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प्रश्न
Describe the tone in which the narrator’s father dismissed his wife’s warnings every single time.
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उत्तर
When his wife warned him the first time, father was really astonished. He thought how a good climber like him could fall. The Second time his wife warned him, he laughed at her finding her warning to be a funny joke.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
Answer these question.
This is your big surprise.”
(i) Where has this been said in the play?
(ii) What is the surprise?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
In the first stanza, some words or phrases have been used to show that the girl
working in the fields is alone. Which words and phrases highlight her being
alone? What effect do they create in the mind of the reader?
It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
She saw her brother Peterkin
Roll something large and round,
Which he beside the rivulet
In playing there had found;
He came to ask what he had found,
That was so large, and smooth, and round.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to context.
Old Kaspar took it from the boy,
Who stood expectant by;
And then the old man shook his head,
And,with a natural sigh,
"Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he,
"Who fell in the great victory.
"I find them in the garden,
For there's many here about;
And often when I go to plough,
The ploughshare turns them out!
For many thousand men,"said he,
"Were slain in that great victory."
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to context.
Explain-'Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!' What should not be considered the goal of life?
Discuss the following topic in groups.
Why, in your opinion, did the man set the doves free?
What did Tilloo hope to see once he emerged from his underground home?
Messengers were sent throughout the kingdom
Mark your choice.
Answer the following questions.
Why is it not good to be a rebel oneself?
How did the kind old couple treat their dog?
Mr Gessler was spending his days with great difficulty. Give suitable arguments in favour of this.
Why and when did Dad say the following?
Funny joke
Which all surprises must the poet be talking about in these stanzas?
Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
Some people find household —————— a bore, but I like to help at home.
Read aloud the two paragraphs that describe the boy and the old man at the Lucky Shop.
What does the broken glass window suggest?
Do you agree with the view that Macbeth is fighting a lost battle against forces beyond his control? Justify your point of view in about 200- 250 words by referring to the Acts studied.
