Chapter 2: Me and the Ecology Bit

VVI questions — the ones the board asked most (3)

1. Q1Short answer2 marksAsked: 2022

   Why does Jim ask Ms. Greene to save paper and aluminium cans ?

   

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   Model answer · Jim, Ms. Greene, saving paper and cans

   1. 1.Jim asks Ms. Greene to save those papers for the school pickup and they can be made into new paper, and save aluminium cans, too, so that these things can be recycled instead of being thrown away with the garbage. This is a part of the ecology project that Jim is carrying out in his locality.1 mark
   2. 2.The purpose behind this request is to help in conserving natural resources by recycling paper and aluminium cans rather than wasting them, and to protect the environment from pollution. Jim believes that if waste material is given for recycling instead of being dumped as garbage, it will reduce pollution and save resources, which is good ecology.1 mark

   • Mention that Jim tells Ms. Greene to save papers for the school pickup so they can be made into new paper, and also save aluminium cans.
   • Use the words recycled, conserving natural resources, environment and pollution to connect this act to the ecology project.

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2. Q2Short answer2 marksAsked: 2023

   What is Jim's advice to Mr. Williams ?

   

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   Model answer · Jim's advice to Mr. Williams

   1. 1.Jim advises Mr. Williams not to burn the leaves in his backyard because burning them is bad for the air and bad for ecology.1 mark
   2. 2.Instead, he tells him to make a compost pile, as Jim's family does, by putting in the leaves, garbage and other stuff, because compost is good for the garden.1 mark

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3. Q3Short answer2 marksAsked: 2024

   What form of electricity does Jim use ?

   

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   Model answer · Jim's use of electricity

   1. 1.Jim uses electricity by watching television.1 mark
   2. 2.When Jim tells his mother to use the old egg beater instead of the electric mixer to save electricity, she coldly asks who watches TV twenty-seven hours a day, showing that Jim himself wastes electricity.1 mark

   Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme

Objective questions with the board’s key (10)

1. 1. Bihar Board 2026

   The author advises Ms. Greene to save

   • (A) steel utensils
   • (B) dusters
   • (C) cups
   • (D) aluminium cans ✓

   Answer: (D)

2. 2. Bihar Board 2026

   Who got tired of trying to get Ms. Greene to do something about ecology ?

   • (A) Mr. Johnson
   • (B) Mr. Williams
   • (C) Jim ✓
   • (D) Ms. Greene

   Answer: (C)

3. 3. Bihar Board 2026

   Who complains about Jim's watching television throughout the day ?

   • (A) Mr. Williams
   • (B) Ms. Greene
   • (C) Mr. Johnson
   • (D) Jim's Mother ✓

   Answer: (D)

4. 4. Bihar Board 2026

   Who pretended not to be home ?

   • (A) Mr. Williams ✓
   • (B) Mrs. Smith
   • (C) Mr. Johnson
   • (D) Ms. Greene

   Answer: (A)

5. 5. Bihar Board 2026

   Jim drove his ........................ round and round the backyard all summer.

   • (A) bicycle
   • (B) car
   • (C) motorbike ✓
   • (D) truck

   Answer: (C)

6. 6. Bihar Board 2026

   "Sure it is hard to get people to work for ........................"

   • (A) hospitals
   • (B) others
   • (C) ecology ✓
   • (D) free

   Answer: (C)

7. 7. Bihar Board 2025

   Jim says that women use too many .................... things.

   • (A) electric ✓
   • (B) mechanical
   • (C) electronic
   • (D) fancy

   Answer: (A)

8. 8. Bihar Board 2025

   According to Jim, nobody's willing to do anything about

   • (A) plants
   • (B) animals
   • (C) environment ✓
   • (D) security

   Answer: (C)

9. 9. Bihar Board 2025

   The post office was two ............................. away from Mr. Johnson's house.

   • (A) kilometres
   • (B) miles
   • (C) blocks ✓
   • (D) metres

   Answer: (C)

10. 10. Bihar Board 2025

    Jim collects money only on

    • (A) Mondays and Wednesdays
    • (B) Tuesdays and Thursdays
    • (C) Saturdays and Sundays ✓
    • (D) Fridays and Saturdays

    Answer: (C)

Questions parents and students ask

How many marks does "Me and the Ecology Bit" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 English?

In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 2 marks and about 4 questions a year; by marks it ranks 14 in English.

Which are the most important (VVI) questions of "Me and the Ecology Bit"?

The 3 questions above are from the board’s real papers, each with the years it was asked; the most-asked come first with their full model answers. All 3 written questions of this chapter, with answers, are in the AskMedha app.

Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?

BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.