Textual Questions & Answers (Practice Set – 01) for Class

Textual Questions & Answers

Class – XI

(Practice Set – 01)

1. Complete the sentences which follow, choosing the correct option from the alternatives given:

(a) That the gold chain was missing from Leela’s neck was first noticed by – (i) Leela herself (ii) Sidda (iii) Leela’s father (iv) Leela’s mother

(b) The mirror of the first class waiting room was made in - (i) Belgium (ii) China (iii) India (iv) England

(c) Mr Annabel was - (i) the manager of the Elmore bank (ii) the owner of the Elmore bank (iii) a clerk of the Elmore bank (iv) the safe-keeper of the Elmore bank

(d) The prayer that Mother Teresa mentioned in her lecture was composed by - (i) Mother herself (ii) Saint Francis (iii) Jesus Christ (iv) Saint Paul

(e) According to Nandalal Bose, the field of expression of literature certainly is – (i) limited (ii) vast (iii) essential (iv) cursory

Answers:

(a)- (iv) Leela’s mother

(b)- (iii) India

(c)- (ii) the owner of the Elmore bank

(d)- (ii) Saint Francis

(e)- (i) limited

2. Answer any five of the following questions in a single sentence:

(i) What was Sidda given for his service in Mr Sivasanker’s house?

(ii) Where did Leela’s mother find the gold chain at last?

(iii) Why did Lachmi stop by a Hawker’s stall on the platform?

(iv) How many years had Sir Mohan Lal stayed abroad for?

(v) What did the warden advise Jimmy Valentine?

(vi) Why did Jimmy Valentine write a letter to his old friend?

(vii) How many professors come to mother’s house from the United States (U.S.A.)?

(viii) Why did Jesus come to the earth?

(ix) How does the absence of scenes of beauty affect men?

(x) What is the vehicle for lecture, science and philosophy?

Answers

(i) Sidda was given two meals a day and four rupees per month for his service in Mr Sivasanker’s house.

(ii) Leela’s mother found the gold chain in the tamarind pot kept in their kitchen.

(iii) Lachmi stops by a Hawker’s stall on the platform to replenish her silver betel leaf case.

(iv) Sir Mahan Lal had stayed abroad for five years.

(v) The warden advised Jimmy Valentine to stop cracking safes and live straight.

(vi) Jimmy Valentine wanted to give away his burglar’s set to his old friend.

(vii) About 14 professors came to Mother’s house from the United States.

(viii) Jesus came to the earth to bring the good news of peace to all human beings.

(ix) The absence of a sense of beauty cheats human being of their aesthetic experience and harms their physical and mental well being.

(x) According to Nandalal Bose, language is the vehicle for literature, science and philosophy.

3. Complete the following sentences which follow, choosing the correct option from the alternatives given:

(a) In “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” what was looking at - (i) a harbour (ii) a city (iii) a building (iv) field

(b) The colour of the spurt of the lighted match was - (i) yellow (ii) white (iii) blue (iv) red

(c) In William Blakes’ poem, “The Sick Rose”, the rose is sick because - (i) it is attacked by an invisible warm (ii) her love has left her (iii) it has been neglected by her caretaker (iv) it is trodden on by children

(d) In the poem, “Brotherhood”, the poet too is written by - (i) the universe (ii) the sun (iii) God (iv) the stars

(e) In the poem, “Day Break”, the wind came up from - (i) the churchyard (ii) the sea (iii) the forest (iv) the fields of corn

Answer:

(a)- (ii) a city

(b)- (iii) blue

(c)- (i) it is attacked by an invisible warm

(d)- (iv) the stars

(e)- (ii) the sea

4. Answer any five of the following questions in a single sentence:

(i) What does the City of London wear like a garment?

(ii) What is referred as ‘mighty heart’ in the poem, “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”?

(iii) How many fields does the poet cross to reach the farmhouse of his beloved?

(iv) How is the moon described in the poem, “Meeting at Night”?

(v) When does the invisible worm fly?

(vi) What does the dark secret lab of the worm do to the Rose?

(vii) What does the poet say when he looks up in brotherhood?

(viii) What does the poet feel at the very moment when he knows that he too is written?

(ix) Whom does the wind request to proclaim the hour?

(x) Why does the wind ask the fields of corn to bow?

Answers:

(i) The City of London wears the morning beauty like a garment.

(ii) The City of London is referred as ‘mighty heart’ in the poem, “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”.

(iii) The poet crosses three fields to reach the farmhouse of his beloved.

(iv) The moon is described as yellow and half in the poem, “Meeting at Night”.

(v) The invisible worm flies at night.

(vi) The dark secret love of the worm destroys the life of the Rose.

(vii) The poet sees that the stars write their existence when he looks up.

(viii) At the very moment when he knows that he too is written, the poet feels that someone spills him out.

(ix) The wind requests the bill of the belfry tower to proclaim the hour.

(x) The wind asked the fields of corn to bow to hail or welcome the morning.

5. Complete the sentences which follow, choosing the correct answer from the alternatives given (attempt any five)

(a) Aegeon, the old merchant, had lost his family in a/an - (i) flood (ii) war between Syracuse and Ephesus (iii) epidemic (iv) shipwreck

(b) In Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse is mistaken for- (i) his twin brother (ii) the Duke (iii) his father (iv) his slave, Dromio

(c) Rosalind and Orlando for the first time met in - (i) a wedding ceremony (ii) a wrestling match (iii) the forest (iv) a dance programme

(d) The name Rosalind took for her disguised self was - (i) Ganymede (ii) Celia (iii) Aliena (iv) Olivia

(e) Macbeth was killed in the hands of - (i) Macduff (ii) Banquo (iii) Lady Macbeth (iv) Malcolm

(f) During the banquet, in his throne Macbeth saw - (i) himself (ii) Banquo’s ghost (iii) Duncan’s ghost (iv) Lady Macbeth

(g) Desdemona was first attracted to Othello by his – (i) strong hands (ii) beautifully crafted armour (iii) handkerchief (iv) the stories he told about his past

(h) In Desdemona’s handkerchief was embroidered the pattern of - (i) strawberries (ii) flowers (iii) leaves (iv) daggers

(i) Sebastian and Viola fell in a shipwreck near the coast of - (i) England (ii) Illyria (iii) Messaline (iv) Ephesus

(j) Olivia was at last married to - (i) Sebastian (ii) Antonio, (iii) Orsino (iv) Cesario

Answer:

(a) (iv) shipwreck

(b)- (i) his twin brother

(c)- (ii) a wrestling match

(d)- (i) Ganymede

(e)- (i) Macduff

(f)- (ii) Banquo’s ghost

(g)- (iv) the stories he told about his past

(h)- (i) strawberries