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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...

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 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 Chest Story - 14 The Pedestrian MCQs 1.(b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (d) Contextual Questions: Extract 1 Ans 1: There was complete silence on the city streets because all the citizens were inside their homes, watching different types of programs on television. He was Leonard Mead, an adult male the only named character in the story. That was his routine, as he has been walking the city streets every night alone for the last ten years. Ans 2: Leonard Mead was a resident of an unnamed city and a writer by profession. Mead loved walking the city streets at night and taking in the sights, sounds and smells of the natural world. He had been taking this lonely walk at night for the last ten years. Ans 3 : Because he used to walk along the road which did not have any traffic and he was all alone there. It suggests that Mead had become so used to living all lone and taking the lonely walk at night for the last...