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प्रश्न
Find various career opportunities in Small-scale Industries like Handloom, Art and Craft, Block Printing, etc.
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उत्तर
The students can gather information on the following career opportunities, among others, in Small Scale Industries:
- Repair and maintenance of household goods
- Pottery making
- Household detergents making plants
- Agricultural food processing units
- Specialised furniture making
- Garment manufacturing
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the table :

Which of these words would you use to describe Santosh Yadav? Find reasons in the text to support your choices, and write a couple of paragraphs describing Santosh’s character
| contented | determined | resourceful | polite | adventurous | considerate |
| weak-willed | fearful |
independent |
pessimistic |
patient | persevering |
Explain how diction is important in the poem with the help of an example.
What rhyme scheme is followed in the poem?
What was the great victory? Who had won the victory?
There are two pauses when Kaspar tells Wilhelmine in the last stanza that it was a famous victory. Nay … nay…my little girl, quoth he.What do these pauses show?
The caged bird sings with
A fearful trill of things unknown
But longed for still and his
Tune is heard on the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
What parallel can be drawn to the poet’s feelings and that of the caged bird?
Explain, ‘Just a palsied few at the windows set;’
Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead,
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me?"....God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Which line is a contrast to the welcome he had received.
What does the poem “Abou Ben Adhem” convey?
Show how the author uses tone and style to reinforce his memories and make an impact upon his audience.
How does the story “A Horse and Two Goats” develop the idea of the need to interact with people who have vastly different identities from your own?
Discuss theme of kindness and compassion in “Hearts and Hands” by O. Henry?
Anderson through the story a Little Match Girl gives an idea about the Victorian society of his times?
Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:
Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The poet's mother was stung __________ a scorpion.
(A) It is such a wonderful opportunity that we must not miss it.
(B) It is too…………………………..
This book runs________a hundred and fifty pages.
When did he realise that there was something wrong?
Break time (recess) at your school is only for a duration of fifteen minutes. Write a letter to your Principal requesting an extension in the break-time from fifteen minutes to half an hour. Give reasons for your request and explain in what way an extended break would make a difference to you as a student.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
Ashok leaned ______ the wall tiredly.
Mrs. Kumar has been a teacher for thirty years. She will now retire.
Talk with your family members about elderly people who you have been intimately connected with and who are not there with you now.
Write a short description of someone you liked a lot.
We have come across words like 'gale' and 'storm' in the account. Here are two more words for 'storm': typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for 'storm'?
The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?
| Knot | stern | boom | hatch | anchor |
Give reasons for the following.
Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.
What laburnum is called in your language?
Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.
The team played the two matches successfully.
What was John Garrideb's objective in inventing the story of Alexander Hamilton Garrideb and his legacy?
What was the underlying reason for John Ipe's disgust with the world?
What do you understand the character of Mrs. Croft from the story?
What kind of relationship did Mrs. Croft share with her daughter Helen?
We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.
identified ______
We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.
controlled: ____________
Look at these sentences.
- Deserts are the driest places on earth.
- Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows.
Now form pairs. Ask questions using a suitable form of the word in brackets. Try to answer the questions too.
Do you know
1. Which animal is the _______________________ (tall)?
2. Which animal runs the _______________________ (fast)?
3. Which place on earth is the _______________________ (hot) or the _______________________ (cold)?
4. Which animal is the _______________________ (large)?
5. Which is the ————————————— (tall) mountain in the world?
6. Which is the _______________________ (rainy) place on earth?
7. Which is the ________________________ (old) living animal?
Can you add some questions of your own?
Discuss the following with your partner and complete the following sentence.
Before eating apples brought from the market, I wash and peel them off ____________________.
Imagine that you are the fellow pilgrim and you wish to share your experience of the incident in the poem.
Write a short article about it for a magazine/journal. Also, convey what change it has brought in your life.
The cherry tree is a narrative poem. Features that make it a narrative poem are given below. Justify them with proper examples.
Different places are mentioned.
Compose 8 to 10 lines. Narrate an incident in your life without using any rhyming pattern.
Write the poem ‘Cherry Tree’ in the form of a story.
You have studied the lesson 'The Call of the Soil' from prose 1.3. Compare 'Cherry Tree' with 'The Call of the Soil' and find out the element of the joy of nurturing for the author and the poet.
Mass media events often need comperes. Find out the area or sector in which a compere is a must. Write about the special skills needed to take up compering as a career and give some clues about how to acquire these skills.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :
Mathilde and her husband decided to replace the necklace.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :
Mathilde told her friend about the lost necklace.
Imagine you are Sayali. Write your diary for every day of your trip to the moon, and for the day you gave the earrings to your mother.
Gather information on any one of the following by talking to your elders, family members, and from other sources in your mother tongue and write a short note on it in English.
Something that you use to decorate your home on special occasions.
Discuss the following elements of a detective or mystery story.
- a mystery
- strange happenings
- a smart detective who investigates the happenings
- a crime/possibility of a crime
- preventing the crime and catching the criminal.
- characteristics of the victim
- characteristics of the criminal
- characteristics of the detective
Use the elements to prepare outlines of detective stories using your imagination. Write a story using any one of the outlines.
Write 3 to 5 sentences about the following character.
The Aunt
Answer the following question :
What are the most savage controversies about?
Write about your own daydream in short.
Go through the following steps and discuss in pairs about the facts mentioned in it. Write a paragraph using the points. Give another interesting title.
| Living A Better Life |
| ↓ |
| Get rid of one bad habit at a time. |
| ↓ |
| Avoid negative thoughts. Be positive. |
| ↓ |
| Trust yourself. Love what you do. |
| ↓ |
| Try to enrich your mind by becoming a life long learner. |
| ↓ |
| Sharing and Caring makes life enjoyable. |
| ↓ |
| Be humble. Respect and welcome/accept each day with a smile. |
Expand the proverb in about 12 to 15 lines, ‘Where there is a will, there is a way.’
Steps:
- Explanation of the proverb in simple words.
- Examples/Experiences to prove the proverbs.
- Conclusion
Work in groups and discuss. Then write a diary entry in about 60-80 words describing your feelings and emotions for the given situation.
Imagine, you are Pongo.
Your feelings and emotions when you came back and found the oranges gone.
Imagine that you and your friend get a chance to visit another planet. There, you befriend an alien who takes you around the planet. After reaching the earth, write a letter thanking him for all the help he did.
Imagine that you have parked your vehicle (two-wheeler)/ bicycle inside the school premises. You find it missing in the evening. Write a complaint to the head of the school regarding this issue.
Write some sentences about the picture.

It, is, has, walks, elephant, legs, tusk, trunk, big, long, slowly, strong.
______ do you want for your birthday?
Now complete the following suitably.
He was cleaning out his cupboard when _______
Now complete the following sentences, choosing the right word.
The golden ______ was very ______ to him. (dear, deer)
Work in a group and decide the things that you can do to help your grandparents or any old person.
Now, write five of these things that you will do.
Make opposites with the words –
| dis ______ in______ |
| respect | |
| able | |
| efficient | |
| own | |
| capable | |
| secure |
Write a few lines on Mithoo and his little dog named Shadow.
As young Khushwant Singh, write a letter to your parents describing your daily routine expressing your thoughts and feelings about staying in the village.
Bring out the people’s reaction to the noises from the surgery.
What had really happened in the dentist’s room?
Write conversation on the following situation.
Between two friends about planting trees
What are all the factors that influence our moods?
Fill in the following forms with imaginary details.

Expand EMI -
Why is there a double negative in the title: The Never – Never Nest? Elucidate with reasons from the play.
Write a composition in approximately 350 – 400 words on the following subjects:
(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)
You have recently shifted to a new city. Describe the area where you live, your next-door neighbours, the difficulties you faced while shifting and why you like/dislike the place.
Read the given sentence and underline the no word.
I have no coat.
Why according to Maya Angelou, does the caged bird sing?
______ was Portia’s; faithful servant.
Prepare a set of questions to interview -
A well-known social worker in your area.
What makes you angry?
Use the following charts to prepare meaningful dialogues.
Use your ideas to fill in the blanks.

Send a formal letter of invitation · in 50 words to Dr. Mehra, noted novelist and educationist, to speak on, The Importance of Books'. You are Lena/Sanjay, Secretary Literary Club, S. S. Public School. Meritionday, date, time and venue.
Write a composition (in approximately 400-450 words) of the following subject:
Recently you attended the wedding of a close relative. It was the first family gathering after the pandemic. Describe the excitement of meeting all the family members, the venue of the wedding, the food that was served and the celebrations that followed.
Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.
Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
