Snapshots The Summer of the Beautiful - Practice Papers 7
CBSE Class 11 English Core
Section D
Practice Paper
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Question No. 13
Short Answer Type Questions
Answer these questions in 30-40 words.
- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse.
- When and why did Mourad come to Aram’s house?
- How does Aram justify Mourad’s act of stealing the horse?
- Where did the boys hide the horse everyday?
- What do you learn about uncle Khosrove’s temperament after reading this story?
- Who is John Byro? Why did he not accuse the boys of stealing his White Horse?
- What happened when Aram rode the horse alone?
- Why was Mourad considered the natural descendant of Uncle Khosrove?
- The Address
- Who is Mrs. Dorling? What opinion do you form about Mrs. Dorling on the basis of the Lesson “The Address”.
- How was the narrator received by Mrs. Dorling when she visited her for the first time?
- What arguments were given by Mrs. Dorling for taking away things from narrator’s house?
- The narrator visited Mrs. Dorling many years after the War. Why did she wait so long?
- Describe the narrator’s feelings when she found herself in the midst of her mother’s belongings?
- Why did the narrator resolve to forget ‘the address’?
- Ranga’s Marriage
- Why did people rush to Ranga’s house?
- What were Ranga’s views about marriage?
- Who is Ratna? Why does the author consider her the most suitable bride for Ranga?
- What did the writer tutor Shastri to do?
- How has the author made fun of English Language in the story ‘Ranga’s marriage’?
- Why did Ranga name his son as ‘Shyama’?
- Albert Einstein at School
- Why did Einstein refuse to learn dates and facts?
- Why did Albert feel miserable. When he left school after having an argument with the history teacher?
- Why was Einstein not happy in his lodgings?
- What did Mathematics teacher think of Einstein?
- Who is Elsa? What advice does she give to Eintein to pass the examination?
- What were the reasons given by the head teacher for expelling Einstein?
- What was Einstein’s future plan for further education after leaving school at Munich?
- Mother’s Day
- Give any two instances from the Lesson to show that Mrs. Pearson was treated like a servant by her family?
- How does Mrs. Fitzgerald help Mrs. person to get back her lost respect in her family?
- What shocks Cyril when he comes back home?
- Who is Charlie Spencer? How does Mrs. Pearson show her dislike for him?
- What advice does Mrs. Fitzgerald give to Mrs. Pearson after they change back their personalities?
- At the end of the play how does Mrs. Pearson plan to spend evening with her family?
- Birth
- Who was Andrew Manson? Why was Joe Morgan waiting for him?
- What was the conflict in Andrew’s mind regarding marriage?
- How did the child appear when it was born?
- What last effort was made by Andrew to revive the child?
- “I have done something; Oh, Good! I’ve done something real at last.” Why does Andrew think so?
- The Tale of Melon City
- Where and why did the King order the construction of an arch?
- What happened when the king went down the thoroughfare?
- Who was the wisest man? What was his verdict?
- Why did the King order to hang someone immediately?
- What was the criteria for choosing a person to be hanged? Who was found fit finally?
- What do you learn about the ministers from their behaviour?
- How was a melon crowned to be the new King of the country?