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Tick the statement that is true. Rajendra Desphande was a historical event.

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Tick the statement that is true.

Rajendra Desphande was a historical event.

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Rajendra Deshpande was a historian. (True)

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पाठ 5: The Adventure - Understanding the text [पृष्ठ ६९]

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एनसीईआरटी English Hornbill (Core) Class 11
पाठ 5 The Adventure
Understanding the text | Q 3 | पृष्ठ ६९

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How did a story book, 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' open a window of knowledge to Helen and help to shape her career?


What causes the element of surprise when the child comes on the scene of 'adult reconciling'?


Find from the poem, positive qualities to fill up the web.


Find from the story one word for the following.

a very narrow passage between buildings ______


Answer in your own words.

What message does the poem convey to all of us?


Trees are revered because:

  1. They give us joy.
  2. _________________
  3. _________________
  4. _________________
  5. _________________

Say where . . . . . . .

______ does Beauty’s smile begin?


Answer the following question in short.

On what condition did Tenali Raman agree to take up the challenge?


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Complete the following web diagram.


From the internet or other sources, find the other names by which Kabaddi is known in different parts of our country and the world.


Read the passage and answer the following question:

What makes Indra’s vajra or weapon invincible?


What do fairy-tale witches do?


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Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following,

Yonamine’s ideas about marriage.


Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following,

Why Bushi told Yonamine not to travel at night.


Answer the following question in one sentence.

What should human beings do in order to make progress?


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Read about the novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift.


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Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“What! ... how ! ... That’s impossible! ”


Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.

What does the bee stand for?


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Period Way of Addressing a Mother Boy’s Costume Lady’s Costume Daily Chores Games
The 1950s     silk saree    
1910   Kurta pajama and cap      
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The 1500s          
1000          
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1. yard (a) a floor, flat area built on a ship
2. mast (b) the forward part of the main body of a ship
3. bow (c) the forward part of a deck
4. deck (d) tall, upright pole on a ship
5. forecastle (e) a pole slung across a ship’s mast. A sail hangs from a yard.
6. starboard (f) the rearmost (back) part of a ship
7. stern (g) the part which is always at the front while the ship is sailing.
8. afterdeck (h) the right-hand side of a ship as one faces forward
9. fore (i) an open deck near the back

Read the lines of the following poem. Guess and fill in suitable words to make the lines rhyme -

Golden Glow

Soon after dawn, rises the _________________.
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Searching for food, with a sharp _________________.
The buds that open now show their, _________________
As flowers, they dance with beauty and _________________.
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The curved sparkling river, it's gold _________________.
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Come on! wake up, folks! One and _________________.
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In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.

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The rabbit had


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