Question

(A) Read the extract given below and complete the sentencesthat follow with the help of given options.
And on the pedestal these words appear :
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings :
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair !”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch for away.
(a) The background of the poem is …………………
(i) a remote village (ii) a big city (iii) a large desert (iv) apalace in the wilderness
(b) The king’s words reveal his …………………nature.
(i) benevolent (ii) boastful (iii) ambitious (iv) forgiving
(c) The phrase, ‘colossal wreck’ refers to …………………
(i) the wrecked ship (ii) the broken statue (iii) the level sands(iv) the mighty kings
(B) Read the passage given below and answer the questions thatfollow.
At least, that was what I thought then. Now I knew that SebastianShultz, the boy from the game, really did exist, I’d seen the proof in the newspaper.
(a) What had Michael thought earlier?
(b) Why is Sebastian Shultz called ‘the boy from the game’?
(c) What had Michael seen in the newspaper ?
(C) Read the extract given below and answer the questions thatfollow.
‘Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretch’d mine arm so far,
To be afraid to tall graybeards the truth ?
Decius, go and tell them Caesar will not come’.
(a) Why has Decius come to Caesar’s place?
(b) What message does Caesar give him?
(c) Who are the ‘graybeards’ referred to here?

Answer 1

A (i) a large desert

(ii) boastful

(iii) the mighty kings

Answer 2

(A)

(a) a large desert.

(b) boastful.

(c) the broken statue.

(B)

(a) Michael thought that the boy Sebastian Shultz was a part of the game.

(b) Because Michael met ""Sebastian Shultz"" in the game, so he called him “Boy from the game”.

(c) Michael sees that Sebastian Shultz recovered from coma in the newspaper under the article “Miracle Recovery”.

(C)

(a) Decius came to Caesar's home to take ""Julius Caesar"" to the ""Senate house"".

(b) Caesar asked Decius to notify the senate members that he will not attend the senate on that day.

(c) Here the “greybeards” refer to the ""senior fellows of the Senate"".