Telangana Board Class 10 English Abandoned Question and Answers
Board | Telangana |
Class | 10th |
Subject | English |
Unit | 5 (5C) |
Topic | Solution |
C
Reading
Abandoned
I.) Answer the following questions.
1.) Why are the shrieks of the baby unheard?
Answer: The baby is rejected and thrown away in the dustbin, this shows the act of cruelity by humans. The baby cries loudly but people ignore it. This shows the evil feelings of the humans.
2.) “An outcast of destiny” What is meant by this expression?
Answer: The innocent baby was rejected and thrown away by his family. This also refers that he was not accepted and they wanted to get rid of it so he was thrown away.
3.) What are the physical features of the baby?
Answer: The baby has tiny fingers, labored breath, cyanosed lips, his nose and finger tips are blue with the cold and the weather.
4.) ‘Easy rats’ here means the rats that are caught easily
a) easily available rats.
b) the rats that move easily.
c) the rats that are caught easily.
d) lazy rats.
5.) Who are gnawing at the baby’s ears? Rats or a cat?
Answer: Rats are gnawing at the baby’s ears. They are gnawing with their sharp teeth.
6.) Which of the following statements are true?
a) The cat was eating the baby. True
b) The rats were eating the baby. True
c) The rats were strong enough to drive away the cat. True
d) The baby was dead by the time the cat came. False
e) The rats left the baby to the cat. False
7.) Can you guess who abandoned the baby?
Answer: It must have been the baby’s parents that abandoned the baby. Because they didn’t want it so they left the baby in such horrible situation.
8.) Why do people abandon babies?
Answer: It breaks heart when people commit such crime by abandoning the babies. Babies are another name of the god, and abandoning them is no less than a crime. Some people abandon babies because they don’t want the responsibility to raise the child . Even it is seen that some people don’t want girl baby so they abandon them. Also another reason could be the child before the marriage that people are ashamed of sothey abandon them.
9.) What leads to a bloody chaos?
Answer: The baby is already in blood by the gnawing by the rats. The baby is on the verge of dying. When the cat comes, the rat becomes angry, it does not want the cat to have his food, so both the rat and the cat start having fight and in that the baby lose its life. Both the animals try to have their share of food by hurting the baby and takes its blood.
10.) Comment on the line ” The only sin of the infant — BEING BORN.”
Answer: The poem Abandoned is wrenching presentation of how some of the society can cross all limits of the humanity. The baby is abandoned and thrown mercilessly in the dustbin. It cries and cries but in vain. It had to lose its life. What was the mistake of that little innocent creature? The only fault was that it was born. Taking birth is not is anyone’s control, and babies are next to god. They don’t deserve such inhuman treatment. The crime the baby committed that it was born. I didn’t know what its destiny hold for it.