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प्रश्न
Suppose one of your parents or an older relative wants to know about online shopping and you are explaining how to do it. Write a conversation between you and your parent/relative about it.
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उत्तर
| Mother: | I've been hearing a lot about online shopping. Can you explain how it works? |
| Me: | Absolutely! Online shopping is like going to a store, but you do it through the Internet on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. |
| Mother: | Oh, so I don't need to go to a store physically? |
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Me: |
Exactly. You can shop from anywhere, at any time. |
| Mother: | How do I find these websites? |
| Me: | You can search for them on the Internet. For example, if you want to buy books, you could visit a site like Amazon. |
| Mother: | What happens when I find a product I like? |
| Me: | When you find something you want to buy, you can add it to your shopping cart. It's like picking up an item in a store. |
| Mother: | Is it safe to put my credit card details on these websites? |
| Me: | It's important to shop on secure and reputable websites. Look for signs like a little padlock icon near the website address or URLs that start with "https://" – this indicates a secure connection. You can usually pay with a credit/debit card. |
| Mother: | And how do I pay? |
| Me: | Once you're ready to buy, you go to the checkout. Here, you'll enter your shipping address and payment details. |
| Mother: | Then they send the items to my house? |
| Me: | Yes, the store will ship your order to the address you provided. Shipping times can vary depending on where you live and the store's location. |
| Mother: | What if something goes wrong? Is the item damaged, or is it not what I ordered? |
| Me: | Most online stores have a return policy. You can return the product and get a refund or a replacement if there's an issue. |
| Mother: | This sounds convenient. But I'm still a bit nervous about trying it. |
| Me: | It's normal to feel that way. Maybe we can start with something small, and I'll guide you through the process. |
| Mother: | That would be great. Thank you for helping me understand this! |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Have you are wondered why soldiers are always clad in green? This is to enable them to camouflage themselves during wartime. Hiding in the jungles, their green attire blends into the surrounding trees and shrubs, making it difficult for the enemies to spot them.
Long before man-made use of camouflaging, insects have already adopted the tactic of disguise to escape from the clutches of their predators. By having body colour close to those of the rocks and dried leaves, they can escape from being pursued by the predators.
Butterflies and moths have developed a variety of camouflage strategies since they are quite defenceless and their predators are abundant. Possessing wings which resemble dried leaves help certain butterflies and moths to hide among heaps of dried leaves when predators are around.
Fortunately, not all insects choose the art of disguise to escape from their predators; otherwise, the world would be so dull and colourless. There are insects which assimilate the bright body colours of bees and wasps to escape from being pursued by their predator. Long ago, birds have already learnt to avoid brilliantly coloured wasps and bees in fear of their painful stings. Hence, over millions of years, many harmless insects have assimilated the bees and wasps by imitating. their bright body colours and shapes. In this way, they appear dangerous and hence ward them off.
The beefy, not only appears like the bumblebee in terms of body colour, even its hums sound similar too. The only difference is that the beefy does not have a stirring and is hence harmless. The hoverfly is another insect which imitates. the body colours of the wasps. Their bodies are striped yellow and black. The only deviations are that hoverflies do not have stings, and they have only one pair of wings each while wasps have two pairs each. These variations are hardly noticed by the predators and hence help them to escape.
A1. Complete the table with the information from the passage : (2)
| Insects | Similarity | Difference |
| Bumblebee - Beefy | ||
| Wasp - Hoverfly |
A2. Complete the tree diagram : (2)
A3. Find out : (2)
‘Nature has given a self-protection mechanism to insects’.
Find out at least two examples from the passage to prove this statement.
A4. Vocabulary - (2)
Find the words from the passage for :
(i) animal or bird that hunts other for food
(ii) to get free from danger
(iii) to prevent something from harming
(iv) to make a copy
A5. Personal response - (2)
‘Soldiers disguise themselves to prevent enemies to spot them’.
Give two more examples when the disguising technique is used by humans.
A6. Grammar - (2)
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) They have only one pair of wings.
(Make it negative without changing the meaning)
(ii) Insects have already adopted the tactic of disguise to escape from the clutches of their predators.
(Replace infinitive with gerund and rewrite)
(B) Summary : (3)
Summarise the above extract with the help of the points given and suggest a suitable title.
Camouflage of soldiers and insects - reason and ways for disguising - assimilation of insects - need of imitation.
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| (ii) | (ii) |
| (iii) | (iii) |
| (iv) | (iv) |
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| 1. | |||
| 2. | |||
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Plan:
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