10th Class Important Questions English(e.m)

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TENTH CLASS ENGLISH (ENGLISH VERSION)

IMPORIMPORTTANTANT QUESTIONSQUESTIONS

PPAPERAPER -- I (READER)I (READER)Important Questions (Q. No: 1 - 8)

Note: You have to write eight answers for the questions given, six from prose

lessons and two from poems in about three sentences each which carry

sixteen marks @ two marks for each question.

THE NIGHT ATHE NIGHT AT THE HOTEL (PROSE)T THE HOTEL (PROSE)1. "The night receptionist regretfully shrugged his shoulders". What did he regret?

(OR)

Why did the receptionist regretfully shrug his shoulders?

2. What was Schwamm's reason for coming into town?

3. Why was Schwamm hesitant when he introduced himself to the stranger?

4. What did Schwamm's son do in the morning? How did he behave in theevenings? What was the reason for his strange behaviour?

5. Who do you think was the man who waved out to Schwamm's son from the

train? Why do you think so?

6. Why was Schwamm so upset when he discovered that he had overslept?

7. Do you think Schwamm did a good thing in deciding to share a room with a

stranger? Why do you think so?

8. What do you think happened in the morning in the room? What did the strangerdo?

9. "I hate them and avoid them". Why did the stranger in the hotel room hate

children? What did he do next morning? What attitude to children does this

action show?

10. When Schwamm met his son in the afternoon, why was the boy excited?

(OR)

How did the stranger help Schwamm solve his problem?

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IN CELEBRAIN CELEBRATION OF BEING ALIVE (PROSE)TION OF BEING ALIVE (PROSE)

1. Describe briefly the accident in which Dr. Barnard and his wife were involved.

What happened to them?

2. Why does Dr. Barnard say that he ".... experienced not only agony and fear butalso anger"?

3. How does Dr. Barnard's view of suffering differ from his fathers?

4. How was Dr. Barnard introduced to the suffering of the children for the first

time?

(OR)

What had made Dr. Barnard sensitive to the suffering of children?

5. Why did Dr. Barnard find the suffering of children heart breaking?

(OR)

Why does Dr. Barnard say that he always found the suffering of children par-

ticularly heart breaking?

6. Who were "the driver" and "the mechanic" in the Grand Prix held at the Cape

Town Red Cross Children's Hospital? In what way was the choice of their roles

suitable?

7. How had the "driver" lost his shoulder and arm? Was he likely to live long?

What does the last sentence tell us about the boy?

8. What do you think is the lesson Dr. Christian Barnard learnt from his two young

patients?

(OR)

What lesson(s) did the children teach Dr. Barnard?

(OR)"Suddenly I realised that the two children had given me a profound lesson in

getting on with the business of living". What lesson do you think Dr. Barnard

learnt from the two children?

9. "You don't become a better person because you are suffering, but you become

a better person because you have experienced suffering". How does Dr. Barnard

support this observation?

10. "..... it's not what you have lost that's important. What is important is what youhave left". Do you agree with this statement? Why?




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ON KILLING A TREE (POEM)ON KILLING A TREE (POEM)

1. "It takes much time to kill a tree". Why does it take so much time to kill a tree?

Why does the poet use the word "kill" in this context?

2. What does it suggest his attitude to trees?Why is it not easy to kill a tree? Is the poet happy about this?

3. Why does the poet talk about "killing" a tree?

4. How does the poet describe the uprooting of a tree?

5. "The source, white and wet,

The most sensitive, hidden

For years inside the earth".

What is the source of the tree? How is it? What is the secret of its strength?

6. Where does the strength of the tree lie? Why is it referred to as "the source"?

Why is the source most sensitive one?

7. Why does the poet describe the killing of a tree in such graphic detail?

CIRCUS CACIRCUS CATT, ALLEY CA, ALLEY CAT (PROSE)T (PROSE)

1. In what state was Anna, when Mrs. Bates found her? Mrs. Bates did two things

for Anna. What were they?

2. What made Anna give up the circus and become a Nanny?

(OR)

How did Anna happen to work for Mrs. Bates?

3. Who found Anna and her child starving and begging on a Daryagunj street?

What did that person do?

4. What were the changes in the children after the coming of Anna?

(OR)

With the coming of Anna, there were a lot of changes in the children. What were

some of them?

5. "My baby's gone!" she cried theatrically. "My baby's been taken away!" What

did the writer think Anna's outburst meant? What had really happened?

6. How did the mother try to console Anna? Do you think her words would have

surprised Anna?7. Where do you think Anna went after she left Bate's house? How do we know




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this?

8. What is the significance of the title "Circus Cat, Alley Cat'?

MOTHER TERESA (PROSE)MOTHER TERESA (PROSE)

1. What constitutes a typical day of a sister of charity?

2. How does Kushwant Singh describe Mother Teresa? What is her uniqueness?

(OR)

".... she is a unique person in the world today". What is unique about Mother

Teresa?

3. What is the dress that has been prescribed for the sisters of charity? What are

its qualities? How does the dress suit their work and ideals?

4. What made Mother Teresa decide to give up teaching and serve the poor?

5. In what way was 10th September 1946 important in Mother Teresa's life?

6. What kind of people did Mother Teresa care for? Why?

7. "There are too many poor and destitutes in the world today. How much can you

do to them?" asked Kushwant Singh. What does Mother Teresa say to it?

8. What, according to Mother Teresa is the worst disease any human being can

experience?9. What was the call from Jesus Christ that Mother Teresa received? In what

circumstances did she receive the call?

10. How do Mother Teresa's Missionaries of charity differ from other religious

congregations?

THE GALLOWS (POEM)THE GALLOWS (POEM)

1. Why did the keeper shoot the weasel? Why did he hang him up?

2. What kind of a bird was the magpie? Did his ability to talk and his beauty save

him?

(OR)

What does a long tongue do? What does a long tail show?

3. Who do you think are the poet's sympathies with the birds and beasts or the

keeper?

4. What did the keeper do to the weasel the crow and the magpie?

5. Why does the keeper hang the dead creatures from a tree?




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3. What does Lawrence mean when he speaks of 'The voice of education'? What

did it say to him?

4. What are the poet's views on 'education' in the poem 'Snake'?

5. What did the poet think of the albatross? What is the allusion here?

6. Why does the poet feel that he has something 'to expiate' after his encounter

with the snake?

7. Why did the poet feel honoured inspite of being afraid?

FIRE IN THE FOREST (PROSE)FIRE IN THE FOREST (PROSE)

1. How did the fire in the forest start?

2. What did the Forest Department Officials do to stop the fire?

3. Why was the spotted deer lying away from the herd? Why do you think she had

chosen that spot?

4. How do the deer spot danger? why was she on the alert all the time?

5. What were the thoughts and feelings of the mother deer before she became

aware of the danger?

6. How did the deer react when she first got the smell of danger?

7. How did the hind and her baby try to escape from the fire?

8. Why did the deer stay back even when the other animals went away? What did

she do later?

9. Did you enjoy reading this account of a fire in the forest? Which part of the

description appealed to you most of the animals in the fire, or of the people?

VINOBA .... A PORVINOBA .... A PORTRAIT SKETCH (PROSE)TRAIT SKETCH (PROSE)

1. In what way was Vinoba Bhave's mission in pilgrimage? How did it differ fromtraditional pilgrimages?

2. How did Vinoba appeal to the landlords? Did he appeal for charity or for a

rightful share? who was Vinoba representing?

3. "Vinoba has reversed this process". What is the process the author is talking

about? How has Vinoba reversed it?

4. How did Vinoba win over the landlords? In what sense are the landlords lucky

in Vinoba's opinion?

5. "His approach is the same to all men whatever their creed or condition". Could




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you summarise his approach in a few sentences?

6. What made Vinoba come out of his retirement?

7. Do you think Vinoba was a true disciple of Mahatma Gandhi? Why?

8. What is the relevance of Vinoba Bhave's message to the modern world?

UPAGUPTA (POEM)

1. What did the dancing girl request Upagupta to do?

2. Why did Upagupta decline the dancers invitation?

3. "Woman, go on your way...." Do you think "your way" has any special

significance? what was her way? What was his way?

4. What happened when the young ascetic had spoken his words?5. What was the difference between the two seasons when Upagupta meets the

dancer on two different occasions?

6. "The time, at last, has come to visit you....." What time had come? who was the

visitor?

7. What did Upagupta mean when he said to the young woman that he would

come to her when the time was ripe?

8. Two kinds of lives are depected in the poem "Upagupta." What are they?

THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE HORSE (PROSE)

1. What were the three things that Aram's family was famous for?

2. How did Aram justify the stealing of the horse?

3. How did Aram realise that Mourad had stolen the horse some time ago?

4. What did Aram want Mourad to do after he knew that the horse belonged to

John Byro? How did Mourad react to his suggestion?

5. How did John Byro, the owner of the horse, react when he saw Mourad and

Aram with the horse?

6. What sort of man was John Byro?

7. Did Mourad love animals? What was he doing when Aram met him under the

Peach tree?

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(OR)

Why has the poet finally decided to visit the barber?

2. What are the different ways in which the poet is troubled by his hair?

3. What kind of haircut does the poet want? What will he look like after the hair-

cut?

4. "Sloth is strong, but hair is stronger; I cannot stand it any longer!" What do the

lines mean? What effect do they produce?

KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM (PROSE)

1. What does the author state as the first factor that contributes to wisdom?

2. Why does the author say that wisdom ought to be accompanied by a certain

awareness of the ends of human life?

3. "Many eminent historians have done more harm than good". How did this hap-

pen? Where did Hegel's philosophy of history go wrong?

4. What are the factors that contribute to wisdom, according to Russell?

5. Why is hatred of evil "a kind of bondage to evil"?

6. In what way was the war conducted by Lincoln differ from other wars?

7. What is Russell's concept of a citizen?

8. Why does Bertrand Russell believe that an increase in knowledge necessitates

an increase in wisdom?




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SUPPLEMENTSUPPLEMENTARARYY READERSREADERS

IMPORIMPORTTANTANT QUESTIONSQUESTIONS(Paper- II SECTION - II Q No.11 - 19)

Note: You have to answerany five questions out of the ninegiven under two sets.

Marks allotted to them areten @ two marks for each question.

Supplementary Reader - I

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLESChapter: 1

1. How does Dr. Watson guess that the visitor is a doctor? Is he right?

2. How did Dr. Watson describe the visitor by looking at his walking stick? Where

did he go wrong?

3. Dr. Watson "reconstructs" the visitor after examining the stick he has left

behind. What three conclusions about the man does he draw from the stick?

Chapter: 2

1. What were the public facts concerning Charles' death? What private facts does

Dr. Mortimer add?

2. How did Dr. Mortimer's version of Sir Charles' death differ from the official

account?

3. When Hugo discovered that the prisoner had escaped, what did he do?

Chapter: 3

1. How does Sherlock Holmes come to the conclusion that Sir Charles had been

frightened even before he began to run?

2. Where is the Yew Alley? What happens there?

3. Why did Dr. Mortimer think it unsuitable for Sir Henry to stay at Baskerville

Hall?

Chapter: 4

1. Why does Holmes ask Cartwright to visit 23 hotels in London? What does hehope to find?




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2. Sir Henry Baskerville receives a letter the day he arrives in London. How was

the letter composed? What was its message?

3. What are the two strange experiences Sir Henry has, soon after his arrival in

London?

Chapter: 5

1. Describe briefly what John Clayton told Holmes?

2. Why was Sir Henry's new boot returned and an old boot stolen the second

time?

3. If Sir Henry were to die, who would inherit the fortune?

Chapter: 6

1. Why were soldiers posted at different places when Sir Henry arrived inDevonshire?

2. What was the explanation behind the mysterious sobbing that Dr. Watson heard

on his first night at Baskerville Hall?

Chapter: 7

1. What explanation does Stapleton give Watson for having settled in a "gloomy"

place like Devonshire?

2. When Dr. Watson followed Barrymore at night, what did he find him doing?

3. Why does Dr. Watson visit the Grimpen postmaster? What does he discover?

4. What did Stapleton do before he came to live in Devonshire?

Chapter: 8

1. When Dr. Watson follows Barrymore in the middle of the night, what does he

find him doing?

2. What did Dr. Watson discover when he followed Barrymore in the middle of the

night?

Chapter: 9

1. What is the relationship between Barrymore and Selden?

2. What explanation does Stapleton give Sir Henry for his rude behaviour?

3. Why was Stapleton so upset at seeing his sister walking with Sir Henry on the

moor?

4. Why did Barrymore refuse to tell Sir Henry the truth about the candle at thewindow?




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Chapter: 10

1. What information did Mr. Barrymore give Sir Henry about Sir Charles' death?

Why did he tell it now?

2. Why did Laura Lyons write a note to Sir Charles?

Chapter: 11

1. What information did Dr. Watson get from Laura Lyons?

2. Why did Holmes come to Devonshire in disguise?

3. Why did Holmes decide to live in a stone hut on the moor and not at Baskerville

Hall?

Chapter: 12

1. Why cannot Holmes arrest Stapleton immediately?

2. Why did Watson and Holmes think that the dead man was Sir Henry? How did

they find out who he really was?

3. How did Eldon die?

Chapter: 13

1. How did Holmes discover Stapleton's actual identity?

2. What was the plan of Holmes to catch Stapleton red - handed?

3. What is Laura Lyons' reaction when Holmes tells her that Stapleton is a married

man? What information does she give him?

Chapter: 14

1. How did Stapleton recreate the hound of Baskervilles?

2. How did Stapleton use the hound to keep up the belief in the curse of the

Baskervilles?

3. How did Stapleton meet his end?Chapter: 15

1. What was Stapleton's motive behind the killing of Baskerville family?

2. Why did Stapleton want to wipe out the rest of the Baskerville family?

3. Holmes devised a plan to catch Stapleton red-handed. What were the two things

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SUPPLEMENTARY READER - II

CHARLES

1. Laurie created Charles out of his own imagination. How and where do youthink Laurie got the ideas about boys like Charles?

2. Who really was Charles in the story 'Charles'?

3. Why did Laurie tell stories about an imaginary Charles?

4. Why had Charles become an institution?

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

1. How is Thoreau's unconventional behaviour suggested in the description of hisparentage, appearance and early life?

2. What were the principles which Thoreau lived by?

3. What is the main message of Thoreau's book "Walden"? How did Thoreau

influence Gandhiji?

4. What were Thoreau's ideas about good government?

THE DAY THE VICEROY CAME

1. What kind of challenge did the ant present to Gopal?

2. How is Gopal different from others?

3. Why was the school staff so nervous about the Viceroy's visit?

4. Why did Gopal start playing with the ant instead of participating in the bustle

to welcome the Viceroy?

ANIMALS FOREVER

1. What species of living things are in danger of extinction?

2. General Durrell, the author of "Animals Forever" compares the world to a

spider's web. What is the point of comparison?

3. Who landed Buffalo Bill Cody? What is the writer's attitude to Buffalo Bill?

(OR)

In 'Animals Forever', how did the North American buffalo come very near to

extinction?

4. In his essay, "Animals Forever" Gerald Durrell describes two important




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measures to conserve wild life. What are they?

GROOMINGGROOMING

1. What are the two kinds of grooming mentioned by Morris?

2. What, according to Desmond Morris, is "grooming talking"?

3. What is the human substitute for social grooming? What is its function in our

society?

4. What is the grooming that human beings indulge in?

5. Why does the author feel that the development of the function of mood talking

was unnecessary?

THE VILLAGERS' CURIOSITY

1. Why did M.N. Srinivas, the writer, keep his Mysore visits a secret from the

villagers?

2. Why does the writer refer to the villagers as "frogs in the well"?

3. In his article, ''The Villagers' curiosity'', what is the attitude of the author to the

behaviour of the villagers?

4. Why did the villagers treat the writer with utmost respect?

THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER1. In what way was Miss Leslie unlike the usual stenographers?

2. What was the strange thing about the life of the New York broker?

3. Why did a lady from the Stenographer's Agency come to see Mr. Maxwell?

4. How did the story "The Romance of A Busy Broker" end? Were there any clues

in the story which would make the reader expect the end?

THE THRILLS OF BIRD WATCHING1. What, according to Salim Ali, makes bird watching an exciting activity?

2. What does Salim Ali say are the three kinds of thrills of bird watching?

3. According to Salim Ali, what two circumstances can cause an elephant to be

particularly dangerous?

4. Why does Salim Ali describe the behaviour of the baya birds as "unorthodox

goings-on in the colony"?




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THE BEAUTY OF BROTHERHOOD

1. What did Martin Luther King Junior think the Nobel Prize awarded to him was

in recognition of?

2. What does the award of the prize stand for, according to Martin Luther King?

3. Why does Martin Luther King Jr. call himself a trustee when he accepts the

Nobel Prize?

4. Why did Martin Luther King see himself as "a curator of some precious

heirloom"?

THE FIRST PATIENT

1. What does the humour in the play, "The First Patient" depend on?

2. In the play "The First Patient", people are shown to have fantastic ideas about

dentists. Are they justified?

3. Of all the patients waiting, who tried to behave like the bravest? Was she/he

really brave?

4. Why was Maurice at the dentist's that morning? Why do you think he decided

to go to school?

Writer:D. NarayanaDirector

Pragathi Vidya Niketan High School,

BOATH, Adilabad Dist.



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