List of practice Questions

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Match the names of the prose pieces in List-A with their authors in List-B. \[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{LIST - A (Prose Pieces)} & \textbf{LIST - B (Authors)} \\ \hline (i) \ \text{I Have a Dream} & (d) \ \text{Martin Luther King, Jr.} \\ (ii) \ \text{India Through a Traveller’s Eye} & (c) \ \text{Pearl S. Buck} \\ (iii) \ \text{How Free is the Press} & (e) \ \text{Dorothy L. Sayers} \\ (iv) \ \text{A Pinch of Snuff} & (a) \ \text{Manohar Malgaonkar} \\ (v) \ \text{The Earth} & (b) \ \text{H. E. Bates} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
Write the summary of the poem “Ode to Autumn”.
Write the summary of the poem “Fire-Hymn”.
Write the summary of the poem “Snake”.
Write the summary of the prose piece “The Earth”.
Write the summary of the prose piece “Indian Civilization and Culture”.
Write the summary of the prose piece “A Pinch of Snuff”.
Write a note on the Future of English.
Write a note on American English.
Why were the intellectuals in India restless and embittered?
How is Lomov greeted by Choobookov?
How do sighing and weeping affect the speaker?
What does the poet Walt Whitman want to do with creeds?
How do we complete our last journey to the grave?
Who is called the 'Father of the Modern Novel'?
What is the dramatic structure of a tragedy?
What did the 18th century grammarians think about their role?
Explain the following sentence: “You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.”
Explain the following sentence: “The type that appealed to Seibei was even and symmetrical.”
Explain the following lines: “And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, in hearts at peace, under an English heaven.”
Explain the following lines: “The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved. Among books I was then too young to read, and my blood turned cold like the moon.”
Explain the following lines: “I think she was the most beautiful lady that ever was in the West Country.”
Explain the following lines: “Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too.”
Write an application to your Headmaster requesting him to give you a week's leave to attend a 'Workshop on Education' organised by the Central Government.