Dear secondary students of West Bengal, welcome to Courstika. Today we are going to share wbbse class 10 english question answer for you. In today’s post, you will find answers to all the chapters of your 10th grade English book. Not only that, each chapter can be downloaded in a PDF file.
Here we organized all chapters according the West Bengal Board Book. There are multiple choice question, true or false statement, short questions and answer and a lot of extra question to practice yourself. Let’s started.
wbbse class 10 english question answer
► Lesson 1 : Father’s Help
► Lesson 2 : Fable
► Lesson 3 : The Passing Away of Bapu
► Lesson 4 : My Own True family
► Lesson 5 : Our Runaway Kite
► Lesson 6 : Sea Fever
► Lesson 7 : The Cat
► Lesson 8 : The Snail
Some important questions
Father’s Help
1. What excuse does Swami make to his mother about not going to school?
Ans: Swami’s excuse to his mother was that he had a headache.
2. What is the mother’s response to Swami’s condition?
Ans: The mother generously suggests that Swami might stay at home.
3. What excuse does Swami make to his father about going late to class?
Ans: Swami told his father that if he goes late in school, the teacher will scold him.
4. What kind of parents did Samuel like?
Ans: Samuel liked parents like Swami’s father who do not allow their children to miss school
5. According to Swami, what does Samuel do the children?
Ans: Samuel is a very angry man. He is especially angry with boys who come in late. Sometimes he scolds the children.
6. After the father hears about Samuel, what does he do for Swami?
Ans: Samuel’s father writes a letter to the headmaster and asks Swami to deliver it to him.
7. How does Swami feel about Samuel as he is going to school?
Ans: While going to school, Swami feels guilty what he said about Samuel.
8. How long was Swami late?
Ans: Swami was late for class by half an hour on that day.
9. What does Samuel say about Swami’s lateness?
Ans: Samuel did not scold Swami at all and allows him to enter into the class.
10. When would Samuel got angry the most?
Ans: Samuel would get angry the most at the time of inspecting the home lessons.
Fable
1. Who had a quarrel with the squirrel?
Ans : The mountain had a quarrel with the squirrel.
2. What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?
Ans : To occupy its place is not a disgrace to the squirrel.
3. What is it that the squirrel doesn’t deny?
Ans : The squirrel doesn’t deny that the mountain makes a pretty squirrel track.
4. What did the mountain call the squirrel?
Ans : The mountain called the squirrel a Little Prig’.
5. Why did the mountain call the squirrel ‘Little Prig’?
Ans : The mountain mockingly called the squirrel ‘Little Prig’ because the squirrel played the role of a moralist who considered his opinions to be right.
6. What is the squirrel’s opinion of about the things needed to make a whole world?
Ans : According to the squirrel, all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together to make a year as well as the whole world complete.
7. “And the former called the latter”–Who are referred to here as ‘the former” and “the latter’?
Ans : In the poem “Fable’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the mountain is referred to as the former’ and the squirrel is referred to as the latter’.
8. Despite being small why does the squirrel feel it no disgrace to occupy its place?
Ans : Though the squirrel is a very small animal, it thinks it has an important part to play in the world. It feels no disgrace because it can perform many such tasks which a mountain cannot perform.
9. What is the opinion of the squirrel about itself and the Mountain?
Ans : According to the squirrel, the mountain may be much bigger than it, but the mountain doesn’t even have half the liveliness and energy of the squirrel.
10. What is that the squirrel doesn’t deny?
Ans : The squirrel does not deny the fact that the mountain is big in size and carries track for the squirrel and even gives then shelter.
The Passing Away of Bapu
2. Why did the people not make any clamour in the beginning?
Ans : The people were then so stunned that they could not speak.
3. What announcement was made to calm down the mourning people?
Ans : The people would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.
4. What was the atmosphere at the Birla House where Gandhiji’s dead body lay?
Ans : Inside the Birla House time seemed to stand still for a while. Gandhiji’s friends and followers gathered round his dead body. Silence pervaded the entire house.
5. What was the question uppermost in the mind of the mourning people?
Ans : Every mourning person felt helpless after his or her Bapu’s death. So, the mourning crowd wanted to know what would become of them when Bapu had left them.
6. Why did the mourning people jostle one another in a stampede?
Ans : Everyone wanted to break into the house to see Gandhiji’s dead body.
7. What kind of relationship do you find here between Gandhiji and the people of India?
Ans : It was the relationship between a father and his children.
Our Runaway Kite
1. Who is the narrator of the above passage?
Ans : The narrator is Philippa, an eleven-year-old girl.
2. What was the narrator’s father?
Ans : The narrator’s father was the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse.
3. How old was the narrator?
Ans : She was eleven years old.
4. How old was Claude?
Ans : Claude was twelve years old.
5. Why did Claude and the narrator quarrel with the mainland children in winter?
Ans : The more is the number of companions, the greater is the chance to have a quarrel. In winter in the mainland Philippa and Claude had more companions to quarrel with. So they fulfilled their urge to quarrel there.
6. What is the relationship between Claude and the narrator?
Ans : Claude is the elder brother of the narrator.
7. What did the narrator and Claude once ask their father?
Ans : They asked their father why they did not have any relations.
8. What did their father reply to their question?
Ans : Their father said it was because of his fault.
9. Why did the narrator and Claude repent for asking their father about their relations?
Ans : The question made Father so sorrowful that they repented for it.
Sea Fever
1. Along with a windy day what does the poet want during his sea voyage?
Ans. Along with a windy day, the poet wants to enjoy white clouds flying during his sea voyage.
2. What attitude of the poet is revealed in the poem ‘Sea Fever’?
Ans. The poet is very excited, restless, and he has a strong desire to go back in sea.
3. Which things does the poet need for sailing?
Ans. The poet needs for a tall ship and a star as a guide and a windy day with white clouds.
4. What is the significance of the title ‘Sea Fever’?
Ans. ‘Sea Fever’ is a poem that expresses the strong desire, restlessness, excitement and intense longing to go back in sea of the poet.
5. Which birds have been mentioned in the poem?
Ans. The birds are Sea-gulls.
6. Why cannot the poet deny the call of the voyage?
Ans. The poet cannot deny the call of the voyage because the call is wild and clear.
7. What does the poet want to have when the voyage is over?
Ans. The poet wants to have quite sleep when the voyage is over.
8. Why does the poet choose the life of the gypsies?
Ans. The poet chooses the life of the gypsies because he loves the life of vagrant gypsies.
9. What kind of weather does the poet want before starting his voyage?
Ans. before starting his voyage, the poet wants a lonely sea, a favourable wind, and quiet sleep and a sweet dream.
10. With what has wind been compared to?
Ans. The wind has been compared to a whetted knife.
► Lesson 1 : Father’s Help
► Lesson 2 : Fable
► Lesson 3 : The Passing Away of Bapu
► Lesson 4 : My Own True family
► Lesson 5 : Our Runaway Kite
► Lesson 6 : Sea Fever
► Lesson 7 : The Cat
► Lesson 8 : The Snail
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