MP Board 10th English Short Answer Type Question First Flight Prose Question Bank

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Instructions-Answer the following questions in about 30 words

A Letter to God

1. What did Lencho hope for?
2. Why did Lencho say that the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
6. Who reads the letter?
7. What did the postmaster do then?
8. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
9. What made Lencho angry?
10. Who does Lencho have complete faith in ? Which sentences in the story tell you this ?
11. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?

Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

1. Where did the ceremonies take place? Name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstone.
2. Can you say how 10 May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa?
3. What does Mandela thank the international leaders for ?
4. What ideals does he set out for the future of South Africa?
5. What do the military generals do? How has their attitude changed and why ?
6. Why were the two national anthems sung?
7. What does courage mean to Mandela?
8. What twin obligations does Mandela mention?

His First Flight

1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly ?
2. What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?

Black Aeroplane

1. “I’ll take the risk”. What is the risk ? Why does the narrator take it?
2. Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.
3. Why does the narrator say “I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota?”
4. What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely?
5. Who do you think, helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourself give reasons.

From the Diary of Anne Frank

1. Who was Anne Frank?
2. When did Anne frank write her diary?
3. Who else was with Anne Frank when she was hiding?
4. When was the diary given to Anne Frank?
5. What is a diary?
6. In which language did Anne write the diary?
7. What did Anne’s family do when the Nazi occupation extended in the Netherlands?
8. What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?
9. Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
10. Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?
11. Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?
12. How can you say that Anne loved her grandmother?
13. Do you think Mr. Keesing annoyed with Anne? Why and Why not?

Glimpses of India:
A Baker from Goa

1. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?
2. What are those bakers known in Goa?
3. What does the thud and jingle of the traditional baker’s bamboo indicate?
4. What did the children long to get from the baker?
5. When did the baker collect his bills?
6. How were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
7. What does a ‘jackfruit’—like appearance’ mean?
8. What is the baker called?
9. Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
10. When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?
11. Who invites the comment—‘he is dressed like a pader’? Why?
12. What did the bakers wear?
    (i) in the Portuguese days?
    (ii) when the author was young?

Coorg

1. Where is Coorg located?
2. Which is the smallest district of Karnataka?
3. Why is Coorg compared to heaven?
4. How much rain does the area receive during the monsoons?
5. Why do visitors keep away from the Coorg during the monsoon?
6. What is the nature of the people of Coorg?
7. What are the people of Coorg known as?
8. What is the Kuppia?
9. What tradition do the Coorgi homes have?
10. Who was General Cariappa?
11. What is the source of water for the river Kavery?.

Tea from Assam

1. What did Pranjol order for?
2. Where were both the boys going to?
3. What was Pranjol doing?
4. What was surprising for Rajvir?
5. What two crops did Rajvir see?
6. What was magnificent?
7. Who were the doll-like figures?
8. What is Rajvir telling Pranjol?

Mijbil the Otter

1. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
2. Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
3. How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
4. Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?
5. How was Mijbil transported to England?
6. What did Mij do to the box?
7. Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?
8. What happened when the box was opened?
9. What game had Mij invented?
10. What group of animals do otters belong to?
11. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?

Madam Rides the Bus

1. What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
2. What was the source of unending joy for Valli? What was her strongest desire?
3. What did Valli find out about the bus journey? How did she find these details?
4. What do you think Valli was planning to do?
5. Why does the conductor call Valli ‘madam’?
6. Why does Valli stand up on the seat? What does she see now?
7. Why didn’t Valli want to make friends with the elderly woman?
8. What did Valli see on her way that made her laugh?
9. Why didn’t she get off the bus at the bus station?
10. Why didn’t Valli want go to the stall have a drink? What does this tell you about her?

The Sermon at Benares

1. Who was Gautam Buddha?
2. How did Gautam Buddha help Kisa Gotami to understand that death is a part of one’s life?
3. How can one attain peace of mind, according to the Buddha?
4. Why did Kisa Gotami go to Buddha?
5. Why was the Peepal tree known as Bodhi Tree?
6. Why did Siddhartha leave his home?
7. What did the Buddha ask Kisa Gotami to do?
8. What did Kisa Gotami understand after asking for mustard seeds in the village?
9. Why was Kisa Gotami in grief?
10. Where did Buddha stay for seven days?
11. What was the name of Buddha in his childhood? In which year he was born?

The Proposal

1. Who is Lomov and why does he visit Chubukov?
2. Why does Chubukov suspect Lomov when he comes to his house?
3. Why did Lomov go to the house of Chubukov?
4. What is the ailment that Lomov is suffering from?
5. What is the play “The Proposal”?.
6. What does Lomov think when he is alone?
7. Neighbours must have a cordial relationship that Lomov and Natalaya do not have. Describe/ Justify/ Explain the first fight between them.