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प्रश्न
Make a list of jobs which would give you an opportunity to help the society or serve the country. Also mention the different ways in which they can be beneficial to the people and also the country.
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उत्तर
- Joining the defence forces:
Protect the country’s border from external threat and ensure the safety of its citizens. - Social Worker:
Help distressed and underprivileged people to cope with difficult situations and issues in their lives Connect the people who seek help with the right organisations. - Firefighter:
First responders in not just fire disasters but also for other calamities occurring around us. - Police Officer:
Enforce the law and patrol the neighbourhood to ensure the safety of the community.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition.
As soon as the sun rose over the hills, the fog disappeared. (Begin: No sooner ……………………..)
How has the poet described a tree earlier in the poem?
How does a tree planter do civic good?
Analyse the use of imagery in the poem ‘The Bangle sellers’.
Pick out aparadox from the poem.
Why does the poet say I gazed and gazed but a little thought / what wealth that show to me had brought?
What is the symbolic significance of the sun, sky and wind in the first stanza?
How does the poet use the contrast between the two birds to reveal racism in America?
Explain the difference between welcome scene and departure scene from the poem “The Patriot” by Robert Browning.
How has Browning used allusion in the poem? Explain.
There's nobody on the house-tops now...
Just a palsied few at the windows set;
For the best of the sight is, all allow,
At the Shambles' Gate-or, better yet,
By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
What thoughts are uppermost in the soldier’s mind as he talks with the old man?
In “A Horse and Two Goats”, how did Muni feel about his married life?
Discuss theme of kindness and compassion in “Hearts and Hands” by O. Henry?
The Little Match Girl can be viewed as a work of opposites. Justify.
What is the climax of Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day?”
I was laid________for three weeks with a broken leg.
This book runs________a hundred and fifty pages.
The ailing company was taken________by the government.
Write a composition (350 – 400 words) on the following:
All Girls or all-Boys Schools provide a better learning environment than co-educational schools. Express your views either for or against the statement.
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in the correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(0) One morning, I (0) ……. (see) the python curled up on the dressing table.
Answer: saw.
It was (1) ……. (gaze) at its own reflection in the mirror. I (2) ……… (go) for grandfather, but by the time we (3) ……… (return) to the room, the python (4) …….. (move) on. He was seen in the garden, and once the cook saw him, (5) ……… (crawl) up the ladder to the roof. Then we (6) …….. (find) him on the dressing table again, (7) (admire) himself in the mirror. “He’s trying to look better for Aunt Mabel,” I said. I (8) ……. (regret) this remark immediately because grandmother overheard it and held up my pocket money for the rest of the week!
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
Ashok leaned ______ the wall tiredly.
Write an original short story that begins with the words: "It was raining hard that night. In my hurry to get into the house, I didn't notice the black car parked across the road. I realized something was, wrong when .........
He drew a beautiful diagram________ the board.
What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?
The following are the meaning listed in the dictionary against the phrase `take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:
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Take on sth: |
to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth |
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take sb on: |
to employ sb; to engage sb |
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Take sb/sth on: |
to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board |
Name some leaves and flowers that are used as adornments in our country.
Discuss in groups of four.
Laws are never respected not enforced in India.
Discuss in groups of four.
“Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and an ailing environment?”
What do you gather about Crocker-Harris from the play?
Discuss with your partners
The manner you adopt when you talk about a teacher to other teachers.
What is the poet’s feeling towards childhood?
Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.
The team played the two matches successfully.
Find out the information about the qualification and eligibility required in the profession related to wildlife such as:
Tour Manager
In her message to students of her college, Kalpana Chawla said, “May you have the vision to find the path from dreams to success … Wishing you a great journey.”
Form pairs. Use “May you…” and “I wish you/Wishing you” to wish your partner good luck and success in
- a sports event,
- a quiz or a competition, and
- a test or examination.
Be sure to thank your partner when she/he wishes you in turn. You may also look up a telephone directory, or go to a post office, and get a list in English and Hindi of standard phrases that can be sent in greeting telegrams anywhere in India. Discuss which of these you might use, and when. Compare the English and Hindi phrases for expressing good wishes. Do you know such phrases in any other language?
Re-word the line from the story:
Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.
Discuss the following with your partner and complete the following sentence.
Before eating apples brought from the market, I wash and peel them off ____________________.
Write your views/opinions in brief on the following topic.
Role of youth in creating social awareness.
Rewrite the given statements in their order of occurrence.
The most difficult task of maintaining the hold on Tiger Hill was achieved in this way:
- 8 Sikh was ordered to attack and capture Helmet and India Gate.
- Bodies of the Pakistani soldiers were collected and buried appropriately.
- During the ferocious artillery duels, the Grenadiers hung on their precarious perch with grit and determination.
- Sikh fought back successfully two counterattacks with forty to fifty personnel.
- An ad-hoc column of 8 Sikh climbed the steep rock and captured India Gate.
- In spite of heavy casualties, 8 Sikh captured Helmet on 5 July.
The cherry tree is a narrative poem. Features that make it a narrative poem are given below. Justify them with proper examples.
Incidents are arranged in sequence.
Compose 8 to 10 lines. Narrate an incident in your life without using any rhyming pattern.
Visit your college library or through the web, quest collects information on the ‘Green Revolution’ and ‘White Revolution’ in our country.
You have noticed that many of your classmates are not interested in outdoor games or participating in co-curricular activities. Discuss some ways in which they will be encouraged to participate in activities.
Write a summary of the poem with the help of the points given below:
- Title
- Introductory paragraph (about the poem/type/nature/tone)
- Main body (central idea/gist of the poem)
- Conclusion/opinions/views/appeal.
The poem creates a delightful picture of the city, rich in its natural beauty. Work in pairs, groups and pick out the lines from the poem which give the pictorial effect to the poem. Write it in your own words.
From the passage, find and write any two examples of the following:
Sentences containing
- 'must'
- 'can'
Form pairs. Discuss how ‘Part II’ of the story could have been different. Write your storyline in the form of bullets showing the main events.
Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.
What would you do, if something like this happens to you?
Prepare and present a speech on ‘My Favourite Place’.
Use the following points.
- Name of the place
- Its special features
- The reason why you like it
Write a letter to any one of the following to tell them how much you appreciate them.
- Your mother
- Your father
- Any one of your relatives
- Your teacher
Among your classmates, one is unable to walk properly, the second one can’t hear properly and the third one can’t see this beautiful world. All of them are facing lots of difficulties in life. Compose a dialogue among them, about the problems and difficulties faced by them. You can take help of the following dialogue to expand your ideas.
| Student 1: | Do you know, how many problems I have to face when I decide to go anywhere? |
| Student 2: | I can’t hear anything. |
| Student 3: | So, sad! You both can’t walk or hear but my problem is more serious than yours. You know, I can’t see this beautiful world. |
(Now continue in your notebook.)
‘What Men Can Do, Women can do better’
Divide your class in 2 groups. Let one group offer points ‘For the topic’ and the other, ‘Against the topic.’ Note down the points in your notebooks, expand the points in two separate paragraphs of about 15 to 20 lines each. Suggest suitable titles for each.
Collect information from newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and books about any two famous sports women. Prepare their profiles. Use the following format.
| Name | Details |
| Date of birth | |
| State/Team she represents | |
| Sports/ Games she is associated with | |
| Debut (first entry) | |
| Best in her career | |
| Hobbies | |
| Awards/ Medals received |
Answer the following questions in a paragraph about 80 -100 words
It is said, “The choices made by one, shape one’s destiny”. Ponder on the thought and write a paragraph.
You are a volunteer in your locality to serve people who are affected by floods. How will you caution them to move to a safer place taking only their bare necessities? Describe.
Application form annual day participation.
Fill in the blank by choosing the preposition from the option.
The children walked ______ the bridge.
The word in the sentence is jumbled. Write them in order.
was island the inhabited.
Now complete the following suitably.
_______ a dog ran out onto the road.
Find one word from the story that means
- to walk fast h ___________ .
Words like morning, evening, watering end in ing. Write six more words to which ing can be added at the end to form a new word.
- ______.
- ______.
- ______
- ______.
- ______
- ______.
What is your favourite book? Write down the name of the book. Then write down the story.
What made the dogs follow the grandmother after school hours?
Why were the streets devoid of people?
State whether the following statement are true or false
Both Jimmy and Bob were of the same age.
What difficulty did she experience while eating Chinese food?
What did she consider her greatest achievement? Why?
How did Woman 5 spend her time in the waiting hall?
What changes had the photographer effected on Leacock’s face in the picture?
On seeing the photograph the narrator ______.
For what purpose did Aunt Jane wish to use the cheque given by Aunt Jane?
Look at the pictures given below, and write slogans to advertise the products. Suggest your own brand name for each of the products.
Write a paragraph of about 150 word, on the following topic.
Need for Moral Education in schools
Parents can never be friends with their children. Express your views either for or against this statement.
You have planned to organize a health camp at school. Write a letter to the Manager of a supermarket requesting sponsorship for the event. Name the event and explain how it will benefit both the community as well as the supermarket.
Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.
Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
Write a composition (300-350 words) of the following:
Write an original short story in which a woman, her strange neighbour and a police officer form the main characters.
