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Instructions-Answer the following questions in about 75 words
A Letter to God
- Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation?
- Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is?
- There are two kinds of conflict in the story between human beings and nature and between human being themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Would you agree that ‘the depth of oppression creates height of character’?
How does Mandela illustrate this? Can you add your own examples to the argument? - How did Mandela’s understanding of freedom change with age and experience?
- How did Mandela’s ‘hunger for freedom’ change his life?
His First Flight
- ‘The sight of the food maddened him.’ What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?
- “They were beckoning him, calling shrilly.” Why did the seagull’s father and mother cajole him to fly?
Black Aeroplane
- Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.
- What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely?
From the Diary of Anne Frank
- What made Mr. Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?
- How does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? Does she treat ‘Kitty’ as an inside or an outsider?
- How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs. Kuperus and Mr. keesing ? What do these tell you about her?
- Anne says teacher are most unpredictable. Is Mr. keesing unpredictable?
- What does Anne write in her first essay?
Glimpses of India:
A Baker from Goa
- Describe the pen-portrait of a traditional Goan village baker.
- Baking was considered an important and a profitable profession in a traditional Goan village. Explain.
Coorg
- Where is Coorg located? When should-one visit? Write an account of the life of the people of Coorg.
- Where is Coorg located? When should-one visit? Write an account of the life of the people of Coorg.
Tea from Assam
- What are the legends of the discovery of tea?
- Narrate the story of a Buddhists monk behind the discovery of tea?
- What is the central idea of the poem, ‘The Trees’?
Mijbil the Otter
- What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love?
- What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
- Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
Madam Rides the Bus
- How did Valli plan her bus ride? What did she find out about the bus and how did she save up the fare?
The Sermon at Benares
- What did the Buddha chance upon when he went for hunting?
- At what age, the Buddha was sent for schooling? What did he learn there?
- Why did Gautam Buddha notice the sufferings for the first time at the age of 25 years?
- Which events forced Gautam Buddha to leave his home?
- Did Kisa Gotami get what she wanted? If no, then, how come did she get out of her grief?
- How do grieving for the dead affect a person?
- How can a person come out of mourning due to the death of his loved one?
The Proposal
- Write a character sketch of Natalya Stepanovna.
- What does the young man mean by honey-coloured ramparts at your ear?
- What colour is the young woman’s hair? Why does she say that she will change the colour?