Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.
Advertisements
उत्तर
Phrases/lines that indicate distance between the father and the son are:
1. ‘I do not understand this child’
2. ‘I know / Nothing of him’
3. ‘We speak like strangers’
4. ‘there’s no sign/ Of understanding in the air’
5. ‘Silence surrounds us.’
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
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?
How is the social life at Raveloe different from that at Lantern Yard ?
How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
-
honing our seafaring skills
-
ominous silence
-
Mayday calls
-
pinpricks in the vast ocean
-
a tousled head
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.
Look at the words given in the box below
|
snigger |
wriggle |
sneak |
squeak |
|
squawk |
titter |
pant |
chuckle |
|
giggle |
jeer |
chortle |
guffaw |
|
sigh |
sidle |
boo |
shriek |
|
scramble |
croak |
straggle |
plod |
|
gasp |
|
|
|
Now classify them according to their closeness in meaning to the words given below
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
|
snigger |
wriggle |
squeak |
jeer |
sigh |
What, according to Russell, is the importance of love in life?
You know what ‘hide-and-seek’ is. What would ‘hide-and-speak’ mean?
How does the banyan tree stand out as different from other trees? What details of the tree does the poet highlight in the poem?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I have cordial relationships with all but I cannot connect with anyone.
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author is an example of ‘reverse migration’.
Study the pictures below and note down the differences.
Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between our strengths and our achievements.
Behrman did not know anything about the last leaf on the ivy.
Write in short about what your parents/guardians feel when they send you to school.
Read the passage and answer the following question:
Who designed the PVC medal?
What could have happened to the one who flew away? Who was she?
Draw a character sketch of Oberon as an enemy of his wife but a friend of the lovers.
Show the stages in the process in which Krakatoa collapsed and then Anak Krakatoa formed in the course of volcanic eruptions. Use the flowchart given below.
Write a short speech for the State of Maharashtra.
Guess the meaning of the following from the context.
The meadow is wrapped in shadow.
Draw word webs for the following.
Begin with the given word and go on writing as many other words associated with it, as you can.
Use these words to write other related words to form a word web.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
To this day, we venerate this tree as ____________.
Visit a library:
Read the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Form groups. Discuss the first two paragraphs. Try to present their content in the form of a series of conversations among the volunteers and the villagers.
Prepare a short note on sea turtles with the help of the information given in the passage.
There were no human settlements on the moon.
Form groups of 4. Find all the references to the time given in the passage. Then make a chart to show the events described in the passage along with the time when they occur. Example:
| All night long: | The crew stayed on their feet. |
| Near midnight: | ________________________ |
| At 12.53: | ________________________ |
(Use as many lines as you need.)
Who is the speaker in this poem?
Pick out from the poem, two lines each that reflect an optimistic (positive) attitude and pessimistic (negative) attitude.
Optimism :
- ______
- ______
Pessimism :
- ______
- ______
Present Mr. Wilson’s story as it would be shown in a comic strip. Write what picture you will show in each frame along with the dialogues. Write the dialogue with the help of the story. Examples:
 |
 |
 |
Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
This step is broken. Please be ______.
Read the poem and answer the following.
Which strawberries are plump and juicy?
Find out how the following game is played.
Table Tennis
Find out how the following game is played.
Hockey
Write any one of these stories, not as told by Gulliver, but by some other person.
Imagine that you are in a land of tiny people like Lilliput. Write about some of the interesting things you might see there, including animals, houses, plants, vehicles, etc. Find an interesting name for this land.
Which event in the story tells us that the scarecrow was intelligent?
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
Zigzag hardly never sleeps.
Somu………………………
Dr.Krishnan……………………….
Tom lay thinking. Presently it occurred to him that he wished he was sick; then he could stay home from school. He examined himself. He found no symptoms or sickness, and he investigated again. This time he felt he had a stomach ache, but it soon grew feeble, and presently died wholly away. He reflected further.
What was the result of Tom’s self-examination?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Can we read and access the information free of cost?
How can we make our life worth living?
When should we have courage?
Read these lines and answer the question given below.
How cheerful he seems to grin
Who does ‘he’ refer to?
Why did Muthu and his friends step out of the train?
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by
- ‘In the wink of an eye’ means very quickly. Explain ‘painted stations whistle by’.
Work in groups. Discuss and have a debate on life in bustling cities and life in calm towns.
What did Anandhan want to become?
Name the character or speaker.
"You want me to strain my back?"
Where did the bird catcher sit?
Why did the bird catcher need fire?
Akilan’s passion is to learn ______.
What was his master’s advice?
What did they use as net?
People ran off when the seawater receded.
Moles dig ______ to catch earth worms.
Write the word with same meaning.
purse- ______
Write the word with same meaning.
tap- ______
What did the boy make with the branches of the tree?
