JSP’s BASIC STUDY MATERIAL FOR X CLASS STUDENTS

(By Jonnalagadda Nageswara Rao, B.A.Eng., M.A.Eng., M.A.Eng., B.Ed)

1. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
‘A’ Reading : ATTITUDE IS ALTITUDE
Comprehension Part:
1. What is the meaning of ‘personality?’
A)
2. What is meant by ‘attitude?’
A)
3. What is meant by ‘altitude?’
A)
4. What do you understand from ‘Attitude is Altitude?’
A)
5. Who is Nick Vujicic?
A)
6. What kind of activities can Nick do in spite of having no limbs?
A)
7. ‘I call it my chicken drumstick,’ – What does Nick call his chicken drumstick?
A)
8. How does ‘it’ help him?
A)
9. How does Nick play golf?
A)
10. What was the decision of Nick’s parents?
A)
11. Why were Nick’s parents shocked and distraught when he was born?
A)
12. What is the nationality of Nick Vujicic?
A)
13. What is Nick’s disability called in medical terms?
A)
14. What did Nick’s parents do to make him independent?
A)
15. ‘It was the best decision they could have made for me,’ – What was the best decision of Nick’s parents? Why?
A)
16. What are Nick’s parents?
A)
17. ‘I was deeply depressed and wanted to kill myself when I was eight’ – Why did Nick feel like that?
A)
18. What helped Nick become an international symbol of triumph over adversity?
A)
19. What inspired Nick to use his life to encourage disabled people?
A)
20. ‘I decided to be thankful for what I have, not get angry about what I don’t.’ – What does Nick have, what he doesn’t?
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21. What qualities in Nick fetched him the ‘Australian Young Citizen of the Year’ award in 1990?
A)
22. What did Nick do to freak the girl out when she was looking at him interestingly?
A)
23. Who was Nick’s surfing master? What was so special about her? / Why did Nick choose her as his surfing teacher?
A)

24. Why did Nick’s name appear on the cover of ‘Surfer Magazine?’
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25. What helped Nick achieve the 360 degree spin on the surfing board?
A)
26. Why does Nick visit different countries in the world?
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27. Who is Nick’s life partner?
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28. What is the title of the book they published together?
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29. What is Nick Vujicic’s message?
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30. Mention the positive qualities of Nick that helped him reach great heights in his life?
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31. What do you learn from the life of Nick Vujicic?
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‘B’ Reading : EVERY SUCCESS STORY IS ALSO A STORY OF GREAT FAILURES
1. What is Tom Watson Sr.’s quotation?
A)
2. Whose success stories are stories of great failures?
A)
3. What are the series of failures of Abraham Lincoln?
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4. What is his ultimate success?
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5. How did Lincoln take each of his defeat?

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6. Who was Lee De Forest?
A)
7. What the charge against him?
A)
8. Why was the wisdom of the Wright Brothers questioned?
A)
9. What did Colonel Sanders do before he got his first order for his recipe?
A)
10. What inspired Walt Disney to start Mickey Mouse?
A)
11. What is the secret behind the success of great people? / What do successful people do?
A)
12. Who was Thomas Edison? What was his disability?
A)
13. What was the remark of Edison’s teacher?
A)
14. What was the reply of Edison’s mother to that remark?
A)
15. Did Edison have any formal schooling in his childhood?
A)
16. Is ‘luck’ the secret of successful people? Justify your answer.
A)
17. What was the biggest tragedy in the life of Thomas Edison?
A)
18. How does a setback help us?
A)
19. What Nepoleon Hill’s quotation?
A)
20. What is the secret to/of success, according to Socretes?
A)
21. What is the seed of all accomplishments / great results?
A)
‘C’ Reading : I WILL DO IT
1. How can you say that Narayana Murthy was a bright student?
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2. What was Narayana Murthy’s father?
A)
3. What is the destination of all bright students? / What is the ultimate aim for any bright student?
A)
4. Write the full form of I.I.T.
A)
5. How did Murthy and his friends prepare for the IIT Entrance Test?
A)
6. ‘The D-Day came’ – What do you mean by ‘D-Day?’
A)
7. He was thrilled – Who was thrilled and why?
A)
8. Why was Murthy’s father unable to send Murthy to IIT?
A)
9. How did Narayana Murthy feel when his father did not send him to IIT? / His heart sank in sorrow – Why?
A)
10. How can you say that Narayana Murthy is an introvert?
A)
11. They were excited and talking loudly – Who were excited? Why?
A)
12. How did Narayana Murthy convince himself?
A)
13. What is the philosophy of Murthy? / the Bhagavath Gita?
A)
14. What did Murthy prove / show other Indians?
A)
15. How can you say that Narayana Murthy is a pioneer of India’s software industry?
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16. What qualities in Murthy helped him become an icon?
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17. What is Murthy’s motto? Did he follow it? How can you say?
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IMPORTANT ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES

1. A person above one hundred years : Centenarian
2. A citizen of the world : Cosmopolite
3. A book published after the death of its author : Posthumas
4. A life history written by oneself : Autobiography
5. A life history written by others : Biography

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6. A list of books : Catalogue
7. A lover of books : Bibliophile
8 A lover of mankind : Philanthropist
9. A hater of mankind : Misanthropist
10. A person who thinks of women’s welfare : Feminist
11. A hater of women : Misogynist
12. A hater of marriage : Misogamist
13. An importer and exporters of illegal goods : Smuggler
14. A book/letter/poem written by an unknown author : Anonymous
15. A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area : Epidemic
16. Handwriting that cannot be read : Illegible
17. A list of items to be discussed at a meeting : Agenda
18. A person with evil reputation : Notorious
19. A position for no salary : Honorary
20. A sentence with unclear meaning : Ambiguous
21 A person who is always supported by others : Parasite
22. A sound that cannot be heard : Inaudible
23. A state of perfect balance : Equilibrium
24. A study of ancient things : Archaeology
25. A study of birds : Ornithology
26. A study of insects : Entomology
27. A study of man : Anthropology
28. A study of the body : Physiology
29. A study of the mind / behaviour : Psychology
30. A thing no longer in use : Obselete
31. A thing that can be eaten : Edible
32. A handwritten document : Manuscript
33. An inscription on a tomb : Epitaph
34. Medical examination of a dead body : Postmortem / Autopsy
35. A believer in fate : Fatalist
36. A believer in God : Theist
37. A disbeliever in God : Atheist
38. One who doubts the presence of God : Agnostic
39. One who can do anything for money : Mercenary
40. One who is all powerful : Omnipotent
41. One who is present everywhere : Omnipresent
42. One who knows everything : Omniscient
43. One who knows many languages : Polyglot
44. One who looks on the bright side of things : Optimist
45. One who looks on the dark side of things : Pessimist
46. A Practice of having one wife or husband : Polygamy
47. A practice of having many wives or husbands : Monogamy
48. People living at the same time : Contemporaries
49. People work in the same office / school etc. : Colleagues
50. One who eats human flesh : Cannibal
51. Something that cannot be imitated : Inimitable
52. That which cannot be believed : Incredible
53. One who practises a sport/art as a hobby (not as a profession): Amateur
54. One who spends too much : Spendthrift
55. One who does not take alcoholic drinks : Teetotaler
56. One who is the first to start something : Pioneer

UNIT – 2 WIT AND HUMOUR

‘A’ Reading : The Dear Departed-1 (Part-1)
Comprehension Part:

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1. Who are the characters in this ‘one act play?’
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2. What kind of woman is Mrs. Slater according to the play?
A.
3. ‘They haven’t been here for ages’ – Who do ‘they’ refer to? ‘Here’ means where?
A.
4. ‘Your father sent them a telegram’… Whose father sent a telegram, to whom?
A.
5. Why did Henry doubt the arrival of the Jordans?
A.
6. ‘They are very small for me’….. What are very small? For whom?
A.
7. ‘I always wanted to have it after he died’….. What does ‘it’ refer to? Who wanted to have ‘it’?
A.
8. Why did Mrs. Slater want to bring her father’s bureau downstairs before the arrival of the Jordans?
A.
9. What did she want to replace it with?
A.
10. ‘Are you planning to pinch it?’ ….. Who were trying to steal and what?
A.
11. What are the things that the Slaters wanted to steal (pinch) before the arrival of the Jordans?
A.
12. ‘It’s a good thing he did’….. What is a good thing? Who did it?
A.
13. Well, we’ll think about it after tea’….. What does ‘it’ refer to?
A.
14. ‘He promised that to our Jimmy?’…….. Who promised what to Jimmy?
A.
15. ‘Was it overdue?’ ……. What was overdue?
A.
16. ‘The drunken old beggar!’ …….. Who does it refer to? Who called him so?
A.
17. He’s done it on purpose’ ……. Who has done ‘it?’ What has he done?
A.
18. ‘The child’s crazy’ ……. Who is the child and why made her crazy?
A.
‘B’ Reading : The Dear Departed - II

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1. ‘I call it double-faced’…. What is double-faced?
A.
2. ‘I’ll go to someone that does’….. What does ‘that’ refer to here?
A.
3. What are Mr. Abel Merryweather’s three plans for the Monday next?
A.
4. Who is Mrs. John Shorrocks?
A.
5. What is Ring-O-Bells?
A.
6. What is the venue for Mr. Abel’s remarriage?
A.
7. It’ll be handier to carry it across to the ‘Ring-o-Bells’….. What does Mr. Abel carry to the ‘Ring-o-Bells’?
A.
8. Why did Mr. Abel Merryweather decide to remarry at the age of 72?
A.

‘C’ Reading : THE BRAVE POTTER

1. How was the weather at the beginning of the story?
A.
2. Why did the tiger heave a sigh of relief?
A.
3. What was the only sound heard that night?
A.
4. What did the tiger hear from inside the hut?
A.
5. What did the woman in the hut complain about?
A.
6. What did the tiger think ‘the leak’ was?
A.
7. What woke the tiger up at midnight?
A.
8. ‘You horrible beast!’ a voice screamed angrily….. Whose voice was it? Who / What does ‘you’ refer to?
A.
9. ‘This must be the leak who has come out of the hut’….Who did the tiger think ‘the leak’ was?
A.
10. Why did the tiger allow the mysterious creature (the leak) to tie his neck with a thick rope?
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11. What was the creature that bound the tiger with an iron chain?
A.
12. Why did the potter want to have palm-wine?
A.
13. Why did the potter rush into the stable?
A.
14. Which animal did the potter find in front of the old woman’s hut?
A.
15. There he is, the stupid animal!’ ….. What is ‘the stupid animal’ according to the potter?
A.
16. Why did the villagers thank the potter?
A.
17. How the king make the potter? / What was the potter made by the king?
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18. Why was the potter sleepless that night / the night before the war?
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19. Why did the potter ask his wife to tie his feet tightly to the stirrups?
A.
20. What is the potter on the horse back compared to?
A.
21. What did the potter pull out of the ground while he was riding the horse?
A.
22. Why did the enemy soldiers flee?
A.
23. Why was the potter surprised?
A.
24. Why did the potter send the letter to the king through his wife?
A.
25. He’s truly a humble and brave man’….. Who looked humble and brave? Why?
A.
26. Do you think the potter was really brave? Justify your answer.
A.

UNIT – 3 : HUMAN RELATIONS

‘A’ Reading : THE JOURNEY
Comprehension Part: -
1. What thought is tiring to anyone?
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2. Which thought made the narrator lethargic? / Why was the narrator reluctant to start for his work place?
A.
3. Why did the narrator carry less luggage?
A.
4. On what special purpose did the narrator go home?
A.
5. For how much time did he spend at home?
A.
6. Why did the young man get into debts? Guess the reasons:
A.
7. Why did the narrator finally decide to return to his work place?
A.
8. Which phrase in the passage (in the 2nd para) means ‘taking much time to do something?’
A.
9. What was the problem for the narrator on his return journey?
A.
10. What prevented the narrator from carrying his own luggage to the bus stop?
A.
11. What was the narrator?
A.
12. Why did the narrator fail to convince his father not to carry his luggage to the bus stop at Dirang?
A.
13. Why was the narrator late in reaching his father?
A.
14. Why was the narrator tired by the time he reached his father?
A.
15. Why did the narrator’s father have palm-wine?
A.
16. What was the guilty feeling going on in the narrator’s mind all the way?
A.
17. What did not allow the young man to carry the trunk?
A.
18. What was the feeling in the young man’s mind?
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19. How much money did the young man want to give his father? For what?
A.
20. What did the old man take from his son?
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21. Which word in the passage means ‘a feeling of happiness or satisfaction?’
A.
22. The road we had come by looked ‘like a giant motionless rope’…. What is the figure of speech used here?
A.
23. How were the routes of the young man and his old father different? (or)
How can you say that the young man and his old father were journeying in ‘opposite directions?’
A.

‘B’ Reading : ONCE UPON A TIME (Poem)

1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Once Upon a Time?’
A.
2. Who does the poet address in the poem?
A.
3. What does the expression ‘ice-cold black eyes’ mean?
A.
4. How were the people in the past?
A.
5. How do people laugh now?
A.
6. Who does the word ‘I’ in the poem refer to?
A.
7. What has he / she learnt?
A.
8. Who do ‘they’ in the 1 st stanza refer to?
A.
9. What is meant by ‘learn to wear many faces?’
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10. Why has the poet learnt to wear many faces?
A.
11. How does the poet want to laugh?
A.
12. What does he want to relearn?
A.
13. What are the poet’s teeth compared to?
A.
14. ‘My teeth like a snake’s bare fangs’……. What is the figure of speech used here?
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15. What things has the poet learned to live in this hypocritical world?
A.
16. Write the central idea of the poem in two or three sentences.
A.

‘C’ Reading : WHAT IS MY NAME?

1. Who is the write of the story ‘What Is My Name?’
A.
2. How does your father call your mother?
A.
3. Who address your mother by her name?
A.
4. What for did the young man marry the young woman in the story?
A.
5. What activities did the woman do at home?
A.
6. What is the meaning of ‘dexterous?’
A.
7. What is the chief mission in the woman’s life?
A.
8. How did the woman always keep her house clean and tidy?
A.
9. Why was the woman lost in thought?
A.
10. What made the woman forget her name?
A.
11. Did the maidservant remember the woman’s name?
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12. Which expression in the passage means ‘surprised?’
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13. Why do the children remember their father’s name?
A.
14. What thought made the woman disappointed and restless?
A.
15. How people identify married women?
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16. Who did the woman expect to remember her name at last?
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17. What did the husband always call his wife?
A.
18. What did the husband advise his wife to do?
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19. What did the woman not find in the almirah?
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20. Why did the woman decide to go to her parents?
A.
21. ‘They just did not know how to do it’….. What does the word ‘it’ refer to?
A.
22. According to the woman’s parents, where were the certificates?
A.
23. Did the woman find the certificates there?
A.
24. In what way was the woman’s friend different from the woman?
A.
25. How did the woman (Sarada) feel when her friend called her by name?
A.
26. Pick out the word which means ‘having a concealed identify?’
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27. Where did Sarada find her certificates and other things?
A.
28. ‘Now it is like a festival for us,’ said Sarada’s husband when she returned home. Why did he feel like that?
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