These are answers to the textbook activities of the chapter ‘The Height of the Ridiculous’ (Class 10 English, Kumarbharati). They were written with AI help and checked against the textbook.
The Height of the Ridiculous – 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 | 6 questions | |
| Questions in the Margin | 6 questions | |
| English Workshop | 7 questions |
Chapters covered
Instructions
Solve on paper with a timer, then check against the solutions.
Warming Up
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Complete the sentences: (a) Today, I am happy because ____. (b) Today after the class, I wish ____. (c) Tomorrow, I feel that ____. (d) I want to laugh because ____. (e) Today, the class seems to be cheerful about ____.
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Complete the sentences in a funny way. (Example: Mother gave me cheese but the cat ate it. I went to the market and bought an elephant.) (a) I opened my school bag and ____. (b) My teacher asked for my homework, so ____. (c) When I sang in the bathroom, ____.
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Give words related to ‘Humorous’.
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Pick out the words and write them in the correct columns (one syllable / two syllables): jump, narrow, cable, live, queen, butter, tree, kitten, van, yellow, dale, happy, night, printer, star, sober, paper, cloud, pearl, within, bike, began, slender.
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Count the syllables: elephant, insect, mirror, telephone, bus, monkey, kangaroo, bucket, rough, biscuit.
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Write the names of any five of your friends and mention the number of syllables in each name.
Questions in the Margin
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In what frame of mind did the poet write some lines?
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What was the contrast in the narrator and his servant?
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When did the servant grin?
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When was the chuckling noise heard?
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Which line suggests that the servant was totally out of control?
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What was the impact of this experience on the poet?
English Workshop
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Find expressions from the poem that indicate funny moments. (Example: I laughed as I would die.)
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Arrange the reactions in their proper order as per the poem: (a) His waistband split (b) The grin grew broad (c) Sleepless eye (d) Was all upon the grin (e) He broke into a roar (f) He burst five buttons off.
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Find the rhyming words from the poem and two of your own for: 1. ear 2. within 3. man 4. split 5. way 6. him 7. die 8. mood.
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Match the lines with the figures of speech (Tautology, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Hyperbole, Transferred Epithet): 1. In wondrous merry mood 2. They were so queer, so very queer. 3. And saw him peep within 4. The grin grew broad. 5. And shot from ear to ear. 6. He broke into a roar. 7. Ten days and nights with sleepless eye.
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Complete the lines of the poem by choosing proper pairs of rhyming words (run, shocked, gone, night, sought, on, someone, thought, light, unlocked): We returned home late, one ____, In the window, there glowed a ____. Burglars!! was our very first ____; For defence, sticks ’n stones we ____. “Let’s grab the loot and ____,” was uttered soft, by ____. The door we softly ____, And then we were truly ____. Oops! Before, outside, we’d ____, The television had been left ____.
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Compose a short humorous poem in groups, using jokes or experiences.
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Write an appreciation of the poem ‘The Height of the Ridiculous’ in paragraph format.