English Communicative CLASS : X QUESTION BANK 2017-18 Literature Short Answer Type Questions: 1. Do you think the tiger shooting oraganised by the villagers was serious affair? Give reasons for your answer. 2. Describe the snake on the basis of the poem that you have read. 3. Why did Lavinia buy an Ouija Board? 4. What is the women searching for in the depths of the lake? 5. Why was the Albatross called a Christian Soul? 6. What are the three things that grandfather plans to do on next Monday? 7. What kind of computers fascinated Michael and his father? 8. Justify the title of the story Two Gentlemen of Verona. 9. Describe the frog s training to the nightingale in singing. What is the real intention of the frog? 10. What information was gathered by PatolBabu on the sets of the shoot? 11. What made the narrator take interest in the boys? 12. Ozymandias boast could never be justified. Explain? 13. Give the theme of the poem Mirror. 14. How does the father frustrate the designs of his daughters? 15. Explain Calpurnia s dream about Caesar in your own 16. What was Hallock s premonitory chill? 17. What does the condition of the statue convey to readers? 18. Why does the poet feel that the snake must be killed. 19. How does Mrs Packletide celebrate the tiger hunt? 20. How did the ghost of Helen appear in sections before John Hallock? 21. Write the feelings of the woman after she sees her reflection in the mirror. 22. Why did Patol Babu abandon his factory job in Kanchrapara and settle down in Kolkata? 23. How long does the poet glorify the power of poetry? 24. What does hanging of the Albatross round the Mariner s neck signify. 25. How did the boys and Lucia suffer after the destruction of their family life? 26. Why does the poet call frog heartless? 27. Was Julius Caesar proud and overconfident? Why? 28. What traits of MrsPackletide s character does the idea of hosting the lunch bring out? 29. What was the poet s reaction when he saw the snake at the water trough?
30. Who was Miss Mebbin? Was she really devoted to MrsPackletide? How did she behave during the tiger shooting? 31. In Virtually True, when did the first video game come to an end and with what? 32. Why was the postmaster bewildered? 33. Why was Decius more successful than Calpurnia in persuading Caesar? 34. How has the poet eternalised the subject of his attention in the poem Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments? 35. Why was the grandfather so keen on changing his will? 36. Why did the Albatross follow the ship and how did the sailors treat it? 37. John Hallock was an excellent ghost story writer Do you agree? 38. What were the special touches that PatolBabu gave to his role to make it more authentic? 39. Describe your impression of both the sisters, Mrs Slater and Mrs Jordan. 40. Why did the news of the Miracle Recovery shock Michael? Long Answer Type Questions: 41. The nightingale could not see through the game plan of the frog. What trait is highlighted in the poem which you need to survive in the world? 42. What do you learn about the family of Nicola, Jacopo and their sister Lucia? What did Nicola and Jacopo do to maintain the family values? 43. How does the poet describe his beloved in the poem Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments? Discuss how the values in the poem have been brought out. 44. Imagine that the mirror writes a page in a diary. Now, write a diary page describing how it describes itself and what it says about the woman looking into it. 45. Punishment does catch up with the sinner although it may be delayed sometimes. Comment on this statement with referenceto the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 46. What does the author want to reveal through the characters of the postmaster and the other employees? 47. The poem ozymandias highlights the vanity of human glory and power. Elaborate. 48. The poet talks to us indirectly about his inner voice and the need for man to forget age old prejudices and love nature s creations like the snake? Discuss it with reference to DH Lawrence s poem Snake. 49. The Dear Departed is a satire on modern society which is devoid of moral values and full of insensitive, greedy and pretentious people. Comment.
50. The story of A Shady Plot is woven around the theme of conjuring up the spirits of dead people in order to know the unknown. Do you think it is moral to conjure up spirits and disturb them to solve our problems? Novel 51. Why does Helen describe her father as the most loving and indulgent.? Give a short character sketch of Arthur H Keller. 52. What are the views of Helen about the writing and works of Shakespeare? 53. Write a character sketch of Alexander Graham Bell. 54. How did Sullivan punish Helen for her tantrums? 55. Give an account of Helen Keller s struggle. How Helen s struggle has become a source of inspiration for all less fortunate? Comment. 56. What impression do you form about Helen s teacher from her story? Describe her as an innovative mentor. 57. Mildred was an alert and observant child. Comment with reference to the train incident at Fern Quarry. 58. How did Helen take the preliminary and final examinations for Radcliffe College? 59. Who was Mr Vining? What work had been assigned to him? Bring out some of his qualities. 60. How did Helen get interested in learning Latin, since she was initially rather unwilling to study it? Writing Skill 61. Write a letter to the Manager (Publications) of Little Flower Company, Hyderabad placing an order for 6 books Human Resources and Management recently published by them. You are Sahil/Shalini, librarian, LD Engineering College, Shimla. 62. You are Secretary,Ashok Nagar Welfare Society,Kanpur. Write a letter to the Chairman, Kanpur electricity supply Undertaking complaining about frequent power failures in your area and difficulties experienced by the residents. Sing yourself as Reena Mittal. 63. You are Sheel/Shalu, a class XII student of 15, MG Road, Bengaluru. You read an advertisement by National Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad. Write a letter, seeking information about their courses, admission procedure etc for him/her. 64. You are S Swaminathan living in MGR Society, Chennai. Write a letter to the Superintendent of Police complaining about indiscriminate use of loudspeakers in your area. 65. Some of us have often been ridiculed for poor time management and lack of punctuality. You feel that it affects the image of our country. Write a letter to
the editor of a national daily, mentioning the reasons for our weakness and how we can change ourselves. You are Kapil/Karuna, 24 Mall Road, Agra. 66. You are Sunita residing at 1349, Sector 31 Nehrunagar, Bhopal. An open and well maintained park meant for residents and children of your area will soon be converted into a shopping complex. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner, Bhopal requesting not to disturb the park which is the only space in your area. 67. Write a letter to the Manager, Haldirams,Nagpur, requesting him to supply 60 lunch packets for excursion party which would be travelling by G.T. Express from Delhi to Chennai. Your train would reach Nagpur at 02:30 PM. Mention your coach number and the other relevant details. You are Preeti/Prateek, coordinator, of the Excursion Party of Shri Ram Millennium School, VasantKunj, New Delhi. 68. Subways in your city are poorly maintained and are often misused. Write a letter to the municipal authorities requesting them to take necessary measures to improve their condition. You are Raju/Rajni, 226/B, Pandara Road, New Delhi. 69. You are Geetika, a resident of sector 37, Noida. You are a subscriber of a monthly magazine named Reader s Digest. Recently you have not been receiving copies of the magazine on a regular basis. Write a letter to Circulation Manager, Reader s Digest regarding the non receipt of copies. 70. Write a letter to the Director of Archaeological Survey of India complaining about the damage caused to a historical monument in your city due to negligence. 71. Write a short story based on the beginning given below in about 200-250 Sonali was returning home after her tuition class. It was late and her friend, Aruna, who usually walked home with her, had left early. As she walked along the road, Sonali saw 72. Write a short story based on the beginning given below in about 200-250 It was raining heavily. The street lights had gone off and I was returning.. 73. Write a short story in 200-250 words with the help of the clues given below. Two twin sister Riya and Tiya bullied by Mohit assigned task Christmas tree labour of love crawled God bless heart melted forgave him both lived happily 74. Write a short story based on the beginning given below in about 200-250
Three boys were standing outside the Principal s office. One of the boys had a black eye and another had a bruise on his cheek. The boys were feeling very nervous because they new they had broken a rule. 75. Write a short story based on the beginning given below in about 200-250 One morning when Aditya woke up and looked in the mirror,. 76. Write a story in about 200-250 words using the clues given below. Big forest very tall pine tree ragged, skinny girl crying lost way frightened took shelter in a cave like place pine tree guarded the place little girl amazed withered flowers pine tree shook flower tree surprise bag of gold coins 77. Write a short story based on the beginning given below in about 200-250 It was the festival of spring. One little boy ran as his father called out to him. He had lagged behind as he was fascinated by the toys in the shop. He hurried towards his parents, his feet obedient to the call but suddenly.. 78. Write a short story based on the beginning given below in about 200-250 Last summer vacation I visited Kulu and Manali along with my friends. Kulu is a beautiful valley full of lush green trees, apple orchards and forests.. 79. Write a story in about 200-250 words using the clues given below.also give a moral to the story. A rich merchant s only son gets into bad company-man advises son to give up bad company but in vain-brings a basket of apples-has a rotten apple put in the basket-all apples spoiled in a day-rich man s advice-moral 80. Write a story in about 200-250 words using the clues given below. Also give it a suitable title. Seema works as diligent maid-educated upto primary level-family responsibilities-eager for more education-lent a hand to support-taught at home-passes high school-credits me for her success Grammar Fill in the blanks with the words that you consider to be the most appropriate.
81. Kavita was walking to her class slowly. She was worried (a). the class test would have to (b). that morning. As she was reaching the classroom, a piece of paper suddenly fluttered down and..near her feet. She picked up the paper and what she read (d). Her and disturbed her. 82. (a). She is one of the best mothers that..ever lived. (b).you are not the first man who.been deceived by appearances.. One of his many good traits that to my mind was his modesty. (d). Vegetables are valued mainly for..high vitamin and mineral contents. 83. Often I (a) about life s injustice. At some places you (b) the dominance of the rich. the poor. At other places, those (d)..power(e). the common man. Why (f)..human beings hurt each other? What pleasure (g) in (h). your brethren? 84. Last week I (a) my childhood friend. We (b). together for three years. Her father got transferred. Her (d)..left me shocked for a while. But life goes (e)... Years passed and I heared nothing (f). her since she had left. But last week, I received (g) from her and had the good fortune of (h)..her after so many years. 85. I (a). to pump up my deflated spirits with a trip to the local market. I (b). everything..for the local Ramlila, after which I (d)..the truth behind the saying, there s no satisfaction like a bagful of shopping. 86. It is a hand-made cycle (a). together (b). bamboo and functional parts..a discarded bicycle. It is light-weight (d). can be made (e) a very low cost. It (f)..last about seven to eight years longer (g) a normal cycle. It is ecofriendly (h).. 87. When I (a)..back, I (b) my friends laughing. I wondered what..be the reason. Then I (d)..that my shirt (e). a black stain (f). the sleeve. I (g)..very upset at this and after reaching home, I (h) at my maid servant. 88. The following passage has been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the wrong word and write it with the correction in your answer against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you. Incorrect Correct Scotland has the rich cultural heritage and the a part of this is reflected in the thousands (a)..... of castles that are scatter around the (b).. length and broad of the country. Most of.. the castle are now in ruins. (d).....
89. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer against the correct blank number. Before Missing After The small town was the (a)... foot of the mountains. Most the (b). people were farmers. There traders. also in town. Though not rich, were (d). happy contented. (e). 90. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Identify the wrong word and write it with the correction in your answer against the correct blank number. Incorrect Correct Matthew were dumbfounded. He had (a)... never thinking that his ideas (b)... will cheat him. He had always... been confident for his knowledge. (d)... Practically, he considers himself the (e)... best up till then. 91. Read the following conversation and complete the following passage. Prince How long have you been living in Bangalore? Paras I have been living here for the last two years. My parents and I shall be leaving for Dubai soon as my father posted there. Prince When will you all be leaving? Paras We will be leaving by the first week of next month. Prince asked Paras (a). Bangalore. Paras replied (b).... He further added that his parents and he. as his father was posted there. Prince asked him (d)... Paras replied that they would be leaving by the first week of the next month. 92. Read the following conversation and complete the passage that follows. Rahul Do you know that Ranjit met with an accident and is in hospital? Sukriti No, I didn t. Is he badly hurt? Which hospital is he in? Rahul The doctors say that there is nothing to worry. He is admitted in Beach Hospital. Rahul asked Sukriti (a).. with an accident and was hospitalized. Sukriti expressed his ignorance and enquired (b).. He also asked.. Rahul told him that according to the doctors (d).. and said that he was admitted in Beach Hospital. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. 93.
(a) that/used/he/said/in his childhood/to be celebrated/his/birthday/differently (b) distribute sweets/instead of/they/cutting a cake/used to blow out/but/used to/they/we/candles/light a lamp (d) we/but/new clothes/wear/used to/as/the/is/even now/fashion. 94. (i) Trilok Apartments/ resident of/ at Gandhi Nagar/I am a/ New Delhi (ii) if you/ grateful/ could kindly/ be extremely/ I would/ help me (iii) installation/ please consider my/ of a new/ application for/ computer system (iv) I/a/new/of/am/region/inhabitant/this 95. (a) born/life/led/john Keats/was/family/in/a/poor/and/humble/a (b) only/boy/father/his/when/small/died/was/a/he guardian/training/surgeon/provided/him/to be/his/a (d) but/was/writing/he/fond/of/poems/composing/and 96. (a) the/stars/sky/twinkle/the/in/night/at (b) reveal/universe/could/the size/this/of the twinkling/scientists say/the/stars/that/of the/distance/indicates (d) Millions/of/stars/away/are/earth/planet/from/miles 97. (a) an/wriggles/like/do/most/earthworm/worms (b) they/no/have/but/worms/can/some/swim/legs in/earthworms/the/live/ground (d) rainy/season/come/during/in/large/numbers/they/out 98. (a) moths/like/insects/are/butterflies (b) through/also/moths/metamorphosis/go of/most/are/nocturnal/them (d) lay/which/turn/they/into/eggs/caterpillars 99. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Identify the wrong word and write it with the correction in your answer against the correct blank number. Incorrect Correct Swami Vivekananda, knew as Naren (a).. during his childhood was the naughty (b).. boy. He use to play lot of mischief... He can
raise very intelligent questions (d).. even in his childishness days. (e).. 100. Read the conversation between two friends given below and complete the paragraph that follows by filling in the blanks suitably. Anil Why is there such a big crowd on that street? Ravi A new shop selling sports goods is opening today. Anil Is a filmstar doing the opening ceremony? Ravi I heard that Sachin Tendulkar is inaugurating it. Anil asked Ravi (i)... Ravi replied that a new shop (ii)... Anil enquired (iii).. Ravi replied that (iv).