Prose

The Eyes Have It (M.C.Q.) 1)According to Ruskin bond, the best time for visiting hills is – Ans. [b] October. 2) The blind girl said that she would get off at – a) Nainital         b) Musoorie    c) Dehra         d) Saharanpur    [H.S. = 2016] Ans. [d]Sahranpur. 3) The blind girl said that she loved the […]

1)When and where did Roger and Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones meet? [H.S. – 2019] Ans. Roger and Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones met at 11 o’clock at night on a street. 2)What was Mrs Jones carrying? Ans. Mrs Jones was carrying a large purse. 3)What did the purse contain? Ans. The purse contained everything

1)What did Jimmy write to his old friend? Why did he write so? [3+2 = 5] [Annual Exam. 11 – 2015, 2018] Ans. After spending a year in Elmore and settling himself as a prosperous businessman, Jimmy wrote a letter to his old friend Billy. He asked Billy to meet him at Sullivan’s place next

1)Where did Jimmy Valentine work during the ten months of his imprisonment? [class 11 – 2019] Ans. Jimmy Valentine worked in a prison shoe shop during his ten months of imprisonment. 2)What did Jimmy Valentine do in the prison shoe shop? Ans. Jimmy Valentine used to stitch uppers of shoes in the prison shoe shop.

1)’You are a bit of all right, old chap’ – Who is the speaker? Who has been referred to as ‘old chap’? What picture of the person’s character here spoken to is revealed in this line? [1+1+3 = 5] [Annual Exam 11 – 2017] Ans. The speaker is the mirror of a first-class waiting room

1)’ I normally ate with my mother’ – Who ate with his mother? Name his mother? Where did he eat with his mother? – What did he eat with his mother? [1+1+1+3 = 6] [H.S. – 2018, 2022] Ans. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the author of the prose ‘Strong Roots’, ate with his mother. Name

1)What is the source of ‘Strong Roots’? Ans. ‘Strong Roots’ is taken from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s autobiography, Wings of Fire(1999) 2)In which town was Dr APJ Abdul kalam born? [H.S. -2016] Ans. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was born in the island town of Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras state. 3)Who were Kalam’s parents? Ans.

1)“Then I made a mistake.” – What mistake did the speaker make? Why was it a mistake? What removed the speaker’s doubts? What did the speaker do then? [1+2+1+2 = 6]  [H.S. – 2017] Ans. The speaker in the story ‘The Eyes Have It made a mistake by asking the girl what it was like outside.

1)At which station did the girl get into the train? [H.S. – 2015] Ans. The girl got into the train from Rohana. 2)Who came to see the girl? Ans. The couple who came to see the girl off were probably her parents. 3)How did the narrator feel that the couple were his parents? Ans. The

1)Where did Sir Mohan Lal wait before the train arrived? [Class 11 – 2014] Ans.  Sir Mohan Lal waited in the first-class waiting room of a railway station before the train arrived. 2)Where was the mirror in which Mohan Lal looked at himself? Ans.  The mirror was in the first-class waiting room of a railway