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प्रश्न
Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
salt flats
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उत्तर
salt flats: thatched roofed houses covered with snow
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
That for themselves a cooling covert make
"Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with the sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms;
..................
(a) Identify the poem and the poet.
(b) What is the role of the clear rills?
(c) How has the mid forest brake become rich?
(d) Name the figure of speech in 'cooling covert'.
Answer any four of the following in 30–40 words each :
(a) Describe the irony in Saheb's name.
(b) Why was Gandhiji opposed to C.F. Andrews helping him in Champaran?
(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) When he was only ten days old, a prediction was made about the future of the Tiger King. What was ironic about it?
(f) What was his father's chief concern about Dr. Sadao?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) How could the peddler enter the forge without being noticed by the blacksmith?
(b) At Champaran what did the British landlords want from the sharecroppers?
(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?
(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.
(e) How did Evans have the last laugh at the Governor?
(f) How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW?
The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
careered down
Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
The school system often curbs individual talents. Discuss.
Read the play out in parts. Enact the play on a suitable occasion.
How does 'A Munda song' show that the perspective of the tribal mind towards the girl child is different from that of [other ] mainstream communities?
Comment on the physical features of the hawk highlighted in the poem and their significance.
Comment on the subtlety with which the poet captures the general pattern of communication within a family.
Find from the story one word for the following.
a low constant sound made by cats ______
Answer in your own words.
What did Revathi discover about her balsam plants?
Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:
‘Profession’ refers to ____________
Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:
Dragon fly:
Think of one of your favourite stories. Fill in the following facts about the story.
- Name of the story:
- Type of story:
- Setting (time and place):
- Important characters:
- Theme/Plot:
- Conflict/Dilemma:
- Solution:
- End:
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
Read the passage and answer the following question:
What is 'Param Vir Chakra'?
Match the columns :
| A | B |
| (1) Theseus | (1) Robin Goodfellow |
| (2) Titania | (2) Queen of the Amazons |
| (3) Puck | (3) Duke of Athens |
| (4) Hippolyta | (4) Faeries |
| (5) Cobweb, Moth | (5) Queen of the Faeries |
Draw a character sketch of Oberon as an enemy of his wife but a friend of the lovers.
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following.
Yonamine’s fight with Bushi (disguised as a bandit).
Can you imagine life without wheels? Try and think of what life would be like if there were no wheels around.
Does the traveller really have a magic stone?
Find the meaning of ‘Charity begins at home’. Find other sayings which have a similar meaning.
Write a conversation between a donkey and a school boy.
The items in the programme below have got mixed up. Rearrange them in the proper order. Just add the number in the left-hand column.
| Balanand Vidyalaya Art Festival Programme | |
| ( ) | → Koli Dance |
| ( ) | → igniting the Lamp |
| ( ) | → Chief Guest Speaks |
| ( ) | → Appraisal of the Art Festival |
| ( ) | → Dignitaries Arrive |
| ( ) | → Recital of ‘Taal kacheri’ |
| ( ) | → Welcome and Introduction of Guests |
| ( ) | → Prize Distribution |
| ( ) | → The Boy Comes Home - A skit by Std IX |
| ( ) | → Vote of Thanks |
Rewrite in your own words.
One of the Caesar’s traits that makes you laugh.
From the poem, find the old word used for each of the following :
- towards
- here
- does
Which of the words and phrases in the poem will you use in a realistic description?
Put a tick mark against the ones you will use.
- little
- shining tail
- golden scale
- cheerful
- grin
- claws
- gently smiling
- jaws
Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
This step is broken. Please be ______.
Choose a suitable heading for each announcement from those given below.
(Change in School Hours, Cleanliness, Story-telling Competition, Lost and Found, Warning, Football Match)
1.
|
6 July 2015 It has been observed by the Head Boy and Head Girl that certain classes do not clean up their classrooms before leaving. If any class is found untidy and littered after school, that class will be detained the next day after school hours up to 4 pm. Please take note of this. |
2.
| Tomorrow, that is, on the 10th of July, the school will close an hour earlier, as the teachers have to attend an important P. T. A. meeting. So please inform your parents to arrange to pick you up at 2 pm instead of 3 pm. |
3.
| On Sunday, 12th July 2015 there is a football match between classes VIII and IX, on the school ground. The match will begin at 9 am. All students are invited to come and cheer their favorite team. Please come on time, so that the players are not distracted. |
4.
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The school has organized a Story-telling Competition for Classes V, VI, and VII from 21st to 25th of July. The competition will be held in the school hall at 10 in the morning. Children may select -
Three prizes will be given for each category. The time limit is 3-5 minutes. Those who wish to participate may contact Mrs. Sanjana Mohite for other details. They must register their names with her before the 16th of July. |
5.
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Construction work to extend the school building will start next week. All students are cautioned not to cross over the fence at the construction site. It is dangerous and may cause you injury. Please stay away from that fence. |
6.
| A cycle key with a blue key chain has been found on the ground. Whoever has lost it can contact the clerk Mrs. Neena Pinto and see if it belongs to him/her. |
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
footprint
Describe Gulliver’s home in Lilliput.
The narrator searched for three days to buy ceramic paint.
Take a stanza from the poem. Write it in the blanks and find the rhyme scheme.
| Lines from the poem | Rhyme scheme (a/b/c/d) |
Read the lines and answer the questions.
There are many legends based on their heroic exploits
a legacy of tales which have been told with much adroit
- What does ‘heroic exploits’ mean?
- What are legends?
Amma bought the vegetables from the______.
Identify the speaker/character.
He felt something moving along his body almost up to his chin.
You don’t need ______ and ______ in the Earth.
Where is the poet going in the dream?
The man didn’t want to get up because he was tired as he wcoas thrown into the ditch.
Amuthan locked the door behind him.
Try your own.
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
Country - ______.
The battle of Nauranang lasted for three days.
Did Tabaqui receive a warm welcome from the pack of wolves? How do you know?
Whom did Vicky want to do all his work?
Fruits and shadows are free under the _______.
Who will be the fortunate?
Did they find a new country?
Meena studied in ______ standard.
Circle and write the adverbs.
We will leave today. ______
Divya and Rani decided to draw a ________.
Rani thought of herself as a _______ engineer.
Rani and Divya informed the happening to the ______.
In real, the test is for______.
Why should a fisher wait?
What happens when the day is over?
What is Gandhiji’s ideal?
