Comprehemsiue TEST YOURLITERARY SKILLS
ASSIGNMENT 16
Name: Maximum Marks: 40 Tirme 65 mirnutes
Class: ............ Section: Roll No.: Marks Obtained
BEEHIVE
(5 marks)
6. Read ONE of the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife
Will do it. It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it,feeding
Upon its erust, absorbing
Years of sunlight, air, water,
And out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves. (Stanza I)(On Killing a Tree)
1. Tick the CORRECT statement.
(a) You can kill a tree by an ordinary cut. (6) It is easy to uproot a tree.
(c) Chop a tree and it falls down. (d) A knife is t0o weak to cut a tree.
2. It takes approximately for a tree to grow.
(a) weeks (b) days (c) months (d) years
3. A plant takes nutrition from the A
(a) tree (b) sunlight and water
(c) air (d) soil
4. A tree is firmly bound with the
(a) plant (b) sunlight, water and air
(c) trunk and leaves (d) soil
5. Which part of the tree is referred to by leprous hide"? Tick the CORRECT
C
option. B
(a) Option A (6) Option B
D
(c) Option C (d)Option D
Or
Aslumber did my spirit seal
Ihad no human fears.
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years. (Stanza ID (A Slumber Did My SpiritSeal)
1.T refers to
(a)the poet (b) his fiancée he is going to meet shortly
le) his deceased fiancée (d) sleep
2. The poet is thinking of his
(a) past (b) present (c) future (d)life after death
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3. 1had no human fears.' means that
ta)the poet lost all those fears that haunt a
human being
(b)sleep deprived him of all fears
(c)while sleeping, he had no fear even of
death haunting humans
(d)while sleeping,one has scary
4. In dreams, the poet saw his fiancéedreams
(a)was going to die
(b) like someone who could never be
(c) was young and fresh as usual
changed by the passage of time
(d) (a) and (c)
5. Explain the first line of the poem.
(a)The author was in a state of deep sleep and
(6) The author was sleeping and forgot the harsh realities of life.
(c) While sleeping, the remembered the harsh realities of life.
author was in a wilful state.
(d) The author forgot
Answers everything.
7. Read ONE of the Total/5
extracts given below and answer the
questions thatfollow: (5 marks)
I'vegot BEEHTVE
to goplacesfreedom to gain. As for
myself,
and do nothing. Ican eat I'm a poor
sight of a cop. well and sleephunted rat. As Vincent
Charles
1. Identify the
and without having to be readyGerrard I'm free
to beat it at the
(a)Intruder
speaker. (pg 142) IfIWere
You) (CBSE)
2. Why does the (6)Gerrard
(c) Gatekeeper
(a) Because thenarrator describe himself as a poor hunted
police are after him rat?
(d) Watchman
(b)Because he has
(c) He has
been running to and fro to
committed a crime. avoid being arrested
d) (a) and (b)
3. What
changes will
(a) As Gerrardthe the Intruder have after taking
(b) He would not runintruder would eat and sleep. Gerrard's identity?
(c) He would be away at the sight of a
(d) (a) and (b) arrested. policeman.
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4. Why will Gerrard's identity save him from the cops?
ia)Gerrard hadnothing to be afraid of the police.
(b)Gerrard was a criminal.
ic) Gerrard was innocent
tdt ta)and te)
5. ldentify the literary device used in the second line of the extract.
(a)Simile (b)Metaphor (c) Personification (d Repetition
MOMENTS -SUPPLEMENTARY READER
The two men were hungry. Now that the shops were open, they went to buy some groceries. To
their astonishment, they found that everything cost the same, a single duddu whether they bought
a measure of rice or abunch of bananas, itcost a duddu. The guruand his disciple were delighted.
They had never heardof anything like this. They could buy all the food they wanted for a rupee.
(pg 19)(In the Kingdom of Fools)
1. The two men were
2. They were happy because everything, irrespective of its cost the same.
3. Everything cost the same because it was the kingdom of
4. "Full" is the antonym of* used in the current extract.
5. At what time did the two men go to buy some groceries?
Answers
Tota/5
BEEHIVE, MOMENTS-SUPPLEMENTARY READER
8. Ansuer the following questions, FOUR from Bechive'and TWO from Moments' in 40-50 words each:
(6 x 3= 18 marks)
la) What shall happen to the tree when it is jabbed with a knife? What will be the effeet of hacking
and chepping' it? (Beehive-On Killing aTree) Imp.)
(b)How is Baudhnath stupa different from the temple of Pashupatinath?
(BeehiveKathmandu) (CBSE)
(o What is meant by 'leprous hide"? (BeehiveOn Killing a Tree) (NCERT) CBSE)
d) How does the poet justify his beloved's immortality? (Beehive-A Siumber Did My Spirit Seal)
e)How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(BeehiveA Truly Beautiful Mind) NCERT)
)What reason does Lushkoff give to Sergei for his telling hes? (Moments The Beggar)(CBSE)
Conprckensiuve T'EST YOUR WRITING SKILLS
ASSIGNMENT 9
Name: Maximum Marks: 10 Time: 40 Minutes
Class: ........... Section: Roll No.: Marks Obtained
4. You celebrated your birthdaywith great fun and joy. Your sister couldn't attend it. She has asked you
how youcelebrated it. Using the following clues, write a briefparagraph on it in 100-120 uwords. You
(5 marks)
are Manoj living at 35, Sakchi Bazar,Jamshedpur.
what you did whom you invited what gifts you got how you enjoyed, ete.
Or
Recently the capital was hit by a violent
thunderstorm which left a trail of damage across
much of Delhi, uprooting over 500 trees, countless
poles, damaging a host of vehicles, and killing at
least two people. Taking ideas from the visual as well
as using vour own, write a descriptive paragraph in
100-120 words. (5 marks)
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