Career Guidance Academy

The Passing Away of Bapu by Nayantara Sehgal  The text, an extract from Sehgal's memoir 'Prison and Chocolate Cake' tells vividly the sudden shock that the author and the whole India witnessed when they heard the sudden assassination of their beloved father, Bapu( Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of Nation).                                        Unit -1 1 .Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: a) Gandhiji had been shot on his way to :- i) the Birla House b) The author came to know of Gandhi's death by :- ii) a telephone call c) When one is faced with the shock of a loved ones death, one :- i) whimpers 2. Fill in the chart with information from the text: a) 30th January 1948 b) Birla House c) Bapu was no more 3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Pro...

Fable by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1 . Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: a) The quarrel was between the mountain and the   :- iv) squirrel b) Bun has no doubt that the mountain is  :- ii) big c) Unlike a mountain, a squirrel can crack a   :- i) nut 2. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer. a) False S.S- "And the former called the latter 'Little Prig'. b)True S.S- "And not half so spry". c) True S.S- "If I can not carry forests on my back" 6 . Answer the following questions: a) Who had a quarrel with the squirrel?  :- The mountain had a quarrel with the squirrel. b) What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?  :- It is not disgrace to the squirrel to occupy a small space unlike the mountain. c) What is it that the squirrel doesn...

                        Father's Help      by  R.K Narayan ,from "Malgudi Days" .                                   Unit -1 1 . Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: (a) With a shudder Swami realized that it was :- (iv) Monday (b) when Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall, he was lying on the :- (i) bench (c) According to Swami, Samuel is especially angry with boys who are :- (ii) late 2 . Fill in the chart with information from the text: (a) at nine o'clock Monday morning. (b) his father (c) Samuel 3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer. (a) TRUE S.S- "Headache,"Swami replied." (b) FALSE S.S- "Swami was lying ...