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प्रश्न
How are trees useful for birds?
पर्याय
To sit on
To build nests on
To hatch eggs
All of these
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उत्तर
All of these
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the meanings with the words/expressions in italic, and write the appropriate
meaning next to the sentence.
You really gave me a fright when you crept up behind me like that.
Thinking about the Poem
Is it a harmful snake? What is its colour?
“A slumber did my spirit seal,” says the poet. That is, a deep sleep ‘closed off’ his soul (or mind). How does the poet react to his loved one’s death? Does he feel bitter grief? Or does he feel a great peace?
It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
She saw her brother Peterkin
Roll something large and round,
Which he beside the rivulet
In playing there had found;
He came to ask what he had found,
That was so large, and smooth, and round.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Who was Peterkin?
She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant’s. Thousands of tapers were burning upon the green branches, and colored pictures, like those she had seen in the show- windows, looked down upon it all. The little one stretched out her hand towards them, and the match went out.
The Christmas lights rose higher and higher, till they looked to her like the stars in the sky. Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,” thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What did she see when she lighted another match?
Which race does De Levis mention later? What is his opinion about society?
Who was the first person to feature in 'his' assignment? What did 'he' say about him?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
"What's your name ?" he asked.
"Bmillnvaite," I replied, "Ricardo Bmithwaite.
'"I'm Pinkus and this is Mama Pinkus."
The introduction was effected with a filial devoti~ which was good to see.
"How d'you do, Mama Pinkus."
"I think I know someplace for you." He went the little noticeboard and removed a small car, on which was written a short advertisement of, room to let near-by.
(i) Why was Braithwaite looking for a new placet? stay? Why was he impressed by the place that was on rent?
(ii) What reception did Ile get wizen he reached the address that had been advertised? Whom did tit house belong to?
(iii) Why did Mrs. Pegg come lo see Braithwaite? Wh• reply did Braithwaite give to her?
(iv) What changes occurred in Pamela's persona/ii after the August holiday?
(v) What comment did Potter make wizen Braithwait? hurt himself? What did he mean by that comment How did Pamela react to Potter's remark?
How did Tilloo’s father manage the ugly situation when Tilloo was caught impersonating?
What did the monkey do as he reached the tree?
Why does the author call sleep a wonder?
Comment on the aptness of the title of the story, ‘A Pact with the Sun’. What message or idea does the story bring home to you?
Give two example of trees that have a number of uses in everybody’s life.
Can you recall the word used for a cobra’s long sharp teeth? Where did you come across this word first?
The little elf was a nag. How did it tell Patrick’s health?
Find pictures of beautiful things you have seen or heard of.
Where did the author usually spend his afternoons?
Write True or False against the following statement.
Nasir lives in a city.
How did Rasheed lose all his money at the Lucky shop?
Study the following phrases and their meanings. Use them appropriately to complete the sentences that follow.
The police are …………… the matter thoroughly.
