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NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Literature Chapter 6 Virtually True

TextBook Questions

Question 1.
Before reading the story, attempt the following working in groups of four or five?
A.Do you play computer games ? How many hours do you spend playing games on the computer as compared to outdoor games

Answer:

Yes I play computer games. I spend at least 4-5 hours in playing computer games

B. Make a list of your favourite games. Have a class discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of computer games

Answer:

My favourite games are Delta force Fifa NBA Cricket Advantages
  • Play when you want
  • You can start again if you lose
  • Play with a friend
  • More visual and usually audio than a book or board game
  • Animation
  • Wide variety
  • Some games are educational
  • Entertainment
Disadvantages
  • Failing vision
  • Violent tendencies
  • Less thought processing
  • Low imagination
  • Can cause seizures
  • Cost money every time you play (or every time you change batteries)
  • Less exercise
  • Can be addictive and take up too much of your time

Answer:

C.Look in your dictionaries/computer to find synonyms for the word virtual

Answer:Virtual - near, practical, effective, fundamental, essential, actual

D.Look at the K.W.L. chart given on next page. Based on the information you have gathered till now, complete the K and W columns. You may work with your partner. After reading the story complete the third column

Answer:

A. Exercises

Question 2.
I.According to the newspaper, what had happened to Sebastian Shultz

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz awoke from a coma that doctors feared might last forever.

II. Dad nutty about computers. What evidence is there to support this statement

Answer:
Dad got a Pentium 150 Mhz processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner. It could do anything. Paint, play music, create displays; even when authors homework was rubbish, it looked fantastic

III.In what way did the second game seem very real

Answer:
The second game seemed real as if Michael himself was trying to save the princess and had also met Sir Sebastian.

IV. The last game has tanks, jeeps, helicopters and guns. Under which headings would you put this and the other games

Answer:
Resque Champ

V. What was Michael theory about how Sebastian had entered the games

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz was the second Sheriff in the Dragon Quest

B. Reference to context.
Read these lines from the story, then answer the questions.
That was my idea said Sebastian excitedly. If only it would go a bit faster.

I. Where was Sebastian when he spoke these words

Answer:
Sebastian was on the roof of the jail

II.What was his idea, and what was he referring to

Answer:
His idea was to call for a helicopter. He was referring to that if the helicopter arrived Sebastian and Michael would escape in it.

III.Was the idea a good one, and did it eventually succeed? How

Answer:
The idea was good, but it did not succeed, for Sebastian Shultz had slipped and was tumbling back through the air, down the concrete below

Question 3.
Answer the following questions briefly?
I.Why did the news of the miracle recovery shock Michael

Answer:
Michael was shocked by the news of the miracle recovery for he thought that Sebastian Shultz couldnt be the boy he had met. Six weeks ago he was badly injured in a motorway accident, his condition in the hospital was described as critical though stable. Sebastian didnt regain consciousness. His parents were informed that the boy was in a coma

II. Michael meeting with Sebastian Shultz had been a chance meeting. Where had it taken place and how

Answer:
Michael met Sebastian Shultz by chance through the computer game, when Sebastian Shultz was badly injured. His memory was saved in a computer when he banged his head during the accident. When Michael played the game, he entered into Sebastian memory and so he met him

III. What kind of computers fascinated Michael and his dad? Why

Answer:
Michael and his dad were fascinated by computers that had got a Pentium 150 Mhz processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner, because it could do anything. Paint, play music, create displays; even when his homework was rubbish, it looked fantastic

IV.Describe the first place where Michael was virtually transported

Answer:
Michael found himself striding down the dusty track through the centre of the town. There was a Sheriff badge pinned on his shirt, he was virtually transported into a saloon

V.What help did Sebastian Shultz ask Michael for? How did he convey this message

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz asked Michael to retrieve him. As Michael slipped off the visor, the empty desert disappeared and he found himself back in the power base, then he noticed that printer had come on. At the top was a picture of the second Sheriff on the piece of paper printed over the bottom of the message PLEASE HELP TO RETRIEVE ME. TRY DRAGONQUEST Sebastian Shultz

VI. Why did Michael fail in rescuing Sebastian Shultz the first time

Answer:
Michael failed to rescue Sebastian Shultz the first time because the second Sheriff appeared waving his arms shouting dont go out. He was about Michael age though he looked like a computer image, but didnt move like one. He told Michael to follow him. They raced down a corridor and ran, passed some men, but they ended up back in the saloon. The second Sheriff jumped on a horse and they both sped off at that moment

The gun shot echoed and the second Sheriff (Sebastian Shultz) groaned and slumped back

VII.The second attempt to rescue Sebastian Shultz too was disastrous. Give reasons

Answer:
The second attempt to rescue Sebastian Shultz too was disastrous because the aim of the game was to rescue the princess from a tall tower, but a second knight appeared from the wardrobe and told Michael, It me who needs rescuing. Michael saw it was Sebastian to escape from the tower Sebastian chopped off the Princess long plaits and with them slipped from the window down. As Michael lowered himself down, the dragon followed them and when they turned the dragon was upon them, but the dragon was only interested in Sebastian. There was nothing that Michael could do to prevent them

VIII. Narrate the accident that injured Sebastian Shultz

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz was injured in a motorway accident. His condition was critical at the hospital, he did not regain consciousness, he was in a coma

IX.How had Sebastian Shultz entered the games

Answer:
When the accident occurred, Sebastian was using his laptop to play one of the same psycho¬drive games that Michael had bought. When he banged his head in the accident the computer had saved his memory in its own

X. How was Sebastian Shultz memory stored on Michael disk? How did Michael discover that

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz memory was stored in Michael disk while he was in hospital. Someone stole Sebastian Shultz games and they ended up at the computer fair from where Michael father bought them. So, he restored in his disk when he played them. Sebastian Shultz had a close brush with death. After he had recovered, he returned to school and narrated his experience to his classmates. Yes Michael discovered that

Question 4.
Sebastian Shultz had a close brush with death. After he recovers, he returns to school and narrates his experience to his classmates. As Sebastian Shultz, narrate your experience?

Answer:
I was badly injured in a motorway accident. I was rushed to the general hospital, where the doctors said I was critical but stable. I did not regain consciousness. I was in a coma.

The doctors tried their best. The coma could last forever. My parents were worried. Everyone who knew me was praying for my recovery. A miracle was needed. Suddenly, I came out of coma and this was a shocking news. The news appeared as the headlines in a newspaper. When the accident occurred, I banged my head against the laptop on which I was playing in the car. My memory was saved in the computer. When Michael played the game, he entered in my memory. Michael had bought the games from the computer fair

Someone had stolen these games from my house. Michael got messages from me that I wanted to be rescued. He was the second Sheriff and the knight (myself) was the boy from the game. Michael had seen the proof in the newspaper. Michael had saved me

Question 5.
Continue the story Will Michael and Sebastian Shultz meet in real life? Will they be friends? Will they try to re-enter the virtual world together? You may use the following hints?
  • How the accident occurred
  • Transfer of memory
  • Meeting with Michael
  • Appeals for help
  • Rescue and recovery

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz was injured in a motorway accident. His head had banged against the laptop on which he was playing a game when the accident occurred. His memory got transferred to the computer. At the time of the accident, Sebastian was playing the same Psycho Drive game that Michael had. The computer had saved Sebastian memory in its own. Michael wondered how Sebastians memory could come on his computer. He remembered Mr. Shultz had said to one of the reporters that they were off to pile up some games. It was while they were in the hospital, that someone stole the lot. He didnt know what happened to them. Michael said that the games ended . up at the computer fair and they bought them. Michael received a message from Sebastian that he was not sure how it all happened. He thanked Michael for saving his life and wanted to meet him. Sebastian after a long coma recovered, everything that had been described was virtually true. Michael and Sebastian would surely meet in real life as friends and would try to re-enter the virtual world together

Question 6.
Put the following sentences in a sequential order to complete the story?
  • Sebastian Shultz was badly injured in a motorway accident and went into a coma
  • Sebastian memory was saved in the computer when he banged his head on it during the accident
  • When Michael played the game, he entered Sebastian memory
  • Michael bought the latest psycho-drive games from the Computer Fair
  • Sebastian Shultz was the second sheriff in the Dragonquest
  • Michael pulled Sebastian into the helicopter and the screen flashed a score of 40,000,000
  • Sebastian requested Michael to try Jailbreak
  • Sebastian failed to save the boy who fell through the air
  • Sebastian thought the helicopter was the right idea and they should go into the Warzone
  • The games were stolen from Shultz house
  • Sebastian thanks Michael for saving his life and asks him to keep the games

Answer:

  • (a)
  • (b)
  • (j)
  • (d)
  • (c)
  • (e)
  • (g)
  • (h)
  • (i)
  • (f)
  • (k)

Writing Task

Question 7.
Do you think it is a true story ? Could it happen to you one day ? Here are some opinions about computer games in general?

Answer:

It is a true story and could happen to anyone one day, but computer games, if played in excess may harm one. Too much, time is wasted and the person starts leading a sedentary life. The games cause addiction and they have negative impact on health. Too much addiction to computer makes a person suffer from psychological imbalance. Sebastian hit his head against the computer while being driven in a car. This addiction of playing computer games made him suffer for life. Computer games promote violence and aggression, they reduce one social skills and detach one from reality

Question 8.
Do you think these opinions are biased ? Write an article entitled Virtual games are a reality?

Virtual Games are a Reality

Answer:

The opinions whether computer games are biased or not is a matter of serious consideration. Let know miore about these games. Virtual games are a fad among teenagers as well as adults and are played in a computer simulated environment that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world or imagined worlds. Most of these games include visual experiences, displayed on a computer screen, sensory information through headphones, etc. These games make use of standard input devices like keyboard and mouse or multi-modal devices such as a wired glove and omni-directional treadmills. While playing, the player feels himself/herself to be inside the scene with the action going all round. Virtual reality may impact human life and activity significandy. It enables heritage sites to be recreated extremely accurately, develops virtual replicas of caves and monuments. It has therapeutic uses also like treatment of different phobias and to treat the patients who are in another location by projecting a 3-D avatar of the therapist to treat the patient. However, these games have a dark side also. The adrenaline rush that occurs while playing, can alter the behaviour of the player negatively. These games involve a high degree of immersion and the boundary between real and virtual life gets blurred. In order to harness the full benefits of virtual reality, one should be sensitized, to warn off the possible dangers

Listening Task

Question 9.
Listen carefully to a text on Tour of Body and answer the questions that are given below?
On the basis of your listening to the passage complete the following statements by choosing the answers from the given options:
I.The Cave-Automatic Virtual Environment is?
  • a modern surgical procedure
  • a three-dimensional virtual reality room
  • an accurate projection of the eye and the brain
  • a technique for developing anatomical pictures

Answer:

  • a three-dimensional virtual reality room
II.Projected image on the four walls of a room enables researchers to?
  • carry out micro surgery
  • understand the functioning of the brain
  • virtually get inside the molecular structure of cells and parts of human body
  • reconstruct damaged parts of human body

Answer:

  • virtually get inside the molecular structure of cells and parts of human body
III. The CAVE is a boon to surgeons because?
  • they can treat diseases located in unreachable parts of the human body
  • it has made X-ray and MRI unnecessary
  • it helps them avoid surgical procedures in most cases
  • it enables surgeons to use very small surgical instruments

Answer:

  • they can treat diseases located in unreachable parts of the human body
IV. For the CAVE to develop a virtual environment it is essential?
  • to apply mathematical formulae
  • to project three-dimensional images on the walls
  • to obtain two-dimensional MRI data first
  • to understand the nature of the diseased cells and parts

Answer:

  • to apply mathematical formulae
V. Once inside a three-dimensional representation of an anatomical structure, surgeons can?
  • move through and peel away its layers
  • shrink themselves and travel inside the body parts
  • convert the data into a flat picture for detailed study
  • locate the diseased parts of the body quickly

Answer:

  • move through and peel away its layers
VI. Dr.Szilard Kiss used CAVE to?
  • travel inside the eye of his patient
  • identify the scar tissue growing over the retina
  • go inside the layers of the retina
  • isolate the ridge of the scar tissue

Answer:

  • isolate the ridge of the scar tissue

Important Question

NCERT CBSE for Class 10 English Literature Chapter 6 Virtually True Important Questions

Question 1.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
A real message from the real Sebastian Shultz. We both knew that by reliving the accident,
something wonderful had happened.
Who is the narrator?
What accident’s he referring to?
Write the antonym for the word, ‘wonderful’.
Year of Question:(2013)

Answer:
The narrator is the boy ‘Michael’.
The accident in which ‘Sebastian Shultz’ lost his memory and entered into comma.
The antonyms for the word ‘wonderful’ are ‘dreadful’, ‘awful’.

Question 2.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Answering a reporter’s question as to what the family was going to do next,
Mr. Shultz said that they were off to stock up on some games. "It was while we were in the hospital, someone stole the lot. I don’t know what happened to them. "
Year of Question:(2000)
  • Why was Shultz in the hospital ?
  • What happened to the games after they were stolen ?
  • What does the phrase, ‘stock up’ mean ?

Answer:

Mr. Shultz was in the hospital because his son Sebastian Shultz was in a critical stage.
They were sold at a fair and Michael and his father bought them,
The phrase ‘stock up’ means to fill up.
Virtually True Questions And Answers Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks]

Question 3.
Why was Michael shocked when he read the name Sebastian Shultz in a newspaper?
Year of Question:(2010)


Answer:
Michael was shocked when he read the name Sebastian Shultz in the newspaper because Sebastian Shultz was a character in the virtual reality game and he had rescued him. It meant it was not a game character but a real human.

Question 4.
What sort of person was Michael’s dad ?
Year of Question:(2009)

Answer:
Michael’s dad was nutty about computers. He was a gadget freak. He visited the computer fair and purchased virtual reality visor and glove and a handful of the latest interactive psycho-drive games.

Question 5.
How was Shultz finally rescued by Michael ?

Answer:
Michael played four games. He first played the game the ‘Wildwest’ and lost the
first game. He then played the, second game the ‘Dragon Quest’. But in that game also Sebastian was killed. He then played the ‘Jail Break’ but there also Michael was unable to rescue Sebastian. In the last game ‘Warzone’ Michael hit jackpot and was able to rescue Sebastian.

Question 6.
What does the narrator mean when he says, ‘Sebastian Shultz was the game’ ?
Year of Question:(2011)

Answer:
It mean tnat Sebastian shultz was a wonderful player. Being a player in the virtual reality game, he played to the best of his capabilities. He was an enthusiastic player. He fought till the end and was ultimately rescued.


Question 7.
How was Shultz rescued from ‘Warzone’ ?
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
‘Warzone’ was the last game which Michael was playing to rescue Sebastian. The Warzone was a city with tall windowless buildings riddled with holes. Machine gun fire raked the sky. Michael and Sebastian had to make it to sniper fire when a helicopter was waiting for them. They started to run but the tank fires sent them scuttling back to the wall. All of a sudden Sebastian jumped into a jeep, started the ignition key and they both went. Suddenly, the jeep skidded and Sebastian was thrown into the air but Michael somehow pulled him up and rescued Sebastian. Michael cracked the game by hitting a jackpot.

Question 8.
How did Michael and his father indulge in their taste for new gadgets ?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
Michael’s father was nutty about computers. He visited the computer fair along with Michael and bought computer of Pentium 150 MHz, 4 processer with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 GB hard disk drive and 16 speed CDROM, complete speakers, printers, modems and scanner. He was very fond of gadgets and gizmos. He bought some interactive psycho-drive games for his son.

Question 9.
How did Shultz get trapped in the video games?
Year of Question:(2011)

Answer:
Shultz was playing one of the virtual video games in the car. Suddenly, his car met with an accident and his head banged against the computer and his memory was transferred into the computer’s memory and he .went deep into the coma. His memory was stored in the memory of the computer.

Virtually True Solutions Long Answer Type Questions [4 Marks]


Question 10.
I magine you are Michael. Write a diary entry describing your spirit of fellow feeling with which you finally rescued Sebastian.
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
Dear diary
I am ecstatic that I saved the life of Sebastian. I never knew that he was actually a human being. I got a message from Sebastian ‘Rescue Me’. I didn’t know that he was a real human. I tried rescuing him from the ‘Dragon Quest’ game but I failed. I played another game ‘Jail Break’ where I failed again and then finally I played the game of ‘Warzone’ and I am finally able to save Sebastian and hit a jackpot. I think Sebastian had been playing the psycho-drive game when he met with an accident and his memory got transferred into the memory of the laptop. I have a feeling of real joy that I was able to help a boy in need. He seems to be an intelligent boy and we will be great companions.

Question 11.
Imagine you are Sebastian’s parents. Write a diary entry describing your feelings when you come to know what has happened to him.

Answer:
I am feeling very sad today. I was very fond of video games and even my son was also fond of them. I didn’t realize that these virtual games could do so much harm to anyone. My son Subastain was going to school in his car. He was playing psycho¬drive games on his way to school. Suddenly the car screeched to a halt and he banged his head against the computer. His memory was transferred into the computer’s and he went into a deep coma. The doctors didn’t have any hope of his revival but he was some how rescued from the game by a boy named Michael. I now realise how much damage these computer games can cause to us. These games can lead to cyber addiction and the an lead to desensitisation. They make us violent and also cut us off from the real world. I will now take care that Sebastian doesn’t play these games.

Virtually True Class 10 Question Answers Extract Based Questions [3 Marks]

Question 12.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
On the roof, Sebastian looked round, and glanced at his watch nervously. ‘It should be here by now. ’
Year of Question:(2016)

Which game was Michael playing?
Why was Sebastian nervous?
WTiat does the word, ‘nervously’ mean?

Answer:

Michael was playing the game Jailbreak.
Sebastian was nervous because he did not find any helicopter on the roof. According to his plan, a helicopter must have been on the roof by that time.
‘Nervously’ means ‘timidly or anxiously’.

Question 13.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
When we got therh, I remember some of them were not new. Anyway, back at home, I launched myself off into the first of the games.

Who is the speaker?
What did the speaker get?
What does the word ‘launched’ mean?

Answer:

Michael is the speaker.
The speaker got many gizmos and psycho-drive games.
The word ‘launched’ means here ‘formally introduced (a new product) with publicity’.

Question 14.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Stupid question. With the help of a skeleton swipe-card, we were soon out of the cell and racing down corridors.
Year of Question:(2015)

What was the stupid question?
What is a ‘skeleton swipe-card’l
Which game was Michael playing?

Answer:

The question asked by Sebastian ‘if Michael had got a plan’ yras the stupid question.
A skeleton swipe-card is a plastic card on which data is stored magnetically and that can be read by an electronic reading device.
Michael was playing a game named Jailbreak.
Virtually True Class 10 Extra Questions Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks]

Question 15.
What did Sebastian write in the final e-mail he sent to Michael?
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
The final e-mail sent to Michael by Sebastian had the feeling of immense gratitude. He wrote that he could not know how the process of his rescue happened. He expressed his desire to meet Michael very soon. He also requested Michael to keep the games with him as he had earned them.


Question 16.
How did Michael in the last game save Sebastian?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
Using the Skeleton swipe-card, Michael and Sebastian came out of the Jail. Then, they ran amidst the fire and gunshots. They jumped onto a jeep. Sebastian braked the jeep suddenly and he was thrown into a spin. He landed with a thud near the hatch but Michael pulled him up in a helicopter. Then the helicopter soared into the sky and Michael succeeded in saving shultz.

Question 17.
Why did Michael and his father go to the computer fair?
Year of Question:(2011)

Answer:
Michael’s father was crazy about computers. He had extreme passion for gizmos.
He had a Pentium 150 Mhz4 processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner. It could do anything. But technology was advancing everyday and Michael’s father could not resist any of the new gadgets. So they went to the computer fair.

Question 18.
Why couldn’t Michael help Sebastian the first time?
Year of Question:(2013)

Answer:
The first time Shultz appeared as the second sheriff. But he did not tell his name though Michael asked him who he was. Both of them jumped out of the window and sped off on a horse. At that juncture, only a gun shot hit the second sheriff. He cried and slumped back against Michael. Michael was unable to help him.

Question 19.
Why did the news about Sebastian Shultz shock Michael?
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
Michael gasped when he saw the photograph that went with the story in the newspaper. The boy in the picture was the same boy who was with him in the psycho-driven games and his name was Sebastian Shultz. He was shocked to know that shultz had been in coma for all the time. The situation didn’t make any sense at all and Michael was shocked.

Question 20.
How did Sebastian Shultz request Michael to help him?
Year of Question:(2013)

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz requested Michael to save his life. According to his plan, there was to be helicopter on the roof and they were to fly in it to escape from the dragon. He conveyed this message by e-mail. When this plan failed, Shultz requested Michael further using an e-mail. He promised that he would not make any further request if he didn’t succeed in his next game.

Question 21.
How had Sebastian entered the games Michael later on bought?
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
When Sebastian met with an accident, he was playing one of the psycho-driven games using his laptop. He entered the games when he banged his head in the accident and the laptop saved his memory in its own. When Shultz was in hospital, his laptop ’ was stolen and sold in the computer fair. It was bought by Michael’s dad.

Question 22.
Why was the first game complicated for Michael?
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
The first time Shultz appeared as the second sheriff. But he did not tell his name though Michael asked him who he was. Both of them jumped out of the window and sped off on a horse. At that juncture, only a gun shot hit the second sheriff. He cried and slumped back against Michael. Michael was unable to help him.

Question 23.
What was the aim of the game ‘Dragonquest’?
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
The aim of the game Dragon quest was simple. In the game, Michael had to rescue the fair princess Aurora from the wicked dragon, and collect the wicked creature’s treasure along the way. The princess had been imprisoned at the top of a tall tower. She was a young woman with long golden plaits.

Virtually True Value Based Questions Extract Based Question [3 Marks]

Question 24.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
It all started a month ago. Dad and I had spent the entire Saturday afternoon at the Computer Fair.
Year of Question:(2014)

Who does T in the extract refer to?
What started a month ago?
What does the speaker have a keen interest in?

Answer:

‘I’in the extract refers to Michael.
The process of the miracle recovery started a month ago.
Michael has keen interest in gizmos and psycho-driven games.
Class 10 English Virtually True Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks]

Question 25.
How did Sebastian Shultz communicate with Michael? What did he say in his last message?
Year of Question:(2014)

Answer:
Sebastian Shultz communicated with Michael by e-mail. In his last message, he expressed his gratitude. He conveyed the fact to Michael that he could not know how the process of his rescue happened. He also expressed his desire to meet Michael soon. Further he requested Michael to keep the games with him. Thus Shultz expressed his felling of obligation.

Question 26.
Why did the news of Shultz’s miracle recovery shock Michael?
Year of Question:(2014)

Answer:
Michael gasped when he saw the photograph that went with the story in the newspaper. The boy in the picture was the same boy who was with him in the psycho-driven games and his name was Sebastian Shultz. He was shocked to know that shultz had been in coma for all the time. The situation didn’t make any sense at all and Michael was shocked.

Extract Based Question [3 Marks]

Question 27.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. At least, that was what I thought then. Now I knew that Sebastian Shultz, the boy from . the game, really did exist. I’d seen the proof in the newspaper.
Year of Question:(2013)

What had Michael thought earlier?
Why is Sebastian Shultz called ‘the boy from the game’?
What had Micheal seen in the newspaper?

Answer:

Michael had thought earlier that the story of the Miracle recovery was related to someone else and he had nothing to do with that.
Sebastian was called ‘the boy of the g^me’ because he was involved in all the psycho-driven games played by Michael. In each game, the life of Sebastian was to be save.
Michael had seen in the newspaper that a 14 year-old school boy from South London, awoke-yesterday from a coma that doctors feared might last forever.
Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks]

Question 28.
Why had Michael and his father gone to the computer fair?
Year of Question:(2013)

Answer:
Michael’s father was crazy about computers. He had extreme passion for gizmos.
He had a Pentium 150 Mhz4 processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner. It could do anything. But technology was advancing everyday and Michael’s father could not resist any of the new gadgets. So they went to the computer fair.

Question 29.
What was the aim of the game, ‘Dragonquest’?
Year of Question:(2013)

Answer:
The aim of the game Dragon quest was simple. In the game, Michael had to rescue the fair princess Aurora from the wicked dragon, and collect the wicked creature’s treasure along the way. The princess had been imprisoned at the top of a tall tower. She was a young woman with long golden plaits.

Long Answer Type Questions [4 Marks]

Question 30.
Describe the circumstances under which Michael saves Sebastian Shultz’ life.
Year of Question:(2013)

Answer:
Michael comes to know that Sebastian Shultz is in problem. He feels pity for him and uses his best endeavour to save the life of Sebastian Shultz. For this, first he plays a game named wild west. In this game, Michael plays the role of a sheriff. Sebastian comes to the scene as the second sheriff. But Sebastian remains silent when Michael tries to know his name. Michael is unable to execute his plan and he is defeated in the game. In the second game, namely ‘Dragonquest’, Michael wants to save Sebastian but the latter does not find the helicopter on the roof and Michael once again loses the game. Then he receives the next e-mail of Sebastian who requests Micheal to make his last attempt to save his life. Michael is persuaded by Sebastain to play the last game namely ‘Warzone’ to save Sebastian. In this game, Michael becomes successful in saving Sebastian as he uses a helicopter this time. Ultimately, Michael wins the game and Sebastian comes back to life from his coma.

Question 31.
What are the interactive psycho-drive games played by Michael? What peculiarity did he notice in each one of them?
Year of Question:(2013)

Answer:
The interactive psycho-driven games played by Michael are wildwest, dragonquest, Jailbreak and warzone.
In the first game namely wildwest Michael plays the role of a sheriff. He is playing the game properly. All of a sudden, he finds the second sheriff. He wants to know the name of the second sheriff who remains silent. Michael loses the game owing to the mistake of the second sheriff whom he wants to save.
The second game is full of challenges and risks. Despite their efforts both of them meet with failure. The third game also tells the story of the failure of Michael. But the fourth game i.e., the warzone brings good luck for Sebastian Shultz. First Michael is picked up by a helicopter. Then Michael picks up Sebastian when he is thrown in air owing to the attack of the soldiers on Sebastian’s jeep. In all, these psycho-drive games Michael plays with virtual pictures on computer. The pictures become the real one later on. When Michael wins the last game the real Sebastian Shultz comes back to life.

Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks]

Question 32.
What news about Sebastian Shultz did Michael see in the newspaper?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
The news that Michael saw in the newspaper was under the heading ‘Miracle
Recovery’. It was about Sebastian Shultz, a 14 year-old school boy from South London who awoke from a coma that doctors feared might last forever. His condition was critical but stable. The doctors were doing all they could. But the parents of Shultz needed a miracle and that miracle had happened.

Question 33.
Why did Michael and his father go to the computer fair? What did they buy?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
Michael’s father was crazy about computers. He had extreme passion for gizmos.
He had a Pentium 150 Mhz4 processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner. It could do anything. But technology was advancing everyday and Michael’s father could not resist any of the new gadgets. So they went to the computer fair

Question 34.
Which was the first computer game played by Michael? What strange thing happened as he was playing it?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
The first computer game played by Michael was wildwest. In this game Michael was really striding down the dusty track through the centre of the town. There was a sheriff badge pinned to his shirt. When he burst into a saloon everybody became silent. He took a sip from the glass of fizzy red stuff. Then he saw Black-Eyed Jed, the fastest gun in the west. There appeared the second sheriff and the game became more complicated. The second sheriff did not tell his name. Ultimately, Michael lost the game when the second sheriff was shot and he slumped back against Michael.

Question 35.
What explanation did Michael find for Sebastian Shultz’s miraculous recovery?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
Michael found the explanation that Sebastian shultz was playing a psycho-driven game when he met with an accident. His memory was saved in the memory of his laptop though he went into a coma because of the severity of the accident. When Sebastian was in hospital, his laptop was stolen and sold in the computer fair. Michael’s dad bought this laptop. When Michael played a psycho-driven game and got victory in it, Sebastian’s miraculous recovery took place.

Question 36.
What was common in all the computer games played by Michael?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
In all the psycho-driven games namely wildwest, dragonquest, jailbreak and warzone, Michael came across virtual reality. Images created by the laptop appeared to surround Michael as he was looking at them. They seemed to be almost real. The theory of Sebastian’s memory being saved in the computer and finding its way into the games were virtually true. This uniqueness was common in all the games.

Question 37.
What help did Sebastian ask Michael for? How did he convey this message?
Year of Question:(2012)

Answer:
Sebastian was in a coma as he had met with a severe accident. His memory had been saved in his laptop as he was playing a psycho-driven game at the time of the accident. So Sebastian told Michael using an e-mail that he was stuck. He requested Michael to retrieve him. It was possible only when Michael became victorious in any psycho-driven game. Michael felt pity for Sebastian and played various games. Ultimately, he could save Sebastian after gaining victory in the game named warzone.

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Question 38.
In the lesson, ‘Virtually True’ how did Michael unwittingly save Sebastian Shultz’s life?
Year of Question:(2010)

Answer:
Michael comes to know that Sebastian Shultz is in problem. He feels pity for him and uses his best endeavour to save the life of Sebastian Shultz. For this, first he plays a game named wild west. In this game, Michael plays the role of a sheriff. Sebastian comes to the scene as the second sheriff. But Sebastian remains silent when Michael tries to know his name. Michael is unable to execute his plan and he is defeated in the game. In the second game, namely ‘Dragonquest’, Michael wants to save Sebastian but the latter does not find the helicopter on the roof and Michael once again loses the game. Then he receives the next e-mail of Sebastian who requests Micheal to make his last attempt to save his life. Michael is persuaded by Sebastain to play the last game namely ‘Warzone’ to save Sebastian. In this game, Michael becomes successful in saving Sebastian as he uses a helicopter this time. Ultimately, Michael wins the game and Sebastian comes back to life from his coma.

Question 39.
How did Michael save Sebastian with the help of the interactive psycho-drive games?
Year of Question:(2011)

Answer:
The interactive psycho-driven games played by Michael are wildwest, dragonquest, Jailbreak and warzone. In the first game namely wildwest Michael plays the role of a sheriff. He is playing the game properly. All of a sudden, he finds the second sheriff. He wants to know the name of the second sheriff who remains silent. Michael loses the game owing to the mistake of the second sheriff whom he wants to save. The second game is full of challenges and risks. Despite their efforts both of them meet with failure. The third game also tells the story of the failure of Michael. But the fourth game i.e., the warzone brings good luck for Sebastian Shultz. First Michael is picked up by a helicopter. Then Michael picks up Sebastian when he is thrown in air owing to the attack of the soldiers on Sebastian’s jeep. In all, these psycho-drive games Michael plays with virtual pictures on computer. The pictures become the real one later on. When Michael wins the last game the real Sebastian Shultz comes back to life.

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