English : Section-A (Literature): Answer the following questions:
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given: (a) The rumours were confirmed when Morusa’s relatives came to ask for her hand and they were readily accepted. What are the ‘rumours’ mentioned in this line? A. Mehouviü accepted all marriage proposals. B. Mehouviü will be feasting her friends. C. Morusa could possibly become her suitor. D. Morusa was a famous warrior. i. Only A ii. Only C iii.Both A and C iv. Both A and D
(b) Gandhiji’s friend was worried that with all the readings on vegetarianism, Gandhiji might become a _________. i. crank ii. vegetarian iii. gentleman iv. wealthy person
(c) The poem,__________ was a source of inspiration to Nelson Mandela during his years in prison. i. Daffodils ii. Ode to Liberty iii. O Captain! My Captain! iv. Invictus
2. Explain what is meant by ‘balancing black aspiration with white fears’. (Invictus) 3
3. How did Morusa realize that he had unknowingly killed his own beloved? Or What is the ‘infatuation’ that Gandhiji says lasted for about three months?
4. A trophy is a prized possession and makes its owner proud. Would you consider the possession of a head, a trophy? Why? Why not? Give reasons. (Mehouviü and Morusa) Or Macbeth visited the witches a second time after the death of Duncan. What did they tell him? How did he feel after he heard the prophecies?
5. Answer either 5(i) or 5 (ii) or 5 (iii) 5 (i) Read the lines and answer the questions that follow: No head from the leaf-fringed sill Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes Where he stood perplexed and still. But only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house then Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight To that voice from the world of men: Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the dark stair, That goes down to the empty hall, Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken By the lonely Traveller’s call.
(a) Why are the eyes of the traveller described as grey? (1) (b) ‘voice from the world of men’. Whose voice is it? How is it significant? (2) (c) Why was he perplexed and still? (2)
(ii) Give the summary of the poem, ‘Jina and Etiben’. (5) (iii) (a) What is the main theme of the poem, ‘Death the Leveller’ by James Shirley? Or (5)
(b) Describe the setting of the poem, ‘The Windhover’.
6. ‘I won’t stop him’ says he, ‘but let you not be afraid. Herself does be saying prayers half through the night, and the Almighty God won’t leave her destitute’ says he, ‘with no son living’. (i) Who is ‘he’ referred to here? 1 (ii) Why did ‘he’ refuse to stop Bartley from going to the Galway fair? 2
7. Was it possible that Michael pushed Bartley off the rocks? Support your answer with logical reasoning. Or How does Maurya know that they would soon have bad news?
