Some more v.v.i. Questions (100 marks ENGLISH)
Q.1 7 Name four countries with English is used as mother tongue 100 marks
Ans:-Four countries with English is used as mother tongue are England, Australia, U.S.A., Newzealand etc.
Q.18 what has made English ‘‘the most gloriously impure language?
Ans:-Borrowing habit of English from many European languages had made English the most gloriously impure language many
new words were borrowed from latin, Spanish, Italian and French language.
Q.19 Which work is considered the pioneer of modern novel ?
Ans: - The pilgrim’s progress is considered the pioneer of the modern novel.
Q.20. Write briefly about the dialects of Middle English
Ans: - The Middle English had five dialects. They were known as Northern, Southern, East Midland, west Midland and Kentish.
The Nothumbrian of old English is now called Northern, west-Saxon is now southern and Mercian is divided into two dialects
which came to be known as East Midland dialect.
Q21. Name four countries where English is used as a second language.
Ans: - India, Singapore, Malaysia are the four countries where English is used as a second language.
Q.22. Name any five Indian English novelists-/Indo- Anglian writers.
Ans:- R.K. Narayan, Raja Ram, Mohan Ray, Mulk Ray Aanand, Anita Desai, Arundhati Rai are five Indian English novelists.
Summary
1. The Earth 2. A child is born 3.The artist 4. India through traveler’s eyes 5. How free is the press
Poem:- 1.My grandmother’s house (VVI), 2. fire hymn 3.The soldier , 4.ode to autumn , 5. Snake
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) in India
Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) in India
Manohar Malgoankar (1913-2010) in India
Martin luther king jr.(1929- 1968 ) in America(U.S.A)
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) in Britain(England) Shiga naoga (1883-1971) in Japan
H.E. Bates (1905-1974) in England
Pearl s. buck (1892-1973) in America (u.s.a.)
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) Russia Rupert brooke (1887-1915) in England
T.S.Eliot (1888-1965) U.S.A.
Keki n daruwala(1937) in Pakistan
D.H.Laurance (1885-1930) ENGLAND Kamla das(1934-2009) in India