Textbook Solutions: Three Questions | English Kumarbharati Class 10 (Maharashtra SSC Board) PDF Download

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Chapter 2.2: Three Questions 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 50 - 51] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 50 
Expressions in English classified under different heads. Pair up with your 
partner, guess, and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.) 
 
A   B 
(1) Principle (a) a generally accepted, evident, truth 
(2) Quotation (b) short striking messages for the public 
(3) Moral (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(4) Idioms (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(5) Slogans (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same as individual words 
(6) One-liners (f) words cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(7) Maxims (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(8) Proverb (h) a rule to govern one’s behaviour 
 
SOLUTION 
 
A  
B 
(1) Principle (h) a rule to govern one's behavior 
(2) Quotation (f) word cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(3) Moral (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(4) Idioms (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same meaning as the individual words 
(5) Slogans (b) short striking messages for the public 
(6) One-liner (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(7) Maxims (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(8) Proverb (a) a generally accepted, evident truth 
 
 
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Chapter 2.2: Three Questions 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 50 - 51] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 50 
Expressions in English classified under different heads. Pair up with your 
partner, guess, and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.) 
 
A   B 
(1) Principle (a) a generally accepted, evident, truth 
(2) Quotation (b) short striking messages for the public 
(3) Moral (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(4) Idioms (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(5) Slogans (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same as individual words 
(6) One-liners (f) words cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(7) Maxims (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(8) Proverb (h) a rule to govern one’s behaviour 
 
SOLUTION 
 
A  
B 
(1) Principle (h) a rule to govern one's behavior 
(2) Quotation (f) word cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(3) Moral (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(4) Idioms (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same meaning as the individual words 
(5) Slogans (b) short striking messages for the public 
(6) One-liner (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(7) Maxims (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(8) Proverb (a) a generally accepted, evident truth 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 2.1 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Could you lend me your dictionary? Accept (1) __________ 
Refuse (2) __________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, here it is 
Refuse (2) I'm sorry, I can't. I am using it now. 
Warming Up | Q 2.2 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Can you please pass the salad? Accept (1) ________ 
Refuse (2) ________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Sure! 
Accept (2) Here you are, 
Warming Up | Q 2.3 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
May I know the exact time? Accept (1) ____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Right now it is exactly ten to six. 
Accept (2) It's 10 minutes past 5. 
Warming Up | Q 2.4 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Shall we plan a class-picnic? Agree (1) _____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, let's! 
Refuse (2) Not now: I'm going to my native place or a month. 
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Chapter 2.2: Three Questions 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 50 - 51] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 50 
Expressions in English classified under different heads. Pair up with your 
partner, guess, and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.) 
 
A   B 
(1) Principle (a) a generally accepted, evident, truth 
(2) Quotation (b) short striking messages for the public 
(3) Moral (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(4) Idioms (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(5) Slogans (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same as individual words 
(6) One-liners (f) words cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(7) Maxims (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(8) Proverb (h) a rule to govern one’s behaviour 
 
SOLUTION 
 
A  
B 
(1) Principle (h) a rule to govern one's behavior 
(2) Quotation (f) word cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(3) Moral (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(4) Idioms (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same meaning as the individual words 
(5) Slogans (b) short striking messages for the public 
(6) One-liner (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(7) Maxims (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(8) Proverb (a) a generally accepted, evident truth 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 2.1 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Could you lend me your dictionary? Accept (1) __________ 
Refuse (2) __________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, here it is 
Refuse (2) I'm sorry, I can't. I am using it now. 
Warming Up | Q 2.2 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Can you please pass the salad? Accept (1) ________ 
Refuse (2) ________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Sure! 
Accept (2) Here you are, 
Warming Up | Q 2.3 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
May I know the exact time? Accept (1) ____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Right now it is exactly ten to six. 
Accept (2) It's 10 minutes past 5. 
Warming Up | Q 2.4 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Shall we plan a class-picnic? Agree (1) _____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, let's! 
Refuse (2) Not now: I'm going to my native place or a month. 
Warming Up | Q 2.5 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Do you need help? Accept (1) ___________ 
Refuse (2) ___________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, please. 
Refuse (2) It's all right, thank you. I can manage. 
Warming Up | Q 2.6 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Is it alright if I use your laptop? Accept (1) ____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, I can spare it for an hour. 
Refuse (2) Well... could you wait some time? have some things I need to complete. 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 51 
Let’s see if you remember a nursery rhyme you must have sung, as a kid : 
 
Fill in the missing words : 
‘The time to be happy is ___________________ 
The ___________________ to be happy is here. And the way to be 
__________________ is to _________________ someone happy And have a little 
_______________ right here !’ 
(happy, make, heaven, now, place) 
(You can listen to this song on the internet.) 
 
SOLUTION 
The time to be happy is now. 
The place to be happy is here. And the way to be happy is to make someone happy. 
And have a little heaven right here! 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 55 - 60] 
 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The people convinced the King to make a proclamation. 
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Chapter 2.2: Three Questions 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 50 - 51] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 50 
Expressions in English classified under different heads. Pair up with your 
partner, guess, and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.) 
 
A   B 
(1) Principle (a) a generally accepted, evident, truth 
(2) Quotation (b) short striking messages for the public 
(3) Moral (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(4) Idioms (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(5) Slogans (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same as individual words 
(6) One-liners (f) words cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(7) Maxims (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(8) Proverb (h) a rule to govern one’s behaviour 
 
SOLUTION 
 
A  
B 
(1) Principle (h) a rule to govern one's behavior 
(2) Quotation (f) word cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(3) Moral (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(4) Idioms (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same meaning as the individual words 
(5) Slogans (b) short striking messages for the public 
(6) One-liner (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(7) Maxims (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(8) Proverb (a) a generally accepted, evident truth 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 2.1 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Could you lend me your dictionary? Accept (1) __________ 
Refuse (2) __________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, here it is 
Refuse (2) I'm sorry, I can't. I am using it now. 
Warming Up | Q 2.2 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Can you please pass the salad? Accept (1) ________ 
Refuse (2) ________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Sure! 
Accept (2) Here you are, 
Warming Up | Q 2.3 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
May I know the exact time? Accept (1) ____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Right now it is exactly ten to six. 
Accept (2) It's 10 minutes past 5. 
Warming Up | Q 2.4 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Shall we plan a class-picnic? Agree (1) _____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, let's! 
Refuse (2) Not now: I'm going to my native place or a month. 
Warming Up | Q 2.5 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Do you need help? Accept (1) ___________ 
Refuse (2) ___________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, please. 
Refuse (2) It's all right, thank you. I can manage. 
Warming Up | Q 2.6 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Is it alright if I use your laptop? Accept (1) ____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, I can spare it for an hour. 
Refuse (2) Well... could you wait some time? have some things I need to complete. 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 51 
Let’s see if you remember a nursery rhyme you must have sung, as a kid : 
 
Fill in the missing words : 
‘The time to be happy is ___________________ 
The ___________________ to be happy is here. And the way to be 
__________________ is to _________________ someone happy And have a little 
_______________ right here !’ 
(happy, make, heaven, now, place) 
(You can listen to this song on the internet.) 
 
SOLUTION 
The time to be happy is now. 
The place to be happy is here. And the way to be happy is to make someone happy. 
And have a little heaven right here! 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 55 - 60] 
 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The people convinced the King to make a proclamation. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The people convinced the King to make a proclamation - False. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The hermit spoke usually to everyone. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The hermit spoke usually to everyone - False. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The King received all answers from the hermit. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The King received all answers from the hermit - True. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (d) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The person the King saved and helped was his enemy. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The person the King saved and helped was his enemy -  True. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (e) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
To do good to people is the purpose of our life. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
To do good to people is the purpose of our life - True. 
English Workshop | Q 2 | Page 56 
 
Match the titles with the contents of the proper paragraph. 
 
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Chapter 2.2: Three Questions 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 50 - 51] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 50 
Expressions in English classified under different heads. Pair up with your 
partner, guess, and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.) 
 
A   B 
(1) Principle (a) a generally accepted, evident, truth 
(2) Quotation (b) short striking messages for the public 
(3) Moral (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(4) Idioms (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(5) Slogans (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same as individual words 
(6) One-liners (f) words cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(7) Maxims (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(8) Proverb (h) a rule to govern one’s behaviour 
 
SOLUTION 
 
A  
B 
(1) Principle (h) a rule to govern one's behavior 
(2) Quotation (f) word cited from a speech/text of a famous person 
(3) Moral (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience 
(4) Idioms (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the 
same meaning as the individual words 
(5) Slogans (b) short striking messages for the public 
(6) One-liner (c) a short witty remark stating the truth 
(7) Maxims (d) a popular, well-known truth 
(8) Proverb (a) a generally accepted, evident truth 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 2.1 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Could you lend me your dictionary? Accept (1) __________ 
Refuse (2) __________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, here it is 
Refuse (2) I'm sorry, I can't. I am using it now. 
Warming Up | Q 2.2 | Page 50 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Can you please pass the salad? Accept (1) ________ 
Refuse (2) ________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Sure! 
Accept (2) Here you are, 
Warming Up | Q 2.3 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
May I know the exact time? Accept (1) ____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Right now it is exactly ten to six. 
Accept (2) It's 10 minutes past 5. 
Warming Up | Q 2.4 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Shall we plan a class-picnic? Agree (1) _____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, let's! 
Refuse (2) Not now: I'm going to my native place or a month. 
Warming Up | Q 2.5 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Do you need help? Accept (1) ___________ 
Refuse (2) ___________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, please. 
Refuse (2) It's all right, thank you. I can manage. 
Warming Up | Q 2.6 | Page 51 
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure 
they are polite and not repeated. 
 
Is it alright if I use your laptop? Accept (1) ____________ 
Refuse (2) ____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Accept (1) Yes, I can spare it for an hour. 
Refuse (2) Well... could you wait some time? have some things I need to complete. 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 51 
Let’s see if you remember a nursery rhyme you must have sung, as a kid : 
 
Fill in the missing words : 
‘The time to be happy is ___________________ 
The ___________________ to be happy is here. And the way to be 
__________________ is to _________________ someone happy And have a little 
_______________ right here !’ 
(happy, make, heaven, now, place) 
(You can listen to this song on the internet.) 
 
SOLUTION 
The time to be happy is now. 
The place to be happy is here. And the way to be happy is to make someone happy. 
And have a little heaven right here! 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 55 - 60] 
 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The people convinced the King to make a proclamation. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The people convinced the King to make a proclamation - False. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The hermit spoke usually to everyone. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The hermit spoke usually to everyone - False. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The King received all answers from the hermit. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The King received all answers from the hermit - True. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (d) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
The person the King saved and helped was his enemy. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
The person the King saved and helped was his enemy -  True. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (e) | Page 55 
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false. 
To do good to people is the purpose of our life. 
1. True 
2. False 
 
SOLUTION 
To do good to people is the purpose of our life - True. 
English Workshop | Q 2 | Page 56 
 
Match the titles with the contents of the proper paragraph. 
 
1. Once a certain king . . . important to do. a King gains a friend. 
2. Many learned people . . . time for 
everything. 
b The wounded stranger. 
3. Equally varied . . . gave the reward to 
none. 
c King helps the hermit. 
4. When the King arrived, . . . my first 
attention. 
d The stranger begs for pardon. 
5. The hermit listened . . . continued to 
dig. 
e The hermit points out answers. 
6. The King turned round . . . gave it to 
him. 
f Stranger’s vicious intention. 
7. Meanwhile the sun . . . said the King. g Questions remain unanswered. 
8. “You do not know . . . all my life. h The king received various 
answers. 
9. The King was very glad . . . the day 
before. 
i King’s announcement. 
10. “Do you not see?” . . . sent into this 
life!” 
j The King meets the hermit. 
 
SOLUTION 
 
1. Once a certain king . . . important to do. i King’s announcement. 
2. Many learned people . . . time for 
everything. 
h The king received various 
answers. 
3. Equally varied . . . gave the reward to 
none. 
g Questions remain unanswered. 
4. When the King arrived, . . . my first 
attention. 
j The King meets the hermit. 
5. The hermit listened . . . continued to dig. c King helps the hermit. 
6. The King turned round . . . gave it to him. b The wounded stranger. 
7. Meanwhile the sun . . . said the King. d The stranger begs for pardon. 
8. “You do not know . . . all my life. f Stranger’s vicious intention. 
9. The King was very glad . . . the day before. a King gains a friend. 
10. “Do you not see?” . . . sent into this life!” e The hermit points out answers.