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प्रश्न
What are the articles the writer forgets most often?
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उत्तर
The writer forgets books, umbrellas, and walking sticks most often.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is your favourite sport? Do you play any sport?
In India, the number of women pursuing careers in sports is considerably less, when compared to men. What do you think are the reasons? Discuss with a partner and share the ideas with the class.
How forgetful are you?
Have you ever lost or misplaced anything of value due to forgetfulness?
At times, instances of forgetfulness may land us in a tight spot or in a difficult situation. Therefore, we need to find ways to remember what we have to do or carry with us. One suchway is to make a mental checklist that we can verify before starting any activity.
Now discuss with your partner and think of some practical ideas to overcome forgetfulness, in your day-to-day activities.
| e.g. setting an alarm | |
What does Lynd actually wonder at?
Name a few things that a person remembers easily.
Who are the citizens of ‘dreamland’? Why?
What is common about the ‘angler’ and the ‘poet’?
What are our memories filled with?
How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?
You have borrowed a branded cricket bat from your reluctant friend for an outstation match. After returning home you realize you have absent-mindedly left it in the hotel room. Write a letter of apology and regret to your friend.
Many of us have unused, old but valuable items at home. If we wish to get rid of them, we can sell them at an auction. Items like paintings, jewels, household articles, vehicles, even houses can be auctioned.
The flowchart below will help you understand how an auction is conducted.
What made the author ignore his friend’s warning?
What did the falling of the hammer indicate?
Why did the friend desert the narrator, a second time?
How does the narrator describe the man who approached him?
What is a tight corner? What happens when one finds oneself in a tight corner?
The narrator heard his own voice saying, ‘and fifty’. What does this suggest?
What was the narrator’s financial condition?
What was the bidder’s offer to the narrator?
In what ways have universities improved the society?
Universities develop broad-mindedness. How does Dr. Radhakrishnan drive home this idea?
What are the hindrances graduates face in their task of serving the society?
What were the contents of Bryson’s bag?
Why doesn’t Bryson seem to be able to do easily what others seem to? Give a few reasons.
‘… But, when it’s my own - well, I think hysterics are fully justified’ – How?
As a fellow passenger of Bill Bryson on the flight, make a diary entry describing his clumsy behaviour during the trip and the inconveniences caused to others as a result of his nervousness.
