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प्रश्न
To what end have humans used their superior intelligence ?
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उत्तर
Humans used their superior intelligence to design miraculous tools but finally ended up we've gassed up the earth's, air, poisoned the water and have stocked enough weaponery to destroy ourselves.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and complete the activities given below :
A1 Compare the old and new house and complete the table :
| Points | Old House | New House |
| Surrounding | razzle-dazzle | – |
| Size of the house | – | big |
I was thirteen, the year we moved to the Cantonment at Allahabad. In stark contrast to the razzle-dazzle of the city’s commercial areas like Katra and Chowk, the Cantonment was a quiet, orderly place with broad tree-lined roads that still carried the names of long-dead Britishers. Our bungalow was on a sleepy by-lane called MacPherson Road. When we first saw it, my brothers and I were delighted. It was by far the biggest house we had ever lived in. The task of furnishing those huge, echoing rooms daunted mother.
“Is a slightly smaller house not available?” she asked father, “We do not have enough curtains for this place. And the furniture seems a little inadequate. Why did they have to plan the kitchen at such a distance from the dining-room? It is like doing a route march. And who is going to help me keep this place clean and dusted?”
Her misgivings and objections were undoubtedly valid. But, seeing our crestfallen faces, she sighed and gave in. We made extravagant promises to help in the household chores. Keep our rooms tidy. Put away our toys and books. She smiled with amused disbelief, her mind already working out how many meters of curtain-cloth would be needed and so on.
A2 Complete :
Complete the following list of objections that the mother had with the new house :
(i) Inadequate _______
(ii) Do not have _______
(iii) Kitchen at a distance from _______
(iv) A very big _______
A3 Personal response:
Do you agree with the objections raised by the mother? Explain.
Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
Discuss the following in pairs
Behind the public face of the people in various occupations is a whole saga of personal suffering and joy which they wish to share with others.
Why is the quality of pity earth-bound while the other two passions are elevating?
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -
watchman
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The poet’s minute observations of the steady growth of the cherry tree.
Read different stories about intelligent ministers of kings, whose judgments helped to bring about law and order in society. For example - Birbal, Tenalirama, etc. Write 5 such stories in your notebook.
Discuss the following questions after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
Can you become fair in five days? How long will the effect of the cream last?
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following,
Yonamine’s ideas about marriage.
Read about the novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift.
Explain the idea of ‘Conservation of Nature through Livelihood’ briefly, using the example given here.
Complete the following diagram.
Form groups of 5-8. This passage tells us only what the compère says. Try to visualize and write what the other people on the dais must have said in their speeches (Write only the main points.)
- The School Principal
- The Chief Guest
- The Art teacher who offered a vote of thanks
Read the poem and answer the following.
What are the two different ways of eating strawberries?
Do you long to be something else? Write about your longing.
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;
- Whom does the word ‘me’ refer to?
- What kind of life does the poet want to lead?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
| And so it were wisest to keep our feet From wandering into Complaining Street; |
- What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
- What does the phrase ‘to keep our feet from wandering’ refer to?
The wind hurried and passed through the ______
What was the reaction of the inhabitants?
What made the trip a memorable one?
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The rains came and poured______.
Name the character or speaker.
"Why don't you do that yourself?"
It never takes ______ and ______.
How does Raju help his mother?
The bird-catcher let the pigeon jump into the fire.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Was Robinson alone in the island?
Write the rhyming word.
gale
Meena studied in ______ standard.
What do you save? Why it is needed?
Name the animal and sound it makes.
