CBSE 2025, Set 3

Question

Answer any five of the following six questions in 40-50 words each: (5x2=10 marks)
(i) Why does M. Hamel refer to language as a key to freedom from slavery? (The Last Lesson)
(ii) Explain how Mukesh in 'Lost Spring' stands as a ray of hope for the bangle making community.
(iii) What is the importance of beauty in a man's life? (A Thing of Beauty)
(iv) How did Umberto Eco display his innovative style in the presentation of his dissertation? (The Interview)
(v) What is Robert Frost's complaint in 'A Roadside Stand'?
(vi) What was the link between the makeup department and national integration as described in 'Poets and Pancakes'?

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The correct answer is Subjective. **(i) The Last Lesson:** Language is a uniting force and has the power to awaken people and raise their voice against slavery. It has the power to motivate people to stand united against a common enemy and is an integral part of a people's identity. **(ii) Lost Spring:** Mukesh dares to dream and is determined to pursue his dream of becoming a motor mechanic and driving a car. By being ready to break his family lineage, walk miles to a garage, and refusing to succumb to his circumstances, he serves as an inspiration and a ray of hope for the community. **(iii) A Thing of Beauty:** Beauty is a constant joy that is relaxing, calming, and destressing. It provides peace, offers good sleep and sweet dreams, promotes good health, and gives strength and inspiration to face day-to-day struggles. **(iv) The Interview:** Umberto Eco displayed an innovative style by breaking the tradition of formal academic writing. He told the story of his research, included his trials and errors, and presented his thesis in an informal narrative style adopting a storytelling approach. **(v) A Roadside Stand:** Robert Frost complains about the indifferent attitude of people in power and the apathy of the wealthy city people towards the rural poor. The passers-by do not stop to buy their products, and the rural folk are exploited by false promises made by greedy "good-doers". **(vi) Poets and Pancakes:** The makeup department was an example of national integration because it was initially headed by a Bengali, then by a Maharashtrian, assisted by a Dharwar Kannadiga, an Andhra, a Madras Indian Christian, an Anglo-Burmese, and local Tamils, thus constituting people from various regions of India working together.

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