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प्रश्न
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul and his uncle.
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उत्तर
Paul and uncle Oscar became partners soon after uncle discovers that Paul has an uncanny knowledge that makes him predict the winning horse. However, there is more to it, he realises that the whole betting thing was making Paul nervous and was hampering his health. However, Oscar Creswell asks Paul on how to win by betting, to which the child innocently replies that he just knows who is going to win once he “gets there
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Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
Write a character sketch of Bishop Brooks as he appears in Helen Keller's − The Story of My Life.
How did Helen benefit when Dr. Graham Bell accompanied her to the World Fair?
Answer any four of the following question in 30 – 40 words each:
(a) ''What a thunderclap these words were to me!'' (Franz). What were those words and what was their effect of Franz?
(b) Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he hoped to?
(c) What was Kamala Das's childhood fear?
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The author’s physical condition in Darchen.
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Behind the public face of the people in various occupations is a whole saga of personal suffering and joy which they wish to share with others.
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Notice these expressions in the poem and guess their meaning from the context:
| rancid breath | squelching tar |
| spectroscopic flight of fancy | |
| rearing on the thunderclap | brunette |
| peroxide blonde | clinical assent |
| raven black |
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Fill in the web with words related to 'Surgery'.
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Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
as ______ as a worm
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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The story of the three caskets.
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Using your imagination, write more sentences in the same pattern:
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- Whenever he took a walk, they followed him.
- To be king is good. But to be kind is better.
Write the following:
The sights mentioned in the third stanza.
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Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
The sight of a snake ______.
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Captain of the Indian Team.
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Add one more rhyming word of your own to each pair.
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Our lays are of cities whose lustre is shed,
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Fill in the table given below.
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| 2. | Predators | ||
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A school-going girl writes the diary account.
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Rosy ______a bicycle.
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Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
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Name the things that good merchant offered for the plate
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What is Gandhiji’s ideal?
