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प्रश्न
Bring out the parallel suggested between the predatory instincts of the bird and human behaviour.
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उत्तर
Ted Hughes has always known to have cited examples of animals or birds or even fishes in his poems to draw a parallelism between the animal world and human behaviour. We, humans, are social animals; however, the animal instinct is still seated within us. Hughes explores this proclivity of humans when the predatory instinct takes over. In the poem, the Hawk hungers for power and authority, similarly humans lust for power and exercise their supremacy. The Hawk's perspective is blinded or limited by its vision and even with humans, their ignorance is their bliss. There is a constant battle, the survival of the fittest. It is jungle raj. The Hawk talks of its inherited power from the roost it resides in. It blathers its pride and self-assertion. The way any other human does. It matters little of whether there is an element of truth in it or not, but whether the Hawk or a human, they proclaim their supremacy over the rest of the world. They believe themselves to be the rulers of the Creation and mock God, thankless beings who weave their own fall.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A1. (i) Two activities that mother was free to do:
(a)...........................................
(b)............................................
(ii)Two activities that children avoided doing because of television:
(a) .....................................
(b) ...................................
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash thedishes in the sink
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
It rots the sense in the head!
It kills imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind
He can no longer understand
A fantasy, a fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His power of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think - He only sees!
'All right!' you'll cry. 'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall-we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!'
We'll answer this by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?'
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
A2. According to the poem, why is excessive watching of TV harmful?
A3. His brain became as soft as cheese. The figure of speech is ..........because............
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
Read the extract and do the activities that follow:
The duke senior and his follower were sitting down to a meal one day when Orlando rushed out from among the trees, his sword in his hand. ‘Stop, and cat no more!’ he cried. The Duke and his friends asked him what he wanted.
‘Food,’ said Orlando. ‘I am almost dying of hunger’. They asked him to sit down and eat, but he would not do so. He told them that his old servant was in the woods, dying of hunger. ‘I will not eat a bite until he has been fed,’ Orlando said.
So the good Duke and his followers helped him to bring Adam to their hiding-place, and Orlando and the old man were fed and taken care of. When the Duke learned that Orlando was a son of his old friend sir Rowland de Boys, he welcomed him gladly to his forest court.
Orlando lived happily with the Duke and his friends, but he had not forgotten the lovely Rosalind. She was always in his thoughts andevery day he wrote poetry about her pinning it on the trees in the forest. ‘These trees shall be my books,’ he said, ‘so that everyone who looks in the forest will be able to read how sweet and good Rosalind is’.
Rosalind and Celia found some of these poems pinned on the trees. At first they were puzzled, wondering who could have written them; but one day Celia came in from a walk with the news that she had seen Orlando sleeping under a tree, and she and Rosalind guessed that he must be the poet. Rosalind was happy to think that Orlando had not forggoten her, because she loved him as much as he loved her.
A1. Complete - (2)
Complete the following sentences:
(i) Rosalind was happy to think _______
(ii) The Duke and his followers helped Orlando to bring _________
(iii) Orlando pinned the poems written about Rosalind on ______
(iv) When the Duke cam to know that Orlando was a son of his old friend, he _________
A2. Write a gist: (2)
Write a gist of the above given extract in about 50 words.
Notice the italicized sentence placed at the top of the article which tells us at a glance what the article is about.
Explain the significance of the lines ‘I tie this Ridin creeper To fasten your soul to your body.’
Many sentences and paragraphs in the excerpt begin with the word ‘And’. To what extent does this contribute to the rhetorical style of the lecture?
Study the Note to Aspects of the Novel given at the end. Discuss the features that mark the piece as a talk as distinguished from a critical essay.
What were the lessons of life learnt in her younger days that Kumudini carried into her adult life?
Why did Ajamil refuse to meet the sheepdog's eyes?
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author did not succeed in finding Kasbai.
Make a list of the preparations made for an assault on Tiger Hill.
Bofors guns _____________.
When we look at the sky, we find several objects. They stand for something or the other. Complete the following table by finding the significance of the given objects. One example is given to you.
| Celestial Bodies | Association |
| The Sun | Power, Heat, Energy, Commitment, etc. |
| The Moon | |
| The Rainbow | |
| The Stars |
Compare and contrast the two opposing human feelings as expressed by the poet.
Behrman was a hard-hearted person.
Say where . . . . . . .
______ do the cows and sheep stand?
Read 'The City Planners' by Margaret Atwood.
The emperor-bee supervises the building of ______.
Your friend fell down learning to ride a bicycle and now has given it up altogether. What do you think will be the poet’s advice? Write it down.
What can you do to show your love, respect, and support to the soldiers who fight for the country? Discuss this in the classroom. You can send greeting cards to them on various occasions, with the help of your teacher.
Find out the different processes by which fabrics are made. Find illustrations and write a few lines on each process.
India is famous for its handloom fabrics. Write the story of a handloom kurta in your own words.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Both Demetrius and Lysander fight for Hermia.
Write about the various wheel-like objects you see at home, in school, and on the road.
Present any one of the speeches given above.
Read about the novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift.
Write the following in short:
The story of the three caskets.
Name the white and bright things mentioned in the poem.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Where does the story take place?
Suggest at least one method of creating something useful or beautiful from waste.
Find one example of the following given below from the poem: Metaphor
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
Why does the bee work hour after hour?
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
Is the bee a gentle creature? Is the crocodile gentle?
Which other things in nature can say –
'For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.'
Describe Gulliver’s home in Lilliput.
Identify the character or speaker.
He was the chief of all spirits.
Usha took shelter in the ______.
We should develop the ability to learn from______
- self
- others
- books
Identify the speaker/character.
He'll have to be given artificial respiration and kept warm.
The hatchlings use a tiny egg-tooth to come out of the eggs.
How does the coconut tree grow?
Where did Raj’s mother send him?
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The wild dogs came to the spot to catch______.
The dry earth soaked up the moisture as a hungry puppy laps up milk. It means______.
A day in Mars is called ______.
Why did the family move to Patna?
Name the planets the poet flies through.
Why did Santhosh forget to watch television or play video games?
The second daughter ________ the milet to a flock of birds.
How did the third daughter use the grain?
_______ broke out in the near by villages.
Uthaman was skilled in _____.
Choose the correct picture for the passage.
There is a table under a tree. A man with a big hat and a hare with long ears are sitting. A young girl is sitting between them. There are many cups on the table. The girl has a cup in her hand, and the man has a pot in his hand. It seems like they are having tea. Yes, they are having tea at the tea party in Wonderland. The girl is Alice, and she is in Wonderland.
Circle and write the adverbs.
He laughed merrily ______.
What were the people excited about?
Pick out the rhyming words and write.
| green | |
| human | |
| will | |
| welfare |
What will you do with your savings?
What incident made Mugund make a wooden drum?
Finally, ______, he got permission to study Science.
The rabbit had
Which part of the plant should be watered?
