The Address-

Short Answer type questions-

1. What makes the narrator to Mrs Dorling’s house twice? What was her experience there?
2. How the narrator was convinced that she had come to the right address and met Mrs Dorling?
3. Why did the narrator leave Mrs Dorling’s house in such a hurry?
4. If the address of Mrs Dorling’s house was correct, why did the narrator resolve to forget it?
5. Why did Mrs S allow Mrs Dorling to take away all her precious things to her house? Why didn’t the
narrator object to it in time?
Detailed Answer Type Questions- to be answered in about 100 -150 words

1. Discuss the aptness and significance of the title of the story The Address.

2. Give a brief character-sketch of Mrs S’s daughter.

3. Who was Mrs Dorling? What did the narrator learn about her from her mother?

Ranga’s Marriage

Short Answer type questions-

1. What were Ranga’s views on the selection of a bride and marriage in general?

2. Why was Ranga’s homecoming a great event?

3. Why did the narrator resolve to get Ranga married?
4. How did Ranga and Ratna express their gratitude to the narrator?
5. Why did the narrator tell a lie about Ratna’s marital status?

Detailed Answer Type Questions- to be answered in about 100 -150 words

1. Why and how does the narrator conspire to get Ranga married?
2. Briefly narrate the main events of the story ‘Ranga’s Marriage’.
3. Give a brief account of Ranga’s education, his views on marriage and finally how he got married.

Discovering Tut

Short Answer type questions-

1. When did Tut die? Where was he laid to rest? When was his mummy discovered?
2. Who were called Pharaohs? Where were they laid to rest? How many of their embalmed dead bodies
have been counted so far?
3. What has been the role of Howard Carter in the discovery of Tut?
4. What startling facts were revealed when a professor X-rayed Tut’s mummy?
5. Akhenaten went a little wacky. What did he do to earn such censure?

Detailed Answer Type Questions- to be answered in about 100 -150 words-

1. How did science help collect information about King Tut’s mummy, his life and death in mysterious
circumstances?
2. What problems did Howard Carter face with regard to Tut’s mummy? How did he solve them?
3. Who was Tut? Why is his life as well as death wrapped in mystery?
4. The lesson ‘Discovering Tut’ allows us a peep into the past or history. For many, history is a dry subject
but its study does make us wiser. What do you think?