i. Explain the irony involved in the name of Saheb.

ii. Explain the use of literary device in the sentence “an army of barefoot boys
who appear like the
morning birds and disappear at noon”.
iii. Why did M Hamel not scold Franz for not learning his lesson?
iv. Why is ‘grandeur’ associated with the ‘mighty dead’?
i. What contrast does Charley offer to the psychiatrist’s diagnosis?
ii. When was the Tiger King in danger of losing his throne?
iii. Describe the great miracle which took place when the prince was only ten days
old.
i. “Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds……” In the context of Mukesh, the
bangle-maker’s
son, which two worlds is Anees Jung referring to?
ii. “When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is
as if they hold the
key to their prison”. Comment on the basis of the story “The Last Lesson”.
iii. Why has the mother been compared to ‘late winter’s moon’?
iv. What symbol from nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life
under apparent
stillness?
i. What did Charley discover when he went to a newsboy?
ii. What did Sam say in his letter to Charley?
iii. How was the crown prince Jung Jung Bahadur brought up?
i. Who occupied the back benches in the classroom on the day of the last lesson?
Why?
ii. “Garbage to them is gold”. Why does the author say so about the ragpickers of
Seemapuri?
iii. Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children ‘spilling out of
their homes’?
iv. What is the theme of the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’?
i. Describe the third level as described by Charley.
ii. What considerations influenced the Tiger King to get married?
iii. Who actually killed the hundredth tiger? Why?
i. What a thunderclap these words were to me! What were those words and what was
their effect
on Franz?
ii. Explain how does rag-picking carry two different meanings for children and
elders.
iii. Why are the young trees described as “sprinting”?
iv. What will counting upto twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
i. How does Jack Finney try to establish the reality of the Grand Central Station,
New York?
ii. What was Sam’s reaction when Charley mentioned the discovery of the third level
to him?
iii. Who is the hero of the story “The Tiger King”? How may he be identified?
i. “Little has moved with time, it seems, in Firozabad.” State the reason why does
the author say
this.
ii. What does M Hamel mean when he says, “We have all a great deal to reproach
ourselves with”?
iii. What was people’s reaction when they realised that they would never be able to
learn their
native language?
iv. What are the things that cause suffering and pain? Explain with reference to
the poem “A Thing
of Beauty”.
i. Where did Charley stray when he got lost at the Grand Central?
ii. Describe the irony involved towards the end of the chapter “The Third Level”.
iii. “From that day onwards it was celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting
Pratibandapuram”.
Bring out the irony involved in this statement.

A. Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?

B. ‘Garbage to them is gold’. You have observed the pitiable condition of the
ragpickers in
Seemapuri. Write a diary entry mentioning the sufferings and challenges they face
for their
survival in Seemapuri?
A. How can we attain calmness in the present hectic life? Write a narration with
reference to
Charley.
B. Mukesh is not like others. His ‘dreams loom like a mirage amidst the dust of
streets that fill his
town Firozabad’. Justify the statement in the light of contrast in the mindsets of
Mukesh and the
people of Firozabad
A. How can we attain calmness in the present hectic life? Write a narration with
reference to
Charley.
B. Mukesh is not like others. His ‘dreams loom like a mirage amidst the dust of
streets that fill his
town Firozabad’. Justify the statement in the light of contrast in the mindsets of
Mukesh and the
people of Firozabad
A. Even today so many of us believe in superstitions. An astrologer predicted about
‘The Tiger King’
that he would be killed by a tiger. He ‘killed’ one hundred tigers yet he was
himself ‘killed’ by a
tiger. How did the superstitious belief ‘prevail’?
B. Our language is part of our culture and we are proud of it. As M Hamel, describe
how regretful
you and the village elders are for having neglected the native language, French.
A. Imagine that you come across Louisa’s diary. What might you find in it about the
third level?
Compose at least one diary entry based on any of the events from the story ‘The
Third Level’.
B. Grinding poverty and tradition condemn the children of ragpickers and bangle
makers to a life
of exploitation. Such children are deprived of all opportunities in life. Mukesh
who opts out of
the existing profession of his forefathers by resolving to start a new job of a
motor mechanic
symbolises the modern youth. What lesson do we learn from Mukesh’s example? \
A. What do you understand by ‘Linguistic Chauvinism’? Analyse the order from Berlin
in the light
of this phrase. How do you justify M. Hamel’s views about French and the new found
love of the
people towards their language?
B. Imagine you are an ardent environmentalist who is involved in the Save the Tiger
campaign. You
have been asked to deliver a speech in a seminar related to your campaign and the
need for the
youth to be involved in such campaigns. Draft your speech.