Class 10th english important pross ncert solution
Some important Extracts from prose
Read the following extracts from the prose and answer the questions given below 1×3=3 marks
Extract - 1 The moon coming up in the east, behind me, and stars were shining in the clear sky above me. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I was happy to be alone high up above the sleeping country- side. I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane over France back to England. I was dreaming of my holiday and looking forward to being with my family. I looked at my watch at one thirty in the morning.
‘I should call Paris Control soon,’ I thought. As I looked down past the nose of my aeroplane. I saw the big lights of a big city in front of me.
1. How was the weather when the pilot started flying aeroplane?
(a) cloudy (b) clear (c) foggy
Ans - (b) clear
2. The pilot was returning from _____
(a) England to France.
2. The pilot was returning from _____
(a) England to France.
(b) France to England.
(c) New yark to Paris.
Ans (b) France to England.
3. From which lesson has this text been taken?
(a) A letter to God
(b) His first Flight
(c) Black Aeroplane
Ans - (c) Black Aeroplane
Extract 2.
The house – the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing that the earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Through-out the morning Lencho Who knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north- east.
1. from which lesson has this text been taken?
(a) A letter to God
(b) His first Flight
(c) Black Aeroplane
Ans - (a) A letter to God
2. Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(a) At the foot of a hill
(b) In the village
(C) On the crest of a low hill
Ans :- (C) On the crest of a low hill
3. Find out the word, from the above passage, which is similar to the word ‘closely’
(a) promised
(b) dotted
(c) intimately
Ans - (c) intimately
Extract 3
I knew that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred; he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
1. Who is the writer of the lesson from which this text has been taken?
(a) G.L Fuentes
(b)Anup Kumar Datta
(c) Nelson Mandela
Ans - (c) Nelson Mandela
2. A man who takes away another man’s freedom is _____
(a) a prisoner of superiority
(b) a prisoner of self-value
(c) a prisoner of hatred
Ans - (c) a prisoner of hatred
3. Find out the word from the above text which is opposite of the word ‘wide’?
(a) liberated
(b) narrow
(c) robbed
Ans - (b) narrow
Extract 4
TENTH May dawned bright and clear. For the past few days, I had been pleasantly besieged by dignitaries and world leaders who were coming to pay their respects before the inauguration. The inauguration would be the largest gathering ever of international leaders on South African soil. The ceremonies took place in the lovely sandstone Amphitheatre formed by the Union Buildings in Pretoria. For decades this had been the seat of white supremacy, and now it was the site of a rainbow gathering of different colours and nations for the installation of South Africa’s first demo-
cratic, non-racial government.
1. From which lesson has this text been taken?
(a) A letter to God
(b) His first Flight
(c) Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
Ans - (c) Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
2. in the above text, ‘I’ refers to ____
(a) G.L Fuentes
(b) Anup Kumar Datta
(c) Nelson Mandela
Ans - (c) Nelson Mandela
3. The ceremony took place in ________
(a) Pretoria
(a) Johannesburg
(c) Durban
Ans - (a) Pretoria
Extract 5.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless,wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
1. From which lesson has this text been taken?
(a) Black Aeroplane
(b) From the Diary of Anne Frank
(c) His First flight
Ans - (b) From the Diary of Anne Frank
2. Who has more patience than people?
(a)man (b) paper (c) hands
Ans - (b) paper
3. Which of these words is similar to the word ‘brooding’?
(a) happy (b) thoughtful (c) wandering
Ans - (b) thoughtful
Extract 6.
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
Questions:
1. Name the chapter
(a) A Letter to God
(b) Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
(c) Two Stories about Flying
(d) From the Diary of Anne Frank
Ans - (a) A Letter to God
2. Who is the author of From the Diary of Anne Frank?
(a) Ruskin Bond (b) Anne Frank
(c) Liam O’ Flaherty (d) G.L. Fuentes
Ans - (b) Anne Frank
3. What did Anne Frank to do to take things off her chest?
(a) She would sleep a lot (b) She would eat a lot
(c) She would play a lot (d) None of these
Ans - (d) None of these
Extract 7.
Early in the New Year of 1956 I travelled to Southern Iraq. By then it had crossed my mind that I should like to keep an otter instead of a dog, and that Camusfearna, ringed by water a stone’s throw from its door, would be an eminently suitable spot for this experiment.
Questions:
1. The author travelled ……….
a. USA b. Iraq c. Australia d. Japan
Ans - (b) Iraq
2. When did the author travel?
a. In 1947 b. In 1999 c. In 1956 d. In 1971
Ans c. In 1956
3. The author wanted to keep an otter instead of…….
a. Dog b. Cat c. Monkey d. Cow
Ans (a) Dog
But for Valli, standing at the front door was every bit as enjoyable as any of the elaborate games other children played. Watching the street gave her many new unusual experiences. The most fascinating thing of all was the bus that travelled between her village and the nearest town. It passed through her street each hour, once going to the town and once coming back. The sight of
the bus filled each time with a new set of passengers, was a source of unending joy for Valli
Questions:
1. What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
a. Standing at the front door
b. standing at the back door
c. Standing at the park
d. standing at the balcony
Ans a. Standing at the front door
2. The source of unending joy for Valli was to watch
a. Old passengers b. New passengers
c. Children playing in the park
d. Villagers
Ans - (b) New passengers
3. The bus passed through her street each hour. (True/False)
Ans - True
Ans- 1-a ,2-b, 3-True
Extract 9
The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath, and it was such a long way down—miles down. He felt
certain that his wings would never support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night.
Questions:
1. The word little means_____.
(a) big (b)wide (c)small
Ans - (c) small
2. What happened when he ran to the brink of the ledge?
(a) he became afraid
(b)he flew away
(c)he fell into the sea
Ans - (a) he became afraid
3. Where did he sleep at night?
(a) on a tree
(b)under the ledge
(c)in water
Ans - (b)under the ledge
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