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प्रश्न
What does the executor mentioned in the poem do?
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उत्तर
The executor is one who implements the contents of a will.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How does the poet compare his face with dresses?
What does he desire to unlearn and relearn?
Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.
like a fixed portrait smile
Why does the poet feel glad that he does not play any game?
The poet is satisfied just watching the heroic deeds of others. What could be the reason?
Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow in a sentence or two.
With all my heart I do admire
Athletes who sweat for fun or hire
- Whom does the poet admire?
- For what reasons do the athletes sweat?
Why do accidents usually happen in the playground? Give your own examples and explain
Would you like to exchange your place with someone else? Why/why not?
What sort of encouragement should an athlete in India be given? Give a few suggestions.
Do you go for leisurely walks? If you are a city-dweller, what or who would you expect to see on your way?
If you go to a village, what scenes would you observe?
Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.
What Man has made of Man?
The poem speaks of ______.
‘Nature can nurture’. Describe how this process happens.
A French proverb goes thus: ‘The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.’ You may have observed that all animals possess a number of unique qualities. Fill in the columns with words and phrases associated with each of the following animals.
| DOG | CAT | WOLF | ELEPHANT |
Mention any two qualities of Macavity.
Give an account of Macavity’s destructive mischief.
Describe the appearance and qualities of Macavity.
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
He sways his head from side to
side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he’s half asleep,
he’s always wide awake…
- Explain the comparison made here.
- What does he pretend to do?
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity
- How is the cat described in this line?
- Explain the phrase ‘monster of depravity’.
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
Honour is a property, common to all: In dignity and pride no one need to be poor.
- Who are considered rich?
- What is their asset?
Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:
The spectators died laughing at the ______of the clown.
Complete the passage given below, with suitable words from the box:
Lima, a (a)______and (b)______woman, kept (c)______at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ______to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e)______. It so happened, that Lima was (f)______from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)______and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h)______sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (i)______to them.
| farewell | ceremonious | deposed |
| reverence | vain | pomp |
| conceited | sorrow | scoffing |
Are all deposed kings slain by the deposer?
What hides within the crown and laughs at the king’s grandeur?
Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:
“Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke’s,
And nothing can we call our own but death;”
Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:
“And yet not so – for what can we bequeath
Save our deposed bodies to the ground?”
