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Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary'?

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Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary'?

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After Mary Kom’s first silver medal in Pennsylvania in 2001, there was no looking back. Her medal haul continued even after her marriage putting an end to the speculation of family and friends that her marriage may slow down her career progression. She retained the world title in the Third World Women’s Boxing Championship at Podolsk in Russia in 2005. She won her fourth gold also in 2006. She had won several golds for India from 2001 to 2004. She had won all the Senior Women’s Boxing Championships, Second Women’s Championship (2002), Second Asian Women’s Boxing Championship at Hisar (2003), and the Witch Cup Boxing Championship at Paes, Hungary. There, were a number of other International World Championships in Taiwan, Vietnam, Denmark, and so on. But it was retaining her World title in 2006 by defeating Steluta Duta of Romania which was considered as Mary Kom’s greatest achievement in life. With this hat-trick of World Championship wins, the media christened her, “Queen of Boxing” and “Magnificent Mary”.
“Don’t quit; suffer now; so that you can live the rest of your life like a Queen.”

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अध्याय 2.1: The Queen of Boxing - Exercises [पृष्ठ ३९]

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अध्याय 2.1 The Queen of Boxing
Exercises | Q 3. c) | पृष्ठ ३९

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Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :
They whisper like drizzle
as they roam the streets
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth.

They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep
on shop verandahs.

(1) Why do the old women in this extract roam the streets?

(2) What would you like to do for the betterment of the old people? 

(3) Find out an example of 'onomatopoeia' from the first stanza of the extract.

(4) Pick out the expressions from the extract showing the sad situation of the old women.


But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What docs the word “clipped” mean in this poem?


Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead,
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me? "....God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.

Read the above lines and amswer the question that follow.

Can one see the faith of humans in God in the poem?


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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
The morning stretched calm, beautiful, and warm.
Sprawling half-clad, I gazed out at the form
Of shimmering leaves and shadows. Suddenly
A strong flash, then another, startled me.
I saw the old stone lantern brightly lit.
(A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945: Vikram Seth)

(i) In which country did the incident described in the poem occur? What had caused the flashes? What happened to his home soon after? 

(ii) Describe the injuries suffered by the Doctor. 

(iii) What was his wife’s name? What happened to a house standing before them? 

(iv) How does he describe the people he met on the way? 

(v) Why were the people walking with their hands away from their bodies? What was common to all of them? What message does the poem convey? 


Give an account of how Napoleon and his companions were unjust and cruel in their behavior towards the other animals.


Narrate an incident from your own experience when you helped a friend who was in trouble. Explain what happened. What did you do to make the situation better ? 


She shouted angrily_________ the disobedient boy. 


Words with the sound ‘ch’ as in ‘chart’ and ‘tr’ as in ‘trembles’ in the poem.


Look for these expressions in the story and guess the meaning from the context

brusquely

attuned himself

queer rhythmic frenzy

wrenching

flush of prosperity

daze of bewilderment

wide-eyed wonder and eager homage

 

talking animatedly

tremulous deliberation

on terms of a perpetual feud

 

Rewrite the following incomplete sentences carefully, so that the reader does not have to guess what is left out.

1. more and more books
2. too difficult
3. got up late, missed the bus
4. solved the mystery


We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.

interesting: ____________


Complete the following web diagram.


Find out from your grandparents or parents the names of vegetables and fruits they had eaten in their childhood and mention how the vegetables and fruits are different from the one's today.

Name of the vegetable or fruit Shape Colour Taste
1.      
2.      
3.      

The poet is prompted to call the sower an ‘august personality’ which means one who has reached the highest position in his workplace.

Explain this using the following point.

Hard work


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(a) Agriculture Correspondent
(b) Marketing Communications Manager
(c) Agricultural Policy Analyst
(d) Farm Management
(e) Soil Conservationist
(f) Scientist- Krishi Vigyan Kendra
(g) Machine Design Engineer
(h) Zoologist
(i) Veterinarian
(j) Food Microbiologist
(k) Horticulturist
(l) Agricultural Economics

Write in brief about the various career opportunities given above. You can collect the information from the following universities.

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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  3. Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola.

Discuss and explain the movie 'The Jungle Book' with the help of the following points.

  • Classic element.
  • Fantasy.
  • Photorealism
  • Blending of emotions

Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.

What would you do, if something like this happens to you?


Why should one learn to tackle one's problems by one’s own self?


Write in your own words:-

Why does the bank need so many details of its customer?


Your goal, this year, is to successfully pass out from secondary school. So let us be SMART and note down the following.

(a) Specific Area:

(Subjects) and number of units/lessons

  1. English 4 units
  2. ...........
  3. ...........
  4. ...........
  5. ...........
  6. ...........

(b) Measurable:

Comparison of scores in previous examinations and in recent one.

  Test I Test II Semester I
1. Poor Fair Fair
2.      
3.      
4.      
5.      
6.      

(c) Achievable goal:

(Target scores/performance in SSC Exams.)

  1. Good %
  2. ...........
  3. ...........
  4. ...........
  5. ...........
  6. ...........

(d) Realisitc approach:

Plan of action that matches with your expertise/resources.
For example:

  1. Make a study time table and follow it regularly.
  2. ...........
  3. ...........
  4. ...........
  5. ...........

(e) Time-bound Action:

Days required for revision

  Subject Days for revision
1. English  
2.    
3.    
4.    
5.    

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1. One for all and all for one Junk food
2. Limit your fast food otherwise, it would be your last food Save water
3. Restricting a woman restricts the growth of the family Cleanliness
4. Clean and green makes perfect scene Woman empowerment
5. It takes a lot of blue to stay green Unity

Fill in the form given below.


Use the option to fill in the blank.

The flowers ______kept in a vase.


Look for words in the poem which sound like the words given below.

  1. are ______
  2. there ______
  3. flour ______
  4. where ______ 
  5. son ______
  6. threw ______

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Describe the appearance of the policeman on the beat.


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The factors which affect health are given percentage-wise in the pie chart.


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