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प्रश्न
Read each of the following sentence from the story and tick the word/ phrase that gives the correct meaning for the italicized word/ phrase in the context in which they are used here.
Sivasubramania Iyer was not perturbed, nor did he get angry with his wife
विकल्प
relaxed
agitated
panicky
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उत्तर
agitated
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संबंधित प्रश्न
WHERE the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit –
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
— Rabindranath Tagore
- Why does the poet say, ‘Where the mind is without fear’ ?
- What are the narrow domestic walls being referred to ?
- Why are they ‘narrow ’ ?
- How /when does the ‘clear stream of reason’ lose its way ?
- What is the poet’s appeal ?
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate option. Give reasons for your choice.
'Despite these disadvantages , He possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit '. The expression 'these disadvantages ' here refers to
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate options. Give reason for your choices.
Kalam continues to be proud of the money he had earned during the time of World War - II because
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate options. Give reason for your choices.
Paragraph 5 shows that kalam's mother and grandmother had
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate options. Give reason for your choices.
'As the new teacher saw it' ( paragraph 6 ) . Which of the following best explains the meaning of this expression?
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate options. Give reasons for your choice.
Kalam's science techer Sivasubramania was something oa a rebel in the sense that
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate options. Give reasons for your choice.
The science teacher's wife's behaviour during Kalam's second visit to their home showed that
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate options. Give reasons for your choice.
"Once you decide to change the system, such problems have to be confronted." Which problems are referred to here?
Complete the following sentence.
An example of the generosity and kindness of Kalam's parents is ......................................................
Complete the following sentence.
The salient feature of Kalam's relationship with his three childhood friends was that .........................................................................................
Complete the following sentence.
The nation should be wary of people like the grade V teacher of the narrator because ...............................................................................................
Role Play:
Your teacher will divide the class into groups of four and ask them to act out the following roles:
Kalam
Ramanadha Sastry
Aravindan
Shivaprakasan
In your group you should play the role allocated to you by engagmg in a conversation in which the friends
a) Express surprise and joy at meeting each other after nearly fifty years
b) Fondly recall their childhood times
c) Compare the problems facing the country then with the problems she is facing now.
d) Discuss what can be done to rid her of these problems
(Refer to the SWOT analysis of lndia)
After the role play, your teacher will invite some of the groups to share with others what problems they discussed and the solutions they proposed.
Read each of the following sentence from the story and tick the word/ phrase that gives the correct meaning for the italicized word/ phrase in the context in which they are used here.
The first casualty came in the form of the suspension of the train halt at Rameswaram station.
Read each of the following sentence from the story and tick the word/ phrase that gives the correct meaning for the italicized word/ phrase in the context in which they are used here.
My cousin Samsuddin, was looking for a helping hand to catch the bundles and, as if naturally, I filled the slot.
Read each of the following sentence from the story and tick the word/ phrase that gives the correct meaning for the italicized word/ phrase in the context in which they are used here.
He looked utterly downcast as I shifted to my seat in the last row.
If you were in the selection committee for the National Integration Award who would you choose and why?
Design a stamp in honour of your hero that captures the important moment of his contribution. You could create a fictional hero also.
Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :
Why is national integration important for a country like India ?
