Question

II. Read the following poem carefully and answer …

When I was seven

We went for a picnic

Up to a magic foresty place.

I knew there were tigers

Behind every boulder,

Though I didn’t meet one face to face.

When I was older

We went for a picnic

Up to the very same place as before,

And all of the trees

And the rock were so little

They couldn’t hide tigers or me anymore.

1. The underlying idea of the poem is that -

i) we should go on picnics more often

ii) we should be wary of wild animals when we go out

iii) we grow older each day

iv) our perspective towards the world changes as we grow up

2. Was the forest magical?

3. Find words from the poem that are synonyms of

i) Huge rock

ii) Conceal

4. Give the antonyms of

i) Margin

ii) Proud

5. The poem gives two instances of poet’s visit to...............

6. Being a child he feared the presence of.............

III. In the following passage one word has been omitted from each line. Write the missing word at the end of each sentence in the blank provided.

I recently finished reading book a.—-

that I recommend to all who b.—-

are interested the plight of women c.——

Or human rights. Princess by Sasson d.——-

is true life story of a Saudi Arabian princess. e ——-

She is surrounded all the luxuries f.——

of life but she trapped in her golden cage. g.——-

She reaches out revealed the inhuman h.——-

conditions Saudi women.

i ——-

She feels the injustice her situation. j ——-

Answer 1

Answer:

1. (iv)

2.No, it was just an imagination of the child.

3.1.boulders

2.magical

4.

2. Humble

Explanation: