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प्रश्न
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You need some interaction to cause a transition.”
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उत्तर
The statement is made by Rajendra in the text The Adventure by Jayant Vishnu Narlikar. Rajendra offered a scientific explanation in the light of catastrophic theory to rationalise the fantastic experience undergone by Prof. Gaitonde regarding the course of India's history after the Battle of Panipat. As per the History text books, the Marathas lost the Battle of Panipat after which India gradually fell to the foreign forces. Contrary to this fact, Prof. Gaitonde witnessed that the Marathas emerged victorious in the Battle of Panipat and extended influence all over the country. These two versions of history seemed perplexing to Prof. Gaitonde. Rajendra's explanation convinced Prof. Gaitonde but he was unable to understand how his consciousness level changed so that he could experience a catastrophic event in history. In this context, Rajendra tried to explain that when Prof. Gaitonde was hit by a truck he was at that time thinking about the Battle of Panipat. The neurons in his brain acted as trigger to change his consciouness level leading to his experience of another version of the course of history after the Battle of Panipat.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and then do all the activities that follow :
I rain into a stranger as he passed by
“Oh, excuse me please” was my reply.
He said, “please excuse me too; wasn't even watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on out way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told.
How we treat out loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knoked her down.
“Move out of the way,” I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
“While Dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But children you love, you seem to abuse.”
A1. Order-
The incidents narrated in the extract are arranged in a jumbled manner here, Rearrange them in a proper order as they occur in the extract:
(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good-bye.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.
A2. Poetic device:
Make a list of rhyming pairs from the second stanza and note down the rhyme scheme of the same stanza.
A3. Personal Response:
Understanding and politeness are the essentials of out everyday life. Explain your views in brief.
A4. Creativity -
Frame two poetic lines on the following situation using a rhyming pattern with the help of clues given:
“While introducing great personalities, we praise them highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking
about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
While introducing great personalities, — a
------------------------------------ — a
But while speaking about our friends, — b
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What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul and his uncle.
Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
Replacing old machines with new is better than getting them repaired.
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State the central issue in the poem.
Certain words in the poem are in capital letters — why?
Comment on the capitalisation of all the words in the line:
'Children Must be Disciplined'.
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Give your write-up a suitable title.
Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:
‘Profession’ refers to ____________
Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.
However, some writers/poets use them to impart an old-fashioned flavour to suit the background of their write-up. Such words are called Archaic words.
Give the modern words for the archaic words from the poem.
- thy
- being
- bestow'd
- thee
- thou
- cans't
A small thought, put in action, led to a great achievement. Pick out the lines from the beginning and end of the poem and explain their significance.
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Match the professions with the field of work.
| Profession | Field of work | ||
| (1) | Chief Minister | (a) | Business |
| (2) | Magistrate | (b) | Transport |
| (3) | Soldier | (c) | Construction |
| (4) | Trader | (d) | Administration |
| (5) | Builder | (e) | Education |
| (6) | Driver | (f) | Defence |
| (7) | Teacher | (g) | Law |
Discuss orally in your class.
In what subjects is knowledge of mathematics used, at school level, and college/university level? Name them.
Did you know maths is used in music and poetry also? Can you tell how?
Fill in the elements that you find in the drama script of ‘A Battle to Baffle.'
Characters:
- Background Scene:
- Crisis:
- Steps taken to resolve the crisis:
- Climax:
- The end:
Guess the meaning of the following words and phrases:
untold wealth, closest to the Emperor’s heart, grave offence, banish.
Read and prepare a small presentation in about 100 to 150 words on the ideas of any two philosophers given below.
- Sant Dnyaneshwar
- Gautam Buddha
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- Kahlil Gibran
- Socrates.
What characteristics are needed to be a good player of Kabaddi? What should you do to develop each? Discuss this in groups of 5 and write a composition on it.
Find more information about other Param Vir Chakra awardees. Prepare a collage using photographs, pictures, and text matter written in beautiful handwriting.
Imagine that you wish to organize a cultural event at your college. Prepare your own web-chart to indicate the qualities that you expect to have in a compere.
Describe the following with the help of the story.
The fabric is woven by Thiruvalluvar
Explain the following statement with reference to the context.
And it's by no means the small sacrifice the town will have to make.
Write a conversation between a donkey and a horse.
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination. Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form. You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
Answer in your own words.
What chores did the boys from 1000 CE and 1st Century CE, do on their farms/fields?
Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.
Some other time.
Read aloud a couple of stanzas of the poem ‘Invictus’ and ‘Please Listen’. In what ways do they differ? Think and fill up the table with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
| Invictus | Please Listen | |
| Rhyming lines | ______ | ______ |
| Steady rhythm | ______ | ______ |
| Uniformity in the length of lines | ______ | ______ |
| Uniformity of the number of lines in each stanza. | ______ | ______ |
| Figurative language | ______ | ______ |
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
Papa Panov gave hot soup to the sweeper, milk to the young mother, and coffee to the beggars.
Does Marouckla get any of the things she brings?
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
footprint
What did the narrator think the unusual sound was?
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears’
The parents noticed some changes in the child. What were they?
What scared Usha during the dark rainy night?
Why does the poet tell us to speak gently to young children?
Read these lines and answer the question given below.
The laughter and beauty of women long dead;
Explain the meaning of the above line.
When Amma said,'Don’t upset our foreign visitor' she meant______.
When did Usha Rani start playing Kabaddi?
Identify the sports and the sports personalities from the lesson and fill in the table.
| Sports | Name of the player & Field of sports | Awards |
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The teacher asked the children to take their seat because______.
Describe Gulliver’s encounter with the army of Blefuscu.
The eggs hatched and the babies flew away.
What is a sol? How many sols make a year?
How do we keep our integrity?
Vicky was an active boy.
Some words sound the same but their spelling and meaning are different. Such words are called homophones. There are many homophones.
Choose the champion of the year.
Divide the following word.
circle
Divide the following word.
hotel
The official and his wife liked______.
Choose the correct one.
Elephant
Appa weaves beautiful sarees with______.
Bala's home doesn't have ______.
What did Helen learn when the teacher put her hand into running water?
Read the poem.
For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
[traditional rhyme]
Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.
How should teenagers guard against cyber crimes?
Complete the dialogue.
| Anil: | Which is your favourite book? |
| Sunil: | ________________________ |
| Anil: | What type of book is it? |
| Sunil: | ________________________ |
Write the compound words from the picture.
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