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प्रश्न
What are our memories filled with?
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उत्तर
Our memories are filled with names of cricketers, footballers, murderers, actors, and actresses. Our memories are filled with many routine activities.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Nuclear Family or Joint Family
Based on the visuals given above, give five words/phrases each, to describe these two family types.
| Nuclear family | Joint family | ||
We use various sports equipment to play different indoor and outdoor games. Now, associate the following sports equipment with their corresponding sports or games.
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spear, racket, pawns, puck, stump, bow & arrow, club, oar, striker, sabre, dice, baton |
Discuss and share your views with the class on the following.
Is forgetfulness a result of carelessness or preoccupation?
What is common about the ‘angler’ and the ‘poet’?
What made people wonder about the absentmindedness of their fellowbeings?
Narrate the plight of the baby on its day out.
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We found a ______of biscuits in the old man’s shirt ______. (pocket/packet)
Many of us have unused, old but valuable items at home. If we wish to get rid of them, we can sell them at an auction. Items like paintings, jewels, household articles, vehicles, even houses can be auctioned.
The flowchart below will help you understand how an auction is conducted.
What came as a shock to the author?
How does the Narrator show the presence of mind in the sudden turn of events?
Barbizon refers to a ______.
What is a tight corner? What happens when one finds oneself in a tight corner?
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| a) The narrator had only 63 pounds with him and did not know how to manage the situation. | |
| b) The narrator thought of all his relations from whom he could borrow. | |
| c) Unfortunately he had made the highest bid. | |
| d) The narrator entered Christie’s as his friend persuaded him to visit the saleroom. | |
| e) Every time someone else made a higher bid and the narrator was not caught. | |
| f) The narrator on a sudden impulse added 50 more guineas, to the amount offered. | |
| g) His friend joined him then but left immediately unable to control his laughter. | |
| h) He even thought of borrowing from moneylenders and considered the possibility of confessing the truth to the staff at Christie’s. | |
| i) The picture was declared sold to the narrator. | |
| j) After some time a picture was put up and a bid for 4000 guineas was raised. | |
| k) A sudden stroke of luck befell the narrator when he heard that the gent who had made the bid of 4000 guineas would offer him the additional 50 guineas and buy the picture. | |
| l) The narrator kept bidding just for fun. | |
| m) The picture was given away to the other bidder and the narrator was saved from humiliation. | |
| n) His friend had left the place roaring with laughter at the narrator’s predicament. | |
| o) The narrator was quite happy at the offer but demanded 100 guineas instead of the 50. Now there was no need for him to make any payment. |
Narrate the circumstances that led to the narrator getting into a tight corner, by his own folly
Explain how the narrator got out of the tight corner that he was in.
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According to the speaker, how should Universities mould the students of the present day?
What are the hindrances graduates face in their task of serving the society?
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What did Bryson wish to avoid in his life?
What was the reaction of Bryson’s wife to his antics?
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