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प्रश्न
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
Planners make tactful changes so that citizens do not recognize familiar landmarks.
विकल्प
True
False
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उत्तर
Planners make tactful changes so that citizens do not recognize familiar landmarks - True.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
That for themselves a cooling covert make
"Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with the sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms;
..................
(a) Identify the poem and the poet.
(b) What is the role of the clear rills?
(c) How has the mid forest brake become rich?
(d) Name the figure of speech in 'cooling covert'.
Answer any four of the following in 30–40 words each :
(a) Describe the irony in Saheb's name.
(b) Why was Gandhiji opposed to C.F. Andrews helping him in Champaran?
(c) Aunt Jennifer's efforts to get rid of her fear proved to be futile. Comment.
(d) What does Stephen Spender want to be done for the children of the school in a slum?
(e) When he was only ten days old, a prediction was made about the future of the Tiger King. What was ironic about it?
(f) What was his father's chief concern about Dr. Sadao?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) How could the peddler enter the forge without being noticed by the blacksmith?
(b) At Champaran what did the British landlords want from the sharecroppers?
(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?
(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.
(e) How did Evans have the last laugh at the Governor?
(f) How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW?
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________one's will
Explain the phrase.
Time's fool
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.
Taking off from Forster’s references to Emily Bronte, Sterne and Proust, discuss the treatment of time in some of the novels you have read.
Why did Ajamil refuse to meet the sheepdog's eyes?
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
Growing in abundance is more important than the quality of the crop.
Find from the story one word for the following.
a small room just below a sloping roof - ...........
What decision taken by Dick changed his fortune?
Say where . . . . . . .
______ do squirrels store their food?
The drone is given a death sentence because he ______.
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a mouse.
Discuss in groups and think about it.
List a few occasions on which you had become angry. What do you do when you are angry?
Find sentences from the play related to the given points.
The tension between different loyalties
- It’s little we get but abuse from the people, and no choice but to obey our orders.
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
Write about the various wheel-like objects you see at home, in school, and on the road.
Explain the meaning of the following phrase:
An eagle’s eye
Antonio had gone on a long voyage.
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 poor man stole some ornaments from a rich girl.
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 young man was injured in a road accident due to another man’s careless driving.
What did Mr. Gizare appreciate the most?
Name the white and bright things mentioned in the poem.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
sunshine - warm ________________.
Talk about the good qualities of any one person you do not like. (You need not name the person.)
Colour, sound, and images from nature add to the beauty of a poem: 'Tartary' is a perfect example of the above. Pick outlines that contain –
- Colour
- Sound
- Images from nature
Write in your own words.
Who does the poet invite to join him?
Make adjectives from the following.
- harm
- continue
- believe
- fear
- thought
- wish
- question
- courage
‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo,
I wish, my wish is coming true.’
Try to compose two other funny magical chants that have rhyming lines.
Why did Marouckla’s stepmother hate her?
Find out how the following game is played.
Hockey
Note that we say 'its appetite', 'its manners' and not 'it’s appetite' or 'it’s manners’. It’s means 'It is' and its means 'belonging to it'.
List all the pairs of antonyms you find in the passage.
What woke up the mother?
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
What did Gilson want the writer to bring for him?
Write a paragraph on ‘The Grumble Family’ and their attitude towards other folks.
What is inclusion? Why is it important?
Why does the poet tell us to speak gently to young children?
He woke up very late in the morning.
What does the peepul do?
Identify the speaker/character.
They somehow managed to put him on the platform.
Work in pair, find answer for the question and share in the class.
Why does the poet say the ‘ Spring is pretty’?
How is water produced in Mars?
How does Patna differ from Delhi?
We don’t use _________ in the soil.
How does it welcome all?
Raju loves______.
How does Raju help his mother?
Why did the bird catcher need fire?
______hem the border.
Arrange the actions of Robinson by numbering from 1 to 10.
Where is Keeraikuppam located?
Find and write the clues.
Clue for blind eye ______
Match the following and write the new word.
| 1. | pre | continue |
| 2. | dis | familiar |
| 3. | un | open |
| 4. | re | view |
Where were they going?
Nithin had many ______toys.
Write the word with same meaning.
chips- ______
List three questions that the little boy asks.
- ______
- ______
- ______
