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Miss Beam was all that I had expected middle-aged, hill of authority, yet kindly and understanding. Her hair was beginning to turn grey, and she had the kind of plump figure that is likely to be comforting to a homesick child. I asked her some questions about her teaching methods, which I had heard were simple.

Question 1.
Name the lesson
(a) Who I Am
(b) Taro’s Reward
(c) A Different Kind of School
(d) A Game of Chance

Answer

Answer: (c) A Different Kind of School

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Question 2.
Write some qualities of Miss Beam.
(a) Full of authority
(b) Kindly
(c) Understanding
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

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Question 3.
Miss Beam had a figure.
(a) plump
(b) tall
(c) thin
(d) smart

Answer

Answer: (a) plump

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Question 4.
What did the narrator ask Miss Beam?
(a) about her children
(b) about her students
(c) about her teaching methods
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (c) about her teaching methods

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Question 5.
Give the meaning of ‘plump’.
(a) thin
(b) stout
(c) tall
(d) unhealthy

Answer

Answer: (b) stout

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(2)

“This is a very important part of our system. To make our children appreciate and understand misfortune, we make them share in misfortune too. Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day. During the blind day their eyes are bandaged absolutely and they are on their honour not to peep.

Question 1.
Who is explaining the system?
(a) Miss Beam
(b) The girl
(c) The boy
(d) The narrator

Answer

Answer: (a) Miss Beam

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Question 2.
What is the unique feature of Miss Beam’s schooling system?
(a) To teach them good manners
(b) To understand the disability of others.
(c) To teach them how to over come difficulties
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) To understand the disability of others.

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Question 3.
What are the children made to undergo during the term?
(a) One blind day
(b) One deaf or dumb day
(c) One lame day
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

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Question 4.
How is blind day observed?
(a) By organising programmes
(b) By helping the blind
(c) By being blindfolded
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) By being blindfolded

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Question 5.
Give the meaning of ‘peep’,
(a) Look out
(b) To see
(c) Deep
(d) To find

Answer

Answer: (a) Look out

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(3)

“Don’t you ever peep?” I asked the girl. “Oh, no!” she exclaimed. “That would be cheating! But I had no idea it was so awful to be blind. You can’t see a thing. You feel you are going to be hit by something every moment. It’s such a relief just to sit down.”

Question 1.
Who is the author talking to?
(a) The girl
(b) Miss Beam
(c) The boy
(d) The lady

Answer

Answer: (a) The girl

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Question 2.
What does she feel on a blind day?
(a) It was so awful
(b) It was so interesting
(c) It was so boring
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) It was so awful

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Question 3.
Why does she play the game of being blind?
(a) Just a game
(b) To realise the feeling of blind
(c) They were asked to do so
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (b) To realise the feeling of blind

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Question 4.
Give the meaning of ‘relief’.
(a) pain
(b) rest
(c) comfort
(d) support

Answer

Answer: (c) comfort

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Question 5.
Give the opposite of ‘something’.
(a) anyone
(b) no one
(c) someone
(d) nothing

Answer

Answer: (d) nothing

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(4)

And so we walked on. Gradually I discovered that I was ten times more thoughtful than I ever thought I could be. I also realised that if I had to describe people and things to someone else, it made them more interesting to me. When I finally had to leave, I told Miss Beam that I was very sorry to go.

Question 1.
Name of the lesson.
(a) A Different Kind of School
(b) A Game of Chance
(c) Who I Am
(d) Fair Play

Answer

Answer: (a) A Different Kind of School

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Question 2.
Who does ‘we’ refer to here?
(a) The author
(c) The author and Miss Beam
(b) The author and girl with bandages
(d) The boy and the girl

Answer

Answer: (b) The author and girl with bandages

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Question 3.
What did the author gain from his visit to school?
(a) became more intelligent
(b) Became more knowledgeable
(c) became more thoughtful
(d) Enjoyed a lot

Answer

Answer: (c) became more thoughtful

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Question 4.
Did he like Miss Beam’s schooling system?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) It was difficult for students
(d) Can’t say

Answer

Answer: (a) Yes

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Question 5.
Give the meaning of ‘gradually’.
(a) Slowly
(b) Quickly
(c) Fast
(d) Finally

Answer

Answer: (a) Slowly

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“There is no misery about it,” Miss Beam continued. “Everyone is very kind and it is really something of a game. Before the day is over, though, even the most thoughtless child realises what misfortune is. “The blind day is, of course, really the worst, but some of the children tell me that the dumb day is the most difficult. We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power. Come into the garden and see for yourself how the children feel about it.”

Question 1.
Who was Miss Beam?
(a) School teacher
(b) The girl with bandage
(c) Narrator of the story
(d) Girl’s mother

Answer

Answer: (a) School teacher

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Question 2.
What was nothing but a game?
(a) To play the role of disabled
(b) To talk to narrator
(c) To be blind
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) To play the role of disabled

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Question 3.
Which day was considered the most difficult day?
(a) Blind day
(b) Dumb day
(c) Deaf day
(d) Lame day

Answer

Answer: (b) Dumb day

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Question 4.
Who was asked to come into the garden?
(a) Miss Beam
(b) The boy
(c) The girl
(d) The narrator

Answer

Answer: (d) The narrator

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Question 5.
Give the meaning of ‘misery’.
(a) suffering
(b) pain
(c) disease
(d) torture

Answer

Answer: (a) suffering

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“The real aim of this school is not so much to teach thought as to teach thoughtfulness- kindness to others, and being responsible citizens. Look out of the window a minute, will you?” I went to the window which overlooked a large garden and a playground at the back. “What do you see?” Miss Beam asked. “I see some very beautiful grounds,” I said, “and a lot of jolly children. It pains me, though, to see that they are not all so healthy and active looking.”

Question 1.
What did Miss Beam mean by ‘thought fulness’?
(a) Kindness to others
(b) Being responsible citizens
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

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Question 2.
Why did she take the author to the window?
(a) To show the children
(b) To show the garden
(c) To show the children playing
(d) To show the playground

Answer

Answer: (c) To show the children playing

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Question 3.
What did he observe in the playground?
(a) Children playing
(b) Children sitting
(c) Children studying
(d) Children working

Answer

Answer: (a) Children playing

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Question 4.
What was it that pained him?
(a) The children were unhealthy
(b) Not active looking
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

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Question 5.
Give the opposite of ‘pains’.
(a) Pleases
(b) Displeases
(c) Tortures
(d) Pained

Answer

Answer: (a) Pleases

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(7)

I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school, but hot till last week did the chance come to visit it. When I arrived there was no one in sight but a girl of about twelve. Her eyes were covered with a bandage and she was being led carefully between the flower beds by a little boy, who was about four years younger. She stopped, and it looked like she asked him who had come. It seemed that the boy was talking about me to her. Then they moved on.

Question 1.
Who is ‘I’ in the above lines?
(a) The girl
(b) The narrator
(c) The boy
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) The narrator

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Question 2.
Where did the narrator arrive?
(a) Miss Beam’s school
(b) The girl’s class
(c) The boy’s school
(d) Ms. Beam’s college

Answer

Answer: (a) Miss Beam’s school

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Question 3.
The girl was about years old.
(a) ten
(b) fourteen
(c) twelve
(d) thirteen

Answer

Answer: (c) twelve

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Question 4.
Who was leading the girl whose eyes were covered with a bandage?
(a) Another girl
(b) Miss Beam
(c) Attendant
(d) A boy

Answer

Answer: (d) A boy

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Question 5.
“Then they moved on”. Who are they in above lines?
(a) The boy, the girl
(b) The girls
(c) The boy, the girl with bandages
(d) Miss Beam and the girl

Answer

Answer: (c) The boy, the girl with bandages

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