Q9 of 14 Page 1

Answer the following in 50-60words :

It is not expected of educated people especially those in the judicial service to get into a panic about minor things.


(a) How is Lord Weston responsible for getting himself into trouble ? What characteristics of his personality does it show ?


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(b) Belief in superstitions always creates trouble for people. The monkey’s paw and its power was a superstitions belief. Why do you think the Sergeant handed over the paw to the White family instead of disposing it of ? How is it a warning to society ?


Lord Weston was responsible himself for getting into trouble. It was his carelessness that he forgot that he himself put a note in his pocket and the name of the gardener was Caeser. This reflects that he panicked easily and could be scared easily. He was also absent-minded and did not pay attention to details when he was feared.


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(b) Sergeant handed over the paw to the White family because he wanted to get rid of the blame. It is a warning to the society that one should not be greedy. If one goes against the law of nature to get things done, this will be possible only after paying a heavy price.


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8

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :

(a) Goodbye.


Incredulously the laced fingers loosen


Slowly, sensation by sensation, from the warm interchange, And stiffen like frosted flowers in the November garden.
(i) What does the word ‘incredulously’ signify ?


(ii) Why do the fingers loosen ?


(iii) Name the figure of speech used in the above lines.


(iv) Which word in these lines is antonym of ‘warm’ ?


(v) Name the poem and the poet.


 8

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :

They’ll soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed Subjugation to the ghosts of friends who died,


Their dreams that drip with murder; and they’ll be proud.


(i) Who are ‘They’ ?


(ii) Why are their nights haunted ?
(iii) Why do they see ghosts of their friends ?
(iv) Why are their dreams dripping with murder ?
(v) Why will they be proud ?


 10

(a) Answer any two of the following in 80-100 words each :

(i) There is a difference in the way school was being played at the beginning and at the end. What is the change and why ? (I Can Play School)


(ii) How according to Pandit Nehru, can danger add zest to life ? How can it spice our life and what does it teach ?


(iii) In ‘The Judgement of Paris’, who do you think deserved to win Suzanne’s hand ? Why do you think so ? Justify your stand.


(b) Answer the following in 120-150words :


The insects usually considered irritable have been called noble by the author. Give reasons for it and how is man responsible for making them irritable ?


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Rakesh was a well-established and busy doctor. Despite his busy life, how does he show filial devotion ?


 11

Answer the following in 150-200 words :

What is the role of money and gold in Silas’s life ?


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What kind of person was Dolly ? How did she make child raising easier for Silas ?


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Is the ending of the novel ‘The Invisible Man’ justified ? Give a reasoned answer.


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What impression does Mrs. Hall have of Griffin ?