An Elementary School Classroom In A Slum Question 1.Tick the item which best answers the following.(a) The tall girl with her head weighed down meansThe girl(i) is ill and exhausted(ii) has her head bent with shame(iii) has untidy hair (b) The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes meansThe boy is(i) sly and secretive(ii) thin, hungry and […]
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My Mother At Sixty-Six Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels? Answer:Whenever the poet looks at the colourless and pale face of her mother, her old familiar pain surfaces realising that her mother was ageing and would die soon. Question 2.Why are the young trees described as
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Going Places Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school? Answer:Both the girls belong to poor families. As per their economic background, they would find a job in a biscuit factory after schooling. Question 2.What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? WTiy does Jansie
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The Interview Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.What are some of the positive views on interviews? Answer:The positive views on interviews are that it is a medium of communication and a source of truth and information. Some even look at it as an art. These days we know about the celebrities and others through their interviews. Question
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Poets And Pancakes Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up? Answer:The writer means the misery caused by the incandescent lights that poured out intense heat. The make-up room of the Gemini Studios had bright bulbs in the room full of large mirrors that reflected the
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Indigo Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.Strike out what is not true in the following.(a) Rajkumar Shukla was(i) a sharecropper(ii) a politician(iii) delegate(iv) a landlord(b) Rajkumar Shukla was(i) poor(ii) physically strong(iii) illiterate Answer:(a) (i) a sharecropper(b) (iii) illiterate Question 2.Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being resolute? Answer:Rajkumar Shukla was described as being resolute because he was
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The Rattrap Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap? Answer:The peddler lived a dull and monotonous life. He had no family, no money and no relatives. He was a vagabond. So, being alone most of the time, he used to go on thinking. While thinking
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Deep Water Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.What is the ‘misadventure’ that William Douglas speaks about? Answer:The ‘misadventure’ is the incident in which the author at the age of ten or eleven was picked up and thrown into the swimming pool of Y.M.C.A. by a bruiser. The author didn’t know how to swim and was about to
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Lost Spring Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from? Answer:Garbage is gold for Saheb. He is looking for a rupee coin in it. Apart from money, he finds other valuable objects from this garbage. He lives at Seemapuri, at the periphery
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The Last Lesson The Last Lesson Textual Questions and Answers Think-as-you-read Questions Question 1.What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day? Answer:Franz was expected to be prepared with the lesson on ‘participles’. His teacher, M. Hamel, had announced an oral test on participles, but Franz didn’t know anything about the rules
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