Question Booklet Series A
UNIT I — PROSE
1. Why did the narrator have to wrench his hand away from the girl in “The Night Train at Deoli”?
Answer: Because the carriage shuddered and jolted forward.
2. Statement A: The girl had dark, smouldering eyes.
Statement B: The narrator could not get the picture of her out of his mind.
Answer: Statement A is the reason for Statement B.
3. How was Deoli station dimly lit?
Answer: With electric bulbs and oil lamps.
4. The tea-stall owner at Deoli station was a ______ shrivelled-up man.
Answer: Small.
5. When did Kalam’s father begin his day with the namaz?
Answer: Before dawn.
6. Who was Kalam’s father’s ideal helpmate?
Answer: Ashiamma.
7. What was the predominant religion in Kalam’s locality?
Answer: Islam.
8. What does the young lawyer’s extensive reading during his confinement signify?
Answer: His pursuit of knowledge and self-discovery.
9. Where did the lawyer and the banker make their bet?
Answer: At the banker’s house.
10. Why did the lawyer ask the banker to fire a gun in the garden?
Answer: To ascertain whether his language learning was correct.
UNIT II — VERSE
11. In “Our Casuarina Tree”, what creates an image resembling a mass of snow?
Answer: Water-lilies.
12. In “Like a huge python, winding round”, what is compared to a huge python?
Answer: A creeper.
13. Whom does the Casuarina tree provide shelter to?
Answer: The creeper, birds and bees.
14. Why does the Casuarina tree hold a special place in the poet’s heart?
Answer: Because it reminds her of happy memories with her loved ones.
15. Where is the grey baboon seen sitting in winter?
Answer: On the top of the Casuarina Tree.
16. What is “not too late” in the poem “Ulysses”?
Answer: To seek a newer world.
17. Match the items in Column A with Column B.
Answer: (a)–(ii), (b)–(iii), (c)–(iv), (d)–(i).
18. State whether the following statements about “Ulysses” are True or False.
I. The mariners forced Ulysses to go beyond the horizon.
II. Telemachus is not capable enough to rule the island.
III. Ulysses feels bored with a life of endless toil.
IV. Ulysses is motivated by a desire for wealth and power.
Answer:
I — False
II — False
III — False
IV — False
19. What does Ulysses want to leave to Telemachus?
Answer: The sceptre and the isle of Ithaca.
20. What celestial object does Ulysses use as a metaphor for knowledge?
Answer: A sinking star.
UNIT III — DRAMA
21. In “Riders to the Sea”, whom does “He’s got a clean burial” refer to?
Answer: Michael.
22. What does Maurya’s statement “I’ll have no son left me in the world” express?
Answer: A tone of lamentation.
23. Arrange the events in the correct sequence.
I. Maurya expresses concern about the bad weather and its effect on Bartley’s journey.
II. Nora provides the rope Bartley needs.
III. Cathleen hides the pieces of cloth belonging to Michael.
IV. Bartley asks for the rope he bought in Connemara.
Answer: III → I → IV → II.
24. What did Cathleen wrap the bread in?
Answer: A piece of cloth.
25. Why did Bartley use the rope?
Answer: To make a halter for the horses.
UNIT IV — TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
26. Change into indirect speech:
“Do you want to buy a basket?” she asked.
Answer: She asked me if I wanted to buy a basket.
27. Change the voice:
“My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil.”
Answer: Complex spiritual concepts could be conveyed by my father in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil.
28. Join the sentences into a complex sentence:
“We lived in our ancestral house. It was built in the middle of the 19th century.”
Answer: We lived in our ancestral house, which was built in the middle of the 19th century.
29. Join into a simple sentence:
“Why it stopped at Deoli. I don’t know.”
Answer: I don’t know the reason for its stopping at Deoli.
30. Correct the error:
“Therefore I fain would consecrating a lay into thy honor.”
Answer: Consecrate.
UNIT V — READING COMPREHENSION
31. What is the antonym of “vibrant” in the passage?
Answer: Dull.
32. What are the consequences of coral reef loss?
Answer: All of these.
33. What does “coral bleaching” mean?
Answer: A phenomenon in which corals lose their colour and nutrients.
34. What is the primary cause of coral bleaching?
Answer: Rising ocean temperatures.
35. What does “unprecedented” mean in the passage?
Answer: Unheard of.
36. What type of phrase is “vibrant underwater”?
Answer: Adjective phrase.
37. What does our ability to take swift and decisive action against global warming determine?
Answer: The fate of the coral reefs.
38. What is the most critical step in protecting coral reefs?
Answer: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
39. What is the synonym of “devastating” in the passage?
Answer: Catastrophic.
40. What are the researchers working on?
Answer: Both (A) and (C).
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