Q10.

(a) Why are the bangle sellers in the story, ‘The Lost Spring’ unable to organise themselves into a
cooperative ?
(b) Why are young trees described as sprinting in the poem, ‘My Mother at Sixty Six’ ?
(c) What was the content of the letter written by the peddler to Edla?
(d) How does the poet bring out the images of this disharmony between man and nature in the
poem, ‘Keeping Quiet’?
(e) How does the instructor build a swimmer out of Douglas ?
(f) Who occupied the back benches in the classroom on the day of the last lesson? Why ?

Q11
(a) How did Dewan manage to get the hundredth tiger for the Maharaja? (The Tiger King)

(b) It was nothing short of a revelation: everything does indeed connect: What revelation is
Doshi talking about ?(Journey to the end of the Earth)

(c) How is the ending of the story ‘The Third Level’ ironic ?

Q12.
(A) The bangle makers of Firozabad make beautiful bangles and make everyone
happy, but they live and die in squalor.Elaborate.

OR
(B) The story, ‘The Rattrap’ has many instances of unexpected reactions from the
characters to others’ behaviour. Explain.

Q13.
(A) “A lot can happen in a million years but what a difference a day makes? Discuss this
statement in relation to Antarctica in about 120 to 150 words.(Journey to the end of
the Earth)
OR
(B) The modern world is full of insecurity fear, war and stress. We need to overcome
them through different ways. Write a paragraph with reference to ‘The Third Level’,
and express your thoughts about the ways to overcome it.