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Vistas: Supplementary Readerविस्टाज़: पूरक पुस्तकVistas: Supplementary Reader

Class 12 English · Section 6 · UP Boardकक्षा 12 अंग्रेज़ी · खण्ड 6 · यूपी बोर्डClass 12 English · Section 6 · UP Board

Built by analysing many years of real UP Board papers, and updated after every board exam. Beginner or topper, it is for everyone.कई वर्षों के असली यूपी बोर्ड पेपरों के विश्लेषण से बना, हर बोर्ड परीक्षा के बाद अपडेट। शुरुआत करने वाले हों या टॉपर, सबके लिए।Kai saalon ke asli UP Board papers ko analyse karke bana, har board exam ke baad update. Beginner ho ya topper, sabke liye.

📊 Based on 5 years (2022–2026) of UP Board papers, current syllabus: 35 sets readवर्तमान सिलेबस के 5 वर्षों (2022–2026) के यूपी बोर्ड पेपरों पर आधारित: 35 सेट पढ़े गएCurrent syllabus ke 5 saal (2022–2026) ke UP Board papers par based: 35 sets padhe · plus 14 old-syllabus papers (2017–2020), counted separatelyसाथ में पुराने सिलेबस के 14 पेपर (2017–2020) अलग से गिने गएpurane syllabus ke 14 papers (2017–2020) alag se gine · 1 special-sitting paper(s) of 2021 not counted2021 की विशेष परीक्षा के 1 पेपर नहीं गिने गए2021 ki special exam ke 1 paper nahi gine

🔥 Most asked in this chapterइस अध्याय में सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे गएIs chapter mein sabse zyada aaye

Ranked by how many years each topic came in the paper. Tap a topic to jump to its notes.हर टॉपिक कितने वर्ष पेपर में आया, उसी क्रम में। टॉपिक पर टैप करें, नोट्स पर पहुँचें।Har topic kitne saal paper mein aaya, usi order mein. Topic par tap kijiye, notes par pahunchiye.

1The Tiger King — Kalkiद टाइगर किंग — कल्किThe Tiger King — Kalki🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein2The Enemy — Pearl S. Buckद एनिमी — पर्ल एस. बकThe Enemy — Pearl S. Buck🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein3The Third Level — Jack Finneyद थर्ड लेवल — जैक फ़िनीThe Third Level — Jack Finney🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein4Journey to the End of the Earth — Tishani Doshiजर्नी टु द एंड ऑफ़ द अर्थ — तिशानी दोशीJourney to the End of the Earth — Tishani Doshi🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein5On the Face of It — Susan Hillऑन द फ़ेस ऑफ़ इट — सूज़न हिलOn the Face of It — Susan Hill🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein6Memories of Childhood — Zitkala-Sa and Bamaमेमोरीज़ ऑफ़ चाइल्डहुड — ज़िटकाला-सा और बामाMemories of Childhood — Zitkala-Sa and Bama🔥 Asked in 4 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 4 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 4/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein
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Haven't studied anything? Read just this much and you will pass.कुछ नहीं पढ़ा? बस इतना पढ़ लीजिए, पास हो जाएँगे।Kuch nahi padha? Bas itna padh lijiye, pass ho jayenge.

👉 Read this firstसबसे पहले यह पढ़ेंSabse pehle yeh padhiye

Vistas gives two short answers (4 + 4) and one long answer (7). The Tiger King, The Enemy and The Third Level come most often, then Journey to the End of the Earth. Learn each story's plot in 6 lines, the main characters and the stock questions below.विस्टाज़ से दो लघु उत्तर (4 + 4) और एक दीर्घ उत्तर (7) आते हैं। The Tiger King, The Enemy और The Third Level सबसे अधिक आते हैं, फिर Journey to the End of the Earth। हर कहानी का कथानक 6 पंक्तियों में, मुख्य पात्र और नीचे दिए प्रमुख प्रश्न याद करें।Vistas se do short answers (4 + 4) aur ek long answer (7) aate hain. The Tiger King, The Enemy aur The Third Level sabse zyada aate hain, phir Journey to the End of the Earth. Har story ka plot 6 lines mein, main characters aur neeche diye stock questions yaad kijiye.

🏅 Pass-guarantee minimumपास होने के लिए न्यूनतमPass hone ke liye minimum

  • Learn the 7-mark answers: the Maharaja's vow and its end; how Sadao got rid of the soldier; why the third level was an escape; why Antarctica matters.
  • For 4-mark answers write 3–4 sentences, naming the character in the first line.
  • Read the plots of On the Face of It and Memories of Childhood once; they are short and come often as 4-markers.
  • 7 अंक के उत्तर याद करें: महाराजा की प्रतिज्ञा और अंत; सदाओ ने सैनिक से छुटकारा कैसे पाया; तीसरा तल पलायन क्यों था; अंटार्कटिका का महत्त्व।
  • 4 अंक के उत्तर 3–4 वाक्यों में, पहली पंक्ति में पात्र का नाम।
  • On the Face of It और Memories of Childhood का कथानक एक बार पढ़ें; ये छोटे हैं और प्रायः 4 अंक में आते हैं।
  • 7 marks ke answers yaad kijiye: Maharaja ki pratigya aur ant; Sadao ne soldier se chhutkara kaise paaya; third level escape kyon tha; Antarctica ki ahmiyat.
  • 4 marks ke answers 3–4 sentences mein, pehli line mein character ka naam.
  • On the Face of It aur Memories of Childhood ka plot ek baar padhiye; ye chhote hain aur aksar 4 marks mein aate hain.

🎯 1-mark facts that keep comingबार-बार आने वाले 1 अंक के तथ्यBaar baar aane wale 1 mark facts

  • The Third Level — Jack Finney; Charley, Louisa, Sam Weiner; Grand Central; Galesburg, Illinois; 1894.
  • The Tiger King — Kalki; Maharaja of Pratibandapuram; hundredth tiger; wooden toy tiger.
  • Journey to the End of the Earth — Tishani Doshi; Akademik Shokalskiy; Students on Ice (Geoff Green); Gondwana.
  • The Enemy — Pearl S. Buck; Dr. Sadao, Hana, the American prisoner, the General.
  • On the Face of It — Susan Hill; Mr. Lamb (tin leg), Derry (acid-burnt face).
  • Memories of Childhood — Zitkala-Sa (hair cutting) and Bama (untouchability).
  • The Third Level — Jack Finney; Charley, Louisa, Sam Weiner; Grand Central; Galesburg, Illinois; 1894.
  • The Tiger King — Kalki; Maharaja of Pratibandapuram; hundredth tiger; wooden toy tiger.
  • Journey to the End of the Earth — Tishani Doshi; Akademik Shokalskiy; Students on Ice (Geoff Green); Gondwana.
  • The Enemy — Pearl S. Buck; Dr. Sadao, Hana, the American prisoner, the General.
  • On the Face of It — Susan Hill; Mr. Lamb (tin leg), Derry (acid-burnt face).
  • Memories of Childhood — Zitkala-Sa (hair cutting) and Bama (untouchability).
  • The Third Level — Jack Finney; Charley, Louisa, Sam Weiner; Grand Central; Galesburg, Illinois; 1894.
  • The Tiger King — Kalki; Maharaja of Pratibandapuram; hundredth tiger; wooden toy tiger.
  • Journey to the End of the Earth — Tishani Doshi; Akademik Shokalskiy; Students on Ice (Geoff Green); Gondwana.
  • The Enemy — Pearl S. Buck; Dr. Sadao, Hana, the American prisoner, the General.
  • On the Face of It — Susan Hill; Mr. Lamb (tin leg), Derry (acid-burnt face).
  • Memories of Childhood — Zitkala-Sa (hair cutting) and Bama (untouchability).
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The questions that come every year, with model answers. Most asked first.हर साल आने वाले प्रश्न, आदर्श उत्तरों के साथ। सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे गए पहले।Har saal aane wale sawaal, model answers ke saath. Sabse zyada aaye pehle.

The Tiger King — Kalkiद टाइगर किंग — कल्किThe Tiger King — Kalki

🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • A satire on the pride and foolishness of rulers who think they can defeat fate, and on cruelty to animals.
  • The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram (Jung Jung Bahadur): when he was a baby, the astrologers predicted he would die because of a tiger — the hundredth tiger. The baby is said to have answered, 'Let tigers beware!'
  • As king he banned tiger hunting for everyone else and set out to kill a hundred tigers, reasoning that killing in self-defence is allowed.
  • To save his throne after refusing a British officer permission to hunt, he sent costly diamond rings to the officer's wife.
  • When tigers ran out in his state, he married a princess from a state with many tigers so that he could hunt there. He killed ninety-nine.
  • For the hundredth, his officers brought an old tiger from a park; the king's bullet missed and the tiger only fainted; his men killed it secretly.
  • Irony: the king bought a wooden toy tiger for his son's birthday; a tiny sliver of wood pierced his hand, the wound became infected, and he died during the operation — the hundredth tiger took its revenge.
  • शासकों के घमण्ड और मूर्खता पर व्यंग्य, जो सोचते हैं कि वे भाग्य को हरा सकते हैं; साथ ही पशुओं पर क्रूरता पर।
  • प्रतिबन्दपुरम के महाराजा (जंग जंग बहादुर): शिशु अवस्था में ज्योतिषियों ने भविष्यवाणी की कि उनकी मृत्यु एक बाघ — सौवें बाघ — के कारण होगी। कहते हैं शिशु ने उत्तर दिया, 'बाघ सावधान रहें!'
  • राजा बनकर उन्होंने बाक़ी सबके लिए बाघ के शिकार पर रोक लगाई और सौ बाघ मारने निकल पड़े, यह तर्क देकर कि आत्मरक्षा में मारना उचित है।
  • एक अंग्रेज़ अधिकारी को शिकार की अनुमति न देने के बाद गद्दी बचाने के लिए उन्होंने उसकी पत्नी को क़ीमती हीरे की अँगूठियाँ भेजीं।
  • अपने राज्य में बाघ समाप्त होने पर उन्होंने बहुत बाघों वाले राज्य की राजकुमारी से विवाह किया ताकि वहाँ शिकार कर सकें। उन्होंने निन्यानवे बाघ मारे।
  • सौवें के लिए अधिकारी एक पार्क से बूढ़ा बाघ लाए; राजा की गोली चूक गई और बाघ केवल बेहोश हुआ; उनके आदमियों ने चुपके से उसे मार दिया।
  • विडम्बना: राजा ने बेटे के जन्मदिन के लिए लकड़ी का खिलौना बाघ ख़रीदा; उसकी एक छोटी फाँस उनके हाथ में चुभी, घाव में संक्रमण हुआ और ऑपरेशन के दौरान उनकी मृत्यु हो गई — सौवें बाघ ने बदला ले लिया।
  • Rulers ke ghamand aur bevakoofi par satire, jo sochte hain ki wo kismat ko hara sakte hain; saath hi jaanwaron par cruelty par.
  • Pratibandapuram ke Maharaja (Jung Jung Bahadur): bachpan mein astrologers ne kaha ki unki maut ek tiger — sauvein tiger — ki wajah se hogi. Kehte hain baby ne jawab diya, 'Let tigers beware!'
  • Raja bankar unhone baaki sabke liye tiger hunting band ki aur sau tigers maarne nikal pade, ye kehkar ki self-defence mein maarna sahi hai.
  • Ek British officer ko shikaar ki permission na dene ke baad gaddi bachane ke liye unhone uski wife ko keemti diamond rings bhejin.
  • Apne state mein tigers khatam hone par unhone zyada tigers wale state ki princess se shaadi ki taaki wahan shikaar kar sakein. Unhone ninyanve tigers maare.
  • Sauvein ke liye officers ek park se boodha tiger laaye; raja ki goli chook gayi aur tiger sirf behosh hua; unke aadmiyon ne chupke se use maar diya.
  • Irony: raja ne bete ke birthday ke liye lakdi ka toy tiger kharida; uski ek chhoti phaans unke haath mein chubhi, infection hua aur operation ke dauraan unki maut ho gayi — sauvein tiger ne badla le liya.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

How did the Maharaja fulfil his vow of killing a hundred tigers? What problems did he face?How did the Maharaja fulfil his vow of killing a hundred tigers? What problems did he face?How did the Maharaja fulfil his vow of killing a hundred tigers? What problems did he face?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • After the astrologers' prediction, the Maharaja decided to kill a hundred tigers and banned tiger hunting for everyone else in his state.
  • He faced danger to his throne when he refused a British officer permission to hunt; he saved it by sending expensive diamond rings to the officer's wife.
  • Within ten years the tigers in his state were finished, so he married a princess from a state rich in tigers and hunted there.
  • He killed ninety-nine tigers, but could not find the hundredth for a long time and grew restless.
  • His dewan arranged an old tiger from a park; the king's shot missed, and the tiger was killed secretly by his men.
  • In the end a wooden toy tiger's sliver caused his death, so his vow could not save him from fate.
  • After the astrologers' prediction, the Maharaja decided to kill a hundred tigers and banned tiger hunting for everyone else in his state.
  • He faced danger to his throne when he refused a British officer permission to hunt; he saved it by sending expensive diamond rings to the officer's wife.
  • Within ten years the tigers in his state were finished, so he married a princess from a state rich in tigers and hunted there.
  • He killed ninety-nine tigers, but could not find the hundredth for a long time and grew restless.
  • His dewan arranged an old tiger from a park; the king's shot missed, and the tiger was killed secretly by his men.
  • In the end a wooden toy tiger's sliver caused his death, so his vow could not save him from fate.
  • After the astrologers' prediction, the Maharaja decided to kill a hundred tigers and banned tiger hunting for everyone else in his state.
  • He faced danger to his throne when he refused a British officer permission to hunt; he saved it by sending expensive diamond rings to the officer's wife.
  • Within ten years the tigers in his state were finished, so he married a princess from a state rich in tigers and hunted there.
  • He killed ninety-nine tigers, but could not find the hundredth for a long time and grew restless.
  • His dewan arranged an old tiger from a park; the king's shot missed, and the tiger was killed secretly by his men.
  • In the end a wooden toy tiger's sliver caused his death, so his vow could not save him from fate.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why did the Maharaja decide to marry?Why did the Maharaja decide to marry?Why did the Maharaja decide to marry?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • The tigers in his own state were finished.
  • He married a princess from a state with a large tiger population so that he could continue hunting there and complete his count of a hundred.
  • The tigers in his own state were finished.
  • He married a princess from a state with a large tiger population so that he could continue hunting there and complete his count of a hundred.
  • The tigers in his own state were finished.
  • He married a princess from a state with a large tiger population so that he could continue hunting there and complete his count of a hundred.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What prediction did the astrologers make about the Tiger King?What prediction did the astrologers make about the Tiger King?What prediction did the astrologers make about the Tiger King?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • They said that the baby prince would one day die, and that his death would be caused by a tiger — the hundredth one.
  • They said that the baby prince would one day die, and that his death would be caused by a tiger — the hundredth one.
  • They said that the baby prince would one day die, and that his death would be caused by a tiger — the hundredth one.

The Enemy — Pearl S. Buckद एनिमी — पर्ल एस. बकThe Enemy — Pearl S. Buck

🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • Theme: humanity and a doctor's duty rise above hatred and war; the conflict between patriotism and humanity.
  • Dr. Sadao Hoki, a Japanese surgeon, was sent to America by his father to study surgery and medicine; there he met Hana, also Japanese, at an American professor's house, and married her in Japan.
  • During the Second World War a wounded American prisoner of war is washed ashore near their house. Sadao, as a doctor, cannot let him die; he and Hana take him in and operate on him.
  • The servants leave the house in protest. Hana herself washes the wounded man.
  • Sadao tells the old General, his patient, who promises to send private assassins, but forgets because he is busy with his own illness.
  • Sadao finally helps the man escape: gives him his boat, food, clothes and a flashlight, and tells him to wait on a nearby island for a Korean fishing boat; the man escapes safely.
  • विषय: मानवता और डॉक्टर का कर्तव्य घृणा और युद्ध से ऊपर है; देशभक्ति और मानवता का द्वन्द्व।
  • जापानी सर्जन डॉ. सदाओ होकी को उनके पिता ने सर्जरी और चिकित्सा पढ़ने अमेरिका भेजा; वहाँ एक अमेरिकी प्रोफ़ेसर के घर वे हाना (जो जापानी थीं) से मिले और जापान में विवाह किया।
  • द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध में एक घायल अमेरिकी युद्धबन्दी बहकर उनके घर के पास तट पर आ जाता है। डॉक्टर होने के नाते सदाओ उसे मरने नहीं दे सकते; वे और हाना उसे घर लाकर उसका ऑपरेशन करते हैं।
  • विरोध में नौकर घर छोड़ देते हैं। हाना स्वयं घायल व्यक्ति को धोती हैं।
  • सदाओ अपने मरीज़ बूढ़े जनरल को बताते हैं, जो निजी हत्यारे भेजने का वादा करता है, पर अपनी बीमारी में उलझकर भूल जाता है।
  • अंत में सदाओ उसे भागने में मदद करते हैं: अपनी नाव, भोजन, कपड़े और टॉर्च देकर कहते हैं कि पास के द्वीप पर कोरियाई मछुआरों की नाव की प्रतीक्षा करे; वह सुरक्षित निकल जाता है।
  • Theme: insaaniyat aur doctor ka farz nafrat aur jung se upar hai; deshbhakti aur insaaniyat ka conflict.
  • Japanese surgeon Dr. Sadao Hoki ko unke father ne surgery aur medicine padhne America bheja; wahan ek American professor ke ghar wo Hana (jo Japanese thi) se mile aur Japan mein shaadi ki.
  • Second World War mein ek zakhmi American prisoner of war beh kar unke ghar ke paas kinare aa jaata hai. Doctor hone ke naate Sadao use marne nahi de sakte; wo aur Hana use ghar la kar operate karte hain.
  • Virodh mein servants ghar chhod dete hain. Hana khud zakhmi aadmi ko dhoti hain.
  • Sadao apne patient boodhe General ko batate hain, jo private assassins bhejne ka vaada karta hai, par apni bimari mein ulajh kar bhool jaata hai.
  • End mein Sadao use bhaagne mein madad karte hain: apni boat, khana, kapde aur torch de kar kehte hain ki paas ke island par Korean fishing boat ka intezaar kare; wo safe nikal jaata hai.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

What did Dr. Sadao do to get rid of the American soldier?What did Dr. Sadao do to get rid of the American soldier?What did Dr. Sadao do to get rid of the American soldier?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Sadao could not hand over the man he had saved, and the General's promised assassins never came.
  • So he planned the man's escape himself.
  • He told him that he would put his own boat on the shore at night, with food, water, clothes and a flashlight.
  • He advised him to row to a nearby small island and wait there until a Korean fishing boat passed, which could take him to safety.
  • He also told him to signal with the flashlight at sunset if his food ran out.
  • The soldier escaped. In this way Sadao kept both his duty as a doctor and his loyalty to his country.
  • Sadao could not hand over the man he had saved, and the General's promised assassins never came.
  • So he planned the man's escape himself.
  • He told him that he would put his own boat on the shore at night, with food, water, clothes and a flashlight.
  • He advised him to row to a nearby small island and wait there until a Korean fishing boat passed, which could take him to safety.
  • He also told him to signal with the flashlight at sunset if his food ran out.
  • The soldier escaped. In this way Sadao kept both his duty as a doctor and his loyalty to his country.
  • Sadao could not hand over the man he had saved, and the General's promised assassins never came.
  • So he planned the man's escape himself.
  • He told him that he would put his own boat on the shore at night, with food, water, clothes and a flashlight.
  • He advised him to row to a nearby small island and wait there until a Korean fishing boat passed, which could take him to safety.
  • He also told him to signal with the flashlight at sunset if his food ran out.
  • The soldier escaped. In this way Sadao kept both his duty as a doctor and his loyalty to his country.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Give a character sketch of Hana.Give a character sketch of Hana.Give a character sketch of Hana.

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Hana is the wife of Dr. Sadao, a traditional and loyal Japanese wife.
  • At first she is afraid of keeping an American enemy in the house, yet her kindness wins.
  • When the servant refuses, she herself washes the dirty, wounded man, showing courage and compassion.
  • She helps her husband during the operation though she feels sick.
  • She stays by her husband through all the danger, even when the servants leave. She is brave, humane and devoted.
  • Hana is the wife of Dr. Sadao, a traditional and loyal Japanese wife.
  • At first she is afraid of keeping an American enemy in the house, yet her kindness wins.
  • When the servant refuses, she herself washes the dirty, wounded man, showing courage and compassion.
  • She helps her husband during the operation though she feels sick.
  • She stays by her husband through all the danger, even when the servants leave. She is brave, humane and devoted.
  • Hana is the wife of Dr. Sadao, a traditional and loyal Japanese wife.
  • At first she is afraid of keeping an American enemy in the house, yet her kindness wins.
  • When the servant refuses, she herself washes the dirty, wounded man, showing courage and compassion.
  • She helps her husband during the operation though she feels sick.
  • She stays by her husband through all the danger, even when the servants leave. She is brave, humane and devoted.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why was Sadao sent to America?Why was Sadao sent to America?Why was Sadao sent to America?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • His father wanted him to have the best education.
  • So he sent him to America at the age of twenty-two to learn everything he could about surgery and medicine.
  • His father wanted him to have the best education.
  • So he sent him to America at the age of twenty-two to learn everything he could about surgery and medicine.
  • His father wanted him to have the best education.
  • So he sent him to America at the age of twenty-two to learn everything he could about surgery and medicine.

The Third Level — Jack Finneyद थर्ड लेवल — जैक फ़िनीThe Third Level — Jack Finney

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  • Theme: escape from the stress, fear and insecurity of modern life into a peaceful past; the thin line between fantasy and reality.
  • Charley, a 31-year-old New Yorker, says he found a third level at Grand Central Station, though the station has only two.
  • On the third level he saw the world of 1894: gas lamps, old-style clothes, an old engine, and a newspaper dated 1894.
  • He tried to buy two tickets to Galesburg, Illinois, for himself and his wife Louisa, but the clerk refused his modern money and thought he was cheating.
  • Later he bought old-style currency notes with nearly all his savings, but he never found the third level again.
  • His psychiatrist friend Sam Weiner called it a waking dream, a wish to escape modern troubles; his stamp collecting was also an escape.
  • Twist: Charley finds in his grandfather's stamp collection a first-day cover of 1894, a letter from Sam, who has gone to the third level and settled in Galesburg of 1894.
  • विषय: आधुनिक जीवन के तनाव, भय और असुरक्षा से शान्त अतीत में पलायन; कल्पना और यथार्थ की पतली रेखा।
  • न्यूयॉर्क का 31 वर्षीय चार्ली कहता है कि उसे ग्रैंड सेंट्रल स्टेशन पर तीसरा तल मिला, जबकि स्टेशन पर केवल दो तल हैं।
  • तीसरे तल पर उसने 1894 का संसार देखा: गैस के लैम्प, पुराने ढंग के कपड़े, पुराना इंजन, और 1894 की तारीख़ वाला अख़बार।
  • उसने अपने और पत्नी लुइसा के लिए गेल्सबर्ग, इलिनॉय के दो टिकट लेने चाहे, पर क्लर्क ने आधुनिक नोट लेने से मना किया और उसे धोखेबाज़ समझा।
  • बाद में उसने लगभग सारी बचत से पुराने ढंग के नोट ख़रीदे, पर तीसरा तल फिर कभी नहीं मिला।
  • उसके मनोचिकित्सक मित्र सैम वीनर ने इसे जागते हुए देखा गया सपना कहा — आधुनिक कष्टों से भागने की इच्छा; उसका डाक-टिकट संग्रह भी एक पलायन था।
  • मोड़: चार्ली को दादा के डाक-टिकट संग्रह में 1894 का एक फ़र्स्ट-डे कवर मिलता है — सैम का पत्र, जो तीसरे तल से 1894 के गेल्सबर्ग में जा बसा है।
  • Theme: modern life ke stress, dar aur insecurity se shaant past mein escape; fantasy aur reality ki patli line.
  • New York ka 31 saal ka Charley kehta hai ki use Grand Central Station par third level mila, jabki station par sirf do levels hain.
  • Third level par usne 1894 ki duniya dekhi: gas lamps, purane kapde, purana engine, aur 1894 ki date wala newspaper.
  • Usne apne aur wife Louisa ke liye Galesburg, Illinois ke do tickets lene chahe, par clerk ne modern notes lene se mana kiya aur use cheater samjha.
  • Baad mein usne lagbhag saari savings se purane style ke notes kharide, par third level phir kabhi nahi mila.
  • Uske psychiatrist dost Sam Weiner ne ise jaagte hue sapna kaha — modern pareshaniyon se bhaagne ki ichha; uska stamp collection bhi ek escape tha.
  • Twist: Charley ko dada ke stamp collection mein 1894 ka first-day cover milta hai — Sam ka letter, jo third level se 1894 ke Galesburg mein jaa basa hai.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Why was the third level a medium of escape for Charley?Why was the third level a medium of escape for Charley?Why was the third level a medium of escape for Charley?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Modern life in New York was full of insecurity, fear, war and worry.
  • Charley longed for a simple, peaceful life like that of 1894 in Galesburg, a quiet town with big shady trees and long summer evenings.
  • The third level, where he saw the world of 1894, offered him a way out of the stress of the present.
  • His friend Sam, a psychiatrist, explained it as a waking dream and wish-fulfilment; even Charley's stamp collection was a temporary escape.
  • So the third level stands for man's desire to escape from harsh reality into a happy past.
  • Modern life in New York was full of insecurity, fear, war and worry.
  • Charley longed for a simple, peaceful life like that of 1894 in Galesburg, a quiet town with big shady trees and long summer evenings.
  • The third level, where he saw the world of 1894, offered him a way out of the stress of the present.
  • His friend Sam, a psychiatrist, explained it as a waking dream and wish-fulfilment; even Charley's stamp collection was a temporary escape.
  • So the third level stands for man's desire to escape from harsh reality into a happy past.
  • Modern life in New York was full of insecurity, fear, war and worry.
  • Charley longed for a simple, peaceful life like that of 1894 in Galesburg, a quiet town with big shady trees and long summer evenings.
  • The third level, where he saw the world of 1894, offered him a way out of the stress of the present.
  • His friend Sam, a psychiatrist, explained it as a waking dream and wish-fulfilment; even Charley's stamp collection was a temporary escape.
  • So the third level stands for man's desire to escape from harsh reality into a happy past.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Who was Sam? What did he say about the third level?Who was Sam? What did he say about the third level?Who was Sam? What did he say about the third level?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Sam Weiner was Charley's friend and a psychiatrist.
  • He said the third level was a waking dream and a wish-fulfilment: Charley wanted to escape from the fears and worries of modern life.
  • He said stamp collecting too was a temporary refuge from reality.
  • Ironically, Sam himself later disappeared; a letter from him dated 1894 showed that he had found the third level and settled in Galesburg.
  • Sam Weiner was Charley's friend and a psychiatrist.
  • He said the third level was a waking dream and a wish-fulfilment: Charley wanted to escape from the fears and worries of modern life.
  • He said stamp collecting too was a temporary refuge from reality.
  • Ironically, Sam himself later disappeared; a letter from him dated 1894 showed that he had found the third level and settled in Galesburg.
  • Sam Weiner was Charley's friend and a psychiatrist.
  • He said the third level was a waking dream and a wish-fulfilment: Charley wanted to escape from the fears and worries of modern life.
  • He said stamp collecting too was a temporary refuge from reality.
  • Ironically, Sam himself later disappeared; a letter from him dated 1894 showed that he had found the third level and settled in Galesburg.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why could Charley never find the third level again?Why could Charley never find the third level again?Why could Charley never find the third level again?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • After his first visit he searched many times, but the corridor never led him there again.
  • It was perhaps only a product of his imagination, a dream born of his wish to escape.
  • After his first visit he searched many times, but the corridor never led him there again.
  • It was perhaps only a product of his imagination, a dream born of his wish to escape.
  • After his first visit he searched many times, but the corridor never led him there again.
  • It was perhaps only a product of his imagination, a dream born of his wish to escape.

Journey to the End of the Earth — Tishani Doshiजर्नी टु द एंड ऑफ़ द अर्थ — तिशानी दोशीJourney to the End of the Earth — Tishani Doshi

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  • The author's journey to Antarctica aboard the Russian research ship 'Akademik Shokalskiy' as part of the 'Students on Ice' programme.
  • Antarctica has no trees, buildings or billboards; it holds about 90% of the earth's ice. Its silence is broken only by an avalanche or ice cracking.
  • History: about 650 million years ago Antarctica was part of a giant southern supercontinent, Gondwana.
  • Why Antarctica: its layers of ice hold records of the past (trapped carbon over hundreds of thousands of years); it shows how the earth is changing now and what the future may hold.
  • 'Students on Ice', led by Geoff Green, takes high-school students to the ends of the earth so that they understand and respect the planet. It succeeds because the students see retreating glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves with their own eyes.
  • Phytoplankton, tiny sea plants, feed the whole marine food chain; small changes in them (from ozone loss and warming) can affect the whole system — a lesson on the importance of small things.
  • लेखिका की अंटार्कटिका यात्रा, रूसी शोध-जहाज़ 'अकादेमिक शोकाल्स्की' पर 'Students on Ice' कार्यक्रम के अन्तर्गत।
  • अंटार्कटिका में न पेड़ हैं, न इमारतें, न होर्डिंग; पृथ्वी की लगभग 90% बर्फ़ यहीं है। इसकी शान्ति केवल हिमस्खलन या बर्फ़ टूटने से भंग होती है।
  • इतिहास: लगभग 65 करोड़ वर्ष पहले अंटार्कटिका दक्षिण के विशाल महाद्वीप गोंडवाना का भाग था।
  • अंटार्कटिका क्यों: इसकी बर्फ़ की परतें अतीत का रिकॉर्ड (लाखों वर्षों का फँसा कार्बन) रखती हैं; यह दिखाता है कि पृथ्वी अभी कैसे बदल रही है और भविष्य क्या होगा।
  • जेफ़ ग्रीन के नेतृत्व में 'Students on Ice' हाई-स्कूल छात्रों को पृथ्वी के छोर तक ले जाता है ताकि वे पृथ्वी को समझें और सम्मान दें। यह सफल है क्योंकि छात्र पीछे हटते ग्लेशियर और टूटती बर्फ़-चट्टानें अपनी आँखों से देखते हैं।
  • फाइटोप्लैंकटन (छोटे समुद्री पौधे) पूरी समुद्री खाद्य-श्रृंखला का आधार हैं; उनमें छोटे बदलाव (ओज़ोन क्षय और तापन से) पूरे तन्त्र को प्रभावित कर सकते हैं — छोटी चीज़ों के महत्त्व की सीख।
  • Writer ki Antarctica yatra, Russian research ship 'Akademik Shokalskiy' par 'Students on Ice' programme ke under.
  • Antarctica mein na ped hain, na buildings, na billboards; dharti ki lagbhag 90% barf yahin hai. Iski shanti sirf avalanche ya barf tootne se bhang hoti hai.
  • History: lagbhag 650 million saal pehle Antarctica dakshin ke vishaal supercontinent Gondwana ka hissa tha.
  • Antarctica kyon: iski barf ki layers past ka record (laakhon saal ka phansa carbon) rakhti hain; ye dikhata hai ki dharti abhi kaise badal rahi hai aur future kya hoga.
  • Geoff Green ke leadership mein 'Students on Ice' high-school students ko dharti ke chhor tak le jaata hai taaki wo planet ko samjhein aur respect karein. Ye safal hai kyunki students peeche hatte glaciers aur toot-te ice-shelves apni aankhon se dekhte hain.
  • Phytoplankton (chhote samudri paudhe) poori marine food chain ka aadhaar hain; unmein chhote badlaav (ozone loss aur warming se) poore system par asar daal sakte hain — chhoti cheezon ki ahmiyat ki seekh.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Why is Antarctica the place to go to study the earth's past, present and future?Why is Antarctica the place to go to study the earth's past, present and future?Why is Antarctica the place to go to study the earth's past, present and future?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Antarctica has remained untouched by humans, so it keeps a pure record of the earth's history.
  • Its layers of ice contain carbon and other records trapped over hundreds of thousands of years, which tell us about the past climate.
  • It was once part of Gondwana; its rocks and ice show how continents and climate changed.
  • Today its retreating glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves show the effects of global warming on the present.
  • By studying these changes scientists can predict the future of the planet. So Antarctica is the best place to understand the earth's past, present and future.
  • Antarctica has remained untouched by humans, so it keeps a pure record of the earth's history.
  • Its layers of ice contain carbon and other records trapped over hundreds of thousands of years, which tell us about the past climate.
  • It was once part of Gondwana; its rocks and ice show how continents and climate changed.
  • Today its retreating glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves show the effects of global warming on the present.
  • By studying these changes scientists can predict the future of the planet. So Antarctica is the best place to understand the earth's past, present and future.
  • Antarctica has remained untouched by humans, so it keeps a pure record of the earth's history.
  • Its layers of ice contain carbon and other records trapped over hundreds of thousands of years, which tell us about the past climate.
  • It was once part of Gondwana; its rocks and ice show how continents and climate changed.
  • Today its retreating glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves show the effects of global warming on the present.
  • By studying these changes scientists can predict the future of the planet. So Antarctica is the best place to understand the earth's past, present and future.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What was the chief aim of the 'Students on Ice' programme? Why was it successful?What was the chief aim of the 'Students on Ice' programme? Why was it successful?What was the chief aim of the 'Students on Ice' programme? Why was it successful?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Its aim was to give high-school students an inspiring experience of the polar regions so that they understand and respect the earth.
  • It succeeded because the students saw the effects of global warming with their own eyes, and young minds are ready to act on what they see.
  • Its aim was to give high-school students an inspiring experience of the polar regions so that they understand and respect the earth.
  • It succeeded because the students saw the effects of global warming with their own eyes, and young minds are ready to act on what they see.
  • Its aim was to give high-school students an inspiring experience of the polar regions so that they understand and respect the earth.
  • It succeeded because the students saw the effects of global warming with their own eyes, and young minds are ready to act on what they see.

On the Face of It — Susan Hillऑन द फ़ेस ऑफ़ इट — सूज़न हिलOn the Face of It — Susan Hill

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  • A one-act play about two lonely people with physical disabilities and how society treats them.
  • Mr. Lamb is an old man with a tin leg (he lost a leg in the war). He lives alone in a house with a large garden full of crab apples, weeds and bees; his doors are always open to everyone.
  • Derry is a 14-year-old boy whose one side of the face was burnt by acid. He hates people's pity and stares, and stays away from others.
  • Derry climbs over the wall into Mr. Lamb's garden thinking it empty. Lamb talks to him normally and kindly, which slowly breaks Derry's bitterness.
  • Lamb tells him the story of a man who shut himself away in his room, afraid of the world, and was killed when a picture fell on his head — hiding is no protection; one must live among people.
  • Derry promises to come back. When he returns, he finds Mr. Lamb has fallen from the ladder; the play ends sadly, but Derry has learnt to face the world.
  • एक एकांकी, दो अकेले विकलांग व्यक्तियों और समाज के उनके प्रति व्यवहार के बारे में।
  • मिस्टर लैम्ब एक बूढ़े व्यक्ति हैं जिनकी टिन की टाँग है (युद्ध में एक पैर खोया)। वे क्रैब-ऐपल, जंगली घास और मधुमक्खियों से भरे बड़े बग़ीचे वाले घर में अकेले रहते हैं; उनके द्वार सबके लिए खुले रहते हैं।
  • डेरी 14 वर्ष का लड़का है जिसके चेहरे का एक भाग तेज़ाब से जल गया है। उसे लोगों की दया और घूरना बुरा लगता है, इसलिए वह सबसे दूर रहता है।
  • डेरी बग़ीचे को ख़ाली समझकर दीवार फाँदकर अन्दर आता है। लैम्ब उससे सामान्य और प्यार से बात करते हैं, जिससे धीरे-धीरे उसकी कड़वाहट टूटती है।
  • लैम्ब उसे एक ऐसे आदमी की कहानी सुनाते हैं जो दुनिया से डरकर अपने कमरे में बन्द रहा और सिर पर तस्वीर गिरने से मर गया — छिपना सुरक्षा नहीं; लोगों के बीच जीना चाहिए।
  • डेरी लौटने का वादा करता है। लौटने पर वह पाता है कि मिस्टर लैम्ब सीढ़ी से गिर गए हैं; नाटक दुःखद अंत पर समाप्त होता है, पर डेरी दुनिया का सामना करना सीख चुका है।
  • Ek one-act play, do akele disabled logon aur samaj ke unke saath vyavhaar ke baare mein.
  • Mr. Lamb ek boodhe aadmi hain jinki tin ki taang hai (war mein ek pair khoya). Wo crab apples, ghaas-phoos aur bees se bhare bade garden wale ghar mein akele rehte hain; unke darwaze sabke liye khule rehte hain.
  • Derry 14 saal ka ladka hai jiske chehre ka ek hissa acid se jal gaya hai. Use logon ka pity aur ghoorna bura lagta hai, isliye wo sabse door rehta hai.
  • Derry garden ko khaali samajh ke deewar phaand kar andar aata hai. Lamb usse normal aur pyaar se baat karte hain, jisse dheere-dheere uski kadwahat toot-ti hai.
  • Lamb use ek aise aadmi ki kahani sunate hain jo duniya se dar kar apne kamre mein band raha aur sir par tasveer girne se mar gaya — chhupna suraksha nahi; logon ke beech jeena chahiye.
  • Derry lautne ka vaada karta hai. Lautne par wo dekhta hai ki Mr. Lamb seedhi se gir gaye hain; play dukhad end par khatam hota hai, par Derry duniya ka saamna karna seekh chuka hai.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Who is Mr. Lamb? How does Derry get into his garden?Who is Mr. Lamb? How does Derry get into his garden?Who is Mr. Lamb? How does Derry get into his garden?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Mr. Lamb is a lonely old man with a tin leg, who lost his leg in the war and lives alone in a house with a big garden.
  • Derry climbs over the garden wall, thinking the place is empty.
  • Mr. Lamb is a lonely old man with a tin leg, who lost his leg in the war and lives alone in a house with a big garden.
  • Derry climbs over the garden wall, thinking the place is empty.
  • Mr. Lamb is a lonely old man with a tin leg, who lost his leg in the war and lives alone in a house with a big garden.
  • Derry climbs over the garden wall, thinking the place is empty.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?What draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?What draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Mr. Lamb does not pity him or fear his burnt face; he talks to him like a normal person and a friend.
  • His warmth, wisdom and positive view of life give Derry new confidence, so Derry wants to return.
  • Mr. Lamb does not pity him or fear his burnt face; he talks to him like a normal person and a friend.
  • His warmth, wisdom and positive view of life give Derry new confidence, so Derry wants to return.
  • Mr. Lamb does not pity him or fear his burnt face; he talks to him like a normal person and a friend.
  • His warmth, wisdom and positive view of life give Derry new confidence, so Derry wants to return.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Which story does Mr. Lamb tell Derry, and why?Which story does Mr. Lamb tell Derry, and why?Which story does Mr. Lamb tell Derry, and why?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • He tells of a man who was so afraid of the world that he shut himself up in his room.
  • One day a picture fell from the wall on his head and killed him.
  • Lamb tells this story to show Derry that hiding from people does not keep one safe.
  • He wants Derry to come out of his shell, forget his disfigured face and live boldly among people.
  • He tells of a man who was so afraid of the world that he shut himself up in his room.
  • One day a picture fell from the wall on his head and killed him.
  • Lamb tells this story to show Derry that hiding from people does not keep one safe.
  • He wants Derry to come out of his shell, forget his disfigured face and live boldly among people.
  • He tells of a man who was so afraid of the world that he shut himself up in his room.
  • One day a picture fell from the wall on his head and killed him.
  • Lamb tells this story to show Derry that hiding from people does not keep one safe.
  • He wants Derry to come out of his shell, forget his disfigured face and live boldly among people.

Memories of Childhood — Zitkala-Sa and Bamaमेमोरीज़ ऑफ़ चाइल्डहुड — ज़िटकाला-सा और बामाMemories of Childhood — Zitkala-Sa and Bama

🔥 Asked in 4 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 4 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 4/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • Two autobiographical accounts of women from marginalised communities: discrimination and the spirit of protest.
  • Part 1, 'The Cutting of My Long Hair' — Zitkala-Sa, a Native American girl, at a mission school: strict rules, strange dress, and a bell for every action; at her first meal she did not know the rules and felt humiliated.
  • Her friend Judewin warned that their long hair would be cut. In her tribe short hair was worn by mourners and shingled hair by cowards. She resolved, 'I will not submit! I will struggle first!', hid under a bed, but was dragged out, tied to a chair and her hair was cut. She felt like an animal driven by a herder and lost her spirit.
  • Part 2, 'We Too Are Human Beings' — Bama, a Dalit girl in Class 3, saw an elder of her community carrying a packet of food (vadai) by its string, without touching it, for a landlord. She first laughed, then learnt from her elder brother Annan that it was untouchability.
  • Annan told her that people of their community are denied respect, but if they study hard they can rise above such insults. Bama worked hard, stood first, and many became her friends.
  • Common theme: injustice based on race or caste, and education and courage as the answer.
  • हाशिये के समुदायों की दो स्त्रियों के आत्मकथात्मक अंश: भेदभाव और विरोध की भावना।
  • भाग 1, 'The Cutting of My Long Hair' — मूल अमेरिकी बालिका ज़िटकाला-सा मिशन स्कूल में: कठोर नियम, अजीब पोशाक, हर काम के लिए घंटी; पहले भोजन पर नियम न जानने से उसे अपमान महसूस हुआ।
  • सहेली जुडेविन ने चेताया कि उनके लम्बे बाल काटे जाएँगे। उसकी जनजाति में छोटे बाल शोक मनाने वाले और कटे बाल कायर रखते थे। उसने ठाना, 'मैं समर्पण नहीं करूँगी! पहले संघर्ष करूँगी!', पलंग के नीचे छिपी, पर घसीटकर निकाली गई, कुर्सी से बाँधकर उसके बाल काट दिए गए। उसे लगा जैसे वह चरवाहे द्वारा हाँका जाने वाला पशु हो; उसका साहस टूट गया।
  • भाग 2, 'We Too Are Human Beings' — कक्षा 3 की दलित बालिका बामा ने अपने समुदाय के एक बुज़ुर्ग को ज़मींदार के लिए भोजन (वड़ई) का पैकेट डोरी से पकड़कर, बिना छुए ले जाते देखा। पहले वह हँसी, फिर बड़े भाई अन्नान से जाना कि यह छुआछूत है।
  • अन्नान ने बताया कि उनके समुदाय को सम्मान नहीं मिलता, पर ख़ूब पढ़कर वे इन अपमानों से ऊपर उठ सकते हैं। बामा ने मेहनत की, प्रथम आई, और बहुत लोग उसके मित्र बने।
  • साझा विषय: जाति या नस्ल पर आधारित अन्याय, और उसका उत्तर — शिक्षा और साहस।
  • Hashiye ke samudayon ki do mahilaon ke autobiographical hisse: bhedbhaav aur virodh ki bhavna.
  • Part 1, 'The Cutting of My Long Hair' — Native American ladki Zitkala-Sa mission school mein: sakht rules, ajeeb kapde, har kaam ke liye ghanti; pehle khane par rules na jaanne se use apmaan laga.
  • Dost Judewin ne chetaya ki unke lambe baal kaate jayenge. Uski tribe mein chhote baal shok manane wale aur kate baal kaayar rakhte the. Usne thaana, 'I will not submit! I will struggle first!', palang ke neeche chhupi, par ghaseet kar nikali gayi, kursi se baandh kar uske baal kaat diye gaye. Use laga jaise wo charwaahe dwara haanka jaane wala jaanwar ho; uski himmat toot gayi.
  • Part 2, 'We Too Are Human Beings' — class 3 ki Dalit ladki Bama ne apne samudaay ke ek buzurg ko zamindar ke liye khane (vadai) ka packet dori se pakad kar, bina chhuye le jaate dekha. Pehle wo hansi, phir bade bhai Annan se jaana ki ye chhuachhoot hai.
  • Annan ne bataya ki unke samudaay ko samman nahi milta, par khoob padh kar wo in apmaanon se upar uth sakte hain. Bama ne mehnat ki, first aayi, aur bahut log uske dost bane.
  • Common theme: jaati ya nasl par aadharit anyaay, aur uska jawab — shiksha aur himmat.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Describe Zitkala-Sa's experience while getting her hair cut.Describe Zitkala-Sa's experience while getting her hair cut.Describe Zitkala-Sa's experience while getting her hair cut.

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Her friend Judewin told her that the school authorities were going to cut their long, heavy hair.
  • In her tribe, only mourners had short hair and cowards had shingled hair, so she decided to resist.
  • She slipped away and hid under a bed in a dark room, but she was found and dragged out, kicking and scratching.
  • She was tied to a chair, and her long hair was cut while she cried for her mother.
  • She felt insulted and helpless, like one of many little animals driven by a herder; she lost her spirit and identity.
  • Her friend Judewin told her that the school authorities were going to cut their long, heavy hair.
  • In her tribe, only mourners had short hair and cowards had shingled hair, so she decided to resist.
  • She slipped away and hid under a bed in a dark room, but she was found and dragged out, kicking and scratching.
  • She was tied to a chair, and her long hair was cut while she cried for her mother.
  • She felt insulted and helpless, like one of many little animals driven by a herder; she lost her spirit and identity.
  • Her friend Judewin told her that the school authorities were going to cut their long, heavy hair.
  • In her tribe, only mourners had short hair and cowards had shingled hair, so she decided to resist.
  • She slipped away and hid under a bed in a dark room, but she was found and dragged out, kicking and scratching.
  • She was tied to a chair, and her long hair was cut while she cried for her mother.
  • She felt insulted and helpless, like one of many little animals driven by a herder; she lost her spirit and identity.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

'No, I will not submit! I will struggle first!' Who said this, and what does it show?'No, I will not submit! I will struggle first!' Who said this, and what does it show?'No, I will not submit! I will struggle first!' Who said this, and what does it show?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Zitkala-Sa said it when she heard that her hair would be cut.
  • It shows her courage and her resistance against the loss of her culture and identity.
  • Zitkala-Sa said it when she heard that her hair would be cut.
  • It shows her courage and her resistance against the loss of her culture and identity.
  • Zitkala-Sa said it when she heard that her hair would be cut.
  • It shows her courage and her resistance against the loss of her culture and identity.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What had Bama not heard of when she was in the third class?What had Bama not heard of when she was in the third class?What had Bama not heard of when she was in the third class?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • She had not yet heard people speak openly about untouchability.
  • But she had already seen, felt and suffered its humiliation in daily life.
  • She had not yet heard people speak openly about untouchability.
  • But she had already seen, felt and suffered its humiliation in daily life.
  • She had not yet heard people speak openly about untouchability.
  • But she had already seen, felt and suffered its humiliation in daily life.
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Full derivations, tricky questions, common mistakes and quick revision.पूरी व्युत्पत्तियाँ, कठिन प्रश्न, आम गलतियाँ और त्वरित पुनरावृत्ति।Poori derivations, tricky sawaal, aam galtiyan aur quick revision.

🧠 Tricky questionकठिन प्रश्नTricky sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

How is 'The Tiger King' a satire?'The Tiger King' व्यंग्य कैसे है?'The Tiger King' satire kaise hai?

✅ Answerउत्तरJawab
  • It mocks the pride of rulers who think power can defeat fate: the king who killed ninety-nine tigers is killed by a wooden toy tiger.
  • It mocks the flattery of officials (the dewan, the astrologer) and the bribing of British officers with diamond rings.
  • It criticises the senseless killing of wild animals for pleasure and pride.
  • The humour and irony of the ending make the reader laugh and think at the same time.
  • It mocks the pride of rulers who think power can defeat fate: the king who killed ninety-nine tigers is killed by a wooden toy tiger.
  • It mocks the flattery of officials (the dewan, the astrologer) and the bribing of British officers with diamond rings.
  • It criticises the senseless killing of wild animals for pleasure and pride.
  • The humour and irony of the ending make the reader laugh and think at the same time.
  • It mocks the pride of rulers who think power can defeat fate: the king who killed ninety-nine tigers is killed by a wooden toy tiger.
  • It mocks the flattery of officials (the dewan, the astrologer) and the bribing of British officers with diamond rings.
  • It criticises the senseless killing of wild animals for pleasure and pride.
  • The humour and irony of the ending make the reader laugh and think at the same time.
🧠 Tricky questionकठिन प्रश्नTricky sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Was Sadao a patriot or a traitor? Give reasons.सदाओ देशभक्त थे या देशद्रोही? कारण दीजिए।Sadao patriot the ya traitor? Reasons dijiye.

✅ Answerउत्तरJawab
  • He was both a true patriot and a true doctor.
  • He informed the General about the prisoner (loyalty to his country), but as a doctor he saved a dying man's life, which humanity demands.
  • He was both a true patriot and a true doctor.
  • He informed the General about the prisoner (loyalty to his country), but as a doctor he saved a dying man's life, which humanity demands.
  • He was both a true patriot and a true doctor.
  • He informed the General about the prisoner (loyalty to his country), but as a doctor he saved a dying man's life, which humanity demands.
🧠 Tricky questionकठिन प्रश्नTricky sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why is the play called 'On the Face of It'?नाटक का नाम 'On the Face of It' क्यों है?Play ka naam 'On the Face of It' kyon hai?

✅ Answerउत्तरJawab
  • 'On the face of it' means 'from what we see on the surface'.
  • People judge Derry and Mr. Lamb by their appearance (a burnt face, a tin leg), but inside both are sensitive human beings; the title asks us to look beyond appearances.
  • 'On the face of it' means 'from what we see on the surface'.
  • People judge Derry and Mr. Lamb by their appearance (a burnt face, a tin leg), but inside both are sensitive human beings; the title asks us to look beyond appearances.
  • 'On the face of it' means 'from what we see on the surface'.
  • People judge Derry and Mr. Lamb by their appearance (a burnt face, a tin leg), but inside both are sensitive human beings; the title asks us to look beyond appearances.

⚠️ Common mistakesआम गलतियाँAam galtiyan

  • Calling Sadao's wife 'an American' → Hana is Japanese.
  • Saying the hundredth tiger killed the king directly → a sliver from a wooden toy tiger caused an infection.
  • Writing the third level is in Galesburg → it is at Grand Central Station, New York; Galesburg is the 1894 town Charley wants to visit.
  • सदाओ की पत्नी को 'अमेरिकी' लिखना → हाना जापानी हैं।
  • यह लिखना कि सौवें बाघ ने सीधे राजा को मारा → लकड़ी के खिलौने की फाँस से संक्रमण हुआ।
  • तीसरा तल गेल्सबर्ग में बताना → वह न्यूयॉर्क के ग्रैंड सेंट्रल स्टेशन पर है; गेल्सबर्ग 1894 का वह नगर है जहाँ चार्ली जाना चाहता है।
  • Sadao ki wife ko 'American' likhna → Hana Japanese hain.
  • Ye likhna ki sauvein tiger ne seedha raja ko maara → lakdi ke toy ki phaans se infection hua.
  • Third level Galesburg mein batana → wo New York ke Grand Central Station par hai; Galesburg 1894 ka wo town hai jahan Charley jaana chahta hai.

💎 Rarely asked but importantकम पूछा गया पर ज़रूरीKam aaya par zaroori

  • Phytoplankton, tiny one-celled sea plants, are the base of the Antarctic food chain — a favourite 'small things matter' question.
  • फाइटोप्लैंकटन (एककोशिकीय छोटे समुद्री पौधे) अंटार्कटिक खाद्य-श्रृंखला का आधार हैं — 'छोटी चीज़ें महत्त्वपूर्ण' वाला प्रिय प्रश्न।
  • Phytoplankton (ek-koshikiya chhote samudri paudhe) Antarctic food chain ka aadhaar hain — 'chhoti cheezein important' wala favourite question.

⚡ Quick revisionत्वरित पुनरावृत्तिQuick revision

  • Tiger King: prediction → 99 tigers → old tiger fainted → toy tiger sliver → death.
  • Maharaja married a princess from a tiger-rich state.
  • Sadao studied in America; met Hana at a professor's house.
  • Sadao helped the prisoner escape by boat to an island.
  • Charley saw 1894 on the third level; Sam called it a waking dream.
  • Sam's 1894 letter found in the grandfather's stamp collection.
  • Antarctica: 90% of earth's ice; Gondwana; Students on Ice.
  • Mr. Lamb: tin leg, open garden; Derry: burnt face.
  • Lamb's story: a man hid from the world, died when a picture fell.
  • Zitkala-Sa: 'I will not submit!'; hair cut by force.
  • Bama: elder carrying vadai by the string; Annan's advice to study.
  • Tiger King: prediction → 99 tigers → old tiger fainted → toy tiger sliver → death.
  • Maharaja married a princess from a tiger-rich state.
  • Sadao studied in America; met Hana at a professor's house.
  • Sadao helped the prisoner escape by boat to an island.
  • Charley saw 1894 on the third level; Sam called it a waking dream.
  • Sam's 1894 letter found in the grandfather's stamp collection.
  • Antarctica: 90% of earth's ice; Gondwana; Students on Ice.
  • Mr. Lamb: tin leg, open garden; Derry: burnt face.
  • Lamb's story: a man hid from the world, died when a picture fell.
  • Zitkala-Sa: 'I will not submit!'; hair cut by force.
  • Bama: elder carrying vadai by the string; Annan's advice to study.
  • Tiger King: prediction → 99 tigers → old tiger fainted → toy tiger sliver → death.
  • Maharaja married a princess from a tiger-rich state.
  • Sadao studied in America; met Hana at a professor's house.
  • Sadao helped the prisoner escape by boat to an island.
  • Charley saw 1894 on the third level; Sam called it a waking dream.
  • Sam's 1894 letter found in the grandfather's stamp collection.
  • Antarctica: 90% of earth's ice; Gondwana; Students on Ice.
  • Mr. Lamb: tin leg, open garden; Derry: burnt face.
  • Lamb's story: a man hid from the world, died when a picture fell.
  • Zitkala-Sa: 'I will not submit!'; hair cut by force.
  • Bama: elder carrying vadai by the string; Annan's advice to study.

🚫 Removed, skip itहटाया गया, इसे छोड़ देंHata diya gaya, ise chhod dijiye

  • Should Wizard Hit Mommy? (John Updike) — asked in older papers, dropped from Vistas; skip it.Should Wizard Hit Mommy? (जॉन अपडाइक) — पुराने प्रश्नपत्रों में आई, विस्टाज़ से हटा दी गई; छोड़ दें।Should Wizard Hit Mommy? (John Updike) — purane papers mein aayi, Vistas se hata di gayi; chhod dijiye.
📝 All English chaptersअंग्रेज़ी के सभी अध्यायEnglish ke saare chapters

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