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प्रश्न
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
Planners are concerned about the environment of the area.
पर्याय
True
False
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उत्तर
Planners are concerned about the environment of the area - False.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer any four of the following in 30 – 40 words each
(a) What precautions were taken for the smooth conduct of Evan's O-Level examination ?
(b) How did Jo want the Roger Skunk story to end ?
(c) What makes human beings love life inspite of all the troubles they face?
(A Thing of Beauty)
(d) What is suggested by the phrase, 'massive weight of Uncle's wedding band' ?
(e) How did Douglas remove his residual doubts about his fear of water ?
(f) Why did M. Hamel write 'Vive La France' on the blackboard ?
Read the extract and do the activities that follow:
The duke senior and his follower were sitting down to a meal one day when Orlando rushed out from among the trees, his sword in his hand. ‘Stop, and cat no more!’ he cried. The Duke and his friends asked him what he wanted.
‘Food,’ said Orlando. ‘I am almost dying of hunger’. They asked him to sit down and eat, but he would not do so. He told them that his old servant was in the woods, dying of hunger. ‘I will not eat a bite until he has been fed,’ Orlando said.
So the good Duke and his followers helped him to bring Adam to their hiding-place, and Orlando and the old man were fed and taken care of. When the Duke learned that Orlando was a son of his old friend sir Rowland de Boys, he welcomed him gladly to his forest court.
Orlando lived happily with the Duke and his friends, but he had not forgotten the lovely Rosalind. She was always in his thoughts andevery day he wrote poetry about her pinning it on the trees in the forest. ‘These trees shall be my books,’ he said, ‘so that everyone who looks in the forest will be able to read how sweet and good Rosalind is’.
Rosalind and Celia found some of these poems pinned on the trees. At first they were puzzled, wondering who could have written them; but one day Celia came in from a walk with the news that she had seen Orlando sleeping under a tree, and she and Rosalind guessed that he must be the poet. Rosalind was happy to think that Orlando had not forggoten her, because she loved him as much as he loved her.
A1. Complete - (2)
Complete the following sentences:
(i) Rosalind was happy to think _______
(ii) The Duke and his followers helped Orlando to bring _________
(iii) Orlando pinned the poems written about Rosalind on ______
(iv) When the Duke cam to know that Orlando was a son of his old friend, he _________
A2. Write a gist: (2)
Write a gist of the above given extract in about 50 words.
Read the following passage and complete the activities given below :
A1 Find out :
Find from the passage the related words to the sea and write them.
ON FIERCE monsoon nights, about one and a quarter-mile off the Mumbai harbor, there have been occasions when 52-year-old Bikaji Ramchandra Dhuri is the only man on the sea. From the watchtower of the Prongs Reef Lighthouse, which is surrounded on all sides by the Arabian Sea, he has heard the sea rage like a possessed spirit – the darkness dispelled only by the beam of light flung across the waters from the tower he mans.
Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast, as a majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned. Built-in 1871, the Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse and is located at a strategic spot on the western coast, marking the entrance to the busy Mumbai Harbour. It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks off the harbor, which the lone Colaba lighthouse could not illumine on its own. “Even now, during nights, for fishing vessels without any gadgets, it’s the soft light from this tower which directs us to Mumbai,” says Vinayak Koli, a boatsman who helps ferry people and also goes on fishing expeditions.
Throughout the year, Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch, when he is relieved by another keeper. In the monsoon, it becomes his home for three months. “We call it the Kalapana as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days, with basic supplies – and the revolving light that keeps the sea awake,” he says.
A2 Fill in the following information using words from the passage :
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on _______.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for _______ at a stretch.
(iii) _______ is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the _______ lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.
| Violent | Scattered | Place of shelter for ships | Shine light |
A4
A5 Personal Response
Imagine you have to spend a night in a lighthouse. Narrate your experience.
The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
How does Shelley's attitude to science differ from that of Wordsworth and Keats?
Many sentences and paragraphs in the excerpt begin with the word ‘And’. To what extent does this contribute to the rhetorical style of the lecture?
'He is free to play the flute all day as well-fed tigers and fat sheep drink from the same pond
with a full stomach for a common bond.'
What do the phrases 'play the flute all day' and 'a common bond' refer to?
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
Growing in abundance is more important than the quality of the crop.
Make a list of the preparations made for an assault on Tiger Hill.
They also explored to ______________.
Paraphrase the poem in your own simple language. Write it down in your notebook.
State whether the following statement is True or False. Correct the false statement by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.
Birds and insects were benefitted from the tree.
In Gujarat, the kite - festival is celebrated to welcome the Spring.
Think deeply and write. Is the poet really discouraging the youth from becoming vets? Explain your response.
Fill in the gaps in the table of Degrees of Comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ____________ | ____________ | oldest |
| (2) | ____________ | healthier | ____________ |
| (3) | near | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | ____________ | finer | ____________ |
| (5) | ____________ | ____________ | earliest |
| (6) | small | ____________ | ____________ |
| (7) | ____________ | faster | ____________ |
| (8) | high | ____________ | ____________ |
Expand the idea inherent in the following proverb :
One should eat to live, not live to eat - Franklin.
The drone is given a death sentence because he ______.
Answer the following question in short.
How did Tenali Raman outwit Pundit Shahane?
Name any four periods of History of British Drama.
Define drama.
Write short note on the following:
The 1883 eruption
Complete the following sentence using your idea:
I can ______.
Read aloud/Enact the play.
How was the committee formed?
Read the passage and answer the following:
When was the book written?
Think and answer:
Why are the sights said to ‘fly’?
Who is the speaker in this poem?
Use the following outline to develop a story as a group activity. Then write the story individually.
Family returns home late at night ______ hear converstation between thieves from inside the locked house ______ family gets ready to counter ______ attack ______ father opens the door ______ all enter ______ no one is seen ______ but TV is on detective serial midway.
Write out a few things that you would really miss about your home if you were to stay away from it for long.
What did Gopal Bhand want to tell the husband and wife?
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
springtime
Write slogans for the cleanliness drive in your area.
Who is a ‘netizen’?
Helen Keller’s life is the story of ______.
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;
- Whom does the word ‘me’ refer to?
- What kind of life does the poet want to lead?
Identify the character or speaker.
What a trouble must I have been to you then!
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
You are an absolute treasure…………. Dr.Krishnan………………..
Zigzag………………………..
when to fight for a righteous cause
one did gain considerable applause.
When will one get an applause?
Read the line and answer the question.
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky
Where does the poet want to go?
Neerja was sent to London based on______.
A turtle’s flippers help it to ______.
A sea turtle camouflages its nest by tossing sand on it to ______.
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
Each a glimpse and gone forever;
a. What is ‘each’ over here? Why is it gone forever?
The boar slept until the fading sun told him it was time to get up. What does the phrase until the fading sun mean?
How did the cavalry officers look? What happened to them finally?
Match the rhyming words.
| filth | farmer |
| cook | harm |
| charm | wealth |
| armour | look |
Who is the wisest of all? Why?
Jaswant was captured alive.
| Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’. |
- Where is our national emblem taken from?
- Where is our national emblem found?
- What does ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ mean?
- What are the animals found in the emblem?
The robot did not obey his master.
What is your hobby?
Some words sound the same but their spelling and meaning are different. Such words are called homophones. There are many homophones.
Why did everyone ridicule the boy?
Try your own.
The monster tree was protecting the ______.
Match the rhyming words.
| Say | grow |
| All | time |
| Go | day |
| Rhyme | fall |
In memory of his mother, he carved ______ statue.
What happen to a child who shuts his ears?
What did the library door say?
What did the carpenter buy?
Why is it not advisable to play online games?
