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प्रश्न
Collect information of the NGOs working for the underprivileged section of the society.
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उत्तर
| Name | Category | Headquarters |
| 1. Akshaya Patra Foundation | Children | Bangalore |
| 2. Butterflies India | Children, Human Rights | New Delhi |
| 3. Child Rights and You (CRY) | Children, Human Rights | Mumbai |
| 4. Pathway India | Children, Disabled, Education | Mumbai |
| 5. Meer Foundation | Women empowerment, Children | Mumbai |
| 6. GiveIndia | Humanitarian Aid | Bangalore |
| 7. Goonj | Community Development Humanitarian Aids | New Delhi |
| 8. HelpAge India | Community Development, Elderly | New Delhi |
| 9. Katha | Children, Education | Chennai |
| 10. Maher | Children, Women | Pune |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
It is easy to advise others not to worry, but difficult for oneself to follow the same. Narrate an experience which made you realise the truth of this statement.
Fill in the blank with the suitable word.
He ran _____________ from home at the age of ten.
Is there any significance of the logs of wood in the hands of the six people?
Analyse the use of imagery in the poem ‘The Bangle sellers’.
Can it be argued that this is an anti- war poem?
What impression do you get of the children after reading the poem?
Explain the following:
They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;
How has Browning used allusion in the poem? Explain.
It was roses, roses, all the way,
With myrtle mixed in my path like mad;
The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway,
The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,
A year ago on this very day.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
By which flower was the patriot welcomed?
What lesson do you learn from this poem?
Which poetic device is used in the line: ‘Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,’
What does Hemingway want to convey about the affects of war through the story?
Write a short story that ends with the words “……………… I really doubt if things could have turned out any better.”
(A) He knew the culprit but refused to admit it.
(B) Although………………………..
One day a millionaire went to a hotel in New York and________(ask) for the cheapest room they________(have)."What________(be) the price of the room?" he________(ask). The manager________(tell) him."Is that that the cheapest room you________(have)? I________(stay) by myself and only________(need) a small room." The manager said, "Why do you choose a poor room like that? Your son always_______(stay) in our most expensive room.""Yes," said the millionaire, "but his father________(be) a wealthy man; mine is not."
Raina :
[timidly] Nine thousand hotels?
Bluntschli :
Hotels! Nonsense. If you only knew! Oh, it's too ridiculous. Excuse me: I must give my fellow orders about starting. [He leaves the room hastily, with the documents in his hand].
Louka :
[knowing instinctively that she can annoy Raina by disparaging Bluntschli] He has not much heart, that Swiss. He has not a word of grief for his poor father.
Raina :
[bitterly] Grief! A man who has been doing nothing but killing people for years! What does he care about? What does any soldier care about? [She goes to the door, restraining her tears with difficulty].
Louka :
Major Saranoff has been fighting too, and he has plenty of heart left. [Raina, at the door, draws herself up haughtily and goes out].
(i) What news has Bluntschli just received?
(ii) What makes Raina ask, `Nine thousand hotels'?
(iii) Why is Bluntschli in such a hurry to leave? What does Louka comment about him?
(iv) Why is Raina upset with Bluntschli?
(v) Why in your opinion, does Louka compare Bluntschli to Sergius? What does she comment when Raina leaves the room?
(vi) Who enters the room at this point? What news does he give Louka?
How does G. K. Chesterton in his essay On Running after one's Hat, romanticize difficult situations by dwelling on the notion that "An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered'"?
Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
Mumbai is densely populated. It is one of the major cities in the country.
Inspite of having high fever the girl came to school...
(Begin: Despite ……………..)
This is the funniest movie I have ever seen.
(Begin : Never ………….)
You are the President of the Nature Club in your school which is hosting the Earth Day Celebrations. Write a letter to the Principal of a neighbouring school inviting the school to participate in the event. State when, why and how you plan to celebrate Earth Day.
Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
He has learned to cycle. He has yet to learn to swim.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
NEXT MORNING, I HAD AN IDEA. IT WAS nothing clear cut, merely speculative, But I considered it all the way to school. Then, after assembly, as soon as they were quiet I waded in. This might be a bit rough, I thought, but here goes.
“I am your teacher, and I think it right and proper that I should let you know something of my plans-for this class.”
(i) Who is ‘I’ in the above lines? Where is he? In what mood was he when he entered the class?
(ii) What did the narrator expect from his students at this moment?
(iii) Who entered soon after this? What did she do that made the narrator angry? What challenges did he give her?
(iv) What was the effect of the challenge on her? What plan did the narrator have in mind regarding the conduct of the young ladies? Whose help did he seek for this?
(v) What did the narrator expect from the boy? What was the reaction of the children when they heard the narrator’s expectations?
Since her childhood, Meera has been good in Mathematics.
(End: ............................ childhood)
List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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anecdote
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delicate realism
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figurative painting
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illusionistic likeness
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conceptual space
Discuss the following statement in groups of four.
“The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.”
Find out about experiments in recycling that help in environmental conservation.
Notice the following sentence patterns.
Eternal I rise
Rewrite the above sentences in prose.
You have not received your Roll Number card for the Class XII examination. Write a letter to the Registrar, Examination Branch, CBSE asking for it.
The contrast between the outward elegance of a person and his private behaviour.
How did the narrator adjust to the ways of life first in London and then in Cambridge, U.S.A.?
Give reasons for the following.
Satyajit attending the village wedding.
Although the author was not a vindictive man he was very happy to see the twenty-one stone lady
who had impoverished him twenty years ago, and says he had finally had his revenge. What makes him say this?
Compose 4-6 lines on your own on ‘Good deeds’.
Your teacher will speak the word given below. Write against two new words that rhyme with it.
young ______ ______
We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.
interesting: ____________
The story of Kalpana Chawla has become an inspiration for millions of young Indians. How? What message did she send from the space shuttle to students of her college?
What happened to the crow in the end?
The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
I saw a cobra ___________ out of a clump of cactus.
Re-word the line from the story:
I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
Complete the following web diagram.
The cherry tree is a narrative poem. Features that make it a narrative poem are given below. Justify them with proper examples.
It is a time-bound poem.
The poet is prompted to call the sower an ‘august personality’ which means one who has reached the highest position in his workplace.
Explain this using the following point.
Perseverance
‘Earth has not anything to show more fair.’
This line expresses the poet’s feelings. The sight he saw from the bridge is beautiful. There are a few more lines similar to the above. With the help of your partner find them and discuss what they express.
Convert the stories into dialogues and read the dialogues aloud in the class.
Given in a mixed order below are some good human attributes of the family. Pick out from the box and write it against the line that reflects it.
Thinking ahead of winter, the father decided to create a place safe from the elements.
Think and write in your own words.
If you were in the traveller’s place, which road would you choose? Justify your choice.
Complete the remaining blocks determining the types of news.
Discuss in pairs and write what your father and mother do for your family.
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Mother |
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Speech development
- Content
- Greeting and introduction of the topic
- Exposition of main theme/clarity of message/organised thoughts and ideas.
- Moral and practical application with examples.
- Conclusion
- Speaking Presentation
- Verbal clarity- pronunciation of words, voice modulation and projection.
- Presentation/Speaking style - mannerism, audience eye contact, ability to keep the audience engaged.
- Confidence - gestures and expressions, stage courage
- Useful phrases and vocabulary
- It’s pleasure to see you all/I am happy to see you today/It’s good to see you all here.
- Today’s topic is .........../My talk is about ........... My topic is ...........
- The purpose/aim of this speech.
- I will focus on one/two/three major issues.
- If you have any question, feel free to ask me.
Read the evidence/sentences given below and offer a possible explanation of what happened in this house? Make up some questions to gather more information.
Now collect all your evidences and write a story in your notebook. Give a suitable title.
Prepare a set of questions to interview:
a person who has just returned from a trek in the woods.
The poem describes the sad demise of the Captain. How would you console the son of the Captain? Write a short paragraph using the points given below.
- Expressing grief on the death.
- An act of God.
- Words/sentences giving strengths and courage to face the situation.
- Add your own points.
Create a poster for the following.
Good handwriting is the index of an individual. Design a poster on the importance of good handwriting. Use catchy slogans or phrases. Your poster should not exceed 50 words.
Match the following and write complete sentences in the lines below.
| What was happening? | What happened? | |
| i | I was writing a letter. | the lights went out. |
| ii | Paul was looking out of the window | the bell rang. |
| iii | He was looking for his dog. | he noticed a lovely butterfly. |
| iv | I was just completing the last answer. | he fell off the ladder. |
| v | The man was painting the wall. | I met Arun. |
| vi | Amit was doing his homework. | my pen ran out. |
| vii | My mother was cooking dinner. | ma’am said, “Stop writing.” |
- I was writing a letter when ___________
- ________________
- *When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
- *_____________
- __________________
- _____________________
- _____________________
Punctuate the following passage.
mother father neelam said i have got a fire engine ive got a fire engine whats this whats this called mother somewhat confused by the noise ive got a fire engine mother come and see it.
Imagine you are going on a journey to the centre of the earth. What do you think you will see? What would you feel?
The travellers rested under the ______ of trees.
I can do the sum ________. [easy}
Why were the streets devoid of people?
Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:
a tinge of coldness
Bring out the people’s reaction to the noises from the surgery.
How did Miss Meadows express her joy, when she returned to the music class?
Write an essay of about 200 word
The profession you would like to choose
Write an essay of about 200 word
A memorable journey
Answer the following question as briefly as possible and with close reference to the relevant text.
Referring closely to the conversation between Prospero and Ferdinand at the beginning of Act IV of The Tempest, bring out Prospero’s concerns as a father.
The line 'The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway' in Browning's poem 'The Patriot' means ______.
Identify the list in which Abou Ben Adhem's name appeared right at the top.
Do you have a role model? What qualities do you appreciate in your role model?
Translate the following sentence into your mother tongue.
The second question to ask is - is it pleasant?
Translate the following sentence into your mother tongue.
The third question according to Socrates is - is it useful?
What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.
A sportsman
Using the internet, find the following information about a place you wish to visit using the following points.
- Distance from your place
- Available modes of transport
- Accommodation facilities
- Historical facts
- Climate
- Famous sites
- Within one minute, write as many meaningful phrases as possible using the numbers given below. Do not repeat the ideas.
- One: ______
- Two: ______
- Three: ______
- Four: ______
- Five: ______
- Six: ______
- Seven: ______
- Forty: ______
- A hundred: ______
- Try to imagine a situation/context where all the above items fit in. Describe it in 8-10 lines.
- Think of a title for your passage.
- Try to draw a map incorporating your phrases in a meaningful way. (Two examples are given below.) Write a key/index for your map.
Imagine someone has invited your family to a program, and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.
Write a note (4–5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
With reference to the short story Quality, trace the journey of the Gessler Brothers from “ld is an Ardt!" to the bitter realization of “Dey dake it away from us, who lofe our boods….bresently i haf no work.” Write your answer in about 200-250 words.
Miss Meadows’ need for societal acceptance makes her overlook Basil’s insensitivity and shortcomings. Discuss with reference to the short story. The Singing Lesson is about 200-250 words.
Write a composition (in approximately 400 – 450 words) on the following subject.
Life
