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

(a) What excited Rajvir ? Why did Pranjol not share his excitement ?


(b) ‘He senses first responsibility’ – What responsibility is referred to here ? (The Ball Poem)


(c) What was Horace Danby’s hobby ? How did he manage to fulfill it ?


(d) Why did Matilda (Mme Loisel) leave the ball in a hurry ? What does it show about her character ?


(e) In which queer way did Anil make a living ? (The Thief’s Story)

(a) Rajvir was excited about the trip to his friend’s house which had a tea garden and he had never seen a tea garden before so he wanted to enjoy the beauty of it. On the other hand Pranjol was not as excited as him because he had already seen his tea garden for many times.

(b) The responsibility of letting go off some things in this world is referred here. The poet depicts the state of a boy who is in grief of losing his ball and now learning to cope with the loss. He says that in this world there are so many things that cannot be brought back if once lost so we should learn to deal with such situations and should not be unhappy about it.

(c) Horace Danby’s hobby was to collect rare and expensive books. He managed to fulfill his hobby by stealing such books once in every year. Each year he robbed secretly and safely to collect and read them.

(d) Matilda left the ball in a hurry because she didn’t want to show her actual poor condition to the rich people present in the party. Her husband didn’t own an expensive vehicle by which they could return home and could show off it to the other people. Also she didn’t want the rich people to notice her modest and cheap clothes that she wore after the party in order to protect from the cold outside the ball. It shows the hypocrite character of Matilda that she was dissatisfied with her ordinary life and wanted to live an affluent life by showing off her status to others.

(e) The only queer way of Anil to make a living was by writing magazines. He always used to make his living by irregular sources and startups. He kept worrying about his next payment and as soon as he got the money he would go out and wasted it to live a care free and an easy going life

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7

Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. Do any four.

(i) work and play / things / different / parents see / as two


(ii) is a / of time / they / waste / think / that playing


(iii) important / games / studies / are as / as


(iv) a student / to both / proper / should / attention / pay


(v) can / life / only / succeed / he / in / then

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

“But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours ? Do be a reasonable man ! My aunt’s grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that ........


(a) Who is the speaker of the above lines ?


(b) Why did his aunt’s grandmother give the meadows ?


(c) Why did the peasants treat the land as their own ?


(d) What light do these lines throw on the speaker’s character ?


OR


Belinda tickled him, she ticked him unmerciful,


Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,


They all sat laughing in the little red wagon


At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.


(a) Who was tickled by Belinda ?


(b) Why did she tickle ‘him’ ?


(c) Who are Ink, Blink and Mustard ?


(d) Why did they all laugh at ‘him’

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Answer the following question in 100-120 words :

In life, people who easily trust others are sometimes made to look foolish. One should


not be too trusting. Describe how Oliver Lutkins made a fool of the young lawyer.


OR


What lesson on death and suffering did the Buddha teach Gotami in the chapter, ‘The


Sermon at Benaras’ ?

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Answer the following question in 200-250 words :

Describe the importance of diary in Anne Frank’s life.


OR


What problems do Margot and Anne face with regard to the way their parents treat them ?


OR


Helen Keller’s determination to study and compete with the normal children helps her to


enter Radcliffe College. What does this show about her personality ?


OR


Describe how Miss Sullivan succeeds in helping Helen Keller achieve her aim in life.