CBSE CLASS 10 English First flight Notes
NCERT Solutions for Class 10
English First Flight Chapter 1
A Letter to God
Oral Comprehension Check
Page 5
Question 1.
What did Lencho hope for?
Answer:
Lencho hoped for a good rain as it was much needed for a good harvest.
Question 2.
Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Answer:
Lencho compared the raindrops with new coins because they were promising him a good harvest resulting in more prosperity.
Question 3.
How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
Answer:
The rain changed into hailstones as a strong wind began to blow and huge hailstones began to fall alongwith the rain. All the crops in Lencho’s field got destroyed because of the weather conditions.
Question 4.
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer:
Lencho was filled with grief after the hail stopped as everything was ruined and there was nothing that he could feed his family with. He could see a bleak future for him and his family.
Page 6
Question 5.
Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer:
Lencho had firm faith in God. He believed ‘ that God sees everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience and help everyone in one’s problems. He wrote a letter to God demanding him a hundred pesos to sow his field again.
Question 6.
Who read the letter?
Answer:
Postmaster read the letter.
Question 7.
What did the postmaster do after reading a letter?
Answer:
The postmaster laughed when he read
Lencho’s letter but soon he became serious and was moved by the writer’s faith in God. He didn’t want to shake Lencho’s faith. So, he decided to collect ,money and send it to Lencho on behalf of God.
Page 7
Question 8.
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Answer:
Lencho was not surprised to find a letter with money from God as he believed that God will help him.
Question 9.
What made Lencho angry?
Answer:
There were only seventy pesos in the envelope whereas Lencho had demanded a hundred pesos. The difference in the amount made him angry.
Thinking about the Text (Page 7,8)
Question 1.
Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
Answer:
Lencho has complete faith in God as he is instructed that God knows everything and helps us in our problems. There are few sentences which show this
But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope help from God.
All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience.
“God”, he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year”.
He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and still troubled, went to town.
God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
Question 2.
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter God?
Answer:
The postmaster sends money to Lencho in order to keep
Lencho’s faith in God alive and firm as he was completely moved by it.
When postmaster reads the letter of Lencho to God, he becomes serious and does not want to shake his faith and decides to answer the letter. He gathers money with the help of his post office employees and friends on behalf of God and signs the letter ‘God’ so that Lencho’s faith does not get shaken.
Question 3.
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why or why not?
Answer:
Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him because he never suspected the presence of God and had complete faith in God. He could not believe that it could be – anybody else other than him who would send him the money.
His faith in God was so strong that he believed that he had sent money to him for his help in his problem.
Question 4.
Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected).
Answer:
Lencho thinks that the post office employees have taken the rest of the money as he had demanded a hundred pesos from God and in the letter there was only seventy pesos and God cannot make such a mistake. So, he assumes that they have stolen the money.
The irony in this situation is that Lencho suspects those people who helped him in his problem and tried to keep his faith alive in God.
Question 5.
Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
Greedy
Naive
Stupid
Ungrateful
Selfish
Comical
Unquestioning
Answer:
It is almost impossible to find a person like Lencho as he is an unquestioning and naive kind of person. He is not stupid if he doesn’t know who has sent him money or a letter will reach God without any address. It is Lencho’s faith in God. In real world, people are selfish and greedy and Lencho is totally lovable and different.
MCQ Questions
for Class 10
English First Flight
Poem 1
Dust of Snow
with Answers
Question 1.
What is the name of the poet?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) W.B Yeats
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Robert Burns
Answer
Answer: (c) Robert Frost
Question 2.
How did the dust of snow affect the poet?
(a) It made him energetic
(b) It changed his mood
(c) It made him superior
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (b) It changed his mood
Question 3.
What was the mood of the poet in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Sad mood
(b) Happy mood
(c) Confuse mood
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (a) Sad mood
Question 4.
What did crow shake on the poet?
(a) dust of tree
(b) dust of garden
(c) dust of snow
(d) dust of land
Answer
Answer: (c) dust of snow
Question 5.
The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize ____
(a) sorrow
(b) happiness
(c) celebration
(d) death
Answer
Answer: (a) sorrow
Question 6.
What does “Dust of Snow” represent?
(a) healing power of nature
(b) particles of snow
(c) cool weather
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) healing power of nature
Question 7.
Name the poetic device used in the line “Has given my heart”
(a) alliteration
(b) metaphor
(c) oxymoron
(d) similie
Answer
Answer: (a) alliteration
Question 8.
What uplifted his mood?
(a) falling of snow on his shoulder
(b) the crow
(c) hemlock tree
(d) all of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) falling of snow on his shoulder
Question 9.
Why does the poet call it “dust of snow”?
(a) snow particles were too tiny
(b) they came over him like dust
(c) they felt like dust
(d) they looked like dust
Answer
Answer: (a) snow particles were too tiny
Question 10.
What are the two negative creatures that Frost used as carriers of positivity?
(a) snow, dust
(b) hemlock tree, snow
(c) snow, crow
(d) hemlock tree, crow
Answer
Answer: (d) hemlock tree, crow
Extra Questions
Q1- Who is the poet of the poem "Dust of Snow"?
A) Leslie Norris
B) Robert Frost
C) Carolyn Wells
D) Robin Klein
Q2- Why does the poet call it "dust of snow"?
A) snow particles were too tiny
B) they came over him like dust
C) they felt like dust
D) they looked like dust
Q3- The poet says, "Of a day I had rued". What is the meaning of "rued"?
A) ruined
B) held in regret
C) ruled
D) conquered
Q4- What uplifted his mood?
A) falling of snow on his shoulder
B) the crow
C) hemlock tree
D) all of the above
Q5- What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
A) baba cdcd
B) abab cdcd
C) abab cddc
D) abba cdcd
Q6- Name the poetic device used in the line "Has given my heart"
A) alliteration
B) metaphor
C) oxymoron
D) similie
Q7- Name the poetic device used in the line "And saved some part"
A) alliteration
B) metaphor
C) oxymoron
D) similie
Q8- What does "Dust of Snow" represent?
A) healing power of nature
B) particles of snow
C) cool weather
D) none of the above
Q9- What are the two negative creatures that Frost used as carriers of positivity?
A) snow, dust
B) hemlock tree, snow
C) snow, crow
D) hemlock tree, crow
Q10- The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize ____
A) sorrow
B) happiness
C) celebration
D) death
MCQ Questions for Class 10 English First Flight Poem 1 Dust of Snow with Answers
Question 1.
What did the poet think of the day before the dust of snow fell on him?
(a) He was energetic
(b) He was rude
(c) He was lucky
(d) His day was ruined.
Answer
Answer: (d) His day was ruined.
Question 2.
How does the poet’s mood get changed?
(a) When he started running
(b) When started laughing
(c) When dust of snow fall on him
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (c) When dust of snow fall on him
Question 3.
Whose part of the day has been saved?
(a) Crow’s part of the day
(b) Tree’s part of the day
(c) Poet’s part of the day
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (c) Poet’s part of the day
Question 4.
Where was the crow?
(a) Peepal Tree
(b) Hemlock Tree
(c) Deodar Cedar
(d) Banyan Tree
Answer
Answer: (b) Hemlock Tree
Question 5.
What are the two negative creatures that Frost used as carriers of positivity?
(a) snow, dust
(b) hemlock tree, snow
(c) snow, crow
(d) hemlock tree, crow
Answer
Answer: (b) hemlock tree, snow
Question 6.
Name the poetic device used in the line “And saved some part”
(a) alliteration
(b) metaphor
(c) oxymoron
(d) similie
Answer
Answer: (a) alliteration
Question 7.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
(a) baba cdcd
(b) abab cdcd
(c) abab cddc
(d) abba cdcd
Answer
Answer: (b) abab cdcd
Question 8.
The poet says, “Of a day day I had rued”. What is the meaning of “rued”?
(a) ruined
(b) held in regret
(c) ruled
(d) conquered
Answer
Answer: (b) held in regret
Question 9.
Who is the poet of the poem “Dust of Snow”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Robin Klein
Answer
Answer: (b) Robert Frost
Question 10.
The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize ____
(a) sorrow
(b) happiness
(c) celebration
(d) death
Answer
Answer: (a) sorrow
Class 10 English First Flight book Chapter 2 - Nelson mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
MCQs
Q1- When was the inauguration day?
A) 10 May
B) 10 March
C) 20 May
D) 20 March
Q2- It was a celebration of South Africa's first ______ government.
A) autocratic, racial
B) democratic, non-racial
C) democratic, racial
D) monarch, non-racial
Q3- How many deputy presidents were elected?
A) two
B) three
C) one
D) none
Q4- Why did other countries broke off diplomatic relations wih South Africa?
A) White rulers
B) Other countries are racial
C) It is a poor country
D) Apartheid policy
Q5- What change brought international leaders to South Africa?
A) End of Apartheid
B) humanity
C) peace
D) trade negotiations
Q6- "We thank all of our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for ____."
A) justice
B) peace
C) human dignity
D) all of the above
Q7- What was it that the nation needed to be liberated from?
A) poverty
B) gender discrimination
C) deprivation
D) all of the above
Q8- "We have achieved our political emancipation." What is the meaning of emancipation?
A) freedom from restriction
B) enslavement
C) slavery
D) both 2 and 3
Q9- The spectacular array of South African jets was a display of -
A)military's precision
B) military's loyalty to democracy
D) both 1 and 2
C) none of the above
Q10- What colours does the new South African flag possess?
A) black, red, green, blue and gold
B) black, red, yellow, blue and gold
C) orange, black, yellow, blue and silver
D) black, blue, violet, saffron and green
Q11- "The structure they created formed the basis of one of the harshest, most inhumane, societies the world has ever known." What structure is Mandela talking about?
A) Racial domination against the black skinned
B) Poverty and suffering
C) Discrimination against the poor
D) oppression of women
Q12- Whom did Mandela wanted to thank but couldn't?
A) his family
B) white rulers
C) African patriots who no longer existed
D) Military
Q13- What unintended effect did the decades of oppression and brutality had?
A) created men of extraordinary courage, wisdom and generosity
B) Poverty and suffering
C) boycot from foreign nations
D) both 2 and 3
Q14- According to Mandela, what is the greatest wealth of a nation?
A) minerals
B) gems
C) diamonds
D) people
Q15- What did Mandela learn about courage?
A) it is absence of fear
B) it is the triumph over fear
C) both 1 and 2
D) none of the above
Q16- What are a man's obligations in life?
A) Obligation to people
B) Obligation to family
C) Obligation to God
D) Both 1 and 2
Q17- Why were two National Anthems sung?
A) to imply unity
B) to mark the end of racial discrimination
C) to mark the end of gender discrimination
D) Both 1 and 2
Q18- What comes more naturally to heart according to Mandela?
A) hatred
B) unity
C) love
D) racial discrimination
Q19- What realisations did Mandela have of his boyhood freedom?
A) it is just an illusion
B) he was born free
C) freedom was meant for kids
D) he had no realisations
Q20- What began Mandela's hunger for freedom?
A) the fact that it had already been taken away from him
B) his obligation towards people
C) his obligation towards family
D) he was born to fight
Q21- Which party did Mandela join?
A) Indian National Congress
B) African National Congress
C) National African Party
D) he did not join any party
Q22- A man who takes away another man's freedom is _____
A) White
B) a prisoner of hatred
C) criminal
D) rude
Q23- Who, according to Mandela is not free?
A) oppressor
B) oprressed
C) both 1 and 2
D) none of the above
Q24- How did Mandela's hunger for freedom change his life?
A) turned from frightened to bold
B) turned from law-abiding attorney to a criminal
C) turned a life-loving man to live like a monk
C) all of the above
Q25- What does depths of oppression create?
A) oppressed
B) heights of character
C) poverty
D) lack of freedom
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Chapter 3
Two Stories About Flying
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MCQ
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Chapter 3
Two Stories about Flying
with Answers
From the Diary of Anne Frank
Class 10
MCQ Questions with Answers
English Chapter 4
MCQ Questions
for Class 10
English First Flight
Chapter 5
The Hundred Dresses
Part 1 with Answers
MCQ Questions for
Class 10
English First Flight
Poem 4
How to Tell Wild
Animals with Answers
MCQ Questions for Class 10
English
First Flight
Chapter 6 The Hundred Dresses
Part 2 with Answers
Question 1.
Who was more anxious for a reply?
(a) Peggy
(b) Maddie
(c) Miss Petronski
(d) Miss Mason
Answer
Answer: (b) Maddie
Question 2.
Who felt herself coward after Wanda left the school?
(a) Peggy
(b) Maddie
(c) Miss Petronski
(d) Miss Mason
Answer
Answer: (b) Maddie
Question 3.
What were Maddie’s thoughts as they go to Boggins Heights?
(a) tell her nobody would make fun of her name.
(b) tell that her nature was very rude.
(c) tell that she was ugly
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (a) tell her nobody would make fun of her name.
Question 4.
What did Mr. Petronski’s letter say?
(a) his daughter would not come to school any more.
(b) to appreciate the school.
(c) regarding poor performance of his child.
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (a) his daughter would not come to school any more.
Question 5.
Who was Miss Mason?
(a) Maths Teacher
(b) English Teacher
(c) Class Teacher
(d) Principal
Answer: (c) Class Teacher
Question 6.
What was the colour of the dress in Peggy’e drawing?
(a) red
(b) green
(c) blue
(d) white
Answer
Answer: (b) green
Question 7.
Wanda’s house was ____
(a) on a cliff
(b) on top of a hill
(c) by the river
(d) in the forest
Answer
Answer: (b) on top of a hill
Question 8.
What was the description of the house which Maddie thought to be Wanda’s house?
(a) Little white house
(b) Big white house
(c) Small green cottage
(d) Tiny Red hut
Answer
Answer: (a) Little white house
Question 9.
What was Maddie’s reaction on receiving the drawing?
(a) sad
(b) happy
(c) excited
(d) neutral
Answer
Answer: (a) sad
Question 10.
What was the tone of Wanda’s reply?
(a) Friendly
(b) Angry
(c) ungrateful
(d) hatred
Answer
Answer: (a) Friendly
Question 11.
Who was more anxious for a reply?
(a) Maddie
(b) Peggy
(c) Miss Mason
(d) All of them
Answer
Answer: (a) Maddie
Question 12.
What did they write in the letter?
(a) apology
(b) Her drawings and that she won
(c) asked about new city
(d) both 2 and 3
Answer
Answer: (d) both 2 and 3
Question 13.
What important decision does Maddie take?
(a) Unfriending Peggy
(b) visiting Wanda
(c) stop others from bullying
(d) all of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) stop others from bullying
Question 14.
What was Maddie reminded of by the Petronski’s house?
(a) how they teased her
(b) how she could stop all of it
(c) Wanda’s drawings
(d) Wanda’s dress; unironed but clean
Answer
Answer: (d) Wanda’s dress; unironed but clean
Question 15.
What did Maddie think of herself after the letter was read out loud?
(a) Grateful
(b) Lucky
(c) Hero
(d) Coward
Answer
Answer: (d) Coward
Question 16.
How would you describe Miss Mason’s feelings towards the class?
(a) Angry
(b) Upset
(c) Happy
(d) Cheerful
Answer
Answer: (b) Upset
Question 17.
what else was mentioned in the letter?
(a) her drawings
(b) her medal
(c) the school
(d) her funny name
Answer
Answer: (d) her funny name
Question 18.
Who wrote the letter received by Miss Mason?
(a) Wanda
(b) Wanda’s mother
(c) Wanda’s father
(d) Wanda’s brother
Answer
Answer: (c) Wanda’s father
Q1- Who wrote the letter received by Miss Mason?
A) Wanda
B) Wanda’s mother
C) Wanda’s father
D) Wanda’s brother
Q2- What did the letter convey?
A) Wanda wasn’t well
B) Wanda won’t be attending school
C) they have moved to the big city
D) both 2 and 3
Q3- what else was mentioned in the letter?
A) her drawings
B) her medal
C) the school
D) her funny name
Q4- How did Miss Mason feel about whatever happened with Wanda?
A) unfortunate
B) sad
C) cruel
D) both 1 and 2
Q5- How would you describe Miss Mason’s feelings towards the class?
A) Angry
B) Upset
C) Happy
D) Cheerful
Q6- What was just as bad as what Peggy had done?
A) Maddie staying silent while Peggy teased Wanda
B) Maddie not stopping Peggy
C) Maddie teasing Wanda
D) None of the above
Q7- What did Maddie think of herself after the letter was read out loud?
A) Grateful
B) Lucky
C) Hero
D) Coward
Q8- "So Peggy had the same idea! Maddie glowed" What was the idea?
A) To tease Wanda one more time
B) To go and look for Wanda at Boggins Height
C) To apologise to Wanda
D) Both 2 and 3
Q9- What was Maddie reminded of by the Petronski’s house?
A) how they teased her
B) how she could stop all of it
C) Wanda’s drawings
D) Wanda’s dress; unironed but clean
Q10- What excuses does Peggy think of for her behaviour?
A) Wanda didn’t know she was being made fun of
B) she got the idea of hundred drawings only when Peggy asked her
C) None of these
D) Both A and B
Q11- What important decision does Maddie take?
A) Unfriending Peggy
B) visiting Wanda
C) stop others from bullying
D) all of the above
Q12- How did they contact Wanda?
A) Letter
B) Phone call
C) Email
D) They visited her
Q13- What did they write in the letter?
A) apology
B) Her drawings and that she won
C) asked about new city
D) both 2 and 3
Q14- Why did they think Wanda wouldn’t reply?
A) she didn’t know how to read
B) she didn’t know how to write
C) She must’ve been sad and angry
D) all of the above
Q15- Who was more anxious for a reply?
A) Maddie
B) Peggy
C) Miss Mason
D) All of them
Q16- What did Maddie notice in the drawings?
A) Wanda drew their faces
B) they were beautiful
C) Wanda wrote notes for them
D) all of the above
Q17- What was the tone of Wanda’s reply?
A) Friendly
B) Angry
C) ungrateful
D) hatred
Q18- What do you mean by "picking on someone"?
A) Unfairly criticising them
B) Taking something from them
C) Taking them somewhere
D) None of the above
Q19- What was Maddie’s reaction on receiving the drawing?
A) sad
B) happy
C) excited
D) neutral
Q20- What did Peggy infer from the drawing?
A) Wanda was a good artist
B) Wanda liked them
C) Wanda hated them
D) Both 1 and 2
Q21- What was the description of the house which Maddie thought to be Wanda’s house?
A) Little white house
B) Big white house
C) Small green cottage
D) Tiny Red hut
Q22- The grass along the pathway to Wanda’s house looked like ____
A) puppies
B) snakes
C) kittens
D) monkeys
Q23- Wanda’s house was ____
A) on a cliff
B) on top of a hill
C) by the river
D) in the forest
Q24- What was used to decorate the classroom on Christmas?
A) bells
B) tree
C) both
D) None of the above
Q25- What was the colour of the dress in Peggy’e drawing?
A) red
B) green
C) blue
D) white
MCQ Questions for Class 10
English First Flight
Poem 5 The Ball
with Answers
Question 1.
Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Ball Poem’?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) W.B Yeats
(c) Robert Frost
(d) John Berryman.
Answer
Answer: (d) John Berryman.
Question 2.
Why are the boy’s eyes desperate?
(a) Because he has lost his ball.
(b) Because he has lost his money.
(c) Because he has lost his gloves
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (a) Because he has lost his ball.
Question 3.
What does ‘in the world of possessions’ means?
(a) Love
(b) Lust
(c) Materialistic things
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (c) Materialistic things
Question 4.
Where was the boy staring down?
(a) the sea
(b) the ocean
(c) the harbour
(d) the lake
Answer
Answer: (c) the harbour
Question 5.
Name the literary device used in “And no one buys a ball back.”
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora
Answer
Answer: (c) Alliteration
Question 6.
Why does the poet decide not to condole the boy?
(a) He is busy
(b) He is indifferent
(c) It will be of no use
(d) He is happy
Answer
Answer: (c) It will be of no use
Question 7.
According to the poet, what is the child learning?
(a) to bear loss
(b) to take care of things
(c) to be responsible
(d) to be careful
Answer
Answer: (a) to bear loss
Question 8.
What does a ball cost?
(a) 5 dimes
(b) 10 dimes
(c) 1 dime
(d) 4 dimes
Answer
Answer: (c) 1 dime
Question 9.
What is the boy playing with?
(a) bat
(b) ball
(c) car
(d) bus
Answer
Answer: (b) ball
Question 10.
Name the literary device used in “Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!”
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora
Answer
Answer: (d) Anaphora
Q1- Who is the poet of the Ball poem?
A) Leslie Norris
B) John Berryman
C) Carolyn Wells
D) Robert Frost
Q2- What is the boy playing with?
A) bat
B) ball
C) car
D) bus
Q3- Where does the ball go?
A) drain
B) well
C) house
D) water
Q4- What does a ball cost?
A) 5 dimes
B) 10 dimes
C) 1 dime
D) 4 dimes
Q5- How does the child react at the loss?
A) stands rigid
B) trembles
C) stares
D) all of them
Q6- According to the poet, what is the child learning?
A) to bear loss
B) to take care of things
C) to be responsible
D) to be careful
Q7- Does the poet condole the boy?
A) can’t say
B) yes
C) no
D) All of them
Q8- Why does the poet decide not to condole the boy?
A) He is busy
B) He is indifferent
C) It will be of no use
D) He is happy
Q9- Name the literary device used in "Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!"
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Alliteration
D) Anaphora
Q10- Name the literary device used in "And no one buys a ball back."
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Alliteration
D) Anaphora
The Proposal
Important Questions and Answers
Class 10 English First Flight
Extract Based Questions [3 Marks each]
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Question 1
NATALYA : What proposal?
CHUBUKOV : Why, he came here to propose to you.
NATALYA : To propose? To me? Why didn’t you tell me so before?
CHUBUKOV : So he dresses up in evening clothes. The stuffed sausage!
The wizen-faced frump! [CBSE 2014]
(a) Who is being referred to as ‘he’?
(b) Why did he meet Chubukov?
(c) Find the word from the extract which means ‘Make an offer of marriage to someone’.
(d) Who was dressed in as a stuffed sausage?
Answer:
(a) Lomov is being referred to as ‘he’ in the extract.
(b) Lomov met Chubukov’s to ask for Natalya’s hand.
(c) ‘Propose’ from the extract means ‘make an offer of marriage to someone’.
(d) Lomov was dressed as a stuffed sausage.
Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks each]
Question 1.
Which qualities are common in all three characters of the play ‘The Proposal’?
Answer:
All the characters in the play are argumentative, full of pride and possessiveness. They are always ready to argue for petty things.
Question 2.
How does Lomov come to Chubukov’s house? What for does he come? How is he received?[ CBSE 2012]
Answer:
Lomov came to Chubukov’s house in the evening dress with gloves on. He cames to propose to his daughter Natalya. He is received with all the respect by Chubukov.
Question -3.Why did Lomov want to get married?
Answer:
Lomov wanted to gel. married as he was already 35 years old. Moreover, he was suffering due to a weak heart and sleep- sickness and wanted company of someone to look after him.
Question -4.How does Natalya react when she comes to know that Lomov had come to propose? CBSE2014
Answer:
When Natalya cames to know that Lomov had come there to propose her she was shocked. She wails, changes her stance and asks her father to fetch Lomov.
Long question
Question 1.
Neighbours must have a cordial relationship which Lomov and Natalya do not have. Describe the first fight between them. [CBSE 2015]
Answer:
Lomov and Natalya meet and rather than proposing her he gets off the point. He tells her how he inherited his land and how he respects her father. He also tells Natalya that his Oxen meadows touch Natalya’s Birchwood. On hearing this, Natalya says that Oxen Meadows are theirs. They start arguing about it. Lomov clarifies that he is talking about the Oxen Meadows that are between her Birchwoods and Burnt marsh. Natalya again insists that they are theirs.
Lomov refuses it. He tells her that his aunt’s grandmother gave those meadows to her father’s grand father. The peasants used the land for forty years and started regarding it as their own. Natalya’s father comes and also starts quarreling with Lomov. They get into a heated argument and resort to name-calling. After some time, Lomov leaves their house.
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