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संबंधित प्रश्न
India, my India, where the first human eyes awoke to heavenly light! All Asia’s holy place of pilgrimage, great Motherland of might! World – mother, first giver to humankind of philosophy and sacred lore, knowledge thou gav’st to an, God – love, works, art, religion’s opened door.
O even with all that grandeur dwarfed or turned and can vaunt thy mighty name?
Before us still there floats the idea of those splendid days of gold; a new world in our vision wakes, Love’s India we shall rise to mould. India, my India, who dare call thee a thing for pity’s grace today? Mother of wisdom, worship, works nurse of the spirit inward ray!
(1) The poem is a ……………………
(a) Praise
(b) Prayer
(c) Story in the form of poem
(d) Song of condolence [Choose the correct alternative]
(2) What has India given to the world?
(3) How does the poet visualize New India?
(4) Give the rhyme scheme of the first four lines.
(5) Name and explain the figure of speech that dominates the poem.
Attempt in 120‒150 words a character sketch of Miss Sullivan.
Read the following extract and do the given activities:
B.1) Fill in the Balloons with suitable ideas from the poem:
“Oh, the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know?
They hold so many keys, so many things they can show.
We all will read the other side this I firmly believe
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we’ll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They’ve let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation, we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course.”
B.2) Find Evidence:
Pick out the line from the extract which supports the given ideas:
(i) The elders have many things to share.
(ii) Everybody knows the value of elderly people.
(iii) The elderly people have vast experience.
(iv) The elderly people are a boon to the nation.
B.3) Write a pair from the extract that rhymes with the given word:
| Fear | ........................... | .......................... |
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
Everyone stood ______ (horrified) when the terrible accident took place.
Teachers help me to learn ______ things.
- new
- bad
- difficult
What does the phrase ‘presence of mind’ mean? Explain the phrase using Muthu’s action.
Pick out the rhyming words and write.
| green | |
| human | |
| will | |
| welfare |
Recite the poem Never give up with correct intonation.
What secrets did he learn about beasts?
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
