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प्रश्न
Thinking about the Poem
In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words.
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उत्तर
Words which suggest the five ways in which we all are like are:
Each of us has a similar body
All of us breathe
All of us walk
All of us lie
We live and die on the same earth
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संबंधित प्रश्न
From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the words and phrases that match these
definitions and write them down. The number of the paragraph where you will find the
words/phrases has been given for you in brackets.
1. the home of royal people (1) _____ .
2. the state of being alone (5) _____ .
3. a part which is absolutely necessary (2)_____ .
4. to do something not done before (5) _____ .
5. without much effort (13) _____ .
6. quickly and in large quantities (9) _____ and _____ .
Thinking about the Text
Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the headings.
An Orphaned Cub;
Bruno’s Food-chart;
An Accidental Case of Poisoning;
Playful Baba; Pain of Separation;
Joy of Reunion;
A Request to the Zoo;
An Island in the courtyard
Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy field? What is the word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for winnowing? (Give the words in your language, if you know them.)
What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
Answer the following question.
What happened one Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’shouse? What did the lady do? What was the bear’s reaction?
The following sentence has two blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the word given in brackets.
The committee has_______ to make Jagdish captain of the team. The_________is likely toplease everyone. (decide)
What was the problem of the two shoppers? What were they going to try?
Why does the poet say, “I hope it doesn’t matter”?
Why was Dad sure he wouldn’t fall?
Make noun from the word given below by adding –ness, ity, ty or y
Creative___________.
Answer the following question:
Why did the waterfall give Taro saké and others water?
What were the common characteristics between Algu and Jumman?
What is the hawker selling here?
Identify the ‘he’ in the first line.
Why does the society disapprove of the rebels?
What does a rebel do when nobody talks during the class?
What was announced on the loudspeakers before the start of the race in the poem, ‘Nine Gold Medals’?
How old was Margot when she first arrived on his distant planet?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
| He gave her a shove. But she did not move, rather she let herself be moved only by him and nothing else. They edged away from her; they would not look at her. She felt them go away. |
- Who is ‘she’? On which planet is this story set? [2]
- Mention any two ways in which life on this planet differs from life on earth. [2]
- Who are ‘they’? Why did ‘they’ not come to her aid when William shoved her? [3]
- What do ‘they’ do to her at the end of the story? Why did they behave in this manner? [3]
Referring closely to the poem, Birches, discuss what differentiates the swinging of birches in the poet's adulthood from that in his childhood.
