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प्रश्न
The Cloud ‘fuses together a creative myth, a scientific monograph, and a gay picaresque tale of cloud adventure': explain.
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उत्तर
The Cloud, authored by Shelly fuses together a creative myth ‘I am the daughter of Earth and Water’, a scientific monograph ‘And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams’, and a gay picaresque tale of cloud adventure ‘And out of the caverns of rain’.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Complete the following statements:
(i) The poet is talking about............................. .
(ii) As a nation weare missing our .................................... .
(iii) Old people havekeys ........................... .
(iv) The elderly remember .......................... .
"Oh the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know? They hold so many keys, so many
things they can show.
We all will read the other side this I firmly believe.
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we'll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They've let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear.
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course."
B2 Express
State what the underlined words mean:
(i) Oh the value of the elderly! State the value ............. .
(ii) They are the ones most developed. 'They' stand for ............. .
B3: Match the words in Column A with their rhyming word in Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Course | (a) Show |
| (ii) Believe | (b) resource |
| - | (c) retrieve |
Answer any two of the following questions in about 30‒40 words:
(a) How does Kamala Das try to put away the thoughts of her ageing mother?
(b) Which is the exotic moment that the poet refers to in 'Keeping Quiet'?
(c) What are the difficulties that aunt Jennifer faced in her life?
Answer the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why do you think the booking clerk refused to accept the money? Why did the narrator get out so fast?
(b) Why could the Russian research vessel, ‘The Akademik Shokaskiy’ not move any further? What did the captain decide then?
(c) What sort of hunts did the Maharaja offer to organize for the high-ranking British officer? What trait of the officer does it reveal?
(d) What did Jo want the wizard to do when Mommy Skunk approached him?
How did Helen display her passion for Radcliffe College?
Read the following passage and complete the activities given below:
Identify instances in the story that show the business acumen of Ramanand.
Comment on the contemporary concern that the poem echoes.
Write words from the poem that describe the following.
- sky ____________
- heart ____________
- hand ____________
- beginning ____________
- surprises ____________
Guess the types of hardships they must have faced in their childhood and youth.
The word 'report' means -
(a) Give a spoken or written account of something.
(b) Cover an event or subject as a journalist or reporter.
Which pictures reflect gender equality? Write their numbers.
Read the following words :
Brigadier, Commander, capture, evicting, enemy, defense
All these words are related to war affairs and war.
Find more such words from the passage.
State whether the following statement is True or False. Correct the false statement by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.
The poem has an underlying message about the importance of trees.
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.
'Uttarayana' starts from Makar Sankranti onwards.
Discuss in groups and share with one another.
How your family relaxes on weekends.
Honey-bees live an organized life like human beings. Discuss what work the following honey-bees do, as per the poem. Write it down in your own words, in your notebook.
- King/Emperor bee
- Magistrate bees
- Merchant bees
- Soldier bees
- Mason bees
- Civilian bees
- Porter bees
- Judge bee
Answer the following question in short.
On what condition did Tenali Raman agree to take up the challenge?
Make a list of functions/events/programs/activities organized in your junior college. Choose three events and plan a program schedule of your own. Prepare a script as well to show the associating role of the compere for a particular event. Make your own sequence and design a template for the same.
Comment on the given statement after reading the given dialogue -
But when I saw a man in trouble, I could never help trying to set him out of it.
Its human to help others. Here the statement tells us that ____________________________.
Draw a character sketch of Oberon as an enemy of his wife but a friend of the lovers.
What do the following words in the poem mean?
- crown
- round
- draw
- blind
Do these words have other meanings? List them.
How long a period did Shalihotra allow to find the missing things?
The merchant ships brought spices and other treasures from India and other countries to Italy.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
sunshine - warm ________________.
Complete the following diagram.
From the passage, find all the words and phrases used to describe the ‘monster’.
Find the different units of measurement mentioned in the passage and get more information about them from the internet.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
In the examination, I did not know the answer, so I ______.
Describe Gulliver’s walk around the city.
Guess the meaning of the following word in the poem.
lined
Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
Read the following and say whether the statement tells you about a fact or whether it is imaginary.
There is a man in the Moon.
What did the Judge tell Ahmad?
The second human being that Miranda saw on the island was __________________.
Why was it a struggle for the children to dry their clothes?
Neerja was sent to London based on______.
Sea turtles come to the shore to ______.
Where did Raj’s mother send him?
What did Raj buy?
What is the setting of the story?
What was the girl determined to do? Why?
Match the rhyming words.
| filth | farmer |
| cook | harm |
| charm | wealth |
| armour | look |
What happened to Dr. Karmugilan in the story?
Connect and write the homophones in the box.
|
Sea |
 |
|
One |
 |
|
Flower |
 |
The hen-pigeon got dry _______ for the bird catcher.
Identify the character or the speaker.
“Do not feel sad dear.”
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
She won the game _____
Why did Meena call the official 'Appa'? Do you think we need to be a family to care for others?
Name the character or speaker.
"Are you alright?"
Amir switched off the fan wheFalsen he walked out.
Why was the tree called 'The Mother Tree'?
Read the passage three times on your own. Colour a Piggy bank each time you read.
Piggy bank is a coin box used by children. The real use of a piggy bank is to store coins. Piggy banks look like pigs. They come in many shapes and sizes. In Tamil, they are known as Hundial. It is a red, mud pot. We can drop the coins into the pot. Once the pot is full, we must break the pot and use the coins. Start saving with your hundial today!
Who lived in the old house?
Write the word with same meaning.
post- ______
The child won’t ______ anything, if he closes his ears.
What did the boy make with the branches of the tree?
Choose the right word.
This famous tree is in ______.
Where did they go to buy books?
Pick out word which mean the same as
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