What were the concepts that Kumudini Lakhia represent through Duvidha, Atah Kim and panch Paras?

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In Duvidha or conflict, Kumudini examined the plight of a middle class woman who is chained to the traditions of Indian life. In Atah Kin, Kumudini uses the concept of the desire for power.

Panch Paras is all about the exploration of spiritual life.

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अध्याय 3.7: Bridges - Understanding the text [पृष्ठ १९६]

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अध्याय 3.7 Bridges
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संबंधित प्रश्न

Attempt a character sketch of Squire Cass.

Read the passage and complete the activities given below :
B1 Pick out
The correct answers from the statements given below:

(i) All parts of the human body receive blood from the:

(a) lungs (b) heart (c) stomach (d) liver

(ii) The portion of the heart which doesn’t receive proper blood supply becomes:

(a) strong (b) dead (c) weak (d) diseased

(iii) Angina results from the weakening of the:

(a) heart (b) liver (c) stomach (d) lungs

(iv) The heart receives its own blood supply through the:

(a) veins (b) lumen (c) fat (d) coronary arteries

Coronary bypass surgery is undoubtedly a very significant achievement of modern medical science. But one ponders over certain pertinent questions such as the cost involved and the ultimate benefit.

The human heart is nothing but a four-chambered muscular pump that supplies blood to all parts of the body. Being an active pump, the heart itself requires a lot of energy and receives its own blood supply via certain vessels called coronary arteries. By a process called “atherosclerosis”, fat particles are deposited on the inner wall of the lumen of the coronary arteries which eventually reduce the size of the lumen and produce obstruction to the free flow of blood. The portion of the heart which suffers from lack of blood supply becomes weaker as a pump and gives rise to a typical chest pain called “angina”. When such blockage is total, the corresponding heart muscle dies and then one suffers a “heart attack”. In all these circumstances, heart surgeons perform a special type of operation known as “coronary bypass surgery”.

In this surgery, a blood vessel is taken (usually from the leg of the patient) and then grafted on the heart in such a way that when blood flows through, it bypasses the narrow segment of the diseased coronary artery. The concept is to divert the flow from the narrow artery, inside which there is already a ‘traffic congestion’ and in this respect, it is synonymous with road bypass.

B2 Fill in the gaps with the information given in the passage :

(i) The number of chambers of the human heart is _______.

(ii) Name the process by which fat particles are deposited within coronary arteries

_______.

(iii) When a heart muscle dies, due to total blockage one suffers from a _______.

(iv) To prevent heart attack Surgeons perform _______.

B3 Find meanings

Which words in the passage have the following meanings?

(i) think over

(ii) relevant

(iii) turn in another direction

(iv) a tube carrying fluid.

(i) Coronary bypass surgery is undoubtedly a very significant achievement of modern science. (Use ‘which’ and rewrite the sentence.)

(ii) The heart surgeons perform a special type of operation.

(Begin your sentence with ‘A special type of operation _______’)

B5 Personal Response

What do you do to keep your heart healthy?

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

Notice the following uses of the word ‘tell’ in the text.

1. Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary.

2. I would tell her English words and little things about Western science and learning.

3. At her age, one could never tell.

4. She told us that her end was near.

Given below are four different senses of the word ‘tell’. Match the meanings to the uses listed above.

1. make something known to someone in spoken or written words

2. count while reciting

3. be sure

4. give information to somebody

Briefly comment on:
“As a Buddhist, he told me, he knew that it didn’t really matter if I passed away, but he thought it would be bad for business.”

How do Shahid and the writer react to the knowledge that Shahid is going to die?

Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
Replacing old machines with new is better than getting them repaired.

What do you understand of the three voices in response to the question 'What does a novel do' ?

Complete the following sentence.

Sujoy reported about ___________________.

Make a list of the preparations made for an assault on Tiger Hill.

Individual guns ___________.

You might have visited a bridge. Complete the web describing the sights you could see from the bridge.

State the facts about the story.

Main characters:
Problem:
Attempts made to solve it:
Climax/Turning point:
Problem solved:
End:

Read the lesson and name the following.

The world’s most advanced surgical robot ______

Write 3 to 4 lines about the following in your own words.

First Cardiac Surgery

The ______ bees make honey from nectar.

Pick out three lines that create an image in your mind of bees busy at work.

Imagine that you wish to organize a cultural event at your college. Prepare your own web-chart to indicate the qualities that you expect to have in a compere.

Find a suitable object for each comparison.

Discuss in groups and think about it.

Mention three occasions on which you have made someone else angry. What made that person angry? Can you avoid such things in the future?

State whether the following statement is True or False:

Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with Helena as a result of the love potion.

Read the given extract (Act III)

Match column A with column B.

Sr.No.	A	B
1.	Dr. Thomas Stockmann	Opportunist
2.	Katherine	Vulnerable
3.	Peter Stockmann	Honest and upright
4.	Petra	Coward
5.	Hovstad	timid but supportive
6.	Billing	Cuinng and corrupt
7.	Aslaksen	Courageous

Discuss the following question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.

What would happen if you ate proper meals like rice and dal or dal-roti?

Who do you think benefits most from commercial advertisements?

Write a useful ‘ad’ for the importance of games, drinking enough water, your own school.

Write a short speech for the State of Maharashtra.

Write five words each -

with the suffix

-less
-ly
-ness

Read the following proverb that has a biblical reference.

‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’ Now find at least 5 other proverbs/ axioms/quotations which convey the same message. Search the internet/dictionary of proverbs.

Sayali was travelling in space for the first time.

Read: ‘Just So Stories’ and ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling.

What did the husband want to buy?

In what season does the story take place?

Discuss the following in group.

What can we do to get rid of bad habits?

Which event in the story tells us that the scarecrow was intelligent?

What did he try to take the milk from?

Have you ever seen a bird making its first-ever attempt to fly?

Identify the character or speaker.

I was Duke of Milan, and you were a princess.

What woke up the mother?

What did the bird suggest Chulong, in exchange for its freedom?

What was the e-mail message sent to Somu by Dr.Krishnan?

Identify the character/speaker.

I must find out why he's in such a hurry!

Why can’t Alice get through the little door into the garden?

Read the sentences and number them in correct order.

1. He wished to have Gopal with him.
2. Salim felt that it should come from within.
3. He thought he wouldn’t be able to finish it.
4. The old man worked tirelessly on the sculpture.
5. He realized that Gopal must learn to carve the finer details.
6. He had a strong wish to finish it in time.
7. Over days, he felt very weak.