Class 10 English (Kumarbharati) – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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In his Nobel Peace Prize speech in 'Let's March', what did Kailash Satyarthi keep in the hall as a reminder of the children left behind?
Chapter 11: Let's March
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Answer: C. an empty chair
He says he kept an empty chair there to remind everyone of the millions of children who are left behind.According to the lesson 'Stephen Hawking', which book, published in 1988, made him famous all over the world?
Chapter 15: Stephen Hawking
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Answer: A. A Brief History of Time
In 1988 Hawking rose to international fame with 'A Brief History of Time'; the other books came later (2001, 2005, 2010).In 'The Concert', where was Pandit Ravi Shankar going to play, as Smita read in the newspaper?
Chapter 18: The Concert
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Answer: D. at the Shanmukhananda auditorium
Smita excitedly reads that Pandit Ravi Shankar is playing the next day at the Shanmukhananda auditorium.John Keats's 'A Thing of Beauty is a Joy For Ever' is the first stanza of which longer poem?
Chapter 19: A Thing of Beauty is a Joy For Ever
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Answer: B. Endymion
The introduction says the poem is the first stanza of Keats's longer poem 'Endymion', based on Greek mythology.According to 'World Heritage', the building of which dam in Egypt threatened to flood the valley with the Abu Simbel temples?
Chapter 21: World Heritage
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Answer: A. the Aswan High Dam
Egypt's plan for the Aswan High Dam on the Nile would have flooded the Abu Simbel valley, so UNESCO moved the temples to higher ground.In 'The Height of the Ridiculous', for how long did the poet watch his servant after the servant tumbled in a fit?
Chapter 22: The Height of the Ridiculous
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Answer: C. ten days and nights
The poet says, 'Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye, I watched that wretched man.'In the book review of 'The Old Man and The Sea', for how many days had the old fisherman been unable to catch any fish?
Chapter 23: The Old Man and The Sea: Book Review
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Answer: D. eighty-four days
The review says the old Cuban fisherman had caught no fish for eighty-four days.In 'The Gift of the Magi', what Christmas present did Jim bring for Della?
Chapter 24: The Gift of the Magi
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Answer: B. a set of tortoise-shell combs
Jim's package held the set of pure tortoise-shell combs Della had admired in a Broadway window; the fob chain was Della's gift to Jim.Choose the positive degree of: 'Anant played the sitar better than Smita.'
Chapter 25: Grammar: Tenses, Voice and Do as Directed
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Answer: C. Smita did not play the sitar as well as Anant.
In the positive degree we say the weaker one is 'not as good/well as' the stronger one, keeping the meaning the same.Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to 'pithy', used for Hemingway's language in the book review.
Chapter 26: Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms
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Answer: A. brief and forceful
The glossary explains 'pithy' as brief and full of vigour, i.e. short and forceful.
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All questions are written by PadhaiNotes in our own words from the chapters of the official Maharashtra State Board Balbharati textbook (ebalbharati.in). Each question shows its chapter.