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प्रश्न
Every one of them was an experienced mountaineer.
(Begin: There was no .................................)
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उत्तर
There was no one who was an inexperienced mountaineer amongst them.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why does the poet use the word ‘wandered’?
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”?
(A) He knew the culprit but refused to admit it.
(B) Although………………………..
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
The morning stretched calm, beautiful, and warm.
Sprawling half-clad, I gazed out at the form
Of shimmering leaves and shadows. Suddenly
A strong flash, then another, startled me.
I saw the old stone lantern brightly lit.
(A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945: Vikram Seth)
(i) In which country did the incident described in the poem occur? What had caused the flashes? What happened to his home soon after?
(ii) Describe the injuries suffered by the Doctor.
(iii) What was his wife’s name? What happened to a house standing before them?
(iv) How does he describe the people he met on the way?
(v) Why were the people walking with their hands away from their bodies? What was common to all of them? What message does the poem convey?
How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?
The sound words
In groups of four discuss some more ‘whatifs’ that you experience in your day to day life and list them out.
(i) ______________________________
(ii) ______________________________
(iii) _____________________________
(iv) _____________________________
(v) _____________________________
(vi) ____________________________
(vii) ___________________________
(viii) ___________________________
And now write a poem of five or six lines with the ‘whatifs’ that you have listed.
Write conversation on the following situation.
Between two friends about uses and abuses of mobile phone
Expand EMI -
- What do you like best about your school?
- Do you think school is fun?
- Which is the part that you don’t like?
- How often should the teacher give you a test?
