Why did Sir Ralph cut the bell from the Inchcape Rock? Describe the manner in
which it sank underwater.

What did Sir Ralph say to reassure his men when it became very dark? What opinion
did one of the sailors have about their location? What did they all wish for?

How did the ship sink? What sound did Sir Ralph imagine he could hear in his dying
moments? What is the message of the poem?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
What do you call, O ye pedlars?
Chessmen and ivory dice.
What do you make, O ye goldsmiths?
Wristlet and anklet and ring, …… .
(In the Bazaars of Hyderabad: Sarojini Naidu)

What all were being sold by the merchants?

What is being ground by the maidens? Which items are the vendors weighing?

Describe the bells that the goldsmiths are crafting for blue pigeons?
What do the goldsmiths make for the dancers and the king?

Which instruments are the musicians playing? What are the magicians doing?

Mention the happy as well as the sad occasions for which the flower girls are weaving
flowers. Write one reason why the poem has appealed to you.
SECTION C – PROSE
Collection of Short Stories

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Baldeo, the watchman, was awake. He stretched himself, slowly unwinding the
heavy shawl that covered him like a shroud. It was close on midnight and the chill air made
him shiver. The station, a small shack backed by heavy jungle, was a station in name only;
for trains only stopped there, if at all, for a few seconds before entering the deep cutting
that led to the tunnel. Most trains only slowed down before taking the sharp curve before
the cutting.

What were Baldeo’s duties as a watchman?
What question did his son ask him before he left for his nightly errand?

Describe the axe that Baldeo carried with him. Who had made the axe?

Which sound made Baldeo realise that the tiger was close by?
Why was he worried that the tiger may be going in the opposite direction?
Why didn’t the tiger fear the man?

Give an account of the encounter between Baldeo and the tiger.

How did the tiger die? Point out a similarity in the characters of Baldeo and his son
Tembu. Give an example for each to justify your answer.