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Q. 18. Answer the following question in about 100 words: 8
Describe Bholi’s fi rst day experience at school. In what way did she fi nd her teacher different from the people at home?

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Every one at Mr. Herriot’s Surgery was tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest. Why? Give a reasoned answer.

Ans. See Q.16, 2001 (I Delhi).
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Unlike the people at home her teacher was extremely kind to her and encouraged her. No one at home really cared for her and for her needs. She was totally disregarded because of her ugly face and lack of sense and considered an unnecessary burden on the family.

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When Tricki was at Dr. Herriot’s surgery those were days of deep content for Dr. Herriot and his partners. Their day started well with an extra egg in the morning, improved and sustained by the midday wine and fi nishing luxuriously around the fi re with brandy. Mrs. Pumphrey used to get two dozen fresh eggs to build Tricki’s strength, the wine was sent by her to enrich Tricki’s blood and the brandy came to put a fi nal edge on Tricki’s constitution. So everyone at Dr. Herriot’s surgery was tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest.

Q. 19. Answer the following question in 30-40 words: 4
In what way did Think Tank misinterpret the following innocent nursery rhyme as a threat to the martians? ‘Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall…’

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How did Ausable manage to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room?

Ans. See Q.16 (Or), 2008 (I Outside Delhi). [Page 220

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Ausable at fi rst makes a casual remark to Max about the existence of a balcony attached to his room and then very naturally goes on to give a detailed and realistic account about how this balcony had become a nuisance for him, easily managing to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room.

Q. 20. Answer the following question in 20-30 words: 3
Why did Horace rob a safe only once a year?

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In the story, ‘The Hack Driver’, what did the lawyer think about his job?

Ans. See Q.20, 2009 (Comptt. I Delhi).

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When the lawyer was sent to serve summons he felt like a cheap private detective. He hated his unpleasant work when he had to go to dirty and shadowy corners of the city to seek out his victims. He even considered fl eeing to his hometown.