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13. ‘Indian Civilization and Culture’ has been written by .............., (i) Dr. Zakir Husain, (ii) Manohar Malgaonkar, (iv) Mahatma Gandhi, Ans- iv, 14. Ourforefathers did not invent machinery because ..................., (a) these have made us pride., (b) these would have made us lazy., (c) these would have made us ignorant., (d) these would have made us smart., Ans- b, 15. Indian glory is that it is ....................., (a) movable, (b) immovable, (c) ignorant, (d) uncivilized., Ans- b, 16. The mind is a restless ...... the more it gets the more it wants., (a) dog, (b) bird, (c) monkey (d) goat, Ans- b, 17. The tendency of Indian civilization is to elevate ................, (a) immorality, (b) partiality, (c) moral being, (d) dishonesty, Ans- c, 18. Indian Civilization And Culture is..............., (a) an essay, (b) a speech, (c) a short story, (d) None of these, Ans- a, 19. Our ancestors enjoyed ........ Rule., (a) Nice, (b) Society, (c) Home, (d) Nation, Ans- c, 20. Pharaohs were rulers of ancient .............., (a) Egypt (b) Russia (c) India, (d) Greece, Ans-a, 21. .......... were rulers of Egypt., (a) Czars, (b) Pharaohs, (c) Kings, (d) Sultans, Ans-b, 22. Gibbon is associated with ..............., (a) Italy, (b) Greece, (c) Germany, (d) France, Ans-a, 23. "The distinguishing characteristic of modern civilization is our, indefinite multiplicity of wants" is from, (a) Indian civilization and Culture, (b) The Earth, (c) The Artist, (d) Bharat is my home, Ans-a, 24. M. Gandhi was born in ..., (a) 1859, (b) 1869, (c) 1879, (d) 1889, Ans-b, 25. M.Gandhi died in ...., (b) 1948, (c) 1949, (d) 1950 Ans-b, (a) 1947, , (PROSE), Indian Civilization And Culture, Choose the correct answer:, 1., , Mahatma Gandhi was more a .........................., (i) politician, (ii) economist, (iii) social reformer, (iv) spiritual leader, Ans- iv, 2. European civilization will mean ............... for India, (a) want, (b) living, (c) real, (d) ruin, Ans -d, 3. Civilization points out to man ..............., (i) how to make money (ii) how to win the enemy, (iii) the path of duty, (iv) the way of living, Ans- iii, 4. To observe morality is to attain mastery over ................., (i) economic growth, (ii) political ability, (iii) minds and passions (iv) art, Ans- iii, 5. The mind is a restless bird which always remains...................., (i) hungry, (ii) unsatisfied, (iii) thirsty, (iv) sick, Ans- ii, 6. Happiness is largely a .........................., (i) mental condition, (ii) physical condition, (iii) disease, (iv) imagination, Ans- i, 7. Our ancestors dissuaded us from ................., (i) politics, (ii) luxuries and pleasure, (iii) morality, (iv) spirituality, Ans- ii, 8. In ancient days the common people followed ............., (i) business, (ii) agriculture, (iii) industry (iv) politics, Ans- ii, 9. In ancient days the common people enjoyed ................, (i) courts rule, (ii) slavery, (iii) true Home Rule, (iv) foreign rule, Ans- iii, 10. The tendency of Indian Civilization is to elevate .............., (i) immortality, (ii) partiality, (iii) moral being, (iv) dishonesty, Ans- iii, 11. Indian civilization is ..........................., (i) godless, (ii) based on a belief in God, (iii) based on partiality (iv) based on matter, Ans- ii, 12. Modern civilization is the worship of ..............., (i) material, (ii) ethics, (iii) brotherhood, (iv) equality, Ans- i, , Bharat is My Home, 1., , Venue:, , 1, , 1, , ‘Bharat is My Home’ has been written by ................., , Venue:, , 2

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(i) Dr. Zakir Hussain, (ii) M. Malgaonkar, (iii) Keki N. Daruwalla (iv) M. Gandhi, Ans- a, 2. Dr. Zakir Hussain entered the office with .................., (i) partiality, (ii) total dedication, (iii) enemity (iv) treachery, Ans- ii, 3. The people had chosen him the head of the family for ................., (i) two years, (ii) a certain time, (iii) for ever (iv) twenty years, Ans- ii, 4. Power should be used only for ......................., (i) making money, (ii) moral purpose, (iii) own interest, (iv) material gain, Ans- ii, 5. The past is ........................., (i) dead and static, (ii) alive and dynamic, (iii) useless, (iv) harmful, Ans- ii, 6. The past is not ........................., (i) dead and static, (ii) alive and dynamic, (iii) useless, (iv) harmful, Ans- i, 7. When did Dr. Hussain deliver this speech ?, (i) On Independence day, (ii) On Republic day, (iii) when he took oath as the President, Ans- iii, 8. Dr. Zakir Hussain took oath as the ......................, (a) President, (b) Governor, (c) Minister, (d) Mayor, Ans- a, 9. ................... is the prime instruments of nation building., (a) Education, (b) Trade, (c) Foreign help, (d) Agriculture, Ans- a, 10. ........... said that Bharat is my home and its people are my family., (a) Dr. Zakir Hussain, (b) Dr. Rajendra Pd., (c) Dr. Radha Krishnan (d) Abdul Kalam, Ans- i, 11. Dr. Zakir Hussain took the oath of loyalty to the ................, (a) people, (b) nation, (c) constitution, (d) parliament, Ans- c, 12. Bharat is My Home is..............., (a) an essay, (b) a speech, (c) a short story, (d) a comedy, Ans- b, 13. Dr. Zakir Hussain was born in...., (a) 1897, (b) 1898, (c) 1899, (d) 1901, Ans-a, 14. Dr. Hussain died in ....., (a) 1968, (b) 1969, (c) 1970, (d) 1967, Ans-b, 15. Dr. Hussain took oath as the president of India in ......., , Venue:, , 3, , (a) 1966, (b) 1967, (c) 1968, (d) 1965, 16. Dr. Hussain delivered his speech in ......, (a) 1966, (b) 1967, (c) 1968, (d) 1965, , Ans-b, Ans-b, , A Pinch of Snuff, 1., , 2., , 3., , 4., , 5., , 6., , 7., , 8., , 9., , 10., , 12., , 13., , 2, , Nanukaka was coming to Delhi .................., Ans-b, (a) to visit the Red Forte, (b) to see some minister, (c) to participate a conference, (d) to spend the summer, Nanukaka was author’s ..............., Ans-c, (a) brother, (b) neighbour, (c) maternal uncle, (d) friend, The author has a complex about ................, Ans- d, (a) relative, (b) Nanukaka, (c) officials, (d) ministers, Nanukaka travelled in ................, Ans-b, (a) the A.C. Class, (b) the Second Class, (c) the Third Class, (d) the First Class, On the plateform Nanukaka handed over the author ..........., (a) a bag, (b) a box, (c) a briefcase, (d) a basket, Ans-d, The author was merely ..............., Ans-a, (a) an under secretary, (b) a secretary, (c) a clerk, (d) a peon, The author had taken .............., Ans-c, (a) five days’ leave, (b) three days’ leave, (c) two days’ leave, (d) six days’ leave, Nanukaka in a linguistic emergency always turned to .........., (a) English, (b) Hindi, (c) his mother-tongue, (d) Sanskrit, Ans-c, Nanukaka took out his cheque-book and wrote a cheque for ...., (a) five thousand, (b) two thousand, Ans-c, (c) a thousand, (d) five hundred rupees, ............... opened his snuff box and had a pinch of it., Ans-a, (a) Nanukaka, (b) Seibei, (c) Benjy, (d) Lomov, Ratiram was the son of ...................., Ans-a, (a) Sohanlal Ratiram, (b) Mohanlal Ratiram, (c) Ramlal Ratiram, (d) Ramchandra Ratiram, ..................... is a humorous story., Ans-b, (a) The Artist, (b) A Pinch of Snuff, (c) A Child is Born, (d) The Earth, , Venue:, , 4

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14. A Pinch of Snuff is written by ..............., Ans-a, (a) Manohar Malgaonkar, (b) Germaine Greer, (c) Dorothy L Sayers, (d) H E Bates, 15. Nanukaka had tied a huge ............. turban round his head., (a) red, (b) black, (c) green, (d) orange, Ans-d, 15. Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the, Maharaja of .............., Ans-d, (a) Bikaner, (b) Jaipur, (c) Udaipur, (d) Ninnore, 16. A Pinch of Snuff is a .............., Ans-a, (a) short story, (b) novel, (c) essay, (d) poem, 17. Manohar Malgaonkar was born in ........, (a) 1912, (b)1913, (c) 1914, (d) 1915, Ans-b, 18.Manohar Malgaonkar died in ........, (a) 14 June 2010, (b) 14 June 2011, (c) 14 June 2012, (d) 14 June 2013, Ans-a, 19. Manohar Malgaonkar is a .......... and short story writer., (a) novelist, (b) dramatist, (c) poet, (d) mathematician, Ans-a, 20.Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a ........., (a) Driver, (b) Dhobi, (c) Barber, (d) author, Ans-b, , (c) African, (d) British, 8. Martin Luther King Jr. was a ............, (a) scientist, (b) artist, (c) philosopher, (d) civil right activists, 9. The banks of justice for the Negro is ........, (a) full, (b) bankrupt, (c) empty, (d) vacant, 10. ‘I Have a Dream’ is .................., (a) a speech, (b) an essay, (c) a short story, (d) None of these, 11. Martin Luther King dislikes ........... discrimination., (a) caste, (b) sex, (c) religion, (d) racial., 12. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on ................, (a) 1929, (b) 1928, (c) 1930, (d) 1932, 13.Nobel Prize for peace was given to King,Jr in ...., (a) 1963, (b) 1964, (c) 1965, (d) 1968, 14. "I Have a Dream" is a speech delivered by(a) H.E.Bates (b) Martin Luther King,Jr, (c) Shiga Naoya, (d) Zakir Hussain, 15. ... is a desert state of the USA., (a) Albama, (b) Mississippi, (c) Newyork, (d) Georgia, , I Have a Dream, 1., , 3., , 4., , 5., , 6., , 7., , 5, , Ans- d, , Ans- b, , Ans- a, , Ans- d, Ans-a, Ans-b, , Ans-b, , Ans-b, , Ideas That Have Helped Mankind, , Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on ................, (a) March 4, 1968, (b) April 4,1968, (c) May 4,1968, (d) December 4,1968, Ans- b, American gave the Negro people ............., (a) a good cheque, (b) a bad cheque, (c) a torn cheque, (d) an invalid cheque, Ans- b, To overlook the Negro would be ..............., (a) good, (b) beneficial, (c) fatal, (d) None of these, Ans- c, The Negroes made the pledge that they will always ............, (a) march ahead, (b) march back, (c) march slowly, (d) march fast, Ans- a, ...... is swealtering with the heat of injustice and oppression., (a) Mississippi, (b) New york, (c) California, (d) None of these, Ans- a, The condition of the ............ was appalling, (a) Negroes, (b) Indians, , Venue:, , Ans- a, , 1., , 2., , 3., , 4., , 5., , 6., , 3, , The most indubitable respect in which ideas have helped mankind is ., (i) more knowledge, (ii) numbers, (iii) happiness, (iv) less numbers, Ans- ii, Birds die of hunger in large number ............., (i) during summer, (ii) during rainy season, (iii) during winter, Ans- iii, During summer birds .........., (i) remember this catastrophe (ii) forget this catastrophe, (iii) fear from this., Ans- ii., We are able to get variety of enjoyment due to............., (i) our intelligence, (ii) our riches, (iii) our physical strength, Ans- i, We are more friendly ..............., (i) within the herd, (ii) outside the herd, (iii) everywhere, (iv) nowhere, Ans- i, After language the second most important thing which, , Venue:, , 6

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helped mankind was ................, (i) gold, (ii) silver, (iii) fire, (iv) None of these., Ans- iii, 7. The taming of domestic animals made life ..................., (i) pleasanter, (ii) fearful, (iii) harmful, (iv) None of these., Ans- i, 8. ‘Ideas That Have Helped Mankind’ has been writtten by ............., (i) H.E. Bates, (ii) Bertrand Russel, (iii) Dorothy L. Sayers (iv) S. Naoya, Ans- ii, 9. Bertrand Russel was a philosopher and a ....................., (i) historian, (ii) scientist, (iii) geologist, (iv) politician, Ans- i, 10. Civilization taught us to be more .............., (i) friendly, (ii) brotherly, (iii) cordialy (iv) nobely, Ans- i, 11. Ther invention of ......... was more important than domestication, of animal., (a) agriculture, (ii) fire, (iii) wheel, (iv) car, Ans- i, 12. Bertrand Russel was a ....................., (i) mathematician, (ii) dramatists, (iii) geologist, (iv) politician, Ans- i, 13. Has civilization taught us to be more ....... towards one another ?, (a) enemy, (b) angry, (c) upset, (d) friendly, Ans-d, 14. Bertrand Russell was born in ......., (a) 1871, (b) 1872, (c) 1873, (d) 1874, Ans-b, 15. Bertrand Russel died in ......, (a) 1970, (b) 1971, (c) 1972, (d) 1973, Ans-a, 16. Russel was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature in ....., (a) 1949, (b) 1950, (c) 1960, (d) 1970, Ans-b, , (i) village, (ii) town, (iii) city, (iv) harbour town, Ans- iv, 4. ‘The Artist’ is ............., (i) a short story, (ii) an article, (iii) a periodical, (iv) drama, Ans- i, 5. Who has written the story, ‘The Artist’ ?, (i) P.S. Buck, (ii) Manohar Malgaonkar, (iii) Shiga Naoya, (iv) H. E. Bates, Ans- ii, 7. Seibei was a twelve years old ............. boy, (i) Indian, (ii) Chinese, (iii) Pakistani, (iv) Japanese, Ans-iv, 8. Seibei was passionately interested in ................., (i) gourds, (ii) lady’s finger, (iii) orange, (iv) apple, Ans-i, 9. The curio dealer paid ............. for the confiscated gourd., (i) ten yen, (ii) twelve yen, (iii) sixteen yen, (iv) fifty yen, Ans-iii, 10. Seibei’s hobby was collecting of ..................., (i) apples, (ii) oranges, (iii) gourds, (iv) guavas, Ans-iii, 11. Shiga Naoya is a ........... short story writer., (i) Indian, (ii) Russian, (iii) Japanese, (iv) British, Ans-iii, 12. Shiga Naoya was born in ......., (i) 1883, (ii) 1884, (iii) 1885, (iv) 1886, Ans-(i), 13.Shiga Naoya died in ......., (i) 1970, (ii) 1971, (iii) 1972, (iv) 1974, Ans-(ii), 14. Seibe bought a ............. inch gourd from an old woman., (i) four, (ii) five, (iii) six, (iv) seven, Ans-(ii), 15.Seibe reads at .............school., (i) High, (ii) Primary (iii) Middle, (iv) None of theseAns-(ii), 16. Seibei's father worked at ...............shop., (i) carpenter's, (ii) curio, (iii) book, (iv) wine, Ans-(i), , The Artist, 1., , 2., , 3., , Seibei was ....................., (i) an artist, (ii) a musician, (iii) a singer, (iv) None of these., Ans- i, Seibei’s parents knew that he often went out to buy himself ....., (i) apples, (ii) oranges, (iii) gourds, (iv) guavas, Ans- iii, Seibei lived in a ..........., , Venue:, , 7, , 4, , Venue:, , 8

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A Child is Born, 1., , ‘A Child is Born’ is an extract from Germaine Greer’s book ......, (a) The Female Eunuch (b) The Change, (c) Sex and Destiny : The Politics of Human Fertility, Ans-c, 2. Traditional method of child-birth is accepted ................., (a) fearfully, (b) dangerously, (c) culturally and collectively (d) None of these, Ans-c, 3. In traditional births infant and mother moratality is ................, (a) lesser, (b) greater, (c) negligible, (d) None of these, Ans-b, 4. In traditional society a pregnant woman is primarily supported by ....., (a) husband(b) kinsfolk, (c) other members of society (d) None of these, Ans-a, 5. In traditional society a woman lose own name and is known as, the mother of her first born child, but the West regards it as ......., (a) good, (b) beneficial, (c) outrageous, (d) None of these, Ans-c, 6. During pregnancy the best place for the woman is ........., (a) hotel, (b) in-laws-family, (c) her mother’s house (d) None of these, Ans-c, 7. The naming ceremony is held when the baby is.............., (a) seven days old, (b) six days old, (c) twelve days old, (d) None of these, Ans-a, 8. In Bangladesh children under the age of five or six are looked after, by the .................., (a) father only, (b) mother only, (c) whole family, (d) Grand father only, Ans-c, 9. German Greer is a famous .............. writer., (a) educational, (b) scientific, (c) feminist, (d) None of these, Ans-c, 10. A child is Born is .................., (a) an essay, (b) a short story, (c) a speech, (d) a drama, Ans-a, 11. ‘A Child is Born’ has been written by ........., (a) Dorothy L Sayers, (b) Germaine Greer, (c) H.E. Bates, (d) Pearl S Buck, Ans-b, 12. Germaine Greer was born in ........., (a) 1919, (b) 1920, (c) 1939, (d) 1940, Ans-c, 13. German Greer is a famous .............. writer., (a) Indian (b) American (c) British, (d) Australian, Ans-d, , Venue:, , 9, , How Free is the Press, 1., , In democracy, the freedom of press is ............., (a) not necessary, (b) necessary, (c) dangerous, (d) None of these, Ans-b, 2. Freedom of press is restricted during ................, (a) peace, (b) war, (c) epidemic, (d) None of these, Ans-b, 3. The state is the ................, (a) master of the people (b) servant of the people, (c) exploiter of the people, Ans-a, 4. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by ................, (a) two chief factors, (b) three chief factors, (c) four chief factors, (d) None of these, Ans-a, 5. The policy of a newspaper is largely determined by ..............., (a) the government, (b) the public, (c) the proprietor, (d) None of these, Ans-c, 6. The author has given the forms of misrepresentation, they are ......., (a) five, (b) four, (c) seven, (d) six, Ans-d, 7. The press enjoys the .............., (a) boldness of public, (b) the helplessness of the public, (c) idleness of the public, Ans-b, 8. The first chief source of a newspaper’s revenue is ................, (a) advertisement, (b) grant by the Govt., (c) donation, (d) Debt, Ans-a, 9. ‘How Free is the Press’ has been written by ........., (a) Dorothy L Sayers, (b) Germaine Greer, (c) H.E. Bates, (d) Pearl S Buck, Ans-a, 10. The ..........is not the master but the servant of the people., (a) government, (b) state, (c) village, (d) country, Ans-b, 11. The ............ Press is, under ordinary conditions, singularly free., (a) Indian, (b) Pakistani (c) Nepali, (d) British, Ans-d, 12. .......... was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford, University., (a) Dorothy L Sayers, (b) Germaine Greer, (c)Kamala Das, (d) Pearl S Buck, Ans-a, , 5, , Venue:, , 10

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13. Dorothy L Sayers was born in ........, (a) 1897, (b) 1893, (c) 1894, 14. Dorothy L Sayers died in ........, (a) 1965, (b) 1957, (c) 1954, , (d) 1865, , Ans- b, , (d) 1962, , Ans-b, , (c) Whitemore, (d) None of these, 14. Benjy wanted to marry............, (a) Florence, (b) Natalia (c) Alia, (d) Roma, 15. Benjy's parents did not like .............., (a) Florence, (b) Natalia (c) Alia, (d) Roma, 16. ............ drives his parents from their house., (a) Jacky, (b) Seibei, (c) Benjy, (d) Tomy, 17. Benjy married at the age of ........, (a) 40, (b) 41, (c) 42, (d) 43, 18. H.E. Bates was born in ..........., (a) 1906, (b) 1905, (c) 1915, (d) 1965, 19. H.E. Bates died in .........., (a) 1974, (b) 1975, (c) 1978, (d) 1964, , The Earth, 1., , H.E. Bates’ first novel was published when he was only ....., (a) 20, (b) 21, (c) 22, (d) 23, Ans-b, 2. The name of the Johnson’s son was .............., (a) Jacky (b) Seibei (c) Benjy, (d) Tomy, Ans-c, 3. The doctor suggested to let him keep .............., (a) cows, (b) hens, (c) horses, (d) goats, Ans-b, 4. At first Benjy kept ..............., (a) ten or a dozen hens (b) two dozen hens, (c) four dozen hens, (d) fourty or fifty hens, Ans-a, 5. Benjy left the school at ................, (a) twelve (b) twenty (c) fourteen (d) ten, Ans-c, 6. When Benjy left the school he had ................., (a) forty or fifty hens, (b) thirty or fourty hens, (c) sixty or seventy hens, Ans-a, 7. Benjy’s parents planned for a ceremony when he was ............., (a) thirty, (b) twenty-five, (c) twenty-one, (d) fifteen, Ans-c, 8. For many years Benjy’s father had been a local ............, (a) teacher (b) farmer, (c) preacher (d) doctor, Ans-c, 9. Johnson rented land from ................., (a) Sanders, (b) Randers, (c) Whitemore, (d) None of these, Ans-a, 10. The Earth is ................, (a) a short story, (b) a drama, (c) an essay, (d) a speech, Ans-a, 11. ‘The Earth’ has been written by ........., (a) Dorothy L Sayers, (b) Shiga Naoya, (c) H.E. Bates, (d) Pearl S Buck, Ans-b, 12. Benjy was the son of ..............., (a) Robinsons, (b) Stevensons, (c) Rocksons, (d) Johnsons, Ans-d, 13. Benjy purchased land from ..........., (a) Sanders, (b) Randers, , Venue:, , 11, , Ans-a, Ans-a, Ans-a, Ans-c, Ans-a, Ans-b, Ans-a, , India Through a traveller’s Eyes, 1., , 2., , 3., , 4., , 5., , 6., , 7., , 6, , Gandhi’s hold was upon ........., (a) intellectuals, (b) peasants, (c) both, (d) None of these, Ans-c, The Mongolian from Europe invaded ............, (a) Bengal, (b) Delhi, (c) Punjab, (d) Kashmir, Ans-d, The first woman President of the General Assembly of the United, State was the ..................., (a) Japanese, (b) American, (c) Chinese, (d) Indian, Ans-d, Indians, under the British rule, had a life-span of just ..............., (a) 30 years, (b) 27 years, (c) 60 years, (d) 70 years, Ans-b, I was called to kill a dangerous ..............., (a) snake, (b) dog, (c) cat, (d) lion, Ans-a, From babyhood the Indian ....... are taught that the right hand is, for clean services., (a) people, (b) children, (c) young, (d) boys, Ans-b, “Indian Through Traveller’s Eyes” has been written by ........, (a) Dorothy L Sayers, (b) Shiga Naoya, (c) H.E. Bates, (d) Pearl S Buck, Ans-d, , Venue:, , 12

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8., , “Indian Through Traveller’s Eyes” is ............., (a) a short story, (b) a speech, (c) an essay, (d) drama, Ans-c, 9. Pearl S. Buck is ................writer., (a) an Indian, (b) an English, (c) an American, (d) a Russian, Ans-c, 10. Pearl S. Buck came to India ............., Ans-d, (a) to see the rivers and mountains., (b) to talk to national leaders, (c) to see the big cities, (d) to listen to the young intellectuals and the peasants of India., 11. Pearl S. Buck was born in ............, (a) 1892, (b) 1893, (c) 1894, (d) 1895, Ans-b, 12. Pearl S. Buck died in ......, (a) 1957, (b) 1958``, (c) 1999, (d) 1954, Ans-a, 13. Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for literature in .........., (a) 1937, (b) 1938, (c) 1939, (d) 1940, Ans- b, 14. The book 'Come, My beloved' has the .........., (a) English background, (b) Chinese background, (c) American background, (d) Indian background, Ans-d, 15. The first woman President of te General Assembly of the United, State was the ........., (a) British, (b) English (c) Japanese (d) Indian, Ans-d, 16. The land between Bombay and ............ famished., (a) Samastipur (b) Patna, (c) Calcutta (d) Madras, Ans- d, 17. ........... visited India to see and listen to two groups of people., (a) Dorothy L Sayers, (b) Shiga Naoya, (c) H.E. Bates, (d) Pearl S Buck, Ans-d, , 4., , Lomov was the ............. of Choobookov., (a) neighbour, (b) enemy, (c) friend, (d) sister, 5. Lomov is .......... years old., (a) 30, (b) 35, (c) 40, (d) 45, 6. Anton Chekov began his career by writing ................., (a) drama, (b) poetry, (c) comic sketches, (d) novels, 7. Anton Chekhov was ............., (a) an American, (b) an Indian, (c) a Russian, (d) None of these, 8. ........... is the daughter of Choobookov., (a) Natalia, (b) Rosy, (c) Emily, (d) Dora, 9. The name of Lomov’s dog is ..............., (a) Leap, (b) Guess, (c) Tomy, (d) None of these, 10. The name of Natalia’s dog is ..............., (a) Leap, (b) Guess, (c) Tomy, (d) None of these, 11. Lomov is a man of ...............temperament., , 2., , 3., , A Marriage Proposal has been written by ............., (a) H.E. Bates, (b) Shiga Naoya, (c) Manohar Malgaonkar (d) Anton Chekhov, A Marriage Proposal is ..........., (a) an essay, (b) a speech, (c) a drama, (d) a short story, A Marriage Proposal is a .......... act play., (a) three, (b) four, (c) six, (d) one, , Venue:, , Ans-b, , Ans-c, , Ans-c, , Ans-a, , Ans-b, , Ans-a, , (a) caste, (b) sex, (c) religion, (d) nurvous, Ans-d, 12. Natalia and ............. are quarrelling for Ox Meadows., (a) Romov, (b) Lomov, (c) Choobookov, (d) Sonia, Ans-b, 13. Lomov has come to ask for ............. hand in, marriage., (a) Natalia's, (b) Florence's, (c) Sofi's, (d) Sofia's, Ans-a, 14. Anton Chekhov was born in..............., (a) 1850, (b) 1860 (c) 1870, (d) 1880, Ans-b, 15. Anton Chekhov died in .........., (a) 1905, (b)1904, (c) 1910, (d) 1925, Ans-b, , A Marriage Proposal, 1., , Ans-a, , Ans-d, , POETRY OBJECTIVE, Ans-c, , Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe, 1., , Ans-d, , 13, , 7, , Who has composed the poem, ‘Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe’ ?, (a) John Dryden, (b) John Milton, Ans -c, , Venue:, , 14

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2., , 3., , 4., , 5., , 6., 7., 8., , 9., , 10., , 11., , 12., , 13., , 14., , (c) John Donne, (d) John Keats., John Donne was the pioneer of ..................., Ans -b, (a) Elizabethan poetry (b) Metaphysical poetry, (c) Restoration poetry (d) Neo-classical poetry, ‘Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe’ has been addressed to..............., (a) Donne’s sister, (b) Donne’s mother, (c) Donne’s friend, (d) Donne’s wife., Ans -d, The poet in Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe is ..… his beloved., (a) tired of, (b) sad for, (c) angry with, (d) happy for, Ans -b, ................... has been described as a metaphysical poet., (a) T.S.Eliot, (b) Shakespeare, (c) William Wordsworth (d) John Donne, Ans -d, John Donne thinks that ................... is certain., Ans -c, (a) life, (b) work, (c) death, (d) birth, John Donne wants to go away because he is not tired of his ...., (a) father (b) beloved (c) sister, (d) mother, Ans -b, Donne was forced to leave ............. University without a degree, because of his religion., Ans -b, (a) Cambridge, (b) Oxford, (c) Delhi, (d) None of these, The sun does not have ........................., Ans -b, (a) mind, (b) desire and sense, (c) body, (d) soul, The beloved wastes speaker’s life by .................., Ans -b, (a) dancing and laughing, (b) by sighing and crying, (c) making fun and dancing (d) sitting and acting, 'When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not winde, But sigh'st my soule, away.' is written by :, Ans -c, (a) John Dryden, (b) John Milton, (c) John Donne, (d) John Keats., 'If in thine my life thou waste, Thou art the best of me' is written by :, (a) John Dryden, (b) John Milton, (c) John Donne, (d) John Keats., Ans -c, 'But thinke that wee Are but turn'd aside to sleepe’is a line from, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, (c) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe(d) An Epitaph, Ans-c, 'O how feeble is man's power, That if good fortune fall’ is written by, (a) John Dryden, (b) John Milton, (c) John Donne, (d) John Keats., Ans -c, , Venue:, , 15, , 15. 'Yesternight the sunne went hence And yet is here today', is written by :, Ans -c, (a) John Dryden, (b) John Milton, (c) John Donne, (d) John Keats., 16. 'He hath no desire nor sense Nor halfe so short a way;, Then fear not mee' is written by :, Ans -c, (a) John Dryden, (b) John Milton, (c) John Donne, (d) John Keats., 17. John Donne was born in ............., (a) 1572, (b) 1573, (c) 1574, (d) 1575, Ans-a, , 18. John Donne died in ........., (a) 1630, (b) 1631 (c) 1632, , (d) 1633, , Ans-b, , Song of Myself, 1., , Who has composed the poem, ‘Song of myself’ ?, Ans -a, (a) Walt Whitman, (b) Walter de la Mare, (c) Walt Disney, (d) W. B. Yeats, 2. Whitman was ......... poet., Ans -b, (a) an Indian, (b) an American, (c) a British, (d) an Irish, 3. The poet in Song of Myself ……. for himself., Ans -b, a) cries, b) sings, c) laughs, d) shouts, 4. Walt Whitman is ............... years old., Ans -c, (a) 35, (b) 36, (c) 37, (d) 38, 5. Every atom of blood is ................. in all human beings. Ans -c, (a) different (b) equal, (c) the same (d) various, 6. ‘I celebrate myself and sing myself’ - is written by, Ans -a, (a) Walt Whitman, (b) Walter de la Mare, (c) Walt Disney, (d) W.B. Yeats, 7. Hoping to cease not till death’ is a line from, Ans -a, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, (c) The Soldier, (d) An Epitaph, 8. ‘I harbour for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard’is written by, Ans -a, (a) Walt Whitman, (b) Walter de la Mare, (c) Walt Disney, (d) W.B. Yeats, 9. ‘Creeds and schools in abeyance’ is a line from, Ans -a, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, (c) The Soldier, (d) An Epitaph, 10. ‘I harbour for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard’ is, a line from, Ans -a, , 8, , Venue:, , 16

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(a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, (c) The Soldier, (d) An Epitaph, 11. Walt Whitman was born in ............., (a) 1818, (b) 1817, (c) 1819, (d) 1820, 12. Walt Whitman died in .........., (a) 1890, (b) 1891, (c) 1892, (d) 1895, , (c) journey, (d) expedition, 11. The falling of ............. refer to the speedy arrival of death., (a) leaves, (b) snows, (c) hail storm, (d) stones, Ans-a, 12. And the ........is dumb. And the angle will not come., Ans -d, (i) peacock, (b) cuckoo, (c) parrot, (d) nightingale, 13. ..... waterfall could bless the travellers passing through that way., (a) White, (b) Red, (c) Yellow, (d) Black, Ans-a, 14. The leaves are falling .................., Ans -a, (a) fast, (b) slow, (c) good, (d) soon, 15. ‘Whose white waterfall could bless Travellers in their last distress’, is written by, Ans -a, (a) W.H.Auden, (b) Walter de la Mare, (c) D.H. Lawrence, (d) Rupert Brooke, 16. W.H.Auden was born in ..........., (a) 1904, (b) 1905, (c) 1906, (d) 1907, Ans-d, 17. W.H.Auden died in .........., (a) 1970, (b) 1971, (c) 1972, (d) 1973, Ans-d, 18. W.H.Auden won the Pulitzer Prize in ........., (a) 1947, (b) 1948, (c) 1949, (d) 1950, Ans-b, 19. W.H.Auden won the Pulitzer Prize for his collection ............, (a) The Age of Anxiety, (b) The Shield of Achilles, (c) The Dance of Death, (d) Look Stranger, Ans-a, , Ans-c, Ans-c, , Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast, 1., , Who has composed the poem, ‘Now The Leaves Are, Falling Fast’ ?, Ans -a, (a) W.H.Auden, (b) Walter de la Mare, (c) D.H. Lawrence, (d) Rupert Brooke, 2. ‘Dead in hundreds at the back Follow wooden in our track’, is written by, Ans-a, (a) W.H.Auden, (b) Walter de la Mare, (c) D.H. Lawrence, (d) Rupert Brooke, 3. For Auden poetry was ............., Ans-c, (a) a light game, (b) an interesting game, (c) a serious game, (d) None of these., 4. “The prams go rolling on” suggests the ............., Ans-a, (a) continuity of life, (b) end of life, (c) faith of life, (d) hope of life., 5. ’Cold, impossible, ahead Lists the mountain’s lovely head’, is a line from, Ans-d, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, (c) The Soldier, (d) Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast, 6. ‘Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast’ ......... the frustration inherent, in human life., Ans-b, (a) reacts, (b) enacts, (c) accepts, (d) protests, 7. ‘Whispering neighbours, left and right Pluck us from real delight’, is written by, Ans -a, (a) W.H.Auden, (b) Walter de la Mare, (c) D.H. Lawrence, (d) Rupert Brooke, 8. ‘Arms raised stiffy to reprove In false attitude of love’ is a line from, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, Ans -d, (c) The Soldier, (d) Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast, 9. The prams are ........................, Ans -c, (a) standing, (b) running, (c) rolling, (d) lying, 10. The travellers are moving towards their ........, Ans -a, (a) death, (b) life, , Venue:, , 17, , ODE TO AUTUMN, 1., , 2., , 3., , 4., , 9, , Who has composed the poem, ‘Ode To Autumn’?, Ans -a, (a) John Keats, (b) William Wordsworth, (c) P.B.Shelly, (d) W.B. Yeats, ‘Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours’ is a line from, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, (c) The Soldier, (d) Ode to Autumn, Ans-d, Ode To Autumn’ is a................. poem., Ans -c, (a) love, (b) war, (c) nature, (d) happy, In ‘Ode To Autumn’ Keats deals with ...... in detail., Ans-d, (a) Spring, (b) Winter, (c) Summer, (d) Autumn, , Venue:, , 18

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5., , Keats was ............ poet., Ans -a, (a) a romantic, (b) war, (c) modern, (d) Metaphysical, 6. ‘Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store’is a line from Ans-d, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, (c) The Soldier, (d) Ode to Autumn, 7. ‘The red breast whistles from a garden-croft And gahtering, swallows twitter in the skies’ is written by :, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Kamala Das, Ans-a, 8. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ Who wrote this line?, Ans-a, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) W.B. Yeats, 9. .................. was a great lover of Nature., Ans -a, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Kamala Das, 10. Autumn starts with the departure of the .......season., Ans -c, (a) spring (b) summer (c) winter, (d) rainy, 11. Ode to ................. is an ode., Ans -d, (a) winter (b) spring, (c) season, (d) autumn, 12. Autumn is a season of mellow ................., Ans -d, (a) fruitlessness, (b) no wind, (c) no sound of the birds, (d) fruitfulness, 14. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' is from the poem: Ans -b, (a) Song of myself, (b) Ode to Autumn, (c) An Epitaph, 15. Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they ?, is written by :, Ans -a, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Kamala Das, 16. And gathering swallows twitter in the skies' is written by:Ans -a, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Kamala Das, 17. John Keats was born in .............., (a) 1795, (b) 1797, (c) 1798, (d) 1799, Ans-a, 18. John Keats died in ............., (a) 1820, (b) 1821, (c) 1822, (d) 1823, Ans-b, 19. John Keats died of ............, (a) septicaemia, (b) tuberculosisi, (c) cancer, (d) diabetes, Ans-b, , An Epitaph, 1. Who has composed the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ ?, (a) Walter de la mare (b) W.H.Auden, (c) W.B. Yeats (d) William Blake, , Ans-a, , 2. Walter de la Mare belonged to ............................. century., (a) 19th, (b) 20th, (c) 18th, (d) 17th, Ans-b, 3. Walter de la Mare honoured with the ‘Order of Merit’ in, .........................., (a) 1951, (b) 1952, (c) 1953, (d) 1954, Ans-c, 4.Walter de la Mare is famous as a ......... ............., (a) children’s poet (b) nature poet, (c) war poet (d) romantic poet, Ans-a, 5. The tone of the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ is ..........................., (a) happy, (b) melancholy, (c) romantic (d) None of these, Ans-b, 6. Walter de la Mare was ........................., (a) a poet, (b) a novelist, (c) a short story-writer (d) All of these., Ans-d, 7. The poet feels that after his death nobody will .............. her., (a) forget, (b) remember (c) love, (d) hate, Ans-b, 8. Walter de la Mare shows fresh interest in ..... themes., (a) old, (b) medieval (c) love, (d) All of these, Ans-a, 9. ‘An Epitaph’ deals with a beautiful ........................., (a) girl, (b) lady, (c) baby, (d) flower, Ans-b, 10. The lady mentioned in the poem ‘An Epitaph’ belonged to the, ...................., (a) North Country, (b) East Country, (c) West Country, (d) South Country, Ans-c, 11. The poetic device, which is used in the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ is, ..............., (a) metaphor (b) simile, (c) personification, (d) ambiguity, Ans-d, 12. The term ‘crumble’ used in the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ means to, , Venue:, , 19, , 10, , Venue:, , 20

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.................., (a) die, (b) live, (c) suffer, (d) happy, Ans-a, 13. Physical beauty is ........................., (a) long lived (b) permanent, (c) short lived (d) lived for ever, Ans-c, 14. Walter De La Mare was born in ............, (a) 1871, (b) 1872, (c) 1873, (d)1874, Ans-c, 15. Walter De La Mare died in ............, (a) 1955, (b) 1956, (c) 1957, (d) 1958, Ans-b, 16. Walter De La Mare received the "Order of Merit" in ......, (a) 1951, (b) 1952, (c) 1953, (d) 1954, Ans-c, 17. "Here lies a most beautiful lady" is written by, , 3., 4., , 5., , 6., 7., 8., 9., , (a) John Keats (b) John Donne, (c) Walter De La Mare (d) Rupert Brooke, Ans-c, 18. "But beauty vanishes; beauty passes" is written by, (a) John Keats (b) John Donne, (c) Walter De La Mare (d) Rupert Brooke, Ans-c, 19. "And when I crumble, who will remember This lady of the West, Country" is written by, (a) John Keats (b) John Donne, (c) Walter De La Mare (d) Rupert Brooke, Ans-c, 20. "Light of step and heart was she" is from the poem :, (a) Song of myself, (b) The Soldier, (c) An Epitaph, (d) To Autumn, Ans-c, 21. "I think she was the most beautiful lady That ever was in the West, Country" is from the poem :, (a) Song of myself, (b) The Soldier, (c) An Epitaph, (d) To Autumn, Ans-c, , 10., , 11., 12., , 13., , 14., , 15., , The Soldier, 1., , 2., , Who has composed the poem, ‘The Soldier’ ?, (a) Rupert Brooke, (b) T.S.Eliot, (c) D.H.Lawrence, (d) W.H.Auden, Rupert Brooke is remembered as a .................., (a) love poet, (b) war poet, , Venue:, , Ans - a, , (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Rupert Brooke, 16. 'And think , this heart, all evil shed away A pulse in the eternal, mind, no less' is written by :, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, , Ans -b, , 21, , (c) nature poet, (d) realistic poet, ‘The Soldier’ is .................................., Ans -b, (a) an ode (b) a sonnet (c) an epic, (d) None of these., ‘The Soldier’ is .................. poem., Ans -c, (a) a symbolic, (b) a lyrical, (c) a patriotic, (d) None of these., A sonnet is a poem of ................. lines., Ans -b, (a) 12, (b) 14, (c) 16, (d) 18, The first ............. lines are called octave., Ans -d, (a) 4, (b) 6, (c) 7, (d) 8, ‘The Soldier’ is .................. poem., Ans -d, (a) love, (b) happy, (c) nature, (d) war, The last ............. lines are known as sestet., Ans -b, (a) 4, (b) 6, (c) 7, (d) 8, According to ‘The Soldier’ England has given her natives her, flowers..........., Ans -b, (a) to worship (b) to love (c) to offer, (d) None of these, ‘Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day’ is a line from, (a) Song of myself, (b) Fire-Hymn, Ans -c, (c) The Soldier, (d) Ode to Autumn, The soldier is not afraid of ........................, Ans -c, (a) life, (b) fear, (c) death, (d) lion, ............. is a patriotic poem., Ans -c, (a) To Autumn, (b) Song of Myself, (c) The Soldier, (d) Fire- Hymn, 'And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace,, under an English heaven.' is written by :, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Rupert Brooke, Ans -d, 'If I should die, think only this of me' is from the poem : Ans -b, (a) Song of myself, (b) The Soldier, (c) An Epitaph, (d) To Autumn, 'A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware ?, is written by :, Ans -d, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, , 11, , Venue:, , 22

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(c) T.S. Eliot, , (d) Rupert Brooke, , 17. Rupert Brooke was born in ............, (a) 1887, (b) 1888, (c) 1889, (d)1899, 18. Rupert Brooke died in .........., (a) 1914, (b) 1915, (c) 1916, (d) 1917, 19.Rupert Brooke died of ............, (a) septicaemia, (b) tuberculosisi, (c) cancer, (d) diabetes, 20. Rupert Brooke died on .........., (a) April 23, 1915, (b) April 24,1916, (c) April 24,1915, (d) April 25,1917, , Ans -d, , (a) dogs, (b) cats, (c) rats, (d) lions, 11. Macavity is outwardly .........................., Ans -d, (a) miserable, (b) healthy, (c) appealing, (d) respectable, 12. Macavity is an ................., Ans -a, (a) outlaw (b) criminals (c) looter, (d) diplomat, 13. 'For he's the master criminal who can defy the law. He's the, bafflement of Scotland yard' is from the poem :, (a) MACAVITY, (b) The Soldier, (c) An Epitaph, (d) To Autumn, Ans -a, 14. 'For he's the master criminal who can defy the law. He's, the bafflement of Scotland yard' is written by :, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Rupert Brooke, Ans -c, 15. Macavity is full of ........................, Ans -d, (a) happiness, (b)sadness, (c) selfishness, (d) deceitfulness, 16. Macavity breaks every human law and he is called ........ paw., (a) hidden (b) fakir, (c) ginger, (d) Napoleon Ans -a, 17. And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide, awake is written by :, Ans -c, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Rupert Brooke, 18. He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity. is, written by :, Ans -c, (a) John Keats, (b) John Donne, (c) T.S. Eliot, (d) Rupert Brooke, 19. T.S. Eliot was born in .........., (a) 1886, (b) 1887, (c)1888, (d)1889, Ans-c, 20. T.S. Eliot died in .........., (a) 1964, (b) 1965, (c) 1966, (d) 1967, Ans-b, , Ans-a, Ans-b, , Ans-a, , Ans-a, , Macavity : The Mystery Cat, 1., , Who has composed the poem, ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’?, (a) T.S. Eliot, (b) W.B. Yeats, (c) W.H. Auden, (d) John Donne, Ans -a, 2. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in .............., (a) 1947, (b) 1948, (c) 1949, (d) 1950, Ans -b, 3. Eliot was a poet, critic and .................., Ans -a, (a) verse dramatist, (b) a writer of detective fiction, (c) mathematician, 4. ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’ is a ............ poem., Ans -a, (a) humorous, (b) didactic, (c) symbolic, (d) None of these., 5. Macavity is the ..................... of Scotland Yard., Ans -b, (a) despair, (b) bafflement, (c) frusrtration, (d) troube, 6. According to Eliot, Macavity is the .......... of crime., Ans -b, (a) Hitler, (b) Napoleon, (c) Alexander, (d) Master, 7. Macavity is called …....., Ans -a, (a) The Hidden Paw, (b) The Exposed Paw, (c) The Naughty Paw, (d) The Mysterious Paw, 8. .................... is a master of criminal., Ans -a, (a) Macavity, (b) Sacavity, (c) Nacavity(d) Racavity, 9. Macavity is a ..................., Ans -b, (a) dog, (b) cat, (c) rat, (d) lion, 10. Mungojerrie and Griddlebone are also .................., Ans -b, , Venue:, , 23, , FIRE - HYMN, 1., , 2., 3., , 12, , Who has composed the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ ?, Ans -a, (a) Keki N. Daruwalla, (b) Keki N. Darulal, (c) Kamala Das, (d) Manohar Malgaonkar, Keki N. Daruwalla received Sahitya Akademy Award in........, (a) 1983, (b) 1984, (c) 1985, (d) 1986, Ans -b, ‘I never forgot and twenty years since As I consigned my first, born to the flames’ is taken from, , Venue:, , 24

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4., 5., , 6., , 7., , 8., 9., , 10, , 11., , 12., , 13., , 14., , 15., 16., 17., , (a) Fire-Hymn, (b) The Soldier, (c) TO Autumn, (d) Song of Myself, Ans -a, Fire-Hymn deals with .............ghat., Ans -b, (a) bathing (b) burning (c) drinking, (d) None of these., ‘Broken, yet rebellious, I swore this time To save it from the sin, of forgiving’; is written by :, (a) John Donne, (b) John Keats, (c) Keki N. Daruwala, (d) T.S. Eliot, Ans -c, ‘The burning ghat-erupted phosphorence’; is taken from Ans -a, (a) Fire-Hymn, (b) The Soldier, (c) TO Autumn, (d) Song of Myself, The nearest ‘Tower of silence’ according to the poem, ‘FireHymn’ was ................. away., (a) a thousand miles, (b) two thousand miles, (c) three thousand miles, Ans -a, Keki N. Daruwala is an ................... poet, Ans -d, (a) British (b) American (c) African, (d) Indo-Anglian, It was the ............. of the poet along with him, passing by the, burning ghat., Ans -a, (a) father (b) mother (c) brother, (d) son, The ............. forgets its dead because sometimes it leaves the, dead body half burnt., Ans -a, (a) fire, (b) man, (c) animal, (d) plant, ..... swears to save fire from the sin of forgetfulness., Ans -a, (a) Keki N Daruwala, (b) T.S. Eliot, (c) John Donn, (d) John Keats, The ........ child was consigned to fire under compulsion. Ans -a, (a) first born, (b) second born, (c) third born, (d) None of these, The redness of the fire appears ........ to the poet., Ans -b, (a) nice, (b) cruel, (c) comfortable, (d) acceptable, The passers-by got ............ to see the fire at the ghat. Ans -b, (a) delighted, (b) frightened, (c) happy, (d) pleased, Consigning his new born son to flames took place .... years ago., (a) 15, (b) 18, (c) 20, (d) 24, Ans -c, The poet sees the red hot ...................., Ans -a, (a) embers (b) iron, (c) face, (d) flower, The speaker in 'Fire-Hymn' belongs to ........ religion., Ans -c, , Venue:, , 25, , (a) Indian (b)) African (c) Zoroastrian (d) Nigerian, 18. 'I swore to save fire From the sin of forgetfulness' -is written by, (a) John Donne, (b) John Keats, (c) Keki N. Daruwala, (d) T.S. Eliot, Ans -c, 19. Keki N. Daruwalla was born in ........, (a) 1937, (b) 1938, (c) 1939, (d) 1940, Ans- a, 20. Keki N. Daruwalla received Sahitya Akademi Award ..........., (a) 1984, (b)1985, (c)1986, (d) 1987, Ans-a, , Snake, 1., , Who has composed the poem ‘Snake’ ?, Ans -b, (a) T.S. Eliot, (b) D.H. Lawrence, (c) W. B. Yeats, (d) Walt Whitman, 2. The snake came to the poet’s water-through on a ........ day., (a) hot, (b) cold, (c) rainy (d) None of these., Ans-a, 3. In ........... according to the poem, ‘Snake’ black snakes are, considered innocent., Ans-b, (a) England (b) Sicily, (c) France, (d) Italy, 4. The speaker of the poem, ‘Snake’ compares the snake with the, sea-albatross of ................, Ans -a, (a) The Ancient Mariner (b) Eve of St. Agnes, (c) The Scholar Gipsy, 5. A ........................ is mentioned in the poem ‘Snake’., Ans -c, (a)Mango tree, (b) Peepal tree, (c) Carobtree, (d) Banyan tree, 6. The snake seemed like a ................... in exile., Ans -b, (a) queen (b) king, (c) fakir, (d) saint, 7. The snake looked at the poet ................., Ans -a, (a) vaguely, (b) interestingly, (c) happily, (d) angrily, 8. The speaker in the poem, “Snake” hits the snake with ..............., (a) a hunter (b) a log, (c) a rod, (d) a gun, Ans -b, 9. 'Someone was before me at my water-trough, And I, like a, second comer, waiting.' is a line from, Ans -c, (a) Fire-Hymn, (b) The Soldier, (c) Snake, (d) An Epitaph, 10. 'I looked round, I put down my pitcher, I picked up a clumsy log, And threw it at the water trough with clatter' is written by, (a) Kamala Das, (b) D.H. Lawrence, (c) W. B. Yeats, (d) Walt Whitman, Ans -b, , 13, , Venue:, , 26

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(a) dog, (b) cat, (c) cow, (d) goat, 7. My Grandmother’s House is an ....... poem by Kamala Das., (a) auto biographical, (b) biographical, (c) Bibliographical, (d) ultra, Ans -a, 8. The house went into silence due to the death of the ...... Ans -b, (a) man, (b) woman, (c) boy, (d) girl, 9. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ live with her grandmother ?, (a) during her childhood (b)during her adolescence, (c) during her youth, Ans-a, 11. The woman of the house is ......................., Ans -b, (a) alive, (b) dead, (c) sleeping, (d) moving, 12. The poetess in 'The Grand Mother's House' begs at ........... door., (a) friend's, (b) family's, (c) strangers', (d) enemy's, Ans -c, 13. 'There is a house now far away where once I received love' - is, from the poem :, Ans -d, (a) Song of myself, (b) Ode to Autumn, (c) Snake, (d) My Grandmother's House, 14. '....... I who have lost. My way and beg now at strangers' doors, to Receive love, at least in smal change ?' is taken from Ans -d, (a) Song of myself, (b) Ode to Autumn, (c) Snake, (d) My Grandmother's House, 15. 'The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved Among books I, was then too young' is written by, (a) Kamala Das, (b) Sarojini Naidu, (c) Keki N. Daruwala, (d) John Keats, Ans -a, 16. Kamala Das was born in .........., (a) 1934, (b) 1935, (c)1936, (d) 1937, Ans-a, 17. Kamala Das died in .., (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2009, Ans-d, , 11. 'The voice of my education said to me, 'He must be, killed' is a line from, Ans -c, (a) Fire-Hymn, (b) The Soldier, (c) Snake, (d) An Epitaph, 12. 'For he seemed to me again like a king, Like a king in exile,, uncrowned in the underworld, Now due to be crowned again' is, written by :, Ans -b, (a) Kamala Das, (b) D.H. Lawrence, (c) W. B. Yeats, (d) Walt Whitman, 13. Was it cowardice, that I dared not kill him? is written by:Ans -b, (a) Kamala Das, (b) D.H. Lawrence, (c) W. B. Yeats, (d) Walt Whitman, 14. 'And where the water had dripped from the taps in a small, clearness. He sipped with his straight mouth' is written by :, (a) Kamala Das, (b) D.H. Lawrence, Ans-b, (c) W. B. Yeats, (d) Walt Whitman, 15. D.H. Lawrence was born in ............., (a) 1885, (b) 1886, (c) 1887, (d) 1888, Ans-a, 16. D.H. Lawrence died in .........., (a) 1930, (b) 1929, (c) 1931, (d) 1947, Ans-a, , My Grand Mother’s House, 1., , 2., , 3., , 4., , 5., , 6., , Who has composed the poem, ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?, (a) Kamala Das, (b) Sarojini Naidu, (c) Keki N. Daruwala, (d) John Keats, Ans -a, My Grandmother’s House published in ............., Ans -b, (a) Descendants, (b) Summer in Calcutta, (c) The Old Playhouse and Other Poems, Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in the sweet, company of her ................, Ans -b, (a) mother, (b) sister, (c) grandfather, (d) grandmother, Kamala Das is an ......................... poetess., Ans -c, (a) American, (b) African, (c) Indian, (d) English, Kamala Das is talking about her ..... who is dead now. Ans -a, (a) grand mother, (b) grand father, (c) father, (d) mother, She noticed a ......... behind the door of the bedroom., Ans -a, , Venue:, , 27, , Group - B, Q.No.01.-Write an Essay in about 100-150 words on any one of, the following topics: [8], , 14, , Venue:, , 28

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A memorable day Or The Happiest Day of My Life, The first day in my college is a memorable and the happiest day in my, life because my desire to study in R.D.S. college is fullfilled. I came to, college for the first day on August 2003.Everything was new to me.All, the faces were unfamliar.Suddenly I found a senior student of my, college.He took me round the college building.I saw the library, the, laboratories,the boys common room, the playground,the office etc. I, had taken down my class routine.The bell rang.I went to my class, room.It was a big and airy hall.There were about one hundred students, in it.It was the English class.The teacher came in.We all stood up.He, told us something about college life. We all listened to him carefully.It, is hard to forget this day., I felt a sense of complete freedom at college. It seemed to me, that college life was life of joy and freedom., , be unending., The polling booth generally closes by 4 or 4.30 p.m., Sometimes bogus vote also polled.After the polls are over,each, candidates starts assessing his or her chance of success in the, evening.The counting of votes starts in a day or two after the polls.The, result is declared and the winning candidates take out victory procession, in democractic country,election are of supreme important., Female Education Or, Place of women in Indian society, A woman is always honoured in Indian society. Tagore says, “Woman is the builder and mouldier of a nation’s destiny”.Gandhiji, echoed the same feelings when he says, “Woman is the incarnation of, Ahinsa”.But in Europe woman was never given so high a, position.According to one English rhym- A dog,a wife and walnut tree, the more you beat them ,they better they be., During the epic period man was allowed to marry only one, lady.But in those days woman was depending upon man.Duuring the, Muslim rule woman was kept within homes. Her position was lowered, during the British rule. After independence attempts have been made, to emancipate woman. Woman get equal opportunity for employment., The recent campaign against dowry system is meant to better the, position of the women in society.Now-a-days they are journalist, doctors,, enginners and even police officer., Nitish kumar,the chief minister of Bihar,who has provided real, honour by providing 50% reservation in panchayat election and in service, providing cycle and dress to the school girls., , Uses and abuses of cinema, We live in the age which is called the age of science.By its wonderful, gifts it has changed the face of the world which it is good it brings, heaven on the earth which it is bad it brings hell.The cinema is one of, the gifts of science.Cinema today enjoys a unique position in human, life.All the important towns and cities have more than one cinema, halls all over the world.It plays a vital role in shapping human life both, positively and negetivly., The most important and useful role of cinema is that of an, entertainer. Cinema acquaints us with lots of new things. We also see, diffrent countries and their beautiful spot through cinema. But cinema, is not all good.There are lots of things that inspires the young genertion, particularly as violence and activities of the under world. The government, should ban such anti-social films. Cinema is both good and bad.It is, for us to adopt the good and discard the bad., , Dowry OR Evil of Dowry, Dowry is curse ffor the society.It is nothing but a demon among, us.This demon can take the several innocent brides without any reason, but for the lust for money making by unfair means.Dowry can be defined, as a gift which is given on marriage by parents,to their daughters and, her husband.Now a days,dowry is not the will of the girls parents. It is, the command of their counterparts.Brieds burning are very common, these days due dowry., Really it is a worg attitude.Dowry is vice that should not be, asked for.There must be consciousness among the society., Role of the teacher in the life of student, Teachers play an important role in the development of a student., The seeds of knowledge are sown by the teacher.A good teacher is, one who understands the problem and identifies the strength and, weakness of his students.He tries to enhance the strength and rectify, the weakness.We often find teachers beating their students.It can’t be, , Election, There is excitment everywhere on the election day. Candidates, go on approaching their voters. Sometimes the number of candidates in, each constituency is very large.Lots of money is spent to catch votes., When the election day arrives,the whole atmosphere looks, tense.Candidates start moving booth to booth.They are polling booth, at some distance.The booths are managed by three or four persons of, government.The polling booth opens by 7 or 8 in the morning.There is, a crowd at the booth.The crowd grows in size as the time passes., Very often we can hear cheering slogans near the polling booths.There, is a long queue at each polling booth.Sometimes the queue seems to, , Venue:, , 29, , 15, , Venue:, , 30

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justify in any way because physical punishment can never improve a, student. The teacher sows the seeds of good manners and respect for, others which is necessary for a student’s future. A teacher must be, decent in his behavior and charecter as it directly affects his students., , Among the four seasons ‘The Rainy Season’ is one of the, most useful season in India.It comes after the summer season.Due to, summer people feel uncomfortable.So people welcome the rainy, season.The sky is often covered with clouds.Lighting and thunders, are two chief agents of this season. Like everything this season has, also its merits and demerits., While it is good it provides life While it is bad it provides flood, and unbearable grief.While it is good it provides greenery,good crops, and happiness to the people as well imaginative powers to the poets, and writers.While it is bad it makes rivers overflow their banks,bring, flood and destroy crops and make people become helpless and, homeless.The poor have to suffer the most when it goes for raining for, days together., After all ‘The Rainy Season’is the season of beauty,hopes, and joy.If there is no rain in time.people will have to suffer a lot .I like, this season a lot., , The value of games and sports 0r, Importance of sports, All work and no play make a man dull.There are diffrent types, of games and sports.It can be divided into two types such as outdoor, games and indoor gmes.The games,which are played in an open field, are called outdoor games.They are Football, Cricket, Tennis, Golf,, Hockey......etc.The games which are played in a closed place are, called indoor games. They are chess,Ludo,Cards........etc., Running and juming are very popular sports.It makes us disciplined, and teaches us the lesson of unity., Though they are useful yet we should not waste all our time in, games and sports because all work and play is not so bad as all play, and no work., The value of games and sports cannot be measured in real, sense of term. Our government has also paid much attention to games, and sports to produce good citizen.A sound mind lives in a sound, body so we shoud understand the value of games and sports., INDIAN FESTIVAL, Festivals have the great importance in our day to day life.After, worries and tiredness festivals give us new life.It plays the role of tonic, by providing us the opportunity to feel the charm of life and to enjoy, ourselves.We Indians are lucky in the sense that we have plenty of, diffrent religious people live together.So all the festivals concerned with, various religious have become on integral part of life like Durga Puja,, Diwali, Id and Christmas., The festival Holi is celibrated with great joy at the end of the, spring season.Holika, a demon’s king’s sister was burnt to ashes. In, this way every religious festival has some story related to it., Diwali is the festival of Hindus.It is a festival of light.This day Lord, Ganesh and Goddess Laxmi are worshiped.Sweetes are distributed, on this occassion.Diwali is celebrated to welcome the Lord Rama after, completing his 14 years exile. Durga Puja is the festival of conquer of, religion upon anti-religion.Christmas is the festival of Christians and, celebrated with great enthusiasm.Id is the festivals of Muslims.It came, after a long wait.It is a festival of brotherhood. Muslims have to fast 30, days.It is celebrated after one month fasting., All the Indians festivals have their charming and importance., The Rainy Season/The season you like most., , Venue:, , 31, , Your Aim in Life /My aim in life, W ithout aim,a man cannot attain success in his real, life.Though one can not fulfill all one’s desires,yet one must have some, definite aim in life.One should not be disappointed by failures.With full, determination one should ttry hard to fullfill one’s aim., I want to become a doctor and serve the people, and my motherland.Our country needs more and more well, trained doctor.I shall try to do whatever a little bit I can do for the, country., An Indian Festival Or, The Festival I like most. Or, Diwali., The Diwali or the festival of lights is an important festival of the, Hindus.It is held on the fifteenth day of Kartik., On this day people clean their houses whitewashed. in the, night people illuminate their houses will small earthen lamps.It is the, belief of some people that on the night of the Diwali,Goddess, Lakshmi,who is the goddess of wealth,pays a visit to each house., In the night people perform the puja of the goddess and, distribute sweets in Bengal,Kali Puja is performed on the night the, Diwali.Some people also indulge in gambling on this day., There are many advantages of the Diwali festival.On the, occasion of this festival all the houses are repaired and cleaned at, least once a year.Many people lose much money in gambling and, have to suffer in future.The fireworks also cause injuries to some people., , 16, , Venue:, , 32

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as the tree absorb more carbon dioxide but it is a wrong presumption., Planting more tree will absorb carbon-di oxide from the atmosphere in, some parts of the world, but in the other part global warming may, hamper the growth of tree or even may cause their destruction ., Therefore, afforestation may not be a perfect solution to this, problem.One important point to note is that forest area is usually darker, than the other areas, especially when the surface is snow clad and, being darker absorbs more sunlight comparatively. Hence it might, accelerate warming., , The leader I like most., India has given birth to many great leaders.There are many, who have immortalised through their noble deeds.Jawahar Lal Nehru, needs speacial mention., He was the first prime minister of India.He remainded so untill, his death on May 27,1964.He had a charming personality with, sober,rational and common sense approach to the world problems.He, was born on 14 Nov. 1889.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth., His father,Moti Lal,was a leading lawyer.He was brought up like a, prince.He was sent to England for education.He was much influenced, by Mahatma Gandhi.He became a fearless soldier of the freedom, struggle.He spent best part of his life in the jails., As the Prime minister of India:he worked for peace.He had great love, for children.He became famous as Chacha Nehru among the childrens., , Information Technology Or Computer, The world of computers, tele communication, television the, internet and all audio and visual media is facing rapid and radical, changes present this has generated infinite and unimaginable new, oppurtunities in education, communication commerce, manufacturing,, agriculture,health more particularly the service sector. Computer is, the major segment of information technology which has permeated, and grasped every sphere of existence of human society and become, indispensable the present day elegance, accuracy, sophistication,, efficiency could have been made possible only with the invention of, computers. Computer software are gradually becoming a decisive force, in making important decision. It has become the basis of modern, scintific and technological inventions and researches.The Information, Technology could be classified into two major components ie., (1) Hardware (2) Software., (1) Hardware- Hardware means the Physical parts, which can, be touched and are used to run the software., (2) Software- Software is the programme or say heart and, soul of the hardware., , Flood, Man is mighty in some manner but sometimes he is helpless, to fight against the forceful nature. Flood affects Bihar almost every, year but this year we have faced the devastating flood which has, destroyed a major part of Bihar.The scene of flood was too horrible to, be seen.Not to speak of crops and trees even innumerable, people,house,cattle were perished. Flood affected areas were cut off, from rest of the country.The army was called into help the, people.Helicopters were used for dropping essential supplies.Relief, camps amd the whole world helped too much. After the flood was over, many decomposed things created a dangerous situation which was, controlled by proper medical help.Though government have announced, grant of liberal assistance to the flood affected people, yet it is not, enough.So it would be better prohibit flood rather than helping the people., GLOBAL WARMING, "The earh has a natural system of balancing the absorption, and release of heat that it absorbs from the sunlight, but for the last, few years, the balance seems to be under severe threat. There have, been enormous uncrease in gases like carbon-di-oxide, methane nitrus, oxide etc". As the temperature rises, there is a rise in sea level due to, melting of glaciers and the ice sheets of Greenland and antractica., While sea level is expected to rise almost every but a considerable, variation is seen now-a-days. In some regions, the rise in sea level,, may be almost nil, but other might experience rise of as much as, twice the globle average., It is assumed that planting more trees will solve the problem, , Venue:, , 33, , Unity is strength, We know the old story of the bundle of sticks. The old man’s, sons could not break the sticks tied together in a bundle . But they, broke each stick, when seprated, quite easily. Thus the old man taught, them to united. If they quarrelled among themselves they would be, weak. His lession was “union is strength’’. To be strong, a football or a, hockey team must learnn team-spirit. If each member plays his own, game, he will lose the match., Price Rise, The problem of rising prices has become very acute in, India.There is general rise in the prices of all things every month.Rise, , 17, , Venue:, , 34

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of price of luxury goods does not concern the common man.But, we, are facing rise in the necessities of life-like-food, clothing,vegetables,, L.P.G. Gas, Kerosene oil, petrol and things of every day use. This has, made the life of labourers, lower classes and slaried persons very, miserable.There is sharp increase in the prices of fertilizers and, agriculture implements. This has affected the petty farmers.They can, hardly get the resonable return for their produce. Our population is, increasing at an alarming rate.This has resulted in increase in, demand.The supply is not so good.Naturally,the price must rise., , those times when the technology was not very advanced. How could, have people managed to take the huge mass of stones on so high a, platform ? The fineness is amazingly beautiful. The painting and crafting, on the walls are lively., Friendship, A friendship is a person whom one likes, respects and meets often. Friendship is the feeling that joins the hearts of two friends. Friendship is based on, true love.A true friend is selfless. He helps his friend in the times of need.He, advises him to act right.But it is very difficult to find a true friend in the, world., Man is a social being. He cannot live alone.He chooses some one, of his choice. He may pass his leisure time with him. He will share his joys, and sorrow with him.Thus a true friend is the best source of happiness. But, such a friend cannot be had easily. According to Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Friendship cannot be bought with bribery.’ To make a friends is a science; to keep, friends is an art.Friendship will end if the friends are not kind and tolerant to, each other. A false friend always tries to take advantage of friendship.Be, careful of such false friends.Shakespeare rightly says :, , A Village Fair, A village fair brings happiness in the whole village. From time, to time, a village fair is held in the villages of our country. Shops of, different articles are on display. The villagers look at and buy the things, of their necessity. Children have special interest in the fair. There are, circus and magic shows that attract a number of children towards, them. It becomes a festive season for them. There are some attraction, for the elders also. It provides villagers an opportunity to see the things, of unique nature., Independence Day, 15th August is our Independence Day. On this day in 1947,, our country got independence after a long struggle. The British had, been ruling our country for more than three hundred years.They had, established their roots in our country with the help of East India, Company. They had replaced the Mughal rule that itself was regularly, losing its strength. We celebrate the day as a festival. Schools, colleges, and all offices are closed.We hoist our National Flag and sing our, National Anthem. We enjoy the delicacy of our national sweet Jilebi., Children have some special attraction on this day. In schools cultural, programs are organized. They act different types of plays showing the, sacrifices made during the struggle for freedom. Children are taught, the value of freedom., , “Words are easy like the wind, Faithful friends are hard to find”, Democracy, “In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because they, are more of them, and will of the majority is supreme” Aristotle, Democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the, eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives., Abraham Lincoln described democracy as:“The government of the people,, by the people and for the people”. It means that in democratic form of, government common man plays the central role. The aristocracy, the land, lords and politicians have to work according to the wishes of the common, man. The main object of their political activities is thus the welfare, improvement and reformation of the poor masses of the country who elect them as, their representatives and to whom they are answerable for their duties and, responsibilities., , A Holiday Excursion, No doubt holidays are for outing and visiting different places, that we often read in our books and magazines.But, a visit to place of, historical importance is a matter of great satisfaction. Delhi is a place, that has many places that a man can visit. It is famous for the glory of, Mughal Empire. ‘Lal Quila’, ‘Quitub Minar’ and ‘India Gate’ are the, symbols of pride. Learning about them in books is another thing but, watching the vastness of their grandeur in front of the eyes is no doubt, exciting. Sometimes we doubt that these things have been built in, , Venue:, , 35, , Pollution, Pollution is the mixing of some harmful or poisonous materials into the natural resources available on the earth. 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instead of help’ Elaborate., Ans- These lines have been taken from Gandhiji’s essay ‘Indian, Civilization and Culture’ where he says that to a certain extent, physical harmony and comfort is necessary but above limit it, becomes a hindrance instead of help. A man must arrange his, physical and cultural circumstances so they do not hinder him in, his service of humanity., 5. ‘Power should be used only for moral purpose’, Ans- This line has been taken from Dr. Zakir Hussain’s speech ‘Bharat, is My Home’ where he is of the view that the national temprament, and inheritance set-up by our great leader Mahatma Gandhi that, power should be used only for moral purpose can only be fulfilled, by both individual and social work which will provide our state a, special flavour which is not just an organisation of power but a, moral organisation., 6. The past is not dead and static’, Ans- This line has been taken from Dr. Zakir Hussain’s speech ‘Bharat, is My Home’ where he is of the view that India is a young state of, ancient people who have striven to realise timeless, absolute, values in their own way through co-operation of diverse ethnic, elements., Its past is not dead and static, it is alive and dynamic and is, involved in determining the quality of our present and the prospect, of our future., 7. I must confess that I am overwhelmed by the trust my people, have placed me by electing me to the highest office in the, land., Ans- These lines have been taken from Dr. Zakir Hussain’s “Bharat is, My Home” after taking the oath as the president of India. Here he, says that he is overjoyed by the faith of the people in him electing, him as the head of the country., 8. “Truism of anthropologies”., Ans- This line has been taken from Germaine Greer’s famous essay, ‘A Child is Born’ which has been taken from his famous book, ‘Sex and Destiny’. here the writer talks about ‘The truism of, anthropologies’ that such women do not become members of, their new family until they have become a child. In such societies, marriage has been arranged and only a child establishes entimate, relationship to her and the family as she to her own mother., 9. When we speak of ‘Freedom of the press’, we usually mean, freedom in a very technical and restricted sense., Ans- Dorothy L Sayers, an essayist, a playwright, poet and writer of, , smoke from industrial companies in the atmosphere etc. The air we breathe, every moment causes several lungs disorders., In this way soil and water pollution is also cause by the mixing up, of the sewage water (having germs, viruses, harmful chemicals etc) in drinking water, some dangerous agrochemicals such as pesticides, fungicides,, herbicides, organic compounds like ether, benzene etc. We need to follow all, the control measures implemented by the government to check its harmful, effects., Q.-2. Explain any one of the following :, 4x1=4, 1. We notice that the mind is a restless bird, the more it gets the, more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied., Ans- This extract has been taken from Gandhiji’s essay “Indian, Civilization And Culture” where he says that mind is a restless, bird because the more it get the more it wants, and still remains, unsatisfied. The more we indulge in our passions the more, unbridled they become. So, we should set a limit to our, indulgences because happiness is largely a mental condition, which does not depend upon whether one id rich or poor., 2. ‘A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich or, unhappy because he is poor. The rich are often seen to be, unhappy, the poor to be happy.’, Ans- These lines have been taken from Gandhiji’s essay “Indian, Civilization And Culture” where he says that happiness is largely, a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he, is rich or unhappy because hi is poor. The rich are often seen to, be unhappy, the poor to be happy., Our real happiness and health depend upon our proper use of, hand and feet. Machinary and materialism would make us slave, and we will lose our moral fibre., 3. Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man, the path of duty., Ans- This extract has been taken from Gandhiji’s essay “Indian, Civilization And Culture” where he says that our ancient Indian, Civilization taches us an imperative restriction upon our wants, which provides happiness. Western civilization teaches us indifinite, multiplicity of human wants which creats miseries. IIndian, Civilization and culture is still alive because Hinduism developed, not only with material but spiritual lines. Our civilization culture, and swaraj depend upon self denial, not upon self-indulgence., 4. ‘A certain degree of physical harmony and comfort is, necesary but above a certain level it becomes a hindrance, , Venue:, , 37, , 19, , Venue:, , 38

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detective fiction has written the essay ‘How Free is the Press’ in, which she writes clearity of thought to make a strong case against, misreporting or against the misuse of freedom of the press., We usually mean by the term free press in a very technical, and restricted sense namely freedom from direction or censorship, by the government., 10. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro’s basic mobility, is form a smaller ghetto to a larger one., Ans- This extract has been taken from Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I, Have a Dream’ in which he says about the end of segregation, and social discrimination. Here he shows his determination that, we are not satisfied and will not be satisfied until justice rolls, down like water and righteousness like a mighty steam which, will provide equal opportunity and they will be judged not according, to their skin but according to their merit., 11. Religion is ever-present in Indian life, in its best as well as, in its worst aspects., Ans- This line has been taken from Pearl S. Buck’s essay ‘India Through, Traveller’s Eyes’ in which she is of the view that religion is always, present in Indian life. It has both good and bad aspects. If it is, used for the welfare of the humanity it brings heaven on the earth., On the other hand its bad aspect is its narrow thinking which is, harmful for the society., 12. India has always been part of the background of my life,, but I had never seen it whole and for myself until now., Ans- This extract has been taken from “India Through a Traveller’s, Eyes” written by the Nobel Prize winner American born Miss Buck., Here she wants to say that her life based on India’s background, about which she has come to know from her family members and, neighbours in her childhood but has not visited India and seen it, as a whole up to the time she says so., 13. At mother’s insistence, I had taken two days’ leave from the, office, and in the afternoon, I drove Nanukaka to the North, Block., Ans- These lines have been taken from “A Pinch of Snuff” written by, Manohar Malgaonkar. Here the writer wants to say that Nanukaka, who is his maternal uncle had come to his house to see some, minister. At mother’s insistence the narrator has taken two days, leave from the office so that he may help him in visiting the minister., After taking leave he drives Nanukaka to the North Block to see, the minister. He does so out of courtesy and humility., 14. “The ways of managing child birth in traditional societies, , Venue:, , 39, , are many and varied., Ans- This line has been taken from the essay ‘A child is Born’ by, Germaine Greer.The writer says that in the tradional societies,, child-birth is managed in many ways and all of them are accepted, culturally. The pregnant women have to observe several rituals, and prohibitions. The parent-child relationship depends on the, way a child is born and brought., 14. The whole of Bharat is my home and its people are my family., Ans- This line has been taken from Dr. Zakir Hussain’s speech ‘Bharat, is My Home’. He says that the whole of Bharat is his home and, its people are like his family. As a head of the family, he wants to, make his home strong and beautiful, a worthy home for great, people., 15. "Has civilization taught us to be more friendly towards one, another", Ans- This line has been taken from 'Ideas That Have Helped Mankind', written by a prolific writer "Bertrand Russel". Yes civilization has, taught us to be friendly towards one another.man has become, more friendly to one another than any other species on the earth., 16. What! That means he will be here for weeks Ministers don't, see people for weeks months! Oh my God!, Ans- These lines have been taken from "A Pinch of Snuff" written by, Manohar Malgaonkar.The writer is shocked to hear that Nanukaka, is coming to see some ministers. Ministers don't see people for, weeks, months. So the writer is worried that Nanukaka will stay, here for weeks., 17. "This sort of thing is the responsible of the family. It is duty of, you parents to see that such thing don't happen", Ans- These lines have been taken from 'The Artist' written by Shiga, Naoya. The teacher caught Seibei polishing a gourd in the, classroom. He went to Seibei's home to complain about it. He, says that it is duty of parents to have proper look their children., Children spent most of their time in the company of their parents., 3. Explain any one of the following :, 4x1=4, 1. How feeble is mans power,, That if good fortune fall,, Cannot adde another houre,, Nor a lost houre recall,, But come bad chance., Ans-These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Sweetest Love I do, not Goe’ written by the pioneer of Metaphysical Poetry, John, Donne. He is well aware of the inevitability of death and power of, , 20, , Venue:, , 40

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love., He is of the view that man’s power is so weak that he can neither, add another hour in good fortune nor can recall his past when bad, chance comes in life., 2. When thou sigh’st, thou sigh’st not winde,, But sigh’st my soule away,, When thou weep’st unkindly kinde,, My life blood doth decay., Ans- These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Sweetest Love I do, not Goe’ written by the pioneer of Metaphysical Poetry, John, Donne. The poet says about the sorrow of sepration about his, beloved. He forbids his beloved to sigh or shed tears because her, sighs are like strong winds and her tears like rain which will decay, his life and blood which will make his journey dangerous. This is, a fine example of hyperbole because it is highly exaggerated, statement., 3. They who one another keepe, Alive, ne’r parted bee., Ans-These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Sweetest Love I do, not Goe’ written by the pioneer of Metaphysical Poetry, John, Donne. Here the poet is of the view that lover live in one another’s, soul because their souls are united. As their souls are one they, can never be parted. Here he consoled himself and his beloved, so that true love can be seprated only physically not spiritually., 4. But beleeve that I shallo make, Speedier journeys, since I take, More wings and spurres then hee., Ans- These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Sweetest Love I do, not Goe’ written by the pioneer of Metaphysical Poetry, John, Donne. He is of the view that the poet’s beloved need not fear that, the poet will not return, for he will travel fastert than the sun,, spurred on constantly by the thought of his beloved., 5. Now the leaves are falling fast,, Nurse’s flowers will not last;, Nurses to the graves are gone,, And the prams go rolling on., Ans- These lines have been taken from W.H. Auden’s poem “Now the, Leaves Are Falling Fast” in which he says that promises of love, are often deceptive because human life comes to an end with the, passage of time which disturbs the real delight and make human, life miserable. Here falling of leaves suggests the process of death, and human waste on a large scale., , Venue:, , 41, , 6., , Where are the songs of Spring ? Ay where are they ?, Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,, While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day., Ans- These lines have been taken from John Keat’s poem “Ode to, Autumn” where he says that the music of autumn is not less, superior than that of the music of spring because in the end of, the day the nature produces different types of music and provides, so many fleshy fruit which make people and birds very happy., 7. But beauty vanishes; beauty passes,, However, rare-rare it be, Ans- The poet of sensitive concerns ‘Walter de la Mare’ has written, the poem “An Epitaph” from which these lines have been taken in, which he teaches us the philosophy of immortality. The poet is of, the view that physical beauty vanishes with the passage of time, but the beauty of duty is permanent., 8. And think, this heart, all evil shed away, A pulse in the enternal mind, no less, Gives, somewhere back the thoughts of England given., Ans- These given lines have been taken from idealist patriotic poem, “The Soldier” written by the poet Rupert Brooke. The poet is of, the view that the evils of the heart become the cause of war. He, wants to shed away all the evils from the heart because he likes, freedom and dislikes slavery, the virtue which is given by his, country England., 9. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,, For he’s fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity., Ans- These lines have been taken from poem “Macavity: A Mystery, Cat” written by the modern poet T.S. Eliot. Here he describes the, myste+rious macavity cat which is uncomparable in its, mischievious deeds. The poet considers it a monster of, wickedness., 10. “I swore to save fire, From the sin of forgetfulness”, Ans- These lines have been taken from Keki N Daruwalla’s poem “FireHymn”. Here the poet wants to save fire from the sin of negligance, of duty to burn the whole body., 11. It never forgot and twenty years since, As I consigned my first born to the flames., Ans- These lines have been taken from Keki N Daruwalla poem “FireHymn”. Here the poet says that he has not forgotten the cruetly, of the fire when he consigned his first born to the flames because, the tower of silence was a thousand miles away., , 21, , Venue:, , 42

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12. “The voice of my education said to me, He must be killed”, Ans- These lines have been taken from the poem “Snake” written by, D.H. Lawrence. The poet is of the view in the given lines that our, education teaches us to kill animals or causing harm to them, simply because we consider them to be dangerous for us., 13. I think it did not hit him,, But suddenly that part of him that was left behind, Convulsed in undignified haste., Ans- These lines have been taken from the poem “Snake” written by, D.H. Lawrence. Here the poet says when he saw the snake drinking, water at the trough, firstly he did not want to hit it but later when, he felt that if he did not hit, it would bite him. Due to this he, wanted to kill him. That’s why he hit him, which was against the, sensibily of the poet., 14. “My blood turned cold like moon”, Ans- The given line has been taken from the poem “My Grand Mother’s, House” written by Kamala Das. Here the poetess is of the view, that her grandmother’s death make her lonely, so after her death, she is shocked to much and become calm like moon., 15. There is a house now far away where once, I received love. That woman died,, The house withdrew into silence., Ans- These lines have been taken from Kamala Das’s poem “My Grand, Mother’s House”. Here the poetess says that in her childhood, she lived in her grandmother house where she received too much, love. That house went into silence due to her grandmother’s death., She considers that house is far away now because her relation, with the house has snapped after her grandmother’s death is, none to love now., 16. “Now the leaves are falling fast”, Ans- These lines have been taken from W.H. Auden’s poem “Now the, Leaves Are Falling Fast” in which the poet says that leaves of the, tree are falling and the trees are becoming leafless. It is also, meant by a person who slowly goes to its death and in a grave.Like, a leaf every human life has to be destroyed. There is none who, can live for ever., 17. “I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,, Hoping to cease not till death”, Ans These lines have been taken from Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of, Myself”. In these line the poet says that he has attained the age, of 37 years and is in good health, too. He hopes to continue his, , Venue:, , 43, , work till death.He knows that there are people who quarrelled for, the religions. he hopes to change the situation by his efforts. So, he has expressed such view in the line “hoping to cease not till, death”., 18. The snake seemed like a king in exile., Ans- This line has been taken from Lawrence’s poem “Snake”. In this, poem the snake was very sober and peaceful. It quietly came, and satisfied its thirst by sipping water and looked around like a, god.The poet was highly impressed with the snake due to his, gentle behaviour. It caused no damage to the poet nor it attack, on him. It did not react to the poet’s hitting its body by a stick. So, Snake seemed to him like an uncrowned king in exile., 19. Nature without check with original energy., Ans- This line has been taken from Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of, Myself”. In this line the poet says that We should follow Nature, freely as it has a great source of energy. We should not check, the power of nature because nature is the supreme power of our, universe, 20. ‘Here lies a most beautiful lady. Light of step and heart was, she’, Ans-These lines are the opening lines of ‘An Epitaph’ by Walter de la, Mare. Here the poet talks about his beloved who was very beautiful, but who betrayed the love of the poet. The poet adds ironically, that she had the habit of moving here and there and had no, commitment., Q.No. 4. Letter & Application, Q. Write a letter to your friend in Delhi about the culture of Bihar., AnsGirls’ High school, Road, Kashipur,, Samastipur -848101, 22 December 2017, My Dear Jatin,, I received your letter and became very glad to read its content. You, have desired to know about the culture of Bihar. Here it is. I am very, fortunate to be born in Bihar. It is the land of Lord Buddha and Mahavira., People of this land is full of the feeling of brotherhood. Here ‘Atithi’(guest), is regarded as God. People of various caste, creed and religion live, here. They celebrate festivals without any distinction. They participate, the functions of one one another. They believe in the sacred principal, of ‘live and let live’. People are the followers of simple living and high, thinking. Really no culture can compare our culture which is the most, , 22, , Venue:, , 44

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important gift of God on the earth., Please give my love to my youngers and convey my regards, to my elders., Yours affectionately, Gopal, , Here everyone is free to do in accordance with one’s feeling and belief., Fraternity is the basic concept of Indian life. Here family is regarde as, the first temple of learning. Still we believe in joint family system though, nuclear one is also in practice. All the members of family are made, responsible for the betterment and progress of the family. Elder persons, in the family are given due respect. Eldest member of the family is, made the head of the family. He holds a responsiblity to manage the, family allround. All the members of the family perform their duty in, common interest. Our culture is one of the best cultures in the world., With best wishes, Ram Prasad, Q. Write a letter to your friend describing the marriage ceremony, that you attended recently in your family., AnsSamastipur, November 22, 2017, Dear Naresh,, It is a long time since I wrote to you last. It was because I was so busy, that I could not find time. You know there was a marriage ceremony in, my family. Babli, my sister, was married off on July 01. we had to, make preparations. The Barat Party was given a warm welcome. About, one hundred persons were there in the Barat Party. Besides, a large, number of guests and our relatives were invited. For a week we were, busy. We did not sleep two nights. But, everything ended happily., Convey my respect to your parents., Your sincerely,, Majay, , AddressB-204 Teen Murti, Akbar Road, New Delhi, -110040, Q. Write a letter to the Editor of an English daily highliting the, poor sanitation in your locality., AnsAnandpur, Morwa, Samastipur -848121, 22 June 2016, The Editor, The Hindustan Times, Sir,, Through the column of your esteemed daily, I would like to draw the, attention of the authorities concerned something which is extremely, worrying. Most of the roads of my town are broken and they remain, dirty. There is unbearable foul smell. Besides, the roadside drains are, full of mud and stagnant water because they are seldom cleaned and, so they are not working. The whole locality is full of flies and mosquitoes, and they may cause serious diseases. We request the authorities to, do something early., Yours truly,, Pankaj Kumar, Q. You have a pen-friend in America who wants to know about, India. Write a letter to your friend describing some of the values, that govern Indian family life., AnsMuzaffarpur, July 01, 2010, Dear Obama,, I received your letter and became very glad to read its contents. I am, fine here and hope you will also be fine there. You have asked me to, tell about my country with special reference to some that govern Indian, family life. So, I am writing to you about it.India is a secular country., , Venue:, , 45, , Q. You had to leave your mother for the first time. Write a letter, to your mother describing your feelings at the time of parting, and also promising your speedy return to her., AnsPolice Colony, Patna, May 19, 2015, Dear Mother,, I reached Patna last night. After reaching here I am continuously, missing you. Everything is lonely here for me without you. At the table, of breakfast, dinner and supper I miss a lot. You compassion and love, come in my memory. Anyhow I have settled here. So, don’t worry at, all. I’ll come back soon. We will enjoy together during Holi festival. So,, I request you to take care of your health because your maternal love is, , 23, , Venue:, , 46

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a natural gift for us., Hope to see you soon., With love,, Priya, Q. Write a letter describing your neighbours to your friend in, not more than 150 words., Ans- Station Road,, Samastipur, March 22, 2014, Dear Rahim, I am quite well here hoping that you will be the same. As you have, asked in your letter I am going to explain you about my neighbours., On my right hand lives Mr. Sharma. He is a cloth merchant. His wife,, Mrs. Sharma is a house-wife. They are both very good-natured. Their, children, two boys and three girls, are very well-behaved. All the people, of our street like them. On the other hand, on our left hand lives Dr., Verma. He is a general physician. His wife Dr. Shikha, is a, gynaecologist. They are very co-operative. They have only two children, who look like princes. I wish both the families a happy., Yours lovingly,, Sameer, Q.No. 5. Answer any five of the following :, 2 x 5 = 10, PROSE, Short Answer, Indian Civilization And Culture, 1. How is Indian civilization different from European civilization?, Ans- The tendency of Indian civilization is to elevate the moral being, where as European civilization is to propagate immorality. The, former is based on a belief in God where as the latter is godless., 2. Why does Gandhi say that ‘mind is a restless bird’ ? What, makes the mind restless ?, Ans- Gandhi says that ‘mind is a restless bird’ because the more it, gets, the more it wants and still remain unsatisfied. Our passions, make our mind restless., 3. How did our ancestors view large cities ? Why were they, satisfied with small villages ?, Ans- Our ancestors viewed that large cities were trap and useless, burden where many vices were flurshing and the poor would be, robbed by the rich. They were satisfied with small villages because, they enjoyed true ‘Home Rule’ depending on agriculture., 4. How did our ancestors enjoy true ‘Home Rule’ ?, Ans- Our ancenstors enjoyed true ‘Home Rule’ because they lived, , Venue:, , 47, , independently and followed their agricultural occupation which is, free from the evils of the cities., 5. What is the civilization in the real sense of the term ?, Ans- Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the, multiplication but in the delibrate and voluntary restriction of wants., This alone increases and promotes contentment, real happiness, and capacity for service., 6. What is still Indian civilization and culture alive ?, Ans- Indian civilization and culture is still alive because Hinduism, developed not only with material but spiritual lines. Our civilization, and swaraj depend upon self denial, not upon self-indulgence., 7. What, accordance to the author is Modern civilization ?, Or, What is the distinguished characterstic of modern, civilization?, Ans- Modern civilization means the worship of the material which creats, brutality in us. It is nothing but the triumph of materialism., 8. Why did our ancestors dissuade us from luxuries and, pleasures ? Did they do the right thing ?, Ans- Our ancestors knew that possessions don’t contribute to, happiness. The rich were worried about finding means of incresing, their material wealth. On the other hand, the poor were contented, and happy. That was why, our ancestors dissuaded us from luxuries, and pleasures. And they were right in doing so., Bharat is My Home, 1. What is business of education ?, Ans- The business of education is to make constant growth of national, culture and character., 2. In what context does Dr. Zakir Hussain say “Bharat is my, home”., Ans- Dr. Zakir Hussain understants that India is made up of a variety of, people, races, castes and languages. But since he is elected, President of India, he is expected to represent this multiplicity of, ethnic elements That is why he asserts that the whole of Bharat, is his home., 3. Why does Dr. Zakir Husain call India “the young state of an, ancient people”?, Ans- Dr. Zakir Husain calls India the young state of an ancient people, because they have striven to realise timeless and absolute values, in their own way through the coperation of diverse ethnic elements., 4. What does he feel while assuming the charge of, presidency?, Ans- He feels greatly obliged to the people of the country and enters, , 24, , Venue:, , 48

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Ans- He says that the life of the Negros is still sadly . They still live on, a lonely island of poverty., 2. What does Martin Luther King urge his people to do ? How, should it be conducted ?, Ans- Martin Luther King asks the Negros to follow the path of nonviolence. He asks them to be patient, courageous and cultivate, the power of the soul to counter physical violence., 3. What is the pledge of the Negroes ? When will they be, satisfied ?, Ans-The Negroes have made a sacred pledge to march forward and, continue their struggle. They will be satisfied only when they, receive justice in every field of life., 4. What was Martin Luther King’s dream ? Elaborate., Ans- Martin Luther King had the dream of the America nation rising up, and following its creed of equality in true sense. He also had the, vision of complete fraternity., 5. What is the tragic fact that Martin Luther King mentions ?, Why is it so tragic ?, Ans-The tragic fact is that the Negroes are not free. And it is tragic that, the Americans have not honoured the commitment of their great, President., 6. What are the things needed to remove the discontent of, the Negroes ?, Ans- Freedom and equality are required to remove their discontent., Ideas That Have Helped Mankind, 1. Has civilization taught us to be more friendly towards one, another ?, Ans- Undoubtly, civilization has taught us to be more friendly towards, one another., 2. What was the condition of man in the beginning ?, Ans-The condition of man in the begining was miserable. He led a, nomadic life and lived in caves and jungles. He was afraid of wild, animals. He did not know how to prepare his food., 3. What are the two broad categories of ideas that have, helped mankind ?, Ans-The two broad categories of ideas that have helped mankind are(i) those that contribute to knowledge and technique (ii) those, that are concerned with moral and politics., 4. Did language play a role in human development ?, Ans-Language played a very important role in human development to, hand on inventions and discoveries from generation to generation, gradually., , this office in a spirit of prayerful humility and total dedication., What is the essential humanity of man according to Dr., Husain ?, Ans- According to Dr. Zakir Husain the essential humanity of man is, that everyman has the right to live in dignity and with justice., 6. On what occasion did Zakir Hussain deliver this speech ?, Ans- Zakir Hussain delivered that speech in 1967 after taking an oath, as the president of India., 7. “The past is not dead and static” Who says this and why ?, Ans.- It is Dr. Zakir Hussain who says that the past is not dead and, static. In his view, past determines the quality of our present and, the prospects of our future., 8. Why is Zakir Hussain overwhelmed ?, Ans- He is overwhelmed by the trust his people have placed in him by, electing him to the highest office in the country., A Pinch of Snuff, 1. Who was coming to visit the Narrator’s family ?, Ans- Nanukaka was coming to visit the narrator’s family., 2. How long was Nanukaka to stay with the narrator’s famil ?, Ans-Nanukaka was to stay for two or three days with the, Narrator’s family., 3. How is the narrator related to Nanukaka ?, Ans- Nanukaka is his maternal uncle., 4. Who was the second important person Nanukaka had, planned to meet ?, Ans- The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was the welfare minister ?, 5. “This tie-and-collar business is no good these days” What did, Nanukaka mean to say ?, Ans- By this statement, Nanukaka meant that wearing tie-and-collar, was falling out of fashion., 6. In what dress did the writer go to the minister along with, Nanukaka ?, Ans- The writer went there in a Jodhpur coat with a huge orange turban, tied round his head., 7. What was the designation of the writer ? Why did he always, obey Nanukaka ?, Ans- The writer was an under-secretary, on probation. He obeyed, Nanukaka because he was the brother of his mother., I Have a Dream, 1. What does Martin Luther say about the life of the Negroes?, 5., , Venue:, , 49, , 25, , Venue:, , 50

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5. How did the domestication of animals start ?, Ans-The domestication of animals started under the influence of religion, and needs of agricultural and domestic life., 6. What was the role of fire in our development ?, Ans-The invention of fire proved a milestone in our development. It, created light in darkness and protected us from wild animals., Later on, it resulted in the art of cookery., The Artist, 1. Where did Seibei live ?, Ans- Seibei lived in a harbour town., 2. Which type of gourd did Seibei like ?, Ans- Seibei liked even and symmetrical gourds., 3. Why did Seibei wander about the town ?, Ans- Seibei wandered about the town in search of gourds., 4. Did Seibei’s father like his hobby ?, Ans-No, Seibei’s father did not like his hobby of collecting gourds at all., 5. What made Seibei’s heart beat faster ?, Ans- There was something rare about that five inches long gourd and it, made Seibei’s heart beat faster., 6. How much did the curio-dealer pay for the confiscated, gourd?, Ans- The curio dealer paid fifty yen for the confiscated gourd., 7. What did Seibei do after he was forced to give up collecting, gourds ?, Ans- After he was forced to give up collecting gourds, Seibei took to, painting picture., A Child is Born, 1. A pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel, that she is alone. Why ?, Ans-A pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel alone, because she is accepted culturally and collectively by her, husband, kinsfolk and other members of the community., 2. What is the superstition associated with acquiring new, clothes and instruments for baby before the birth ?, Ans- Bad luck’ is the superstition associated with acquiring new clothes, and instruments for baby before the birth., 3. Where do sylheti women go to stay during the last stage of, pregnancy ?, Ans- Sylheti women go to her mother’s house for the last few months, of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby’s, life it their parents are alive., 4. How are children of the joint family in Bangladesh looked after ?, , Venue:, , 51, , Ans-Children of the joint family in Bangladesh under the age of five or, six are looked after by the whole family along with the other, children., 5. What is the truism of anthropology that the writer talks, about?, Ans- It is a truism of anthropology that women do not become members, of their new family until they have borne a child., 6. What is the reward of pregnancy for young Sylheti woman?, Ans- A Sylheti woman is sent to her mother’s home well before she is, delivered of her child. She and her child are given new dress on, the seventh day of the birth., 7. What is the difference between the East and the West in, the matters of mother-child relationship ?, Ans-In the East, the biological family is delibrately weakened. Motherchild relation is given more importance than that of husband-wife., In the West, the husband-wife duo enjoy more freedom and, individuality. The biological family is not weakened., How free is the press, 1. What do you mean by the term ‘free press’ ?, Ans-We usually mean by the term free press in a very technical and, restricted sense - namely, freedom fromdirection or censorship, by the government., 2. Who is is the master - the state or the people ?, Or, Who is the central doctorine of democracy ?, Ans-It is the central doctorine of democracy that state is not the master, but the servant of thepeople., 3. Why are politicians afraid of the press ?, Ans-Politician are afraid of the press because it can damage their reputation, or political career. Politicians are careful not to protest the press., 4. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by two, chief factors. Which are they ? Explain, Ans-The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by two chief, factors. They are - the interest of the advertisers; and the wealth, of the man or the company who owns it., 5. Generally when is censorship imposed on the press ?, Ans- Censorship on newspapers is generally imposed during war-time, or emergency when swift decisions and actions are required to, be taken by the government., 6. What is the meaning of ‘garbling’ ?, Ans- This means the misrrepresentation of facts by the press interviewer, who writes the things not spoken by the person being interviewed., The Earth, , 26, , Venue:, , 52

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1. Who is tenant farmer ?, Ans- A tenant farmer is the one who does not have the ownership of, the land and has to pay the rent to the master of the land for, working on his land., 2. What did Benjy understand about hen ?, Ans- Benjy understood that a hen exists for the purpose of laying eggs., 3. What does the story “The Earth” depict ?, Ans- The story depicts the laziness of the parents and the growing, selfishness and cunningness of their simple minded son who, drives them away from their home., 4. What did Benjy want to do with the money ?, Ans-With the money, Benjy wanted to buy four acres of land next to, his parents’ rented land., 5. Who had Johnson rented their land from ?, Ans-Johnson had rented their land from a man named Sanders., 6. How did Benjy’s parents feel when he silently put the, passbooks in his pocket ?, Ans-This abrupt gesture of Benjy was like a blow in the face of the, parents. They had expected a word of thanks from him., 7. What did the doctor advise Benjy’s parents to ensure his, mental growth ?, Ans- The doctor advised his parents to encourage Benjy to keep hens, to ensure his mental growth., India Through A Traveller’s Eyes, 1. What does the word ‘colour’ reminds the writer of ?, Ans-The word colour reminds the writer of the variety of hue that Indian, life has, as her own American human scene., 2. What was th ‘great lesson’ that India had to teach the West?, Ans- The ‘great lesson’ that India had to teach the West was that a, noble end can be assured only by the noble means., 3. Where was the real indictment against the colonization to, be found ?, Ans-The real indictment against colonialism was in the villages of India., The miserable villages provided the real proof of evil., 4. Why was the land between Bombay and Madras famished?, Ans-The land between Bombay and Madras was famished as there, was no water. There was also no attempt to provide water to it., 5. Why did the Indian always blame the British for their, suffering ?, Ans-As the colonial system had enervated and exhausted them and, had induced in them an infinite excuse against work and so against, , Venue:, , 53, , helping themselves, they always blamed the British for their, suffering., 6. What does Pearl S. Buck say about Indian peasants and, their children ?, Ans- Pearl S. Buck says that Indian peasants are poorer than their, Chiness counterparts. They are badly struck by poverty and their, children are big-bellied with sunken eyes., 7. What tendency on part of Indians has Pearl S. Buck, criticized ?, Ans- She does not like the tendency of Indians of blaming the British, for their every ill and suffering. She reminds them that when the, heart of a people is gone, their spirit dies with it. She advised the, Indians to be active., , A Marriage Proposal, 1. How is Lomov greeted by Choobookov ?, Ans- Lomov is greeted very cordially by Choobookov. The latter calls, him his old friend and shakes hands with him., 2. What are the names of the dogs of Natalia and Lomov ?, Ans- Natalia’s dog is named Leap whereas the name of the dog of, Lomov is Guess., 3. How does Choobookov react when he comes to know that, Lomov wants to marry Natalia ?, Ans-Choobookov becomes extremely delighted because he thinks it, will be an ideal match., 4. What, according to Lomov, had let the meadows and to, whom ?, Ans-According to Lomov, it was his aunt’s grandmother who had let, the meadows to Natalia’s great grand father’s peasants., 5. Why is Lomov unable to speak about marriage ?, Ans-Lomov is unable to speak about marriage due to his hesitation, and less possibility of acceptance so he does not ask Natalia’s, father for her hand to marry., , POETRY, Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe, 1. Why is man’s power feeble ?, Ans- Man’s power is feeble because he can neither add even a moment, in good fortune nor recall a lost hour., 2. Why does the poet want to part away from his beloved ?, Ans-The poet wants to experience death in those short times when he, is seprated from his love., 3. How does the beloved waste the poets life ?, , 27, , Venue:, , 54

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Ans- The beloved wastes poet’slife by weeping and sighing., 4. What are the things that the sun does not has ?, Ans-The sun has neither any motive nor any sense., 5. What will make the poet’s journey speedier ?, Ans- The constant thought of his beloved would make his return journey, speedier., Song of Myself, 1. Why does the poet Walt Whitman mean by “Nature without, check with original energy’ ?, Ans-The poet Walt Whitman wants that nature should speak to him in, its original form and with its full force and not as influenced by, thoughts and dogmas., 2. Explain the line ‘Hoping to cease not till death.’, Ans- The poet says only death can bring an end to his song. So long, as he is alive he would go on singing this song of oneness., 3. Why does Walt Whitman not want to bother himself with, creeds and schools ?, Ans- In the modern world the numerous creeds and system of thought, have only divided mankind. This is why the poet who is convinced, of the essential unity of the universe has no respect for creeds, and schools., Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast, 1. What does the poet mean when he says “Now the leaves, are falling fast” ?, Ans-The statement “Now the leaves are falling fast” symbolies the, persons of old age whose lives are coming to an end. Here falling, of leaves suggests the process of death and human waste on, large scale., 2. Falling of leaves suggests the process of death and human, mortality on a large scale. Explain with reference to the, poem., Ans-As the tree speaks about its own leaves it clearly portrays a state, of the process of decay acquiring sudden quickness in its last, phases., 3. What does the poet say about the leaves and what do they, suggest ?, Ans-The poet says that the leaves are falling fast. They suggest the, speedy arrival of old age and death., 4. Who are “The travellers” and how will they be blessed ?, Ans- Human beings , growing old and moving towards their death are, reffered as the travellers. They will be blessed because they will, hear the music being created by the white waterfalls coming from, , Venue:, , 55, , lovely head of the mountain., Ode to Autumn, 1. What happens in autumn, according to keats, in ‘Ode to, Autumn’ ?, Ans- According to John Keats Autumn produces fleshy fat and tasty, fruit and happiness to the people and birds., 2. How are autumn and spring related to spring ?, Ans-‘Autumn’ and ‘Spring’ are related to one another in terms of music, and happiness., 3. In what sense does the sun conspire with autumn ?, Ans-The sun co-operates with autumn in maturing grapes and apples., 4. Who are depicted as friends in the first two lines ?, Ans- It is sun who is depicted as a friend of the autumn season in the, first two lines of the poem because it helps fruits and flowers to, ripe during the season., , An Epitaph, 1. What is an epitaph ?, Ans-An epitaph is an inscription on a tomb in the memory of the dead., 2. What do you mean by ‘light of step and heart’ ?, Ans- Light of step and heart means that the beloved of the poet has, the habit of moving hither and thither and has no commitment for, love at all., 3. Explain ‘When I Crumble’., Ans-The expression refers to the poet’s realization that he is very close, to his death., 4. Where does the lady lie ? What does she look like ?, Ans-The lady lies in the North country. She looks most beautiful to the, poet because he is in love with her., , The Soldier, 1. What is meant by the phrase “A pulse is the eternal mind”?, Ans- The phrase ‘A pulse in the eternal mind’ means a memory that, remains alive for ever. Here it means the poet’s heart that will ever, be beating for England., 2. ‘In that rich earth a richer dust concealed’ what does the, dust stand for ?, Ans- It is believed that man is made of dust and he returns to the dust, after his death. Here, the dust stands for the soldier who would, be buried in that foreign country in the event of his death in the, battlrfield., 3. How can some corner of a foreign field be forever England?, Ans- Some corner of a foreign field would be forever England because, there would lay buried an English soldier who sacrified his life for, , 28, , Venue:, , 56

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the honour and prestige of his country., How would a soldier like to be remembered if he died, there ?, Ans-He would like to be remembered as a man who was born and, brought up in England and who loved his country and countrymen, heart and soul., Macavity : The Mystery Cat, 1. What is suggested by the phrase ‘Power of levitation’?, Ans-The phrase ‘Power of levitation’ suggests the super capacity to, rise and float in air especially by magic. Here it means Macavity’s, ability to appear in a trifle., 2. Discuss the poet’s impression of Macavity, the mystery cat?, Ans- The poet seems to have observed Macavity for a very long time., He is impressed by the peculiar constitution of the cat - he is, long and thin, his skin is dusty, his whisker are uncombed., 3. Why does the poet call Macavity a mystery cat ?, Ans- Macavity is a master criminal. It carries on its thievish activities, so secretly that Scotland Yard and its flying squad fail to catch it, red handed. So, the poet calls Macavity a mystery cat., 4. Why is Macavity called a criminal ?, Ans- Macavity is called a criminal because it violates not only human, laws but the laws but the laws of nature also. It cheats people at, cards,loots meat, drinks milk, steal jewels and even kills small, lap dogs., 5. ‘Macavity is never there’. Elaborate, Ans- Generally, investigations of crime are carried out in the area of, the crime. It may be spotted at least a mile away from the spot, snd then he is rather quite relaxed., , Snake, 1. Why does the poet want to wait in the poem ‘Snake’ ?, Ans- The poet wanted to wait near water trough because someone, came before him. It was snake. It reached first, so it was its turn, to drink water first., 2. Why did the poet consider the snake ‘a king in exile’?, Ans- The poet considered the snake ‘a king in exile because it was, magistic in conduct and appearance. It moved slowly in a dignified, manner as if it was the king of underworld which had come on in, man’s world in exile., 3. Where did the speaker meet the snake ?, Ans- The speaker met the snake near his water trough., 4. Why had the snake come out of its hole near the trough ?, Ans- It came near the trough to quench its thirst., 5. Why and how did the snake come out of its hole ?, Ans-It was a hot day. The snake was thirsty. So it came out of the hole, near trough to drink water. It came there trailing his yellow, brown,slack and soft belly down over the edge of the stone trough., 6. Who was the second comer ? What did he do ?, Ans - Poet who was the second comer. He waited and let the snake, drink water first., 7. What did the voice of education tell the poet ?, Ans- The voice of education told him to kill the snake but his instinct, prevented him for doing so., 8. What is the belief prevaling in Sicily about snakes ?, Ans- In Sicily, it is believed that black snakes are not poisonous while, golden ones are venomous., 9. What is the meaning of ‘Sicilian July with Etna smoking’ ?, Ans- It means extreme heat caused to the eruption of the volcano of, Etna, forcing men and animals to drink large quantities of water., , 4., , Fire-Hymn, 1., , Why does the poet Keki N. Daruwalla say that “the redness, of the fire is cruel”?, Ans- The poet Keki N Daruwalla says that the redness of the fire is, cruel because it burns everything., 2. Who was passing along with the poet by the creamation ghat ?, Ans-It was the father of the poet who was passing by the creamation, ghat along with him., 3. What is the meanning of the fire forgetting its dead ?, Ans- It means that sometimes the fire does not turn the whole dead, body into ashes. Now and then, it leaves it half-burnt., 4. What does the poet see in the morning at the ghat ?, Ans- The poet sees the red-hot embers glowing for hours after a dead, body has been cremated., , Venue:, , 57, , My Grand Mother’s House, 1., , Why was the poetess Kamala Das proud of living in her, grandmother’s house ?, Ans- The poetess, Kamala Das, was proud of living in her grandmother’s, house because she got a lot of love and freedom to do whatever, she liked., 2. Why does Kamala Das say that she has lost her way ?, Ans- Kamala Das says that she has lost her way because after the, death of her Grandmother the house where she has got so much, love and affection and freedom looks stranger to her., 3. What happened to the house after her grandmother died ?, , 29, , Venue:, , 58

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Ans- After the death of grandmother the house was deserted and it, went into silence., 4. What were the things the poetess found in that house ?, Ans- The poetess was very young at that time. She found large number, of books in the house, which seemed to be repulsive and horrible, like snakes., 5. What does she want from ‘strangers’ ? Does she get it ?, Ans- She yearns for love and begs it even from strangers. Unfortunately, nobody fills her heart with love., , English which will generate employment in the almost every, field.Thousand of call centers provide employment for the English, speakers. So the future of English in India is very bright., Q. What realisation led to the borrowing from different, languages ?, Ans- The rapid rate of change, growth and development English realize, that their vocabulary lacked the words to express these new ideas, and techniques. This led to the borrowing from Latin, Greek., Italian,Spanish and other language., Q. Write a note on Old English., Or, Write a note on some characteristics of Old English., Ans: The old English is taken from AD 449-1066.This begins with the, coming of the Anglo-Saxons from Europe to mainland Britain.It is, very difficult to read and understand the text of this period.The, language looks different because of its unknown spelling,unfamiliar, vocabulary and totally different grammatical structures.It used, the Runic alphabets that were composed of sharpe straight lines, without curves. After 6th century,the spread of Christianity, introduced the use of Roman alphabet., Q. Name the four dialects of Old English., Ans- Old English had four dialects.They were known as Kentish,, Northumbarian, Mercian and West Saxon., Q. Write a note on American English., Ans- American English, variety of the English language spoken in the, United States. Although all Americans do not speak the same, way, their speech has enough in common that American English, can be recognized as a variety of English distinct from British, English, Australian English, and other national varieties. American, English has grown up with the country. It began to diverge from, British English during its colonial beginnings and acquired regional, differences and ethnic flavor during the settlement of the continent., Today it influences other languages and other varieties of English, because it is the medium by which the attractions of American, culture–its literature, motion pictures, and television programs–, are transmitted to the world., Q. Write the names of dramatic elements., Ans-The names of dramatic elements are plot, character, dialougue,, gesture, music, scenic effects and soliloquy., Q. Who were known as the university wits ? Write their names., Ans- John Lily,Thomas Kyd,George Peele,Robert Green and, Christopher Marlowe are known as the university wits.., Q. Write the names of five modern English poets., , Story Of English, Q. Name the four dialects of Old English., Ans-Old English had four dialects.They were known as Kentish,, Northumbarian, Mercian and West Saxon., Q. Write the names of five dramatic elements., Ans- The names of dramatic elements are plot, character, dialougue,, gesture, music., Q. Who were known as the university wits ? Write their names., Ans- John Lily,Thomas Kyd,George Peele,Robert Green and, Christopher Marlowe are known as the university wits., Q. What are the three main period in the history of the English, language ?, Ans-The three main periods in the history of English language are (i), Renaissance (ii) Augustan Age (iii) Romantic Revival., Q. Who is called the father of the modern novel ?, Ans-Richardson is called the father of the modern novel., Q. Name the two major influences on the Old English., Ans-The two major influences on the old English are Latin and, Scandiavian., 6. Answer any of the following : [5 marks], Q.(a)Write a short note on English as an international/a world/a, global language., Or, Write a short note on the future of English in India., Or, Why has English become so popular in India?, Ans- As English is read and spoken all over the world by a large number, of people,it is known as an international language.It is read and, spoken all over the world not only because almost all the countries, of the world were the slaves of the British but also because it is a, linking language as well as all the scientific inventions and, discoveries are found in English., Its importance for the Indians has become very much because, Indian is growing fast and trying to be the developed country.Due, to the globlization of trade and marketing there is the great need of, , Venue:, , 59, , 30, , Venue:, , 60

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Ans- Name of five Modern English Poets are follows- (a) T.S.Eliot (b), W.H.Auden (c) D.H.Lawrance (d) W.B.Yeats (e) Philip Larkin, Q. Name five major Indian Writers in English., Ans- Raja Rao, Mulk raj Anand, R.K.Narayan, Manohar Malgaonkar,, Rabindra Nath Tagore., Q. Write the names of modern English novelists, Ans- Modern English novelists :- E.M.Foster, Henry James, Pearl S., Buck, T.S.Eliot, Chinua Achebe, Q. Name any five Indian English novelists., Ans-Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K.Narayan, Khuswant Singh, Anita Desai, Q. Name any five English dramatists., Ans- Shakespeare, G.B.Shaw, Nicholas Udal, Anton Chekhov, T.S.Eliot, Q. Write a brief note on the Modern English., Ans-The English from 15th century till now is called Modern English.It, is divided into two phase Modern English I and II.During the last, 500 years,English has established itself as an international, language.This is Modern II.The development of Modern English I, was largely helped by the introduction of printing tecnology in, 1476.The invention of printing machines and the rise of literacy in, England accelerated the stadardization and popularity of English, during this period., Q. Write a note on the difference between novel and drama., Ans- Novel is an expression of life through the medium of language. A, novel grows directly of life. Novels are combination of imagination, and intellect that express life in the form of story. They show, motives and influences which governs human life., The word drama has come from Greek word meaning ‘things done’., It is not solely a form of literature, it is at once literary art, representation with dramatic elements and dramatic structures., Shakespeare and G.B.Shaw were great dramatists., Q. What are the three main periods in the history of the English, Language ?, Ans- The three main periods in the history of English Language are - (i), Renaissance (ii) Augustan Age (iii) Romantic Revival, Q. Who is called the father of the modern novel ?, Ans- Richardson is called the father of modern novel., Q. Write the names of dramatic structures., Ans- The names of dramatic structures are Exposition, Complication,, Crisis, Denouement, Catastrophe and Conclusion., Q. What is Farce ?, Ans- A genre of comedy that is full of high-energy and very physical, stage directions., , Venue:, , 61, , Q. Write any five types of drama., Ans- Tragedy, Comedy, Tragi-comedy, Farce and Melodrama., Q. What is a masque ?, Ans-The masque is a form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular, among the nobility in 16th- and 17th-century England, which, consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players., Q. What is novel ?, Ans- A novel is an expression of life through the medium of language., Q. Write a note on the future of English in India., Ans- India is trying to become a powerful nation in all spheres. The, economic, social and political life of the nation is to be changed., Progress is possible only if the people of India freely interact with, their counterparts in other developed countries of the world. The, world is becoming smaller day by day. People in other countries, are making rapid progress in numerous fields of knowledge., English is our life-line of contact with the outside world. It is an, important bridge for the traffic of thought between the East and, the West. English continues to be an important language used, by computers and commercial establishments in major parts of, the world. In India too it continues to be a mark of education., English had to be recognized as the second official language of, the country.So the future of English in India is very bright., Q. Write a note on the importance of English in India., Ans-Its importance for the Indians has become very much because, Indian is growing fast and trying to be the developed country.Due, to the globlization of trade and marketing there is the great need, of English which will generate employment in the almost every, field.Thousand of call centers provide employment for the English, speakers.The benefits of learning English can be seen in the, economic, social and political life of the people of the country. If, India wants to play her role in international matters effectively,, her people must study English., Q. Write a short note on Indian English poetry., Ans- In India, poetry began to be written as early as the early part of, the 19th century.A new form of English poetry had been discovered, by Indian poets by using Indian culture, traditions, issues etc, and made the world know about them.Henry Louis Vivian, Derozio is regarded as the first poet of Indian English poetry.Sri, Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu, Michael Madhusudan Dutt,Rabindra, Nath Tagore, Toru Dutt are remarkable Indian English poets., Q. What is the difference between a short story and a novel ?, Ans- A short story is short in length where as a novel is novel is long in, , 31, , Venue:, , 62

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*David coperfield, *Wuthering Heights, *A Bend in the Ganges/Distant Drum, /The Princes/Bomway Bewae, Songs for children/Peacock pea, The God of small things, Ode to a Nightingale, The Rivals, Murder at cathedral/The cocktail party, /Ash Wednesday, Pamela, le Mort’d Arthur, *Dr.Fausts/Edward II, * Piers the Plowman, *Shepherd’s calender/The Faiery Queen, Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained, *Mac Flecknoe, Four Pastorals/Rape of the Lock/Duniciad/, Epistel to Dr.Arbuthnot, *Prelude/Lyrical Ballades, Manfred/Cain/Childe Harold/Vision of, judgement/Don Juan, Raj Mohan’s wife, Things fall apart/Arrow of God, The Great Indian Novel, The Homecoming, All my Sons/Death of sales man, Adonais/*The Skylark/The Cloud/Ode, to the west wind, For whom the Bell Tolls/The old man, and sea/A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Rising, The Tiger, The Way of World, Volpane/The Alchemist, Confessio Amantis, The Glass Manageric, Ode to Psyche/*Eve of st.Agnes/Lamia, Sohrab and Rustam/*The scholar Gipsy, /Dovern Bech, Pied Beauty, Songs for Children/Peacock Pea, , length. A short story gives a glimpse of a character but a novel presents, a detailed study of a character. A novel has many events and many, characters. A story must be read in a single sitting. Its length is limited., Novel has no such restriction., Q. Discuss English as the second language of India., Ans- English is used as second language in many Asian and African, countries such as India, Singapore, Malasia, Nireria, Namibia,, Botswana etc. In these countries English is recognized as the, second official language. We see that Hindi is the national language, of our country, India. Hindi is used as mother tongue or first, language in India . So English is used as second language., Q. Write a short note on Indian English novel., Ans- The Indian novel in English is part of the Indian literature. It reflects, the social, political and cultural ambience of the time. Indian English, novels have won worldwide recognition. The Indian novelists have, established a great tradition. Bankim Chandra’s Raj Mohan’s Wife, written in 1864 was the first Indian novel in English., Q. Discuss English as a language of the modern science., Ans- No language has had as far a reach in science as English in the, modern day. More than three-quarters of scientific papers today, are published in English—and in some fields it is more than 90, percent, according to data compiled by Scott Montgomery in his, book Does Science Need a Global Language ? English is now, used almost exclusively as the language of science. Though up, till now, the world Scientist Association has not officially, declared the language as the official language of science, but, almost all activities in science and technology are carried in the, language English., Q.No-Books & Authors (blls Objective iz'u iqNs tk,aWxsA), *The Guide, - R.K.Narayan, *Arms and the man/Candida/Pygmalion, - G.B.Shaw, *Old man and the sea, - Ernest Hemingway, *Macbeth/Othello/Julius Caesear/Hamlet, /King Lear/The Merchent of Venice/, As you like it, - William Shakespear, *A Passage to India, - E.M.Foster, *Pride and Prejudice/Emma, - Jane Austen, *Kanthapura/The serpant and the Rope, - Raja Rao, *Savitri, - Sri Aurobindo Ghose, *Untouchable/Coolie/Two leaves, and a bud, - Mulk Raj Anand., *The Flood, - Kamala Markandey, , Venue:, , 63, , 32, , Venue:, , - Charles Dickens, - Emily Bronte, - Manohar Malgaonkar, - Walter de la mare, - Arundhati Ray, - W.B.Yeats, - Sheridan, - T.S.Eliot, - Richardsan, - Malory, - Christofer Marlowe, - William Langland, - Edmund Spenser, - John Milton, - John Dryden, - Alexender Pope, - William Wordsworth, -, , Lord Byron, Bankimchandra, Chinua Achebe, Shashi Tharoor, Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, , - P.B.Shelly, - Earnest Hamingway, - John Donne, - William Blake, - William Congreve, - Ben Jonson, - Gower, - Tenesses William, - John Keats, - Matthew Arnold, - Hopkins, - Walter de la Mare, , 64

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3. The English from 15th century till now is called Modern English., 4. The Printing press set up by William Caxton in AD 1476., 5. Dr. Samuel Johnson published ‘A Dictionary of the English, Language’ in 1755., 6. English is a ‘window of the world’., 7. English is used in China as a foreign language., 8. The word ‘drama’ comes from Greek., 9. The word drama means ‘thing done’., 10. The first real comedy is Roister Doister., 11. The first real tragedy is Gorboduc., 12. The earliest forms of the novel are the Greek Romances., 13. Richardson is called the father of modern novel., 14. The great vowel shift took place during Middle English., Q. Match the poets given in List – A with appropriate title from, List – B :(, ), (i)Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe, -John Donne, (ii)Song of Myself, -Walt Whitman, (iii)Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast, -W.H.Auden, (iv)To Autumn, -John Keats, (v)An Epitaph, -Walter de la Mare, (vi)The Soldier, -Rupert Brooke, (vii)Macavity:The Mystery Cat, -T.S.Eliot, (viii)Fire-Hymn, -Keki N.Daruwala, (ix)Snake, -D.H.Lawrence, (x)My Grand Mother’s House, -Kamala Das., , Waiting for Godot, - Samuel Backett, The Wasteland, - T.S. Eliot, *In Memoriam/The Princess, - Alfred Tennyson, Discovery of India, - Jawaharlal Nehru, The pilgrim’s progress, - John Bunyan, Tom Jones, - Henry Fielding, The Rainbow/Sons of Lovers, - D.H.Lawrence, Second coming/Among school children, - W.B.Yeats, Look Stranger, - W.H.Auden, *A psalm of life, - W.H.Longfellow, *Village Song/Songs of Radha/, A soul’s prayer, - Sarojani Naydu, *The Gitanjali/Chitra/Red Olender, - Rabindranath Tagore, * The Canterbury Tales/The Romaunt, of the Rose /The Romance of King, Alexander, - Geoffere Chaucer, Roister Doister, - Nicholas Udall, Hayavadan/Tuglaq, - Girish Karnad, Robinson Crusoe, - Daniel Defoe, *Far from the Madding crowd/The, Mayor of Casterbridge, - Thomas Hardy, *Train to Pakistan, - Khuswant Singh, Emma, - JAne Austen, *Great Expectation/Hard Times, - Charles Dickens, War and Peace, - Leo Tolstoy, MODEL QUESTION, 1. ‘The Scholar Gipsy’ has been written by, (Choose the correct option), (a) Matthew Arnold, (b) W.B. Yeats, (c) Robert Bridges, (d) J.M. Synge, 2. ‘Piers and Plowman’ is written by (Choose the correct option), (a) Spenser, (b) Milton, (c) Langland, (d) Congrave, 3. ‘The God of Small Things’ is written by (Choose the correct, option), (a) Anita Desai, (b) Kamala Das, (c) Toru Dutt, (d) Arundhati Roy, Most Important Lines for Objective :, ( lines, Objective/Subjective, ), 1. Old English period is from AD 449 to AD 1066., 2. Middle English Period is from AD 1150 -1500., , Venue:, , 65, , Q.No.- Write in short the summary of any one of the following, poems: (05 marks), Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast, A verstile and intellectual vigorous poet,who won the pulitzer, prize in 1948,W.H.Auden has written the poem ‘Now The Leaves Are, Falling Fast’ in which he says that promises of love are often deceptive, because human life comes to an end with the passage of time which, disturbs the real delight and makes human life miserable.Here falling, of leaves suggest the process of death and human waste on a large, scale., The poet thinks that human beings are travelers who are moving, fast towards death but they are blessed by the melodius music which, is created by the white waterfall of the lovely mountain.This optimistic, view of the poet makes this poem great., An Epitaph, Walter de la Mare,the poet known for his sensitive concerns, , 33, , Venue:, , 66

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with the world of children and supernatural elements,the poet makes, us aware of the human conditions,has written the poem ‘An Epitaph’, in which he teaches us the philosophy of immortality., As man is mortal his physical beauty vanishes with the, passage of time however rare it may be.Only the beauty of deeds, which may serve humanity can provide us sublimity.This universal appeal, of the poem that man is judged and known by the deeds not by the, physical beauty makes it a great poem., , silence is not within his reach. Therefore, he gets the opportunity to, justify the act of other religion, Hindu. Here,it reflects the flexibility of, the speaker’s mind and religion. The fanaticism is always a danger for, the society. It brings differences among the people.Therefore, he stands, there for fire not to commit the sin again., , Macavity : The Mystery Cat, T.S.Eliot, a nobel prize winner, a classist in literature, an Anglocatholic in religion, a royalist in politics, one of the greatest poets of, the twentieth century, has written this poem “Macavity: The Mystery, Cat.” The poet calls Macavity, a mystery cat because it is never found, at the place of crime although it seems every time Macavitycommits, the crime. Macavity is termed as a criminal because he defies the law., The poet’s impression of Macavity is very powerful as he compares it, to Napoleon. He has become headache for the intelligence agencies., No sign has been found for his involvement in the crime. He is powerful,, energetic, intelligent and negligent of his outward look. The poet calls, Macavity is outwardly respectable because his footprints are not found, in any criminal file of Scotland. As long as the crime of someone is not, proved, he cannot be called criminal.Therefore, he enjoys respect in, the eyes of people and they say he cheats at cards., , Songs of Myself, Walt Whitman,perhaps most individuality literary figure that, America has ever produced has written the poem ‘Songs of Myself’ in, which the very title of the poem indicates about the subjectivity of the, poem where he describes he made all of us and we are made up of, same atom., He wants to work for establishing peaceful relation between, man to man till the end of his life with the same zeal because one, should not check over one’s natural feeling and desires to work for the, welfare of humanity even in the time of peril whether somebody, considers it good or bad., He concludes with objective feeling that there should be no, distinction between one man to another due to caste,colour,creed and, religion which makes the personal feeling impersonal to make it a, great poem., , My grandmother’s house, Kamala Das,a noted Indo-Anglian poetess,has written this, autobiographical poem ‘My Grand Mother’s House’.Love and Sex are, dominant theme of her poems.In this poem the poet describes about, the deserted condition of her grandmother’s house and her own life., Her grandmother is no more. She visits the house where she has, spent his childhood with her grandmother. She feels quite nostalgic for, the place where she grew up.She had received so much love there, when her grandmother was alive. Now, she feels lonely in the absence, of her grandmother. She dose not get love from anyone as much as, she would receive from her gradmother. The present condition of the, house is described as a place deprived of any human being and care., There the air is fearful, the snakes are moving, the silence prevails, the, transparency of windows is gone and the darkness rules. The poet, wants to take from this place an armful of darkness at her house where, she lives now. She wants to put this darkness safely in her bedroom to, recollect the memory of the past, , Sweetest Love I do not Goe, The poem ‘Sweetest love I do not Goe’ is a wonderful love, poem composed by the pioneer of Metaphysical poet John Donne.He, is well aware of the invitablity of death and power of love which defer, even death.The rehealsal of departure for a short time will make him a, tough man to bear the grief of final departure i.e. death.He consolence, himself and his beloved by saying that true love never die., Here the poet teaches about the realities of life and suggests, the readers to live in the light of devine love is not defeated even by, time and death., , Fire-Hymn, Keki N. Daruwala, the recipent of Sahitya Akademi Award and, Commenwealth Poetry Award, the great Indo-Anglian poet, has written, the poem ‘Fire-Hymn’ who is a parsi. In parsi Religion, dead bodies, are not burnt but these are on the Tower of silence for vultures to, eat.The poet describes a scene of a ghat where dead bodies are being, burnt. The fire is doing its work but not sincerely.He swears to save fire, from this sin of forgetfulness. Once he has to burnt the dead body of, his elder son against the demand of his religion because Tower of, , Venue:, , 67, , ‘Snake’, D.H. Lawrence,a poet,novelist,short story writer,and, essayist,has written this beautiful poem ‘SNAKE’ A snake comes to a, water trough to drink water in the hottest noon of summer. The poet, , 34, , Venue:, , 68

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sees it and kills it after it has drunk and tries to return. Before the poet, killed it, he had gone through many questions whether to kill it or not., Sometimes he considers it as his guest that he must be hospitable, towards it. He then thinks himself a coward if he leaves it because it is, a venomous gold snake. After all these dilemmas, he killed it but, immediately after this act he regrets a lot. He thinks he has killed a, king of the underworld. He wishes that he will come back., Rupert Brooke has written an idealistic patriotic poem ‘The, Soldier’ in which he goes to fight for his country., The Soldier wishes if he dies in the foriegn country in the battle and is, buried there that part should also be treated as his own country, i.e.England because that body had been born and brought up in, England.He expresses his deep sense of gratitude for everything he, has got there the roads,the flowers,the sights and sounds. He is, grateful to his friends also who has taught him how to laugh., Thus this sonnet shows the poet’s great love for his, motherlandd and because of his love he is not afraid of death as he, will become a part of ‘enternal’ mind after his death., , culture which has succesfully whithstood the passage of time and, creates moral being rather than the western civilization which has the, tendency to privilege materaility and propagate immorality., Gandhiji says that mind is a restless bird because the more it, gets the more it wants and still remains unsatisfied.The more we, indulge in our passion the more unbridled they become.So we should, set a limit to our indulgenences because happiness is largely a mental, condition which does not depend upon whether one is rich or poor., Our ancestor who enjoyed true ‘Home Rule’depending on, agriculture viewed that large cities were trap and useless burden where, many vices were flurshing and the poor would be robbed by the rich., Our ancient Indian civilization teaches us an imperative, restriction upon our wants which provides happiness. Western, civilization teaches us indifinite multiplicity of human wants which creats, miseries.Indian civilization and culture is still alive because Hinduism, developed not only with material but spritual lines., Though western civilization taught us a lot,yet we must keep our, civilization and culture away from it.Because our civilization which provides, us culture circumstance it serve the huminity is superior to theirs., , Ode To Autumn, , The Artist, , John Keats, one of the greatest romantic poet, has written, the poem ‘Ode To Autumn’ where he is of the view that ‘A thing of, beauty is a joy forever’ and ‘beauty is truth, truth is beauty’. “To Autumn”, is one of the simplest of Keats’s odes. There is nothing confusing or, complex in Keats’s paean to the season of autumn, with its, fruitfulness, its flowers, and the song of its swallows gathering for, migration. The extraordinary achievement of this poem lies in its ability, to suggest, explore, and develop a rich abundance of themes without, ever ruffling its calm, gentle, and lovely description of autumn.He, establishes this principle by exhibiting this beauty in nature through a, series of memorable picture in autumn.He is of the view that Autumn, and Spring symbolies happiness. Autumn produces fleshy , fat and, tasty fruit and provides happiness to the people and birds., Q. Write in short the summary of any one of the following poems:, (05 marks), , The Artist is a very fine short story written by a Japanise writer, Shiga Naoya. It shows a world in which a talent of twelve years old boy, named Seibe is damaged by his father and his teacher. Seibe has an, art of making rare thing out of gourds.These rare things which are, generally sold in curio shops are priceless.Seibe is no doubt, passionately interested in his work of converting a simple fruit like, gourd in a priceless curio.His one gourd that he purchases in ten sen, only after working on it price fetches an unbelievable 600 yen. His art, is not seen by his parents and his teacher.They beat him for his working, on the gourds. In this way the story depicts the damage that adults’, world does to young world..;, , The Soldier, , The Earth, H.E. Bates (Herbert Ernest Bates), a short story writer, a, journalist has written very fine short story about a farmer Johnson and, his simple minded son Benjy, ‘The Earth’, The story represents the laziness of the parents and the growing, selfishness and cunningness of their child. In this story Benjy is a, simple minded son. His parents all the time worry about his well being., They take him to a doctor who suggests them to help him start a, business of his own. They help him start his business of poultry farming., Benjy works hard and soon becomes a very rich person of the area., Benjy marries a girl named Florence against the wishes of his parents., , Indian Civilization And Culture, The man of the millenium,the living embodiment of the truth, and non-violence,Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi,the father of the, nation as well as the citizen of the world,half naked fakir of India of, simple living and high thinking,the teacher as well as social reformer, and spritual leader has written the essay ‘Indian Civilization and culture’, in which he talks about the sound foundation of Indian civilization and, , Venue:, , 69, , 35, , Venue:, , 70

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Since the house in which they live has been bought by Benjy, he, compels them to shift their room in which they have slept all their life., One day, he drives them away from the house too.Thus this story is a, true description of wrong dealings and behaviours of a son with his, parents, that happens at presents., , life.People suffered from poverty and starvation even though they have, fertile land.The old super structure of the British imprerialism did not, permit the creation of new jobs. Indian villagers and their children were, thin and pale having unhygienic looks with big bellies and big sad dark, eyes.So it was the British government,which was responsible for the, ills of the Indian society.She is of view that India taught the world the, lesson of non-violence,which is the best means of achieve., , Bharat is my Home, Dr.Zakir Husain,one of the greatest freedom fighters as well, as an eminent educationists has given his speech after taking the, oath as the president of India from which this extract ‘Bharat is my, Home’ has been taken in which he pledges himself to the service of, the totality of Indian’s culture.Dr. Husain calls India the young state of, an ancient people because they have striven to realise timeless and, absolute values in their own way through the co-operation of diverse, ethnic elements., Its past is not dead and static,it is alive and dynamic and involved, in determining the quality of our present and the prospect of our future., We have to work for silent and steady reconstruction of the whole, material and cultural life of our people.He says to do the work on one’s, self which means to follow the urge towards moral development as a, free person under self imposed discipline to serve the society in a, graceful manner. According to Dr.Husain the essential humanity of, man is that everyman has the right to live in dignity and with justice., The business of education is to make constant growth of national culture, and character. It is a prime instruments of national purpose which, depends upon its quality. Dr.Husain says that Bharat is my home and, its people are his family in the context that people had chosen him the, head of the family.Being head of family he wants to make his home, strong and beautiful,a worthy home for great people engaged in the, building up just,prosperous and graceful life without the distinction of, cast,colour,creed and religion., , I Have a Dream., Martin Luther King Jr.,a Baptist minister by training,a civil rights, activist early in his career, the follower of Gandhiji’s philosophy of nonviolence,the youngest person to receive the Nobel Prize for his efforts, to end segregation and racial discriminational through civil disobedience, and other non-violent ways,has given his speech ‘I Have a Dream’ in, which he speaks about his dream of seeing Alabama as a developed, state,free of racial distinction between the whites and the blacks which, had the huge impact in raising public conciousness for civil rights, movement and establishing him as one of the greatest orators in, American history., He finds himself an exile in his own land because the bank of, justice in America is bankrupt which is fatal for nation untill the bright, day of justice emerges.He suggests that we should not seek their, thirst for freedom by the bitterness of hatred rather it should be based, upon plane of dignity and discipline, He further suggests that we should use force and must not, hurt white people because we can not walk alone as their destiny is, tied up with ours., Due to his right thinking,full faith and determination his dream, came true as the president ship of Barrack Obama., , How free is the press, , India Through a Traveller’s Eye., , Dorthy Leigh Syares,an essayist,a playright,poet and writer, detective fiction has written the essay ‘How free is the press’ in which, she writes clearity of thought to make a strong case against misreporting, or against the misuse of freedom of the press., We usually mean by the term free press in a very technical, and restricted sense namely,freedom from direction ar censorship by, the government.She considers that censorship during war must be, treated as an exception., It is a central doctorine of democracy that state is not the, master but the servent of the people., , An American born female writer of international repute Miss, Buck,the writer who got the Nobel prize of literature,has a profound, sense of humanity,which manifests itself in the form of endless love for, the people of the world.According to her Indian people are wise and, innately civilized though they are poor., She did not visit India to see the glorious building and empire, though she visited India to see and listen two groups,the youngs, intellectuals in cities and the peasants in villages.She met young, intellectuls and heard their plan of independence and show their anger, towards the British empire., She felt that the Indian people were leading a very meserable, , Venue:, , 71, , 36, , Or, (2) Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea, and, stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since, Venue:, 72, Roman times. 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in the society., , We may say that the heaviest restriction upon the freedom of, public opinion is not the official censorship of the press,but the unofficial, censorship by the press which exists not so much to express opinion, as to manufacture it, The two basic assumptions about the public are (i) They do, not have the wit to distinguish truth from the falsehood., (ii) They do not care at all whether a statement is false,provided it is, titillating. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by two, chief factors-(i) the interest of the advertiser from whom it gets the, money which enables it to keep up its large circulation. (ii) the personal, spites and political ambitions of its proprietor., The seven changes the author makes against the press are (i), ensational headlines (ii) Garbling (iii) inaccurate reporting of the fact, (iv) plain reversal of the facts (v) kandom and gratuitious invention (vi), deliberate miracle mongering & (vii) flat suppression of the facts., , A Child is Born, Germaine Greer,a famous feminist writer,the explorer of social, and culture aspects of woman has written the book ‘Sex and, Destiny:The politics of Human Fertility’ from which this extract ‘A Child, is Born’has been taken,in which she explores the cultural pieculiarity, of the East and the West regarding child birth and parent chid relation., She is of the view that the role of rituals in managing childbirth, intraditional society is to provide comfort by the whole family,primilary, by her husband kinsfolk and the other members of the community due, to which the pregnant women become free from anxiety by getting, security. Sylthi women go to her mother’s house for the last few months, of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby’s life if, their parents are alive., The writer talks about ‘The truism of anthropologies’ that such, women do not become members of their new family untill they have, become a child.In such societies marriage has been arranged and, only a child establish entimate relationship to her and the family as, she to her own mother.There are so many problems of a modern women, in matters of pregnancy and childbirth due to the pressure of ‘Bantu, nurse’ poverty and use of western medicine.I am agree with the writer, that the use of the western medicine in childbirth is producing horrible, results because technological charges causes social problem to make, exceptional pressure for aggressive and dramatic procedures even when, the health status of patient in too poor to withstand., A pregnant women in a traditional society does not feel alone, because she is accepted culturally and collectivly by her, husband,kinsfolk and members of the community.She says that ‘bad, luck’ is the superstition associated with acquiring new clothes and, instruments for baby before the birth., Children of the joint family in Bangladesh under the age of five, or six are looked after by the whole family along with the other, children.The immediate impact of poverty in the medical field prevents, medical facilities to the patient because doctors and nurses become, brutal to them., , Ideas That Have Helped Mankind., Bertrand Russell, a British philospher, historian,mathematician,, social reformer,a prolific writer who won the Nobel prize by imphasing, reason, intelligence, human happiness, peace and liberty, has written, ‘Ideas That Have Helped Mankind’ in which he taught us about civilization, providing love to the children and respect to the elders. Our moralists, and religious teachers taught to be kind to every living being.The writer, says that ideas that have helped mankind are (1) those that contribute, to knowledge and tecnique (2)those that are concerned with moral and, politics., Language played a very important role in human development, to hand on inventions and discoveries from generation to generation, gradually. Ideas that have influenced our actions and paved the way for, our development are-(i) invention of fire and its use for cooking, purpose.(ii)taming of animals for domestic and agriculture purpose., (iii) language to hand on inventions and discoveries from one generation, to another. (iv)concerned with moral and politics., The human beings have extra-ordinary thinking power and, sensibility due to which they are super creation of Almighty.Civilization, taught us to be more friendly to one another and helped us to develop, the knowledge of way of life by making society better and worth living.Our, intelligence enables us to be tolerant and develop the idea to live and, let live.Thus it is very important for us to be civilized to make the world, beautiful and worth living. Being the member of civilized society we, respect other’s feelings and try to be polite by saying please and thank, you in our everyday life.Our language and civilized behavior establish, peace and love, , Venue:, , 73, , 37, , Venue:, , 74

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Q.7. Answer any one of the following :, [4], Read the passage and answer the questions :, Nature is an infinite source of beauty. Sunrise and sunset, mountains, and rivers, lakes and glaciers, forests and fields provide joy and bliss, to the human mind and heart for hours together.. Everything in nature, is splendid and divine. Everyday and every season of the year has a, peculiar beauty to unfold. Only one should have eyes to behold it and, a heart to feel it like the English poet William Wordsworth who after, seeing daffodils said: ‘And then my heart with pleasure fills and dances, with the daffodils.Nature is a great teacher. The early man was thrilled, withbeauty and wonders of nature. The Aryans worshipped nature.One, can learn the lessons in the vast school of nature.Unfortunately the, strife, the stress and the tension of modern life have made people, immune to beauties of nature.Their life is so full of care that they have, no time to stand and stare. They cannot enjoy the beauty of lowing, rivers, swinging trees, flying birds and majestic mountains and hills., There is however, a cry to go back to village from the concrete and, artificial jungle of cities. Hence the town planners of today pay special, attention to provide enough number of natural scenic spots in town, planning. To develop a balanced personality, one needs to have a, healthy attitude which can make us appreciate and enjoy the beauty, of nature.There is other balm to soothe our tired soul and listless mind, than the infinite nature all around us. We should enjoy it fully to lead a, balanced and harmonious life, fullof peace and tranquility, 1.Which of the following statements is not made in the passage, about Nature?, (a) Nature is an infinite source of beauty, (b) Everything in nature is splendid and divine, (c) Nature is a great teacher, (d) The Aryans worshipped Nature, (e) The early man was scared of Nature, 2.What is needed to develop balanced personality?, (a) interpersonal skills, (b) reading poetry, (c) healthy attitude, (d) going back to villages, (e) None of these, 3.Why do people not enjoy the beauty of Nature ?, (a) They are running after material pleasures, (b) They do not consider nature as balm to soothe their fired minds, (c) Their life is full of worries and tensions, (d) They are afraid of nature, , Q.- Translate into English. (05 marks), - Patna is the capital of Bihar., 1, 2, -In ancient times,the name, of this city was Patliputra., 3, - The Patna of today is eight, to ten miles long., 5, - The bridge is over the river., 6, - Why are you sad ?, 7, - I shall be a teacher., 8, - Ram is a driver., 9, - We should respect all., 10, - She is a lovely girl., 11, - There is a boy., 12, - There was an elephant in my, village., 13, -Anjali was in front of me., 14, - It was mid-day., 15, - Shree Ataljee was a reputed, orator., 16, - Every boy is laborious., 17, - Both the girls are beautiful., 18, - Both of them are good., 19, - He is longing for the beloved., 20, 21, - It is time to play., 22, - To play is useful., 23, - I shall never love you again., a priceless virtue., 42, - There is a close relationship, between mind and body., 43, Yesterday I met a rickshawpuller., , Venue:, , 75, , 38, , Venue:, , 76

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(iii)His father did not like his activity.He thought that Seibei wasted his, time in collecting gourds.It was a useless thing for him which had no, importance in life., (iv)His father wanted his son to give up such unwanted work.In view of, this he asked him to change such unwanting hobby. At last he, smashed all his collcted gourds., , (e) None of these, 4. What should we do to enjoy tranquil life ?, (a) Get totally immersed in our daily routine, (b) Believe that nature is infinite source of beauty, (c) Lead a disciplined and dedicated life, (d) Enjoy the nature around us, (e) Form a habit of daily physical exercise, 5.What are the town planners doing today?, (a) Providing facilities for enjoying nature, (b) Establishing balance between concrete and artificial jungle of cities, (c) Supporting the cry to go back to villages, (d) Making efforts to inculcate healthy attitude among people, (e) None of these, Ans : 1.e, 2.c, 3.c, 4.d., 5.a, Or,, Seibi was a twelve years old Japanese boy.He had a hobby for collecting, gourds.He was still at primary school.After class he usually wandered, about the town looking for gourds.In the evening he would sit in the, corner of living room working on his newly acquired fruit.When he had, finished treating it;he poured in a little sake,inserted a cork, stopper,wrapped it in towel.Put this in a tin and finally placed the whole, thing in the charchoal foot warmer.Then he went to bed., Next morning first of all he examined the gourd and hung in the sun.He, lived in harbour town.He used to walk everywhere in search of gourds., But his father did not like his son’s work what ever Seibe was doing.He, wanted his son to give up this unwanted work for this view he always, guided his son and at last by force he made him give up that work of, polishing gourd,a wasting time.Once the teacher of Seibe found him guilty, and complained to his parents.His father smashed all his collected gourds, that made him very sad.He changed his art and started painting picture., Questions:, (i)Who was Seibe ? What was his hobby ?, (ii)Where did he wander to look for gourd ?, (iii)Why did his father not like his job ?, (iv)What were the desires of his father ?, Answer- (i) Seibe was a twelve years old Japanese boy.He had hobby, of collecting gourds., (ii)He wandered about the town to look for gourds.He was seen in the, street and on the beech for gourds., , Venue:, , 77, , Q.No.- 7 (or) Precis, Make the precis of the following passage., 7 Marks, Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.He was a self made man.His father, was a poor farmer.Abraham Lincoln worked first as a wood cuter.But he, wanted to make progress in life.He learnt how to read and write.He got, a job as a clerk.Then he was a store keeper and then a Postmaster.He, studied law in spare time.He became a lawer.He took up politcs.Soon, he was well known as an orator.In1860 made a famous speech against, slavery.At that time slaves were kept in the Southern States of, America.The same year he was elected president of the United States.He, was a great man.He was the greatest American President., Ans- Title- Lincoln-a self made man, The self made man Abrahm Lincoln started his careeras a wood cutter, and ended as the greatest president of America.He worked as a, clerk,store keeper,postmaster,lawyer and politician.His work against, slavery made him a great man., Number of words in the passage-121, Number of words in the precis-40, Or,, The Gangaes is a sacred river.Several towns are situated on her, banks.She has seen many ups and downs. Several battels were also, fought on the banks of the Ganges.Many towns were wiped out,and, many new ones sprang up.The Ganges is the symbol of India’s, culture.She is the confluence of many rivers.Similarly our culture is, the amalgam of many cultures.It is,like the Ganges,ever changing and, yet ever the same.We are proud of our multi-facet culture., Ans- Title-India’s multi facet culture, The Ganga is a sacred river of India.She symbolizes the rise and fall of, many civilization,consequent upon numerous battles fought on her bank., Hence, India’s culture is multi-facet., Number of words in the passage-85 Number of words in the precis- 29, , 39, , Venue:, , 78