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प्रश्न
Explain the metaphor in the line: ‘Poets are the mirrors of gigantic shadows that futurity casts on the present’.
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उत्तर
Shelly in his ‘A Defense of Poetry’ praises the art of poetry. He says that poets are the hierophants of an apprehended inspiration, the mirrors of gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present and the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Find reasons
(i) The effect of receding forest …………………………………. .
(ii) The number of animals is reduced because ………………………. .
(iii) Elephants entered the city because…………………… .
(iv) Elephants lived a wary life …………………….. .
On the left bank of the Ganga, where it emerges from the Himalayan foothills, there is a long stretch of heavy forest. There are villages on the fringe of the forest, inhabited by bamboo cutters and farmers, but there are few signs of commerce or pilgrimage. Hunters, however, have found the area an ideal hunting ground during the last seventy years, and as a result, the animals are not as numerous as they used to be. The trees, too, have been disappearing slowly; and, as the forest recedes, the animals lose their food and shelter and move further on into the foothills. Slowly, they are being denied the right to live
Only the elephants can cross the river. And two years ago, when a large area of the forest was cleared to make way for a refugee resettlement camp, a herd of elephants - finding their favourite food, the green shoots of the bamboo, in short supply - waded across the river. They crashed through the suburbs of Haridwar, knocked down a factory wall, pulled down several tin roofs, held up a train, and left a trail of devastation in their wake until they found a new home in a new forest which was still untouched. Here, they settled down to a new life but an unsettled, wary life. They did not know when men would appear again, with tractors,bulldozers and dynamite.
B2. Find out
Mention four things the elephants did when they found shortage of food:
(i)………………
(ii)………
(iii) …………
(iv) ………….
B3.Phrases
Make meaningful sentences by selecting any two of the following phrases:
(i) to make way for
(ii) in short
(iii) on the fringe of.
B4. Language study
Select the proper alternative to make the correct voice:
(i) Hunters have found an ideal hunting ground.
-An ideal hunting ground ........found by hunters. (had been, has been, was)
(ii) They are being denied the right to live.
- The people ........them the right to live. (are denying, were denying, denying)
B5.Personal response
What would be your contribution to protect the natural habitat of animals?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why did Franz not want to go to school that day?
(b) What was Sophie's ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that?
(c) What kind of pain does Kamala Das feel in 'My Mother at Sixty-six'?
(d) How can 'mighty dead' be things of beauty?
(e) Why was the Maharaja once in danger of losing his kingdom?
(f) What was the basic plot of each story told by Jack?
(i) The interest of Maharashtra and that of India should be one for the progress of Maharashtra state, because ................
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Rohan desperately wished for ______.
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
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Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
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A Question
Discuss what you can do to help other animals in your surroundings. Write down any three ideas you like from the discussion.
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- Skipper: captain of a ship or boat.
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- Milky Way: The band of light consisting of stars that spreads across the sky at night.
Identify the character or speaker.
I will tie you neck and feet together.
Identify the character or speaker
I must finish my task before I take my rest.”
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- He fired weapons from separate points.
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- Jaswant shot himself to death.
- Chinese soldiers caught the man who supplied food.
- He was awarded the Mahavir Chakra.
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Write the rhyming word.
Nature - ______.
Circle the animals which are in the voyage.
Divide the following word.
butter
Write the word under the correct group and divide it.
bullet
candle
bat
title
ball
tiffin
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Why relationships are more important than wealth?
Why was the tree called 'The Mother Tree'?
Hundial is a______ pot.
Kamali gave her savings to______.
Write the rhyming word.
save- ______
Write the word with same meaning.
pants- ______
The brush ______ to her will.
Match the rhyming words.
| 1. | earn | day |
| 2. | fend | learn |
| 3. | glow | end |
| 4. | play | slow |
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