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प्रश्न
Before fire brigades were set out, how people tried to put out fire.
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उत्तर
Before the fire brigade came into the picture people used to extinguish fire forming human chain. Everyone was a fireman in that scenario.
People used to pass buckets filled with water from a pond or well through each other and the person at the extreme end used to pour it over the flames.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Pick out word from the text that mean the same as the following word or expression. (Look in the paragraph indicated.)
the usual way of doing things : _________
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In black and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood,
Or so the story's told.
Their dying fire in need of logs;
The first man held his back.
For on the faces around the fire,
He noticed one was black.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
What does happenstance mean?
I wandered lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and Hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden Daffodils;
Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
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“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.
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Well, what’s the matter, he asked, his anger giving way to concern. What are you crying for? The boy would not answer or look up. His body continued to be wracked with silent sobbing.
Oh, come on, boy. You shouldn’t be out here at this hour. Tell me the trouble. Look up.
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Why did Mr Oliver feel uneasy? What was strange?
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Mark the right item.
When the old couple became rich, they
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Was it right for the author’s friend to dismantle the bicycle?
Mention the year when the cricket rules were written for the first time
Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.
When do you think an adult would say this?
No one thinks you are funny.
What happens after the poet’s father fall off the ladder?
Mark the right item.
Taro earned very little money because ______
Multiple Choice Question:
Where does real beauty lie?
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shoe pushing polish moustache
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In the poem, John Brown, John Brown drops his medals into his mother's hands because ______.
The poem, 'A Considerable Speck’, captures ______.
Which natural element plays a crucial role in the end of the story There Will Come Soft Rains?
