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प्रश्न
Give reasons for the following.
Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life ...”
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उत्तर
The above line indicates that King Tut’s body was the first to be scanned under a computer tomography machine. Just like King Tut might have led his kingdom when alive, he led the experience of being scanned among the mummies.
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Your school is hosting an Inter-School Quiz Competition.
Write out a notice to be displayed in your school, giving all the details about the event.
Fill in the blank with the suitable word.
The Principal looks _____________ matters of complaint from teachers and students.
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Explain what is imagery in a poem. Flow has Angelou used it in the poem?
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
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Comment on the tone of the Patriot in this stanza.
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(iii) Explain the lines:
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smile |
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Now write a paragraph or two about these two stories, comparing them.
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| other persons | he, him, she, her. | they, |
| places, things | it | them. |
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