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Space Shuttle-
| Meaning | It is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times. |
| In your mother tongue | உங்கள் தாய்மொழியில் |
| part of speech | Noun |
| use in a sentence | on February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts, including Kalpana Chawla. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Attempt a character sketch of Mr Gilman as a teacher.
Read the following passage and complete the activities given below :
A1 Find out :
Find from the passage the related words to the sea and write them.
ON FIERCE monsoon nights, about one and a quarter-mile off the Mumbai harbor, there have been occasions when 52-year-old Bikaji Ramchandra Dhuri is the only man on the sea. From the watchtower of the Prongs Reef Lighthouse, which is surrounded on all sides by the Arabian Sea, he has heard the sea rage like a possessed spirit – the darkness dispelled only by the beam of light flung across the waters from the tower he mans.
Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast, as a majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned. Built-in 1871, the Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse and is located at a strategic spot on the western coast, marking the entrance to the busy Mumbai Harbour. It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks off the harbor, which the lone Colaba lighthouse could not illumine on its own. “Even now, during nights, for fishing vessels without any gadgets, it’s the soft light from this tower which directs us to Mumbai,” says Vinayak Koli, a boatsman who helps ferry people and also goes on fishing expeditions.
Throughout the year, Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch, when he is relieved by another keeper. In the monsoon, it becomes his home for three months. “We call it the Kalapana as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days, with basic supplies – and the revolving light that keeps the sea awake,” he says.
A2 Fill in the following information using words from the passage :
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on _______.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for _______ at a stretch.
(iii) _______ is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the _______ lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.
| Violent | Scattered | Place of shelter for ships | Shine light |
A4
A5 Personal Response
Imagine you have to spend a night in a lighthouse. Narrate your experience.
What were the attempts made by the author to get his watch repaired?
Comment on the lines that make you visualise the colourful image of the peacock.
'Constancy' is the theme of the poem. Indicate the words, phrases, and images that suggest the theme.
What themes would you like to add to the themes given in this passage?
In the last stanza, there are three four-letter words that refer to a beautiful valley.
They are: • ______ • ______ • ______
What conclusions did grandfather jump to when he saw the cops?
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
Just wait till zigzag settles down in this new home. Visu………….................………………
Aravind and Maya…….……………….
Listen to your teacher read the first part of the story. Many things described in the story can be seen in the picture. Find and name them.
