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Answer the following in 50-60 words : How does Sergeant Major Morris’ warning turn out to be true ?

OR


Do you think Lord Weston responded sensibly to the situation ? Give a reasoned answer.


Sergeant Major Morris had warned Mr. White not to keep the monkey’s paw and make any wishes to it. He had warned that the wishes one asked for to the monkey’s paw were granted but in a way that the person would wish his wishes weren’t granted. Mr. White paid no heed to his warnings and wished to receive two thousand pounds. His wish was granted when he received the sum as a compensation from the company after his son’s death. In this way, the sergeant’s warning turned out to be true.


OR


No, I do not think Lord Weston responded sensibly to the situation. I think he made a mountain out of a molehill. It’s evident from the drama ‘Remember Caesar’ that Lord Weston has high regards for Julius Caesar, he almost thinks of himself similar to him and that is why when he finds a note in his pocket saying ‘Remember Caesar’ and the date is 15th of March, he immediately assumes that someone is going to assassinate him. He even begins making stories that the note must have been placed in his pocket by someone the other day when in fact, he had written the note and placed it in his pocket. The whole drama just shows how Lord Weston exaggerates the otherwise ordinary situation into an assassination drama.


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8

Read the extracts given be1ow and answer the questions that follow :

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul -


And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -


(a) Name the poem and the poet.


(b) To what does the poet compare hope ?


(c) Where does hope dwell ?


(d) What is remarkable about the tune of hope ?


(e) Explain : And never stops - at all.


 8

Read the extracts given be1ow and answer the questions that follow :

And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook,


Or by a cider-press, with patient look;


Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.


(a) What is being described in the first two lines ?


(b) Why does the person crossing the brook have to keep his head steady ?


(c) What is a cider-press ?


(d) What is the person sitting by the side of the cider-press doing ?


 10

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

(a) Despite Mr. Verma’s irrational and eccentric behaviour Rakesh continues to sincerely perform his duties as a son and doctor. Comment.


(b) What values are highlighted by Ruskin Bond in “What’s Your Dream”? How important are these values ?


(c) What distinction does Robert Lynd make between mosquitoes and wasps, and bees ?


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


What is the attitude of the children to Marian ? How is Freda different from them ?


OR


What are Nehru’s views on danger ? Why should we look at danger positively ?


 11

Answer the following in 150-200 words : Describe the circumstances leading to Criffin’s tragic death.

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The reader feels relieved at the end of the novel, ‘The Invisible Man’ but cannot help feeling a sense of sadness and waste. Comment.


OR


What kind of life did Cilas lead in Raveloe before the coming of Eppie into his life ?