Maharashtra Board Class 10 English — Flashcards for Quick Revision

A: The poem presents a vision of a free and fearless country where people think boldly, speak truthfully, and live with dignity. It imagines a society without fear, ignorance, or division.

A: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the poem. He was a Bengali poet who lived from 1861 to 1941 and became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

A: It is part of Tagore’s Nobel Prize-winning anthology Gitanjali. The poem is one of his best-known works and reflects his deep concern for freedom, truth, and human dignity.

A: Hari Singh is the first-person narrator and a thief. He is 15 years old, already experienced in stealing, and takes a new name every month to stay ahead of the police and his former employers.

A: Anil is a tall, lean man of about 25 years. He makes his living by writing for magazines and selling books to publishers. He is kind, trusting, and teaches Hari to cook, write his name, and later whol

A: Hari Singh lied because he used a new name every month. That helped him stay ahead of the police and his former employers.

A: Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh was an outstanding Indian Air Force leader and war hero. He was the only officer to attain the highest post of Marshal, the Air Force equivalent to the Army's five-star F

A: He successfully led a young IAF during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, played a major role in making the IAF powerful, and showed courage, skill, and strong leadership throughout his career.

A: Monumental means of great importance or enormous. Here it shows that Arjan Singh's contribution to the Indian Air Force was very large and highly significant.