Question – 1-4 Read the excerpt and answer the questions given below. 4x1 = 4
It is time to create a world where all women can meet their potential without impediment or prejudice and the world will reap the benefits. The three L’s will help us get there.
1. Identify the lesson.
2. Who is the speaker?
3. What are the 3 L’s mentioned in the speech.
4. Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘an unfair or unreasonable opinion or judgement about someone or something.’
Ques 5 - 8. Read the lines carefully and answer the questions that follow. 4x1 = 4
I am the pillars of the house;
The keystone of the arch am I.
Take me away, and roof and wall
Would fall to ruin me utterly.
5. Who is the ‘I’ in the above lines ?
6. Identify the figure of speech in the second line.
7. Enjambment is a poetic device. Write the lines where it is employed.
8. What will happen to the family if the keystone is removed?
9. I am the house from floor to roof,
I deck the walls, the board I spread;
I spin the curtains, warp and woof,
And shake the down to be their bed.
Elaborate on the idea of the above lines. 1x4 = 4
10. Mention four social issues which women face daily either inside or outside the home. 1x4 = 4
11. A few errors have crept in the following passage. Edit it 4x1 = 4
The state government at Keralam launched the ‘Priyadarshini’ free travel scheme, which allows eligible passengers to travel free of cost with no income limits or restrictions age. The free travel is currently only available on KSRTC Ordinary Buses. Fast, superfast, and luxury services is not included. There is no registration or ID proof required. You simply bored the bus and ask the conductor for a zero-value ticket. The scheme does not apply to private buses.
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Bonus Point Question (any one) 4
1. "If you educate a boy, you train a man. If you educate a girl, you train a village.” This famous African proverb. What does it illustrate?
2. Briefly explain the role of learning, labour and leadership skills in making a woman liberated.
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