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ICSE Class X Notes 2024 : English Paper 2 (English Literature) Practice Questions SHORT STORIES

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Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M School And N.D Parekh Pre-Primary School MUST KNOW QUESTIONS STD X- English Literature Short Stories Journey By Night 1. Who is Kunwar? What was he suffering from? Why did his mother neither smile nor weep? 2. Enlist any five non English words from the Prose lesson, Journey by Night ? 3. Why did Sher Singh offer to take his brother to the hospital? 4. Why did the mother stay behind? 5. Give two instances, to show that Sher Singh s family was poor. 6. Describe the surroundings of the Laldwani village? 7. Name the animals that lived in the jungle . 8. Why did the sight of the bear tracks make Sher Singh glance round uneasily? 9. Why was the great old tusker a formidable animal? 10.Describe the second river. 11.What did Sher Singh do after admitting his brother in the hospital at Kalaghat? 12.Why did the doctor at the Kalaghat hospital call Sher Singh as Sher Singh Bahadur ? Hunger 1. Describe the market scene. 2. Who was Rizwan looking for? 3. Whom did he stop to question in the market place? What was this man s profession? 4. How much did this man earn? What was the financial status of this man? 5. What bitter experience did Kasim have with government officials? 6. How old was Kasim s son? Why did he refuse to educate his son? What would his son do next year? 7. Why did Kasim not give Rizwan his address? 8. Name the newspaper where Rizwan had secured a job? On what condition would they employ him? 9. Why did Rizwan desperately need this job? 10. How did Rizwan finally mange to submit an interview? What did he worry about, inspite of his relief? My lost Dollar 1. Who owns the narrator a dollar? How long ago did he borrow it? Why has the narrator given up hope of ever getting it back? 2. Under what circumstances did Todd borrow the dollar? 3. Why was the narrator confused when Todd sent him a note from Bermuda? 4. Why did the narrator go to the station to receive him back from Bermuda? 5. How did the narrator attempt to remind his friend of the borrowed dollar? 6. What painful thought crossed the narrator s mind? Whom does he not consider as his lenders? 7. Which movement does the narrator want to start? Why? 8. Where does the narrator instruct the reader not to leave this book? Does he really mean it? Explain. God lives in the Panch 1. Mention the things that Jumman Sheikh and AlaguChowdhari did together. Give instances when they took care of eachother s household. 2. What was the difference in the upbringing of Jumman and Alagu? Why were they respected in the village? 3. How did Jumman treat his maternal aunt before her deed was transferred to him? 4. What change came upon the behaviour of Jumman and his wife after the deed was signed? 5. What did the crestfallen old lady request Jumman? What was his response? 6. How did the villagers react to the old lady s woes? 7. Which words of the old lady kept ringing in Alagu s ears? 8. Describe the setting of the place where the panchayat was held. 9. Whom did the old lady choose to be the head of the panch? 10. What verdict did Alagu pronounce on Jumman Sheikh? How did Jumman react to this judgement? 11. How was Alagu praised for his fariness and justice by the villagers? 12. How did this single blast of truth loosen the friendship between Alagu and Jumman? 13. Where did Alagu buy the bullocks from? How did he care for them? What ill- luck struck one of the bullocks? 14. Who bought the surviving bullock from Alagu? How did he treat the beast? What was the outcome? 15. How did Sahu face a big loss when the bullock died? 16. Why did Alagu approach the panch for justice? What was his grievance against Sahu? 17. Who was appointed as the head panch by Sahu? Why did he choose this person? 18. What judgement did Jumman pass concerning Alagu s case? 19. What did Jumman realise when he became the head panch? 20. How did the verdict of this case bring about a change in Alagu and Jumman s relationship? India s Heroes 1. Name the teacher. What assignment did she give the students of class VIII A? 2. How do we know that the students were excited to present the assignment? 3. Mention the role models or mentors the student spoke about? 4. How do we know that Kabeer was nervous? 5. In what way was Kabeer s assignment different from the other students? 6. Who was Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan? Why was he sent to Mumbai? 7. How did Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan prove himself to be brave and courageous? 8. What were the students of Class 8 A oblivious of? 9. How did Vishnu Dattaram Zende stand up against the terrorists? 10. Bring out the selflessness and courage of the General Manager of Taj Hotel. 11. Who was Hemant Karkare? What happened to him on that fateful night? Who else was along with him? 12. How did Chottu Chaiwala help the injured at CST station? 13. With appropriate example explain- terrorism has no religion, the only true religion in the world is love and respect. 14. What does Mrs Baruah feel her students will do in future? Kabuliwala 1. What does the narrator say about his five year old daughter Mini in the beginning of the story? 2. Describe the Kabuliwala s appearance. What was he selling? 3. What was Mini s childish fear? 4. On which topic did the narrator have a conversation with the Kabuliwala? 5. Describe Kabuliwala s and Mini s first meeting. 6. Mention the stock of phrases and jokes shared between the Kabuliwala and Mini. 7. What does the narrator feel about foreign country? Why does he not indulge in travelling to faraway places? 8. What was Mini s mother s attitude towards the world in general? 9. What misconceptions did Mini s mother have about the Kabuliwala? 10.Where did Rahmat go every year in the month of January or February? Why was he busy during this time? 11.Why was Rahmat arrested? How many years did he have to serve in the prison? 12.Describe the narrator s feelings on Mini s wedding day. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What preparations had been done for Mini s wedding? Why did the narrator not recognize Rahmat? What did Rahmat bring for Mini? How did he manage to buy it? What did Rahmat always carry inside his huge baggy shirt? What does Rahmat realise when he saw Mini? Why did the narrator give some money to Rahmat? What items did he have cut down in order to help Rahmat? 7. Bring out the similarities between the Narrator and the Kabuliwala. Princess September 1. Why did the king change his daughters names? 2. What ultimatum did the king give to his beloved queen? How did he feel about his decision? 3. How did the king celebrate his birthday every year? 4. What special gift did the King give his daughters on a particular birthday? 5. Describe the gift. What did the princesses teach the parrots? 6. What tragedy struck Princess September one day? How did the Queen react to this tragedy? 7. How did the maids try to console her? 8. What led to a change in the Princess mood the next day? 9. What peculiar habits did the bird have? 10. What did the bird sing about? 11. How did the Princess treat the new friend? 12. How did the Queen, King and the sisters react on the Princess acquisition of new friend? 13. What did the other Princesses advise the Princess September? 14. Why were the Princesses jealous of the bird? How did they try to poison Princess September s mind? 15. Where did the bird go one day? Why did it come back later than usual? 16. How did the sisters conspire against the bird? 17. How did Princess September treat the bird, after it came back from his father-in-laws house? 18. Why did the princess finally release the bird? 19. What was difference between the character of the sisters and Princess September? 20. How did their attitude towards life bring about a change in their life? ***************************************************************

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