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Read the Following Extract Carefully and Present the Information in the Form of Notes with the Help of the Given Clues :

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Read the following extract carefully and present the information in the form of notes with the help of the given clues :
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President and second President of India.
He was a teacher, a philosopher and 'an author. He had introduced the thinking of Western idealist philosophers like Plato, Plontinus, Bergson into Indian thought.
He was born on 5th of September, 1888 in a poor Brahmin family. As his father could not afford his education expenses, Radhakrishnan supported most of his education
through scholarships. He completed his B.A. and M.A. with majors in philosophy. He went on to become a professor of philosophy. He showed that Indian Philosophy, once translated into standard academic jargon, is worthy of being called philosophy by Western standards.
He thus, placed Indian Philosophy on world map.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan had established a strong relationship with the Soviet Union when he w Is appointed as the ambassador to the Soviet Union.
He has been honoured with many awards for his achievements nationally and internationally. He was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 1954. He is also acknowledged with the Templeton Prize, Peace Prize of German Book Trade, Order of Merit and many other honours.
Title : Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Birth : 5th September, 1888
Qualifications : B.A. ___________
Introduced thinking of : _________,_________and ____ into Indian thought.
Work : Translated_____________ into standard____________
Ambassador : __________________________________
Honours : National___________
                International Order of Merit

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Title                                : Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Birth                                : 5th September, 1888
Qualifications                 : B.A. and M.A. with majors in philosophy
Introduced thinking of  : Western idealist philosophers like Plato, Platinus
Work                             : Translated Indian philosophy into standard academic jargon.
Ambassador                : The Soviet Union
Honours                     : National with Bharat Ratna in 1954. International with Templeton Prize,Peace Prize of German Book Trade, Order of Merit.

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In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A.  Write sentence B.

(A) No other planet is as big as Jupiter.
(B) Jupiter ............................................................................... 


Fill in the blank with the suitable word. 

He ran _____________ from home at the age of ten. 


How has the poet described a tree earlier in the poem?


Explain the use of words like ‘fluttering’ and ‘dancing’ as used by the poet.


Analyse the symbol of Clouds, Sky, and Heavens.


What tells you that the patriot was overambitious?


What is the significance of Easter Sunday in “Old Man at the Bridge”?


What is the central conflict of the story “All Summer in a Day”?


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 correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. 

Example:
(0) He had been (0) ……… (sit) on the bank of a small irrigation canal.
Answer: sitting

He was (1) ………. (gaze) at a couple of herons (2) ……… (fish) in the muddy water, when he (3) ……… (feel) something bumps his elbow. (4) ……… (look) around, he (5) ………. (find) at his side a little goat, jet black and soft as velvet with lovely grey eyes. Neither her owner nor her mother (6) ……… (be) around. She continued to (7) ……… (nudge) Mukesh, so he (8) ……… (look) in his pocket for nourishment. 


How does G. K. Chesterton in his essay On Running after one's Hat, romanticize difficult situations by dwelling on the notion that "An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered'"?


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Mabel: [Utterly surprised] Ronny! Do they want me in Court?
Dancy: No.
Mabel: What is it, then? Why are you back?
Dancy: Spun.
Mabel: [Blank] Spun? What do you mean? What’s spun?
Dancy: The case. They’ve found out through those notes.
Mabel: Oh [Staring at his face] Who?
(i) Where are Mabel and Dancy at this time? What was Mabel doing just before this conversation? 
(ii) Why did Mabel say, “Do they want me in court?” Explain the meaning of spun in the extract? 
(iii) What ‘notes’ is Dancy talking about now?. How does Mabel react immediately after the extract”: 
(iv) Dancy leaves a note for his best friend towards the end of the play. What is the name of his best friend? What is written in the note?
(v) What does Dancy do at the end? Why does he do that? What is your opinion of Mabel and Dancy? 


"Boxer lives his life in patience and unquestioning service." How far is this statement true? Throw light on Boxer's character. 


Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.

  • forensic reconstruction

  • scudded across

  • casket grey

  • Resurrection

  • funerary treasures

  • Circumvented

  • computed tomography

  • eerie detail


Give reasons for the following.

Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life ...”


Identify instances of ironical comment in the story.


How do these lines capture the essence of the story:

'Glory was all overlaid with dark shame. Glory was dead.'


We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.

successful: ____________


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?


Find words in the story, which show things striking violently against each other.
The crow and the myna c_ll____in mid-air.


Your teacher will speak the words listed below. Write against each a word of opposite meaning.
Examples:
liquid-solid
hard-soft
1. old —————
2. wet —————
3. open —————
4. blunt —————
5. forget —————


Planting and growing more crops a year seems to be progressed by normal standards, but the chapter makes a case against it. Give reasons.


If you could change the end of the story i.e. after the Swallow refused to fly to Egypt, how would you change it? Summarise your idea in 10 to 12 lines.


Choose the correct alternative for the given line. Focus on the inference of the poet.

‘Earth has not anything to show more fair:’

The line means - _________________.


Compose two lines of your own on any sensory organ.


Given in a mixed order below are some good human attributes of the family. Pick out from the box and write it against the line that reflects it.

He believed, his daughter was still alive, after three years.


Write a few lines about yourself - your name, appearance, family, the place where you live, your school, your friends, neighbours, relatives, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, what you are good at, etc.

Now create an imaginary ‘persona’ for yourself. It can be quite different from your real self. Or, you may choose a fictional character - a character from a novel, story, etc. Write a few lines about this imaginary persona and introduce yourself in that role.

Real Self Imaginary Persona

Hi, I am ____________________

____________________________

____________________________

Hi, I am ____________________

____________________________

____________________________


Compare the Indian Monsoon season to a powerful king of a prosperous kingdom. Write down a few similarities. Use them to compose a poem of your own.


Relate the life-story of Caesar, rearranging the facts in a proper sequence in the form of a flow chart:

  • Caesar begins to upset things at home
  • Neighbour flings a stick at Caesar
  • Young crow is saved by the narrator
  • Caesar begins to trouble neighbours
  • The crow is named Caesar 
  • Caesar passes away
  • Caesar objects to being caged.

Imagine the Stranger-man narrates how the Neolithic ladies overpowered him. Write an account of the same making him the narrator.


‘..... and that’s how I realized that courage and hope can help me overcome any major mishap/problem in life.’ Write an episode/experience from your own life that leads to the above conclusion.


Name the occasion or reason for which the announcements are being made. Then think of an occasion and prepare an announcement for it as a group activity.


Imagine you are the lion and someone is interviewing you.
Write the answer to the following question.

Who were your companions on the way to Oz?


Expand the theme in a write-up of about 20 lines.

‘Books are our real friends’


How can you prove this maxim to be incorrect - ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth’. Write a counterview on the given topic. (Clue - Teamwork)


Make a poster of any natural disaster, giving details about the devastation caused.


You have won the first prize in the essay writing competition. ______


You are the receptionist of your school. Your Head master instructs you to send a message to all the parents of class ten to attend a PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) meet which is to be held on 22.12.2019

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________


Write a letter of enquiry for the following.

Write a letter to the head of the BSNL office enquiring regarding the internet broadband scheme launched recently.


You have prepared some eco-friendly craft materials like paper mache dolls, greeting cards, book marks, festoons, garlands, quilling jewellery etc for an Art Mela to be conducted in your school premises. Describe in a few sentences how you made the craft work. Include the following details in your writing.

  • Name of the craftwork
  • Materials used
  • Nature (handy / eco-friendly / longlasting / affordable price )
  • Use (place / person / time)

Can we try to complete another dialogue now?

Rathi is visiting a shop to buy a pen. Let us try and complete the dialogues between her and the shopkeeper.

Rathi Hi Akka!
Shopkeeper Hi! How can I help?
Rathi I need a______.
Shopkeeper Sure. Which colour?
Rathi Give a______ pen.
Shopkeeper Do you need a ten rupee pen or a five rupee pen?
Rathi Give me the ______rupee pen.
Shopkeeper Do you want anything else?
Rathi ______.
Shopkeeper Thank you. Goodbye.
Rathi ______

Write five things that you do at home to make your home look neat and clean.


Malu lived with Malu’s parents in the North Pole. Malu had great fun with Malu’s seagull friends.

One day Malu’s father told Malu that the hunters had come to trap Malu and Malu’s family. Malu knew how to hide very well. Malu shut Malu’s eyes and curled up like a ball of snow.

The hunter searched for Malu and Malu's family everywhere but in vain.

We can avoid repeating the names by using certain other words in their place. Study the table below.

  Singular Plural
person speaking I, me  we, us
person spoken to you you
other persons he, him, she, her. they,
places, things it them.

Now rewrite the above paragraph using words from the above table.


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


Now complete the following sentence, choosing the right word.

The sum was ______ difficult for the class to solve. Only ______ students could do it.

(two, too)


Match the two parts of sentences given under column ‘A’ and ‘B’. Add ‘but’ to join the two parts and write complete sentences.

Column A Column B
i). Helen lived after her illness a). her mother thought she could learn.
ii). She could not see or hear b). she did not understand what she was doing.
iii). People thought that she could not learn anything c). she could not hear or see.
iv). Helen copied the words d). she was kind to Helen.
v). Miss Sullivan was strict e). she was very intelligent.

Find out stories about other great people’s lives and their childhood and write these in your notebook. Collect at least two such stories and share them with your friends.

You could think of famous

  • scientists
  • religious people
  • freedom fighters
  • brave children
  • astronauts
  • artists

What was the happiest time of the day for grandmother?


State whether the following statement are true or false

The friends could not keep in touch because they lost each other’s phone numbers.


State whether the following statement are true or false

Bob wanted to stay for half an hour more than the appointed time.


‘Means should justify the end.’ Explain this adage with reference to O. Henry’s story


How did Woman 5 move ahead in the waiting list of patients?


Now write a short story to explain these proverb.

Despair gives courage to a Coward


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.


Write the full form for the following.

weren’t - ______


Read the given sentence and underline the no word.

I have no coat.


Imagine someone has invited your family to a program and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.


In H.C. Anderson's story, what forces the Little Match Girl to go about selling matches on the street?


Who is your favourite comedian?


Write a composition (300-350 words) of the following:

Your teacher has asked you to form a group and work on a particular project. Write an account of how you worked together and what each of you learned from the experience.


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