SECTION C - LITERATURE - 18 Marks CBSE Question Paper FORMAT

 SECTION C - LITERATURE  18 Marks



5. Attempt ANY FIVE of the six questions given below, within 40 words each. 2x5=10


  i “Left to his own meditations”, one day the peddler fell into “a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining”. What does the peddler’s conception of the world as a rattrap, signify about him? 


 ii. Gandhi makes it clear that money and finance are secondary aspects of the struggle in Champaran. Comment on the aspect that you think was most important for Gandhi. 


 iii. What knitting was to Aunt Jennifer; poetry was for Adrienne Rich’. Do you agree? Comment with reference to the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’. 


 iv.‘Beauty is best left undefined’. Support your position on this statement with your rationale, coupled with ideas in the poem.


 v  . Imagine that Mr. Lamb had not fallen off the ladder at the end. Recalling his conversation with the bees, do you think Derry’s return might have changed him as much as he had changed Derry? Elaborate


 vi.  Would you say that kindness is a weakness in a law enforcement officer? Support your opinion based on your reading of the story ‘Evans Tries an OLevel’. 




6. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 120-150 words each.  4*2   


 i. Which of the following adjective/s can be used to describe Jack and Jo respectively? Support your answer with textual evidence. 

aggressive, imaginative, inquisitive, rigid, timid, proud

Write your answer in about 120-150 words.  4 Marks


ii Imagine that Aunt Jennifer read the poem that Adrienne Rich wrote about Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome. - Adrienne Rich her. After much contemplation, she decided to write a letter to her husband. Expressing her feelings and thoughts. Write the letter as Aunt Jennifer in 120-150 words. 4 Marks


iii Derry mentions two kinds of responses people often have to justify misfortune, one “Look at all those people who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and don’t feel sorry for themselves”; and secondly, “think of all those people worse off than you.” Far from comforting him, these empty words only agitate him.  In both cases, one’s sense of self is derived from others and how they live their lives.

  a) How far might looking at others itself be the cause of suffering?

  b) In what way can people, especially children, be empowered to face their challenges without the spectre of comparison? 2+2 Marks

  ( 120-150 Words)















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