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प्रश्न
Read 'The City Planners' by Margaret Atwood.
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उत्तर
Do it yourself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day?
(b) What shocking experience did Douglas have at YMCA pool?
(c) Why does Kamala Das compare her mother to 'a pale winter's moon'?
(d) What rich bountry has the heaven given us? (A Thing of Beauty)
(e) Why did the Maharaja have to pay a bill of three lakh rupees to the British jewellers?
(f) What problem did Roger Skunk face when he went to play with his friends. How did he solve it?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) How could the peddler enter the forge without being noticed by the blacksmith?
(b) At Champaran what did the British landlords want from the sharecroppers?
(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?
(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.
(e) How did Evans have the last laugh at the Governor?
(f) How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW?
Read the extract and do the activities that follow:
The duke senior and his follower were sitting down to a meal one day when Orlando rushed out from among the trees, his sword in his hand. ‘Stop, and cat no more!’ he cried. The Duke and his friends asked him what he wanted.
‘Food,’ said Orlando. ‘I am almost dying of hunger’. They asked him to sit down and eat, but he would not do so. He told them that his old servant was in the woods, dying of hunger. ‘I will not eat a bite until he has been fed,’ Orlando said.
So the good Duke and his followers helped him to bring Adam to their hiding-place, and Orlando and the old man were fed and taken care of. When the Duke learned that Orlando was a son of his old friend sir Rowland de Boys, he welcomed him gladly to his forest court.
Orlando lived happily with the Duke and his friends, but he had not forgotten the lovely Rosalind. She was always in his thoughts andevery day he wrote poetry about her pinning it on the trees in the forest. ‘These trees shall be my books,’ he said, ‘so that everyone who looks in the forest will be able to read how sweet and good Rosalind is’.
Rosalind and Celia found some of these poems pinned on the trees. At first they were puzzled, wondering who could have written them; but one day Celia came in from a walk with the news that she had seen Orlando sleeping under a tree, and she and Rosalind guessed that he must be the poet. Rosalind was happy to think that Orlando had not forggoten her, because she loved him as much as he loved her.
A1. Complete - (2)
Complete the following sentences:
(i) Rosalind was happy to think _______
(ii) The Duke and his followers helped Orlando to bring _________
(iii) Orlando pinned the poems written about Rosalind on ______
(iv) When the Duke cam to know that Orlando was a son of his old friend, he _________
A2. Write a gist: (2)
Write a gist of the above given extract in about 50 words.
The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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blow-by-blow account
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morale booster
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relegated to
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political acumen
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de facto
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astute
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doctored accounts
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gave vent to
The school system often curbs individual talents. Discuss.
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________one's will
'The author's treatment of the subject matter makes the readers identify themselves with the experience.' Comment on the statement.
How do the words in bold, in the lines below, illustrate the poet’s ability to convey criticism cryptically?
Our meddling intellect
Misshapes the beauteous forms of things:
We murder to dissect.
What strong qualities possessed by them, could have helped them achieve success and fame, all over?
Find from the story one word for the following.
a very narrow passage between buildings ______
Answer in your own words.
What helped Revathi to claim her plants - her belief in magic or the belief in her convictions? Explain your choice.
Read the Preamble of the Constitution of India given in your textbook. Pick out a word that refers to the following.
Brotherhood
Discuss in groups, reasons/ consequences/ effects:
The cherry blossomed.
Behrman was a hard-hearted person.
Where do we find all types of wild animals in urban areas?
You will come across many blogs written by famous personalities on different topics and issues. Read and make a list of at least ten blogs available on the internet. Read and summarise a blog and present it before the class.
| Sr.No. | The topic of the Blog | Name of the Blogger |
| 1. | Don’t teach kids how to read, teach them why. (https://www.teachthought.com/literacy stop-teaching-kids-how-to-read-reading-practice/) | Terry Heick |
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Fill in the elements that you find in the drama script of ‘A Battle to Baffle.'
Characters:
- Background Scene:
- Crisis:
- Steps taken to resolve the crisis:
- Climax:
- The end:
Your friend fell down learning to ride a bicycle and now has given it up altogether. What do you think will be the poet’s advice? Write it down.
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as an elephant
Read the following sentence carefully and choose the correct meaning.
The Peacock had a gorgeous tail like no other bird.
'It all builds on the charm of the 1967 film, which by itself is a must-watch for any child.'
Explain this sentence in the context of the movie, focusing on the two given phrases- 'Charm of the 1967 film' and 'must-watch'.
Choose the odd one out :
Bottom, Moth, Mustardseed, Cobweb.
Draw a character sketch of Oberon as an enemy of his wife but a friend of the lovers.
Discuss the question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
What does the ad tell you?
Have you seen a newborn young one of an animal?
Read the poem: ‘Home they brought her warrior dead’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Which of the words and phrases in the poem will you use in a realistic description?
Put a tick mark against the ones you will use.
- little
- shining tail
- golden scale
- cheerful
- grin
- claws
- gently smiling
- jaws
Form groups of five. Discuss how you can complete the rest of the story without referring to Part II of the story.
List the polite expressions we use such as ‘Pardon’.
Write in short how the travellers crossed the first ditch.
What does a farmer need most for his fields?
What is the world wide web?
WWW is a short form of World Wide Web.
Find ten other short forms related to ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
What is used to make Rangoli designs?
Departure was delayed because of the author.
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
Percentage of women working in finance is the same as ______.
‘My tongs are like a tiger among toys.’ It means ______
What values did the child learn?
Usha took shelter in the ______.
It is a problem for sea turtles to come ashore because ______.
What is the poem about?
What made Grandfather plant saplings on the rocky island?
_____ is called the red planet.
They went out through the broken windows.
Vicky wanted a ______ to do all his work.
Welcome guests to win everyone’s _____ in life’s race.
They would rest on the tree.
The bird-catcher let the pigeon jump into the fire.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Did Robinson’s ship sink?
Choose the best answer.
Suddenly there was a______.
Ani grew the seeds well.
Bala's home doesn't have ______.
How did Bala help Amma and sisters?
Write the word with same meaning.
Sink
How many marks did he score in his 12th board exam?
The child won’t ______ anything, if he closes his ears.
What would you have done if your grandmother would have slipped?
Read the given sentence and underline the 'no' word.
Nobody is at home.
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
