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प्रश्न
The episode has been narrated in a light vein. What social mores does the author seem to ridicule?
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उत्तर
The author has mocked the society and its people who live in false pride of their community or lineage. How a fool who knows not of the practical matters and just to feed their image they go ahead auctioning their actual possessions. And such people are fooled by the smarter ones like Ramanand who bend but do not break. They alter their values according to the need of the situation but do not compromise entirely on their pride. They are the cunning ones who take advantage of fools who are stuffed with their worn-out social status and forsake the present to protect the past. The author has ridiculed such people who weave their fall with their insensibilities.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
Why does Anne call herself 'a bundle of contradictions'?
Answer any four of the following in 30 – 40 words each
(a) What precautions were taken for the smooth conduct of Evan's O-Level examination ?
(b) How did Jo want the Roger Skunk story to end ?
(c) What makes human beings love life inspite of all the troubles they face?
(A Thing of Beauty)
(d) What is suggested by the phrase, 'massive weight of Uncle's wedding band' ?
(e) How did Douglas remove his residual doubts about his fear of water ?
(f) Why did M. Hamel write 'Vive La France' on the blackboard ?
Complete the following table :
Read the following extract and do the given activities:
B.1) Fill in the Balloons with suitable ideas from the poem:
“Oh, the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know?
They hold so many keys, so many things they can show.
We all will read the other side this I firmly believe
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we’ll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They’ve let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation, we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course.”
B.2) Find Evidence:
Pick out the line from the extract which supports the given ideas:
(i) The elders have many things to share.
(ii) Everybody knows the value of elderly people.
(iii) The elderly people have vast experience.
(iv) The elderly people are a boon to the nation.
B.3) Write a pair from the extract that rhymes with the given word:
| Fear | ........................... | .......................... |
Guess the meaning of the following word:
Kyang
In which language are these word found?
Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
It is difficult to part with personal items like a watch which have a sentimental value attached to them.
You notice a sense of urgency in the poet's request – what is the reason for this?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I make friends easily.
Read the extract 'Being Neighborly' and complete the following statement:
Jo swept a path around the garden for ________________.
Write words from the poem that describe the following.
- sky ____________
- heart ____________
- hand ____________
- beginning ____________
- surprises ____________
Make groups and discuss the following:
What fatal dangers/problems did mankind face centuries ago, but are no longer a threat today?
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The colour imagery in the poem.
The writer of the story is William Blake.
Divide the story into parts. Make 4 groups in your class. Each group should take one of the 4 parts to convert the story into a play and enact your part.
Compare and contrast the two opposing human feelings as expressed by the poet.
Correct the following statement.
Sue ignored Johnsy completely.
Say where . . . . . . .
______ do squirrels store their food?
Read the passage and answer the following question:
What makes Indra’s vajra or weapon invincible?
Compare the features of a comedy and tragedy.
Choose the odd one out :
Flute, Snug, Quince, Cobweb.
Name the type of fabric closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. Why did Gandhiji want all of us to use this fabric?
Visit a library:
Find more information/stories about scholars of the ancient world - Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Varahamihira, Charaka, Nagarjuna, Jeevaka.
What is your favourite time of the day? Describe it in detail.
Talk about your favourite season. (A one-minute activity.)
Read the passage and name the following.
He composed the Illiad and Odyssey.
You want to start human settlement somewhere else other than the earth, in the universe. Will you select a star or a planet? Why? What features supporting life will you look for? Try to find answers to such questions and make a presentation using scientific information and your imagination.
Prepare charts for each one of the asanas described in the passage. Use the following points:
- Name (in English, in your mother tongue)
- Meaning in English
- General information
- Steps and pictures
- Benefits
Answer in your own words.
How many chores did the ancestor from 1800 have to do?
Observe the picture and the labels carefully. Then match the words and the meanings given in the following table.
| Words | Meaning |
| 1. yard | (a) a floor, flat area built on a ship |
| 2. mast | (b) the forward part of the main body of a ship |
| 3. bow | (c) the forward part of a deck |
| 4. deck | (d) tall, upright pole on a ship |
| 5. forecastle | (e) a pole slung across a ship’s mast. A sail hangs from a yard. |
| 6. starboard | (f) the rearmost (back) part of a ship |
| 7. stern | (g) the part which is always at the front while the ship is sailing. |
| 8. afterdeck | (h) the right-hand side of a ship as one faces forward |
| 9. fore | (i) an open deck near the back |
Write in your own words.
What does the poet miss?
Form groups. Discuss how one can be a 'good reader'. Use the points in the above passage in your discussion. Write down the points that show what makes a 'good reader'.
Tell any one of the stories orally imagining you are Gulliver.
Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
How should you speak with old people?
How can we make our life worth living?
How does Alice feel after all these changes?
Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down because______.
What does the teak tree give us?
Why did the farmer have to travel far?
Work in pair, find answer for the question and share in the class.
What does the summer bring?
Connect the rhyming words.
| strong | tall |
| call | sack |
| back | along |
Choose the odd one out.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Connect and write the homophones in the box.
|
Sea |
 |
|
One |
 |
|
Flower |
 |
When do we land on Mars?
Why did everyone ridicule the boy?
How did he win the match?
______was with Robinson.
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
My dog barks ______.
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
She won the game _____
Sparrow tied the elephant and the crocodile with a ______.
Miss Malliga teaches _______.
Why it is important for people to live without boundaries?
Leaf cutter ants drink ______.
Write the rhyming word.
countries- ______.
Match the rhyming words.
| strokes | floor |
| shore | rush |
| brush | chokes |
List three questions that the little boy asks.
- ______
- ______
- ______
What does the earth do when the day is over?
Why did grandfather give the children money?
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
