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प्रश्न
Write a composition (350–400 words) on the following:
You had booked a ticket on an early morning train. However, you woke up late and missed it. You then decided to run to catch a bus to the next station, where you hoped to catch up with the train. Narrate the entire event, including how you felt, the effort you made, and how you finally caught the train. What did you learn from this stressful experience?
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उत्तर
In everyone’s life, there comes a day when everything seems to go wrong. And thus, the saying that a work well begun is half done seems to mock and make fun of you. 22nd December 2014 seemed to be one such day for me. My exams had finished on December 21; December 22 was my real sister’s wedding from Jaipur. All my family members and my sister had left on December 20th, and I was to reach Jaipur on December 22nd by the morning intercity from Agra to Jaipur. It was my bad luck that I woke up 15 minutes late, which resulted in my reaching the station late, and thereby, right in front of me, I saw the tail end of the last waggon leaving the platform. My heart was in my mouth out of fear and nervousness.
I was all by myself with my luggage and was numb with shock. In the evening, it was my sister’s wedding, and I was still in Agra. The only safe way to reach Jaipur was to leave the station. I cursed myself for not being able to get up on time and, if I had got up late, for not hurrying up with the other morning routine activities. Tears rolled down my cheeks. An older man, seeing me in distress, came to comfort me. Knowing of my plight, they consoled me and advised me to rush to take a taxi, reach the next station, Bharatpur, and catch the intercity. Luckily, I was carrying some extra money; hence, the additional fare would not be a problem. Now, the time was to act, run a race against time, and train. I put aside my nervousness and fear, ran out of the station, jumped into an auto, and asked the driver to push hard on the accelerator to reach the Idgah bus station. Luckily, I got a deluxe bus leaving the bus depot for Dausa, a small place falling midway to Jaipur.
Prayers were flying high up in the air, one after the other, to Almighty God that I could reach safely and speedily and catch the train; otherwise, more trouble would befall me. I requested that the bus driver and the autorickshaw driver drive fast to follow the shortcuts to reach the destination. Due to my tense state, my head was covered with beads of sweat.
When I reached the Bharatpur railway station, I was very relaxed to see the train moving onto the platform. I quickly boarded it and was able to reach Jaipur on time. My cousin's brother had come to receive me at the station. That day, I learned a valuable lesson: the importance of punctuality and never sleeping late at night, especially when I have to catch an early train or bus.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Have you are wondered why soldiers are always clad in green? This is to enable them to camouflage themselves during wartime. Hiding in the jungles, their green attire blends into the surrounding trees and shrubs, making it difficult for the enemies to spot them.
Long before man-made use of camouflaging, insects have already adopted the tactic of disguise to escape from the clutches of their predators. By having body colour close to those of the rocks and dried leaves, they can escape from being pursued by the predators.
Butterflies and moths have developed a variety of camouflage strategies since they are quite defenceless and their predators are abundant. Possessing wings which resemble dried leaves help certain butterflies and moths to hide among heaps of dried leaves when predators are around.
Fortunately, not all insects choose the art of disguise to escape from their predators; otherwise, the world would be so dull and colourless. There are insects which assimilate the bright body colours of bees and wasps to escape from being pursued by their predator. Long ago, birds have already learnt to avoid brilliantly coloured wasps and bees in fear of their painful stings. Hence, over millions of years, many harmless insects have assimilated the bees and wasps by imitating. their bright body colours and shapes. In this way, they appear dangerous and hence ward them off.
The beefy, not only appears like the bumblebee in terms of body colour, even its hums sound similar too. The only difference is that the beefy does not have a stirring and is hence harmless. The hoverfly is another insect which imitates. the body colours of the wasps. Their bodies are striped yellow and black. The only deviations are that hoverflies do not have stings, and they have only one pair of wings each while wasps have two pairs each. These variations are hardly noticed by the predators and hence help them to escape.
A1. Complete the table with the information from the passage : (2)
| Insects | Similarity | Difference |
| Bumblebee - Beefy | ||
| Wasp - Hoverfly |
A2. Complete the tree diagram : (2)
A3. Find out : (2)
‘Nature has given a self-protection mechanism to insects’.
Find out at least two examples from the passage to prove this statement.
A4. Vocabulary - (2)
Find the words from the passage for :
(i) animal or bird that hunts other for food
(ii) to get free from danger
(iii) to prevent something from harming
(iv) to make a copy
A5. Personal response - (2)
‘Soldiers disguise themselves to prevent enemies to spot them’.
Give two more examples when the disguising technique is used by humans.
A6. Grammar - (2)
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) They have only one pair of wings.
(Make it negative without changing the meaning)
(ii) Insects have already adopted the tactic of disguise to escape from the clutches of their predators.
(Replace infinitive with gerund and rewrite)
(B) Summary : (3)
Summarise the above extract with the help of the points given and suggest a suitable title.
Camouflage of soldiers and insects - reason and ways for disguising - assimilation of insects - need of imitation.
What is the theme of all summer in a day by Ray Bradbury?
Discuss the following statement in groups of four.
“The landscape is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space.”
Complete Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam’s profile with information picked from the lesson.
PROFILE - Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
- Title:
- Profession:
- Branch of science:
- Important position in Government held:
- His three visions for India:
Speech development
Explain the following points to develop speech.
- Content
- Speaking Presentation
- Useful phrases and vocabulary
Read the jumbled lines from the poem and rearrange them in correct order.
| 1. cinnamon, betel leaves |
| 2. and ginger and garlic” |
| 3. Go to Muthu’s |
| 4. My mother would say: |
| 5. and get some |
| 6. “Little boy Raj… |
| 7. And so I go to the shops |
| 8. singing all the way |
| 9. tomatoes and pickles” |
| 10. “Sesame seeds, onions |
| 11. I rattle off a list: |
| 12. what I’d want |
| 13. and when Muthu asks me |
| 14. my mother twists my ear |
| 15. and back home |
| 16. ouch! |
Find example of alliteration and write them in the blank.
in a blaze of heat
with sunny smiles.
Connect the pairs of sentences below using and or but.
- It is time to get up for school.
- I want to sleep for some more time.
Bring out the humorous elements in the play.
Attempt a description of the following process, in about 100 word each, either using the imperative or the passive.
Preparing your favourite dish
