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प्रश्न
The author’s grandmother was a religious person. What are the different ways in which we come to know this?
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उत्तर
The author’s grandmother was a religious lady with a kind heart. She moved about in the house “telling the beads of her rosary”. Her lips constantly moved in “inaudible prayer”. She said her morning prayers in monotonous sing-song hoping that the author would learn it by heart. Every day, she went along with the author to his school and sat in the temple that was attached to it, reading the holy books for hours. She believed in the teachings about God and scriptures and did not like that her grandson was not taught about them in the city school. Gradually, she turned to recite prayers throughout the day. Before dying, she stopped talking to her family members and turned to prayers, and counting the beads.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.
Like rootless weeds, the hair torn round their pallor;
The tall girl with her weighed-down head.
(a) Who are these children?
(b) Which figure of speech has been used in the first two lines?
(c) Why is the tall girl's head weighed down?
(d) What does the word, 'pallor' mean?
Answer any four of the following in 30 − 40 words each :
(a) What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps?
(b) How was Gandhi treated at Rajendra Prasad's house?
(c) Why does one feel 'a sudden strangeness' on counting to twelve and keeping quiet?
(d) Mention any two things which cause pain and suffering. (A Thing of Beauty)
(e) When was the Tiger King in danger of losing his throne?
(f) What role did the American professor play in bringing Hana and Sadao together?
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?
How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
Comment on the indifference that meets Iona's attempts to share his grief with his fellow human beings.
Although Paul's mother liked to be rich she did not approve of betting on horses.
How do you respond to these lines?
Light, chill and yellow,
Bathes the serene
Foreheads of houses
Qua story’: what does the word mean? Find other expressions using the word qua.
How is the idyllic juxtaposed with the pedestrian in the poem?
How is the essence of the poem captured in the lines 'two tickets to Happiness'?
Find from the story one word for the following.
the highest-ranking officer in the Municipality of a city/town ______
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.
The last leaf fell off during the rain.
Discuss in groups and share with one another.
When you go for a picnic, what and how do you enjoy?
Out of all names of birds and animals given in the poem, pick out 4 names that are similar in English as well as in Hindi/Marathi or your Mother's tongue.
Fill in the gaps in the table of Degrees of Comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ____________ | ____________ | oldest |
| (2) | ____________ | healthier | ____________ |
| (3) | near | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | ____________ | finer | ____________ |
| (5) | ____________ | ____________ | earliest |
| (6) | small | ____________ | ____________ |
| (7) | ____________ | faster | ____________ |
| (8) | high | ____________ | ____________ |
Discuss in groups and think about it.
Mention three occasions on which you have made someone else angry. What made that person angry? Can you avoid such things in the future?
Have you seen a newborn young one of an animal?
Complete the following using your own idea:
His head was too big to ______.
Write a conversation between a donkey and a dog.
Read the passage and answer the following:
When was the book written?
List the various things that the Lethargarians do or want to do. Can you sum up all of it in one word or phrase?
Read the poem : ‘Where lies the land...’ by A. C. Clough.
Write one line about the following with the help of the poem.
wind in the autumn evening
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
wind - breeze __________________.
Sayali did not understand the mistake she had made.
There are many popular lines like:-
- ‘Life is a game - play it well’.
- ‘Life is a journey - keep going ahead’.
Discuss and write down a few such metaphorical lines about ‘life’. You can make them up yourselves.
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
Write in your own words.
How should that person sing?
Write in your own words.
What makes the poet remember his mother?
Say whether you agree or disagree.
The children would have behaved well on the train if their aunt had scolded them harshly.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
As soon as I ______ of my home, I greet my family.
In what season does the story take place?
Make groups. One person in the group chooses an announcement. Everyone in the group reads that announcement silently but carefully and closes their books. Then that person presents the announcement, changing one of the details in the announcement. Others spot the change. For example, you might say ‘red’ key chain instead of ‘blue’ in the last announcement.
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
Nothing goes right with the folks you meet
Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.
- What is the opinion about the folks you meet down the street?
- What does the word ‘gloomy’ mean here?
What do you infer about speaking with others from this poem?
Turtles are sea animals.
Read these lines and answer the question given below.
How cheerful he seems to grin
Who does ‘he’ refer to?
Why does the writer think that the peepul tree is a great show off?
When did Usha Rani start playing Kabaddi?
How should one react to adversity?
Name the tools the farmer brought out. What did he do with them?
Our planet is called the _____.
Were the girl and her brother friendly with each other?
What does it give to the farmer?
| Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’. |
- Where is our national emblem taken from?
- Where is our national emblem found?
- What does ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ mean?
- What are the animals found in the emblem?
Who sews the cloth?
Who is the guest?
The message was to gather on ______.
The official and his wife liked______.
Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
What is the advertisement about?
Leafcutter ants drink______.
Do you think it is right for the tanker to take water? Why?
Write the rhyming word.
save- ______
Name the animal and sound it makes.
______ had made Math easy for Bala.
Replace the bold word/words with a word from the quiver and re-write the sentence –
Nasruddin was surely not a good archer.
While listening to the story, what did Alice see?
How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree?
Complete the dialogue.
| Anil: | Which is your favourite book? |
| Sunil: | ________________________ |
| Anil: | What type of book is it? |
| Sunil: | ________________________ |
Activity: Live English: Packs, packets, pouches, wrappers
Given above is the picture of an imaginary food item’s packet. Let us see how to ‘read’ the matter on the packet as a vigilant consumer.
- Look at the wrapper and complete the sentences.
- The name of the food item is ______.
- It is made by ______.
- It is a ______ food item. (Veg/Non-veg)
- The ______ sign indicates whether it is a Veg or Non-veg food item.
- The ingredients are ______, ______, ______, ______.
- The date of packing is ______ and the expiry date is ______.
- It should be consumed before ______ from the date of manufacturing.
- Try and obtain more information about the various symbols printed on the packet.
- Discuss the following -
- Why the ‘recipe’ is given on the packet.
- Why the packet tells us to visit the website of the company.
- What ideas are used to make the packet attractive?
- How you will verify whether something is good for you to eat.
