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प्रश्न
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.)
Can you ____________ this word in the dictionary?
पर्याय
out of luck
mystery
true to his word
chores
semester
between you and me
look up
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उत्तर
Can you look up this word in the dictionary?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer these question in one or two words or in short phrase.
Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
Thinking about the Poem
What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
What do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?
What is the meaning of “My cat was back and so was I”? Had the author gone anywhere Why does he say that he is also back?
But even as he approached the boy, Mr. Oliver sensed that something was wrong. The boy appeared to be crying. His head hung down, he held his face in his hands, and his body shook convulsively. It was a strange, soundless weeping, and Mr. Oliver felt distinctly uneasy.
Well, what’s the matter, he asked, his anger giving way to concern. What are you crying for? The boy would not answer or look up. His body continued to be wracked with silent sobbing.
Oh, come on, boy. You shouldn’t be out here at this hour. Tell me the trouble. Look up.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What did the boy appear to be doing?
Beside him in the shoals as he lay waiting glimmered a blue gem. It was not a gem, though: it was sand—?worn glass that had been rolling about in the river for a long time. By chance, it was perforated right through—the neck of a bottle perhaps?—a blue bead. In the shrill noisy village above the ford, out of a mud house the same colour as the ground came a little girl, a thin starveling child dressed in an earth—?coloured rag. She had torn the rag in two to make skirt and sari. Sibia was eating the last of her meal, chupatti wrapped round a smear of green chilli and rancid butter; and she divided this also, to make
it seem more, and bit it, showing straight white teeth. With her ebony hair and great eyes, and her skin of oiled brown cream, she was a happy immature child—?woman about twelve years old. Bare foot, of course, and often goosey—?cold on a winter morning, and born to toil. In all her life, she had never owned anything but a rag. She had never owned even one anna—not a pice.
Why does the writer mention the blue bead at the same time that the crocodile is introduced?
Ans. The author mentions the blue bead at the same time that the crocodile is introduced to create suspense and a foreshadowing of the events’to happen.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What was Sibia’s life like?
Whom does Portia ultimately marry? Who were the two other suitors who took the test? Why, in your opinion, is the person whom she marries worthy of her?
What happened to the ball bearings?
What are the changes the cricket bat has undergone with time?
What did the farmer’s wife regret?
What led the king of Iran to the cave of the shepherd?
How does the author define ‘sleep’?
What happens after the poet’s father fall off the ladder?
Why did the dog prefer a strong master to live in the jungle?
Fill in the blank to name a different kind of intelligence. One has been done for you.
When I enjoy listening to people and solving their problems I use my interpersonal intelligence
When I enjoy looking at maps and examining pictures, I use my ___________ intelligence.
What does he carry in his hand?
Why did the daimio reward the farmer, but punish his neighbour for the same act?
What does Cares say to bless the young couple?
What does Prospero intend to do with his book before his interaction with Alonso in Act V of the play, The Tempest?
