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प्रश्न
Tick the statement that is true.
Rajendra Desphande was a historical event.
पर्याय
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उत्तर
Rajendra Deshpande was a historian. (True)
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the follow ing extract and answer the questions given below:
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
(1) What makes a nation strong?
(2) According to you, what makes India a strong and powerful nation?.
(3) Write down the rhyme scheme used in the extract.
(4) What does the phrase 'others fly ... ' mean?
The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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blow-by-blow account
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morale booster
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relegated to
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political acumen
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de facto
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astute
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doctored accounts
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gave vent to
How do you distinguish between information gathering and insight formation?
Discuss the following in pairs
Empathy and understanding are going out of modern society. The individual experiences intense alienation from the society around him or her.
How does the insertion of dialogue in the story contribute to its interest?
What were the voices that Paul heard? Did they lead him to success in the real sense?
How does the ‘assortment of remarks’ compiled by the author give us an understanding of the ways of science and poetry?
Discuss the following in pairs or in groups of four:
Because India's tribal communities are basically bilingual there is a danger of dismissing their languages as dialects of India's major tongues.
What were the lessons of life learnt in her younger days that Kumudini carried into her adult life?
Write down in your own words the way Laurie confirmed the names of the March sisters.
Read the story and complete the following.
Revathi’s grief knew no bounds because, ____________.
Write the Rhyming word and Scheme of the 2nd stanza.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“Why waste your time in building here?
Your journey ends with the close of the day You never again will pass this way.
You have crossed the chasm deep and wide Why build ye here at even tide?”
In our country engineering, teaching, and medical fields are much sought after. Other professions, occupations though they make a significant contribution to society, do not get their due.
| (a) | Farmer | highly unpredictable economic gains |
| (b) | Conservancy workers | ________________ |
| (c) | ________________ | ________________ |
| (d) | ________________ | ________________ |
| (e) | ________________ | ________________ |
Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Masterpiece ____________.
Building a bridge needs careful planning. Think about what goes on before the actual construction begins.
- Proper planning
- ________________
- ________________
- ________________
- ________________
The last leaf fell off during the rain.
Read the lesson and name the following.
The Father of modern neurosurgery ______
Choose the correct alternative from the following -
From one star given to the movie, we conclude that - _______________.
Look at the following words carefully for one minute. Now close your book and try to write down as many of the words as you can remember.
| crust, tremendous, lava, crater, volcanic, tsunami, island, extinct, disaster, dormant, eruption, plume, inland, molten, active, coast |
Discuss the following question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
What would happen if you never ate fruits and vegetables?
Read the story and write about the following in short.
Yonamine Chiru of Okinawa
Talk to your parents and family members and write what you could do when you were a day old.
Make a time table of your daily routine
- On a school day
- On a holiday, and
- During examinations.
Start at the time you normally get up and list your activities
hourly: 7 am to 8 am, and so on.
Discuss what makes the following sentences funny.
- Your wasted time will be refunded.
- There was no highway attached to the booth.
What do the following event/action tell us about the characters? Discuss.
The Archbishop announced that everyone was free to try his hand at the sword and called all the Lords to a Tournament.
This story takes an unexpected turn when the lion decides to spare the camel’s life. Choose any fable, a story that you like, and rewrite it giving it an unexpected turn.
Read each invitation carefully, keeping in mind the list of eight questions given below. Note the answers in your notebook. Verify that the formal invitation ‘A’ covers all the eight points. Now see which of these eight points are covered in the other invitations ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’. Put tickmarks against the points that are covered.
- A formal invitation
- An oral invitation
- A notice
- Another oral invitation
- Who is sending/giving the information?
- What is the programme?
- What is the name of the project?
- Who will inaugurate it?
- Who will preside over the function?
- What time will the function start?
- Where will it take place?
- How many names get mentioned in the invitation?
| Points | A | B | C | D |
| (1) | ✓ | |||
| (2) | ✓ | |||
| (3) | ✓ | |||
| (4) | ✓ | |||
| (5) | ✓ | |||
| (6) | ✓ | |||
| (7) | ✓ | |||
| (8) | 6 |
Discuss:
In the story, human settlements are mentioned but not cities or villages. Why is it so?
What changes do we see in the life of human beings when the season changes? Write with reference to their celebrations.
Read the ode ‘To Autumn’ by the famous poet John Keats. ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...’
Describe a crocodile in your own words.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
The sight of a snake ______.
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“He dwells within a cave of Himalaya.”
Present any one of these announcements yourself, orally.
Describe Gulliver’s walk around the city.
Do you long to be something else? Write about your longing.
Give an instance that shows the pathetic condition of the young bird.
Mahatma Gandhi, Che Guevera, Guru Nanak, and Gauthama Buddha are some of the famous personalities and thinkers who made extensive journeys to understand life. Do you think journeys can be life-changing?
Identify the character or speaker.
He imprisoned the spirits in the bodies of large trees.
Discuss with your partner and complete the table.
| S.No. | Question | Who asked this? | Who answered? | What was the answer? |
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1. |
Shall we run back together? | |||
| 2. | Can you see something behind the wall? | |||
| 3. | Who said good bye? | |||
| 4 | Was it just the wind? |
What is inclusion? Why is it important?
Write down the word that alliterate in the poetic line below
Festival of Flowers.
What qualities of Mr. Phileas Fogg are highlighted in this extract? Support your answer with suitable examples.
Sea turtles come to the shore to ______.
When did the garden become a happy place for the author?
Read the story on your own. Discuss in a group and complete the story map below.
| A story map is the main events of the story given in a flow chart. |
Read the comic strip again. Make groups of four and frame some questions on what you have read. Each group should ask a question in turns. You cannot repeat the same question. The team which asks more questions is the winner.
e.g:
- Which are the foreign vegetables mentioned?
- What was sad for Columbus?
When did the richest farmer get upset? Why?
_________ is the memorial for the soldiers.
It never takes ______ and ______.
What wins the hearts?
Name the character or speaker.
“Learn well, live well!”
What made him frightened?
What did Kani realize in the story?
Speak and win.
Join in one of the two groups. Choose two characters. Support or oppose any one of the characters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against the other one, to win.
| I support | I oppose |
What did Bala want to learn?
How did Bala help Amma and sisters?
Replace the bold word/words with a word from the quiver and re-write the sentence –
Nasruddin was surely not a good archer.
Who came to Akbar’s court?
