Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 5 Previous Year Questions - The Ball Poem
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Previous Year Questions 2024
Q1: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (2024)
In a world of possessions. People will take Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy. And no one buys a ball back. Money is external He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes, The epistemology of loss, how to stand up Knowing what every man must one day know And most know many days, how to stand up.
(A) Fill in the blank with one word. When the speaker says “People will take balls, Balls will be lost always, little boy”, his tone is _______ .
(B) The poet says that money is external. What inference can be drawn from this statement?
Answer in about 40 words.
(C) Which of the following best describes the speaker’s attitude towards material possessions?
(a) indifferent
(b) emotional
(c) casual
(d) respectful
(D) Identify the poetic device used in “And no one buys a ball back’’.
View AnswerAns:
(A) resigned
(B) The inference drawn from the poet's statement that "money is external" is that material wealth cannot compensate for emotional losses. It suggests that the true value of sentimental possessions cannot be replaced or restored with monetary means.
(C) (d) respectful
(D) The poetic device used in the given line is Alliteration. Alliteration is a poetic device where consecutive words in a sentence or phrase begin with the same consonant sound. Example - buys a ball back.
Q2: You have been chosen to address the school assembly, to speak on the epistemology of loss and the resilience of the human spirit during times of crisis. Prepare the speech draft, with reference to the commonality of themes in The Ball Poem’ by John Berryman and ‘From the Diary of Anne Frank’. (2024)
You may begin this way :
Good morning everyone.
Today, I’d like to discuss two pieces of literature that offer a powerful insight into how to deal with loss and the resilience of the human spirit required during times of crisis.
You may end this way:
To conclude, I’d like to say that _______
Thank you.
View AnswerAns:
Good morning everyone.
Today, I'd like to discuss two pieces of literature that offer a powerful insight into how to deal with loss and the resilience of the human spirit required during times of crisis. In "The Ball Poem" by John Berryman and the excerpt from Anne Frank's diary, we see a common theme of loss and its impact on individuals. In Berryman's poem, a young boy is shown struggling after losing his ball. Comparably, during the turbulent years of World War II, Anne Frank writes in her diary about her feelings of loss and loneliness. These works impart lessons about the struggles of life and the importance of resilience in the face of challenges.
To conclude, I'd like to say that these pieces of literature serve as poignant reminders of our capacity to grow from the challenges that life throws at us rather than giving up.
Thank you.
Previous Year Questions 2023
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:Q3: What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street and then
Merrily over—there it is in the water!
No use to say 'O there are other balls’: (2023)
(i) What does the expression 'what, what is he to do’ denote?
(a) loss of the ball
(b) ask the poet for another ball
(c) boy’s grief over the loss of the ball
(d) go down the street
View AnswerAns: (c)
(ii) State whether the following statement is True or False:
The poet was delighted to watch the ball bouncing down the street into the water.
View AnswerAns: False
(iii) The poet repeats the word 'what’ in order to
View AnswerAns: The poet repeats the word 'what' in order to emphasize on his statement.
(iv) There is no use to say ‘O there are other balls' indicates that the poet feels that it would be ________ to console the boy
(a) helpful
(b) futile
(c) easy
(d) shameful
View AnswerAns: (b)
(v) Which feeling is expressed in the line 'What is the boy now, who has lost his ball'?
(a) regret
(b) cheer
(c) despair
(d) thrill
View AnswerAns: (c)
Previous Year Questions 2021
Q4: After losing his ball, the boy: (Term I, 2021-22)(a) become sad.
(b) felt angry.
(c) learnt a lesson.
(d) went for another ball.
View AnswerAns: (c)
Q5: ‘....... I would not in tru d e on him;
A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. People will take Balls,
balls will be lost always, little boy.
And no one buys a ball back.’ (2021C)
(i) Who is ‘him’?
View AnswerAns: 'Him' refers to the little boy who has lost his ball.
(ii) Why won’t 'I' intrude on ‘him’?
View AnswerAns: 'I' wants him to face the situation.
(iii) 'I' seems to be________ Why does no one buy a ball back?
View AnswerAns: sensible
(iv) Why does no one buy a ball back?
View AnswerAns: The boy should learn to be careful.
(v) Which word is opposite in meaning to the word 'worthless'?
View AnswerAns: valuable
Previous Year Questions 2020
Q6: 'His ball went. I would not intrude on him;A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions.’ (2020C)
(i) The loss of the ball will help the child to understand his________
View AnswerAns: first responsibility
(ii) Giving another ball to the child is ________
View AnswerAns: worthless
(iii) The boy is sad because________
View AnswerAns: he lost his ball
(iv) The ball is called worthless because it costs only ______.
View AnswerAns: a dime
Previous Year Questions 2018
Q7: 'He senses first responsibility’- What responsibility is referred to here? (The Ball Poem). (2018) View AnswerAns: The responsibility referred to here was that of taking care of his things in this world of possessions and learning to cope with loss. The boy must understand that one way or the other, he is always going to lose his most prized possessions. However, he should not feel sorry for his loss.
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