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  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast Objective question 1.       “ Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast” has been composed by/written by ……. (A) D.H Lawrence (B) W.B Yeats  (C) Walter De La Mare (D) W.H Auden Answer (D) 2.       W.H Auden composed/wrote ……….  (A) An Epitaph (B) The Soldier  (C) Snake (D) Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast Answer (D) 3.       W.H. Auden was born in …… and died in…….  . (A) 1917, 1963 (B) 1919, 2001  (C) 1918, 1964 (D) 1907, 1973 Answer (D) 4.       What are falling fast in autumn?  (A) Leaves (B) Snows  (C) fruit (D) Prams Answer (A) 5.       The leaves are falling……… from the trees in Autumn. (A) slow (B) fast  (C) beautifully (D) None Answer (B) 6.   ...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Summary of song of myself The poem “Song of Myself has been composed by Walt Whitman. He was the most individualistic literary figure that America has ever produced. He tells about himself in this poem. The poet enjoys himself and sings for the self. But he is not different from others. He tells himself that every atom of his blood belongs to his soul. He always assumes everything which is right. He also says that every atom of blood is the same in all human beings. He wanders with his pain which grows when a spike comes and touches the skin. Whatever he says, comes from his heart. He says that everyone in this world comes one by one. He always keeps feelings or thoughts in mind either good or bad. He is ready for every danger in his life. He accepts that life is not a bed of roses. It is full of difficulties and happiness as well. It is a finest gift given by God. Here there are too many people who f...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Sweetest love I do not goe Short summary of this poem This poem was written by Donne on the occasion of his leaving for Germany. He wrote it to console his wife and it is one of his simplest poems. He tells his wife that he loves her and will return soon. So she should not sigh and shed tears because it will make his voyage dangerous. He says her sighs are like wind on the high seas. Her tears are like rain. He tells her that she does not love him, as she says she does, if she wastes his life in her love. Long summary of this poem The poet is going to Germany leaving his wife behind. She is very sad to part with him. He consoles his wife. He says, “Sweetest love, I’m not going because I’m tired of you, nor in the hope that I’ll find a better love out there, but since I will eventually die, it’s best to amuse myself by dying feigned deaths. Last night the sun went down and yet he’s here again today. ...

  English Coaching Center Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Lost Spring Short questions and answers Q1. What makes the city of Firozabad famous? Ans.   The city of Firozabad is famous for its bangles. Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles. It is the centre of India’s glass-blowing industry. Families have spent generations working around furnaces, welding glass, making bangles for the women in the land. Q2. Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry? Ans.   Boys and girls with their fathers and mothers sit in dark hutments, next to lines of flames of flickering oil lamps. They weld pieces of coloured glass into circles of bangles. Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside. They often end up losing eyesight before they become adults. Even the dust from polishing the glass of bangles is injurious to eyes. Many workers have become blind. The furnaces have very high temperature and therefore ...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Summary of a pinch of Snuff   Pinch of Snuff ” is a  story  has been written by  Manohar Malgonkar.  It is a very interesting and  entertaining story. In this story, the writer explained the character of his maternal uncle  Nanukaka ,  who always tell a lie and cheats others in his own way. He comes to Delhi at his sister’s house to meet  minister  but the narrator does not want  Nanukaka  to come but at his mother’s insistence, he takes leave from the office and undeservingly Narrator goes to the  railway station  to receive his maternal uncle. Nanukaka travelled second class carriage at the third class ticket.  So, he was caught by the  ticket checker  but managed the problem easily. Nanukaka wanted to meet a minister. So, he went to see the minister but he did not get any appointment to get in touch with the minister...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Song of myself Objective question 1. "Song of Myself" has been composed by ................... (A) John Donne (B) W.H. Auden (C) John Keats (D) Walt Whitman  | Ans- (D) 2. Song of Myself is written by ............... (A) Walt Whitman (B) Walter De La Mare (C) Rupert Brooke (D) John Donne  | Ans- (A) 3. Walt Whitman was born on .............. (A) 1820 (B) 1819 (C) 1815 (D) 1833  | Ans- (B) 4. Walt Whitman is .............. years old. (A) 35 (B) 36 (C) 37 (D) 38  | Ans- (C) 5. .............. himself is the speaker in the poem (Song of Myself) (A) D.H. Lawrence (B) Walt Whitman (C) Kamala Das (D) John Keats  | Ans- (B) 6. What does the poet discard? (A) Mankind (B) Nature's beauty (C) Beloved (D) State  | Ans- (B) 7. Who is the speaker in the poem "Song of Myself"? (A) A boy (B) A girl (C) The poet himself (D) A...