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.
Long Answer Type Questions [4 Marks]
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.
Important Questions and Answers: Chapter 6 - Virtually True by Paul Stewart
Question1.
What was the news about Sebastian Shultz that shocked Michael?
Answer:
- Sebastian Shultz, a 14-year-old boy from South London, was in a coma for several weeks due to a serious accident.
- The newspaper article said that Sebastian had made a "miracle recovery"
- Michael was shocked because the boy in the news was the same person he had met in the computer game, even though Sebastian had been in a coma the entire time
Question2.
Describe Michaels encounter with Sebastian in the virtual world?
Answer:
- Michael first met Sebastian in the game "Wildwest" where Sebastian appeared as a second sheriff
- Sebastian asked for help in escaping the game but did not explain much about himself
- Over several games like Dragonquest and Jailbreak, Michael kept encountering Sebastian, who repeatedly sought his help to escape
Question3.
Why did Michael fail to rescue Sebastian the first time?
Answer:
- During the game Wildwest, Sebastian and Michael were chased by a group of men
- Sebastian got shot during the chase and couldnt be saved.
- The game ended with the message "GAME OVER," and Michael failed to rescue him
Question4.
How did Sebastian communicate with Michael in the games?
Answer:
- Sebastian used the in-game messages printed out on Michaels computer printer to ask for help
- Messages like "IM STUCK. PLEASE HELP TO RETRIEVE ME" appeared on the screen, guiding Michael on what to do next
- Each time the game ended, a printed message would instruct Michael on how to continue helping him
Question5.
How did Sebastian enter the games?
Answer:
- Sebastian was playing a psycho-drive game on his laptop when he had an accident
- His memory was stored in the computer when he hit his head during the accident
- This memory was transferred into the game and got mixed with the software
- Michaels family unknowingly bought these stolen games at the Computer Fair
Question6.
Why did Michael feel responsible for helping Sebastian?
Answer:
- Michael discovered that Sebastians memory was trapped in the game after the accident
- He felt responsible because he was the one who played the games that allowed him to interact with Sebastian
- Each time he failed to save Sebastian, he received a message asking him to try again
Question7.
What did Sebastian Shultz say in his final message to Michael?
Answer:
- In his final message, Sebastian thanked Michael for saving his life
- He wrote, "THANK YOU! YOU SAVED MY LIFE."
- He also suggested they meet in real life and told Michael to keep the games as he had "earned them."
Question8.
How did Michael finally rescue Sebastian?
Answer:
- In the last game, Warzone, Michael and Sebastian tried to escape a battlefield to reach a helicopter
- Michael managed to pull Sebastian into the helicopter just before the game ended
- This was the successful rescue that freed Sebastian from being trapped in the virtual world.
Additional Questions
Question9.
What was Michaels theory about how Sebastian got into the games?
Answer:
- Michael believed that because Sebastian was using his laptop during the accident, the impact of the accident caused his memory to be stored in the games software
- The games were later sold, and Michael unknowingly bought them at the Computer Fair
Question10.
What role did technology play in the story?
Answer:
- Advanced gaming technology allowed players to fully immerse themselves in virtual worlds using a virtual reality visor and glove
- The games became interactive through psycho-drive technology, where players could control the game with their thoughts
- It also enabled Sebastians memory to be stored in the game during the accident, making the story revolve around the concept of virtual reality and memory storage