I sit inside, doors open to the veranda writing long letters in which I scarcely mention the departure of the forest from the house.

(a) ‘I’ in the above lines is _____

(i) the poet

(ii) a young man

(iii) a young woman

(iv) a boy

(b) He is sitting at a place where he could see ____

(i) the trees

(ii) the veranda

(iii) the inside of the room

(iv) all of the above

(c) The trees are moving ____

(i) inside

(ii) outside

(iii) nowhere

(iv) upward

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

Kisa Gotami became weary and hopeless, and sat down at the wayside watching the lights of the .city, as they flickered up and were extinguished again. At last the darkness of the night reigned everywhere. And she considered the fate of men, that their lives flicker up and are extinguished again.

(i) Why did Kisa Goutami lose all hope?

(ii) Why did she sit down at the wayside?

(iii) What did she realize about the fate of men?

(iv) Which word/phrase in the passage means the same as “put out”?

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate options. Attempt any two:

(A) Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right hand, and he held in his teeth a cutlass bright, His beard was black, one leg was wood;

It was clear that the pirate meant no good.

(a) The word “he" in the second line refers to ____

(i) Belinda

(ii) the pirate

(iii)Custard

(iv) Mustard

(b) The man is equipped with ____

(i) a pistol in his right hand

(ii) a bright sword in his teeth

(iii) a pistol in his left hand

(iv)all of the above

(c) The description shows that his intention was ___

(i) bad

(ii) good

(iii) to help

(iv) to support

Did you finish your homework, Amanda?

Did you tidy your room, Amanda?

I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!

(a) The person addressed in the first line is _____

(i) a young woman

(ii) a school going girl

(iii)the mother

(iv) the father

(b) Amanda has been asked to ______

(i) finish her homework

(ii) arrange her room neatly and in order

(iii) clean her shoes

(iv) all of the above

(c) The instructions to Amanda ______

(i) are not needed

(ii) are liked by her

(iii) are not liked by her

(iv) are enjoyed by her

Answer any three of the following questions in 40-50 words each:

Where is Coorg? What is it famous for?