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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
Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities given below :
A1 Complete the following :
(i) Books were found on the _____________ and ____________.
(ii) The tales are described as ______________ and __________.
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Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One-half of their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
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Read the extract and do the following activities :
B1 Likes and dislikes :
(i) The child likes eating _______
(ii) The child dislikes eating _______
They won’t eat peas, don’t like your bread -
For something in it crunches;
They gag on fat, the gravy’s gross,
They won’t eat grapes in bunches.
Tomatoes, onions, peppers, fish
Garlic nor cottage cheese;
Oh, it’s a dish uncommon rare
That truly seems to please.
No red sauce may the ice cream have,
“It’s bleeding,” they will say;
And gravely hand it to their mum
To take it to clean away
But let us speak of chocolate cake,
It must be frosted o’er;
They’ll devour three full slabs,
And calmly ask for more.
Oh, I do so always love to eat
With picky little pests,
Whose parents joy to make them
The most undesirable guests!
B2 What message does the poem convey for children?
B3 Pick out two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Complete the call-outs:
A.1)
Our world is an institution
Of environmental pollution
We choose not to care
For our future generations
And I for one am guilty
For buying the hundreds of electronic gadgets
That attracts the industries to produce like maggots
environmental pollution is at the heart of our planet
The forests are dying
Wildlife is crying
Millions of fish are dying
Mother earth is sighing
Tell me is it right
That we sleep well at night
Replenishing ourselves
For tomorrow’s greedy fight
Overcrowded trains
Overloaded brains
Where is the light? What is our plight?
While the river break their banks
And greedy industries play their polluted pranks.
A.2) Find the examples that show that we do not care for our future generation
A.3) Match:
Match the lines in Column ‘A’ with the figures of speech in Column ‘B’:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ | ||
| (i) | Our world is an institution | (a) | Personification |
| (ii) | Mother earth is sighing | (b) | Simile |
| (c) | Metaphor |
What causes the element of surprise when the child comes on the scene of 'adult reconciling'?
The poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
What facet of political life does the behaviour of Ajamil illustrate?
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author did not succeed in finding Kasbai.
Make groups and discuss the following:
Did they themselves suffer from those problems/setbacks?
Now write what you observe in the following two pictures.
Say where . . . . . . .
______ does Beauty’s smile begin?
Find out from a vet or from a website, what precaution a vet has to take when he/she is called to treat wild, dangerous animals?
Make point-wise notes of the same.
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?
Write a short note on the following:
The message in the vision.
Imagine that there is a Mr Somebody who has to correct all the wrongs that are done by Mr Nobody. Write in the following table, what Mr Somebody will have to do.
| Mr Nobody’s Actions | Tasks for Mr Somebody |
| 1. The plate is broken / cracked | Mend the plate. / Throw it away carefully. |
| 2. The book is torn | ____________ |
| 3. The door is ajar. | ____________ |
| 4. The buttons are pulled from the shirt | ____________ |
| 5. The pins are scattered. | ____________ |
| 6. The door is still squeaking. | ____________ |
| 7. There are finger marks upon the door. | ____________ |
| 8. The ink has spilled over. | ____________ |
| 9. Boots are lying around. | ____________ |
| 10. ____________ | ____________ |
| 11. ____________ | ____________ |
Add a few more things to the list in the above table, using your own ideas and experience.
Write any three of the silly remarks made by the characters other than Alice. Write why you think the remark is silly.
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination. Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form. You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
Read the passage and name the following.
He persuaded Helen to elope with him.
Talk about the good qualities of any one person you do not like. (You need not name the person.)
Write about the sights you may see from a bus or an airplane. You may write it in the form of a short poem.
From the play, find all the words that are related to the following:
knowledge and learning
Add other related words you know to the list.
A parody is a playful, comic imitation of a writer’s style. A parody is like a verbal cartoon. Compare the original poem and its parody given on page 35 using the following points:
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How doth the little busy bee |
How doth the little crocodile (parody) |
| Choice of a subject (an animal) | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Number of lines and stanzas | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Same or similar constructions | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
| Tone of the poem | __________________ |
| __________________ | __________________ |
Read the ode ‘To Autumn’ by the famous poet John Keats. ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...’
List the adverbs/adverbial phrases used in the passage.
Read ‘The Story of the Amulet’ by E. Nesbit.
Find from the Internet and write down.
Which character from the play sings this song?
Read aloud a couple of stanzas of the poem ‘Invictus’ and ‘Please Listen’. In what ways do they differ? Think and fill up the table with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
| Invictus | Please Listen | |
| Rhyming lines | ______ | ______ |
| Steady rhythm | ______ | ______ |
| Uniformity in the length of lines | ______ | ______ |
| Uniformity of the number of lines in each stanza. | ______ | ______ |
| Figurative language | ______ | ______ |
What did Gopal Bhand say he was doing?
Read the poem and answer the following.
What are the two different ways of eating strawberries?
Was it right for the youngest brother to ask for a share in the money? Why?
How did the bird try to reach its parents without having to fly?
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;
- Whom does the word ‘me’ refer to?
- What kind of life does the poet want to lead?
The rich man was from...
Hamid’s friends enjoyed the ride in the merry-go-round. But Hamid didn’t go on it. Why?
What did Granny say about Hamid’s parents?
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
The parent’s earlier view of the child
In what ways are we doing injustice to nature?
What challenges does Alice face and how does she overcome them?
What qualities of Mr. Phileas Fogg are highlighted in this extract? Support your answer with suitable examples.
Why do we need trees? List four reasons that Grandfather gives.
What word could best replace ‘charges’ in the poem - marches, rushes or pushes?
Match the rhyming words.
| filth | farmer |
| cook | harm |
| charm | wealth |
| armour | look |
What did the father give to all the daughters?
Which place was the last stand of the Indian army?
What did you learn from this lesson?
Name the character or speaker.
"You want me to strain my back?"
Welcome guests to win everyone’s _____ in life’s race.
How will you treat your guest?
Choose what the elephant did.
What was the message on the chit?
Divide the following word.
man
Fill in the blank
He is rich ______ he looks simple.
The brown sparrow laid ________eggs.
Do you like this kind of world?
Where do the crocodiles save?
Choose the correct one.
Rooster
Bihar people saved trees by______ painting.
What was the truth finally learned by Chris?
How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree?
Why did grandfather give the children money?
Which of the following should one avoid while using social media? Tick against the correct options.
