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प्रश्न
Give reasons for the following.
Satyajit’s recollection of the forgerer when he was on the train.
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उत्तर
He was contemplating how the wheel of fortune keeps turning and never favours the same person. He thought about the forgerer because he knew one thing for sure. If luck leads to the attainment of success before one might expect failure would strike faster. If success would come fast, the downfall would be faster. Ironically, although catching the forgerer paved his way towards glory, promotion, and prosperity, he had all regrets for the man. The thought that came to his mind was the fact that he could have given the forgerer a chance to live. The moment in his life was ironic because it was he who needed a second chance to make a living, now that he had lost everything.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which literary device is used in the last two lines:
Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear, Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
What is the message of Maya Angelou’s poem?
What tells you that the patriot was overambitious?
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
What does the word ‘harvest ‘ connote here?
There's nobody on the house-tops now...
Just a palsied few at the windows set;
For the best of the sight is, all allow,
At the Shambles' Gate-or, better yet,
By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Why does Browning say that the palsied watched the execution?
Show how the story though Indian in context is quintessentially human also. Discuss.
Show with references from the story how T.S Arthur uses direct and indirect characterisation to highlight the traits of the characters.
Can we say that it is a story about heroism and a true soldier?
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Write a short story that ends with the words “……………… I really doubt if things could have turned out any better.”
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(B) Hardly……………………………
Don John:
Fie, fie, they are not to be nam'd my lord, not to speak of, There is not chastity enough in language Without offence to utter them. Thus, pretty lady, I am sorry for thy much misgovernment.
Claudio:
O, Hero! What a Hero hadst thou been If half thy outward graces had been plac'd About thy thoughts and counsels of thy heart! But fare thee well, most foul, most fair; farewell Thou pure impiety and impious purity For thee I'll lock up all the gates of love, And on my eyelids shall conjecture hang To turn all beauty into thoughts of harm, And never shall it more be gracious.
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The book was so interesting that I could not put in down.
(Begin : The book was too ……………… )
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Mabel: [Utterly surprised] Ronny! Do they want me in Court?
Dancy: No.
Mabel: What is it, then? Why are you back?
Dancy: Spun.
Mabel: [Blank] Spun? What do you mean? What’s spun?
Dancy: The case. They’ve found out through those notes.
Mabel: Oh [Staring at his face] Who?
(i) Where are Mabel and Dancy at this time? What was Mabel doing just before this conversation?
(ii) Why did Mabel say, “Do they want me in court?” Explain the meaning of spun in the extract?
(iii) What ‘notes’ is Dancy talking about now?. How does Mabel react immediately after the extract”:
(iv) Dancy leaves a note for his best friend towards the end of the play. What is the name of his best friend? What is written in the note?
(v) What does Dancy do at the end? Why does he do that? What is your opinion of Mabel and Dancy?
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
He found the key just _______ the front door.
They had to climb ____________the steep pathway to reach the top.
What do you like the most about the poem?
Notice the following sentence patterns.
For song…duly with love returns
Rewrite the above sentences in prose.
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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a holistic and ecological view
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inter alia
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sustainable development
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decimated
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languish
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catastrophic depletion
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ignominious darkness
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transcending concern
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Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.
The team played the two matches successfully.
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Indicate the details that tell us that the narrator was not very financially comfortable during his stay in London.
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The snake _______________ his head ______________ to strike at the crow.
Re-word the line from the story:
“We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power.”
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| Jo | Laurie | Grandpa |
Discuss with your partner and choose the correct alternative.
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Explain this using the following point.
Dedication
Use the following points and write an appreciation of the poem:
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- Special features
- Message/values/morals in the poem
- Your opinion about the poem
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For example, replace 'blue' with
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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 |
Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.
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Think and write in your own words.
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Bertha
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Explain the following points to develop speech.
- Content
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- Useful phrases and vocabulary
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- A Place of Natural Beauty
- A Place of Pilgrimage
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| Student 1 | Do you know, how many problems I have to face when I decide to go anywhere? |
| Student 2 | I can’t hear anything. |
| Student 3 | So, sad! You both can’t walk or hear but my problem is more serious than yours. You know, I can’t see this beautiful world. |
(Now continue in your notebook.)
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| Friend | Tree |
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Friends always love each other |
T |
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Respect each Other |
R |
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Interact with each other |
E |
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Enjoy playing with each Other |
E |
|
Never hurt your friends |
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Do everything together |
______ do you get up?
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read he can time the
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