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प्रश्न
Answer these question in 30–40 words.
When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?
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उत्तर
Bismillah khan got his big break in 1938. The All India Radio opened in Lucknow and Bismillah khan played shehnai on radio. He soon became an often heard player on radio. He
became the first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai from the Red Fort on 15 August,
1947.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan’s feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (✓ ) in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class.
| Bismillah Khan’s Feelings about | Positive | Negative | Neutral |
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1. teaching children music |
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| 2. the film world | |||
| 3. migrating to the U.S.A | |||
| 4. playing at temples | |||
| 5. getting the Bharat Ratna | |||
| 6. the banks of the Ganga | |||
| 7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon |
Answer these question in one or two words or in short phrase.
The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?
When we talk about people, we discuss their qualities. The box below contains some words which best describe people.
| unassummg | authoritative | egoist | sympathetic |
| domineering | kind-hearted | thoughtful | tireless |
| laborious | diligent | careless | irresponsible |
| workaholic | sagacious | tiresome |
Work in pairs and select the appropriate words for the following characters.
The Process of Writing : CODER
In your written work, it is advisable to follow the process outlined below. (We call it 'CODER' - Collect your ideas; Organise your ideas; make your first Draft; Edit your work; Revise your work.)
1. C - Collect your ideas
Working in groups, recall and jot down the opinion that the 'scientist' formed of his boss in A.5.
2. 0 - Organise your ideas
(a) Now work in pairs. Choose one or two opinions about the boss that you feel quite strongly about, or agree with.
(b) Also, note down the opinion that you prefer about the scientist.
3. D - make your first Draft
Write the description individually. You may refer to some of the words in the boxes in A.2. and A. 7.
Note : At this stage of your course, you should not worry about the language and tone of a formal description.
4. E -Edit your work
Now exchange your description with your partner, and suggest improvements in grammar, spelling, punctuation etc.
5. R - Revise your work
Rewrite your speech and check it carefully, before handing it to your teacher.
Both, all, neither, none
Some are like fields of sunlit corn,
Meet for a bride on her bridal morn,
Some, like the flame of her marriage fire,
Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,
Tinkling,luminous,tender, and clear,
Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Pick a simile from the stanza.
Some are like fields of sunlit corn,
Meet for a bride on her bridal morn,
Some, like the flame of her marriage fire,
Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,
Tinkling,luminous,tender, and clear,
Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Besides visual imagery the poet also uses auditory imagery.Pick out the lines.
"They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun;
But things like that, you know, must be
After a famous victory.
"Great praise the Duke of Marlbro'won,
And our good Prince Eugene."
"Why,'twas a very wicked thing!"
Said little Wilhelmine.
"Nay...nay...my little girl,"quoth he,
"It was a famous victory.
"And everybody praised the Duke
Who this great fight did win."
"But what good came of it at last?"
Quoth little Peterkin.
"Why that I cannot tell,"said he,
"But 'twas a famous victory."
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
How do the skulls symbolize the theme in “The Battle of Blenheim”?
And is mine one?' said Abou.
'Nay, or not so,'Replied the angel,
Abou spoke more low,
But cheery still; and said ,'I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves His fellow men.'
Read the lines given above and answer the following question.
Explain with reference to context.
The women came out on the shore, and made for the stepping—?stones. They had plenty to laugh and bicker about, as they approached the river in a noisy crowd. They girded up their skirts, so as to jump from stone to stone, and they clanked their sickles and forks together over their shoulders to have ease of movement. They shouted their quarrels above the gush of the river. Noise frightens crocodiles. The big mugger did not move, and all the women crossed in safety to the other bank. Here they had to climb a steep hillside to get at the grass, but all fell to with a will, and sliced away at it wherever there was foothold to be had. Down below them ran the broad river, pouring powerfully out from its deep narrow pools among the cold cliffs and shadows, spreading into warm shallows, lit by kingfishers. Great turtles lived there, and mahseer weighing more than a hundred pounds. Crocodiles too. Sometimes you could see them lying out on those slabs of clay over there, but there were none to be seen at the moment.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What did the women carry?
Sibia sprang.
From boulder to boulder she came leaping like a rock goat. Sometimes it had seemed difficult to cross these stones, especially the big gap in the middle where the river coursed through like a bulge of glass. But now she came on wings, choosing her footing in midair without even thinking about it, and in one moment she was beside the shrieking woman. In the boiling bloody water, the face of the crocodile, fastened round her leg, was tugging to and fro, and smiling. His eyes rolled on to Sibia. One slap of the tail could kill her. He struck. Up shot the water, twenty feet, and fell like a silver chain. Again! The rock jumped under the blow. But in the daily heroism of the jungle, as common as a thorn tree, Sibia did not hesitate. She aimed at the reptile’s eyes. With all the force of her little body, she drove the hayfork at the eyes, and one prong went in—right in— while its pair scratched past on the horny cheek. The crocodile reared up in convulsion, till half his lizard body was out of the river, the tail and nose nearly meeting over his stony back. Then he crashed back, exploding the water, and in an uproar of bloody foam he disappeared. He would die. Not yet, but presently, though his death would not be known for days; not till his stomach, blown with gas, floated him. Then perhaps he would be found upside down among the logs at the timber boom, with pus in his eye. Sibia got arms round the fainting woman, and somehow dragged her from the water.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
How does Sibia save the woman?
Discuss the following topic in groups.
Why did the wise old bird say, “Chandni is the winner”?
Why did Soapy like to go to the prison?
What happens to our body when we sleep?
What does walking by dragging feet suggest?
The child wants to become_______________.
What is the job of a watchman?
"Since I don’t know when" suggests ...
Read the following extract from T.S. Arthur's short story. 'An Angel in Disguise' and answer the questions that follow:
| "What is to be done with the children?' That was the chief questions now. The dead mother would go underground and be forever beyond all care or concern of the villagers. But the children must not be left to starve. |
- Describe the way in which the children's mother died.
What are the factors that led to her death? [3] - How do the people of the village treat the woman before her death?
How does their manner change after she dies?
What does their behaviour tell us about human nature? [3] - Name the woman's three children.
State one fact about each of them that the author mentions at the very beginning of the story. [3] - What happens to each of the children after the mother's funeral? [3]
- Which of the three children can be considered the 'Angel in Disguise'?
What does the term 'disguise' refer to in the context of this story?
How does the child's arrival transform the home she enters? [4]
In the poem, Birches, how are the crystal shells shed?
