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Attempt any one out of the two following long answer type questions in 100-120 words.

“Pride goes before a fall”. Justify the statement on basis of the chapter Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger.


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“Only the bearer knows where the shoe pinches”. Elucidate the statement with reference to the story The Letter.

Mrs. Packletide is full of vanity. She is a selfish person who seems to be jealous at other people’s success. The story has humour laced with satire. Mrs. Packletide had made up her mind to shoot a tiger and get her pictures published in newspaper to show off to Loona Bimberton. She offers a thousand rupees to the villagers to shoot a tiger. She also acquires a paid companion, Louisa Mebbin, a witness to her extraordinary feat. She managed to shoot an animal but it was the goat. The tiger died of heart-failure. However she got her pictures published in the newspaper. She buys a weekend cottage for Louisa Mebbin to prevent her from telling anybody that it was not the tiger but a goat she had shot. This proves the phrase that “pride goes before a fall” which means if you’re too conceited something will happen to make you look foolish.


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Ali used to go to the post office daily. He used to go and sit at a particular bench every day, waiting for his name to be called out. Ali went to the post office after several days as he had fallen ill. Since he had not come for many days as he had fallen ill, he enquired for his letter to the postmaster. The postmaster was in ahurry to leave and lost his temper on Ali and called him a pest. It was only when he experienced the same, that is when he anxiously awaited the news of his ill daughter that he realized the agony of Ali. Finally, when a letter for Ali arrived, he was told that Ali was no more alive. He was filled with remorse for his attitude towards Ali. He delivered the letter on Ali’s grave as was his last wish. Thus it is absolutely true that only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.


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8

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write the answer in your answer sheet in one or two lines only.

(a) "We do many things, sir”, Nicola answered seriously. He glanced at us hopefully.


i. What does the speaker mean by “We do many things”, sir?


ii. Whom is he addressing to?


iii. Why was Nicola serious?


iv. Find the synonym of “looked”.


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CAESAR: Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard. It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.


i. Whom does Caesar console and why?


ii. Which quality of the speaker is revealed here?


iii. Explain: Cowards die many times before their deaths.


iv. Give the synonym of „Gallant‟.

 9

Answer any four of the following Questions in 30-40 words each.

i. Although Calpurnia revealed her fear after nightmare yet Caesar decided to go to senate house. Why?


ii.“Pen is mightier than sword”. Elucidate with reference to the poem “Not Marble Nor Gilded Monuments.”


iii. Why was the, “Writer’s inspiration Bureau” formed?


iv. What message is conveyed by Vikram Seth through the poem “The Frog and the Nightingale”?


v. How does the story “Two Gentlemen of Verona” give hope to the society?

 11

Answer the following question based on prescribed novel text for extended reading in about 200- 250 words.

The Diary of a Young Girl


What are Anne’s views about the laws that restrict the Jew’s freedom?


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Write the pen portrait of Mr. Van Dann.

 11

Answer the following question based on prescribed novel text for extended reading in about 200- 250 words.

The Story of My Life


In the life of Helen Keller, “Ms. Anne Sullivan acts as an inspiration”. Justify with suitable instances from the text.


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Give a pen portrait of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.