Q1. [5]
If strolling forth, a beast you view,
Whose hide with spots is peppered,
As soon as he has leapt on you,
You'll know it's the leopard.
'Twill do no good to roar with pain,
He'll only lep and lep again.
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option :
- (i) One can find out that it is a leopard by the way it _____. [1]
- (a) leaps
- (b) eats
- (c) looks
- (d) roars
- (ii) State whether the following statement is true or false :
When an animal repeatedly leaps at a person, it is a leopard. [1]
- (iii) Complete the sentence appropriately :
It is clear that repetition is a poetic device used for 'lep and lep again' because _______.
(Clue : explain how repetition is applied here.) [1]
- (iv) The Royal Bengal Tiger has black stripes on yellow skin whereas a leopard has _______. [1]
- (v) Complete the analogy with a word from the extract :
claws : nails :: ? : skin [1]
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2023 2/6/1 Q7(a)
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Model Answer
(i) (a) leaps
(ii) True. The extract states "He'll only lep and lep again," meaning a leopard repeatedly leaps at a person.
(iii) It is clear that repetition is used in 'lep and lep again' because the word 'lep' (leap) is repeated twice in the same line to emphasise that the leopard keeps leaping continuously without stopping.
(iv) A leopard has black spots peppered on its hide (skin), as stated in the extract: "Whose hide with spots is peppered."
(v) claws : nails :: hide : skin
(hide is the word from the extract meaning the skin/outer covering of an animal)
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Explanation
- (i) The leopard is identified by the way it leaps onto you — the extract says "as soon as he has leapt on you, you'll know it's the leopard."
- (ii) Straightforward True/False — the last line directly supports it.
- (iii) For a 1-mark answer on poetic devices, name the device and briefly explain how it applies — don't over-explain.
- (iv) The extract uses the word "hide" and "spots" — use both in your answer for full credit.
- (v) The analogy tests synonyms: claws = nails (both mean sharp tips of fingers/toes); so hide = skin (both mean outer covering). The word "hide" appears directly in the extract.
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