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पाठ 1.3: The Call of the Soil - Ice Breakers [पृष्ठ २५]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati Standard 11 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.3 The Call of the Soil
Ice Breakers | Q 2. | पृष्ठ २५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Punctuation
Use capital letter, full stops, question marks, commas and inverted commas wherever necessary in the following paragraph. an arrogant lion was wandering though the jungle one day he asked the tiger who is stronger than you you O lion replied the tiger who is more fierce than a leopard asked the lion you sir replied the leopard he marched upto an elephant and asked the same question the elephant picked him up in his trunk swung him in the air and threw him down look said the lion there is no need to get mad just because you don’t know the answer.


Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) must be installed in every classroom. 

Give your views, either for or against this statement.


Greenland is the largest island in the world. 
(Rewrite: Using ‘larger’.) 


What arc the poetic devices used in Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird”?


The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What is meant by “free bird thinks of another breeze”?


But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What is the main conflict in this poem?


What is the rhyme of ‘The Patriot: An Old Story’?


Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead,
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me? "....God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.

Read the above lines and amswer the question that follow.

How did the leader come and go?


The eight other runners pulled up on their heels
The ones who had trained for so long to complete
one by one they all turned around and went back to help him
And brought the young boy to his feet.

Then all the nine runners joined hands and continued
The hundred-yard dash now reduced to a walk
And a banner above that said (Special Olympics)
Could not have been more on the mark.
That's how the race ended, with nine gold medals
They came to the finish line holding hands still
And a standing ovation and nine beaming faces
Said more than these words ever will.

Read the lines given above and answer the following question:

Explain in your own words the meaning of the line ‘the hundred-yard dash now reduced to a walk’.


What is the setting of “All Summer in a Day”?


What does “I think the sun is a flower” mean in Ray Bradbury’s short story “All Summer in a Day”?  


Don John: Come, let us to the banquet
                  [Exeunt all but Claudio] 

Claudio: Thus answer 1 in name of Benedick,
But hear this ill news with the ears of Claudio. 'Tis certain so; the prince woos for himself. Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. This is an accident of hourly proof, Which I Mistrusted not. Farewell, therefore, Hero.
[Enter Benedick] 

Benedick: Count Claudio?

Claudio: Yea, the same. 

(i) Where are the speakers? Describe Claudio's state of mind?
(ii) What has Don John just revealed to Claudio? 
(iii) Explain the lines:

"Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues.
Let every eye negotiate for itself,
And trust no agent;"
(iv) How does Don John succeed in conveying his thoughts to Claudio? What is his intention in doing so? 
(v) Why is 'beauty' said to be a 'witch'? Which aspect of Claudio is seen here? 
(vi) Give the meanings of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage: ill; save; office; 


Anil is too fast a runner not to come first in the race. (Begin: Anil is so………….) 


Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

Write an original short story that begins with the words : “The day started off well enough, whoever thought it would ……….”


Fill in the blank with an appropriate word: 

The paper dart went gliding  ______  the air.


Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 

Sunita opened her purse. She found the money missing.


"School days are the happiest days of our lives." Express your views either for or against this statement. 


What laburnum is called in your language?


To what is the bird’s movement compared? What is the basis for the comparison?


Notice the following sentence patterns.

For song…duly with love returns

Rewrite the above sentences in prose.


Discuss with your partners

Reading plays is more interesting than studying science.


Try to write four lines of poetry or four sentences of prose with one of these as the starting point.


What according to the poem is involved in the process of growing up?


It is difficult to adjust to a fall from glory.


The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
When he began to trust me, the squirrel began ____________ into my pockets for morsels of cake.


Notice the use of ‘there’ in the following sentences.

  • There was a big crowd at the fair.

  • There were many things I’d have liked to buy.

Now rewrite the following sentences using ‘there’ in the beginning. Look at the following examples.

  • I can do nothing to help you.

  • There is nothing I can do to help you.

  • A man at the door is asking to see you.

  • There is a man at the door asking to see you.

1. This park has beautiful roses.

2. Your story has no fun in it.

3. We have no secrets between us.

4. My village has two primary schools.

5. This problem can be solved in two ways.


Imagine your younger sister is not paying attention to her studies and is seen wasting time playing games on her cell-phone. Suggest some ways that will help her to concentrate on her studies and overcome her bad habit.


You have noticed that many of your classmates are not interested in outdoor games or participating in co-curricular activities. Discuss some ways in which they will be encouraged to participate in activities.


Explain the extended metaphor related to dentistry in the poem.


Discuss with your partner on the following topic. Express your views and opinions in favour of and against the topic.

Should the 'Earn and Learn' concept be made mandatory for students?


Prepare a poster on the need for the conservation of the Great Indian Bustard.


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.

Father taught the boys geometry and how to use triangles to measure big objects.


Can you think of a parallel scene of dawn or evening when everything is steeped in golden light?


Relate the life-story of Caesar, rearranging the facts in a proper sequence in the form of a flow chart:

  • Caesar begins to upset things at home
  • Neighbour flings a stick at Caesar
  • Young crow is saved by the narrator
  • Caesar begins to trouble neighbours
  • The crow is named Caesar 
  • Caesar passes away
  • Caesar objects to being caged.

Write your opinion, in your own words:-

Why do you think the children dislike their aunt’s story?


Write in your own words:-

Why does the bank need so many details of its customer?


Write the reason in your own words.

Akbar had to dress like a slave.


Prepare a ‘tourism leaflet’ on the following.

Your Home Town


Complete the Interview with an imaginary Captain of the Ladies Cricket Team of your Town/City/State.

Interview

Interviewer: J Prasad (J. P.)
Captain: Vijetha Bhide (V. B.)
J. P.: Good Morning. We are simply privilleged and delighted to have the presence of the Captain of our State Women’s Cricket Team, which won the final of the Inter State series in Mumbai, last week. Hello Vijetha, welcome to our show.
V. B.: Thank you for inviting me.

(Now continue the interview adding about 4 to 5 Questions/Answers and conclude it with a farewell message.)


Make a poster of any natural disaster, giving details about the devastation caused.


Write an article for the following.

You are Jansi/Avinash of Class X studying in GHSS, Chengalpet. You believe that physical activities improve our health and reduce the risk of sickness. It has got immediate and long-term benefits. Write an article in not more than 150- 200 words for your school magazine stressing the importance of physical activities in a student day to day life.


Discuss in groups. Draw the haunted house described in the poem and write a paragraph about it in your own words.


Create a poster for the following.

You are Raja/ Ranjani. Draft a poster to create awareness about the harmful effects of using plastics, in not more than 50 words.


Develop the following hints.

Tortoise - hare - forest - tortoise walking- seen by a hardware laughs - tortoise speed - tortoise sad - bet - race - tortoise moving- slow speed -hare moves - fast - sleepy tortoise - reaches a winning point - first - wins the bet.


Do you want to try to write your own paragraph now?

Write a paragraph on Palm tree.

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______

Choose two friends in your class who are very different from each other. Use the clues in the box to describe their nature. You may also add your own words to describe them.

naughty lively sharing careless studious
quiet friendly helpful regular cheerful

Now complete the following, in the same way, using the words easy or strong.

Skipping is ______.
Jumping is ______ than skipping.
Walking is the ______ of all.


  1. Find out how many people are there in our country.
  2. Do we have enough land for all people on this earth?
  3. Is there enough food and water for all people?

To your shock, you find out that your close friend is indulging in some wrong activity. Will you avoid him/her or try to correct him/her? Give reasons for your answer.


Given below are hints about a renowned British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Write a biographical sketch on the author in not more than 80-100 words based on the information given below.

Name Arthur C. Clarke
Pen names Charles Willis, E.G.O’Brien
Birth 16 Dec 1917, England
Career novelist, television host, inventor, and film screenwriter.
Genre Science-Fiction, Television series, Film screenplay
Awards and Honours 1961, Kalinga Prize - an award given by UNESCO for popularising science Hugo and Nebula Awards Chairman of the Interplanetary Society Highest Civil Honour of Sri Lanka – ‘Sri Lankabhimanya 2005’
Titles Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov – ‘Big Three’ of Science Fiction ‘The Prophet of the Space Age’
Famous Works Childhood’s End 2001: A Space Odyssey Rendezvous with Rana

Write conversation on the following situation.

Between you and a bookseller on buying books


What was the knife that Miss Meadows carried with her?


Write the full form for the following.

who's - ______


The given bar graph shows the preferences of children in a school in playing different games over the span of six years. Write an analytical paragraph about the given information in about 109 words:


Describe your dream vehicle in a few lines.


What makes you laugh?


Which is the last play you saw?


Informal Letter -

Write a letter to your friend describing the details of the vacation.


Write a composition (in approximately 400-450 words) on the following subject:

Cooking should be made a compulsory subject in the higher classes. Argue either FOR or AGAINST the given statement.


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