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46. On Not being a Philosopher (17)

A. Answer the following questions in one or two words 1. Where was Robert Lynd born? Ans: Robert Lynd was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2. What is the name of the American poet-philosopher whose work the author has read? Ans: Ralph Waldo is the American poet-philosopher whose work the author has read. 3. According to the author, most philosophers write as though life were an argument conducted in.............what? Ans: Jargon. 4. Who does the author want to conduct the laborious quest for wisdom? Ans: The authors want the philosophers to conduct the laborious quest for wisdom. 5. Whose son is the slave who does not bring the hot water supposed to be? Ans: Zeu's son is the slave who does not bring the hot water supposed to be. B. Answer the following questions in a few words. 6. Who was Marcus Aurelius and what is the name of the brook in which we find his philosophy? Ans: Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor and a stoic philosopher born in 121 A.D and died in 180 A.D. We find h

47. Alte HS2nd Yr-The Verger(15)

A. Answer the following questions 1. Where was St. Peter's Church located? Ans: Neville Square. 2. What was the name of the verger of St. Peter's Church? Ans: Albert Edward Foreman. 3. Who were in the vestry besides the verger and the vicar? Ans: The two Churchwardens 4. At what age did the verger begin working? Ans: Twelve. 5. What did the verger want to buy while walking in the street? Ans: A packet of Gold Flake cigarettes. B. Answer the following question in few words - 6. What was the discovery that astonished the vicar? Ans: The discovery that astonished the vicar was that Albert Edward Foreman who served as a verger in his church could neither read nor write. 7. What occupation did the verger take up after resigning from the church? Ans: After resigning from the church, the verger took up the profession of the tobacconist and newsagent. 8. What impression did the verger have about the new vicar? Ans: The verger did not have a good impression about the new vicar. He consi

Model 13 HS2nd Yr Alte. Pre Test-2 December 2022

         HS 2nd year Pre-Test                      2022             Alternative English                  Time-3 Hrs                Full Marks-100                 Pass Marks-30                         Group-A 1. Answer the following in just one line (any five). 5x1=5 i) In which year the short story "The Verger" published? ii) What is an automobile according to the author? iii) Where was St. Peter's church located? iv) What was the name of Mriganko Babu's driver? v) What was Jim's gift for Della? vi) Where was Robert Lynd born? 2. Answer the following questions (any five). 5x2=10 i) What was the discovery that astonished the vicar? ii) Which part of the author's car could not ordinarily be replaced? iii) Why did Mriganko Babu go to Durgapur? iv) Who were the Magi? v) Who wrote 'The Gift of the Magi' and when was it published? vi) In what context does Lynd mention Solomon? 3. Give brief answers to the following three questions(any three). 3x4=12 i) What

Model 12 Unit Test 101. Nov 2022

1st Unit Test, 2022                     TDC 1st Semester                      Subject - ENGL - I (101)                       Full Marks - 20 Q. 1. Answer the following questions: 1×4= 4 A. How much money did M. Loisel inherit from his father? B. How long did it take M. Loisel to repay the debt? C. To which country did Leo Tolstoy belong? D. What was the name of Aksionov's town?  Q. 2. Answer *any two* of the following questions: 2×8= 16 A. Analyse the character of Madame Loisel as you find in Guy de Maupassant's short story, *The Necklace*.  B. What circumstances led to Aksionov's imprisonment and why did he not wish to return to his family? C. You are Anil. You have seen an advertisement in "The Times of India" for the post of History teacher in Model Public School, Silchar. Write

Model 11 Test 501. Nov 2022

1st Unit Test, 2022  TDC 3rd Semester Subject - Alternative English - I (301)   Full Marks - 20 Q.1. Answer *any four* questions: A. When was the poem, *_The Road Not Taken_* published? B. "He is all ________ and I am apple orchard." (Supply the missing word) C. In which season does the mending of the wall take place? D. To which country did Leo Tolstoy belong? E. What was the name of Aksionov's town?  Q.2. Answer *any two* of the following questions. A. Write a critical appreciation of the poem,  *Mending Wall* . B. Bring out the contrast and similarities between the two roads as mentioned in the poem, *The Road Not Taken*. C. Strike out the usage of literary devices like alliteration, personification, quatrain and simile in Emily Dickinson's poem, *The Soul selects her own society* and comment on them elaborately.  D. Write a critical appreciation of Walt Whitman's *O Captain! My Captain.*

45. 301 Up from Slavery (53)

1. Who wrote 'Up from Slavery '? A:- Booker T Washington wrote 'Up from Slavery'. 2. When was Booker T Washington born? A:- Booker T Washington was born in 1858/59 and died in 1915. The month or day of his birth was not known to him. 3. Where was he born? A:- BTW was born as a slave in a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. His exact place of birth is not known. His earliest memories were of slave quarters only and he was born in a typical log cabin, about fourteen by sixteen feet square. 4. How was the starting life of BTW? A:- BTW's life was miserable, desolate and of discouraging surroundings. His owners were very cruel. 5. With whom did BTW live? A:- BTW lived with his mother, older brother John and sister Amanda. 0 6. When did BTW become free from slavery? A:- BTW became free from slavery after the Civil War. 7. How did BTW reach America? A:- BTW came to know that his ancestors on his mother's side, suffered in the middle passage of the slave ship while

28. AltE HS1st Yr- The Queen of the Village (10)

1. Who is the author? A:- Jim Corbett is the author of 'The Queen of the Village ". 2. On which tree was a machan put up? A:- Oak Tree. 3. Where is Mokamah Ghat? A:- Mokamah Ghat is located on the bank of river Ganga in eastern Bihar that was used to serve as an important point of transportation for passengers and cargo for the rest of the country. 4. Who is the 'white sadhu'? A:- Jim Corbett. 5. Who is Bania's first customer? A:- A small boy and his sister. 6. How many pice make an anna? A:- Pice is one quarter of an anna. 7. How do villagers plough the narrow lands? A:- Using a short along with a group of well bred cattle or goat on hills. 8. Describe the dress of a high caste hill woman. A:- The dress of a high caste hill woman consists of a solid gold band on their neck along with a number of thin gold rings in the upper cartilage and from her neck holds a gold ring, five inches in diameter, the weight of which is partly carried by a thin gold chain looped over