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A Letter to God

1. Who read the letters sent by Lencho?

(a) His wife (c) The God	(b) The postmaster(d) His son
2. Who is the author of the lesson ‘A Letter to God’?
(a) G.L. Fuentes	(b) Anne Frank

(c) Gavin Maxwell	(d) Eleanor Estes
3. What did Lencho think of the post office employees?
(a) rude (c) bunch of crooks	(b) proud(d) unhelpful

4. How much money was arranged by the postmaster?

(a) 100 pesos (b)500 pesos

(c)1000 pesos (d)70 pesos

5. How much money did Lencho want?

(a) 100 pesos (c) 10 pesos	(b) 50 pesos(d) 70 pesos
6. The field looked as if it were covered in -------.
(a) locusts (c) sugar	(b) salt(d) greenery

7. Lencho had grown----- in his fields.

(a) barley (b) corn

(c) rice (d) wheat

8. Where was Lencho’s house situated?

(a) in a city (c) bottom of the hill	(b) in the forest(d) top of a hill
9. Lencho compared the large raindrops with---------------.
(a) new coins (c) diamonds	(b) pearl(d) stone

10. What destroyed Lencho’s fields?

(a) locusts (b) hailstones

(c) leaves (d) salt

11.Lencho had faith in----------.

(a) other farmers (c) the God	(b) the postmaster(d) his family
12. Why did Lencho need money?
(a) to save his family	(b) to buy a tractor

(c) to go to city	(d) to herd cattles
13. Lencho wrote a letter to------
(a) his friend (c) the postmaster Dust of Snow	(b) God(d) his father

14. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Dust of Snow’?

(a) Robert Frost (b)Ogden Nash

(c)Walt Whitman (d) W.B. Yeats

15. What did the crow shake on the poet?

(a) dust of soil (b)dust of snow

(c) dust of tree (d) dust of ash

16. The dust of snow affected the poet by ____

(a) making him superior (b)making him energetic

(c) changing his mood (d) none of these

17. Where was the crow sitting?

(a) on a banyan tree (c) on a pine tree	(b)on a neem tree(d) on a hemlock tree
18. What has the poet saved in the poem “Dust of Snow”?
(a) some part of the day (c)some stories Fire and Ice	(b)some books(d) some money

19. Who has written the poem “Fire and Ice”?

(a) Robert Frost (b)John Keats

(c)W.B .Yeats (d) S.T. Coleridge

20. What does ‘ice’ symbolize in the poem ‘Fire and Ice’?

(a) desire (b) hatred

(c) love	(d) pain
21 What does ‘fire’ symbolize in the poem ‘Fire and Ice’?
(a) desire (c) love	(b) hatred(d) pain

22. What is the meaning of ‘perish’?

(a) rise (b)birth

(c) glow (d) die

23. According to Robert Frost, what will end one day?

(a) world (b)water

(c) air	(d) plant
A Letter to God (b) The postmaster (a) G.L. Fuentes (c) bunch of crooks (b) 500 pesos (d) 70 pesos (b) salt (d) wheat (d) top of a hill (a) new coins (b) hailstones (c) the God (a) to save his family (b) God Dust of Snow (a) Robert Frost (b) dust of snow (c) changing his mood (c) on a pine tree (a) some part of the day Fire and Ice (a) Robert Frost (b) hatred (a) desire (d) die (a) world Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (b) triumph over fear (b) its people (d) African National Congress (c) one (b) end of Apartheid (c) patriots (c) heights of character (b) a prisoner of hatred (b) love (b) man’s hatred (a) military (b) his daughter (c) Zenani A Tiger in the Zoo (a) Leslie Norris (a) cars (c) deer (a) terrorizes (a) in shadows Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 24. According to Nelson Mandela, what is courage?
(a) triumph over love	(b) triumph over fear

(c) triumph over poverty	(d) triumph over selfishness
25. According to Nelson Mandela, what is a country’s greatest wealth?
(a) its mineral (c)its traditions	(b)its people(d) its forests

26. Which party did Mandela join?

(a)National African party (c)Universal party	(b) Indian National Congress(d) African National Congress
27. How many deputy presidents were elected?
(a) two (c) one	(b) three(d) none

28. What change brought international leaders to South Africa?

(a) humanity (c) peace	(b)end of Apartheid(d) trade
29. Whom did Mandela want to thank?
(a) his family (c) patriots	(b) military(d) rulers
30.What does depths of oppression create?
(a) poverty (c) heights of character	(b) richness(d) freedom

31. A man who takes away freedom of another man is-----

(a) rude (c) criminal	(b)a prisoner of hatred(d) innocent
32. According to Mandela, what comes naturally to heart?
(a) hatred (c) discrimination	(b) love(d) unity

33. Which flame can never be extinguished?

(a) man’s love (c) man’s goodness	(b) man’s hatred(d) none of these
34. The spectacular array of South African jets was displayed by------
(a) military (c) leaders	(b)crowd(d) villagers

35. Nelson Mandela was accompanied by-------

(a) his aunt (b) his daughter

(c) his mother-in-law (d) his sister

36. Who was daughter of Nelson Mandela?

(a) Nancy (c) Zenani A Tiger in the Zoo	(b) Maria(d) Lucy
37. Who has written the poem ‘ A Tiger in the Zoo’?
(a) Leslie Norris	(b) Robert Frost

(c) W.B. Yeats 38. The tiger looks at--------- (a) cars (c) house	(d) John Keats
(b) stars(d) none

39. Who passes near the water hole?

(a) elephant (b) buffalo

(c) deer (d) none

40. Caged tiger----- the visitors.

(a) terrorizes (c) welcomes	(b)kills(d) ignores
41. Where should tiger hide himself?
(a) in shadows (c) in zoo His First Flight	(b) in car(d) in house

42. Who has written the story ‘His First Flight’?

(a) Liam O’ Flaherty (c) Frederick Forsyth	(b) Anne Frank(d) Nelson Mandela
43. What was the seagull afraid of?
(a) running (c) swimming	(b) flying(d) none of these

44. Why was the seagull exhausted?

(a) due to running (c)due to strange exercise	(b) due to crying(d) none of these
45. Who gave seagull a small piece of fish?
(a) mother seagull (c) brother seagull	(b) father seagull(d) none of these

46. What food did the seagull’s mother get for it?

(a) insect (c)prawn	(b) crab(d) fish
47. Why did mother seagull stop midway while giving fish?
(a) to push him to fly (c) She didn’t want to give	(b) She got tired(d) none of these

48. The sight of------ maddened seagull.

(a) his brothers flying (c) food	(b) his family enjoying(d) none of these
49. What did his parents threaten him with?
(a) never to talk with him (c) to starve him	(b) to punish him(d) none of these

50. The lesson ‘His First Flight’ is about------

(a) pigeon (b) pilot

(c) parrot (d) seagull

51. What were the seagull’s siblings doing around him?

(a) flying (b) enjoying

(c) sleeping	(d) swimming
52. What did the seagull pretend?
(a) running fast (c) crying	(b) falling asleep(d) swimming

53. Nobody came near the seagull for----

(a) 10 hours (b) 12 hours

(c) 24 hours (d) 20 hours

54. The young seagull had lack of----

(a) courage (b) fear

(c) enthusiasm (d) morality

55. Who was alone on the ledge?

(a) brother of seagull (c) father seagull Lessoon-3-II Black Aeroplane	(b) mother seagull(d) young seagull
56. Why was the aeroplane twisting in the air?
(a)due to storm (c) due to lightening	(b) due to night(d) due to rain

57. Why did the pilot call Paris control?

(a) to know about air traffic (c) for direction	(b) for landing(d) for fuel
58. The pilot was not able to------ anything.
(a)speak (c) hear	(b) see(d) all of these

59. Which instrument of plane stopped working first?

(a) radio (b) compass

(c) speedometer (d) engine

60. What risk did the pilot take?

(a) flying into storm (c) missing the breakfast	(b) flying back to Paris(d) He took no risk.
61. Which control station did the pilot contact on his way back?
(a) London	(b) Delhi

(c) Paris	(d) Munich
62. The pilot was flying from-----to ----.
(a) England, Paris (c) France, India	(b) France, England(d) India, France

63. Who is the author of ‘The Black Aeroplane’

(a) Gavin Maxwell (b) Anne Frank

(c) Frederick Forsyth (d) Eleanor Estes

64. What looked like black mountains?

(a) tall buildings (c) storm clouds	(b) black hillock(d) none of these
65. How far was pilot from Paris when he saw black clouds?
(a) 100km (c)50 km	(b) 150 km(d) 200 km

66. In which direction did he follow the black aeroplane?

(a) North (c) West	(b) East(d) South
67. What was the name of the plane flown by the pilot?
(a) Airbus (c) Boeing	(b) Dakota(d) None of these

68. The woman at the control tower confirmed that-------

(a) There was no other plane. (b) There was no difficulty.

(c) There was no signal. How to Tell Wild Animals	(d) The radio was dead.
69. Who has written ‘How to tell wild Animals’?
(a)Carolyn Wells	(b) Carl Sandburg

(c) W B Yeats	(d) Walt Whitman
70. Which animal do you find while walking in a yard?
(a) Asian Lion (c) Bengal Tiger	(b) Bear(d) Leopard

71. Which animal looks like a Lizard?

(a)Hyena (b) Giraffe

(c) Chameleon (d) Bear

72. Who cries while catching its prey?

(a)Hyena (b) Zebra

(c) Tiger (d) Crocodile

73. Which is the noble wild beast?

(a) Tiger (c) Leopard 74. Which animal hugs you? (a) Wolf (c) Jackal	(b) Lion(d) Bear
(b) Bear(d) Horse

75. Who smiles while catching its prey?

(a) Crocodile (c) Hyena The Ball Poem	(b) Lion(d) Leopard
76. Who has composed ‘The Ball Poem’?
(a) John Berryman (c) Leslie Norris	(b) Carolyn Wells(d) Robin Klein

77. Where was the boy staring down?

(a) the sea (c) the ocean 78. What does a ball cost? (a) 10 dime (c) 15 dime	(b)the harbour(d) the lake
(b) 1 dime(d) 4 di

79. What was the boy playing with?

(a) a ball (c) a bus 80. Where does the ball go?(a) in bushes (c) on the roof From the Diary of Anne Frank	(b) a car(d) a bat
(b) in water(d) in the jungle

81. Anne Frank was a

(a) German girl (c) both a and b	(b) Jewish girl(d) none of the above
82. Anne Frank wrote her diary while(a) while playing with her family (b) while hiding with her family
(c) while a trip	(d) while working

83. Which of these is Anne’s long waited friend?

(a) her dog (b) her cat

(c) her father (d) her diary

84. Which of these names did Anne give to her diary?

(a) Kitty (b) Bitty

(c) Kitten	(d) Mitten
85. Which of these assigned Anne an essay on the subject ‘A Chatterbox’?
(a) Mr. Keesing (c) Mr. Otto Frank	(b) Miss Margot Frank(d) Mrs. Kuperus

86. Anne decided to write a diary because-

(a) she had no close friend	(b) she was a good writer
(c) she loved to express her thoughts (d) she wanted to be different
87. Anne died because of(a) fever	(b) typhus

(c) hiding	(d) hiding
88. A book in which you write down your thoughts and feelings is a
(a) Log (c) Diary	(b) Memoir(d) Journal

89. Which of these is true about Anne?

(a)She was outspoken. (c) She was reserved.	(b) She was careless(d) She was rude.
90. Mr. Keesing asked Anne to write an essay as-
(a) homework (c) a punishment	(b) a project(d) It was for the school magazine.

91. Who was Mr. Keesing?

(a) her teacher (c) her principal	(b) her counselor(d) her relative
92. What was Margot Frank’s birthday gift?
(a) a diary (c) new stationery	(b) her sister Anne Frank(d) her grandfather

93. The final entry in the diary of Anne Frank was of

(a) 1 August 1944 (c) 3 August 1944	(b) 2 August 1944(d) 4 August 1944
94. Anne Frank has become one of the most renowned and discussed of
(a) Holocaust victims (d) Exam victims	(b) Hospital victims(d) camp victims

95. Anne Frank stayed at the Montessori nursery school until she was

(a) 5 years old (c) 7 years old Amanda (Poem)	(b) 6 years old(d) 4 years old
96.The poem ‘Amanda’ is composed by-
(a) Robert Frost (c) Robin Klein	(b) John Berryman(d) Amanda
97. “Stop that slouching and sit up straight”.Which of these figures of speech has the poet used in the above line?
(a) Metaphor (c) Personification	(b) Simile(d) Aliteration

98. Which of these causes Acne according to the speaker in the poem

Amanda?

(a) biting nails (c) eating pizzas	(b) eating chocolates(d) cleaning the room
99.According to Amanda freedom is------.
(a) sour (c) bitter	(b)sweet(d) all of these
100. Which of these messages does the poet want to covey through the poem
‘Amanda’?(a) Children need instruction.
(b) Children should be given freedom.
(c) Children must be disciplined.	(d) None of the above

101. The poem ‘Amanda’ is about -------.

(a) teacher psychology (c) child psychology	(b) parent psychology(d) None of these
102. Amanda wants to be an orphan-------.(a) to feel the condition of an orphan (b) to enjoy the freedom that an orphan
has(c) to avoid going to school	(d) to play with orphan children

103. What made Amanda sulk and moody? (a) when she had to complete her homework (b) when her mother gave her too many instructions (c) when she had to clean her shoes

(d) when she ate chocolates

104. Why should Amanda not eat chocolates?

(a) It causes heart disease. (c) It causes acne.	(b) It will damage liver.(d) It causes cancer.
105.What does Amanda imagine to be when she pictures herself in a tower?
(a) mermaid (c) Rapunzel Glimpses of India	(b) orphan(d) fairy
106. How many tea plants grew out of the eyelids?
(a) Five tea plants	(b) Ten tea plants

(c) Twenty tea plants 107. Why was Rajvir excited?	(d) Thirty tea plants
(a) because he had spotted coffee garden.	(b) because he had spotted
tea garden.
(c) because he had spotted wheat garden.	(d) None of the Above

108. Who is the author of “A Baker from Goa”?

(a) Arup Kumar Datta (b) Lokesh Abrol

(c) Lucio Rodrigues (d) None of these

109. What covers thirty percent area of the district of Kodagu?

(a) Deciduous Forests (b) Evergreen Forests

(c) Mountains (d) None of these

110. What is referred to as ‘a piece of heaven’?

(a) Swimming Pool (c) Night	(b) Coorg(d) None of these
111. Which word in the following means the same as ‘sweet smell’?
(a) Good morning (c) Fragrance	(b) Loaves(d) None of the Above

112. Which one of the following task is done by bakers?

(a) Bake the loaves (b) Bake the dough

(c) Bake the mould (d) None of these

113. Why do the elders think about their past?

(a) They miss the good old days. (c) They think younger are slow.	(b) They remember their bad days. (d) None of these
114. Where did Rajvir and Pranjol study?
(a) Assam  (c) Goa	(b) Coorg (d) Delhi

115. What is the duration of the second flush or sprouting period?

(a) June-August (c) May-July	(b) October-December (d) August-November
116. In Europe, tea was drunk as more of a _____ than _____.
(a) medicine, beverage (c) sleep waver, medicine	(b) beverage, medicine (d) sleep banisher, medicine

117. What is Assam popularly known as?

(a) Tea Country (c) Green Country	(b) Coffee Country (d) Plantation Country
118. “Almost everyone in the compartment was drinking _____ too”
(a) Coffee (c) Tea	(b) Juice (d) Water

119. What is rappelling?

(a) travelling in a river in a canoe	(b) travelling in a river in a raft
(c) going down a cliff by sliding down a rope (d) None of the Above120. “The climb to the _____hills brings you into a panoramic view of the
entire misty landscape of Coorg.”
(a) Brahmagiri (c) Nilgiri	(b) Himalayan
(d) Parvati

121. The first chief of the Indian Army is from _____.

(a) Coorg (c) Mysore	(b) Goa (d) Punjab
122. Coorg is a _________country.
(a) tea (c) coffee	(b) bread (d) green

123. How many times did the baker come everyday?

(a) Once (c) Thrice	(b) Twice(d) varies daily
124. The baker was also their ______.
(a) friend (c) guide	(b) companion(d) all of the above

125. Who is the author of “Tea from Assam”?

(a) Arup Kumar Datta (c) Lucio Rodrigues The Tree	(b) Lokesh Abrol (d) None of these
126. What rushes out to meet the trees?
(a) Wind (c) Water	(b) Man (d) Fire

127. What does the poetess compare the tree branches to?

(a) An old patient. 

(b) A newly discharged patient.

(c) A Doctor 

(d) None of these

128. Where are the decorative plants kept?

(a) in open areas.  (c) in houses	(b) in play areas. (d) none of these
129. What type of trees are described in the poem ‘The ‘Frees’?
(a) Tall Trees (c) Decorative trees	(b) Short Plants (d) All of these

130. By morning, the forest will be full of _____

(a) insects (c) trees	(b) Sun (d) birds
131. What is the poetess doing?
(a) writing long letters	(b) reading

(c) sleeping	(d) watching television
132. The pieces of the moon can be seen in the crown of which tree?
(a) Apple tree  (c) Oak tree	(b) Hemlock tree (d) Walnut tree

133. What reaches like a voice into the rooms?

(a) Noise of the roots	(b) shuffling of the branches
(c) smell of leaves and lichens  (d) light of the moon1 34. Who has been personified in the line “no sun bury its feet in shadow”
(a) sun (c) shadow	(b) feet (d) none of the above

135. Name the literary device used in “The moon is broken like a mirror,”

(a) metaphor (c) alliteration Mijbil the Otter	(b) simile (d) imagery
136. What group of animals does otters belongs to?
(a) Elk  (c) Mousselines	(b) Hedgehogs (d) by his friend

137. Who is the author of “Mijbil the Otter”?

(a) Gavin Maxwell  (c) Paulo Coehlo	(b) Roald Dahl (d) Arup Kumar Dutta
138. What were Mij’s favourite toys?(a) Toy Car (b) Marbles
(c) Soil	(d) None of these

139. How did the otter spend most of his time?

(a) New Year of 1955  (c) New Year of 1957	(b) New Year of 1956 (d) New Year of 1958
140. What did the otter look like?
(a) Small dog  (c) Small cat	(b) Small dragon
(d) Small rabbit

141. What had trickled out of the box?

(a) juice  (c) water	(b) blood (d) paint
142. What did the woman in the aeroplane think that the otter was?
(a) a dog (c) a rat	(b) an otter(d) a seal

143. What was the name given to the otter?

(a) Major

 (b) Mijbil

(c) Mad

 (d) Majhis

144. Where did the Arabs keep the otter?

(a) in a box  (c) in a sack	(b) in a bag (d) in the pocket
145. What kept Mij engaged when they shifted to London?
(a) Ping-pong game  (c) the author	(b) the children (d) All of these

146. What do you mean by “compulsive habits”?

(a) destructive habits

 (b) good habits

(c) addictive habits 

(d) habits impossible to control

147. What did Mij do to the box?

(a) made it wet  (c) overturned it	(b) tore the lining of the box (d) All of these
148. What is the meaning of “an appalling spectacle”?
(a) a safe space  (c) a mysterious situation	(b) a funny scene (d) a shocking scene

149. In the beginning, the Otter was _____.

(a) friendly (b) hostile

(c) aloof and indifferent 

(d) sad

150. What is the meaning of apathy?

(a) absence of interest

(b) the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

 (c) unfriendly

(d) rude

151. How many days later did the author’s mail arrive?

(a) 2 (b) 4

(c) 5 (d) 7

152. Where does the author live?

(a) London  (c) India	(b) Southern Iraq (d) None of these
153. What is the name of the poet?
(a) Robin Klein (c) Robert Frost	(b) Carl Sandburg (d) Walt Whitmam

154. What does the fog look over?

(a) Over houses (c) Over offices. 155. How does the fog  come?  (a) Slowly and silently. (c) Faster and making noise.	(b) Over the harbour and the city.(d) None of these
(b) Faster and silently.(d) None of the Above.

156. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem ‘Fog’?

(a) aabbccdd (c) aabc aabc	(b) abcd (d) no rhyme scheme
157. What does the fog do while it looks over the city and the harbour?
(a) sits (c) stands	(b) moves(d) dances

158. What has been personified in the poem?

(a) fog (b) city

(c) cat (d) harbour

159. How does the fog arrive and depart?

(a) by announcing its arrival (c) loudly	(b) silently(d) both1 and 3
160. What has the poet compared the fog with?
(a) dog (c) woman	(b) cat(d) none of these

161. After sitting, the fog ___

(a) Disappears (c) moves on	(b) sits there only(d) gets dense
162. The feet of the fog are like __ feet.
(a) cat (c) tiger Madam Rides the Bus	(b) lion(d) dog

163. What amused Valli the most?

(a) The sight of buffalo running in front of the bus. (b) The sight of people running in front of the bus. (c) The sight of dog running in front of the bus. (d) The sight of cow running in front of the bus.

164. What did Valli do one fine spring day?

(a) Caught the bus to the town. (b) Caught the bus to the village. (c) Caught the car to the town. (d) Caught the car to the village.

165. What did Valli wish?

(a) Bus ride (c) Car ride

(b) Truck ride(d) Cycle ride

166. What was her favourite pastime?

(a) To stand at the front doorway and look into the street. (b) To stand at the front doorway and look every passenger. (c) To stand at the back doorway and look every passenger. (d) None of the Above

167. What was the most fascinating scene for Valli in the street?

(a) The bus with new set of curtains every time. (b) The bus with new set of passengers every time. (c) The bus with new driver every time.

(d) The bus with new conductor every time.

168. What can you tell about the conductor from the text?

(a) he was funny (b) he was grumpy

(c)he was quiet (d) all of these

169. What was the timing of the afternoon nap taken by Valli’s mother?

(a) 1 to 3 (b) 1 to 4

(c) 2 to 4 170. What saddened Valli? (a) the dead cow	(d) 2 to 3
(b) car accident

(c) the handicapped passenger (d) all of the above

171. What does it tell you about Valli when she refused to accept the

conductor’s treat?

(a) responsible (c) rude	(b) stubborn(d) disrespectful
172. What made her laugh on her journey?
(a) the sight of a running cow	(b) the old woman’s earrings

(c) the old man	(d) None of these
173. What did she have to resist on Village Fair Day to save for the ride?
(a) balloons (c) toys	(b) merry go round(d) peppermint

174. Why did Vali find the woman repulsive? (a) she had large piercings in her ears (b) she wore ugly earrings

(c) she was chewing betel nut which could spill out any moment (d) all of the above

175. What did the old man say to Valli that annoyed her?

(a) He shouted at her (c) he merely asked her to sit

(b) he asked why she’s alone(d) None of these

176. How did she pick up small details about the bus journey?

(a) listening to conversations of neighbours

(b) asking a few discreet questions (c) All of these

(d) None of these

177. “Valli would stare wistfully at the people who got on or off the bus.” What

is the meaning of wistfully?

(a) fearfully (c) willingly	(b) carefully(d) longingly
178. How many times did the bus cross her street per hour?
(a) 1	(b) 2

(c) 4 179. What was Valli’s age?(a) 7 (c) 9	(d) 6
(b) 8(d) None of these

180. Who is the author of the lesson “Madam rides the Bus”?

(a) Gavin Maxwell (c) G. L. Fuentes The Tale of Custard the Dragon	(b) Vallikkannan(d) Arup Kumar Dutta
181. Who mourned over the death of the pirate?
(a) Blink (c) Ink	(b) Custar(d) None of these

182. What did the dragon cry for?

(a) Because he was hurt. (c) For a nice safe cage. 183. Who was called cowardly?

(b) For a new mouse(d) None of these

(a) Blink (c) Ink 184. Who was Mustard? (a) Belinda’s little yellow rat. (c) Belinda’s little yellow dog.	(b) Custard(d) Rither
(b) Belinda’s little yellow mouse.(d) Belinda’s little grey dragon.

185. Where did Belinda live?

(a) in a little white house (c) in a little grey house	(b) in a little yellow house(d) in a little pink house
186. What did Custard do to the pirate?
(a) ate him (c) held him hostage	(b) scared him away(d) None of these

187. Who did Belinda used to tease?

(a) kitten (c) dragon	(b) mouse(d) dog
188. What qualities does the dragon possess?
(a) big sharp teeth (c) sharp toes	(b) spikes on top of him(d) All of these

189. Who is described as the most timid of all?

(a) kitten (b) mouse

(c) dragon (d) dog

190. What was the name of the black kitten?

(a) Custard (c) blink The Sermon at Benares	(b) ink	(d) mustard
191. “The Sermon at Benares” is a lesson based on the life of
(a) Lord Krishna (c) Buddha	(b) Mahavir(d) Nelson Mandela

192. What was the name of Buddha in his childhood?

(a) Vivekananda (c) Devendra	(b) Siddhartha Gautam(d) Narendra
193. At what age, Siddhartha was sent for schooling?
(a) 12 years (c) 25 years	(b) 20 years(d) 15 years

194. For how many years did the Buddha wandered before getting

enlightenment?

(a) 5 years (c) 10 years	(b) 7 years(d)13 years
195. Under which tree did the Buddha get englightened?
(a) Peepal	(b) Apple

(c) Banyan	(d) Laburnum
196. For how many days did the Buddha sit under the Bodhi tree before
getting enlightenment? (a) 6 (c)8	(b)7(d)9

197. ‘The Bodhi Tree’ means the tree of

(a) Wealth (b) Wisdom

(c) fruits (d) Flowers

198. At what age the Buddha noticed the sufferings of the people for the first

time?

(a) 15 years (c) 25 years	(b) 20 years(d)35 years
199. The Buddha preached his first sermon at the city of
(a) Mumbai (c) Prayagraj	(b) Benares(d) Mathura

200. What did Kisa Gotami ask her neighbor for?

(a) Fruits (b) Flowers

(c) Seeds (d) Leaves

201. Life of mortals is compared to

(a) Ripe fruits (c) Both a&b	(b) Earthen vessels(d)None of these
202. Who went from house to house to ask for mustard seeds?
(a) Gautam Buddha	(b) Kisa Gotami

(c) Neighbours	(d) Monk
203. Kisa Gotami was sad due to the death of her
(a) Husband (c) Son	(b) Father(d) Daughter

204. Gautam Buddha is known for his

(a) Wealth (b) Wisdom

(c) Kingdom (d) Foolishness

205. Who are subject to death?

(a) Fools (c) Adults For Anne Gregory	(b) Wise(d) All of these
206. Who is the poet of the poem “For Anne Gregory”?
(a) W.B.Yeats (c) Dryden	(b) Shakespeare(d) Jackson

207. Name the literary device used in ‘honey coloured ramparts at your ear’

(a) Oxymoron (c) Assonance	(b) metaphor(d) None of these
208. Name the literary device used in the line “and set such colour there”.
(a) Oxymoron (c) Assonance	(b) alliteration(d) None of these

209. Who can love us for who we are and not for how we look?

(a) Poet (c) God	(b) young boy(d) None of these
210. What does the girl think she can do to get rid of lovers?
(a) cut her hair (c) colour her hair	(b) dye her hair(d) none of these

211. What colour will the girl dye her hair into?

(a) Black (b) brown

(c) carrot (d) all of these

212. What is the mood of the young man?

(a) Sad (c) romantic The Proposal	(b) happy(d) miserable
213. The name of Natalya’s dog is –
(a) Squeezer	(b) Mirnov

(c) Guess	(d) Ivan
214. When Lomov arrived, Chubukov was surprised by his –
(a) evening dress (c) shyness	(b) palpitation(d) impudence

215. Lomov comes to Chubukuv’s house –

(a) to propose to his daughter (b) like a good neighbor

(c) for a formal meeting 216. Chubukov is a – (a) Landowner (c) merchant	(d) to borrow money from Chubukov.
(b)lawyer(d) physician

217. Chubukov ordered Lomov to shut up or he would shoot him like a –

(a) patridge (c) dog	(b)fox(c) wolf
218. Chubukov comments that Lomovs have had in their family
(a) autocracy (c) hypocrisy	(b) lunacy(d) democracy

219. Lomov went to his neighbour, Chubukov’s house –

(a) to borrow money (b) to settle a dispute

(c) to give a marriage proposal (d) to complain.

220. Chubukov is delighted with the proposal for the following reasons –

(a) Natalya can at last return her love for Lomov. (b) Lomov loves Natalya.

(c) Chubukov had moved this proposal a long time ago. (d) Chubukov would like to see his daughter married.

221. Squeeze’s parents were –

(a) Rock and Mick (c) Rocky and Roll	(b) Harness and Chisels(d) Lalu and Tulu.
222. According to Lomov, what amount would be good enough for buying
squeezer? (a) 25 roubles	(b) 50 roubles

(c) 34 roubles	(d) 40 roubles
223. Who is a Guess in story?
(a) A dog (c) a rabbit	(b) a cat(d) a hen

The Proposal

213. (a) Squeezer

214. (a) evening dress

215. (a) to propose to his daughter

216. (a) Landowner

217. (c) wolf

218. (a) autocracy

219. (c) to give a marriage proposal

220. (c) Chubukov had moved this proposal a long time ago

221. (a) Rock and Mick

222. (a) 25 roubles

223. (a) A dog

His First Flight

42. (a) Liam O’ Flaherty

43. (b) flying

44. (c) due to strange exercise

45. (a) mother seagull

46. (d) fish

47. (a) to push him to fly

48. (a) his brothers flying

49. (c) to starve him

50. (d) seagull

51. (a) flying

52. (c) crying

53. (c) 24 hours

54. (a) courage

55. (d) young seagull

The Black Aeroplane

56. (a) due to storm

57. (c) for direction

58. (d) all of these

59. (a) radio

60. (a) flying into storm

61. (c) Paris

62. (b) France, England

63. (c) Frederick Forsyth

64. (c) storm clouds

65. (b) 150 km

66. (c) West

67. (b) Dakota

68. (a) There was no other plane

How to Tell Wild Animals

69. (a) Carolyn Wells

70. (d) Leopard

71. (c) Chameleon

72. (a) Hyena

73. (b) Lion

74. (b) Bear

75. (a) Crocodile

The Ball Poem

76. (a) John Berryman

77. (b) the harbour

78. (b) 1 dime

79. (a) a ball

80. (b) in water

From the Diary of Anne Frank

81. (b) Jewish girl

82. (b) while hiding with her family

83. (d) her diary

84. (a) Kitty

85. (a) Mr. Keesing

86. (a) she had no close friend

87. (b) typhus

88. (c) Diary

89. (a) She was outspoken

90. (a) homework

91. (a) her teacher

92. (a) a diary

93. (a) 1 August 1944

94. (a) Holocaust victims

95. (a) 5 years old

Amanda (Poem)

96. (c) Robin Klein

97. (d) Alliteration

98. (a) biting nails

99. (b) sweet

100. (b) Children should be given freedom

101. (c) child psychology

102. (b) to enjoy the freedom that an orphan has

103. (b) when her mother gave her too many instructions

104. (c) it causes acne

105. (c) Rapunzel

Glimpses of India / A Baker from Goa / Tea from Assam

106. (a) Five tea plants

107. (b) because he had spotted tea garden

108. (c) Lucio Rodrigues

109. (b) Evergreen Forests

110. (b) Coorg

111. (c) Fragrance

112. (a) Bake the loaves

113. (a) They miss the good old days

114. (b) Coorg

115. (b) October-December

116. (b) beverage, medicine

117. (a) Tea Country

118. (c) Tea

119. (c) going down a cliff by sliding down a rope

120. (a) Brahmagiri

121. (a) Coorg

122. (c) coffee

123. (b) Twice

124. (d) all of the above

125. (a) Arup Kumar Datta

The Tree / The Frees / Fog

126. (a) Wind

127. (b) A newly discharged patient

128. (c) in houses

129. (d) All of these

130. (b) Sun

131. (d) watching television

132. (c) Oak tree

133. (c) smell of leaves and lichens

134. (b) feet

135. (b) Simile

136. (b) Over the harbour and the city

137. (a) Slowly and silently

138. (d) no rhyme scheme

139. (b) moves

140. (a) fog

141. (d) both 1 and 3

142. (b) cat

143. (a) Disappears

144. (a) cat

Madam Rides the Bus

163. (b) The sight of people running in front of the bus

164. (a) Caught the bus to the town

165. (a) Bus ride

166. (a) To stand at the front doorway and look into the street

167. (b) The bus with new set of passengers every time

168. (a) he was funny

169. (a) 1 to 3

170. (d) all of the above

171. (a) responsible

172. (a) the sight of a running cow

173. (a) balloons

174. (d) all of the above

175. (b) he asked why she’s alone

176. (c) All of these

177. (d) longingly

178. (b) 2

179. (b) 8

180. (b) Vallikkannan

The Tale of Custard the Dragon

181. (a) Blink

182. (a) Because he was hurt

183. (d) Rither

184. (b) Belinda’s little yellow mouse

185. (a) in a little white house

186. (b) scared him away

187. (c) dragon

188. (d) All of these

189. (d) dog

190. (b) Ink

The Sermon at Benares

191. (c) Buddha

192. (b) Siddhartha Gautam

193. (a) 12 years

194. (c) 10 years

195. (a) Peepal

196. (c) 8

197. (b) Wisdom

198. (b) 20 years

199. (b) Benares

200. (c) Seeds

201. (c) Both a & b

202. (b) Kisa Gotami

203. (c) Son

204. (b) Wisdom

205. (d) All of these

For Anne Gregory

206. (a) W.B.Yeats

207. (c) Assonance

208. (c) Assonance

209. (a) Poet

210. (a) cut her hair

211. (c) carrot

212. (c) romantic