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प्रश्न
Read the following extract of the poem and complete the activities given below :
B1 State which of the following statements are
True or False :
(i) The elderly are nearest to our own exalted personality.
(ii) The elderly are those persons whose growth is stunted.
(iii) We should know our elderly people well, in order to receive guidance.
(iv) The elderly hold on to the frivolous aspects of life.
Elderly people should be around us. Justify.
(b) abb
(c) abba
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उत्तर
B1
(i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True
(iv) False
B2 Elderly people have treasures of knowledge and experience. They can guide us and show us the right path. They are very loving and caring and are ever ready to help us in every possible way. Though they may not be physically strong they give us invaluable moral support and moral values. Since they are our roots and our greatest true resource they should be around us.
B3 The rhyme scheme for the first four lines is aabb.
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