UNIT ONE

SELF TEST
1.1 Where the Mind is Without Fear
Time : 30 minutes ] [ Marks : 15

Q. 1. Read the following poem and do the activities : (5 Marks)

A1. (1) Complete the following : (1) 
(1) The poet has compared ‘reason’ to …………… .
(2) Dead habit is compared to …………… .
(2) Match the expressions in Column A with their meanings in Column B :  (1) 

Column A Column B

(1) Depth of truth (a) Clear thinking

(2) Narrow domestic walls (b) Sincerity of heart
(c) Narrow-mindedness

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by Thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

A2. Complete the web with any four qualities the poet wants his countrymen to
have : (2) 
…………… ……………

Qualities

…………… ……………

A3. Pick out and explain an example of Personification from the poem. (1) 

Self Test : 1.1 – English Kumarbharati 1

Q. 2. Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the
given points in paragraph format :  (10 Marks)

Where the Mind is Without Fear …

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by Thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
– Rabindranath Tagore

• The title of the poem (1)

• The poet  (1)
• Central Idea/Theme (2)
• Rhyme scheme (1)
• Figures of speech (1)
• Special features (2)
• Favourite line/lines (1)
• Why I like/don’t like the poem (1)
__________

Verify your answers with the model answers given on this link.
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2 Self Test : 1.1 – English Kumarbharati