1. Who is the author of the story "Gillu"?
Answer: (B) Mahadevi Verma
Explanation: The introductory page explicitly titles the story "Gillu" by Mahadevi Verma.
2. What was the lifespan of Mahadevi Verma?
Answer: (A) 1907 – 1987
Explanation: The biographical note indicates her lifespan as (1907–1987).
3. Mahadevi Verma was a leading poetess of which school of poetry in Hindi?
Answer: (C) Chayavadi School
Explanation: The text states she was a "leading poetess of the Chayavadi School of poetry in Hindi."
4. Which famous Hindi weekly magazine was Mahadevi Verma the editor of?
Answer: (B) Chand
Explanation: She was the "...editor of the famous Hindi weekly 'Chand'."
5. Which of the following is a famous poetic work composed by Mahadevi Verma?
Answer: (B) Yama
Explanation: The introduction cites Deep Shikha, Yama, and Nihar among her prominent poetry collections.
6. Which prose work depicting her animal family is mentioned in Mahadevi Verma’s profile?
Answer: (B) Mera Pariwar
Explanation: The biographical introduction explicitly lists Shrinkhla ki Kadiyan and Mera Pariwar.
7. Which highest Indian literary award was conferred on Mahadevi Verma?
Answer: (B) Jnanpith Award
Explanation: The text notes she was the recipient of the "Mangla Prasad Prize, Bharat Bharti Award and the Jnanpith Award along with Padma Bhushan."
8. Mahadevi Verma was elected a Fellow of which premier national institution?
Answer: (B) Sahitya Akademi
Explanation: "She was elected Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi."
9. What kind of animal was Gillu?
Answer: (B) A baby squirrel
Explanation: Moving closer to the flowerpot, the narrator found "a tiny baby squirrel".
10. What were the two crows doing near the flowerpots one morning?
Answer: (B) Playfully poking their beaks as if engaged in a game of hide and seek
Explanation: "...two crows playfully poking their beaks at the flowerpots, as if engaged in the game of hide and seek."
11. Where was the tiny baby squirrel lying hidden when first spotted?
Answer: (B) In the gap at the junction of the pot with the wall
Explanation: It was "...lying hidden in the gap at the junction of the pot with the wall."
12. How had the baby squirrel ended up on the veranda floor?
Answer: (B) Accidentally fallen down from a nest
Explanation: The author observed that it "must have accidentally fallen down from a nest".
13. How many wounds did the baby squirrel sustain from the crows' assault?
Answer: (B) Two wounds
Explanation: "Having sustained two wounds due to the assault by the pair of crows was enough for this tiny being...".
14. What did others remark regarding the injured baby squirrel?
Answer: (B) It would not survive after being assaulted by the crows and should be left alone
Explanation: "Everyone remarked that as he would not survive after having been so assaulted by the crows, he be left alone."
15. What first aid did the narrator apply to the wounded squirrel?
Answer: (B) Wiped blood with cotton wool and applied Penicillin ointment
Explanation: "...after wiping the blood from his wounds with cotton wool, applied Penicillin ointment."
16. How did the author attempt to feed the baby squirrel initially?
Answer: (B) With a thin cotton wool wick dipped in milk
Explanation: "I tried to feed him by somehow putting a thin cotton wool wick, dipped in milk to his mouth...".
17. What happened to the milk drops initially?
Answer: (B) Slid down from both sides because he was unable to open his mouth
Explanation: "...he was unable to open his mouth and the drops of milk only slid down from both sides."
18. After several hours of tending, what did the author manage to administer?
Answer: (B) One drop of water in his mouth
Explanation: "Only after several hours of tending could I manage to pour one drop of water in his mouth."
19. On which day did the squirrel show significant recovery and hold the author's finger?
Answer: (B) On the third day
Explanation: "But, on the third day he became so much better and assured that he would use his two tiny claws to hold my finger...".
20. How were Gillu’s eyes described during his recovery?
Answer: (B) Blue, glass-beads-like eyes
Explanation: "...gaze all around with his blue, glass-beads-like eyes."
21. Within three to four months, what physical transformations astonished everyone?
Answer: (B) Smooth fur, bushy tail and naughty, refulgent eyes
Explanation: "...in three-four months, he astonished everyone with his smooth fur, bushy tail and naughty, refulgent eyes."
22. What name was given to the squirrel, transforming it from a common noun to a proper noun?
Answer: (B) Gillu
Explanation: "A transformation from common to proper noun followed and we started calling him, Gillu!"
23. Where was Gillu’s abode (dwelling) arranged by the author?
Answer: (B) A light-weight flower basket lined with cotton wool hung on the window with a wire
Explanation: "I hung a light-weight flower basket lined with cotton wool on the window with the help of a wire."
24. For how long did the flower basket serve as Gillu's home?
Answer: (C) Two years
Explanation: "For two years, this was Gillu’s abode."
25. What novel trick did Gillu devise to attract the author’s attention while she wrote?
Answer: (B) Coming close to her feet, darting swiftly up the curtains, and descending at breakneck speed
Explanation: "He would venture close to my feet, go swiftly up the curtains and descend with the same breakneck speed."
26. How did the author occasionally confine Gillu to restrain his mischief?
Answer: (B) Put his tiny body in a long envelope
Explanation: "On some occasions, I used to hold Gillu and put his tiny body in a long envelope."
27. What sound did Gillu make when he was hungry?
Answer: (B) 'Chik-chik'
Explanation: "When hungry, he would inform me by twittering ‘chik-chik’...".
28. What was Gillu’s favorite food?
Answer: (B) Biscuits and Kaju (Cashew nuts)
Explanation: His favorite food was Kaju, and he also received biscuits.
29. What would Gillu do when Kaju was not available for several days?
Answer: (B) Refuse other food items and throw them down from the swing
Explanation: "...when not available for several days, he would refuse other food items and threw them down from the swing."
30. What prompted the author to realize that Gillu should be liberated and set free?
Answer: (B) Seeing him sitting near the window and affectionately peering at wild squirrels outside
Explanation: "Seeing Gillu sitting near the window and affectionately peering at the world outside, made me realise that it was necessary to set him free."
31. How did the author create an exit for Gillu to venture outside?
Answer: (B) Removed some nails to make a small opening in a corner of the wire-mesh
Explanation: "By removing some nails, I made a small opening in a corner of the wire-mesh...".
32. How would Gillu greet the author when she returned home from college?
Answer: (B) Rushed to her and climbed up and down from head to toe
Explanation: "...Gillu would rush on to me and climb up and down from my head to toe."
33. What did Gillu do during the daytime after the opening was made?
Answer: (B) Spent the whole day outside with his lot, jumping and prancing up and down branches
Explanation: "He would spend the whole day with his lot, jumping and prancing up and down the branches."
34. At what time would Gillu return to the room from the garden?
Answer: (B) At four in the afternoon / dusk
Explanation: As the text indicates, he would re-enter his swing through the wire-mesh before dusk.
35. How did Gillu behave differently from the author's other pet animals during mealtime?
Answer: (B) Reached the table and insisted on sitting in/close to her plate
Explanation: Other pets never dared eat from her plate, but Gillu "...would want to sit in my plate. With great difficulty, I taught him to sit close to my plate."
36. Why was the narrator hospitalized around that time?
Answer: (B) Being injured in a motor car accident
Explanation: "Around that time, being injured in a motor car accident, I had to spend some days in the hospital."
37. How did Gillu react to the author’s absence during her hospitalization?
Answer: (B) Ate very little, leaving his swing full of uneaten Kaju
Explanation: "...when I cleaned up his swing on my return from the hospital, I discovered it was full of Kaju, which only showed how little he was eating his favourite food...".
38. How did Gillu comfort the author during her indisposition at home?
Answer: (B) Sat near her head on the pillow, gently stroking her forehead and hair like a nurse
Explanation: "...he would sit near my head on my pillow and gently stroke my forehead and hair, and his moving away was like the going away of a nurse or attendant!"
39. How did Gillu beat the heat during hot summer afternoons?
Answer: (B) Lay prostrate on the earthen pot (surahi) kept near the author
Explanation: "He would lie prostrate on the surahi kept near me and thus remain cool and also close to me!"
40. What is the typical natural life span of a squirrel?
Answer: (B) Barely two years
Explanation: "Squirrels have a life span of barely two years; as such, Gillu’s lease of life finally came to an end."
41. How did Gillu behave on the last day of his life?
Answer: (B) Neither ate nor ventured out
Explanation: "For the whole day, he neither ate nor ventured out."
42. What did Gillu do during his final night?
Answer: (B) Came to the author's bed and clutched the same finger with his icy claws
Explanation: "...he came to my bed from the swing, and clutched the same finger with his icy claws, which he had clung to, in his near death-like state during his natal days."
43. What effort did the narrator make when Gillu's claws turned cold?
Answer: (B) Switched on the heater and tried to give him warmth
Explanation: "The claws were getting so cold that I switched on the heater and tried to give him some warmth."
44. At what moment did Gillu pass away?
Answer: (B) As the first ray of the morning touched him
Explanation: "But, as the first ray of the morning touched him, he departed."
45. What was done with Gillu’s swing and window opening after his demise?
Answer: (B) The swing was taken off the hook and the wire-mesh opening was closed
Explanation: "His swing was taken off the hook and the opening made in the wire-mesh window was closed."
46. Where was Gillu buried (put to eternal rest)?
Answer: (B) Under the Sonjuhi creeper
Explanation: "Gillu was put to eternal rest under the Sonjuhi creeper...".
47. Why was Gillu buried under the Sonjuhi creeper?
Answer: (B) Because he loved it most, and the author believed he would blossom as a tiny yellow Juhi flower
Explanation: "...because he loved this creeper most and also because of the satisfaction I derive from my belief that some spring day I will find him flowering and blossoming in the guise of a tiny yellow Juhi flower!"
48. In the glossary, what is the meaning of the word "assiduous"?
Answer: (B) Hardworking, diligent
Explanation: The glossary defines assiduous as: "hardworking, diligent".
49. How is the word "prey" defined in the chapter's vocabulary notes?
Answer: (B) Animal or bird hunted for food
Explanation: "prey (n) : animal or bird hunted for food".
50. "Gillu" is Chapter ______ in the Prose Section of BSEB Class 10 English textbook Panorama Part 2.
Answer: (C) 3
Explanation: "Gillu" by Mahadevi Verma is Chapter 3 of the Prose section in the BSEB Class 10 Panorama textbook.
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