Question

Read the Extract given below and answer the following questions: 5
Don't bite your nails, Amanda!
Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
(1) Name the poet of the above lines.
a. Robin Klein b. Robert Frost
c. John Barrymore d. William Shakespeare
(2) What is Amanda asked not to do ?
a. Bite her nails b. Sit lazily
c. Bent her shoulders d. All of these
(3) What is the meaning of slouching ?
a. Sitting or lying in a lazy drooling manner
b. Screaming
c. Eating compulsively
d. Sitting erect
(4) Amanda is getting instructions for what purpose ?
a. For looking presentable b. To become a fashion icon
c. To participate in a school play d. Forgoing to the boarding school
(5) What does Amanda do to her shoulders ?
a. Keep them erect
b. Hunches
c. Keep them stiff
d. Keep them loose
Q.6 Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words : 8
(1) What does a ' jackfruit- like appearance' mean ?
(2) Where is Coorg ?
(3) Mention three things that humans do and animals don't.
(4) What are the qualities that go into making of a scientist ?

Answer 1

Answer:

(1)  a. Robin Klein

(2) d. All of these

(3)  a. Sitting or lying in a lazy drooling manner

(4)  a. For looking presentable

(5)  b. Hunches

1. A 'jackfruit-like appearance' means a plump physique. A baker used to resemble such a physique since it was believed that he and his family never starved.

2. Karnataka

3. Humans keep complaining about their situation; they do bad things and then repent about doing them later, and humans have a never ending desire to possess things. Animals on the other hand don’t do any of these things. They are content with what they have and live in peace

4. a first-rate mind, curiosity, and the will to win for the right reasons.