Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Read the following passage and complete the activities given below :
A1 Find out :
Find from the passage the related words to the sea and write them.
ON FIERCE monsoon nights, about one and a quarter-mile off the Mumbai harbor, there have been occasions when 52-year-old Bikaji Ramchandra Dhuri is the only man on the sea. From the watchtower of the Prongs Reef Lighthouse, which is surrounded on all sides by the Arabian Sea, he has heard the sea rage like a possessed spirit – the darkness dispelled only by the beam of light flung across the waters from the tower he mans.
Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast, as a majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned. Built-in 1871, the Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse and is located at a strategic spot on the western coast, marking the entrance to the busy Mumbai Harbour. It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks off the harbor, which the lone Colaba lighthouse could not illumine on its own. “Even now, during nights, for fishing vessels without any gadgets, it’s the soft light from this tower which directs us to Mumbai,” says Vinayak Koli, a boatsman who helps ferry people and also goes on fishing expeditions.
Throughout the year, Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch, when he is relieved by another keeper. In the monsoon, it becomes his home for three months. “We call it the Kalapana as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days, with basic supplies – and the revolving light that keeps the sea awake,” he says.
A2 Fill in the following information using words from the passage :
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on _______.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for _______ at a stretch.
(iii) _______ is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the _______ lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.
| Violent | Scattered | Place of shelter for ships | Shine light |
A4
A5 Personal Response
Imagine you have to spend a night in a lighthouse. Narrate your experience.
Advertisements
उत्तर १
A1 
A2
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch.
(iii) Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.
A3 
A4
(i) He says that they call it Kalapani as they are alone in the middle of the sea for days.
(ii) It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks of the harbor, wasn’t it?
A5 I was so excited by the experience in a lighthouse. I went up to the lighthouse with my four friends. It was very dark inside the lighthouse. Everywhere it seems to be many ghosts standing here and there. We all were so scared.
उत्तर २
A1
A2
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch.
(iii) Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.
A3
| Fierce | dispelled | harbour | illumine |
A4
(i) He says that they call it Kalapani as they are alone in the middle of the sea for days.
(ii) It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks of the harbor, wasn’t it?
A5 I was so excited by the experience in a lighthouse. I went up to the lighthouse with my four friends. It was very dark inside the lighthouse. Everywhere it seems to be many ghosts standing here and there. We all were so scared.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
In English, the peacock is associated with pride. ‘As proud as a peacock’ is a commonly used simile. With what qualities is the peacock associated with the literature of your language?
From the internet or other sources, find the other names by which Kabaddi is known in different parts of our country and the world.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.
They may be composed and sung or recited for many years before __________________.
Identify one example of a main clause and one example of a dependent clause from the content below:
Troy was filled with the sight of leaping flames and the sound of shouting and the noise of weapons and the cries of weeping women. The sleeping Trojans sprang out of their beds, but they were taken by surprise. Their enemies were right inside their walls, and many of the Trojans were killed before they could put on their armour and seize their weapons.
A bright light lit up the night sky as palaces and houses, temples and towers, went up in flames. The Trojans fought as well as they could, but it was all in vain. Old King Priam was killed with all his brave sons. Hector’s wife and his old mother and sister were carried off as slaves by the conquerors. Their fate was in contrast to Helen’s when King Menelaus rushed through the city, looking for her, and found her in her palace. She hung her head in shame and sorrow as she faced her former husband. Her voice was choked with emotion and she could not speak. But Menelaus forgave her and she went back with him, for it was only Aphrodite who had turned her heart away from her home and her husband and her child.
When morning came, nothing was left of the proud, rich city that had resisted attack for ten years.
Pick out from the poem, two lines each that reflect an optimistic (positive) attitude and pessimistic (negative) attitude.
Optimism :
- ______
- ______
Pessimism :
- ______
- ______
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
Just wait till zigzag settles down in this new home. Visu………….................………………
Aravind and Maya…….……………….
How does Alice feel after all these changes?
Gulliver was set free because the emperor______.
Uthaman was skilled in _____.
How can we do our work better?
