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प्रश्न
What must have been called as the ‘drinking straws’ by the poet?
विकल्प
Plastic pipes to drink juices
Twigs of the trees in bushes
Proboscis of the insects
The straw that the poet carrier with himself to drink river water.
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उत्तर
Proboscis of the insects
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Thinking about the Poem
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Thinking about the Poem
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
"He was not accustomed to facing the entire class and speaking out aloud. He knew that he did not have a flair for making speeches. However, he had worked hard on his assignment and had written it from the depth of his heart." (India's Heroes-Anonymous!
(i) Who was 'he'? What evidence is there that he was not used to facing the entire class?
(ii) What was the assignment? How was our assignment different from the others?
(iii) Who was the first person to feature in 'his' assignment? What did 'he' say about him?
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challenge
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What did the leader of the van do with the kind old man?
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What is the butterfly busy doing?
Word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows. Complete the following phrase with a suitable word from the box.
a _____________of chicks
Make noun from the word given below by adding –ness, ity, ty or y
honest ___________.
Make noun from the word given below by adding –ness, ity, ty or y
Sensitive ___________.
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