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प्रश्न
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
Kumudini Lakhia's life is an inspiring illustration of the emancipation of women.
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उत्तर
Kumudini Lakhia's life shows the emancipation of women. She started learning dance under the inspiration of her mother. She later on joined an Agriculture course. In the Agriculture college she could experience the behaviour of boys and the American teachers. After the completion of the course, she chose to join Ram Gopal company as a performer. Having led a successful dance career, she settled in a married life. All these show that she was free to chose her ways despite being a woman and the way she could establish her identity in her career is inspiring illustration of the emancipation of women.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Select
Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternatives from those given in the bracket:
(i) The author was inspired and motivated to read ............................................ by the time she was eleven.
[Shakespeare, Chaucer, G.B. Shaw]
(ii) Every lesson .......................... ......... took was spiced with half a dozen or more anecdotes.
[Mrs. Rowlands, Sister Monica, Mr. A.N. Patil]
(iii) The teachers helped the narrator to become ..................................... . .
[confident, happy, independent]
(iv) Mrs. Cynthia Nesamani and Sister Monica gave .......................................... to the narrator.
[freedom to do what he wanted, advice to do something, instructions to produce better results]
In a way, one of the greatest gifts any teacher can give a student, I think, is to inculcate a curiosity to learn.
I've been incredibly lucky to have at least one such teacher at every stage in my life. The first was Mrs. Rowlands who taught me in primary school. She taught me to read without ever pushing me. She made me want to read more by giving 'me some of the most interesting children's books available. And although I still love to go back to those books from time to time, it was only because of her that I was able to read Shakespeare by the time I was ten, and Chaucer a year later.
In later years, it was Mr. A.N. Patil, my Marathi and Hindi Teacher who made a huge impression on me. Every lesson he took, was spiced with half a dozen or more anecdotes from a wide variety of subjects: among them history, politics, religion and sociology. I was, and still am in awe of his knowledge, which despite rather desperate attempts, I doubt I'll ever be able to match.
There have also been other teachers who helped me to try to become independent: to think and act for myself using my own judgement, which to my mind has been just as, if not more important, than actually learning anything.
After all, it's much too easy to become a completely useless repository of facts and little else.
Two teachers whom I remember in particular are Mrs. Cynthia Nesamani and Sister Monica, both taught me in school. The former, by and large, gave me a free rein to do what I wanted to do. I, being one of those people who dislike instructions, she helped me to produce much better results than I'd have otherwise done.
B2.Complete
Read the extract and complete the following:
The teacher can
(i) .............
(ii) ..............
(iii )..............
(iv).................
B3. Similar word
Look at the following sentences arid pick the word having similar meaning to the given word and rewrite:
(i) Spiced His conversation is always with a lot of humour. (made interesting, garnished, flavoured)
(ii) Repository
The library should not merely be a ................ of books. (store-house, reservoir, tank)
(iii) Inculcate
It is the responsibility of the parents and teachers to .......values in the child's formative years. (imbibe, give, show)
(iv) Incredibly
I have been .. lucky to have at least one such teacher at every stage in my life. (importantly, unbelievably, beautifully)
B4. Language study
(i) There have also been other teachers. They have helped me to try to become
independent. (Combine using 'who')
(ii) It was only because of her that I was able-to read Shakespeare.
(Rewrite beginning with: If it was not for her, ).
B.5 Out motivators
Look at the following table and complete it by presenting your own views
| Personalities | Influence on your life |
| (i) Teachers | |
| (ii) Parents | |
| (iii) Relatives | |
| (iv) Friends |
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day?
(b) What shocking experience did Douglas have at YMCA pool?
(c) Why does Kamala Das compare her mother to 'a pale winter's moon'?
(d) What rich bountry has the heaven given us? (A Thing of Beauty)
(e) Why did the Maharaja have to pay a bill of three lakh rupees to the British jewellers?
(f) What problem did Roger Skunk face when he went to play with his friends. How did he solve it?
What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
Give reasons for the following statement.
The author was disappointed with Darchen.
How has the author linked the symbol of the rocking-horse to Paul's triumphs at the races?
Explain the line:
Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
The lecture was delivered in 1864. What are the shifts in style and diction that make the language different from the way it is used today?
Why is the poem entitled 'Hawk Roosting'?
Make groups and discuss the following:
Did they themselves suffer from those problems/setbacks?
Make a list of the preparations made for an assault on Tiger Hill.
Throughout the last week of June 1999, 18 Grenadiers ____________.
Breeding worms to use them to convert organic waste into fertilizer is called Vermiculture or vermicomposting.
Find out more about Vermiculture and how you can carry out the same in your garden/backyard, to fertilize your plants at home.
Read the descriptions of the following from the story and describe any one of them using your own words.
- The ivy vine
- Behrman
- The last leaf that Johnsy saw
What are the clothes compared to? Give two examples.
Describe the following with the help of the story.
The rich young man
State the difference between drama and novel.
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is the centre of the play.
Explain the use of the following property in the development of the play.
Stick
Answer the following question in one sentence.
What examples of man’s progress have been given in the poem?
Write a conversation between a donkey and a school boy.
Write the following in short:
The story of the three caskets.
How did the students prepare for their stalls/presentations?
Find the names of the exotic musical instruments and animals mentioned in the poem.
Guess the meaning of the following word.
novel
Find out how the following game is played.
Kho-Kho
Find a word that has a similar meaning.
Sorry
____________ had provided Prospero formerly with books and provisions.
Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps?
Write the names of the characters in this story.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______
Role play
Put students in pairs to role-play a conversation between:
- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
drenched – thoroughly wet
He is drenched to the skin. ______
Sea turtles come to rest on land.
What did Grandmother feel about trees growing in the house?
Why did the author leave town?
Where did Raj’s mother send him?
Gulliver was set free because the emperor______.
The farmer was thankful at the sight of the verdant bowl because______.
The boy and the girl were taken by the cavalry to explain their action.
How did the cavalry officers look? What happened to them finally?
The farmer had _______ daughters.
What did the father give to all the daughters?
What did the first daughter do?
He got _________ the disease.
The villagers, built a _______ on his memory.
Which place was the last stand of the Indian army?
| Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’. |
- Where is our national emblem taken from?
- Where is our national emblem found?
- What does ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ mean?
- What are the animals found in the emblem?
Where is the key?
Where did we visit a mermaid?
Divide the following word.
circle
Divide the following word.
butter
Three waves hit the village.
What was the reason behind Nandhini’s dullness?
Moles dig ______ to catch earth worms.
What is the main idea of the text?
The king looked for a______.
Match the rhyming words.
| Say | grow |
| All | time |
| Go | day |
| Rhyme | fall |
Nithin's mom said that Bala's father is a ______ magician.
What did Bala teach Nithin?
He started selling wooden toys at a high price.
Here is an amazing news item on how the qualities of duty and devotion is not restricted to humans alone but shared by animals. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Caesar, the Hero of Mumbai on 26/11
- Mumbai: Caesar, the last surviving hero of his kind, died of a heart attack on Thursday. Caesar, a Labrador Retriever, was covered with tri-color and given an emotional farewell from the city Police Force. The Mumbai Police Commissioner too marked the passing of the hero with a tweet.
- Caesar, who was 11 years old was the sole survivor among the dogs of Mumbai Police who took part in bomb detection operations during the terrorist attack on Mumbai that began on November 26, 2008. He died of a heart attack at a farm in Virar where he and his three canine buddies had been sent after retirement. During the terror attack in Mumbai, Caesar saved several lives when he sniffed out the hand grenades left by the terrorists at the busy CST railway station.
- Caesar was also a part of the search team at Nariman House, where terrorists were holed up for three days. Earlier he was also pressed into service for bomb search operation after the 2006 serial train blasts and July 2017 blast in Mumbai. The Mumbai police officials also tweeted their grief saying, “Services of retired members of Dog Squad during 26/11 will be unforgettable. We will remember our heroes forever.”
Answer the following questions.
- The Labrador Retriever was covered with tri-color. What does this signify?
- How did Caesar save several lives at the CST railway station?
- Which word in the third paragraph of the passage means the same as ‘forced’?
- “Services of retired members of Dog Squad during 26/11 will be unforgettable”. Mention three services rendered by Caesar.
- Caesar is a Labrador breed of dogs. Name a few other native breeds that are used by the Police Force.
- Try to rewrite the news item in your mother tongue without losing the spirit and flavour of the text. Give a suitable title to the translated version.
