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प्रश्न
Briefly comment on:
The author’s physical condition in Darchen.
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उत्तर
Darchen was a derelict; dusty and refused. When the author and Tsetan reached the town it was dark already, they pulled up in a guest house. The night they settled in was troublesome for the author. The open-air rubbish dump that passed for the town of Hor had set off his cold once more . One of his nostrils blocked, he tried to accustom to breathing with one nostril. However it did not provide him with sufficient oxygen so he tried to breathe from mouth. Still he could not sleep, his chest felt heavy and the fear never let him sleep for the rest of the night. The next morning Tsetan took him to the Darchen's medical college. The doctor, after asking a few question, declared that the author had caught cold and the effects of altitude. The doctor prescribed the author various medicines, one of which tasted like cinnamon. That night after having the medicines the author had a sound sleep finally
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Find reasons
(i) The effect of receding forest …………………………………. .
(ii) The number of animals is reduced because ………………………. .
(iii) Elephants entered the city because…………………… .
(iv) Elephants lived a wary life …………………….. .
On the left bank of the Ganga, where it emerges from the Himalayan foothills, there is a long stretch of heavy forest. There are villages on the fringe of the forest, inhabited by bamboo cutters and farmers, but there are few signs of commerce or pilgrimage. Hunters, however, have found the area an ideal hunting ground during the last seventy years, and as a result, the animals are not as numerous as they used to be. The trees, too, have been disappearing slowly; and, as the forest recedes, the animals lose their food and shelter and move further on into the foothills. Slowly, they are being denied the right to live
Only the elephants can cross the river. And two years ago, when a large area of the forest was cleared to make way for a refugee resettlement camp, a herd of elephants - finding their favourite food, the green shoots of the bamboo, in short supply - waded across the river. They crashed through the suburbs of Haridwar, knocked down a factory wall, pulled down several tin roofs, held up a train, and left a trail of devastation in their wake until they found a new home in a new forest which was still untouched. Here, they settled down to a new life but an unsettled, wary life. They did not know when men would appear again, with tractors,bulldozers and dynamite.
B2. Find out
Mention four things the elephants did when they found shortage of food:
(i)………………
(ii)………
(iii) …………
(iv) ………….
B3.Phrases
Make meaningful sentences by selecting any two of the following phrases:
(i) to make way for
(ii) in short
(iii) on the fringe of.
B4. Language study
Select the proper alternative to make the correct voice:
(i) Hunters have found an ideal hunting ground.
-An ideal hunting ground ........found by hunters. (had been, has been, was)
(ii) They are being denied the right to live.
- The people ........them the right to live. (are denying, were denying, denying)
B5.Personal response
What would be your contribution to protect the natural habitat of animals?
India, my India, where the first human eyes awoke to heavenly light! All Asia’s holy place of pilgrimage, great Motherland of might! World – mother, first giver to humankind of philosophy and sacred lore, knowledge thou gav’st to an, God – love, works, art, religion’s opened door.
O even with all that grandeur dwarfed or turned and can vaunt thy mighty name?
Before us still there floats the idea of those splendid days of gold; a new world in our vision wakes, Love’s India we shall rise to mould. India, my India, who dare call thee a thing for pity’s grace today? Mother of wisdom, worship, works nurse of the spirit inward ray!
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(a) Praise
(b) Prayer
(c) Story in the form of poem
(d) Song of condolence [Choose the correct alternative]
(2) What has India given to the world?
(3) How does the poet visualize New India?
(4) Give the rhyme scheme of the first four lines.
(5) Name and explain the figure of speech that dominates the poem.
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Fill in the blank.
Moru Dada wanted to spray __________ on the moong crop.
Think, choose and fill up the labels with what a ‘sunrise’ symbolizes.
(jewellery/art/hope/birth/anger/new opportunities/good manners/inspiration/new achievements/happiness/misery/bright moments/new aims/money/new surprises)
Go through the text again and find the reasons that forced Peter to shoot down a person.
- The keepers spotted him.
- _________________________
- _________________________
Write down any two Slogans on 'Gender Equality'.
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For example: ‘a host of golden daffodils’.
‘to a chasm, deep and vast and wide’.
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Have you ever given up on something good? Share your story with your friend.
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a fox
Read the passage and answer the following question:
Who designed the PVC medal?
What do fairy-tale witches do?
Find sentences from the play related to the given points.
Loyalty in Irish Nationalism:
- Maybe Sergeant you’ll be on the side of the country yet.
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
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Will you love your brother or sister only if she’s fair?
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following.
Yonamine’s fight with Bushi (disguised as a bandit).
Apart from the stone, how many things go into the soup?
Bassanio borrowed money from Shylock in Antonio’s name.
What themes did the committee identify?
Read aloud a paragraph of your choice from the passage.
Try to write interesting time tables for imaginary people or creatures.
What do the following event/action tell us about the characters? Discuss.
Arthur agreed to bring Sir Kay a sword at once.
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|
How doth the little busy bee |
How doth the little crocodile (parody) |
| Choice of a subject (an animal) | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Number of lines and stanzas | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Same or similar constructions | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Tone of the poem | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
Read: ‘The Psalm of Life’- a poem by H. W. Longfellow.
Name the following.
Third-time winners of the Olympic gold medal for hockey.
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with snowwhite.
List all the words and phrases in this story that indicate 'time'.
Discuss the following in group.
Do’s and Don’ts for young children.
- Form groups of 5–8. Then make pairs of groups. Decide which group will be hosts and which will be guests. Arrange mock parties in the classroom so that the roles of hosts and guests can actually be played out.
- Later on, hold groupwise discussions on how your party went. Make lists of the tips you followed and those you forgot to follow.
Answer the question in a paragraph of about 100 – 150 word.
Narrate how Prospero made his enemies repent to restore his dukedom.
What are the three rules given by the bird?
Why did the train stop in the middle of the forest?
Read the line and answer the question.
And the wheel’s kick and the winds song and the white sail’s shaking
What according to the poet are the pleasures of sailing?
“I will die, but not run away.” – Justify the saying of Neerja.
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What made the trip a memorable one?
Name the vegetables harvested in the vegetation hab.
Were the girl and her brother friendly with each other?
How do we work?
What are the things given by the tree?
What was his master’s advice?
How did he win the match?
The message was to gather on ______.
______helped Bujju to reach his family.
The official was transferred.
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What is the main idea of the text?
Who is responsible for the society?
What happened to Jayan?
Why did the greedy merchant get angry?
Why should a fisher wait?
The rabbit had
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