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प्रश्न
List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.
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उत्तर
(i) When the rough weather began, the captain slowed down the boat by dropping the storm jib. He lashed heavy mooring rope in a loop across the stern. They prepared themselves for the worst-case scenario by double lashing everything, going through the life-raft drill, attaching lifelines and donning life jackets, and oilskins. Later, the narrator managed to stretch canvas and secure waterproof hatch covers across the gaping holes.
(ii) To check the flooding of water in the ship, he put waterproof hatch covers across the gaping holes which diverted the water to the side. When the hand pump got blocked, he connected a spare electric pump to an out-pipe in order to drain out the water. After 36 hours of continuous pumping, they reached the last few centimeters of water.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. What does the poet want us to do in the following situation?
(a) While struggling ………..
(b) While making money ………
(c) While dreaming ………………
(d) While losing …………..
It's doing your job the best you can,
And being just to your fellow man;
It's making money-but holding friends,
And being true to your aims and ends.
It's figuring how and learning why,
And looking forward and thinking high;
And dreaming a little and doing much,
It's keeping always in closest touch.
With what is finest in word and deed,
It's being through, yet making speed;
It's daring blithely the field of chance,
While making labour a brave romance.
It’s going onward despite defeat
And fighting staunchly, but keeping sweet;
It's struggling on with the will to win,
But taking loss with a cheerful grin.
B2. Achieving Success
Hints given by the poet to become successful are
(a) Doing your job the best
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
B3. Poetic Device
Select the appropriate rhyme scheme for the 3rd stanza.
(1) abab
(2) aabb
(3) aaba
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.
Like rootless weeds, the hair torn round their pallor;
The tall girl with her weighed-down head.
(a) Who are these children?
(b) Which figure of speech has been used in the first two lines?
(c) Why is the tall girl's head weighed down?
(d) What does the word, 'pallor' mean?
Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why was the peddler amused at the idea of the world being a rattrap?
(b) Why did Gandhiji agree to a settlement of mere 25 percent?
(c) Aunt Jennifer's efforts to get rid of her fear proved to be futile. Comment.
(d) What does Stephen Spender want to be done for the children of the school in a slum?
(e) How did the ten-day-old baby (the future Tiger King) react to the prediction about his future made by the astrologers?
(f) Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad along with the troops?
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?
There lies a great difference between text book medicine and the world of practising physician. Discuss.
Although Paul's mother liked to be rich she did not approve of betting on horses.
How does the poem capture the elusive nature of the peacock?
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?
Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human qualities to inanimate things and abstract ideas. How has it been used in the poem?
Read the extract 'Being Neighborly' and complete the following statement:
In order to tidy the room, Jo __________________.
Rearrange the letters to make meaningful words, occurring in the poem.
- clearmis ____________
- sowmid ____________
- gearuoc ____________
- rissupser ____________
- tabyue ____________
- madres ____________
- laveu ____________
- downre ____________
Find from the story one word for the following.
any animal that catches mice ______
Discuss in your class.
What are the advantages of learning science?
Answer the following question in short.
What do you learn about Pundits of Vijaynagar?
Answer the following question in short.
What did the bundle in silken cloth contain?
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as an eel
What is described in the poem?
State the difference between poetry and drama.
Do you know any poem or song about the moon in your own language? Sing it in the class.
Write a short note on the following:
Veterinary Science in Ancient India.
Think and answer:
Does the last line make you happy or sad? Why?
You want to start human settlement somewhere else other than the earth, in the universe. Will you select a star or a planet? Why? What features supporting life will you look for? Try to find answers to such questions and make a presentation using scientific information and your imagination.
Write in your own words.
How should that person sing?
‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo,
I wish, my wish is coming true.’
Try to compose two other funny magical chants that have rhyming lines.
Say whether you agree or disagree.
The wolf could not trace Bertha because she was behind a myrtle bush.
Does Marouckla get any of the things she brings?
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with snowwhite.
Name a few other things that people often count. (At least 5.)
Make a list of the rhyming words in the poem.
Add one more rhyming word of your own to each pair.
Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression.
Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’
____________ had provided Prospero formerly with books and provisions.
Identify the character or speaker.
I will soon move you.
What powers did Prospero posses?
He exercised with Louise every day.
Who inhabited the jungles that the train passed through?
When did the garden become a happy place for the author?
What is the setting of the story?
Where is Jaswantgarh located?
Vicky’s father decided to change his son’s character.
Vicky's dad bought a ______ robot.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Why should we read?
_______ is our culture.
Identify the character or the speaker.
“I hope he is safe.”
Akilan learnt Judo for ______.
Find and write the clues.
Clue for blind eye ______
How did they go to school?
Where do the crocodiles save?
What happened to Jayan?
Is there something that you will struggle for? why?
Work or play, let us______.
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
Why does the poet feel that the nose is a funny thing?
What is the poem about?
Which part of the plant should be watered?
Choose the right word.
“Eat the leaves of the tamarind tree, and you’ll also sing like ______.
Say Aloud
| dash | bash | splash | cash | trash |
| steer | tear | clear | deer | dear |
| shower | power | tower | flower | mower |
| poked | croaked | soaked | stroked | joked |
| wept | kept | crept | leapt | slept |
According to Tagore, when will India get the opportunity to win the gift of freedom?
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Form groups of four to six.
Discuss whether and how you can improve English spelling.
