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Treasure Chest Story 5 The Boy who Broke the Bank MCQs 1 - a 2 - b 3 - b 4 - a 5 - d 6 - b 7 - c 8 - d 9 - a 10 - c 11 - d 12 - c 13 - b Contextual Questions Extract 1 Ans 1: Nathu was a sweeper. He was annoyed and frustrated so he raised dust while sweeping the steps of the bank with a broom. Ans 2: Nathu was annoyed. He was not paid his salary, nor the increment of two rupees a month which he had asked for. He was frustrated as he had no means of solving his problems. Due to this reason he was doing his duty hurriedly and carelessly. Ans 3: Nathu banged his pan against the dustbin to show his annoyance. Nathu could do nothing other than raising dust and banging his pan to solve this issue. This shows us that Nathu was pragmatic. Ans 4: Sitaram was the washerman's son. He was Nathu's friend and well wisher. He asked Nathu if he was angry because the bank didn't give him the increment that he had asked for. He helped Nathu by getting him a job. When he heard that Mrs. S...

Poem 4 A Doctor's Journal Entry of For August 6, 1945 MCQs 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. c 6. b 7. c 8. d 9. c 10. b 11. d 12. a 13. d 14. a Contextual Questions Extract 1 Ans 1: The morning is described as calm, beautiful and warm. The narrator was waking up, getting out of bed and looking out of window. He was optimistic like the morning. Ans 2: The narrator was startled by two sudden flashes. He thought that they were magnesium flares seen during a war. Ans 3: The walls of the building collapsed and the debris got scattered all over and the dust swirled around him. The clothes of the people got burnt. The people were either dead or mutilated. They walked like zombies, naked but not conscious of it. Ans 4: The narrator was severely injured. A splinter protruded from his thigh, his right side bled, his cheek was torn. His blood gushed out from his neck. Ans 5: (a) The morning dawned, there were no strong winds, picturing nature and warm sunlight. (b) A bright sudden flesh of light fo...

Treasure Chest Story 4 The Home-coming  Extract 1 Ans 1:  Makhan was the younger brother of Phatik, the protagonist of the story. He was by the riverside. 'Sauntered up' means walking slowly and silently. Ans 2:  The 'fun' was that Phatk and his companions planned to shift a log into the river. This would make the owner angry and the boys could laugh at the owner. To spoil 'the fun' Makhan sat on the log and it couldn't be moved. Ans 3:  One of the boys pushed Makhan from the log to carry out their plan. Makhan didn't react to it and continued sitting on the log. Ans 4:  Phatik was furious because Makhan spoiled their plan of having fun. He asked his companions to push the log together with Makhan on it. Ans 5:  No, Phatik didn't hit Makhan. He knew that Makhan would run to their mother and he would get into trouble. It reveals that Phatik was quick to anger and he had foresight. Extract 2 Ans 1:  The 'critical juncture' was when Phatik had p...

Poem 15 The Power of Music MCQs 1. (c)            2. (d)           3. (b)  4. (c)           5. (d)           6. (a)  7. (d)           8. (a)           9. (c)  10. (b)           11. (a) Section B: Contextual Questions Extract 1 Ans 1: Bhisma Lochan Sharma is a singer. His singing is loud, irritating and persistent despite its ill effects on every one around. Ans 2: The sound of his singing is so loud that it appears to reach in all directions right from the Himalayas to the gangetic plains and from Delhi to Burma. Ans 3: The speaker says that Bhisma Lochan continues to sing without a pause as if he has bet his life on it and is hell-bent to draw the attention of the people, perhaps to seek their appreciation for his singing. Ans 4: The people think th...

Treasure Chest Story 15 The Last Lesson Multiple-Choice Questions 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (a) Section B: Context Questions Extract 1 Ans 1: ‘I’ refers to the narrator of the story, a school-going boy, named Franz. He was on his way to school. He thought of running away because he was afraid of being punished by his teacher as he was late and he also had not studied Participles, on which the teacher was supposed to question them.  Ans 2: He wanted to spend the day outdoors because he was not interested in his studies.  Besides, he was more excited by the chirping of the birds at the edge of woods and the  drills of the Prussian soldiers than his French lessons. It reveals that he was a carefree boy,  disinterested in his studies. Ans 3:   The presence of Prussian soldiers was a reference to the fact that their homeland has been occupied  by the Prussians. Their presence was a blow to...

Treasure Chest Poetry Poem 14 - A Considerable Speck MCQs 1. (a) 2. (a)  3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (a)  6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (b) Contextual Questions Extract 1 Ans 1: The speaker noticed ‘a speck’, when he was writing something and had lifted his pen to mark a period. It would have been beneath his sight because he was busy writing so the speck would not have been in his line of vision. Ans 2: The speaker idly posed his pen in the air because he was about to mark a period i.e., put a full-stop and probably think what to write next. Ans 3: The strange thing was the speck on the paper. In reality it was a tiny mite. Ans 4: The last line means that the tiny mite had its own minds and feelings, as well as decision-making power. Ans 5: The speck appears insignificant but it has a mind of its own and the ability to wander anywhere on the paper making the speck a significant thing. Thus it justifies the title of ‘considerable speck.’ Ext...

Julius Caesar Act I Scene 3 MCQs 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (a) Contextual Questions Extract 1 Ans 1: Casca is in a street in Rome. He is breathless and frightened. He is talking to Cicero. Ans 2: (a) The entire creation of the earth is shaking as if it is unsteady. (b) The ocean is in rage filled with foam and is rising up to match the fury of the stormy clouds. Ans 3: Scolding wind means harsh winds of a storm. They have torn apart large oak trees and they were raising the sea waves up to the clouds. Ans 4: Casca saw that a slave’s hand was on fire but it still remained unburnt. He concluded that the unnatural events that occur together are a sign of upcoming calamity. Ans 5: The next day is the Ides of March i.e. 15 th of March. On that day the Senators intended to crown Caesar as king. It will be a fatal day as Caesar will be assassinated. The soothsayer had warned Caesar about that day. Extract 2 Ans 1: Casca had seen a slave...

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