Question

3. Answer the following questions of any ONE extract- 5m

“The postmaster- a fat, amiable fellow- also broke out laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and tapping the letter on his desk, commented. “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter.

So, in order not to shake the writer‟s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than goodwill, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from his employees, he himself gave part of his salary and several friends of his were obliged to give something „for an act of charity‟.



(a) Who wrote the letter?

i) Mencho ii) Postman iii) Lencho iv) Postmaster



(b) How did the postmaster help him?

i) Write him a letter ii) Collected money from his employees iii) Gave a part of his salary iv) II & III only



c) What kind of person was the postmaster?

i) Fat ii) Amiable iii) Helpful iv) All of the above



(d) Find the exact word in similar meaning „without delay‟ given in the passage-

i) Immediately ii) tapping iii) evident iv) Charity



(e) „Determination‟ is synonymous with …………….

i) Amiable ii) Faith iii) Resolution iv) Obliged



OR



“I was really worried about Tricki this time. I had pulled up my car when I saw him in the street with his mistress and I was shocked at his appearance. He had become hugely fat, like a heated sausage with a leg at each corner. His eyes, bloodshot and rheumy, stared straight ahead and his tongue lolled from his jaws.”

(a) Who is “I” referred in the above extract ?

i) Mrs. Pumphrey ii) The nurse



(b) Who was „Tricki? iii) Dr. Herriot iv) Nobody

i) A pet dog ii) A pet cat



c) Who is „his mistress‟ ? iii) A small boy iv) None

i) The narrator‟s wife ii) The narrator‟s mother iii) Mrs. Pumphrey iv) Mrs. Pumphrey‟s maid



(d) Which word in the above extract means the same as „Anxious‟ ?

i) Worried ii) Shocked iii) Heated iv) Stared



(e) What is „Rheumy‟?

i) Red & wet eyes ii) Red tongue iii) Stiff bones iv) Red skin



4. Answer the following questions of any ONE extract- 5m

“He stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage,

On pads of velvet quiet,

In his quiet rage.”

(a) What is the name of the poet?

i) Leslie Norris ii) William Blake iii) Robert Frost iv) John Berryman b) Who is „he” in the extract?

i) Poet ii) Tiger iii) Panther iv) Leopard



c) How does the tiger move in the cage?

i) Vividly ii) Quietly iii) Angrily iv) Worriedly



(d) Why is he in quiet rage?

i) He is locked in the cage ii) His freedom is curtailed iii)He is unable to show his anger iv) All of the above



e) „What is Velvet‟ refer to in the extract?

i) Soft feet ii) Soft grass





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Answer 1

Answer:

a. postmaster

b.2 and 3

c. all of the above

d. immediately

e. resolution

OR

a. dr. herriot

b. none

c. Mrs. pumphery

d. worried

OR

a. William Blake

b. tiger

c. vividly

d. he is looked in the cage

e. soft feet

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