English with Brajendra

  A Legend of the Northland [A] Comprehension Read the stanzas carefully and answer the questions based on them. 1. Once when the good ...... you know. 1. Good Saint Peter lived in the world , in the cold region of the Northland to be more precise , in ancient times. 2. He walked about the world to preach. 3. He preached. 4. 'Know' rhymes with below. 2. And being faint..... a single one. 1. Fasting made the Saint weak. 2. It was evening. 3. The saint asked the woman to give him a cake.  4. No , he didn't ask for the whole store of cakes. He asked for a single cake only. 3. Then she took .... part with that . 1. She took a tiny scrap of dough then. 2. She rolled and rolled it to make it flat . 3. She baked a cake which looked as a thin wafer . 4. No , she didn't give the wafer to the saint. 4 . And he said ...... keep you warm . 1. Here ' you ' refers to the woman. 2. The woman is too selfish. 3. She should not dwell in a human form. 4. The rhyming words are form...

  Lesson 4 .The Lake Isle Of Innisfree ( Poem ) [A] Comprehension Read the stanzas carefully and answer the questions based on them. 1. I will arise........and bee-loud glade. 1. The poet will arise to go to the lake isle of Innisfree. 2. He wants to build a small cabin there. 3. He will have nine bean-rows and a hive of honey bees for food. 4. ' Honeybee ' rhymes with Innisfree. 2. And I shall have...... linnet's wings. 1. 'I' refers to the poet , W. B. Yeats. 2. Peace comes there, dropping slow. 3. Midnight is all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow there. 4. The evening is full of the pleasant sounds of linnet's wings. 3. I shall arise ..... and deep heart's core . 1. The poet hears day and night the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. 2. While thinking of going to Innisfree , the poet is standing on a roadway or the grey pavements. 3. The poet wants to go to Innisfree for always. 4. The rhyming words are day and grey , shore and core. [B] Cent...

  Lesson 5 . The Snake and the Mirror [ A ] Comprehension Read the following passage and give the answers to the questions given below. It was a hot summer …… was then wearing . 1.The narrator opened the door on returning home after having his meal at a restaurant. 2. Besides the narrator , rats were there in the room. 3.The narrator took out his box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp on the table for light. 4. The narrator's belongings were sixty rupees in his suitcase along with some shirts and dhotis and one solitary black coat which he was then wearing. 2. I went back into ….. and neat . 1.The book that the doctor opened was titled ' Materia Medica '. 2.Besides the book the table had  the lamp and a large mirror and a small comb lying on it. 3. The narrator was a great admirer of beauty and he believed in making himself look handsome. 4.He ran the comb through his hair and adjusted the parting so that it looked straight and neat. 3. I didn't jump …….. in the f...

  Lesson 4 . A Truly Beautiful Mind  [ A ] Comprehension Read the following passage and give the answers to the questions given below. 1. Albert Einstein was born....... much too large. 1. Einstein was born on 14 March 1879 in the German city of Ulm . 2. No . In his infancy he didn't show that he was going to be great.  3. Her mother thought that he was a freak . 4. Sign =Indication ; Seemed = Appeared . 2. But Albert Einstein..... school for good . 1. No . Albert was not a bad pupil. 2. Einstein’s family had moved to Munich when he was 15 months old.  3. He scored good marks in almost every subject . 4. Einstein hated the school’s regimentation . As a result he finally left the school for good at the age of fifteen. 3. The previous year, Albert's ...... than Munich. 1.Before moving to Milan, Albert’s parents had   left Albert with relatives. 2. Einstein wished to continue his education in German-speaking Switzerland, in a city which was more liberal than Munich...

  Poetry Lesson 3 . The Village Song Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow. 1.Honey child …………. forth to wed you. 1.Write the title of the poem from which the above stanza has been taken. Write the name of its poet. Answer . The above stanza has been taken from the poem The Village Song composed by Sarojani Naidu. 2. Who is leaving the mother and why ? Answer. The daughter is leaving the mother to go to the wild forest. 3. Who fed the golden grain ? Answer. The mother fed the golden grain. 2. Mother mine…….calling me: O listen. 1.Same . 2.Where is the daughter going ? Answer. The daughter is going to the wild forest. 3.Where are Champa buds blowing ? Answer. Champa buds are blowing on the champa boughs in the wild forest. 4. What do you mean by river-isles ? Answer. ' River isles ' means the small islands formed in a river . 3. Honey child ……. are you going? 1.According to mother , how is the world? Answer. According to mother, the world is full of plea...

  Supplementary Reader Lesson 2 :  The Judgement Seat Of Vikramaditya [A] Short answer type questions on the text. Q1 : Who was Vikramaditya? Why was he famous for? Ans : Vikramaditya was the king of Ujjain. He was famous for his justice and wisdom.   Q2 : What do we definitely know about Vikramaditya? Ans : The only one thing that we definitely know about Vikramaditya is that he was a lover of justice and learning.   Q3 : Why did the guilty tremble before Vikramaditya? Ans : The guilty trembled before Vikramaditya because they knew that his eyes would look straight into their guilt and he would punish them.   Q4 : What happened to the palace and the fort of Vikramaditya after his death? Ans : After the death of Vikramaditya his palace and fort were ruined with passage of time. The ruins were covered with grass and dust.   Q5 : What did the village boys find in pasture-land one day ? Ans : The village-boys used to go to a nearby pasture ...

  Lesson 4 . Socrates  COMPREHENSION Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow : [A] Socrates lived..............honourable and just . Q1: When and where did Socrates live? Ans: Socrates lived in Athens about four hundred years before Jesus Christ was born.  Q2: Describe physical appearance of Socrates? Ans: Socrates was ugly, undersized and had a flat nose and bulging eyes.   Q3: Why was Socrates always shabbily dressed? Ans: Socrates was always shabbily dressed because his father was a poor stone-cutter.   Q4: What were the most important lessons at school in those days? Ans: The most important lessons at school in those days were music and gymnastics.  Q5 : How do you know that Socrates was a thoughtful child? Ans: Socrates was a thoughtful child because he watched his companions all the time and allowed very few things to escape his notice.  Q6: What was the financial condition of Socrates's family? Ans: The financi...