SECTION A
Read the following passage and the questions given below it. Choose the correct answer. [04]
Anyway, the Crock isn’t a sadist. That’s what I’m saying. He wouldn’t be so frightening if he were –
because at least it would show he had some feelings. But he hasn’t. He’s all shrivelled up inside like a
nut and he seems to hate people to like him. It’s funny, that. I don’t know any other master who
doesn’t like being liked –
Questions:
1. Crock isn’t a sadist means _________________.
a. Crock isn’t a person who derives pleasure from inflicting pain or humiliation on
others
b. Crock isn’t a person who remains sad always
c. Crock isn’t a person who thinks that all the people are sad
d. Crock isn’t a person who seeks pleasure in saddening things
2. Crock seems to be a/an _______________ person.
a. friendly c. extrovert
b. introvert d. pleasant
3. The line, ‘He’s all shrivelled up inside like a nut’ can also be written as _________________
a. He’s the one who gets frightened easily.
b. He’s the one who shrivels every now and then.
c. He’s the one who is devoid of any feelings.
d. He’s the one who cannot imagine any fun in life.
4. What is Crock’s peculiar characteristic?
a. He is like every other master.
b. He is drastically terrifying.
c. He is funny.
d. He dislikes being liked.Read the following stanza and the questions given below it. Choose the correct answer. [04]
When did my childhood go?
Was it the day I ceased to be eleven.
Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven,
Could not be found in Geography,
And therefore could not be,
Was that the day!
Questions:
5. What is the poet so anxious about to know?
a. The poet is anxious to know about his eleventh birthday.
b. The poet is anxious to know about the sudden realisation of facts.
c. The poet is anxious to know about his lost childhood days.
d. The poet is anxious to know about the realities of life.
6. According to the poet, children have _____________ about the concept of hell and heaven.
a. delusion b. excitation c. manias d. impulses
7. Identify the figures of speech in the line: ‘Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven.’
a. Pun b. Antithesis c. Climax d. Litotes
8. The lines: ‘Could not be found in Geography/And therefore could not be’ –means _______.
a. Study of Geography is not interesting
b. Imaginative places can be sought after in Geography
c. Heaven and hell are in the books of Geography
d. No places like heaven and hell exist on this earth
SECTION B
Answer the following questions in about four to five sentences each. (each carries 2 marks) [04]
9. Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris in the play, ‘The
Browning Version’.
10. Mention the instances where Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-
Harris.
Answer the following questions in about four to five sentences each. (each carries 2 marks) [04]
11. What according to the poet, Markus Natten, is involved in the process of growing up?
12. Describe Markus Natten’s feeling towards childhood.SECTION C
Rectify the Errors. (Q. 13-16) [04]
Errors Corrections
Come alone, Taplow. Do not be 13. __________ __________
selfless as to keep a 14. __________ __________
good joking to yourself. 15. __________ __________
Told the others… 16. __________ __________
Do as Directed. [05]
17. Do you think she heard? (Make it Assertive)
18. I’m extremely interested in science. (Make it Negative)
19. I won’t mention names. (Change the Voice)
20. He’d probably follow me home or something. (Add a Question Tag)
21. Science is a good deal more exciting than this play. (Change the Degree-Positive)
Answers
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Answer:
- Crock isn’t a person who derives pleasure from inflicting pain or humiliation on others.
- Crock seems to be an introverted person.
- He is the one who is devoid of any feelings.
- He is drastically terrifying.
- (I am not sure so I do not want to mislead you)
- According to the poet, children have excitation about the concept of hell and heaven.
__________________________________________________________
I am unable to answer the rest of the questions because my parents are calling me. Hope this helps and thank you. (Please mark me brainliest if it helps)
Answered by
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Answer:
5 . the poet is anxious to know about his childhood
Explanation:
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