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प्रश्न
'The eight other athletes stopped in their tracks' means that they ______.
विकल्प
stood poised to run
turned slowly around
slowed down gradually
halted quite suddenly
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उत्तर
'The eight other athletes stopped in their tracks' means that they halted quite suddenly.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Beside him in the shoals as he lay waiting glimmered a blue gem. It was not a gem, though: it was sand—?worn glass that had been rolling about in the river for a long time. By chance, it was perforated right through—the neck of a bottle perhaps?—a blue bead. In the shrill noisy village above the ford, out of a mud house the same colour as the ground came a little girl, a thin starveling child dressed in an earth—?coloured rag. She had torn the rag in two to make skirt and sari. Sibia was eating the last of her meal, chupatti wrapped round a smear of green chilli and rancid butter; and she divided this also, to make
it seem more, and bit it, showing straight white teeth. With her ebony hair and great eyes, and her skin of oiled brown cream, she was a happy immature child—?woman about twelve years old. Bare foot, of course, and often goosey—?cold on a winter morning, and born to toil. In all her life, she had never owned anything but a rag. She had never owned even one anna—not a pice.
Why does the writer mention the blue bead at the same time that the crocodile is introduced?
Ans. The author mentions the blue bead at the same time that the crocodile is introduced to create suspense and a foreshadowing of the events’to happen.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What was Sibia’s life like?
Answer the following question
The enclosure in which Kari lived had a thatched roof that lay on thick tree stumps. Examine the illustration of Kari’s pavilion on page 8 and say why it was built that way.
Answer the following question.
“Come here, little one, and I’ll whisper the answer to you.”The crocodile said this because
Why do you think he had come to the shop?
Why did Swami Haridas say Tansen was ‘talented’?
Have you seen animals or birds making houses in trees?
Multiple Choice Question:
When does the kite look bright?
How did the little-bandaged girl make the author much more thoughtful than he ever thought?
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the word ‘scribble’ mean?
Find out the different kinds of work done by the people in your neighbourhood. Make different cards for different kinds of work. You can make the card colourful with pictures of the persons doing the work.
