S O L U T I O N S
SAMPLE
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 70
SECTION - A : READING AND OTBA
(20 marks)
1. (A) 1. We need to defragment to free up disk space.
2. A computer slows down on first boot up if too many programmes are running in
the background.
3. The computer starts slowing down at 50% capacity.
4. Memory needs to be added to speed up the computer.
5. Synonyms for ‘INSTALLATION’ can be to fix.
(CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014) (1 × 5 = 5)
(B) (a) Mathematics
(b)
The Prophet Mohammed
(c)
By determining the chronological order of events
(d)
encrypting messages
(e)Revelation.
(1 × 5 = 5)
2.
This Question will be assessed through OTBA only.(10)
3.
SECTION - B : WRITING & GRAMMAR
(25 marks)
Sunday, November 06, 20××
10 p.m.
Dear Diary,
I had gained a lot of weight in the last few months and so I have joined the gym in order to
shed some excess weight. Today was my first day. I was excited since last night about going to
the gym. I woke up early in the morning and reached the gym on time. The gym instructors
were well-experienced and professional people and guided me about each and every machine.
First of all, the instructor made me go through the paces on a Matrix treadmill. Then he told
me to cycle for 10 minutes followed by a few of the stretching exercises—I then did a few of
the yogic and aerobic exercises. I was profusely sweating by then. The instructor then asked
me to relax for 10 minutes. I feel that if I follow my gym regime, I will be able to lose all my
fat in a few months.
(5)
4.
....Until we Meet again
It was the month of January last year, when I met one of my old friend Ramesh after a long
time in Vadodra. On reaching home, I met his mother and she told me how Ramesh, having
failed repeatedly in the I.I.T. entrance test had lost his memory forever. She said that he had
completely gone out of his mind. He could not take care of his basic needs and personal
hygiene. He rarely recognized even his mother and father.
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When I met Ramesh, I was pleasantly surprised when he recognized me at once. ‘How are you, Verma’,
he enquired as if nothing had gone wrong with him. Then all of a sudden he began to talk without
any sense.
After having exhausted himself with his imaginary grouses, he led me to his room, where he had
placed all kinds of books everywhere, on the cot, on the floor, on the chair, on the table ! He showed
me his books with childish glee, and said, “Verma, do you know I’m going to become a great writer.
No one can deny me the Nobel Prize”. Then he showed me his notebook where he had written things
in a strange language, words which no one could decipher.
I was aghast. Ramesh’s father was out of station. Only his mother was looking after him. After some
time she came and requested me to show him to a good doctor. I consented and took leave hurriedly.
I knew that I would have to spend a lot of time in obliging a needy mother—and the time was the
only thing that I did not have. I came back home, quite sad and dejected as the fate of my friend will
always cause me pain, but our special memories bring smile to us until we meet again.
(10)
5.
(a) in
(b) of
(c) to
(3)
6.Before
Missing
After
(a) peoplewho
have
(b) bethe ones
(c) happywith
lots
(d) theyare
respected
(4)
7.
(a) Women are trying to establish their identity in recent years.
(b) The feminist movement is an emergency of the gradual build up over the decades.
(c) The social and economic status of women has become considerably satisfactory in the present
day.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014] (3)
SECTION - C : LITERATURE & EXTENDED READING TEXT
8.(a) The speaker is the convict and he is speaking to the Bishop.
(b) Before he was sent to jail he was a simple and decent man.
(c) ‘Hell’ refers to jail.
(25 marks)
1×3=3
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OR
(a) ‘Him’ refers to Private Quelch.
(b) He ensured that the others realized that he was intelligent and knowledgeable.
(c) Private Quelch was very intelligent.
1×3=3
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9.(a)
The Bishop was able to bring about a transformation in the convict by feeding him, giving a place
to sleep in and saving him from going to prison again, by telling the genderness that the convict
was his friend and that he had gifted the silver candlesticks to him and gave him good advice of
kindness and generousity which changed the heart and mind of the convict.
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(b) Value Points :
2
She did it perfunctorily because she thought it was a waste of time. [CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012]
Detailed Answer :
The poet never brushed her teeth properly as she felt that it was a waste of time. This time could be
better utilised in eating sweets and chocolates.
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Solution
(c)
(d) Value Points : Yes. Private Quelch was overconfident about his knowledge/boastful; should have
been punished.
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While talking to Pescud and telling him about her family, she referred to her family as ‘The Allyns’.
She also said that hers was a proud family, and that her father was a lineal descendant of ‘belted
earls’ — those who were invested with a sword by the king himself. She gave the amazing details
of the big mansion that the Allyn family had lived in for the last hundred years. All these things
show that she was proud of her family.
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Detailed Answer :
Yes, Corporal Turnbull was justified as Private Quelch was over confident about his knowledge and
he was boastful. He boasted even before the officers. Therefore, he was punished.
10.
Value Points :
 Corporal Turnbull infuriated
 Interrupted by Private Quelch
 Private Quelch nominated for cookhouse duties.
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Detailed Answer :
Corporal Turnbull was a strict disciplinarian. He did not tolerate any nonsense or any breach of the
army code of conduct. He was not a man to be taken for granted. Private Quelch made a serious
mistake by taking him lightly. In a bid to make a good impression, he hurt his own career prospects.
His desire to show off his knowledge led to his downfall. The punishment he received was justified.
Private Quelch had committed almost a sin by interrupting a senior’s lecture and that too, not with a
query, but with a suggestion of improvement. His efforts to criticise his senior evoked mixed responses
of fear, curve and anger. Criticism of a senior in the army was not acceptable and thereby he paid the
penalty of being demoted. Quelch had crossed the line and he paid a heavy price. It was an act of gross
indiscipline. He had no modesty or humility. He loved to brag about and show off his knowledge.
But all the foolish learning did not teach him the common sense needed in most situations. He was
used to giving endless sermons to his colleagues. He perhaps felt he would be appreciated. However,
Corporal Turnbull did not share his views and allocated him permanent cookhouse duties.
OR
Value Points :
Bestseller is not realistic–deals with weird love stories-coarse and vulgar.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2011] 4
Detailed Answer :
The story revolves around a bestseller called ‘The Rose Lady and Trevelyan‘. The circumstances that
led John to marry Jessie is almost similar to the story of the novel. It reveals how a reader is influenced
by bestsellers. John placed himself in the place of the protagonist Trevelyan and imagined to have a
romantic love life like him. His own life was nothing but a romantic novel. He married Jessie, quite
unknown to him, who belonged to a belted earl family, just as the hero of the novel got married to a
princess.
11.
Value Points :
 He was a learned and civilised horse, better than any educated human.
 Through Gulliver laws of honesty and honest living.
 He has curiosity to learn about Gulliver’s country.
 He had a desire to learn more.
 He taught Gulliver his language as early as possible.
 He devoted a lot of time to teach him as he wanted to know about him.
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Detailed Answer :
This conveys that the Master was a learned and civilized horse, even better than any educated
human being. He taught Gulliver the laws of honesty and honest luring. At the same time, he was
also interested to learn about the country from where Gulliver came. So, he asked Gulliver various
questions regarding his country as he had a keen desire to learn more. He wanted to communicate
with Gulliver and therefore, he taught him his language. That’s why Gulliver spent most of his early
days in Houyhnhnm land, learning the language with the help of the Sorrel Nag, the reddish servant
to the Master Horse. As the Master wanted to know more and more about him, he devoted a lot of
time to teach him.
OR
Yahoos are the human-like creatures that Gulliver first encounters in the Country of the Houyhnhnms.
Not recognizing their link with humanity, Gulliver describes the Yahoos as animals: “ ... deformed ..
Their heads and breasts were covered with thick hair ... but the rest of their bodies were bare ... They
had no tails and often stood on their hind feet ....” He concludes with, “I never beheld in all my travels
so disagreeable an animal.”
Although they are human in form and feature, the Yahoos are, indeed, animals. They are filthy and
they stink. They are omnivorous, but seem to prefer meat and garbage. (Significantly, they eat nearly
everything prohibited by the biblical and Levitical food codes.) They are “the most filthy, noisome, and
deformed animals which nature ever produced . . . “ and they are “restive and indocible, mischievous
and malicious.”
The Yahoos, however, are not merely animals; they are animals who are naturally vicious and represent
Mankind depraved. Swift describes them in deliberately filthy and disgusting terms, often using
metaphors drawn from dung. In terms of their evolution, the words used to describe the Yahoos are
“degenerating by degrees.”
OR
The narrator observed that many fishermen were habitual liars. Almost, all experienced anglers would
make tall claims. One would come and say, ‘I caught fifteen dozen perch yesterday evening.’ Even
one who was not asked about his haul, would invite others to ask him about it. The narrator tells the
story of the ‘Conscientious’ young man to prove the validity of his observation. The young fellow was
determined not to exaggerate his hauls by more than twenty-five percent. So he made up his mind to
just double the quantity. But slowly he grew dissatisfied with it. So eventually he began to count each
fish that he caught as ten. If he did not catch any fish, then he said that he had caught ten fish. This
plan ultimately worked to his satisfaction. The stories that different men made up while narrating how
they had caught the large trout which later turned out to be made of Plaster of Paris also illustrate how
fishermen lie.
(10)
OR
George and the narrator in the company of the dog Montmorency called in at a little riverside inn at
Walling ford. There they saw a very big trout kept in a dusty old glass case. George asked an old man
how much he thought the fish in the glass-case weighed. He said that it weighed eighteen pounds
and six ounces. He had caught it sixteen years ago. After him a series of people walked in claiming that
they had caught the fish. The landlord made fun of the previous men who claimed to have caught
the fish and said that it was he who had caught the fish when he was a boy, having bunked his school
that day. George climbed up on a chair in order to have a better view of the fish. The chair slipped and
both George and the trout case came down with a crash the trout lay shattered into pieces as it was
made of Plaster of Paris. So in the end, even the landlord had been lying and this just goes to show
that fisherman are expert at lying.
(10)
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SAMPLE
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 70
SECTION - A : READING AND OTBA
1.
(a)1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (20 marks)
Mankind has been transformed by science.
disease, ignorance and suspicion.
Atomic weapons are denounced by the lovers of peace, not atomic energy.
Truimph of science is seen everywhere in life.
The antonym for ‘constructive’ is destructive.
(5 × 1 = 5)
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014]
(b)1. (a) when she met with an accident. (b) be independent. (2 × 1 = 2)
2. (a) They shifted to Bangaluru. (b) By saying ‘Kids are curious, they will get
used to it.
(2 × 1 = 2)
3. (a) residence. (b)
consoled. (2 × ½ = 1)
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2.
3.
This Question will be assessed through OTBA only.(10)
SECTION - B : WRITING & GRAMMAR
(25 marks)
Paschim Vihar
March 20, 20…
8.30 p.m.
Dear Diary,
Today I am extremely happy. I met an old friend of mine, Rahul. Oh ! it was surprising as
well as pleasant. How unexpected it was ! I was standing at the counter of a shop dealing
in readymade garments. Some other customers were also standing there. One of them was
continuously looking at me. He walked up to me and gave me a broad smile. ‘Excuse me’,
he said, ‘Are you Mr. Anil ? From the way he smiled, I at once recollected that he was my
childhood friend, Rahul. Many years ago, his father had migrated to England with his family.
Rahul had changed so much. He had grown into a smart, handsome young man. That was
why I couldn’t recognize him at first sight. ‘Oh yes, Rahul !’ I said, and the next moment we
were in each other’s embrace. What a joy it was to meet an old friend of mine.
(5)
4.
A Bad Boy and His Parents
Once upon a time there was a very good boy who had loving parents. They were a happy
family as everything went well. But soon he started disobeying his parents as he got into bad
company. He would shout at his parents and abuse them. Also he started demanding money
as he wasted it in gambling. His parents tried all methods to bring him back onto right path of
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life, but it was of no use. Then one day, his father brought him some good quality apples. He asked him
to lay them aside for a few days. Then he gave him a rotten apple and asked him to keep this rotten
apple among the good ones. He asked his son to bring all the apples to him after two days. When his
son brought him all the apples, he asked him to see them. The son understood that one rotten apple
had rotten (spoilt) all the other good ones. He understood the meaning and promised to be a good son
to his parents.
Moral : A rotten fish rots the whole lake.
(10)
5. (a)but
(b)in
(c)and
(d)whom
(3)
(e)him
(f)about
6. Error
Correction
(a)break
breaks
(b)an
the
(c)his
their
(d)from
of
(e)on
in
(f) into
with
(g)in
for
(h)in
of
(4)
7. (a) Only 300 out of the 2700 known species are venomous OR Out of 2700 known species, only
300 are venomous.
(b) Snake venom is a yellow liquid which is 90% water.
(c) It is a substance that is expelled from the poison gland.
(3)
SECTION - C : LITERATURE & EXTENDED READING TEXT
8.(a) regret.
(b) been careless.
(c) eating the wrong food and not brushing properly.
(25 marks)
1×3=3
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012]
OR
(a) Jessie’s house.
(b) Simile.
(c) He means that the outward appearance is deceptive.
1×3=3
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9.(a)
Persome is quite justified when she calls the convict a blackguard because he stole the candlesticks
and also betrayed his benefactor who tried to give him food and shelter.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
(b) Value Points :
Rain rejuvenates dead plants and trees, gives new life to them, embraces flowers and trees, acts as a
quencher, demands nothing in return.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012]
Detailed Answer :
The rain is welcomed by all. It brings the necessary water for the parched earth and plants. The flowers
dance with joy as the rain embraces them. It brings respite to the thirsty fields. 2
(c)
Despite the Professor’s consistent hard work to achieve his goal, he did not get an inch closer to
it. All his efforts went down the drain owing to his habit of flaunting his knowledge, interrupting
his superiors and correcting them. This habit made him the more hateful and repulsive. In spite
of all the knowledge, his boastfulness made him undesirable and a man to avoid.
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Solution
Striving to gain intelligence is appreciable, but becoming indisciplined in pursuit to achieving
ambition is undesirable. Being over-indulgent in everyone’s affairs and boastfulness is not a positive
trait to acquire. [CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
(d)
Jessie told John that her father was a lineal descendant of ‘Belted Earls’. Very conscious and proud
of his lineage, the Colonel would never allow a commoner to woo his daughter. She also warned
that the old man would treat him sternly, if he tried to make any further advances. [CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
10. 15th Aug., 2011
Monday
10:30 P.M.
Dear Diary
Jessie is really my dream girl. Her simplicity, soft demeanour and attractive features really hooked
me. I decided to follow her and found that she was not unlike the heroines of bestsellers. I had always
belittled these books of fiction which do not resembles real life, ironically his life is going to resemble
a best seller and find my life becoming just like one. She is much above me in status, but I will do all
I can to marry her. Just can’t seem to forget her.
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OR
Value Points :
 Remembers his mother and the gift at her death bed-the only thing that was left to remind him of
her.
How he’d held them close to his heart till then.
Persome’s anger and sorrow when she knows that he had given away the candlesticks.
The need to pacify her.
Yet feeling a deep sense of satisfaction-having helped a man to start his life afresh, having saved him
from committing another crime.
The true act of a Bishop-giving even when it hurts.
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Detailed Answer :
29th September, 2012
Monday,
10:00 P.M.
Dear Diary,
The silver candlesticks were a gift from my dying mother. The only thing left to remind me of her. I had
always held them close to my heart. Yet, I gave them to the convict. It has filled me with a deep sense
of satisfaction as it will help a man to start his life afresh and save him from committing another crime.
I know Persome will be very angry when she comes to know that I have given away the candlesticks.
Somehow I will try to pacify her.
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11.
Value Points :
 Gulliver’s pride, his misanthropy and his madness becomes apparent after he was banished from
the land of the Houyhnhnms.
 When he is captured by a Portuguese crew and forced to return from sullen solitude to humanity,
he trembles between fear and hatred.
 Gulliver was not able to recognise the human traits of being tolerant, kind, patient, etc.
 He was nursed and compelled to admit that his benefactor had a very good human understanding.
 But he still prefers the smell of the horses than his wife and children.
 Regarded the two horses bought by him on his return as his best companions.
 Gulliver reflects swift’s misanthropy through his character. (10)
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Detailed Answer :
Gulliver, the sailor was quite a changed man at the end of the novel. In the beginning he seemed to
be a man, who liked to communicate with others, had an eagerness to learn new languages and so
on but at the end, his pride, misanthropy and madness became apparent after he was banished from
the land of the Houyhnhnms. It had hurt his pride. When he left that land and was captured by a
Portuguese crew and was forced to return from sullen solitude to humanity, he trembled between fear
and hatred. He had become used to living with the Houynhnms and was thus, unable to recognise
the human traits of being tolerant, kind and patient. Odour repelled him. He was nursed and was
compelled to admit that his benefactor had a very good human understanding. Even after reaching
his own land, he preferred the smell of the horses to that of his wife and children. He regarded the
two horses which he had brought on his return as his best companion. Thus, we can say that he was
a changed man and Swift’s misanthropy is reflected through the character of Gulliver.”
OR
The Laputians heads were such that they could lean either to the right or the left, one of their eyes
pointed in and the other up, and they are all dressed in clothes decorated with stars, moons, and
musical instruments. Gulliver saw a lot of servants standing around holding these things he calls
flappers, little rattles on the end of a long stick. The people of Laputa are so caught up in their own
thoughts that they need someone else to remind them to speak or listen.
So, whenever a group of them gets together, the job of their servants is to touch the mouth of the
person who should be speaking and the ears of those who should be listening. And when they go
walking, their servants have to tap their eyes with the flapper to be sure that they watch.
OR
We see an entirely different writer in this episode. There is no gentle satire or humour. In fact,
it is the only serious story in the entire novel and it reveals the writer’s condescending attitude
towards women, his Victorian side. His moral righteousness and ‘holier than thou’ attitude
comes out in the story. There is melodrama in the sorry tale of the woman who drowned herself
in the river. According to conventions, committing suicide is a sin and so is having a child out of
wedlock. But the writer does not condemn the man, responsible for her death, he doesn’t blame
her friends and family for deserting her in her hour of need. There is no forgiveness for her, only
condemnation. The writer feels she deserves punishment and blames her for her fate.
For once, as a reader we are not amused and do not agree with his attitude. There is no Christian
charity in his opinion of the woman’s fate intead, instead there is an air of male superiority. (10)
OR
The narrator and his friends are struggling with rain. It was pouring very heavily. They had to arrive
at pangbourhe by five o’ clock. The second day was exactly like the first. The rain continued to pour
down. They sat, wrapped up in their mackintoshes, underneath the canvas and drifted slowly down .
The weather was totally against these three friends. They did not know what to do.But they all agreed
at one point. It was that they would go through with this boating trip to the bitter end. They had set
out for a fortnight’s enjoyment on the river and they must have it.If it killed them that would be sad
a thing for their relations and friends. But it could not be helped . Besides they felt that to give to the
weather would be the most shameful example. Obviously it shows the determination of these three
men . It is in this regard Harris has said this sentence.
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Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 70
SECTION - A : READING AND OTBA
(20 marks)
1. (a)1. a tiger; in the market place.
2. without any purpose.
3. in the school and shut themselves securely.
4. sleep.
5. here and there.
5×1=5
(b)1. the love of forests is natural in every human being.
2. cultivate certain species of plants and grasses for food crops.
3. towns and cities.
4. they protect the environment/with their disappearance the very existence of mankind
may be in danger.
5. critical.
5×1=5
2.
This Question will be assessed through OTBA only.(10)
SECTION - B : WRITING & GRAMMAR
(25 marks)
3.
Impact of Continuing Destruction of Wildlife
—By : Ramesh
Humans are always so greedy and selfish that they never feel for animals and are worried only
about the fulfillment of their own wants. That is the primary reason why we are losing our
wildlife day by day. Leather goods are still in great demand even though the government has
banned the killing of wild animals. But as the demand is rising, the illegal killing of animals
is increasing day by day in national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves with the
connivance of local officers.
Many animals are now on the verge of extinction. Ecological balance is disrupted due to this
continuous killing of wild animals. Entire forest ecosystems and micro-organisms are also
disturbed due to this large scale poaching. Even local people who are dependent on forests for
their livelihood are suffering.
Many organizations are working in this regard to protect and preserve wild animals. More
awareness also needs to be created in public in this regard. People should neither buy nor sell
leather made products. In fact, the culprits should be legally penalised.
(5)
4.
A Memorable Rain
I had gone to my tuition class in the evening. The weather was pleasant. When I came out
of the class to go home, suddenly it became dark and there was a clash of thunder. My
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home is about ten minutes away walk from the coaching centre. I had hardly taken ten steps when
it started raining very heavily. I gathered pace and started walking a little faster. It was as if the
Rain Gods had some kind of vendetta; the rain turned into a hailstorm. It was impossible to walk
home as the pebble-shaped hailstones were hitting me hard on the head. I felt as if someone was
following me. I got scared. I looked around but no-one was there. The footsteps came closer. I had
forgotten all about the hailstones. I was concentrating only on the sound of footsteps coming closer.
I knew I had to do something. I took shelter in front of a shop and watched the road get covered
up with tiny white pebbles. I turned around to see who was following me and was surprised to see
the attendant at my coaching centre with my umbrella following me. He didn’t know my name so
he just followed me. I heaved a sigh of relief and took the umbrella from him. I stood there for half
an hour and finally went home. The image of the road covered with those tiny white pebbles will
stay with me forever.
(10)
5.
(a) was declred
6. Error
(a)employed
(b)for
(c)a
(d)build
(e)strength
(f) uses
(g)have
(h)for
(b)are
(c)is
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Correction
employing
of
the
built
strong
use
has
of
(4)
7.
(a) where he was going (b) that he was going (c) if he could get him a glass of water.
(CBSE Marking Scheme, 2015) (1 × 3 = 3)
SECTION - C : LITERATURE & EXTENDED READING TEXT
(25 marks)
8.(a) Harold had defied the laws of heredity by being studious unlike his father.
(b) He had learned to read and write with amazing quickness. He was a genius and a wonderful
child.
(c) Unlike his parents, he was intelligent and academically inclined.
1×3=3
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OR
Ans.(a)The rain.
(b)Metaphor.
(c) Because it quenches their thirst.
1×3=3
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9.
(a) Value Points :
Well known boxer/loved his family/ready to sacrifice his career as a boxer for the sake of his son.
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Detailed Answer :
Mr. Bramble was a proficient professional boxer who was proud of his skills and liked to be admired
and appreciated for his technique in boxing. He was also known as Young Porky. Bill was somewhat
rash in taking his decision and he could be easily influenced by others. Bill earned a lot of name and
fame but lived with a false identity for the sake of Harold as he loved his family very much.
(b) In the last stage of life a man’s behaviour is like that of a child. He becomes forgetful. He suffers
from physical and mental disabilities. He has no teeth, his eyesight goes very weak, no taste for
anything and finally he dies.
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Solution
(c) Value Points :
Brings relief to parched earth-unites heaven and earth.
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Detailed Answer :
The rain can be called a messenger of mercy as it brings relief to the parched earth by providing it
water and at the same time it cures the ailment of the clouds.
(d) He did so as he did not want to send him to hell (prison) again. He also wanted him to realise his
fault. He believed that sympathy and affection could change the criminal into a good human
being.
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10.
Value points :
It is very ironic title- hide from his son whole life- their child will feel insulted – due to the profession of his
father- later he proud to be a son of a famous boxer
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Detailed Answer :
They say what man proposes, God disposes. Mr. and Mrs. Bramble took so much pains and care to hide
a simple fact that his father Bill was a professional boxer. Harold’s uniqueness and ‘perfection’ led Mrs.
Bramble and her husband to create a myth that Bill’s true identity would be a subject of dishonour and
embarrassment for their prodigal son. He was not to know that his father was a ‘man of wrath’ and
famous among Londoners as ‘Young Porky’. Unfortunately, many others misguided them. The senior
curate of the parish and Major Percy Stokes goaded the Brambles to keep it from Harold. Foolishly,
Harold was fed on the fiction that his father was a commercial traveller.
The whole ill-advised plan of the Brambles and Percy turned out to be a miserable failure and anticlimax. In a fit of anger Jerry Fisher revealed Bill’s true identity. Harold’s reaction was most unexpected.
Little did they know that their spectacled prodigy had deep interest in boxing. Harold had betted two
shillings that Murphy would not last even ten rounds against ‘Young Porky’. The withdrawal of Bill
from the contest appeared to Harold as ‘rotten and silly. His schoolmates would not have dared to call
him ‘Goggles’ had they known that he was the son of ‘Young Porky’. Ironically, the fact that they hid
from Harold, could have been the subject of great honour, pride and swanking for him.
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OR
The play beautifully gives a very strong message of love, pity, peace and mercy. It is that these human
virtues can change even a stone into a good human being. The Bishop stands for these virtues. The
convict stands for cruelty, animalism, hard-heartedness and beastliness. The convict is a beast because
of the harsh treatment metted out to him by the prison authoritism; but by love, compassion and
sympathy the Bishop turns this wild man into a real human being. Thus, the play gives out a message
that love, mercy and pity are the real qualities. One must practise them at any cost to lead a contended
and carefree life.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014] 4
11.
With regular interaction and learning of the language, Gulliver came to know them better. He gathered
that if they could avoid casualties , they die only of old age as they do not suffer from any diseases
that infest the human race. They are buried in the obscurest places with no grief or joy expressed at
their departure. Nor does the dying person has regrets having to leave his loved ones. They generally
lived to the age of 74 or 75 years seldom till eighty years. Several weeks before their death , they felt
the gradual decay , but no pain. They were visited by the neighbourhood and they themselves return
these visits ,being carried in a sledge drawn by yahoos, it was as if it was a final leave taking.
OR
She Yahoos were unique in having both males and females fighting equally violently with one another.
She Yahoos loved filth more than most animals. Also, Yahoos sometimes fall into bad moods or think
they are sick for no reason; the only cure for this hypochondria is hard work.
Women Yahoos liked to seduce men. Sometimes, if an unknown female came up to a group of three
or four women, those women would clearly judge and then reject her. Gulliver hears these words and
realises that “lewdness, coquetry, censure, and scandal” all seem to be instinctive for human women.
(For a discussion of Gulliver’s views on women, check out our theme on ‘Gender.’)
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OR
It was a Saturday before the August Bank Holiday. George, Harris and the narrator were tried and
hungry when they got to Datchet. They began to look for a place for shelter and food. They came to
a pretty little hotel ‘The Stag’. As it had no honeysuckle there, the narrator rejected it. They went on
and came to another hotel. it was a nice hotel. Harris did not like the look of a man learning there.
This time he rejected the place. The trio went back to the Stag. There was no bed vacant there. They
picked up their things and went to the manor House, a pretty little place. The landlady told that they
were the fourteenth party turned away within the last hour.
There was no place for the friends to take shelter at Datchet, as they soon found out. They exhausted
themselves by moving from one place to another. Harris sat down on the hamper and announced that
he would not go any further. Just then a small boy appeared. He took them to his mother’s house.
There they were served hot bacon for supper. They got two rooms to sleep. The boy was really an
angel in disguise.
OR
George bought the banjo and wanted to learn to play it. But no one encouraged him anywhere. He
tried on two or three evenings where he was in the boat with his friends. Harris reacted in such a way
that he was totally discouraged. When he went back home, he tried to resume his practice. But Mrs.
P. asked him to stop it as it might harm the sick lady upstairs. Then he went out and practised round
the square. The inhabitants complained to the police about it. A watch was set for him one night,
and he was captured. He was bound over to keep the peace for six months finally, he advertised the
instrument for sale at a great sacrifice.
George and his failure to play the banjo reminded the writer of another young fellow who was trying
to play bagpipes. He tried to play it in early morning then late at nights, then in the back kitchen, then
at the bottom of the garden, but someone or the other had a problem with his playing the bagpipes
and he was opposed in his attempt to learn it and was thwarted just like George.
(10)
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SAMPLE
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 70
SECTION - A : READING AND OTBA
(20 marks)
1.(a) 1.progressing
2. (a) to shed the bounds of nationalism (b) to shed the bounds of patriotism
3. the III World War breaks out.
4. (a) establishing compassion among ourselves (b) establishing goodwill among
ourselves.
5×1=5
5. reliant.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014]
(b) (a) National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and National Film Heritage Mission
(NFHM).
(5)
(b) The government is funding the organizations to preserve our culture.
(c) We could not keep the prints of ‘Alam Ara’ on account of the attitude of carelessness.
(d) We can preserve it by taking care of storage space, money and trained manpower for
the digitalization of films.
(e)Include.
2.
This Question will be assessed through OTBA only.(10)
SECTION - B : WRITING & GRAMMAR
3.
(25 marks)
Studies Abroad
—By Rajat Kapoor
People think that studying abroad will give them an edge over their counterparts. Cashing in
on this view are many fraudulent people.
They know very well that the rich and the upper middle class Indians will pay a large amount
of money to be able to study abroad. After all, studying abroad is a status symbol.
Many foreign universities and colleges have opened up their admission centres in India, so
as to make things easier for the students. What students don’t realise is that some of these
centres are fake. They take huge amounts of money from gullible students and vanish into
thin air very soon. Generally, it is very difficult to trace them.
Students who are interested in studying abroad should contact only those centres which they
know are genuine. To do so, they should ask the colleges that they are interested in to provide
them with a list of centres which they have certified. Only after checking the details of these
centres, they should pay the money.
If these precautions are followed, I’m sure fewer cases of fraud will take place and people will
not lose their hard earned money.
(5)
ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE
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QUESTION PAPER - 9
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4.
Kindness Pays
She was old and slightly bent. Her hair had grown moonlight grey. One day she was standing on one
side of the road, waiting for some passerby to help her cross the road. She saw that no one took notice
of her and everyone just elbowed her aside. She folded her hands and prayed to God to send some
saviour. Then a young boy came towards her with a satchel in his hand. He put his hand forward to
help the old woman. Tears flowed down her cheeks. The boy not only helped her cross the road, but
also made sure that she reached home safely. She told the boy to visit her often as she lived alone in
that house. The boy agreed. He started visiting that old lady everyday. He spent most part of the day
with her. He read out the scriptures to her, helped her in moving around the house. In fact, he helped
her in every possible way that he could. The old woman was very kind. She decided to reward that
boy. One day, when he visited her, she gave him a bag of gold coins, but the boy refused. He said that
his grandmother had died one month ago and that he always found his grandmother present in the
lady. The lady was very happy. She prayed to God that he may be kind to the young boy and bless
him with success and happiness all through his life.
5. (a)with
(b)their
(c)as
(d)but
(e)too
(f)could
(3)
6. Before
Missing
After
(a)increases
with
hard work
(b)does
notwork
(c)by
thecases
(d) writer’s
efficiency/popularityis
(e) the
numberof
(f)typist
istested
(g)in
hiswork
(h) key
tosuccess
(4)
7. (a) she would invite her friends also.
(b) that it would be a good idea.
(c) what they should have for dinner.
(3)
SECTION - C : LITERATURE & EXTENDED READING TEXT
8.(a) a soldier
(b)simile
(c) as hollow and short-lived as a bubble
(25 marks)
1×3=3
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012]
OR
(a) The speaker is the convict and the thing 'worth hundreds' were the Bishop's silver candlesticks.
(b) The Bishop's mother had given them to him on her death bed and had asked him to keep them
in remembrance of her.
(c) It means it will enable him to get a good start in life.
1×3=3
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012]
9.(a) Value Points :
Best seller stories unrealistic; no, his marriage defies the logic. [CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
Detailed Answer :
No, I do not think that Pescud’s view is correct as at times truth is stranger than fiction. People do fall
in love with those of high status as can be seen in Pescud’s own case.
(b) Value Points :
Slippered Pantaloon/voice comes out in whispers/whistles/weak legs.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
Solution
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Detailed Answer :
A man in his sixth stage is generally very weak, his voice comes out in whispers and whistles. He cares
little about his appearance.
(c) Value Points :
Harold’s reaction- very supporting- yes- an intelligent boy- so had the maturity of thought. 2
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012]
Detailed Answer :
Harold was delighted to know that his father was a professional boxer. He was proud to be the son of
‘Young Porky’ who was the heart throb of millions of inhabitants of London. His father was hero in
the eyes of his friends. He was so happy because his classmates would no longer tease him for being
a spectacled child. Moreover, he would be able to show off like others.
2
(d)
10.
Kahlil Gibran presents the rain performing various functions that affect the universe and the life on
the earth. Its dotted silver threads dropped from heaven look divine. Nature has sent it to decorate her
fields and valleys. The cry of rain is the matter of rejoicing and laughter for the hills. They get a new
lease of life. The vegetarian, trees and rivulets are replenished. Its’ humble showers make the flowers
dance with joy. Everyone elated when it bows and falls on the earth as a blessing. The rain acts as a
messenger of mercy between the two lovers, the field and the cloud. The rain has its own music or
song. Everyone can hear it, but only few can understand it. It is the’ sigh of the sea, the laughter of
the field and the tears of the heaven.
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OR
Value Points :
Exhibition of knowledge- overshadowing and egoistic nature- trying to trample others in race- his
behaviour was not genuine- his feeling of superiority.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2011] 4
No, Private Quelch did not learn any lesson. He did not leave his habit of criticizing and finding
faults. He didn’t stop exhibiting his knowledge. When he entered the kitchen he started finding
fault with the working of the staff. He protested against the unscientific and unhygienic methods
of peeling potatoes.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
Detailed Answer :
Professor had learnt everything by heart. He knew too much about every topic in every subject. He
had taken in depth- knowledge of every topic . His only fault was that showing off his knowledge had
become his habit. He saw neither the person nor the place before commenting. He did same before
the Corporal Turnbull. He interrupted him while he was taking a lesson on the hand grenade. This
infuriated Corporal. He nominated him for permanent cookhouse duties, as a revenge. Thus, Professor
had to suffer for his tawdry attitude. And kept away from his ambition.
11.
Value Points :
 He found that one had to lick the floor from the door to the throne where the emperor sat.
 Gulliver felt it to be a terrible experience.
 He was sure that the floor was very well swept and there is nothing to fear.
 Perhaps it was a method to do away with the enemies as whenever he came to know that some
kingdom was conspiring against him.
 He would call them to the court and sprinkle poison on the floor and enemy died once.
 It so happened that after once such death, the servants did not clear the floor properly.
 A loyal lord died.
 The servants were punished in the same way.
 From then on they clean the floors properly.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014] 10
Detailed Answer :
He found that the visitor, who wanted to visit the Emperor of Luggnagg had to lick the floor from the
door to the throne where the Emperor sat. The King ordered Gulliver also the follow that local custom
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of crawling to the Kings’s feet and licking the dust in front of his Foot stod. Gulliver felt it to be a terrible
experience. He ensured that the floor was very well swept and there was nothing to fear. Perhaps it
was a method to do away with the enemies as whenever he came to know that some kingdom or any
of his courtiers was conspiring against him, he had poison sprinkled on the floor in front of him where
the visitor had to lick it. But once a loyal Lord died. The King punished the servants in the same way.
Thereafter, the servants used to clean the floor properly.
OR
Gulliver spent most of his early days in Houyhnhnm Land learning the language with the help of the
sorrel nag, the reddish coloured servant of the Master Horse. Houyhnhnm language sounded a lot
like German, but was more ‘graceful’.
The Master Horse was really interested in Gulliver because he was clearly a Yahoo, but he was also so
clean and teachable. The Master Horse asked where Gulliver could possibly come from, to be so smart,
but he also refused to believe that the Yahoos could ever build a boat or that there were countries across
the sea. Gulliver discovered that, in their language, ‘Houyhnhnm’ meant both horse and ‘perfection
of nature’.
Many Houyhnhnms came to see Gulliver, staring in wonder at a Yahoo who seemed to possess reason.
The Houyhnhnms did not really get the concept of clothes, but one night, as Gulliver was getting ready
for bed, he accidentally exposed himself to the sorrel nag of the Master Horse. The servant thought
that Gulliver changed skins as he slept.
OR
The three friends were sitting in a meadow near the water’s edge. They were getting ready for their
lunch. Harris had the beefsteak pie between his knees and was carving it. The other both were waiting
with their plates ready. Harris demanded a spoon to help the gravy with. George and the narrator
turned round to reach the spoon. When they looked back, they were shocked. Harris and the pie were
nowhere seen. Then, after a while they saw only the head of Harris sticking bolt upright from the tall
grass. Harris said they did it to him on purpose. Then he himself came out, tumbled, dirty and wet. In
fact, he had been sitting on a small gully covered with long grass. He had gone down all of a sudden.
He continued to believe that it was planned by his friends.
OR
Each of the three friends—the narrator, George and Harris—has a typical attitude towards work. Each
one of them thinks that he is doing more work than he should do. That is why, each of them likes to
delegate difficult tasks to others. So when Harris says that he will steer while George and the narrator
should scull, the narrator thinks that he should have been more liberal as he has been doing too much
work already. Harris feels that he alone has been working. George, on the other hand, thinks that
Harris has only been eating and sleeping. The narrator while packing for the trip said that he would
do it by which he meant that he would supervise George and Harris doing the packing, while George
and Harris thought that he meant that he would do it himself and promptly sat back leaving him to
do the packing which they criticized and later they made a mess of it themselves. (10)
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SAMPLE
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 70
SECTION - A : READING AND OTBA
(20 marks)
1.
(A) (a) Doing deep breathing exercises 20 minutes a day
(5)
(b) to take an apple or a carrot a day
(c) by filtering the stored water
(d) Minor ailments
(e) do not trust nature
(B) (a)Florida.
(5)
(b) 12 years.
(c) He preferred to travel from place to place.
(d) Different kinds of characters/persons.
(e)Apprentice.
2.
This Question will be assessed through OTBA only.(10)
SECTION - B : WRITING & GRAMMAR
(25 marks)
3.
Team Spirit—Must for Victory
(By : Anubha Mistry)
Working in a team is generally believed to bring out the best in an individual, and can be very
effective.
This is because team work can be both a healer as well as a stress buster. Each member works
towards a set target and if communication is effective it can be really fruitful as everyone is
striving towards the same goal.
For good team work, conflicts and negative attitudes should be discouraged. It should be made
clear to one and all that they are playing for the team and not for themselves as individuals.
Respecting the views, actions and capabilities of the other team members is essential for team
work and requires effective communication.
However, many people are unhappy working in teams and are intolerant of any changes in
the group structure.
We need to adapt ourselves for listening to what other people’s ideas and views are and need
to be open-minded with respect of new ideas and concepts brought in by other team members.
This will enhance both team and individual productivity and in order to do so we must avoid
discord and set good examples of cooperation.
(5)
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QUESTION PAPER - 10
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4.
Three Greedy Friends
Once upon a time there were three good friends. They worked together and shared everything among
themselves. Their love for each other was the talk of the town. But it was purely for show. While going
out one day they found a bag full of money. They decided to divide it among themselves after making
sure that it was a god gift to them. But, they were very mean and crafty at heart. They were very greedy
and suspected one another. Each of them wished to have the entire money to himself. They started
thinking about how to get the whole of the money for themselves. So one of them was sent to the
village to bring food as they were hungry. The friend who went to bring food, poisoned the food as
he wanted to have the entire money for himself. While he was out, the other two friends planned to
kill him upon his return. After that they would divide the money equally between themselves. When
the friend returned from the village, they killed him. Then they ate the food which was poisoned.
Therefore, they also died in the end. So none of them got the money, thus we see how greed destroys
us.
Moral : Think before doing ill to others; as this will recoil on you.
(10)
5. (a) was declared
(b) were advised
(c) were given
(3)
6. Before
Missing
After
(a)yet it is
(b)feature of modern
(c)commercials on TV
(d)do they cost
(e)but also cost
(f)before
an innocent
(g)tried
to imitate
(h)advertisement and lost
(4)
7.(a)
him what his name was
(b)
his name was John
(c)
he did not address lower ranks by their first name
(3)
SECTION - C : LITERATURE & EXTENDED READING TEXT
(25 marks)
8.(a) The joke was the appointment of Private Quelch for permanent cookhouse duties.
(b) Private Quelch would not be there to lecture and bore them with his knowledge.
(c) The ‘us’ refers to the army personnel, the trainees.
1×3=3
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2013]
OR
(a) Persome speaks to the Bishop.
(b) Because at about midnight the Bishop was asking something to eat for a stranger (the convict).
(c) She is practical, materialistic, restless and impatient.
1×3=3
9.(a)
Value Points :
The convict has stolen the Bishop’s silver candlesticks from his house. As he was trying to escape
he was caught by the police. He told that his friend, the Bishop, had gifted him the candlesticks,
so he was brought back to the Bishop by the police for an enquiry.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
Detailed Answer :
The convict stole the candlesticks although the Bishop had been kind to him. He was caught by
the Sergeant and brought back to the Bishop’s house as the Sergeant recognised the candlesticks as
belonging to the Bishop.2
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Solution
(b) The consequences were that her teeth had decayed horribly. There were several cavities, for which
she had to pay a visit to the dentist. He worked with a drill on her teeth. The narrator underwent
great fear and pain through this experience.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
(c)
Human life is a drama played on the stage of the world. Every man or woman is an actor or actress.
They are born, they grow up, play their roles and leave the stage. This drama is divided into seven
stages. The drama begins with birth. An infant grows into a school boy then a soldier, and then a
lover. Then he grows into a judge, a slippered pantaloon old, weak, thin, lean and last stage of
extreme old age which ends to Death.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
(d) Value Points :
 Harold though an intellectual loved betting on boxers and the game.
 He’s hurt to know that his parents hid his father’s profession as a boxer from him, thinking that
their son would feel ashamed of him.
 Little did they know that their son doted on the very boxer not realizing he was his own
father.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2012] 2
Detailed Answer :
Harold’s parents couldn’t even dream that their spectacled child was so much interested in boxing. He
had saved money and betted two shillings that Murphy would not last ten rounds against Young Porky.
Ironically, he was the son of Young Porky. By hiding this fact from him, his parents has done the silliest
thing. They have deprived him the honour of being the son of such a great boxer. His classmates call
him Goggles, but none would have dared if they had known that he was the son of ‘Young Porky’.2
10.
God is good. Truth, innocence, love and virtues are distributed equally without any criterion by him.
All these positive virtues are embodied in the human body. God resides within us through these
virtues. So there is no need to search for him in churches or temples. The convict was once a normal
human being. The hellish life in Jail had made him lose faith in humanity. The Bishop’s love and
kindness moves the convict. He promises to become a good man and start his life a new. Thus, all are
the children of the same God and he resides within us. So we should treat one another with love and
respect.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014] 4
OR
Value Points :
Carelessness shown in the past resulted in tooth decay over the years. The stubbornness shown in
childhood led to loss of teeth in adulthood.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2015] 4
Detailed Answer :
The poet remained indifferent to the health of her teeth. Little did she know that her liking for sweet
sticky things would result in disastrous ailments of the teeth. Now she realised that she spent her
shilling on buying wrong things. She was fond of chewing toffees, licking lollies and eating candies
and sweets of all kinds. She didn’t know that by eating them she was paving the way for cavities, caps
and decay. When she realised the damage that she herself had done to her teeth, her conscience got
pricked. Bu it was too late. She couldn’t stop the rot now. It was in her fate to sit in the chair of an old
dentist. She had to suffer filling and drilling into the teeth. There was a time when she used to laugh
at the false teeth of her mother. Now the time for reckoning had come. It was her turn now.The poem
gives a definite message to the readers. Negligence of teeth leads to disastrous results. We should not
eat so many lollies, toffees and candies. Otherwise, we are paying the way for cavities, caps and decay.
The chair of an old dentist and his drilling machine are waiting for us. 4
11. Gulliver was delighted to know about the Struldbrugs and wanted to stay back in Luggnagg in the
company of these immortals to spend his life in conversation with these superior beings. But he comes
to know that he is wrong in his understanding of these great immortals.
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The Struldbrugs aged at the same rate as other humans, the difference being, that at eighty years
old, they were much more miserable than other old people because they had the prospect of living
on and on beyond their eighty years. As soon as a Struldbrug turned eighty, he was dead in terms
of the law, so all his money went to his heirs – he was totally poor.
Struldbrug marriages were also dissolved at eighty, since they would make the couple so much more
unhappy. At ninety, they started losing their teeth, so they didn’t enjoy eating anymore.
Their memories got bad enough that they couldn’t read without forgetting, at the end of a sentence,
how it began. Because language evolves with time, older Struldbrugs couldn’t understand younger
people at all. They had to beg for money, since otherwise, they must get by on a tiny state allowance.
Gulliver felt ashamed of wishing to be a Struldbrug, since being one is so completely awful. At the
same time, the Luggnaggian King reminds him that the sight of a Struldbrug cured everyone of the
fear of death.
Thus, the writer is trying to tell us through this account of Struldbrug, that we should arm ourselves
against the fear of death. The writer here breaks down the glorious view of immortality and given
up a pitiful picture of eternal misery and old age.
[CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014] 10
OR
Gulliver requests to see the family lines of the royal houses of Europe, and finds a lot of commoners
mixed in there: a barber, an abbot, two fiddlers – those queens have been getting busy. He makes similar
discoveries with the lines of the aristocracy, in which he sees plenty of evidence of family degeneration
into stupidity and lying.
Speaking to the ghosts of the recent past shows Gulliver exactly how much lying goes around today,
and how much history has been airbrushed to look better (or worse) than it really is. Gulliver wants
to find out how people have got their official and court positions and finds that it’s through horrible
means : bribery, lying, sucking up, oppression, prostitution of wives and daughters, treason, poisoning,
and incest all come up. Gulliver discovers that the only really great services done to the state have
been by people whom history calls traitors and criminals.
In fact, he also realises that this kind of hypocrisy was present even in Rome, once the Empire started
to grow rich and luxurious. The introduction of similar wealth to England has made English people
progressively, visibly less healthy, complains Gulliver. Total corruption has caused England to grow
repulsive over the previous hundred years.
OR
Value Points :
 George and the author go to an inn riverside at Walling ford.
 They see a monstrous fish in a glass case fixed high up.
 Start chatting with an old man-the man tells them he caught sixteen years ago.
 A number of people come into the pub-narrate different stories.
 Local carrier tells them-he caught it five years ago with a fly.
 A middle aged individual claims catching it-had taken him half an hour to land it and his rod
broke.
 The landlord comes in-they-tell him all the stories they had heard-he laughs and tells them others
were all telling a lie-actually he had caught it.
 George climbs on a chair to get a better view of the fish-chair, slips-trout case falls-fish breaks
breaks into pieces.
 The truth come out.
The fish was made of plaster of Paris. [CBSE Marking Scheme, 2015] 10
Detailed Answer :
George and the narrator in the company of the dog called in at a little riverside inn. There they saw
a very big trout kept in a dusty old glass case. George asked an old man how much he thought the
fish in the glass-case weighed. He said it weighed eighteen pounds and six ounces. He had caught it
sixteen years ago. After him a series of people walked in claiming that they had caught the fish. The
Solution
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people who came to the pub narrated different stories related to the trout. A local carrier told them
that he had caught the trout with a fly five years ago. A middle aged man told them that it took him
half an hour to catch that fish and even his rod broke. After that, the landlord came and they asked
him about the truth of the various stories. The landlord made fun of previous stories told by others
and said that it was he who had caught the fish when he was a boy, having bunked the class. George
climbed up on a chair to have a better view of the fish. The chair slipped. Both George and the trout
case came down with a crash. The trout lay shattered into pieces as it was made of Plaster of Paris. The
three friend were shocked when the truth came out.
OR
None of the three friends wanted to take bath in the river’s cold water. The narrator, however, did not
give in. He took a towel and crept out on to the bank. He went along the bank supporting himself by
using a branch, until the branch gave way and the narrator and his towel went in the water with a
splash. Getting back in the boat, he decided to get his shirt on, but he accidentally jerked the shirt into
the water. George burst out laughing, which angered the narrator. Suddenly, the narrator too began to
laugh. He had noticed that it was not his shirt, but George’s. When George came to know that it was
his shirt, expression on his face underwent a sudden change. He became serious and angry.
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