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प्रश्न
Considering that this is an excerpt from a lecture, how does the commentary provided by the speaker string the arguments together?
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उत्तर
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Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
(a) Why are the tigers called Aunt Jennifer's tigers?
(b) How are they described here?
(c) How are they different from Aunt Jennifer?
(d) What does the word, 'chivalric' mean?
Read the follow ing extract and answer the questions given below:
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
(1) What makes a nation strong?
(2) According to you, what makes India a strong and powerful nation?.
(3) Write down the rhyme scheme used in the extract.
(4) What does the phrase 'others fly ... ' mean?
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Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to give vent to
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(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as an elephant
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 deer
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He is a brave but irresponsible person.
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- know - knowing - knowingly - unknowingly
- amaze - amazing - amazingly
- possible - impossible - impossibly
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- During examinations.
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magnificent
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Back of his smiles and behind his tears.
What does ‘tears’ mean?
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| 1. And it charged straight at the cavalry officers on horseback. |
| 2. And so she flew onto the back of the cow. |
| 3. So everybody panicked and made a general rush to safety |
| 4. The startled cow charged off in fear |
| 5. She applied brakes, but was thrown off the cycle. |
| 6. Just then she saw a lone cow in the middle of the road. |
| 7. Finally the cow fell into a ditch and dislodged the girl. |
| 8. The girl cried out in delight as she overtook her brother on her cycle. |
The man didn’t want to get up because he was tired as he wcoas thrown into the ditch.
How did the cavalry officers look? What happened to them finally?
Try your own.
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Choose the main idea of the passage.
_______ broke out in the near by villages.
Name the character or speaker.
"You want me to strain my back?"
Choose what the elephant did.
How were her strokes?
Anbu got ______ fish this week.
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Write the rhyming word.
away
Meena was transferred to a______.
Pick and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
A jackal cheated the crow ______.
Why was the teacher annoyed?
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Mugund did not cut the raw wood.
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