Question Pool The Best Investment I Ever Made (Anecdote)

The Best Investment I Ever Made (Anecdote) - SAMAGRA Question Pool & Answers | Class 10 English Medium

Kerala Syllabus SAMAGRA SCERT SAMAGRA Question Pool for Class 10 English Medium English The Best Investment I Ever Made (Anecdote)

BrainsPrep Logo


Qn 1.

Comment on the relevance and appropriateness  of the title of  the story  The Best Investment I Ever Made and prepare a short write-up.       

    • Answer)

      Grading indicators

      • Gives a suitable title
      • Begins with a striking
        Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


    Download BrainsPrep

    Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


    BrainsPrep Logo
    Qn 2.

    Certain words are missing in the passage where the slash mark  is given. Choose appropriate words from the box given below and complete the passage.         

    I realized (a) / fact that my American roommate must have heard a different version (b) / the story about us. A professor once told me that my novel (c) / not 'authentically African.' He continued that my characters were too much like him, (d) / educated and middle-class man.

    • Answer)

      a) the

      b) of

      Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE



    Download BrainsPrep

    Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


    BrainsPrep Logo
    Qn 3.

    I woke up when I heard a loud banging on the door. I…(a)…..some clothes and went downstairs. A sergeant of police was waiting for me outside. We……(b)…… to the next apartment. When we…(c)………. in the apartment we……(d)……….. a terrible scene. A young man was lying unconscious.

     put on 

     set out 

     turned up 

     came across 

     

    • Answer)

      a)put on

      b)set out

      c)turned

      Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


    Download BrainsPrep

    Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


    BrainsPrep Logo
    Qn 4.

    Read the following letter written by the Sergeant of police to his wife. Some words are missing . Supply the missing words.                               

    Dear Angelina,

    How are you? Hope you (a) doing well. I write this letter (b) tell about a strange experience I had last night. I was (c) my usual night patrol. A lady (d) about 50 years came running to me and informed that a young boy had tried to commit suicide in the neighboring apartment. I rushed to the spot with (e) doctor who lives near by. There we saw a boy lying unconscious. We tried our  best to save him. When he became conscious he narrated the bitter experiences in (f) life. I will tell you the story in person.

     

     Let me conclude these  words for the time being.

     With love

    Alfred

    Of 

     The 

     on 

     are 

     a 

     To 

     his 

    • Answer)

      a)are

      b)to

      c)on

      Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE



    Download BrainsPrep

    Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


    BrainsPrep Logo
    Qn 5.

    The NCC troop of your school has decided to honourMr John for his valuable contribution towards uplifting the maladjusted and  delinquent youths  in thesociety. The honorable Minister for Education has consented to be the chief guest of the function. You are the convenor of the programme. Prepare a notice inviting all the students and teachers to the programme.        

      • Answer)

        Hint.

        Grading

        Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


      Download BrainsPrep

      Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


      BrainsPrep Logo
      Qn 6.

      The title ‘The Best Investment I Ever Made’ is the most appropriate title I ever read. Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your arguments and prepare a write up. 

       

      •  
      • Answer)

        Hint.



        Download BrainsPrep

        Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


        BrainsPrep Logo
        Qn 7.

        The story ‘The Best Investment I Ever Made’ highlights the  dangers of drug abuse.Prepare a speech to be presented in the school assembly  on  the ill effects of drugs on the young generation.                                                    

         

         

          • Answer)

            Grading indicators

             

            • Gives a suitable title
            • Begins with a
              Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


          Download BrainsPrep

          Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


          BrainsPrep Logo
          Qn 8.

          Mr John in the story ‘The Best Investment  I Ever Made’  is a remarkable character, isn’t he? We get a clear picture about him from the vivid description given by the  narrator. Prepare a character sketch of Mr. John.

           

           

          • Answer)

            Hint.

            Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


          Download BrainsPrep

          Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


          BrainsPrep Logo
          Qn 9.

          Prepare the profile of A J Cronin using the details given below.                                                

          Born: July 19, 1896,

          Birth place:Cardross,United Kingdom .

          Education: MBChB, MD, DPH, MRCP

          Spouse:  Agnes Mary Gibson 

          Famous as: novelist and physician.

          Major works:The Citadel, Hatter’s Castle, The Keys of the Kingdom,

          Awards: National Book Award for Fiction.

          Death: January 6, 1981

          • Answer)


            Download BrainsPrep

            Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


            BrainsPrep Logo
            Qn 10.

            Complete the given conversation suitably.                              

                 Mr. John: Hello good afternoon sir,

                  A J Cronin:  Good afternoon.

            Mr. John:  I remember you ,You are Dr. A J Cronin, ……… (a)……………?

            A J Cronin:  Yes, I am. But I am sorry I can’t recall you.

            Mr. John: You ……(b)…… lived in London for some years, hadn’t you?

            A J Cronin:yes,                                            

            Mr. John:……………… (c)………………………………..?

            A J Cronin:   Yes,  Now I remember the boy who tried to commit suicide

            Mr. John:If you weren’t there at that time …………………………(d)……………..?.

            A J Cronin: That was my duty

            Mr. John:I owe my life to you sir.

            • Answer)

              a)      aren’t you

              Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE



            Download BrainsPrep

            Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


            BrainsPrep Logo
            Qn 11.

            The young doctor had just set up a practice in a working class district of London.The doctor was living alone in an apartment.He heard a loud banging on the door one night. It was a sergeant of police.

             

            Noun phrase

            Verb phrase

            The young doctor

            ……………(a)………………………

            ………………(b)………………

            was living alone in an apartment .

            He

            ………………(c)…………………….

            ……………………… (d)………………………

            was a sergeant of police.

             

            • Answer)

              a)had just set up apractice in a working class district of London.

              b)The

              Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


            Download BrainsPrep

            Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


            BrainsPrep Logo
            Qn 12.

            Mr John introduced himself to the author and narrated the incident that took place twenty five years ago. Write the likely conversation between the two.  (Atleast six exchanges).          

            • Answer)

              Hint.



              Download BrainsPrep

              Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


              BrainsPrep Logo
              Qn 13.

              A.J Cronin : What were you doing in New York?\

              John: I was busy in the rehabilitation camps.

              (a) A J Cronin  asked John———————-                                                         

              (b) John replied that————————       

              • Answer)

                a) what he was doing in New York.

                b).he was  busy in the rehabilitation

                Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


              Download BrainsPrep

              Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


              BrainsPrep Logo
              Qn 14.

              Prepare the profile of W B Yeats using the details given below.                                                 6

              Born: June 13, 1865,

              Birth place:Sandymount, Republic of Ireland .

              Spouse:  Georgiana Hyde – Lees

              Famous as: Poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.

              Major works:Celtic Twilight, The Tower, A Vision,

              Awards: Nobel Prize inLiterature .

              Death: January 28, 1939,

              • Answer)


                Download BrainsPrep

                Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


                BrainsPrep Logo
                Qn 15.

                There are some errors in the given passage. The errors are underlined. Edit them.                           

                On the second day, out from (a) new york, while making the round of the promenade deck, I suddenly became aware that one of the passengers(b) were watching me (c)close, following me with his gaze every time I passed. I wanted to (d) resting, to avoid the tedium of casual and importunate ship-board contacts. I gave no sign of having (e) notice the man.

                • Answer)

                  a) New York

                  b) was

                  Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE



                Download BrainsPrep

                Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


                BrainsPrep Logo
                Qn 16.

                Complete the following conversation suitable.

                The sergeant: ……………(a)…………………………….?

                The house owner: I think he is only 20 years old.

                The sergeant: ………………(b)………………………….?

                The house owner: See, he has been staying here for the last three years

                The sergeant: ………………(c)………………………….?

                The house owner: Yes, of course he paid the rent regularly.

                The sergeant: ………………(d)………………………….?

                The house owner: I saw him an hour before the police arrived.

                The sergeant: ………………(e)………………………….?

                The house owner: No, no, he was conscious at that time.

                The sergeant:If you had informed us a little earlier, …(f)……saved him earlier

                The house owner: I tried to get in touch with you,but failed.

                 

                • Answer)

                  a)Howold is he?

                  b)How long has he been staying

                  Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


                Download BrainsPrep

                Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


                BrainsPrep Logo
                Qn 17.

                Following are the major incidents witnessed by the narrator of the story‘The Best Investment  I Ever Made’,

                • Saw a body of a young man
                • tried hard to save the young man’s life.
                • The young man described the bitter experiences in his life.

                Imagine that  the doctor notes down his thoughts and feelings regarding these incidents in his diary. Prepare the likely diary entry

                • Answer)

                  Grading indicators

                  • Relates the content to the context
                  • Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


                Download BrainsPrep

                Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


                BrainsPrep Logo
                Qn 18.

                In the following passage from ‘The Best Investment I ever made’ the stranger and his wife introduce themselves to Dr. Cronin. Write the actual conversation between Cronin and the couple in around five exchanges                                                              

                A moment later I was occupying the vacant chair beside them. Haltingly he told me that this had beentheir first visit to America. It was not entirely a holiday trip. They had been making a tour of the New England states, inspecting many of the summer recreationalcamps for young people there. Afterwards, they had visited settlement houses in New York and other cities to study the methods employed in dealing with cases of backward, maladjusted and delinquent youth.

                • Answer)

                  Grading indicators

                  • Uses a variety of sentence patterns and
                    Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


                Download BrainsPrep

                Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


                BrainsPrep Logo
                Qn 19.

                The sergeant of  police in the story ‘The Best Investment  I Ever Made’, is a man of great human quality. He saved the young man from legal formalities. Imagine that  he narrates  the incidents to one of his  fellow officers. Write the likely narrative.

                • Answer)
                  • Gives a suitable title
                  • Sequences the events
                    Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE


                Download BrainsPrep

                Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Class 10 English Medium Tuition


                BrainsPrep Logo
                Class 10 English Medium SAMAGRA Question Pool Click here
                Class 10 - Malayalam Medium SAMAGRA Question Pool Click here
                Class 9 English Medium SAMAGRA Question Pool Click here
                Class 11 SAMAGRA Question Pool Click here
                Class 12 SAMAGRA Question Pool Click here


                Download BrainsPrep

                Get Free Study Materials + 1 Week Free Trial of BrainsPrep Tuition


                Responsive image Google Play   Responsive image Facebook

                Grading indicators

                • Gives an appropriate title
                • Writes an
                  Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE

              Grading indicators

              • Uses a variety of
                Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE

            Grading indicators

            • Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE

          Download App and View Complete Answer for FREE