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Chapter 1 – The Last Lesson Important Passage Question Answer 2025
My last French lesson! why, I hardly knew how to write! I should never learn any more! I must stop there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons, for seeking birds’ eggs, or going sliding on the Saar! My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar, and my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up. And M. Hamel, too; the idea that he was going away, that I should never see him again, made me forget all about his ruler and how cranky he was.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) Who is “I” in these lines ?
(iii) The narrator is talking about a language. Name it.
(iv) What was the narrator sorry for ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) Something annoying
(b) Whimsical
While I was wondering about it all, M. Hamel mounted his chair, and in the same grave and gentle tone which he had used to me, said, “My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you. The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master comes tomorrow. This is your last French lesson. I want you to be very attentive.”
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) How did the teacher speak to the students ?
(iv) When was the new master coming ?
(v) What did the teacher want the students to do ?
Poor man ! It was in honour of this last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes, and now I understood why the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room. It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more. It was their way of thanking our master for his forty years of faithful service and of showing their respect for the country that was theirs no more.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) What were the old men of the village sorry about ?
(iv) Why was ‘their country theirs no more’ ?
(v) Why was the man in fine Sunday clothes ?
I started for school very late that morning and was in great dread of a scolding, especially because M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles, and I did not know the first word about them. For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so warm, so bright! The birds were chirping at the edge of the woods; and in the open field back of the sawmill the Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all much more tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the strength to resist, and hurried off to school.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which this passage has been taken :
(a) The Last Lesson
(b) Lost Spring
(c) Deep Water
(d) The Rattrap
Ans. (a) The Last Lesson
(ii) Who does ‘I’ refer to these lines ?
(a) M. Hamel
(b) Franz
(c) Alphonse Daudet
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) Franz
(iii) M. Hamel was going to ask the questions on :
(a) gerunds
(b) infinitives
(c) participles
(d) tenses
Ans. (c) participles
(iv) What was the narrator full of ?
(a) fear
(b) pain
(c) happiness
(d) all of the above
Ans. (a) fear
(v) Who was M. Hamel ?
(a) the narrator’s neighbour
(b) the narrator’s father
(c) the narrator’s teacher
(d) the narrator’s friend
Ans. (c) the narrator’s teacher
I heard M. Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you, little Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Every day we have said to ourselves, ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it; you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can
neither speak nor write your own language ?’ But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which this passage has been taken :
(a) The Last Lesson
(b) Lost Spring
(c) Deep Water
(d) The Rattrap
Ans. (a) The Last Lesson
(ii) Who does ‘I’ refer to in these lines ?
(a) M. Hamel
(b) Alphonse Daudet
(c) Vincent Daudet
(d) None of the above
Ans. (d) None of the above
(iii) Who would not scold Franz ?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) M. Hamel
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c) M. Hamel
(iv) What is the trouble with Alsace ?
(a) she is putting off learning till tomorrow
(b) she is leaving the city till tomorrow
(c) she is coming back till tomorrow
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a) she is putting off learning till tomorrow
(v) Which language does M. Hamel teach ?
(a) English
(b) German
(c) French
(d) Hindi
Ans. (c) French
Then as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Wachter, who was there with his apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of time !” I thought he was making fun of me, and reached Mr. Hamel’s little garden all out of breath.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which this passage has been taken ?
(a) The Last Lesson
(b) The Enemy
(c) The Rattrap
(d) Lost Spring
Ans. (a) The Last Lesson
(ii) Who was Wachter ?
(a) A blacksmith
(b) A carpenter
(c) A teacher
(d) An apprentice
Ans. (a) A blacksmith
(iii) Who is the writer of this chapter ?
(a) Anees Jung
(b) Alphonse Daudet
(c) A. R. Barton
(d) Asokamitran
Ans. (b) Alphonse Daudet
(iv) Who was standing with Wachter ?
(a) His wife
(b) His son
(c) His apprentice
(d) His teacher
Ans. (c) His apprentice
(v) Who does ‘I’ in the passage refer to ?
(a) the writer
(b) the student
(c) the teacher
(d) the blacksmith
Ans. (b) the student
Now I understood why the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room. It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more. It was their way of thanking our master for his forty years of faithful service and of showing their respect for the country that was theirs no more.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who is ‘I’ in the above lines ?
(ii) What did he understand ?
(iii) Why were the old men of the village sitting there in the back of the room ?
(iv) What were the old men of the village sorry about ?
(v) Name the author of the chapter from which these lines have been taken.
Chapter 2 – Lost Spring Important Passage Question Answer 2025
I remember a story a man from Udipi once told me. As a young boy he would go to school past an old temple, where his father was a priest. He would stop briefly at the temple and pray for a pair of shoes. Thirty years later I visited his town and the temple, which was now drowned in an air of desolation. In the backyard, where lived the new priest, there were red and white plastic chairs. A young boy dressed in a grey uniform, wearing socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folding bed. Looking at the boy, I remembered the prayer another boy had made to the goddess when he had finally got a pair of shoes let me never lose them” The goddess had granted his prayer. Young boys like the son of the priest now wore shoes. But many others like the ragpickers in my neighbourhood remain shoeless.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) What was the young boy’s father ?
(iii) Who is “I” in the first line of the passage ?
(iv) What did the boy pray for ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) Ruin
(b) Breathing heavily
Saheb too is wearing tennis shoes that look strange over his discoloured shirt and shorts. “Someone game them to me,” he says in the manner of an explanation. The fact that they are discarded shoes of some rich boy, who perhaps refused to wear them because of a hole in one of them, does not bother him. For one who had walked barefoot, even shoes with a hole is a dream come true. But the game he is watching so intently is out of his reach.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) What looks strange ?
(iv) Why did some rich boy discard the shoes ?
(v) What is a dream come true for Saheb ?
Savita, a young girl in a drab pink dress, sits alongside an elderly woman, soldering pieces of glass. As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make. It symbolises an Indian woman’s suhag, auspiciousness in marriage. It will dawn on her suddenly one day when her head is draped with a red veil, her hands dyed red with henna, and the red bangles rolled onto her wrists. She will then become a bride.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) What is Savita wearing ?
(iv) What sanctity is attached to bangles ?
(v) What job is Savita doing ?
After months of knowing him, I ask him his name. “Saheb-e-Alam”, he announces. He does not know what it means. If he knew its meaning – lord of the universe – he would have a hard time believing it. Unaware of what his name represents, he roams the streets with his friends, an army of bare foot boys who appear like the morning birds and disappear at noon. Over the months I have come to recognize each of them. Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(1) Name the chapter from which these lines have been taken :
(a) Lost Spring
(b) The Rattrap
(c) Indigo
(d) The Last Lesson
Ans. (a) Lost Spring
(2) Name the author of the chapter :
(a) A. R. Barton
(b) Saheb
(c) Selma Lagerlof
(d) Anees Jung
Ans. (d) Anees Jung
(3) What do you understand and by “Saheb-e-Alam” ?
(a) Lord of a State
(b) The King of a State
(c) The Prince of a State
(d) Lord of the Universe
Ans. (d) Lord of the Universe
(4) Who appeared like the morning birds ?
(a) Saheb’s pet birds
(b) Saheb and his friends
(c) Saheb’s parents
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) Saheb and his friends
(5) Whom did the author come to recognize over a few months ?
(a) Saheb’s parents
(b) Saheb’s brothers
(c) Saheb’s friends
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c) Saheb’s friends
Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds – one of the family, caught in a web of poverty, burned by the stigma of caste in which they are born: the other a vicious circle of Sahukars, the middleman, the policemen, the keepers of law, the bureaucrats and the politicians. To do anything else would mean to dare. And daring is not part of his growing up. When I sense a flash of it in Mukesh I am cheered. “I want to be a motor mechanic.” he repeats.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who is ‘I’ in the first line of the passage – Author, Mukesh or Saheb ?
(ii) Who is the author of these lines ?
(iii) Out of the two worlds, first world is that of family. Which one is the other world ?
(iv) Who wants to be a motor mechanic ?
(v) What type of flash does the author sense in Mukesh ?
Chapter 3 – Deep Water Important Passage Question Answer 2025
It had happened when I was ten or eleven years old. I had decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the Y. M. C. A. in Yakima that offered exactly the opportunity. The Yakima River was treacherous. Mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the Y. M. C. A. pool was safe It was only two or three feet deep at the shallow end; and while it was nine feet deep at the other, the drop was gradual. I got a pair of water wings and went to the pool. I hated to walk naked into it and show my skinny legs. But I subdued my pride and did it.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) What does Y. M. C. A. stand for ?
(iii) Name the river mentioned in the passage.
(iv) Did the writer enter the YMCA pool ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) Chance
(b) Dangerous
My introduction to the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childhood fears. But in a little while I gathered confidence. I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them. I did this two or three times on different days and was just beginning to feel at ease in the water when the misadventure happened.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) What stirred childish fears in the author ?
(iv) What did the author do two or three times ?
(v) When did the misadventure happen ?
But I was not finished. I still wondered if I would be terror-stricken when I was alone in the pool. I tried it. I swam the length up and down. Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. But now I could frown and say to that terror. “Trying to scare me, eh ? Well, here’s to you ! look !” And offI’d go for another length of the pool.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who is ‘I’ in the above passage ?
(ii) What did he try ?
(iii) Who was trying to scare him ?
(iv) Which pool is he talking about ?
(v) Who is the author of these lines ?
Chapter 4 – The Rattrap Important Passage Question Answer 2025
During one of the long dark evenings just before Christmas, the master Smith and his helper sat in the dark forge near the furnace waiting for the pig iron, which had been put in the fire, to be ready to put on the anvil. Every now and then one of them got up to stir the glowing mass with a long iron bar, returning in a few moments, dripping with perspiration, though, as was the custom, he wore nothing but a long shirt and a pair of wooden shoes. All the time there were many sounds to be heard in the forge. The big bellows groaned and the burning coal cracked. The fire boy shovelled charcoal into the maw of the furnace with a great deal of clatter. Outside roared the waterfall, and a sharp north wind whipped the rain against the brick-tiled roof.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) Who sat in the dark forge near the furnace ?
(iii) What sounds were coming from the furnace ?
(iv) What was he wearing as was the custom ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) Shining
(b) Put through shovels
But half an hour later, the rattrap peddler stood again before the door. He did not try to get in, however. He only went up to the window, smashed a pane, stuck in his hand, and got hold of the pouch with the thirty kronor. He took the money and thrust it into his own pocket. Then he hung the leather pouch carefully back in its place and went away.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) Why did the rattrap peddler not try to get in ?
(iv) Where had the leather pouch been hanging ?
(v) What was there in the leather pouch ?
One dark evening as he was trudging along the road he caught sight of a little gray cottage by the roadside, and he knocked on the door to ask shelter for the night. Nor was he refused. Instead
of the sour faces which ordinarily met him, the owner, who was an old man without wife or child, was happy to get someone to talk to in his loneliness. Immediately he put the porridge pot on the fire and gave him supper; then he carved off such a big slice from his tobacco roll that it was enough both for the stranger’s pipe and his own. Finally he got out an old pack of cards and played ‘mjölis’ with his guest until bedtime.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which this passage has been taken :
(a) The Last Lesson
(b) Lost Spring
(c) Deep Water
(d) The Rattrap
Ans. (d) The Rattrap
(ii) Name the writer of this passage :
(a) Alphonse Daudet
(b) Anees Jung
(c) William O Douglas
(d) Selma Lagerlof
Ans. (d) Selma Lagerlof
(iii) What did the vagabond see one dark evening ?
(a) a little gray cottage
(b) an old woman
(c) a small boy
(d) all of the above
Ans. (a) a little gray cottage
(iv) Who was the owner of the cottage ?
(a) an old woman
(b) an old man
(c) a rattrap seller
(d) the author himself
Ans. (b) an old man
(v) Who were these two men ?
(a) The old man and his guest
(b) The old man and his son
(c) The old man and his wife
(d) The old man and his father
Ans. (a) The old man and his guest
It was not more than half an hour before they heard the sound of carriage wheels outside the forge, and a new guest came in, but this time it was not the iron master. He had sent his daughter, apparently hoping that she would have better powers of persuation than he himself. She entered, followed by a valet, carrying on his arm a big fur coat. She was not at all pretty, but seemed modest
and quite shy.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who came as ‘a new guest’ ?
(ii) Who are ‘they’ who heard the sound of carriage ?
(iii) Name the chapter from which these lines have been taken.
(iv) Who is the writer of these lines ?
(v) Write the complete name of the lady who ‘was not at all pretty’.
Chapter 5 – Indigo Important Passage Question Answer 2025
They thought he would demand repayment in full of the money which they had illegally and deceitfully extorted from the sharecroppers. He asked only 50 percent. “There he seemed adamant writes Reverend J. Z. Hodge, a British missionary in Champaran who observed the entire episode at close range. “Thinking probably that he would not give way, the representative of the planters offered to refund to the extent of 25 percent, and to his amazement Mr. Gandhi took him at his word, thus breaking the deadlock.” This settlement was adopted unanimously by the commission.
Questions: 5 x 1 = 5
(i) Gandhi knew that he would not get an agreement on the demand for 50% repayment. Choose the option that offers the correct justification for the 1420 assumption made above:
(a) He had anticipated the negotiating tactics of the planter’s representative.
(b) He had been informed about the depleting funds of the planters.
(c) He had taken the advice of the Reverend on board.
(d) He had evaluated the commission’s attitude towards Indians.
(ii) Name the chapter from which these lines have been taken:
(a) The Last Lesson
(b) Indigo
(c) The Interview
(d) Lost Spring
(iii) Name the writer of these lines:
(a) Alphonse Daudet
(b) Anees Jung
(c) Selma Lagerlof
(d) Louis Fischer
(iv) The deadlock broke because:
(a) Gandhi’s settlement offer was worth considering.
(b) All commission members agreed to adopt the representative’s offer.
(c) Reverend J. Z. Hodge’s intervention brought both parties together.
(d) The sharecroppers refused to be convinced by the commission.
(v) Find out a word from the passage Which means as ‘that is supported by everyone in a group’:
(a) illegally
(b) deceitfully
(c) probably
(d) unanimously
Months passed. Shukla was sitting on his haunches at the appointed spot in Calcutta when Gandhi arrived; he waited till Gandhi was free. Then the two of them boarded a train for the city of Patna in Bihar. There Shukla led him to the house of a lawyer named Rajendra Prasad who later became President of the Congress Party and of India. Rajendra Prasad was out of town, but the servants knew Shukla as a poor yeoman who pestered their master to help the indigo sharecroppers. So they let him stay on the grounds with his companion, Gandhi, whom they took to be another peasant. But Gandhi was not permitted to draw water from the well lest some drops from his bucket pollute the entire source; how did they know that he was not an untouchable ?
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) Where was Shukla waiting for Gandhiji ?
(iii) For which station did Gandhiji and Shukla board a train ?
(iv) Why was Gandhiji not permitted to draw Water from the well ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) Squatting
(b) Friend
Gandhi decided to go first to Muzzafarpur, which was enroute to Champaran, to obtain more complete information about conditions than Shukla was capable of imparting. He accordingly sent a telegram to Professor J. B. Kriplani, of the Arts College in Muzzafarpur, whom he had seen at Tagore’s Shantiniketan School. The train arrived at midnight, 15 April, 1917.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) Where did Gandhiji decide to go first ?
(iv) Why did Gandhiji decide to stay there briefly ?
(v) Who had Gandhiji informed telegraphically ?
Gandhi decided to go first to Muzzafarpur, which was an route to Champaran, to obtain more complete information about conditions than Shukla was capable of imparting. He accordingly sent a telegram to Professor J. B. Kripalani, of the Arts College in Muzzafarpur, whom he had seen at Tagore’s Shantiniketan school. The train arrived at midnight, 15 April, 1917. Kripalani was waiting at the station with a large body of students. Gandhi stayed there for two days in the home of Professor Malkani, a teacher in a government school. “It was an extraordinary thing in those days,” Gandhi commented, “for a government professor to harbour a man like me”. In smaller localities, the Indians were afraid to show sympathy for advocates of home-rule.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Where did Gandhiji decide to go first ?
(a) Sevagram
(b) Lucknow
(c) Patna
(d) Muzzafarpur
Ans. (d) Muzzafarpur
(ii) Why did Gandhiji decide to stay there briefly ?
(a) to meet old friends
(b) to meet the sharecroppers
(c) to obtain complete information
(d) to find the official version
Ans. (c) to obtain complete information
(iii) Whom had Gandhiji informed telegraphically ?
(a) Professor J. B. Kriplani
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Professor Malkani
(d) Brij Kishor Babu
Ans. (a) Professor J. B. Kriplani
(iv) When did Gandhiji’s train arrive there ?
(a) at noon
(b) at midnight
(c) at sunset
(d) at sunrise
Ans. (b) at midnight
(v) Who were waiting at the station with Kriplani ji ?
(a) Sharecroppers
(b) Home-rule supporters
(c) Lawyers
(d) College students
Ans. (d) College students
When I first visited Gandhi in 1942 at his ashram in Sevagram, in central India, he said, “I will tell you how it happened that I decided to urge the departure of the British. It was in 1917.” He had gone to the December, 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress party in Lucknow. There were 2,301 delegates and many visitors. During the proceedings, Gandhi recounted, “a peasant came up to me looking like any other peasant in India, poor and emaciated, and said, I am Rajkumar Shukla. I am from Champaran, and I want you to come to my district’!” Gandhi had never heard of the place. It was in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, near the kingdom of Nepal.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Where was Gandhiji’s ashram situated ?
(a) Champaran
(b) Sevagram
(c) Rohtak
(d) New Delhi
Ans. (b) Sevagram
(ii) Where was the ashram of Gandhiji situated ?
(a) Central India
(b) Northern India
(c) Southern India
(d) Eastern India
Ans. (a) Central India
(iii) When was the annual convention of the Congress Party held ?
(a) 1942
(b) 1917
(c) 1916
(d) 1919
Ans. (c) 1916
(iv) What was the name of the peasant ?
(a) J. B. Kriplani
(b) Malkani
(c) Jawahar Lal
(d) Rajkumar Shukla
Ans. (d) Rajkumar Shukla
(v) Rajkumar Shukla was :
(a) poor
(b) emaciated
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
Ans. (c) both (a) and (b)
The magistrate announced that he would pronounce sentence after a two hour recess and asked Gandhiji to furnish bail for those 120 minutes. Gandhiji refused. The judge released him without bail. When the court reconvened, the judge said he would not deliver the judgement for several days. Meanwhile he allowed Gandhi to remain at liberty.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) What did the magistrate announce ?
(a) That Gandhiji would have to pay a fine of Rs. 100.
(b) That he would pronounce sentence after two hours.
(c) That Gandhiji would not leave town.
(d) None of the above
Ans.(b) That he would pronounce sentence after two hours.
(ii) What did Gandhiji refuse to do ?
(a) He refused to furnish bail.
(b) He refused to go to jail.
(c) He refused to leave the town.
(d) All of the above
Ans. (a) He refused to furnish bail.
(iii) When was the court reconvened ?
(a) After two days
(b) After an hour
(c) After two hours
(d) The next day
Ans. (c) After two hours
(iv) What did the magistrate say when the court reconvened ?
(a) He acquitted Gandhiji of all charges.
(b) He sentenced Gandhiji to six months’ imprisonment.
(c) He ordered Gandhiji to pay a fine of Rs. 100.
(d) He would not deliver the judgement for several days.
Ans. (d) He would not deliver the judgement for several days.
(v) For how long was Gandhiji to remain at liberty ?
(a) Till the judgement was delivered.
(b) Till the bail was rejected.
(c) Till the court was reconvened.
(d) Till the end of 120 minutes.
Ans. (a) Till the judgement was delivered.
Health conditions were miserable. Gandhiji got a doctor to volunteer his services for six months. Three medicines were available – castor oil, quinine and sulphur ointment. Anybody who showed a coated tongue was given a dose of castor oil; anybody with malaria fever received quinine plus castor oil; anybody with skin eruptions received ointment plus castor oil.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Where were the health conditions miserable ?
(a) In Ranchi
(b) In Patna
(c) In Calcutta
(d) In the Champaran villages
Ans. (d) In the Champaran villages
(ii) What was given to the one who showed a coated tongue ?
(a) Quinine
(b) Castor oil
(c) Sulphur ointment
(d) Quinine and castor oil
Ans. (b) Castor oil
(iii) What was given to one with malaria fever ?
(a) Quinine and sulphur ointment
(b) Quinine
(c) Sulphur ointment and castor oil
(d) Quinine and castor oil
Ans. (d) Quinine and castor oil
(iv) What was given to one with skin eruptions ?
(a) Quinine
(b) Quinine and castor oil
(c) Quinine and Sulphur ointment
(d) Sulphur ointment and castor oil
Ans. (d) Sulphur ointment and castor oil
(v) What did Gandhiji do for the sick villagers ?
(a) He helped them as doctor
(b) He got them a doctor
(c) He got them a shopkeeper
(d) He helped them as a nurse
Ans. (b) He got them a doctor
Most of the arable land in the Champaran district was divided into large estates owned by Englishmen and worked by Indian tenants. The chief commercial crop was Indigo. The landlords compelled all tenants to plant three twentieths or 15 percent of their holdings with indigo and surrender the entire indigo harvest as rent. This was done by a long-term contract. Most Important
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(1) Who owned large estates in the Champaran district ?
(a) The Indian tenants
(b) The Englishmen
(c) The Government
(d) The Lawyers of Champaran
Ans. (b) The Englishmen
(2) Who worked at the estates ?
(a) The Indian tenants
(b) The Englishmen
(c) The Lawyers
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a) The Indian tenants
(3) Name the Chief Commercial crop of Champaran :
(a) Wheat
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Rice
(d) Indigo
Ans. (d) Indigo
(4) How much of the land was planted with indigo ?
(a) 25%
(b) 50%
(c) 20%
(d) 15%
Ans. (d) 15%
(5) Name the chapter from which this passage has been taken ?
(a) Lost Spring
(b) Indigo
(c) The Rattrap
(d) Deep Water
Ans. (b) Indigo
When I first visited Gandhiji in 1942 at his ashram in Sevagram, in Central India, he said, “I will tell you how it happened that I decided to urge the departure of the British. It was in 1917.” He had gone to the December, 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress party in Lucknow. There were 2,301 delegates and many visitors..
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who is ‘I’ in the first line ?
(ii) Who is ‘he’ in the above passage ?
(iii) Where had the delegates and many visitors come ?
(iv) ‘I will tell you’ – who will tell whom ?
(v) Name the author of the chapter from which these lines have been taken.
Chapter 6 – Poets and Pancakes Important Passage Question Answer 2025
Subbu was the No. 2 at Gemini Studios. He couldn’t have had a more encouraging opening in films than our grown-up make-up boy had. On the contrary, he must have had to face more uncertain and difficult times, for when he began his career, there were no firmly established film producing companies or studios. Even in the matter of education, specially formal education, Subbu couldn’t have had an appreciable lead over our boy. But by virtue of being born a Brahmin–a virtue, indeed!–he must have had exposure to more affluent situations and
people.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) Who was Subbu ?
(iii) Where did Subbu work ?
(iv) What was Subbu by caste ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) On the other hand
(b) Rich
Film-making must have been and was so easy with a man like Subbu around and if ever there was a man who gave direction and definition to Gemini Studios during its golden years, it was Subbu, Subbu had a separate identity as a poet and though he was certainly capable of more complex and higher forms, he deliberately chose to address his poetry to the masses. His success in films overshadowed and dwarfed his literary achievements–or so his critics felt. He composed several truly original ‘story poems’ in folk refrain and diction and also wrote a sprawling novel Thillana Mohanambal with dozens of very deftly etched characters.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) What was the identity of Subbu ?
(iii) What kind of poems did Subbu compose ?
(iv) Who wrote Thillana Mohanambal ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) Recognition
(b) Big
He had the ability to look cheerful all times even after having had a hand in a flop film. He always had work for somebody – he could never do things on his own – but his sense of loyalty made him identify himself with his principal completely and turn his entire creativity to his principal’s advantage. He was tailor-made for films.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who is ‘he’ in the above lines ?
(ii) What is the name of his principal ?
(iii) What is the special feature in his character ?
(iv) What could he not do ?
(v) Name the author of these lines.
When Frank Buchman’s Moral Re-Armament Army, some two-hundred strong, visited Madras some time in 1952, they could not have found a warmer host in India than the Gemini Studios. Someone called the group an international circus. They weren’t very good on the trapeze and their acquaintance with animals was only at the dinner table, but they presented two plays in a most professional manner.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which the above lines have been taken.
(ii) Name the author of the chapter.
(iii) What did the MRA present in Madras ?
(iv) How did someone describe MRA ?
(v) How many members did the MRA have ?
The makeup room had the look of a hair-cutting salon with lights at all angles around half a dozen large mirrors. They were all incandescent lights, so you can imagine the fiery misery of those subjected to makeup. The makeup department was first headed by a Bengali who became too big for the studio and left. He was succeeded by a Maharashtrian who was assisted by a Dharwar Kannadiga, an Andhra, a Madras Indian Christian, an Anglo-Burmese and the usual local Tamils. All this shows that there was a great deal of national integration long before A.I.R and Doordarshan began broadcasting programmes on national integration.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter from which this passage has been taken :
(a) Indigo
(b) Poets and Pancakes
(c) The Interview
(d) Going Places
Ans. (b) Poets and Pancakes
(ii) How did the makeup room look ?
(a) like a hair-cutting saloon
(b) like a junk-shop
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
Ans. (a) like a hair-cutting saloon
(iii) Of the following who headed the makeup department first of all ?
(a) A Maharashtrian
(b) A Tamil
(c) A Bengali
(d) All of the above
Ans. (c) A Bengali
(iv) The makeup room presented a picture of :
(a) Social discrimination
(b) The rich and the poor
(c) National Integration
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c) National Integration
(v) Which of the following contributed to National Integration ?
(a) All India Radio (A.I.R.)
(b) Doordarshan
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b)
This gang of nationally integrated makeup men could turn any decent-looking person into a hideous crimson hued monster with the help of truck-loads of pancake and a number of other locally made potions and lotions. Those were the days of mainly indoor shooting and only five percent of the film was shot outdoors. I suppose the sets and studio lights needed the girls and boys to be made to look ugly in order to look presentable in the movie.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the author of the chapter from which this passage has been taken :
(a) Louis Fisher
(b) Asokamitran
(c) Christopher Silvester
(d) A. R. Barton
Ans. (b) Asokamitran
(ii) What could makeup men do ?
(a) change the appearance of a person
(b) cheat any person
(c) teach moral values
(d) all of the above
Ans. (a) change the appearance of a person
(iii) What is used by makeup men ?
(a) pancakes
(b) potions
(c) lotions
(d) all of the above
Ans. (d) all of the above
(iv) What type of shooting was done mostly in those days ?
(a) indoor
(b) outdoor
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
Ans. (a) indoor
(v) In those days only ……….. films were shot outdoors.
(a) 1%
(b) 5%
(c) 10%
(d) 20%
Ans. (b) 5%
He had the ability to look cheerful at all times even after having had a hand in a flop film. He always had work for somebody –– he could never do things on his own –– but his sense of loyalty made him identify himself with his principal completely and turn his entire creativity to his principal’s advantage. He was tailor-made for films.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to in the passage ?
(a) Kothamangalam Subbu
(b) S. D. S. Yogiar
(c) Sangu Subramaniam
(d) Krishna Sastry
Ans. (a) Kothamangalam Subbu
(ii) Who was his principal ?
(a) Mr. Robert Clive
(b) Mr. Stephen Spender
(c) Mr. Vasan
(d) Mr. Subramanyam
Ans. (c) Mr. Vasan
(iii) What was the special feature in Subbu’s character ?
(a) To look sad at all times.
(b) To look cheerful at all times.
(c) To be friendly with everyone.
(d) To be hostile towards everyone.
Ans. (b) To look cheerful at all times.
(iv) “He was tailor-made for films.” Explain.
(a) He was a talented actor.
(b) He could write very good poetry.
(c) He put his soul in the making of a film.
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
(v) What one drawback did he suffer from ?
(a) He always had a hand in a flop film.
(b) He never had any work for anybody.
(c) He could never do things on his own.
(d) He had no creative ideas.
Ans. (a) He always had a hand in a flop film.
On the days when there was a crowd shooting, you could see him mixing his paint in a giant vessel and slapping it on the surface of the face in the process of applying makeup. He wasn’t exactly a boy; he was in his early forties, having entered the studios years ago in the hope of becoming a star actor or a top screen writer, director or lyrics writer. He was a bit of a poet. Most Important
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to in the passage ?
(a) The office boy
(b) A star actor
(c) A top screen writer
(d) A lyrics writer
Ans. (a) The office boy
(ii) What work did he do in the Gemini Studios ?
(a) He did the makeup of heroes.
(b) He did the makeup of heroines.
(c) He did the makeup of child artists.
(d) He did the makeup of those who played the crowd.
Ans. (d) He did the makeup of those who played the crowd.
(iii) Why did he join the studios ?
(a) He hoped to become a star actor ?
(b) He hoped to become a top screen writer.
(c) He hoped to become a director.
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
(iv) Why was he disappointed ?
(a) Because he could not become a character artist.
(b) Because he could not become a music director.
(c) Because he could not become a lyrics writer.
(d) Because he couldn’t become an office boy.
Ans. (c) Because he could not become a lyrics writer.
(v) Who has been called “a bit of a poet” ?
(a) The screen writer
(b) The director
(c) The lyrics writer
(d) The office boy
Ans. (d) The office boy
Stephen Spender ! Suddenly the book assumed tremendous significance. Stephen Spender the poet who had visited Gemini Studios ! In a moment I felt a dark chamber of my mind lit up by a hazy illumination. The reaction to Stephen Spender at Gemini Studios was no longer a mystery. The Boss of the Gemini Studios may not have much to do with Spender’s poetry. But not with his god that failed.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who was Stephen Spender ?
(a) English poet
(b) English essayist
(c) The editor of a daily magazine
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
(ii) Which book is referred to in the given passage ?
(a) “The Encounter”
(b) “The God that Failed”
(c) “The God of Small Things”
(d) “The Brave New World”
Ans. (b) “The God that Failed”
(iii) Which English poet had visited the Gemini Studios when the writer worked there ?
(a) Alfred Tennyson
(b) Stephen Spender
(c) Andre Gide
(d) Richard Wright
Ans. (b) Stephen Spender
(iv) The Boss of Gemini Studios may not have any concern with …………. .
(a) God that failed
(b) Subbu’s poetry
(c) Other writers
(d) Spender’s poetry
Ans. (d) Spender’s poetry
(v) How did the dark chamber of writer’s mind lit up ?
(a) With the name of Gemini Studio in a book
(b) With the name of Stephen Spender in a book
(c) With the name of Subbu in a book
(d) With the name of his friend in a book
Ans. (a) With the name of Gemini Studio in a book
Chapter 7 – The Interview Important Passage Question Answer 2025
When I presented my first Doctoral dissertation in Italy, one of the Professors said, “Scholars learn a lot a certain subject, then they make a lot of false hypotheses, then they correct them and at the end, they put the conclusions. You, on the contrary, told the story of your research. Even including your trials and errors.” At the same time, he recognized I was right and went on to publish my dissertation as a book, which meant he appreciated it.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the chapter and its author.
(ii) Where did the speaker present his first Doctoral dissertation ?
(iii) Whose academic work is being discussed ?
(iv) Who is the interviewer of this passage ?
(v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as :
(a) Supposition
(b) Attempt
My American publisher said while she loved my book, she didn’t expect to sell more than 3000 copies in a country where nobody has seen a cathedral or studies Latin. So I was given an advance for 3000 copies, but in the end it sold two or three million in the U.S. A lot of books have been written about the medieval past far before mine. I thinks the success of the book is a mystery. Nobody can predict it.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who is the Speaker in the above lines :
(a) Christopher Silvester
(b) Rudyard Kipling
(c) Umberto Eco
(d) Mukund Padmanabhan
Ans. (c) Umberto Eco
(ii) What did the American publisher think of the Speaker’s novel ?
(a) That it was a fabulous novel.
(b) That it was a very serious novel.
(c) She didn’t expect it to sell more than 300 copies.
(d) She didn’t expect it to sell more than 3000 copies.
Ans. (d) She didn’t expect it to sell more than 3000 copies.
(iii) According to the Speaker, the huge success of the novel is ……….. .
(a) impossible
(b) sure
(c) a fact
(d) a mystery
Ans. (d) a mystery
(iv) What do you think was the content of the novel ?
(a) It dealt with medieval history.
(b) It had superficial and trash material.
(c) It had deep, varied and thought provoking material.
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a) It dealt with medieval history.
(v) Which period of the time does the writer’s novel relate to ?
(a) The modern age
(b) The ancient times
(c) The middle ages
(d) The post-independence period
Ans. (c) The middle ages
Yes, because I consider myself a university professor who writes novels on Sundays. It’s not a joke. I participate in academic conferences and not meetings of Pen Clubs and writers. I identify myself with the academic community. But okay, if they (most people) have read only the novels …………… (laughs and shrugs) I know that by writing novels, I reach a larger audience. I cannot expect to have one million readers with stuff on semiotics.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) What is the name of the chapter from which these lines have been taken ?
(ii) Who is the ‘I’ in the above passage ?
(iii) What does the narrator consider himself ?
(iv) What do you mean by the word ‘audience’ here ?
(v) Who laughs and shrugs ?
Chapter 8 – Going Places Important Passage Question Answer 2025
On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to watch United. Sophie and her father and little Derek went down near the goal – Geoff, as always, went with his mates higher up. United won two-nil and Casey drove in the second goal, a blend of innocence and Irish genius, going round the two big defenders on the edge of the penalty area, with her father screaming for him to pass, and beating the hesitant goalkeeper
from a dozen yards. Sophie glowed with pride. Afterwards Geoff was ecstatic.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who went on weekly pilgrimage ?
(a) Sophie
(b) Sophie’s younger brother, Derek
(c) Sophie’s father
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
(ii) Where did Sophie’s family go every Saturday ?
(a) Picnic
(b) Theatre
(c) Pilgrimage
(d) All of the above
Ans. (c) Pilgrimage
(iii) Casey was a ……….. .
(a) Football player
(b) Hockey player
(c) Cricket player
(d) Chess player
Ans. (a) Football player
(iv) Casey belonged to ……….
(a) England
(b) Ireland
(c) Holland
(d) Poland
Ans. (b) Ireland
(v) How does the author describe Casey’s second goal ?
(a) A blend of innocence
(b) Irish genius
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b)
He was kneeling on the floor in the next room tinkering with a part of his motorcycle over some newspaper spread on the carpet. He was three years out of school, an apprentice mechanic, travelling to his work each day to the far side of the city. He was almost grown up now, and she suspected areas of his life about which she knew nothing, about which he never spoke. And she was jealous of his silence.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who was kneeling on the floor ?
(ii) What was he doing ? Or what was he ?
(iii) Who is she in the last lines ?
(iv) What is ‘she’ jealous’ of ?
(v) Who is the writer of these lines ?
HBSE Class 12 English Flamingo (Poetry Section) Important Passage Question Answer 2025
Poem 1 – My Mother at Sixty-six Important Passage Questions Answer 2025
……………. and looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What did the poetess notice about the trees and the children ?
(iii) Where did the poetess look at her mother again ?
(iv) How did the mother look ?
(v) Find words from the stanza which mean the same as :
(a) running fast
(b) coming out
Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last
Friday morning,
I saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain,
That she was as old as she looked but soon put
that thought away, and looked but soon
put that thought away.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poetess.
(ii) Where was the poetess going ?
(iii) How did her mother look like ?
(iv) Use the word “Corpse” in a sentence of your own.
(v) Find words from the stanza which mean the same as :
(a) Drowse
(b) Dead body
…………………. I saw my mother
Beside me,
Doze, open mouthed, her face
Ashen like that
Of a corpse and realised with
Pain …………………
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem.
(ii) Name the poet.
(iii) Who is ‘I’ ?
(iv) What did ‘I’ realise with pain ?
(v) Why was the realisation painful ?
I saw my mother beside me, doze, open mouthed,
her face ashen like that of a corpse and realized
with pain that she was as old as she looked
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poet and the poem.
(ii) Who saw the mother beside her ?
(iii) Where were they sitting ?
(iv) ‘Like that of a corpse’ – is a simile or a metaphor.
(v) What was the condition of her mother ?
Driving from my parent’s home to
Cochin last Friday morning,
I saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with pain
that she was as old as she looked but soon
put that thought away, and looked out at young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, ….
Questions :
(i) Name the poem and poet. 2
(ii) Where was the poet going to and with whom ? 1
(iii) What did the daughter notice inside the car ? 1
(iv) In what state is the mother now ? 1
I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and smile ……..
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What looked as a late winter’s moon ?
(iii) What comparison does the poet make in these lines ?
(iv) What did the poet say and to whom ?
(v) How did the poet feel and why ?
……… and looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What did the poet notice about the trees and children ?
(iii) When did she look at her mother again ?
(iv) How did the mother look ?
(v) Find from the stanza words which mean the same as :
(a) running fast,
(b) coming out.
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) What did the poet look out ?
(ii) Who is the poet of these lines ?
(iii) Who looked at whom ?
(iv) What was the old familiar ache ?
(v) At what distance was the poet standing ?
But soon
put that thought away
looked out at young
Trees sprinting, merry children spilling
Out of their home, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards away
Questions:
(i) What thought does the poetess put away?
(a) of getting rich
(b) of getting poor
(c) Ageing of her mother
(d) Ageing of herself
(ii) What did the poetess notice when she looked out of the car ?
(a) Youth running on the road
(b) Children fighting with one another
(c) Car was running speedily
(d) None of these
(iii) Which poetic device has been used in Young trees sprinting’?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Personification
(c) Pun
(d) None of these
(iv) What was Kamala Das feared of?
(a) losing her mother
(b) losing her flight
(c) losing her job
(d) losing her rapport
(v) What made the poet look out of the car
(a) Her laziness
(b) Her lethargy
(c) Pathetic condition of her mother
(d) Pathetic condition of her car
Poem 2 – Keeping Quiet Important Passage Questions Answer 2025
What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What does the poet want ?
(iii) With whom does the poet not want to have dealing ?
(iv) How is life defined in the stanza ?
(v) Find words from the stanza which mean the same as :
(a) Misunderstand
(b) Lethargy
Those who prepare green wars,
Wars with gas, wars with fire, victory with no survivors,
Would put on clean clothes and walk about,
With their brothers in the shade, doing nothing.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem.
(ii) Name the poet.
(iii) What are green wars ?
(iv) How will the few moments of introspection affect the people ?
(v) Explain the irony in “Victory with no survivors”.
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the Earth
let’s not speak in any language,
let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem.
(ii) Name the poet.
(iii) What is the significance of the number “twelve” ?
(iv) Which two activities does the poet want us to stop ?
(v) What does the poet mean by ‘let’s not speak in any language” ?
It would be an exotic moment
Without rush, without engines;
We would all be together
In a sudden strangeness.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem.
(ii) Name the poet.
(iii) Which exotic moment is referred to in these lines ?
(iv) Why would the moment be strange ?
(v) What does the poet advocate in the poem ?
Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I’ll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
Questions :
(i) Name the poem and poet. 2
(ii) What and how can the Earth teach us ? 1
(iii) Explain, ‘you keep quiet and I will go’. 1
(iv) What poetic device is used in the 1st line here ? 1
Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
Questions :
(i) Name the poem and poet. 2
(ii) What are ‘fishermen’ symbolic of ? 1
(iii) What message does the poet seem to give in these lines ? 1
(iv) What image does Neruda portray in the last lines ? 1
For once on the face of the Earth
let’s not speak in any language,
let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
Questions :
(i) Name the poem and poet. 2
(ii) Why does the poet want us to keep quiet ? 1
(iii) What does he want us to do for one second ? 1
(iv) What does he mean by ‘not move our arms’ ? 1
Perhaps a huge silence
Might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What might the silence do ?
(iii) Why does silence interrupt our sadness ?
(iv) What is the threat of silence mentioned in the last line ?
(v) Find from the stanza words which mean the same as :
(i) probably, (ii) intervene.
What I want should not be
Confused
With total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poet and the poem.
(ii) What does the poet want ?
(iii) According to poet what is life ?
(iv) With what does the poet want no connection ?
(v) The poet advocates total inactivity. (True/False)
Poem 3 – A Thing of Beauty Important Passage Questions Answer 2025
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness; but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What is source of joy for ever ?
(iii) What will never pass into nothingness ?
(iv) What is beauty associated with ?
(v) Find words from the stanza which mean the same as :
(a) A Cluster of trees
(b) Peaceful
Rich with sprinkling of fair musk rose blooms;
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms.
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
All lovely-tales that we have heard or read;
An endless fountain of Immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem.
(ii) Name the poet.
(iii) What is the beautiful scene that one sees in the middle of the forest ?
(iv) Whom does the word ‘mighty dead’ refer to ?
(v) Explain “Immortal drink”.
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read:
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem.
(ii) Name the poet.
(iii) Who are the ‘mighty dead’ referred to here ?
(iv) What is the endless fountain of immortal drink ?
(v) What does the word ‘brink’ mean ?
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to blind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days
Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways.
Made for our searching
Questions :
(i) Name the poem and poet. 2
(ii) Explain : ‘Wreathing a flowery band to bind us to earth’. 1
(iii) Why is there an ‘inhuman dearth of noble natures’ ? 1
(iv) What are ‘unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways’ ? 1
………… and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
‘Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk rose blooms.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What protects rills from the hot season ?
(iii) What do clear rills do ?
(iv) What is the forest brake rich with ?
(v) Explain : ‘a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms.
Such the sun, the moon
Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) What does the poet say about the sun and the moon ?
(ii) What do the trees do ?
(iii) Where do daffodils live ?
(iv) What is common about the things the poet has listed in these lines ?
(v) Name the poem and the poet.
Of all the unhealthy and o’er darkened ways
Made for our searching : yes, inspite of all
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) What does, the poet mean by “o’er darkened ways” ?
(ii) What does ‘all’ refer to in the phrase “in spite of all” ?
(iii) What does some shape of beauty do ?
(iv) What idea does the poet want to convey in these lines ?
(v) Name the poem and the poet.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness; but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Who is the poet of this poem ?
(ii) From which poem these lines have been taken ?
(iii) What is the source of permanent joy ?
(iv) What will never pass into nothingness ?
(v) What is beauty associated with ?
Therefore on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth.
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
of noble natures, of the gloomy days.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What does the word ‘morrow’ means in the poem – ‘morning’ or ‘tomorrow’ ?
(iii) What type of days does the poet talk about ?
(iv) What binds us to the earth ?
(v) What ‘dearth’ is the poet talking about ?
Poem 4 – A Roadside Stand Important Passage Questions Answer 2025
The little old house was out with a little new shed
In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped,
A roadside stand that too pathetically pled,
It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread,
But for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports
The flower of cities from sinking and withering faint.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) Where was the new shed situated ?
(iii) What was the intention of the house owner in putting up the shed ?
(iv) What are flowers compared to ?
(v) Find words from the stanza which mean the same as :
(a) Verge
(b) Pitiably
Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear
The thought of so much childish longing in vain.
The sadness that lurks near the open window there,
That waits all day in almost open prayer
For the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car;
Of all the thousand selfish cars that pass,
Just one to inquire what a farmer’s prices are.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poet and the poem.
(ii) What is the childish longing here ?
(iii) Why have the cars been said selfish ?
(iv) What lurks near the open window ?
(v) How many cars pass from there – just one or thousand ?
Poem 5 – Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger Important Passage Questions Answer 2025
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across the screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green
They do not fear the men beneath the tree
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
Questions: 5 x 1 = 5
(i) Name the poem:
(a) My Mother at Sixty Six
(b) An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
(c) Keeping Quiet
(d) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
(ii) What does the word “prance” mean in the stanza ?
(a) To walk with proud gait
(b) To sit idly
(c) To eat wild animals
(d) To bask in the sun
(iii) Which poetic devices has been used in the line “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers prance across the screen”?
(a) Pun
(b) Personification
(c) Antithesis
(d) Transferred Epithet
(iv) Why have the tigers been called Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers ?
(a) For Aunt is the owner of the Tigers
(b) For Aunt Jennifer has created them on a screen
(c) For Aunt Jennifer has bought them
(d) For Aunt Jennifer controls them in the ring
(v) What does the poet mean by “They do not fear the men beneath the tree”?
(a) They are not afraid of humans.
(b) They are not afraid of anyone.
(c) They walk freely and confidently.
(d) All of these
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) What was Aunt Jennifer mastered by ?
(iii) How will her hands appear after death ?
(iv) How do the tigers look ?
(v) Find words from the stanza which mean the same as :
(a) Jumping
(b) Difficult trials
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem.
(ii) Name the poet.
(iii) Who is the aunt mentioned here ?
(iv) Why is she ringed with ordeals ?
(v) What is the difference between her and the tigers ?
Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
Questions :
(i) Name the poem and poet. 2
(ii) What does the first line of this stanza tell about Aunt Jennifer ? 1
(iii) Why is it so hard for her to pull the ivory needle ? 1
(iv) Explain, ‘massive weight of uncle’s wedding band’. 1
When aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(ii) Why are Aunt’s hands terrified ?
(iii) What do the tigers represent ?
(iv) What will happen to the tigers after her death ?
(v) What was Aunt mastered by ?
When aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poet and the poem.
(ii) Where were the tigers ?
(iii) Who is the aunt in the stanza ?
(iv) By whom was the mastered by ?
(v) What will the tigers keep on doing ?
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Name the poet and the poem.
(ii) What do the tigers do ?
(iii) What is the colour of the tigers compared with in the stanza ?
(iv) How can we say that tigers are fearless ?
(v) How do they walk with grace ?