CBSE 2008 Question Papers Class X
Q.13. Answer the following question in 30 - 40 words. 4
Why was Mr. Keesing annoyed with Anne and what extra homework did he give to her after several warnings?
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Ans. Mr. Keesing was annoyed with Anne because she talked too much. In spite of giving her several warnings she continued to talk excessively. After this Mr. Keesing assigned her extra homework, to write an essay on the subject —’A Chatterbox’
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The play ‘The Proposal’ is about two landowners, Chubukov and Lomov. Lomov comes to Chubukov’s house to propose marriage to the latter’s daughter, Natalya and ends up in a silly argument with them. But the moment the real intention of his proposal is revealed, everything is back to normal.
Q.14. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: 4
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
(a) What is ‘the dust of snow? 1
(b) What has changed the poet’s mood? 1
(c) How do we know that there is a change in the poet’s mood? 1
(d) What is the rhyme scheme of the fi rst stanza? 1
Ans. (a) ‘The dust of snow’ refers to the snowfl akes that have fallen on the hemlock tree.
(b) A crow shaking down on him a dust of snow from the hemlock tree has changed the poet’s mood.
(c) We know that there is a change in the poet’s mood because he has got a change of heart which has saved some part of him which he had held in.
(d) The rhyme scheme of the fi rst stanza is : a, b, ab.
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But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
(a) Who is ’he’? 1
(b) Why is ‘he’ locked? 1
(c) Explain : ‘Stalking the length of his cage’? 1
(d) Why is he ignoring visitors? 1
Ans. (a) See Q.14, Sample Paper II. [Page (xxii)