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प्रश्न
Answer these question in a few words or a couple of sentence.
Had Margie ever seen a book before?
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उत्तर
No, Margie had never seen a book before.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the poem
Discuss what these phrases mean to you.
(i) a yellow wood
(ii) it was grassy and wanted wear
(iii) the passing there
(iv) leaves no step had trodden black
(v) how way leads on to way
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
Had Abdul Kalam earned any money before that? In what way?
Easton, with a little laugh, as if amused, was about to speak again when the other forestalled him. The glum-faced man had been watching the girl’s countenance with veiled glances from his keen, shrewd eyes.
“You’ll excuse me for speaking, miss, but, I see you’re acquainted with the marshall here. If you’ll ask him to speak a word for me when we get to the pen he’ll do it, and it’ll make things easier for me there. He’s taking me to Leavenworth prison. It’s seven years for counterfeiting.”
“Oh!” said the girl, with a deep breath and returning color. “So that is what you are doing out here? A marshal!”
“My dear Miss Fairchild,” said Easton, calmly, “I had to do something. Money has a way of taking wings unto itself, and you know it takes money to keep step with our crowd in Washington. I saw this opening in the West, and—well, a marshalship isn’t quite as high a position as that of ambassador, but—”
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
Where was the prisoner being taken.
It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were being held in Berlin. Because Adolf Hitler childishly insisted that his performers were members of a “master race,” nationalistic feelings were at an all-time high.
I wasn’t too worried about all this. I’d trained, sweated and disciplined myself for six years, with the Games in mind. While I was going over on the boat, all I could think about was taking home one or two of those gold medals. I had my eyes especially on the running broad jump. A year before, as a sophomore at the Ohio State, I’d set the world’s record of 26 feet 8 1/4 inches. Nearly everyone expected me to win this event.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
Explain, ‘I wasn’t too worried about all this. I’d trained, sweated disciplined myself for six years with the game in the mind.
Explain-'Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!' What should not be considered the goal of life?
One should not be greedy. Why do you think so?
According to Charlie, what lives the longest.
Which ways did Soapy try to reach the prison in vain?
Why did the crocodile agree to fulfil his wife’s demand?
What does walking by dragging feet suggest?
Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
This ____________ we are going to have a class exhibition.
Multiple Choice Question:
How can a singer create beauty?
Answer the following question.
Algu found himself in a tight spot. What was his problem?
Answer the following question:
How many prizes did the boy win? What were they?
Answer the following question:
Why was Rasheed upset?
Why does the rebel demand for the rain when everybody is praising the sun?
What change occurs in the attitude of the speaker?
Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements (1) and (2) from Borrowing's poem, 'The Patriot'.
Statement (1): The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.
Statement (2): There's nobody on the house-tops now.
The Medicine Bag traces the narrator’s attitude to his Sioux Grandfather, from mild embarrassment to appreciation. Summarise the reasons for this embarrassment and the change. Write your answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.
- Reasons for embarrassment
- Specific reasons for the change in attitude
In what ways does the speaker’s cultural background clash with the landlady’s expectations in the poem Telephone Conversation? Write your answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.
- The speaker’s conversation with the landlady
- The undertones of racial and colour bias in the conversation
