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प्रश्न
What impression of the character of Iona do you get from this story?
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उत्तर
Iona was an old cab driver; he lost his young son. Being lonely, he was reduced to a phantom figure. He desperately wished to talk and share his sentiments with someone. He was so shattered that he tried to talk to any or everybody. He lamented his loss, despair and melancholy encompassed him. He was plunged in the thoughts of his son so much that he was totally unaware of his surroundings, even the snow. He drove his sledge rashly and brandished his horse more than necessary. He lost control over his emotions and went one blabbing his loss in front of even the ones who would be least interested to know. He tried talking to his passengers, the policemen, and the three drunkards. He was afraid of his withered age and that his son was gone. He knew it would be difficult for him to earn his livelihood. He even made a remark to the horse that had his young son been alive, they would not have suffered and would have had plenty of food to live on. His state was of a typical old man who loses his young son and feels helpless and only grieves.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
India, my India, where the first human eyes awoke to heavenly light! All Asia’s holy place of pilgrimage, great Motherland of might! World – mother, first giver to humankind of philosophy and sacred lore, knowledge thou gav’st to an, God – love, works, art, religion’s opened door.
O even with all that grandeur dwarfed or turned and can vaunt thy mighty name?
Before us still there floats the idea of those splendid days of gold; a new world in our vision wakes, Love’s India we shall rise to mould. India, my India, who dare call thee a thing for pity’s grace today? Mother of wisdom, worship, works nurse of the spirit inward ray!
(1) The poem is a ……………………
(a) Praise
(b) Prayer
(c) Story in the form of poem
(d) Song of condolence [Choose the correct alternative]
(2) What has India given to the world?
(3) How does the poet visualize New India?
(4) Give the rhyme scheme of the first four lines.
(5) Name and explain the figure of speech that dominates the poem.
Explain the line:
Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
Adi Song for the Recovery of Lost Health' is in Miri Agom while Adi Agom is the Adi community's language for routine conversation. How does this reflect upon the high level of language sensitivity of the Adi? Can you think of other parallels in modern languages between the literary variety and the colloquial variety?
'Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say'– what does the poet imply by this line?
Fill in the blank.
“Hybrids need more _____________”, said Devu Handa.
Find from the story one word for the following.
the highest-ranking official who commands a ship ______
Answer in your own words.
How did the plants react to the fast rhythmic music?
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -
gardener
Find from the lesson word/phrase that mean the following.
colours .............
Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between our strengths and our achievements.
Make a list of words related to agriculture.
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
She ______ (bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.
Do you have a pet?
Discuss in your class.
What are the advantages of learning science?
Discuss in your class.
Are robots truly useful to human beings? Why? Why not?
Write 3 to 4 lines about the following in your own words.
'Sushruta Samhita'
Expand the idea inherent in the following proverb:
A Bad workman blames his tools.
Honey-bees live an organized life like human beings. Discuss what work the following honey-bees do, as per the poem. Write it down in your own words, in your notebook.
- King/Emperor bee
- Magistrate bees
- Merchant bees
- Soldier bees
- Mason bees
- Civilian bees
- Porter bees
- Judge bee
Read the given extract (Act III)
Match column A with column B.
| Sr.No. | A | B |
| 1. | Dr. Thomas Stockmann | Opportunist |
| 2. | Katherine | Vulnerable |
| 3. | Peter Stockmann | Honest and upright |
| 4. | Petra | Coward |
| 5. | Hovstad | timid but supportive |
| 6. | Billing | Cuinng and corrupt |
| 7. | Aslaksen | Courageous |
Discuss the following question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
Think of the people you like. Do you like them because they have a fair (white) skin or because of some other qualities? List those qualities.
Form pairs. Complete the following table through discussions.
| Occupation | Necessary Qualities | Reasons |
| Student | ||
| Teacher | ||
| Housewife | ||
| Sportsman | ||
| Artist | ||
| Singer | ||
| Author | ||
| Umpire | ||
| Actor | ||
| Scientist |
Antonio’s ships were lost at sea.
Name the white and bright things mentioned in the poem.
What is your favourite time of the day? Describe it in detail.
Find three lines, that contain images of nature in the autumn season.
During daytime
- _______________________
- _______________________
- _______________________
Find three lines, that contain images of nature in the autumn season.
At night
- ______________________
- ______________________
- ______________________
Prepare a ‘PowerPoint’ presentation, using one slide for each of the above points. Present your review in a PPT format in the classroom.
Often the brook speaks of itself as if it is human.
For example, 'I bicker down a valley.'
Find two other examples of the human activities of the brook.
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
The best shoes that Papa Panov had made were a pair of lady’s shoes.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
In the examination, I did not know the answer, so I ______.
What message does the poet wish to convey through this narrative poem, ‘Tansen’?
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
anywhere
Write what the lark does.
Who is a ‘netizen’?
Find a word that has a similar meaning.
unfair
Complete the given tabular column with the suitable plural forms.
| chair | - | |
| box | - | |
| Eskimo | - | |
| lady | - | |
| radius | - | |
| formula | - | |
| child | - | |
| deer | - | |
| loaf | - | |
| hero | - |
What are the three rules given by the bird?
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.
‘Finally the day had come’. Here the day refers to ______.
Who told the children the story about the ghosts on Haunted Hill?
What kind of learning brings joy to you?
Who inhabited the jungles that the train passed through?
Ridleys come to lay their eggs in the month of January.
The man didn’t want to get up because he was tired as he wcoas thrown into the ditch.
Amuthan locked the door behind him.
How do we see the earthworm often?
Choose the odd one out.
Choose the odd one out.
Match their hobbies.
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swimming |
 |
cycling |
 |
gardening |
Pick out the rhyming words from the poem and write.
| Mars | |
| time | |
| be |
What is the main idea of the story?
Choose the best answer.
Suddenly there was a______.
Match the rhyming words.
| 1. | flow | know |
| 2. | grow | week |
| 3. | seek | blow |
Recite the poem 'A Voyage' with correct intonation.
Do you think Ani will be a good leader? Why?
We shouldn't ______ ever.
Write the word with same meaning.
Torch
List three questions that the little boy asks.
- ______
- ______
- ______
What did Pinocchio say in the end?
What is Gandhiji’s ideal?
