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प्रश्न
The term 'Anaesthesia' in the poem means - 'The planner gives beautiful pictures of the new modern city'. Now find out what is Amnesia and Hypnosis in the given context.
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उत्तर
The poet uses the words 'Anaesthesia', 'Amnesia' and 'Hypnosis' to convey that the planners have all the means to distract the people from the pain of their history being replaced in order to give way for the planners' vision of modernisation.
The word 'Amnesia', in the given context, means the various incentives offered by the planners, so that the people lose any sentimental attachment to the past. They brainwash people so that they forget the importance of their country's history and nature's bounty.
The word 'hypnosis', in the given context, refers to the manipulation of the people's thoughts by the planners, so that the people conform to the developments made and the policies laid down by the planners. They hypnotise people into welcoming the new world by making it seem perfect.
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Read the following passage carefully and do the given activities:
A.1) True or False:
Write the statements and state whether they are true or false:
(i) Those who choose to live well must help others.
(ii) If neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily improve the quality.
(iii) The farmer grew award-winning corn.
(iv) The reporter discovered that the farmer didn’t share his seed corn with his neighbors.
There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his sweet corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.
“Why sir”, said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.” He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must help their neighbors to live in peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.
The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.
A.2) Consequences:
Write the consequences:
(i) The farmer shares the corn.
(ii) The farmer doesn’t share the corn.
A.3) Antonyms:
Find out the words opposite in meaning from the passage:
(i) superior x _______
(ii) lost x _______
(iii) improve x _______
(iv) inconstantly x _______
A.4) Language study:
(i) We must help our neighbors. (Replace the modal auxiliary showing advice).
(ii) The wind picks up pollen from ripening corn and swirls it field to field. (Use “not only…….. but also” and rewrite)
A.5) Personal Response:
What do you learn from the story? Suggest a suitable title.
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a. It is right that a false Latin quantity should excite a smile in the House of Commons; but it is wrong that a false English meaning should not excite a frown there.
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| Incredulous | - | Incredible |
| Suspicious | - | Susceptible |
| Sensitivity | - | Sentimentality |
| Successive | - | Successful |
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work ........
Say WHY. . . . . .
Hardy and Ramanujan could not talk freely with each other.
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(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a deer
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You realise that you no longer want to pursue your studies in the stream you have selected.
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State whether the following statement is True or False:
Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with Helena as a result of the love potion.
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(Use the technique of drawing diagrams when you study science, geography, etc.)
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The living world on Rakata
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Boys cannot cook or do any housework.
Visit a library:
Read more stories from Japan, China, and Korea.
How do the following avoid giving anything to the traveller?
Motiram
(Answer in one or two lines.)
Visit a library:
Find and read stories and poems written by Edith Nesbit.
Write about Malti and Rima using the following points:
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| Appearance... | Appearance... |
| Studies... | Studies... |
| Singing... | Singing... |
| Attitude to others... | Attitude to others... |
| Weak points... | Weak points... |
Use details from the story and your own imagination when you write the above descriptions.
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Complete the following diagram.
List the adverbs/adverbial phrases used in the passage.
What is direct and indirect.
Pick out the line that means:
Sing in such a manner:
The Principal turned out to be a very ______ lady.
What did Gopal Bhand say he was doing?
Read the poem and answer the following.
Which strawberries are sweeter?
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springtime
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Identify the character or speaker
He repented and implored his brother’s forgiveness.
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
Percentage of women working in finance is the same as ______.
Hamid’s heart sank because the price of the tongs was______for him.
Who told the children the story about the ghosts on Haunted Hill?
Everyone in the ship started to pray because ______.
Mithali is one of the women players to score seven consecutive 50s.
The boy was rather unsympathetic to his sister.
Nilavan unknowingly started the space shuttle.
Anitha shares her experience about______.
The bird-catcher decided to sit under the ________.
Identify the character or the speaker.
“I was cruel and selfish.”
Identify the character/speaker.
He bought a new fish tank.
What is the name of the girl?
The tank in Divya’s village was almost ______.
Match with their storing places.
Write the rhyming word.
countries- ______.
Who wins the world at the end?
Do we worry when the progress is slow?
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
From where did the naughty boy come?
Look at the following non-verbal representation. Based on your understanding and inference, write a paragraph on career trends in the next decade.
