KSEEB Karnataka SSLC Solution Class 10 English First Language – Treasure Island
Board |
KSEEB (Karnataka Board) |
Exam |
SSLC (Class 10) |
Subject |
English |
Language |
1st Language |
Part |
1 |
Chapter |
1 |
Chapter Name |
Treasure Island |
Topic and Notes |
Solution of Question Answer/ Study Material |
Treasure Island Class 10 English SSLC Study Material / Notes / Question Answer
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Treasure Island
II.) COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS :
A.) Answer briefly the following questions :
1.) What was Admiral Benbow?
Answer: Admiral Benbow was an inn in a small bay in the West of England which was managed by Jim Hawkins’ father and mother.
2.) Who was the guest who took up a room in Admiral Benbow?
Answer: Billy, a wizened old seaman, was the guest who took up a room in Admiral Benbow.
3.) What was his cherished possession?
Answer: His cherish possession was an old sea-chest.
4.) Why did he give Jim four pence?
Answer: He gave Jim four pence to look-out for a seafaring man with one leg.
5.) Why was Billy looking out to sea every evening?
Answer: Billy was looking out to sea every evening because he was afraid that pirates of Captain Flint’s crew were coming there to steal his old sea-chest.
6.) Describe the encounter between Billy and the mysterious seafaring man.
Answer: There was a fight between Billy and the mysterious seafaring man. The mysterious man was put to flight but Billy was left lying gasping on the floor.
7.) What is the black spot?
Answer: The black spot was a pirate summons.
8.) What did Jim and his mother take from Billy’s sea-chest before they fled the inn?
Answer: Jim and his mother took as much coins as to cover the old pirate’s rent, and not a half penny more. Jim found an intriguing bundle of papers, wrapped in oilcloth, which he pocketed as payment for his services.
9.) What important document did the bundle of papers contain?
Answer: The papers contained a treasure map, showing where the Captain Flint had buried all his looted treasure.
10.) Who did Jim give it to?
Answer: Jim gave it to Squire Trelawney and the Doctor.
11.) How did Blind Pew die?
Answer: When the pirates were escaping, one of the revenue officers’ horses knocked down Blind Pew and he fell down.
12.) What arrangement did Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey make for a voyage for treasure hunt?
Answer: The squire travelled to Bristol, where he bought a fine schooner called The Hispaniola, as well as hiring a sea-captain. The ship’s cook was to be a one-legged old sailor called Long John Silver, who had given Squire Trelawney invaluable help in picking the rest of the crew.
13.) There are two Captain Flints in the story. Who are they?
Answer: The first Captain was Captain Flint who buried the treasure on the treasure- Island. The second one is Long John Silver’s parrot which squawks “ “Pieces of eight … Pieces of eight!”
14.) Who was nicknamed Barbecue? Why?
Answer: Long John Silver’s nickname was Barbecue. He was called so because he was the cook on board the Hispaniola.
15.) Why was Capt. Smollett unhappy?
Answer: Capt. Smollett was unhappy because he had had no hand in choosing his crew, and was unhappier still that everyone knew that they were sailing for treasure.
16.) What was John Silver’s treacherous plan?
Answer: John Silver’s treacherous plan was to kill the quire and the doctor once the treasure was found.
17.) How did Jim come to know about it?
Answer: One evening, Jim went looking for an apple to eat and it was then he happened to climb right into the nearly empty apple-barrel. While hidden inside it, he overheard a conversation between Long John Silver and the ship’s coxswain.
18.) Why did Capt. Smollett say that the odds were stacked against their survival?
Answer: There were only seven out of the twenty-six people aboard the ship that could be rely on so Capt. Smollett said that the odds were stacked against their survival.
19.) How does Jim manage to escape to the island?
Answer: When the ship was the anchor, acting more on instinct than anything else, Jim hid himself aboard the boat that rowed ashore, and, as soon as the coast was clear, made a run for the shelter of the nearby undergrowth.
20.) Who is Ben Gunn?
Answer: When Jim was running away from John Silver who had stabbed a pirate, he stopped to saw a wild-looking man, dressed all in rags. He said that he was Ben Gunn.
21.) Why and how was Ben left marooned on the island?
Answer: Ben was on Captain Flint’s ship when the treasure was buried. The wicked pirate had taken six men ashore with him to hide the booty, and murdered them all so its location remained a secret. Ben had returned on another ship to look for the treasure three years back, but when they could not find it, his ship-mates left him marooned on the island.
22.) Why did Capt. Smollett and others consider the stockade an ideal place for them?
Answer: When they reached the shore, Captain Smollett and others saw a sturdy log cabin ,with loopholes for muskets in its walls, protected by a perimeter fence of stout wooden paling, six-feet high. They decided this was as good a place as any to make a stand against the pirates.
23.) What was Silver’s demand for a truce? What was Capt. Smollett’s response?
Answer: Long John Silver offered to spare the defender’s lives if they gave him the treasure map. Captain Smollett refused him point blank, saying the pirate’s word was not worth a rotten ship’s biscuit, and that they had no intention of giving up the treasure map anyway.
24.) What was the result of the attack of the pirates on the stockade?
Answer: When the pirates attacked the stockade, the defenders retreated into the log cabin, from which they exchanged musket fire with the pirates.Suddenly, several attackers swarmed over the perimeter fence. Two were shot down, one retreated, but four of them made it do the cabin wall, where they were able to shoot in through the building’s loopholes at will. Realising the tables had been turned, the defenders rushed outside and fought the pirates hand-to-hand.A few minutes later the pirates lay dead, but two of the squire’s men had perished as well, and the captain was wounded.
25.) What surprise awaited Jim when he returned to the stockade?
Answer: When Jim returned to the stockade, he was shocked to see Long John Silver and the pirates who greeted him. For some reason, the doctor had given it up to them, along with the treasure map.
26.) Give any two examples of Jim’s acts of bravery.
Answer: Jim’s first act of bravery was when he uncovered the plot of John Silver and the other pirates and it was he who had taken the ship. Another act of Jim’s bravery was when he shot down his attacker on board the Hispaniola.
27.) On what condition was Silver willing to surrender to Capt. Smollett?
Answer: Silver was willing to surrender to Capt. Smollett if he was given the promise of lenient treatment.
28.) Why did the pirates serve the black spot on Silver?
Answer: The pirates were very angry at losing so many men and being marooned, so he gave Long John Silver the black spot on Silver.
29.) Why had the doctor given the pirates the stockade and the treasure map?
Answer: When the doctor had gone to find Ben Gunn, he learned that Ben had already found the treasure and taken it to his cave, and also saw that the ship had vanished, he gave the pirates the treasure map, which was now useless, and let them have the stockade, where he was sure they would go down with malaria.
30.) Why did the pirates accuse Silver and Jim of treachery?
Answer: The pirates, Silver and Jim went to the giant tree that marked the spot where Captain Flint had buried the bulk of his treasure. It was then that they saw a gaping hole under the tree in the ground, which had been dug several months ago. The despairing pirates dug the earth at the bottom of the hole with their bare hands, but the treasure had gone. Then they turned on Long John Silver and Jim, accusing them of treachery,
31.) Why did the captain want to sail to the Spanish Americas?
Answer: The captain wanted to sail to the Spanish Americas because they were short of men and couldn’t take on more men in the nearby Spanish Americas.
32.) What did Silver do in the end?
Answer: When they reached the mainland, Long John Silver managed to slip off board, taking with him some 400 in coins.
B.) Discuss in groups of four each the following questions :
1.) The story has a galaxy of interesting characters. Which of the characters do you like the most? Why?
Answer: I like Jim and Ben Gunn’s characters. I like Jim’s alertness in every situation. It was because of his conscious efforts that brought the ship back to the safety all by himself by killing his attacker. It is because of his cleverness that he used the map and went to the right people.
Another character is of Ben Gunn who successfully survived on the island for three years. He was a member of Captain Flint’s team and knows about the treasure. He took efforts and managed to survive and get fair share of the treasure.
2.) The story also has many interesting incidents. Which of those incidents do you like the most? Why?
Answer: The fight between the pirates and the squire’s group which revealed the true colors.
Jim’s risk of taking the ship all alone. His bold act of killing his attacker and takes ship to a safe place.