Question

ENGLISH

Unit – 1 (LITERATIRE)

Questions for 3 marks

1. How can you say that RipVan Winkle was a good man and a generous neighbour?

2. Chief Seathl pays a rich tribute to nature. What does he say about the land,

water, creatures etc ?

3. “Well , Mohun Bagan is playing against the Nagas, and I am a Naga first.”

Describe the incident when these quotes were made by T. Ao.

4. What did Rip Van Winkle love to do during his free time?

5. Why did the principal of Cotton College announce that T. Ao had passed before the

official declaration of the result?

6. What lesson did Scrooge learn from the ghost of the future?

Questions for 5 marks

1. Describe the attitude of scrooge’s nephew towards him.

2. The time has come for us to consider seriously the question of a Bharat brand

of English - Do you agree with the author R.K. Narayan that we need a

“Bharat brand of English”? Why

3. How does Chief Seathl pay tribute to nature?

4. What does R.K. Narayan mean by ‘the American National Expression’? Why does he say

so?

5. Read the lines and answer the questions that follow:

(I) a) And fast before her father’s men

Three days we have fled together,

For should he find us in the glen,

My blood would stain the heather.

i) Who says these lines and to whom? 1

ii) Why are “her” father’s men following them? 1

b) And when the paper was all signed and sealed ,

And a million copies made ,

There was cheering in the street ,

And grateful prayers indeed.

i) Who is the poet of the poem ? 1

ii) Why do you think the prayers were grateful? 2

(II) Read the lines and answer the questions that follow: 5

a) His horsemen hard behind us ride;

Should they our steps discover,

Then who will cheer my bonny bride

When they have slain her lover.

(i) What is the rhyme scheme of these lines? 1

(ii) What is the speaker’s concern here? 1

b) Old john with white hair

Does laugh away care,

Sitting under the oak,

Among the old folk.

(i) What is old John doing? 1

(ii) What is he reminded of?​

Answer 1

Answer:

how can you say that rip van winkle was a good man and a generous neighbour