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प्रश्न
The music master is making lovely music. Read aloud the sentence in the text that expresses this idea.
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उत्तर
The music-master's notes seemed to float up and settle perfectly into the invisible tracks of the melody'. It was like the wheels of a train fitting smoothly into the rails and whizzing along. This sentence shows that the music-master was making lovely music.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer these question in 30–40 words.
Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event
historic?
Thinking about the Text
Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the
paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you.
| (i) | Einstein’s equation 9 |
| (ii) | Einstein meets his future wife |
| (iii) | The making of a violinist |
| (iv) | Mileva and Einstein’s mother |
| (v) | A letter that launched the arms race |
| (vi) | A desk drawer full of ideas |
| (vii) | Marriage and divorce |
(a) Given below are five lines from a poem but they are not in the right order.
Get into groups of four. Read the lines and put them in the right order. Read
the version that you develop to the whole class.
(b) Who is 'I' in these lines?
(c) Imagining yourself as the subject of this poem, write five lines about
yourself in less than five minutes.
You may like to
- define yourself
- state what you do
- explain why people like/dislike you
- mention any other characteristic about yourself
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
He plants the glory of the plain;
He plants the forest's heritage;
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see___
These things he plants who plants a tree.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Explain with reference to context.
Unleashing the goats from the drumstick tree, Muni started out, driving them ahead and uttering weird cries from time to time in order to urge them on. Me passed through the village with his head bowed in thought. He did not want to look at anyone or be accosted. A couple of cronies lounging in the temple corridor hailed him, but he ignored their call. They had known him in the days of affluence when he lorded over a flock of fleecy sheep, not the miserable grawky goats that he had today.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
Describe Muni’s prosperous times.
Who enters soon after? What does he say about the young Venetian who has just arrived? What gifts has the Venetian brought with him?
What do we learn from the lives of great men? What is the final message of the poem ? Give one reason why the poem appeals to you.
Why did it make Mr. Purcell feel “vaguely insulted”?
Why did Abbu Khan’s goats want to run away? What happened to them in the hills?
What have certain doctors found about dreams?
What does the child’s mother say about snakes?
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Why did the dog feel the need for a master?
Multiple Choice Question:
According to the poet, a house is ________
Who is the speaker in the poem Whatif? What is she worried about? Can you suggest ways to get rid of silly fears?
Who do you think is the character of rebel based on?
What change occurs in the attitude of the speaker?
Why does the speaker’s brother lie to him?
Now let us look at the uses of the word break. Match the word with its meanings below. Try to find out at least three other ways in which to use the word.
- The storm broke – could not speak; was too sad to speak
- Daybreak – this kind of weather ended
- His voice is beginning to break – it began or burst into activity
- Her voice broke and she cried – the beginning of daylight
- The heat wave broke – changing as he grows up
- Broke the bad news – end it by making the workers submit
- Break a strike – gently told someone the bad news
- (Find your own expression. Give its meaning here)
"The quality of mercy is not stained." Who say this to whom?
In the short story, Fritz, Jayanto was told by his uncle to address the doll as Fritz because ______.
