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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
billowed

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billowed: filled with the air and swelled out

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पाठ 8.1: Silk Road - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७४]

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पाठ 8.1 Silk Road
Exercise | Q 1.3 | पृष्ठ ७४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What do elephants do to prevent water from evaporating ? 


Read the passage carefully and complete the activities given below :
A1 True or False

(i) Cross-cutting swords were used to seal the wall.
(ii) Hearing Mataprasad’s footsteps the cobra glided out of the wall.

                                               Passage
“Go, tell Neel,” I whispered to Akhil. “Tell him to get help.
”While I waited, I prayed that Rex would not make any sudden movements. The cobra would lash out in swift, sure revenge. I do not know how long I stood there, riveted by the horrifying tableau being enacted before me. At last, I heard footsteps coming along the passage. It was Mataprasad, the mali, with a solid reassuring stick.

At the sound of his approach, the cobra lowered its head and glided out of a hole in the wall.
 
The next day, masons came to seal the hole through which the cobra had slid in. And men in gumboots armed with scythes and grass-cutting swords cleaned up the compound. They hacked away at the tall grass. And what had lain hidden for years surfaced. For instance, we discovered that someone had laid out a badminton court many years ago. And we discovered a grave. It was a small grave, close to the boundary wall. There was a moss blackened stone at its head with just the faintest trace of the words engraved on it. We identified the words with our fingers.

A2  Mention the two things that were found when the tall grass was hacked.

A3 The narrator prayed that Rex should not make any sudden movements meets. Explain giving reasons.

Mention the three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.


The story begins with a description of the setting. How does this serve as a fitting prelude to the events described in the story?


You notice a sense of urgency in the poet's request – what is the reason for this?


Make a list of the preparations made for an assault on Tiger Hill.

Bofors guns _____________.


Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.

Planners deliberately find drawbacks in the old city planning.


Discuss in your class.

Do you like to study science?


Play the roles of an interviewer and a Great Indian Bustard and present the interview in the classroom.


With the help of the internet and other sources, obtain more information about the critically endangered birds and animals in India. Find the names of their sanctuaries.


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 a snail


Read the story aloud (or present it) in groups of three - the narrator, the peacock, and the crane.


Visit a library:

Read the biographies of other Indian Saints. Share at least one story from their life with your friends. What message does it contain?


Can you name different types of fabrics? Which is the most expensive fabric you know? Talk to your parents or to a textile shop assistant. Collect samples of as many types as you can and paste them into your scrapbook. Name each type.


Enact the advertisement:

Seven children wait in different places, striking a suitable pose as shown in the ad. The character ‘Krispy Krunchy’ comes in dancing. He goes near every child, singing the words shown in the ad. He offers a Krispy Krunchy piece to every child.
The child eats it and begins to smile and clap. At the end, the character faces the class, shows a big pack of Krispy Krunchy, and presents the last few lines.


What question did Shalihotra ask Sushruta?


Write the conditions that Portia put down to warn Shylock. 


Visit a library:
Find and read stories and poems written by Edith Nesbit.


Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“I would rather not go to the party.”


Using your imagination, write more sentences in the same pattern:

  1. But the more the lion had, the more he wanted.
  2. Whenever he took a walk, they followed him.
  3. To be king is good. But to be kind is better.

We find the following in the script of a skit or play. Rearrange these steps in the proper order and write them down in the form of a flow chart.


Complete the following diagram.


Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.

Equally good options.


Put the following events in proper order. 

  • Holmes and others go to the bank.
  • Clay digs a tunnel.
  • Ross closes the office of the 'Red-headed League'.
  • Holmes catches the criminal Clay. 
  • Clay and Ross enter the cellar to steal the gold.
  • The bank received a lot of gold from the Bank of France.
  • Holmes visits the area around Mr. Wilson’s shop.

Write in your own words.

How does the poet glorify his home in the first stanza?


Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.

This step is broken. Please be ______.


Find the meaning of the following word.

rated


Why did he spill the milk?


Write what the lark does.


Miranda was brought to the island ____________ years ago.


Is the bird a crow?


How did Zigzag communicate with the Krishnans?


There were many toys in the stall. Three of Hamid’s friends had bought some toys.

Write the names of Hamid’s friends in column A and the toys they bought in column B

A B
   
   
   

Hamid thought that his grandma would be pleased if he bought______


Rearrange the jumbled sentences and write them in the correct order.

  • But Hamid bought a pair of tongs.
  • Granny Ameena felt proud of her grandson.
  • Hamid’s friends bought different toys of their choice.
  • Hamid proudly compared his tongs with a brave tiger.
  • Hamid had less money than his friends.
  • Granny Ameena was worried as he had to go to the Eidgah alone.

Have you ever had a strange dream? Share your dream in the class.


Read the following lines and answer the questions.

It’s a slow, unwavering, ingrained trait
With the patience to work and the strength to wait.

  1. What is an ‘ingrained trait’?
  2. Why does a courageous man need patience?

How does the coconut tree grow?


What did Raj buy?


Why did Muthu say that he could walk along its side?


The blue lights seen through the window were aliens.


How did the aliens know the boys' language?


Be humble like a _____.


What did the first daughter do?


Put the given time expressions in the correct columns.

winter morning 2’ o clock evening 1947
March Sunday 15th August 4.30 PM wedding day

 

in at on
     

Choose the picture for the passage.

Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’.

Pick out the rhyming words from the poem and write.

Mars  
time  
be  

Why did the audience cheer?


Match the following.

pale
tremble
fainted

Meena met the official after ______ years.


Do you think you treat everyone equally? Justify with an example.


The tank in Divya’s village was almost ______.


Recite the poem with correct intonation.


Read the passage 3 times and colour the trees for each time.

Trees help us in many ways. The colour green is calming and heals your worries. By planting and caring for trees, we help improve our surroundings, as they give fresh air. When air is dirty the people of Delhi suffered a lot. But people of Madhubani district in Bihar have shown how art can be used to make our air clean. So that people made paintings on trees to stop people from cutting the trees.


What was his dream ?


Why did the headmaster give Megala a special prize?


Who are already awake?


What does the earth do when the day is over?


What was the most important thing that Helen finally understood?


Read the passage and write the summary of it. Suggest a suitable title to your summary.

King Krishnadeva Raya would perform heavy exercises every morning. He regularly applied oil on his body and thereafter worked out till all the oil came out with the sweat. This was followed by a long ride on his horse. Once the king started leading a sedentary lifestyle, and he stopped exercising. He no longer went horse-riding either. The king overate and as a result grew fat and heavy. The king‟s temperament also underwent a sea change.

Noticing this, the royal physicians cautioned the king against the ill effects of overeating and explained to him the risks posed by obesity. They advised the king to regulate his diet, exercise, and take care of his health. The repeated advice he got from the physicians to eat less made him so angry that one day he announced a reward for anyone who could find him an easy cure. But there was one condition: those who failed would have their heads off. None dared to advise the king in this regard. The situation became precarious and as usual Tenali Raman was approached by the courtiers for a remedy. Tenali heard the problem and assured the courtiers of a viable solution. The next day, an astrologer predicted that the king had only a month left to live. When the king came to know of this, he was furious. The astrologer was ordered by the king to be imprisoned for a month so that his prediction could be put to test and so the hapless forecaster was sent to prison.


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