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Answer the following question briefly.

Do you think the Bishop was right in selling the salt-cellars? Why/ Why not?

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The Bishop was right in selling the salt cellars. Like” a true Christian, the Bishop always tried to help the needy. Mere Gringoire was ill and had not paid the rent. The bailiff would not wait any longer and threatened to throw her out. So she sent little Jean to the Bishop for help. He had no money. So he had to dispose of the salt cellars to help her

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पाठ 3.2: The Bishop's Candlesticks - Exercise [पृष्ठ १२४]

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सीबीएसई English Literature Reader [English] Class 9
पाठ 3.2 The Bishop's Candlesticks
Exercise | Q 6.1 | पृष्ठ १२४

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1 Saumik Mishra Uttar Pradesh foiled theft
2 Prachi Santosh Sen   saved a child
3 Kavita Kanwar Chhattisgarh  
4   Jodhpur dodged marriage to 40 year old
5 Rahul-balloon seller Delhi/
National
Capital
 
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7   Bangalore saved a baby caught in bull fight
8 Silver Kharbani Meghalaya  
9 Yumkhaibam Addison Singh   saved an eight year old from drowning
10   Uttar Pradesh saved people from drowning
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o Last Flight by Amelia Earhart (arranged by George Palmer Putnam from correspondence), 1988, Crown Publishers, ISBN 0-51 7-56794-6 
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3) `"www.acepilots.com/earhart.html"`


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  1. their; his; her; your;____  _________
  2. a few; a little; some;____  _________
  3. any ____  _________
  4. this; these; other___  _________
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(ii) the
(iii) a
(iv) X
(b) (i) consider
(ii) considered
(iii) considering
(iv) have considered
(c) (i) for
(ii) of
(iii) as
(iv) off
(d) (i) many
(ii) few
(iii) much
(iv) more
(e) (i) are ranging
(ii) ranging
(iii) range
(iv) ranges
(f) (i) some
(ii) like
(iii) such
(iv) similar
(g) (i) much
(ii) more
(iii) most
(iv) many
(h) (i) is
(ii) are
(iii) has been
(iv) being
(i) (i) obtain
(ii) is obtaining
(iii) obtaining
(iv) obtained
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(ii) can
(iii) may
(iv) should
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Playing Area:     
Duration :    
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Penalties :    
Penalty Area :     
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