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Fill in the blank. Moru Dada wanted to spray __________ on the moong crop. - English

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Fill in the blank.

Moru Dada wanted to spray __________ on the moong crop.

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उत्तर

Moru Dada wanted to spray pesticides on the moong crop.

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पाठ 1.3: The Call of the Soil - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ ३२]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 11 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.3 The Call of the Soil
Brainstorming | Q (A1) (iii) (b) | पृष्ठ ३२

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Answer any two of the following questions in about 3040 words:
(a) How does Kamala Das try to put away the thoughts of her ageing mother?

(b) Which is the exotic moment that the poet refers to in 'Keeping Quiet'?

(c) What are the difficulties that aunt Jennifer faced in her life?


How did Helen benefit when Dr. Graham Bell accompanied her to the World Fair?


Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:

(a) How could the peddler enter the forge without being noticed by the blacksmith?

(b) At Champaran what did the British landlords want from the sharecroppers?

(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?

(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.

(e) How did Evans have the last laugh at the Governor?

(f) How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW?


In ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ how did the Franks and others celebrate two festivals, Hanukkah and St.  Nicholas Day in the Annexe ? 


Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
manoeuvres


Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
salt flats


Tick the statement that is true.

The story hinges on a particular historical event.


“One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream. ” The story begins in a mood of nostalgia. Can you narrate some incident from your childhood that might make an interesting story?


Make groups and discuss the following:

Name a few scientists/explorers/social reformers/inventors/discoverers, who spent most of their lives to find solutions to some major problems/setbacks, that mankind faced.


Answer in your own words.

What did Revathi discover about her balsam plants?


The word 'report' means -

(a) Give a spoken or written account of something.

(b) Cover an event or subject as a journalist or reporter.


Name the festival that you enjoy most of all. Fill in the facts about that festival.

  1. Name of the festival:
  2. When it is celebrated:
  3. Why it is celebrated:
  4. How it is celebrated:
  5. Special cuisine:
  6. Other special features:

Discuss in your class.

Do you like to study science?


Find sentences from the play related to the given points.

The tension between different loyalties

  1. It’s little we get but abuse from the people, and no choice but to obey our orders.
  2. ________________________________
  3. ________________________________
  4. ________________________________

Enact the advertisement:

Seven children wait in different places, striking a suitable pose as shown in the ad. The character ‘Krispy Krunchy’ comes in dancing. He goes near every child, singing the words shown in the ad. He offers a Krispy Krunchy piece to every child.
The child eats it and begins to smile and clap. At the end, the character faces the class, shows a big pack of Krispy Krunchy, and presents the last few lines.


Explain the following statement with reference to the context.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.


Have you seen how wheels move on different surfaces like sand, gravel, grass, or a proper road? What are the differences you see?


Try to write interesting time tables for imaginary people or creatures.


Write five words each -

with the suffix 

  • -less
  • -ly
  • -ness

If you were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, what elements will you show in it? What colours will you use?


Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.

waterbody - pool ____________.


Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.

size - small _______________.


Sayali was travelling in space for the first time.


Read aloud a couple of stanzas of the poem ‘Invictus’ and ‘Please Listen’. In what ways do they differ? Think and fill up the table with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

  Invictus Please Listen
Rhyming lines ______ ______
Steady rhythm ______ ______
Uniformity in the length of lines ______ ______
Uniformity of the number of lines in each stanza. ______ ______
Figurative language ______ ______

Summarise this poem in your own words in 8 to 10 lines, highlighting only the main points.


Describe the following in one or two lines.

The nest. 


What did Gopal Bhand say he was doing?


Think about what you do and you must learn to do when you speak. Make a list of such 'Do's' and Don'ts' for yourself.


Discuss the following in group.

Do’s and Don’ts for young children.


Guess the meaning of weary. 


Guess the meaning of the following word.

magnificent


Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Ibn Battuta, Amerigo Vespucci, Xuanzang, Ferdinand Magellan, Bartolomeu Dias, Herodotus, Captain James Cook, Vasco De Gama.

What is common among these individuals? Browse Internet or refer books and share some information about them.


Identify the character or speaker.

It seems to me like the recollection of a dream.


What do you understand by the mother’s act of throwing the shoe?


Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:

It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears. Mrs. Krishnan …………………....…..
Dr. Krishnan ……………..…......…….


Why did Dr. Ashok’s cousin call him?


Which gift did Anne value the most?


There were many toys in the stall. Three of Hamid’s friends had bought some toys.

Write the names of Hamid’s friends in column A and the toys they bought in column B

A B
   
   
   

What did the coach teach the child?


How did the children react when they met each other at the ruins?


Read the comic strip and answer the following question.

Do you think that all the information online can be used without any permission?


Write the names of the characters in this story.

1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______


He woke up very late in the morning.


Who inhabited the jungles that the train passed through?


Neerja leapt into action when she______.


Why did the governments of India, America and Pakistan – honour Neerja?


Identify the speaker/character.

Wake up, child.


Turtles are sea animals.


Describe Gulliver’s encounter with the army of Blefuscu.


Name the tools the farmer brought out. What did he do with them?


They all stood around the little jewel of blue means______.


Why did Robinson name the tribe Friday?


Answer the following yes or no question.

Did Appu share guava?


Meena’s father was a fisher man.


Circle and write the adverbs.

I drink coffee thrice a day. ______


Sparrow tied the elephant and the crocodile with a ______.


Moles trap worms and store them.


Who wins the world at the end?


What sort of a boy is described in the poem?


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