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प्रश्न
The Nobel Committee has been called a conservative body because
पर्याय
it is conservative in the choice of subjects.
its members believe in conservative ideology.
its members are old fashioned.
it awards prizes only to those people who adopt a conservative approach.
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उत्तर
It is conservative in the choice of subjects.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
On the basis of the listening passage, choose the correct answer from the given options.
Severn Suzuki represents an organization called ECO which stands for __________.
Why do birds sing?
Red chilli is also called______.
Ooty was the Summer Capital of the______ during the British Rule.
Here is a humorous story. But there are some words missing. Listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks to complete the story. Then give a title and a moral to the story.
Once there lived______ friends Vani, Kavi and Sumi. They always played pranks on one another. One day Vani bought some delicious______ and she decided to share them with her______.
Kavi and Sumi were______ to see the berries. The three of them sat and started eating the berries. Suddenly Sumi decided to play a______ on Kavi. When she looked under her chair she saw a small heap______ of. She stealthily pushed the heap of seeds under______chair.
Then Sumi said, “What is this Kavi? You are so______ ! You alone have eaten so many berries.” Kavi felt______ and didn’t know what to say.
Vani looked here and there. When she looked under Sumi’s chair there were______ seeds. So, she replied “Sumi, Kavi was at least greedy, but see ______. You have eaten all the berries including its seeds.” Then Kavi understood that her friend had just played a trick on her and then all three of them ______heartily.
Listen to the following paragraph.
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The Ant and the Dove On his way home, an ant saw a sparkling fountain. He crawled onto its wall to take a closer look.
Suddenly he slipped and fell into the water. He gurgled and panicked and waved his legs in the air. “Help! I can't swim,” he cried. Luckily, just at that moment, a friendly dove flew by. She saw that the tiny ant was drowning and quickly flew to a nearby tree. She pulled off a leaf and let it glide down to the ant. “Here you are,” she cooed and flew away.
(Adapted from Aesop’s Fables) |
- Why do you think the dove helped the ant?
- How do you think the ant felt on finding the leaf?
- Have you ever been in trouble like the ant? Did anyone help you?
Tell your partner softly what you heard and ask, “What did you hear?”
Listen to the words
Come in, come in Go out, go out
What word signs have you seen or heard –
| at home | |
| at the vegetable shop | |
| at the library | |
| at the doctor’s place | |
| at the bus stop | |
| at the toy shop |
First, read the incomplete sentences given below. Listen to two interesting anecdotes about two scientists, that your teacher will read aloud or play on the recorder. Then, based on your understanding, complete the sentences suitably.
Thomas Alva Edison stepped from a train in Orange, New Jersey and walked down the platform. The station master knew how forgetful the famous inventor was. Therefore, he would always ask him a customary question. He asked Edison if he had left anything behind. Edison confidently replied that he had not left anything and everything was safe with him. Then, he began taking a count of his suitcases. As he was doing so, he happened to look up at the train. With a start, he dropped his bags and raced back to the car in which he had been travelling. What prompted that burst of activity was the face of his bride, with whom he had just married and returned from a honeymoon trip, staring from a window.
Albert Einstein was working at the Princeton University. One day when he was going back home he forgot his home address. The driver of the cab aid not recognize him. Einstein asked the driver if he knew Einstein’s home. The driver exclaimed that there could be no one who did not know Einstein’s address. He added that everyone in Princeton knew where Einstein lived and asked him if he wanted to meet Einstein. Einstein with a sheepish grin replied that he was Einstein and he had forgotten his residential address. He requested the cabbie if he could take him there. The astonished driver drove him home and dropped him safely. The cabbie considered driving Einstein a great honour and refused to charge him for the service.
- Edison travelled to New Jersey by ______.
- The station master enquired Edison if ______.
- Edison raced back to the car when he saw ______.
- Albert Einstein was working in ______.
- One day, when he was going back home, he ______.
- Einstein asked the cab driver if he knew ______.
- The driver was so good that he ______.
Listen to the passage read out aloud by the teacher or played on a recorder and answer the questions that follow.
Listen to the views of a leading economist R. Azhagarasan about EMI in an interview.
We live in a world where everyone likes to lead a comfortable and luxurious life, though our salaries are not enough to meet our needs. In such a situation, the EMI seems to be the only option. It helps people pay for the expensive things, they have purchased, in parts as installments. It gives monetary power to buy expensive things beyond the capacity of a common man. Otherwise, many people will never be able to buy such things. This proves beneficial for people in purchasing a house and other essential appliances and accessories.
It also has some negative unavoidable results. If people are not able to pay EMI on time, they have to keep on paying the loan amount for years together with interest. If people are not able to pay EMI on time, they may face serious problems such as the penalty for default, repossession of the purchased items, and might even be subjected to legal actions. Moreover, people may have the tendency to buy things that are not at all necessary, paying EMIs over a longer period of time. This may lead them into never ending debts. Hence, people should learn to spend within their means.
i. The speaker says that our income is sufficient to meet our needs. Is it true or false?
ii. EMI is the only ______for people who buy very expensive things.
- consolation
- setback
- option
- debt
iii. One is able to buy costly things with ______power offered by EMI.
- physical
- withstanding
- honorary
- monetary
iv. If people fail to pay EMIs, they may be subjected to ______.
- expulsion
- high pressure
- legal action
- dejection
v. People should learn to spend ______their means.
- within
- beyond
- above
- beneath
