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a No 34-34 - Prose short answer - 2q's x 3 m = 6 marks

UNIT-1 The Portrait of a Lady

1. Describe the Grandfather as seen in the portrait.
Ans. The grandfather looked a hundred years old man with a big
turban, loose
fitting clothes and long beard.
2. Wny was the author left with his grandmother in the village?
Ans : The Author s parents went to live in the city.
3. Vv'here did the author study in his childhood?
Ans: In a village school.
4. Wny did the Grandmother accompany the author to School?
Ans: The Grandmother used to sit inside the temple reading holy
books/
saying prayers.
5. Wnat made the dogs follow the grandmother after school hours?
Ans: The dogs followed her to eat chapatis.
6. Wny didn't the grandmother feel sentimental when the author went
aboa-rd for the higher
education?
Ans: She was a strong minded old woman.
7. What was the happiest time of the day for Grandmother?
Ans: Feeding sparrows in the afternoon.
UNIT-2 The Queen of Boxing
1. How did Mary Korn manage to get financial status? support for her
trip to the USA?
Ans: Her Father collected 2000 and two MP'S Donated 8000 rupees.
2. Why did Mary Korn think that she should not return empty
handed?
Ans: MaryKom did not want to disappoint people who supported her.
3. What was the first impression of America?
Ans: Things were costly/expensive in America.

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'NhY did she call herself lucky?

:~s; She did not have any matches that day
ceording to Mary Korn what was the reason for 105,
5· A ing In the
r,n~ls?
Ans: Loss of appetite, weight loss by 2 kg.
I 6. wr, at made her feel confident about the.competitive Payers?
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. Mary Korn went on to reach finals while teammate . ·
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after the other. . . .
s 1ost one

. 'What difficult she did experiences While eating Chines ,

7. . t e 100d?
Ans: Chopsficks were given o eat meals. ·
8_How was she. felfcitated on her return to India?
Ans: She was given warm welcome ~t the Airport.
9. \,Nhat did she consider ~er great achievement? Why?
Ans: Retaining her world title at New Delhi in 2006 was her great
achievement.
Because she was able to win at home.
UNIT-3 Forgetting
1. What does Lynd actually wonder at the efficiency of Human
Memory?
Ans: Lynd wonders at Human Memory.
2 _Name a few things that a Person remembers easily?
• Ans: Telephone Numbers
• Addresses of friends
• Names of Actors and actresses
• Cricketers, FoQt Ballers and Murderes.
3. How do psychologist interpret forget fullness?
An·$: Because People wish to forget certain things.
4. VVhat is the commonest type of forget fullness accordihg to Lynd?
Ans: Posting Letters.
5. What does the author mean when he says the letter in his pocket
leads an unadventurous life?
Ans: Lynd forgets to post the letter. It remains in his packet fur
several days.
6. What are the articles the writer forget most often?
Ans: Wa.lking sticks, umbrellas.
7. Who are the citizens of Dream Lanen \/vhy?
Ans: Sportsmen.
8. What is common about the Anglers and the Poets?

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are living in dreams.

Ans: They are absent minded people./Both
/They are c,t,zens
of dream land .
Unit-4 Tight Comers. one finds oneself in a
1. What is a tight comer? 'Nhat happens, when
. . .
tight comers? n people try to find their
Ans : 'Tight comer' means a difficult s1tuat1o
way out of
that situation. and mental tight corner?
2. VVhat is the difference between a physical
Ans: Physical uncomfort and Mental Stress.
3 VVhy drd the narrator visit Christie's?
r Christie's, an auction
Ans: The narrator's friend forced him to ente
shop.
•and firty· what does this
4. The narrator heard his own voice saying
suggest?
Ans: The Narrator had interest in auction.
n?
5. What was the narrator's financial conditio
account.
Ans: The narrator had only 63 pounds in his
6. The Narrator could not pretend to hav
e made a mistake in bidding.
Wny?
Ans : The staff were unsympathetic.
the narrator to get himself
7. Wi at would have been the best way for
·
out of the tight comer?
Ans: Confessing his poverty.
welcomed a firing party?
8. Why did the narrator feel he could have
the paihting he bid.
Ans: Because he had no money to pay for
r?
9. What was the bidder's offer to the narrato
Ans: The bidder offered extra fifty guineas.
the situation?
10. How did the narrator take advantage of
eas it was the profit for
Ans : The narrator demanded hundred guin
him .
Unit - 5 Convocation Address
1. Who does the speaker claim to represent?
mon man .
Ans: The speaker claims to represent the com
iety?
2. Why are universities necessary for a soc
iety.
Ans: They give ,wisdom and service to soc
in olden days?
3. What was the role of scholars and poets

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Ans: To ador n Roya l Ch~ mbe_r~. .

In wha t ways have urnvers1t1es impr oved the socie
4 ty?
.Ans: prod uce talen ted indiv idua l~ who are usef ul
to society.
S. 'Univ ersit ies deve lop broa d~":m dedn ess. How does
Dr.
Radh akris hnan drive hom e this idea ?
Ans: Appr ecia te othe r's poin ts of view. Save Dem
ocra cy.
6 _Wha t shou ld the youn gste rs aim in life after their graduation?
Ans: Youn gste rs shou ld cont ribut e to the socie ty.
7 . How can a grad uate give back to his/h er society?
Ans. In term s of serv ice and givin g hope to the depr
esse d.
UNIT -6 -The Acci dent al Tour ist
1 . Give a few insta nces of Brys on's Conf used acts?
Ans: Rout ine activ ity is not easy for Brys on forgets
things easily.
2. Wha t were the cont ents of Brys on's bag?
Ans: New s Pap er cutti ng.
Loos e pape rs.
Toba cco Mag azin e.
Pass port.
Dolla rs and Film s.
3. Desc ribe the flutte ry casc ade of thing s tumbling
from the bag?
Ans: New s Pap er cutti ngs
Toba cco, Mag azin es.
Pass port, Dolla rs.
Film s and Coin s.
4 . Why did the auth ors conc ern over toba cco shift
to his fingers?
Ans: His finge rs were injur ed while Zip-p ull.
5 . Wha t happ ened to Brys on whe n he lean ed to tie
his shoe lace ?
Ans: He got knoc ked over.He was pinn ed on the
floor in a cras h
posi tion.
6. How did Brys on free hims elf from the cras h posit
ion?
Ans: Brys on was unab le to shou t for help. He claw
ed the leg of the
man sittin g next
to him.
7. Wha t was Brys on's wors t accid ent on a plane?
Ans: Duri ng, the conv ersa tion with a lady his mou
th, chin, tongue,
teeth and gum s
were stain ed with blue ink.
8. Wha t did Brys on wish to avoi d in his life?

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forget fullness
Ans: To be very careful in his travel and to avoid
benefit Bryson?
9. How would staying away from liquid mischief
y from liquid
Ans : Bryson saved laundry expenses staying awa
mischief.
tled to flyer miles?
10. 'Nhy dtd the cierk say that Bryson was not enti
e in the card was
Ans: The ticket was in the name B-Bryson but nam
W.Bryson.

X SM= 35 MARKS
41- 47- EIT HE R / OR QUESTIONS)- 70' 5

41 . Prose paragraph :
1. The Portrait of a Lady
or's grandmother in his
Write a paragraph on the v.ital role of the auth
earty years.
with him . Grandmother
Author's grandmother always went to school
sat inside the
university, he was
temple reading the holy books. Author went upto
given a room . The common
by her wheel spinning
link of friendship was snapped. Grandma sat
and reciting prayers.
bread crumbs.
Hundreds of little birds collected round her for
2. The Queen of Boxing
Mary Kom 's rise as the Queen of boxing.
Mary Kem was selected in the 48 kg cate
gory for boxing. Her father
managed to collect
only Rs. 2000. Two MP's donated money. Bec
ause of these efforts
Mar y Korn decided not to
international medal (a
come back empty handed. She won her first
silver) there. She also started
e money and later the
believing that she could face anyone. The priz
Gov t job put an end to her
al haul continued.
financial worries. Despite her marriage, her med
After the hat trick of world
een of Boxing", and "
championship wins the media named her, "Qu
, Magnificent Mary".
3. Forgetting
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How does Lynd look at 'Forgetfulness'?

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Lynd wonders at human memory A

· Person re
numbers, addresses, rnernbers t
names of actors, actresses, cricketers f 1 h""-
eep ..,~
psychologists interpret that 00th
' allers and llltJr-4-
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people WIS o orget certain · thing
s. The auth ~rers
letters. He also forgets or often forgets to
walking sticks and umbrella often . Accord·
P<>43t
persons are the citizens of ing to author sp0r1g
dreamland. Anglers and poets are living in d
ordinary things. This seems to reams so they forget
be a virtue to the author.
4. Tight corners
Narrate the circumstances that led to the na
corner by his own folly. rrator getting into atight
His friend forced the narrator to visit The author
careless. In the was very Playful and
sale room pictures were sold. The author was ca
h. .
Tight comer is a difficult ug t tn tight corners.
situation. No one was there to help him. His Friend
other bidder offered 50
escaped_Some
guineas for the pictures. The narrator demanded
got it from him. 100 .
guineas and
5. Convocation Address
How does the speaker highlight the importance of
giving back the
society?
The Speaker represent a common man. Universities
are the store
house of knowledge.
Society gets improved by the help of the universitie
s. Spirit of
Democracy, is developed
Universities help students to develop skills. Students
should serve
the society without
selfishness.
6. The Accidental Tourist
Why doesn't Bryson seem to be able to do easily what
others seem
to? give a few reasons
could not do his daily life activities.
Looking for a lavatory in a cinema was difficult .He
would forget his
room number in the

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hotels. The bag contained newspaper cuttings, loose papers and

Tobacco got scattered on the
airport, when he tried to take out a card, The ticket was in the name
of 8 Bryson but the card
was in the name of'W. Bryson.
42. POEM PARAGRAPH :
POEM - 1 - ONCE UPON A TIME - Gabriel Okara
'Once Upon a ntne' is a poem. This poem was wn'tten by Gabriel
Okara. This is a very
beautiful poem about people's nature. The paet talks to his son. It is
about fake and real nature
of the people. He hates fake people. He wants to be real like people
in past.
POEM - 2 - CONFESSIONS OF A BORN SPECTATOR - Ogden
Nash
'Confessions of a Som Spectator' is a poem. This poem was written
by Ogden Nash. This
is a very beautiful poem. The poem is about the spitit of the born
spectator. The poet is the
spectator. He enjoys the game. He admires their ~pirit and strength.
But he never wants to
exchange places with them.
POEM -3- LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING - William
Wordsworth
'Lines written in Early Spring' is a poem. This poem was written by
William
Wordsworth. The theme is 'Enjoy ahd worship the Nature'. Jhe poet
had both pleasant and bitter thought. Flowers enjoyed their breath
anal birds hopped around him. Irresponsible act of
men exploits nature. God created nature. We should enjoy nature.
POEM - 4 - MACAVITY - THE MYSTERY CAT - T.S. Eliot
Macavity is a master criminal. He does a lot of crimes .But the police
could not arrest
him. He breaks the human law and also the law Qf gravity. He is a.
devil in the guise of cat. He can
float in the air and also run very fast. So he is called the Mystery Ca_t.
POEM - 5- EVEREST IS NOT THE ONLY PEAK - Kulothungan

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The poet talks about the virtue of a hu ,

grab success. Stand man bein "
9 ,ou don't
roud and feel tall. Be bold even When y . Sl00p to
P OU fa1l Do ,
Respect and honour others. · n t bow for f
·
Efforts are more impor avors
tant than success.
P OEM -6 -. THE HOLLOW CROWN - IAr.1 1·
,v1 1am Sh k
This poem_1s an e~tract from the play •Richard II" a_espeare
deposed king. He 1s very -R1Chard 11 ,s a
sad. He thinks about the dead kings. Death is P0rt
Jester. King has power. But rayed as aCOurt
death is more powerful than king. Everyone is
He urged his men to treat him equal before death.
as an ordinary man.
43. SUPPLEMENTARY PARAGRAPH :
AFTE R TWENTY YEARS - 0. Henry
Bob and Jimmy were friends. They plan to meet at th
date and time after 20 e same Place,
ears Jimmy becomes a cop and Bob becomes a en· .
Y · m1nat Bob
waits at the same place after 20 ·
Y
ears As a policeman Jimmy finds out that Bob ·1s en· .
•
sends another man to arrest -ca m1na1 So h
· e
his friend.
A SHOT IN THE DARK - Saki
Philip Slether~y travels by train to meet Mrs. SaltpenJago. Bertie, her
son, travels with
him. He asks Sletherby to lend him money. He says that his mother
has dark brown hair.
Sletherby doesn't believe his words. So he doesn't give him money.
Later he comes to know the
truth. He had done the mistake and Bertie had said the truth.
THE FIRST PATIENT - C.V. Burgess
The play takes place in the dentist's clinic. Patients are waiting for
the dentist. The
dentist arrives and calls for the first patient in. After sometimes. a
nurse carries a hammer, a
pair of pliers and hacksaw. Patients are afraid of the noise from the
room . They leave the clinic

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one by one . The first patient comes out

and e~plains. The dentist
had used the tools to open his
tools cabinet. He had not used them 1
o pull the tooth out. The
misunderstand,ng creates humour
m the play.

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