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What is the significance of the title of the story ‘No Name Woman’ ?

How do you think in the text below, the child’s point of view is represented ? What is the tone of the
author ?

Father, I cannot do the sum,”"Swaminathan said, pushing away the slate.

‘What is the matter with you? You can’t solve a simple problem in simple proportion? ‘We are
not taught this kind of thing in our school.’

‘Get the slate here. I will make you give the answer now.’

Swaminathan waited with interest for the miracle to happen. Father studied the sum for a
second and asked : “What is the price of ten mangoes”

Swaminathan looked over the sum to find out which part of the sum contained an answer to
this question. ‘I don’t know’.

‘You seem to be an extraordinary idiot. Now read the sum. Come on. How much does Rama
expect for ten mangoes 7”

‘Fifteen annas of course,’ Swaminathan thought, but how could that be its price? It was very
well for Rama to expect it in his avarice. But was it the right price? And then there was the
obscure point whether the mangoes are ripe or not. If they were ripe, fifteen annas might not
be an improbable price. If only he could get more light on this point!

How do you think power works in the story “A Hanging” ?
(5 x 6 = 30 marks)

Section C

Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 10 marks.
What are the problems faced by Lora Bohannan, while telling the story of Hamlet to the
Tivelders ?

Based on your reading of the story “The Adivasi will not dance”, explain the ways in which power
deprives the Santhals of their most valued possessions: their land, art, language, culture and
identity.

What type of narration is used in the passage below ? What are the literary elements that are used
? How does Society condition a girl child’s awareness of her position as the other sex in this prose
poem ?

This is how you smile to someone you don’t like too much; this is how you smile to someone you like
completely ; this is how you set a table for tea; this is how you set a table for dinner ; this is how you
set a table for breakfast ; this is how to behave in the presence of men who don’t know you very
well, and this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming;
be sure to wash every day, even if it is with your own spit ; don’t squat down to play marbles-you
are not a boy, you know.

What are the major themes in the story ‘No Name Woman’ ?
(2 x 10 = 20 marks)