Answer any four of the following Questions in 30-40 words each (2x4 = 8 Marks)
i.Although Calpurnia revealed her fear after nightmare yet Caesar decided to go to senate house. Why ?
ii.“Pen is mightier than sword”. Elucidate with reference to the poem ‘Not Marble Nor Gilded Monuments’.
iii.Why was the ‘Writer’s inspiration Bureau’ formed?
iv.What message is conveyed by Vikram Seth through the poem ‘The Frog and the Nightingale’?
v. How does the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ give hope to the society?
(CBSE Sample Paper 2017-18 Question no.9 Class X Eng. Comm.)
Answers
2: pen can do such things which can't be done by sword . It helps to come out from any problem. The sword not is not solution of any problem.
3: because to help the struggler authors to write down a good story .
4: That a person should not be gullible and he should do what his mind or heart says .
5: that we should work hard to help our relatives if they are in problem and should nit depend on others for any help .
Answer:
ii) The pen is mightier than the sword.
"The pen is mightier than the sword" is a proverb which celebrates the power of writing and expresses the fact that scholars with words are more powerful than warriors with swords.
Huge works of architecture and giant monuments will crumble down someday. A war can destroy impressive human works made of marble and decorated with gold plated objects. They are doomed to ruin with the passage of time. But the words written with the pen carry ideas, knowledge and wisdom. These are written in the hearts of the readers and cannot be destroyed but passed along for posterity.
A sword may seems strong and powerful and a pen weak and powerless. Yet, in the long run the power of the sword ends in destruction and ruins. Whereas the power of a pen yields positive values generation after generation.