HS ABTA PAGE 348

 HS ABTA PAGE 348

ABTA PAGE 

1×8=8 

PROSE

(i) Upto which station did the narrator travel alone in the compartment?

Ans:The narrator travelled alone in the compartment upto Rohana.

(ii) What is the ideal time to visit the hills? 

Ans:The ideal time to visit the hills is October.

(iii) How far was the Shiva temple situated from the narrator's house?

Ans: The Shiva temple was situated in Rameswaram which was ten minutes walk from the narrator's house.

(iv) How did the narrator's father convey complex spiritual concepts? 

Ans:The narrator's father conveyed complex spiritual concepts in very simple down to earth Tamil.

(v) What did Mrs. Jones offer Roger to eat?

Ans:Mrs. Jones offered Roger lima beans, ham, cocoa and cake to eat.

(vi) What advice did Mrs. Jones give to Roger while seeing him off?

Ans:Mrs Jones advised Roger to behave properly while seeing him off.

(vii) What was the first question that came to the Tsar's mind?

Ans: The first question that came to the Tsar's mind was how he could know the right time to begin everything.

(viii) Why did the Tsar take the guise of a common man?

Ans: The Tsar took the guise of a common man because hermit received only common folk.

POETRY

(ix) What is the most sensitive part of a tree?

Ans:The most sensitive part of a tree is root.

(x) What will the green twigs do if left unchecked? 

Ans: The green twigs will expand again to its former size if left unchecked.

(xi) Where does the slow stream flow? 

Ans: The slow stream flows through the small green valley.

(xii)What request does the poet make to Nature?

Ans: The poet requests  Nature to keep the soldier warm.

(xiii) Who is more lovely than a summer's day? 

Ans:Poet's young friend is more lovely than a summer's day.

(xiv) What does the expression 'eternal summer' signify?

Ans:The expression 'eternal summer' signifies the everlasting beauty of poet's young friend.

(xv) What does the grasshopper do when tired out with fun?

Ans:The grasshopper takes rest beneath some pleasant weed when he is tired out with fun.

(xvi) Where from did the cricket cry out in winter?

Ans:The cricket cried out in winter from stove.

4. (a) Do as directed:1×6=6

(i) He received none but common folks. (Voice Change) 

Ans: None but common folks were received by him.

(ii) The woman said, "I were young once and I wanted things I could not get." (Change the mode of narration)

Ans: The woman stated that she had been young once and she had wanted things she could not get.

(iii) The root is to be pulled out. (Turn into a negative sentence)

Ans: The root is not to be left in.

(iv) The hermit listened to the Tsar, but answers nothing. (Rewrite using 'inspite of') 

Ans:In spite of listening to the Tsar, the hermit answered nothing.

(v) I am getting off at Saharanpur. My aunt is meeting me there. (Join into a single sentence) 

Ans: I am getting off at Saharanpur, where my aunt is meeting me there.

(vi) My father could convey complex spiritual concepts. (Turn into complex sentence).

Ans:My father could convey  spiritual concepts which were complex.

(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and/or prepositions :1/2×6=3

(i) ....The....high priest (ii)......of.... Rameswaram temple, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, was (iii).......a...  very close friend (iv)...of........my father's one of (v)...the.........most vivid memories (vi) .......of......my early childhood is of the two men.

4C.

Ans:

They answered his questions differently.