Q1. [5]
Don't eat that chocolate Amanda !
Remember your acne, Amanda !
Will you please look at me when I'm speaking to you Amanda !
(I am Rapunzel, I have not a care; life in tower is tranquil and rare, I'll certainly never let down my bright hair)
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
- (i) The Speaker's tone is [1]
- (a) loving.
- (b) hopeful.
- (c) instructive.
- (d) indifferent.
- (ii) Complete the analogy with a word from the extract :
rare : uncommon :: peace : …………………… [1]
- (iii) State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE :
Amanda did not want anyone to invade her privacy and silence. [1]
- (iv) Select the appropriate option :
Amanda's mother is continuously ………… Amanda. [1]
- (a) encouraging
- (b) reprimanding
- (c) motivating
- (d) disappointing
- (v) Which word in the extract is opposite in meaning to the word 'dull' ? [1]
- (a) dreary
- (b) shady
- (c) bright
- (d) angry
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2023 2/4/1 Q7(A)
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Model Answer
(i) (c) instructive.
(ii) rare : uncommon :: peace : tranquil
(The word tranquil means peaceful/calm, just as rare means uncommon.)
(iii) TRUE — Amanda imagines herself as Rapunzel living alone in a tower, where life is tranquil and rare, showing she wishes to escape interference and be left in peace.
(iv) (b) reprimanding.
(v) (c) bright.
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Explanation
- (i) The speaker (Amanda's mother) gives a series of commands and reminders — this is instructive/scolding in tone, not loving or indifferent.
- (ii) The analogy tests synonyms. Tranquil directly appears in the extract as a synonym for peace/calm, just as rare is a synonym for uncommon.
- (iii) Amanda's Rapunzel fantasy — solitude in a tower, not letting down her hair — clearly signals her desire for privacy and silence. So the statement is TRUE.
- (iv) The mother nags about chocolate, acne, and eye contact — this is continuous reprimanding (scolding), not encouragement or motivation.
- (v) The opposite of dull is bright, which also appears literally in the extract ("my bright hair").
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