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The Tiger King was the king of Pratibandapuram. At the time of his birth, royal astrologers predicted his death to be caused by a tiger. When he grew up, he hunted ninety-nine tigers. For killing so many tigers, he got the name ‘Tiger King’.

व्याघ्र राजा प्रतिबन्दपुरम् का राजा था। उसके जन्म के समय राज ज्योतिषियों ने भविष्यवाणी की थी कि उसकी मृत्यु का कारण कोई व्याघ्र होगा। बड़ा होने पर उसने निन्यानवे व्याघ्रों का शिकार किया। इतने अधिक व्याघ्रों को मारने के कारण ही उसका नाम ‘व्याघ्र राजा’ पड़ा।

The ancient mariner admitted that he had done an evil thing which would bring sorrow and grief to all of them. Everyone felt that it was bad on his part to kill the bird which had made the good sound wind to blow.

Alliteration –

(a) ................... worked work’ em woe

(b) That made the breeze to blow.

When the Tiger king was only ten days old, royal astrologers predicted that one day he would have to die. At this, the infant asked them to tell the manner of his death. All were surprised to hear the infant speaking so clearly. This was a miracle.

जब व्याघ्र राजा केवल दस दिन की आयु का था। रोज-ज्योतिष्यिों ने भविष्यवाणी की कि एक दिन उसकी मृत्यु अवश्य होगी। उस शिशु ने उनसे कहा कि वे उसकी मृत्यु का तरीका बतायें। उस शिशु को इतना स्पष्ट बोलते हुए सुनकर सभी आश्चर्यचकित हो गए। यह एक चमत्कार था।

Monday 29 September 20XX,

10 pm

Dear Diary,

I am very scared today. When I look at the situation which we all are in i.e., hot and humid weather and the rotten things all around, I feel disappointed. There is no water to drink though we all are parched. There is no hope of survival. I regret having approved the act of killing the Albatross by the Ancient Mariner. Of course, he had brought us good luck as the south wind started blowing, the fog lifted and the icebergs split with the arrival of the Albatross. The Ancient Mariner should not have killed it. Now we are all stuck in the silent sea. It seems as if it is a punishment for the crime committed by the Ancient Mariner. Our future is doubtful as I think we won’t be able to escape from the silent sea. Everyone on the ship is sad and desperate. We all are undergoing suffering from which we do not find any respite. Hope everything gets on a smooth track though I have doubts about it.

Good Night Diary.

All the mariners whether they were young or old were looking at him in an evil manner. They flat that the ancient mariner was responsible for their sufferings in the silent sea. So they took off the holy cross from his neck and hung the head albatross about his neck as a reminder of his guilt and sin.

(a) The Albatross is a white big sea bird with big wings. 

(b) He got evil looks from ‘old and young’. 

(c) evil

The cow is a sacred animal and it must not be killed except in self-defence. For the Tiger King it meant that if a cow can be killed in self-defence, there is no harm in killing a tiger in self-defence.

गाय एक पवित्र जानवर है और इसे आत्म-रक्षा के अलावा नहीं मारा जाना चाहिए। व्याघ्र राजा के लिये इसका अर्थ था कि यदि आत्म-रक्षा में एक गाय को मारा जा सकता है तो फिर आत्म-रक्षा में व्याघ्र को मारने में कोई नुकसान नहीं है।

Tiger hunting was banned in Pratibandapuram. When the British official came with a tiger hunt request, the Maharaja told him that he may conduct a boar hunt, a mouse hunt, even a mosquito hunt, but not a tiger hunt. In reply to this, the British officer said that he only wanted to be photographed holding a gun and standing ewer the dead body; the tiger could be killed by the Maharaja. This shows the shallowness of character of the officer.

The mariners could see death fires dancing in circular motion, over the ship. The sea water took the colour of witch’s oils i.e. green, blue and white.

Alliteration –

(a) ......in real and rout.

(b) The death fires danced at night.

(c) Burnt green and blue and white.

Simile – Like a witch’s oils.

During ten years, the Maharaja had managed to kill seventy tigers. As a result, the tiger population became extinct in his kingdom. This made the Maharaja anxious because he thought he would not be able to achieve his target of killing a hundred tigers and so his life would be in dangSr. 

(a) It appeared to be withered at the root. 

(b) It happened so because we had been choked. 

(c) utter

The astrologer had foretold that the Maharaja should be wary of the hundredth tiger. The Maharaja killed ninety-nine tigers but he could not even trace the hundredth one. Killing the last tiger would mean that he proved the prophecy wrong and saved his life. That is why he was so anxious to kill the hundredth tiger.

Tiger hunting was banned in Pratibandapuram. When the British official came with a tiger hunt request, the Maharaja told him that he may conduct a boar hunt, a mouse hunt, even a mosquito hunt, but not a tiger hunt. In reply to this, the British officer said that he only wanted to be photographed holding a gun and standing ewer the dead body; the tiger could be killed by the Maharaja. This shows the shallowness of character of the officer.

When the Maharaja boasted about killing the first tiger, the astrologer said that he may kill ’ ninety-nine tigers, but must be “very careful with the hundredth tiger.” Yes, the astrologer was absolutely true in this prediction, because finally the Maharaja was killed by the hundredth tiger.

The mariners were parched. Their tongue felt completely dry at the root and they could not speak. They felt as if they were choked with soot.

Alliteration – Was withered at the root.

When the Maharaja was barely ten days old, the chief astrologer had predicted that a tiger would be the cause of his death. When the Maharaja was twenty, he killed one tiger. When he asked his astrologer, the astrologer said that he would kill ninety-nine tigers, but he should be fearful of the hundredth tiger. That was the reason why the Maharaja was so anxious to kill the hundredth tiger. 

The Dewan had brought a tiger from the People’s Park in Madras and kept it hidden in his house. When the Maharaja threatened him with dire consequences, he understood that the only way to save himself was to ‘plant’ a tiger for the kill. So, he and his aged wife dragged the tiger to the forest where the king was hunting. The king took aim and the beast soon collapsed. 

The Dewan had brought the hundredth tiger from the People’s Park in Madras.

Many days passed and they were stuck as the ship could not move without the wind. Their ship looked like painted ship on a painted ocean. It didn’t give the appearance of a real ship.

Repetition – Day after day, day after day

Simile – As idle as a painted ship.

The crown prince was brought up by an English nanny. He drank the milk of an English cow. He was tutored in English by an Englishman. He saw only English films. Thus, he was brought up exactly as the crown princes of all other Indian states did.

युवराज का पालन-पोषण एक अंग्रेज धाय ने किया। वह एक अंग्रेजी गाय का दूध पीता था। एक अंग्रेज उसे अंग्रेजी पढ़ाता था। वह केवल अंग्रेजी फिल्में ही देखता था। इस प्रकार उसका लालन-पालन ठीक उसी प्रकार हुआ जैसे अन्य सभी भारतीय राज्यों के युवराजों का होता था।

The line ‘bloody sun at noon’ indicates the fury and heat of the sun at noon-time. At noon the sun looks red like the colour of blood. At noon time the sun came up above the mast. At that time it was not big ball as it appears in the morning or at the time of its setting. At noon the sun was not bigger than the moon.

When the astrologers were reading the horoscope of the little prince, they were taken by surprise when the ten-day old infant asked about the manner of his death. When the chief astrologer told him that a tiger would be the cause of his death, the baby retorted with arrogance, “Let the tigers beware!” 

The ancient mariner continued his story by saying that the glorious sun rose and it was neither dim nor red. It looked like the halo around God’s own head. Looking at the weather conditions, all the mariners were happy. They changed their mind and told the ancient mariner that it was right to kill a bird which had brought fog and mist with it. 

Simile – Like God’s own head.

A good wind started blowing. There was white foam all around the furrows were following the ship freely. And then they reached the silent sea. They were the first ones to the reach it. 

Alliteration –

(a) The fair breeze blow.

(b) The white foam flew

(c) The furrow followed free

(d) Into that silent sea.

The sky appeared like heated copper and the sun also looked red as blood at noon. It stood just above the most and didn’t appear bigger than the moon.

The breeze stopped blowing. With the result the sails also dropped down. The sailors were very said. They didn’t speak to each other. If ever they did speak, it was only to break the silence of the sea.

Alliteration –

(a) Down dropt the breeze ...............

(b) the sails dropt down’

(c) The silence of the sea.

Repetition – T was sad as sad could be.

The voice of authority addresses the workmen as patriots and diverts their attention alarming them that their country is in danger. ‘I The voice of authority gives examples of Belgium and Serbia and make them frightened.

It suggests the workmen that they should not ask for rise in s their wages as their liberties are in danger. The voice suggests the workmen to quit grumbling, get busy and prepare to defend their kitchen and country.

Thus, these speeches function as a trap for the workmen as they would get sentimental with elated feelings of nationalism and would not demand more wages.

No, she just couldn’t tolerate. She was feeling nauseated when the ride ended.

She calls their masters their enemies because the workers know that they have no enemies except their masters. They know that their citizenship papers are no guarantee for the safety of their wives and children.

They know that honest sweat, persistent toil and years of struggle bring them nothing on to, worth fighting for. Therefore, they keep on enduring everything that their masters impose on them.

As civilization has grown more complex, the workers have become more and more enslaved. They have been more like machines. Daily they face the dangers of railroad, bridge, skyscraper, freight train, stockhold, stockyard and training at docks on the railroads and underground and on the seas.

Helen Keller says that there has never existed a truly free and democratic nation in the world because from time immerorial, men have followed the strong men who had the power of money and of armies with blind loyalty. They have tilled the lands of the rulers and have been robbed off the fruits of their labour.

The real freedom of workers is when they are not compelled to work twelve or ten hours a day. They are not free when they are ill paid for their exhausting toil. They are not free when their children must labour in mills and factories or starve.

They are also not free when their woman maybe driven by poverty to lives of shame. They are not free when they are clubbed and imprisoned because they go on strike for a raise of wages and for their basic justice. If they get rid of all these constraints, they can have real freedom.

The consequences of war are always horrible. Millions of young men die. Some other millions get cripped and blinded for life. For still more millions of human beings, their existence turns horrible. The achievement and legacy of generations are swept away in a moment and nobody is better off for all the misery.

(1) True
(2) False
(3) True
(4) False
(5) True
(6) False
(7) True
(8) False
(9) True
(10) False
(11) True
(12) False
(13) True
(14) False
(15) True
(16) False
(17) True
(18) False
(19) True
(20) True
(21) False

Correct option is (b) unprincipled

Correct option is (b) oratory

Correct option is (c) belligerent, decent

Correct option is (d) vanity

1. Reshma could not walk or button her shirt up.

2. Reshma could crawl, use a spoon to eat and handle her wheelchair.

3. Reshma learnt to speak, do some exercises and she also learnt some subjects.

Turn the lights off so we can sleep.

She fell down from the fifth step yet she did not hurt herself.

During the course of his interview with Alifano, Borges tells him that his mother was an extraordinary person who showed him a great deal of kindness in his life. Then he confesses in a remorseful tone that he could not make his mother happy because he himself was not a happy man. He also confesses that he should have shown a better understanding of his mother.

This experience can be generalized because what Borges says is true of all children. It is not surprising to know, when their mothers die, most children express that they had taken their mother for granted while they were alive like they do with the moon or the sun or the seasons and are guilty that they had abused their mothers.

You can select either a red pen or a blue pen.

The doctor tried his best but he could not save the patient.

(A) Hydrochloric acid

While giving his observations about ‘blindness’, Borges recalls an idea he had expressed in one of his poems. He had said that humiliation, misfortune and discord were given to us so that we may transmute them, and make from the miserable circumstance of our life ‘eternal works’. At this juncture, Borges recalls to mind a statement made by Goethe. It says, “All that is near becomes far”. In this statement, Goethe refers not only to the sunset but also to life. Borges says that in his case, the visible world has moved away from his eyes forever. He feels that it is his duty to accept his misfortune and as far as possible enjoy those things.

They wanted good governance in the state therefore, they elected an honest candidate in the election.

Correct option is (C) Bauxite

Borges says that all persons must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. He adds that all things have been given to us for a purpose, and therefore we should think of our humiliations, misfortunes and embarrassments as raw material like clay so that we may shape our art. He says that humiliation, misfortune and discord were given to us so that we may transmute them, so that we may make from the miserable circumstance of our life eternal works or works that aspire to be so.

The ability of the ciliary muscles to adjust the curvature and thereby the focal length to get a clear view of objects is called accommodation.