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प्रश्न
In what way is Pambupatti different from any other village?
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उत्तर
Pambupatti was different from other villages because many kinds of people lived there: dark, fair, tall, short. They spoke many languages. Some ate meat, some did not. Some prayed in a small temple at the edge of the forest. Others prayed in a mosque some miles away.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
On the following map mark out the route, which the author thought of but did not take, to Delhi.
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following question
by ticking the correct choice.
'The Solitary Reaper' is a narrative poem set to music. This form of verse is called
a______.
What does he plant who plants a tree? a
He plants a friend of sun and sky;b
He plants the flag of breezes free;
The shaft of beauty, towering high;
He plants a home to heaven anigh;
For song and mother-croon of bird
In hushed and happy twilight heard____
The treble of heaven's harmony_____
These things he plants who plants a tree.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
The black man's face bespoke revenge
As the fire passed from his sight.
For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.
The last man of this forlorn group
Did nought except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave
Was how he played the game.
Their logs held tight in death's still hands
Was proof of human sin.
They didn't die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Who are ‘they’ referred to here ? Where were they ?
A camel can do without water for days together. What is the reason given in the text?
Answer the following question.
Why did Golu go to the river?
With whom did the music teacher compared Ravi with?
Why do you think we should be kind towards animals?
Why do ants want alien creatures to live in their nests?
What, according to the python, were the advantages of a long nose (trunk)?
In what ways did the bear become the lady’s pet animals?
How did the old woman’s little gifts help Vijay Singh in vanquishing the ghost?
Look at these sentences.
1. “Too boring,” he said.
2. Cleaned his room, did his chores.
When we speak, we often leave out words that can easily be guessed. We do not do this when we write unless we are trying to write as we speak (as in the story).
So, if we were to write carefully, we would say:
- “Homework is too boring,” he said.
- He cleaned his room and did his chores.
List out the action words in the poem.
Dive, dip, snaps, __________, __________, __________, __________, __________
Find out the meanings of these words.
Read the newspaper report to find the following facts about Columbia’s ill-fated voyage.
Height at which it lost contact: ____________
Why do you think she/he has these worries? Can you think of ways to get rid of such worries?
Read aloud the two paragraphs that describe the boy and the old man at the Lucky Shop.
In the Masque in Act IV of the play The Tempest, how does Ceres know that Juno is coming?
