QUESTION BANK 10th Eng, Miscellaneous Set-1-5 30 Marks

QUESTIONS BANK -2024-25

set-1

Q1.Answer ANY FOUR of the following five questions, in about 40-50 words.4x3=12 

(A) How does the ignorance about Mijbil as a creature in the urban environment of London reveal insights about people's perceptions and knowledge regarding animals? (3)

(Mijbil the Otter)

(B) How does the imagery of the trees' movement from the house to the forest, in Trees, reflect broader themes of liberation and growth in human experiences? (3)

(C) What does the postmaster's reaction to Lencho's letter reveal about his character?

(A Letter to God) (3)

(D) Assess the narrative's effectiveness in portraying the tension between the comfort of familiarity and the allure of the unfamiliar in 'Madam Rides the Bus. (3)

(E) What kind of picture is painted by the poet through the line, "Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household? (3)

Q2. Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words.(2×3=6)

(A) How does Matilda's desire for material wealth drive the plot of "The Necklace?(3)

(B) Justify the opinion that Ebright's early successes were essential for his later science achievements in (The Making of a Scientist) (3)

© How does The Book that Saved the Earth' include elements of satirical science fiction? (3)

Q3.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) Both poems 'Dust of Snow' and 'Fire and Ice' use contrasting elements of nature to convey their respective messages about life and human emotions but they do it differently. Examine these differences. (6)

(B) Both the texts, 'For Anne Gregory' and 'The Sermon at Benares, grapple with the idea that external attributes are fleeting and subject to decay. Examine the similarities. (6)

Q4 . Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) Evaluate how Griffin's character is shaped by a combination of personal ambition, the unintended consequences of his scientific pursuits, and the reactions of the society he faces.(6)

(B) Evaluate how James Herriot's characterisation contributes significantly to the overarching theme of responsible pet ownership and animal welfare.

Set-2

Q1.Answer ANY FOUR of the following five questions, in about 40-50 words.(4×3=12)

(a) What were Lencho's feelings when he found the letter with money in 

it? What did he do after opening the letter?

(A Letter to God)

(b) What is the central idea of the poem, 'For Anne Gregory?

(c) What makes Chubukov misunderstand the purpose of Lomov's visit?

(The Proposal)

(d) What role does the diary play in Anne's life?(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

(e) What do you think about the changed attitude of the other animals and that of Belinda towards the dragon?

(The Tale of Custard the Dragon)

9. Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 

40-50 words. (2×3=6)

(a) Why did Richard Ebright raise a flock of butterflies?

(The Making of a Scientist)

(b) Give examples from the text, that Bholi was a neglected child.(Bholi)

(c) Privilege often confuses actual needs for perceived ones. Evaluate this statement with reference to Mrs Pumphrey.

(A Triumph of Surgery)

Q3. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1x6=6)

(A) Being impressed by Custard's feat, the young seagull's sister wrote a letter to Custard seeking advice on addressing the situation with her young brother. Write Custard's response to this letter based on the advice from his experiences.

You may begin like this:

Dear Ms. Seagull

Thank you for seeking me out. I'm humbled. Based on my limited experiences, I feel...

Or

(B) 'True liberty is freedom from fear, deprivation, and all forms of discrimination. If you had to use the message of the given quote from the lesson-Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom', what would you include in your advice? Can we say that the pilot in the story Black Aeroplane also broke the chains of fear? Write a speech of two minutes on the same.(1×6=6)

Q4.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.

(A) "Everyone must have a chance to reform". How did Anil work upon these values and succeed?

Or

(B) In what ways does Think-Tank misinterpret innocent nursery rhymes as threats to the Martians

Set-3

Q1. Answer ANY FOUR of the following five questions, in about 40-50 words.(4x3=12)

(a) Validate the given statement with reference to the decision of the pilot of Dakota. "Certain decisions seem risky but cannot be avoided." (Two Stories about Flying-II: The Black Aeroplane)

(b) "There is a great difference between divine love and human love." Justify the statement with reference to the poem 'For Anne Gregory'.

(c) Why was Natalya surprised to see Lomov in an evening dress?

(The Proposal)

(d) Even today any person with a jackfruit-like physical appearance is easily compared to a baker. Explain.

(Glimpses of India-III: A Baker from Goa)

(e) Why does the poet say that ice will suffice to destroy the world?

(Fire and Ice)

Q2.. Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words.(2×3=6)

(A) How is Mrs. Pumphrey's love for her dog. Tricki, extraordinary?

(A Triumph of Surgery)

(B) Justify that Ausable is an alert, active, passionate and intelligent secret agent. (The Midnight Visitor)

(c) Validate the importance of sincerity, devotion, dedication, perseverance and single-mindedness towards successful careers in the context of Richard Ebright, a brilliant scientist.

(The Making of a Scientist)

Q3.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) "The natural beauty of both Assam and Coorg is panoramic. It is an immense pleasure to visit both the places. Assam and Coorg have their own glimpses." Compare and contrast the natural delight of Assam and Coorg as described in 'Tea from Assam' and 'Coorg. Even Amanda wants to run away into the arms of nature to escape from the suffocating environment at home. Explain how nature provides joy to one and solace to another.

(B) Difficulties come in life but they are not bound to stay forever. They are transient they come and go. Comment referring to the poem 'Fog' and Lencho's life in 'A Letter to God. What did he do in the face of crisis? How did he overcome the crisis?

Q4.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) "Humour is a quality in something that makes us smile or laugh, for example, in a situation, in someone's words or actions, or in a book or film." "The Thief's Story' is well-stocked with indistinct, dismal and gloomy humour. Describe the statements and situations from the story that serve the very purpose of comic relief.

Or

(B) "Crime can never be justified. The one who causes harm to anyone, gets caught later or sooner". Examine "A Question of Trust" as a story woven around this code.

Set-4

8. Answer ANY FOUR of the following five questions, in about 40-50 words.(4×3=12)

(4) 'Family played a vital role in the first flight of the young seagull."

Give examples to substantiate the above statement.

(Two Stories about Flying-1: His First Flight)

(b) Why did Pranjol not share Rajvir's excitement at seeing the tea gardens?

(Glimpses of India-II: Tea from Assam)

(c) What stopped Valli from going to the stall to have a drink? What do we learn about Valli from this?(Madam Rides the Bua)

(d) How would the tiger behave in the forest?

(A Tiger in the Zoo)

(e) What is the colour of the woman's hair? Why will she change the colour of her hair? (For Anne Gregory)

Q2. Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words.(2×3=6)

(a) The story, A Triumph of Surgery is a powerful example of the importance of saying "no", Explain.

(b) How does education play a transformative role in Bholi's life?

(Bholi)

(c) The various elements of Robert Arthur's writing style work together to create a sense of tension, uncertainty, and suspense, well-suited to the mystery and suspense genre of the story. The Midnight Visitor Comment, with reference to any one element.

Q3.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) Amanda and Anne Frank both are teenage girls: whereas, Amanda chooses to be silent and remains lost in her own world, Anne Frank talks her way through every school day without fail and even gets punished for it. They both show the opposite sides of teenage behaviour. Do you agree? Support your answer with evidence from the poem 'Amanda! and the chapter From the Diary of Anne Frank

Or

(B) Read the given quote by Buddha from "The Sermon at Benares": "Death is an indispensable truth of life. It comes to one and all" Prepare a speech with reference to the given quote and compare it with Amanda's desire to wish for an orphan's life. How does the Buddha differ in his perspective about death from Amanda? The Sermon at Benaras and Amanda!

Q4.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) Imagine that M. Loisel, from The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, writes a diary entry. exploring the theme of class and social status, and the nature of social mobility, in the context of his own experience.

Write this diary entry, as M. Loisel, in about 120 words.

Or

(B) A character arc is the transformation or development of a character throughout a story and refers to the changes a character undergoes as a result of their experiences, challenges, and interactions with other characters.

In the light of the above information, trace the character arc of the thief in Ruskin Bond's The Thief's Story, in about 120 words.

Set-5

Q1. Answer ANY FOUR of the following five questions, in about 40-50 words.(4×3=12)

(a) How is the Coorgi tradition of courage and bravery recognized in modern India? (Glimpses of India-II: Coorg)

(b) How does the boy sense his first loss and first responsibility?

(The Ball Poem)

(c) How can we say that Natalya and Lomov were not a compatible couple yet they decide to spend this life with each other?

(The Proposal)

(d) How did Kisa Gautami realise that life and death is a normal process?

(The Sermon at Benares)

(e) The 'yellow hair is a symbol in the poem. Briefly support the statement with reference to the poem 'For Anne Gregory

Q2.. Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words.(2×3=6)

(a) How did Griffin find himself invisible but naked in the chilled January air for the second time?(Footprints without Feet)

(b) How did Ebright's mother help him in becoming a scientist?

(The Making of a Scientist)

(c) Was Tricki suffering from any ailment in reality? If not, then what made him inactive and lethargic?

(A Triumph of Surgery)

Q3.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) In the lesson 'A Letter to God, Lencho called the post-office employees a bunch of crooks' and in the poem Amanda Amanda was tired of the nagging behaviour of her parents. Assume they both meet each other in the post office and have a conversation with each other complaining about others' misbehaviour.

You may begin like this:

Amanda: What happened? Why is that man calling you people 'a bunch of crooks? Post office employee: Nothing Ma'am. He himself is trapped, though he is a simple, naïve, and hard-working farmer.

Or

(B) Custard cried for a nice, safe cage. The dragon was called a 'cowardly dragon', 'The Tale of Custard the Dragon".

The whole class was quaking in its boots, 'From the Diary of Anne Frank.

Based on the commonality of feelings in the above-given lines, what would you conclude about Custard, the dragon and Anne and her classmates? What advice would you offer them?

Q4.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words.(1×6=6)

(A) How does Think Tank compare the Martians with the people on Earth? What guesses are made by him about the books found on Earth?

(The Book That Saved the Earth)

Or

(B) Ostentation and vanity often land people in trouble. Matilda is an apt example of this. Justify.

(The Necklace)

QUESTIONS BANK -11th English Core

 QUESTION BANK -2021-22

CLASS- XI      SUB-  ENGLISH

Ch-1 The Portrait of A Lady 

by Khushwant Singh.

Q1-The narrator's grandmother looked like 'the winter landscape in the Mountains' comment.

2- How were the grandmother and the narrator good and intimate friends?

3- What did the priest teach at the village school?

4- Describe the feeding of the village dogs by the grandmother.

5-What opinion did the grandmother form of the english-school in the City?

6- Why did grandmother hate music?

7-The grandmother had a divine Beauty.How does the author bring it out?

8- How did the grandmother celebrate the homecoming of her grandson?

9-Why did the grandmother stop talking to anybody before her death?

10- How did the sparrows mourn the death of the grandmother?

11-How did the sparrows pay tribute over the death of grandmother?

12-Why was it hard for author to believe that  grandmother was once young and pretty ?

13.Mention three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.

14-Mention the three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

15.. Mention the odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.

Chapter 2

We are not Afraid to Die if We Can be Together by A R Williams

Question 1:

Describe the mental condition of the voyages on 4th and 5th 

January.

2.What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?

3.How does the story suggest the optimism helps to “endure the direst stress”?

4.What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face to face with death?

5.Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

 6.Who was the narrator? What adventurous task did he take on?

7.How many people were there in the boat? 

8.What was the first indicator of rough weather?

9.What happened on the evening of 2 January?

10.How did they manage to throw out water from the ship?

11. What Was the Narrator’s Dream?

12.The Sailing Was Set from Which Place to Which Other?

13.Who Were the Voyagers That Set Sail from England to Reach Australia?

14.The Lines “we’re Not Afraid to Die” Are Spoken by Who and When?

15-What Were the Preparations That Were Made by the Narrator for the Journey?

16-Name the Two Crewmen That Went With the Family on the Voyage? How Did They Contribute to the Project?

17-What Were the Facts and Figures That the Narrator Knew About the Southern Indian Ocean?

18-When Did the Couple Lose All the Hope of Survival?

19-Why Did the Narrator Think of Amsterdam as the Most Beautiful Island in the World? Why Does He Say Thank You to His Family and the Crewmen?

20-What Part Did Jonathan and Sue Play in the Treacherous Voyage?

21.How Was Sue Able to Make Her Father Laugh Even in Unfortunate Situations? What Place Did They Want to Reach?

22.4. What was the name of the ship of the author?

23.When did the waves start getting gigantic?

24-What did they do to slow down the boat in the storm?

25-Why did the author accept his approaching death?

26.Who said, “We’re sinking!” ?

27-What was the condition of the ship?

28-What had happened to Sue when the author entered their room to check on them?

29-What was the age of Suzanne and Jonathan?

30-Where did they decide to reach to save themselves and the ship?

31-What was their first meal in two days?

32-Who said, “we aren’t afraid of dying if we can all be together — you and Mummy, Sue and I.”?

33-When did they reach lle Amsterdam?

34-Where had they reached on the 25th of December?

35-What does ‘Mayday call’ mean?

Ch-3 

Discovering Tut, Saga Continue

A.R Williams

Q1-What were the results of the CT scan?

2.Why did the tourists throng to see Tut’s tomb? What was their reaction?

3.Who was Howard Carter? What did he find?

4.Who was Zahi Hawass ?

5.Who was tut ?

6.Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.

8.Why was Tut’s body  buried along with gilded treasures?

9.The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.

10:(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as ‘wacky’.

11.Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.

12-Tut body was buried in March- April How did  Carter conclude this?

13. What were the treasures found in the coffin ?why were they put there?

14.What made a guard remarks curse of  the pharaoh?

Ch-4

 Adventure by Jayant Narlikar 

1.You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world. ”

2.You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”

3.Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.

4-The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”

5. “You need some interaction to cause a transition.”

6-Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?

7-Who was Professor Gaitonde and where did he hail from?

8-Describe professor Gaitonde’s experience in the Azad maidan.

9-What is catastrophe theory?

10- How did the Marathas win the battle of Panipat according to the book?

11. What surprise does professor Gaitonde  get about the East India company?

12. What does the writer want to prove in this story adventure?

13.What was the effect of the battle? What was its result?

13- Who was Khan Sahib? Where was he going?

Ch-5

Silk Road by Nick Middleton

1- Why were Tibetan Mastiff popular in China's imperial Courts?

2-Why did author visit Mount Kailash?

3- Why was the author disappointed with Darshan?

4- How was the author' physical condition in Darchan?

5- Describe author's meeting with Norbu?

6- Why did Lhamo give a sheepskin coat to the writer?

7- why was the authors experience at Hor was in stark contrast to earlier accounts of the place ? 

8- How did the dogs behave on seeing the writer's vehicle?

9-How did Norbu become an ideal companion for the author?

10- Describe Tsetan's support to the author during the journey. 

11. Justify the title silk Road. 

12.Guess the meaning of the following words.

Kora, drokba, kyang

13-Explain the use of the adjectives in the following phrases.

(i) shaggy monsters

(ii) brackish lakes

(iii) rickety table

(iv) hairpin bend

(v) rudimentary general stores

POEM-1 

 A PHOTOGRAPH.by Shirley Toulson

 1- What do you mean by Cardboard mentioned in the poem?

2-Who are the three girls mentioned in the poem?

3-Who is the third big girl?

4- which cardboard is the poetess talking about?

5- who would laugh at the snapshots?

6- What has the camera captured?

7- What has not changed over the years?

8- The three stanzas depict three different phases, What are they?

9-Write a short note on photograph.

10.How is the poetess past different from her mother's past?

11. What time and moment of the life does the photographs show?

12-what kind of a loss did the poetess feel?

13-explain “terribly transient feet”?

14-explain “both wry with the labored ease of loss”

15-explain “its silence silences”

16- pick out the poetic devices used in the poem.

Poem 2

The Laburnum Top by TED Huges

Q1 What do you notice about the beginning and the ending of the poem?

Q2- To what is the bird's movement compared ? What is the basis for the comparison?

Q3 Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet?

Q4- What do you like the most about the poem?

Q5 What does the phrase" her barred face Identity mask" mean?

Q6- Which season of the year depicted in the poem? How do you know?

Q7- What is a goldfinch?

Q8- What happens when goldfinch comes?

Q9- find out the poetic Devices used in the poem?

10-describe the relationship between laburnum tree and goldfinch.

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Poem -3

The Voice Of The Rain by Walt Whitman

1- There are two voices in the poem.Who do they belong to? which lines indicate this?

2- What does not the phrase strange to tell mean?

3- What does the rain tell the poet?

4-How does the rain descend and with what effect?

5- Why are the last two lines put within bracket?

6-What will happen if there is no rain?

7-How can you say that rain is the source of life?

7-How is the rain formed?

8-1- Why was the History teacher annoyed With Albert Einstein?

9- Justify the Title of the rain

Poem-4

 Childhood by Markus Natten

Q1 - How does the poet take the loss of his childhood?

2- When does the poet feel that he became adult and mature?

3- What is the attitude of the poet towards the adult?

By4- What kinds of independence the poet is talking about?

5-Why is the child confused about the existence of hell and heaven?

6-What is the poet's feeling towards childhood?

7-What is the difference between childhood and adulthood?

Poem-5

Father To Son by Elizabeth Jennings’

1-Does the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?

2-How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?

3.Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.

4-Q1. Why is the father unable to understand his son in ‘Father to Son’?

5-Why is the father unhappy with his son?

6.‘I would have him prodigal.’ What does the father in Elizabeth Jennings’ poem mean by this?

7.What does the father feel about this stranger-like relationship with his son? Does he wish to change it?

8.The anguish of the father comes through very strongly in the poem. Show his feelings about his son as expressed in the poem.

9.What kind of relationship do the father and the son share? Why is it so?

10.The lesson reflects the realities of modern times. The aged persons face problems and there is no end to it. How do you feel about it?

11.What sort of father-son relationship has been depicted in the poem ‘Father to Son?

12.What is the central idea of the poem “Father to Son”?

Class XI Snapshots 

Ch-1

 The Summer of Beautiful White Horse by William Saroyan

Q1- Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?

2-What traits of the Garoghlanian family are highlighted in this story?

3-How did the narrator react on seeing the horse and Mourad?

4-Give examples to show why cousin Mourad was considered one of the craziest members of the narrator’s family?

5-Why does the narrator mention uncle Khosrove? Which characteristic features of the man are highlighted?

6-How did uncle Khosrove react to John Byro’s complaint about the steal of his horse?

7-What did farmer John Byro observe after studying the horse the two boys had with them?

8-“I couldn’t believe what I saw,” says the narrator. What was so unbelievable? Why?

9-Why does the narrator mention uncle Khosrove? Which characteristic features of the man are highlighted?

10-Give an example to illustrate how uncle Khosrove’s impatience sometimes worked to his own disadvantage?

11.What traits of the Garoghlanian family are highlighted in this story?

12-The distribution of the various kinds of spirit of our tribe had been from the beginning capricious and vagrant.” Elucidate.

13-Why did farmer John Byro stalk out of the house, slamming the screen door?

14-How did Mourad help the wounded Robin to fly? What does this incident indicate?

15-A suspicious man would believe his eyes instead of his heart.” In what context was this observation made and by whom?

Ch-2 

ADDRESS by Marga Minco 

1-Question 1.

‘Have you come back?’ said the woman. ‘I thought that no one had come back.’ Does 

this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?

 2.The story is divided into pre-war and post-war times. What hardships do you think the 

girl underwent during these times?

3.Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?

4.The Address’ is a story of human predicament that follows war.’ Comment.

5.What was the narrator’s reaction as she found herself in front of her old household things?

6-How did the narrator discover for certain that the woollen tablecloth was hers?

7-Who was Mrs Dorling? What did the narrator learn about her from her mother?

8-What were the narrator’s experience and reaction when she went to Mrs Dorling’s house a second time?

9-Give a brief character-sketch of Mrs S’s daughter.

10-How was the narrator convinced that she had come to the right address and met Mrs Dorling?

11-Why did Mrs S allow Mrs Dorling to take away all her precious things to her house? Why didn’t the narrator object to it in time?

Ch.3

Mother's Day by JB Priestly.

1.Why do the two women exchange their personality?

2-Who is Doris? What change in the mother surprises her?

3- Why does Doris feel snubbed and humiliated?

4-How does George Pearson feel humiliated?

5- What is real Mrs Fitzgerald's advice to Mrs Pearson towards the end?

6- How does Mrs Pearson treat Cyril when he enters the home?

7-What are the two reasons that annoy Doris Pearson?

8-What are the issues raised by the play Mother's Day?

9-What is the main idea of the play Mother's Day?

10-Why does Mrs Pearson feel neglected?

11-What does Mrs Pearson say to Doris that really bothered her?

Ch-4

 Birth- By Archibald Joseph Cronin

Who was Joe Morgan? Why was he waiting for Andrew Manson?

2- Why did Joe Morgan not go in when Dr Andrew made his way into the home?

3- What for did Susan's mother offer to make a cup of tea for Dr Andrew Manson?

4-What dilemma did Dr Andrew face?

5- What did Dr Andrew do to save the mother?

6-What treatment was given by the Dr to resuscitate the child?

7-How did the lifeless baby show first sign of life?

8-Why did midwife say, "for mercy's sake,doctor"?

9-"I have done something,Oh God! I have done something real at last." Why did Andrew say so?

10- There is difference between textbook medicine and a world of a practising physician. Elaborate.

11- Draw the Characters sketch of Dr Andrew Manson?

12- Why did Dr Andrew Manson hand over the still born child to the midwife instinctively?

Ch-5 

The Tale Of The Melon City by  Vikram Seth

1-Narrate ‘The Tale of Melon City’ in your own

2-What impression would you form of a State where the King was ‘just and placid’ ?

3-How, according to you, can peace and liberty be maintained in a State ?

4-Suggest a few instances in the poem which highlight humour and irony.

5-What kind of king ruled over the state?

6-Qhat proclamation was made by the king and why?

7-What mishap happened when the king Rode through the arch and how did the king react?

8-What justification was given by the chief of the builders and the workmen?

9-What  argument did the architect advance in self defence? How did the king take it?

10. What funny advice was given by the so -called wisest man?

11-What does the comment of The counselor about the arch reveal about him and the king?

12-How did the king lose his life?

13-What opinion did the people have about the new king?

14-What message does the poem teach us?

15-What did the king perceive about the mood of the people?