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TOO DEAR -Leo Tolstoy I. Answer the following in a word or a phrase or a sentence. 1. Mention any one of the neighboring kingdoms of Monaco. Ans: France or Italy. 2. What is the population of Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’? Ans: 7,000. 3. How many soldiers were there in the kingdom of Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’? Ans: 60 men. 4. Mention any one of the taxes paid by people in Monaco. Ans: Tax on wine or spirit or tobacco or poll tax. 5. The special source of revenue for the king of Monaco came from_______ a. Gaming House          b. Poll tax     c. Taxes on wine and spirit Ans: a. Gaming House. 6. What did people play in the gaming houses in Monaco? Ans: Roulette. 7. Who remained with a monopoly of the dirty business of gaming houses in Europe? Ans: The king of Monaco. 8. Anyone who wants to gamble goes to ___________. a. France b. Monaco        c. Italy Ans: b. Monaco 9. What was the initial punishment given to the criminal by the council in ‘Too Dear

WHERE THERE IS A WHEEL -P Sainath Answer the following in a word or a phrase or in a sentence each  1. Where did cycling as a social movement take place?  Ans: Pudukkottai. 2. Who had taken bicycling as Symbol of independence, freedom and mobility? Ans: Rural Women in Pudukkottai. 3. What was the symbol of independence, freedom and mobility for rural women in Pudukkottai?  Ans: Bicycle/ cycling. 4. Name the school teacher who was so addicted to cycling that she hired a bicycle every evening. Ans: Fathima. 5. Name the organization that led the vigorous literary drive for rural women in Pudukkottai?  Ans: Arivolilyakkam. 6. Name the Arivoli Central Coordinator and one of the pioneers of cycling movement in Pudukkottai?  Ans: N Kannammal. 7. Name the former district collector of Pudukkottai who promoted literacy drive as well as cycling movement for women.  Ans: Sheela Rani Chunkath. 8. Name the owner of Ram Cycles who saw a rise of over 350 per cent in the sales of ladies’ cycle in a yea

THE VOTER -Chinua Achebe 1-mark questions and answers    1. Who was supposed to be very popular in his village in ‘The Voter’? Ans: Roof. 2. Who was addressed as Roof, for short in ‘The Voter’?   Ans: Rufus Okeke. 3. Where had Roof spent two years as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in ‘The Voter’?   Ans: In Port Harcourt. 4. How long had Roof been a bicycle repairer’s assistant in ‘The Voter’?   Ans: 2 years. 5. Who was referred to as ‘PAP’s most illustrious son in ‘The Voter’?   Ans: Marcus Ibe. 6. Mention the promise made by PAP if they were voted to power in ‘The Voter’?   Ans: Pipe-borne water. 7. Name the man of high traditional title in Umuofia mentioned in ‘The Voter’.  Ans: OgbuefiEzenwa. 8. Opposition to Marcus Ibe in ‘The Voter’ was like    a) A fly trying to move a dunghill.   b) The bird challenging his personal spirit.    c) A mortar turning its back on the ground.  Ans: a) a fly trying to move a dunghill. 9. What was Marcus Ibe before entering politics in ‘The Voter’?   A

JAPAN AND BRAZIL THROUGH A TRAVELER’S EYE -George Mikes 1-Mark Questions and answers. 1. Mikes describes Japan as being            a) Overconfident.             b) Overcrowded.   c) Overjoyed.        Ans: b) over crowded. 2. What does Mikes call ‘a man’s castle’ in Japan? Ans: Telephone receiver. 3. What do the people of Japan highly respect according to Mikes? Ans: Privacy. 4. How long does it take in Japan to get convinced that one is among exquisitely well-mannered people? Ans: A quarter of an hour. 5. What is the mania in Japan according to Mikes? Ans: Bowing. 6. As Mikes says, after a few hours in Japan, one starts ________________ a) Thanking    b) Bowing    c) Kissing Ans: b) bowing. 7. In Japan, the sister bows to _________ a. Younger brothers   b. Elder brothers   c. all  the Brothers         Ans: c) all the brothers. 8. The Japanese stores employ ________________ to greet customers    according to George Mikes.  a) Singing girls   b) Dancing girls   c) Bowing girls Ans: c) bo

HEAVEN IF YOU ARE NOT HERE ON EARTH -Kuvempu Answer the following in a word or in a phrase or in a sentence each 1. According to the poet, ‘heaven’ is a) On earth           b) Within us      c) Above us Ans: a) On earth. 2. What could not be nowhere else but on earth according to the speaker in   ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here on Earth’? Ans:  Heaven. 3. The poet finds god in  a) Nature       b) Earth         c) Temple  Ans: a) nature. 4. According to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’, if we ourselves cannot be gods, then there can be no   a) Gods.  b) Nymphs.  c) Humans.  Ans: a) gods. 5. Who creates heaven on earth?  Ans: The poet. 6. Mention any one aspect of nature that makes this earth a heaven in “Heaven, If You Are Not Here on Earth‘’.  Ans: Roaring stream/ tender sunshine/ harvest/ moonlight. 7. What quality of harvest causes heaven to lie all over in ‘Heaven, If you are not here on Earth’?  Ans: Gentle sun and the splendor of harvest. 8. Where according to th

THE GARDENER -P Lankesh Answer the following in a word or a phrase or a sentence  1. Who needed a person exactly like the old man in ‘The Gardener’?  a. The owner    b. Basavaiah    c. Sangoji  Ans: a) The Owner. 2. What was the old man well-versed in?  Ans: Agriculture. 3. What did Basavaiah and his people forcibly acquire in “The Gardener”?  Ans: 200 acres of Tamanna’s land. 4. Who narrated his story to the wife of the plantation owner in ‘The Gardener’? Ans: Tamanna/the old man. 5. Who became lethargic after the arrival of the old man in ‘The Gardener’?  Ans: The owner. 6. Who became apprehensive about the plantation owner’s vices in ‘The Gardener’?  Ans: The owner’s wife. 7. Whom did Tammanna treat as the most important among all his possessions in ‘The Gardener’?  Ans: Basavaiah. 8. Who appointed a number of persons to praise him in ‘The Gardener’?  Ans: Basavaiah. 9. Whose palatial mansion looked dull and empty without Tammanna’s books in ‘The Gardener’?  Ans: Basavaiah’s. 10. Wh

WHEN YOU ARE OLD -W.B. Yeats I. Answer the following in a word or a phrase or a sentence  1. Who according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ will be ‘nodding by the fire’?  Ans: The beloved. 2. What does the speaker expect his beloved to do, nodding by the fire in ‘When You Are Old’?  Ans: Read a book of poems. 3. When would the woman dream of the soft look that she had in her youthful days, according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’?  Ans: While reading the book of poems. 4. In ‘When You Are Old’, ‘the one man’ loved the woman’s____________.  a. Moments of glad grace   b. The pilgrim soul in her    c. soft look  Ans: b. the pilgrim soul. 5. In the poem ‘When You Are Old’ many loved the lady’s   a) Huge wealth.  b) Physical beauty.  c) Pilgrim soul.  Ans: b) physical beauty. 6. Who loved the pilgrim soul of the woman in ‘When You Are Old’?  Ans: The speaker/the poet. 7. What did the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ love besides the pilgrim soul?  Ans: The sorrows of her changing fa

A SUNNY MORNING -Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quinter. I. Answer the following questions in a word or a phrase or a sentence each. 1. Where do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura meet after a long time in ‘A Sunny Morning’? Ans: In a park in Madrid. 2. Who brought breadcrumbs to the park to feed the birds in ‘A Sunny Morning’? Ans: Dona Laura. 3. Who demanded a bench for himself in the park in ‘A Sunny Morning’? Ans: Don Gonzalo. 4. Who scared away the birds that were feeding on breadcrumbs in the park? Ans: Don Gonzalo. 5. Whom did Dona Laura consider as an ‘ill-natured old man’? Ans: Don Gonzalo. 6. What right does Laura claim to have to criticize Gonzalo’s actions in ‘A Sunny Morning’? Ans: A neighbour’s right. 7. What makes peace between Laura and Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’? a. Bread crumbs b. violets  c. a pinch of snuff Ans: c. a pinch of snuff. 8. Which city according to Don Gonzalo is he a native of in ‘A Sunny Morning’? Ans: Valencia. 9.  Where according to Gonzalo did, he spend his

ON CHILDREN -Kahlil Gibran I. Answer the following in word or a phrase or in a sentence each. 1. ‘They are sons and daughters of life longing for itself’. Here ‘they’ refer to ______________ a. Parents   b. Children   c. woman Ans: b. Children. 2. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, what may be given to children? Ans: Love 3. What may not be given to children by their parents? Ans: Their thoughts. 4. Who according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ have their own thoughts? Ans: Children. 5. What may not be housed by the parents in “on Children’? Ans: Souls of children. 6. What according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ dwell in the house of tomorrow? Ans: Souls of children. 7. Where do the souls of the children dwell according to the speaker in ‘On Children’? Ans: In the house of tomorrow. 8. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, life does not go__________ a. Swift b. backward c. far Ans: b. backward. 9. Who does the word ‘bows’