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In the following, we provide complete notes about ENGLISH OF CLASS 10, The following chapters and poems solutions are very important for the HSLC examination, these chapters are repeated every year in the examination. So in HSLC Examination 2020-21 questions will come from these chapters.
FOOTPRINT WITHOUT FEET
Chapter 1:- A Triumph of Surgery
Chapter 2:- The Thief's Story
Chapter 3:- The Midnight Visitor
Chapter 4:- A Question of Trust
Chapter 5:- Footprints without Feet
Chapter 6:- The Making of a Scientist
Chapter 7:- The Necklace
Chapter 8:- The Hack Driver
Chapter 9:- Bholi
Chapter 10:- The Book That Saved the Earth
In the following, we provide complete notes about ENGLISH OF CLASS 10, The following chapters and poems solutions are very important for the HSLC examination, these chapters are repeated every year in the examination. So in HSLC Examination 2020-21 questions will come from these chapters.
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CLASS—X
First Flight
Story
Lesson-1:
Lesson-2:
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Lesson-3:
Two Story About Flying
I:- His First Flight
II:- Black Aeroplane
Lesson-4:
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Lesson-5:
The Hundred Dresses-I
Lesson-6:
The Hundred Dresses-II
Lesson-7:
Glimpses of India
Lesson-8:
Mijbil the Otter
Lesson-9:
Madam Rides the Bus
Lesson-10:
The Sermon at Benares
Lesson-11:
The Proposal
POEM
POEM 1:- Dust of Snow
POEM 1:- Fire and Ice
POEM 2:- A tiger in the Zoo
POEM 3:- How to Tell Wild Animals
POEM 4:- Amanda!
POEM 6:- Animals
POEM 7:- The Trees
POEM 8:- Fog
POEM 9:- The Tale of Custard the Dragon
POEM 10:- For Anne Gregory
POEM 1:- Dust of Snow
POEM 1:- Fire and Ice
POEM 2:- A tiger in the Zoo
POEM 3:- How to Tell Wild Animals
POEM 4:- Amanda!
POEM 6:- Animals
POEM 7:- The Trees
POEM 8:- Fog
POEM 9:- The Tale of Custard the Dragon
POEM 10:- For Anne Gregory
FOOTPRINT WITHOUT FEET
Chapter 1:- A Triumph of Surgery
Chapter 2:- The Thief's Story
Chapter 3:- The Midnight Visitor
Chapter 4:- A Question of Trust
Chapter 5:- Footprints without Feet
Chapter 6:- The Making of a Scientist
Chapter 7:- The Necklace
Chapter 8:- The Hack Driver
Chapter 9:- Bholi
Chapter 10:- The Book That Saved the Earth
A LETTER TO GOD
1. (Q) What happened to Lencho’s fields after the hailstorm?
Ans = After the hailstorm Lencho’s
fields completely destroyed.
2. (Q) How did the rain change?
Ans= The rains suddenly change into a hailstorm.
3. (Q) where was Lencho’s
house situated?
Ans= Lencho house was situated in a lonely valley on the crest of a low hill.
4.(Q) who was Lencho?
OR
what was the profession of Lencho?
Ans = Lencho was a farmer.
5.(Q) “But don’t send it to
me through the mail because of the post
office employees are a bunch of crooks”------ what made Lencho think that the post office employes
where a bunch of crooks?
OR
Q.Why did Lenchon call the post
office employees’ a bunch of corks?
Ans= Lencho thought that the
post office employees money a bunch of
crooks because he received less money than what he had wanted to form the god.
So’ he thinks that those employees must
have kept a portion of the money
themselves.
6.(Q) “all through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope---what was Lencho’s only one hope
?*2017*
Asn= His only hope was the
the help of Good.
7. (Q) What did Lencho write
on the envelope?
Ans= Lencho wrote ‘to god’ 0n
the envelope.
8. (Q) what did Lencho do throughout the morning? what did he see
in the north-east?*2018*
Ans =threughout the morning Lencho waited for the downpour or at last a shower. He saw clod towards the
north-east. he assumed that they would be getting a good rain that day.
9. (Q) “Lencho soul was
filled with sadness”_why? *2018*
Ans= “Lencho soul was filled
with sadness because suddenly the rain
change into hailstorm after the
hailstorm Lencho crop was totally
destroyed .the flowers had vanished form
the plants, it was a very pathetic sight for Lencho,
10.(Q) “These are not
raindrops falling from the sky, they are coins,” ____why did Lencho consider
the raindrops as a new coin? *2018*
Asn = Lencho consider the raindrops as new coins because
his fields needed or at least a shower, and with a satisfied expression he regarded the
field of ripe corn with the flower, and they beneficial to the crops.
11.(Q) What did Lencho
finally, do?
Ans =lencho finally decided
to write another to. God and wrote send it tome through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks.
12.(Q) What effect did hailstorm bring to Lencho fields?
Ans = look at answer 9
from the second line to last.
13. (Q) how did the postmaster collected 70 pesos to send to Lencho?
Ans = the postmaster asked
his employees to give some amount and he himself gave a part of his salary. Thus he collected
70 pesos to send to Lencho on behalf of “God”.
14) What made him angry?
A:- Lencho got angry because
he requested God to send him 100 pesos But he got only 70 pesos.
15) What did Lencho hope for
?
A:- Lencho hope for water in
the form of rain.
16) Why did Lencho say the raindrops were the
‘new coin’?
A:- Lencho said so because
his crop needed rain for a good harvest.
17. what were Lencho’s feelings when the hail did he do?
Ans =look at answer no 9 full.
18) Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Ans= Lecho had a deep faith, God.
He wrote a letter to God asked
100 please, to some new seeds in his
field.
19. Who read the letter?
Ans= The postman and the
postman read the letter.
20. What did the postmaster do
there?
Asn= look at answer no 13
full.
21. who does Lencho have
complete faith in? which sentences in the story tell you this?
Ans= Lencho had complete
faith in God.
“All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one of hope; the help of God, whose eyes see
everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience”___ this line tells us that Lencho
hade complete faith in God.
22. who does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sing the letter “God”?
Ans= The
postmaster didn’t want to break Lencho’s faith in God, to keep Lencho’s
faith in God unshaken.
23. Did Lencho try to find
out who had sent the money to him?
Ans= NO, the did not try to
find out who had sent the money to him.
24.whodoes Lencho think has
taken the rest the money? what is the irony in the situation?
Ans= Lencho thought that the rest 30pesos had been
taken by the post office employees. The irony was that post office
employees themselves contributed 70 pesos to Lencho in the name of God.
25. “But he
became angry with he counted the
money”___ who did the speaker become
angry with? why?
Ans= The speaker became angry
with God.
Lencho got angry because he
requested God to send him 100 pesos. but he got only 70 pesos which full short of his requirement
.
26. when did the rain start
ant how did Lencho's family welcome it?
Ans= the rain started during
the evening .lencho family welcomed the rain with glee
27.why did Lencho write a
letter to God?
Ans= Lencho crops were totally destroyed in the hailstorm. So he
thought new his only one hope, that
is from the help of God. So, he wrote a letter to God.
28.how did Lencho feel when
he counted the money?
Ans= Lencho feeler with angry when he counted
the money.
FOG
1. What is the name of the
poet of “Fog”?
Ans = Carl Sandburg is the poet of the poem Fog.
2. Who writes the poem “FOG”?
Ans = Carl Sandburg is the poet of the poem Fog.
3. What does the post think
the fog is like? 2017 what does Sandburg think the fog is like? 2016
Asn= Sandburg thinks the
fog is like a little cat.
4. How does the fog come?
2016-17
Ans= The fog comes on litter
cat feet without making any noise.
5. what does the Sandburg
think the fog is like? 2016
Asn= Sandburg thinks the fog is like a little cat.
6. Where does the fog fall?
Ans= The fog falls over the
harbor and city.
7. What does the cat do at
the end?
Ans= In the end, the cat moves
quietly.
8. Describe how the fog
comes?
Ans = The fog comes silently
and on the little cat feet. Who was sitting on its hanches? Looking over the
harbor amity. the fog actually assumes the form of a cat.
9. Does the poet actually say
that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like
a cat?
Ans=Yes, The three things
that tell us that the fog is like a cat ore____________(1) the poet says fog is
like a little cat. (2) It’s come slowly like a cat. (3)It moves quietly like a
cat.
10. “It sites looking”_____
Who is “It” in here?
Ans= “It” is here the little
cat and the fog.
11. Where does the cat look
over?
Ans= The cat looks over the and harbor and the
city.
12. where does the fog fall?
Ans = The fog fall over the
harbor and the city.
The Tals Of Custard The Dragon
1. Why did Custard cry for a nice safe cage? Why is the
Dragon called ? “coward”?
Ans= Custard, the dragon
cried for a nice safe cage because he was coward and lazy he like loneliness fog that he cries for a safe
cage.
(It was called a “cowardly dragon because everybody else in the house
was brave .) Belinda was brave as a barrel full of bears, Ink and blink chased lions down the stairs, Mustard was as brave
as a tiger in a rage.
2. Give a Description of the fight between the Custard dragon and the pirate. 2019
OR
How did custard dragon attack
the pirate?
Ans= Custard jumped up at the
pirate snorting like at dungeon. He jumped at the pirate like a robin jump at a worm. Crusted cried for a nice safe cage
because he was afraid to face any danger.
3. where did Belinda live?
Ans = Belinda lived in a
little white house.
4. How did custard dragon
save Belinda from the pirate?
OR
How did Belinda and her
pets behave when they saw the pirate climbing when they saw the pirate
climbing the window?
Ans= One day, suddenly a
pirate with pistols in both hands through the window, seeing the dangerous pirate all the animals and Belinda fled away and crying for help except
the dragon. Pirate into the piece and ate him
up. thus he saved Belinda from the pirate.
5. what did the pirate do when he saw the dragon?
Ans= The pirate stared/
looking at the dragon for some time and then hurriedly look some wine from his
pocket. He fired two bullets at the dragon but they could not hurt him.
6. what did mustard say when
custard ate the pirate?
Ans= The little dog mustard said that he would have been twice as brave he had not been excited at that moment.
7. How was the appearance of
custard the dragon?
OR
Describe the look of the dragon?
Ans= custard the dragon had
big sharp teeth speaks on his head and scales underneath. His mouth is like a
fireplace and his nose was like a chimney.
5. Is Amanda an Orphan? How does she say so?
A:- No, Amanda is not an Orphan.
She did not like to restriction imposed on her, she wanted the freedom that is why she wished to live like an orphan who has no one to instruct her.
6. Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Why does Amanda want to be Rapunzel?
A:- Yes, Rapunzel was a golden-haired fairy who lived alone peacefully in a tower. She wanted to live like Rapunzel because she wants to live peacefully where no one instructs her.
7. Do you think Amanda ins sulking and is moody?
A:-
8. Who is the poet of the poem "Amanda"?
A:- Robin Klein is the poet of the poem "Amanda".
9. What is worst about Amanda?
A:- The worst about Amanda is that she use to bite her nails.
10. What did Amanda didn't do?
A:- Amanda did not do her homework, She did not clean her show and she did not tidy her room.
11. By whom was Amanda instructed?
A:- Amanda was instructed by her Mother.
12. What is a mermaid?
A:- A mermaid is an imaginary creature with a women's head and body and a fish's tail instead of legs.
13. Why does Amanda want to be a Mermaid?
A:- Amanda wants to live like a Mermaid because if she were a mermaid she can live peacefully as a sole inhabitant in the green sea.
14. Give the central idea of the poem "Amanda" in brief?
A:- The central idea of the poem is centered around the habits of the child which their parents instruct to make up for his own benefit. But She politely asked to mend those.
The Tiger in the Zoo
1 .what would the tiger have
been doing if it were in its natural
habitat? 2016
Ans= If the tiger were in its
natural habitat, it would have been moving in shadow through the lone grass near the water hole preying upon
the fat deer It would also terrorize the villagers living at the jungle’s
edge.
2. what is a water hole? Who
should the tiger be larking near it?
2018
A:- A water hole is a small pond like water the source that provides water to the thirsty wild animals.
According to
the poet the tiger should be lurking in the shadow of the long grass near the water hole in
order to prey on the deer who come to
the water body to have their fill of water.
3. where did the tiger stalk?
A:- The tiger stalk in his cage in the zoo.
4. How does the tiger terrify
the villager?
A:-The tiger terrifies the
villagers by snarling around their houses which are situated near the jungle.
It terrifies then by showing its white tangs and long claws.
5. what was the last voice
heard by the tiger?
A:- The voice of patrolling
cars.
Animals
1:- Why does the poet feel
more at home with animals than with humans? 2015
OR
Why does the want to “ turn
and live with and live with animals?
A:- The poet fell more at
home with animals than with human beings because he believes that animals are much better than humans as they do not possess any human scandal. He strongly feels that the animals are
uncomplicated and content with their lives.
2. How do the animals accept their condition? 2017
A:- Animals accept their condition without any
excuses. They never complain about their condition. whatever the situation may be good or bad,
they accept it with a strong will.
3. What is the name of the
poet of the poem “Animals”?
OR
Who writes the poem “Animals”?
A:- Watt Whitman.
4. What makes the poet wonder?
A:- The Animals love for him
make the poet wonder.
5. What do the animals have
in plenty?
Ans= The animals have ‘tokens of love in plenty.
6. What are the qualities
possessed by the animals?
Ans = The animals are placid and self-contained.
7. Why does the post wish to
live with animals?
Ans= The post wishes to live
with animals because he finds them better than humans.
8. What does the man for their
sins?
Ans = The man repent for
their sins.
9. What do the animals not do
for their sins?
Ans= The animals don’t weep
or live awake in the dark for those sins.
10. What does the term
‘tokens of myself’ mean?
Ans= The term ‘tokens of
myself’ means the love and affection of animals.
11. Mention three things that
humans do and animals don’t.
Ans= The post has drawn three
comparisons between human and animals are ___ (1) Human sweat and groan about their conditions while
the animals don’t.
Human
lie awake in dark and weep for their sins animals don’t.
Humane always talk and there
duties towards God Animals have no religion and never discuss it.
12. How are animal superior to
human beings?
Ans = the animals are placid
self-sufficient, complacent and simple unlike humans, they don’t worry about
their condition and sins nor do they make others sick discussing their duty to
God.
AMANDA
1. How old is Amanda? how do
you know it? 2019
OR
How do you know that Amanda was a teenager?
Ans= Amanda is must be about
9-10 years old or a teenager. I assume that she is a teenager through her
mother's instruction like, do your room, etc.
2. Is Amanda is a student?
How do you this? 2017
Ans=Yes, Amanda is a student.
I assume that she is a teenager through her mother's instruction like, do your room, etc.
I assume that she is a teenager through her mother's instruction like, do your room, etc.
3. Where does Amanda’s room?
What does she do with her bare feet?
Ans= Amanda room freely in
the streets.
She makes some patterns with her bare feet.
4.what could Amanda do if she
were a mermaid? 2015
Ans= Amanda wished
if she were a mermaid she will
live alone the blue sea and drift here and there blissfully.
A:- No, Amanda is not an Orphan.
She did not like to restriction imposed on her, she wanted the freedom that is why she wished to live like an orphan who has no one to instruct her.
6. Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Why does Amanda want to be Rapunzel?
A:- Yes, Rapunzel was a golden-haired fairy who lived alone peacefully in a tower. She wanted to live like Rapunzel because she wants to live peacefully where no one instructs her.
7. Do you think Amanda ins sulking and is moody?
A:-
8. Who is the poet of the poem "Amanda"?
A:- Robin Klein is the poet of the poem "Amanda".
9. What is worst about Amanda?
A:- The worst about Amanda is that she use to bite her nails.
10. What did Amanda didn't do?
A:- Amanda did not do her homework, She did not clean her show and she did not tidy her room.
11. By whom was Amanda instructed?
A:- Amanda was instructed by her Mother.
12. What is a mermaid?
A:- A mermaid is an imaginary creature with a women's head and body and a fish's tail instead of legs.
13. Why does Amanda want to be a Mermaid?
A:- Amanda wants to live like a Mermaid because if she were a mermaid she can live peacefully as a sole inhabitant in the green sea.
14. Give the central idea of the poem "Amanda" in brief?
A:- The central idea of the poem is centered around the habits of the child which their parents instruct to make up for his own benefit. But She politely asked to mend those.
COORG
1. Where is Coorg? 2015
A:- Coorg is situated between Mysore and the Coastal town of the Mangalore District of Karnataka.
2. What is Kuppia?
A:- The long black coat with an embroidered waist-belt worn by the Kodavus is known as Kuppia.
3. What is Kuffia?
A:- Kuffia is a long black coat worn by the Arabs and Kurds.
4. How do you know the people of Coorg are men of valor?
A:- The Coorg Regiment is one most decorated in Indian Army and the first chief of the Indian Army, General Cariappa was a Corrigan. From these instances, we know that the people of Coorg are men of valor.
5. Which Croop grows in Coorg in plenty?
A:- In Coorg spices and coffee generally grows in plenty.
6. What can be seen in Coorg most prominently?
A:- Coffee estates and colonial bungalows can be seen in Coorg most prominently.
7. What are the sports that Coorg offers to the tourist? 2016
A:- The sport that Coorg offers to tourists are------
River rafting, Canoeing, Rappeling, Rock climbing and mountain biking, and Trekking.
8. Of whose descent are the fiercely independent people of Coorg? 2017
A:- The fiercely independent people of Coorg are Greek or Arabic descent. As one story goes some Alexander's army moved south along the coast and settled here when return became impractical/ impossible.
9. What are the animals that visitors are likely to see in Coorg? 2017
A:- Macaques, Malabar Squirrels, Langurs, Slender loris, and elephants are the animals that visitors likely to see in Coorg.
10. How is the water of the Kaveri river? Where does the reaver obtain its water from? 1+1=2 2018
A:- The water of the Kaveri river is fresh.
The river Kaveri obtains its water from the hills and forests os Coorg.
11. What is the other name of Coorg?
A:- The other name of Coorg is Kodagu.
12. Where does the season of joy come in Coorg? Till what time does it continue? 2019
A:- The season of joy commences in Coorg from September and it continues till March.
13. Mention the story that supports the view that people of Coorg are of Greek Origin?
A:-The fiercely independent people of Coorg are Greek or Arabic descent. As one story goes some Alexander's army moved south along the coast and settled here when return became impractical/ impossible.
14. Who was the first chief of the Indian Army? 2016
A:- The first chief of the Indian Army was General Cariappa.
15.When people don,t want to come to Coorg?
A:- In monoso0ns people don't want to come to Coorg.
16. What is Nisargadhama? How can one go there?
A:-Nisargadhama is an Island of sixty-four acre land in Coorg. One can go to Nisargadhama by walking across a road bridge.
17. How do squirrels and langurs enjoy the clear water in Coorg?
A:- Squirrels and langurs drop partially eaten fruits for the mischief of enjoying the splash and the ripple effect in the clear water.
18. who are the people in India who don't need a license to carry firearms?
A:- The Kodavus are the only people in India who don't need a license to carry firearms.
19. when can a tourist have a panoramic view of the entire valley of Coorg?
A:- A tourist can have a panoramic view of the entire valley of Coorg by climbing to the Brahmagiri hills. a walk across the rope bridge land to an island of Nisarghama where the Buddhist monks live in peace.
20. How much percent of rainforests are there in Coorg?
A:- There are thirty percent (30%) of this district cover by the rainforests.
A:- The season of joy commences in Coorg from September and it continues till March.
13. Mention the story that supports the view that people of Coorg are of Greek Origin?
A:-The fiercely independent people of Coorg are Greek or Arabic descent. As one story goes some Alexander's army moved south along the coast and settled here when return became impractical/ impossible.
14. Who was the first chief of the Indian Army? 2016
A:- The first chief of the Indian Army was General Cariappa.
15.When people don,t want to come to Coorg?
A:- In monoso0ns people don't want to come to Coorg.
16. What is Nisargadhama? How can one go there?
A:-Nisargadhama is an Island of sixty-four acre land in Coorg. One can go to Nisargadhama by walking across a road bridge.
17. How do squirrels and langurs enjoy the clear water in Coorg?
A:- Squirrels and langurs drop partially eaten fruits for the mischief of enjoying the splash and the ripple effect in the clear water.
18. who are the people in India who don't need a license to carry firearms?
A:- The Kodavus are the only people in India who don't need a license to carry firearms.
19. when can a tourist have a panoramic view of the entire valley of Coorg?
A:- A tourist can have a panoramic view of the entire valley of Coorg by climbing to the Brahmagiri hills. a walk across the rope bridge land to an island of Nisarghama where the Buddhist monks live in peace.
20. How much percent of rainforests are there in Coorg?
A:- There are thirty percent (30%) of this district cover by the rainforests.
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