SAMPLE QUESTIONS -THE DEAR DEPARTED – CBSE-CLASS-X-ENGLISH

A.    
Read the following extracts and
answer the questions that follow
1.     
‘’What are they coming for? They
have not been here for ages”  (3)
a)     
Who is the
speaker?
                                                                       
b)    
Who are ‘they’
here?

c)     
Why are they
coming?
2.     
‘’I suppose it is in the family”.                                                        (3)
a)     
Who is the
speaker?

b)    
What does the
speaker mean by the line?

c)     
What tone does
the message bear?


3.     
‘’Suppose they come when we are
doing it”                              (3)
a)     
Who is the
speaker?

b)    
What will they do?

c)     
What solution is
given by the listener to assuage this concern?
4.     
‘’ Did we knock much plaster off the
wall?’’                               (3)
a)     
Who are ‘we’
here?

b)    
How did they
knock much plaster?

c)     
What is the
context of the above quoted line?
5.     
‘It might have been one of us.”                                                      (3)
a)     
Who is the
speaker?

b)    
 Explain the line.

c)     
What kind of
character does the person bear?


6.     
‘’To that ‘ring-o’-Bells’ I shall be
bound”.                                     
 (4)
a)     
Who is the
speaker?

b)    
What is
‘Ring-o’-Bells’?

c)     
Who was the owner
of ‘Ring-o’-Bells.?

d)    
What is the
context of the line?
7.     
‘’On Monday next I am going to do
three things”                         (3)
a)     
Tell us about the
three things in separate points.
B.     
Answer the following questions in
about 30-40 words each. 6×3=18
a)     
What message does
the drama convey?
b)    
Establish Ben as
a comic figure.
c)     
How far do you
accept Grandfather to be a unique character?


d)    
Name the three
things and explain how those played an important role in exposing the
embezzlement.
e)     
Evaluate the use
of humour in the drama.

f)      
How would you
justify the title? 

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