Answer Key & Model Answers
SECTION I
Questions 1–8 — 1 Score Each (8 × 1 = 8)
Questions 1–4: Horegallu
.1. The passage is taken from ________.
Answer: Horegallu
.2. Who is the speaker?
Answer: Ratna
Ratna explains that she listens patiently and sympathetically to people who are troubled or under strain.
.3. Name the author.
Answer: Sudha Murty
.4. Pick out the word from the passage that means ‘to reduce something that is painful’.
Answer: relieves
Questions 5–8: Mending Wall
.5. These lines are taken from the poem ________.
Answer: Mending Wall
.6. Name the poet.
Answer: Robert Frost
.7. Name the season mentioned in the poem.
Answer: Spring
.8. “Spring is the mischief in me” — What is the figure of speech employed in this line?
(Personification, Simile, Oxymoron)
Answer: Personification
Spring is presented as if it possesses the human quality of creating or inspiring mischief.
Section I — Answers at a Glance
| Qn. | Answer |
|---|---|
| .1 | Horegallu |
| .2 | Ratna |
| .3 | Sudha Murty |
| .4 | relieves |
| .5 | Mending Wall |
| .6 | Robert Frost |
| .7 | Spring |
| .8 | Personification |