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प्रश्न
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to be wound up
पर्याय
to become active
to stop operating
to be transformed
to be destroyed
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उत्तर
to be wound up - to stop operating
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Life is a gift to be used every day,
Not to be smothered and hidden away,
It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest
Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best;
It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then
And promptly put back in a dark place again
Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of
And one that the humblest may well make the most of
Get out and live it each hour of the day,
Wear it and use it as much as you may,
Don’t keep it in niches and corners and grooves,
You’ll find that in service its beauty improves.
(1) What do we treasure in a chest?
(2) How does the poet went us to use the gift of life?
(3) Do you agree that life should be measured un deeds and not in years? Why?
(4) Which words in the poem mean the following :
(a) Kept from developing
(b) Hollow places in a wall
(5) Life is a gift to be used every day. [Name and explain the figure of speech]
Answer any four of the following questions in 30 - 40 words each :
(a) What kind of gold did the people of Seemapuri look for in the garbage ? (Lost Spring)
(b) Why did Gandhi tell the court that he was involved in a 'conflict of duties' ?
(c) How do we get joy from life which is otherwise full of sorrows ? (A Thing of Beauty)
(d) For Aunt Jennifer, what do the tigers symbolise ?
(e) What made the chief astrologer place his finger on his nose ? (The Tiger King)
(f) On the seventh day after the American soldier was found by Dr. Sadao two things happened. Why did Hana feel scared of the second ?
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 |
Answer the following question in 200-250 words:
How did Kitty help Anne overcome her loneliness?
Answer the following question in 200-250 words:
What is the main theme of 'The Diary of a Young Girl'?
Indian society has moved a long way from the way the marriage is arranged in the story. Discuss.
Explain the associations that the colour 'white' has in the story.
What impressions of Shahid do you gather from the piece?
What two things are compared in the poem?
Explain the undertones in the statement:
'Wife and husband in unusual rapport
State one unspoken thought':
Interpret these phrases in the context of the essay
- Mist of protection
- At a crossroads
- It came with strings attached
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.
Stories can be told even in the form of poetry. Such poems are called Narrative poems. Narrative poems do not always follow rhythmic patterns of a fixed rhyme scheme. Such poems are written in a style called ‘Free Verse.’
Recall and name some narrative poems you have done/read earlier.
Use the letters in the word MATHEMATICIAN to make 4 letters/5 letter and 6 or more letter words, within a time limit fixed by your teacher.
Find at least five other Akbar and Birbal stories and share them with your friends. Make a list of the stories collected by the entire class. Put your list in alphabetical order.
Form groups and discuss the following statements, in the context of the extract.
‘If he is indeed wise, he does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind’ Kahlil Gibran.
Read the given words and share with your friend what comes to your mind.
Find a suitable object for each comparison.
Discuss what a friendly and good-natured peacock would say to a crane. Write his speech. (5-8 lines.)
Portia had many brothers and sisters.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
He realised that making the body suffer was not ____________.
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“I would rather not go to the party.”
Mention the various places that the brook flows past.
Write in your own words.
What makes the poet remember his mother?
Make groups. One person in the group chooses an announcement. Everyone in the group reads that announcement silently but carefully and closes their books. Then that person presents the announcement, changing one of the details in the announcement. Others spot the change. For example, you might say ‘red’ key chain instead of ‘blue’ in the last announcement.
Guess the meaning of the following word.
novel
Guess the meaning of the following word.
barefoot
Form a group of 4 or 5. Make a ‘storyboard’ for the story ‘Three Sacks of Rice’.
Arrange the story in the form of a sequence of pictures.
Decide what you will show in each picture; what words/lines you will write with each picture to explain what happens in it.
You can also add ‘speech balloons’ for the people in the pictures.
What did the important-looking man tell Gulliver?
Find two examples of the following from the lesson.
An Exclamation
Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
Write what the following do, with the help of the poem.
ripples
Discuss the following in group.
What can we do to get rid of bad habits?
What did he try to take the milk from?
Find out what 'Braille' is.
Who were the inhabitants of the island?
What story did grandfather tell them about the haunted hill?
What kind of a life do you want to lead in this world?
Fill in the blank
______ is the festival which fills our hearts with delight.
When are we in a state of trance?
Role play
Put students in pairs to role-play a conversation between:
- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
Describe the elephant driver in your own words.
Give an example for dazzling light.
Why did the girls snigger?
Why did the farmer have to travel far?
The dry earth soaked up the moisture as a hungry puppy laps up milk. It means______.
Did Santhosh enjoy his morning walk? How do you know?
What did the first daughter do?
The hut was very ______.
Why do we discover a mystery?
Choose the best answer.
The animals ______ the boat.
What did the five friends call themselves?
Will you solve a mystery with friends? Why?
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
The lion fought _____.
Where did Kani see the old cracked cup?
How did Mugund’s mother die?
How many marks did he score in his 12th board exam?
Do you think Nasruddin was good at archery?
According to Tagore, when will India get the opportunity to win the gift of freedom?
Why is it not advisable to play online games?
