These are answers to the textbook activities of the chapter ‘The Will to Win’ (Class 10 English, Kumarbharati). They were written with AI help and checked against the textbook.
The Will to Win – Textbook Questions and Answers | Class 10 English
Written board papers, 40 marks and 2 hours each: Science & Technology Part 1 and 2, Algebra, Geometry and more.
Sections
| Warming Up | 5 questions | |
| English Workshop | 22 questions |
Chapters covered
Instructions
Solve on paper with a timer, then check against the solutions.
Warming Up
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You may have lost the match; but
- (A) It is important that you start fighting with your opponent.
- (B) It is important to have the will to win.
- (C) It is important that you blame the organizers for the rough ground.
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Success is always measured by:
- (A) Ability to pounce upon the opponent and fight with full force.
- (B) Match fixing before the match begins.
- (C) Ability to bounce back after a fall.
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For attaining success, we need to:
- (A) Sleep day in and day out and dream about success.
- (B) Scheme out things to make the opponent fall.
- (C) Work hard day and night for it.
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How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes with the essential qualities required for success. (One is given: hard work.)
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Write 5 proverbs/quotations related to the importance of having a strong will-power.
English Workshop
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In order to achieve success the poet wants us to (a) ____ (b) ____ (c) ____.
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Write as many phrases as you can using ‘enough’ and use them in sentences. (Example: good enough)
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What does the word ‘scheme’ mean here?
- (A) Housing colony
- (B) Goal in life
- (C) Rhyme pattern
- (D) Plan of action
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Do you think the line ‘Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it’ means that one should be ‘desperate’ or ‘restless’ to achieve one’s goal? Explain your opinion.
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Find the appropriate meanings of the following lines: (a) To go out and fight for it. (b) If you gladly sweat for, fret for and plan for it. (c) Lose all your terror of opposition for it. (d) With all your capacity, strength and sagacity.
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Complete the web showing all those things that can turn one away from one’s efforts towards a goal.
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Find the line from the poem which means: become crazy for the goal.
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Find the line from the poem which means: toil hard happily.
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Find the line from the poem which means: get rid of all fears.
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Find the line from the poem which means: make efforts continuously.
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Find the line from the poem which means: extremely poor condition.
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Make a list of all the hurdles mentioned in the poem that keep us away from achieving our goal. (One is given: sickness.)
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Make a list of words and phrases showing strengths (A) and weaknesses (B). (Done for you: work day and night; sickness.)
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State whether the statements are true or false; correct the false ones: (a) If you want a thing you should not give up your sleep. (b) You should be afraid of your opposition. (c) Cold or poverty cannot keep you away from achieving your goal. (d) You can achieve your goal with the help of God. (e) Life will not seem useless and worthless without achieving your goal.
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Complete the web: the poet wants us to ... (one is given: give up our sleep).
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Match the phrases (A) with the lines (B): (1) Toil hard (2) Get rid of all fears (3) Extremely poor condition (4) Need desperately; (a) If you want a thing bad enough... (b) If neither cold or poverty, famished... (c) To work day and night for it. (d) Lose all your terror of the opposition for it.
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Every stanza begins with the word ‘if’. How does it add to the effectiveness of the poem?
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Pick out two examples of ‘Climax’ from the poem.
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Pick out two examples of ‘Tautology’ from the poem.
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Pick out one example each of: (1) Antithesis (2) Alliteration (3) Repetition.
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Prepare and present a speech on ‘How to Achieve Success’. (You may take help of the poem.)
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Write an appreciation of the poem ‘The Will to Win’ in paragraph format.