5. Footprints Without Feet (VST), 10th-Eng

 5. Footprints without Feet (H.G. Wells)

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

Q. 1 Who is the writer of ‘Footprints Without Feet’?

Ans. H. G. Wells

Q. 2 What was Griffin?

Ans. A scientist

Q. 3 What happened when Griffin swallowed certain drugs?

Ans. His body became transparent

Q. 4 Whose house did Griffin set fire?

Ans. The landlord

Q. 5 What was the name of the landlord’s wife?

Ans. Mrs. Hall

Q. 6 What type of a man was Griffin?

Ans. Brilliant scientist by a lawless person

Q. 7 According to Mrs. Hall what type of a scientist was her guest?

Ans. Eccentric 

Q. 8 At Iping where did Griffin stay?

Ans. In an inn 

Q. 9 Who was secretly sent for to catch Griffin?

Ans. The constable

Q. 10 Which type of person was Griffin?

Ans. He was a lawless person

L-2 The Thief's Story (VST), 10th-Eng

 Lesson 2 The Thief's Story: Ruskin Bond

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

1. Who is the author of ‘The Thief’s Story’?

Ans. Ruskin Bond

2. Who is I in the story?

Ans. Hari Singh

3. Hari singh is a:

Ans. thief

4. Who is the master ?

Ans. Anil

5. Anil was a :

Ans. Writer

6. The timing of train to Lucknow was:

Ans. 10.30

7. The total amount of money was:

Ans. 600 Rupees

8. Salary given to Hari Singh by Anil was:

Ans. 50 Rs.

9. The age of Hari Singh was:

Ans. 15 years

10. How old was Anil?

Ans. 25 years

11. Who is the narrator of the story ‘The Thief’s Story?

Ans. Hari Singh 

12. What did Anil do for a living?

Ans. wrote articles for magazines

13. What was Anil doing when the thief boy met him?

Ans. He was watching a match

14. Where did Anil live?

Ans. at Jumna Sweet Shop

15. What promise did Anil make to the thief boy?

Ans. to teach him reading and writing

Poem - 7 Animals (VST) 10th, Eng

 7. Animals (Walt Whitman)

 

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

 

1. Who is the poet of ‘Animals’?

Ans. Walt Whitman

 

2. What does the poet wish to live with?

Ans. With animals

 

3. How do the animals seem to the poet?

Ans. Calm and self-contented

4. What does Whitman want to turn away from?

Ans. Human beings

 

5. What do animals possess?

Ans. Kindness and sympathy

 

6. Who kneels to another?

Ans. Man

 

7. Who is unhappy over the whole earth?

Ans. Man

 

8. Who is always complaining about their condition?

Ans. Human beings

 

9. What mania do the human beings suffer from?

Ans. Possessing of things

 

10. According to Whitman who are greater?

Ans. Animals

Poem - 6 Amanda (VST), 10th, Eng

 

6. Amanda (Robin Klein)

 

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

 

1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Amanda’?

Ans. Robin Klein

 

2. What had the speaker asked Amanda to do?

Ans. To do her homework

 

3. What does the speaker forbid Amanda to eat?

Ans. Chocolate

 

4. How does Amanda imagine herself?

Ans.  A mermaid

 

5. What does Amanda love?

Ans. Freedom and silence

 

6. Where was Rapunzel?

Ans. In a tower

 

7. Who had imprisoned Rapunzel?

Ans.  A witch

 

8. What king of life does Rapunzel lead?

Ans.  A peaceful and rare life in a tower

Poem- 5 The Ball Poem (VST), 10th, Eng

 

5. The Ball Poem (John Berryman)

 

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

 

1. Who is the poet of ‘The Ball Poem’?

Ans. John Berryman

 

2. What does the poet see?

Ans. He saw the ball going into the water

 

3. Who loses his ball?

Ans. The boy

 

4. What is worthless for the boy?

Ans. Another ball

 

5. What kind of a world it is?

Ans. A world of materialism

 

6. What does the poet say about this world is made of?

Ans. The world is made of possessions

 

7. What does the poet say about money?

Ans. Money is external

 

8. Which days does the boy remember?

Ans. His young days

 

9. What is the boy learning?

Ans. The meaning of loss

 

10. Where has the boy lost his ball?

Ans. In the water

 

11. How are the boy’s eyes?

Ans. Desperate

 

Poem- 4 How to Tell Wild Animals, 10th- Eng

 4. How to Tell Wild Animals (Carolyn Wells)

 

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

1. Who is the poet of ‘How to Tell Wild Animals’?

Ans. Carolyn Wells

2. Where do we see the Asian Lions?
Ans. In eastern countries

3. What is the colour of the Asian Lions?
Ans. The Brownish yellow

4. How will you know that it is Asian Lion?
Ans. It will roar at you when you are dying with fear

5. Who is the noble wild beast?
Ans. The Bengal Tiger

6. Which animal has black stripes on his body?
Ans. The Bengal Tiger

7. Which animal has black spots on his body?
Ans. Leopard

8. Which animal can we meet in our yard?
Ans. Bear
 
9. What does the bear do on meeting a person?
Ans. The bear hugs the person very hard
 
10. Which animal sheds tears while eating its victim?
Ans. Crocodile
 
11 About what may we have a doubt?
Ans. About the strength of a bear
 
12. How do the hyenas come?
Ans. With merry smiles
 
13. How can you differentiate a crocodile from a hyena?
Ans. A crocodile always weeps, hyena always smiles
 
14. Which animal changes its colour?
Ans. Chameleon
 
15. How does a Chameleon look?
Ans. Like a lizard
 
16. What two things does a chameleon not have?
Ans. Ears and wings
 
17. Where is the chameleon generally found?
Ans. On the trees
 
18. Why can’t we see the chameleon on the trees?
Ans. Because it changes its body colour
 

Poem-2 Fire and Ice (VST Q-Ans) 10th, Eng

 2. Fire and Ice (Robert Frost)

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Fire and Ice’?

Ans. Robert Frost

2. What do the people think about the ending of the world?

Ans. The world will end in fire or in ice

3. What is the poet’s opinion?

Ans. The world will end in fire

4. What does ‘desire’ mean?

Ans. man’s passions and violence

5. What is ice a symbol of?

Ans. Ice is a symbol of hatred

6. What is ‘fire’ a symbol of?

Ans. a symbol of lust and endless desires

7. According to the poet, what will end one day?

Ans. the world

Class - 10th (A)
Subject - English
Date - 14/07/2021
Home- Task : Do these Q.

*Poem 2. Fire and Ice (Robert Frost)*

*1. What is ‘fire’ a symbol of in the poem, ‘Fire and Ice’?*
Ans. In Frost's poem, “Fire and Ice,” the speaker symbolizes fire as desire or love, and ice is symbolized to be destruction and hate.

*2. What is ‘ice’ a symbol of in the poem?*

*3. What is the main idea of the poem?*

*4. How will the world end in fire and ice?*

*5. Why do some people say that the world will end in fire?*

*6.Why do some people say that the world will end in ice?*

*7. How, according to Roberts Frost will the world end twice?*

*8. What is the symbol of ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ representative of?*

4. From the Diary of Anne Frank (VST Q-Ans), 10th, Eng

 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

Q. 1 Who was Anne Frank?

Ans. A young Jewish girl

Q. 2 Where was Anne Frank born?

Ans. Frankfurt

Q. 3 When was Anne Frank born?

Ans. 12th June 1929

Q. 4 How old was Anne Frank?

Ans. 13 years old

Q. 5 What was the name of Anne’s father?

Ans. Otto Frank

Q. 6 Who was the elder sister of Anne?

Ans. Margot

Q. 7 How many real sisters did Anne have?

Ans. One 

Q. 8 Who gave an essay to Anne?

Ans. Mr. Keesing

Q. 9 Who was Mr. Keesing

Ans. Math teacher

Q. 10 Who wrote a brief sketch of Anne’s life?

Ans. Anne

Q. 11 When did grandma fall ill?

Ans. In 1941

Q. 12 On which date did Anne Frank make her first entry in her diary?

Ans. 20th June 1942

Q. 13 Who helped Anne to write the essay in verse?

Ans. Her Friend, Sanne

Q. 14 What was the habit of Anne Frank?

Ans. To talk in the class

Q. 15 What was the name of the diary? (Sep-16)

Ans. Kitty

Q. 16 Who was Mrs. Kuperus?

Ans. Anne’s Headmistress

Q. 17 How many teachers were there in Anne’s school?

Ans. Nine teachers

Q. 18 Why did Mr. Keesing give extra homework to Anne?

Ans. For talking in Math period

Ch.3 (ii) The Black Aeroplane,10th, Eng

 

II- The Black Aeroplane (Frederick Forsyth)

Very Short Type Q-Ans.

Q. 1 Who is the writer of ‘The Black Aeroplane’?

Ans. Frederick Forsyth

Q. 2 What was the name of the aeroplane which the pilot was flying?

Ans. Dakota DS 088

Q. 3 Where was the pilot going?

Ans. To England

Q. 4 Which country was the pilot flying over?

Ans. France

Q. 5 What was coming up in the east behind the pilot?

Ans. The moon

Q. 6 What did the pilot of the old Dakota see on the way?

Ans. Huge black clouds 

Q.7  When did he see the clouds?

Ans. When he was about 150 km from Paris

Q. 8 How was the scene inside the clouds?

Ans. Everything was suddenly black inside the clouds

Q. 9 What happened as the plane entered the storm clouds?

Ans. The aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air

Q. 10 What happened to the compass and other instruments?

Ans. The compass and other instruments went dead

Q. 11 Why did the writer not receive a reply from the Paris Control?

Ans. Because his radio was dead

Q. 12 How many fuel tanks were there in the plane DS 088?

Ans. Two

Q. 13.Where did the writer see the another plane?

Ans. In the black cloud just near him.

Q. 14 How did the author follow the strange aeroplane?

Ans. Like an obedient boy 

Q. 15 Who saved Frederick Forsyth?

Ans. It’s a mystery

Short Type Q-Ans.

Q. 1 A pilot is lost in storm. Does he arrive safe? Who helps him?

Ans. Yes, he arrives safe. The Pilot of another strange plane helps him to take out safe from the stormy clouds. No one knew who the pilot of the another plane was and where the plane was.

 

Q. 2 “I’ll take risk.” What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?

Ans. The author wanted to reach home to present  at the breakfast table. He wanted to fly the old Dakota aeroplane through the storm clouds. So he took the risk of flying straight into the storm cloud.

 

Q. 3 What made the woman in the control room look at the narrator strangely?

Ans. After landing, the narrator asked about the mysterious aeroplane that had guided him through the dark clouds. But no such aeroplane had been seen on the radar. So the woman was startled when the narrator asked about that aeroplane.

 

Q. 4 Recount the experience of the pilot of the Dakota inside the black clouds.

Ans. The pilot found that everything was black inside the clouds. It was impossible to see anything outside the aeroplane. The old aeroplane rolled and jumped in the air. The compass and other instruments stopped working. His radio also went dead.

 

Q. 5 How did the black aeroplane rescue the first pilot?

Ans. The pilot of the black aeroplane waved his hand. He waved his hand to follow him. The writer followed him. Suddenly, his plane was out of the clouds. He could see the airport and landed his aeroplane. In this way, the black aeroplane rescued the first pilot.

 

Q. 6 Describe the black clouds from the point of view of the pilot.

Ans. The writer was going from France to England. He was flying his Dakota aeroplane. When he had gone 150 km from Paris, he saw storm clouds. They were huge. They looked like black mountains standing in front of him.