Chapter 6: Once Upon a Time

VVI questions — the ones the board asked most (2)

1. Q1Short answer2 marksAsked: 2024

   Why are the young visitors in 'Once Upon A Time' reprimanded ?

   

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   Model answer · reason, reprimand of young visitors

   1. 1.The young visitors came to the blind old woman only to mock her and prove her a fraud. Holding a bird, they asked whether it was living or dead, thus parading their own power and her helplessness.1 mark
   2. 2.So she reprimands them by saying, "It is in your hands." She means that they are responsible not only for the act of mockery but also for the small bundle of life, the bird, sacrificed to achieve their aim.1 mark

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

2. Q2Short answer2 marksAsked: 2025

   Did the old woman succeed in her effort ?

Objective questions with the board’s key (10)

1. 1. Bihar Board 2026

   The daughter in her letter says that she has .................... without a thought.

   • (A) laughed
   • (B) suffered ✓
   • (C) cried
   • (D) acted

   Answer: (B)

2. 2. Bihar Board 2025

   The old woman's voice was soft but

   • (A) stern ✓
   • (B) happy
   • (C) audible
   • (D) musical

   Answer: (A)

3. 3. Bihar Board 2025

   The old woman's silence is so ............................. that the young people have trouble holding their laughter.

   • (A) long ✓
   • (B) deep
   • (C) meaningful
   • (D) short

   Answer: (A)

4. 4. Bihar Board 2025

   The woman in 'Once Upon A Time' is the daughter of

   • (A) bureaucrats
   • (B) landlords
   • (C) slaves ✓
   • (D) industrialists

   Answer: (C)

5. 5. Bihar Board 2024

   The old woman only knows the young people's ....................

   • (A) colour
   • (B) motive ✓
   • (C) brutality
   • (D) language

   Answer: (B)

6. 6. Bihar Board 2024

   The old woman kept .................... for a very long time which made the young people laugh.

   • (A) singing ✓
   • (B) silent
   • (C) dancing
   • (D) staring

   Answer: (A)

7. 7. Bihar Board 2024

   I choose to read the bird as', according to the narrator in 'Once Upon A Time', ' .................... '

   • (A) strength
   • (B) pride
   • (C) hatred ✓
   • (D) language

   Answer: (C)

8. 8. Bihar Board 2024

   The old woman's 'reputation for ................. is without peer'.

   • (A) Wisdom ✓
   • (B) Violence
   • (C) Responsibility
   • (D) Scholarship

   Answer: (A)

9. 9. Bihar Board 2024

   The old woman was visited by young people to ........................... her.

   • (A) insult ✓
   • (B) abduct
   • (C) praise
   • (D) respect

   Answer: (A)

10. 10. Bihar Board 2024

    'Once Upon a Time' shows that ........................... should be vibrant.

    • (A) feelings
    • (B) language ✓
    • (C) food
    • (D) unity

    Answer: (B)

Questions parents and students ask

How many marks does "Once Upon a Time" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 English?

In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 1 marks and about 2 questions a year; by marks it ranks 27 in English.

Which are the most important (VVI) questions of "Once Upon a Time"?

The 2 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 2 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.