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प्रश्न
Answer any four of the following in 30 – 40 words each:
(a) How did his experience at the YMCA swimming pool affect Douglas?
(b) What hospitality did the peddler receive from the crofter?
(c) Aunt Jennifer;s efforts to get rid of her fear proved to be futile. Comment.
(d) What does Stephen Spender want to be done for the children of the school in a slum?
(e) What kind of life was enjoyed by crown prince Jung Bahadur till he reached the age of twenty?
(f) Where, when and how did Dr. Sadao meet Hana?
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उत्तर
(a) The experience created a terrible fear in the heart of Douglas for a long time. This made Douglas all the more afraid of water. The very sight of water made him ill. Douglas decided against playing any water sports.
(b) Unlike the indifferent attitude of the others towards him, the peddler was whole heartedly welcomed by the crofter in his cottage. The crofter at once put the porridge pot on the fire and gave him supper. He gave him a roll of tobacco for his pipe. He also played the game of cards with him.
(c) The trembling hands of Aunt Jennifer because of the weight of the 'wedding ring' shows that she still is a victim of male chauvinism. Even her death won't free her from her ordeal as she will still be wearing the ring that symbolizes her failed marriage.
(d) The poet wants the children to be taken out from the slums they are living in and venture into the outside world. He wants them to be taken where they not only get the opportunity to study from books and to play in the open field. The poet wants freedom for the slum children from the present confines.
(e) The British dominance and its effect on the Indian royalty is evident in the upbringing of the crown prince Jung Bahadur. He was brought up by an English nanny, drank the milk of an English cow, taught English by an Englishman and saw nothing but English films.
(f) Dr. Sadao met Hana in America at the house of a professor where some foreign students were living. He liked her but waited to fall in love with her until he was sure she was a pure Japanese.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day?
(b) What shocking experience did Douglas have at YMCA pool?
(c) Why does Kamala Das compare her mother to 'a pale winter's moon'?
(d) What rich bountry has the heaven given us? (A Thing of Beauty)
(e) Why did the Maharaja have to pay a bill of three lakh rupees to the British jewellers?
(f) What problem did Roger Skunk face when he went to play with his friends. How did he solve it?
Read the extract and do the following activities:
A1 Complete :
| Night |
Morning |
| (i) | (i) |
| (ii) | (ii) |
There was a roaring in the wind all night;
The rain came heavily and fell in floods;
But now the sun is rising calm and bright,
The birds are singing in the distant woods;
Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;
The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;
And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters
All things that love the sun are out of doors;
The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth;
The grass is bright with raindrops-on the moors
The hare is running races in her mirth;
And with her feet she from the plashy earth
Raises a mist; that, glittering in the sun,
Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
A2 What do the different birds do? Discuss.
A3 The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth. (Name and explain the figure of speech)
How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?
Explain the undertones in the statement:
'Wife and husband in unusual rapport
State one unspoken thought':
How does the poet juxtapose the human condition with the behaviour of the political class?
Interpret these phrases in the context of the essay
- Mist of protection
- At a crossroads
- It came with strings attached
Read the story and complete the following.
Revathi was confident of proving her ownership of her pot of plants because, ____________.
Make a list of the preparations made for an assault on Tiger Hill.
Bofors guns _____________.
Which pictures reflect gender equality? Write their numbers.
Write in short about what your parents/guardians feel when they send you to school.
Portia saved Antonio in the court of law.
Add ten more words to the list on your own. Each of the component words must be meaningful.
Read the following chains of words:
- fortune - fortunate - fortunately - unfortunately
- know - knowing - knowingly - unknowingly
- amaze - amazing - amazingly
- possible - impossible - impossibly
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
To this day, we venerate this tree as ____________.
Discuss:
Is it necessary to develop a good accent? Why? What efforts can you take to improve your pronunciation? With your teacher’s help, find out how to use online dictionaries for the purpose.
Note that most of the time well-known works are parodied, because people can enjoy the parody better when they know the original. Try to find more examples of parodies in English or other languages.
Find the names of the exotic musical instruments and animals mentioned in the poem.
From any collection of classic poetry or the internet, find another famous poem by Robert Frost titled ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’. Try to understand the symbolism used in that poem in 8-10 lines.
What message does the poet wish to convey through this narrative poem, ‘Tansen’?
Which theory of Ramanujan helps the ATMs to dispense cash?
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
What does the poet mean by ‘Festival of flowers’?
Identify the character/speaker.
Oh no, I'll never get back to the right size.
The terrorists asked Neerja to collect the passports of the passengers because ______.
A day in Mars is called ______.
The girl was badly hurt.
How did Santhosh record his diary?
The official and his wife liked______.
Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
What is the name of the dealer?
Write the word with same meaning.
eraser- ______.
