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प्रश्न
Where can you encounter Macavity?
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उत्तर
One may meet Macavity in a street or in the square. But he vanishes when a crime is committed.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the relationship between the narrator and the listener?
Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.
shake hands without hearts
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
There will be no thrice.
‘Face is the index of the mind.’ Does this adage concur with the views of the poet?
Are the athletes conscious of the feelings of others? Why do you say so?
Why does the poet prefer to buy tickets worth their weight in radium? Bring out the significance of the metal referred to here.
Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow in a sentence or two.
Well, ego it might be pleased enough But zealous athletes play so rough…
- What pleases the ego?
- Why are athletes often rough during play?
Explain the following with reference to the context in about 50–60 word each.
They do not ever in their dealings Consider one another’s feelings…
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
For this most modest physiques…
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
They do not ever in their dealings…
Find out the rhyme scheme of the given stanza.
One infant grows up and becomes a jockey
Another plays basketball or hockey
This one the prize ring hates to enter
That one becomes a tackle or center…
What sort of encouragement should an athlete in India be given? Give a few suggestions.
Explain the following line with reference to the context in about four to five sentence each.
The birds around me hopp’d and play’d,
Their thoughts I cannot measure.
Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran.
Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.
What Man has made of Man?
How do people bring grief and sorrow to one another?
Why does the poet think that the birds were happy?
Answer in a paragraph of about 100−150 words.
Do you think the poet wants to say that man is unhappy because he has lost his link with nature and forgotten how to enjoy nature, or because man is cruel to other men?
What scene in nature gives you pleasure? Talk for a minute describing a natural scene that gave you a lot of joy. What did you see, hear, smell or feel, that gave you joy?
‘Nature can nurture’. Describe how this process happens.
Who does the Secret Service suspect when a loss is reported?
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
He’s the bafflement of Scotland
Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime
— Macavity’s not there!..
- What is ‘Scotland Yard’?
- Why does the flying squad feel disappointed?
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
He sways his head from side to
side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he’s half asleep,
he’s always wide awake…
- Explain the comparison made here.
- What does he pretend to do?
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
- Which cat is being talked of here?
- How is he different from the rest?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
We are proud of the position we hold; humble as we are
- What is the speaker proud of?
- How is the speaker both humble and proud?
- Pick out the alliteration in these lines.
What do the three words, ‘graves, worms and epitaphs’, refer to?
Are all deposed kings slain by the deposer?
Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:
“Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,…”
Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.
Who does the future generations remember easily - the victor or the vanquished? Give reasons. Also, cite relevant references from King Richard’s speech.
