Upagupta (Poem) - 2 Marks Questions
Q: What did the dancing girl ask the ascetic to do? Why did he decline her invitation?
A: The dancer was attracted by the ascetic's austere handsomeness. So she invited him
to her house and enjoy the pleasures of life. But the ascetic was not inclined to bodily pleasures and earthly possessions. He, therefore declined her invitation but
promised to go to her when the time was ripe (when she actually needed his help).
Q: "Woman, go on your way...." Do you think 'your way' has any special significance?
What was her way? What was his way?
A: The words, 'your way' of Upagupta have a special significance. Upagupta asks the dancing girl to get on with her worldly pleasures. She is too young to renounce material and physical pleasures. Her way was to enjoy the pleasures of life whereas his way was to lead a simple and spiritual life. As a saint, he renounced the worldly pleasures.
Q: "Who are you, merciful one?" asked the woman. Who is asking the question? Who is
the 'merciful one'? When had the woman met him first?
A: The dancing girl is asking the question. the 'merciful one' is Upagupta. One night in August, when Upagupta slept on the dust by the city wall of Mathura, the dancing girl came there with a lamp. That was her first meeting with Upagupta.
Q: 'The time, at last, has come to visit you, And I am here". Who said this? To whom? In what sense had the time come?
A: Upagupta said this to the dancing girl. The dancing girl suffering from a deadly disease and she was driven away from the town. She lay in the shadow of the city wall suffering miserably. It was the ripe time for the ascetic to come to serve her.
10th English Important Questions - 2 Marks
Vinoba... A Portrait Sketch (Prose) - 2 Marks Questions
Q: What was the new kind of pilgrimage that Vinoba was leading?
A: Vinoba's pilgrimage was different from that of others. Instead visiting holy places, praying to God, and paying vows, he had a mission of his own: collecting land from landlords and distributing it to the poor peasants.
Q: When did the Land Gifts Mission start? Where? What was special about that place? Vinoba understood why landlords were being murdered. What was the reason according to him?
A: The Land Gifts Mission started in 1951 in a village near Hyderabad, where the landlords were being murdered by the Communist Agitators. Vinoba saw the misery of the landless peasants. He understood that their poverty and hunger had made them murderers.
Q: "I was awe-struck but a little puzzled''. Why was the author awe-struck? What puzzled him? The author thought that Vinoba's high principles would never influence the common man. Was he right?
A: In the beginning, Vinoba was a scholar. Later, he renounced everything to lead the
life of a simple peasant. The author was awe-struck on this. He was puzzled because
he thought that a man of high principles would not influence the common man. But
this is wrong.
Q: There are two reasons why a landlord would give away a part of his land. What are they? Which of them was acceptable to Vinoba?
A: There are two reasons for which a landlord would give away a part of his land. They are: i) mere sop to the public opinion, and ii) from a change of heart. Land given from a change of heart was acceptable to Vinoba.
Q: Was Vinoba confident that his work would succeed? Did he worry about the result of his work? What was his attitude to his work?
A: Vinoba was not worried about the success or failure of his work. The duty of fire is to burn. In the same way Vinoba felt that he should work and do service.
Q: What is the relevance of Vinoba's message to the modern world?
A: According to Vinoba, progress should bring about corresponding inner change without
which there cannot be any progress in the real sense of the world. What is needed most
in the world now is, therefore, inner change. Vinoba's powerful and impressive message
holds good everywhere in the world today and it is relevant to the modern world.
Q: What was the new kind of pilgrimage that Vinoba was leading?
A: Vinoba's pilgrimage was different from that of others. Instead visiting holy places, praying to God, and paying vows, he had a mission of his own: collecting land from landlords and distributing it to the poor peasants.
Q: When did the Land Gifts Mission start? Where? What was special about that place? Vinoba understood why landlords were being murdered. What was the reason according to him?
A: The Land Gifts Mission started in 1951 in a village near Hyderabad, where the landlords were being murdered by the Communist Agitators. Vinoba saw the misery of the landless peasants. He understood that their poverty and hunger had made them murderers.
Q: "I was awe-struck but a little puzzled''. Why was the author awe-struck? What puzzled him? The author thought that Vinoba's high principles would never influence the common man. Was he right?
A: In the beginning, Vinoba was a scholar. Later, he renounced everything to lead the
life of a simple peasant. The author was awe-struck on this. He was puzzled because
he thought that a man of high principles would not influence the common man. But
this is wrong.
Q: There are two reasons why a landlord would give away a part of his land. What are they? Which of them was acceptable to Vinoba?
A: There are two reasons for which a landlord would give away a part of his land. They are: i) mere sop to the public opinion, and ii) from a change of heart. Land given from a change of heart was acceptable to Vinoba.
Q: Was Vinoba confident that his work would succeed? Did he worry about the result of his work? What was his attitude to his work?
A: Vinoba was not worried about the success or failure of his work. The duty of fire is to burn. In the same way Vinoba felt that he should work and do service.
Q: What is the relevance of Vinoba's message to the modern world?
A: According to Vinoba, progress should bring about corresponding inner change without
which there cannot be any progress in the real sense of the world. What is needed most
in the world now is, therefore, inner change. Vinoba's powerful and impressive message
holds good everywhere in the world today and it is relevant to the modern world.
AP 10th English New Syllabus - Writing a Biographical Sketch
Writing a biographical sketch: A biographical sketch is an account of the life and activities of an individual. It includes information about the person’s name, place of residence, education, occupation, life and activities and other important details. It is written by another person. If a person writes an account of his/ her own life, it is called an autobiography.
Given below in the table is the biographical information about Stephen Hawking. Based on this information write a biographical sketch.
Stephen Hawking
Date and place of birth : January 8th,1942, Oxford England
Information about the family :
Eldest-one of four sons
Mother: Isobel Hawking
Father: Frank Hawking, a medical researcher with a specialty in tropical diseases.
Important events in life
Early academic life:
Recognized as a bright student
High school years: third from the bottom of his class
Pursuits outside of school: loved board games, constructed a computer out of recycled parts at the age of 16, solved rudimentary mathematical equations
Marriage: married Jane Wilde
Health: Suffered Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Research: on black holes
Invention: Hawking Radiation
Awards, prizes, honors :
Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 32
Albert Einstein Award.
The Pius XI- Gold Medal for Science from Pope Paul VI in 1975.
Contribution to his field and society : Contributed to the advancement of science and research.
Given below in the table is the biographical information about Stephen Hawking. Based on this information write a biographical sketch.
Stephen Hawking
Date and place of birth : January 8th,1942, Oxford England
Information about the family :
Eldest-one of four sons
Mother: Isobel Hawking
Father: Frank Hawking, a medical researcher with a specialty in tropical diseases.
Important events in life
Early academic life:
Recognized as a bright student
High school years: third from the bottom of his class
Pursuits outside of school: loved board games, constructed a computer out of recycled parts at the age of 16, solved rudimentary mathematical equations
Marriage: married Jane Wilde
Health: Suffered Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Research: on black holes
Invention: Hawking Radiation
Awards, prizes, honors :
Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 32
Albert Einstein Award.
The Pius XI- Gold Medal for Science from Pope Paul VI in 1975.
Contribution to his field and society : Contributed to the advancement of science and research.
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