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प्रश्न
What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
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उत्तर
In the poem, the word ‘cardboard’ stands for the frame that supports and borders the photograph. The photograph shows the poet’s mother as a twelve-year-old girl with two of her cousins, Betty and Dolly. The word ‘cardboard’ has been used to depict that the photograph is many years old. The use of cardboard as a photo frame was common in old times.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Complete the following statements:
(i) The poet is talking about............................. .
(ii) As a nation weare missing our .................................... .
(iii) Old people havekeys ........................... .
(iv) The elderly remember .......................... .
"Oh the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know? They hold so many keys, so many
things they can show.
We all will read the other side this I firmly believe.
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we'll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They've let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear.
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course."
B2 Express
State what the underlined words mean:
(i) Oh the value of the elderly! State the value ............. .
(ii) They are the ones most developed. 'They' stand for ............. .
B3: Match the words in Column A with their rhyming word in Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Course | (a) Show |
| (ii) Believe | (b) resource |
| - | (c) retrieve |
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
(b) The poet says, ‘And yet, for these Children, these windows, not this map, their world.’ Which world do these children belong to? Which world is inaccessible to them?
(c) What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
(d) What will happen to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead?
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?
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Explain the phrase.
Time's fool
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'Sushruta Samhita'
Write 3 to 4 lines about the following in your own words.
First Cardiac Surgery
The ______ bees make honey from nectar.
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Explain the following statement with reference to the context.
And it's by no means the small sacrifice the town will have to make.
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following.
Yonamine’s fight with Bushi (disguised as a bandit).
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Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
I ______ just as I was to receive my Report Card.
Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
Sorrowful times are ______ darkness.
Put the following events in proper order.
- Holmes and others go to the bank.
- Clay digs a tunnel.
- Ross closes the office of the 'Red-headed League'.
- Holmes catches the criminal Clay.
- Clay and Ross enter the cellar to steal the gold.
- The bank received a lot of gold from the Bank of France.
- Holmes visits the area around Mr. Wilson’s shop.
What plans did the wife make?
What did Gopal Bhand want to tell the husband and wife?
Write any one of these stories, not as told by Gulliver, but by some other person.
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Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’
Guess the meaning of the following word.
finely
Identify the character or speaker
He repented and implored his brother’s forgiveness.
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ Remember the tiny penknife he gave me last year’.
Mention at least two expressions which shows that Mrs. Krishnan was not willing to have Zigzag at home?
Bring out a few differences between the two art forms: Therukoothu and Bommalattam.
Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down because______.
Fill in the blanks to complete the summary.
Ever since their introduction, ______, and their unique rhythms have ______ poets. In this poem the poet shares his experience ______ with us. He presents natural scenes seen from ______ a railway carriage. The ______ is regular and steady but ______ from the window of the train is constantly changing. The poem’s rhythm and phrases bring ______ of a railway journey. The poet looks out of the window at the ______ images outside. Every line we see here is a quick account of something seen for ______. The line that best sums up is the final one: "Each a glimpse and gone forever!"
Gulliver was set free because the emperor______.
_____ is called the red planet.
Why did the family move to Patna?
What is Amar Jawan Jyoti?
How can we make our nation proud?
Vicky pleaded his father to buy a robot.
It never takes ______ and ______.
Choose the odd one out.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Why did the audience cheer?
What was the message on the chit?
Will you solve a mystery with friends? Why?
Do you love to seek answers to the questions?
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Who were the guest to Kani’s home?
Name the places that Tenzin’s family lived in.
What will you do with your savings?
What does she paint?
Pencil asked him to draw ______.
Why did the headmaster give Megala a special prize?
What are the details not to be revealed in public domain?
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
