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प्रश्न
How does 'A Munda song' show that the perspective of the tribal mind towards the girl child is different from that of [other ] mainstream communities?
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उत्तर
In 'A Munda Song' the perspective of the tribal mind towards the girl child is different from that of (other) mainstream communities. This song welcomes the birth of a girl child. It celebrates the birth of a girl child. Contrary to the attitude of the mainstream communities, this Munda song regards the birth of a girl child as auspicious. This is beautifully expressed in the lines – A daughter was born, the cowshed filled up. Ironically, in mainstream communities the birth of a boy child is celebrated. The boy child is regarded as the carrier of the baton of the family line. The girl child usually becomes an object of neglect and is looked down upon as a burden.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Life is a gift to be used every day,
Not to be smothered and hidden away,
It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest
Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best;
It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then
And promptly put back in a dark place again
Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of
And one that the humblest may well make the most of
Get out and live it each hour of the day,
Wear it and use it as much as you may,
Don’t keep it in niches and corners and grooves,
You’ll find that in service its beauty improves.
(1) What do we treasure in a chest?
(2) How does the poet went us to use the gift of life?
(3) Do you agree that life should be measured un deeds and not in years? Why?
(4) Which words in the poem mean the following :
(a) Kept from developing
(b) Hollow places in a wall
(5) Life is a gift to be used every day. [Name and explain the figure of speech]
How is the social life at Raveloe different from that at Lantern Yard ?
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Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?
Why is the poem entitled 'Hawk Roosting'?
Pick out words from the poem to fill in the web diagram. They should be related to the theme in the web.
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -
gardener
Behrman was a hard-hearted person.
Correct the following statement.
Behrman was a very heartless person.
What is the Rhyme scheme of stanzas 1 to 3 and the last two stanzas?
How does it differ in the remaining stanzas 4 to 7?
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 | ____________ | ____________ |
Birbal thought Akbar was greater than God.
Find more information about the Indian Armed Forces - the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force with the help of your teacher.
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State whether the following statement is True or False:
Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with Helena as a result of the love potion.
Divide the story into different sections to show the different events and time periods in it. Give a suitable title to each section.
Write about what you would like to do if ‘Time’ was your friend.
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination. Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form. You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
size - small _______________.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.
At the back rose the high peak of Mount Ida, from which _______________.
Complete the following diagram.
Find the meaning of the following words or phrases :
- ridges
- brimming
- eddying
- babble
- fallow
- trout
- netted
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- towards
- here
- does
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I wish, my wish is coming true.’
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Guess the meaning of the following word in the poem.
lined
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
They growl at that and they growl at this;
Whatever comes, there is something amiss;
- What does the word ‘growl’ mean here?
- Why do they find everything amiss?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song,
No matter if things do sometimes go wrong;
- What does the poet expect everyone to learn?
- What should we do when things go wrong sometimes?
And whether their station be high or humble,…
Pick out the alliteration from the above line.
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Which website do you often access? Why?
Write the names of the characters in this story.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______
Have you ever had a strange dream? Share your dream in the class.
Role play
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- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
Look at the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.
FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ______
ashen – pale
His face was ashen.
Read the story and fill in the grid by ticking each character’s qualities.
Discuss in pairs to rate the characteristic and give marks from 1 to 10 depending on the grade of each quality.
Justify your views in one or two sentences.
| Characteristics | Jane Eyre | Mrs. Reed | Bessie | Helen Burns | Miss. Temple |
| arrogant | |||||
| bitter | |||||
| caring | |||||
| courageous | |||||
| cruel | |||||
| emotional | |||||
| friendly | |||||
| kind | |||||
| sensitive | |||||
| rich | |||||
| poor | |||||
| patient | |||||
| self-disciplined | |||||
| unjust |
What made the trip a memorable one?
Geetha madam couldn’t stop the children running out of the train because they ______.
The horses were four and a half inches tall.
The farmer had _______ daughters.
Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the questions below.
Tabaqui acts as ______ to the pack of wolves.
The bird catcher’s clothes were dry.
What made him frightened?
______helped Bujju to reach his family.
Which quality makes 'world is one and human is one'?
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What are the difficulties they faced in India?
Speak and win.
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| I support | I oppose |
Fill in the blank with rhyming word.
larder- ______
Fill in the blank
The merchants sold things made of______.
Write the word with same meaning.
tap- ______
Is there something that you will struggle for? why?
List three questions that the little boy asks.
- ______
- ______
- ______
Although Helen could not hear or see, what kind of girl was she?
Bertha was very good but very proud too.
