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प्रश्न
Work in pairs. Look at the mind map below and add a few other features of democracy you can think of. Share your answers with the class.
- e.g. sharing and caring
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उत्तर
- e.g. sharing and caring
- Protecting nature
- Cleaning environment
- Doing one’s duties
- Enjoying the freedom of speech
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Nuclear Family or Joint Family
Based on the visuals given above, give five words/phrases each, to describe these two family types.
| Nuclear family | Joint family | ||
How sharp is your memory?
Take this five-minute memory test. The teacher will read out a series of 30 words, one by one. Some of them will be repeated. Whenever you hear a word for the first time, write ‘N’ (for New) in the corresponding box, and when you hear a repeated word write ‘R’. After completing this task, check your results. Compare it with your friends and see where you stand.
| 1 | N | 11 | 21 | ||
| 2 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 3 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 5 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 30 |
What does the author mean when he says the letter in his pocket leads an unadventurous life?
What is common about the ‘angler’ and the ‘poet’?
What made people wonder about the absentmindedness of their fellowbeings?
How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?
Narrate the plight of the baby on its day out.
Will you sympathize or ridicule someone who is intensely forgetful? Write an essay justifying your point of view.
Many of us have unused, old but valuable items at home. If we wish to get rid of them, we can sell them at an auction. Items like paintings, jewels, household articles, vehicles, even houses can be auctioned.
The flowchart below will help you understand how an auction is conducted.
Describe the activity that was going on in the sale-room at King Street.
What kind of excuses did the narrator think he could make?
Barbizon refers to a ______.
The narrator had been a safe contributor at the auction, as ______.
The narrator could not pretend to have made a mistake in bidding. Why?
What could have been the best way for the narrator, to get himself out of the tight corner?
What was the bidder’s offer to the narrator?
Given below is a list of items or features you find in a good school. Study the list and classify the items as individual and common.
textbooks – uniform – smart classroom – laboratory – competent teachers – library – mid-day meals – blackboard – stationery – playground – sports equipment washrooms
| Individual | Common |
| e.g. textbooks | playground |
Discuss this aspect with your partner and share your views on how students can give back to society.
Who does the speaker claim to represent?
Why are universities necessary for a society?
What was the role of scholars and poets in olden days?
How can a graduate give back to his/her society?
Students are instilled with some of the essential values and skills while at the universities. Enumerate them.
How do Universities mould students apart from imparting academic education to them?
What did Bryson wish to avoid in his life?
‘… But, when it’s my own - well, I think hysterics are fully justified’ – How?
