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प्रश्न
Given below are pictures of fictitious detective characters in English & Tamil short stories. Match them with the authors who created them.
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उत्तर
- Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot
- Sujatha – Ganesh, Vasanth
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
- Devan – Sambu
- Tamizhvanan – Sankar Lai
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संबंधित प्रश्न
If you are punished for a prank your classmate played, how would you react to the situation?
Why did Aksionov’s wife stop him from going to the fair?
What made Aksionov leave the inn before dawn?
What were the circumstances that led to Aksionov’s imprisonment?
Did Makar feel guilty when he heard Aksionov’s story?
What was Aksionov’s realization by the end of the story?
Describe the life of Aksionov in prison.
Why did Aksionov decide not to reveal the truth about Makar Semyonich?
Why was the great beast not behaving naturally?
Did Pi want Richard Parker to die? Answer, giving reasons.
If you were lost at sea for as long as Pi was, what is the one item you would want with you? Write a diary entry in which you identify the item and explain why it is the one thing you would want with you.
How is Martha’s strong conviction in Baldwin’s integrity revealed?
What does John consider ‘a technicality’?
How much did Gresham offer to pay Baldwin for saving his skin and how did he justify that?
Let us try to picturise people in a few interesting professions (based on common perception there can be exceptions).
Who was the Midnight Visitor? What was the purpose of his visit?
Ausable planned to get rid of Max the very moment he noticed him. Explain with supporting evidence from the story
Do you think physical appearance matters most for a secret agent? Answer giving reasons in the context of the story ‘The Midnight Visitor.
How is life in the planet Venus described?
Why did the children lock Margot in a closet?
Margot could recall what the sun looked like while the other children could not. Why?
How long did the Sun shine on Venus?
Now read the sentence below. Complete them appropriately with the word you identified from the grid.
The children are _______ of Margot and ______the door and let her out.
Study the title of the play “Remember Caesar”. Who is Caesar? What is he remembered for? Let us go through the pages of history succinctly to answer the above questions.
- Julius Caesar was a brilliant military general and great Roman monarch.
- He was born on the 13th of July in 100 BC (BCE).
- He created the Julian calendar which is the basis for today’s calendar.
- He was assassinated by a group of Roman senators in 44 BC(BCE).
- The day that Julius Caesar was murdered, 15th March was called the Ides of March in ancient Rome.
How did Roger react to Lord Weston’s advice?
What made Lord Weston think that his life was in danger?
Mention the immediate steps taken by Lord Weston to protect himself from his assassin.
How did Lord Weston ‘defuse’ the ‘infernal machine’?
