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प्रश्न
Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?
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उत्तर
Lushkoff was obliged to Sergei because if he had not come to Sergei, then he might still have been calling himself a teacher or a student. He would have been begging. By listening to Sergei, he had changed his ways. He was a notary and earned thirty five roubles a month.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Simple Present Tense
In these sentences words like everyday, often, seldom, never, every
month, generally, usually, etc. may be used.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
The African lungfish can live without water for up to four years. During drought, it
___(dig) a pit and ___(enclose) itself in a capsule of slime and earth, leaving a tiny opening
for air. The capsule ___(dry) and ___(harden), but when rain ___(come), the mud
___(dissolve) and the lungfish ___(swim) away.
Thinking about Poem
Can a “simple jab of the knife” kill a tree? Why not?
On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions
by ticking the correct choice.
The setting of the poem is ___________.
The village consisted of less than thirty houses, only one of them built with brick and cement. Painted a brilliant yellow and blue all over with gorgeous carvings of gods and gargoyles on its balustrade, it was known as the Big House. The other houses, distributed in four streets, were generally of bamboo thatch, straw, mud, and other unspecified material. Muni’s was the last house in the fourth street, beyond which stretched the fields. In his prosperous days Muni had owned a flock of forty sheep and goats and sallied forth every morning driving the flock to the highway a couple of miles away.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What did Muni’s wife cook for him in the morning? How did she cook it?
Answer the following question.
What was Soapy’s first plan? Why did it not work?
Chandni fought the wolf because she
What all facts Maya collected about Mr Nath?
Give some examples of fuel.
What did the first bird say to the stranger?
What was the problem of the two shoppers? What were they going to try?
How did the crocodile plan to please his wife? How did the monkey use his wits and save his life?
How did Vijay Singh use the egg? How did he use the lump of salt?
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Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Why did the dog feel the need for a master?
What does a little child think of his/her teacher? What does the child decide to explore?
Write True or False against the following statement.
When Serbjit gets angry he shouts at people.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
| Portia: | ... Lorenzo, I commit into your hands The husbandry and manage of my house Until my lord's return: for mine own part, I have toward heaven breathed a secret vow To live in prayer and contemplation, Only attended by Nerissa here, Until her husband and my lord's return. |
- Who does Portia refer to as 'my lord'?
Where is her lord?
Why had he left in such haste? [3] - What does Portia ask Lorenzo to do? Why does she make this request? [3]
- Explain, in your own words, the ‘secret vow’ that Portia speaks of. [3]
- What instruction does Portia give to her servant, a little later in the scene? [3]
- What do we learn about Portia’s real intention from her conversation with Nerissa?
Which Portia do you prefer- the modest Portia of the Casket scene or the businesslike Portia we meet in this scene?
Give one reason for your response. [4]
'The eight other athletes stopped in their tracks' means that they ______.
“Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy...”
These lines tell us that Antony is ______.
The Medicine Bag traces the narrator’s attitude to his Sioux Grandfather, from mild embarrassment to appreciation. Summarise the reasons for this embarrassment and the change. Write your answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.
- Reasons for embarrassment
- Specific reasons for the change in attitude
