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प्रश्न
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
Planners plan to construct buildings wherever they find a place.
विकल्प
True
False
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उत्तर
Planners plan to construct buildings wherever they find a place - True.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A1. True or False
State whether the following statements are true or false:
(1) The author's new house was situated at Bangalore.
(2) The writer was delighted because their new house, was the biggest they ever lived.
One of the advantages of growing up in an Army household was the frequency with which we moved. 'Postings' came with predictable regularity every three years. What was unpredictable and therefore exciting was the suspense. Where would we go this time? Ambala, Pune, Dehradun, Allahabad, Tejpur, Bangalore, Yo! ............ In my short span of thirteen years we had moved lock. stock and barrel eleven times!
Every move meant change. New journeys, new places, new schools, my new books, new uniforms, new friends and new houses. We lived in tents, bashas, Nissen huts, flats and bungalows. No matter what the shape and size of the dwelling, mother soon put her own special stamp on it and transformed it into a familiar place - our home - complete with bright yellow-curtains, coffee-brown carpet, assorted pictures, hanging ferns and potted palms - providing a comforting sense of continuity in our essentially nomadic life.
I was thirteen, the year we moved to the Cantonment at Allahabad. In stark contrast to the razzle-dazzle of the city's commercial areas like Katra and Chowk, the Cantonment was a quiet, orderly place with broad tree-lined roads that still carried the names of long-dead Britishers. Our bungalow was on a sleepy by-lane called MacPherson Road. When we first saw it, my brothers and I were delighted. It was by far the biggest house we had ever lived in. The task of furnishing those huge, echoing rooms daunted Mother.
A2. Complete
a. The broad tree-lined roads were named after.............................
b. Katra and Chowk are .............................
c. Mother was daunted with the task of................................. .
d. The suspense was exciting because the posting was.........................
A3. Personal response
What do you think are the problems faced by those who change households frequently.
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
(b) The poet says, ‘And yet, for these Children, these windows, not this map, their world.’ Which world do these children belong to? Which world is inaccessible to them?
(c) What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
(d) What will happen to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30 - 40 words each :
(a) What kind of gold did the people of Seemapuri look for in the garbage ? (Lost Spring)
(b) Why did Gandhi tell the court that he was involved in a 'conflict of duties' ?
(c) How do we get joy from life which is otherwise full of sorrows ? (A Thing of Beauty)
(d) For Aunt Jennifer, what do the tigers symbolise ?
(e) What made the chief astrologer place his finger on his nose ? (The Tiger King)
(f) On the seventh day after the American soldier was found by Dr. Sadao two things happened. Why did Hana feel scared of the second ?
What strategy do chimps use to open hard shells and fruits ?
Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
careered down
Comment on the influence of English – the language and the way of life – on Indian life as reflected in the story. What is the narrator's attitude to English?
What does the line 'I never writ, nor no man ever loved' imply?
What strong qualities possessed by them, could have helped them achieve success and fame, all over?
Find from the story one word for the following.
the highest-ranking official who commands a ship ______
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a-
hawker
Write down any two Slogans on 'Gender Equality'.
When we look at the sky, we find several objects. They stand for something or the other. Complete the following table by finding the significance of the given objects. One example is given to you.
| Celestial Bodies | Association |
| The Sun | Power, Heat, Energy, Commitment, etc. |
| The Moon | |
| The Rainbow | |
| The Stars |
Sue was a rich girl.
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
Planners take public consent for the alterations they make in the old structures of the city.
Read the following word and use it in a sentence of your own.
Renown
Read the following phrase and use it in a sentence of your own in proper form.
To voice something
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 an eel
Read the passage and answer the following question:
What makes Indra’s vajra or weapon invincible?
Comment on the given statement after reading the given dialogue -
It’s a pity some honest man not to be better of that ________________________________________________.
Put the following events in chronological order.
- The sword in the stone appeared in the churchyard.
- Lord Uther died.
- Lord Uther drove the barbarians away.
- The Lords and knights began to fight for the kingdom.
- Sir Kay left his sword behind at home.
- Merlin announced that Arthur was the son of Lord Uther.
- Arthur brought the sword from the churchyard.
- Ancient Britain was invaded by wild barbarians.
- Many knights tried to pull the sword out of the stone.
- Arthur grew up in Sir Ector’s house.
- Merlin entrusted a baby to Sir Ector.
Write the following:
The sights seen through a railway carriage mentioned in the first stanza.
Discuss the following.
Abdul gets what he wants in the end. What is the major factor that contributes to this success?
How does the following character in the story live up to their name? Provide points from the story.
Taffimai Metallumai
Write in your own words.
How should that person sing?
Pick out from the poem, two lines each that reflect an optimistic (positive) attitude and pessimistic (negative) attitude.
Optimism :
- ______
- ______
Pessimism :
- ______
- ______
Find from the Internet and write down.
In which century did William Shakespeare write his famous plays?
Write out a few things that you would really miss about your home if you were to stay away from it for long.
Discuss how you will measure the worth of a book.
In what way can we help to reduce or minimize waste generation?
Discuss the issue in groups of 4 or 5 and note down all good suggestions.
Resolve to follow them yourself. Some have been given below for your reference.
- Don’t waste food.
- Take as much as you want but finish everything that’s on your plate.
- Don’t throw away broken or half-used things. Repair them and use them.
- Avoid things which can be used only once.
For example: thermocol (polysterene) cups, plastic glasses, etc. - Reuse!
- Recycle!
What did Ahmad tell Kasim when he dug a channel and began to draw water?
How did the Bodwells react, when a shoe was thrown into their house?
Rearrange the jumbled sentences and write them in the correct order.
- But Hamid bought a pair of tongs.
- Granny Ameena felt proud of her grandson.
- Hamid’s friends bought different toys of their choice.
- Hamid proudly compared his tongs with a brave tiger.
- Hamid had less money than his friends.
- Granny Ameena was worried as he had to go to the Eidgah alone.
Discuss with your partner and complete the table.
| S.No. | Question | Who asked this? | Who answered? | What was the answer? |
|
1. |
Shall we run back together? | |||
| 2. | Can you see something behind the wall? | |||
| 3. | Who said good bye? | |||
| 4 | Was it just the wind? |
What are the disadvantages of speaking harshly?
Write down the word that alliterate in the poetic line below
Festival of Flowers.
Read these lines and answer the question given below.
How cheerful he seems to grin
Who does ‘he’ refer to?
Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down because______.
Raj did not buy______.
Mithali is one of the women players to score seven consecutive 50s.
Why did the crowd gather by the side of the pond?
When did the richest farmer get upset? Why?
The wild boar settled down scraping the hole into a ______ to have a good sleep.
Which line tells you that the girl was faster than the boy?
Vicky decided to______ the robot at the end.
Choose what the elephant did.
What party is that?
Do you love to seek answers to the questions?
Teddy took his pillow as a sign of ______ them.
Muthu collected ______ from every house.
What are things that we can save? Why should we save them?
Where were they going?
When does the world become green?
Speak and win.
Join in any group. Support or oppose using 4 to 5 sentences to win.
| I support Divya. | I oppose Divya. |
Write the word with same meaning.
tap- ______
Mugund learnt the art from his ______.
What incident made Mugund make a wooden drum?
Match the rhyming words.
| strokes | floor |
| shore | rush |
| brush | chokes |
Draw me some hair, quickly, I look like a ______.
Why is the play called ‘The Giving Tree’?
Look up the following entries in the Language Study pages given at the end.
- stress
- intonation
- sound
- consonant
- vowel
