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प्रश्न
Refer to a standard dictionary and find out the meaning of the following word:
Reportorial
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उत्तर
Reportorial: related to or characteristic of a newspaper reporter.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Imagine you are Gitika. Road the following conversation and write a suitable message for your mother in 50-60 words:
Ankita : Hi, didi ! I'm Ankita on the line. Is aunty at home?
Gitika : No, she has gone to visit my grandparents. Is there any problem?
Ankita : No, I just wanted to inform her that we have a special havan tomorrow at 9 a.m. at our place. My mother has specially invited all of you.
Gitika : Okay, Thanks ! I'll inform her and we will definitely come.
Your school is hosting an Inter-School Quiz Competition.
Write out a notice to be displayed in your school, giving all the details about the event.
Can we say that the poet has succeeded in conveying his point? How?
Which literary device is used in the last two lines:
Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear, Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
Which figure of speech is used in the lines:
(Last week in someone’s place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
What is the activity referred to later in the poem, that sharpens their brains?
What impression do you get of the children after reading the poem?
What do you think is the message of the poem?
Why does the poet use the word ‘wandered’?
Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead,
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me?"....God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
Discuss the art of Ruskin Bond as depicted in the story ‘A face in the Dark.’
Discuss with reference to the story An Angel in Disguise how love has the power to transform.
Discuss the conflict in the story, An Angel In Disguise.
What is the climax of Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day?”
What are examples of simile, metaphor, and personification in “All Summer in a Day”?
You are the editor of your school magazine. You have recently attended a cultural program in your city. Write an account of this program (in approximately 300 words) using the points given below:
| Date and venue — occasion — Chief Guest — other invitees — inauguration — events —other important features — highlights — reaction of audience — conclusion. |
Don John:
Fie, fie, they are not to be nam'd my lord, not to speak of, There is not chastity enough in language Without offence to utter them. Thus, pretty lady, I am sorry for thy much misgovernment.
Claudio:
O, Hero! What a Hero hadst thou been If half thy outward graces had been plac'd About thy thoughts and counsels of thy heart! But fare thee well, most foul, most fair; farewell Thou pure impiety and impious purity For thee I'll lock up all the gates of love, And on my eyelids shall conjecture hang To turn all beauty into thoughts of harm, And never shall it more be gracious.
(i) Where are the speakers? What leads Claudio to speak in this manner?
(ii) What are the charges levelled against Hero by Don Pedro?
(iii) Explain the lines:
"What an I lero hadst thou been If half thy outward graces had been plac'd About thy thoughts and counsels of thy heart!"
(iv) What are the immediate reactions of Leonato and Hero to Claudio's words?
(v) What impressions do we form about Leonato in this scene?
(vi) Give the meanings of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage: misgovernment; impiety; conjecture
This is the place. The dog was rescued from its cruel owner.
She laid the table after she had finished the cooking. (Begin: When…)
I have never worn a more ill-fitting suit. (End: …………..ever worn.)
Your class wants to visit a well-known historical monument in a nearby town. Write a letter to your Principal seeking permission and say why you would benefit from the visit.
This is the funniest movie I have ever seen.
(Begin : Never ………….)
Mrs. Kumar has been a teacher for thirty years. She will now retire.
Given below is an interesting combination of words. Explain why they have been used together.
ghostly dust devils
To what is the bird’s movement compared? What is the basis for the comparison?
What do you understand the character of Mrs. Croft from the story?
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.
trained: ____________
Answer the following question:
“It was to be a battle of champions.” (8)
(i) What qualities did the two champions have? Pick out words and phrases from the paragraph above this line in the text and write them down.
|
Mongoose |
Cobra |
| (a) ________ | (a) ________ |
| (b) ________ | (b) ________ |
| (c) ________ | (c) ________ |
(ii) What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the fight?
In groups of four discuss some more ‘whatifs’ that you experience in your day to day life and list them out.
(i) ______________________________
(ii) ______________________________
(iii) _____________________________
(iv) _____________________________
(v) _____________________________
(vi) ____________________________
(vii) ___________________________
(viii) ___________________________
And now write a poem of five or six lines with the ‘whatifs’ that you have listed.
Discuss with your partner the various hazards and risks that a mountaineer/ trekker has to face in an expedition.
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Complete the web highlighting the feelings/emotions of Tenzing after reaching the summit.
The trinity of democracy comprises three principles. Complete the web to show the trinity of democracy.
Refer to a standard dictionary and find out the meaning of the following word:
Reportage
You might have read war stories or watched war movies. Make a list of the factors which make them interesting.
Comment on the following characters depicted in the poem, in a sentence or a phrase.
| On the Nose | On the Eyes |
Your examinations are only two months ahead. Plan your schedule of studies and write in your notebook.
Write down the consequences of the following occurrences with the help of the play.
Katherine encourages Dr. Stockmann to proceed in his attempts in the cause of public attempts.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde:
Mathilde despaired over the loss of her necklace.
Rewrite the play in the form of a short story.
Form groups of 3. Read aloud the conversations in the story, each group presenting one piece of conversation.
Write a short book review of any one of your favourite books. Your review should include the following things.
- Title of the book
- Name of the author/authors
- Name of the illustrator (artist)
- The central idea of the book (what the book is about)
- The important characters in the book and what they do
- What you like about the book
- Why you want others to read the book/what you learn from the book
Read the given slogans and match them appropriately with their theme.
| 1. | One for all and all for one | Junk food |
| 2. | Limit your fast food otherwise, it would be your last food | Save water |
| 3. | Restricting a woman restricts the growth of the family | Cleanliness |
| 4. | Clean and green makes perfect scene | Woman empowerment |
| 5. | It takes a lot of blue to stay green | Unity |
Create a poster for the following.
You are Raja/ Ranjani. Draft a poster to create awareness about the harmful effects of using plastics, in not more than 50 words.
______ is your birthday?
Connect the pairs of sentences below using and or but.
- Everyone has gone to sleep.
- I want to read my book.
Some word have similar sound, but different meaning. Choose the correct word from the option and fill in the blank.
The King sits on the ______.
Look at the following words. They are group names.
troop of soldiers
swarm of bees
team of players
litter of puppies
fleet of ships
library of books
Animals are capable of empathy. Substantiate this statement with examples from the story as well as your own experiences.
Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary'?
Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:
a double-distilled idiot
Given below are hints about a renowned British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Write a biographical sketch on the author in not more than 80-100 words based on the information given below.
| Name | Arthur C. Clarke |
| Pen names | Charles Willis, E.G.O’Brien |
| Birth | 16 Dec 1917, England |
| Career | novelist, television host, inventor, and film screenwriter. |
| Genre | Science-Fiction, Television series, Film screenplay |
| Awards and Honours | 1961, Kalinga Prize - an award given by UNESCO for popularising science Hugo and Nebula Awards Chairman of the Interplanetary Society Highest Civil Honour of Sri Lanka – ‘Sri Lankabhimanya 2005’ |
| Titles | Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov – ‘Big Three’ of Science Fiction ‘The Prophet of the Space Age’ |
| Famous Works | Childhood’s End 2001: A Space Odyssey Rendezvous with Rana |
Complete the summary of the play, choosing the appropriate words from the list given below the passage.
A number of patients wait at the (1) ______of a dentist’s clinic. Everybody is tensed at the thought of a painful (2) ______being extracted. One of the women is bent on showing everyone her (3) ______. After the arrival of the dentist, Joe, the first (4) ______is called in. Sometime later, the nurse comes out and goes in with a (5) ______. Everyone is (6) ______at this, imagining Joe being subjected to a lot of hammering in the process of his tooth being pulled out. Once again the nurse comes out to fetch a large pair of (7) ______and later on she takes in a (8) ______. A little boy confesses that he pretended to have (9) ______, because he did not wish to go to school. The loud (10) ______and screeching from within the room makes everyone leave the (11) ______, one by one. Finally there are only two women in the waiting room, one of them being Joe’s wife. She weeps (12) ______about her husband. But Joe comes out and explains that he had shifted his (13) ______to the evening and had been given some pills for the pain. After they leave, the dentist comes out and locates the key of his tool (14) ______. He had been trying to open it using the hammer, the pliers and the hacksaw only in vain. The woman with the photographs is surprised to see that the (15) ______had moved quickly and she was the next patient to go in.
| hammer | patient |
| hacksaw | cabinet |
| frightened | queue |
| worried | waiting room |
| pliers | tooth |
| photographs | clinic |
| toothache | sawing |
| appointment |
Bring out the people’s reaction to the noises from the surgery.
Write conversation on the following situation.
Between two friends about uses and abuses of mobile phone
The photographer told him to ______.
What did Aunt Jane like about Jack’s ‘little nest’?
Observe the following picture and write a paragraph in about 150 word about each one of them.
Answer the following question as briefly as possible and with close reference to the relevant text.
Referring closely to the short story, The Sound Machine, describe the encounter between Klausner and Mrs. Saunders. How did it affirm his belief in his own invention?
What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.
A sportsman
