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प्रश्न
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is obedient and simple.
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उत्तर
The character is Policeman B.
He is obedient
- Policeman B: Would the barrel be a good place to put a notice up?
Sergeant: It might; you can put it there.
(They paste the notice up.)
Sergeant: (Furious.) Be off the two of you, yourselves, and your lantern! (They go out.)
He is simple
- Policeman B: Did anyone come this way?
Sergeant: (after a pause) No one.
Policeman B: No one at all?
Sergeant: No one at all.
Policeman B: We had no orders to go back to the station; we can stop along with you.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the flow-chart :
Read the following extract and then do all the activities that follow :
I rain into a stranger as he passed by
“Oh, excuse me please” was my reply.
He said, “please excuse me too; wasn't even watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on out way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told.
How we treat out loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knoked her down.
“Move out of the way,” I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
“While Dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But children you love, you seem to abuse.”
A1. Order-
The incidents narrated in the extract are arranged in a jumbled manner here, Rearrange them in a proper order as they occur in the extract:
(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good-bye.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.
A2. Poetic device:
Make a list of rhyming pairs from the second stanza and note down the rhyme scheme of the same stanza.
A3. Personal Response:
Understanding and politeness are the essentials of out everyday life. Explain your views in brief.
A4. Creativity -
Frame two poetic lines on the following situation using a rhyming pattern with the help of clues given:
“While introducing great personalities, we praise them highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking
about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
While introducing great personalities, — a
------------------------------------ — a
But while speaking about our friends, — b
------------------------------------ — b
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| armour | look |
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Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the questions below.
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