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 READI
NGSECTI
ON
UNSEENPASSAGEWI
THMULTI
PLECHOI
CEQUESTI
ONS
PASSAGE1
Q1.Readt
hepassagegi
venbel
ow.
(1)Hav
eyouev
erfai
ledatsomethingsomiser
ablyt
hatthet
houghtof
att
empti
ngt
odoitagainwasthelastthi
ngonyourmind?

(2)Ifyouranswerisyes,thenyoushouldunder st
andthatyouar enotarobot.
Unlikerobots,
wehumanbei ngshavefeel
ings,emot i
ons,anddreams.Wear e
allmeanttogr owdespit
eourci r
cumstancesandl imit
ati
ons.Flouri
shi
ngand
tryi
ngtomakeourdr eamscomet r
uefeel
sgr eatwhenl i
fegoesourway .But
whathappenswheni tdoesnot?Whathappenswheny oufail
despiteal
lyour
hardwor k?Doy oust
aydownandacceptdef eatordoy ougetupagai n?Ifyou
tendtoper sev
ereandkeepgoi ng,youhavewhatexper tscal
l‘gri
t’
.

(3)Falli
ngdownorf ai
lingi soneoft hemostagoni si
ng, embar rassing, and
scaryhumanexper i
ences.Buti ti
sal sooneofthemosteducat ional,
empower i
ng,andessent i
al partsofl i
vi
ngasuccessf ulandf ul
filli
ngl i
fe.Did
youknowt hatperseverance( grit
)isoneoft hesevenqual i
tiest hathasbeen
descr i
bedast hekeyt oper sonal successandbet ter
menti nsoci ety?The
othersixarecuriosit
y,gr ati
tude, optimism,sel
f-
control
, sociali
nt ell
igence,and
zest.ThomasEdi soni sanexampl eofgritf
ortry
ingmor ethan1, 000t imest o
i
nv enttheli
ghtbulb.Ify ouar er eadingthiswit
hthelightsoni ny ourroom, you
willreal
isetheimpor t
anceofhi ssuccess.Whenaskedwhyhekeptgoi ng
despi t
ehundredsoff ailures,hemer elystat
edthattheyhadnotbeenf ailur
es,
theywer ehundredsofat tempt st owardscreati
ngthelightbulb.Thi s
statementnotonl yreveal edhi sgr i
tbutalsohi
sopt i
mism f orlooki ngatt he
brightside.

(4)Gritcanbelearnttohel pyoubecomemor esuccessful

.Oneoft he
techniquesthathelpismi ndful
ness.Mindf
ulnessisapracti
cethatmakesan
i
ndividualstayatthemomentbybr i
ngi
ngawar enessofhisorherexperi
ence
withoutjudgement .Thispracti
cehasbeenusedt oquietenthenoiseoff
ears
anddoubt s.Throught hissi
mpl epr
acti
ceofmi ndful
ness,i
ndivi
dualshavethe

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abi
li
tytostopthesel
f-
sabot
agi
ngdownwar
dspi
ral
ofhopel
essness,
despai
r,
andfrust
rati
on.

(
5)Whatdidy oudot
oovercomethenegat
iveandsel
f-sabot
agi
ngfeel
ingsof
f
ail
ure?Ref
lectonwhaty
oudid,
andtrytousethosesamepower f
ulr
esources
t
ohelpyoutoday.

Onthebasi
sofyourunderst
andi
ngoft
hepassage,
answeranyt
enquest
ions
fr
om t
hetwelv
ethatfol
low:

(
A) 
Thereasonwhyy ouarenotar obotist
hat:
(
a)Youfai
lmiser
ablyattasks
(
b)Fai
lur
eandsuccesscanaf fectyouremoti
ons
(
c)Youworkhard
(
d)Youhaveli
mitat
ions

B)Wha
( ti
sthet
oneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngcont
ext
:“Fal
li
ngdownorf
ail
ingi
sone
ofthemost…educati
onal
,empower
ing,
andessent
ialpar
tsofl
iv
inga
successf
ulandf
ulfi
ll
ingl
if
e.”
?

(
a)Humorous
(
b)Opt
imisti
c
(
c)Hor
rif
ying
(
d)Sol
emn

(
C) 
Whi choft
hefoll
owingisr el
evantf
ort
het
it
leoft
hepassage.
(
a)DreamsAlwaysComeTr ue
(
b)Fail
ureandGri
tGoHandi nHand
(
c)Humansv sRobots
(
d)Fall
ingDownandGet t
ingUp

(
D) 
………………wascr
eat
edaf
termanyat
tempt
s.
(
a)electr
ici
ty
(
b)li
ghtbulb
(
c)current
(
d)tubelight

(
E) 
Whichofthefol
lowi
ngsent
encesmakest
hecor
rectuseof“
gri
t”
,asused
i
nthepassage?

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(
a)Getri
dofthatgriti
ny ourshoes.
(
b)Shehadabi tofgri
tinhereye.
(
c)Theroadhadbeencov er
edwi t
hgri
t.
(
d)Hergri
tnevermadehergi veup.

(
F) 
Todev el
opper sev
eranceonemust:
(
a)becomemor eaware
(
b)workhard
(
c)beinthemomentandbeawar ewi
thoutj
udgement
(
d)seekguidance

(
G) 
Howdoesmi ndfulnesshel
p?
(
a)I
tcreatesawareness
(
b)I
tquiet
ensthenoi seoffear
sanddoubt
s
(
c)I
thelpsonebecomesuccessf ul
(
d)I
thelpsdevel
opf ocus

(
H) 
Whatdoy ouunderst
andf r
om thisline,
“Fal
li
ngdownorfail
ingisoneof
t
hemostagoni sing,
embarrassing,
andscar yhumanexper
iences.”
?
(
a)Fall
ingdownmakesusangr y.
(
b)Fail
urecandeeplyaff
ectouremot ions
(
c)Stayposit
iveandbeopti
mi sti
c
(
d)Self
-cont
rolisempoweri
ng

(I)
 Choosetheopti
ont hatcorrect
lyst
atest
hemeani
ngof‘
soci
ali
ntel
li
gence’
asi mpl
iedi
nt hepassage:
(a)Knowingothers
(b)Knowingoneselfandot hers
(c)Knowingoneself
(d)Knowingone’ssurroundings

(
J)Theimpor tanceofper
sever
anceandopt
imi
sm f
orasuccessf
uland
f
ulf
il
li
ngl i
feisexplai
nedusi
ngtheexampl
eof?
(
a)ThomasEdi son
(
b)Flouri
shing
(
c)Grit
(
d)Limitat
ions

(
K) 
Whati
sthemessageconv
eyedi
nthel
astpar
agr
aphoft
hepassage?
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(
a)Alwaysaimf ort
hebest
(
b)Li
v eli
fekingsi
ze
(
c)Throughmi ndf
ulnesswecanover
comet henegat
ivei
mpactoff
ail
ure
(
d)Sociali
ntell
i
genceiscruci
alf
orasuccessf
ull
if
e

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PASSAGE2

HowChi
ldr
enConsumeCaf
fei
nePassage
Q2.Obser
vethefol
lowi
ngdat
aandr
eadt
hepassagegi
ven.Answert
hemul
ti
ple-
choi
cequest
ions.

Eachday ,mostofusdependoncaf fei

netowakeupandber eadyfort hedaytocope
wit
ht hefast-pacedlif
e.Consumpt i
onofcaffeinei
sanancienthabit.Infact,t
hisnatur
al
sti
mul anti
soneoft hemostcommonl yconsumedbev er
agesi nt
hewor l
d.Though
caff
eineisknownf orit
sillef
fectsonhealt
h,it
’soneofthebestsour cestoprovideus
wit
ht hatextra“energy”thatmakesusgetgoi ng.Manyofusr el
yoncaf f
einetostay
al
ertandi mpr oveconcentrat
ion.Despi
teallt
heseapparentbenefi
ts,thequantityof
caff
eineintakeshoul dbekeptundercheck.

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Adult
sarestil
lconsideredsafetohaveadoseofcaf feine,adolescentsandy oung
adul
tsshouldbev erycautiouswhi
leconsumingit.Sot hebottom li
nelieswiththefact
“whenisi
tsaf etostarttheconsumpti
onofcaffeine”and“howmucht oconsume” .If
we’r
ecarefulenought okeepinmindthesetwoquest ions,weshal ldefi
nit
elybe
awardedthetitl
e‘ConsciousConsumer’ofcaff
eine.

Basedonyourunder
standi
ngoft
heabovepassage,
answert
hegi
venquest
ionsby
choosi
ngt
hemostappr opr
iat
eopt
ion:

(
a) Whichagegrouphasthehi
ghestconsumpti
onofsof
tdr
inks?
(
i)Ages13-17(i
i
)Ages2-5
(
ii
i)Ages6-12(
iv)All
theagegr
oupsment i
onedabov
e

(
b) 
Whichbever
ageistheleastpopul
aramongt eenager
s?
(
i)Cof
fee(
ii
)Tea(i
ii
)Softdri
nks(iv
)Energydr
inks

(c)
 Whichagegroupofchi
ldren,
asperthedat
a,hast
hebesthabi
tsconcer
ning
bever
ages?
(i
)Ages13-17(i
i
)Ages2-5( i
i
i)Ages6-
12(iv
)Noneoftheabov
e

(
d) Whi
chbever
agecontainst
hemostamountofcaf
fei
ne?
(
i)Coff
ee(
ii
)Tea(i
ii
)Energydr
inks(
iv)Sof
tdr
inks

(
e) Whi
chbev
erageisl
eastpopul
aramongtheagegr
oup6-
12?
(
i)Tea(
ii
)Cof
fee(i
ii
)Sof
tdri
nks(i
v)Ener
gydri
nks

(
f) 
Whichbev
eragei
smostpopul
aramongalltheagegr
oupsputt
oget
her
?
(
i)Tea(i
i
)Coff
ee(i
ii
)Sof
tdr
inks(
iv)Ener
gydr
inks

(
g) Whi
chbev
erageistheleastpopul
aramongalltheagegr
oups?
(
i)Tea(
ii
)Cof
fee(i
ii
)Softdri
nks(iv
)Energydr
inks

(
h) Whatdoescaffei
nedotoourbrain?
(
i)Fat
igue(i
i)Headaches(
ii
i)I
nducessl
eep(
iv)Br
ingsal
ert
ness

(
i) 
Caffeineintakeisnotadv i
sed
(
i)ifyourbloodpressureleveli
swithi
nnor
malrange.
(
ii
)ifyourbloodpr essur
elevelisl
ow.
(
ii
i)ifyourbloodpressuretendstobeonthehi
ghersi
de.
(
iv)Noneoft heabove.

j
) 
Whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngdoesn’
tinf
luencet
hecaf
fei
necont
enti
nabev
erage?

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(
i)Pr
ocessi
ngt
ime.(
ii
)Br
ewi
ngt
ime.

(
ii
i)Theshel
fli
fe.(
iv)Noneoft
heabov
e.

(
k) Thekeytoconsumecaff
einei
nourdai l
yli
fe:
(
i)Inmoderati
on.(
ii
)Aspert
hemar ketpromoti
ons.
(
ii
i)Addi
cti
on.(i
v)Noconsumpti
onatall.

PASSAGE3

CHESSI
SCALLEDTHEGAMEOFKI
NGS
Q3.1.
 Chessi
scall
edthegameofkings.I
thasbeenar
oundf
oralongt
ime.Peopl
ehave
beenplayi
ngitf
orov er500year
s.Chessisbasedonanevenol
dergamefrom I
ndi
a.
Thechessweplaytodayisfr
om Eur
ope.

2.Chessi sat wo-pl

ayergame.Oneplay
erusest hewhitepieceswhiletheotheruses
theblackpieces.Eachpiecemovesinaspecialway.Onepieceiscal
ledtheking.Each
play
erhasone.Thepl ayer
staket
urnsmovingtheirpi
eces.I
faplayerlandsonapi ece,
heorshet akesit.Thegameendswhenapl ayerl
oseshisorherking.Thereareaf ew
morer ul
es,butthesearethebasi
cs.

3.Somepeoplethinkthatchessismoret hanagame.Theyt hi
nkthatitmakesthe
mindstr
onger
.Goodchesspl ay
ersusetheirbr
ains.Theytakethei
rtime.Theythi
nk
aboutwhatwi
llhappennext.Theseski
ll
sareusefulinl
ifeandinchess.Chessi
skind
ofaworkoutf
ort hemind.

4.Youdon’ talwayshav elotsoftimet othinkwhenpl ayi

ngchess.Ther eisat ypeof
chesswi thshortt
imel i
mits.It
’scall
edbli
tzchess.I nbli
tzchess,eachplayergetsten
mi nutestouseforthewhol egame.Yourcl ockrunsduri
ngy ourturn.Youhitthetime
clockaf t
eryourmov e.Thisstopsy ourcl
ock.I tal
sostartstheotherplayer
’sclock.I
f
your unoutoftime,youlose.Gamesofbl i
t zchessarefast-paced.

5.Chessisnotj ustf
orpeople.Computershavebeenpl ay
ingchesssincethe1970s.
Atfirst
,theydidnotpl aywell.Theymademi stakes.Ast i
mewentont heygr ew
str
onger.In1997,acomputerbeatthebestpl
ayerinthewor l
dfort
hefirstt
ime.Itwas
acomput ercal
ledDeepBlue.DeepBl uewasbig.Ittookupawhol eroom.By2006a
cel
lphonecoul dbeatthebestplay
ersintheworld.Chesssurehascomeal ongway.
Don’tyouthi
nkso?

Ont
hebasi
sofy
ourunder
standi
ngoft
heabov
epassage,
answerANYTENquest
ions

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f
rom t
heELEVENgi
venbel
ow.

i
.Whatist heaut
hor ’
spur poseinwri
ti
ngt
hesecondpar
agr
aph?
a.Toexplaint
herulesofchess
b.Tocompar edi
fferenttypesofgames
c.Total
kaboutgamepi eces
d.Topersuadepeopl etoplaychess

ii.Whichi
snotareasont hatchessi sagoodworkoutf
ort
hemi
ndaccor
dingt
othe
text?
a.Goodchesspl
ayersthinkaboutwhatwi ll
happennext
.
b.Goodchesspl
ayerstakeal otofrisks.
c.Goodchesspl
ayerstaket hei
rti
me.
d.Goodchesspl
ayersuset heirbr
ains.

i
ii
.Howl onghavepeopl
ebeenpl
ayi
ngchess?
a.Over100years
b.Over500years
c.Ov
er1000y ears
d.Over5000years

iv.Wher edidthegamet
hatchessi
sbasedoncomef
rom?
a.
Eur ope
b.India
c.
Amer i
ca
d.Allofthese

v.Whichbestdescr
ibesthemainideainthefourt
hpar agr
aph?
a.Thi
sparagr
apharguesthatpl
ayersshouldt
hinkless.
b.Thi
sparagr
aphexplai
nshowbl i
tzchessispl
ayed.
c.Thi
sparagr
aphexplai
nshowt i
mecl ockswork.
d.Thi
sparagr
aphdescri
besmanydi ff
erentwaystoplaychess.

vi
.Howdoesagameofchessendaccor dingtothet
ext
?
a.Onepl
ayertakesal
loftheot
herplay
er’
spieces.
b.Onepl
ayermakesittotheendoftheboard.
c.Onepl
ayerbecomesking.
d.Onepl
ayerloseshi
sorherking.

vi
i.Whichhappenedfi
rst
?
a.Computersdi
dnotplaychesswel
l
b.DeepBluewonanimpor t
antgame.
c.Cel
lphonesgotgoodatplayi
ngchess.

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d.DeepBl
uet
ookupawhol
eroom.

vi
ii
.Howi sbli
tzchessdiff
er entf
rom regul
archess?
a.Eachplay
erhast wokings.
b.Player
sarebli
ndfol
ded.
c.Play
ersonlyhavetenmi nutest
oplay .
d.Player
sstartf
rom arandom posit
ion.

i
x.Ifi
t’syourturni
nbl i
tzchess,whathappenswheny ouhitthecl
ock?
a.Bothyourclockandtheot herperson’scl
ockkeepr unning
b.Theotherperson’
sclockst opsrunningandy our
sst ar
ts.
c.Bothcl
ocksst oprunning.
d.Yourclockstopsrunningandtheot herperson’
sclockbegins.

x.Whendi
dacomput
erf
ir
stbeatast
ronghumanpl
ayeri
nchess?
a.2006
b.1997
c.1970
d.1976

xi
.Whati sthemeaningoftheword“Bl
it
z”?
a.asuddenef f
ortorat
tackonsomebody/somet
hing
b.todiv
ef ast
c.ver
yhappy
d.annoyed

PASSAGE4
Educat
ioni
ntheRepubl
icofI
ndi
a
1.Educat i
oninIndia i
sprimaril
yprovi
dedby  
publi
cschools 
(control
ledand
fundedbyt hegov ernmentatthreelevel
s: 
centr
al,
 
state 
and l
ocal)and pri
vat
e
schools.Underv ari
ousarticl
esofthe 
IndianConstit
uti
on,fr
eeand
compul soryeducationisprovi
dedasa  f
undament alr
ight
 t
o chi
ldren aged6to
14.Theappr oximater at
ioofpubli
cschool st
opr i
vateschoolsi
nI ndiais7:
5.

2.Indiahasmadepr ogressi nincr

easing t
heat t
ainmentr ateofpr i
mar y
education.In2011, approximately75%oft hepopul
ation,agedbet ween7and
10y ears,wasl i
terate.Inthe2011Census,about73%oft hepopul ati
onwas
l
iterat
e,wi th 81% f ormal es and 65% f orfemales.Nat i
onalSt at
ist
ical
Commi ssi
onsur veyedl i
teracytobe77. 7% in2017–18,84. 7% formaleand
70.3%f orfemale.Thi scompar esto1981whent herespecti
ver at
eswer e41%,

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53% and29%.I n1951ther at
eswer e18%,27% and9%.I ndia’
simproved
educat
ion system i
s often ci
ted as one ofthe main contri
butorstoits
economicdev el
opment.Muchoft heprogress,especi
all
yinhighereducat
ion
andscient
if
icresear
ch,hasbeencredit
edtov ari
ouspubli
cinsti
tuti
ons.

3.Atthepri
mar yandsecondar
ylevel,
Indiahasal argepri
vateschool syst
em
complementingt hegover
nment-r
unschool s,wit
h29%ofst udentsrecei
v i
ng
pri
vateeducationinthe6to14agegr oupCer tai
npost -
secondarytechnical
schoolsar
eal sopr i
vat
e.Thepri
vateeducationmar keti
nIndiahadar ev
enue
ofUS$450mi lli
onin2008butisprojectedtobeaUS$40bi l
li
onmar ket.

Educat
ioni
nRepubl
icofI
ndi
a
Mi
nist
erofEducat
ion RameshPokhr
iyal

Nat
ionaleducat
ionbudget

Budget 3.
6%ofGDP(
$120bi
ll
ion)
 [
1]

Gener
aldet
ail
s

Pr
imar
ylanguages Engl
ish,
 
Indi
anl
anguages

Sy
stem t
ype Feder
al,
stat
eandpr
ivat
e

Est
abl
ished
Compulsor
yeducat
ion 1Apr
il2010

Li
ter
acy(
2017-
18[
3])

Tot
al 77.
7%[
2]

Mal
e 84.
7%

Femal
e 70.
3%

Enr
oll
ment

Tot
al (
N/A)

Pr
imar
y 95%[
4]

Secondar
y 69%[
4]

Postsecondar
y 25%[
4]

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4.Aspert heAnnualSt atusofEducat ionRepor t(ASER)2012,96. 5% ofall
ruralchildrenbet weent heagesof6- 14wer eenr ol
ledinschool .Thisist he
fourthannualsur veytoreportenr ollmentabov e96%.I ndi
ahasmai nt
ainedan
aver ageenr olmentr at
ioof95%f orst udentsint hi
sagegr oupf r
om they ear
2007t o2014.Asanout come,t henumberofst udentsintheagegr oup6- 14
whoar enotenr ol
ledinschoolhascomedownt o2.8%int hey earacademi c
year2018( ASER2018) . 
Anot herr eportfrom 2013st at
edthatt herewer e229
mi l
li
onst udentsenr ol
ledindi fferentaccr edit
edur banandr uralschoolsof
India,from Cl assIt oXII,represent i
ngani ncreaseof23l akhst udentsov er
2002t otalenrolment,anda19%i ncreasei ngir
l’
senrolment.

5.Whi l
equanti
tati
vel
yIndi ai
sinchingcl
osert ouniversal
educat i
on,thequality
ofitseducati
onhasbeenquest i
onedpar t
icularl
yinitsgovernmentr unschool
system.Whilemor ethan95per centofchildrenattendpri
mar yschool,j
ust40
percentofIndianadolescentsattendsecondar yschool( Grades9-12).Since
2000,theWor ldBankhascommi tt
edov er$2  bi
lli
ontoeducat ioninI ndia.
Someoft hereasonsf orthepoorqualityincludeabsenceofar ound25% of
teacherseveryday.[
14] Stat
esofI ndi
ahav eintr
oducedt estsandeducat ion
assessmentsy st
em toi dent
if
yandi mprovesuchschool s.

6.Althought herearepr ivat

eschoolsinIndia,t
heyarehighl
yregulat
edin
termsofwhatt heycant each,i
nwhatfor
mt heycanoperate(mustbeanon-
profi
ttorunanyaccr edi
tededucati
onali
nsti
tuti
on)andallt
heotheraspect
s
ofoper at
ion.Hence,t hedi f
fer
ent
iat
ionofgov er
nmentschoolsandpr i
vat
e
schoolscanbemi sl
eading.

7.InJanuar y2019,Indiahadov er900uni v ersi

tiesand40, 000col l
eges.[
17] I
n
India’shi ghereducati
onsy stem,asi gnifi
cantnumberofseat sar ereserved
under  
aff i
rmati
veact i
on policiesf orthehi storical
lydi sadv antaged Scheduled
Cast esandSchedul edTr ibes and OtherBackwar dCl asses.I nuniversi
ti
es,
coll
eges,andsi mil
arinstitutionsaf fi
li
atedt ot hef eder algov ernment,thereis
amaxi mum of50%ofr eserv ati
onsappl icablet othesedi sadv antagedgroups,
atthest atelev
elitcanv ary .
 Mahar ashtra had73%r eser vati
oni n2014,whi ch
i
st hehi ghestpercentageofr eservati
onsi nI ndia.
Q.
 Ont
hebasi
sofy
ourunder
standi
ngoft
hepassageansweranyt
enoft
hef
oll
owi
ng

11|Page
questi
onsbychoosi
ngthemostappr
opri
ateopt
ions.
 
(a)Theappr
oxi
materat
ioofpubl
i
cschool
stopri
vateschool
sinI
ndi
ais……
(I
)5: 7
(i
i)1:9
(i
ii
)7:5
(i
v)9:7

b)Pickt
heopti
onthatl
ist
sthestatement
sthatareNOTTRUEaccor
dingt
ot he
passage.
1.Indi
a’
simpr
ovededucati
onsystem i
soft
encit
edasoneoft
hemaincontr
ibutor
sto
i
tseconomicdevel
opment.

2.Att hepr i
maryandsecondarylevel
,Indi
ahasalargepr
ivat
eschoolsystem.
3.Repor tfrom 2013stat
edthattherewere329mill
i
onstudentsenr
oll
edindif
fer
ent
accr edit
edurbanandr ur
alschoolsofIndi
a.
4.Mahar asht
rahad33%r eserv
ationin2014whi
chisthelowestper
centageof
reser vat
ionsinIndi
a.
(I)3and4
(i
i)2and4
(i
ii)Iand2
(i
v )Iand3

(c) 
India’
simprovededucati
onsyst
em i
sof
tenci
tedasoneoft
hemai
n
contribut
orstoits____
___
___
___
(i
)ov eral
ldevel
opment
(i
i)socialdevel
opment
(i
ii
)Economi cdev el
opment
(i
v)Pol i
ti
caldevel
opment

d) 
Basedonthestati
sti
caldat
ainthepassage,
whichopt
ionr
epresent
sthe
corr
ectgr
aphicalr
epresent
ati
onofenrol
mentratei
npri
maryandSecondar
y
school
s?

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(
i)Image1
(
ii
)Image2
(
ii
i)Image3
(
iv)Image4

(e) 
Accor
dingt
othet
abl
ewhatwast
hel
it
eracyr
ateoff
emal
esi
nthey
ear
2011?
(i
)74%
(i
i)82.
2%
(i
ii
)65%
(i
v)69%

(f)
 Basedont hestati
sti
caldatainthepassage,choosetheopti
onthatl
ist
s
thestatementsthatareTRUEwi t
hrespecttotheeducationpol
icy
.
1.enrolmentinsecondaryschoolswas69%.
2.NationalEducati
onBudgetpassedbyt heministrywas3.1%.
3.Thel i
ter
acyrateofwomenwas69. 5%in2011.
4.Asper2011census, t
otall
it
eracyrat
ewas82. 2%.
(i
)1and4
(i
i)2and4
(i
ii
)3and4
(i
v)1and3

(
g) 
Muchoft
hepr
ogr
essespeci
all
yinhi
ghereducat
ionandsci
ent
if
ic

13|Page
r
esearchhasbeenat tri
butedt o_
___
___
_
(
i)Pri
vateInsti
tut
ions
(
ii
)Publi
cI nst
it
uti
ons
(
ii
i)GovernmentInsti
tuti
ons
(
iv)Semi-GovernmentInsti
tut
ions

(
h) Oneofthereasonsf orthepoorquali
tyofgov
ernment
-r
unschool
sin
I
ndiais___
_ _
(
i)PoorI
nfrastr
ucture
(
ii
)Absenceofar ound25%t eacher
sev
eryday.
(
ii
i)Lowenrolmentofgirls
(
iv)Noaidgivenbyt hegover nment
.

(i
) 
Markt hestateofI
ndi
awi
thhi
ghestper
cent
ageofr
eser
vat
ionsi
ncol
l
ege
anduniversit
ies.
(i
)Maharasht r
a
(i
i
)Odisha
(i
i
i)Bi
har
(i
v)Ut
tarPr adesh

(
J) Whichwor dint
hepassagemeanst
hesameas‘
Regi
ster
ed’
(Par
a4)
(
i)Survey
(
ii
)Accr edi
ted
(
ii
i)enr
ol l
ed
(
iv)Representi
ng

(k) 
Arranget hegivensentencesint hesequencei nwhicht heyappear
edin
thepassage.
1.Inuni versi
ti
es,col
legesandsimilarinsti
tuti
ons,ther
eisamaxi mum of50%
ofreser vati
onsappli
cabletothedisadv ant
agedgr oup.
2.Cer t
ainpost -
secondarytechni
calschoolsar ealsopri
vate.
3.Theappr oxi
mat erati
oofpublicschoolst opri
vateschoolsis7:5.
4.Whi lemor ethan95%ofchi ldr
enat t
endpr imaryschools,j
ust40%of
adolescent satt
endsecondar yschools.
(i
)1, 2,4, 3
(i
i)4,1, 2,3
(i
ii
)3, 2,4,1
(i
v)3, 1,4,2
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WRI
TINGSECTI
ON
NOTI
CEWRI
TING

MCQs
1.Anot
icei
s…….
.

a.
alet
ter

b.apr
ivat
einf
ormat
ionf
oraper
son

c.ani
nfor
mat
ionf
orl
argenumberofpeopl
e

d.Al
ltheabov
e

2. 
Thef
ir
stt
hingwr
it
teni
nanot
icei
s……

a.nameoft
hewr
it
er

b.nameoft
heor
gani
zat
ion

c.headi
ng/
ti
tl
e

d.dat
e

3. 
Oneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngpr
onounshoul
dbeav
oidedi
nanot
ice

a.me

bmy

c.
I

d.Al
l

4.Not
icesar
ewr
it
tenf
or

a.anev
ent

b.apr
ogr
amme

c.al
ostpr
oper
ty

d.Al
ltheabov
e

15|Page
5.
Oneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
snotpar
toft
henot
ice

a.body

b.dat
e

c.gr
eet
ings

4.headi
ng

6.Thewor
dnot
icei
swr
it
teni
n

a.cur
siv
e

b.bl
ockl
ett
er

ccal
l
igr
aphy

d.
.al
ltheabov
e

7. 
Thel
astt
hingwr
it
teni
nanot
icei
s

a.nameofwr
it
er

b.si
gnat
ureofwr
it
er

c.desi
gnat
ionofwr
it
er

d.addr
essofwr
it
er

8. 
Choosewhet
hert
hest
atementi
str
ueorf
alse:

Anoti
cei
swr
it
teni
n200wor
ds.
a.
True

b.
Fal
se

9.Choosewhethert
hestat
ementi
strueorfal
se:
Anoticeshoul
dhavetheword'
NOTICE'wr
it
tenonit
.
a.Tr
ue

16|Page
b.Fal
se

10.Anot
icemustal
way
sincl
udeapi
ctur
eoraphot
ogr
aph

a.Tr
ue

b.Fal
se

11.Thepur
poseoft
henot
icei
sto_
___
___
___
___
___
__

a.gi
ver
epor
tsofanev
ent

b.announceanddi
spl
ayi
nfor
mat
iont
othewhol
ewor
ld

c.announceanddi
spl
ayi
nfor
mat
iont
oaspeci
fi
cgr
oupofpeopl
e

d.summar
izeanev
ent

12.Whi
chamongt
hesei
snotagoodpl
acet
odi
spl
ayanot
ice?

a.aschool
not
iceboar
d

b.l
obbi
esofr
esi
dent
ial
compl
exes

c.out
sideaudi
tor
iums

d.athome

13. 
Inanot
icet
henamei
swr
it
tenas

a.I
nit
ial
s

b.Ful
lname

c.Onl
ythef
ir
stname

d.anyoft
heabov
e

14.Thenot
iceshoul
dbewr
it
tenas

a.1par
agr
aph

17|Page
b.2par
agr
aphs

c.3par
agr
aphs

d.Asmanypar
agr
aphsasr
equi
red

15.Whati
sthewor
dli
mitf
orwr
it
ingbodyoft
heNot
ice?

a.Fi
ft
y

b.For
ty

c.Thi
rt
y

d.Nol
i
mit

16.Not
icesmustanswerwhi
chquest
ions?

a.What
,Wher
eandWhen

b.how?

c.Whose

d.Why

17.Whosenameshoul
dbewr
it
teni
ntheendofnot
ice?

a.Aut
hor
isedper
son

b.I
nvi
tees

c.Recei
ver

d.Nobody
's

18.Not
icemustbewr
it
teni
nsi
det
hebox.

a.Tr
ue

b.Fal
se

18|Page
19.
Whi
chamongt
hef
oll
owi
ngi
snotanel
ementofanot
ice?

a.
ti
me

b.cat
chyheadi
ng

c.addr
essoft
hesender

d.v
enue

20.SchoolFit
nessCentre
From t
heendofAugust ,thefi
tnesscentr
ewil
lbecloseddur
ingt
heweekendsand
eveni
ngs.
Theschoolfit
nesscentrewil
l
a.A.changeitsopeni
nghoursattheendofAugust.
b.haveshort
eropeninghoursuntil
theendofAugust.
c.openagaintostudent
sattheendofAugust.

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EXERCI
SESONNOTI
CEWI
TING

1.AsPr incipalofSar darPat elVi dy alaya,Lucknow, dr aftnot i

cei nnotmor ethan
50wor dsi nfor mingst udent soft hechangei nschoolt imingswi theff
ectfrom
the1stofOct ober .Stat ev alidr easonsf orthechange.
2.Youar eSecr etaryoft heHi stor yCl ubofVi dyaMandi rSchool .Draftanoticein
notmor et han50wor dsi nformi ngst udent sofapr oposedv isittosome
i
mpor tanthi stor i
calsi tesi ny ourci ty. 
3.AsSpor tsSecr etar yofG. D.G.Publ icSchool , Pune, draf tnot iceinnotmor ethan
50wor dsf ory ourschoolnot iceboar di nformi ngthest udent saboutt hesal eof
oldspor t
sgoodsofy ourschool .Youar eRohi ni
/Rohi t. 
4.Youhav ef oundanexpensi vegeomet ryboxi ntheschoolpl ay ground.Drafta
noticei nnotmor et han50wor dsf ortheschoolnot i
ceboar d.Youar eRa’Rani,
ClassXI I
,AngelSchool ,Faridabad.
5.Youar eSr i
ni vafSrinidhiofD. P.Publ icSchool ,Nagpur .AsSt udentEdi torofy our
schoolmagazi ne, draf tnot i
cei nnotmor ethan50wor dsf ory ourschoolnot i
ce
boar dinv i
tingar t
iclesket chesf rom st udent sofal lclasses.  
6.Youar eSecr etaryofGy mkhanaCl ub,Madur ai.Wr it
eanot icei nnotmor ethan
50wor dsi nfor mingt hemember st oat tendan
anext raordi nar ymeet ingoft hegov erningbody .Includedet ai l
slikedate,ti
me,
venueet c.Si gnasPr abhuf Prat i
bha.
7.Duet oasuddenl andsl ideandi ncl ementweat her,St.Fr ancisSchool ,Vascohas
tobecl osedf oraweek.AsPr inci paloft hatschool ,dr aftnot icei nnotmor e

19|Page
 than50wor dst obedi spl
ayedatt heschoolmai ngat enot i
ceboar d. 
8.Youar eSecretaryofJ. P.Nar ainHousi ngSoci et y
,R. W.A.,Meerut.Dr aftanot ice
innotmor ethan50wor dsst ati
ngt hatthesecondi nstalmentofmai ntenance
chargesfall
sdueon31stMar ch2021, andr equest ingt hemember st opay
beforetheduedat e.SignasAni l
/Anita.
9.Youar eScoutMast er/GuideCapt ainofK. R.SagarPubl icSchool,My sor e.You
havedecidedt osendat r
oopofscout sandgui desofy ourschoolt othe
jamboreetobehel datLucknowf oraweek.Dr aftanot iceinnotmor et han50
wordst obeplacedont heschoolnot i
ceboar di nviti
ngt henamesoft hose
scoutsandgui deswhoar einterestedtopar ti
ci pateint hejambor ee.Inv entthe
necessarydetail
s. 
10.
Youar eSportsSecr etaryofLal waniPubl i
cSchool ,
Udai pur.Draftanot iceinnot
mor ethan50wor dsf oryourschoolnot i
ceboar daski ngt hestudent stogi ve
thei
rnamesf orpar t
icipat
ioni nvariousev entst obehel dont heAnnualSpor ts
Dayofy ourschool .Inventthedet ailsoftheev ent s.SignasLal it
/ Lali
ta. 

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EXERCI
SESONADVERTI
SEMENTS/CLASSI
FIEDS
1.YouareManager,I
nfocom Net
workC-3Mai
nShoppingCent
er,VasantVi
har
,
NewDelhi.Dr
aftanadver
ti
sementoff
eri
ngoff
icef
urni
tur
eforsal
e.Give
det
ail
s. 

2.Pri
nci pal
,Sunr
iseGlobalSchool,Agrarequiresarecepti
onistforherschool.
Drafta
suitableadver
ti
sementinabout50wor dst obepublishedintheclassi
fied
columnsofanat ionalnewspapergivingallthenecessarydetail
sof
qualifi
cati
onsandexperiencerequir
edint herecepti
onist
. 

3.YouareKar anKumar/KarunaBajaj
,aleadinglawyerpract
isi
nginSurat.You
wanttobuyani ndependenthouseatCityLightRoadtobeusedasof f
ice-
cum
resi
dence.Draf
tanadv ert
isementi
nabout50wor dsfortheclassi
fi
edcolumns
ofalocalnewspaper.Youcanbecontact edat9911XXXXXX

4.YouareKar an/
KarunaofM 114, Mal
lRoad,Delhi
.Youar eaciv
ilengineerand
haverecentl
yretur
nedfrom theUAE.Youarelookingforasuit
ablejobinIndia.
Draf
tanadv ert
isementforthesameinabout50wor ds.Givedetai
lsofy our
qual
if
icati
ons,experi
ence,natur
eofthej
ob,andexpect edr
emuner ati
on.

5.Yourschool
,AkashPubl
icSchool
,Agr
aneedsacant
eenmanager
.Onbehal
fof

20|Page
 thePrincipal
,wri
teanadverti
sementinabout50wordstobepubli
shedinthe
classi
fiedcolumnsofalocaldail
y.Menti
ontheeducat
ionalandpr
ofessi
onal
qualif
icati
ons,ot
herquali
ti
esrequir
edinthemanager,
whot oappl
yto,andthe
l
astdat efortherecei
ptofappli
cati
ons.

6.Youneedt obuyaf l
at.Draftasuit
abl
eadvert
isementinabout50wordst
obe
publi
shedintheclassi
fiedcolumnsofalocalnewspapergi
vingal
lthe
necessar
ydetail
sofy ourrequir
ement.YouareKaran/
Karuna,Ml14,Mal
lRoad,
Delhi
.

7.YouareGeneralManagerofIvySof
twareSol
uti
ons,AgraCantt,
Agr a.Youneed
asoftwar
eengineerf
oryourorgani
sat
ion.Dr
aftanadvert
isementinnotmor e
than50wordstobepublishedin‘
TheTimesofIndi
a’undertheclassif
ied
columns.
 

8.YouaretheGeneralManagerofE.V.L.Companywhichrequir
esposh
bungal
owsi ncompanylease,asguesthouses.Draf
tanadverti
sementinnot
morethan50wor dsunderclassi
fi
edcolumnst obepubl
ishedin‘TheNew
I
ndianExpress’
.

9.Youryoungerbr
otheraged5hasbeenmissi
ngfort
helastthr
eedays.Draf
tan
adver
ti
sementinnotmor et
han50wordsfortheMi
ssingPersonscolumnofa
l
ocalnewspaper.YouareRam/Rama.Cont
actnumber931070000. 

10.
YouareRamanujam/ Revat
hi,
ast udentofCl
assXI
I,St
.Xavi
er’
sSchool,Jhansi
.
Youarei
nter
estedingivi
ngtuit
ioninMat hst
ooneortwostudent
sofclassVIII
.
Draf
tanadvert
isementinnotmor ethan50wordsf
oralocalnewspaper
.

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LETTERTOTHEEDI
TOR
MCQs
1.
Whati
sthepur
poseofwr
it
ingal
ett
ert
otheedi
tor
?

21|Page
a.Toexpressone'srequest
b.Togivewarningabouttheissue
c.Toexpressone'sopini
onorgivecommentonacur
renti
ssue
d.Toinf
ormt hereadersaboutacert
aini
ssue

2.Whi chofthef
oll
owi
ngi
snott
hecor
rectt
onef
orl
ett
ert
otheedi
tor
?
a.personal
b.amusi ng
c.formal
d.serious
e.frustr
ated

3.Howshouldweaddresstheaudi
enceoft
hel
ett
er?
a.DearSi
r,orDearEdi
tor
b.Sir
/Madam
c.Totheedit
or
d.ToWhom I tMayConcern

4.Whatwoul dy oudoi fyoudonotwantt henewspaperormagazi

net
opubli
shy
our
name?
a.Requestthenewspaperormagazi nenottopubli
shyourname
b.Fi
lealegal acti
onagainstthenewspaperormagazine
c.Requestt
owr it
ey ourpseudonyminstead:
 J.
K.Rowli
ng:Rober
tGal
brai
th
d.Writ
eanot herlett
ertotheeditor

5.Whatisthemeani
ngof'
pseudony
m'?
a.ali
asorpenname
b.thi
rdname
c.l
egalname

6.Checkallt
hecharact
eri
sti
csoflett
ert
otheedit
or?
a.Giveyourf
ullnameandaddress.Usepseudony
mifyoudonotwantt
henewspaper
topubli
shyourname.
b.Beconciseandclear
c.Sti
cktothepoint
d.Suggestanideaorexpr
essanopinion

7.Whenwriti
ngalet
tert
otheedi
tor
,whatshoul
dyouwr
it
eatf
ir
st?
a.Goodmor ni
ngedi
tor
b.Yo!
c.Hel
loedi
tor
d.Dearedi
tor

8. 
Thecor
rectf
loworsequenceofal
ett
erofedi
torshoul
dbe.
..

22|Page
a.Int
roduct i
on--body–concl
usi
on
b.Body- -
introducti
on–concl
usi
on
c.conclusion--intr
oduct
ion–body
d.int
roduct i
on--concl
usi
on–body

9. Whichofthef oll
owingsi saGOOD" i
ntr
oducti
on"foralett
ertotheeditor?
a.Mynamei sTimot hy,todayIwantt otel
lyouaboutsomeenv ir
onment alprobl
emsin
ourschool.
...
..
..
..
...
b.Hell
o,howar ey ou?Iam f i
nethankyou.Letmet el
lyousomethingaboutmyschool
today
...
.
c.Iam writ
inginr egardtot heenvir
onmentalpr
oblemsi nourschool.
..
..
.
d.Myschool mateshav elowenv ir
onmentalawareness.Theyal
way swastef oodand
useplasti
cdisposabl ecutlery.
..
..
.

10.Whi chpar tshoul

dthesentencebe:
"I
nshor t,Ithi
nkwer eall
yneedt otakeact
ionsi
mmediat
elyi
nor
dert
orai
set
he
env i
ronment alawarenessofstudentsi
nourschool
."
?
a.introduct i
on
b.body
c.concl usion

11. 
Whichonei sthe 
cor
rectcl
osi
ng 
ofal
ett
ert
otheedi
tor
?
a.Your
sfaithfull
y,
b.Your
ssincer el
y
c.Your
struly
d.Your
sTr uly

12.Whenwr i
ti
ngt heBodypart,
whatshoul
dwedo 
i
fwewantt
owr
it
eon
the 
next 
problem?
a.Takear estfi
rst
b.Writ
eint hesamepar agr
aph
c.Nothi
ng
d.St
artanewpar agraph

13.Whatconnecti
ngwordsareusef
uli
nthe"
Body
"par
t?
a.Fi
rstl
y/Secondl
y/Thirdl
y,
b.Fi
rst/Second/Thir
d
c.I
nconclusi
on/Inshort/Tosum up
d.Fi
rst/Besi
des/Also

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EXERCI
SESONLETTERTOTHEEDI
TOR

1.Wr i
teal ett
ert ot heEdi tor,TheNewI ndianExpr essdr awingattentionoft he
concer nedaut hor i
ti
est othemi susedandpoor lymai ntai
nedsubwaysi n
Chennai .Giveyoursuggest ions.Youar eRam/ Ranil ivingat10, Kamr ajStreet,
Chennai .
2.Youar eKarthik/KrithikaofChennai .Oflat
e,chai n- snatchingincidentsare
increasingint heci ty.Wr i
teal ettert otheEditorofTheNewI ndianExpr ess
Drawi ngtheat tentionoft heconcer nedauthorities.Al sogivesuggest i
ons.
3.Youar eAnand/ AnandiofMumbai .Youar eupsett of indthattheonl ypubl i
c
gardenofyourl ocal it
yhasbeengr abbedbyt hel ocalself-st
yled‘Net as’
.Wr it
ea
lett
ert otheEdi torofTheHi ndudr awi ngtheat tentionoft hegover nmentt othi
s
unaut hori
sedoccupat ion.(’
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t/Amr it
haofBangal ore.Youar edi
sturbedatt henon-avail
abil
ityof
essentialcommodi ti
esi ntheFai rPriceShopsofyourar ea.Wr i
teal ettertotheEditor
ofTheHi ndudrawingt heatt ent
ionoft heaut hor
itiestot heir
regulariti
esi ntheFair
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5.Youar eRohi t
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poorper formanceofI ndiaatOl ympi csandf eelthatpoorf aci
lit
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discouragingatti
tudeoft hegover nmentar ether ootcause.Wr iteal ettertotheEditor
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TheTi mesofI ndiaexpr essingyourvi ewsonhowt hest andardofper for mancesin
sportscanbei mpr ovedi nIndia. 
6.Wr i
teal ett
ertotheEdi torofTheTi mesofI ndiaaboutt hepoorat t
ent i
onandt he
negligenceont hepar tofthemedi calstaffi
nsomeoft hegover nmenthospi talsof
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7.Youar eRanjan/Rajaniof25, CivilRoad, Damoh, Bihar .Youf eelconcer nedat
thegr adualdecayofhi st
oricalmonument sinI ndiai ngener alandi nBiharin
particular.Writ
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ert otheEdi torofTheTi mesofI ndiadescr i
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anddegener ati
ont hatthehi stor i
calmonument saref aci nginyourst ateand
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y.
8.Youar eRakeshGupt aofDur gaCol ony,Hoshiarpur .Ther ei sawi neshopi nthe
vicinit
yoft hefamousDur gaTempl e.Thedrunkar dsandr iff
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f scr eateugly
scenesneart hehol yplace.Youhavewr i
ttent othel ocalaut horitiest oshiftt
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Tribune, Chandigarhhighlight i
ngt henuisancecausedbyt hedrunkar dsand
suggest ingwayst oover comet hepr obl
em.
9.Youar eRanjitSinghof27, Sur yaCol ony,Jaipur.Youf eeldisturbedaf t
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terto
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ngmeasur esofprovidi
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cti
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10.
Youar eNandi t
aPatnai
kof25, RingRoad,Cutt
ack.Youcameacr ossan
adverti
sementbasedonl asertechnol
ogytohelpladi
eslookbest.Youf eel
strongl
yaboutt hedangersi
nherentintheuseofthesesyntheti
cchemical sand
overexposureofskintolaserbeams.Wr i
tealett
ertotheEditorofTheSun,
highli
ghti
ngt hepossi
bledangerstotheusersandsuggestingacti
onagai nst
theexploi
ters.

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ARTI
CLEWRI
TING
MCQs
1.Shoul
dyouhaveaparti
cul
art
ypeofaudi
encei
nmi
ndwhenwr
it
ingy
ourar
ti
cle?
a.
Yes, y
oudef
ini
tel
yshoul
d.
b.Noarticl
esarefort
hegener al
populati
on.
c.Dependingonthearti
cle.
d.Idi
dn'tevenwatchthepresentat
ion,Hannah.

2.CanImakemyar ti
clemor einter
esti
ngby..
.
a..
..writi
nglongsent encest heenti
reti
me.
b..
..writi
ngshor tsentencest heeni
tret
ime.
c..
..askingrhetorical
quest i
ons.
d..
..usingreall
yf ormallanguage.

3.Subheadi
ngsar eusefulinart
icl
esbecause.
..
a.heyhelporganiseideas.
b.Theykeept hi
ngsf resh.
c.Theydon'
tdoany t
hi ngusef
ul.
d.Theydon'tdoany thinguseful
.

4.Whatshoul dIincludeinmyar ti
cle?
a.Onlymyownopi nion
b.Atleast6rhetori
cal quest
ions
c.Arangeofdi f
ferenttechni
questoper suade/
argue
d.Lot
soft echnicall
anguageandj argon.

5.Whyshoul dt helastparagraphmakesomeref
erencet
otheopeni
ngpar
agr
aph?
a.Tomakei tlookneat er
b.Itshoul
dn' t
c.Toconf uset her eader
d.Todr awt hepoi ntstogetherandconcl
ude

6.Anarti
cleneedsaheadl
i
ne..
.
a.onl
yifyoucanthi
nkofone

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obecat
chyandencouragepeopl
etor
eadi
t
c.t
obei
ncapit
all
ett
ersandbold
d.t
obel
onganddetai
led

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EXERCI
SESONARTI
CLEWRI
TING
1.Youar eSur esh/ Ishmi t.Youar econcer nedaboutt heincr easi nguseofcel l
phonesbypeopl e.Educat et hepeopl eaboutt her iskssuchaspot entialheal th
hazar dsf rom t heel ect romagnet icf i
eldsemi ttedbymobi lephones, thet hreat
ofbr ai nt umour sandcancer s, fearofacci dent swhi ledr i
v ing, etc.Wr itean
articlei n150–200wor dsexpr essi ngy ourconcer n.
2.Toenf or cest rictdi sciplineinschool sandcol legesi sagr eatpr obl em
nowaday s.AsMohan/ Mohi ni,wr iteanar ti
cl ei n200wor dsf orCi tyNews, Delhi,
aboutt hepr obl em andy ourv iewsonpuni shmentasacor r ectivemeasur e.
3.Recent lyy our eadi nt henewspaperaboutani nci denti nwhi chsomechi l
dr en
tri
edt oi mit atet hest unt sshownont elev isionandhur tthemsel ves.Youhav e
deci dedt owr iteanar ti
cleont hehazar dst el ev i
sionposesf orkids.Wr i
tean
articlef oradai lynewspaper ,innotmor ethan200wor ds.
4.Youar eamemberoft heEnv ir
onmentCl ubofy ourschool .Af t
erv isi
tingmany
places, youhav ereal i
zedt hati tist heneedoft hehourt opr otectour
env ironment .Wr it
eanar ti
cleont hist opi ct ocr eat eawar enessamongt he
peopl e.( Wor dlimi t:200wor ds)
5.Youar econcer nedaboutt hewast ageofmoneyandmanpowerduet ot he
frequentel ect i
onsi ny ourcount ry.Wr iteanar ticleont heur gentneedt ohav ea
stabl egov er nment .(Wor dl i
mi t:200wor ds)
6. Youar eRani /Raghav .Youar econcer nedaboutt hechangi ngat tit
udeof
politicianswhoar eusi ngr el
igionf orpol iti
calgai ns.Wr i
teanar ti
cleinabout
200wor dsf orpubl icat ioninal ocaldai lysuggest ingt hesepeopl etosepar at e
reli
gi onf rom pol it
icsandwor kf ort hebet termentoft hesoci ety.
7.Youar eRani /Raghav .Manyor gani zat ionshav ecomef orwar dwi ththei deaof
educat i
onf oral l.Inspi teoft heirbestef for ts,iti sst i
lladr eam.Wr i
teanar ti
cle
inabout200wor dsf orpubl icationi nal ocaldai lygi vingsuggest i
onst omakei t
ar eal i
t y,aseducat ioni st heonl ywayt opr ogr ess.
8.Owni ngacarhasbecomeast at ussy mbolt heseday s.Howev er,ani ncreasei n
thenumberofcar shasaddedt ov arioust y pesofpol l
utionandot herpr oblems.
Wr iteanar ticlei nnotmor et han200wor dshi ghl ightingt heur gentneedf or
reduci ngt heseman- madepr oblems, givingsui tablesuggest i
ons.Youar e
Vinod/ Vi dhi .
9.10Wr iteanar ti
cl ein200wor dson‘ Thei ncr easi ngcr imer atei ntoday ’ssoci ety
andway stocur bi t
’.
10.
Ther ecenty ear shav eseenani ncr easei nsubst ance( drug)abuse.Asa
concer nedci t
izen, usi ngy ourowni deasandi nfor mat ion, wr iteanar ticleont he

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 growi
ngmenaceamongt
oday
’sur
bany
out
h.Si
gny
our
sel
fasVedant
/Punam.
(200wor
ds)

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LI
TERATURESECTI
ON
TheLastLesson
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.Franzlookedforoppor
tuni
ti
est
oski
pschoolt
odowhat
?
(a)workonmi ll
s
(b)gofishi
ng
(c)watertheplant
s
(d)coll
ectbir
dseggs

2.WhatwasFr anzbankingont oenterthecl

assashewasl
ate?
(a)M.Hamel’steachingont heblackboard
(b)commot i
oni ntheclass
(c)Hauserhelpinghim sneakin

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(
d)t
oqui
etl
ywal
kinwhenev
ery
onewaspr
eoccupi
edwi
thpar
ti
cipl
es

3.M.Hamelisintroducedasar
uler
-wi
eldi
ngt
eacher
.Thi
sdemonst
rat
est
hat
:
(a)hei
sconcerned.
(b)hei
sadamant .
(c)hei
sunfeeli
ng.
(d)hei
sahar dtaskmaster

4.Franzthi
nks-wil
ltheymaket hem singinGerman-eventhepigeons?Whatcoul
d
thi
smean?
(a)Germanwoul dusebrutalfor
ceov erevery
one
(b)harshorder
swillbepassed
(c)whenpeoplearedepriv
edoft hei
ressenceev enthesur
roundingsareaf
fect
ed.
(d)theGermanswi l
lrobFranceofit
sl anguage

5.WhatdoesM.Hamel
’
smot
ionl
esspost
urer
efl
ect
?
(
a)t
heschooli
sdi
smi
ssed
(
b)senseoff
inal
it
y
(
c)changi
ngor
derofl
if
e
(
d)f
eel
ingofnost
algi
a

6.Whati sthemoralthattheAlphonseDaudetwant
stobr
ingout
?
(a)nottoputoffthi
ngst hatonecandothatday
(b)oldorderchangedtonew
(c)oneshouldacceptev ery
thi
ngthathappens
(d)teacher
sshouldber espected

7.Whydi dHamelbl amehi mself

?
(a)nothavingtaughtthem enoughFr
ench
(b)notbeingstri
ct
(c)gi
vingstudentsahol i
dayatti
mes
(d)notbeingresponsi
ble

8.Whosatont hebackbenchont
hel
astl
esson?
(a)Franz
(b)Prussi
ans
(c)thevil
lagepeople
(d)Thenewt eacher

9.WhatwasM.Hamelgoi
ngt
oquest
ionFr
anzabout
?
(a)par
ti
cipl
es

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(
b)adj
ect
ives
(
c)ol
dpri
mer
(
d)Babebibobu

10.Forthelastt
woyear
s,wher
edi
dal
lthebadnewscomef
rom?
(a)theBul
leti
nBoar
d
(b)TownHal l
(c)school
(d)M.Hamel ’
sHouse

11.Don’tgosofast
,youwi
llgett
oyourschooli
npl
ent
yoft
imemeans_
__
(a)gett
inglat
e
(b)ver
yearly
(c)notearl
y
(d)earl
yenough

12.WhatdidMr .Hamelbr
ingf
orhi
scl
assonhi
slastdayi
ntheschool
?
(a)newpens
(b)newnotebooks
(c)sweets
(d)stor
ybooks

13WhatwasFr anzexpect
edt
obepr
epar
edf
oratschoolt
hatday
?
(a)song
(b)dance
(c)essaywriti
ng
(d)Parti
cipl
es

14.Whydidthevil
lager
scomet
omeetM.Hameli
ntheschool
?
(a)t
ocomplain
(b)t
osaygoodby e
(c)t
ogossip
(d)t
oshowgr at
it
ude

15.WhywasFr anzsurpri
sed?
(a)Becauseofvi
ll
ageelders
(b)Becauseofpol
icepatrol
ling
(c)becauseofst
udents’behavior
(d)becauseofM.Hamel’skindandpol
it
ebehav
iour

16.Whatdi
dFr
anzf
indonr
eachi
ngt
heschool
?

29|Page
(
a)Peopleweredanci
ng
(
b)schoolwasclosed
(
c)Poli
cepatr
oll
ing
(
d)str
angequiet
ness

17.Thest or
y‘TheLastLesson’
highl
ight
swhi
chhumant
endency
?
(a)MaleChauv i
nism
(b)Procrast
inat
ion
(c)Courage
(d)Cowar di
ce

18.Whoi sthewri
terofTheLastLesson?
(a)JaneAusten
(b)RabindraNat
hTagore
(c)Anonymous
(d)AlphonseDaudet

19.‘
Vi valaFrance’becameemot i
onalev
idenceofM.Hamel
’
s?
(a)sadnessandpat ri
otism.
(b)finali
tyanddepr essi
on.
(c)nost algi
aandemot i
onaloutburst
.
(d)lovef ortheschoolandt eachi
ngasapr of
essi
on.

20.Whi chdist
ri
ctcameunderthePrussi
anr
ule?
(a)AlsaceandBer l
in
(b)Berli
nandLor r
aine
(c)AlsaceandLorraine
(d)thesoutherndist
rict
sofFr
ance

21.M.Hamelemer gesasawhenhet
eacheshi
slastl
esson.
(a)meekper son
(b)truepatr
iot
(c)repent
antman
(d)defeatedtheman

22.Whydoest heauthorurgethereadert
orespecthi
slanguage?
(a)I
tiswhatmakesy ourespectyourcountr
ymen.
(b)Iti
sthekeytofr
eedom.
(c)Youcanexpressyourself
.
(d)Iti
suniqueandrefl
ectsli
ter
atureandart

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23.WhydoesHamelblamet hepar
ents?
(a)t
heypr
efer
redchil
drentoworkinfar
ms
(b)t
heywerenotst
ri
ct
(c)t
heydi
dnotcomet oM.Hamel ’
sclass
(d)t
heydi
dnotlovetheFrenchl
anguage

24.Whatdoest hemar chingofsol

dier
sundert
hewi
ndowsr
epr
esent
?
(a)thedepartureofHamel
(b)dawnofPr ussi
ai nFrance
(c)freedom f
orFr anz
(d)sorrowoft hev i
ll
agers

25.Whatdoest helastlessont aughtbyHamelsy

mbol
ize?
(a)nomor eteachi
ngofFr ench
(b)dominati
onofPr ussia
(c)l
earni
ngofGer man
(d)l
ossoflanguageandl ossoff r
eedom

26.Whatorderhadcomefr
om Berl
in?
(a)t
oclosetheschool
(b)t
eachGermaninschool
sofAlsaceandLorr
aine
(c)t
oopenanewschoolinAlsaceandLorr
aine
(d)t
hatHamelwouldhavetol
eave

27.WhatwasunusualaboutM.Hamel ’
sdr
ess?
(a)wor
ecleanclothes
(b)wor
eabr andnewout f
it
(c)wor
eclotheshewor eonpri
zeday
s
(d)wor
etradit
ionalFr
enchclot
hes

28.WhoaskedFr anznott
ohur
ryt
oschool
?
(a)OldHauser
(b)formerMayor
(c)formerPost
master
(d)blacksmi
thWatcher

29.“TheLastLesson”st
orywaswr
it
teni
nwhi
chy
ear
?
(a)1869–1870
(b)1870–1871
(c)1872-1873
(d)1870–1872
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30.Whydi dMr.M.Hamelcal ltheFrenchlanguaget
hemostbeaut
if
ul?
(a)Becausei
twast heclearestandlogical
(b)Becauseitwashisnativelanguage
(c)Becausepeopl
ewer efrom France
(d)Noneofthese

31.Whooccupi edthebackbenchesi
nthecl
ass?
(a)weakstudents
(b)t
eachers
(c)monit
orsoft hecl
ass
(d)vi
ll
ageelder
s

32.Whatwer ethethi
ngsbeingt
akenf
orgr
ant
edbyt
hepeopl
eofAl
sace?
(a)Teachersoftheschool
(b)Timeandschool
(c)Peoplearound
(d)Moneyandpower

33.AlphonseDaudetwasf
rom whi
chcount
ry?
(a)Indi
a
(b)France
(c)England
(d)NewZeal and

34.From wheredi
dtheor
der
scomet
oteachonl
yGer
mani
nthedi
str
ict
sofAl
sace
andLor r
aine?
A)France
B)Lorrai
ne

C)Ber
li
n
D)Germany

35.Whatdoesef
fect
sthi
sst
oryspeaksabout
?
A)Power
B)Money
C)Tr
ansi
ti
on
D)peopl
e

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TheLastLesson
SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Howwast hescenei
ntheschool
,ont
hemor
ningoft
hel
astl
esson,di
ff
erentf
rom
thatonot
herday
s?

OR

HowwasM.Hamel
’
scl
assdi
ff
erentt
hedayFr
anzwentl
atet
oschool
?

2.HowdoesM.Hamelpayat r
ibut
et ot
heFr enchlanguage?
OR
Whatdi
dM.Hameltel
lthem abouttheFrenchlanguage?Whatdi
dheaskt
hem t
odo
andwhy?

3.Oneor
derf
rom Ber
li
nchangedt
hescenar
iooft
heschool
.Comment
.

4.“
Whatathundercl
apthesewor
dswer
etome!
”Whi
chwer
ethewor
dst
hatshocked
andsur
pri
sedli
tt
leFranz?

5.Whodi
dM.Hamelbl
amef
ort
henegl
ectofl
ear
ningont
hepar
tofboy
sli
keFr
anz?

6.“
Thi
sisyourl
astFr
enchl
esson.”Howdi
dFranzreactt
othi
sdecl
arat
ionofM.
Hamel
?
OR
HowdidFr
anzreactt
othedecl
arati
ont
hati
twastheirl
astFr
enchl
esson?

7.Howdi
dM.Hamelsayf
arewel
ltohi
sst
udent
sandt
hepeopl
eoft
het
own?

8.Whyhadt
hebul
let
inboar
dbecomeacent
reofat
tent
iondur
ingt
hel
astt
woy
ear
s?

9.Whatwast
empt
ingFr
anzt
okeepawayf
rom school‘
thatmor
ning’
?

10.WhatwasunusualaboutM.Hamel
’
sdr
essandbehav
iouront
hedayofhi
slast
Frenchl
esson?

11.WhyhadM.Hamelputonhi sfi
neSundayclot
hes?Whywer etheoldmenofthe
vi
ll
agesi
tt
ingtherei
nthebackofthecl
assroom?
OR
Whooccupiedthebackbenchesi
nthecl
assroom onthedayofthelastl
esson?Why?

12.Howdi
dFr
anzper
for
m whenhi
stur
ncamet
oreci
te?Howdi
dM.Hamelr
eact
?

33|Page
13.“We’veal
lagr
eatdealt
oreproachoursel
veswi
th.
”WhydidM.Hamelblamet
he
parentsandhi
mselft
oofornotshowingdueatt
ent
ionandcar
etot
helear
ningof
French?

14.WhatdoesM.HamelsayaboutFr
enchl
anguage?Whatdi
dheur
geuponhi
s
student
sandvi
ll
ager
stodo?

15.HowdoesM.Hamelpr
ovet
obeani
dealt
eacher
?

16.HowwasM.Hameldr
esseddi
ff
erent
lyt
hatday
?Why
?

17.Whatchangesdi
dtheor
derf
rom Ber
li
ncausei
ntheschool
?

18.Whatchangesdi
dtheor
derf
rom Ber
li
ncausei
ntheschool
?

19.Whywer
etheel
der
soft
hev
il
lagesi
tt
ingi
nthecl
assr
oom?

20.Howdi
dFr
anzr
eactt
othedecl
arat
iont
hati
twast
hei
rlastFr
enchl
esson?

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LONGANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Whati
s‘l
i
ngui
sti
cchauv
ini
sm’
?Anal
yset
heor
derf
rom Ber
li
nint
his
l
i
ght.Howdoy
oujust
if
yM.Hamel
’sv
iewsaboutFrenchandt
henew-
f
oundlov
eoft
hepeopl
etowar
dst
hei
rlanguage?

2.Howcany
ouest
imat
eM.Hamel
asamanwi
thar
ulerandasaman
wi
thagest
ure?
OR
HowdoesM.Hamel
prov
etobeani
deal
teacher
?

3.Wr
it
eachar
act
ersket
chofFr
anz.

4.Ournat
ivel
anguagei
spar
tofourcul
tur
eandwear
epr
oudofi
t.How
doesthepresenceofvill
ageeldersint
hecl
assr
oom andM.Hamel
’
s
l
astlessonshowt hei
rloveforFrench?
OR

34|Page
 Ourlanguageispartofourcul
tur
eandwear
eproudofi
t.Descri
behow
regr
etfulM.Hamelandt hevi
ll
ageel
der
sar
eforhavi
ngnegl
ectedthei
r
nati
velanguage,
French.

5.Ev
ery
bodydur
ingt
hel
astl
essoni
sfi
l
ledwi
thr
egr
et.Comment
.

6.Whatchangesdi
dthenar
rat
orf
indi
ntheschool
whent
heor
derf
rom
Ber
li
ncame?

7.Just
if
ythet
it
leoft
hest
ory
,‘TheLastLesson’
.

8.Wr
it
eachar
act
ersket
chofM.Hamel
asat
eacher
.

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LostSpr
ing
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.Mukeshwant stolear
nt obecomeamot
ormechani
cby
(a)fi
ndingat ut
or
(b)goingtoagar agetolearn
(c)byreadingbooks
(d)byjoini
ngaschool

2.Whatbot herstheauthormostaboutthebangl
emaker
s?
(a)t
hestigmaofpov er
tyandcaste
(b)t
heaffluenceofthel andl
ords
(c)t
hebehav iourofthefactor
yowners
(d)t
helabourl aws

3.“Onewonder sifhehasachievedwhatmanyhavefail
edtoachi
evei
nthei
rli
fet
ime.
Hehasar oofov erhishead”;
thesel
ineswer
esaidi
nr ef
erencet
othecondi
ti
onof
(a)theel
derl
ywoman’ soldhusband
(b)Mukesh’sfather
(c)thebangl
ef actor
yowner
(d)Mukesh’selderbrother

4.Whichoft
heobj
ect
sbel
owbestser
vesasasy
mbolofanI
ndi
anwoman’
s`suhag’
?
(a)bi
ndi
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(
b)si
ndoor
(
c)bangl
es
(
d)henna-
dyedhands

5.Sunny -gold,
paddygreen,
royalblue,
pink,purpl
e,ev
erycol
ourbor
noutoft
hesev
en
coloursoft herai
nbow.Whatisthisareferenceto?
(a)clothes
(b)birds
(c)bangles
(d)bindis

6.Whatwast hepr
ofessi
onofMukesh’
sfat
herbef
orehebecameabangl
e-maker
?
(a)tail
or
(b)carpent
er
(c)plumber
(d)Mason

7.Thefrai
lwomaninMukesh’
shousei
shi
s
(a)mother
(b)el
derbrot
her
’swif
e
(c)wi
fe
(d)ni
ece

8.Iflawswer etobeenf orced,

itwoul
dbr
ingaboutchangeandr
eli
efi
nthel
iv
esof
about
(a)tent housandchil
dren
(b)twent ythousandchil
dren
(c)hundr edchil
dren
(d)at housandchildr
en

9.Bangleindust
ryf
lour
ishesi
nthet
ownof
(a)Ferozepur
(b)Fir
ozabad
(c)Ferozgarh
(d)Farukhabad

10.Mukeshbel ongedtoaf
ami
lyof
(a)farmers
(b)rag-pi
cker
s
(c)banglemakers
(d)mot ormechanics
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11.Oneday ,
Sahebwasseenbyt
heaut
hor
,wat
chi
ngsomey
oungmenpl
ayi
ng
(a)cri
cket
(b)tenni
s
(c)hockey
(d)soccer

12.Accor di
ngtot
heaut
hor
,ragpi
cki
nghasbecome,
overt
hey
ear
s,a
(a)professi
on
(b)fi
near t
(c)tr
aditi
on
(d)cult
ure

13.Ther agpicker
shav
enoi
dent
it
y,butt
heyhav
e
(a)permits
(b)passports
(c)rat
ioncards
(d)l
icenses

14.Thecolonyofr
agpicker
sissi
tuat
edi
n
(a)thesout
hofDelhi
(b)Mongolpuri
(c)Jehangi
rpur
i
(d)Seemapuri

15.Whatdidt hemanfrom Udi

pipr
ayfor
,whenhewasy
oung?
(a)apai
roft rouser
s
(b)apairofshoes
(c)afewfri
ends
(d)anopportunityt
ost
udyinaschool

16.Oneexpl anat
ionwhichtheaut
horget
saboutchi
ldr
enchoosi
ngt
oremai
nbar
efoot
i
s
(a)theyhavenomoney
(b)tradi
ti
on
(c)nomat chingpair
s
(d)li
ketowearonl ychappal
s

17.‘Isy
ourschoolready
?Whoaskedt
hisquest
ion?
(a)Saheb’
smot her
(b)Saheb’
sfri
ends
(c)theaut
hor
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d)Saheb

18.WhatwereSahebandhi
sfami
lyl
ooki
ngf
ori
nDel
hi?
(a)doll
ars
(b)rupees
(c)pounds
(d)gold

19.Saheb’shome,
bef
oreDel
hi,
wasi
n
(a)Bengal
(b)Orissa
(c)Dhaka
(d)Bihar

20.’Whydoyoudothis?
’Thi
squest
ionwasaskedbyt
heaut
hort
o
(a)thebangl
esel
ler
s
(b)Mahesh
(c)Saheb
(d)Saheb’
smother

21.Whati
sMukesh’ sdream?
(a)Tobeadoctor
(b)Tobeamer chant
(c)Tobearogue
(d)Tobeamot or-mechani
c

22.Whatisthemeansofsur
viv
ali
nSeemapur
i?
(a)Work
(b)Merchandi
sing
(c)Educat
ion
(d)Rag-pi
cki
ng

23.Firozabadisthecentreofwhi
chi
ndust
ry?
(a)Cottonindustr
y
(b)Furnit
ureindustry
(c)Textil
eindustr
y
(d)Glassblowingindust
ry

24.Whatcompelstheworkersinbangl
eindust
ryofFi
rozabadt
opov
ert
y?
(a)Castandancest
ralpr
ofessi
on
(b)Karam t
heor
yandsociety

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c)Bureaucrat
sandpol
it
ici
ans
(
d)Allofthese

25.Whoi sMukesh?
(a)Student
(b)Wor ker
(c)Banglemaker
(d)Rag-picker

26.Whatmakest hewor ki
ngcondit
ionsofthechi
ldr
enwor
sti
nthegl
assi
ndust
ry?
(a)Darkdingycel
lswit
houtli
ghtandai r
(b)Dazzl
ingandsparki
ngofwel di
nglight
(c)Hightemperat
ure
(d)Al
loft hese

27.Whoempl oysthel
ocalf
amil
iesofFi
rozabad?
(a)Bur
eaucrats
(b)Merchants
(c)Pol
it
ici
ans
(d)Theglassblowi
ngi
ndustr
y

28.Whateffort
scanhelpMukeshmat
eri
ali
sehi
sdr
eam ofbecomi
ngacardr
iver
?
(a)Har
dwor k
(b)Goi
ngt ogarage
(c)Gui
danceofhi sowner
(d)Al
lthese

29.Whydi dSahebleaveDhaka?
(a)Becauseoflackofresour
ces
(b)Becauseoflackofenoughfood
(c)Becauseoffri
ends
(d)Becauseofparents

30.Whatf or
cedSahebt
obear
agpi
cker
?
(a)Hardwork
(b)Desti
ny
(c)Peoplearoundhi
m
(d)Acutepov er
ty

31.WhydidSahebgothr
oughgar
bagedumps?
(a)Tof
indasil
vercoi
n

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(
b)Arupee
(
c)Atenrupeenot
e
(
d)Al
lofthese

32.Whatdoestheti
tl
e‘LostSpr
ing’
symbol
ise?
(a)Lostbl
oomingchi
ldhood
(b)Autumnseason
(c)Lostmoney
(d)Lostage

33.Whatdotheboysappearl
iket
otheaut
hori
nthest
ory
?
(a)Morni
ngcrows
(b)Ev
eningcr
ows
(c)Morni
ngbir
ds
(d)Ev
eningBi
rds

34.WherewasSahebempl oyed?
(a)Atateastal
linSeemapur
i
(b)Atasareeshop
(c)Ataj
eweller
yshop
(d)Atasweetshop

35.WhydidSaheb-
e-Al
am notgot
oschool
?
(a)Noti
nter
est
ed
(b)Hadnomoneytopayfees
(c)Want
edtogoformovi
e
(
d)Want
edt
oear
nmoney

36.WhatwasSahebl
ooki
ngf
or?
(a)Eggs
(b)Gold
(c)Coins
(d)Toys

37.Accor
dingtotheauthorwhatwasgar
bagef
ort
hechi
ldr
en?
(a)Meansofentert
ainment
(b)Meansofti
mepass
(c)Meansofpl
ay i
ng
(d)Awonder

38.Whatf
orcest
hechi
ldr
ent
oli
veal
if
eofexpl
oit
ati
on?

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(
a)Greed
(
b)Extr
emePov
ert
y
(
c)Peers
(
d)Parent
s

39.Whatdoest heaut
horanaly
zeinthest
ory
?
(a)Ri
chpeople
(b)Garbage
(c)Poorchi
ldr
enandtheirexpl
oit
ati
on
(d)Herworks

40.Whoi stheauthorofLostSpr
ing?
(a)JamesBond
(b)ArundhatiRoy
(c)SudhaMur thy
(d)AneesJung

41.Whatchangedi dAneesJungseei
nSahebwhenshesawhi
m st
andi
ngbyt
hegat
e
oftheneighbourhoodcl
ub?
(a)Asiflosthi
sf r
eedom
(b)Lostownership
(c)Lostjoy
(d)Allofthese

42.Whati sthemet
aphor
icalsy
mbolofSeemapur
iint
hel
esson?
(a)Poverty
(b)Exploit
ati
on
(c)Enj
oy ment
(d)Alit
tlehell

43.HowisMukesh’sat
ti
tudedif
fer
entf
rom t
hatofhi
sfami
ly
?
(a)Bei
ngdar
ing,f
ir
m andclear
(b)Bei
ngafi
ghter
(c)Bei
ngacoward
(d)Notcl
ear

44.ThecityofFir
ozabadi
sfamousf
orwhat
?
(a)Forcastei
sm
(b)Forrag-
picker
s
(c)Forpoverty
(d)Forbangles
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45.Whatar et
hereasonsfort
hemi gr
ati
onofpeopl
efr
om v
il
lagest
oci
tyi
nthel
esson?
(a)Sweepingofhousesandfi
eldsbystor
ms
(b)Nomoney
(c)Educati
onandunemployment
(d)Safet
y

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**

LOSTSPRI
NG
SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Whydoest
heaut
horsayt
hatt
hebangl
e-maker
sar
ecaughti
nav
ici
ousweb?

2.Whoi
sMukesh?Whati
shi
sdr
eam?

3.Whycoul
dthebangl
e-maker
snotor
gani
set
hemsel
vesi
ntoaco-
oper
ati
ve?

4.Whatdoest
hewr
it
ermeanwhenshesay
s,‘
Sahebi
snol
ongerhi
sownmast
er’
?

5.Whatdoest
het
it
le‘
LostSpr
ing’
conv
ey?

6.Whati
sthecondi
ti
onoft
hechi
ldr
enwor
kingi
nthegl
assf
urnacesofFi
rozabad?

7.Whydon’
tthey
oungeronesoft
hebangl
e-maker
sdoany
thi
ngel
se?

8.Whatdi
dgar
bagemeant
othechi
ldr
enofSeemapur
iandt
othei
rpar
ent
s?

9.WhatdoesSahebl
ookf
ori
nthegar
bagedumps?

10.
“Itishiskar
am,
hisdest
iny
”.Whati
sMukesh’
sfami
ly
’sat
ti
tudet
owar
dst
hei
r
situati
on?

11.
Howi
sthebangl
eindust
ryofFi
rozabadacur
sef
ort
hebangl
e-maker
s?

12.
Descr
ibet
hei
ronyi
nSaheb’
sname.

13.
Whatdoestherefer
encetochappal
sin‘
LostSpr
ing’
tel
lusaboutt
heeconomi
c
condi
ti
onoftheragpicker
s?

14.
“Li
steningt
othem,Iseetwodi
sti
nctworl
ds…”I
nthecontextofMukesh,
the
bangle-maker
’sson,whi
chtwoworl
dsisAneesJungref
erri
ngto?

15.
Whydi
dSaheb’
spar
ent
sleav
eDhakaandmi
grat
etoI
ndi
a?

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 16.
Whatj
obdi
dSahebt
akeup?Washehappy
?

17.
Whom doesAneesJungbl
amef
ort
hesor
rypl
ightoft
hebangl
e-maker
s?

18.
WhatwasMukesh’
sdr
eam?I
nyouropi
nion,
didheachi
evehi
sdr
eam?

19.
Inspi
teofdespai
randdi
seaseper
vadi
ngthel
iv
esoft
hesl
um chi
ldr
en,
theyar
e
notdevoi
dofhope.Howfardoyouagr
ee?

20.
WasSahebhappywor
kingatt
het
east
all
?

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**

LONGANSWERTPYEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Grindi
ngpov er
tyandt r
aditi
oncondemnt hechil
drenofr agpickersorbangle-
maker stoalif
eofexploitati
on.Suchchil
drenar
edepr iv
edofal lopport
uni
ties
i
nl i
fe.Mukesh,whoopt soutoft heexi
sti
ngprofessionofhisf orefat
hersby
resolvi
ngtostartanewj obofamot ormechanicsy mbolisesthemodem y out
h.
Whatl essondowel earnfrom Mukesh’
sexample?

2.HowisMukeshmoreambi
ti
ousinli
fethanSaheb?Giveareasonedanswer.
OR
HowisMukesh’
sat
tit
udet
owardshissit
uat
iondif
fer
entfr
om thatofSaheb?
Why?

3.Thebaref
ootragpickersofSeemapur
ili
veontheper
ipher
yofDel
hi,
yet
metaphor
ical
lyspeaking,mil
esawayfr
om it
.Comment

4.Thebangl
e-makersofFi
rozabadmakebeauti
fulbangl
esandmakeev
ery
one
happy
,buttheyl
iv
eanddi einsqual
or.El
abor
ate.

5.Gi
veabri
efaccountoft
hel
if
eandact
ivi
ti
esofpeopl
eli
keSaheb-
e-Al
am set
tl
ed
i
nSeemapuri
.

6.‘
LostSpri
ng’
explai
nst
hegr
indi
ngpover
tyandtradi
ti
onst
hatcondemn
t
housandsofpeopl
etoal
if
eofabj
ectpovert
y.Doyouagree?Why/Whynot
?

7.Whatcont
rastdoyounot
icebet
weent hecol
ouroft
hebangl
esandt
he
at
mosphereofthepl
acewherethesebangl
esaremade?

8.Whatdi
dthewr
it
erseewhenMukesht
ookhert
ohi
shome?

9.Descr
ibet
hedi
ff
icul
ti
est
hebangl
e-maker
sofFi
rozabadhav
etof
acei
nthei
r
43|Page
 l
ives.
OR
Descri
betheci
rcumst
anceswhi
chkeept
hewor
ker
sint
hebangl
eindust
ryi
n
pover
ty.

10.
Inthelesson‘LostSpring’
,SahebandMukeshar edepriv
edoft hei
rchil
dhood
pleasuresandeducat i
on.NobelPeaceprizewinnersKailashSatyar
thiand
Mal al
aYousaf zaihav
ebeenf ight
ingfort
her i
ghtsofthechildr
en.Mot i
vatedby
theseactivi
sts,youwriteanarti
cleonthetopi
c, ‘
Evi
lsofchil
dlabouranddenial
ofeducat i
on’
.Youar eMahesh/ Malvi
ka.Writ
ey ourart
icl
einabout125- 150
wor ds.

DeepWat
er 
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.Att heendoft
heexper
ience,
Dougl
asf
elt
(a)happy
(b)released
(c)sad
(d)victori
ous

2.Allwehav etofearisfeari
tsel
f.Whosai
dthesewor
ds?
(a)Dougl as
(b)hisinstr
uctor
(c)hisfather
(d)PresidentRoosevel
t

3.‘Whatdoy out
hinky
oucandot
ome’
?Thesewor
dswer
espokenbyDougl
ast
o
(a)ashark
(b)tohisenemy
(c)totheboywhopushedhi
m
(d)toterr
or

4.Whenev ert
errorst
ruckagai
n,Dougl
aswoul
dst
art
(a)shout i
ng
(b)laughing
(c)crying
(d)talkingtoter
ror

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5.Douglashadtorepeatexhal
ingandi
nhal
ingexer
cises
(a)hundredti
mes
(b)fort
ytimes
(c)fi
ft
yt i
mes
(d)tenti
mes

6.Hepr act
icedi
nthepool
(a)t
ent i
mesaweek
(b)f
ivedaysaweek
(c)t
wiceaweek
(d)t
hriceaweek

7.Aft
erbeinghaunt
edbyf
earf
ormanyy
ear
sDougl
asdeci
dedt
olear
ntoswi
m.He
tookthehelpof
(a)hi
smot her
(b)hi
sf at
her
(c)afri
end
(d)aninstr
uct
or

8.Whenher egai
nedconsciousness,he
(a)laughedathisexperi
ence
(b)had104°Ff ever
(c)shookandcr i
edanddi dn’
teatanythi
ng
(d)toldhismotherabouthismisadventur
e

9.Douglaswentdownt
owar
dst
hebot
tom
(a)onlyonce
(b)twice
(c)thri
ce
(d)fiv
et i
mes

10.Thewat erinthepoolhada
(a)di
rt
yy el
lowt i
nge
(b)abluereflect
ion
(c)gr
eencol our
(d)nocolour

11.WhenDougl astr
iedtoyell
(a)ever
yonecamet ohisrescue
(b)nosoundcameout
(c)hi
sfatherar
riv
ed
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(
d)t
hel
if
eguar
ddi
vedt
osav
ehi
m up,
theyhungas

12.Theni nef eetseemedt

oDougl
asl
ike
(a)hundredf eet
(b)ninet
yf eet
(c)fi
ftyf
eet
(d)twenty-fi
vef eet

13.ThoughDougl aswasfr
ight
ened,
hewasnot
(a)afr
aidtodie
(b)goingtosurvi
ve
(c)outofhiswit
s
(d)abl
et oshoutforhel
p

14.Douglascall
shima
(a)nast
yhumanbei ng
(b)abrute
(c)abeauti
fulphysi
calspeci
men
(d)abigbull
y

15.Themisadventur
eatt heY.M.C.
Apoolhappenedwhen
(a)Dougl
aswasaccompani edbyfr
iends
(b)hewaswithhisfather
(c)hewasalone
(d)hewaswithhismot her

16.Theincidenti
nchi
ldhoodhadt
akenpl
aceatt
hebeachi
n
(a)Fl
ori
da
(b)Washington
(c)NewYor k
(d)Cal
if
ornia

17.Thepool ’
sdept
hatt
hedeependwas
(a)twentyfeet
(b)ninefeet
(c)sixfeet
(d)eightfeet

18.Hismotherwarnedhi
m againstswi
mmi
ngi
ntheYaki
maRi
verbecausei
thad
(a)str
ongcurr
ents
(b)itwasmeantonlyf
orboati
ng

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(
c)manypeopl
ehaddrownedther
e
(
d)i
thadnoli
feguar
dsaround

19.Thewr i
terdecidedtolear
ntoswi
m whenhewasabout
(a)tenorelev enyearsold
(b)fif
teenorsi xt
eeny ear
sold
(c)twentyy earsold
(d)eighteeny ear
sol d

20.Wil
li
am Douglaswasaf
ri
endandadv
iserof
(a)Pr
esidentKennedy
(b)Pr
esidentClevel
and
(c)Pr
esi
dentRoosev el
t
(d)Pr
esidentCli
nton

21.Wher
ewast hel
akeWent
wor
th?
(a)I
nNewHampshire
(b)i
nWashingt
on
(c)i
nCal
if
ornia
(d)i
nWashingt
onD.C

22.Howdi dDouglasmakesur ethathehadconquer

edt
heol
dter
ror
?
(a)Byvisi
ti
ngCal i
for
nia
(b)Byj
umpi ngintothewat ers
(c)Bytaki
ngal essonfrom theinstr
uct
or
(d)Byswimmi ngintothelakeWent wort
h

23.WhywasDougl asdeter
minedt ogetoverhi
sf earofwat
er?
(a)becausehewantedtoswimi nthewatersoftheCascade
(b)becausehi
sfri
endhadchallengedhim
(c)becausehehadabetoni t
(d)becausehewantedtowinamedal

24.WhydidDougl ashireaninst
ructor
?
(a)Tobeconfidentinswimmi ng
(b)Tocompetewi thothers
(c)Tofl
aunt
(d)Toovercomehi sfearofwaterandlear
nswi
mmi
ng

25.WhydidDougl
ashat
etowal
kwi
thbar
elegs?
(a)Ugl
ylooki
ngl
egs

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b)Fatlegs
(
c)Becauseofski
ncol
or
(
d)Becauseofski
nnyl
egs

26.Whatwast hei mpactofthepooli

nci
dent
?
(a)Developedfear
(b)Becameconf ident
(c)Becameov erconfi
dent
(d)Hydrophobi
awasr ev
ived

27.WhatdoesDouglasdotosavehi
mselfi
nthepool
?
(a)Usedhismindandpushedhi
mselfup
(b)Shoutedal
oud
(c)Cal
ledpeople
(d)Shoutedhel
p

28.Howdi dthei
nst
ructormakeDougl
asagoodswi
mmer
?
(a)Pl
anning
(b)Wit
hthehelpofropes
(c)Bypushinghi
mintothepool
(d)Wit
hthehelpofropesandbel
ts

29.Howdi dt
hisexperi
enceaf
fectt
heaut
hor
?
(a)Becamef earl
ess
(b)Confident
(c)Overconfi
dent
(d)Becamehy drophobi
c

30.Whatwer etheseriesofemotionsandfear
sthatDougl
asexper
iencedwhenhe
wast hr
owni nt
ot hepool?
(a)Fear
(b)Confidence
(c)Overconfidence
(d)Mixedf eeli
ngsofconfidenceandfear

31.Whatwast hefeari
nDougl
as’
mind?
(a)Tobedefeated
(b)Tobepushed
(c)Bei
ngdrowned
(d)None

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32.WhatdoesDeepWat
ersi
gni
fy?
(a)Beauty
(b)DepthofSea
(c)Depthofocean
(d)Fear

33.Whati sthethemeofthest
oryDeepWat
er?
(a)Vi
ct or
yinfacingthef
ear
(b)Beingfearf
ul
(c)Tolearnswimmi ng
(d)All

34.Whatdi dWil
li
am ODoughl
asdesi
ref
or?
(a)Vi
sittoCali
for
nia
(b)Tobeaj udge
(c)Tolearnswimming
(d)Tobewi thhi
smot her

35.Whatishaunti
ngtheaut
hor?
(a)Terr
ibl
eexper
iencei
nthepool
(b)Ghosts
(c)Hismother
’swords
(d)Apushbyay oungboy

36.Wheredidthewr
it
ergowhenhewas3or4y
ear
sol
dint
hest
ory
?
(a)Washingt
on
(b)NewZealand
(c)Cal
if
ornia
(d)Canada

37.Y.M.C.
Astandsf
or?
(a)YoungMen’sChr
ist
ianAuthor
it
y
(b)YoungMen’sChr
ist
opherAssociat
ion
(c)YoungMen’sChr
ist
ianArmy
(d)YoungMen’sChr
ist
ianAssoci
ati
on

38.WhatisthestoryDeepWat
erspeaki
ngabout
?
(a)Fearofwaterandthewayt
oovercomei
t
(b)Fearofpeople
(c)Fearofdogs
(d)Fearofswimmi ng
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39.Forhowmanyy
ear
shadt
heaut
hort
aughti
nhi
ghschooli
nYaki
ma?
(a)2years
(b)4years
(c)3year
s
(d)5years

40.Whoistheaut horofDeepWater
?
(a)Wi
ll
iam Shakespeare
(b)Wi
ll
iam GeorgeBer nar
dShaw
(c)Wi
ll
iam Wordswor t
h
(d)Wi
ll
iam Douglas

41.Atfir
st,
whywast hewrit
ernotmuchf r
ight
enedwhenhewasthr
owni
ntot
hepool
?
(a)Becausehewassl eepi
ng
(b)Becausehewasi ntoxi
cated
(c)Becausehethoughtthattheli
feguar
dwouldcometohisr
escue
(d)Becauseofconfi
dence

42.Whatdi
stanceDougl
ascov
eredwhi
leswi
mmi
ngacr
osst
hel
akeWent
wor
th?
(a)4mil
es
(b)3mil
es
(c)5mil
es
(d)2mil
es

43.WhatwasstoppingDouglastogetint
othewat
ersofCascade?
(a)Memori
esofWashi ngton
(b)Memori
esofCal i
for
nia
(c)I
nst
ruct
ionsgivenbytheinstr
uctor
(d)Memori
esfullofter
rorinthepool

44.“Icr
ossedt oobli
vion,
andt
hecur
tai
nofl
if
efel
l”
.Whatdoesobl
iv
ionmean?
(a)spavi
li
on
(b)changingroom
(c)unconsciousness
(d)death

45.Whydi dDougl
as’mot herr
ecommendt
hatheshoul
dlear
nswi
mmi
ngatt
heY.
M.C.Aswimmi ngpool?
(a)Becauseitwaslocal
(b)Becauseitwassafe
(c)Becauseitwasshall
ow
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d)Becausei
twasshal
lowandsaf
e

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DEEPWATER
SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.WhenDougl
asr
eal
isedt
hathewassi
nki
ng,
howdi
dhepl
ant
osav
ehi
msel
f?

2.Whatsor
toft
err
orseizedDouglasashewentdownt
hewat
erwi
thay
ell
ow
gl
ow?Howcouldhefeelthathewassti
llal
iv
e?

3.Whydi
dDougl
asgot
oLakeWent
wor
thi
nNewHampshi
re?

4.Whi
chf
act
orsl
edDougl
ast
odeci
dei
nfav
ourofY.
M.C.
A.pool
?

5.WhydidDougl
asgot
oLakeWent
wor
thi
nNewHampshi
re?Howdi
dhemake
hi
ster
rorf
lee?

6.Whatef
for
tsdi
dDougl
asmaket
ogetov
erhi
sfearofwat
er?

7.Howdi
dthei
nst
ruct
ort
urnDougl
asi
ntoaswi
mmer
?

8.Whatwastheauthor
’sear
lychi
ldhoodf
earoft
hewat
er?Howdi
ditaf
fecthi
m
t
herestofhi
sli
fe?

9.Whydi
dDouglas’mot
herrecommendt
hatheshoul
dlear
nswi
mmi
ngatt
he
Y.
M.C.
A.swi
mmi ngpool
?

10.
Ment
ionanyt
wol
ongt
erm consequencesoft
hedr
owni
ngi
nci
dentonDougl
as.

11.
Whatdeepmeani
ngdi
dhi
sexper
ienceatt
heY.
M.C.
A.swi
mmi
ngpoolhav
efor
Dougl
as?

12.
‘Al
lwehav
etof
eari
sfeari
tsel
f’
.Whendi
dDougl
asl
ear
nthi
slesson?

13.
HowdoesDougl
asdev
elopanav
ersi
ont
owat
eratt
heageoft
hreeorf
our
?

14.
Dougl
as’
mot
hert
houghtt
hatY.
M.C.
A.poolwassaf
eforl
ear
ningt
oswi
m.

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 Whatar
eyourv
iews?

15.
Howdi
dDougl
ashopet
ocomeoutwhenhewast
hrowni
ntoY.
M.C.
Apool
?

16.
Whatshocki
ngexper
iencedi
dDougl
ashav
eatY.
M.C.
A.pool
?

17.
HowdidDougl
as’
int
roduct
iont
oY.
M.C.
A.poolr
evi
vehi
schi
ldhoodf
earof
wat
er?

18.
WhywasDougl
asdet
ermi
nedt
ogetov
erhi
sfearofwat
er?

LONGANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1. “
…ther
ewast
err
ori
nmyhear
tatt
heov
erpower
ingf
orceoft
hewav
es.
”When
di
dDougl
asst
artf
ear
ingwater?Whi
chexper
iencehadf
urt
herst
rengt
henedi
ts
hol
donhi
smindandpersonal
it
y?

2. Howdi
dthemi
sadv
ent
urei
nY.
M.C.
A.swi
mmi
ngpoolaf
fectDougl
as?What
ef
for
tsdi
dhemaket
oconquerhi
sol
dter
ror
?

3. Howdi
dthei
nst
ruct
ormakeDougl
asagoodswi
mmer
?

4. Howdi
dDougl
ast
ryt
osav
ehi
msel
ffr
om dr
owni
ngi
ntheY.
M.C.
A.pool
?

5. Howdi
dDougl
asdev
elopanav
ersi
ont
owat
er?

6. ‘
Pract
icemakesamanper
fect
Dougl
ast
ri
edhar
dtor
eacht
othel
evelofper
fect
ionbyper
sev
erance.
Comment.

7. Feari
smanki
nd’
sgr
eat
esthandi
cap.Doy
ouagr
ee?Gi
ver
easonsi
nsuppor
tof
y
ourv
iews.

8. Abi
gboypushedDougl
asi
ntot
hedeependoft
heswi
mmi
ngpoolwhi
chcoul
d
havel edt
ohisdeath.Concer
nsregar
dingbul
lyingandraggingpersisti
nmany
teenagegroups.Quoti
ngexamplesfr
om thetext,di
scusstheproblem of
bull
yinganditseff
ectsonthevi
cti
ms.Alsosuggestway stodealwi t
hthis
problem.

9. Feari
ssomet
hingt
hatwemustl
ear
ntoov
ercomei
fwewantt
osucceedi
nli
fe.
Howdi
dDougl
asgetov
erhi
sfearofwat
er?

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***
**

MyMot
heratSi
xty
-si
x 
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.Themot her’
soldageandlackofener
gyisadepi
cti
onof
(a)thepoet ’
shelpl
essnessi
noldage
(b)joyandf unofoldage
(c)bondingofmot herwithf
amilymembers
(d)sicknessandi l
l-
heal
th

2.Thepoem i smadeupof
(a)t
went yli
nes
(b)asinglesentence
(c)t
enst anzas
(d)f
ivestanzas

3.Theimageofmer rychil
drenhasbeenbr
oughtoutbyt
henar
rat
ori
nor
dert
o
(a)showenergyandexuberanceofyoungchi
ldr
en
(b)toshowthechil
drenplaying
(c)toshowthechil
drenplayingpr
anks
(d)tocomparewithhersel
f

4.Thenarrat
orisonlyusi
nghersmi
let
o
(a)coverupherpain
(b)makeherselfhappy
(c)tomakehermot herhappy
(d)tomakeherf at
herhappy

5.Shesaidtohermother
(a)goodbye
(b)aurevoi
r
(c)goodmor ni
nggo.
(d)seeyousoon,Amma

6.Whent henarratorl
ookedathermot
heragai
nshef
eltapangof
(a)herfamil
iarache
(b)guil
t

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c)hear
tache
(
d)aheadache

7.Thenar ratoragai
ncompar
edhermot
hert
oo
(a)summer ’
ssun
(b)raincl
ouds
(c)l
at ewinter’
smoon
(d)treesandpl ant
s

8.‘Chil
drenspil
li
ngout’i
san
(a)simile
(b)met aphor
(c)personif
icat
ion
(d)tr
ansf er
redepit
het

9.‘Treesspr int
ing’
isapoet
icdev
ice.I
tis
(a)personificati
on
(b)alli
terati
on
(c)repetiti
on
(d)simi l
e

10.Shesoonputt hatt
houghtoutofhermi
ndand
(a)smi l
ed
(b)laughedheart
il
y
(c)criedbi
tt
erl
y
(d)lookedoutofthewindow

11.Thepoetesssayshermot
herl
ookedpal
eli
kea
(a)corpse
(b)ghost
(c)malnouri
shedchi
ld
(d)anemicperson

12.Theper sonint
hecar
,besi
det
hepoet
ess,
was,
(a)heraunt
(b)herniece
(c)heruncle
(d)hermot her

13Shewasgoi
ngt
o
(a)Goa

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(
b)Mumbai
(
c)Cochin
(
d)Kolkat
a

14.Kamal aDaswasan
(a)Bengali
(b)Punjabi
(c)Kerali
te
(d)Gujarat
i

15.Whatwerethewordssheusedwhi
lepar
ti
ngf
rom hermot
her
?
(a)SeeyousoonBa
(b)Seeyousoonbeej
i
(c)Seey
ousoonmat aji
(d)Seeyousoon,amma

16.Whosehouset hepoetwasl
eav
ing?
(a)herfri
end’
shouse
(b)in-
law’
shouse
(c)herhusband’
shouse
(d)herparent
s’house

17.Whatdoest heexpr
essionsmil
e,smileandsmi
lesi
gni
fy?
(a)poetwasgoinghomeandwasel at
ed
(b)poetwashappy
(c)poetwashopeless
(d)poet’
sdesperat
eeffor
tstohideherfear
s

18.Whatquesti
onari
sesfrom thecompl
exi
tyofthesit
uati
oninthepoem?
(a)whatt
odoi nol
dage
(b)howtotakecar
eofone’sskin
(c)howtodri
ve
(d)Howtostri
keabalancebetweenduti
esandresponsi
bil
it
ies

19.Whatdoesthenarr
ativ
esingl
esent
encest
yleoft
hepoem hi
ghl
ight
?
(a)Poet
’sf
eeli
ngs
(b)Poet
’si
nsecur
it
ies
(c)poet
’st
hought
s
(d)poet
’si
nter
twi
ningthought
s

20.Whydoest
hepoetf
eelpar
ted,
upsetandsad?

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(
a)becauseofherfear
s
(
b)becauseshewasget ti
ngl
ate
(
c)fearofmissi
ngherfl
ight
(
d)becauseofherdutytowardsmot
herandherownneeds

21.Quot eanexampl eofpersoni

fi
cat
ionusedi
nthepoem.
(a)spri
ntingtrees
(b)homet ocochi
n
(c)ai
rport’ssecur
itycheck
(d)Allofthese

22.Quoteanexampleofamet aphorusedinthepoem.
(a)asalat
ewi nt
er’
smoon
(b)‘
Treesspri
nti
ng,t
hemer r
ychil
drenspil
li
ngoutofthei
rhomes’
(c)Dri
vi
ngfrom myparent
’shome
(d)None

23.Whydi dthepoetlookathermotheragai
n?
(a)becauseshewasbusy
(b)becauseshewasgoi ngaway
(c)becauseshewantedt ostayback
(d)becauseoffearandinsecuri
ty

24.Whati st
heuniver
sal
it
yoft
het
hemeoft
hepoem?
(a)deathisatr
uth
(b)Lif
eisareali
ty
(c)every
oneishappy
(d)toshowoldage

25.Whatdot hepar t
ingwords“SeeyousoonAmma”si
gni
fy?
(a)hercarel
essness
(b)Heroptimist
icfarewel
lful
lofcheer
ful
ness
(c)shebidsgoodby eli
kethi
s
(d)sheisinahurry

26.Whatdoes‘ ashenface‘si
gnif
y?
(a)colouroff
ace
(b)faceiscoveredwithash
(c)Paleandli
felessfaceofpoet
’smot
her
(d)toshowugl yface

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27.Whatdot her
unningtreessi
gni
fy?
(a)fastmovi
ngappearance
(b)speedofthemovingcar
(c)fastmovi
ngchangeinhumanl i
fefr
om chi
ldhoodt
ool
dage
(d)none

28.Whatdidthepoetreali
zewithpai
n?
(a)hermother’
sappearancel
ikeacorpse
(b)sheisi
nconsider
ate
(c)ol
dagei spl
easant
(d)shehasduties

29.Whatdoest hi
snarrat
ivest
yleofthepoem si
gni
fy?
(a)dif
fer
ingt hought
s
(b)manyt houghts
(c)contr
astingthoughts
(d)asinglethreadofthoughtmixedwit
hharshreal
it
ies

30.Whi chpoeti
cdevi
cei
susedi
n“Tr
eesspr
int
ing-
”?
(a)metaphor
(b)si
mi le
(c)al
li
terati
on
(d)Personif
icat
ion

31.Namet hepoet
icdev
icesusedi
nthepoem.
(a)metaphor
(b)si
mi l
ie
(c)al
li
terati
on
(d)al
loft hese

32.Whati sthekindofpai
nandachet
hatt
hepoetf
eel
s?
(a)Losinghermot her
(b)heartatt
ack
(c)headache
(d)chil
drenscreamingather

33.Whoi sthepoetofthi
spoem?
(a)JohnKeats
(b)RudyardKipli
ng
(c)Wil
li
am Wor dswor
th
(d)KamalaDas
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34.Whatpangsdidshef eelwhenshel
ookedathermot
her
?
(a)Pangsofheadache
(b)Pangsofstomachache
(c)Pangsofkneepain
(d)Pangsofheart
ache

35.Whatwasthepoet’
schildhoodf
ear
?
(a)Par
ti
ngfr
om herhusband
(b)Par
ti
ngfr
om herfr
iends
(c)Par
ti
ngfr
om hersi
blings
(d)l
osi
nghermother

36.Whatwastheexpr
essi
onoft
hepoet
’sf
acewhi
lepar
ti
ngf
rom hermot
her
?
(a)sati
ri
cal
(b)funny
(c)sad
(d)smili
ng

37.Howi stheimageryof‘
youngtreesandmerrychil
dren’acontrastt
othemot her
?
(a)motherisoldi
ncompar i
sontothetreesandchi
ldren
(b)motherisli
keashwhilethetr
eesaregreenandchildr
enar ehappy
(c)l
ikespri
ngandaut umnseason
(d)Mother’
shealt
h-hopel
essnessandtreesandmerrychildr
en-youthf
ulnessand
hope

38.Whatdoest hepoem r
evol
vear
ound?
(a)poet’
sfears
(b)poet’
sloveforhermot
her
(c)Themeofol dage
(d)Alloft
hese

39.‘Treesspri
nti
ng’
and‘
mer
rychi
ldr
enspi
ll
ing’
isanat
temptbyt
hepoett
ocr
eat
e
(a)suspense
(b)laughter
(c)visuali
magery
(d)chaos

40.Kamal aDashassuccessf
ull
ydr
awncompar
isonsbet
weent
he
(a)chi
ldrenandhermother
(b)fat
herandmot her
(c)uncleandaunt
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d)nephewandni
ece

41.Whatwast heexpressi
onont
henar
rat
or’
sface?
(a)smili
ngf ace
(b)angrylook
(c)sarcasti
cexpressi
on
(d)fr
owni ngface

42.Wi nter
’smoon’
isar
efer
encet
othemot
her
’s
(a)oldage
(b)il
lness
(c)colourofski
n
(d)youngage

43.Whatpangsdidshef eelwhenshel
ookedathermot
her
?
(a)Pangsofheadache
(b)Pangsofstomachache
(c)Pangsofkneepain
(d)Pangsofheart
ache

44.Whatdoest hepoem r
evol
vear
ound?
(a)poet’
sfears
(b)poet’
sloveforhermot
her
(c)Themeofol dage
(d)Alloft
hese

45.Whatisthef ami
li
arache?
(a)herchi
ldhoodfearofl
osinghermot
her
(b)hermother’
sweakhealth
(c)herdut
ies
(d)herhel
plessness

SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Whatwer
eKamalaDas’f
ear
sasachi
ld?Whydot
hef
ear
ssur
facewhenshe
i
sgoingt
otheai
rpor
t?

2.Howcansuspensi
onofact
ivi
ti
eshel
p?

3.Howdoest
hepoetdescr
ibehermot
her
?

4.Expl
ain‘
pal
easal
atewi
nter
’smoon.
’

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 5.Whydi
dthepoetpr
omi
sehermot
herofameet
ingi
nthenearf
utur
e?

6.Thepoet’
srepeatedsmi
leseemsoutoft
hepl
acei
naway
.Inwhi
chwayi
s
thatappr
opr
iate?

7.Whydoest
hepoetl
ookathermot
heragai
n?

8.Whatdi
ff
erenti
magesdoest
hepoetuset
oconv
eyt
hei
deaofhermot
her
’s
ol
dage?

9.Whatki
ndofpai
ndoesKamal
aDasf
eeli
n‘MyMot
heratSi
xty
-si
x’
?

10.
Whyar
ethey
oungst
ersdescr
ibedasspr
ingi
ng?

11.
Havinglookedathermot
her
,whydoesKamal
aDasl
ookatt
hey
oung
chi
ldren?

12.
Inthel
astli
neofthepoem,‘MyMot
heratSi
xty
-si
x’
,whydoest
hepoetuse
theword‘smil
e’r
epeat
edly
?

13.
Whydoest
hepoetl
ookat‘
youngt
ree’
and‘
mer
rychi
ldr
en’
?

14.
Whatdoest
hepoet
’ssmi
lei
nthepoem,
‘MyMot
heratSi
xty
-si
x’show?

LONGANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Ageingi
sanat ur
alpr
ocess;
hav
eyouev
ert
houghtwhatourel
der
lypar
ent
s
expectf
rom us?

2.Wr
it
einbr
ieft
hesummar
yoft
hepoem.

3.Whatdot
hepar
ti
ngwor
dsoft
hepoetandhersmi
lesi
gni
fy?

4.Havi
ngl
ookedathermothert
hepoetl
ookedathermot
her
,whydoesKamal
a
Dasl
ookatthechi
ldr
en?

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AnEl
ement
arySchoolCl
assr
oom i
naSl
um 
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.I
dent
if
ythel
it
erar
ydev
icei
n‘sl
umsasbi
gasdoom’
.

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a)si
mi l
e
(
b)metaphor
(
c)al
li
terat
ion
(
d)per
sonificat
ion

2.Identif
ytheli
ter
arydev
icei
n‘whosel
anguagei
sthesun’
.
(a)simile
(b)met aphor
(c)all
it
erati
on
(d)personif
icat
ion

3.‘BreakObr eak’
.Whatshoul
dtheybr
eak?
(a)thedonations
(b)allbather
s
(c)theslums
(d)theschools

4.Theimpri
sonedmindsandl
ivesofthesl
um chi
ldr
encanber
eleasedf
rom t
hei
r
bondageiftheyar
egi
venanexperi
enceoftheout
erworl
d.
(a)never
(b)soon
(c)event
ual
ly
(d)magical
ly

5.Identif
ytheli
ter
arydev
icei
n‘spect
acl
esofst
eel
’
.
(a)simile
(b)met aphor
(c)all
it
erati
on
(d)personifi
cat
ion

6.Thelaststanzai
sunl
iket
her
estoft
hepoem.
(a)l
ong
(b)short
(c)opti
misti
c
(d)pessi
mistic

7.Wheredothei
rli
ves‘sl
yl
ytur
n’?
(a)i
nthei
rcr
ampedhol es
(b)t
owardst
hesun
(c)t
owardst
heschool
(d)t
owardst
hewi ndows
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8.Themapi sabadexampleasi
tmakesoneawar
eof
(a)thebeaut i
fulworl
d
(b)cleanerlanes
(c)thepolit
icalstr
uctur
e
(d)thecivi
ldesign

9.denti
fythel i
ter
arydev
icei
n‘f
utur
e’spai
ntedwi
thaf
og’
.
(a)si
mi l
e
(b)metaphor
(c)al
li
terat
ion
(d)per
sonificati
on

10.Shakespear
eiswi
ckedbecausehet
hechi
ldr
en.
(a)educates
(b)tempts
(c)l
oves
(d)hates

11.Whatdoesthemapr epresent?
(a)wor
ldoftheri
chandpower ful
(b)wor
ldofthepoor
(c)wor
ldofthesl
um schoolchildr
en
(d)wor
ldthepoetwantsfortheslum chi
ldr
en

12.Whati sthestuntedboyreci
ti
ng?
(a)thelessonfrom hisdesk
(b)Shakespeare’spoetry
(c)l
eavesofnat ure
(d)hiscomposition

13.Onsourcream wall
s.Donat i
ons’suggest
s
(a)school
sarewellequi
pped
(b)school
saresmallbuttheytrytoimparteducati
on
(c)school
shaveapoorandi ll
-equippedenvi
ronment
(d)school
smeettheeducat i
onr equir
ementsofthechi
ldr
ent
hroughdonat
ions

14.Whositsatthebackofthecl
ass?
(a)asweetandy oungpupi
l
(b)apaperseemingboy
(c)atal
lgi
rl
(d)agir
lwit
hhairliker
ootl
essweeds
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15.Thecolourofsourcr
eam i
s
(a)white
(b)yel
low
(c)off
-whit
e
(d)pal
e

16.Thepaper-seemingboywi
thr
at’
sey
es’
meanst
heboyi
s
(a)sl
yandsecr eti
ve
(b)shortandl
ean
(c)hungryandthin
(d)sadanddepr essed

17.Identif
ytheli
ter
arydev
icei
n‘f
ather
’sgnar
leddi
sease’
.
(a)simile
(b)met aphor
(c)all
it
erati
on
(d)personifi
cat
ion

18.Identif
ytheli
ter
arydev
icei
n`r
at’
sey
es’
.
(a)simile
(b)met aphor
(c)all
it
erati
on
(d)personifi
cat
ion

19.I
dentifyt
heliter
arydev
icei
n‘l
iker
oof
lessweeds’
.
(a)si
mi l
e
(b)metaphor
(c)al
li
terati
on
(d)per
soni f
icat
ion

20.Whatdoes‘ gustywav
es’
impl
y?
(a)sl
um chil
dren
(b)energet
icchil
dren
(c)deceasedchil
dren
(d)unhappychil
dren

21.Whatdoestheexpressi
on‘Br
eakObreakopen’
suggest
?
(a)bar
ri
ersontheroad
(b)bar
ri
ersofgar
bageheap
(c)bar
ri
ersofdi
rt
yenvironmentmustbebroken
(d)None
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22.Whathav ethewi
ndowsdonet
othechi
ldr
en’sl
iv
esinthepoem?
(a)shutthedoors
(b)blockedt
hepassage
(c)cl
ockedtheSunli
ght
(d)haveshutthechi
ldr
eni
nsi
deandbl
ockedthei
rgrowt
h

23.Whatdoesthepoetshowthroughexpressi
ons‘soblott
hei
rmapswi
thsl
umsas
bigasdoom’?
(a)hi
sclott
hestreet
(b)enj
oythemaps
(c)bi
gmaps
(d)poet
’spr
otestagai
nstsoci
ali
njust
iceandinequal
it
ies

24.Ment i
onanytwoimagesusedtoexpl
aint
hepl
ightoft
hesl
um chi
ldr
en.
(a)openhandedmap
(b)from hi
sdesk
(c)bell
ed,fl
ower
y
(d)foggyslumsandbot
tl
ebitsonstones

25.Whatat t
ractsthesl
um chi
ldren?
(a)Theanimals
(b)Themov ies
(c)icecr
eam
(d)Allbeaut
ifult
hingsl
ikeshi
p,Sun

26.Inwhatsensearethesl
um chi
drendi
ff
erent
?
(a)thei
rIQ
(b)thei
rwisdom
(c)thei
rdresses
(d)becauseofnoaccesstohopeandopennessoft
hewor
ld

27.Whatdoest heexpr
ession‘Openhandedmap”show?
(a)powerofthepoor
(b)thepoorarepowerf
ul
(c)thepoorarepowerl
ess
(d)mapsar edrawnattheordersoft
hepowerf
ulpeopl
eli
keHi
tl
er

28.Whatisthestunt
edboyr
eci
ti
ng?
(a)ahappysong
(b)arel
igi
oussong
(c)asadsong
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d)al
essonf
rom desk

29.Whowassi t
ti
ngatthebackoft
hedi
m cl
ass?
(a)agirl
(b)anoldman
(c)ateacher
(d)anunnoti
cedyoungboy

30.Whatki ndofl
ookthefacesandhai
roft
hechi
ldr
engi
ve?
(a)arichandbeauti
ful
(b)organized
(c)healt
hy
(d)palefacesandscat
ter
edandundonehair

31.Whyi st
heheadoft hetal
lgi
rl‘
wei
gheddown’
?
(a)bytheburdenofstudi
es
(b)bytheburdenofwork
(c)bytheburdenoftheworld
(d)Allt
hese

32.Whatdoest hepoetwi
shforthechil
drenoft
hesl
ums?
(a)Hewishthem tobehappyandhealthy
(b)Hewishesagoodchangef orthem
(c)hewantsthem tol
eadahealthyandhappyli
fe
(d)Al
lthese

33.Howcanpowerfulpeoplehelpt
hepoorchil
dren?
(a)byfi
ghti
ngwi
ththegovernment
(b)byfi
ghti
ngwi
ththepower f
ul
(c)bybri
dgi
nggapsofinequali
ti
esandi
njust
ice
(d)byfi
ghti
ngwi
ththerich

34.WhatdoCat acombssi gnif

y?
(a)undergroundcemet ryshowingi
rr
elev
anceoft
hemaphangi
ngont
hewal
loft
he
classroom
(b)irr
elevanceoftheclassroom
(c)ir
relev
anceoft heschool
(d)irr
elevanceofthechildr
en

35.Whatwast heboywit
hrat
’sey
est
ryi
ngt
oescapef
rom?
(a)br
ightl
ightout
side

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b)opennessoftr
ees
(
c)di
ml i
ghtofthecl
ass
(
d)chi
ldr
enintheroom

36.Whatdot hef acesofchil

dreninthesl
um ar
easr
efl
ect
?
(a)happiness
(b)thei
raspir
ations
(c)thei
rhappiness
(d)sadnessandl ackofenthusiasm

37.Whatarethepoeti
cdev i
cesusedi
nthepoem?
(a)al
li
ter
ati
onandsimile
(b)metaphorandimagery
(c)sy
necdoche,andir
ony
(d)Al
lthese

38.Whatki ndofl
if
et hechi
ldrenli
vi
ngi
nsl
umshav
e?
(a)fulloflove
(b)fullofcareandwar mth
(c)Hopel essandfullofst
ruggle
(d)allthese

39.Whatdoest hepoetpor t
rayi
nthepoem?
(a)youngmi nds
(b)play
fulnessofthechi
ldren
(c)questi
onsofy oungmind
(d)thepli
ghtofyoungchildreni
nthesl
ums

40.Whohaswr itt
enEl
ement
arySchoolCl
assr
oom i
naSl
um?
(a)Ki
pling
(b)Wor dsworth
(c)Kaml anat
h
(d)StephenSpender

41.Whatdoesthepoetwant?
(a)t
osendthechil
drenoutoftheslums
(b)t
osendthechil
drentoAmer i
ca
(c)t
osendthechil
drentoopenfiel
ds
(d)t
osendthechil
drentoabeach

42.Whatot
herf
reedom t
hepoetwant
sthesl
um chi
ldr
ent
oenj
oy?

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a)Freedom ofr
oaming
(
b)fr
eedom tospendmoney
(
c)fr
eedom toeat
(
d)fr
eedom ofknowledge,
wisdom andexpr
essi
on

43.Whatdot he‘gov ernor’

,i
nspector
,vi
sit
ori
nthepoem depi
ct?
(a)hi
gheroffici
als
(b)Governmentof f
icials
(c)Pol
it
icalpeople
(d)Powerfulandinfluenti
alpeople

44.Whatbl ot
sthemapsoft
hesl
um chi
ldr
en?
(a)garbage
(b)bl
ockage
(c)stonesinthest
reet
s
(d)Dirt
yslums

45.Whatdot hewords‘Fr
om fogt
oendlessni
ghtmean?
(a)bri
ghtl
ightout
side
(b)bri
ghtfut
ure
(c)hopel
essness
(d)Darkanduncert
ainfut
ureofsl
um chi
ldr
enfrom bi
rt
htodeat
h

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SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Howdoest
hepoetdescr
ibet
hecl
assr
oom wal
ls?

2.“Sobl
ott
hei
rmapswithsl
umsasbi
gasdoom,
”say
sSt
ephenSpender
.What
doest
hepoetwantt
oconvey
?

3.Whatdoesthepoetwantfort
hechil
drenoft
heslums?
OR
WhatdoesStephenSpenderwantt
obedonef ort
hechi
ldr
enoft
heschooli
na
sl
um?

4.Inspi
teofdespai
randdi
seaseper
vadi
ngthel
iv
esoft
hesl
um chi
ldr
en,
theyar
e
notdevoi
dofhope.Howfardoyouagr
ee?

5.Thepoetsays,
‘Andyet
,forthesechil
dren,t
hesewindows,
notthi
smap, t
hei
r
worl
d…’Whichworlddothesechil
drenbelongto?Whichworl
disi
naccessi
ble

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 t
othem?

6.Whati
sthet
hemeoft
hepoem,
‘AnEl
ement
arySchoolCl
assr
oom i
naSl
um’
?

7.Whati
sthei
ronyi
n‘r
unazur
eongol
dsands?
’

8.Expl
ain;
‘Fr
om f
ogt
oendl
essni
ght
.’

9.Whati
sthemessagethatStephenSpenderwantstoconveyt
hroughthi
spoem?
OR
WhatmessagedoesStephenSpenderconveyt
hroughthepoem,‘An
El
ementar
ySchoolCl
assroom inaSlum’
?

10.
Howdoesthepoem,
‘AnEl
ement
arySchoolCl
assr
oom i
naSl
um’
por
trayt
he
chi
ldr
en?

11.
Howi s‘
Shakespear
ewi
ckedandt
hemapabadexampl
e’f
ort
hechi
ldr
enoft
he
schooli
naslum?

12.
WhatdoesSt
ephenSpenderwantf
ort
hechi
ldr
enoft
hesl
ums?

LONGANSWERTYPEQUESTI
ONS
1.Whichwords/phrasesi
nthepoem ‘
AnElement
arySchoolCl
assr
oom i
naSl
um’
showthattheslum chi
ldr
enar
esuffer
ingf
rom acut
emalnut
ri
ti
on?

2.Wr
it
einbr
ieft
hesummar
yoft
hepoem.

3.Wr
it
ethecent
rali
deaoft
hepoem i
ndet
ail
.

4.WhydoestheStephenSpendersayt
hatt
hepict
uresandmapsi
nthe
el
ementar
yschoolclassr
oom ar
enotmeani
ngful
?

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Keepi
ngQui
et 
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.Thepoetusesconv
ersat
ionalst
yleandper
sonalpr
onounsas‘
you’
,‘
we’
and`
I’

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because
(a)hewantstobeinti
mat ewithmankind
(b)hetri
estoreadoutt ot
her eader
s
(c)hewantstoestabl
ishcontacteasil
y
(d)thi
rdper
soni si
nef
f ect
ive

2.Thelastl
ineofthepoem i
s
(a)andlat
erprovestobeal
ive
(b)li
fei
swhati ti
sabout
(c)Iwantnotruckwit
hdeath
(d)andyoukeepquietandIwil
lgo

3.Manneedst
olear
nal
essonf
rom
(a)moon
(b)star
s
(c)eart
h
(d)sun

4.Accordingtot
hepoetwar
sthatar
efoughthav
eno
(a)soldi
ers
(b)weapons
(c)fi
ghterpl
anes
(d)survi
vors

5.Coldsea’ isapoeti
cdev
ice
(a)personifi
cati
on
(b)tr
ansf er
redepit
het
(c)met aphor
(d)al
li
terati
on

6.Withoutrush,wi
thoutengines’
ref
erst
o
(a)nonoise
(b)nohurrytogotot heoff
ice
(c)notravel
li
ng
(d)noholidayi
ng

7.Thepoetwant stheent
ir
ehumani
tyt
o
(a)keeptal
king
(b)keeprunning
(c)keepl
aughi ng
(d)keepsti
ll
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8.Havenot r
uckwit
hdeat h’means
(a)wil
lnotdi
eofthetruckaccident
(b)removepover
tyandill
iter
acy
(c)havenoassoci
ati
onordealwi thdeat
h
(d)wil
lnotdri
veatr
uck

9.Thepoetadv ocatesthebal
anceofnat
uret
obe
(a)maintai
ned
(b)destr
oyed
(c)temporari
lydi
sturbed
(d)i
gnored

10.Whatdoesmant
hreat
enhi
msel
fwi
th?
(a)death
(b)bir
th
(c)robbery
(d)suici
de

11.Wherewouldt
heybewal
king?
(a)i
nthepark
(b)al
ongtheri
ver
(c)i
ntheshade
(d)ontheroad

12.Thet ypesofwar sthepoettal

ksaboutar
e
(a)greenwar s,warswithgas,warswi
thfi
re
(b)verbalwars
(c)technologicalwar
fare
(d)nuclearwar s

13.Fishermenint
hecol
dseawoul
dnothar
m
(a)seahorses
(b)mer maids
(c)whales
(d)tort
oises

14.Whatki ndofamomentwoul
ditbewhenev
ery
onei
ssi
lent
(a)ter
rible
(b)painful
(c)exotic
(d)unforgett
abl
e
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15.Thepoetappeal
stot
her
eader
stokeepqui
etf
or
(a)t
wentyseconds
(b)1hour
(c)t
hir
tyseconds
(d)t
welveseconds

16.Whatcanhumanbeingsl
ear
nfr
om nat
ure?
(a)beaut
y
(b)keepi
ngqui
et
(c)tobehappy
(d)worki
ngwit
hsil
ence

17.Whatsymbolf
rom nat
uret
hepoetusest
opr
ovet
hatkeepi
ngqui
eti
snott
otal
i
nactiv
ity
?
(a)Sun
(b)Soi
l
(c)ear
th
(d)Natur
eandear
th

18.Howwi
llsilencebenefi
tthemanandnat
ure?
(a)bot
hwi
llbef ri
ends
(b)manwi
llknownat urebett
er
(c)manwi
llbeheal t
hy
(d)manwi
llstophur t
ingnat
ureandbot
hwil
lhealt
hemsel
ves

19.Whil
egat heri
ngsal t,whatwi
llhappentot
hemanifhekeepsi
lentf
oramoment
?
(a)hewil
lstopdr oppingit
(b)hewil
llookatt hegr ound
(c)hewi
llwal kcarefull
y
(d)hewil
lthinkoft hehar mthesalti
sdoingt
ohi
shands

20.Whyisthepoetaskingever
yonenottospeakanyl
anguage?
(a)t
oavoidnoise
(b)t
oavoidloudvoices
(c)t
oavoidpeople
(d)t
oavoidconfl
ict
sandmi sunder
standi
ngs

21.Whatwouldev
ery
onef
eelatt
hatexot
icmoment
?
(a)happy
(b)content
(c)dancing
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d)st
rangebl
issf
uloneness

22.Whatdoest hepoetwantpeopl
etodof
oronesecond?
(a)t
osing
(b)t
ocloseeyes
(c)t
ostandquietl
y
(d)t
obesilentandmot i
onl
ess

23.Whatwi llhappeniftherearenoengi
nesandnocr
owd?
(a)noisewillbelessened
(b)nocr owdonr oads
(c)not r
affi
crush
(d)itwil
lcreateaper f
ect,happymoment

24.Whatisalwaysal
iv
eevenwhenever
ythi
ngseemst
obedeadorst
il
l?
(a)mountai
ns
(b)ri
vers
(c)Sun
(d)Eart
handnaturear
eal
waysali
ve

25.Whati sthesadnessint
hepoem thatthepoetspeaksabout?
(a)vi
olencebecauseofunthought
fulnessofthepeople
(b)unnecessarymov ement
s
(c)speakingaloud
(d)fi
ghti
ng

26.Whatshouldnotbeconf
usedwi
tht
otali
nact
ivi
tyordeat
h?
(a)nomov ement
(b)astatue
(c)tal
kingpeopl
e
(d)Sti
ll
nessandsil
ence

27.Notmov eourar ms’whatdoest

hisexpr
essi
onr
efert
o?
(a)sitquietl
y
(b)standqui etly
(c)tobei nact i
ve
(d)sitt
ingstillwit
houtanymovement

28.Whatdoesnumber12repr
esent
?
(a)hoursoft
hedayandmonthsofayear
(b)eart
h

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c)cl
ock
(
d)cr
icketpl
ayer
s

29.Howwi llkeepingqui
etprotectourenvi
ronment
?
(a)bycreat
ingpeaceandbr otherhoodfeel
ings
(b)nonoisewi llbet
here
(c)peoplewillnotfi
ght
(d)none

30.Accordi
ngtot
hepoetwhatcr
eat
esbar
ri
ers?
(a)i
nter
acti
ons
(b)r
eacti
ons
(c)f
ight
ing
(d)l
anguages

31.Whatistheessenceormessageoft
hepoem ?
(a)i
ntr
ospecti
onandr et
rospect
iont
obemorepeacef
ulandbei
nhar
mony
(b)t
oprosper
(c)t
obehappier
(d)t
oreachoutmor epeople

32.Whatdoest hest
yleoft
hepoem sy
mbol
ise,
thatt
hepoetusedt
owr
it
ewi
th?
(a)desi
res
(b)happiness
(c)hope
(d)desi
reandhope

33.Whatdoescounti
ngupt
o12signi
fyandhowwi
lli
thel
p?
(a)hour
softheday
(b)monthsofayear
(c)i
twil
lhel
ptocreat
epeaceandhar
mony
(d)al
l

34.Whatdoest heti
tl
eofthepoem suggest
?
(a)Inacti
vi
ty
(b)noise
(c)unhappiness
(d)Mai nt
enanceofsi
lence

35.Howdoest hepoetper
cei
vel
if
e?
(a)asst
il
lness

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(
b)assi
lence
(
c)anoi
syplace
(
d)aconti
nuousev
olut
ionofnat
ure

36.Whatarethediff
erentki
ndsofwar
sment
ionedi
nthepoem?
(a)Waragainsthumanit
y
(b)Waragainstnat
ure
(c)Warwithgasesandf i
re
(d)Al
lthese

37.Whichimagesinthepoem showthatt
hepoetcondemnsorhat
evi
olence?
(a)fi
shermennothar
mi ngwhales
(b)warsleav
ingbehi
ndnosurvivorst
ocel
ebr
ate
(c)poet’
sref
usalt
odealwithdeath
(d)Allt
hese

38.Whatdoeshur thandref
ert
o?
(a)Growingneedsoft heman
(b)growinggreedofman
(c)unful
fil
leddesir
es
(d)growinginsensit
ivi
tyofmantopai
n

39.Whati sthepoetexpecti
ngfrom f
isher
men?
(a)tofindmorefish
(b)togodeeperintothesea
(c)tothinkandstopharmingthefi
sh
(d)none

40.Whati stherhy
mingschemeusedi
nthepoem?
(a)enclosedrhy
me
(b)Monor hyme
(c)sonnet
(d)Freev er
se

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SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.I
nthepoem ‘
Keepi
ngQui
et’
,whati
stheappealmadebyt
hepoet
?

2.“
Undert
heappar
entst
il
lnesst
her
eisl
if
e.”Just
if
ythi
sst
atementgi
vi
ngan

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 exampl
efr
om t
hepoem,
‘Keepi
ngQui
et’
.

3.Whatarethedif
ferentki
ndsofwar
sment
ionedi
nthepoem?Whati
sNer
uda’
s
at
ti
tudetowardsthesewars?

4.Whenev
ery
thi
ngseemsdead,
whatr
emai
nsal
iv
e?

5.Whati
s‘t
hef
isher
man’
symbol
icof
?

6.Howcansuspensi
onofact
ivi
ti
eshel
p?

7.Accor
dingt
othepoet
,whati
sthathumanbei
ngscanl
ear
nfr
om nat
ure?

8.‘
Lif
eiswhati
tisal
labout
;Howi
skeepi
ngqui
etr
elat
edt
oli
fe?

9.Whydoesonef
eel‘
asuddenst
rangeness’
oncount
ingt
otwel
veandkeepi
ng
qui
et?

10.
Howwi
ll‘
keepi
ngqui
et’
prot
ectourenv
ironment
?

11.
Howwoul
dkeepi
ngqui
etaf
fectl
if
einandar
oundt
hesea?

12.
Howi
stheear
thasour
ceofl
if
ewhenal
lseemsdeadoni
t?

13.
Accor
dingt
oPabl
oNer
uda,
howwoul
dkeepi
ngqui
etbeanexot
icmoment
?

14.
Whatar
egr
eenwar
s?Whowaget
hem andwi
thwhatr
esul
t?

15.
Accor
dingt
oPabl
oNer
uda,
whatdowenotdowhenwekeepqui
et?

LONGANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Wr
it
einbr
ieft
hesummar
yoft
hepoem.

2.Wr
it
ethecent
rali
deaoft
hepoem.

3.Whatar
ethedif
fer
enttypesofwar
sment i
onedint
hepoem?
Or
Whati
sNeruda’
satti
tudetowar
dsthesewars?

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TheThi
rdLev
el
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.WhatwasSam inv
itedforaccor
dingt
othel
ett
er?
(a)f
orapart
y
(b)f
orateapart
y
(c)f
orabachel
or’
sparty
(d)f
oralemonadeparty

2.Whosesi gnatur
eswer
ether
eont
hel
ett
er?
(a)Char
le’
st eacher
(b)Charl
e’sfri
end
(c)Sam
(d)None

3.Whatconv i
ncedCharl
ythathehadreachedt
heThirdLev
elGr
andCent
ralSt
ati
on
andnott hesecondlevel
?
(a)Adi f
ferentworl
dofgaslight
sandbrassspi
ttoons
(b)beardsandmust achesof1894
(c)newspaperwi t
hadat eJune11,1894
(d)Allofthese

4.WhatdidCharleyf
indi
nhi
sst
ampcol
lect
ion?
(a)ol
daddresses
(b)hai
rstyl
es
(c)ol
dlett
ers
(d)Fi
rstdaycover

5.Whatwast hestr
angestthi
ngatTheThir
dLev
el?
(a)Beards
(b)Must aches
(c)dresses
(d)Thecor ri
dort
hatledhimintot
hepast.

6.Whatspecif
icdi
ff
erencedi
dCharl
eynot
iceattheThi
rdLev
elofCent
ralSt
ati
on?
(a)Ever
ythi
ngwasweird
(b)Ever
ythi
ngwasoldstyl
edandsmall
eri
nsize
(c)ev
erythi
ngwastoobig
(d)ever
ythi
ngwasshini
ng

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7.WhatisFi
rstDayCover
?
(a)Anewstampget st
hePostmar
kanddat
e
(b)Agif
t
(c)Agi
ftwrapper
(d)Agif
twrappedinabeaut
if
ulwr
apper

8.WhydoesCharleywanttovisi
tGal
esberg?
(a)t
oescapefr
om thetroubl
esomewor l
d
(b)t
oenjoy
(c)t
oseethebeauti
full
andscape
(d)t
omeethisoldfri
ends

9.Whatdi dCharl
eyseeattheThi
rdLevel?
(a)fl
ickeri
nggasli
ghtsandpeopl
ewithfunnymust
aches
(b)brassspitt
oons
(c)menwear i
ngatangabardi
nesui
tandastraw
(d)Allthese

10.Whatdi dCharl
eyseeattheThir
dLev el?
(a)fl
ickeri
nggasli
ghtsandpeopl
ewi thfunnymust
aches
(b)brassspitt
oons
(c)menwear i
ngatangabar
dinesuitandast r
aw
(d)Allthese

11.HowdidChar l
iereacht
heThir
dLevel
?
(a)I
nhisfant
asyhet akesasubwayoracor
ri
dorf
ast
ert
hanabus
(b)i
nasuperfasttrai
n
(c)i
njetways
(d)i
nanescalator

12.Whywast henar rat

orseeingthisThi
rdLev
el?
(a)asawishtov i
sitGalesberg
(b)want
edtomeethi sfri
ends
(c)want
edtot akeabr eakfrom off
ice
(d)Asaresul
tofst ressandanxietyinhi
smind

13.Doest heThi
rdLevelr
eal
lyexi
statGrandStat
ion?
(a)Yes
(b)yes,
t her
ewere3level
s
(c)No,therewer
eonlytwolevel
satthestat
ion
(d)None
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14.WhowasSam i nTheThi
rdLev
el?
(a)adoctor
(b)afr
iend
(c)apsychi
atr
istandaf
ri
endofChar
ley
(d)None

15.Inwhatwaydowet ryt
oovercometheinsecur
it
iesoft
hepr
esenthar
sht
imes
(a)byengagi ngoursel
vesi
npracti
calact
ivi
ti
es
(b)bytalkingtofr
iendsandfamil
y
(c)readinggoodbooks
(d)Allthese

16.WhatisSam’ slet
tertoCharl
esr
epr
esent
?
(a)Ablend
(b)anacceptancetovisit
(c)aproofofhisfant
asy
(d)abl
endofr eali
tywithfant
asy

17.Whatis‘Wakingdr eam wishfulf

il
lment”accordi
ngtothepsychi
atr
isti
nthelesson?
(a)Charl
esfindi
ngofaThi rdlevelatGrandCentralStat
ionandr
eali
zati
onofhiswish
tovisi
tGalesber
gIll
inois
(b)Charl
esescapism
(c)Charl
esescapism from r
eali
ties
(d)None

18.Howdoest hestor
ybegi
n?
(a)i
naj ov
ialmanner
(b)inanaggressi
vemanner
(c)onahappynot e
(d)i
naser i
ousmanner

19.Whatisthemeani
ngof‘Wakingdream wishful
fi
ll
ment
”?
(a)apl
easantwisht
hatmakesonef orgett
hepresent
(b)apl
easantwisht
hatt
akesonet othefutur
e
(c)Apl
easantwishwhi
chinspi
restowor k
(d)apl
easantwisht
hatmakesonef orgett
hepresent

20.Whywast heauthorr
enamed?
(a)t
ochangehisname
(b)Pri
est
’ssuggest
ion
(c)t
ohonorhismother
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(
d)asanhonort
ohi
sfat
her

21.Whoi stheauthorofTheThi
rdLev
el?
(a)Geor
geOr well
(b)AgathaChrist
ie
(c)JamesJoy ce
(d)JackFinney

22.WhatkindofappearancespeoplehadatThi
rdlevelandwhydidthecl
erkr
efuseto
acceptmoney?
(a)funnyandcler
kref
usedt oacceptmoneybecauseitwascur
rencyofmoderntimes
(b)weirdandnoteswerebig
(c)weirdandnotesweretorn
(d)weirdandnoteswerewet

23.Whatdidt helett
erst at
e?
(a)Thateverythi
ngisokay
(b)thatSam i
sj oi
ningt hem
(c)Thir
dleveldoexi standChar
lewasadv
isedt
okeepl
ooki
ngatt
hiswor
thseei
ng
place
(d)None

24.Whohadsentt hat‘
Fir
stDaycov
erandwhen?
(a)Sam’sfather
(b)Sam’suncle
(c)Sam’
sf ri
end
(d)Sam apsy chi
atri
sti
n1894

25.WhathappenswhenChar leyenterst
heGrandCent
ralSt
ati
on?
(a)Hef i
ndsahuget r
eelikeStati
on
(b)newst air
cases,corr
idorsandtunnels
(c)tr
eekeepsspr eadingitsrootsthrowi
ngr
oomsandwi ndows
(d)Allofthese

26.WhatkindofappearancespeoplehadatThi
rdlevelandwhydidthecl
erkr
efuseto
acceptmoney?
(a)funnyandcler
kref
usedt oacceptmoneybecauseitwascur
rencyofmoderntimes
(b)weirdandnoteswerebig
(c)weirdandnotesweretorn
(d)weirdandnoteswerewet

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27.Whatdidt helett
erst at
e?
(a)Thateverythi
ngisokay
(b)thatSam i
sj oi
ningt hem
(c)Thir
dleveldoexi standChar
lewasadv
isedt
okeepl
ooki
ngatt
hiswor
thseei
ng
place
(d)None

28.Whohadsentt hat‘
Fir
stDaycov
erandwhen?
(a)Sam’sfather
(b)Sam’suncle
(c)Sam’
sf ri
end
(d)Sam apsy chi
atri
sti
n1894

29.WhathappenswhenChar leyenterst
heGrandCent
ralSt
ati
on?
(a)Hef i
ndsahuget r
eelikeStati
on
(b)newst air
cases,corr
idorsandtunnels
(c)tr
eekeepsspr eadingitsrootsthrowi
ngr
oomsandwi ndows
(d)Allofthese

30.WherewasChar leyoft
enlost
?
(a)f
rom atrai
n
(b)f
rom thefoot
path
(c)f
rom anescalat
or
(d)f
rom asubwayf astert
hanbusatTheCent
ralSt
ati
on

31.WherewasCharleyduckedonCentr
alStat
ion?
(a)i
ntoaroom
(b)i
ntoanoffi
ce
(c)i
ntoanarcheddoorheadingf
orsubway
(d)i
ntoastore

32Howdoest hestoryint
erweavefantasyandr eal
it
y?
(a)ForCharle’
stendencytotr
eatharshr eal
it
ieswithhi
simagi
nar
yThi
rdLev
el
(b)Itpr
esentsimaginati
on
(c)i
magi nat
ionhappensonCentralStation
(d)None

33.Whydoy outhinkt heThi

rdLevelwasanescapef
orChar
ley
?
(a)Becausei
texistedatthethi
rdstory
(b)BecauseSam knewabouti t
(c)Becauseheshar editwi
thSam
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(
d)Becausei
texi
stedonl
yinhi
sfant
asyandnoti
nreal
it
y

34.WhywasLoui sa,Charley
’swif
eworr
ied?
(a)KnowingtheincidentofThirdLev
el
(b)fornotget
tingtickets
(c)t
icketsweredelay ed
(d)Sam wasscar i
ng

35.Whatwast heThirdLevel
?
(a)athi
rdti
eronthest at
ion
(b)athi
rdstor
eyont hestati
on
(c)animagi
narydiscoveryofthenar
rat
or’
smi
nd
(d)none

36.Whatdoest hePsychi
atri
stexplai
ntoCharl
ie?
(a)Thi
rdlev
elisabeautif
ulplace
(b)Thi
rdleveli
swor t
hseeing
(c)Thi
rdl
eveliswellmaintai
ned
(d)Thati
twast heresul
tofstressandanxi
etyofhismi
nd

37.Whatunusualt
hingt
henar
rat
orseesatt
heGr
andCent
ralSat
ion?
(a)Trees
(b)mot orcar
s
(c)Thir
dLev el
(d)Allthese

38.Whati sthesignif
icanceof1894inthelesson?
(a)i
twaspast
(b)Authors’parent
swer eali
ve
(c)Author’schil
dhoodt i
me
(d)representi
ngapeacef ul
,romant
icli
vingti
me

39.WhatisSam’ slettertest
imonyt
ointhel
essonpr
ovi
ng?
(a)hi
saccept ancet ot r
avel
(b)hi
srefusaltot r
av el
(c)Sam accompany i
ngChar les
(d)Char
les’tendencyofescapi sm f
rom t
her
eali
ti
es

40.WhatdoestheThir
dlevelsi
gni
fy?
(a)ahumantendencytoescapefr
om thehar
shr
eal
it
iesoft
hepr
esentt
opasthappy
ti
mes

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(
b)Athi
rdwayonGr
andCentralst
ati
on
(
c)Athi
rdgat
eonGrandCent
ralStat
ion
(
d)None

SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Whydi
dChar
leymeetapsy
chi
atr
ist
?

2.Whatpr
oofdi
dthepsy
chi
atr
istpr
ovi
de?

3. Whatpr
oofdi
dthepsy
chi
atr
istpr
ovi
de?

4.WhatwasCharl
ey’sar
gumentwhenthepsychi
atr
istt
oldhi
mthatt
hest
amp
col
lect
ionwasatemporar
yref
ugefr
om real
it
y?

5.HowdoesChar
leydescr
ibeGal
esbur
g,I
ll
inoi
s,1894?

6.Whati
saf
ir
st-
daycov
er?

7.Whatr
oledoest
hef
ir
st-
daycov
erpl
ayi
nthest
ory
?

8.Whatwast
hecont
entoft
henot
ethatSam wr
otet
oChar
ley
?

9.HowwasChar
leyof
tenl
ostont
heGr
andCent
ralSt
ati
on?

10.
Howdi
dChar
leycompar
etheGr
andCent
ralt
oahuget
ree?Why
?

11.
Howdi
dChar
leyr
eacht
het
hir
dlev
el?

12.
Howdi
dChar
leyr
eal
iset
hathewasont
het
hir
dlev
el?

13.
Howdi
dChar
leymakesur
ethathehadact
ual
lyt
rav
ell
edi
nthepast
?

14.
Whydi
dChar
leyr
ushbackf
rom t
het
hir
dlev
el?

15.
HowdidChar
leyl
ear
nthathi
spsy
chi
atr
istf
ri
endhadr
eachedGal
esbur
gof
1894?

16.
Whatdi
dSam wr
it
etoChar
leyf
rom Gal
esbur
g?

17.
Howdoy
ouf
indt
heendi
ngoft
hest
orysur
pri
sing?

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LONGANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Di
scusst
hei
mpor
tanceofSam’
slet
tert
oChar
ley
.

2.‘
TheThi
rdLev
el’
expl
oresani
nter
sect
ionoft
imeandspace.Di
scuss.

3.Char
leywant
edt
ogohomequi
ckl
ybuther
eachedt
het
hir
dlev
el.How
di
dhegett
her
e?

4.Whatwast
het
hir
dlev
ell
i
ke?Howdi
dChar
leyknowhehadbumpedi
nto
t
hepast
?

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TheEnemy
 
Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.TheAmer i
canlandladyhadoncehelpedSadaowhen
(a)shenur
sedhi mthroughinfl
uenza
(b)shegavehimfoodf oramont h
(c)shehadmendedhi sclothes
(d)hadnottakenrentforamont h

2.Sadaogothi
srewardwhen
(a)t
hepri
sonercoul
descape
(b)whenhegotanawar dfrom t
hegov
ernment
(c)whenhi
sservant
sreturned
(d)whenhi
swifeappreciat
edhim

3.Sadaomadet hepri
sonerdr
essupi
n
(a)Koreanclothes
(b)Chineseclothes
(c)I
ndianclothes
(d)Japaneseclothes

4.They oungpr
isonerwasaskedt
ofl
asht
hel
ighti
ffoodr
anout
(a)twi
ce
(b)thr
ice
(c)once
(d)notatall

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5.Whent heassassinsdidnotcome,
Sadaodeci
dedt
o
(a)ki
llthepr
isonerhimself
(b)helphimtoescape
(c)handhim overtothepoli
ce
(d)sendhimt oAmer i
ca

6.TheGener alonl
ywant edSadaot ooper
ateuponhi
m because
(a)Sadaowasv er
yskil
led
(b)Generaldidnotli
keanyot herdoct
or
(c)Gener
alwashi sclosef r
iend
(d)Generaldidnotwantt ogoabroadforsur
gery

7.Whyar ewediff
erentf
rom ot
herJapanese?
’,t
hiswassai
dby
(a)theserv
ant
(b)theGeneral
(c)Sadao
(d)Hana

8.ThedaySadaoopenedt hesoldi
er’
ssti
tches,
he
(a)call
edthepoli
ce
(b)typedoutalet
tert
otheChiefofPoli
ce
(c)madehi mrunaway
(d)ti
edhim up

9.Allt
heser v
antsinSadao’shousehol
d
(a)werehappywi t
ht hei
rmaster
(b)fel
tthathedeservedar eward
(c)wereverycri
ti
calofhim
(d)wantedhimtol etthesoldi
erdie

10.Therecov
eri
ngsol
dierwasf
edby
(a)Sadao
(b)Sadao’
sserv
ant
(c)Yumi
(d)Hana

11.Sadaor emov
edt
hebul
letf
rom cl
oset
osol
dier
s
(a)heart
(b)l
iverlungs
(c)Kidney
(d)l
ungs
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12.Whi l
eSadaooperati
ngupont
hewoundedsol
dier
,Li
anahadt
orushoutt
o
(a)dri
nkwat er
(b)restforawhile
(c)tovomi t(
ret
ch)
(d)tocheckont hebabi
es

13.WhenYumi ,t
heser
vantref
usedtohel
pHanatoldherthat
(a)shecoul
dgetoutofthehouse
(b)gobacktothebaby
’sroom
(c)goandcookfood
(d)sheandSadaowouldhandhim ov
erasapr
isoneraft
ermakinghi
m consci
ous

14.Thereacti
onoft heser
vant
s,whent
oldaboutt
hei
njur
edper
son,
was
(a)t
heygotangr y
(b)t
heywer efr
ightened
(c)t
heywerewi l
li
ngt ohel
p
(d)t
heyranaway

15.Thefi
rstt
reat
mentSadaogav
ethewoundedsol
dierwas
(a)hi
swoundswer ewashed
(b)hewasoperat
edupon
(c)hewasfed
(d)hi
swoundswer edr
essed

16.BothSadaoandHanat houghtt
hatkeepi
ngt
hewoundedsol
dieri
nthei
rhouse
would
(a)winthem arewar d
(b)endangerallofthem
(c)arousepoli
cesuspi ci
on
(d)maket heservantsangry

17.Thewoundedsoldierbel
ongedt
o
(a)TheRussianarmy
(b)U.S.Navy
(c)TheBrit
ishar
my
(d)TheJapanesearmy

18.Thesoldierhadbeen
(a)stabbed
(b)shot
(c)beatenup
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(
d)sl
appedhar
d

19.Atfir
st,Sadaot
hought
,hewasan
(a)f
isherman
(b)acriminal
(c)apolit
ici
an
(d)asinger

20.Sadaoandhi swi
fehad
(a)twochil
dren
(b)onechil
d
(c)thr
eechil
dren
(d)nochil
dren

21.Sadaomethi
swi
fei
n
(a)Japan
(b)China
(c)America
(d)Indi
a

22.Hewasnotsentabr oadwi t
hthetr
oopsbecause
(a)theGeneralneededanoper ati
on
(b)hiswif
edidnotl ethim go
(c)hewantedt ostayback
(d)hisf
atherdidnotallowhimt ogo

23.SadaowenttoAmeri
cat
olear
n
(a)psychi
atr
y
(b)surger
yandmedi
cine
(c)music
(d)fi
nearts

24.ThechiefconcernforSadao’
sfat
herwas
(a)Sadao’
sweddi ng
(b)Sadao’
seducat i
on
(c)Sadao’
smi gr
ation
(d)Sadao’
streat
ment

25.Thenameofthemai
nchar
act
eri
n‘TheEnemy
’is
(a)DrHuenTsang
(b)DrSadaoHoki

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(
c)DrChungWa
(
d)DrHaoChi

26.Howmanychi
ldr
enDr
.Sadaohas?
(a)4
(b)5
(c)3
(d)2

27.AtwhatageDr
.Sadaowentt
oAmer
ica?
(a)22
(b)32
(c)12
(d)42

28.WheredidDr.meetHana?
(a)i
nJapan
(b)i
nhisneighbour
(c)i
nthebattl
efi
eld
(d)atpr
ofessorHarl
ey’
shousei
nAmer
ica

29.Whatdoest
hischapterr
evol
vear ound?
(a)war
(b)warbet
weenIsr
aelandAmerica
(c)warbet
weenMalasi
aandAmer i
ca
(d)warbet
weenJapanandAmer ica

30.WhydidDr.SadaogotoAmer i
ca?
(a)t
omeetthesol di
ers
(b)t
omeethisf r
iends
(c)t
otr
avel
(d)t
ostudysurgeryandmedi
cinewhi
chwashi
sfat
her
’swi
sh

31.Whatideadoy ouform ofDraf

terr
eadi
ngt
hel
esson?
(a)anexcel
lentdoctor
(b)acompassionatehumanbei ng
(c)Si
ncereandresponsibl
eciti
zen
(d)Al
lthese

32.HowdidDremergesuccessf
ull
youtofal
ltheconf
li
cts?
(a)byt
hrowi
ngthepati
ent
soutofhishouse

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(
b)bysendinghi
sservantsoutofthehouse
(
c)bysuccumbingbeforethegeneral
(
d)Bysavingsol
dier
’sli
feasasinceredoct
orandhel
pinghi
mtoescape

33.Whydi dDr
.helpanenemysol di
er?
(a)becausehewasanethicalandsincer
edoct
or
(b)becausehewashisfr
iend
(c)becauseheknewhim
(d)none

34.Whydi dt
heser
vant
sleaveDr
.’
sHouse?
(a)Becausehewaswounded
(b)becausehewasdi
rt
y
(c)BecausehewasanAmeri
canSoldi
erandt
heydi
dn’
tli
kehi
m
(d)All

35.Whydi dDr.Giv
ehisfl
ashli
ghttot
heenemysoldi
er?
(a)tohelphi
m
(b)toshowhimt hewayinthedark
(c)sothathecouldsendhim si
gnali
ncaseofanydi
str
ess
(d)Allt
hese

36.Howdi dDrgetridoftheAmer i
canSol
dier
?
(a)bygivi
nghiminstruct
ions
(b)bygivi
nghimflashli
ghttouseinti
mesofdist
ress
(c)byaskinghi
mt orowt otheisl
and
(d)Allt
hese

37.Whatkindofper
sonTheGener
alwas?
(a)akindhear
ted
(b)awiseman
(c)aself
ishman
(d)none

38.Whydi dthemessengercometothedoct
or?
(a)t
omeethi m
(b)forcheckup
(c)t
oi nform aboutt
heGeneral
’spai
n
(d)Allthese

39.Whydi
dSadaomar
ryaJapanesegi
rlonl
y?

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(
a)becauseheli
kedJapanese
(
b)hedidn’
tli
keanyot hernati
onal
i
ty
(
c)Becauseofhi
sf ather’
sfear
(
d)becausehedidn’twanttoupsethi
sfat
her

40.Whydi dtheser
vantsref
usetohel
p?
(a)outoffears
(b)becauseofsuperst
it
ions
(c)becausehewasanAmer i
canSol
dier
(d)Allt
hese

41.WhatwasHana’sr eacti
onoverherhusband’
swords?
(a)Sheheldhermouthwi t
hherhandsandv omit
edoutsi
det
heoper
ati
onr
oom
(b)sheshouted
(c)shecri
ed
(d)shestoppedhel
pinghim

42.WhydidDr.
’swifefeeldist
ressed?
(a)seei
ngmanypat i
ents
(b)Seei
ngGeneral’
sreacti
on
(c)Seei
ngtheorders
(d)Seei
ngWhiteman’sblood

43.Whydi dtheGeneralnotpassorder
stoarr
estDr
.Sadaoforgi
vi
ngspacet
oawhi
te
man?
(a)becausehetrust
edhi m
(b)becauseheneededhi m
(c)Generalwasnotingoodhealthandneededhi
sserv
ices
(d)None

44.WhowasDr .Sadao?
(a)AnIr
anianDoctor
(b)AnAmer i
candoctor
(c)AJapanesedoctor
(d)None

45.Whoi stheauthoroft
hel
essonTheEnemy
?
(a)PearlS.Buck
(b)Dickens
(c)D.H..
Lawrence
(d)None
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46.WhatdoesDr .Sadaoremembertowardstheendoft hest
ory?
(a)fiv
eAmer i
canf aceswhichhadalion’
sshareinhis
(b)whichhadal ion’sshar
einhisl
if
e
(c)hisfir
stlandlady,whowasf ul
lofprej
udi
ce,yetsavedhisl
if
ewhenhewas
sufferi
ngf r
om influenza.
(d)Allthese

47.Atwhatagehecamebackt
oJapan?
(a)20
(b)40
(c)50
(d)30

48.Whydi dDrfeelal
oneatthebeach?
(a)fornotbri
ngi
nghiswi f
ewithhim
(b)fornotl
ist
eningtoGeneral
(c)forsavi
nganAmer icansol
dier
’sli
fe
(d)none

49.Whatdoest henar
ratorspeakabouti
nthebegi
nni
ngoft
hechapt
er?
(a)thewar
(b)theGeneral
(c)Dr.Sadao’schil
dhoodandhi sf
ather
.
(d)theservantsandDr’swife

50.Whatdi dDrgiv
etothesol
dier
?
(a)hisboat
(b)foodtoeat
(c)fl
ashli
ghttouseindi
str
ess
(d)Allt
hese

SHORTANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.Whydi
dn’
tSadaowantt
oknowany
thi
ngaboutt
hewhi
teman?

2.HowisHana’sper
spect
iveaboutt
hewhi
temandi
ff
erentf
rom Yumi
’
s
per
spect
ive?

3.Thet
hemeofr
aci
sm i
sref
lect
edi
nthest
ory
.Gi
veexampl
es.

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 4.Whatdi
dDrSadaodot
ohel
pTom escapet
ofr
eedom?

5.WhydidDrSadaohelpi
ntheescapeoft
heAmer
icansol
dier
?Wasi
tanactof
t
reacher
y?Canyoujust
if
yhi
saction?

6.Whydi
dthemessengercomet
oDrSadao?Whatdi
dHanat
hinkabouti
t?

7.I
nwhatcont
extdoesHanar
ememberGener
alTaki
ma?Whatdoesshei
nfer
?

8.Howdi
dDrSadaoensur
ethatt
heAmer
icansol
dierl
efthi
shousebuthe
hi
msel
fremai
nedsaf
eandsecure?

9.Whydi
dHanawasht
hewoundedsol
dierher
sel
f?

10.
Howdoesthewrit
eri
ndi
cat
ethatDrSadao’
sfat
herwasav
eryt
radi
ti
onaland
conv
ent
ionalman?

11.
Whathel
pdi
dDrSadaoseekf
rom Hanawhi
leoper
ati
ngt
hewoundedwhi
te
man?

12.
Whatf
orcedDrSadaot
obei
mpat
ientandi
rr
it
abl
ewi
thhi
spat
ient
?

13.
Howdi
dHanar
eactwhenshesawamessengeratt
hedoori
nof
fi
cialuni
for
m?

14.
WasDrSadaoar
rest
edont
hechar
geofhar
bour
inganenemy
?

15.
WhydoesDrSadaomutterthewor ds‘
Myf r
iend’whi
let
reat
ingt
heAmer
ican
pri
sonerofwar
?Whati
si r
onicalabouthi
swor ds?

16.
Whatr
oledi
dtheAmer
icanpr
ofessorpl
ayi
nbr
ingi
ngHanaandSadaot
oget
her
?

17.
WhatwasSadao’
sfather
’sdr
eam forhi
m?HowdidSadaor
eal
isei
t?
OR
Whatwashi
sfather
’schi
efconcer
naboutDrSadao?

18.
“ButSadaosear
chi
ngthespotofbl
acki
nthet
wil
ightseat
hatni
ght
,hadhi
s
reward”
.Whatwastherewar
d?

19.
WhywasDrSadaonotsentabr
oadal
ongwi
tht
het
roops?

20.
Wher
e,whenandhowdi
dDrSadaomeetHana?

21.
Inwhatcondi
ti
ondi
dDrSadaof
indt
heAmer
icansol
dieratt
heseashor
e?

22.
Whydi
dDrSadaot
aket
hemani
nandsav
ehi
m?

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 23.
Wher
ehadDrSadaof
ir
stmethi
swi
fe?Whathadbeenhi
sini
ti
alr
eact
ion?

LONGANSWERTYPEEXTRAQUESTI
ONS
1.DrSadaowasapat ri
oticJapaneseaswel lasadedi
cat
edsur
geon.Howcoul
d
hehonourboththevalues?
OR
Whatimpressiondoyouf orm aboutDrSadaoasamanandasasurgeonon
yourr
eadi
ngt hechapter,‘
TheEnemy ’?

2.Thef
ogi
nthest
ory
,‘TheEnemy
’issy
mbol
ic.El
uci
dat
e.

3.Howdi dDrSadaoover
comethediff
icul
tyt
hatcamei nhiswaytosavethe
woundedsoldi
er?HowdidHanahelpherhusband?
OR
DrSadaofacedadil
emma.Shouldheusehi ssur
gicalski
ll
stosav
ethelif
eofa
woundedpersonorhandanescapedAmericanRO.W.ov ertot
heJapanese
pol
ice?Howdidheresolv
ethi
sclashofval
ues?

4.Whatexpl
ainst
heat t
it
udeoftheGenerali
nt hematteroftheenemysoldi
er?
Wasithumanconsiderat
ion,
lackofnat
ionalloy
alt
y,derel
ict
ionofdut
yor
si
mplysel
f-
absorpt
ion?

5.Whydi
dSadaohel
ptheAmer
icansol
diert
oescape?Howdi
dhedoi
t?

6.DrSadaowascompel l
edbyhisdut
yasadoct
ort
ohelptheenemysoldi
er.
WhatmadeHana, hi
swi f
e,sy
mpathi
sewi
thhi
minthefaceofopendefi
ance
fr
om thedomest
icstaff
?

7.Dr
awachar
act
ersket
choft
heol
dGener
ali
nthel
esson,
‘TheEnemy
’.

8.Whydi
dSadaoHokigot
oAmer
ica?Nar
rat
ehi
sexper
iencest
her
e.

9.Goodhumanv al
uesarefaraboveanyotherv
aluesy
stem.Howdi
dDrSadao
succeedasadoctoraswellasapatr
iot
?

10.
Inmarr
iageoneexpect
scomplet
etr
ustandcooper
ati
onbetweenhusbandand
wif
e.HowdidHanahelpDrSadaowhenhewasi nt
roubl
e?

11.
DrSadaopl
annedandhel
pedt
heenemysol
diert
oescape.Comment
.

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 12.
Theservant
sofSadaoandHanarefl
ectapart
icularmindsetoft
hegener
al
publi
cinsoci
etyt
owardst
hethi
nkingandbroad-mindedhumanbeings.
Elabor
atewit
hthehel
pofthest
ory,‘
TheEnemy ’
.

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