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Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What did the Maharaja do to realize his ambition of killing a hundred tigers?
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
In what way did the infant Tiger King surprise the astrologer?
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Did the Tiger King manage to kill the hundredth tiger? Why/Why not?
Concept: The Tiger King
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Why did the shopkeeper sell the wooden tiger at a cheap price?
Concept: The Tiger King
Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context.
| Students on Ice, the programme I was working with on the Shokalskiy, aims to do exactly this by taking high school students to the ends of the world and providing them with inspiring educational opportunities which will help them foster a new understanding and respect for our planet. It’s been in operation for six years now, headed by Canadian Geoff Green, who got tired of carting celebrities and retired, rich, curiosity-seekers who could only ‘give’ back in a limited way. With Students on Ice, he offers the future generation of policy-makers a life-changing experience at an age when they’re ready to absorb, learn, and most importantly, act. |
(i) Complete the sentence appropriately, with reference to the extract. (1)
The writer refers to the educational opportunities as ‘inspiring’ because ______.
(ii) Which of the following would NOT be ‘a life changing experience’? (1)
- Being given the lead role in a play.
- Going on an adventure trip.
- Playing a video game.
- Meeting a great leader, you admire.
(iii) Select the most suitable title for the given extract. (1)
- Adventure with a Mission
- Adventure – The Spice of Life
- The Wanderlust
- Students of the Future
(iv) Why does the writer refer to ‘act’ as more important than ‘absorb’ or ‘learn’? (1)
Concept: Journey to the End of the Earth
Read the given extract and answer the questions.
| Climate change is one of the most hotly contested environmental debates of our time. Will the West Antarctic ice sheet melt entirely? Will the Gulf Stream ocean current be disrupted? Will it be the end of the world as we know it? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, Antarctica is a crucial element in this debate — not just because it’s the only place in the world, which has never sustained a human population and therefore remains relatively ‘pristine’ in this respect; but more importantly, because it holds in its ice-cores half-million-year-old carbon records trapped in its layers of ice. |
- How does the absence of a human population in Antarctica make it significant in the climate change debate? 1
- Why is "climate change" described as a "hotly contested" issue in the extract provided? This is so, because there ______. 1
- is universal agreement on the causes and implications of climate change.
- is a planned path ahead about how to address climate change.
- are differing views on the causes and implications of climate change.
- are minimal reports of fresh threats to climate change.
- The analogy of a time machine is an appropriate analogy for the role of carbon records in the study of climate change because ______. 1
- Give one reason why the writing style of the extract can be called factual and informative. 1
Concept: Journey to the End of the Earth
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Describe Gondwana.
Concept: Journey to the End of the Earth
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What prevented the Shokalskiy from going further? What did the captain instruct the passenger to do?
Concept: Journey to the End of the Earth
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What did Geoff Green switch over to? Why?
Concept: Journey to the End of the Earth
How do we know that Dr. Sadao was conscientious as well as loyal?
Concept: The Enemy
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
“Stupid Yumi,” she muttered fiercely. “Is this anything but a man? And a wounded helpless man!” In the conviction of her own superiority she bent impulsively and untied the knotted rugs that kept the white man covered.
Explain the superiority Hana is convinced about.
Concept: The Enemy
Validate John Updike’s open-ended title, ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy?’.
Concept: Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
Why was Jo unhappy with the ending of Jack's story?
Concept: Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
Jack's story does not appeal to Jo? Why/Why not?
Concept: Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
Why do you think the wizard tolerated the beating and agreed to the mother's demand?
Concept: Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
What was the role of the owl in Jack's story?
Concept: Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
How do you think Derry’s mother contributes to his sense of alienation and isolation? (On the Face of It)
Concept: On the Face of It
Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context.
| DERRY: | You’re...peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don’t understand. |
| MR LAMB: | I like to talk. Have company. You don’t have to answer questions. You don’t have to stop here at all. The gate’s open. |
| DERRY: | Yes, but... |
| MR LAMB: | I’ve a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum means ‘sing’. I hear them singing, my bees. |
| DERRY: | But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it.....when I looked over the wall. |
| MR LAMB: | If you’d seen me, you’d not have come in. |
| DERRY: | No. |
(i) List the playwright’s purpose of using ellipses (…) in this extract. (1)
(ii) Select the option that best describes Derry and Mr. Lamb in the extract. (1)
- Derry: introvert; Mr. Lamb: friendly
- Derry: fearful; Mr. Lamb: domineering
- Derry: friendly; Mr. Lamb: weird
- Derry: open minded; Mr. Lamb: charming
(iii) Which of the following best summarises Mr. Lamb’s attitude towards the bees? (1)
- Beauty is being true to yourself.
- There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.
- Beauty is the promise of happiness.
- The beauty of the world lies in the details.
(iv) Derry says, “I came in here because I liked it ….” What was the one significant thing Derry might have liked about the place, as per the extract? (1)
Concept: On the Face of It
Justify the title of the lesson 'On The Face Of It'.
Concept: On the Face of It
What made Derry extremely self-conscious?
Concept: On the Face of It
