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प्रश्न
How does the banyan tree stand out as different from other trees? What details of the tree does the poet highlight in the poem?
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उत्तर
In Bhagavad Geeta, Krishna said, “Of all the trees I am Banyan Tree”. Banyan is considered to be the most pious tree in Hindu mythology. It is believed that Buddha renounced under the banyan tree in Bodh Gaya. There are many more such stories that this tree encompasses in its age-old aerial roots that fall to the ground mysteriously. The poet is impressed by its huge figure as he says, “the great tree revealed its rings of two hundred years”. The physical description of the banyan carves an image of an enigma. The tree's aerial roots dangling from above to reach out to the ground. They are the proof of all the years and decades the tree has lived. It is a tough tree and it takes more than usual effort to bring it down. And when it happens, all watched it fall in terror and fascination, the slaughter of the age-old banyan tree. It feels as if raw mythology was revealed its age to the poet and his folk.
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We sang our school fight song dozens of times – en route to Arlington National cemetery, and even on an afternoon cruise down the Potomac River. We visited the Lincoln Memorial twice, once in day – light, the second time at dusk. My classmates and I fell silent as we walked in the shadows of those 36 marble columns, one for every state in the Union that Lincoln laboured to preserve. I stood next to Frank at the base of the 19 foot seated statue. Spotlights made the white Georgian marble seem to glow. Together we read famous words from Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg remembering the most bloody battle in the war between the status : “………….we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom………..”
As Frank motioned me into place to take my picture, I took one last look at Lincoln’s face. He seemed alive and so terribly sad.
The next morning I understand a little better why he wasn’t smiling. “Clifton,” a chaperone said, “could I see you for a moment?”
(1) When did the boys visit Lincoln Memorial?
(2) What made the Georgian marble glow?
(3) What did the words: “………. We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom …………” remind them?
(4) Do you believe in building memorials? What kind should they be, if your answer is ‘yes’? If no, give reasons why you do not believe in memorials?
Read the following extract of the poem and complete the activities given below :
B1 State which of the following statements are
True or False :
(i) The elderly are nearest to our own exalted personality.
(ii) The elderly are those persons whose growth is stunted.
(iii) We should know our elderly people well, in order to receive guidance.
(iv) The elderly hold on to the frivolous aspects of life.
Elderly people should be around us. Justify.
(b) abb
(c) abba
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Put down the images that come to your mind immediately when you see the words in the box.
| Cat cupboard wall pond bird |
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Distinguish between the following pairs of words
| Incredulous | - | Incredible |
| Suspicious | - | Susceptible |
| Sensitivity | - | Sentimentality |
| Successive | - | Successful |
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- They give us joy.
- _________________
- _________________
- _________________
- _________________
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She ______ (bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.
Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Palette __________________.
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Expand the following idea in about 100-150 words by using the points.
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'.
- Meaning of the proverb
- Significance of the proverb
- Add your own points.
Say the following word aloud and put the stress mark on the stressed syllable.
crea-tures
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Write, in your own words, what happened in the second half.
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Bushi disguised as a bandit.
Bassanio borrowed money from Shylock in Antonio’s name.
Prepare a short note on sea turtles with the help of the information given in the passage.
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- ______ music
- ______ rivers
- ______ breeze
- ______ lake
- ______ citron-trees
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Classify it as a happy and sad thing.
flowers - falling leaves
List the characters in the play.
Birds and animals
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong - Discuss
Is the bird a crow?
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
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Who does they refer to? Did they move one by one in a line or in a big group?
Usha went to visit her______ house after shopping in the market.
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Female Olive Ridleys come ashore at night to lay eggs.
Read these lines and answer the question given below.
How cheerful he seems to grin
Who does ‘he’ refer to?
Why did the author leave town?
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e.g:
- Which are the foreign vegetables mentioned?
- What was sad for Columbus?
Why did the girl scream?
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?
Identify the speaker/character.
He felt something moving along his body almost up to his chin.
The pit was comfortable for the wild boar to sleep in.
_____ is called the red planet.
Where is the poet going in the dream?
How do we see the earthworm often?
Name the character or speaker.
"The robot will do all your work."
Name the character or speaker.
"Play me a pleasant song."
It keeps the sack in every little______.
______is a Do It Yourself kid.
How did the old man disguise himself?
Why should we read?
Who is the hero of this story?
Why did Robinson name the tribe Friday?
Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
What is the advertisement about?
Who is responsible for the society?
Mostly piggy banks look like______.
Moles dig ______ to catch earth worms.
What was his dream ?
Where did the rabbit go?
What is the poem about?
Where did they go to buy books?
Look up the following entries in the Language Study pages given at the end.
- stress
- intonation
- sound
- consonant
- vowel
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
