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प्रश्न
Gather more information about cold winters in Russia.
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उत्तर
Winter in Russia is one of the worst in the world. The temperature gets very low and stays that way for days together. There are days of continuous snowfall, and the going gets tougher. But yet there are endless festival times that occur during the winter in Russia.
Temperatures fall below –10°C and remain so for most of the time. In some of the countries, it even falls below –50°C, like in Siberia. All in all, the winters in Russia are full of severe frosts, deep snow covers, and endless festival times.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and then do all the activities that follow :
I rain into a stranger as he passed by
“Oh, excuse me please” was my reply.
He said, “please excuse me too; wasn't even watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on out way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told.
How we treat out loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knoked her down.
“Move out of the way,” I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
“While Dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But children you love, you seem to abuse.”
A1. Order-
The incidents narrated in the extract are arranged in a jumbled manner here, Rearrange them in a proper order as they occur in the extract:
(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good-bye.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.
A2. Poetic device:
Make a list of rhyming pairs from the second stanza and note down the rhyme scheme of the same stanza.
A3. Personal Response:
Understanding and politeness are the essentials of out everyday life. Explain your views in brief.
A4. Creativity -
Frame two poetic lines on the following situation using a rhyming pattern with the help of clues given:
“While introducing great personalities, we praise them highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking
about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
While introducing great personalities, — a
------------------------------------ — a
But while speaking about our friends, — b
------------------------------------ — b
What was the reason for young Paul's restlessness at the beginning of the story? How did it find expression?
People with foibles are often not conscious of them.
What do the references to the birds and animals made in the poem suggest?
How does the poet bring out the immortality of the bird?
Explain the use of the following property in the development of the play.
Stick
Imagine you are Malti. Write about any one event in the story from Malti’s point of view.
The dry earth soaked up the moisture as a hungry puppy laps up milk. It means______.
A robot advised her to______.
Ani valued honesty.
