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प्रश्न
Why do we ask questions?
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उत्तर
We ask questions to gain knowledge, clarify doubts, and understand things better.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world's fare.
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.
(1) How does the poet describe the face of peace?
(2) Do you think there is a way out of the war-ridden world? What is it?.
(3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
"I met her yesterday
on my winding way."
(4) The poet asks the question and herself answers it. What effect does it create in the extract?
The story revolves around characters who belong to a tribe in Armenia. Mourad and Aram are members of the Garoghlanian family. Now locate Armenia and Assyria on the atlas and prepare a write-up on the Garoghlanian tribes. You may write about people, their names, traits, geographical and economic features as suggested in the story.
This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
What are the issues it raises?
Look at the words given in the box below
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snigger |
wriggle |
sneak |
squeak |
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squawk |
titter |
pant |
chuckle |
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giggle |
jeer |
chortle |
guffaw |
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sigh |
sidle |
boo |
shriek |
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scramble |
croak |
straggle |
plod |
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gasp |
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Now classify them according to their closeness in meaning to the words given below
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
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snigger |
wriggle |
squeak |
jeer |
sigh |
Fill in the blank.
“Hybrids need more _____________”, said Devu Handa.
Answer in your own words.
What explanation did he give to the fellow-pilgrim for his thoughtful deed?
Form groups and hold debates on the following topics. Make bulleted lists of points in favour of the topic (pros) and those against it (cons). (3-6 points each)
You should never lose a match.
Read aloud/Enact the play.
Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:-
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Write in your own words.
How does the poet glorify his home in the first stanza?
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a fish.
Note that we say 'its appetite', 'its manners' and not 'it’s appetite' or 'it’s manners’. It’s means 'It is' and its means 'belonging to it'.
List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.
You should try to talk most of the time whenever there is a discussion.
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
The worst thing is that if anyone stays
Among them too long, he will learn their ways;
- What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
- What are the ways of the Grumble family?
When did the garden become a happy place for the author?
How do we see the earthworm often?
The farmer had _______ daughters.
What was his master’s advice?
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
She won the game _____
Recite the poem The Painter with correct intonation.
