Prose

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