Question no 1. Multiple choice questions (25). 1. What is the message of the story 'Rattrap'? A) Love and kindness are powerful reformers. B) Kindness is powerless C) Kindness encourages thieves D) Thieves need reprimand 2. What does the rattrap seller have to do to make his both ends meet? A) Peddling B) Selling C) Begging D) Thievery and begging 3. Why does the peddler knit up various kind of thoughts? A) Because of greed B) Because of travelling C) Because of loneliness and poverty D) None 4. In peddler's view, what does the world look like? A) A Rat B) A Jungle C) A Jigsaw D) A Rattrap 5. What does the metaphor Rattrap in the lesson signify? A) Humans B) Thieves C) Attractions D) Human greed and distractions 6. The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency? A) Male Chauvinism B) Procrastination C) Courage D) Cowardice 7 . What does The Last Lesson symbolize? A) Loss B) Loss of freedom C) Loss of language D) Loss of language and freedom 8. Who occupied the back benches in the class? A) weak students B) teachers C) monitors of the class D) village elders 9. Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school? A) to complain B) to say goodbye C) to gossip D) to show gratitude 10. What made Franz and the people realize about the preciousness of their mother tongue? A) M. Hamel's words B) School orders C) Sudden orders from Berlin D) School Principal 11- Who is the author of Indigo? A) Louis Fischer B) Leo Tolstoy C) Mark Twain D) Charles Dickens 12- What is the message conveyed in the lesson Indigo? A) Efficient lawyers B) Speak aloud C) Wise and courageous leadership can resolve any problem. D) None 13. How much did Gandhi ji ask the Indigo planters to pay to the farmers? A)20% B) 40% C) 30% D) 50% 14. How did Gandhiji help peasants of Champaran? A) By fighting and securing justice for them B) By hiring lawyers for them C) By educating them D) By teaching them cleanliness 15. What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself guilty? A) That he was a law breaker B) That he wanted to command respect C) He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service D) None 16.How did Douglas develop hydrophobia in the chapter "Deepwater" ? a) A misadventure took place at YMCA B .Douglas drowned in water C. He developed an aversion of water. D. All of the above. 17. What happens if childhood fears are not tackled , in context to the chapter Deepwater ? A.They make deep inroads in to one's psychology B. they can be tackled later. C. they hardly leave an impact D. None of the above. 18. What steps did the author of the chapter Deepwater take to overcome his hydrophobia A. Determination and strong will B. Took the service of an instructor C. Swam in different pools and lakes D All of the above. 19.What creates terror in our minds as per the chapter Deepwater ? A. Not death but the fear of death. B. The very thought of a phobia C. The challenges D. The shortcomings. 20. What does the title Deepwater signify ? A. That the author's fear of water was a deep rooted one. B. That one's petrified shall always remain so. C. That one can never overcome one's fears. D. All of the above. 21. “One wonders if he has achieved what many have failed to achieve in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head”; these lines were said in reference to the condition of (a) the elderly woman’s old husband (b) Mukesh’s father (c) the bangle factory owner (d) Mukesh’s elder brother 22. Which of the objects below best serves as a symbol of an Indian woman’s `suhag’? (a) bindi (b) sindoor (c) bangles (d) henna-dyed hands 23.Bangle industry flourishes in the town of (a) Ferozepur (b) Firozabad (c) Ferozgarh (d) Farukhabad 24.Bangle industry flourishes in the town of (a) Ferozepur (b) Firozabad (c) Ferozgarh (d) Farukhabad 25. One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing (a) cricket (b) tennis (c) hockey (d) soccer. Question no 2 (5) How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror? Or How does the metaphor of the rattrap serve to highlight the human predicament?
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Question no 1. Multiple choice questions (25). 1. What is the message of the story 'Rattrap'? A) Love and kindness are powerful reformers. B) Kindness is powerless C) Kindness encourages thieves D) Thieves need reprimand 2. What does the rattrap seller have to do to make his both ends meet? A) Peddling B) Selling C) Begging D) Thievery and begging 3. Why does the peddler knit up various kind of thoughts? A) Because of greed B) Because of travelling C) Because of loneliness and poverty D) None 4. In peddler's view, what does the world look like? A) A Rat B) A Jungle C) A Jigsaw D) A Rattrap 5. What does the metaphor Rattrap in the lesson signify? A) Humans B) Thieves C) Attractions D) Human greed and distractions 6. The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency? A) Male Chauvinism B) Procrastination C) Courage D) Cowardice 7 . What does The Last Lesson symbolize? A) Loss B) Loss of freedom C) Loss of language D) Loss of language and freedom 8. Who occupied the back benches in the class? A) weak students B) teachers C) monitors of the class D) village elders 9. Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school? A) to complain B) to say goodbye C) to gossip D) to show gratitude 10. What made Franz and the people realize about the preciousness of their mother tongue? A) M. Hamel's words B) School orders C) Sudden orders from Berlin D) School Principal 11- Who is the author of Indigo? A) Louis Fischer B) Leo Tolstoy C) Mark Twain D) Charles Dickens 12- What is the message conveyed in the lesson Indigo? A) Efficient lawyers B) Speak aloud C) Wise and courageous leadership can resolve any problem. D) None 13. How much did Gandhi ji ask the Indigo planters to pay to the farmers? A)20% B) 40% C) 30% D) 50% 14. How did Gandhiji help peasants of Champaran? A) By fighting and securing justice for them B) By hiring lawyers for them C) By educating them D) By teaching them cleanliness 15. What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself guilty? A) That he was a law breaker B) That he wanted to command respect C) He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service D) None 16.How did Douglas develop hydrophobia in the chapter "Deepwater" ? a) A misadventure took place at YMCA B .Douglas drowned in water C. He developed an aversion of water. D. All of the above. 17. What happens if childhood fears are not tackled , in context to the chapter Deepwater ? A.They make deep inroads in to one's psychology B. they can be tackled later. C. they hardly leave an impact D. None of the above. 18. What steps did the author of the chapter Deepwater take to overcome his hydrophobia A. Determination and strong will B. Took the service of an instructor C. Swam in different pools and lakes D All of the above. 19.What creates terror in our minds as per the chapter Deepwater ? A. Not death but the fear of death. B. The very thought of a phobia C. The challenges D. The shortcomings. 20. What does the title Deepwater signify ? A. That the author's fear of water was a deep rooted one. B. That one's petrified shall always remain so. C. That one can never overcome one's fears. D. All of the above. 21. “One wonders if he has achieved what many have failed to achieve in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head”; these lines were said in reference to the condition of (a) the elderly woman’s old husband (b) Mukesh’s father (c) the bangle factory owner (d) Mukesh’s elder brother 22. Which of the objects below best serves as a symbol of an Indian woman’s `suhag’? (a) bindi (b) sindoor (c) bangles (d) henna-dyed hands 23.Bangle industry flourishes in the town of (a) Ferozepur (b) Firozabad (c) Ferozgarh (d) Farukhabad 24.Bangle industry flourishes in the town of (a) Ferozepur (b) Firozabad (c) Ferozgarh (d) Farukhabad 25. One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing (a) cricket (b) tennis (c) hockey (d) soccer. Question no 2 (5) How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror? Or How does the metaphor of the rattrap serve to highlight the human predicament?