PSEB CLASS 10TH ENGLISH LITERATURE BOOK Ch. 5. How Much Land Does a Man Need? questions and answers
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. The Bashkirs had plenty of ____.
Ans. Land.
2. How much land did Pakhom manage to buy from the estate owner?
Ans. Forty acres.
3. Pakhom was a very ____ man.
Ans. Greedy.
4. Pakhom borrowed some money from his brother-in-law. (T/F)
Ans. True.
5. The two women discussing about village and town life were ____.
Ans. Sisters.
6. Pakhom was dead in the end. (T/F)
Ans. True.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. What did one woman say in defence of rural life? What was the counter argument?
Ans. Rural life was better. The other said that the city life was better.
2. What did the two women discuss? Were they related to each other?
Ans. They discussed city and village life. They were sisters.
3. When the Devil heard Pakhom’s musings, what did he decide?
Ans. The Devil decided to give Pakhom enough land.
4. How did Pakhom manage to put together the money for buying the land?
Ans. Pakhom sold his colt and half of his bees. He took his son’s wages, and borrowed some money.
5. Who were the Bashkirs? How did Pakhom make friends with them?
Ans. They were landlords. Pakhom gave them many gifts.
6. On what condition did the chief agree to sell the land to Pakhom?
Ans. Go, walk around and come back to the starting point before sunset.
7. What is the moral of the story?
Ans. Greed is a curse.
PSEB CLASS 10TH ENGLISH LITERATURE BOOK CHAPTER Ch. 6. Return to Air QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. The instructor threw a tin in the pond. (T/F)
Ans. False.
2. Duck diving means diving into the water in the manner of a ____.
Ans. Duck.
3. Sausage brought a ____ from under the water.
Ans. Tin box.
4. The boy was called ____.
Ans. Sausage.
5. Sausage put his stamp collection in the tin box. (T/F)
Ans. False.
6. Where did Sausage reach while diving?
Ans. At the bottom of the pond.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. What is duck-diving? How is it taught?
Ans. Dive into water like a duck and brings the brick back.
2. Why was the boy called ‘Sausage’?
Ans. Because he was very fat.
3. Why couldn’t Sausage see inside the water?
Ans. Because his eyesight was weak.
4. Why did the boy not like diving?
Ans. Because his eyesight was weak.
5. Why did the water change colours? How did it change colours?
Ans. Because of the intensity of the sunlight.
6. Where did Sausage reach while swimming?
Ans. To the other end of the pond.
7. What did Sausage do with the tin-box?
Ans. He took it to his home. He put his coin-collection in it.
