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प्रश्न
Why would the referee ask whether there was a doctor in the stands? What stands is he referring to?
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उत्तर
The referee would ask for a doctor when any athlete cracks his wrist or got injured in any way. Stands here refer to the stadium or boxing ring.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What do you associate with the title of the poem?
What pleasantries does the poet use to fake cordiality?
What does he desire to unlearn and relearn?
Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.
shake hands without hearts
Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.
hands search my empty pockets
‘Face is the index of the mind.’ Does this adage concur with the views of the poet?
Explain the following with reference to the context in about 50–60 word each.
Athletes, I’ll drink to you, Or eat with you, Or anything except compete with you…
Why do accidents usually happen in the playground? Give your own examples and explain
Would you like to exchange your place with someone else? Why/why not?
If you go to a village, what scenes would you observe?
How does the poet feel while enjoying the beauty of Nature?
Does Nature affect a person’s thoughts and feelings? Explain.
The poem is set in a ______.
Where can you encounter Macavity?
Who does the Secret Service suspect when a loss is reported?
Give an account of Macavity’s destructive mischief.
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?
Identify the literary devices used in the following lines:
- He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake.
- They say he cheats at cards.
What is the rhyme scheme used in the poem?
Which line is repeated in the poem? What is the effect created by this repetition?
Which path should we follow in life?
In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?
Complete the passage given below, with suitable words from the box:
Lima, a (a)______and (b)______woman, kept (c)______at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ______to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e)______. It so happened, that Lima was (f)______from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)______and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h)______sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (i)______to them.
| farewell | ceremonious | deposed |
| reverence | vain | pomp |
| conceited | sorrow | scoffing |
Who is Bolingbroke? Is he a friend or foe?
Are all deposed kings slain by the deposer?
What does ‘flesh’ mean here?
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:
“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth’’.
Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:
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