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प्रश्न
What, according to Russell, is the importance of love in life?
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उत्तर
Bertrand Russell is of the opinion that love brings ecstasy in one's life. He believes that the bliss that love brings is so magnificent that he could sacrifice the rest of his life for this joy of few hours. It relieves one of loneliness of this world. Russell says that in love he has seen the heaven that the great saints and poets have imagined. Here, Russell has given a spiritual dimension to love. He reached beyond through love and it was pity that brought him back.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Life is a gift to be used every day,
Not to be smothered and hidden away,
It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest
Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best;
It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then
And promptly put back in a dark place again
Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of
And one that the humblest may well make the most of
Get out and live it each hour of the day,
Wear it and use it as much as you may,
Don’t keep it in niches and corners and grooves,
You’ll find that in service its beauty improves.
(1) What do we treasure in a chest?
(2) How does the poet went us to use the gift of life?
(3) Do you agree that life should be measured un deeds and not in years? Why?
(4) Which words in the poem mean the following :
(a) Kept from developing
(b) Hollow places in a wall
(5) Life is a gift to be used every day. [Name and explain the figure of speech]
Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why was the peddler amused at the idea of the world being a rattrap?
(b) Why did Gandhiji agree to a settlement of mere 25 percent?
(c) Aunt Jennifer's efforts to get rid of her fear proved to be futile. Comment.
(d) What does Stephen Spender want to be done for the children of the school in a slum?
(e) How did the ten-day-old baby (the future Tiger King) react to the prediction about his future made by the astrologers?
(f) Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad along with the troops?
Read the extract and do the following activities :
B1 Likes and dislikes :
(i) The child likes eating _______
(ii) The child dislikes eating _______
They won’t eat peas, don’t like your bread -
For something in it crunches;
They gag on fat, the gravy’s gross,
They won’t eat grapes in bunches.
Tomatoes, onions, peppers, fish
Garlic nor cottage cheese;
Oh, it’s a dish uncommon rare
That truly seems to please.
No red sauce may the ice cream have,
“It’s bleeding,” they will say;
And gravely hand it to their mum
To take it to clean away
But let us speak of chocolate cake,
It must be frosted o’er;
They’ll devour three full slabs,
And calmly ask for more.
Oh, I do so always love to eat
With picky little pests,
Whose parents joy to make them
The most undesirable guests!
B2 What message does the poem convey for children?
B3 Pick out two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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honing our seafaring skills
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ominous silence
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Mayday calls
-
pinpricks in the vast ocean
-
a tousled head
The school system often curbs individual talents. Discuss.
This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
What are the issues it raises?
Explain the line:
Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
List the distinctive features of the tribal arts.
In English, the peacock is associated with pride. ‘As proud as a peacock’ is a commonly used simile. With what qualities is the peacock associated with the literature of your language?
Many sentences and paragraphs in the excerpt begin with the word ‘And’. To what extent does this contribute to the rhetorical style of the lecture?
Which are the lines in the poem that impressed you the most and why?
Discuss with your partner and describe the atmosphere in the woods when Mrs. Adis didn’t hand over Peter Crouch to the keepers because -
- _________________
- _________________
- _________________
Answer in your own words.
Read and write down 5 points which prove that Tomba, (Lanthoi’s father) firmly believes in gender equality.
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
Handicapped people should never be ______. (ignored and avoided)
Name the festival that you enjoy most of all. Fill in the facts about that festival.
- Name of the festival:
- When it is celebrated:
- Why it is celebrated:
- How it is celebrated:
- Special cuisine:
- Other special features:
Correct the following statement.
Johnsy was eager to recover from her illness.
Correct the following statement.
The last leaf was a real leaf that survived.
Say the following word aloud and put the stress mark on the stressed syllable.
crea-tures
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following,
Yonamine’s ideas about marriage.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
For six years did Gautama practise ____________.
What characteristics of Mr. Nobody do we learn about from this poem?
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“Look, here’s something for you.”
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
sunshine - warm ________________.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
size - small _______________.
Colour, sound, and images from nature add to the beauty of a poem: 'Tartary' is a perfect example of the above. Pick outlines that contain –
- Colour
- Sound
- Images from nature
Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
I ______ just as I was to receive my Report Card.
List the various ways of avoiding the errors mentioned in the passage.
What difficulties do the people in the play face in the morning?
Find a word that has a similar meaning.
Sorry
Show the major events in the story of Pheidippides on a ‘time-line’.
Read the following line 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; Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear.
Identify the rhyme scheme of the given lines.
Prospero ordered Ariel to bring ____________ to his place.
Identify the character or speaker.
He imprisoned the spirits in the bodies of large trees.
Answer the question in a paragraph of about 100 – 150 word.
Write a detailed character sketch of Prospero.
Were the policemen willing to leave the house?
What made the reporter gaze at the author?
The narrator searched for three days to buy ceramic paint.
What commotion did the boomerang cause in the neighborhood?
What kind of learning brings joy to you?
Look at the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.
ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, ______, MLNA
ashen – pale
His face was ashen.
Mother called ______.
Mithali Raj was not encouraged to play cricket by her family members.
Find out the idiom that relates to ‘whatever the circumstances’, from the first paragraph.
Identify and write the sport's name respectively.
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
What word could best replace ‘charges’ in the poem - marches, rushes or pushes?
Identify the speaker/character.
He felt something moving along his body almost up to his chin.
How did the cavalry officers look? What happened to them finally?
Jaswant Singh Rawat was awarded ______.
Find and write the clues.
Clue for lame ______.
Leafcutter ants grow fungus.
Fill in the blank
How did Bala help Amma and sisters?
Write the word with same meaning.
Flat
Why did the headmaster give Megala a special prize?
What do you think birds say to each other in the morning?
Write about the places where the poet wants us to run.
Who was burning with curiosity?
When should we not water the plants?
Enact any one anecdote in the classroom.
