Gujarat Board | Class 10Th | English (Blackbuck-Supplementary Reader) | Model Question Paper & Solution | Chapter – 3 Story Time

1. A small talking dog was a big success when it came to a theatre. It told jokes, sang songs and did a lot of other funny items on the stage.

But while it was singing a song, a bigger dog came into the theatre, stopped, listened for a few moments and then ran up and jumped on the dog small talking dog and carried it off the stage. Just as the two animals were disappearing behind the curtains at the side of the stage, the small talking dog said, “I am sorry about this, everybody! This is my mother. She doesn’t want me to be an actor. She wants me to become a doctor.”

(1) Why was the small dog a big success?

(2) What did the big dog do?

(3) Who was the big dog?

(4) What did the mother want the small dog to become?

(5) What did the small dog want to become?

(1) The small dog was a big success because it told jokes, sang songs and did a lot of other funny items on the stage.

(2) The big dog came jumped on the small talking dog and carried it off the stage.

(3) The big dog was the small dog’s mother.

(4) The mother wanted the small dog to become a doctor.

(5) The small dog wanted to become an actor.

2. A warrior killed his master. He repented immediately but the deed was done and he knew that if he was caught he would be put to death. So he ran away.

He reached a remote village that was separated from the rest of the world by a mountain. The murderer decided to repent for his sin by single-handedly cutting a road through the mountain to connect the village with the rest of the world.

He worked from dawn to dusk and in four years had made halfway into the mountain. One morning when he was hard at work in the tunnel, a young man called out to him to come out. He was the son of the man who was murdered. He wanted revenge.

“I deserve to die,” said the former warrior. “Kill me by all means but wait until I’ve completed this tunnel.”

(1) Why did the warrior repent?

(2) Why did he run away?

(3) Where did he reach?

(4) How did he decide to repent for his sin?

(5) Who came to meet the warrior?

(6) What was the result of the warrior’s hard work of four years?

(7) Why did the young man come to the warrior?

(8) What did the warrior request the young man?

(1) The warrior repented because he had killed his master.

(2) He ran away because he knew that if he Iwas caught, he would be put to death.

(3) He reached a remote village that was separated from the rest of the world by a mountain.

(4) He decided to repent for his sin by single-handedly cutting a road through the mountain to connect the village with the rest of the world.

(5) The master’s son came to meet the warrior.

(6) As a result of the warrior’s hard work of four years, he had made a road halfway into the mountain.

(7) The young man came to the warrior to take revenge of his father’s murder.

(8) The warrior requested the young man to wait until he had completed the tunnel.

3. He watched fascinated as day after day the warrior laboured at a seemingly impossible task. The young man began to develop respect for his enemy’s determination. Eventually he found himself helping the man- digging side by side with him and carrying out the stone.

Years passed and then one day the two men broke through to the other side. The mountain was conquered at last and the centuries-old isolation of the village ended.

“Now, I am ready to die,” said the warrior, kneeling before the young man. “Cleave my head in two.”

The youth raised his sword so that his father’s death could be avenged. But he could not bring himself to do it. Slowly he lowered his sword.

“You’re a murderer,” he said. “But I’ve learnt much from you in these last few years. How can I kill my teacher?”

And he put his sword back and walked away.

(1) What did the young man watch with fascination?

(2) For what did the young man develop respect?

(3) How did the young man help the warrior?

(4) What was the result of the hard of the two men?

(5) What did the warrior say when the road was completed?

(6) Why could the youth not kill the warrior?

(1) The young man watched with fascination how the warrior worked hard to achieve a seemingly impossible task.

(2) The young man developed respect for his enemy’s determination.

(3) The young man helped the warrior by digging side by side with him and carrying out the stones.

(4) As a result of the hard work of the two men, the centuries-old isolation of the village ended.

(5) When the road was completed the warrior said that he was ready to die.

(6) The youth could not kill the warrior because he had learnt a lot from him in the past few years and he could not kill his teacher.

A. disperse

B. go away

C. see

D. appear

Ans. B. go away

A. summit

B. peek

C. view

D. valley

Ans. A. summit

A. endangered

B. terror

C. safe

D. unsafe

Ans. D. unsafe

A. agitatedly

B. loudly

C. coolly

D. noisily

Ans. C. coolly

A. unusual

B. usual

C. common

D. more

Ans. A. unusual

A. engineer

B. pilot

C. soldier

D. policeman

Ans. C. soldier

A. be anxious

B. be sad

C. be happy

D. be sorry

Ans. D. be sorry

Ans. A. action

A. nearby

B. far off

C. overseas

D. overboard

Ans. B. far off

A. win

B. overcome

C. be unworthy of

D. be worthy of

Ans. D. be worthy of

A. more work

B. less work

C. hard work

D. no work

Ans. C. hard work

A. job

B. charge

C. duty

D. service

Ans. A. job

A. finally

B. usually

C. calmly

D. extremely

Ans. A. finally

A. strength of body

B. strength of mind

C. weakness

D. illness

Ans. B. strength of mind

A. gathering

B. separation

C. meeting

D. island

Ans. B. separation

A. cave

B. hill

C. cut

D. join

Ans. C. cut