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  Sermon at Benaras Important questions for board examination. Answer following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Describe the journey of Siddhartha Gautama becoming the Buddha. OR Q) When Siddhartha saw a sick man, an aged men, a funeral procession and a monk, he left his home and go out in search of enlightenment. What lesson about life do we learn from this episode?   Ans) Siddharth Gautam was born in a royal family. He lived a luxurious life. At the age of twelve he was send for learning sacred Hindu scriptures. After four years he returned back. He was married and lived a happy life for ten years. One day, while going for hunting, he saw he a sick man, an old age person, a funeral procession and then a monk. Before it, he was unaware of the harsh reality of the life. The miserable conditions of man impacted him so much that he left home in search of answers to mysteries of life. He wandered for seven years. Finally he sat under a Peeple tree and ...

  Madam Rides the Bus Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Curiosity is the mother of all learnings and discoveries. Valli had an urge to know about the city. Her keen and close observation made her intelligent, confident and mature. What do you learn from her character? OR Q) What was Valli’s deepest desire? How did she plan for it? OR Q) How did Valli planned her journey? What qualities of her were revealed by it? Ans) There was an hourly bus service from Valli’s village to the nearest town. The bus passed through her house. She saw the bus with new passengers every time. This rose her interest in riding the bus and visiting the town. Slowly it became her deepest desire. She planned meticulously for her first journey. She had three challenges . Firstly, to gather the information about the bus journey and the town. For this she started to listen carefully the conversation of passengers and the neighbours. S...

  Mijbil the Otter Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun loving animal who needs love? OR Q) Discuss various qualities of the Mijbil. Ans) Mijbil made friendship with the author in just a few days. He was very curious and took interest in his surroundings. He was intelligent . He escaped from the bedroom and reached the bathroom, where he played with the water. Later in the corridor he tried to open the tap. He devised a game . He put a ball or marble on the higher side of tilted suitcase and rushed on other side to catch it before the ball reached.   He didn’t like the confinement . He hurt himself in the effort of escaping, when author put him in the box for importing to London. He was naughty and created a nuisance in the aircraft. He was fun loving and developed the compulsive habit of galloping through...

  Making of a Scientist. Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Analyse the character of Richard Ebright in your own word. Ans)   Richard Ebright was very good observer and collector. In kinder garden he collected butterflies. He also collected rocks, fossils and coins. He had a driving curiosity along with a bright mind. The book ‘The travels of monarch X' opened a new world to him. He started raising butterflies and tagging them. He was a boy who learnt from his failures. In 7 th standard when he could not win the prize, he was not disappointed. Rather he analysed and learnt that winners needed real scientific experimentation. Next year he corrected himself and got the prize.   Later he used this method of scientific inquiry to solve many more problems like reason behind 12 gold spots on monarch pupa, secret of similarity between viceroy and monarch butterflies, the study of DNA structure ...

  Making of a Scientist. Important questions for board examination.   Q) What role did mother play in making of a scientist Richard Ebright? Ans) Mother encouraged his interest in learning. She took him on trips. She bought him many equipments like telescope, microscope, camera and mounting material that helped him in his queries. Mother arranged different activities for him so that he remain engaged in learning. Q) What changes were brought about after Ebright got the book “The travels of monarch X?" Ans) This book was a turning point in the life of the Ebright. In the book Dr. Urquahat   invited the readers to tag butterflies and trace their journey. Ebright raised flock of butterflies from egg to Caterpillar to pupa to adult butterfly. This gave him a hint of what real science was. Q) Why could Ebright not win in school fair when he was in 7th grade? And) Ebright could not win the prize because his work was only neatly presented models and slides. He ...

  The Book that Saved the Earth.   Important questions for the board examination.   Q) Why is the twentieth century called the Era of books? And) In the 20 th century many books were published. There were books available on every topic from anteaters to Zulus. That’s why it is called era of the books. Q)What type of person is Think Tank? Ans) Think tank was the commander in chief of Mars Space Center. He wished to be addressed by a long salutation. He was very arrogant person. He consulted only mirror. He never allowed Noodle to take credit for his ideas. Q) How does Think Tank interpret the nursery rhymes on mistress Mary? Ans) Think tank surprised to know that maids were grown in the garden. He thought that earthlings had developed the technique of mixing Agriculture with mining. They could grow rare metals like silver and high   explosives. He ordered noodles to contact invasion fleet to stop the attack. Q) How does Think Tank interpret the ...

  Bholi Important questions for board examination Q) What do you know about sulekha (Bholi) from the text ? Ans) Sulekha was the youngest girl of Numberdar Ramlal. She was ten months old she had fallen off the cot on her head and some part of her brain was damaged. She remained a backward child and came to be known as bholi. When she was two years old she had an attack of smallpox. Her entire body was disfigured by black pock-marks. She could not speak till she was five, that too with stammering. Other children made fun of her. Q) Give the details of Ramlal’s family. Ans) Ramlal was a Numberdar. He had seven children - three boys and four girls. It was a prosperous farmer family and there was plenty to eat and drink. All the children were healthy and strong except Bholi. She was a backward child. Q) Why did the tehsildar   come to Ramlal’s village? What did he ask Ramlal to do? Ans) Tehsildar came to Ramlal's village to inaugurate a girls primary school. He ask...

  Bholi Important questions for board examination Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) On the basis of your understanding of the story, sketch the character of Bholi. Ans) Bholi, whose real name was Sulekha, was a backward child. In her childhood she fell from the cot on her head and some part of her brain was damaged. She started speaking only at the age of five and that too with stammering. She also suffered from smallpox. She was always given worn out dresses of her elder sisters. Nobody cared of her. Her life showed a ray of hope when she started to go to school. Her teacher changed her into a confident girl. Its evidence came when her parents tried to marry her with an old lame and greedy grocer Bishamber Nath. Initially Bholi agreed. But when she came to know about the greedy nature of Bishamber Nath she refused to marry him. Everybody was surprised. Nobody could believe that she could take such a bold step. Actually it was her teacher wh...

 The Hack Driver Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) How did the narrator’s experience at new Mullion change his attitude towards Country Life? Ans) Narrator was a assistant clerk in a big law firm. He was sent to serve summons to the persons needed in different cases. He did not like his job. So when he was sent to new Mullion, he was very happy. There he met a friendly hack driver, Bill, who helped him in searching Oliver Lutkins. Narrator enjoyed Bill's company very much. He was impressed by the wisdom of the Bill. He loved his opinion about different people. He   appreciated the outlook of Bill towards the life. The simple and easy going life of country Influenced him so much that he started planning to settle in the new Mullion Q) Why was the narrator sent to new Mullions? How did Bill help him? Ans) Narrator worked for a law firm which needed a person, Lutkins, for a case. Lutkins had neglect...

  The hack driver Important questions for board examination. Q) What was the impression the hack driver made on the narrator when he first met him? Ans) Narrator was disappointed when he saw the muddy streets and wooden shops in New Mullions. The only agreeable sight was the hack driver. He was very friendly with a smiling face. It appeared that he was a man who loved people. Q) Who was Oliver Lutkins? Why were summons issued on his name? Ans) Oliver Lutkins was a countryman. He was needed as a witness in a case by  narrator's law firm. His witness can easily solve the case.   Firm issued many summons on his name but he refused all of them. Q) What was the deal between the hack driver and the narrator? Ans) Hack driver promised the narrator that he would help him in searching the Oliver lutkins because it was very difficult for a city man to catch a parson like Lutkins.And narrator would pay two dollar per hour for using his cart. Q) The narrator knew th...

 The book that saved the Earth Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Attempt character sketch of Great and mighty Think Tank? Ans) The think tank was the commander-in-chief of Mars Control Center. He had a big balloon brain. He was proud of that. He considered himself the mightiest and wisest creature in the universe. He consulted nobody but the mirror. But when he interpreted the poem he looked very funny. He was very arrogant. He never allowed noodle to take credit for his thoughts and ideas. Probe crew members were also afraid of him. His opinion about earthlings was low. he thought that they were primitive creatures who knew no technology and kept eating something or other all the time. In the end his coward personality came forth and he ran away from the Mars to protect himself. Q) How is the historian indebted the existence of books for saving the earth? Ans) In the 20 th century Mars control centre’...

  The Necklace. Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Give the character sketch of Matilda. Ans) Matilda was a beautiful young girl. She was born in a middle class family. She was very unhappy and unsatisfied. She thought that she was born for delicacies and luxuries. She loved sophisticated things like jewels, exquisite dinner, a high class living but in a real life she had nothing like these things. With no hope in her sight she agreed herself to marry a clerk in Board of Education. She suffered from the shabby walls and worn furniture of her apartment. She remained unsatisfied and then an incident took place that turned her life. For a party in the office of her husband she borrowed a diamond necklace from her rich friend Madam Forestier and she lost it. She had to replace it by purchasing a new diamond necklace for thirty six thousand francs. To repay this debt she and her husband worked day and...

  The necklace Important questions for board examination. Q) Why does the writer say that Matilda was born as if through an error of destiny into a family of clerk? Ans) Matilda was a pretty young lady. She felt that she was born for delicacies and luxuries. But she belonged to a middle class family where she always suffered from the poverty and deficiency. That’s why the writer said that she was born as if through an error of destiny into the family of clerk. Q) What was the financial position of Matilda's husband? Ans) Matilda’s husband was a clerk in the Board of Education. His apartment had the shabby walls and the worn furniture.   Like any other middle class man he could fulfill all necessities but no luxury. Q) Why did Matilda not like to visit her rich friend? Ans) Matilda was very disappointed and unhappy in her life. She loved delicate and luxurious things like silver plates, exquisite food, jewels etc. But she had none of them. When she visited ...

 Footprints without feet Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Griffin was not a true scientist because he misused a scientific discovery. Discuss. OR Q) Write the character sketch of Griffin. Ans) Griffin was a brilliant scientist. He discovered some rare drugs and swallowed them to become invisible. But he was a lawless person. He had the least regard for the laws and society norms. In revenge he set the landlords house on fire. In the departmental store in London he used things without payment. He stole materials and clothes from a theoretical company and attacked the shopkeeper and robbed him. In the village iping he continued his lawless activities. He stole the clergyman’s money. He attacked Mrs Hall. He knocked the constable jaffer   conscious and hit other people who tried to catch him. He had irritable temper. He was not a true scientist. Q) Why did griffin entered in the big london store? How did he behaved there? Ans) Griffin...

  Footprints without feet Q) Why were the two boys in London surprised? Ans) Two boy were surprised because they saw muddy footprints in the street of London which were appearing from nowhere. They chased them but to no help. They were clueless about the origin of footprints.   Q) Why was the scientist angry with the landlord and what did he do? Ans) Landlord of Griffin was unhappy with him because of his weird behaviour and short tempered nature. He wanted to eject Griffin from his house. That’s why Griffin was angry with his landlord. When he became invisible, he set the house on fire and escaped. Q) Why did Griffin become a homeless wanderer without clothes? Ans) Griffin was a scientist. He had discovered some rare drugs. He swallowed them and became invisible. He was angry with his landlord. In revenge he set his house on fire. To escape without being seen he removed his clothes and became a homeless wanderer. Q) Why did Griffin enter the theatrical compa...

 A Question of Trust Q) Write the charactersketch of Horace Danby. OR Q) Why is Horace Danby described as good and respectable, but not completely honest? Ans) Horace Danby was a   successful business man. He dealt in locks and safes. He was unmarried and a servant looked after him. He was suffering from hay fever. During summers it disturbed him.   He was fond of expensive and rare books. He had a good collection of them. He was a good and respectable person but not completely honest. Every year he committed one robbery. From the robbed money he purchased books through an agent. He planned   and executed the robbery very carefully. Opening safes was not a big deal for him, he had spent his life with locks and safes. But at Shotover Grange he was oversmarted by a lady. He was arrested and sentenced. Q) How did the lady in red turn out to be the smarter and cleverer then Horace Danby? Ans) Every year Horace Danby planned a robbery for purchasing expensive and ...

 A Question of Trust Q) What was Horace Danby's passion? How did he satisfy it? Ans) Horace Danby's passion was to collect and read expensive and rare books. To buy these books he used to rob a safe every year. He purchased these books through an agent. Q) What was his plan about his next robbery at Shotover Grange? Ans) Horace Danby collected information about Shotover Grange from a magazine. He studied the detailed layout of the house. There was a safe in the drawing room behind the painting. He came to know that the family would be in London in the summer. So he planned to rob Shotover Grange when servants were not at home. Q) How did Horace Danby's hay fever cause his failure in his robbery? Ans) Horace Danby was suffering from hay fever. He had allergy to some flowers. When he entered the drawing room of Shotover Grange he felt some sensation in his nose. There were some flowers in the drawing room. He started sneezing and alerted the lady in red dress. ...

Answer the following questions in 100 to 150 words. Q) What impression do you form of Ausable as a secret agent after reading the story “the midnight visitor” ? OR Q) Write the character sketch of Ausable. OR Q) Who was smarter – Max or Abusable? Ans) Ausableb was a short and fat person who did not fit any description of a spy. But he was a clever secret agent. He outsmarted the Max. In a french hotel he was waiting for a very secret and important documents related to the missile technology. When he entered in his room with writer Fowler he found Max was waiting for him in the room. Max had a pistol in his hand. Ausable had no weapon. Even then he got rid of Max easily. He cooked a story instantly and convinced the Max, and also the Fowler, that there was a balcony beneath the window. He had ordered wine and was expecting waiter Henry anytime. When waiter knocked at the door he told the Max that it must be police. To hide himself Max jump from the window.   More que...

 The Midnight Visitor Answer the following questions in about 40 to 50 words. Q) Who was Fowler? why was he disappointed? Ans) Fowler was a writer. He had come to the hotel to meet a spy. He was expecting a thrilling experience   of mysterious figures, the crack of guns  and  drugs in the wine. Instead he found a fat man who didn't fit any description of a spy he had ever read. That’s why he was disappointed. Q) What was the fowler’s first authentic thrill of the day? Ans)   Fowler spent his evening with Ausable in the Music Hall of a french hotel. Ausable received a call that some secret papers were about to come in his room. He also took Fowler with him. When they entered the room on the sixth floor and switched the light on they found another spy in the room with a pistol in his hand pointed towards them. Fowler was startled and experienced his first thrill of the day. Q) How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached t...

  The Thief's Story. Answer the following questions in 100 to 150 words. Q)Who was Anil? Give his character sketch? Ans) Anil was writer. He wrote for the magazines and got paid for it. His income was not regular. One day he borrowed and next day he lend money. He was a simple and easygoing person. He spent all his money carelessly on his friends in the parties. He was a kind person. He knew very well that Hari singh was stealing about one rupee daily from the shopping. But he ignored it. When Hari Singh could not make food on the first day he encouraged him and promised him to teach how to cook. He also promised to teach him reading and writing skills. By his kindness he changed Hari singh completely. Hari singh could not escape with the stolen money and came back to Anil. In fact he came back to life. Hari Singh was completely reformed by the generous methods of Anil. Q) Love and sympathy can transform even a thief. How is it true in case of Hari Singh? Ans) It is abs...

  The Thief's Story. Q) Why did Hari singh decide to go back to Anil? Ans) Hari singh knew that Anil trusted him. Anil taught him cooking and writing his name. Anil promised to teach him writing full sentences. Hari singh thought if he would be literate, he would earn money and respect both. Moreover simplicity and generosity of Anil compelled him to go back. Q) Who is “I” in this story why did he changed his name every month? Ans) Here “I” stand for Hari singh. He was a thief. He changed his name every month to stay ahead of police and his previous employers. Q) What was Anil’s job? What did he usually do with the money he earned? Ans) Anil was a writer. He wrote for the magazines and charged money for it. He was a easy going and a bit careless person. He spent all the money on his friends in the parties. Q) What does the thief say about the reactions of the different types of people when they were robbed? Ans) The thief had studied the faces of different types o...

  Important questions for board examination. Chapter - 1 Triumph of Surgery. Answer the following questions in 100 to 150 words. Q) Give a brief character sketch of doctor Herriot. Ans)Mr Herriot was a veterinary surgeon. He had much regard for Mrs pumphrey. He regularly visited her to see her little dog tricki. He was concerned about the health of tricki. He was a professional doctor. He strictly advised Mrs Pumphrey to cut down the food items of tricki especially the sweet dishes. He advised her to give him plenty of exercise. When situation was out of control he took tricki to his surgery.   He knew his work skillfully. He treated tricky in a very natural way without using any medicine or surgery. He knew the real cause of the problem and directly dealt with it. He was a honest man. When Mrs Pumphrey send eggs, wines and Brandy for tricki, doctor and his staff tempted to keep tricky forever. But considering the situation of Mrs Pumphrey he called her to take her dog w...

  Important questions for board examination Lesson 1 - A Triumph of Surgery Q) Do you think there are parents like Mrs pumphrey ? Ans) Mrs. Pumphrey loved her dog very much. She overfed him and provided him all the facilities. But excess of all these things created trouble for the tricky. He fell ill. Parents like Mrs Pumphrey are very common. They think that pampering is good for their children. But this is making them addict to junk foods , Internet and video games. These parents must understand the difference between caring and pampering. Q) “Tricki’s only fault was greed.” how did it get him into trouble? Ans) Tricki’s mistress was a rich lady. He lived a very cozy and luxurious life. He kept eating all the time. He never refused any food. He always avoided exercises. This affected his health badly. He became lethargic and listless. Finally doctor was called to take care of him. Q) What did Mrs Pumphrey tell doctor Herriot about Tricki? Ans) Mrs pumphrey told the ...

CORONA – A PANDEMIC  This topic is important from the examination point of view. You can easily find information on the various aspects of the corona in the newspaper, TV and Internet. In fact there is an information overload. It’s a problem for the students. In the examination there is always a word limit in the answers. You have to write within the prescribed word limit. Moreover time is also restricted. So students have to choice their words judiciously. Here three paragraphs are given for junior and senior classes. These paragraphs are only indicative. We can write them in different ways. You should read them as an example, then try to build your own paragraphs. Try not to touch many aspects in a paragraph. Ideally one paragraph should have only one theme. But   in the examination condition you can highlight two or three points, for the ease of writing.     Paragraph on corona (50 to 80 words) (For junior classes) Corona is a pandemic which affected the whole wor...

  Q) What is the difference between epidemic and pandemic? OR Describe the terms outbreak, epidemic, endemic and pandemic. Ans) In this article we will try to understand the meaning of outbreak, endemic, epidemic and pandemic. Endemic  -   lf an infectious disease is   regularly   present in a community or a people for long time then it is called endemic. In some parts of Africa malaria is endemic. Dengue is endemic to many Caribbean nations. Disease is restricted to   a region or country. And number of cases does not go beyond a threshold. Outbreak  -  If there are greater than anticipated increase in the number of endemic cases, it is called outbreak. If a infectious disease spread to some new area then it is an outbreak even if only one case is there. Epidemic - It affects a large number of people within a community, population or region. Here the rate of increase in cases is rapid.  In the case of COVID-19, it w...