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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
“We have orders to let them shout”.What is the policeman referring to?
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उत्तर
When Soapy began to shout as if he was drunk, the cop turned his back to him and said to a man standing near that the person shouting was one of the college boys and he would not hurt anything. He said that the police had orders to let them shout.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Poem
What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?
Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by choosing the correct option:
The author says that Duke ‘knew his job’ The job was __________
Some are like fields of sunlit corn,
Meet for a bride on her bridal morn,
Some, like the flame of her marriage fire,
Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,
Tinkling,luminous,tender, and clear,
Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to context.
This woman had been despised, scoffed at, and angrily denounced by nearly every man, woman, and child in the village; but now, as the fact of, her death was passed from lip to lip, in subdued tones, pity took the place of anger, and sorrow of denunciation.
Neighbours went hastily to the old tumble-down hut, in which she had secured little more than a place of shelter from summer heats and winter cold: some with grave-clothes for a decent interment of the body; and some with food for the half-starving children, three in number. Of these, John, the oldest, a boy of twelve, was a stout lad, able to earn his living with any farmer. Kate, between ten and eleven, was bright, active girl, out of whom something clever might be made, if in good hands; but poor little Maggie, the youngest, was hopelessly diseased. Two years before a fall from a window had injured her spine, and she had not been able to leave her bed since, except when lifted in the arms of her mother.
“What is to be done with the children?” That was the chief question now. The dead mother would go underground, and be forever beyond all care or concern of the villagers. But the children must not be left to starve.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
Why did the neighbour’s attitude change when they heard the news of her death?
What changes occurred in Pamela's persona/ii after the August holiday?
Answer the following question.
Why did Kari push his friend into the stream?
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Describe the music teacher, as seen from the window.
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What did the monkey do as he reached the tree?
Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
Some people find household —————— a bore, but I like to help at home.
Make noun from the word given below by adding –ness, ity, ty or y
Sad ___________.
What changes came in Patrick’s behaviour in the end?
In groups of four, discuss the following lines and their meanings.
But only words can free a thought
From its prison behind your eyes
Multiple Choice Question:
How is English a wonderful game?
Who says this to whom and why?
“I can’t pay you a penny for the wretched beast you sold me.”
Look at the following picture. One asks a question, the other answers it. Then the answer is noted in a form as shown below.
| Questions | Yes/No | Additional Response |
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1. Do you like to meet people? |
Yes I do, but not always | I do have some close friends, though. |
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2. Do you like the area you live in? |
No, I Don't | But I have no choice |
Read the following extract from Maya Angelou's poem, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and answer the questions that follow:
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But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams |
- How does Angelou describe the state of the free bird in the opening lines of the poem? [3]
- Give a brief description of the caged bird's physical and mental condition. [3]
- Explain the phrase, 'grave of dreams' in your own words.
What does the caged bird sing about? [3] - The 'free bird' and the 'caged bird' in the poem represent different groups of people. Name them.
Name any one group of people that you would call 'caged birds' in today's world. [3] - What does the title of the poem, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings', tell us about Maya Angelou's life?
Mention two ways in which the world of the caged bird differs from that of the free bird. [4]
