Chapter 1.1 - Where the Mind is Without Fear...
Time - 60 Minutes
Marks - 20
1. All the questions are compulsory.
2. Read the question paper carefully.
3. Marks are included against each question.
Q.1. Read the extract given below and answer the following question.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
(i) Find the word from the passage that means : depressingly dull bleak or repetitive (01 mark)
(ii) To whom does the poet pray? (01 mark)
(iii) Where tireless striving stretches its arm towards perfection. Name and explain the figure of speech. (01 mark)
(iv) What is the significance of the title? (02 marks)
(v) What is the tone of the poet? (01 mark)
(vi) How is the world broken into fragments? (01 mark)
(vii) Complete the sentence using your own interpretation: (01 mark)
When knowledge is free, every citizen enjoys the right to _____ and _____.
(viii) How can we keep our head held high? Explain. (02 marks)
Q.2. Read the poem. Write an Appreciation of the poem in about 12 to 15 sentences with the help of the following points. (05 marks)
- Title
- Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Favourite line
- Theme/Central idea
- Figures of speech
- Special features -Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/dislike the poem
Q3. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner to inform her/him about the poor quality of roads in your locality. (05 marks)