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प्रश्न
What has the camera captured?
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उत्तर
The camera has captured a happy moment from the childhood days of the poet’s mother. The photograph was taken when the poet’s mother (at the age of twelve or so) went to a beach holiday with two of her cousins, Betty and Dolly. The captured picture serves as a preserved memory both for the mother as well as the poet.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the passage and complete the activities given below :
B1 Pick out
The correct answers from the statements given below:
B2 Fill in the gaps with the information given in the passage :
Read the following extract of the poem and complete the activities given below :
B1 State which of the following statements are
True or False :
(i) The elderly are nearest to our own exalted personality.
(ii) The elderly are those persons whose growth is stunted.
(iii) We should know our elderly people well, in order to receive guidance.
(iv) The elderly hold on to the frivolous aspects of life.
Elderly people should be around us. Justify.
(b) abb
(c) abba
Read the following passage and do the activities:
A1 True or False:
Rewrite the following statements and state whether they are ‘true’ or ‘false’.
(i) Mashelkar’s mother did menial work to bring him up.
(ii) Mashelkar’s father died when he was twelve.
(iii) Mashelkar was born in a very rich family.
(iv) Tatas added much value to Mashelkar’s life.
I start with my greatest guru-my mother. I was born in a very poor family and my father died when I was six. We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work to bring me up. Two meals a day was a tough challenge. I studied under street lights and I walked barefoot until, I think, I was twelve. I remember when I passed the seventh standard and I wanted to go into the eighth standard, our poverty was such that even to secure 21 rupees for secondary school admission became a big challenge. We had to borrow from a lady, who was a housemaid in Chaupati in Mumbai. That was the tough life I had.
In fact, I remember, my passing the SSC Examination-i.e. 11th standard. Those days it used to be not 10th standard or 12th standard but 11th standard. I stood 11th among 1,35,000 but I was about to leave higher education and find a job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just 60 rupees per month and would you believe that 60 rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life that I have been able to stand here today before you to speak to you.
I am on the Board of Tatas now and it is very interesting that the same Bombay House where I used to go to collect that 60 rupees per month now one goes and sits there like a Director on the Board of Tata Motors. The turn that these 40 years have taken is very interesting. It has all been possible because of the chance I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother. She gave me the values of my life. She was one of the noblest parents I have met in my life.
So, my greatest guru was my mother. My second guru was Principal Bhave, about whom I made a mention earlier. He taught us Physics. Because it was a poor school, I remember, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of Science.
A2 Complete:
Complete the following sentences and write:
(i) Mashelkar was inspired by his greatest guru _______
(ii) Mashelkar studied under _______
(iii) Principal Bhave taught _______
(iv) The scholarship by _______ Trust helped him in higher education.
A3 Find the meaning:
Choose the appropriate meaning of the underlined words from the given alternatives:
(i) We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work.
(a) skilled
(b) hard
(c) unskilled
(d) of low status
(ii) Because it was a poor school, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of science.
(a) do a cheap experiment
(b) introduce new things
(c) avoid
(d) try hard
(iii) I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother.
(a) firm saying
(b) being inspired
(c) being inspected
(d) being instigated
(iv) That was the tough life I had.
(a) difficult
(b) soft
(c) cheap
(d) simple
A4 Match:
Match the following sentences with their tags:
| 'A' | 'B' | ||
| (i) | I stood 11th among 1,35,000 |
(a) | aren’t I? |
| (ii) | I am on the Board of Tatas | (b) | didn’t we? |
| (iii) | It was a poor school | (c) | didn’t I? |
| (iv) | We moved to Mumbai | (d) | wasn’t it? |
A5 Personal Response:
“Mother is the greatest Guru.” Discuss.
Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.
Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?
Do you think that the ruled always adopts the language of the ruler?
What are the criteria that Ruskin feels that readers should fulfil to make themselves fit for the company of the Dead?
Why is the speaker’s childhood described as ‘a forgotten boredom’?
The title, 'Refugee Blues' encapsulates the theme of the poem. Comment.
What strong qualities possessed by them, could have helped them achieve success and fame, all over?
Find from the story one word for the following.
a small room just below a sloping roof ______
Read the story and complete the following.
When Revathi played her favourite raga, the plants began to move because, ____________.
Answer in your own words.
How did the plants respond when Revathi played her favourite tune?
Complete the following sentence.
Sujoy reported about ___________________.
Paraphrase the poem in your own simple language. Write it down in your notebook.
Answer the given question in your own words.
Why did the Swallow finally decide not to leave the Prince?
Discuss the activities carried out by a farmer.
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
She ______ (bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.
From the internet or other sources, find the other names by which Kabaddi is known in different parts of our country and the world.
Explain the use of the following property in the development of the play.
Hat
Collect as many pictures as you can, or draw diagrams of all the sources you have listed above. Make a scrapbook using them.
Prepare a short note on sea turtles with the help of the information given in the passage.
Read the poem: ‘Home they brought her warrior dead’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
size - big _______________.
Sayali did not understand the mistake she had made.
Find three lines, that contain images of nature in the autumn season.
During daytime
- _______________________
- _______________________
- _______________________
What do you like better - the original poem or the parody? Why?
Answer in your own words.
What chores did the boys from 1000 CE and 1st Century CE, do on their farms/fields?
The poet uses words to create pictures or 'images' in the reader’s mind. For example, 'And sparkle out among the fern.'
Write down other lines that create images or pictures in your mind. (Any 3)
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a baby.
What is the difference between a 'dream' and a 'daydream'?
Was it right for the youngest brother to ask for a share in the money? Why?
List the polite expressions we use such as ‘Pardon’.
Write a short note/story based on the ill effects of pollution.
Find a word that has a similar meaning.
Sorry
Find a picture of a computer with the help of your teacher and label the different parts you see.
For example, monitor, screen, speakers, processor, mouse, mousepad, keyboard, etc.
How did the Bodwells react, when a shoe was thrown into their house?
Identify the speaker/character.
‘Even though I clearly said no!’
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
What did Granny say about Hamid’s parents?
Write about Hamid in one or two sentences.
Role play
Put students in pairs to role-play a conversation between:
- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
What was the reaction of the inhabitants?
“I will die, but not run away.” – Justify the saying of Neerja.
What is the poem about?
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
Crowd - ______.
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
Language - ______.
Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the question below.
List the characters that appear in the scene. What human characteristics do they exhibit?
How did the old man disguise himself?
Why do we discover a mystery?
All the animals called the sparrow ______.
Moles trap worms and store them.
Jana saw a _______ behind her.
Join the word with the correct prefix.
| paid | un |
| send | dis |
| able | re |
| continue | pre |
What subject did he like the most?
What was the truth finally learned by Chris?
Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following.
- a malevolent desire for revenge (para 1)
- tactful (para 2)
- despise (para 3)
Which of the following should one avoid while using social media? Tick against the correct options.
How can we identify insecure websites?
Read the extract and complete the activities given below:
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The call of the seas has always found an echo in me. Not being rich enough to roam in a private yacht, I have taken the poor man's way out. I swim across them. I have always been fascinated by the Indian ocean, whether at Mumbai, at Puri or at Gopalpur. I have swam in all these places and have felt the thrill. But the idea of swimming the Palk Strait did not occur to me until after I swam in the English channel. Steeped in the history and tradition of this nation, practically unconquered. teaming with hair-raising hazards, the sea between India and Sri Lanka had all the elements of challenge, danger and difficulty that tempted me. By the way, for preparation, I continued a strict and rigorous course of training which began in 1960. I also had to collect a comprehensive range of facts and information about this sea. Neither of these was easy. Despite all the information I had gathered, I soon found that very little was known about the Palk Strait, especially about the tides and currents. Everything about the English channel is known-there is the Channel Swimming Association, there are trained pilots there are wants to be hired, accurate weather forecasts, dependable tide tables and every other form of assistance was readily available. All that one needed was money. Here in the Palk Strait one has to find out firstly from where information could be obtained and then decide how much of it could be incorrect or misleading! |
A1. Rewrite the following as per their sequence in the extract: (2)
- I also had to collect a comprehensive range of facts and information about this sea.
- I have swam in all these places and have felt the thrill.
- All that one needed was money.
- Despite all the information I had gathered, I soon found that very little was known about the Palk Strait.
A2. Explain: (2)
What does the writer man by saving, "Steeped in the history and tradition of this nation, practically unconquered, teeming with hair-raising hazards, the sea between India and Sri Lanka had all the elements of challenge, danger and difficulty that tempted me"?
A3. Give reason: (2)
The narrator had an intense desire to swim in the Palk Strait. Explain the reasons for it.
A4. Personal Response: (2)
Do you like to have an adventurous life? Express your opinion.
A5. Grammar:
Do as directed: (2)
- Very little was known about the Palk Strait. (Rewrite as a negative sentence)
- I had to collect a comprehensive range of facts. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'A comprehensive ........)
A6. Vocabulary: (2)
Give the synonyms of the following words:
- rigorous - ______
- thrill - ______
