Read the following extracts and answer the questions
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.
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.
(Aunt Jennifer's Tigers)
Complete the following suitably:
The massive weight of ‘wedding band’ symbolises ____.
Complete the following suitably:
The massive weight of ‘wedding band’ symbolises ____.
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Solution and Explanation
By the phrase ‘fingers fluttering’, the poet portrays Aunt Jennifer in a constant state of ____. (nervousness/happiness)
By the phrase ‘fingers fluttering’, the poet portrays Aunt Jennifer in a constant state of ____. (nervousness/happiness)
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Solution and Explanation
Read the assertion and the reason below, with reference to the given extract.
Assertion: Aunt Jennifer lives a life full of agony and pain.
Reason: She is a victim of the male dominant society.
(A) Both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(B) Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(C) The assertion is true, but the reason is false.
(D) The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
Assertion: Aunt Jennifer lives a life full of agony and pain.
Reason: She is a victim of the male dominant society. (A) Both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(B) Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(C) The assertion is true, but the reason is false.
(D) The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
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Complete the following suitably:
‘The tigers in the panel will go on prancing ............’
The above line refers to the of art.
Complete the following suitably:
‘The tigers in the panel will go on prancing ............’
The above line refers to the of art.
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Solution and Explanation
The expressions ‘terrified hands’ and ‘ordeals’ used in the above extract highlight the of women in marriage.
The expressions ‘terrified hands’ and ‘ordeals’ used in the above extract highlight the of women in marriage.
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Choose the correct option:
‘Tigers in the panel’ symbolise:
‘Tigers in the panel’ symbolise:
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- Aunt Jennifer’s interest in wildlife.
- Tigers in the green forest.
- Aunt Jennifer’s deep desire for freedom.
- Tigers that are yellow in colour.
The Correct Option is C
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Top Questions on Poems
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, .....
(My Mother at Sixty-six)- The Tyger, The Little Black Boy, and The Lamb are poems by
- On which day does Dante's poem Inferno begin?
- A Canto characterizes which type of writing?
- Who wrote the following famous lines?
....I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep.
Questions Asked in CBSE CLASS XII exam
- In case of association, abnormal molar mass of solute will:
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- Solutions
- A student tries to tie ropes, parallel to each other from one end of the wall to the other. If one rope is along the vector $3\hat{i} + 15\hat{j} + 6\hat{k}$ and the other is along the vector $2\hat{i} + 10\hat{j} + \lambda \hat{k}$, then the value of $\lambda$ is:
- If \( \int \frac{1}{2x^2} \, dx = k \cdot 2x + C \), then \( k \) is equal to:
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- Integration
- Find the angle at which the given lines are inclined to each other: \[ l_1: \frac{x - 5}{2} = \frac{y + 3}{1} = \frac{z - 1}{-3} \] \[ l_2: \frac{x}{3} = \frac{y - 1}{2} = \frac{z + 5}{-1} \]
- If \( \overrightarrow{a} + \overrightarrow{b} + \overrightarrow{c} = 0 \), \( |\overrightarrow{a}| = \sqrt{37} \), \( |\overrightarrow{b}| = 3 \), and \( |\overrightarrow{c}| = 4 \), then the angle between \( \overrightarrow{b} \) and \( \overrightarrow{c} \) is: