English Special 1

English Special 1(Short Questions)


(For Class 10th)

Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words each: (2 × 5 = 10)

Q.1 Hari Singh is both a thief and a human being. Explain.
Ans :
No doubt Hari is a thief as well as good human being. Situations compel a person to become either beast or remain as a human being. Even goodness
and nobility of a person changes anyone’s heart and mind.


Q.2 How does the necklace change the course of the Loisel’s life?
Ans :
Only because of necklace and showing off, Loisel fell in a debt trap which forced her to live like an ordinary lower middle class housewife. She started doing all the household chores which a lady of her status normally does not do. Aspirations have no limits but one should never forget the ground realities.

Q.3 What do you think was the speaker’s attitude towards Amanda?
Ans :
The speaker is concerned about Amanda and wants to unstil good habits and behaviour in her. The speaker wants her to give up bad habits land be organised in life. Speaker constantly keep instructing her with do’s and dot’s and doesn’t
went Amanda to look gloomy.

Q.4 Why would you not agree with Lencho calling them ‘a bunch of crooks’?
Ans :
Lencho was not at all justified in calling them ‘a bunch of crooks because they helped him by collecting money.

Q.4 Bholi’s heart was overflowing with a ‘New hope and a new life’. What does the phrase the new
hope and the new life’ mean?

Ans :
It means, ‘To serve her parents in old age and to teach the students in the same school when she had learnt too much’.

Q.5 What colour is the young woman’s hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so?
Ans :
The colour of the young woman’s hair is yellow. Her hair can be called ‘blonde’. She says that she can change the colour of her hair according to her choice. She can dye the hair brown, black or of carrot’s colour. She wants to show that outward appearances can easily be changed. A young man should not fall in love with her only after seeing her yellow hair or outwardly appearance.

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