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प्रश्न
Read the text and enlist the achievements and honours of Ramanujan, received in England.
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उत्तर
Ramanujan's achievements and honours received in England:
- The Royal Society elected him a Fellow at the age of thirty, which, even for a mathematician, is very young.
- Trinity College elected him a Fellow in the same year.
- Ramanujan was the first Indian to be given either of these distinctions.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the follow ing extract and answer the questions given below:
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
(1) What makes a nation strong?
(2) According to you, what makes India a strong and powerful nation?.
(3) Write down the rhyme scheme used in the extract.
(4) What does the phrase 'others fly ... ' mean?
You notice a sense of urgency in the poet's request – what is the reason for this?
Write the Rhyming word and Scheme of the 2nd stanza.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“Why waste your time in building here?
Your journey ends with the close of the day You never again will pass this way.
You have crossed the chasm deep and wide Why build ye here at even tide?”
Life is an amalgam of happy and sad moments. Think of such moments in your life, pair with your classmate, and share both the aspects of life.
| Happy Moments | Sad Moments |
| 1. Winning the first prize in a competition | Losing your mobile, bicycle, or wallet |
| 2. | |
| 3. |
Now, talk to your friends or elders; refer to books and read about all the objects on which wheels are used. List them. (How many did you miss out on in your first list? Why?)
Rewrite the following line in your own words.
'Never one comes flying by
But will flutter down to drink.'
Why did the girls snigger?
Gulliver took the small creatures in his hand and crushed them.
The girl admitted to her brother that she was badly frightened.
Enact any one anecdote in the classroom.
