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CBSE Class 12 English Question Paper 2018 Comptt (Delhi & Outside Delhi) with Solutions
Time allowed: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
- This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory.
- Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.
- Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
SECTION A
READING [20]
Question 1.
Read the passage given below: [12]
1. If one early June morning you are suddenly stopped in your walk by a ringing “piu-piu- piu-pee-pee-piu-piu” call coming from the trees in your park or garden, you will feel your heart suddenly lifted. Look around and you may see two large, handsome, black- and-white birds with long coattails chase each other through the trees. They are pied cuckoos, that have come from Africa, and are said to announce the arrival of the greatest show on earth the Indian monsoon. Be assured, the curtain will rise in a month or so.
2. To get a proper view of the onset of the monsoon, you really need to be stationed anywhere on the coastline of India or up in the hills. The grand show of grey clouds approaches like an airborne army, preceded by cool breezes, filling the air with electric charge so that you feel very happy. Spear of lightning flickers in the sky and the sound of thunder makes you feel excited.
And then, it pours. The cracked earth without any green cover sucks down the flood of water-and then Mother Nature goes mad. Seeds scattered or buried like grains of sand or pebbles in the ground suddenly come to life. Shoots of plants rocket skywards, roots plunge into the soft, spongy earth sucking up water and nutrients. It’s a hint the grasshoppers have been waiting for. And bugs, beetles, caterpillars, centipedes, etc. emerge in their billions, feasting on the fresh green plants in the fields (to the annoyance of many a farmer) as also on each other.
3. There are miracles and there is music too: singing golden frogs appearing in large numbers in a rain-filled ditch, taking part in a group song that Bollywood would have envied. They vanish the very next day. They’d been waiting patiently all through the blistering summer, deep underground, conserving whatever moisture they had soaked up. Fireflies wink through the trees in the hills, sending their greenish signals to one another in codes as precise as any we may use for our most secret messages.
4. All this is what the birds have been waiting for. Most birds have spent the spring and summer courting and now it’s time to settle down. Baby birds need a lot of high protein at frequent intervals, which the rich supply of insect life so happily provides: Caterpillars are eaten up in their millions, as are furry moths, earthworms slurped down like noodles, spiky dragonflies beaten to bits to soften them up into baby food. The long-legged storks and herons get busy with fishing.
As for the big guys like lions and tigers in the jungles: they too had it relatively easy during the summer when their thirsty prey came to the waterholes. Now, with water easily available, in streams and ponds all over, they need to work harder for their meals. But yes, this is, perhaps, compensated by the arrival of baby deer and fawns are sweet and soft, not very experienced in the merciless ways of the lions and tigers, even if they may seem more like a snack than a main meal. The animals get a rest from us, too, as parks and sanctuaries close down, not so much out of kindness as because the roads become impassable.
5. And then, just as you are beginning to tire of the green mould on your shoes, belts and bags, and of all the sniffles and snuffles that the rains also bring (bacteria and viruses also love this season), the clouds begin to disperse and float away in large armies. But before this happens, at least once, do go out in the midst of a downpour, raise your face to the heavens and dance and sing and celebrate this, the greatest show on earth.
1.1 On the basis of your understanding of the passage answer each of the questions given below by choosing one of the options that follow: [1 × 5 = 5]
(a) The winged messengers from Africa:
(i) bring rain from Africa
(ii) bring the message that the rains are coming soon.
(iii) create a lot of horrible noise.
(iv) are not welcome.
Answer:
(ii) bring the message that the rains are coming soon.
(b) Spear of lightening flickes in the Sky and sound of thunder makes you ful —
(i) Emotional
(ii) Crazy
(iii) Excited
(iv) Insance
Answer:
(iii) Excited
(c) Baby birds benefit from the rains because:
(i) the mummy bird cannot fly in the rain.
(ii) they need a lot of noodles.
(iii) the rain brings a lot of insects which they eat.
(iv) they like wet nests.
Answer:
(iii) the rain brings a lot of insects which they eat.
(d) Humans don’t visit the animals in game sanctuaries during the rainy season because:
(i) humans don’t like to get wet.
(ii) the paths to the sanctuaries become waterlogged.
(iii) baby animals are born in the sanctuaries.
(iv) humans get bitten during the rainy season.
Answer:
(ii) the paths to the sanctuaries become waterlogged.
(e) The green mould that grows on leather comes:
(i) from the creepy insects that come with the rain.
(ii) because grass becomes very green during the rainy season.
(iii) because of the moisture in the air during the rainy season.
(iv) from fluffy clouds in the sky.
Answer:
(iii) because of the moisture in the air during the rainy season.
1.2 Answer the following questions briefly: [1 × 5 = 5]
(a) What according to the author is the advantage of staying near the coast?
(b) How does Mother Nature react to the monsoon rain?
(c) What do bugs, beetles, caterpillars, etc. do after the rains?
(d) Why do lions and tigers have to work harder to catch their prey during the rainy season?
(e) Why are parks and sanctuaries closed during the rains?
Answer:
(a) The author feels the advantage of staying near the coast is that one can get a proper view of the onset of the monsoon.
(b) The author says that Mother Nature goes mad with the arrival of the monsoons. Scattered and buried seeds come to life. Shoots of plants rocket skyward, roots plunge into the soft, spongy earth sucking up water and nutrients.
(c) Bugs, beetles, caterpillars, etc. emerge in their billions after the rain, feasting on the fresh green plants in the fields and also on each other.
(d) It is easy for the lions and tigers to catch their prey when they come to quench their thirst at the waterholes during summers. But during the rainy season water is easily available in streams and ponds all over so the big animals need to work harder to catch their prey.
(e) Parks and sanctuaries close down during the rains because the paths to the sanctuaries become waterlogged making the roads impassable.
1.3 Find words from the passage which mean the same as each of the following: [1 × 2 = 2]
(i) decfare (para 1)
(ii) disappear (para 3)
Answer:
1.3 (i) declare – announce
(ii) disappear – vanish
Question 2.
Read the passage given below: [8]
1. There are two types of diabetes, insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent. 90-95% of the estimated 13-14 million people in the United States with diabetes have noninsulin dependent, or type II diabetes. Because this type of diabetes usually begins in adults over the age of 40 and is most common after the age of 55, it used to be called adult onset diabetes, its symptoms often develop gradually and are hard to identify at first; therefore nearly half of all the people with diabetes do not know it. So, someone who has developed Type II diabetes may feel tired or ill without knowing why. This can be particularly dangerous because untreated diabetes can cause damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. While the causes, short term effects, and treatments of the two types of diabetes differ, both types can cause long term health problems.
2. Most importantly, both types affect the body’s ability to use digested food for energy. Diabetes does not interfere with digestion, but it does prevent the body from using an important product of digestion, glucose, for energy. After a meal, the normal digestive system breaks some food down into glucose. The blood carries the glucose or sugar throughout the body, causing blood glucose levels to rise. In response to this, insulin is released into the blood stream and signals the body tissues to metabolize or burn the glucose for fuel, which causes blood glucose levels to return to normal. The glucose that the body does not use is stored in the liver, muscle or fat.
3. In both types of diabetes, the normal function of glands is affected. A gland called pancreas makes insulin. In people with insulin-dependent diabetes, the pancreas does not produce insulin at all. People with non-insulin dependent diabetes usually
produce some insulin in their pancreas but their body tissues do not metabolize the glucpse properly, a condition known as insulin resistance.
4. There’s no cure for diabetes vet. However, there are wavs to get relief from its symptoms. Foods that are rich in carbohydrates break down into glucose during digestion, causing blood glucose to rise. Also studies have shown that cooked foods raise blood glucose higher than rawyunpeeled foods. So we should eat such uncooked whole grain foods.
3.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it using headings and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations wherever necessary (minimum four). [4]
3.2 Write a summary of the passage in not more than 80 words. Supply a suitable title to it. [4]
Answer:
(a) Title: Diabetes : The Silent Stalker
Notes:
1. Diabetes
1.1 2 types
1.2 insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent (Type 11)
1.3 90-95% of US pop. has Type II diabetes
1.4 begins in adults over 40 & most common after 55
1.5 symp. hard to identify
1.6 particularly dangerous
1.7 damages heart, blood vessels, eyes & kidneys
2. Effects of both types of diabetes
2.1 body’s ability to use digested food for energy affected
2.2 prevents body from using glucose for energy
2.3 glucose carried throughout body by blood
2.4 insulin released in blood stream
2.5 unused glucose stored in liver, muscle or fat
3. Insulin Resistance Cond.
3.1 both diabetes affect normal func. of glands
3.2 in people with insulin resistance diabetes pancreas produces no insulin
3.3 people with non insulin dependent diabetes produce some insulin
3.4 this cond. is known as Insulin Resistance
4. Prevention for diabetes
4.1 no cure
4.2 ways to get relief from symp
4.2.1 avoid carbohydrate rich food.
4.2.2 it breaks down into glucose.
4.2.3 eat raw, unpeeled food & uncooked whole grain foods.
List of abbreviations used:
& – and
% – per cent
US – United States
pop. – population
symp – symptoms
cond – condition
func – function
(b) Summary: There are two types of diabetes, insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent or type II diabetes which is most common in adults in the United States. Its symptoms are hard to identify but if untreated it can be dangerous. Diabetes affects the body’s ability to use digested food for energy. Pancreas make insulin in the body but no insulin is pro¬duced in people with insulin dependent diabetes, but in non-insulin dependent diabetes, some insulin is produced. There is no cure for diabetes but one can get relief from symptoms by avoiding carbohydrate rich food and eating uncooked whole grain foods.
SECTION B
WRITING SKILLS [30]
Question 3.
Public taps are generally leaking. A lot of water is wasted. Design a poster in not more than 50 words to make people aware of the need for saving water. You are Rohit/Reena. [4]
Answer:
Or
Write an invitation in not more than 50 words to your friend Rameshwari to spend her winter break with you in Mumbai. You are Puja/Puneet of 25, M.G. Road, Mumbai.
Answer:
25, M.G. Road
Mumbai
1st Dec., 20XX
Dearest Rameshwari
It has been such a long time since we met so I thought it would be wonderful if you could spend your winter break with me in Mumbai. I am eagerly awaiting for an affirmative reply from your end so that I can make plans accordingly. I am excited to spend some quality time with you and look forward to hosting you in my beautiful city.
Yours lovingly
Puja
Question 4.
You are Ramesh Kumar, Manager, Ekta Book House, Fort Road, Mumbai. You supplied a number of books to Prajapati Public School, Pune. The school complained that the books, received by it are not according to the order. Write a letter in 120-150 words to the Principal expressing regret, explaining the reason why the error took place and promising a prompt and correct delivery. [6]
Answer:
Ekta Book House
Fort Road
Mumbai
18th April, 20xx
The- Principal
Prajapati Public School
Pune
Subject: Letter of regret for delivery of incorrect order
Sir
We received your letter of complaint dated 16th April stating that the books received by you from our end were not according to the order.
I, on behalf of our book store, would like to express our regret and sincere apologies for this lapse. Though there can be no valid justification for this error but still I would like to mention‘’that there was some confusion in the order form while the books were being compiled due to which this error took place. I can assure you that henceforth you will have no reason for any kind of complaint from our end and also promise you a prompt and correct delivery of the books ordered by you. To compensate for our error we would also like to extend a 10% discount on your current bill.
I, hereby, personally assure you that your institution will have no reason for complaint from us in future and we hope to continue our association with your prestigious school for a long time.
Yours sincerely
Ramesh Kumar
Manager
Or
Your school has opened a new activity wing for the kindergarten students for which you require play equipment. Write a letter in 120-150 words to Bright Sports Materials, Paharganj, Delhi placing an order for educational toys and other play equipment. You are Principal, XYZ School, Delhi.
Answer:
XYZ School
Delhi
7th March, 20XX
Bright Sports Materials
Paharganj,
Delhi
Subject: Placing order for educational toys and other play equipment
Sir
Our school has opened a new activity wing for the kindergarten students for which we require play equipments. Considering our long standing association with your company we are hereby placing our order and hope the quality7 of products, prompt delivery7 and discounts offered will be adhered to. The required list of items is given below:
| Name of the Book | Author | Quantity |
| Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Edition) | Jane Austen | 7 |
| A House for Mr. Biswas (Penguin Edition) | V.S. Naipaul | 4 |
| Macbeth (Oxford University Press Edition) | Shakespeare | 4 |
| King Lear Part I (Penguin Edition) | Shakespeare | 7 |
| King Lear Part II (Penguin Edition) | Shakespeare | 7 |
I would like to make a special mention for ensuring premium quality and safety standards spacious of all the items being ordered keeping in mind that they will be used by very young kindergarten children. Awaiting an early response form your end. Cheque for these items would be paid on delivery.
Yours sincerely
ABC
(Principal)
Question 5.
‘Grow more trees to reduce pollution.’ Write an article in 150-200 words on the topic given above for your school magazine. [10]
Answer:
GROW MORE TREES TO REDUCE POLLUTION
By: ABC
The relationship between trees and air pollution cannot be overlooked especially in the current scenario where we are struggling with the problem of pollution at a global level. As a study suggests, it is feared, that pollution could claim 6.2 million lives by 2050.
As is a known fact that trees and other vegetation restrict airflow in their immediate vicinity thus preventing pollution. Planting more trees in the urban areas could also save thousands of lives around the world each year as trees soak up pollution and cool down deadly heat waves. Trees also absorb pollutant gases and filter particulates out of the air by trapping them on their leaves and barks.
It is believed that in one year an acre of grown trees can provide enough oxygen for 18 people. So, trees should be planted effectively along roads and buildings so as to decrease the overall air pollution level for city residents. Trees are capable of both cooling and cleaning the air especially in urban spaces. They help in removing harmful particulate matter from the air around them.
Though tree planting alone will not solve the problems of pollution and rising world temperature but it is definitely a cost competitive way to address this issue and thus improve the lives of millions of people.
Or
You are Sandhya/Sohan an active member of the Animal Lovers Club which works for the welfare of animals by preventing cruelty to them. Recently you visited Mahatma Gandhi Animal Care Home. You were pleasantly surprised to see the good treatment given to the animals. Write a report in 150-200 words on your visit. You may use the following points:
injured dogs and cats —abandoned pets—very old animals —all very well cared for — well-equipped medical room —veterinary surgeon —green surroundings.
Answer:
VISIT TO MAHATAMA GANDHI ANIMAL CARE HOME
By: Sandhya (Member)
Animal Lovers Club
31st Oct. 20xx: The members of the Animal Lovers Club recently got an opportunity to visit the Mahatma Gandhi Animal Care Home. We were pleasantly surprised to see the good treatment and care given to animals there.
This Animal Care Home which was started in 2013 has already saved the lives of 743 homeless animals till date. The people who work here and take care of the animals are genuine animal lovers who handle injured dogs and cats, abandoned pets and very old animals with a lot of kindness and compassion. They strongly believe that a caring atmosphere is a very essential part of animal care.
This Animal Care Home also has well equipped medical rooms, qualified and experienced veterinary surgeons who derive great satisfaction from treating sick animals. With its green surroundings, clean and pleasant environment, this animal shelter is an ideal refuge for sick, abandoned and old animals. Also over 50 volunteers help this shelter in.- socialising animals that have gone through trauma, so that they can be rehabilitated into new homes.
Initiatives should be taken up by the government and other NGOs to ensure that more of such good quality and humanitarian animal shelters are set-up.
Question 6.
The recent rise in incidents of violent behaviour of students is a matter of concern for all. The problem can be curbed if students learn how to manage anger.
Write a speech on the topic in 150-200 ivords to be delivered in the school morning assembly. [10]
Answer:
The recent rise in incidents of violent behaviour of students is a matter of concern for all. One way of curbing this problem is by-teaching students how to manage anger. Good Morning Respected Principal and Teachers and my dear Friends. I, …., am here before you all to speak on this topic.
Anger is a basic human emotion that each one of us experiences. It could be the beginning of something deeper, like rage leading to violent actions and reactions. There has been a rise in violent behaviour of students wherein they have become destructive and are indulging in unnecessary violence. This problem needs our immediate attention and the most effective way to curb this is to teach students how to manage anger.
Anger management involves skills not only of recognizing the signs of anger but taking action to deal with a situation in a positive way. When students learn how to manage anger they will understand how to identify frustrations at an early stage and also to try and settle them while remaining calm and in control because coping with anger is an acquired skill. When students are taught how to manage anger they will be able to recognize wTiat triggers this emotion and how they should respond to it for a positive result.
I would like to conclude by saying that focusing on the solution and not just the problem is more likely to resolve this issue.
Or
“Everyone should become vegetarian.” Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion.
Answer:
‘Vegetarianism’ has become a fashion or trend in the present times and the number of people who are rejecting to eat meat is constantly increasing. Good Morning Everyone, I, …, have come before you all to speak against the motion “Everyone should become vegetarian.”
Though being a vegetarian is an essential key to living a healthy life, but whether a person should become or should not become a vegetarian must be a matter of personal choice. Let us not forget that man has been killing animals and eating them since the time he was a caveman, thousands of years ago. Moreover, meat is a rich source of protein that helps to build our bones and muscles. There is no doubt that an overconsumption of meat could be unhealthy, but if we eat a balanced diet of meat and vegetables we will remain healthy. At the same time it is a false assumption that vegetarianism leads to automatic health benefits.
The human race has been blessed with a mind which is capable of thinking and reasoning.
So, whether we should consume meat or not, should be our own choice. There should be no compulsion as to everyone becoming a vegetarian. I would like to conclude by saying that being a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian does not determine the kind of person you are. It is just a way of life and it should entirely be our own decision to choose how we want to live it.
SECTION C
LITERATURE: TEXTBOOKS 30
Question 7A.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: [1 × 4 = 4]
…………….. On their slag heap, these children
Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel
With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones.
All of their time and space are foggy slum.
So blot their maps with slums as big as doom.
(a) What does ‘slag heap’ refer to? [1]
(b) What do these children wear on’fheir eyes? [1]
(c) What other example shows their poverty? [1]
(d) Name the figure of speech used in the last line. [1]
Answer:
(a) ‘Slag heap’ refers to the pile of remaining waste material atter metal has been removed from a rock. removed from a rock.
(b) These children wear spectacles of steel with glasses that are mended.
(c) These children are under-nourished and look like skeletons, their bones literally peeping out their skin.
(d) Simile – Slums as big as doom
Question 7B.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: [1 × 4 = 4]
Then he turned to the blackboard, took a piece of chalk, and, bearing on with all his might, he wrote as large as he coidd – “Vive La France!”
(a) Who is speaker in the above lines? [1]
(b) What are the emotions of M. Hamel? [1]
(c) What words did M. Hamel write on the blackboard before dismissing the last class, mean. [1]
(d) What does his last words mean? [1]
Answer:
(a) M. Hamel is the speaker in the above lines.
(b) M. Hamel overcome with emotions. He could not speak and writes on the blackboard in order to inculcate a feeling of partiotism within everyone.
(c) Before dismissing the last class, M. Hamel turned to the blackboard and wrote the phrase, “Vive La France”.
(d) His last words mean ‘Long Live France’.
Question 8.
Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words each: [2 × 5 = 10]
(a) Was Saheb happy working at the tea stall? State reasons.
(b) Why does the poet want to count to twelve? (Keeping Quiet)
(c) Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
(d) Where had Dr. Sadao first met his wife? What had been his initial reaction?
(e) What impression of Evan’s did the Governor give to the Secretary of the Examination Board?
(f) What will happen when Aunt Jennifer is dead?
(g) What were Kamla Das fears’ as a child? Why do they surface when she is going to the airport?
Answer:
(a) No, Saheb was not happy to work at the tea stall. Though he gets a fixed salary of ?800 plus all his meals, he has lost his freedom and his carefree look. He is no longer his own master but is bound and burdened by the steel canister he now carries.
(b) the poet wants to count to twelve in an attempt to remain calm and quiet. During this time we will get some respite from our heedless actions and also get time for quiet introspection wherein we will realize our follies and refrain from destructive activities.
(c) Douglas was determined to overcome his fear of water because this phobia had ruined his fishing trips. Moreover, he had also never been able to enjoy water sports like canoeing, boating and swimming. He was determined to get an instructor and learn swimming to get over his fear of water.
(d) Dr. Sadao had first met his wife in America at an American professor’s house. Dr.Sadao had nearly decided not to go to the professor’s house that night but finally he had gone and there he had met Hana, a new student, and had felt he would love her if it were at all possible.
(e) The Governor tells the Secretary of the Examination Board that Evans was quite a pleasant sort of person. He was one of the stars at the Christmas concert due to his ability to imitate well-known persons but he was also a congenital kleptomaniac.
(f) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers will survive even after she is dead. She has created the tigers in a’panel out of wool. These objects of art will survive their creator. They will continue ’ prancing, proudly and fearlessly. To express her desire for freedom she had created the chivalrous tigers who will survive long after her death but her own longing for freedom will remain unfulfilled.
(g) Since her childhood perhaps Kamla Das always feared that she would lose her mother or in some way be separated from her. Now that her mother is old and her health has deteriorated, the poet’s fear surface again when she is going to the airport.
Question 9.
Answer the following in 120-150 words: [6]
What impression do you form of Sophie and Jansie after reading the story, Going Placec’?
Answer:
Sophie and Jansie were classmates as well as friends. They both belonged to lower middleclass families. But that is where their similarity ends. There is a striking contrast between their characters. Sophie is a day-dreamer and Jansie is practical. Sophie lives in a world of dreams and does not want to come out of this fairyland. She is an incurable escapist and dreams of having a boutique, becoming an actress or a fashion designer. Jansie, on the other hafd, is very grounded. Jansie has her feet firmly planted on the ground and knows they are both ‘earmarked for the biscuit factory’. She knows big things require big money and experience which they lack desperately. She advises Sophie to be sensible and not entertain wild dreams. … .
Sophie and Jansie’s temperaments differ greatly. While Sophie shares her dreams only with one person, her brother Geoff, Jansie on the other hand is nosey. She takes an interest in learning new things about others and can spread stories in the whole neighbourhood.
Or
How did Edla bring about a change in the peddler? (The Rattrap)
Answer:
Edla Willmansson displays qualities of compassion and understanding that transform the peddler and brings out his essential human goodness. Her human qualities help in raising him to the level of a gentleman and he is able to overcome petty temptations. The peddler, who always considered the whole world to be a rattrap, was finally able to release himself from this rattrap due to the sympathetic, kind and generous treatment of Edla and thus redeems himself from his dishonest ways. Despite knowing his real identity Edla continues to treat him like a captain and the peddler quite spontaneously starts behaving like a real captain. Edla’s compassion and the peddler’s reformation arouses our optimism and belief in the essential goodness of man and other human values.
Edla was the daughter of the ironmaster. She was a warm, sensitive and compassionate person. She understood in the first meeting that the peddler was scared of someone and he had not had a single day of peace. So she decided to let him spend Christmas with them in their house. She assured him that he could leave anytime he wanted after celebrating Christmas with them. Edla woke him up to eat food only. Otherwise she let him sleep for two days. She showed genuine goodness which brought about a positive transformation in the peddler. She continues to treat him like a captain and the peddler, quite spontaneously, starts behaving like a real captain.
Question 10.
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
How did Tiger King succeed in killing ‘hundred’ tigers ?
Answer:
The chief astrologer had told the King that his death would come from a tiger. So to prove the astrologer wrong the King decided to kill a hundred tigers. He vowed that he would attend to all other matters only after killing one hundred tigers. Initially, the king seemed well set to realise his ambition. Then some dangers and difficulties cropped up. There were times when the bullet missed its mark and at other times the tiger would leap on him and he would have to fight the wild beast with his bare hands. The Tiger King was able to kill ninety-nine tigers this way and if he could kill just one more tiger all his fears would be over for good and he could give up tiger hunting. But the hundredth tiger could not be found.
The Dewan realized the disastrous results if the hundredth tiger was not found. So a tiger was brought in from the People’s Park in Madras and taken directly to the forest where the Maharaja was hunting. The King took aim and the tiger fell in a heap. The Maharaja was extremely happy to have finally killed the hundredth tiger. After he left the hunters took a closer look at the tiger and realized the tiger was not dead as the king had missed the aim. They decided not to tell the Maharaja and one of the hunters killed the tiger. The king was left under the impression that he had achieved his target of killing a hundred tigers.
Or
How does Jo show her independent thinking in the story, ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy’?
Ans. Jo, who is only four years old, shows her sense of independent thinking when she refuses to accept the ending of the story of Roger Skunk that her father is narrating to her. Jo wants that Roger Skunk should retain his sweet smell of roses instead of his original bad smell. So she insists that her father should change the end of Skunk’s story with the wizard hftting the ‘stupid’ mommy with his magic wand “right over her head”. When Jack refuses to do so she starts kicking her legs up and sits down on the bed with a great heave insisting vehemently and stubbornly that her father should change the end of the story the next day. Jo defiantly tells Jack,”Tomorrow you say he hit that mommy. Do it.”
Please Note: The questions asked in Set II and Set III are identical to Set I. Simply the serial numbers of questions were changed.