The cat | Andrew Barton Paterson | The cat unit 1 | Class X |Question and answers | importance of questions and answers of The cat | comprehension exercises | madhyamik | English Madhyamik | English Text Book| The cat| unit 2

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

(a)    The cat rubs himself against the legs of the family members and noisly

(i)                  purrs

(ii)                howls

(iii)               barks

(iv)              mews

Ans:-(i)purrs

(b)   with tears of rage and pain in his eyes, the guest affects to be very much

(i)                  amused

(ii)                annoyed

(iii)               unhappy

(iv)              upset

(v)                Ans:-(i) amused

(c)    The guest hands down the cat a bit of

(i)                  meat

(ii)                fruit

(iii)               fish

(iv)              vegetable

(v)                Ans:-(iii) fish

(vi)               

2.       fill in the chart with information from the text

statement	reason
(a)the guest calls the cat	Poor pussy ! poor !
(b) part of the guest’s body that the cat rakes	leg
(c)the things from which the cat stays at a safe distance	The guest’s boot

3.       answer the following question s:

4.       (a) when does the cat make an appearance to get his share of food?

5.       Who is the cat particularly civil to?

6.       How does the cat receive the bit of fish handed down by the guest?

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The cat | Andrew Barton Paterson | The cat unit 1 | Class X |Question and answers | importance of questions and answers of The cat | comprehension exercises | madhyamik | English Madhyamik | English Text Book| The cat| unit 1

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

(a)    Most people think that the cat is

(i)                  wise

(ii)                unintelligent

(iii)               clever

(iv)              intelligent

Ans:-(ii)   unintelligent

(b)   the cat cares little for anything but mice and

(i)                  soup

(ii)                juice

(iii)               water

(iv)              milk

(v)                Ans:-(iv) milk

(c)    One can see the cat as he really is in the

(i)                  morning

(ii)                night

(iii)               afternoon

(iv)              evening

(v)                Ans:-(iv) evening

(vi)               

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

(a) the cat is not fond of ease

Ans: false , supporting statement :-most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal, fond of ease

(b) the cat has no athletic skills

Ans: false , supporting statement :-he or she is an athlete an acrobat and a grim fighter

(c) the cat takes things very easily

Ans: true , supporting statement :-all day long the cat loafs about the house, takes things easy and allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.

3.  complete the following sentences with information from the text

(a) the cat really has more character than .....most human beings

(b) the cat sometimes watches......a mousehole ......from boredom

(c) all day long the cat allows himself to be....pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.

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Sea Fever | John Masefield | Class X

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

(a)    The poet asks for a sail the colour of which would be

(i)                  blue

(ii)                grey

(iii)               black

(iv)              white

Ans:-(iv) white

(b)   while going down to the sea, the poet wants to hear the crying of

(i)                  seagulls

(ii)                cuckoos

(iii)               eagles

(iv)              swallows

(v)                Ans:-(i) seagulls

(c)    the wind on the sea is like a whetted

(i)                  sword

(ii)                axe

(iii)               knife

(iv)              spear

(v)                Ans:-(iii) knife

(vi)               

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

(a) To steer the ship the poet needs the moon.

Ans: false , supporting statement :-and all i ask is a  tall ship and a star to steer her by

(b) the call of running tide is wild and clear

Ans: true , supporting statement :-for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear call that may not denied.

(c) the poet is going out to the sea for the first time

Ans: false , supporting statement :-i must go down to the seas again

3.  Answer the following questions:

(a) during what time of the day does the poet wise to go down  to the seas?

=> the poet wishes to go down to the seas at the time when the dawn is breaking

(b) what kind of day does the poet prefer for sailing?

=> the poet prefers a windy day with the white clouds moving about the sky.

(c) what does the  poet prefer to hear from a fellow rover?

=> the poet prefers to hear a merry yarn from a fellow rover.

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Our runaway kite | Lucy Maud Montgomery | unit 3 | Class X |Question and answers | importance of questions and answers of Our runaway kite | comprehension exercises | madhyamik | English Madhyamik | English Text Book| Our runaway kite unit-3

(1)    Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :

(a)    A letter came for father after a

(i)                  day

(ii)                week

(iii)               fornight

(iv)              month

Ans:-(iv) month

(b)   father left home after quarrelling with his

(i)                  brother

(ii)                sister

(iii)               aunt

(iv)              uncle

Ans:-(i) brother

(c)    dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a

(i)                  roof

(ii)                tree

(iii)               lighthouse

(iv)              lightpost

(v)                Ans:-(ii) tree

(2)    Fill in the chart with information from the text:

(a)    Person who sent the letter	Aunt Esther
(b)   Name of the aunt esther’s mother	Phillppa
(c)    Total number of family members in the narrator’s family at present	six

3.  Answer the following questions:

(a) what did father find when he went back home years afterward?

=>when father went back home years afterward, he found that his brother had died and he couldn’t find his sister.

(b) where did aunt Esther live?

=> Aunt Esther lived in hundreds of miles inland.

(c) why did Aunt Esther turn pale?

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Our Runaway Kite – Lucy Maud Montgomery | class ten x suggestion | madhyamik importance | Our Runaway Kite importance question | comprehension exercises | Our Runaway Kite questions and answers | Our Runaway Kite comprehension exercises unit 2

(1)    Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :

(a)    In summer the big half moon is always

(i)                  lovely

(ii)                unpleasant

(iii)               boring

(iv)              Dull

Ans:-(i) lovely

(b)   Back on the island , claude and the narrator made plenty of

(i)                  puppets

(ii)                masks

(iii)               kites

(iv)              envelopes

Ans:-(iii) kites

(c)    the kite waspatched with a

(i)                  newspaper

(ii)                letter

(iii)               envelop

(iv)              card

(v)                Ans:-(ii) letter

(2)    Fill in the chart with information from the text:

(a)    The narrator’s elbow went through the kite.	The narrator had tripped and fallen over the rocks
(b)   Claude and the narrator hurried to fix the kite	They wanted to send it up  before the wind fell
(c)    The kite soared	The wind was glorious

3. complete the following sentences with information from the text :

(i) a boy on the mainland showed.....claude how to make a kite.

(ii) on the kite claude and the narrator pasted....an old letter

(iii) claude was standing with ...a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish.

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Our Runaway Kite – Lucy Maud Montgomery | class ten x suggestion | madhyamik importance | Our Runaway Kite importance question | comprehension exercises | Our Runaway Kite questions and answers | Our Runaway Kite comprehension exercises unit 1

(1)    Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :

(a)    The keeper of the big half moon lighthouse is

(i)                  Aunt Esther

(ii)                Father

(iii)               Claude

(iv)              Dick

Ans:-(ii) Father

(b)   The family moved over to the mainland in

(i)                  Summer

(ii)                Spring

(iii)               Monsoon

(iv)              Winter

Ans:-(iv) winter

(c)    When asked about relations, Father looked

(i)                  Happy

(ii)                Angry

(iii)               Sorrowful

(iv)              Irritated

(v)                Ans:-(iii) sorrowful

(2)    Fill in the chart with information from the text:

(a)    Name of the Island	Big Half Moon
(b)   Age of Claude	Twelve
(c)    The game played by Claude and the narrator	Pirate caves

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

(i) people felt that Claude and the narrator were lonesome in the Island

 Ans:-True  , Supporting statement:-they said we must be so lonesome over there.

(ii) Claude and the narrator quarrelled

Ans:-False  , Supporting statement:- claude and I never quarrelled

(iii) nobody on the mainland had relations

Ans:-False  , Supporting statement:- everybody on the mainland had relations

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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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