Unit-1 : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 16 NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Main Course Book (MCB) Chapter 2 Q1 : Discuss with your partner which part of the poem you liked the most and give reasons for your preference. Answer : This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding, experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However, some pointers for discussion have been provided for your reference. The following part of the poem seemed the funniest to me: They told him as he…
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Here is a NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Main Course Book (MCB). This solutions covers all questions of English Main Course Book Class 10 as per CBSE Board guidelines from the latest NCERT book for class 10 English. NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Main Course Book (MCB) Chapter 1 Unit-1 : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 6 Q1 : Now that you have read a substantial part of the feature article, work with your partner and jot down at least five reasons that, according to you, are mainly responsible for Indians today not getting the desired…
Summary of “Julius Caesar” At the senate Metellus gives a petition requesting Caesar to recall his brother, Publius who had been banished from Rome. Caesar answers that since Publius had been banished by lawful decree; there is no just cause for absolving his guilt. Brutus and Cassius kneel at Caesar’s feet and repeat Metellus’s plea. Caesar answers that he will not change his mind, declaring himself to be as ‘constant as the Northern Star’. Caesar is murdered in the Senate House by the conspirators. Recognizing that the Brutus, too, has joined with the conspirators, Caesar speaks his last word:”Ettu, Brute?”-Then…
Unit-13 : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 136 Q1 : What are the reasons for the old people being “abused, harassed and abandoned” in India? Answer : The old people feel very lonely and ignored. They often feel depressed. They feel that they have nobody to care for them. They cannot share their problems with anybody. Lives in metropolitan cities have left no time with members of the family to spend with each other. NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Literature Reader Chapter 13 Q2 : What are the problems faced by the old people as a result?…
Summary of “Snake” One hot afternoon the poet went to the water trough to fill water in a pitcher. Suddenly, he noticed a snake there. He waited for the snake to quench his thirst since the poet thought that he was a second comer. The snake kept his throat upon the stone bottom sipped the water into his slack long body. After drinking water, he raised his head just like cattle do and flashed his forked tongue, thought for a moment and then bent down to drink some more water. The voice of his education said that the golden brown…
Summary of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” The poem starts with three young men walking together to a wedding. An elderly mariner with a grey beard and a glittering eye stopped one of the three young men. One of young men is transfixed by the ancient Mariner’s “glittering eye” and sat on a stone to listen to his strange tale. He started narrating the story. The mariner said that they were given a warm send-off when they started their journey. The weather was clear and they sailed south for many days. The Mariner recalled that the voyage quickly darkened,…
Unit-10 : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 106 1 : Look at the picture given below. While on a sight-seeing tour to an old and mysterious country far away from home, you saw this statue. Discuss with your partner what this picture tells you about the people, the place and the ruler. Note down your ideas in the web-chart. Answer : Note: This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding, experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However, sample solutions have been provided for your…
Unit-9 : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 102 Q1 : Look at the following picture carefully. What has Time been portrayed as? Why? Answer : Note: This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding, experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However, sample solutions have been provided for your reference. Time has been portrayed as a man carrying the banner in his hands. The image looks much similar to that of Lord Christ. It has been portrayed so because there is nothing more powerful than…
Summary of “Mirror”” In this poem the poet, Sylvia Plath explains how the mirror is our true reflection and can be our best critic. She personifies the mirror by making the mirror the narrator of the poem. The mirror asserts that it is silver in colour and exact in appearance. It holds no opinion about the objects that come before it. In comparison to human the mirror does not have any emotions like love or hatred. The mirror insists that it is not cruel but only truthful. It is proud that it reflects nothing but the reality. The mirror claims…
Summary of “The Frog and the Nightingale” The frog and the nightingale is poetic fable with a satire on the human behavior. The poem starts with the frog that sat under a Sumac tree and croaked all night in a loud and unpleasant voice right from dusk to dawn. All the creatures hated his voice. Their complaints, insults and brickbats couldn’t stop him from croaking stubbornly. Nothing could shatter his determination. Then, one night a nightingale came flying and sat on the branch of Sumac tree. She started singing in her melodious voice. They all got completely engrossed in the…