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प्रश्न
What, according to Russell, is the importance of love in life?
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उत्तर
Bertrand Russell is of the opinion that love brings ecstasy in one's life. He believes that the bliss that love brings is so magnificent that he could sacrifice the rest of his life for this joy of few hours. It relieves one of loneliness of this world. Russell says that in love he has seen the heaven that the great saints and poets have imagined. Here, Russell has given a spiritual dimension to love. He reached beyond through love and it was pity that brought him back.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
(a) Why are the tigers called Aunt Jennifer's tigers?
(b) How are they described here?
(c) How are they different from Aunt Jennifer?
(d) What does the word, 'chivalric' mean?
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.
Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.
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The energy stored in coal and petroleum originally came to the earth from the sun. The bulk of the present-day supplies was laid down some 200 to 600 million years ago, when tropical conditions were widespread. Lush, swampy forests produced huge trees; warm coastal seas swarmed with microscopic forms of life. When these organisms died, much of their tissue was recycled as it is today — through scavenging and decay. But a significant amount of dead plant and animal material was covered with mud, which prevented complete decomposition. With the passage of time, layer upon layer of the fine sediment was deposited over the once-living material; the sheer weight turned the sediments to rock. Sandwiched between the layers, both coal and petroleum were produced and preserved under pressure. Coal was formed mostly of giant fern-like plants that have only small counterparts today. Coal may still be forming here and there on earth, but conditions are not right for the production of significant quantities. |
Group related points.
Locate expressions in the text reflect the Indian idiom, for example, the pride of the generations of his ancestors.
Considering that this is an excerpt from a lecture, how does the commentary provided by the speaker string the arguments together?
In English, the peacock is associated with pride. ‘As proud as a peacock’ is a commonly used simile. With what qualities is the peacock associated with the literature of your language?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I have a small group of close friends and have no wish to interact with anyone else.
Guess the types of hardships they must have faced in their childhood and youth.
Paraphrase the poem in your own simple language. Write it down in your notebook.
A bridge connects people on either side of a river or valleys in cities or villages. Discuss with your partner the importance of a bridge to both the cities and the villages and complete the table.
| Cities | Villages |
Discuss in groups and share with one another.
When you go for a picnic, what and how do you enjoy?
Write 3 to 4 lines about the following in your own words.
The Robotic Surgery
Draw a picture of the scene described in the poem.
What do fairy-tale witches do?
Read aloud with the leader: Form groups of five. Read the passage aloud in groups. The leader begins every sentence and stops after a few words. The other members complete the sentence, reading it aloud in the chorus.
Shakespeare’s poetry has come to be valued for its own sake on the stage. Comment with reference to the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
How do the following avoid giving anything to the traveller?
Motiram
(Answer in one or two lines.)
Relate the themes of the Fair to your science textbook by writing the relevant chapter numbers under each theme.
Find, in your science textbook, the topics of the stalls handled by students of VI A.
(Write the page number.)
Listen and complete:
Close your books. The teacher will dictate some lines from the poem. She will say the first half and you have to write the entire line/verse.
- I know a funny ____________ As quiet as a ____________ Who does the mischief that is done ____________.
- There’s no one ever sees his face, And yet we all ____________ That every plate we break was ____________ By ____________.
What does the poet want to do?
Suggest at least one method of creating something useful or beautiful from waste.
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
Is the bee a gentle creature? Is the crocodile gentle?
Rohan had finished ______ rounds of the tree before Mrs. Groover discovered him.
In what season does the story take place?
Present any one of these announcements yourself, orally.
Describe Gulliver’s walk around the city.
What does a farmer need most for his fields?
List the words or phrases related with computers or the Internet.
Identify the character or speaker.
I was Duke of Milan, and you were a princess.
Answer the following question in about 100-150 word.
Narrate the extensive search operation made by the policemen in the house.
The weather is always too hot or cold; Summer and winter alike they scold. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.
Pick out the rhyming words and identify the rhyme scheme of the above lines.
Why did Dr. Ashok’s cousin call him?
Answer the following question based on the reading of the story. Do not forget to go back to the passage whenever necessary to find and confirm the answer.
| Action | Effect |
| While you warm yourself | I will prepare the best tea. |
| I saved enough money | |
| Six hundred and two villages were destroyed. | |
| It was a terrible earthquake and it was felt | |
| I ran back to the village | |
| They lifted the door | |
| I went to thank the Army Officer |
What game did Anne choose to play?
‘Finally the day had come’. Here the day refers to ______.
Hamid’s friends are ______
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
What did Granny say about Hamid’s parents?
Give an example for dazzling light.
Ridleys come to lay their eggs in the month of January.
A turtle’s flippers help it to ______.
How did Gulliver overcome the adversity?
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The hole became ______ and ______.
Name the character or speaker.
"Play me a pleasant song."
Brain of a robot is the______.
What robot will you make? Why?
The bird-catcher let the pigeon jump into the fire.
Identify the character or the speaker.
“I hope he is safe.”
Circle and write the adverbs.
We will leave today. ______
Leafcutter ants can carry leaves that weigh ______ times of their body weight.
Who helped Tenzin in learning English words?
Speak and win.
Join in any group. Support or oppose using 4 to 5 sentences to win.
| I support Divya. | I oppose Divya. |
Read the passage carefully and answer the following question.
What did the farmer find in the field?
How does she move the brush?
Who said – “Oh, my ears and whiskers? How late it’s getting!”
Who came to Akbar’s court?
