Class 10 English Chapter 4 Previous Year Questions - From the Diary of Anne Frank

Ans: (a)
Mr. Keesing is identified as Anne’s English teacher in The Diary of a Young Girl.

Ans: (b)
Anne’s primary habit that Mr. Keesing addresses is her talking too much.

Ans: trait
"Trait" aligns with the characteristic term here.

Ans: (d)
Anne mentions that her mother was also talkative, suggesting a possible influence but not a direct inheritance.

Ans: (c)
This option is a reasonable opposite of "under control."

Ans: (a)
Anne explains that she started her diary because she had no true confidant.

Ans: (a)
The correct answer is (a) a real friend as her diary itself, named "Kitty," is considered Anne’s confidant.

Ans: (a)
From the Diary of Anne Frank, Anne expresses that "Paper has more patience than people" because she feels she can confide anything in her diary without being judged or interrupted, unlike with people who may not always listen with patience.

Ans: (d)
Mr. Keesing, Anne’s teacher, was annoyed with her because she talked a lot in class, which he found disruptive. Her talkative nature led him to assign her extra homework as a punishment.

Ans: Anne had a habit of making retorts or cracking jokes in Mr Keesing’s class. She wrote that it was fortunate Mr Keesing took the joke the right way because as a teacher Mr Keesing was not expected to humour jokes in the class and could take disciplinarian actions against Anne. But Mr Keesing being the kind lenient teacher not only laughed at her joke but also spared her any extra homework or assignment which he usually does when Anne was super talkative. 

Ans: Anne regarded her diary as her long-awaited friend. She considered it as one with whom she could share her deepest feelings and it would not judge Anne or find her talkative. She named it ‘Kitty’.