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प्रश्न
Get into pairs and discuss the following with your partners and complete the table.
Many people are superstitious. This means that they have a belief for which they have no logical reason.
An example of superstition is that - walking under a ladder brings bad luck. In pairs, list any superstitions that you know of.
| Superstition | What it implies |
| (1) Smashing a mirror | Brings seven years of bad luck. |
| (2) | |
| (3) | |
| (4) | |
| (5) |
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उत्तर
| Superstation |
What it implies |
|
(1) Walking under a ladder |
1. Brings bad luck. |
|
(2) Smashing a mirror |
2. Brings seven years of bad luck. |
|
(3) A black cat crossing your path |
3. A bad omen. |
|
(4) Twitching of the eye |
4. Brings bad luck. |
|
(5) Sweeping your house after sunset |
5. Goddess Lakshmi will walk out. |
|
(6) Going near a peepal tree at night |
6. The ghosts will kill you. |
|
(7) Putting a black dot on your child's face |
7. Will ward off the evil eye. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
After reading the poem, complete the following. What happens? There are three main parts of the poem. Do you know what they are about? The first one is done for you.
| Lines | What is happening? |
| 1-7 | The scorpion comes into the home to escape the rain and stings the poet’s mother. |
| 8-33 | |
| 34-48 |
Complete the following table.
| Background/setting of the poem | |
| Type |
Evidence (Quote lines from the poem |
| Rural/Urban | ______________________ |
Choose the correct alternative.
His father and the villagers panic and hastily suggest _____________.
Choose the correct alternative.
This is a _____________ poem as it tells a story.
Choose the correct alternative.
Using the first person gives the feeling that it is told from ______________.
Choose the correct alternative.
‘The scorpion picked on me. And spared my children’ depicts ____________.
Choose the correct alternative.
The poem is titled ‘Night of the Scorpion’, for, the major part of the poem _______________.
Choose the correct alternative.
The click of tongues reflects their __________ to the predicament.
Read the poem and complete the table showing the qualities of the father and mother giving sufficient evidence from the poem.
| Qualities | |
| Father | Mother |
Prepare a Presentation (on paper or on a PC) as a piece of reference to other students. Make use of the following points.
