LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

AP 06

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         EL 1064 – ENGLISH FOR EMPOWERMENT

(Also equivalent to GEL 065)

 

 

Date & Time : 25-10-2006/1.00-4.00           Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

I Answer all the questions                                                                              (10 marks)

 

Choose the correct answer from those given and fill in the blanks.

1.Vellamal was the ————— of Mr. Kumar. (servant, sister, mother)

2.Beethoven was a great ——————-. (scientist, basket ball player, composer)

3.The wanderer had a ——————— on his head. (millstone, pumpkin, sack of sand)

4. The mullah was a ———————–. (magician, preacher, sultan)

5.The  wise Ali advised the boy to think of ——————. (moderation, temptation, meditation)

6. The King left the palace door —————–. (closed, open, ajar)

7.The Professor called the student————-. (by name,  ‘son’ , brother)

8. Old Mother Laima presented the lad with ————–. (a ring, a pair of shoes, mat)
9. Malla Reddy was the ——————- of Yashoda. (brother, landlord, husband)
10. The boy was thrown into the lake by ————-. (the boatman, his mother, his father)

 

 

II Two passages from your text are jumbled and given below. Arrange the Two Passages   separately in the right order.                                                         (10 marks)

 

 

• Starting on his first day in the cell, the Vizier practiced picking up the calf and carrying it up and the steps of the dungeon tower.
• A magician was performing his art before the sultan and winning the enthusiasm of his audience.
• Everyone followed with great interest this play, which was going on in front of them.
• When he saw him saw him, he was overcome with amazement. “ God help me, what a miracle, what a genie.”

 

 

 

 

 

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• The Mullah, a preacher, wanted to get some nuts for his wife, because she had promised cook him fesenjah, a dish with nuts.
• You don’t have any talent anyway—away with you to the dungeon. And you won’t be lonely, and so you will have one of your kind right there, you will have calf as a cellmate.
• I will help you if you do exactly as I tell you. The Mullah said “I promise to do everything as you say, if you can just free me from this terrible jar.”
• But his vizier gave him pause for thought as he said, “Your Highness, no master falls from the sky. The magician’s art is the result of his industriousness and practice.”
• The sultan himself was filled with admiration and exclaimed, “God, help me, what a miracle, what a genie!”
• Wide-eyed and with open mouth, the Mullah watched and said, “Are you a magician?”
• The Mullah did this, and, behold without any trouble, he pulled his hand out of the jar.
• “Your highness no master falls from the sky. My strength is the result of my industriousness and practice.”

 

III. Choose the correct answer from your understanding of the various lessons you have    studied:                                                                                               (1×10=10)

1. Vellamal was Mr. Kumar’s ___________
2. aunt b. grandmother c. mother d. cousin
3. Leaders must exercise ______ _______ if they expect to control others.
4. effective leaders b. self control c. different styles d. negative attitude
5. The vizier had a ________ as his cell mate.
6. steer b .donkey c. rabbit d. camel
7. The scholar had a lot of _________ in the heavy chests.
8. pearls b. gold c. weapons  d. books
9. The boy loved to eat a lot of ________.
10. apples b. water melon c. dates  d. fish
11. A mullah is a __________.
12. preacher b.nut cracker c. doctor d. saint
13. The wanderer had a heavy ____________ around his neck.
14. pumpkin b. water hose c. millstone d. boulder
15. Revathi is a 12^th standard student from ___________.
16. Vayalur b. Pudukottai c. Pappapatti d. Vellore
17. A successful candidate is always ___________.
18. afraid b. confident c. silent d .lazy
19. Yashoda’s husband was ______ _______ .

a.Bala Reddy b.Rama Reddy c.John Reddy d.Malla Reddy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IV Answer the following questions from the various lessons you have studied

(10×1=10 marks)

1. Who according to is a winner?
2. Why did the kink want to test the courtiers?
3. How did the problem between Vayalur and Pudur start?
4. What did the professor ask the student to do in the class?
5. Mention any one burden the traveler was carrying.
6. What did Mullah’s want him to do one day?
7. What answer did wise Ali give to the mother?
8. How did the fisherman spend his time everyday?
9. Why was the scholar called wise?
10. Name any great personality who became successful after meeting with many failures

 

V Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.         (10 marks)

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to depend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for a long time every day. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other began to live, for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and colour of the world outside. The man described all the beautiful things in the park outside. He told him about the people passing by. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour of the rainbow. Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window. He had died peacefully in his sleep. The attendants took his body away. After a little while, the other man asked if he could be moved to the bed next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the change. And after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. He tried very hard to look out of the window. There was only a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who described such wonderful things outside the window. The nurse answered that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said,” Perhaps he just wanted to make you happy.”

Questions:

1. Why were the two men admitted in the hospital?
2. How did they spend their time?
3. What did the man describe?
4. What happened to the man by the window one morning?
5. Why did the man encourage the other man in his room?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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VI        Read the following story and answer the questions given below.  (10 marks)

 

The Enlightened Butcher

 

This story from Mahabaratha brings to light that our spiritual achievement is useless if we neglect our duties or Dharma.

 

Kaushika was his parent’s only son. “Mother,” he said one day, “ I want to go off into the jungle and devote myself to spiritual studies.” His mother said with concern, “but son, your father and I are very old. Your father is sick and he can hardly move. If you go away, what will happen to us? Who will attend to our needs?”

 

Kaushika did not listen. He was determined to study the Vedas. His mother cried in vain as she watched her son turn his back on her and leave for the jungle. Eventually Kaushika acquired great mystical powers.

 

One afternoon, as he was meditating under a tree, a crane flew up, and perched herself on a branch above Kaushika. Some bird droppings fell on Kaushika head. Kaushika furiously threw a gaze at the crane. The crane immediately fell dead. The sage felt sorry for what he had done. “How could I have allowed my anger to take over me that way?” He mourned.

 

Later in the day, he went to a village to beg for alms. The lady of the house asked him to wait and went to get some food. Right then her husband arrived. She immediately set aside the pot of food she was taking to the sage and went to her husband. After washing his feet, giving him food, and attending his needs, she came back out to give the alms to the sage. The sage was very insulated. “You put your husband before a pious sage? Do you know the power of a Brahmin?” he asked.

 

She calmly replied, “Yes, a true Brahmin is he who has mastered his anger. Please do not threaten me, I am not a crane that will die with your fiery gaze.” The sage was amazed. How does she know about the crane?” he wondered.

 

The lady continued, “Oh holy one! You are a learned Brahmin but you have not understood the truth about virtue. If you want to be enlightened, go to Dharmavyadha

who lives in Mathura. Anyone will tell you where he lives.”

 

The sage thanked the lady and hurried to Mathura. “He must be a great and learned sage indeed,” Kaushika thought to himself. But when he finally reached Dharmavyadha’s place, he found it to be a butcher’s shop! A very ordinary looking man came out and said, “Welcome holy one. I am Dharmavyadha, the man you seek.”

 

How can a butcher be spiritually enlightened? Kaushika asked in amazement. Dharmavyadha smiled and said with compassion, “ I know the story of the crane and of the woman who sent you here. Come, let us go to my house.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The sage could not contain himself and blurted out, “But killing animals is such a sinful profession! Are you not ashamed?” “I am not,” the butcher calmly said. “ I am engaged in my family trade. I work hard and honestly at it. There is no reason for me to be ashamed of my work!”

 

“Holy one,” continued the butcher. “If I do injury to other creatures, so do you as you did to the crane.” “As we walk on the soil, we are trampling on numerous creatures. Nor is air devoid of creatures. You see the farmer tilling the land? He is killing so many animals that thrive under the soil.”

 

They reached the butcher’s house. The Butcher’s wife was doing her household chores and his two boys were playing. The butcher introduced the sage to his wife and boys. Then the butcher entered the house and touched his parent’s feet. “Here is a learned Brahmin from a far off place,” the butcher told his father. “Welcome, holy one”, the father said.

 

Before leaving the room the butcher remarked, “ My parents are my Gods. My wife and my children attend to them with devotion and love. We consider caring for them to be our greatest duty. In doing one’s duty cheerfully, lies true virtue. This is what the dutiful wife sent you to learn.”

 

“Oh learned one!” the butcher continued, you have run away from your responsibilities and deserted your aged father and mother. Spiritual achievement is useless if one has neglected one’s Dharma, or duties.” The sage remembered his mother crying, “ Who will look after us when you are gone my son?”

 

The sage apologized, “You have shown me the path of true virtue, the true meaning of Dharma, Oh pious one. I am deeply indebted to you”. Kaushika immediately returned to his parents and served them lovingly till the end of their days.

 

Answer the following questions from the passage in complete sentences.

 

1. Why did Kaushika leave the house and his parents?
2. Why did Kaushika kill the crane?
3. Why did the lady in the house make Kaushika wait for his alms?
4. What is the profession of Dharmavyadha?
5. How did Dharmavyadha explain the virtue of his profession?

 

 

VII Answer  any one of the following and your should be in five paragraphs.                                                                                                                                 (10 marks)

(a) What do you mean by success? What are the ingredients that go into making a successful person?

(b) How important is relationships in life? Write about the different relationships you        share with the people around you.

 

 

 

 

 

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VIII Answer  any one of the following and your should be in five paragraphs.                                                                                                                               (10 marks)

 

• We are wanderers in our life carrying the burden of responsibilities. Explain.
• Write about the different perspectives of the businessman and the fisherman.

 

IX Vocabulary.

 

1. Match the following. (3 marks)

 

1. adjoining sea reproduce
2. remake search
3. congratulate mistake
4. looking for compliment
5. flaw unwilling
6. reluctant coastal

 

1. Choose one word substitute to the following expressions.                (3 marks)

 

Virtues, cattle, horror, businessmen, monster, boatman

 

1. 1. worthy qualities
   2. domesticated animals
   3. extreme fear
   4. one who runs a business
   5. one who provides transport by boat
   6. wicked person

 

 

X Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate words given.                       (4 marks)

 

Scream, convince, tide, puzzled

1. 1. The child __________ for ice-cream.
   2. Some people are adamant. We cannot _________ them.
   3. On seeing the question paper the candidate was _________.
   4. Time and ______ wait for no man.

 

XI        Use the following hints and write the story in your own words.       (10 marks)

Poor man – in a hut – no wife – no children – worked in the field – one evening – an old man came – the poor man gave food and shelter – old man was satisfied – presented a goose – went away – next morning – the goose – a goose – a golden egg – the poor man sold eggs everyday – became rich – wanted to became rich – wanted to become richer – did not want to wait – killed the goose – lost both.

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

XA 05

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

EL 1060/1064 – ENGLISH FOR EMPOWERMENT

 

 

 

Date : 03-11-08                       Dept. No.                                          Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

I Read the following passage and answer the questions given below                                                         (2×5=10)

           

Long ago there lived a slave in ancient Greece. One day he ran from his cruel master into jungle. There he lived for sometime in a cave. One day, to his terror, a lion came to that cave, limping and groaning piteously. At first the slave was frightened and was about to run away, but when the lion held up its paw in a pitiful way, he stopped to look at it. There was a big thorn sticking in his paw. The slave at once pulled it out, and the lion and he became friends, living comfortably for sometime together in the cave.

But one day the slave was caught and brought back to the town where his master lived. There he was condemned to be thrown to a famished lion. When the fierce and hungry beast was let loose upon him, it rushed at the poor, trembling slave, but when it came near him it suddenly stopped, smelled at the slave and then leaped around him full of joy and licked his hands and feet. The Governor was amazed and asked the slave to explain the whole thing. When he heard his story he set him free and gave him the lion as a prize.

 

1. Why did the slave run away from his master?
2. Why was the lion limping?
3. How did the slave become friendly with the lion?
4. What was the punishment given to the slave when he was caught?
5. What was the prize given to the slave?

                                                                                                

II Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:                                                   (2×5=10)  

 

Many people regard Albert Einstein as one of the twentieth century’s greatest geniuses. He was a physicist whose researches into the working of the universe helped other scientists create such things as nuclear energy, space travel and television. Stories about Einstein show that he had a great sense of humour. One such story tells that as a young man with a growing reputation, Einstein received many invitations to go to universities to explain his theories. In these trips he was always chauffeured by the same person- a man called Hans. One evening, on their way to a remote university, Einstein said, “I wish I didn’t have to give my lecture tonight, Hans. I’m so tired. But I can’t let my audience down, Can I?”

“You don’t need to,” said Hans, We’ll change places and I’ll give the lecture for you. I’ve listened to it dozens of times. I don’t understand it, but I know it by heart. And no one knows you at the university, do they? No one will find out.” Einstein eventually agreed with Hans, but said to him, “Don’t try to answer any questions, whatever you do.” They changed places, and at the university Hans was greeted and led to the platform in a great Hall crowded with professors and students. Einstein joined the audience and listened to Hans give his lecture perfectly, and joined in the applause at the end.

However, before Hans could get off the platform, a professor shouted from the audience, “I’d like to ask you a difficult question, but please answer it.” He then asked a question so difficult that Hans had no idea what he was talking about. Einstein thought, “Oh! Dear, now we’re in trouble.” But Hans just laughed and said, “That’s not a difficult question, sir. In fact, it’s so easy even my driver knows how to answer it. Hans, Stand up and answer the question.”

Einstein stood up and answered the question perfectly. They left the university, with Einstein driving. A little later, Hans offered to take over from him. “No, my friend,” laughed Einstein, “it’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you.”

 

1. Frame sentences using the words :

1. receive b) difficult  c) agree  d) genius.

1. How did the research work of Einstein help the other scientists?
2. What was the idea given by Hans to Einstein?
3. Choose the right answer.

Einstein called Hans a genius because he

1. impersonated Einstein.
2. had memorized Einstein’s Lecture.
3. had presence of mind.

1. Pick out words that indicate the qualities of Einstein.

 

III Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:                                                    (2×5=10)

 

A king put his court to a test for an important post. Powerful and wise men stood around him in great numbers. “You wise men”, said the king, “I have a problem, and I want to see who of you is in a position to solve it.” He led the men to a huge door, bigger than anyone had ever seen. The king explained, “Here you see the biggest and heaviest door in my kingdom. Who among you can open it?” some of the courtiers just shook their heads. Others, who were counted among the wise men, looked at the door more closely, but admitted they couldn’t do it. When the wise men had said this, the rest of the court agreed that this problem was too hard to solve. Only one vizier went up to the door. He checked it with his eyes and fingers, tried many ways to move it, and finally pulled on it with a hefty tog. And the door opened. It had just been left ajar, not completely shut and nothing more had needed but the willingness to realize it and the courage to act boldly. The king spoke, “You will get the position at the court, for you don’t rely just on what you see or hear; you put your own powers into action and risk a test.”

 

1. Why did the king want to test his court?
2. What was the response of some of the courtiers?
3. What was the task given to the wise men?
4. How did the Vizier win the test?
5. What are the human resources that the vizier possessed?

 

IV Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: (2×5=10)

 

Pudur is a village, twenty kilometers from Chinglepet. About 500 people live there. All of them belong to the high caste.Vayalur is another small village, two kilometers from Pudur. The people of Vayalur belong to the low caste. There is a tank common to both the villages. The high caste people of Pudur take water from the tank. But the low caste people of Vayalur are not allowed to touch the water tank. If they want water, they must ask a high caste person to take the water from the tank and pour it into their pots. They must not touch the water. All the people of Pudur and Vayalur follow this rule.

Revathi is a sixteen year old girl who is studying in the 12^th standard in a school at Chinglepet. She is from Vayalur. After writing her examinations she returned to her village. One day she went to the tank to get water. When she arrived at the tank, there was nobody near the well. She took the water and as she returned, a man from Pudur appeared suddenly. He scolded Revathi and broke her pot. She started crying, returned home and informed her people.

Meanwhile the people of Pudur gathered and marched towards Vayalur to punish them for touching the tank water. A quarrel broke out between the two villages. Finally the police was called to maintain law and order in the two villages.

 

1. Why do you think the Pudur people do not allow Vayalur people to touch the pond water? Give reasons.
2. What is your opinion about the caste system of India?
3. If you were a Police Officer what will you do to solve this problem.
4. What should be the role of the Government to avoid such discriminatory practices?
5. Bring out any four social evils of the Indian society.

 

V Answer any four of the following questions in a paragraph in about 100 words each.                           (4×5 = 20)

1. How does the environment get polluted?
2. What are your feelings and emotions after reading the story ‘The Mysore Lake’
3. Make a list of complaints that parents make against their children.
4. Why is India poor?
5. Draw and describe the Johari Window.
6. Why and when do you pray?

 

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.           (10×1 =10)

 

1. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he __________(was lazy, did not do his work on time, lacked imagination)
2. The lesson ‘We are Equals’ is about _________ (Equality, Classroom, Self Confidence).
3. Beethoven was a great __________(basket ball player, composer, scientist)
4. The part of yourself which is known to you but not shared with others is_________ area of your life.(hidden, blind, dark)
5. The professor called the student _________(by name, ‘son’, brother)
6. The camel driver compares the knowledge of the Scholar to a ________(stone in the desert, pearl, precious stone)
7. The mullah was ___________(magician, preacher, sultan)
8. The wise Ali advised the boy to think of ___________(temptation, meditation, moderation).
9. The Cooum river is a __________ of the city.(boon, bane, benefit)
10. Yashoda publicly____________ (cursed, confronted, praised) the landlord whenever she saw him, in the village and even in court.

 

VII Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each. (2×10 =20)

 

1. Do you justify the act of Ibrahim who auctioned his son at Illuppur. Take the role of the father and describe your feelings when you did so.
2. Compare yourself with the wanderer in ‘The Experience of Freedom’ and write how education gives people genuine freedom.
3. Describe the poverty of the camel driver and the arrogance of the scholar. Do you think the camel driver is wise?
4. Narrate the story of Yashoda’s fight against the landlord of Yacharam village and unearth the values found in the story.

 

VIII   Develop the following hints into a story. Give an appropriate title for your story.                      (10 marks)

 

Three thieves…..good friends….steal a bag of money….go to a jungle….to share it. …..feel hunger…..one is sent to buy food….two of them wait…..an evil thought comes to their minds….plan to murder him…..one poisons the food….the other two murder the first…..the other two consume the poisoned food and die.

 

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      LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

NM 32

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1064 / EL 1060 – ENGLISH FOR EMPOWERMENT

 

 

 

Date & Time: 29/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                  Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

1. Read the following passage and give your answers in about 30 words each:(5 x 2 = 10)

 

Socialism aims, then, at substituting the motive of social service for the motive of private profit. It holds that men will do better work to make the good life, with the leisure and financial competence it requires, possible for a society. In fact in the long run it is better for themselves, then they will at present consent to do for a society which compels them to enrich the exploiters of their labour in order to avoid starvation for themselves. If socialism is wrong in making this assumption, if the psychology of human being is such that they will not work willingly and well for society but only for themselves, then the whole of the socialist edifice falls to the ground, for this doctrine is the foundation upon which it rests. Either men are socially minded in the sense described, or they are not, and cannot be made so

1. What is the chief aim of socialism?

1. Why are men expected to work better in a socialistic setup?
2. How does the present work that we do for ourselves benefit the exploiters?
3. What is the basic assumption of socialism that can make it work?
4. How can socialistic attitude be developed in the citizens?

 

II.                Read the following passage and give your answers in about 30 words each:-

 

The National council of educational research and training (NCERT) has done substantial work in the areas of primary school education and secondary education. They have also created awareness amongst the central and state Governments about the wrongs in the present day implementation of education services in the areas of child education. Even educationists and private school authorities have been informed and cautioned.NCERT has been repaired Minimum Levels of Learning (MLL) data for primary and post-primary levels of school education. And these have been or are being circulated to the authorities concerned. If these are adhered to, the children would be able to acquire required competence in various subjects of study besides improving educational standards.

But as NCERT is only an advisory body it cannot force schools and educationists to implement its fact based findings and so the state governments act upon only that portion of the guidance from NCERT which seems appropriate to them, as do the private schools. In certain areas they may also totally disregard the advice from NCERT.

It is, therefore, quite sensible that the NCERT should be empowered, through appropriate channels, to enforce their guidance. And this becomes more urgent in the area of primary school education where children attending classes I to III with school bags loaded with 10 to 12 books has become the order of the day.

6. Why can NCERT not enforce its guidelines on schools and educationists?            (2 marks)
7. What is the nature of substantial work done by NCERT?             (2 marks)
8. What are the advantages of such guidelines? (2 marks)
9. What is the remedy suggested by the author to bring out efficiency in educational standard of

children?                                                                                                                 (4 marks)

III.             Read the following passage and give your answers in about 30 words each: (5 x2=10)

 

One day a father, mother, and their 18 year old son went boating. On the bank of the lake was a large notice: BEWARE OF CROCODILE. The family got in to the boat and another couple joined them. And of course there was the boatman himself. Now as the boat was moving, the son kept dipping his hands in the water. Suddenly the whole boat was rocked to-and –fro. Something had caught the boy’s hand, but no one knew what it was. The boat man realized that it was a crocodile and told everyone this. The tug-of-war went on but they could not free the boy’s hand .There were no weapons in the boat. The boat was in the middle of the lake. Even the oars were useless against the thick skin of the crocodile. The boat was almost turning over. Then the boatman told the father “Either you continue to save your son, in which case the boat will surely turn over or all of us will die. I know a crocodile will never let go its hold. Or you throw your son into the water and save us all.” After some painful moments of silence, the father suddenly threw his son into the lake.

 

 

10. Who went boating?
11. What was the message written on the notice?
12. What happened to the boat when the boy kept his hand in water?
13. Did the persons in the boat save the boy?
14. What were the two suggestions given by the boatman?

 

1. Write sentences of your own for the following words given below: (5 x 2 =10)
2. Check

1. Realize
2. Create
3. Succeed
4. Remedy

1. Answer the following questions in a paragraph in about 100 words each:   (2 ´ 5 = 10)
2. Narrate your feelings and emotions on reading the story, “Mysore Lake?”
3. Describe the life of the boy after he is taken home by Kanniyammal in the lesson “Poverty

Auction”.

 

1. Answer the following questions in about 200 words each: (2 x 10 = 20)

22.Which factors did help Yashodha to win her battle against the landlord?

23.Rewrite the story of Pudur’s problem from the point of view of Revathi.As an        educated

youth what solution would you offer to this problem?

 

VII. Read the following passage and answer the following questions in about 30 words each:

 (5 x 2 =10)

A woman came with her little boy to the wise Ali and said,”my son is suffering from a serious problem. He eats dates from morning till night. If I don’t give him any dates, he screams his head off. What shall I do? Please help me”. The wise Ali asked them to come to the same time on the next day. The next day, the women and her son again stood before the Ali.The great master sat the boy on his lap, spoke to him in a friendly way and finally took his dates out of his hand and said ,”My son, think always of moderation. There are other things that taste good.” With these words, he let them go. The women, who were somewhat puzzled, asked “Great master why didn’t  you say this yesterday? Ali answered “My good lady, yesterday I couldn’t have convincingly told to your son what I have told him today, because yesterday I myself had savoured the sweetness of the dates.

 

24. Why did the women go with her little son to meet the wise Ali?
25. What did the wise Ali do when the women and her little son came to him for the first time?
26. What did the wise Ali tell the boy when he came with his mother for the second time?
27. Why did Ali ask the mother and her son to come on the next day?
28. What is the moral of the story?

VIII.  Write an essay / story on the following topics:                                     (2 ´ 10 = 20 )

29. The best day in your life
30. Parliament election in Tamilnadu.

 

 

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