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प्रश्न
Describe the stranger who came to the pet shop. What did he want?
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उत्तर
The stranger who came to the pet shop was wearing shiny shoes, a cheap, ill-fitting, but new suit. He had a shuttling glance and close-cropped hair. He was gazing around the shop. He wanted something in a cage.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the poem
What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean? (Looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it?)
Can you think of any scientists, who have also been statesmen?
Then there it lay in her wet palm, perfect, even pierced ready for use, with the sunset shuffled about inside it like gold—?dust. All her heart went up in flames of joy. After a bit she twisted it into the top of her skirt against her tummy so she would know if it burst through the poor cloth and fell. Then she picked up her fork and sickle and the heavy grass and set off home. Ai! Ai! What a day! Her barefeet smudged out the wriggle— ?mark of snakes in the dust; there was the thin singing of malaria mosquitoes among the trees now; and this track was much used at night by a morose old makna elephant—the Tuskless One; but Sibia was not thinking of any of them. The stars came out: she did not notice. On the way back she met her mother, out of breath, come to look for her, and scolding. “I did not see till I was home, that you were not there. I thought something must have happened to you.” And Sibia, bursting with her story, cried “Something did). I found a blue bead for my necklace, look!”
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
Why did Sibia feel overjoyed?
According to Maya what was the cause behind Mr Nath’s scars?
Where did Mr Wonka carry on his experiments?
How did the author said to encourage his friend to fix the gear-case?
What happened to the reptiles in the forest once?
Why did Vijay Singh ask the ghost to accompany him to town next day?
Which word in the extract means, ‘holes’?
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master?
Word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows. Complete the following phrase with a suitable word from the box.
a _______________of wolves
Multiple Choice Question:
How can a singer create beauty?
Multiple Choice Question:
Inner beauty of a person is shown in______
With your partner, complete the following sentence in your own word using the ideas in the poem.
Do not let a thought shrivel and die because __________________.
Multiple Choice Question:
Such silly questions are baseless, still ______
Teasing is the poet’s way of ______ with the squirrel.
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]
Referring closely, to Act III Scene III, relate the stern warning of Ariel to the "three men of sin". What impact does his warning have on the three sinners?
What strategy does Cassius suggest that the conspirators follow?
Referring to the poem Tithonus, show how his immortality becomes a curse. Answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.
- Circumstances leading to Tithonus receiving a boon
- Reasons for the boon becoming a curse
