Question

Section A- Drama

The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare

Question1.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder;

Snail-snow in profit, and he sleeps by day

More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me,

Therefore I part with him ; and part with him

To one that I would have him help to waste

His borrow’d purse. Well ,Jessica, go in;

Perhaps I will return immediately:

Do as I bid you, shut doors after you:

‘fast bind, fast find’.

A proverb never stale in thrifty mind

(i) Who is patch ? what does Shylock say about him? (2)

(ii) Whom does Shylock wish to be ruined? Why? (2)

(iii) What does Shylock mean by saying, ‘drones hive not with me’? (2)

(iv) What is meant by the ‘borrowed purse’? For what purpose was it borrowed? (2)

(v) Describe briefly how Shylock becomes as instrument of fate in this scene. (3)

Section B- POETRY

A collection of poems

Question 2.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

We’ll answer this by asking you,

‘What used the darling ones to do?

‘How used they keep themselves contented

Before this monster was invented?’

Have you forgotten? Don’t you know?

We’ll say it very loud slow:

THEY… USED.. TO…. READ! They’d READ and READ

AND READ and READ, and then proceed

To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!

One half their lives was reading books!

(i) What monster is the poet referring to in the above extract? How was the situation

different before its invention? (2)
Note ÷ section B 2nd question is in the photo ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

An economy is a system of making and trading things of value. It is usually divided into goods (physical things) and services (things done by people). It assumes there is medium of exchange, which in the modern world is a system of finance. This makes trade possible.

Answer 2

Answer:

same as a mantript okk

Explanation:

आसमान से तोड़ कर सितारा दिया है,

आलम-ए-तन्हाई में एक शरारा दिया है,

मेरी किस्मत भी नाज़ करती है मुझपे,

खुदा ने दोस्त ही इतना प्या रा दिया है