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प्रश्न
Prepare a set of questions to interview -
A famous author
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उत्तर
- How did you start your journey as an author?
- Can you describe your typical writing routine?
- What or who has been your biggest inspiration in writing?
- What themes are you exploring in your latest book?
- What has been the biggest challenge you've faced in your writing career?
- How do you engage with your readers' feedback?
- What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
- Are there any upcoming projects you can tell us about?
- What's your favourite book or author at the moment?
- What inspires you to write?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What message is relevant to the present age in the poem?
Analyse the use of imagery in the poem ‘The Bangle sellers’.
Explain the use of figurative language in the poem.
The poet compares the flowers to the milky way. Is the comparison apt?
The author shows death as a relief from a harsh life. Justify with reference to the story.
Give an account of how lies were against Snowball after his expulsion, in order to paint him as a traitor.
Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence.
- As soon as we lit the candle, the power supply was restored.
(Begin: No sooner………. ) - The bee is more industrious than all other creatures.
(Use: ‘most industrious’) - The old woman was too slow to catch the bus.
(Begin : The old woman was so……… ) - “I’ll do it tomorrow,” he promised.
(Rewrite in indirect speech) - Though Reema got an expensive gift she was not happy.
(Begin: In spite of……… ) - I prefer reading a book to watching a movie.
(Begin: I would rather…….. ) - I have never seen Mr. Roy lose his temper.
(Begin: Never…….. ) - She found your keys in the garage.
(Begin: The keys……… )
She battled her way ___________the crowd.
(i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view, with examples.
(ii) Explain the concept of shanshui.
Try to write four lines of poetry or four sentences of prose with one of these as the starting point.
The poet says, “Beauty is heard in …”
Can you hear beauty? Add a sound that you think is beautiful to the sounds the poet thinks are beautiful.
The poet, Keats, said:
Heard melodies are Sweet,
But those unheard are sweeter.
What do you think this means? Have you ever heard a song in your head, long after the song was sung or played?
Find out from your grandparents or parents the names of vegetables and fruits they had eaten in their childhood and mention how the vegetables and fruits are different from the one's today.
| Name of the vegetable or fruit | Shape | Colour | Taste |
| 1. | |||
| 2. | |||
| 3. |
Describe in about 150 words your experience similar to the writer’s when you pursued something and reached your goal.
Enlist any four facts which made the capturing of Tiger Hill a national challenge.
Read the following lines. Imagine it is the beginning of an instance you have experienced. Complete the incident using your imagination. Give it a positive ending.
I had often noticed that in my neighbour’s family, the son was greatly pampered, but the daughter was treated unfairly. I could not bear this. So one day I decided to ............................
Continue the write-up, with your own ideas, in about 12 - 15 lines.
'Even small things in nature play a big role. So protect nature!'
Draft a short speech on the above topic, which you could give at your school assembly.
Use the following steps while drafting.
- Greeting
- Salutation
- Self - Introduction
- Introduction of the topic
- Body of the Speech
- Conclusion
- Expression of gratitude to audience
Understand the quotation and expand it in a paragraph format.
'Pride goes on horseback, but returns on foot'.
Write a letter to your friend or cousin telling him/her about a difficult choice you have recently made, for example, pursuing one sport or hobby rather than the other or choosing between your studies and hobbies.
Tell your friend/cousin how his/her example helped you to make a decision.
Work in groups and discuss. Then write a diary entry in about 60-80 words describing your feelings and emotions for the given situation.
Imagine, you are Pongo.
Your feelings and emotions when you came back and found the oranges gone.
______ do you want for your birthday?
Alice follows the strange rabbit because she wants to know a number of things. Re-arrange the words to make the questions that Alice has in her mind, and put a question mark (?).
hurry is in a why he
In the sentence below the capital letter, comma, full stop and question mark are missing. Put these in the correct place.
the tailor went to the market mr singh
What difficulty did she experience while eating Chinese food?
Now, refer to a dictionary and match the professions with their relevant job descriptions.
| A | B |
| 1. pathologist | studies languages and their structure |
| 2. ornithologist | studies atmosphere, weather and climate |
| 3. entomologist | studies the matter that constitutes the earth |
| 4. archaeologist | studies earthquakes |
| 5. sociologist | studies reptiles and amphibians |
| 6. geologist | studies functioning of human society |
| 7. linguist | studies artefacts and physical remains |
| 8. seismologist | studies birds |
| 9. herpetologist | studies insects |
| 10. meteorologist | studies diseases |
What was the human side to the photographer?
That special human quality does the poem 'Nine Gold Medals' celebrate?
Prepare an attractive tourist leaflet for your native place, in English as well as in your mother tongue.
Write a composition (in approximately 400-450 words) on the following subject:
During the summer break, you joined a group of young people who read to the elderly at a senior citizens home. Narrate your experience of reading to the elderly and the interactions you had with them. How did this experience impact you?
Write a composition (in approximately 400-450 words) on the following subject:
Cooking should be made a compulsory subject in the higher classes. Argue either FOR or AGAINST the given statement.
Write a composition (in approximately 400 – 450 words) on any one of the following subjects.
You become what you read. Present your reflections on this statement.
