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प्रश्न
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
Someone has extended a hand of friendship towards me and I have not accepted it.
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उत्तर
No, this does not apply to me. I accept and welcome new friends in my life.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. Air pollution is an issue which concerns us all alike. One can willingly choose or reject a food, a drink or a life comfort, but unfortunately there is little choice for the air we breathe. All, what is there in the air is inhaled by one and all living in those surroundings.
2. Air pollutant is defined as a substance which is present while normally it is not there or present in an amount exceeding the normal concentrations. It could either be gaseous or a particulate matter. The important and harmful polluting gases are carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ozone and oxides of sulphur and nitrogen. The common particulate pollutants are the dusts of various inorganic or organic origins. Although we often talk of the outdoor air pollutions caused by industrial and vehicular exhausts, the indoor pollution may prove to be as or a more important cause of health problems.
3. Recognition of air pollution is relatively recent. It is not uncommon to experience a feeling of 'suffocation' in a closed environment. It is often ascribed to the lack of oxygen. Fortunately, however, the composition of air is remarkably constant all over the world. There is about 79 per cent nitrogen and 21 per cent oxygen in the air − the other gases forming a very small fraction. It is true that carbon dioxide exhaled out of lungs may accumulate in a closed and over-crowded place. But such an increase is usually small and temporary unless the room is really air-tight. Exposure to poisonous gases such as carbon monoxide may occur in a closed room, heated by burning coal inside. This may also prove to be fatal.
4. What is more common in a poorly ventilated home is a vague constellation of symptoms described as the sick-building syndrome. It is characterized by a general feeling of malaise, head-ache, dizziness and irritation of mucous membranes. It may also be accompanied by nausea, itching, aches, pains and depression. Sick building syndrome is getting commoner in big cities with the small houses, which are generally over-furnished. Some of the important pollutants whose indoor concentrations exceed those of the outdoors include gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and organic substances like spores, formaldehydes, hydrocarbon aerosols and allergens. The sources are attributed to a variety of construction materials, insulations, furnishings, adhesives, cosmetics, house dusts, fungi and other indoor products.
5. By-products of fuel combustion are important in houses with indoor kitchens. It is not only the brining of dried dung and fuelwood which is responsible, but also kerosene and liquid petroleum gas. Oxides of both nitrogen and sulphur are released from their combustion.
6. Smoking of tobacco in the closed environment is an important source of indoor pollution. It may not be high quantitatively, but significantly hazardous for health. It is because of the fact that there are over 3000 chemical constituents in tobacco smoke, which have been identified. These are harmful for human health.
7. Micro-organisms and allergens are of special significance in the causation and spread of diseases. Most of the infective illnesses may involve more persons of a family living in common indoor environment. These include viral and bacterial diseases like tuberculosis.
8. Besides infections, allergic and hypersensitivity disorders are spreading fast. Although asthma is the most common form of respiratory allergic disorders, pneumonias are not uncommon, but more persistent and serious. These are attributed to exposures to allergens from various fungi, molds, hay and other organic materials. Indoor air ventilation systems, coolers, air-conditioners, dampness, decay, pet animals, production or handling of the causative items are responsible for these hypersensitivity − diseases.
9. Obviously, the spectrum of pollution is very wide and our options are limited. Indoor pollution may be handled relatively easily by an individual. Moreover, the good work must start from one’s own house
(Extracted from the Tribune)
(a) (i) What is an air pollutant? (1)
(ii) In what forms are the air pollutants present? (2)
(iii) Why do we feel suffocated in a closed environment? (1)
(iv) What is sick building syndrome? How is it increasing? (2)
(v) How is indoor smoking very hazardous? (1)
(vi) How can one overcome the dangers of indoor air pollution? (2)
(b) Find the words from the above passage which mean the same as the following: (3)
(i) giddiness (para 4)
(ii) constant (para 8)
(iii) humidity (para 8)
Read the follow ing extract and answer the questions given below:
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
(1) What makes a nation strong?
(2) According to you, what makes India a strong and powerful nation?.
(3) Write down the rhyme scheme used in the extract.
(4) What does the phrase 'others fly ... ' mean?
Mention three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
What do the following utterance indicate?
(i)“I told her, through Daniel ...”
(ii)“It’s a cold,” he said finally through Tsetan.
The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:
A flawless half-moon flated in a perfect blue sky.
Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.
Comment on the graphic detail with which the various passengers who took Iona's cab are described.
What impression would you form of a state where the King was 'just and placid'?
Read the Preamble of the Constitution of India given in your textbook. Pick out a word that refers to the following.
Brotherhood
Answer the given question in your own words.
Where was the Happy Prince’s statue located?
Using points from the lesson, give the details of the following in a short paragraph.
Different types of kites.
Say WHY. . . . . .
Ramanujan found the number 1729 very interesting.
The whole world is happy because children are going to school. Why is it so? Discuss it in the classroom.
Read and prepare a small presentation in about 100 to 150 words on the ideas of any two philosophers given below.
- Sant Dnyaneshwar
- Gautam Buddha
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- Kahlil Gibran
- Socrates.
Write a short note on the following:
The living world on Rakata
Read the passage and find the verbs used with the following nouns and phrases:
- volcano
- molten rock
- volcanic mountain
- dust
- 165 village and towns
- the wind and the sea
- seeds
- bird
In each of the following line, spot the sound that is used repeatedly -
- There’s a silver house in the lovely sky.
- As round as a silver crown
- It takes two weeks to build it up. And two to pull it down.
Visit a library:
Find stories about hosts and guests. Share them with the class. Classify the stories into funny and serious stories.
Add ten more words to the list on your own. Each of the component words must be meaningful.
Listen and complete:
Close your books. The teacher will dictate some lines from the poem. She will say the first half and you have to write the entire line/verse.
- I know a funny ____________ As quiet as a ____________ Who does the mischief that is done ____________.
- There’s no one ever sees his face, And yet we all ____________ That every plate we break was ____________ By ____________.
Read the following.
- I mean what I say. I say what I mean.
- I see what I eat. I eat what I see.
Use your imagination to write a funny sentence on this pattern.
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“Why, the dress you go to the theatre in !”
Think and answer:
Does the last line make you happy or sad? Why?
Complete the following phrases with the help of the poem.
- ______ music
- ______ rivers
- ______ breeze
- ______ lake
- ______ citron-trees
Read the lines of the following poem. Guess and fill in suitable words to make the lines rhyme -
Golden Glow
Soon after dawn, rises the _________________.
It wakes and enlivens every _________________.
It scares away the long, dark _________________.
The shining stars go out of _________________.
From tree to tree birds flit and, _________________.
Searching for food, with a sharp _________________.
The buds that open now show their, _________________
As flowers, they dance with beauty and _________________.
The hill slope wears a grassy green,_________________
The curved sparkling river, it's gold _________________.
The cock then crows to give a loud, _________________
Come on! wake up, folks! One and _________________.
I, then wake up, ‘Good Morning’ to,_________________
Let’s all look forward to a golden _________________.
What is the ‘Internet’?
Find a picture of a computer with the help of your teacher and label the different parts you see.
For example, monitor, screen, speakers, processor, mouse, mousepad, keyboard, etc.
Why did Prospero set Ferdinand a severe task to perform?
Identify the speaker/character.
‘Even though I clearly said no!’
Answer the following question based on the reading of the story. Do not forget to go back to the passage whenever necessary to find and confirm the answer.
| Action | Effect |
| While you warm yourself | I will prepare the best tea. |
| I saved enough money | |
| Six hundred and two villages were destroyed. | |
| It was a terrible earthquake and it was felt | |
| I ran back to the village | |
| They lifted the door | |
| I went to thank the Army Officer |
He decided to find his cousins’ home without their help. He asked the policeman for information in Italian because he.
Discuss with your partner and complete the table.
| S.No. | Question | Who asked this? | Who answered? | What was the answer? |
|
1. |
Shall we run back together? | |||
| 2. | Can you see something behind the wall? | |||
| 3. | Who said good bye? | |||
| 4 | Was it just the wind? |
Do you think this was a good idea?
Read the line and answer the question.
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover.
What kind of human company does the poet want?
Grandfather helped grandma out with the gardening because he______.
Work in groups of five. Tell the story in ten sentences.
You can begin the story like this:
The author’s Grandfather served in the Indian Forest Service.
After his retirement he built ______ Now continue the story. Each one should say one sentence.
Identify the speaker/character.
They somehow managed to put him on the platform.
In Mars ______ Earth days make a year.
Be humble like a _____.
________ was a young talented doctor.
When did the battle of Nauranang start? How long did it continue?
Karate makes me brave and bold. Would you like to learn it?
How did he lose his hand?
They use ______ as bait.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Do cannibals eat people?
Match the following.
| pale |  |
| tremble |  |
| fainted |  |
Pablo was the dog of ______.
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
The lion fought _____.
The official visited the rehabilitation centre daily.
What did Kani realize in the story?
List the things that humans should save.
Pick out the rhyming words and write.
| green | |
| human | |
| will | |
| welfare |
Secondly the greedy merchant is ready to offer______.
What did Bala want to learn?
Write the word with same meaning.
dustbin- ______.
He got an admission to study at Stanford University ______.
Why did the headmaster give Megala a special prize?
Why did Nasruddin say, “It was my aim,” the third time?
Do you think Nasruddin was good at archery?
