I. Answer the following questions by choosing the right option: 1. Once upon a time an elephant made a friendship with a _____in the story ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’. a) lion b) man c) leopard d) buffalo
2. Who is a plant Pathologist in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’? a) Chandru b) Mara c) Sanna d) Krishna
3. In ‘Oru Manushyan’, the narrator had ____rupees in his wallet. a) fourteen b) twelve c) ten d) eight
4. ‘Money has got us down’ could mean_________, as referred in the poem ‘Money Madness’. a) It has ruined us b) It has made us greedy c) It has made us its slaves d) all the above
5. Babar Ali’s father is __________. a) a teacher b) a fishmonger c) a jute seller d) an IAS officer
6. Match the column ‘A’ with column ‘B’ related to the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’. A B i. Mara a. Mara’s son ii. Ganga b. River iii. Veda c. Watchman of the lake
a) i-a, ii-c, iii-b b) i-c, ii-a, iii-b c) i-c, ii_ b, iii-a d) i-a, ii-b, iii-c
7. Who committed suicide in the Poem, ‘The Farmer’s Wife’? a) The farmer b) The farmer’s wife c)The farmer’s children d) The creditors
8. Statement:-Frederick Douglass was separated when he was an infant. Reason:-To hinder the development of the child’s affection towards its mother. a) Only the statement is true. b) Only reason is true. c) Both statement and reason are true. d) Both statement and reason are false.
9 .In the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ the two boys were waiting for the last bus at midnight ______. a) to sell wild strawberries b) to sell newspapers c) to sell cigarettes d) to sell tickets to the Opera
10. The speaker says, ‘Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for you’, because_______ a) his beloved is not beautiful now b) there are other sorrows around him demanding his attention. c) he has found a lady love more beautiful than her. d) he thought she was strange.
A. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: 11. Mara’s stories ____ (are/is) so bizarre that one ____(does/ do) not know which ___( is / am) true and which is false.
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets: 12 .An elephant _____( make) a friendship with a man who had a little hut at the edge of the forest. One day during heavy rain, the elephant ___ ( request ) the man to put his trunk inside the hut.
13.Match the expression under column ‘A’ with its corresponding language function under ‘B’. Expressions-Functions 1. Hello, Good evening . a. Complimenting. 2 Wow! You look gorgeous in this dress. b. Expressing gratitude. 3.Could you please get a newspaper? c. Agreeing. 4. I am thankful to you. d. Greetings. 5.Yes, of course. e. Requesting,
II. Answer any Six of the following choosing at least two from poetry in a paragraph of 80 -100 words: 14.’Formal schooling takes away the joy of childhood’. Explain this with reference to the poem ‘The School Boy’. 15. How does money trigger fear in an individual in the poem ‘Money Madness’? 16. Why does the farmer’s wife call herself ‘poor sinner’ in the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’? Explain. 17. How does the speaker’s attitude undergo a change in the poem ‘An Old Woman’? AND 18. How did the elephant justify its act of occupying the hut in ‘ The Gentlemen of the Jungle’? 19. What was the story behind Mara’s loss of teeth in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’? 20. Bring out the humiliation faced by the narrator in ‘Oru Manushyan’. 21. Write a short note on Babar Ali’s school ‘Ananda Siksha Niketan’. 22. Why was not Frederick Douglass much affected by his mother’s death? 23. What was the role played by the two boys during the resistance movement, in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
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