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प्रश्न
What would you say are 'the finer growths' that the story supports in a novel?
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उत्तर
The finer growths that a story supports in a novel are the art of characterisation, the narrative techniques and thematic and plot structures. The story is the backbone, the basic structure without which the rest of the technicalities and structures are meaningless. It is the story line that determines the other features in a novel. The story contains the DNA of the novel.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities given below:
B.1) Order :
Rearrange the following sentences in proper order:
(i) Hanmant joined engineering.
(ii) Hanmant got his Diploma and secured a job in Philips.
(iii) Hanmant migrated to Pune when he was in class VI.
(iv) Hanmant took up a painting job to earn.
Hanmant Gaikwad was born in Koregaon in Satara district.
“My native place is Rahimatpur, around 10 km from Koregaon. My father was a clerk in the court and we lived in a small, rented house.”
Hanmant was a brilliant student especially good in mathematics. When he was in class six, the family shifted to Pune. They lived in Phugewadi near Dapodi in a tiny one-room house-10 by 10 feet. At this point, Hanmant realized the difference between himself and those who had money.
Hanmant was then studying at Modern High School. He needed one rupee to buy a bus ticket to and from the everyday. Even that was hard to come by.
Despite the hardships, Hanmant secured 88% in class 10. Hanmant completed his diploma and joined Philips as a trainee. But he wasn’t happy with the work he got there.
The natural choice for a diploma engineer is to go for a B.Tech. But engineering colleges charge hefty fees. At the time, the family’s only source of income was a teacher’s salary of Rs. 2,300 a month……….
And then I decided to also do some earning. “Khud Ka Kamana Chalu Kiya”.
Hanmant took up painting jobs and quickly discovered it was excellent business.
The young engineering student paid his own fees from the third year onwards. But his lifestyle remained frugal.
Life was getting better, but Hanmant had his sights set higher. In the final year of engineering, he was attracted to the writings of Swami Vivekananda.
“I felt Ki Kuch Alag Karna hai. What should I do, I did not know but in 1993 I formed an organization-Bharat Vikas Pratisthan.”
B.2) Complete :
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Hardships faced by Hanmant Gaikwad |
B.3) Rewrite the following sentence choosing the appropriate word/s for the underlined word/s :
(i) His lifestyle remained frugal:
(a) simple
(b) meager
(c) extravagant
(ii) Despite hardships, Hanmant secured 88% in class X:
(a) In spite of
(b) Regarding
(c) Affected
(iii) Hanmant took up painting jobs:
(a) assumed
(b) to continue
(c) accepted
(iv) Hanmant had his sights set higher:
(a) looked ahead
(b) lofty ambitions
(c) looked above
B.4) Do as Directed
(i) Hanmant secured 88% in class X. ( Begin the sentence as-88%....................)
(ii) In the final year of engineering, he was attracted towards the writings of Swami Vivekananda. (Frame a ‘Wh-question’ to get the underlined part as the answer.)
B.5) “Today’s hardships lead to tomorrow’s success”-Justify.
Mention the odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.
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Comment on the lines that make you visualise the colourful image of the peacock.
Love is presented as the subject or the doer of actions in the poem. Why do you think the poet has used this form rather than involving human agents?
What do the references to the birds and animals made in the poem suggest?
How does the nightingale's song plunge the poet into a state of ecstasy?
Read the story and complete the following.
Revathi was confident of proving her ownership of her pot of plants because, ____________.
Answer in your own words.
How did Revathi prove to the organisers of the competition, that the plants truly belonged to her?
Pick out some sentences from the lesson that convey a general truth.
Answer the given question in your own words.
What was the first task given to the Swallow?
Answer the given question in your own words.
To whom did the Prince gift the two gemstones of his eyes?
Fibreglass kites led to creating power - driven aeroplanes.
'Uttarayana' starts from Makar Sankranti onwards.
Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Masterpiece ____________.
For preparing questions based on the poem, an overall understanding of the poem is a must. Discuss with your partner and prepare a set of five questions.
For example:
- What is the name of the bridge?
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
Write about how your family supports you to go to school.
From the internet or other sources, find the other names by which Kabaddi is known in different parts of our country and the world.
Go through the following web that highlights the essential qualities of a compere. Discuss with your partner the essential qualities and also the precautions that a compere should take while compering a program.
Precautions to be taken :
- __________________________
- __________________________
- __________________________
- __________________________
Prove with the theme of the play/extract that the deeper human emotion which profoundly interested Shakespeare was jealousy.
Read aloud/Enact the play.
Antonio had gone on a long voyage.
An activity:
Speak fast, think faster! Form groups of 4-6. Discuss each of the following topics. Then each person in the group should choose a topic and speak about it for one minute. Try to say as many sentences as you can in that time
What is not likely to happen or will never happen...
‘It won’t rain in the classroom... I won’t ever see a live dinosaur... The sun will never set in the east...’ etc.
Draw word webs for the following.
Begin with the given word and go on writing as many other words associated with it, as you can.
Use these words to write other related words to form a word web.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
| rain | drizzle | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| wind | breeze | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| sunshine | warm | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| waterbody | pool | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| size | big | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| size | small | ______ | ______ | ______ |
Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
Sorrowful times are ______ darkness.
How does the following character in the story live up to their name? Provide points from the story.
Teshumai Tewindrow
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
Papa Panov gave hot soup to the sweeper, milk to the young mother, and coffee to the beggars.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
The ______ solved the mysterious crime.
What message does the poet wish to convey through this narrative poem, ‘Tansen’?
Do you agree with the poet’s thoughts? Why?
Read the following.
- Skipper: captain of a ship or boat.
- Dipper: This word has two meanings. Dipper means a container for taking out water. Also, there are two constellations called Little Dipper (Little Bear) and Big Dipper (Big Bear) in the sky.
- Milky Way: The band of light consisting of stars that spreads across the sky at night.
Where is Rangoli usually drawn?
Identify the character or speaker.
Now pray tell me, sir, your reason for raising this sea-storm?
Look at the following situations the writer was in. He could have avoided the situation and saved himself. Glance through the write up again and comment on what the writer should have done in the following situations.
- Gilson asked the writer to bring a tie.
- On the day of arrival, the writer had no time to think about the tie.
- The writer remembered about the tie when the bus was leaving for the airport.
- The writer walked down in search of the shop.
- The writer rushed out with the tie in a paper bag.
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
One of the qualities of the teacher.
How does the ability to question help us?
Read the following lines and answer the questions.
It isn’t an instantaneous thing
Born of despair with a sudden spring
- What does ‘it’ refer to?
- What does ‘born of despair mean’?
When the author returned from England to Dehradun, he found Grandfather's dream had come true because the______.
What word could best replace ‘charges’ in the poem - marches, rushes or pushes?
Identify the speaker/character.
He felt something moving along his body almost up to his chin.
How is water produced in Mars?
Name some of the activities that the village children were doing on their vacation.
Who is the wisest of all? Why?
_________ is the memorial for the soldiers.
When did the battle of Nauranang start? How long did it continue?
The Chinese troops attacked the lonely Indian post located in ______.
The scene is set inside a thick forest and it is nearing dusk. Relate this time frame with the behaviour of the animals in the forest.
Name the character or speaker.
"Play me a pleasant song."
Some words sound the same but their spelling and meaning are different. Such words are called homophones. There are many homophones.
Match the rhyming words.
| mars | crime |
| bed | cars |
| time | head |
Why did Uthaman become angry with the old man?
The brown sparrow laid ________eggs.
The monster tree was protecting the ______.
What would you like to learn in school? why?
A person who overcomes problems, will get ______ at the end.
Keep moving though your progress is ______.
Are these sentence TRUE or FALSE
The poet tells the child to be afraid when it is dark.
How did the tree help the boy earn money?
