KSEEB Karnataka SSLC Solution Class 10 English Second Language – The Blind Boy
Board |
KSEEB (Karnataka Board) |
Exam |
SSLC (Class 10) |
Subject |
English |
Language |
2nd Language |
Chapter |
7 |
Chapter Name |
The Blind Boy |
Topic |
Solution of Question Answer/ Study Material and Notes |
The Blind Boy Class 10 English SSLC Study Material / Notes / Question Answer
Understand the poem
1.) Whose voice is it in the poem?
Answer: A blind boy’s voice is n the poem.
2.) ‘The blessings of the sight’ – line 3. Can you list out a few of them?
Answer: There are uncountable blessings of the sight. Those who have sight can see the sun shining brightly, the beautiful nature, the loved ones. In short, those who have sight are blessed to see the beautiful world around them.
3.) How does a blind person understand whether it is day or night?
Answer: When the blind person is awake, it is day and whenever he is asleep it is night for him.
4.) Read lines 13 and 14. Who is sympathizing with whom?
Answer: The readers are sympathizing with the blind boy. They feel bad for him and give high sighs and express their sorrow by saying that he is unlucky.
5.) How does the blind boy pacify himself ? Quote the lines that suggest this.
Answer: Then let not what I cannot have
My cheer of mind destroy :
Whilst thus I sing, I am a king,
Although a poor blind boy.
Read and appreciate
1.) Who do you think is the person addressed as ‘you’ in the poem?
Answer: “You” in the poem can be addressed to the readers or to the people are blessed with the sight.
2.) Read the first stanza carefully. The tone of the speaker is one of curiosity.
- surprise b. curiosity c. sadness
(choose the appropriate one)
3.) The blind boy can feel warm of the sun. (fill in the blank)
4.) What a normal person can easily understand is almost a riddle to the blind boy. What is it?
Answer: The blessing of the sight that one has is a riddle to the blind boy.
5.) Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.
Answer: First stanza – abab
Second stanza – cbcb
Third stanza – dede
Fourth stanza – fgfg
Fifth stanza – hihi
6.) Match the following and frame appropriate sentences for each phrase thus matched.
Answer: 1. blessings of – sight
2.) cheers of – mind
3.) talk of – wondrous things