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CBSE - Class X, Literature Reader for English (Communicative) Unit 1,  THE TRIBUTE Textbook Exercise Questions Q.3: The narrator of the story is a man called Babuli. Answer these questions briefly: (a) Why did Babuli have to visit his family village? (b) Why had he not been to his village for a long time? (c) When Babuli told his wife that the family land had to be divided, how did she react? (d) When Babuli arrived at the family home, what changes did he notice? What was the  reason for these changes?   (e) Who wanted to buy Babuli’s share of family lands? (f) What did Babuli do with his share? Ans: (a) There was a quarrel between Babuli’s two sisters-in-law. His elder brother had written a letter, asking him to come home, because all movable and unmovable ancestral property was to be divided up among Babuli and his two brothers. Because of this Babuli had to visit his village as his presence on this occasion was indispensable. (b) Babuli had no

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THE TRIBUTE 1. Babuli’s journey to his village was a journey to his past. Elucidate. 2. “Mother was not to been seen anywhere at the vicinity.” Comment upon the helplessness of the mother. 3. Babuli’s wife was already waiting for this event to take place. In the light of her behaviour bring out the materialistic greed taking precedence over familial ties. 4. Though Babuli had not been visiting home, but the news of partition made him feel orphaned. Comment upon the hidden fears that Babuli had. 5. Nowadays people are more inclined towards nuclear families than joint families. Comment upon the ‘I, me, mine’ attitude predominant among the present day youth. 6. Compare and contrast the responses of Babuli and his middle brother to the division of family property. CUTIE PIE 1. Media’s nature of sensationalizing small and big issues has been highlighted in the story. Giving references from the lesson explain the statement. 2. Although Cutie Pie is an alien

1. Do you think Caeser’s death can be attributed to his failure to reads the omens properly or do the omens merely presage the inevitable? 2. How does Caesar continue to wield power over events even after his death? 3. The play ‘Julius Caesar’ focusses on the struggle between powerful individuals. What role do the plebians play in this struggle? 4. Who is the protagonist of the play- Caesar, who dies well before the end but whose power and name continue on or Brutus, the noble man, who falls because of his flaws? 5. Is rigidity and inflexibility of character an admirable trait or a flaw? Discuss Caeser and Brutus in light of the above statement. 6. The spoken word carries more weight. Discuss with reference to speeches of Brutus and Antony 7.What was Calpurnia’s plea? How did Caesar take it? 8. Was Caesar adamant in not responding to his wife’s plea? 9.Caesar wanted to go forth, come what may. Which aspect of his personality you find here? 10. What was

CBSE English Class 10th Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 1. Where did the ceremonies take place? Can you name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstone? Answer: The ceremonies took place in the campus of the Union Building of Pretoria. Rashtrapati Bhavan, and Red Fort are some of the buildings made from sandstone. 2. Can you say how an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa? Answer: As South Africa is in the southern hemisphere so it is autumn season there.  3. At the beginning of his speech, Mandela mentions “an extraordinary human disaster”. What does he mean by this? What is the “glorious … human achievement” he speaks of at the end? Answer: The extraordinary human disaster was the practice of apartheid in South Africa. During apartheid regime there was racial segregation based on skin colour of people. Black people did not have proper constitutional rights. The end of apartheid regime and the beginning of a more tolerant society was the glor

  His First Flight 1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps? Answer:  The young seagull was afraid of falling and hurting itself. Any animal or bird, including humans is afraid to take first steps or first flight. Actually this is not a simple act of flying or walking. This is about growing independent, about taking a giant leap towards maturity. As the process of learning anything is difficult so we are apprehensive while taking the proverbial first steps in life. You must have observed a kid crying on his first day to school. As the kid is going to face the harsh outside world, there will not be the protective environment of its parents. So, consciously or subconsciously the kid is having fear about challenges which lie ahead. Once you will graduate from school and will enter the colle

A Letter to God 1. What did Lencho hope for? Ans: Lencho hoped that hailstorm should go as quickly as possible. 2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’? Ans: As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins. 3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields? Ans: The rain changed to hailstorm. All the crop in the field was destroyed. 4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped? Ans: After the destruction caused by hail, Lencho was shattered. He could see a bleak future for him and his family. Hew was worried about lack of food for the coming year. 5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do? Answer: Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God could see everything and would help him out. Lencho wrote a letter to the God, explained his situation and asked for some money from God. 6. Who read the letter? Answer: The postmaster read the letter. 7. What did t