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प्रश्न
For preparing questions based on the poem, an overall understanding of the poem is a must. Discuss with your partner and prepare a set of five questions.
For example:
- What is the name of the bridge?
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
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उत्तर
- What is the name of the bridge?
- Which city has been referred to in the poem?
- What time of the day is the poet talking about?
- Why does the poet call the air 'smokeless'?
- What does the poet mean by the last two lines of the poem?
- Identify the poetic devices used by the poet in this poem.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
(a) Why are the tigers called Aunt Jennifer's tigers?
(b) How are they described here?
(c) How are they different from Aunt Jennifer?
(d) What does the word, 'chivalric' mean?
Orangutans use big leaves during a downpour because
This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
What are the issues it raises?
What, according to Ruskin, are the limitations of the good book of the hour?
What causes the element of surprise when the child comes on the scene of 'adult reconciling'?
Study each of the following sentences and notice the balance between its parts. Pick out other sentences in the text that reflect this kind of balance
a. It is right that a false Latin quantity should excite a smile in the House of Commons; but it is wrong that a false English meaning should not excite a frown there.
b. Let the accent of words be watched, by all means, but let the meaning be watched more closely still, and fewer will do the work.
Discuss in pairs or in small groups
'Our daily life reflects a double allegiance to 'the life in time' and 'the life by values'.
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I have a small group of close friends and have no wish to interact with anyone else.
Fill in the blank.
“Hybrids need more _____________”, said Devu Handa.
Go through the text again and find the reasons that forced Peter to shoot down a person.
- The keepers spotted him.
- _________________________
- _________________________
‘Dull would he be of soul who could pass by.’
This line of the poem can be rewritten as:
'He would be of a dull soul.'
The figure of speech is known as ‘Inversion’.
Find out one more example of Inversion from the poem.
Out of all names of birds and animals given in the poem, pick out 4 names that are similar in English as well as in Hindi/Marathi or your Mother's tongue.
Fill in the gaps in the table of Degrees of Comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ____________ | ____________ | oldest |
| (2) | ____________ | healthier | ____________ |
| (3) | near | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | ____________ | finer | ____________ |
| (5) | ____________ | ____________ | earliest |
| (6) | small | ____________ | ____________ |
| (7) | ____________ | faster | ____________ |
| (8) | high | ____________ | ____________ |
Expand the idea inherent in the following proverb :
One should eat to live, not live to eat - Franklin.
Use the letters in the word MATHEMATICIAN to make 4 letters/5 letter and 6 or more letter words, within a time limit fixed by your teacher.
Imagine you are the Crane. What actions and words of the Peacock would you not like? Write about it in short.
Comment on the given statement after reading the given dialogue -
But when I saw a man in trouble, I could never help trying to set him out of it.
Its human to help others. Here the statement tells us that ____________________________.
Have you seen how wheels move on different surfaces like sand, gravel, grass, or a proper road? What are the differences you see?
Write a few lines about each character.
Hold a mock trial for the following offence. There should be a complainant, a defendant, and lawyers to argue the case on behalf of them. The whole class can vote to pass the judgment. On what occasions will you plead for justice? What punishment will you suggest? When will you plead for mercy?
A very poor and honest servant has broken a vase while cleaning it. The vase was valuable and the employer liked it very much.
Read the following.
- I mean what I say. I say what I mean.
- I see what I eat. I eat what I see.
Use your imagination to write a funny sentence on this pattern.
Write the following:
The sights mentioned in the second stanza.
Find three lines, that contain images of nature in the autumn season.
At night
- ______________________
- ______________________
- ______________________
Prepare a table to show 'Caesar’s Pranks' at home and outside.
What did Gopal Bhand want to tell the husband and wife?
Describe the following with the help of the (The Twelve Months) story.
Winter
Find out how the following game is played.
Kabaddi
Find two examples of the following from the lesson.
An Exclamation
What did Ahmad tell Kasim when he dug a channel and began to draw water?
Choose a word that has at least four letters in it. Imagine that it is a short form. Write the name /phrase /words it stands for.
For example, STEP : Sunday and Thursday Evening Programmes.
Mention the things that the grandfather imagined.
Departure was delayed because of the author.
Identify the speaker/character.
‘Come in, Zigzag, come in dear!’
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
Hamid’s friends enjoyed the ride in the merry-go-round. But Hamid didn’t go on it. Why?
How did Hamid’s friends show that they enjoyed eating the sweets?
Discuss with your partner and complete the table.
| S.No. | Question | Who asked this? | Who answered? | What was the answer? |
|
1. |
Shall we run back together? | |||
| 2. | Can you see something behind the wall? | |||
| 3. | Who said good bye? | |||
| 4 | Was it just the wind? |
The ______ is a biological relative of tortoises.
Fruits, vegetables, and water in the Mars are not ______.
Name some of the activities that the village children were doing on their vacation.
It ploughs soil before _________.
The farmer had _______ daughters.
When did the battle of Nauranang start? How long did it continue?
Jaswant decided to stay in his post.
Rearrange the story in order.
- Jaswant stayed back in his post.
- He killed 300 chinese soldiers in the battle.
- He fired weapons from separate points.
- Sela and Nura helped him in the battle.
- Jaswant shot himself to death.
- Chinese soldiers caught the man who supplied food.
- He was awarded the Mahavir Chakra.
Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the question below.
Match the following.
| Sr.No. | CHARACTER | TRAIT |
| a. | Father Wolf | with a grey nose…feeds her four cubs |
| b. | Tabaqui | the big one from Waingunga River with a lame foot |
| c. | Mother Wolf | the chief of the Wolves |
| d. | Shere Khan | begs for meat and thanks for the meal/warns the wolves about the arrival of Shere Khan |
Try your own.
Choose the correct option from the given homophones.
The wind ______off the leaves.
Choose the correct option from the given homophones.
What did you ______ at the store?
What is the main idea of the story?
Who disguised himself as an old man?
The official's family visited the rehabilitation centre for ______ years.
What do you save? Why it is needed?
Every year the children visit the______.
What did the children buy with money they have?
Why did the king want a leader who knows to grow a plant?
Choose the word with same meaning.
Kingdom- ______
Mugund loved wild animals.
Collect the outer coverings of fast food items. Discuss the following points in groups and then write your observations in your notebook.
- Ingredients
- Manufactured by
- Net weight
- Veg or Non-veg
- Recipe
- Nutrition facts
- MRP
- Mfg date
- Website
- Other instructions, if any
