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PROSE
Chapter - 1: A Wrong Man in Worker’s Paradise
— Rabindranath Tagore
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) What work did the artist want the second time around?

a) Painting the pitchers

b) Fetching water

c) Making coloured ribbons

2) What kind of life did this "Wrong Man" lead on Earth?

a) A meaningless life

b) A meaningful life

c) A wonderful life

3) Who called for a meeting in the Worker's Paradise?

a) The elders

b) Silent torrent girl

c) Aerial Messenger

4) "The girl's movement on the road was like the rapid movement of a skilled hand on the

strings of a guitar." What is the figure of speech here?

a) Metaphor

b) Simile

c) Alliteration

5) The girl follows the man out of the Worker's Paradise. This suggests that the girl

a) was bored with Worker's Paradise

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b) was fascinated with the man's skill in painting

c) saw new possibilities open-up before her

6) Did the man actually get to paint the girl's pitcher?

a) Yes

b) No

c) never

7) What realization had dawned upon the girl once she examined the painting on the

Pitcher?

a) The man was a very good artist

b) That it had no meaning or purpose

c) The beauty of the pitcher

8) How was the man's behaviour at the Worker's Paradise?

a) Lethargic and causing a nuisance to the hard and sincere workers

b) Vivacious and busy.

c) hard and sincere worker

9) When the men say "We haven't a moment to spare" it means that

a) They are over-burdened with their work

b) They are happy and proud to be so busy

c) They are indifferent

10) What was the reaction of the bustling girl when she saw the man?

a) The girl felt pity for the man

b) The girl felt angry for the man

c) The girl was nervous

11) "But the Moving Finger writes even in heaven." What does "Moving Finger" mean here?

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a) Fate / destiny

b) Five fingers

c) elated

12) "The hurrying feet" of the girl became "less hurried" because

a) She became lazy like the man

b) She was attracted by art

c) The meaningless was slowly becoming meaningful

13) How did the man find a place in Worker's Paradise?

a) Due to his hard work

b) A mistake by the aerial messenger

c) Accidentally

14) Which of the following is closest to the meaning of "quaint"

a) Vast

b) Weird

c) Fanciful

15) Why did the elders of the Worker's Paradise become anxious?

a) Everybody was wasting precious time and had become idle

b) Everybody was doing correctly work

c) No one was wasting time

16) Which of the following words do not mean the same as "jostle"?

a) Collide with

b) Sprint through

c) bump

17) "I brought a wrong man into this Paradise." Who said this?

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a) The farmers

b) The girl at the torrent

c) Aerial messenger

18) Why did the man ask for the pitcher?

a) He wanted to help the girl

b) He wanted to draw pictures on the pitcher

c) He wanted to fetch water from the torrent

20) What is the girl's movement on the road compared to?

a) The rapid movement of a skilled hand on the stings of a guitar

b) Silent torrent

c) unforgettable journey

21) What were the people in Worker's Paradise considered as wasting their time over?

a) Convincing the idler to leave

b) Typing coloured ribbons

c) Painting and sculpturing

22) "The man indulged in mad whims." Who considers the man's work as "mad whims?"

a) Aerial messenger

b) The writer

c) The people in worker's paradise

23) How was the girl's behaviour at the Worker's Paradise?

a) Vivacious and busy

b) Lethargic

c) causing a nuisance to the hard and sincere workers

24) Who is author of the lesson "A Wrong Man In Worker's Paradise"?

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a) William Wordsworth

b) Rabindranath Tagore

c) H.G. Bells

26) Who believes that the work of the "idler" was not useful?

a) the girl at the torrent

b) the people at Worker's Paradise

c) The man himself

27) Why is the torrent in the workers’ paradise silent?

a) The torrent was flowing fast

b) The torrent wouldn't waste its energy singing

c) The torrent was having so much attitude

28) Did the girl appreciate the work of art of man?

a) Didn't appreciate

b) Yes

c) of course

29) "The girl scanned the painted pot at home secretly" This line indicates that

a) The girl was impressed by art and beauty

b) The girl did not want the artist to know that she was impressed by his work

c) The girl was afraid of the elders' rebuke for wasting her time

30) What cannot be found in Worker's Paradise?

a) Idle men

b) Leisure

c) Busy farmers

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31) "As a princess sees a lonely beggar and is filled with pity, so the busy girl of heaven

was filled with pity." Who is compared to a lonely beggar?

a) Torrent girl

b) Aerial messenger

c) Idler

32) "As a princess sees a lonely beggar and is filled with pity, so the busy girl of heaven

was filled with pity." Why was the girl filled with pity?

a) She was the richest girl

b) She wanted to change him to a good man

c) Idler had no work in Worker's Paradise

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Chapter - 2: The Elixir of Life

— C.V. Raman
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) The most remarkable fact about water is its power to carry

a) Mud

b) Silt

c) Rain

2) What is closely connected with conservation of water?

a) Afforestation, the systematic planting of trees

b) Ruts

c) Deforestation

3) Ruts are formed by.................

a) Artesian

b) Scrub

c) Cutting up and washing away of earth

4) Water plays a destructive part and washes away ...... which is the foundation of agriculture

a) Rocks

b) Soil

c) Streams

5) Swiftly flowing water can carry fairly large and

a) Floating particles

b) Heavy particles

c) Finest particles

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6) By what was Egypt and its ancient civilization created?

a) River Nile

b) Cats

c) Mummies

7) The River Nile is in

a) Libyan Desert

b) Egypt

c) Mediterranean Sea

8) What is the menace for successful agriculture?

a) Soil erosion

b) Ruts

c) Artesian water

9) The main reasons of soil erosion are

a) Terracing of land

b) removal of top protective layer, gullies and ravines

c) All the above

10) What is a scrub jungle?

a) A forest consisting of stunted trees growing haphazardly

b) A forest consisting of less trees

c) A forest consisting no trees

11) Water in a landscape is compared to

a) Streams

b) Human face

c) Hair

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12) What is separation of solid from liquid called?

a) Artesian

b) Scrub

c) Precipitation

13) What is contour cultivation?

a) Cultivation along the same level of elevation to prevent erosion

b) Cultivation against the same level of elevation to increase erosion

c) Cultivation along the different level of elevation to prevent erosion

14) Farmyard manure should not be used as...........

a) Food

b) Water

c) Fuel

15) Apart from artesian water the other sources of water are.......

a) Soil erosion

b) Plants and trees

c) Rain and snowfall

16) When should we check the flow of water?

a) At the earliest possible stage

b) At the last stage

c) No need to check the flow of water

17) Terracing of lands helps in...........

a) Deforestation

b) Full of water

c) Prevention of soil erosion

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18) Systematic planting of trees is............

a) Scrub Jungle

b) Wild and untamed jungle

c) Civilized forests

19) Who is the author of "The Elixir of Life"?

a) Sir. C.V. Raman

b) William Wordsworth

c) Newton

20) Much of the rain water that flows down into the........... and ultimately into the sea

a) Rain-fed tanks

b) Sea

c) Streams and rivers

21) The "Cheering Sight", in South India is the

a) Sun

b) Rain-fed tanks

c) Rainfall

22) What is artesian water?

a) Underground water springing from a hole.

b) River water

c) Rain water

23) According to C.V. Raman the true elixir of life is

a) Amrita

b) Water

c) Ice

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24) The preventive measures for soil erosion are........

a) flow of water

b) contour cultivation

c) All the above

25) What is imaginary elixir of life?

a) Amrita

b) Water

c) Rain

26) Much of Indian agriculture depends on...........

a) Snowfall

b) Monsoon

c) Seasonal rainfall

27) Geologists tell us the entire soil of Nile Valley is the creation of...

a) The Planet

b) The River

c) The Lake

28) Which is the cheapest form of internal transport in a country?

a) Boats and barges through canals and rivers

b) Roadways

c) Airways

29) What is a catchment area?

a) An area that catches animals

b) An area where so many animals are kept

c) An area that catches rain in plentiful

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30) Civilized forests are

a) Scrub Jungle

b) Wild and untamed jungle

c) Man-made forests

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Chapter - 3: The Gift of the Magi

— By O. Henry
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) They lived in a........

a) poorly furnished flat

b) furnished flat

c) Semi furnished flat

2) Where was the letter box?

a) in the garden

b) in front of house

c) in the vestibule

3) How did Della spend the next few hours after selling her hair?

a) She was ransacking the stores for buying a present to Jim

b) She was ransacking the stores for buying a present to King Solomon

c) She was ransacking the stores for buying a present to Queen Sheba

4) She brought out her curling pins to..........

a) Cut her hair

b) Curl her hair

c) Wash her hair

5) The Magi- the wise men, brought gifts to.........

a) Jim and Della

b) King Solomon

c) Baby Jesus

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6) Jim was......... year’s old man.

a) 21

b) 25

c) 22

7) When Della realized that she had very little money to buy a gift for Jim...

a) She laughed

b) She howled

c) She smiled

8) Who is the author of “The Gift of Magi"?

a) O. Henry

b) Bobby James

c) Rudolf Mike

9) What is a mendicancy squad?

a) A team of beggars

b) A team of players

c) singers

10) How did Della's eyes shine when she stood in front of glass?

a) Brilliantly

b) Very less

c) Sparking

11) King Solomon's and Queen Sheba's possessions were compared to

a) Della's and Jim's flat

b) Della's hair only

c) Della's hair and Jim's gold watch

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12) Why did Della save money?

a) To buy a new set of combs

b) To buy a new dress

c) To buy a Christmas present for her husband Jim

13) She bought a lovely, chaste.......

a) gold watch strap

b) platinum fob chain

c) a lovely bracelet

14) Jim had bought Della a set of..............

a) Beautiful combs

b) A small tortoise

c) Pure tortoise shell combs

15) Della had........

a) Short curly hair

b) A bod cut hair

c) Rippling long hair

16) How did the Fob chain look like?

a) It was made of platinum, simple and chaste in design

b) It was made of gold, simple and chaste in design

c) It was ugly

17) Della had save on Christmas Eve...........

a) one dollar

b) one dollar and eighty seven cents

c) Eighty seven cents

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18) She sold her hair at Mme. Sofronie for.....

a) 10 dollars

b) 20 dollars

c) 21 dollars

19) Where did Della stop to sell her hair?

a) Mme. Sofronie shop

b) Goods shop

c) Retailer shop

20) How much was Jim being paid per week earlier?

a) $30

b) $20

c) $10

21) Della's most precious possession was............

a) a gold watch

b) her long hair

c) tortoise combs

22) What was Jim's full name?

a) James Dillingham Young

b) Jame Dillingham Young

c) James Dillingaam Young

23) How much could Della save?

a) 20 dollars

b) 21 dollars

c) one dollar and eighty seven cents

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24) Both Della and Jim were.........

a) friends

b) husband and wife

c) neighbours

25) Jim's most precious possession was............

a) His flat

b) a gold watch

c) tortoise combs

26) Why would King Solomon be envious of Jim?

a) By seeing Jim's watch

b) By seeing Della's hair

c) By seeing Jim's flat

27) Seeing Della's short hair, Jim was......

a) Excited and happy

b) Angry and upset

c) expressionless

28) How many dollars did Della have after selling her hair and including her saving?

a) 21 dollars and eighty seven cents

b) 20 dollars

c) one dollar and eighty seven cents

29) Della suddenly decided to.........

a) Cut off her hair

b) Sell her hair

c) To go shopping

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30) Who was the mistress of the house?

a) Queen Sheba

b) Mme. Sofronie

c) Della

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Chapter - 4: Louis Pasteur, Conqueror of Disease

— By E.H. Carter
(Source: Pioneers of the Modern World)

1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) Pasteur founded the branch of science called.

a) Microbiology

b) Bacteriology

c) Virology

2) Who is the author of "Louis Pasteur, Conqueror of Disease"?

a) E.H. Carter

b) H.G. Wells

c) G.B. Shaw

3) Bacteria in Greek means

a) Little rods

b) Germs

c) Plants

4) A .......... is place where beer is made.

a) bar

b) brewery

c) hive

5) Who Jubilee was celebrated as National festival?

a) Dr. Jenner

b) Newton

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c) Louis Pasteur

6) What is anthrax?

a) It is a deadly disease that killed dogs, elephants and lions

b) It is a deadly disease that killed cow, sheep and goats instantly.

c) It is a deadly disease that killed insects, bees and butterfly

7) What was Louis Pasteur's father?

a) Doctor

b) Engineer

c) Soldier

8) To maintain one's health one should eat food that is fresh and not............

a) clean

b) good

c) stale

9) Pasteur proved germs were carried in air by conducting a simple and cleverexperiment

with

a) soup

b) wine

c) beer

10) Did Pasteur believe in spontaneous generation?

a) Yes

b) of course

c) No

11) The disease that attacked humans through a dog bite

a) Cancer

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b) Rabies

c) Viral fever

12) Louis Pasteur was born in......

a) France

b) Britain

c) Germany

13) Pasteurization is a process of heating liquid to a temperature of ............ centigradeto

make germs harmless.

a) 50 or 60 degrees

b) 90 or 100 degrees

c) 120 or 150 degrees

14) What is rabies?

a) A disease that attacks a person bitten by wild boar

b) A disease that attacks a person bitten by a snake

c) A disease that attacks a person bitten by a mad dog or a dog with rabies.

15) Pasteur discovered that weak germs can be injected to cure deadly diseases. Injecting

weak germs is

a) Injection

b) Inoculation

c) Immunization

16) He was deeply interested in

a) Chemistry

b) Zoology

c) Physics

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17) The people whom Pasteur was not able to help were

a) Horse keepers

b) Brewers & breeders

c) Cow keepers

18) Louis Pasteur devoted all his life in the study of..........

a) Anthrax

b) germs

c) Rabies

19) Pasteur was trying to discover a cure for the terrible disease

a) Typhoid

b) Anthrax

c) Small fox

20) Louis Pasteur received honours from the Royal Highness of.........

a) New York

b) Paris

c) Britain

21) Pasteur believed that germs were carried in the .......... might infect other thingsthat came

in contact with them.

a) air

b) water

c) food

22) Who was the first to show importance of pure air?

a) Dr. Jenner

b) Louis Pasteur

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c) Newton

23) On whose birthday it was celebrated as national festival?

a) Dr. Jenner

b) Newton

c) Louis Pasteur

24) In 1854 Pasteur was appointed head of a college of science at...

a) Lille

b) Paris

c) London

25) Pasteur died in 1895 at the age of

a) 70

b) 75

c) 80

26) .......... was the standing ovation from the audience in the big Hall in London.

a) Storm of flowers

b) Storm of Sweets

c) Storm of applause

27) What was Dr. Jenner famous for?

a) Chicken fox

b) Small fox

c) Covid-19

28) What does "Spontaneous Generation" means?

a) Germs occurred by themselves with one parent germs

b) Germs occurred by themselves with many parent germs

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c) Germs occurred by themselves without any parent germs.

29) According to Pasteur Yeast was

a) tiny living cells

b) dead cells

c) floating cells

30) The chief industry in Lille was the manufacture of alcohol from.................

a) grape

b) beetroot

c) wheat

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Chapter - 5: What Is Moral Action?

— By M.K. Gandhi
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) What does one need to spend to understand morality?

a) Mental Energy

b) Physical energy

c) Both

2) A moral act must spring up

a) Automatically

b) Constantly

c) Wilfully

3) What is not good for moral action?

a) Fear and compulsion

b) Compassion

c) Dedication

4) What is immoral?

a) Hidden interest selfish acts

b) Completely unselfish acts

c) Free of selfish interests

5) Living a simple and unpretentious life due to lack of means may be termed as.....

a) Moral

b) Non moral

c) Immoral

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6) What is needed for morality?

a) Sincerity

b) Good physique

c) Intelligence

7) Morality is always a good act done with

a) Good intention

b) Bad intention

c) Both

8) According to Gandhiji our conventional form of behaviour is...

a) Non-moral

b) Immoral

c) Moral

9) A man who defied convention and acted on his own doing absolute good was

a) M.K. Gandhi

b) Wendell Phillips

c) Henry Clay

10) A moral act must be

a) A copied act

b) Our own act

c) A classified act

11) An act of a man, who out of great pity feeds the poor is considered as

a) Immoral act

b) Moral act

c) Non moral act

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12) What must moral action spring from?

a) Self determination

b) Physical energy

c) Both

13) When is an action moral?

a) When it is free of selfish interests

b) When it is full of selfish intent

c) When it is a mixture of both

14) Was Alexander the Great moral?

a) No

b) Yes

c) Of course

15) People who do good out of fear and haltingly are considered to have

a) High moral virtue

b) No moral virtue

c) Low moral virtue

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Chapter - 6: The Eyes are not Here

— By Ruskin Bond
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) Who was to meet the girl at Saharanapur?

a) Parents

b) Uncle

c) Aunt

2) The girl told that narrator that her aunt was meeting her at Saharanpur. She saidthis

probably because,

a) She wanted to convey a message that he couldn't take advantage of her thinking

that she was alone

b) she wanted to introduce her aunt to the narrator

c) it was a casual remark

3) ...........our many faults, our parents love us.

a) Besides

b) Even though

c) In spite of

4) What in the narrator's opinion is the reason that well-sighted people often do notsee things

in front of them?

a) They have too much to take in

b) It is too dark

c) They are distracted by their other senses

5) The narrator recollects his memories about

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a) Listening to music in front of a log-fire

b) Mussoorie in the month of October

c) His childhood

6) The narrator was prepared to sit there for length of time in order to do what?

a) Stare outside the window

b) Listen to her talking

c) Listen to the rhythm of the engine

7) The man believed the couple seeing of the girl to be her.

a) Parents

b) Friends

c) Siblings

8) Who is the author of "The Eyes are not Here"

a) Ruskin Bond

b) Walter Scott

c) E.H. Carter

9) "Painting of the engine" What literary device is used?

a) Metaphor

b) Personification

c) Simile

10) Which of the following words is not a synonym of the word "gallant"?

a) Valorous

b) Dismal

c) Brave

11) What was the game that the narrator was playing?

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a) Identifying the scenery outside the window

b) Prevent the passengers from discovering that he was blind.

c) Navigating through the train

12) It's late to go for a walk now; ...... it has started raining.

a) In case

b) However

c) Besides

13) The narrator first noticed what about the girl

a) Slippers which slapped against her heels

b) Her interesting face

c) The sound of her voice

14) The final revelation was made by

a) The girl

b) The girl's aunt

c) A new passenger

15) The narrator was born completely blind

a) False

b) True

c) Sure

16) The final revelation in the end of the story about the girl also being blind useswhich of

the following literary devices

a) Metaphor

b) Irony

c) Alliteration

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17) Then the door bang shut and..........

a) The engine's whistle shrieked

b) Carriage wheels changed their sound and rhythm

c) The world was shut out again

18) The new fellow-traveller had made out the girl was blind.

a) True

b) False

c) Not True

19) Identify the sentiment that has been expressed in the following extract. "Thankgoodness

it's a short journey. I can't bear to sit for more than two or three hours".

a) Anxiety

b) Relief

c) Elation

20) People who cannot see are according to the narrator gifted with

a) sensing their surroundings through touch

b) Taking in the essentials through their remaining

c) Recollection through memory

21) Hiding his blindness was a........... for the narrator

a) Game

b) Challenge

c) Child's play

22) The narrator guessed that he couple who saw the girl off at Rohana were probablyher

parents because,

a) They gave detailed instructions about the care she had to take

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b) They were middle aged

c) They seemed very anxious

23) The narrator describes the perfume from the girl's hair is

a) Dizzying

b) Enchanting

c) Tantalizing

24) How did the girl sitting across the man wear her hair?

a) In a bun

b) It is not known to us

c) In a plait

25) So many things happened outside the window, it could be a fascinating game,......

a) Looking at the telegraph post flashing by

b) Hearing the sounds that passed by

c) Guessing what went on out there

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Chapter - 7: The Girl Who Was Anne Frank

— By Louis De Jong
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) Which of Anne's relatives survived the Holocaust?

a) Her mother

b) Her father

c) Her sister

2) To which concentration camp was Anne sent?

a) Dachau

b) Auschwitz

c) Goebbels

3) Who was Mr. Van Daan?

a) A criminal

b) A police

c) A refugee

4) How many people ultimately live in the annex?

a) Four

b) Eight

c) Ten

5) What does Anne receive for her thirteenth birthday?

a) A diary

b) A pony

c) A bicycle

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6) When was Anne born?

a) In 1928

b) In 1929

c) In 1930

7) Who was Otto Frank's partner?

a) Mr. Miep

b) Mr. Van Daan

c) Mr. Dussel

8) Where was Anne born?

a) London, England

b) Frankfurt, Germany

c) Amsterdam, the Netherlands

9) Who is the author of “The Girl who was Anne Frank"?

a) Hawkins Peter

b) Thomas Albert

c) Louis De Jong

10) How many copies of this book have been sold?

a) One million copies

b) Two million copies

c) Three million copies

11) What symbol are Jews required to wear during the Nazi occupation?

a) The Star of David

b) A red cross

c) The letter N

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12) Who eventually publishes Anne's diary?

a) Her father

b) Bep

c) Miep

13) Where did the Franks move?

a) London

b) Amsterdam

c) Paris

14) What does Anne reveal about her mother in her diary?

a) Her grief that mother was so bad

b) Her grief that mother always tortured her

c) Her grief that her mother did not understand her

15) When did Anne die?

a) In March 1943

b) In March 1944

c) In March 1945

16) Who was the first from Anne's family to die?

a) Anne's sister

b) Anne

c) Anne's mother

17) What is D-Day?

a) The day the Allied troops land in France

b) The First day of the war

c) The last day of the war

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18) What group are the Franks hiding from?

a) The Nazis

b) The French

c) The Allies

19) Who was Otto Frank?

a) Anne's Uncle

b) Anne's Father

c) Anne's Brother

20) What does Anne want to be when she grows up?

a) A writer

b) A dentist

c) A doctor

21) Who is Margot?

a) Anne's sister

b) Anne's cat

c) Anne's mother

22) What was happening in 1933?

a) Hitler celebrated his birthday

b) Hitler had come to power

c) Hitler had died

23) What happened on August 4th, 1944?

a) Hitler had come to power

b) Franks sold shop

c) The Annexe was raided by Nazi

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24) Who gives Anne her first kiss?

a) Peter Van Daan

b) Jan

c) Albert

25) What was Anne's father?

a) A business man

b) A conductor

c) A banker

26) Who did give Anne's diary to Anne's father?

a) Van Daan

b) Anne

c) Miep

27) What does Anne call her diary?

a) Kitty

b) Margot

c) Beatrice

28) What was Anne's chief quality?

a) Interpersonal anger

b) Interpersonal skill

c) Interpersonal greed

29) What is the Gestapo?

a) The Germans secret police

b) The Dutch Army

c) A concentration camp

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30) Where did Frank and the others hide themselves?

a) In a big bungalow

b) In a villa

c) In an annexe

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Chapter - 8: The Pie and the Tart

— By Hugh Chesterman
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) When Jean comes begging to the cake shop, Marion says....

a) My husband is out and I have nothing for you

b) Here take some food and money

c) Go to the other street

2) What was the name of Judge?

a) Judge Gaultier

b) Judge Adam

c) Judge Gaston

3) Why was M. Gaultier angry when he returned from Mayor's house?

a) Mayor scolded M. Gaultier.

b) Mayor was not available when M. Gaultier went his house

c) Mayor didn't give anything to eat.

4) Jean likes the eel pie because of its .....

a) Tenderness and plasticity

b) Flavour and crust

c) Artistic and tasty

5) Did Pierre kiss Marion's hand?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Of course

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6) According to Pierre a sure sign of starvation is

a) To lie and squint slightly while begging

b) To sound excited while begging

c) To sound depressed while begging

7) "Thief, dog, cut-purse, reptitle, raspscallion, slubberdegullion! What have you donewith

my pie?" Who said these words?

a) Jean

b) M. Gaultier

c) Marion

8) Who was ready to send messenger?

a) Marie

b) Gaultier

c) Marion

9) He defended himself before the judge by saying

a) I have to live

b) I was bored

c) I felt like doing it

10) Jean overhears the baker telling his wife that he will ask the messenger

a) To kiss her on her hand

b) To slap her on her face

c) To do nothing

11) The cake shop door is opened for Pierre by

a) Gaultier

b) Jean

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c) Marion

12) "I'm dying of hunger and cold". Who said these words?

a) Jean

b) Mayor

c) Pierre

13) Who goes to fetch the eel pie from Marion?

a) Pierre

b) Judge Gaston

c) Mayor

14) Who did beat Jean when he went to bakery?

a) Pierre

b) M. Gaultier

c) Marion

15) Why was Gaultier going to Mayor's house?

a) To sing songs

b) To dine

c) To play chess

16) Did M. Gaultier meet Mayor?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Of course

17) "Well, choose a good looking one. Madame Gaultier's hand is not for everyone tokiss"

When Marion says this to her husband; It shows her.....

a) Desperation

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b) Conceit

c) Humour

18) How did Pierre introduce himself to Marion?

a) Mr. Pierre

b) Mr. Pie

c) Mr.Pizza

19) "I really don't see the necessity" said Judge Gaston. This is a reflection on......

a) The judge's insensitivity

b) How people felt about vagabonds in those days

c) The judge's sense of humour

20) Who was Mrs. Gaultier?

a) Marie

b) Marion

c) Millie

21) Where is Gaultier supposed to carry the pie?

a) Jean's house

b) Pierre's house

c) Mayor' house

22) After eating the eel pie the vagabonds go back to bakery

a) In the hope of getting another one

b) In the hope of thanking Marion for the pie

c) In the hope of stealing the Cranberry tart

23) When Pierre comes begging to the cake shop Gaultier says....

a) My wife is away and I have nothing for you

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b) My wife is dead

c) My wife is sleeping

24) How many holes were in Pierre's tunic?

a) 25

b) 21

c) 23

25) Pierre was pinched because

a) He was begging

b) He was stealing

c) He was abusing

26) Pierre finds one fault with the pie that is ....

a) Its singularity

b) Its tenderness

c) Its availability

27) Who is the author of “The Pie and The Tart"?

a) Ruskin Bond

b) Hugh Chesterman

c) William Wordsworth

28) If I stop walking I will freeze, said Pierre. I prefer to die sitting down, said Jean.This

shows

a) that Jean is quick witted and reacts intelligently

b) their ability to laugh at and talk lightly about their miserable condition

c) that it was extremely cold in Paris on that day

29) Who opens the door when Jean goes to get the tart

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a) Gaultier

b) Mayor

c) Marion

30) What according to Pierre is a sure sign of starvation?

a) Squinting slightly and saying five days instead of three days

b) Squinting slightly and saying six days instead of three days

c) Squinting slightly and saying seven days instead of three days

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POEM
Chapter - 1: To a Pair of Sarus Cranes
— By Manmohan Singh
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) The Morse Code is

a) A system used to kill birds

b) A system used for sending messages through air

c) A disgraceful thing

2) "and sat to hatch/ the blood stained feathers/ into a toddling chick.' This suggests..

a) the desperate act of the female bird to bring the male bird back to life.

b) the foolish act of the female partner

c) the intense love of the female bird to bring back to life.

3) How did the female sarus crane try to bring its male partner back to life?

a) By singing song

b) By feed it

c) By sitting on the blood-stained feathers to hatch them into a toddling chick

4) The sun is described as the reluctant sun. It means that...

a) It was the bird's feeling that the sun was reluctant to rise

b) The male bird was impatient

c) The sun is unwilling to rise

5) What did the hunters do with the dead sarus crane?

a) They burnt it

b) They threw it in the ocean

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c) They stuffed it into a washing bag like dirty linen and carried it away.

6) The figure of speech used in the first stanza is: The male was shot, as he necked, topull the

reluctant sun out, from the rim of horizon.

a) Oxymoron

b) Hyperbole

c) Simile

7) Who is the poet of "To a Pair of Sarus Cranes"

a) Robert Frost

b) John Keats

c) Manmohan Singh

8) The time of the day suggested in the poem is

a) Sunrise

b) Sunset

c) not clear

9) ........... is compared to dirty linen' (complete the sentence using the correct option)

a) the dead body of the bird

b) the hands and jaws of the bird

c) the material of the bag

10) The expression 'picked up hands and jaws' suggests....

a) Callousness of the hunters

b) heartlessness of the hunters

c) Urgency of the hunters

11) A "wave of the seas" in the poem means:

a) The bird was near the sea and thus washed away by its wave

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b) The bird did not see the strong wave coming out of the sea

c) The call of death

12) According to Hume's words, the Sarus Cranes

a) Exhibit great grief for their dead partner

b) they certainly pair for life

c) all the above sentences are true

13) "A proud neck was humbled' suggests...

a) no expensive thing around the neck

b) no life in the body so the neck was drooping

c) the rich neck was made poor

14) The expression "blood-stained feathers into a toddling chick' means

a) A chick came out of the bloody feather

b) A desperate attempt of the female bird to revive her mate

c) A toddler was covered with blood

15) " The rim of horizon' means.....

a) crime of passion

b) likely to happen or exist soon

c) no intention of leaving

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Chapter - 2: Abraham Lincoln’s Letter to His Son’s Teacher

— By Abraham Lincoln
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) "A dollar earned is of far more value than five found"...... means

a) Don't work for a dollar because 5 dollars will come your way

b) One's hard earned money has more value than free money

c) One dollar is better than five

2) "To ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on agreen

hillside means;

a) To be amidst Nature and forget every thing

b) To learn about Nature and appreciate it

c) To lead a carefree life with Nature

3) Lincoln wants his son to be

a) An individual without a free will and mind

b) A robot

c) An individual with a thinking capacity

4) The statement for every scoundrel there is a hero, means...

a) for every bad person in this world, there is a good person

b) the number of scoundrels in this world is equal to the number of heroes.

c) in spite of all the wickedness in this world, there is a good person

5) The teacher has to teach Lincoln's son that

a) Laughing is the best medicine

b) Laugh off tears

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c) There is no shame in tears

6) "To sell one's brawn and brain" means

a) To earn on selling the brain

b) To earn on selling brawn

c) To earn on one's physical and mental strengths

7) The first seven lines emphasize

a) both the positive and negative sides of life

b) the negative aspects of life

c) the value of positivity

8) It is more honorable to fail than to cheat means.....

a) The honourable men always cheat

b) Failure is respectable in comparison to cheating

c) Cheating is respectable

9) "Sublime faith in himself and mankind" means

a) Trust both himself and mankind

b) Trust neither

c) Uplifting faith in himself and mankind

10) "Scoff at Cynics" means

a) Mock critics

b) Mock enemies

c) Mock a person who is not sincere

11) The bullies are

a) are to be scared about

b) are to easiest to be defeated

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c) are to be avoided

12) .............all men are not just

a) the harsh reality of life

b) a one-sided view of life

c) Lincoln's personal view

13) Lincoln wants the teacher to teach his son

a) That the world is full of selfish politicians

b) That there is an equal number of scoundrels and heroes in this world

c) That the world is full of heroes

14) The first line "he will have to learn" means that

a) the son has no choice

b) the son has the choice either to learn or not to learn the values listed

c) the son has many choice

15) According to Lincoln what values should accompany all notions of education?

a) Values of trust and simplicity

b) Values of a true politician

c) Values of faith, love and courage

16) Abraham Lincoln wanted his son to know that

a) All men are not just and not true

b) All men are not just

c) All men are just and true

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Chapter - 3: The Temple and the Body (Vachana)

— By Basavana
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) The expression "Things Standing", suggests

a) Any man-made temple

b) Anybody who is standing

c) The human body

2) By what name did Basvanna refer to Lord Shiva?

a) Moving ever

b) Meeting rivers

c) Shall stay

3) Which of the following statements are true?

a) The speaker is against building any structure for worshipping God

b) It's not possible for the speaker to build a temple

c) The speaker believes that God is present within ourselves and not in the temple

4) Who has translated this poem, "Vachana" to “The Temple and the Body"?

a) R.K. Ramanujam

b) A.K. Ramanujam

c) K.R. Ramanujam

5) "What Shall I a poor man do? this question is

a) Hyperbole

b) Personification

c) Metaphor

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6) "The body the shrine" implies to

a) A physical temple

b) A mechanical

c) A spiritual temple

7) What figure of speech is the second stanza? " My legs are pillars, the body the shrine,the

head a cupola of gold.

a) Simile

b) Metaphor

c) Alliteration

8) Who is the poet of this poem, "Vachana"

a) Sur Das

b) Basavanna

c) Kabir Da

9) The lines "The rich/ will make temple for Shiva" implies that

a) They believe that this is now they can serve God

b) They want to please the lord

c) They can afford to build temples

10) What does Basavanna compare his body to?

a) Cupola

b) Shrine

c) Pillars

11) Why are the rich making temples for Shiva?

a) They are fond of him

b) They want to impress the king

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c) This is their way of serving the Lord

12) Which of the following sentences are true?

a) The speaker believes that God is present in ourselves and not in a temple

b) The speaker is against building any structures for worshipping God

c) It's not possible for the speaker to build a temple

13) What are the feelings of the speaker, suggested in the question. "What shall I, a poorman

do?"

a) Helplessness

b) Doubt

c) Anger

14) The word "listen" in the last stanza is

a) an appeal

b) an order

c) an advice

15) What does the poet mean by the line "The rich will make temples for Shiva?

a) The speaker is against building any structure for worshipping God

b) It's not possible for the speaker to build a temple

c) The rich can afford to build temples

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Chapter - 4: A Poison Tree

— By William Blake
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) The growing tree is emphasized by two things of nature. They are

a) Rain and storm

b) Water and sun

c) Sun and moon

2) "water'd it fears' suggests that

a) The speaker did not have the courage to express his anger

b) The speaker was afraid of the consequences

c) The speaker didn't want to displease his enemy

3) "A Poison tree' refers to

a) The destructive effect of being hypocritical or deceitful

b) The spiritual death of a person nurturing base passions

c) The tree of hatred and enmity grown by the seed of suppressed anger

4) The poet says anger grows when it is

a) Countered

b) Suppressed

c) Forgotten

5) The apple is 'bright' because

a) It is intended to attract the foe

b) It is cunningly devised to hide the bitterness

c) It is intended to tempt the foe

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6) The word "tears" suggests that

a) The speaker too suffered for suppressing his anger

b) The enemy suffered

c) The speaker had to go through a lot of anxiety

7) "sunned it with smiles" suggest that

a) The speaker let his anger grow secretly, are correct

b) The speaker cunningly hid his anger with bright smiles

c) The speaker did not pretended to be angry

8) William Blake uses a very distinct tone in this poem. It is

a) One of convenience and crookedness

b) One of rudeness and cunningness

c) One of maliciousness and bitterness

9) When the poet expressed his anger he felt better and

a) Ends with a sad note

b) Ends with a metaphor

c) The anger ended

10) The word 'stole' means

a) That the enemy stole the apple

b) It is cunningly devised to hide the bitterness

c) That the enemy entered the speaker's garden stealthy

11) The poet sees his enemy dead.......

a) On the road

b) In the morning

c) In the evening

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12) "Apple" in the poem refers to

a) The forbidden but tempting apple in the garden of Eden

b) The fruit of his enmity

c) The consequence of suppressing anger

13) Talking about anger the poet throws reference to

a) The sun

b) The growing tree

c) The garden

14) The poet says...... stole into his garden and ate the poisonous fruit

a) His friend

b) His enemy

c) His father

15) The poet so far, has been talking about

a) His suppressed anger

b) A growing tree

c) Both

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Chapter - 5: The Stolen Boat

— By William Wordsworth
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) On reaching the willow tree the poet tied the boat and went home

a) In a solemn and pensive mood

b) In an excited mood

c) In an angry mood

2) Where was the boat stolen from?

a) meadows

b) rocky cave

c) green fields

3) What did the boy do on seeing the boat tied to the willow tree?

a) The boy had screamed with joy

b) The boy unloosened its chain, stepped into it and pushed from the shore

c) The boy sold it

4) What could be seen by the boy beyond the horizon's bound?

a) A huge bird

b) A huge boat

c) A huge black peak

5) Where did the boy go on leaving the boat at its mooring place?

a) He went through green fields to school

b) He went through jungle to hospital

c) He went through meadows to his home

6) The poet takes the boat to......

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a) Almost to a craggy ridge

b) The sea shore

c) The willow tree

7) In this poem an Elfin Pinnace is referred to ....

a) A small fairy like boat

b) An aeroplane

c) A flying saucer

8) What did the boy do after seeing a huge black peak?

a) The boy fought with black peak

b) The boy jumped into water and swam away

c) The boy turned around trembling with fear and oared back to covert of the willow

tree

9) What grew larger in stature?

a) The peak

b) The boat

c) The sea

10) The poet was not able to forget the spectacle of.....

a) The sea and the sky

b) The huge black peak

c) The green fields

11) In the first line 'led by her' is referred to...

a) The boat

b) Nature

c) The peak

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12) What was the condition of the sky as the boat moved on?

a) The sky looked blue and black

b) The sky was filled with stars

c) The sky was empty

13) The poet returned the boat to.....

a) The huge peak

b) The covert of the willow tree

c) The meadows

14) What is the dictionary meaning of Elfin?

a) Very small and delicate

b) Very huge

c) Very pretty

15) "Elfin Pinnace" is a figure of speech, which one of these is it?

a) Metaphor

b) Simile

c) Personification

16) What towered up between the boy and the stars?

a) A huge bird

b) A huge boat

c) A huge black peak

17) The boat was tied to a

a) To a willow tree

b) Pole by the river

c) To another boat

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18) What could be heard as the boat moved on?

a) Screams of people

b) The mountain echoes

c) Jungle noise

19) How did the boat go through the water?

a) The boat drown in the water

b) The boat went so fast like a plane

c) The boat went heaving through the water like a swan

20) On what did the boy fix his view?

a) Summit of the Mt. Everest

b) Summit of a craggy ridge

c) Summit of K2

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Chapter - 6: Buttoo
— By Toru Dutt
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) Dronacharya blesses Buttoo with.....

a) Fame and Glory

b) Knowledge and wisdom

c) Riches and comfort

2) Why had Buttoo gone to Dronacharya?

a) To get fame and glory

b) To learn the art of archery

c) To get rich

3) Dronacharya demands........ from Buttoo

a) His right hand thumb as Gurudhakshina

b) His head as Gurudhakshina

c) His life as Gurudhakshina

4) Buttoo says, "All that I have, all that I conquer by my skill, shall I to thee resign"This shows

Buttoo's

a) Generosity

b) Reverence to Drona

c) Gratitude

5) The master archer in the Mahabharata is

a) Dronacharya

b) Bhima

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c) Arjuna

6) "Rash promises never end in strife." By saying this Drona is

a) Warning, Buttoo of unpleasant consequences.

b) Offering Buttoo to change his stance.

c) Hinting that his demand for recompense could be damaging or destructive to

Buttoo

7) Dronacharya doesn't accept Buttoo as his disciple because

a) He comes from a hunter's family

b) He comes from a poor family

c) He came alone without his father

8) "I press for this sad recompense", says Drona. What does sad recompense refer to?

a) Buttoo's head

b) Buttoo's life

c) Buttoo's right hand thumb

9) The third character that was present during the conversation between Dronacharyaand

Buttoo.......

a) Arjuna

b) Karna

c) Bhima

10) Why did Buttoo revere Drona as his master?

a) He was great personality and owns lot of palaces

b) He was a great archer

c) He was great singer

11) Awed and threatened by young Buttoo's perfection is ......

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a) Dronacharya

b) Karna

c) Bhima

12) Buttoo belongs to the

a) Tribal hunter's race

b) Brahmin race

c) Shudra's race

13) Who is the poet of “Buttoo" poem?

a) Ruskin Bond

b) C. Rajgopalchari

c) Toru Dutt

14) "I came here to learn "thy science", says Buttoo. What does "thy science" refer to?

a) To learn physical science

b) To skill in archery

c) To learn science of chemicals

15) Buttoo was also known as

a) Ekalavya

b) Arjuna

c) Karna

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Chapter - 7: C.L.M.
— By John Masefield
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) He has not said... to his mother.

a) Bye

b) Good day

c) Thanks

2) "Dusty in the mind" in poem refers to

a) The state of his dead mothers mind

b) His mother had forgotten everyone

c) The fading memory in his mind

3) "I am grown" in the poem refers

a) Both answers

b) That he has grown so unworthy of all her sacrifice that she would not be able to

recognise him.

c) That he has grown so much physically that she would not be able to recognise

him.

4) The poem is dedicated to the poet's

a) mother

b) brother

c) father

5) He does not want his mother's grave to open, as he .......

a) Is scared of his mother

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b) misses her

c) does not want her to see women humiliated

6) He feels men even now ...... over women

a) Walk

b) run

c) trample

7) She may not know him because he has grown into......

a) boy

b) man

c) old man

8) The poet John Masefield expresses his...... for his dead mother.

a) love

b) hate

c) happiness

9) Life cannot compensate for the ...... a woman's gets by carrying a child.

a) gratitude

b) happiness

c) guilt

10) For whom is birth a hell?

a) for the mother (for all her pain and suffering during the birth of her child)

b) for the son (who feels that it was because of his birth that his mother died, though

partially)

c) For both

11) The title CLM is the full form of his mother's

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a) name

b) place

c) home

12) The poet begins the poem by describing his.....

a) birth

b) schooling

c) life

13) Even if he passes her on the...... he/ she will not be able to recognise each other

a) road

b) street

c) way

14) John Masefield wants to repay the debt to his

a) friends and teachers

b) mother and all women

c) sister and brother

15) Her face has become.... due to her death

a) clear

b) vague

c) bright

16) What is compared to leech?

a) Poet's mother

b) Poet's sister

c) The body of the child in the womb

17) "Her beauty" in poem refers to

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a) Her son, the poet

b) Her daughter, the poet's sister

c) His mother's physical beauty

18) His mother died while giving birth to her...... child

a) sixth

b) fifth

c) fourth

19) The most dominant feeling of the poet in the poem is

a) A sense of gratitude

b) A sense of shame

c) A feeling of guilt

20) She fed him with her..... before his birth.

a) beauty

b) body

c) mouth

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NON-DETAIL
Chapter - 1: Karna
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) .....addressed Arjuna in a voice deep as rumbling thunder.

a) Karna

b) Drona

c) Kripa

2) Who defended Karna?

a) Arjuna

b) Bhima

c) Duryodhana

3) ......saw that a supreme contest was inevitable between his son Arjuna and Karna.

a) Pandu

b) Indra

c) Surya

4) Who is the author of "Karna"?

a) R.K. Narayana

b) Rajaji

c) C. Rajagopalachari

5) ........'s brow was dark with envy and hate

a) Duryodhana

b) Indra

c) Bhishma

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6) Kripa well-versed in the rules of ...... combat, steeped between them and addressedKarna.

a) Double

b) Single

c) Triple

7) What did Karna Challenge Arjuna for?

a) To fight with his all brothers

b) To fight with his two brothers

c) For a single combat

8) As...... flooded Duryodhana's heart, even so blazing wrath filled Arjuna's

a) Love

b) Hate

c) Envy

9) .....Knew him as her first born and fainted away.

a) Kunti

b) Pandu

c) Surya

10) Who was jubilant at Karna's arrival?

a) Arjuna

b) Bhima

c) Duryodhana

11) I crown Karna as the King of..........

a) Partha

b) Anga

c) Kuru

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12) At the ...... of the day, there came suddenly from the entrance of the arena a soundloud

and compelling like thunder

a) Close

b) Beginning

c) Start

13) Who did Karna visit?

a) Arjuna

b) Bhima

c) Bhishma

14) Who were the teachers of Pandavas and Kauravas ?

a) Arjuna and Bhima

b) Indra and Surya

c) Kripacharya and Drona

15) The Pandavas and Kauravas learnt the practice of arms from....

a) Kripacharya

b) Indra

c) Dritharashtra

16) At this sight...... roared with laughter.

a) Karna

b) Bhima

c) Arjuna

17) Karna went to Parasurama and became his.... by representing to him that he was a

Brahmana.

a) Guru

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b) Disciple

c) Teacher

18) Who entered the competition?

a) Arjuna

b) Bhima

c) Karna

19) ...... began to flow and the pain was terrible but Karna bore it without tremor

a) Water

b) Blood

c) Sea

20) The old man called Karna.... and embraced him with tears of love.

a) Nephew

b) son

c) step son

21) What was Bhishma's his wish?

a) Bhishma advised Karna to fight with pandavas

b) Bhishma advised Karna to fight with Duryodhana

c) Bhishma advised Karna to befriend Pandavas

21) ........... displayed super human with his weapons and the vast assemblage was lost in

wonder.

a) Arjuna

b) Nakula

c) Bhima

22) Who was envious?

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a) Karna

b) Bhima

c) Duryodhana

23) Who was the most proficient student?

a) Karna

b) Duryodhana

c) Arjuna

24) The sun set and the crowd dispersed in .........

a) Happiness

b) Tumult

c) Sadness

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Chapter - 2: Ulysses and the Cyclops

— By Charles Lamb
1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below and shade the correct choice in
the OMR given to you with blue / black ball point pen.
1) Who said, "If any ask thee who imposed on thee that unsightly blemish in thine eye"

a) The King of Ithaca

b) The Trojan

c) Son of Laertes

2) The sharp end of the huge stake was thrust into the eye of

a) The Giant

b) Noman

c) Cyclop

3) Where do Cyclops have eyes?

a) On the head

b) Behind of the head

c) Midst of their forehead

4) Manly wisdom excels

a) Fear

b) Brutish force

c) prudence

5) What kind of food do the Cyclops' eat?

a) Fruits and nuts

b) Vegetables and herbs

c) Man-eaters, and esteem human flesh

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6) Greek wine should be consumed

a) With 20 parts of water

b) neat

c) With a little water

7) What is the meaning of the word "Caprice"?

a) Peculiar

b) Risk

c) Impulse

8) A Flagon is a;

a) Pitcher, container for liquid

b) Mark

c) Stain

9) How did Ulysses and men escape from the cave?

a) Sitting on the fattest and fleeciest rams

b) By carrying rams on them

c) Tying themselves under the fattest and fleeciest rams

10) Who was Polyphemus?

a) The King of Ithaca

b) The Trojan

c) Polyphemus was the largest and savagest of the Cyclops

11) "To his brutal body he had a brutish mind answerable", we are referring to

a) Polyphemus

b) Ulysses

c) Odysseys

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12) On the second day after a heavy meal Ulysses gave Cyclop

a) A bowl of hot soup

b) A bowl of wine

c) A bowl of goat's milk

13) Every evening the Cyclop

a) Came home and sang

b) Drove home his sheep

c) Came home and kindled a fire

14) Polyphemus looked like;

a) A mountain crag

b) A man

c) an aeroplane

15) Cyclops are

a) Giant shepherds

b) Small decent people

c) Aliens

16) Ulysses' answer to Polyphemus was that

a) They have come to plunder

b) They were Grecians, who had lost their way

c) They have come on business

17) Cyclops were

a) wild and savage

b) hospitable

c) friendly

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18) Ulysses disclosed his name to Polyphemus as

a) Norman

b) Anyman

c) Noman

19) The Cyclops have

a) Thousands of eyes

b) One eye

c) A pair of eyes

20) Who left him and went their way, thinking that some disease troubled him

a) Polyphemus's sheep

b) Ulysses men

c) Polyphemus's neighbours

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