My own true family – Ted Hughes | class ten x suggestion | madhyamik importance | My own true family importance question | comprehension exercises | My own true family questions and answers

1.       Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a)    Creeping in an oakwood, the poet was looking for a

(i)                  goat

(ii)                rhinoceros

(iii)               stag

(iv)              buffalo

(v)                Ans: (iii) stag

(b)   Whenever an oak tree is felled, the number of trees the poet must plant is

(i)                  two

(ii)                three

(iii)               four

(iv)              five

Ans: (i) two

(c)    when the poet came out of the Oakwood, his heart was that of a

(i)                  stag

(ii)                tree

(iii)               a human child

(iv)              the old woman

Ans:- (ii) tree

2.       state whether the following statements are true or false. Provide sentences/phrases/ words in support of your answer.

(a)    The old woman held the poet’s secrets in her little bag

Ans:- True, supporting statement-she said, “I have your secret here inside my little bag”

(b)   The tree tribe said that the poet is bothered to see the chopping down of oak trees

 Ans:- False, supporting statement-we are chopped down, “we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.

(c)    The never came out of the Oakwood

Ans:- False, supporting statement-when I came out of the Oakwood, back to human company

3.       (a) when did the poet come twice awake?

Ans:- being attached to a stake and encompassed by a gazing clan, the poet came twice conscious.

(b) what would happen to the poet if he failed to make the promise?

Ans:- the writer would pass on the off chance that he neglected to make the guarantee

(d)   What was it that altered the poet?

Ans:- the fantasy of conveying his own particular heart near the oak tree the writer

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The Passing Away of Bapu – Nayantara Sehgal | class ten x suggestion | madhyamik importance | The Passing Away of Bapu importance question | comprehension exercises | The Passing Away of Bapu unit 3 questions and answers

1.       Choose the correct alternative to completethe following sentences:

(a)    Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to

(i)                  Ahmedabad

(ii)                Allahabad

(iii)               Delhi

(iv)              Benaras

(v)                Ans: (ii) Allahabad

(b)   A huge crowd had gathered by the

(i)                  Ganges

(ii)                Yamuna

(iii)               Brahmaputra

(iv)              Narmada

Ans: (i) Ganges

(c)    Gandhiji awakened people to one another’s

(i)                  indifference

(ii)                jealousy

(iii)               suffering

(iv)              greed

Ans:- (iii) suffering

2.       complete the following sentences with information from the text

(a)    people on the special train sang bhajans

(b)   the author felt she had grown up within a magic circle

(c)    Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children

3.       Fill in the chart with information from the text

cause	Effect
People could feel Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and the songs	People did not weep anymore
The magic circle vanished	The author felt unprotected
The author’s moral values were not so weak	The author felt that she would n’t lose courage so easily

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The Passing Away of Bapu – Nayantara Sehgal | class ten x suggestion | madhyamik importance | The Passing Away of Bapu importance question | comprehension exercises | The Passing Away of Bapu unit 2 questions and answers

1.       Choose the correct alternative to completethe following sentences:

(a)    Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place

(i)                  On the day of his death

(ii)                Two days after his death

(iii)               One day after his death

(iv)              a week after his death

Ans: (iii) one day after his death

(b)   Padamasi was Mrs. Naidu’s

(i)                  niece

(ii)                sister

(iii)               friend

(iv)              daughter

Ans: (iv) daughter

(c)    While walking, Bapuused to carryin his hand a/an

(i)                  flag

(ii)                staff

(iii)               umbrella

(iv)              cane

Ans:- (ii) staff

2.       Fill in the chart with information from the text

(a)    It was impossible to move	The thick crowd
(b)   Padamasi declared that they would walk with Gandhiji in the funeral procession	It wasfor the last time they should be walking with Bapu
(c)    To walk was often the only way open to the average

3.       Complete the following sentences with information from the text

(a)    Thousands of people wept, trying----to touch Bapu’s feet

(b)   The author was among people for whom walking........with Bapu had a special meaning

(c)    To walk is to.......make slow progress

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The Passing Away of Bapu – Nayantara Sehgal | class ten x suggestion | madhyamik importance | The Passing Away of Bapu importance question | comprehension exercises | The Passing Away of Bapu unit 1 questions and answers

1.       Choose the correct alternative to completethe following sentences:

(a)    Gandhiji had been shot on his way to

(i)                  The birla house

(ii)                The author’s house

(iii)               A prayer meeting

(iv)              A family gathering

Ans: (iii) a prayer meeting

(b)   The author came to know of Gandhiji’s  death by

(i)                  A letter

(ii)                A telephone call

(iii)               A telegram

(iv)              A public broadcast

Ans: (ii) a telephone call

(c)    When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one

(i)                  Whimpers

(ii)                Laughs

(iii)               Claps

(iv)              Shouts

2.       Fill in the chart with information from the text

(a)    Date on which Gandhiji was shot dead	30th January, 1948
(b)   Place where Gandhiji breathed his last	Birla House
(c)    Information given by the broadcast	Bapu was no more

3.       State whether the following statements are true or false. Provide sentences/ phrases/ words in support of your answer

(a)    The author received an urgent telephone call in the morning

Ans: False    Supporting statement:-  I was having tea at home on the evening of 30^th January, 1948 when i was called to birla house by an urgent telephone.

(b)   People attempted to break into the Birla House.

Ans: True  Suppoting Statement :- they jostled one  another in a stampede to break into the house

(c)    The news of Gandhiji’s death did not shock the people

Ans: false  Suppoting Statement:- the people were too stunned to speak.

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Fable - Ralph Waldo Emerson | class ten x suggestion | madhyamik importance | fable importance question | comprehension exercises

1.       Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a)    The quarrel was between the mountain and the

(i)                  Rabbit

(ii)                Rat

(iii)               Cat

(iv)              Squirrel

Ans: -(iv) squirrel

(b)   Bun has no doubt that the mountain is

(i)                  Small

(ii)                Big

(iii)               Noble

(iv)              Kind

Ans:-(ii) big

(c)    Unlike a mountain, a squirrel can crack a

(i)                  Nut

(ii)                Joke

(iii)               Stone

(iv)              Lock

Ans:- (i)

2.       State weather the following statements are true or false. Provide sentences/ phrases/words in support of your answer:

(a)    The mountain called the squirrel “ little bun”

Ans:- false

Supporting statement:- and the former called the latter ‘little prig’

(b)   The squirrel is sprier than the mountain.

Ans:- true

Supporting statement :- you are not so small as I, And not half so spry

(c)    The mountain can carry forests on its back

Ans:- true

Supporting statement:- if i carry forests on my back/ neither can you crack a nut

3.       Answer the following question:

(a)    Who had a quarrel with the squirrel?

Ans:- the mountain had a quarrel with the squirrel

(b)   What  is not a disgrace to the squirrel?

(c)    What is it that the squirrel doesn’t deny?

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Father’s Help grammer in use | R. K. Narayan | Lession 1 | Class X |Question and answers | importance of questions and answers of father’s help | comprehension exercises | madhyamik | English Madhyamik | English Text Book| father’s help unit-3 grammar

^{10. choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:}

^{(a) Rina(take/takes/took) the bus to school everyday}

^{ans:- takes}

^{(b) last Monday while we (was watching/have been watching/ were watching) the television, the electricity went off}

^{Ans:-were watching}

^{(c) by this time tomorrow they (will have left/ will have leave/will had left)}

^{ans:-will have left}

^{11. fill in the blank with appropriate articles and preposition:}

^{arifa the younger------ the two girls has cracked IIT while .....older one is ..... engineer ....... a multinational company}

^{ans:- of , the, an , in}

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Father’s Help | R. K. Narayan | Lession 1 | Class X |Question and answers | importance of questions and answers of father’s help | comprehension exercises | madhyamik | English Madhyamik | English Text Book| father’s help unit-3

^{1)        choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:}

^{a)         when swami entered the class Samuel was teaching}

^{i)                                      history}

^{ii)                                  arithmetic}

^{iii)                              science}

^{iv)                             geography}

^{Ans:- ii)-arithmetic}

^{b)        swami was late to school by}

^{i)                                      half an hour}

^{ii)                                  an hour}

^{iii)                              two hours}

^{iv)                             three hours}

^{ans:- i)-half an hour}

            ^{c)  the the headmaster was on a leave for one}

                        ^{i) day}

                        ^{ii) month}

                        ^{iii) year}

^{v)                                 week}

^ans:-v)-week

^{5. complete the following sentences with information from the text}

^{(a) as swami entered the school gate, -an idea occurred to him}

^{(b) swami stood at –the entrance to his class}

^{(c) father snatched the letter away from swami and –tore it up}

cause	effect
headache	(a)   swami did not do his homework
(b)  swami never met anyone as good as samuel	Samuel did not scold him for arriving late
he found the room locked.	(c)    swami could not deliver the letter

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Father’s Help | R. K. Narayan | Lession 1 | Class X |Question and answers | importance of questions and answers of father’s help | comprehension exercises | madhyamik | English Madhyamik | English Text Book| father’s help unit-2

^{1)        choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:}

^{a)         father decided to send the headmaster a}

^{i)                                      telegram}

^{ii)                                  notice}

^{iii)                              letter}

^{iv)                             report}

^{Ans:- iii)-letter}

^{b)        while going to school swami was bothered by}

^{i)                                      conscience}

^{ii)                                  headache}

^{iii)                              toothache}

^{iv)                             fever}

^{ans:- i)-conscience}

            ^{c)  the colour of samuel’s coat was}

                        ^{i) black}

                        ^{ii) blue}

                        ^{iii) white}

^{v)                                 yellow}

^{ans:-iv)-yellow}

^{5. complete the following sentences with information from the text}

^{(a) father’s behaviour took an –unexpected turn}

^{(b) swami went to school feeling – that he was the worst boy on earth}

^{(c) swami stopped on the roadsite to—make up his mind about Samuel}

^{6. answer the following question}

^{(a) where did father put the letter}

^{ans=>swami’s father put the letter in an envelop and sealed it}

^{(b) what did swami fail to decide about Samuel?}

^=>

^{(c) how did Samuel look?}

^{=> swami looked dark’s face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek and yellow coat.}

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Father’s Help | R. K. Narayan | Lesson 1 | Class X |Question and answers | importance of questions and answers of father’s help | comprehension exercises | madhyamik | English Madhyamik | English Text Book| father’s help unit-1

^{1)        choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:}

^{a)         with a shudder swami realized that it was}

^{i)                                      Friday}

^{ii)                                  Thursday}

^{iii)                              Wednesday}

^{iv)                             Monday}

^{Ans:- iv)-Monday}

^{b)        when swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall, he was lying on the}

^{i)                                      bench}

^{ii)                                  table}

^{iii)                              bed}

^{iv)                             desk}

^{ans:- i)-bench}

            ^c)

                        ^{i) absent}

                        ^{ii) late}

                        ^{iii) inattentive}

               ^{v)    undisciplined}

^{vi)                             ans:-ii)-late}

^{2. Fill in the blank with information from the text}

(a) time when swami complained of a headache	9 o’clock
(b) person who ordered swami to dress up and go to school	father
(c) name of the teacher mentioned by swami	Samual

^{3. state whether the following statements are true or false. provide sentence/phrase/words in support of your answer:}

^{(a)  swami said that he had a headache.}

^{Ans:- T- at nine o’clock........,” I have a headache”}

^{(b) Swami was lying in his father’s room}

^{Ans:- F-swami was lying on the bench in mother’s room}

^{(c) According to Swami, the headmaster was not afraid of Samuel}

^{Ans: T-they say that even the headmaster is afraid of him}

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