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

To be or not to be-that is the question:


Whether ’tis nobler in mind to suffer


The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,


Or to take arms against a sea of troubles


And, by opposing, end them.


(a) Name the poem and the poet.


(b) Which are the two choices that Hamlet can make?


(c) What does the phrase 'outrageous fortune' mean?


(d) Mention and explain the poetic device used in the above lines.

(a) The name of the poem is Hamlet’s Dilemma and the name of the poet is ‘William Shakespeare’.


(b) There are two choices that Hamlet can make. First, he can choose to sit back and exist shamefully. Secondly, he can choose to fight back in rage and can triumph over the problems that he had suffered.


(c) ‘Outrageous fortune’ means cruel barbaric circumstances or the arbitrary fate.


(d) The figure of speech used in the last line is Metaphor. The metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.


In this poem, the unfortunate events that can occur to a person are being compared to arrows and slings. Also, the sea is being compared to the troubles that a person might suffer.


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Your Sanskrit subject teacher, Mrs. Saini has won the National Award for teachers for her outstanding contribution to the teaching of the language. Using the input given below construct a dialogue that you have with her during an interview for the school magazine. Make three sets of exchange. The first one has been done for you.


You: Congratulations Ma'am on receiving the National Award for Teachers!


Mrs. Saini: Thank you!

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

‘Heads bow, trunks bend, hands fumble towards the black Mother.


Processional stooping through the turf turns work to ritual.


Centuries of fear and homage to the famine god toughen


the muscles behind their humbled knees,


Make a seasonal altar of the sod.’


(a) Name the poem and the poet.


(b) How does potato digging turn into a procession?


(c) Explain: 'famine god' convey?


(d) What does ‘seasonal alter of the sod’ mean?


(e) Pick out and explain the figure of speech in the last line.

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Answer the following questions in 50-60 words each.

Bring out the contrast in the way Lord Weston and Lady Weston react to the 'perceived threat'.


OR


What is the legend of the monkey's paw? Do the White's believe in it? Why?

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(A) Attempt the following questions in about 80-100 words.

(a) How did Robichon enthrall the audience at Appeville –Sous-Bois?


(b) Why does Nehru say that our duty towards the future is greater than our obligation to the past?


(c) Even though the beggar tells the young boy that there is no 'magic formula', he still gives the boy tips on how to realize his dream. What are these qualities?


(B) Attempt the following questions in about 120-150 words.


How far do you agree with Einstein’s comments on the constructive and destructive forces involved in ambition?


OR


What was Anne's thought when she heard by Freda's questions? How is this conflict resolved?