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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...

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 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...

Treasure Trove Poem 2 The Cold Within Extract 1 Answer 1: The figure of speech used is Alliteration. The adjectives 'bleak and bitter' define 'cold'. The coldness of the surroundings is compared to the coldness in the hearts of the six people, because they were not friendly to one another. Answer 2: The people referred to here are the six people who are trapped in a cold place by some accident. They need logs to renew the fire to protect themselves in the cold. Answer 3: The 'first one' is a prejudiced white woman who hates people of other races. The 'next man' is a religious fanatic and a bigot who hates people not belonging to his religion. Answer 4: The first one held back her log. She does this because she was a racist. She didn't want the black man to be saved by the warmth provided by her log. Answer 5: Literally, this line refers to the fire that is dying and needs to be kept alive with the use of a log. Metaphorically, it can be understo...