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प्रश्न
Answer any four of the following questions in 30 – 40 words each :
(a) After initial reluctance why did the lawyers tell Gandhiji that they were ready to follow him into jail?
(b) What is Mukesh's attitude towards the family business of making bangles?
(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?
(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.
(e) Jackson went through the contents of Rev. McLeery's suitcase. Which object therein puzzled him sorely? What was his comment on that?
(f) How did the servants react when they realized that Dr. Sadao was going to save the life of an enemy?
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उत्तर
(a) The lawyers thought that Gandhi is totally a stranger to the peasants, yet he is willing to help them and is even ready to go to jail for them. If they go home leaving Gandhi and the peasants in such a situation, it will be a matter of great shame for them. So they declared to follow him to the jail.
(b) Mukesh was destined to be a bangle maker, but he did not have any inclination towards it. He wanted to be a motor mechanic and even wanted to learn the skills of the same from a garage which was far from his home.
(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 describes the dismal and impoverished world of the slum through the images of the pale and undernourished children. The little homes of these children have been equated with cramped holes. The dilapidated school building and its tarnished walls have limited the vision of the world to the children.
(e) Jackson finds a small semi-inflated rubber ring in Rev. McLeery's suitcase. It was about twelve inches in diameter. The rubber ring sorely puzzled Jackson and he asked McLeery whether he wished to go for a swim.
(f) The servants were not contented with the idea of their master of keeping the enemy and saving his life. They showed their disagreement by refusing to serve the patient. They were worried for their life and also the reputation of the master's family. The quit the job but later returned when the patient was gone.
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?
Complete the call-outs:
A.1)
Our world is an institution
Of environmental pollution
We choose not to care
For our future generations
And I for one am guilty
For buying the hundreds of electronic gadgets
That attracts the industries to produce like maggots
environmental pollution is at the heart of our planet
The forests are dying
Wildlife is crying
Millions of fish are dying
Mother earth is sighing
Tell me is it right
That we sleep well at night
Replenishing ourselves
For tomorrow’s greedy fight
Overcrowded trains
Overloaded brains
Where is the light? What is our plight?
While the river break their banks
And greedy industries play their polluted pranks.
A.2) Find the examples that show that we do not care for our future generation
A.3) Match:
Match the lines in Column ‘A’ with the figures of speech in Column ‘B’:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ | ||
| (i) | Our world is an institution | (a) | Personification |
| (ii) | Mother earth is sighing | (b) | Simile |
| (c) | Metaphor |
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________ends meet
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Why are the clothes compared to living things?
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Titania falls in love with an ass.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Both Demetrius and Lysander fight for Hermia.
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Read the passage. Underline the new words. Guess their meaning from the context. Verify it from a good dictionary.
Link the items in the three columns properly.
| A | B | C |
| The past | A sea beneath a cloudless sun | A pleasant time which has ended |
| The present hour | A soft and mild autumn evening | An exciting, thrilling time which has no end. |
| The future | A green and flowery spray Where a young bird sits | A time, full of life in which you gather strength |
Find the pairs of rhyming words used at the end of the lines in the poem.
Put the following events in proper order.
- Holmes and others go to the bank.
- Clay digs a tunnel.
- Ross closes the office of the 'Red-headed League'.
- Holmes catches the criminal Clay.
- Clay and Ross enter the cellar to steal the gold.
- The bank received a lot of gold from the Bank of France.
- Holmes visits the area around Mr. Wilson’s shop.
Find a word that has a similar meaning.
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Why should we speak gently?
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ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, ______, MLNA
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What did Raj buy?
Identify the character or the speaker.
“I hope he is safe.”
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Appu felt hungry and ate a______.
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Name the character or speaker.
"Are you alright?"
Tenzin’s family first lived in ______.
The squirrel ran to the _________ tree.
Divya and Rani decided to draw a ________.
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How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal?
