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प्रश्न
Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item - a picture, a paragraph, or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper, and folds it. Others ask him/her questions and try to guess what it is, from his/her answers. Follow the rules given below.
- The maximum number of questions the rest of the group can ask is 20.
- You cannot ask a direct question like ‘What do you have in mind?’
- You can ask ‘Wh-’ questions or ‘Yes/no’ questions.
- The leader has to give truthful answers.
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उत्तर
List of Questions based on the poem 'Silver':
| Questions | Answers |
| Are there birds with white feathers around? | Yes. |
| The environment looks cool, is it daytime that the author is referring to? | No. |
| Is everything in the surroundings all quiet and calm? | Yes. |
| Does something appear to be silvery and shining? | Yes. |
| Is the writer referring to a ghost that is trying to haunt him? | No. |
| If it's not daytime and it is night time, can we hear dogs barking? | No. |
| Is someone staring at the trees and birds at this time of the night? | Yes. |
| Is the writer referring to a living being? | Yes. |
| Is the poet referring to something on earth? | No. |
| Is the writer talking about some unknown person walking the path, during night time? | No. |
| If not, a person, then is it some object that he speaks of? | Yes. |
| Does the writer experience some change around, every night? | Yes, absolutely! |
| What are some of those changes that he talks about? | The writer observes everything around him sparkling at night. |
| Is the writer talking of some shining insect, like fireflies at night? | No. |
| Which creatures does he speak of? | He observes various creatures like the doves along with dogs, mice, and fish. |
| Does the poet happen to be by any water body, during the night? | Yes. |
| How does the water look? | The brightness of the water seems to increase at night. |
| Is there an influence of that object on all our surroundings? | Yes. |
| From the picture of the landscape, is there some kind of "Reflection" that is affecting the area? | Yes. |
| Well, then, what is the poet talking about when he compares it to 'Silver'? | It's the moon that the poet is referring to, from the poem "Silver." |
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