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प्रश्न
Identify some of the improbable images the author has used to effect greater humour.
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उत्तर
There are instances when the author goes on exaggerating the actual situation to add humour to the story. For example, when the watch is repaired for the second time, it slowed down. The description is a hyperbole of the actual happening. No matter how slow a watch is, it will show the time according to 12 hours, it cannot literally travel in the past. However, the way the author describes its watch enjoying snowfall before the season arrives is humorous. Also, the citation of the mummy is funny, plus it describes the mental state of the poor author.
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Read the following passage and do the activities:
A1 True or False:
Rewrite the following statements and state whether they are ‘true’ or ‘false’.
(i) Mashelkar’s mother did menial work to bring him up.
(ii) Mashelkar’s father died when he was twelve.
(iii) Mashelkar was born in a very rich family.
(iv) Tatas added much value to Mashelkar’s life.
I start with my greatest guru-my mother. I was born in a very poor family and my father died when I was six. We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work to bring me up. Two meals a day was a tough challenge. I studied under street lights and I walked barefoot until, I think, I was twelve. I remember when I passed the seventh standard and I wanted to go into the eighth standard, our poverty was such that even to secure 21 rupees for secondary school admission became a big challenge. We had to borrow from a lady, who was a housemaid in Chaupati in Mumbai. That was the tough life I had.
In fact, I remember, my passing the SSC Examination-i.e. 11th standard. Those days it used to be not 10th standard or 12th standard but 11th standard. I stood 11th among 1,35,000 but I was about to leave higher education and find a job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just 60 rupees per month and would you believe that 60 rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life that I have been able to stand here today before you to speak to you.
I am on the Board of Tatas now and it is very interesting that the same Bombay House where I used to go to collect that 60 rupees per month now one goes and sits there like a Director on the Board of Tata Motors. The turn that these 40 years have taken is very interesting. It has all been possible because of the chance I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother. She gave me the values of my life. She was one of the noblest parents I have met in my life.
So, my greatest guru was my mother. My second guru was Principal Bhave, about whom I made a mention earlier. He taught us Physics. Because it was a poor school, I remember, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of Science.
A2 Complete:
Complete the following sentences and write:
(i) Mashelkar was inspired by his greatest guru _______
(ii) Mashelkar studied under _______
(iii) Principal Bhave taught _______
(iv) The scholarship by _______ Trust helped him in higher education.
A3 Find the meaning:
Choose the appropriate meaning of the underlined words from the given alternatives:
(i) We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work.
(a) skilled
(b) hard
(c) unskilled
(d) of low status
(ii) Because it was a poor school, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of science.
(a) do a cheap experiment
(b) introduce new things
(c) avoid
(d) try hard
(iii) I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother.
(a) firm saying
(b) being inspired
(c) being inspected
(d) being instigated
(iv) That was the tough life I had.
(a) difficult
(b) soft
(c) cheap
(d) simple
A4 Match:
Match the following sentences with their tags:
| 'A' | 'B' | ||
| (i) | I stood 11th among 1,35,000 |
(a) | aren’t I? |
| (ii) | I am on the Board of Tatas | (b) | didn’t we? |
| (iii) | It was a poor school | (c) | didn’t I? |
| (iv) | We moved to Mumbai | (d) | wasn’t it? |
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“Mother is the greatest Guru.” Discuss.
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
A single event may change the course of the history of a nation.
What was the reason for the anxiety of Paul's mother as he grew older?
'The author's treatment of the subject matter makes the readers identify themselves with the experience.' Comment on the statement.
The lecture was delivered in 1864. What are the shifts in style and diction that make the language different from the way it is used today?
What, according to the poet, are human beings out of tune with?
Bring out the parallel suggested between the predatory instincts of the bird and human behaviour.
The poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
What makes the urgency of the child's demand seem logical?
Why have the words, 'pretended' and 'seemed' been used in the lines:
...Pretended to believe every single word
of what the tiger king said.
And seemed to be taken in by all the lies.
How does the sense of these lines connect with the line 'Ajamil wasn't a fool'?
Find from the poem, positive qualities to fill up the web.
Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.
When we look at the sky, we find several objects. They stand for something or the other. Complete the following table by finding the significance of the given objects. One example is given to you.
| Celestial Bodies | Association |
| The Sun | Power, Heat, Energy, Commitment, etc. |
| The Moon | |
| The Rainbow | |
| The Stars |
Complete the following statements with the help of the text.
To learn about meditation, you have to see ____________________________________________________________ Watch your thinking. Do not ________________________ Do not ____________________________________ Begin to learn ______________________________ Just watch thought. Do not ____________________________________________________.
Suggest what you would do in the following situation:
One particular friend of yours is always late for college, social functions, movies, etc. and delays everyone.
Write about how your family supports you to go to school.
India is famous for its handloom fabrics. Write the story of a handloom kurta in your own words.
Form groups and hold debates on the following topics. Make bulleted lists of points in favour of the topic (pros) and those against it (cons). (3-6 points each)
You should admit your mistakes.
Portia’s suitors chose the gold and silver caskets.
To whom is the poem addressed?
Write a short note on the following:
The message in the vision.
Make a time table of your daily routine
- On a school day
- On a holiday, and
- During examinations.
Start at the time you normally get up and list your activities
hourly: 7 am to 8 am, and so on.
Write the following:
The sights seen through a railway carriage mentioned in the first stanza.
What changes do we see in the life of human beings when the season changes? Write with reference to their clothes.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
In the examination, I did not know the answer, so I ______.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
While arguing with his elders he had ______.
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
springtime
Tell any one of the stories orally imagining you are Gulliver.
What mistake did the man in the moon make?
What is a password?
Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps?
Gilson asked the narrator to buy a tie.
And whether their station be high or humble,…
Pick out the alliteration from the above line.
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
The parent’s earlier view of the child
When are we in a state of trance?
Look at the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.
CMM, EOO, GQQ, ______, KUU
Read the poem aloud in groups.
Give a picturesque view through which the train travels.
What is the poem about?
Rearrange the following jumbled sentences in the correct order.
- Payal’s house was a home for abandoned animals.
- It was a small ball of brown and grey.
- She found an owlet in one corner.
- Payal’s mother picked her up gently.
- Payal’s mother opened the carton.
- One day they got a carton.
The horses were four and a half inches tall.
Name the planets the poet flies through.
How did the second daughter use the grain?
How was he honoured by the Indian government?
Read the passage three times and colour a bull for each time.
Mr. Murugan is a farmer. He has a small piece of land and two bulls. He takes good care of his bulls as they help him in farming. Every morning, he takes the bulls for grazing. When it rains he ploughs the land with the bulls. As he has no one to help he starts sowing the seed before sunrise. He irrigates the crop till it grows. He reaps and binds the crop then takes it to thrash the paddy. Finally, with the help of the bulls, he takes the paddy to his house.
Vicky decided to______ the robot at the end.
Some words sound the same but their spelling and meaning are different. Such words are called homophones. There are many homophones.
They fed fish with______.
Try your own.
Choose the champion of the year.
Do you love to seek answers to the questions?
How are we divided in real world?
Fill in the blank with rhyming word.
tree- ______
Senthil bought a ______ from his savings.
Match the rhyming words.
| Say | grow |
| All | time |
| Go | day |
| Rhyme | fall |
Write the word with same meaning.
dustbin- ______.
According to Tagore, when will India get the opportunity to win the gift of freedom?
What should parents do to ensure the safety of children in cyber space?
