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Poem 10 The Tale of Custard the Dragon Explanation Extract-1 Belinda lived in a little white house, With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse.  And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, And a realio, trulio, little pet dragon. Questions 1. Where and with whom did Belinda live? 2. Write about the four friends of Belinda  Answers 1 Belinda lived in a little white house. There were four friends of Belinda who live with her.  2. There was a little black kitten, a little grey mouse, a little yellow dog and a real little pet dragon. These are the friends of Belinda  Extract-2 Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink, And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink, And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard, But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.  Questions   1. What were the names of Belinda's four friends?  2. What was the quality of all these four friends?  Answers   1. The names of four friends w...

RANA PUBLIC SCHOOL, BORAWAR (NAGAUR) TEST-II SUB: ENGLISH CLASS X  Q.1  What is the story about the Kodavu people's descent? Ans : They are possibly of Greek or Arabic descent. It is believed that a part of Alexander's army moved south along the coast and settled there when it was impossible to return. They married amongst the locals. Their culture is distinct from the Hindu mainstream. Q.2 Mention three things that humans do and animals don't. Ans First, humans sweat and whine about their condition. Second, they lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins. Third, they make the poet sick discussing their duty to God. Animals don't do these. So there are the three things which humans do and animals do not do. Q.3 How did Mr. Herriot treat Tricki? Ans  Mr. Herriot took Tricki with him in his car to his hospital. He was not given anything to eat for two days. He was given plenty of water. At the second day he started to show some interest in his surroundings. In this wa...

RANA PUBLIC SCHOOL, BORAWAR (NAGAUR) TEST-I  SUB: ENGLISH CLASS X   Q.1  Does Mandela think the oppressor is free? Why/Why not? No. Mandela doesn't think the oppressor is free because a man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, prejudice and narrow-mindedness. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are deprived of their humanity.  Q.2 How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger? When Can you do so, according to him? We can identify the lion when he roars at us as we are dying. We can identify the Bengal Tiger when he eats us. According to him, we can do so when we are dying.  Q.3 Write about the knocking of door incident in detail. When there was sudden knock at the door Max was very nervous. He warned Ausable to sent the police away.Otherwise he would shoot and take his chances. Then the door knob turned. Max pushed with his left hand to free himself from the sill. Then he dropped in the balcony and he screamed shri...