Learn ABC (Anjlesh Mishra)

  THE HUNDRED DRESSES - II Multiple choice Questions (MCQ) Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option: 1. While the class was circling the room, the monitor from the principal's office brought Miss Mason a note. Miss Mason read it several times and studied it thoughtfully for a while. Then she clapped her hands. "Attention, class. Everyone back to their seat. "When the shuffling of feet had stopped and the room was still and quiet, Miss Mason said, " I have a letter from Wanda's father that I want to read to you." Miss Mason stood there a moment and the silence in the room grew tense and expectant. The teacher adjusted her glasses slowly and deliberately. (i) What was in the note that Miss Mason got from the principal's office? (a) Monetary prize for Wanda            (b) A letter from Wanda's father (c) Wanda's confession of lying         (d) Expression of sorry from Peggy (ii) What did Miss Mason do be...

 THE HUNDRED DRESSES PART I Extract Based Questions (MCQ) Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option. 1. Today, Monday, Wanda Petronski was not in her seat. But nobody, not even Peggy and Maddie, the girls who started all the fun, noticed her absence. Usually Wanda sat in the seat next to the last seat in the last row in room Thirteen. She sat in the corner of the room where there the rough boys who did not make good marks sat, the corner of the room where there was most scuffling of feet, most roars of laughter when anything funny was said, and most mud and dirt on the floor. Wanda did not sit there because she was rough and noisy. On the contrary, she was very quiet and rarely said anything at all. And nobody had ever heard her laugh out loud. Sometimes she twisted her mouth into a crooked sort of smile, but that was all. (i) Who did not notice Wanda's absence? (a) Peggy alone        (b) Maddie alone          ...

  From the Diary of Anne Frank Extract Based Questions (MCQ) Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1. To enhance the image of this long- awaited friend in my imagination, I don't want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend and I'm going to call this friend "Kitty". (i) Who is the long-awaited friend mentioned in the extract? (a) Mrs Kuperus            (b) Anne's grandmother       (c ) Her diary      (d) Margot (ii) Anne Frank decided to maintain a diary because ______________ (a) she had no close friends                      (b) she was a good writer (c ) she loved to express her thoughts     (d) she wanted to be different (iii) She wanted to write in her diary about ________________ (a) her family              ...

  A Tiger in the Zoo  Multiple choice questions (MCQ) Extract Based Questions Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option: 1. He stalks in his vivid stripes,     The few steps of his cage,     On pads of velvet quiet,     In his quiet rage. (i) Where is the tiger at present? (a) in the forest                (b)   in a circus       (c ) in a cage                           (d) in a room (ii) Mention any one quality of the animal under reference. (a) Quiet                         (b)    desperate        (c ) vivid stripes of his body   (d) Roaring   (iii) Which word in the stanza may also mean graphic or picturesque: (a) Strips              ...

  Lesson- Weathering the Storm in Ersama (Class IX)   Long Answer (LA) Type Questions  - 8 marks each 1. Why was Prashant anxious to go to his village? How did he reach there? OR How did Prashant manage to reach Kalikunda in the flood? OR  Describe Prashant's journey to his village. Ans. The cyclone hit the area very badly. It caused a great description there and left nothing upright. The cyclone was so heavy that it removed all the houses there and no trees were standing. Prashant, after spending two days at the friend's house, decided to look for his family members and started for his village. Prashant was worried about the well-being of his family members at his village. So, he decided to go there although the situation was still dangerous. Prashant took a long, sturdy stick and started his 18 kms journey to his village. He used the stick to know the level of the water and locate the road through the swollen flood waters. At several places, he had to swim whe...

  Lesson- Glimpses of India   Long Answer (LA) Type Questions  - 8 marks each 1. After reading the story "A Baker from Goa', do you think our traditions, heritage, values and practices are the roots that nourish us? Why/Why not? (CBSE 2015) Ans. 'A Baker from Goa' highlights the importance of the traditional practice of baking breads  for every occasion and festival of the Goan people. In Goa, a marriage is incomplete if it is not including the sweet bread known as the bol. It shows that bread is an important part of Goan life. This tradition continues even today. This shows how our traditional practices can keep us to our past and heritage. Traditional values shape our personality and also provide us emotional support. They enable us to face difficult situations and make us mentally strong. Traditional practices also have an impact on our behavioral pattern towards the other people in society. 2. How do Coorg's location, people and natural features add to ...