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प्रश्न
What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?
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उत्तर
The lines, ‘And the sea, which appears to have changed less’ depict that the sea has stayed the same over the years. It has not changed at all.
These lines suggest a sharp contrast to the mortal human life. Human life is transitory and temporary whereas the sea symbolizes permanence, immortality, and eternity. The poet makes use of the phrase ‘terribly transient feet’ to highlight the ephemeral nature of human life.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. What does the poet want us to do in the following situation?
(a) While struggling ………..
(b) While making money ………
(c) While dreaming ………………
(d) While losing …………..
It's doing your job the best you can,
And being just to your fellow man;
It's making money-but holding friends,
And being true to your aims and ends.
It's figuring how and learning why,
And looking forward and thinking high;
And dreaming a little and doing much,
It's keeping always in closest touch.
With what is finest in word and deed,
It's being through, yet making speed;
It's daring blithely the field of chance,
While making labour a brave romance.
It’s going onward despite defeat
And fighting staunchly, but keeping sweet;
It's struggling on with the will to win,
But taking loss with a cheerful grin.
B2. Achieving Success
Hints given by the poet to become successful are
(a) Doing your job the best
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
B3. Poetic Device
Select the appropriate rhyme scheme for the 3rd stanza.
(1) abab
(2) aabb
(3) aaba
Attempt a character sketch of Otto Frank, Anne's father.
Read the passage and complete the activities given below
B1 Complete the table :
A few facts about the Mehendi rituals during marriage ceremonies are given below :
Write them into appropriate columns :
(i) A simple family affair.
(ii) Song and dance performances accompanied by lavish food and entertainment.
(iii) Creative family members, apply Mehendi to the bride.
(iv) Beauticians are appointed to apply Mehendi to the bride.
Fill in the table as :
| Yesteryears | Present times |
| (i) | (i) |
| (ii) | (ii) |
Mehendi enjoys special attention during the wedding. In India, the day before the wedding is devoted exclusively to the elaborate ritual of applying Mehendi on the hands and feet of the bride. This practice is followed in Arab countries as well, except that it is held a few days prior to the wedding day. Songs are woven around the healing properties and lucky omens associated with mehndi are sung by the bride’s family and friends. An age-old belief handed down to generations lays great emphasis on the color of the bride’s Mehendi – a darker color suggests bountiful love and affection from the future in-laws and husband, and for this reason, brides take the pain to ensure that only the best quality henna is used for her wedding day.
The ritual of adorning the bride with henna is a sacred one and in some communities requires the initiation by the mother-in-law. A popular game during marriage function is the search for their names, by the bride and groom hidden within the elaborate pattern on the bride’s hands.
In certain parts of India, the bridegroom has his hands decorated with henna. The Mehendi function during marriages has evolved from simple family affairs of yesteryears to elaborate events of today. A lavish spread of food and entertainment in the form of song and dance performances have transformed it from a small function to a gala prelude. In earlier days, the task of applying Mehendi on the bride was the sole prerogative of creative family members. The demand for intricate and different style now, sees this job outsourced to beauticians skilled in this art. Beauty salons charge according to the style and complexity of pattern desired by the clients.
B2 What is the age-old belief related to the bride’s Mehendi color and its significance?
B3 Find the words :
Find the words from the passage :
| Noun | Verd | Adjectives |
| (i) attention | attend | _______________ |
| (ii) creation | _________________ | creative |
A lot of money is spent nowadays on marriage ceremonies. What is your opinion about it?
List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.
What was the importance of the watch to the author?
What does the reference to raw mythology imply?
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.
Little creatures in nature can also be your teachers. Think and write what we can learn from the following.
Bees:
Answer the given question in your own words.
What message do you get from this story?
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
Everyone stood ______ (horrified) when the terrible accident took place.
Say where . . . . . . .
______ do stars shine in the daytime?
Say where . . . . . . .
______ does Beauty’s smile begin?
Given below are various professions in column A and in column B, the nature of work in respective professions. Match the columns.
| A | B |
| (i) Anaesthetist | (a) Specialist in the treatment of problems concerning the position of teeth and jaws. |
| (ii) Pharmacist | (b) A person who designs buildings and supervises the process of constructing them. |
| (iii) Orthodentist | (c) A person who is in charge of a newspaper or of a part of a newspaper. |
| (iv) Dermitologist | (d) The medical study of the skin and its diseases. |
| (v) Architect | (e) A person who has been trained to prepare medicines and sell them to the public. |
| (vi) Chartered Accountant | (f) A person whose job is to give drugs which makes the person not feel pain especially in preparation for a medical operation. |
| (vii) Editor | (g) A person who is engaged in the profession of accounting and examining the statements and records of accounts. |
Read the lesson and name the following.
The First successful Cardiac Surgeon ______
Read the story aloud (or present it) in groups of three - the narrator, the peacock, and the crane.
Find 2/4 expressions of humour from the extract.
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following,
Why Bushi told Yonamine not to travel at night.
Imagine you are visiting the Science Fair. What other stalls (apart from the ones mentioned here) are you likely to find there? Try to list at least five more stalls.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
To this day, we venerate this tree as ____________.
Write about what you would like to do if ‘Time’ was your friend.
Identify one example of a main clause and one example of a dependent clause from the content below:
Troy was filled with the sight of leaping flames and the sound of shouting and the noise of weapons and the cries of weeping women. The sleeping Trojans sprang out of their beds, but they were taken by surprise. Their enemies were right inside their walls, and many of the Trojans were killed before they could put on their armour and seize their weapons.
A bright light lit up the night sky as palaces and houses, temples and towers, went up in flames. The Trojans fought as well as they could, but it was all in vain. Old King Priam was killed with all his brave sons. Hector’s wife and his old mother and sister were carried off as slaves by the conquerors. Their fate was in contrast to Helen’s when King Menelaus rushed through the city, looking for her, and found her in her palace. She hung her head in shame and sorrow as she faced her former husband. Her voice was choked with emotion and she could not speak. But Menelaus forgave her and she went back with him, for it was only Aphrodite who had turned her heart away from her home and her husband and her child.
When morning came, nothing was left of the proud, rich city that had resisted attack for ten years.
Answer in your own words.
What did Neel realise from his encounter with his ancestors?
Does Marouckla get any of the things she brings?
Do you agree with the poet’s thoughts? Why?
Show the major events in the story of Pheidippides on a ‘time-line’.
Write what the goldfish does.
What is meant by browsing or surfing?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear.
Identify the rhyme scheme of the given lines.
Identify the character or speaker.
I will tie you neck and feet together.
Which gift did Anne value the most?
What do you think are the two most important lessons that the speaker mentions?
Write the names of the characters in this story.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______
Find out the rhyme scheme employed in the fourth stanza.
Read the line and answer the question.
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over
What does the poet want to do after his voyage is over?
Why did the governments of India, America and Pakistan – honour Neerja?
Female Olive Ridleys come ashore at night to lay eggs.
Why did the author help his Grandfather plant trees?
What made Grandfather plant saplings on the rocky island?
Why did the author leave town?
Who is Muthu?
The boy was so inspired by Mithali that he was happy for his sister to play cricket.
The land was wet and green.
The pit was comfortable for the wild boar to sleep in.
We get water by burning _______.
Which line tells you that the girl was faster than the boy?
Work in groups. Discuss and have a debate on life in bustling cities and life in calm towns.
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
Country - ______.
A robot advised her to______.
What does Megalai do with elders?
Read the passage three times and colour a spacesuit for each time.
A spacesuit is like a spaceship built for one. A spacesuit lets us work and live in space. It protects us from the heat and the cold. It gives us air to breathe. The suit is made of many parts and has water to drink. It even has a built-in toilet, if you need to use it.
Why was the fish floating on top?
Robinson named the boy______.
Circle and write the adverbs.
We will leave today. ______
Try your own.
Fill in the blank
Hundial is a______ pot.
Read the passage and colour one bag each time you read.
There lived a poor but an honest farmer in a village. He supported himself, his wife and seven children using his small piece of land.
One day while he was walking in his field, he found a bag of gold.
He took it home and showed it to his wife. His wife told him to keep some of the gold. He told his wife that honesty is the best policy. He tried to find the person who lost it. At last, he found that the owner of the bag and gave it back. The rich man took the bag and thanked him.
What incident made Mugund make a wooden drum?
How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal?
Read the following information given in the table below and answer the questions.
| A nice choice from Chennai to the National capital | |||
| RAJADHANI EXPRESS TIMETABLE | |||
| Shortest Route between Chennai and Hazrat Nizamuddin 8 Halts & 324 intermediate stations in between | |||
| Station Name | Departs | Day | Speed |
| Chennai Central | 06.05 | 1 | 75 |
| Vijayawada | 11.55 | 1 | 76 |
| Warangal | 14.40 | 1 | 77 |
| Balharshah | 18.00 | 1 | 78 |
| Nagpur | 20.45 | 1 | 74 |
| Bhopal | 02.10 | 2 | 89 |
| Jhansi | 05.31 | 2 | 99 |
| Gwalior | 06.32 | 2 | 85 |
| Agra Cantt | 07.57 | 2 | 76 |
| Hazrat Nizamudin | 10.25 | 2 | - |
a) The number of stations between Chennai Central and Hazrat Nizamudin is______.
- five
- ten
- eight
- eleven
b) The train is expected to reach ______ around 8.45 PM
- Warangal
- Vijayawada
- Bhopal
- Nagpur
c) Between ______ the train runs at its maximum speed.
- Bhopal and Gwalior
- Bhopal and Jhansi
- Bhopal and Hazarat Nizamudin
- Bhopal and Agra
d) Almost ______ the train reaches Vijayawada.
- the day after
- around early morning
- late night
- around noon
e) People prefer the Rajadhani Express to travel from Chennai to reach the capital because ______.
- it reaches the destination on the same day
- the charge is reasonable.
- the train halts at ten stations.
- it is the shortest route from Chennai to New Delhi.
f) The destination of Rajadhani express is______.
- Hazarat Nizamudin.
- New Delhi junction.
- Old Delhi.
- Rajkot.
