the following.
’We find it difficult to work or play without the machines.’
Answer:
The reason is that we have become complete dependents on machines.
ii) Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank in the following.
We do not know __________ (A)
i) how to manage our machines.
ii) that a time may come when machines will rule us.
iii) that science has given us powers fit for the gods.
iv) that man never depends on machines.
v) that we never allow machines to be our masters.
A) (i), (ii) & (iii)
B) (ii), (iii) & (iv)
C) (in), (iv) & (v)
D) (i) (iii) & (v)
Answer:
A) (i), (ii) & (iii)
iii) Complete the following analogy correctly with a word / phrase.
People : masters of animals :: ________ : masters of people.
Answer:
Machines
iv) State whether the following is True or False. (F)
It is easy for us to work or play without the machines.
Answer:
False
v) Which of the following can be the title of the given passage? (D)
A) Man and-Machine
B) Man’s Dependence on Machines
C) Civilization and Science
D) Both (A) and (B)
Answer:
D) Both (A) and (B)
vi) Find from the given passage the word that means ‘ill-tempered’. (C)
A) stern
B) fair
C) sulky
D) rage
Answer:
C) sulky
vii) ‘So we have to wait upon them very attentively.’ (C)
Who / What does the word ‘them’ in the above sentence refer to?
A) Scientists
B) Coal and petrol
C) Machines
D) Both (A) and (C)
Answer:
C) Machines
viii) In the given passage, there is a word the antonym of which is gentle or kind. Find the word. (B)
A) sulky
B) stern
C) rage
D) manage
Answer:
B) stern
ix) Choose the incorrect statement among the following. (A)
A) Machines were made to be man’s masters.
B) Man has grown so dependent on machines that they are in a fair way to become his masters.
C) Science has given powers’ fit for the gods.
D) Machines must be given petrol to drink.
Answer:
A) Machines were made to be man’s masters.
x) What should the machines be kept at? (C)
A) the coal
B) the oil
C) the right temperature
D) petrol
Answer:
C) the right temperature
4. Read the passage given below.
We know enough about what sleep is, though we don’t know what exactly causes sleep. Sleep is a state of rest – an unconscious rest. When we sleep, our body recovers from fatigue caused by the day’s activities. After a good sleep and the rest that it gives, we become alert and active again, ready for the normal activities of the day.
When we wake up in the morning, it is not always possible for us to remember what happened when we were asleep. We may remember a dream but the rest of our sleep was a kind of darkness in which nothing seems to have taken place.
Several things happen to our body while we are sleeping. As we sink deeper into sleep, our muscles relax more and more. Our heartbeat becomes slower. Our temperature and blood pressure go down. The ever-active brain also slows down so that we can’t think or act consciously. But we dream.
When we wake up, our temperature and blood pressure rise to normal. Our heartbeat and breathing also become normal and we are fully awake, and have forgotten most, if not all, the dreams that we had while sleeping.
Sleep is the most common experience, but how many of us really think about the wonder and power of sleep ? Many poets have written beautiful poems about sleep.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i) Fill in the blank in the following choosing the right option.
A dream is an activity of the mind when _________ . (D)
A) we are awake
B) we are alert
C) we are conscious
D) we are asleep
Answer:
D) we are asleep
ii) Which cannot be used as a way to tell the future? (A)
A) Dream
B) Sleep
C) Mind
D) Both (B) and (C)
Answer:
A) Dream
iii) Fill in the given analogy.
The more you sleep, the ______ your temperature and blood pressure. (B)
A) more
B) less
C) normal
D) most
Answer:
B) less
iv) What is the most obvious advantage of sleep?
Answer:
Our body and brain recover from fatigue after a good sleep.
v) State whether the following statement is True or False. (F)
‘It is always possible for us to remember what happened when we were asleep.’
Answer:
False
vi) When do we become active and ready for the normal activities of the day? (B)
A) Before we sleep
B) After a good sleep
C) After a short sleep
D) After a small rest
Answer:
B) After a good sleep
vii) From the given passage, pick out the word which means ‘weariness’. (C)
A) sink
B) relax
C) fatigue
D) remember
Answer:
C) fatigue
viii) What kind of rest is ‘sleep’? (A)
A) unconscious rest
B) conscious rest
C) tactful rest
D) unwanted rest
Answer:
A) unconscious rest
ix) Find the incorrect statement among the following. (A)
A) We all know what exactly causes sleep.
B) We don’t know what exactly causes sleep.
C) Nobody knows about what sleep is. .
D) A good sleep at night makes us active and alert in the morning.
Answer:
A) We all know what exactly causes sleep.
x) Fill in the blank in the following, by choosing the right option. (C)
When we sleep, our body recovers from _______ caused by the day’s activities.
A) darkness
B) dream
C) fatigue
D) both (A) and (B)
Answer:
C) fatigue
SECTION – B
GRAMMAR & CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS
A. Grammar
I. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
1. I _________ my black coat, white shirt and not-so-white vest and hung them up. (A)
A) took off
B) put off
C) took over
D) took on
Answer:
A) took off
2. One feels tempted to a mirror when it is near one. (C)
A) look at
B) look for
C) look into
D) look up
Answer:
C) look into
3. High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. One night there the city a little swallow. (B)
A) flew into
B) flew over
C) flew at
D) flew qp
Answer:
B) flew over
4. The eyes of the Happy Prince were tears. (C)
A) filled by
B) filled into
C) filled with
D) filled up
Answer:
C) filled with
5. I the comb and ran it through my hair and adjusted the parting. (B)
A) picked out
B) picked up
C) picked upon
D) picked for
Answer:
B) picked up
6. Why don’t we our weekend holiday? (A)
A) enjoy
B) enjoyed
C) enjoying
D) enjoyable
Answer:
A) enjoy
7. Sai Krithin for a train When he met a Mend. (C)
A) waited
B) would wait
C) was waiting
D) will be waiting
Answer:
C) was waiting
II. Read the Conversation between the two persons given below. Complete the sentence by reporting the second person’s reply.
1. Shareef : Abdul, will you play with us tomorrow evening?
Abdul : Why are you asking me this?
Shareef asked Abdul if / whether he would play with them the next day / the following day evening. Then Abul asked _____________________
Answer:
Shareef why he was asking that.
2. Teacher : David, do you know who tore this book yesterday?
David : I don’t know.
On being asked by the teacher whether he knew who had torn that book the previous day, David said _____________________
Answer:
that he did not know.
3. Sai : Have you completed your project work, Guru?
Guru : Yes, I have finally completed it.
When Sai asked Guru if / whether he had completed the project work, Guru confirmed it and said _____________________
Answer:
that he had finally completed it.
4. Krithin : I am thirsty. But I can’t open this bottle. Will you open it for me, please?
Ayaasya : O ! You have not broken the seal. Break the seal to drink water.
When Krithin said that he was thirsty but couldn’t open that bottle and requested Ayaasya to open it for him, Ayaasya exclaimed _____________________
Answer:
that he had not broken the seal and told him to break the seal to drink water.
5. Ritesh : Sangeeta, did you collect the forms I gave you yesterday?
Sangeeta : As I was too busy yesterday, I didn’t collect them. I will do it today.
When Ritesh asked Sangeeta if / whether she had collected the forms he had given her the previous day, Sangeetha replied _____________________
Answer:
that as she had been too busy the previous day, she hadn’t collected them and said that she would do it that day.
6. Teacher : Subhani, have you ever seen a dog or a bird look into a mirror?
Subhani : Yes, sir, I have seen a dog look into a mirror.
Agreeing to the teacher’s asking him if / whether he had seen a dog or a bird look into a mirror, Subhani said _____________________
Answer:
that he had seen a dog look into a mirror.
7. Sharmila : What have you done on seeing the snake?
Gangothri : I have at once run out of my room using all my strength.
When Sharmila asked Gangothri what she had done on seeing the snake, Gangothri replied _____________________
Answer:
that she had at once run out of her room using all her strength.
III. Fill in the blank in the sentence given, using the right form of the verb given in the bracket, by choosing the correct option.
1. Poornima ________ (walk) for an hour every day. (A)
A) walks
B) walked
C) walking
D) will walk
Answer:
A) walks
2. Kumar ________ (obtain) his M.A. degree in 2003. (B)
A) obtain
B) obtained
C) obtains
D) has obtained
Answer:
B) obtained
3. ________ you ever (have) a nightmare? (D)
A) Do, have
B) Did, have
C) Will, have
D) Have, had
Answer:
D) Have, had
4. Hyderabad ________ (be) for Biryani. (C)
A) will be
B) was
C) is
D) shall be
Answer:
C) is
5. An apple a day ________ (keep) the doctor away. (B)
A) keep
B) keeps
C) kept
D) has kept
Answer:
B) keeps
6. Sai Mahadeva is a very ________ (talent) boy. (A)
A) talented
B) talent
C) was talented
D) is talented
Answer:
A) talented
7. Sitarama Kalyani ________ (read) many books in her spare time. (A)
A) reads
B) read
C) reading
D) was reading
Answer:
A) reads
IV. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following sentence.
1. Last week she has injured herself while playing volleyball. (C)
| Option No. | Error | Correction |
| A. | herself | her |
| B. | while | when |
| C. | has injured | injured |
| D. | playing | played |
Answer:
C. has injured injured
2. The policeman is one of the most important public servant. (D)
| Option No. | Error | Correction |
| A. | The | A |
| B. | is | was |
| C. | most | very |
| D. | servant | servants |
Answer:
D. servant servants
3. The policeman has to deal for criminals and law breakers. (B)
| Option No. | Error | Correction |
| A. | has to | had to |
| B. | for | with |
| C. | and | or |
| D. | law breakers | law breaker |
Answer:
B. for with
4. A good citizen is a person for many qualities. (C)
| Option No. | Error | Correction |
| A. | good | better |
| B. | is | was |
| C. | for | of |
| D. | many | several |
Answer:
C. for of
5. “Either be punctual and resign,” said the employer to the employee. (C)
| Option No. | Error | Correction |
| A. | either | both |
| B. | punctual | puntually |
| C. | and | or |
| D. | to | with |
Answer:
C. and or
6. Understanding maps form an important part of your reading skill. (B)
| Option No. | Error | Correction |
| A. | Understanding | Understandable |
| B. | form | forms |
| C. | an | the |
| D. | of | for |
Answer:
B. form forms
7. The survey were done in villages and cities to find out about the interests of children in various TV programmes. (A)
| Option No. | Error | Correction |
| A. | were | was |
| B. | and | or |
| C. | about | for |
| D. | various | many |
Answer:
A. were was
V. Choose the correct passive voice among the options given below.
1. A) My purse has been stolen yesterday. (D)
B) My purse has been stolen yesterday by someone.
C) My purse is stolen yesterday.
D) My purse was stolen yesterday.
Answer:
D) My purse was stolen yesterday.
2. A) Who is going to selected by you? (C)
B) Who was going to selected by you?
C) Who is going to be selected by you?
D) Who are you going to select?
Answer:
C) Who is going to be selected by you?
3. A) By whom are you taught English? (A)
B) By whom you are taught English?
C) By whom you are taught to English?
D) By whom are you teaching English?
Answer:
A) By whom are you taught English?
4. A) Let the rubbish is not thrown here. (C)
B) Don’t throw the rubbish here.
C) Let the rubbish be not thrown here.
D) Let the rubbish will not be thrown here.
Answer:
C) Let the rubbish be not thrown here.
5. A) When did he start teaching English? (B)
B) When was teaching English started by him?
C) When teaching English was started by him?
D) When has teaching English been started by him?
Answer:
B) When was teaching English started by him?
6. A) You are requested not to open the cover. (A)
B) You are requested not to be opened the cover.
C) Please don’t open the cover.
D) You are requesting not to open the cover.
Answer:
A) You are requested not to open the cover.
7. A) The rich should help the poor. (C)
B) The poor should be helping by the rich.
C) The poor should be helped by the rich.
D) The poor should helped by the rich.
Answer:
C) The poor should be helped by the rich.
VI. The parts given below are to be rearranged properly so that a correct sentence can be made. Rearrange them correctly. .
1. a lot ‘of dust / I don’t want / as there is / to play there
Answer:
I don’t want to play there as there is a lot of dust.
2. and bid good morning / entered the classrom / the children stood up / as soon as I entered
Answer:
As soon as I entered the classroom, the children stood up and bid good morning.
3. but ask / what the nation / ask not / to the nation / has done to you / what you have done
Answer:
Ask not what the nation has done to you but ask what you have done to the nation.
4. the cooler / you climb / you get / the higher
Answer:
The higher you climb, the cooler you get.
5. peace-lovers / I like / since / they are / Indians
Answer:
I like Indians since they are peace-lovers.
6. and my earnings / I had just set up / were meagre / medical practice
Answer:
I had just set up medical practice and my earnings were meagre.
7. to a woman doctor / and a good medical practice / who had plenty of money / I would get married
Answer:
I would get married to a woman doctor who had plenty of money and a good medical practice.
VII. Fill in the plank byusing the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the gilen portion of a letter.
1. Dear Sir / Madam,
I am writing ___________ (ask) for some information.
Answer:
to ask
2. Dear Sir / Madam,
I would Like to have the course offered by you. Let me know the fee ___________ (pay) for that course.
Answer:
to be paid
3. MydearFazil,
I am glad to hear it. I will attend it certainly. I ___________ (be) there tomorrow at 9 a.m. Yours affectionately
Answer:
shall be
4. My dear Satya Gowtham,
I ___________ (take) this opportunity to apologize to you for not having been able to see ydu yesterday.
Answer:
take
5. My dear father,
I ___________ just ___________ (receive) your affectionate letter.
Answer:
have received
6. Dear Prasanth,
I have read your House Test Report and ___________ (be) glad to learn that you stand first in your class in the aggregate.
Answer:
am
7. My dear Ayaasya,
The declaration of your result ___________ (be) a pleasant surprise to me when I opened the newspaper today in the morning.
Answer:
was
VIII. Identify the error in the given sentence, and supply the necessary correction.
1. Yesterday I am given a form to fill in for obtaining a driving licence.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| am given | was given |
2. When Gavaskar was born, his uncle came to see him and noticed a hole on the baby left earlobe.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| baby | baby’s |
3. To avoid but reduce stress, you must manage your time properly.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| but | or |
4. Change of work now and then makes one feels refreshed.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| feels | feel |
5. How should the future is built?
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| is | be |
6. Gandhiji believed on truth and peaceful means.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| on | in |
7. What should follow mental work to reduce the pressure in mind.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| in | on |
IX. Change the following into Reported speech.
1. “When did you arrange the party?” said Joseph to Salman Khan.
Answer:
Joseph asked Salman Khan when he had arranged the party.
2. “I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little swallow,” said the prince.
Answer:
The prince told the little swallow tfiat he was glad that it was going to Egypt at last.
3. “As he is no longer beautiful, he is no longer useful,” said the Art Professor at the university.
Answer:
The Art Professor at the university said that as he was no longer beautiful, he was no longer useful.
4. “I am covered with fine gold,” said the prince.
Answer:
The prince said that he was covered with fine gold.
5. “I will stay with you always,” said the little swallow to the prince.
Answer:
The little swallow told the prince that it would stay with him always.
6. “This is because you have done a good action, little swallow,” said the prince,
Answer:
The prince told the little swallow that was because it had done a good action.
7. “What is the use of a statue if it cannot keep the rain off?” he said.
Answer:
He was annoyingly asked what the use of a statue was if it could not keep the rain off.
X. Fill in the blank in the following sentence by choosing the correct option.
1. Every year, on the Republic Day, National Bravery Awards _________ to selected children for their act of bravery. (C)
A) were given
B) have been given
C) are given
D) might be given
Answer:
C) are given
2. Courage _______ no age. (D)
A) is needful
B) needed
C) need
D) needs
Answer:
D) needs
3. Both children and adults _________ of snakes. (A)
A) are scared
B) were scared
C) shall be scared
D) are scaring
Answer:
A) are scared
4. Music plays an important role _________ the world better for all living beings. (B)
A) to make
B) in making
C) by making
D) in being made
Answer:
B) in making
5. How many people _________ accommodate for a table? (D)
A) might
B) shall
C) must
D) can
Answer:
D) can
6. If Soundarya studied well, she _________ a rank. (C)
A) will get
B) may get
C) would get
D) must get
Answer:
C) would get
7. One _________ love and respect one’s parents. (B)
A) will
B) must
C) may
D) might
Answer:
B) must
XI. Fill in the blank in the following sentence by choosing the option that expresses the correct passive form of the verb given in the bracket.
1. In our village, every year’New Year’ ___________ (celebrate) on a grand scale.(A)
A) is celebrated
B) was celebrated
C) will be celebrated
D) should be celebrated
Answer:
A) is celebrated
2. Last year, a beautiful wrist watch __________ (present) on my brithday by my uncle. (C)
A) is presented
B) has been presented
C) was presented
D) will be presented
Answer:
C) was presented
3. The future _______ (build) on the foundation laid in the past and in the present. (B)
A) have to be built
B) has to be built
C) were to be built
D) had to be built
Answer:
B) has to be built
4. The question paper ________ (divide) into four sections I to IV. (A)
A) has been divided
B) had been dividing
C) was to be divided Mars
D) has been dividing
5. Mars _________ (consider) to be a sort of twin of our own planet earth. (A)
A) is considered
B) was considered
C) have been considered
D) have to be considered
Answer:
A) is considered
6. When Surekha was 10 months old, she fell off the cot and her brain _________ (damage) badly. (D)
A) will be damaged
B) has bedti damaged
C) is damaged
D) was damaged
Answer:
D) was damaged
XII. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
1. Once, on the bank of a river, a monkey made a home about himself in a tree laden with fruit.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| about | for |
2. One day, the crocodile stayed with the monkey long than usual.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| long | longer |
3. Name a few distinguishing Indian musicians.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| distinguishing | distinguished |
4. Tansen went to Akbar’s court in 1556, and soon became the great favourite of Akbar.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| the | a |
5. Naughty but talented, Tansen imitated the calls on birds and animals perfectly.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| on | of |
6. A farmer, his wife or their small child lived in a village.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| or | and |
7. One is known with the company one keeps.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| with | by |
B. Creative Writing Skills
Question 1.
Your school conducted a Science Exhibition. It was conducted on the occasion of Science Day. The D.E.O. is the chief guest. Students received prizes according to class-wise. You also got a prize. The D.E.O. appreciated your science teachers.
Write a news report on the science day celebrations in about 120 words.
Answer:
News Report on Science Day Celebrations
28 February:
Science Day is celebrated in a grand manner at Star Girls’ High School in Guntur. Science Exhibition is conducted on the occasion of Science Day. The D.E.O. inagurated the science exhibition. Students exhibited a number of exhibits related to environmental pollution, save energy and electricity. Charts have been prepared on Raman Effect and the innovations in agricultural field. The D.E.O. made a speech on the importance of Science Day and on the necessity of keeping our environment good. He advised the students to plant more plants so as to protect the environment.
Besides the D.E.O., some dignitaries on the dais also spoke about ‘Science Day’. Students prepared some slogans on the importance of Earth Day. They also prepared charts relating to recycling and reusing the waste material. An elocution competition had been conducted on the importance of science and technology in human life. Students explained their exhibits with the help of charts and the projects. They conveyed the message of keeping our environment fresh and good for better-life. Students freely expressed their opinions. They actively and enthusiastically participated in it. The school management gave away the prices for the best exhibits. The D.E.O. appreciated the science teachers for making the programme successful.
Question 2.
Write a newspaper report on a road accident in which 27 people were killed. Include the following points in your letter.
1) Where and when did the accident take place?
2) How did the accident take place?
3) Who were the victims?
4) Other necessary details.
Answer:
Newspaper Report
Guntur, May 10:
It was a black day in Guntur district where 27 people were killed in a terrific road accident and six other were critically injured. Tragedy struck a 35 member pilgrim party from Mangalagiri in Guntur district when the tourist bus in which the party was proceeding towards Guntur coolided head-on with a private bus while overtaking a vehicle.
In the mishap that occurred at Kotappakonda 10 kms away from Narasaraopet, 15 persons died instantaneously, 7 on the way to Narasaraopet Government Hospital and five after admission into hospital.
Police booked a case and began enquiry.
Question 3.
Write a letter to your friend describing the Science Day celebrations in your school.
Answer:
Near Park
Sampath Nagar
Guntur
2 March, 20xx
My dear Ayaasya,
Doing well and wish to know the same from you. I would like to write about the Science Day celebrations celebrated in our school, in this letter.
On 28 February, we celebrated Science Day. You know that Sir C.V. Raman discovered ‘Raman Effect’ on 28 February. A science exhibition was conducted on the occasion of Science Day. Our school students exhibited many exhibits related to Save Earth, Environmental Pollution, the Raman Effect, the effects of reduction of ozone layer on mankind, save energy, electricity, solar energy and the new innovations in agricultural field. Our D.E.O. inaugurated the science exhibition. He made a valuable speech on the importance of Science Day. He also explained vividly the necessity of protecting our nature and environment. He advised the students to plant more plants in order to protect the environment. He appreciated our science teachers for their effort in making the students be able to exhibit many useful exhibits.
An elocutiotfcompetition was conducted on the importance of science and technology in the progress of human life. I also participated in science exhibition and elocution competition. Our school management gave away the prizes for the best exhibits. I also got a prize. We gained much knowledge by way of participating in the science exhibition.
We enjoyed ourselves well on that day.
Please convey my regards to your parents.
Yours lovingly,
Sai Guruvardhan
Address on the Envelope :
To
Kallem Ayaasya,
Near Bommala Centre,
Nalgonda.
Question 4.
You are Narayana. Ybur elder sister Anitha is going to be married on 22nd May, 20xx at Sai A/C Kalyana Mantapam, Gandhi Nagar, Kakinada at 11.30 a.m. The bridegroom is Nikhil. Prepare an invitation card to invite your friends to your sister’s marriage.
Answer:
Question 5.
Have you ever wondered what happens to old newspapers, bottles, cans and other used material which we sell off? These old things are converted into new things which we can use again. Don’t you find this interesting? This is called recycling.
Write a paragraph in about 100-120 words on recycling or New Goods from Rubbish.
Answer:
We can get new goods from rubbish by recycling. Recycling rubbish not only helps save money but also helps the environment. We can lessen the pollution that is created by burning rubbish and we can save valuable resources. Western countries waste a great deal of the earth’s resources. For example, in the U.S.A. about 75000 trees are felled every week just for printing the Sunday edition of the New York Times. Recycling used paper would easily save these trees.
Many countries encourage recycling and new technology allows more waste to be . reused. Most of the world’s rubbish can be reused – paper, metals, glass and even some plastics.
Plastic is one of the most difficult substances to recycle because it comes in so many varieties. Some plastic bottles, for example, consist of six layers of different types of plastic, each designed to give the bottles certain qualities – shape, strength, flexibility, etc. And yet there is no simple way to turn an old plastic bottle into a new one. Plastic scrap can only be turned into a product of lower quality. A lot of plastic waste still has to be thrown away.
Question 6.
Write a paragraph on an accident you have seen.
Answer:
I happened to see a very horrible road accident. It occurred last month. It was between a truck and a motor cycle. It had rained heavily the previous night. As such, the road was slippery due to rain. A truck was going on the road. Suddenly a motor cycle overtook it with a great speed. The motor cycle was being driven by two young students. The riders couldn’t see the mini-truck coming from the opposite direction. He applied brakes. But the motor cycle slipped. The rider and the other student fell off the motor-cycle. Both of them had head injuries and died on the spot. I was fully shaken to see that dreadful accident. I can’t forget that accident.
Question 7.
Write a paragraph on the steps we as Indians should take up to build our nation stronger and make it a country that other countries need to respect it.
Answer:
I like and love my country. I always want my country to be No. 1 among all the other nations. In my view India must stand up to the world. It’s because unless India stands up to the world, no other country respects it. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand. Our motherland is proud of having sons of great minds such as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept, of Space, Professor Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him and Dr. Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. When a 14 year-old girl met Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, he asked her what her goal in life was. Then she replied that she wanted to live in a developed India. I am echoing J.F. Kennedy’s words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.
…….. “ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY”
Question 8.
Children watch television. Elders also watch television. They spend more time watching television. Watching television too much or more time causes bad effects.
Write a paragraph about the bad effects of watching television.
Answer:
Bad Effects of Watching Television
Nowadays both children and adults watch television. They spend more time watching television. It causes bad effects.
Television has become an essential part of every house. It is the cheapest source of entertainment. Children find it very interesting. Watching television too much or more time causes bad effects. Watching it for long hours harms the eyes. The students are left with less time to study So their studies suffer because of watching television. Many programmes on TV influence young minds in a wrong way. Foreign programmes are not in good taste. The youth are easily attracted towards them. They forget their own age-old-culture. Their lives are spoiled. Watching television very much leads to obesity. Hence television should be watched under the guidance of the elders.
SECTION – C
LITERATURE
Reference to the Context: Reading Comprehension from Prose
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. I took a close look at my face in the mirror. I made an important decision. I would shave daily and grow a thin moustache to look more handsome. I was after all a bachelor, and a doctor.
I looked into the mirror and smiled. It was an attractive smile. I made another earth-shaking decision. (The Snake and the Mirror)
i) ‘It was an attractive smile.’ Which was an attractive smile? (C)
A) The smile of his beautiful wife
B) The smile of the married doctor
C) The smile of the doctor who was a bachelor
D) The smile of any young man
Answer:
C) The smile of the doctor who was a bachelor
ii) According to the doctor, how should his moustache be, so as to look more handsome? (A)
A) thin
B) thick
C) short and thick
D) long and thick
Answer:
A) thin
iii) What would the doctor like to keep on his face? (D)
A) Attractive eyes
B) A pale smile
C) Red cheeks so as to look angry
D) An attractive smile
Answer:
D) An attractive smile
iv) Pick out from the given extract, the phrase that means ’important’.
Answer:
earth-shaking
v) What did the doctor do to see how good looking his face was?
Answer:
The doctor took a close look at his face in the mirror.
2. It was a hot summer night; about ten o’clock. I had my meal at the restaurant and returned to my room. I heard a noise from above as I opened the door. The sound was a familiar one. One could say that the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp on the table. (The Snake and the Mirror)
i) Why did the narrator light the kerosene lamp? (D)
A) Because he wanted to see if there were rats in his room.
B) Because he wanted to take his book on Medicines.
C) Because there was power-cut at that time.
D) Because the room was not electrified.
Answer:
D) Because the room was not electrified.
ii) What was familiar to the narrator?
Answer:
The sound produced by the movement of the rats inside the roof.
iii) State whether the following is True or False. (F)
The narrator wanted to share the room with the rats as he was too poor to pay the rent by himself.
Answer:
False
iv) Fill in the blank in the following by choosing the right option.
The night in which the doctor returned to his room was _________ (B)
A) cool
B) hot
C) rainy
D) snowy
Answer:
B) hot
v) Pick out from the given extract the word that means ‘well-known’. ( )
A) familiar
B) shared
C) lighted
D) matches
Answer:
A) familiar
3. With such thoughts in my mind I resumed my seat in the chair in front of the table. There were no more sounds from above. Suddenly there came a dull thud as if a rubber tube had fallen to the ground … surely nothing to worry about. Even so I thought I would turn around and take a look. No sooner had I turned than a fat snake wriggled over the back of the chair and landed on my shoulder. The snake’s landing on me and my turning were simultaneous. (The Snake and the Mirror)
i) Which word in the given extract means ‘quickly turned and twisted’? (D)
A) resumed
B) thud
C) landed
D) wriggled
Answer:
D) wriggled
ii) Fill in the blank in the following choosing the right option. (A)
Suddenly _________ came down on the author’s shoulder.
A) a snake
B) a rubber tube
C) a rat
D) a piece of a log
Answer:
A) a snake
iii) State whether the following is True or False. (F)
The snake’s landing on the author and his turning did not happen at the same time.
Answer:
False
iv) How did the author feel the sound of a thud?
Answer:
He felt that the sound of a thud was as if a rubber tube had fallen.
v) When were there no more sounds from above? ( )
A) When the author turned around
B) When the author took a look at the snake
C) When the author resumed his seat in the chair in front of the table
D) When a snake looked into the mirror
Answer:
C) When the author resumed his seat in the chair in front of the table
4. “No,” the doctor said. “God willed otherwise. My life companion is a thin reedy person with the gift of a sprinter.”
Someone else asked, “Doctor, when you ran did the snake follow you?” The doctor replied, “I ran and ran till I reached a friend’s house. Immediately I smeared oil all over myself and took a bath ”. (The Snake and the Mirror)
i) Do you think the snake followed him? How can you say?
Answer:
No, I don’t think the snake followed him because the snake must have been enjoying its beauty by looking into the mirror by the time the doctor had come out of his house.
ii) State whether the following statement is True or False. (F)
The doctor wanted his wife to be a sprinter.
Answer:
False
iii) What do you understand by the doctor’s saying, “God willed otherwise.”? (A)
A) He got a lady as his wife against what he had wanted her to be.
B) He wished the God would give him a thin wife.
C) His wife was not a doctor.
D) His wife was always obedient to him.
Answer:
A) He got a lady as his wife against what he had wanted her to be.
iv) From the given extract, pick out the word the antonym of which is ‘cleared’ or ‘purified’. (C)
A)reedy
B) sprinter
C) smeared
D) fresh
Answer:
C) smeared
v) Why did the author run and run?
Answer:
He was so afraid of the snake that it might follow and catch him if ran slowly.
vi) Which of the following options presents the right question which the author answered, “No, my life companion is a thin reedy person”? (B)
A) Did the snake follow you?
B) Is your wife very fat?
C) Did the God favour you?
D) Who is your wife?
Answer:
B) Is your wife very fat?
5. At my slightest movement the snake would strike me! Death lurked four inches away. Suppose it struck, what was the medicine I had to take? There were no medicines in the room. I was but a poor, foolish and stupid doctor. 1 forgot my danger and smiled feebly at myself.
It seemed as if God appreciated that. The snake turned its head. It looked into the mirror and saw its reflection. I do not claim that it was the first snake that had ever looked into a mirror. But it was certain that the snake was looking into the mirror. (The Snake and the Mirror)
i) State whether the following statement is True or False. (T)
The author was not sure that it was the first snake that had ever looked into a mirror.
Answer:
True
ii) Why did the author call himself a poor, foolish and stupid doctor? (B)
A) Since he was a doctor, he did not keep any medicines for a snake’s bite, in his room.
B) In spite of being a doctor, he did not keeping any medicines for a snake’s bite, in his room.
C) He could not know whether it was a male or a female snake.
D) For havifig kept only a few medicines for a snake’s bite in his room.
Answer:
B) In spite of being a doctor, he did not keeping any medicines for a snake’s bite, in his room.
iii) Why did the snake look into the mirror?
Answer:
Because it could see its reflection and admire its beauty.
iv) Pick out from the given extract the word that means ‘lay in wait in a place of concealment’ or ‘slinked’. (A)
A) lurked
B) strike
C) claim
D) certain
Answer:
A) lurked
v) According to the author, when would the snake strike him? (D)
A) When he was still
B) When he showed it the mirror
C) At his trying to walk away along with the snake
D) At his slightest movement
Answer:
D) At his slightest movement
Reference to the Context: Reading Comprehension from Poem
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. Once, when the good Saint Peter
Lived in the world below,
And walked about it, preaching,
Just as he did, you know. (A Legend of the Northland)
i) Who used to live in the world below?
Answer:
Saint Peter
ii) State whether the following statement is True or False. (T)
‘Saint Peter was preaching round the-world.’
Answer:
True
iii) The set of rhyming words that can be found in the given extract. (B)
A) ‘good’ and ‘below’
B) ‘below’ and ‘know’
C) ’preaching’ and ‘know’
D) ‘Peter’ and ‘below’
Answer:
B) ‘below’ and ‘know’
iv) Pick out from the given extract the word that means ‘delivering sermons’.
Answer:
‘preaching’
v) Why did Saint Peter use to roam around? ( )
A) He wanted to see the poor and the rich.
B) He wanted to give some money to the poor people.
C) He wanted to give religious sermons to the people.
D) Both (A) and (B)
Answer:
C) He wanted to give religious sermons to the people.
2. Then good Saint Peter grew angry,
For he was hungry and faint;
And surely such a woman
Was enough to provoke a saint. (A Legend of the Northland)
i) Which word in the given extract means ‘incite’ or ‘arouse’? (C)
A) grew
B) faint
C) provoke
D) enough
Answer:
C) provoke
ii) The pair of rhyming words found in the given extract. (D)
A) angry – faint
B) woman – angry
C) angry – saint
D) faint – saint
Answer:
D) faint – saint
iii) What made Saint Peter angry? (A)
A) The behaviour of the woman
B) His hunger
C) The woman’s unresponse to his call
D) None of the above
Answer:
A) The behaviour of the woman
iv) What was Saint Peter actually feeling? (D)
A) faint
B) hungry
C) angry
D) both (A) and (B)
Answer:
D) both (A) and (B)
v) Fill in the blank in the following.
_______________ was enough to provoke a saint.
Answer:
Such a woman
3. So she made a very little cake,
But as it baking lay,
She looked at it, and thought it seemed
Too large to give away. (A Legend of the Northland)
i) On your understanding of the given lines, think of and write the nature of the lady. (B)
A) hard-worker
B) greedy
C) honest
D) generous
Answer:
B) greedy
ii) How did the little cake appear to the lady? (A)
A) too large to be given away
B) too small to be given away
C) too thin
D) all the above
Answer:
A) too large to be given away
iii) Pick out from the given extract the word the antonym of which is very big / large.
Answer:
a very little
iv) State whether the following statement is True or False. (F)
The intention of the lady is to serve Saint Peter with as many cakes as possible.
Answer:
False
v) What did the lady look at? ( )
A) the little cake
B) her little baby
C) Saint Peter
D) the firewood
Answer:
A) the little cake
4. Then she took a tiny scrap of dough,
And rolled and rolled it flat;
And baked it thin as a wafer —
But she couldn’t part with that. (A Legend of the Northland)
i) Pick out from the given extract the word the antonym of which is ‘meet’ or ‘acquire’. (A)
A) part
B) rolled
C) baked
D) wafer
Answer:
A) part
ii) To which has the cake been compared? (C)
A) scrap
B) dough
C) wafer
D) flat
Answer:
C) wafer
iii) State whether the following statement is True or False. (T)
‘The lady couldn’t even give that thin piece of cake to the saint.’
Answer:
True
iv. Fill in tho Dlanks in the following sentence with the right words.
This time the lady took a very _________ amount of _________ and rolled it.
Answer:
small, dough
v) What is the figure of speech that you can find in the given extract? (A)
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Parable
D) Anti-climax
Answer:
A) Simile
5. He came to the door of a cottage,
In travelling round the earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes,
And baking them on the hearth; (A Legend of the Northland)
i) Where did he come to? (A)
A) the door of a cottage
B) a farm – house
C) the church
D) the house of the village-head
Answer:
A) the door of a cottage
ii) Pick out from the given extract the word that means ‘cooking by dry heat without exposure to a flame’. (B)
A) cottage
B) baking
C) travelling
D) hearth
Answer:
B) baking
iii) Who reached the door of a cottage? (C)
A) A little woman
B) A farmer
C) Saint Peter
D) Children
Answer:
C) Saint Peter
iv) State whether the following statement is True” or ‘False’. (F)
The literary device used in line no. 2 of the given extract is ‘Alliteration’.
Answer:
False
v) Fill in the blank in the following sentence with one word.
A little woman was baking cakes in the
Answer:
fire place
6. Where they harness the swift reindeer
To the sledges, when it snows;
And the children look like bear’s cubs
In their funny, furry clothes: (A Legend of the Northland)
i) Fill in the blank in the following with one word.
The animal that is found in this region is __________
Answer:
reindeer
ii) Where do people tie the reindeers to? (A)
A) sledges
B) a tree
C) a pole
D) the large stone in front of the house
Answer:
A) sledges
iii) State whether the following statment is True or False. (T)
Because of their furry clothes, the children look like the cubs of a bear.
Answer:
True
iv) What is the poetic device used in line No. 4? (B)
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Climax
D) Paraboly
Answer:
B) Simile
v) Which word in the given extract means ‘very quick / fast’? (A)
A) swift
B) sledges
C) harness
D) furry
Answer:
A) swift
7. And he said, “You are far too selfish
To dwell in a human form,
To have both food and shelter,
And fire to keep you warm. (A Legend of the Northland)
i) Who is the speaker of the above lines?
Answer:
Saint Peter
ii) According to the speaker, what is the woman not fit to live in? (C)
A) the hut
B) the village
C) the human form
D) old age
Answer:
C) the human form
iii) Pick out from the given extract the word the antonym of which is ‘generous’. (A)
A) selfish
B) warm
C) dwell
D) shelter
Answer:
A) selfish
iv) State whether the following is True or False. (T)
Saint Peter cursed the old woman and said that she was very selfish.
Answer:
True
v) What, according to the speaker, are the essential things?
Answer:
Food, shelter, fire and clothing are the essential things.
8. For she said, “My cakes that seem too small
When I eat of them myself
Are yet too large to give away.”
So she put them on the shelf. (A Legend of the Northland)
i) From the given extract, you can find two words that are opposite to each other. Mention them.
Answer:
‘Small’ and ‘large’
ii) Who does ‘she’ in the given extract refer to? (A)
A) the greedy woman
B) the generous lady
C) the kind and hard-working woman
D) the honest woman
Answer:
A) the greedy woman
iii) When she herself eats the same cake, how does it-appear? (B)
A) too large
B) too small
C) too thick
D) all the above
Answer:
B) too small
iv) Why did the lady put the cakes on the shelf? (D)
A) They are too small to give away.
B) They are too delicious to give away.
C) They are too hard to give away.
D) They are too large to give away.
Answer:
D) They are too large to give away.
v) Pick out and write the pair of rhyming words seen in the given extract. (D)
A) small – myself
B) myself – away
C) small – shelf
D) myself – shelf
Answer:
D) myself – shelf
9. And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one. (A Legend of the Northland)
i) Fill in the blank in the following sentence, by going through the given extract.
____________ had not eaten the entire day.
Answer:
Saint Peter
ii) What do you understand by the given line : “For the day was almost done.”? (B)
A) The lady has almost completed her work.
B) The day was almost over.
C) The lady has completed serving the Saint with her cakes.
D) Both (A) and (D)
Answer:
B) The day was almost over.
iii) State whether the following statement is True or False. (F)
‘He has asked her for just two cakes.’
Answer:
False
iv) What does the phrase ‘Faint with fasting’ mean? (D)
A) ready to eat ten cakes
B) ready to grab ten cakes from the lady
C) has eaten to his full satisfaction
D) feeling hungry and weak
Answer:
D) feeling hungry and weak
v) Why did he ask her to give him a single cake?
Answer:
Because he was hungry and faint.
10. Away, away in the Northland,
Where the hours of the day are few,
And the nights are so long in winter
That they cannot sleep them through;
i) Which place is referred to? (A)
A) Northland
B) Southland
C) Westland
D) Eastland
Answer:
A) Northland
ii) How are days in this region? (B)
A) long
B) short
C) very hot
D) neither long nor short
Answer:
B) short
iii) State whether the following statement is True or False. (T)
In line – 4 ‘they’ refers to the people who live in this region.
Answer:
True
iv) Write a synonym for ‘Away, away’.
Answer:
Far away
v) The season that was mentioned in the given extract is ________ (C)
A) summer
B) rainy
C) winter
D) autumn
Answer:
C) winter
Short Answer Questions from Prose
Question 1.
Write a brief note on the house or room of the author.
Answer:
It was a rented 500m. It was not electrified and so the author kept a kerosene lamp on the table. He would light the kerosene lamp at night or after sunset. The room had a tilted roof with long supporting gables that rested on the beam over the wall. There was no ceiling. There was a regular traffic of rats to and from the beam.
Question 2.
How did the author react when he encountered the snake?
Answer:
The author was scared when the snake landed on his shoulder. But he acted wisely. He showed a great presence of mind. He neither jumped nor cried. He sat on the chair holding his breath. His body was still but his mind was active. .
Question 3.
What kind of a lady did the author want to marry? Did he actually marry such a lady?
Answer:
The author who was a homeopathic doctor, wanted to marry a lady who was a rich doctor with plenty of practice behind. He wanted her wife to be fat. But God willed otherwise. He married a woman who was thin reedy sprinster.
Question 4.
Why did the doctor feel he was near death?
Answer:
As soon as the snake landed on the shoulder of the doctor, it coiled his left arm above the elbow. Its hood was spread out. It was only four inches away from his face. He could not think of any anti-snakebite medicine too. Hence he thought he was near death.
Question 5.
What was the lovely thought that struck the author?
OR
What kind of lady did the narrator want to marry?
Answer:
The doctor had a lovely thought. It was that he wanted to get married to a woman doctor who had plenty of money after a good medical practice. She had to be fat because if he made some silly mistake and needed to run away, she would not be able to run after him and catch him.
Question 6.
What did the doctor do to make himself look handsome?
OR
Why did the doctor say that he had to make his presence felt?
Answer:
The doctor was a bachelor. He was a great admirer of beauty. He believed in making himself handsome. So he looked into the mirror and adjusted his hair many times. He decided to shave daily and grow a thin moustache. The decided to keep a good looking smile on his face.
Question 7.
What did the doctor think when the snake was looking into the mirror?
Answer:
The doctor got some thoughts in his mind when the snake was looking into the mirror. He thought that just as he had done when he had looked into the mirror, the snake was also admiring its beauty. He thought if it was a male snake, it might be thinking of growing a thin moustache. It if it was a female one, it might be thinking of using eye shadow, mascara or wearing a vermilion on her forehead. But he was not sure whether it was a male or a female one.
Question 8.
What did the doctor do next morning? What did he find?
Answer:
Next morning, the doctor went back to his room along with his friend and one or two other persons to move his things from the room and vacate the room. But to his surprise, he found little to carry. Some thief had entered his room and had taken away most of his things. The room had been cleaned out l But not really, the thief had left behind one thing as a final insult! It was his dirty vest.
Question 9.
What thoughts came into the mind of the doctor when the snake landed on his shoulder?
Answer:
When the snake landed on his shoulder, the doctor neither moved nor cried out. He made himself still. He thought that at his slightest movement, the snake would strike him. Death lurked four inches away. If it struck, he could not come out from its bite as there were no medicines for anti-snake’s bite, in his room.
Question 10.
’The sound was a familiar one.’ What did the doctor hear? What did he think it was?
Answer:
The doctor heard the sound of the snake. But he thought that it was the sound of the moving rats. He called it a familiar sound because he knew that there were a lot of rats in his room.
Question 11.
Why did the snake leave the hand of the author?
OR
How did the doctor get a chance of running away from his room?
Answer:
The snake that had landed on the shoulder of the doctor turned its hood and looked into the mirror which was on the table. It saw its reflection. The snake unwound itself from his arm and moved closer to the mirror. Perhaps it wanted to enjoy its beauty in the mirror. The doctor got a chance to run away from his room.
Question 12.
How can you say that the story of ‘The Snake and the Mirror’ has a humorous ending?
Answer:
The story has a humorous ending. Next day, the doctor returned to his room with his friend and one or two other persons. He decided to vacate the room. He did not want to live in that room any more. So he came to move his things from there. But he found little to carry. A thief had entered his room and had taken away everything except his dirty vest. He had left behind his dirty vest as a final insult.
Question 13.
Why could the doctor not sleep in his room? What did he do then?
Answer:
The doctor lived in a rented room. The room was not electrified. It was a hot summer night. He got up from his bed as he could not sleep. He went out to veranda. He came back into the room and tried to sleep. But he could not sleep there, He tried to read a book and got no relief.
Question 14.
What two important decisions did the doctor take while looking into the mirror?
Answer:
The doctor was a bachelor. While looking into the mirror, the doctor took two important and earth-shaking decisions. He decided that he would shave daily and grow a thin moustache. He also decided that he would always keep an attractive smile on his face.
Question 15.
Give two examples for the elements of humour in the story.
Answer:
The story has some elements of humour. Two examples of it are hereunder.
The doctor while looking into the mirror, thinks of marrying a fat woman. He wishes her to be fat because if he makes a silly mistake and wants to run away, she may not be able to catch hold of him.
Short Answer Questions from Poem
Question 1.
Do you agree that the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ has become part of the folklore of the Northland? Support your answer with reasons from the poem.
Answer:
Yes, I agree that the poem has become part of the folklore of the Northland. It is passed on orally from one generation to the other. The line in the poem that supports my answer is ‘And every country school boy has seen her in the wood’.
Question 2.
Why and how was the woman punished by Saint Peter?
Answer:
Since Saint Peter wanted to teach the selfish and greedy woman a lesson, he punished her. He said that the woman did not deserve food, shelter, clothing and fire to warm herself. She had disgraced womanhood.
Question 3.
Why did the saint curse her?
OR
‘And surely such a woman was enough to provoke a saint.’
Who was the lady? How did she provoke the saint?
Answer:
She was the old greedy woman who was making cakes when Saint Peter visited her and asked her for a cake as he was hungry and faint. But the lady did not oblige the hungry and tired saint. She lacked decency. She did not give him even a wafer like cake. It provoked Saint Peter. So he cursed her.
Question 4.
‘And the children look like bear’s cubs.’
What have the children been compared to? Why have they been compared so?
Answer:
The children there in the Northland have been compared to bear’s cubs. Since Northland is a cold place, the children wear funny furry dresses to protect themselves from cold. While they are running and playing, it looks as if bear’s cubs are running and playing.
Question 5.
What is a ‘ballad’? Is the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ a ballad? How can you say?
Answer:
A ‘ballad’ is a song narrating a story in short stanzas. Ballads are a part of the folk culture and are passed on orally from one generation to another. The poem A Legend of the Northland’ is certainly a ballad because it has the story of an old greedy and selfish woman who happened to be cursed by a saint for her greed and selfishness.
Question 6.
Find out two examples of repetition from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’.
Answer:
The two examples of repetition in the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ are’:
i) And rolled and rolled it flat
ii) By boring, and boring, and boring.
Question 7.
‘He asked her, from her store of cakes.’
Who is ‘He’? What did he ask for? Who does ‘her ‘ refer to?
Answer:
‘He’ is Saint Peter. Saint Peter who was travelling from one place to another place preaching, came to woman’s house. Being hungry and faint, Saint Peter asked the old woman who was making cakes, for a cake from her store of cakes. ‘Her’ is referred to the selfish lady.
Question 8.
‘I don’t believe ’tis true; And yet you may learn a lesson.’ What does the poet believe? Why does he want to tell the tale?
Answer:
The poet himself admits that the story he was going to tell, may not be true. Still he wants to tell it because it contained a lesson. He wants to make his readers learn a lesson from this poem.
Question 9.
‘Away away in the Northland, where the hours of the day are few.’ Which place has been referred to? What kind of place it is?
Answer:
The place is Northland. It is far off the North. It is a cold place. Here days are short and nights are long.
Question 10.
‘For she was changed to a bird.’ Who was she and why was she changed to a bird?
Answer:
She was an old woman of Northland. She was changed to. a woodpecker by St. Peter because she was greedy and selfish. She did not give the hungry saint a cake to eat. Hence she was turned to a bird.
Short Answer Questions from S.Reader
Question 1.
How did God reward, the prince and the swallow?
Answer:
God rewarded the Happy Prince and the swallow by giving both of them a place in his kingdom i.e. the heaven. The swallow will sing forever in the garden of paradise and the Happy Prince will live in the city of gold.
Question 2.
What happened to the prince’s leaden heart?
Answer:
When the men were melting the statue of the Happy Prince in the furnace, the leaden heart of the Happy Prince did not get melted. It remained unmelted in the furnace. So the men threw it away. The Angels considered the leaden heart of the Happy Prince the most precious thing in the city. So they took it to the heaven.
Question 3.
Why was the statue of the Happy Prince melted in the furnace? What did the men observe while melting it ? What did they do then?
Answer:
The men pulled down the statue of the Happy Prince and melted it in a furance because the Happy Prince was no longer beautiful and he was no longer useful. While melting the statue, the men observed the broken lead-he&rt of the Happy Prince remain unmelted. So they threw away the lead-heart of the Happy Prince into the dust heap where the dead swallow was also lying.
Question 4.
How did the Happy Prince and the swallow help the young playwright?
Answer:
The young playwright was to finish the play for a theatre. It was very cold. He was suffering from cold and hunger. He did not have money to arrange for food and fire. The Happy Prince requested the swallow to pluck out the sapphire from one of his eyes and take it to the playwright. The swallow took the sapphire and gave it to the playwright. He could then buy food and firewood.
Question 5.
Mention the two precious things in the story of ‘The Happy Prince’ say why they were precious.
Answer:
The two precious things in the story were the leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the dead swallow. The Angel considered them to be the most precious things in the city because they both sacrificed their lives for the happiness of others.
Question 6.
Why did the swallow cry out when the Happy Prince asked him to pluck out one of the sapphires?
Answer:
The swallow cried out when the Happy Prince asked him to pluck out a sapphire from one of his eyes because he felt that he would become blind in one eye and he did not want to see him like that. Besides, it was a cruel and painful task.
Question 7.
What happened to the swallow, in the end?
Answer:
The swallow was helping the poor and the needy by way of the Happy Prince. He stayed with the Happy Prince for many days. Now the winter came. There was frost all around. In the end, the swallow died due to extreme frost. The weather was so bad for him that he could not survive.
Question 8.
Why could the Happy Prince not see the misery of the people when he was alive?
Answer:
When the Happy Prince was alive, he could not see the misery of the people. It was because he was never out of his palace. He was happy throughout his life. He lived a comfortable life inside the palace and could not get a chance of observing the misery and ugliness of the people around him.
Question 9.
How would you feel if you helped someone in need?
Answer:
If it happened for me to help someone in need, I would.help that person. If I helped someone, it would give me a lot of satisfaction. God would appreciate me. I would feel very happy.
Question 10.
Where was the statue of the Happy Prince? How was it?
Answer:
The statue of the Happy Prince was on a tall pillar at a high place in the city. It was a beautiful statue. It was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold. It had two sapphires, one in each eye.
Question 11.
Why did the Happy Prince ask the swallow to stay with him?
Answer:
The Happy Prince wanted to help the poor. But he could not move. He needed the help of someone else. So he requested the swallow to stay with him so that he could take his things to the needy.
Question 12.
Where was the swallow going? Why did he stop there?
Answer:
The little swallow was going to Egypt. His friends had already gone there. He was going to join them. He stopped near the statue of the Happy Prince to take some rest during the night. There was plenty of air; So he stopped there.
Long Answer Questions from Prose
Question 1.
When a snake landed on his shoulder, how did the doctor react? Patience and presence of mind are revealed from the way the doctor reacted when the snake landed on his shoiilder. Discuss.
Answer:
A snake landed on the shoulder of the doctor. He was greatly frightened seeing the snake on his shoulder. For a while he became like a lifeless statue. But by the grace of God, he remained still. He neither moved nor cried out. Though he was still, his mind was acting. His mind told him that if he moved or cried out, the snake would at once strike him. He also knew that there were no anti-snake-bite medicines in his room. He prayed to God and wrote in big letters outside his little heart the words ‘O God !’. He forgot his danger and smiled feebly at himself.
So by God’s grace, the snake unwound itself from the shoulder of the doctor and went onto the table and looked into the mirror that was on the table. The doctor got up slowly and quietly from the chair and went out quietly Later he ran away to his friend’s house using all his strength. He did not panic. He exhibited great patience. His presence of mind helped him come out of the trouble. So one should never panic when one is in trouble. Instead, one should find a way to come out of the trouble that one is in.
Question 2.
Write a brief note on the doctor (author) in the story ‘The Snake and the Mirror’.
Answer:
The doctor in the story was a young homeopathic doctor. He was not rich as he was
living in a small rented room in which there were many rats. He had just started his medical practice and so he had very little things in his room. His room was not electrified and so he used a kerosene lamp. There were a comb and a large mirror on the table besides the kerosene lamp. He was talented and could use his presence of mind as and when needed. He had a sense‘of humour. When he was looking into the mirror, he thought that he wanted to get married to a rich woman doctor who had plenty of money and a good medical practice behind.
He wanted her to be very fat because if it happened for him to make any silly mistake and run away from her, she being fat, would not be able to catch hold of him. Being a bachelor, he wanted to look more handsome by shaving daily, growing a thin moustache and keeping a handsome smile on his face. He used his presence of mind when a snake landed on his shoulder. Then he neither moved nor cried out, knowing that if he moved or cried the snake would bite him and he did not keep any anti-snake-bite medicines in his room. But when it left his shoulder and went on to the table, he came out of the room very quietly.
Long Answer Questions from Poem
Question 1.
’Write about Saint Peter.
OR
Who was Saint Peter? Where did he go? What did he do there?
Answer:
Saint Peter was a saint. He was travelling round the world, preaching. One day while travelling, he reached a village. He went to the door of an old lady. The lady then was making cakes and baking them on a hearth. As he was fainting with hunger, he asked the lady for a cake. But the lady was very selfish and greedy. So, she made a very small cake. As it was being baked, she felt it too big to give away. So she did not give him that small cake. She made another still smaller cake.
But that also appeared to be big to that lady. So, she took an extremely little scrap of dough and rolled it flat. She baked it as thin as a Wafer. Even then she did not want to give it to the saint. Then Saint Peter understood her nature and got angry with her. He told her that she was not fit to be a human being and enjoy food and warmth. He cursed her and turned her to a woodkeeper that has to bore a hole in hard wood to get its scanty food.
Question 2.
Write about the old woman in the story ‘A Legend of the Northland’.
Answer:
The woman in the. story was an old lady. Her business was making cakes and selling them. But she was not kind enough to give away any cake to even a very poor person free of cost. She was very greedy and selfish. One day, when Saint came to her with a great hunger, and asked her for a bake, she started making a cake even though there were already some cakes. She was too greedy and selfish to give even a cake to the Saint. Every cake she made appeared too big for her to give to the saint though actually they were so small. She thought her cakes were too big to be given away. She kept all the cakes in her shelf. She did not oblige Saint Peter. It provoked Saint Peter. He got angry. He cursed her and turned her to a woodpecker which had to bore holes in the hard wood tree to get its scanty food.
Long Answer Questions from S. Reader
Question 1.
‘Helping the poor and the needy always pleases God.’ Do you believe in this statement? Explain.
OR
‘It you help those, who are really poor, needy or helpless, you will be blessed by God.’ Explain it. How were the prince and the swallow rewarded?
Answer:
Yes, I believe in the statement Helping the poor and the needy always pleases God’ and also in the statement ‘If you help those who are really poor, needy or helpless, you will be blessed by God. A good deed is one that makes a person in need of help happy. When we help a person come out of his or her problems, we will certainly be blessed by God. So, we should always think that we should help the poor or the needy people with whatever we can or have. The suffering humanity needs a helping hand. The act of our kindness makes both the person who receives our help and God happy.
We get satisfaction when we do good deeds. A bad deed hurts us. Being a human being, a person should help his / her fellow-beings in their needs or when they are in problems. Both the Happy Prince and the swallow helped the suffering people as much as they could. So they were rewarded by God for their good deeds. Both of them found a permanent place in heaven. If one wants to be in heaven, one should go on doing good deeds.
Question 2.
Sketch the character of the Happy Prince.
OR
Write about the Happy Prince.
Answer:
The Happy Prince, when he was alive, enjoyed all the comforts and luxuries of life. As he was in his palace, he could not get the chance of observing the miseries of the people around him. The courtiers called him ‘The Happy Prince’. After his death, his statue was k^pt on a tall pillar, high above the city. It was a beautiful statue. It was covered with gold and had sapphires for eyes and a ruby in his sword. Being kept on a tall pillar, the Happy Prince was able to see the suffering of the people in the city. But he was unable to move to them and help them.
So when a swallow rested on his statue, he asked the swallow to help him in helping the suffering people. The swallow, being kind, agreed to help the Happy Prince. He gave away all the things he had – the gold covering his body, the two sapphires and the ruby – to help the suffering people. He sent all the things he had to the suffering people and vanished their miseries, by way of the swallow. As he had lost all his belongings, he looked ugly. His statue was melted. For his kind and good deeds, he got a permanent place in heaven.
Question 3.
Write a character sketch of the swallow.
Answer:
The swallow was so kind that it could not keep itself away from helping whenever it saw somebody suffering or in need of its help. It was flying to Egypt as his friends had already reached there and it wanted to join them. He stayed on the statue of the Happy Prince to have some rest. The night was full of moonlight and pleasant. When some drops fell onto it, it thought they were raindrops. Since the sky was clear, it looked up where the drops were from. She then noticed that they were the tear drops of the statue of the Happy Prince. When the prince asked it to help him in helping the suffering people of the city, it took pity on him and agreed to help him.
The swallow took the ruby of the Happy Prince and gave it to the seamstress so that she could buy food for her son. The swallow fanned the boy and cooled him with its wings. The swallow delivered the gems and the gold of the Happy Prince to the needy in the city. He carried out all the wishes of the Happy Prince and made both the Happy Prince and the needy happy. He sacrificed his wish of going to Egypt and joining his friends, and stayed with the Happy Prince till his death. In the end, unable to withstand the extreme cold climate, the swallow died. Its good deeds enabled it to have a place in heaven, after its death.
Question 4.
How can you say that the two most precious things that the Angel found in the city were the leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the dead swallow? Give reasons.
Answer:
I can say that the Angel’s finding the two most precious things in the city were the leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the dead swallow. Both the Happy Prince and the swallow were too kind to bear the sufferings of others. The Happy Prince had given away all his gold, ruby and sapphires in order to make the suffering people of the city happy. He sacrificed his belongings and life for vanishing the miseries of the people. Similarly, the swallow which had to go to Egypt and join his friends, sacrificed his wish of going to Egypt and stayed with the Happy Prince till he was dead.
The swallow carried out all the wishes of the Happy Prince and thereby made the suffering people as well as the Happy Prince happy. He remained with the Happy Prince even in the bad weather. Based on their sacrifices and helping nature, the Angel felt the leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the dead swallow as the two most precious things in the city. So the Angel took both of them to heaven. Both of them got a permanent place in heaven.