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

At back of the dim class


One unnoted, sweet and young. His eyes live in a dream, Of squirrel‖s game, in tree room, other than this.


(a) Why is the class dim?


(b) How is the young child different from others?


(c) What is he doing?


(d) What is a tree room?


OR


Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.


The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.


(a) What is Aunt Jennifer doing with her wool?


(b) Why does she find it difficult to pull her ivory needle?


(c) What does ―wedding band stand for?


(d) Describe the irony in the third line.


(a) It is an unlit, dull and unpleasant classroom in a slum. It is unlit because of the lack of electricity. The unlit class room is symbolic of the pathetic condition of the slum


(b) The sweet young child sitting at the back of the class is lost in his dreams. Unlike others in the class, there is no visible impact of poverty in this child. Hope seem to be alive in his eyes. He want to escape the grim reality of life and be a part of the outside world.


(c) He dreams of the squirrels playing games in the hollow of the tree. His dreams are of other places other than his monotonous classroom. The squirrels game help him to escape the grim reality of life


(d) It is the bark of the tree where the squirrels of the boy’s dream dwell.


OR


(a) Aunt Jennifer is embroidering fearless tigers in a motif


(b) Aunt Jennifer lives a life of fear. She fears the doing something of her will may bring forth her husband’s wrath. She has lost all her self confidence


(c) The wedding band is a symbol of the institution of marriage. Here it represents the cruel bond of an unhappy marriage.


(d) The wedding band is a symbol of conjugal happiness. But here, it is a burden for Aunt Jennifer. The marriage instead of providing bliss chained all her freedom and happiness


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6

Every teenager has a dream to achieve something in life. What they are going to become tomorrow depends on what our youth dream today. Write an article in 150 – 200 words on ―What I want to be in life‖. You are Simranjit/Smita.

OR


History Society of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Krishna Nagar sent a group of students to visit a place of historical interest. You, Anant/Anita, were its leader. Write a report in 150 – 200 words for the school newsletter on tour, describing the place, its history, how you reached there and all that you have learnt.


 7

Holi is a festival of colours. It expresses pure and simple joy. Sometimes we start throwing coloured water and that too on strangers. As the Head boy / girl of your school write a speech in 150 – 200 words that you will deliver in the morning assembly of your school, describing why Holi is played and how it should be played.

OR


It is cruel to put stray dogs to sleep.‖‖ Write a debate in 150 – 200 words either for or against the motion.


 9

Answer any four of the following questions in 30 – 40 words each:

(a) Why were some elderly persons occupying the back benches that day ? (The Last Lesson)


(b) Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from having dreams ?


(c) Having looked at her mother, why does Kamala Das look at the young children ?


(d) How would keep quiet affect life in and around the sea ?


(e) Why did the Maharaja decide to get married ?


(f) What is mother Skunk’s role in the story?


 10

Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words :

For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of survival.‖‖ What kind of life do the rag-pickers of Seemapuri lead ?


OR


The peddler believed that the whole world is a rattrap. How did he himself get caught in the same?