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प्रश्न
What sort of life did Dogs live a long time ago?
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उत्तर
Dogs were once their own masters. They moved out freely like wolves.
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Thinking about the Poem
“…whenever we are told to hate our brothers…” When do you think this happens?
Why? Who ‘tells’ us? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say?
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity?
What is the meaning of “My cat was back and so was I”? Had the author gone anywhere Why does he say that he is also back?
Working in small groups of 4−5 students, go back over the two passages on Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and complete the table given below with relevant phrases or sentences.
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Points of Comparison/Contrast |
Santosh Yadav | Maria Sharapova |
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1. Their humble beginning |
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2 . Their parents’ approach |
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3. Their will power and strong desire to succeed |
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4. Evidence of their mental toughness |
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5. Their patriotism |
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Now rewrite the pair of sentences given below as one sentence.
You have nothing. That makes you very determined.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Portia: ........But this reasoning is not in fashion to choose me a husband. O me, the word “choose”! I may neither choose who I would nor refuse whom I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father. Is it not hard, Nerissa, that I cannot choose one, nor refuse none?
(i) What test had Portia’s father devised for her suitors? What oath did the suitors have to take before making their choice? [3]
(ii) Who is Nerissa? What does she say to cheer up Portia? [3]
(iii) Why does Portia disapprove of the County Palatine? Who would she rather marry? [3]
(iv) How, according to Portia, can the Duke of Saxony’s nephew be made to choose the wrong casket? What do these suitors ultimately decide? Why? [3]
(v) Whom does Portia ultimately marry? Who were the two other suitors who took the test? Why, in your opinion, is the person whom she marries worthy of her? [4]
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Trying to hide beneath the tray of chillies, Mahendran________________________________.
What did the beggar feel about the ladies of the household?
Which ways did Soapy try to reach the prison in vain?
How are trees useful for birds?
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the word ‘soars’ in the above extract mean?
Answer the following question:
What abilities must an astronaut have, according to the journalist?
Multiple Choice Question:
When is beauty heard?
What did Beam’s school aim to teach? Why?
Answer the question.
What does he imagine about
Their activities when they were children in school?
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the child finally decide?
Who is the speaker?
Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?
Where did B. Wordsworth live in the short story, B. Wordsworth?
In the short story, To Build a Fire, which "wild idea" came into the Man's head when all seemed lost?
