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प्रश्न
Explain the term plot.
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उत्तर
The plot is the series of events that take place during the course of the play. It is like the plan or scheme of the play. It has a beginning, middle, and an end.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following passage and complete the activities given below :
A1 Find out :
Find from the passage the related words to the sea and write them.
ON FIERCE monsoon nights, about one and a quarter-mile off the Mumbai harbor, there have been occasions when 52-year-old Bikaji Ramchandra Dhuri is the only man on the sea. From the watchtower of the Prongs Reef Lighthouse, which is surrounded on all sides by the Arabian Sea, he has heard the sea rage like a possessed spirit – the darkness dispelled only by the beam of light flung across the waters from the tower he mans.
Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast, as a majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned. Built-in 1871, the Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse and is located at a strategic spot on the western coast, marking the entrance to the busy Mumbai Harbour. It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks off the harbor, which the lone Colaba lighthouse could not illumine on its own. “Even now, during nights, for fishing vessels without any gadgets, it’s the soft light from this tower which directs us to Mumbai,” says Vinayak Koli, a boatsman who helps ferry people and also goes on fishing expeditions.
Throughout the year, Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch, when he is relieved by another keeper. In the monsoon, it becomes his home for three months. “We call it the Kalapana as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days, with basic supplies – and the revolving light that keeps the sea awake,” he says.
A2 Fill in the following information using words from the passage :
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on _______.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for _______ at a stretch.
(iii) _______ is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the _______ lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.
| Violent | Scattered | Place of shelter for ships | Shine light |
A4
A5 Personal Response
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| 2. | Whom did you inform about it first? | b. | I was given an injection of anesthesia. |
| 3. | What type of doctor did you consult? | c. | I consulted an orthopedic surgeon. |
| 4 | How did he/she find out that you needed a surgery? | d. | I was relieved and happy that the operation was over. |
| 5. | What preparation was done before the surgery? | e. | I had fractured my ankle while playing hockey. |
| 6. | What did you feel when you were taken to the operation theatre? | f | No, I did not feel anything. I was fast asleep. |
| 7. | What was the first step before the actual surgery? | g. | I recovered and I could walk normally after 3 weeks. |
| 8. | Did you feel any pain during the surgery? | h. | Our school hockey coach. |
| 9. | What did you feel when you opened your eyes after the operation? | i. | The doctor took an X-ray of my ankle, and he found a fracture in my ankle. |
| 10. | How soon did you recover? | j. | I was very nervous. |
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