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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
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उत्तर
Dinamani could be the name of a newspaper because Abdul Kalam used to try to trace the stories of the Second World War, which his brother-in-law told him, in the headlines in Dinamani.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Tick the right answer.
When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it/avoid it).
Discuss in group and answer the following question in two or three paragraphs (100 −150 words)
How did Montmorency ‘contribute’ to the packing?
Thinking about the Poem
Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
How does the poet imagine her to be, after death? Does he think of her as a person living in a very happy state (a ‘heaven’)? Or does he see her now as a part of nature? In which lines of the poem do you find your answer?
a) Read the second stanza again, in which Wordsworth compares the solitary
reaper's song with the song of the nightingale and the cuckoo. On the basis of
your reading (and your imagination), copy and complete the table below. (Work
in groups of four, then have a brief class discussion.
| Place | Heard by | Impact on listener | |
| Solitary Reaper | Scottish Highlands | the poet | holds him spellbound |
| Nightingale | |||
| Cuckoo |
b) Why do you think Wordsworth has chosen the song of the nightingale and the
cuckoo, for comparison with the solitary reaper's song?
c) As you read the second stanza, what images come to your mind? Be ready to
describe them in your own words, to the rest of the class. (Be imaginative
enough and go beyond what the poet has written.)
Answer the following question.
What happened one Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’shouse? What did the lady do? What was the bear’s reaction?
What did Tilloo hope to see once he emerged from his underground home?
According to Maya what was the cause behind Mr Nath’s scars?
How did the crocodile plan to please his wife? How did the monkey use his wits and save his life?
Why do the grown-ups tell the children not to talk with their mouth full?
How does father react to the mother's warning?
What was the Dog’s experience with the Lion?
When did the banyan tree become a noisy place?
Who says this to whom and why?
“But is it right, my son, to keep mum and not say what you consider just and fair?”
The words given against the sentences below can be used both as nouns and verbs. Use them appropriately to fill in the blanks.
(i) The police are _______________________ the area to catch the burglars. (comb)
(ii) An ordinary plastic ______________________________ costs five rupees.
Who is the speaker?
What activities are dear to little children? Who does the child envy and why in the poem Vocation?
Study the following phrases and their meanings. Use them appropriately to complete the sentences that follow.
After a very long spell of heat, the weather is ………….. at last.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
| Portia: The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: |
- Where does this scene take place? Why Is Portia here? [2]
- To what is mercy compared in these lines? [2]
- Why does Portia call mercy ‘twice blessed’?
Explain the lines:
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
the throned monarch better than his crown: [3] - Later in her speech Portia mentions a sceptre. What is a sceptre?
How, according to Portia, is mercy above the ‘sceptred sway’? [3]
In the poem, The Darkling Thrush, the poet uses the words “evensong" and “carolling” to describe the thrush's song because ______.
