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प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
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उत्तर
- We should not give in to gossips and lies. We should not even pay attention to them. Clearly speaking we should not bother about them.
- My role model is my parents. Who are very simple and humble in their character. They do not seek praise while in achievements and do not expect sympathy while losing. They are ready to face any challenge which comes across in their life.
- eyes - lies
Others - brothers - “You may be the person I am looking for” - This line gives the importance of that person to whom the poet is looking for.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How important was the presence of Miss Anne Sullivan in Helen’s life?
Answer any four of the following question in 30 – 40 words each:
(a) ''What a thunderclap these words were to me!'' (Franz). What were those words and what was their effect of Franz?
(b) Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he hoped to?
(c) What was Kamala Das's childhood fear?
(d) How is the Earth a source of life when all seems dead on it? Keeping Quiet)
(e) How does Mr. Lamb react when Derry enters his garden?
(f) Which problem did the Maharaja face when he had killed seventy tigers? How did he solve it?
Chimps making their own fishing rods is an indication that
We know that chimps are intelligent because
Read the following passage and complete the activities given below:
Read the passage and complete the activities given below
B1 Complete the table :
A few facts about the Mehendi rituals during marriage ceremonies are given below :
Write them into appropriate columns :
(i) A simple family affair.
(ii) Song and dance performances accompanied by lavish food and entertainment.
(iii) Creative family members, apply Mehendi to the bride.
(iv) Beauticians are appointed to apply Mehendi to the bride.
Fill in the table as :
| Yesteryears | Present times |
| (i) | (i) |
| (ii) | (ii) |
Mehendi enjoys special attention during the wedding. In India, the day before the wedding is devoted exclusively to the elaborate ritual of applying Mehendi on the hands and feet of the bride. This practice is followed in Arab countries as well, except that it is held a few days prior to the wedding day. Songs are woven around the healing properties and lucky omens associated with mehndi are sung by the bride’s family and friends. An age-old belief handed down to generations lays great emphasis on the color of the bride’s Mehendi – a darker color suggests bountiful love and affection from the future in-laws and husband, and for this reason, brides take the pain to ensure that only the best quality henna is used for her wedding day.
The ritual of adorning the bride with henna is a sacred one and in some communities requires the initiation by the mother-in-law. A popular game during marriage function is the search for their names, by the bride and groom hidden within the elaborate pattern on the bride’s hands.
In certain parts of India, the bridegroom has his hands decorated with henna. The Mehendi function during marriages has evolved from simple family affairs of yesteryears to elaborate events of today. A lavish spread of food and entertainment in the form of song and dance performances have transformed it from a small function to a gala prelude. In earlier days, the task of applying Mehendi on the bride was the sole prerogative of creative family members. The demand for intricate and different style now, sees this job outsourced to beauticians skilled in this art. Beauty salons charge according to the style and complexity of pattern desired by the clients.
B2 What is the age-old belief related to the bride’s Mehendi color and its significance?
B3 Find the words :
Find the words from the passage :
| Noun | Verd | Adjectives |
| (i) attention | attend | _______________ |
| (ii) creation | _________________ | creative |
A lot of money is spent nowadays on marriage ceremonies. What is your opinion about it?
Read the following passage and do the given activities:
A.1) True or False
State whether the following statements are true or false:
(i) The patient stirred and looked about in cheerful anticipation
(ii) The patient’s wife wanted to know the truth …………
The lady went away to the kitchen. She felt restless. She felt she must know the truth whatever it was. Why was the great man so evasive? The suspense was unbearable. Perhaps he could not speak so near the patient’s bed. She beckoned to him from the kitchen doorway.
The doctor rose and went over. She asked, “What about him now? How is he?” The doctor bit his lips and replied, looking at the floor, “Don’t get excited. Unless you must know about it, don’t ask now.” Her eyes opened wide in terror. She clasped her hands together and implored, “Tell me the truth.” The doctor replied, “I would rather not talk to you now.” He turned around and went back to his chair. terrible wailing shot through the still house; the patient stirred and looked about in bewilderment. The doctor got up again, went over to the kitchen door, drew it in securely and shut off the wail.
A.2) Give reasons for the following:
(i) Her eyes opened wide in terror.
(ii) The lady went away to the kitchen.
A.3) How, according to you, should the nature of the doctor be?
Give reasons for the following statement.
The author thought that his positive thinking strategy worked well after all.
Group related points.
'The Address' is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment
Indian society has moved a long way from the way the marriage is arranged in the story. Discuss.
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to be wound up
What was the reason for the anxiety of Paul's mother as he grew older?
Suggest a few instances in the poem which highlight humour and irony.
What, according to Russell, is the importance of love in life?
Discuss the following in pairs or in groups of four:
Because India's tribal communities are basically bilingual there is a danger of dismissing their languages as dialects of India's major tongues.
The title, 'Refugee Blues' encapsulates the theme of the poem. Comment.
Think, choose and fill up the labels with what a ‘sunrise’ symbolizes.
(jewellery/art/hope/birth/anger/new opportunities/good manners/inspiration/new achievements/happiness/misery/bright moments/new aims/money/new surprises)
Guess the types of hardships they must have faced in their childhood and youth.
What strong qualities possessed by them, could have helped them achieve success and fame, all over?
The best punishment is ‘forgiveness’. Discuss the sentence in light of the text you have read. You can make use of the following points.
(a) Forgiveness provides an opportunity to change the behaviour.
(b) Forgiveness leads to repentance.
(c) A person may commit a mistake/crime impulsively or under the force of strong emotions.
(d) ________________________
(e) ________________________
Answer in your own words.
Read and write down 5 points which prove that Tomba, (Lanthoi’s father) firmly believes in gender equality.
Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.
Indians respect the freedom of others.
There are different types of short stories. Use a dictionary/internet and find out what each of the following types refers to.
- fable:
- anecdote:
- fairy tale:
- parable:
- tragedy:
- humorous story:
- detective story:
- myth:
Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Skeleton branches ____________.
For preparing questions based on the poem, an overall understanding of the poem is a must. Discuss with your partner and prepare a set of five questions.
For example:
- What is the name of the bridge?
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
Correct the following statement.
The last leaf was a real leaf that survived.
How do we help animals and birds?
Who gives medicine/treatment to sick animals and birds?
Birbal thought Akbar was greater than God.
Play the roles of an interviewer and a Great Indian Bustard and present the interview in the classroom.
Read aloud the speech in which Thiruvalluvar explains how the fabric was made. Present the process in the form of a chart. Draw pictures for the chart and label them.
Find out the different processes by which fabrics are made. Find illustrations and write a few lines on each process.
Select the correct options :
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream is a ___________________.
- poetic drama
- comedy of errors
- a comedy based on fantasy
- a character play
- a revenge tragedy
- belongs to realm of dreams
Do you know any poem or song about the moon in your own language? Sing it in the class.
Explain the following statement with reference to the context.
And it's by no means the small sacrifice the town will have to make.
Read the story and write about the following in short.
Kojo
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following,
Yonamine’s ideas about marriage.
Write a short note on the following:
Veterinary Science in Ancient India.
Visit a library:
Find more information/stories about scholars of the ancient world - Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Varahamihira, Charaka, Nagarjuna, Jeevaka.
What does the poet pray for? Why?
If you saw someone abusing an animal, what would you do? Write about it in 5 lines.
Write all the instances of the mischief done by Mr. Nobody.
Listen and complete:
Close your books. The teacher will dictate some lines from the poem. She will say the first half and you have to write the entire line/verse.
- I know a funny ____________ As quiet as a ____________ Who does the mischief that is done ____________.
- There’s no one ever sees his face, And yet we all ____________ That every plate we break was ____________ By ____________.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Who has written the book?
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“What! ... how ! ... That’s impossible! ”
How do you behave with your classmates? Write about your attitude and behaviour in the appropriate column.
Some actions:
- Ask others for help
- Refuse help
- Judge others by their appearance
- Judge others by their accent
| Always | Sometimes | Never |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
wind - breeze __________________.
Write a character sketch of each of the animals. Write about their actions and thoughts and the qualities that emerge through them. You may present the sketch in the form of a graphic.
Read the passage and name the following.
He led the defense of Troy for nine years.
A parody is a playful, comic imitation of a writer’s style. A parody is like a verbal cartoon. Compare the original poem and its parody given on page 35 using the following points:
|
How doth the little busy bee |
How doth the little crocodile (parody) |
| Choice of a subject (an animal) | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Number of lines and stanzas | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Same or similar constructions | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Tone of the poem | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
What does the crocodile stand for?
Answer in your own words.
What excuses did Neel give to avoid cleaning his room?
Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.
Some other time.
Rewrite in your own words.
One event from the story.
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a baby.
Why did Marouckla’s stepmother hate her?
Describe the following with the help of the (The Twelve Months) story.
Summer
Find out how the following game is played.
Football
Was it right for the youngest brother to ask for a share in the money? Why?
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with gentle-hearted.
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear
- Why do you think the poet is not in a hurry?
- What should one not mourn for?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear.
Identify the rhyme scheme of the given lines.
The second human being that Miranda saw on the island was __________________.
Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps?
Where did Chulong catch the bird?
Why did Granny scold Hamid?
Teachers help me to learn ______ things.
- new
- bad
- difficult
How does the ability to question help us?
Read the lines and answer the questions.
They are of all forms and shapes
They all have an excellent ending
What do have an excellent ending?
Look at the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.
SCD, TEF, UGH, ______, WKL
Identify the speaker/character.
Stop ship. Drop anchor. Quick!
Ridleys come to lay their eggs in the month of January.
The turtles use their flippers and make a hollow for their nests.
What made the trip a memorable one?
The teacher asked the children to take their seat because______.
The wild boar got up from its daybed because it was disturbed by another boar.
Find example of alliteration and write them in the blank.
to muddy roads
monsoons and mangoes
The blue lights seen through the window were aliens.
They went out through the broken windows.
Where did the space shuttle land?
Why did Santhosh forget to watch television or play video games?
The farmer had _______ daughters.
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
Crowd - ______.
______is a Do It Yourself kid.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Mother nature gives everything for all ______.
What are the things given by the tree?
They use ______ as bait.
Try your own.
What was the message on the chit?
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
My dog barks ______.
People ran off when the seawater receded.
How does a friend support us?
Leafcutter ants drink______.
Who helped Tenzin in learning English words?
Jana and her family moved to the village _______ ago.
Why was the tree called 'The Mother Tree'?
Where did the tanker man take the water from the village?
The king gave______ seeds.
The grandmother had kept the plate in memory of her ______.
Write the word with same meaning.
tap- ______
Bihar people saved trees by______ painting.
We ______ yarn to make sarees.
He got an admission to study at Stanford University ______.
What subject did he like the most?
Is there something that you will struggle for? why?
Why did the headmaster give Megala a special prize?
Does the child in the poem like her nose? Why do you think so?
The pretty little fir tree was happy with gold leaves but______.
What happens when the day is over?
Although Helen could not hear or see, what kind of girl was she?
What did he make out of it?
What did he call his puppet?
Now, read the following biographical extract on Sujatha Rangarajan, a Sciencefiction writer, and answer the questions that follow.
- Sujatha is the allonym of the Tamil author S. Rangarajan and it is this name that is recognised at once by the Tamil SciFi reading community. You might have seen the Tamil movie ‘Endiran’ where the robot Chitti exhibits extraordinary talents in an incredible manner. The robot could excel a human being in any act, beyond one’s imagination. Jeeno, a robotic dog which appeared in Sujatha’s science fiction novel “En Iniya Iyandhira” (My Dear Robot) formed the basis of Chitti’s character. Like Chitti, Jeeno was an allrounder who could cook, clean and fight. High-tech computer technology terms are used in the story. Jeeno, a pet robot, plays an important role throughout the story. As the story proceeds, it behaves and starts to think on its own like a human and instructs Nila, a human being, on how to proceed further in her crises.
- In the preface of ‘En Iniya Iyandhira’, the writer states the reason for his attraction to the genre: “Science gives us the wonderful freedom to analyse thousands and thousands of alternative possibilities. While using it, and while playing with its new games, a writer needs to be cautious only about one thing. The story should draw some parallels or association from the emotions and desires of the present humankind. Only then it becomes interesting. Jeeno, the robot dog, was intelligent. But the character became popular only because of the robot’s frequently displayed human tendencies.” It is no wonder that all his works echo these words and will remain etched in the minds of the readers who enjoy reading his novels to have a wonderful lifetime experience.
- It was Sujatha, who set the trend for sci-fi stories. He had tracked the origin from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein to his short stories. He has written 50 sci-fi short stories and these were published in various Tamil magazines. His stories have inspired many readers to extend their reading to English sci-fi writers like Isaac Asimov. The themes were bold, even if there was a dependence on a very well-established characterization of English fiction. Sujatha opened up a new world to us with his writings on holograms, computers and works like ‘En Iniya Iyanthira’ inspire many to study computer science.
- He has been one of the greatest writers for more than four decades. He combined reasoning and science in his writings. Being a multifaceted hi-fi and sci-fi humanistic author, he expressed his views distinctively. He was the one who took Tamil novels to the next level. As an MIT alumnus and an engineer at BHEL, he was very good at technology. He could narrate sci-fi stories impressively. His readers always enjoyed reading all his detective and sci-fi novels which featured the most famous duo ‘Ganesh’ and ‘Vasanth’.
- Sujatha has played a crucial role as a playwright for various Tamil movies which have fascinated movie lovers. Hence, it is fathomable that the writer’s perspective of future India enthuses every reader and paves a new way to reading sci-fi stories in English.
A. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.
- How was Jeeno different from other robots?
- What precaution should one take while writing Science fiction stories?
- What inspired Sujatha’s themes?
- Why were Sujatha’s sci-fi stories impressive?
B. Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following.
- difficult to believe (para 1)
- a style or category of art, music or literature (para 2)
- having many sides (para 4)
- capable of being understood (para 5)
Pick out word which mean the same as
place or fix (para 2)
