Snapshots The Summer of the Beautiful - Practice Papers 2
CBSE Class 11 English Core
Section D
Practice Paper
Question No. 10
Short Answer Type Questions:
Answer these questions in upto 40 words
- THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
- Why was it hard for the author to believe that his grandmother had once been young and pretty?
- The author and his grandmother were good friends. Support your answer with suitable examples.
- Why was the grandmother distressed with education in city school?
- What change came over the grandmother when the author returned home from abroad?
- How do the sparrows react at the death of the author’s grandmother?
- How do you know that the author’s grandmother was a religious lady?
- How did the grand mother pass her time in her city home?
- Why does the narrator call his grandmother a ‘winter landscape’?
- WE’RE NOT AFRAID TO DIE ....
- What preparations were made by the narrator before their round the world voyage?
- Describe the efforts made by the captain to protect the ship from sinking?
- How did Sue and Jonathan behave during the crisis hours?
- What destruction was caused to the ‘Wave Walker’ when hit by the storm?
- How did Larry and Herbie help during all those crucial hours?
- Why was the narrator getting a hug from his children?
- DISCOVERING TUT: THE SAGA CONTINUES
- Who was Tut? Why was his demise a big event?
- Who was Howard Carter? What was his discovery?
- Why was King Tut’s mummy subjected to a CT scan?
- What were the everyday things buried along with Tut’s mummy?
- Carter had to Chisel away Tut’s mummy. How did he justify it?
- Why was Carter’s investigation resented?
- Why did Ray Johnson describe Akhenaten as “Whacky”?
- Why did Egyptians store daily use items along with the mummies of their popular kings and queens?
- THE AILING PLANET: THE GREEN MOVEMENT’S ROLE
- What does the earth’s vital sign reveal? What is our duty?
- What does the notice in the zoo at Lusaka read? What does it signify?
- ‘Forest precede mankind; deserts follow’. Explain this statement?
- What are the four principal biological systems of the earth. How are they useful for us?
- Development is the best contraceptive. Eleborate?
- What role has the Industry to play in this era of responsibility?
- THE BROWNING VERSION
- Why did Taplow go to school on the last day?
- Why did Crocker Harris not disclose Taplow’s result?
- What do you learn about Mr. Frank as a teacher from this lesson?
- Why did Taplow laugh at Crocker Harris’s joke?
- Why does Tallow Cal Crocker Harris a man of principles?
- Who is Millie? Why does she send Taplow to the chemist?
- Why did Taplow keep on waiting, even after knowing that Crocker Harries was ten minutes late?