Class 10 English
Unit 4
Adolescence (Reading B) About Me
COMPREHENSION-
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I. Tick (✓) the right answer.
The speaker in this poem is:
(a) An average and ordinary boy
(b) A topper in the class
(c) A good sports man
(d) A good singer.
Ans. (a) An average and ordinary boy.
II. Answer the following questions :
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Q. 1. What is the speaker’s complaint ?
Ans. The speaker complains that he is always ignored by others and does not get any respect. He is not talented and capable, that is why everyone avoids him.
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Q. 2. People called the speaker by two names. What are they ?
Ans. ‘Hey you!’ and ‘What’s your name!’ These are the names the speaker has been called by.
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Q. 3. Every human being has some good qualities in him/her. Find out the good qualities in the speaker.
Ans. The speaker has many good qualities in him. He is an ordinary and average boy who cares about everyone. He always thinks about everyone with his heart.
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Q. 4. The speaker tells us about the qualities that others possess but he doesn’t posses. Name those qualities.
Ans. The speaker tells us about some qualities like good at sports, painting and studies. He thinks others possess these qualities, not him.
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Q.5. What is the Poet’s demand ?
Ans. The poet just wants to get treated like a normal person. He is also a human being and has a name to be called off.
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Q. 6. Recite the poem and find the rhyming words used in the poem.
Ans. The rhyming words in the text are:- Name and blame, nothing and something, soul and goal, shares and cares, treasure and measure and heed and need.
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Q.7. Which words and phrases are repeated in the poem and why?
Ans. The poet is talking about himself and comparing to others. ‘I’ and ‘but’ are the most repeated words in the poem.
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Q. 8. The poet doesn’t want to be judged by the prizes he never wins or by the number of claps he doesn’t earn. He requests everyone to judge him by using a new measure. What is the new measure he is suggesting ?
Ans. The measures suggested by the poet are that he should be positively observed by his happiness and sorrows he shared. His compassion and care are the prizes he has got.