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Find various career opportunities in Small-scale Industries like Handloom, Art and Craft, Block Printing, etc. - English

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Find various career opportunities in Small-scale Industries like Handloom, Art and Craft, Block Printing, etc.

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The students can gather information on the following career opportunities, among others, in Small Scale Industries:

  1. Repair and maintenance of household goods
  2. Pottery making
  3. Household detergents making plants
  4. Agricultural food processing units 
  5. Specialised furniture making
  6. Garment manufacturing
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पाठ 2.2: Indian Weavers - Brainstorming (A6) [पृष्ठ १०२]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 12 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 2.2 Indian Weavers
Brainstorming (A6) | Q 2 | पृष्ठ १०२

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

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

 It rained so heavily that they could not go for the picnic. (Rewrite: Using ‘too………………to’) 


Explain the importance of rythm in the poem.


What are these bangles for? Why has the poet repeated the word happy in the last line here?


What impression do you get of the children after reading the poem?


Analyse the symbol of Clouds, Sky, and Heavens.


Why does the caged bird stand on the “grave of dreams?”


How is the theme of self-awareness shown in the poem “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou?


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.

Explain, ‘stands on the grave of dreams / his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream’.


Can the poem be taken as interpretation of human fickleness?


Explain, ‘Just a palsied few at the windows set;’


Which poetic device is used in the line: ‘Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,’


What does the book of gold symbolize?


How does the seemingly small incident described in the story reveal a significant truth about life?


Discuss the theme of the story ‘ Hearts and Hands.’


What does “I think the sun is a flower” mean in Ray Bradbury’s short story “All Summer in a Day”?  


Your uncle has offered to get you a pet for your birthday. Write a letter to him telling him what you would like, give reasons for your choice and tell him how you Would-take care of your pet. 


They have to go to bed early every night. They are allowed to stay update on Saturdays. 


Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:

He was …….. pressure to complete the work. 


Write a composition (350 – 400 words) on the following: 

Describe in detail the view from your bedroom window. Does your room overlook a park? A busy street? What are the sights, sounds, and smells that you would typically see, hear, and experience at different times of the day? What do you most enjoy about the view? Early in the morning, in the evening, or late at night?


Your uncle has promised to give you a gift of Rs. 1000/-. Write a letter thanking him for the offer, tell him how you plan to spend the money; and why you wish to spend it in this way.


You are the President of the Nature Club in your school which is hosting the Earth Day Celebrations. Write a letter to the Principal of a neighbouring school inviting the school to participate in the event. State when, why and how you plan to celebrate Earth Day.


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? 


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
“That only leaves October, November, and December,”’ said the Queen. "And after that, we shall have to begin all over again.”
“No, we shan’t,” said the King, “because I think twelve daughters are enough for any man and after the birth of dear little December I shall be reluctantly compelled to cut off your head.”
He cried bitterly when he said this, for he was extremely fond of the Queen.

(i) Why did the king change the names of his daughters so many times? 

(ii) In what way was Princess September different from her sisters?  What reason does the author give for this difference in their temperaments? 

(iii) Which unusual birthday tradition did the King of Siam observe? Mention some of the gifts that he gave. 

(iv) Why did Princess September put the Nightingale in a cage? What reasons did she give to the bird for putting it in a cage and then keeping it there? 

(v) How did the bird behave upon being locked in a cage? What is the message of the story? 


A number of loose electric wires are hanging from a lamp post near the main gate of your school. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner explaining the problem, the danger it poses and suggests a quick solution. 


He drew a beautiful diagram________ the board. 


Give reasons for the following.

King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.


Name some leaves and flowers that are used as adornments in our country.


What do you notice about the beginning and the ending of the poem?


There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?


Locate the following words in the text and study their connotation.

1. gripped the imagination of

2. dawned upon

3. ushered in

4. passed into current coin

5. passport of the future


Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your views on the deteriorating law and order situation in your city.


Discuss with your partners

Talking about teachers among friends.


What is the poet’s feeling towards childhood?


Approval from the outside world and approval within the family.


Notice the use of ‘there’ in the following sentences.

  • There was a big crowd at the fair.

  • There were many things I’d have liked to buy.

Now rewrite the following sentences using ‘there’ in the beginning. Look at the following examples.

  • I can do nothing to help you.

  • There is nothing I can do to help you.

  • A man at the door is asking to see you.

  • There is a man at the door asking to see you.

1. This park has beautiful roses.

2. Your story has no fun in it.

3. We have no secrets between us.

4. My village has two primary schools.

5. This problem can be solved in two ways.


Go through the text once again and note down Devu Handa’s fond memories of Kasbai in your exercise book. One is done for you.

Devu Handa has fond memories of Kasbai. They are as follows!

(a) It needs ______________ rain.

(b) _________________

(c) _________________


Match the following.

Sr. No A B
1. Constitution a. It is the freedom to go where you want, do what you want, etc.
2. Liberty b. It is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities.
3. Equality c. It is a sense of common brotherhood.
4. Fraternity d. It is an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization, or other types of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.

Refer to a standard dictionary and find out the meaning of the following word:

Reporter


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.


Write an appreciation of the poem considering the following points:

  • About the poem/poet/title.
  • Theme
  • Poetic devices, language, style
  • Special features/ novelties/focusing elements
  • Values, message
  • Your opinion about the poem.

Let’s compose a poem. Two lines are given. Add two of your own.

There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair


Convert the stories into dialogues and read the dialogues aloud in the class.


List all possible sources of light which enable you to see. Try to list at least 10 to 15. You may add the following to your list: Different kinds of lamps in your house, different sources you see in nature, different sources used by man in the past, etc. 


‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.’ Mahatma Gandhi

Collect some more quotes on education by famous thinkers.


There are ample career opportunities in film making and producing films.

The following professions which require different professional skills, and write them accordingly.

Professions Professional skills
1. Actor-Male or Female Acting, voice modulation, Body language, facial expressions, etc.
2. Director  
3. Producer  
4. Music-director  
5. Script-writer  
6. Lyrist  
7. Cameramen  
8. Cinematographer  
9. Set-designer  
10. Costume-designer  

The diagram below encircles the various features that make the script of a skit/ play. List the other words and mention the form of writing of which it is a feature.


Think and write in your own words.

If you were in the traveller’s place, which road would you choose? Justify your choice.


According to the poet, how does God help people, when they pray to him for help?


Write a report of the following event in about 100-120 words.

You are the Coordinator of the Science Forum of your school. An event had been organized on account of National Science Day for the members of the forum. Now, write a report on the observation of “National Science Day” at your school.


You are Aadhav. While you were away on a holiday, your house was burgled. Use appropriate modals and complete the letter to your friend telling him/ her about it.

No. 36, Gandhi Road
Chennai – 45
04 August 2018

Dear Ramesh,

How are you? I feel sad to inform you that my house was burgled last week when I was on a holiday. Burglars ______ have known from the accumulated newspaper pile that I had gone away. When I came back last Sunday, I found the back-door lock broken. I ______ have forgotten to bolt the back-door from inside and they _______ have entered through it. My room was ransacked. They took my laptop and other valuables. I ______ have deposited the jewellery in a bank locker to avoid this loss. I _______ have informed my neighbours about my week-long trip. Well, I have registered an FIR with the police. They are investigating the case. They have assured that I _____ get my jewels back. The burglars ______ be caught very soon. Convey my regards to all at home.

Yours lovingly,
Aadhav


You have prepared some eco-friendly craft materials like paper mache dolls, greeting cards, book marks, festoons, garlands, quilling jewellery etc for an Art Mela to be conducted in your school premises. Describe in a few sentences how you made the craft work. Include the following details in your writing.

  • Name of the craftwork
  • Materials used
  • Nature (handy / eco-friendly / longlasting / affordable price )
  • Use (place / person / time)

Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter about the topic given below.

Write a letter to your father asking permission to go on an educational tour.


Fill in the blank with choosing the preposition from the option.

“It would be a pity ______ destroy it now.”


Silent letter.

What is common in the following groups of words?

  1. knee, knife, knot, know ______
  2. neighbour, daughter, fight, straight ______
  3. honest, honour, hour, heir ______

Try and make more silent letter words.

gnat: ______, ______
tongue: ______, ______
chalk: ______, ______
whistle: ______, ______


Now complete the following suitably.

I was sitting in a taxi yesterday when _________


Correct the use of the describing word in the following sentence.

 He is cleverer than I am.


Now make one more question for each picture. Write the question in the space below each picture. Use how many, what are, where are/is, how, why, to make questions.


Find one word from the story that means

to be inquisitive c ______.


Imagine you are going on a journey to the centre of the earth. What do you think you will see? What would you feel?


See the picture Travel Time below. Answer the questions that follow.

  1. Where did you go for an excursion/holiday?
  2. With whom did you go?
  3. What did you take with you?
  4. What was the first thing you saw when you reached your destination?
  5. What did you like best about the place?
  6. How long did you stay there? 
  7. What did you miss about home?

The ______ sang beautifully.


What made the dogs follow the grandmother after school hours?


‘Tell me who your friends are and I shall tell you who you are’. How will you explain this statement in the light of Jimmy’s and Bob’s friendship?


To your shock, you find out that your close friend is indulging in some wrong activity. Will you avoid him/her or try to correct him/her? Give reasons for your answer.


Describe Honario Saltpen-Jago.


As Sletherby, would you apologize to Bertie for your rude behavior? Give reasons.


Write conversation on the following situation.

Between two friends about uses and abuses of mobile phone


The narrator went to the photographer to ______.


Summarizing is to briefly sum up the various points from the notes made from the below passage.

The Sherpas were nomadic people who first migrated from Tibet approximately 600 years ago, through the Nangpa La pass and settled in the Solukhumbu District, Nepal. These nomadic people then gradually moved westward along salt trade routes. During 14th century, Sherpa ancestors migrated from Kham. The group of people from the Kham region, east of Tibet, was called “Shyar Khamba”. The inhabitants of Shyar Khamba, were called Sherpa. Sherpa migrants travelled through Ü and Tsang, before crossing the Himalayas. According to Sherpa oral history, four groups migrated out of Solukhumbu at different times, giving rise to the four fundamental Sherpa clans: Minyagpa, Thimmi, Sertawa and Chawa. These four groups have since split into the more than 20 different clans that exist today.

Sherpas had little contact with the world beyond the mountains and they spoke their own language. AngDawa, a 76-year-old former mountaineer recalled “My first expedition was to Makalu [the world’s fifth highest mountain] with Sir Edmund Hillary’’. We were not allowed to go to the top. We wore leather boots that got really heavy when wet, and we only got a little salary, but we danced the Sherpa dance, and we were able to buy firewood and make campfires, and we spent a lot of the time dancing and singing and drinking. Today Sherpas get good pay and good equipment, but they don’t have good entertainment. My one regret is that I never got to the top of Everest. I got to the South Summit, but I never got a chance to go for the top.

The transformation began when the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and the New Zealander Edmund Hillary scaled Everest in 1953. Edmund Hillary took efforts to build schools and health clinics to raise the living standards of the Sherpas. Thus life in Khumbu improved due to the efforts taken by Edmund Hillary and hence he was known as ‘Sherpa King’.

Sherpas working on the Everest generally tend to perish one by one, casualties of crevasse falls, avalanches, and altitude sickness. Some have simply disappeared on the mountain, never to be seen again. Apart from the bad seasons in 1922, 1970 and 2014 they do not die en masse. Sherpas carry the heaviest loads and pay the highest prices on the world’s tallest mountain. In some ways, Sherpas have benefited from the commercialization of the Everest more than any group, earning income from thousands of climbers and trekkers drawn to the mountain. While interest in climbing Everest grew gradually over the decades after the first ascent, it wasn’t until the 1990s that the economic motives of commercial guiding on Everest began. This leads to eclipse the amateur impetus of traditional mountaineering. Climbers looked after each other for the love of adventure and “the brotherhood of the rope” now are tending to mountain businesses. Sherpas have taken up jobs as guides to look after clients for a salary. Commercial guiding agencies promised any reasonably fit person a shot at Everest.


Write a composition in approximately 350 – 400 words on the following subject:

(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.)

Write an original short story entitled: ‘The Missed Call’.


Read the given sentence and underline the no word.

I have no coat.


“What man calls civilization always results in deserts. Man is never on the square he uses up the fat and greenery of the earth. Each generation wastes a little more of the future with greed and lust for riches”- Don Marquis

With our modern awareness of ecology are we likely to make sufficient progress in conservation, or are we still in danger of damaging the earth beyond repair? Write a discursive essay discussing the issue being raised.


Write an original short story that begins with the following words:

My mother stopped suddenly at the doorway and stared in amazement at ..........


You want to convince the customer to buy your product. Prepare a conversation between you and the customer about it.


You must have seen and liked a play (in any language) on the stage. Write down the following details about it.

  1. Name of the play
  2. Important Characters
  3. Its main theme
  4. Whether it was a Comedy/Tragedy /Social Theme or any other
  5. Why you liked it
  6. The message of the play
  7. Any other information about the play

Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter about the topic given below.

Write a letter to your father asking permission to go on an educational tour.


Write an original short story that begins with the following words:

She was still on the phone giving out instructions when...


How does John Brown convey his firsthand experience of war to his mother and evoke a deep emotional response in the readers? Justify your answer in about 200-250 words with supporting details from the poem, by John Brown.


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