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प्रश्न
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to stand on one's feet
पर्याय
to be physically strong
to be independent
to stand erect
to be successful
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उत्तर
to stand on one's feet - to be independent
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How does Anne criticize the attitude of the grown-ups in her diary?
Read the passage carefully.
1. I remember my childhood as being generally happy and can recall experiencing some of the most carefree times of my life. But I can also remember, even more vividly, moments of being deeply frightened. As a child, I was truly terrified of the dark and getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some extremely uncomfortable moments.
2. Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that scared me so much. There was never total darkness, but a street light or passing car lights made clothes hung over a chair take on the shape of an unknown beast. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw curtains move when there was no breeze. A tiny creak in the floor would sound a hundred times louder than in the daylight and my imagination would take over, creating burglars and monsters. Darkness always made me feel helpless. My heart would pound and I would lie very still so that 'the enemy' wouldn't discover me.
3. Another childhood fear of mine was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning, I got on the school bus right near my home ‒ that was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the curve, I was terrified that I would get on the wrong one and be taken to some unfamiliar neighbourhood. I would scan the bus for the faces of my friends, make sure that the bus driver was the same one that had been there in the morning, and even then ask the others over and over again to be sure I was in the right bus. On school or family trips to an amusement park or a museum, I wouldn't let the leaders out of my sight. And of course, I was never very adventurous when it came to taking walks or hikes because I would go only where I was sure I would never get lost.
4. Perhaps, one of the worst fears I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. First of all, I was quite shy. Secondly, I worried constantly about my looks, thinking people wouldn't like me because I was too fat or wore braces. I tried to wear 'the right clothes' and had intense arguments with my mother over the importance of wearing flats instead of saddled shoes to school. Being popular was very important to me then and the fear of not being liked was a powerful one.
5. One of the processes of evolving from a child to an adult is being able to recognise and overcome our fears. I have learnt that darkness does not have to take on a life of its own, that others can help me when I am lost and that friendliness and sincerity will encourage people to like me. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps to cope with our lives as adults.
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations wherever necessary.
(b) Make a summary of the passage in not more than 80 words using the notes made and also suggest a suitable title.
Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
What was the incident of the Frost King? How did it affect Helen?
How did Helen display her passion for Radcliffe College?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) How could the peddler enter the forge without being noticed by the blacksmith?
(b) At Champaran what did the British landlords want from the sharecroppers?
(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?
(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.
(e) How did Evans have the last laugh at the Governor?
(f) How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW?
Answer the following in 200-250 words :
What are Helen's opinions about examinations?
The author’s grandmother was a religious person. What are the different ways in which we come to know this?
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
Divide the article into four sections based on the shifts in the sub-topics and give a suitable sub-heading for each section. One has been done for you in the article as an example.
Locate expressions in the text reflect the Indian idiom, for example, the pride of the generations of his ancestors.
What, according to Russell, is the importance of love in life?
Read the extract 'Being Neighborly' and complete the following statement:
To Jo, the fine house seemed like ______.
Fill in the blank.
The author wanted to grow ______________.
Some poets do not use uniformity in rhyming words, nor a steady rhythm. Such poems with no uniformity in rhyme, rhythm, length of lines or stanzas are called Free Verse. Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Rabindranath Tagore are some famous poets who have composed poems in Free Verse.
A quick glance at the poem ‘Vocation' reveals that the style used by Tagore is Free Verse.
Now turn the pages of your textbook and see if you can find other poems in Free Verse.
Discuss in groups, reasons/ consequences/ effects:
The cherry blossomed.
Discuss the activities carried out by a farmer.
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
Everyone stood ______ (horrified) when the terrible accident took place.
Using points from the lesson, give the details of the following in a short paragraph.
Different types of kites.
Compare and contrast the two opposing human feelings as expressed by the poet.
Say WHY. . . . . .
Ramanujan had to be hospitalized.
From the internet or other sources, find the other names by which Kabaddi is known in different parts of our country and the world.
Discuss in groups and think about it.
List a few occasions on which you had become angry. What do you do when you are angry?
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?
There are some dialogues that are short, but quite effective. They give us enjoyment and add beauty to the main story. Find some more from the text.
Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:-
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Write the following in short:
The story of the three caskets.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Which book is introduced in the passage?
Visit a library:
Read the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Think and answer:
Why are the sights said to ‘fly’?
What changes do we see in the life of human beings when the season changes? Write with reference to their celebrations.
Rohan had finished ______ rounds of the tree before Mrs. Groover discovered him.
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with snowwhite.
What is meant by being ‘online’?
List all the pairs of antonyms you find in the passage.
What will happen to the bird in imprisonment?
What are the three rules given by the bird?
Look at the following situations the writer was in. He could have avoided the situation and saved himself. Glance through the write up again and comment on what the writer should have done in the following situations.
- Gilson asked the writer to bring a tie.
- On the day of arrival, the writer had no time to think about the tie.
- The writer remembered about the tie when the bus was leaving for the airport.
- The writer walked down in search of the shop.
- The writer rushed out with the tie in a paper bag.
Write the name of the toy against the picture.
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
‘They’ descended on the sweet and toy-vendors’ stores like an army moving to attack.
Who does they refer to? Did they move one by one in a line or in a big group?
Why did the train stop in the middle of the forest?
Vasantha could not see the rescue operation because ______
The captain presented a gift to Vasantha because ______
A school-going girl writes the diary account.
Imagine you are the girl and give a different ending to the story.
Did Santhosh enjoy his morning walk? How do you know?
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
alike – _________
Why did the old man need someone?
What would we do when we are happy or sad?
What did the hen-pigeon whisper?
Who was Akilan’s inspiration?
What does Amma often say?
The merchants sold things made of______.
The Delhi government did not allow blind children to study Science after ____________.
Do we worry when the progress is slow?
What was the truth finally learned by Chris?
Draw the garden of your dreams.
Who fell down and down and down?
What did Helen learn when the teacher put her hand into running water?
Pick out word which mean the same as
stop doing something (para 1)
