Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What kind of absent-mindedness is regarded as a virtue by Lynd?
Advertisements
उत्तर
Scientists, poets, anglers, and philosophers forget prosaic things. Their minds are absorbed in lofty thoughts and glorious imaginations that they forget ordinary things. Socrates, Tagore, and Einstein had the virtue of absent-mindedness. Einstein usually forgot to change his rocks. Once he even forgot his own house address. The absent-mindedness of such great personalities is a virtue. As they make the best of life, they have no time to remember the mediocre.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
We use various sports equipment to play different indoor and outdoor games. Now, associate the following sports equipment with their corresponding sports or games.
|
spear, racket, pawns, puck, stump, bow & arrow, club, oar, striker, sabre, dice, baton |
What is your favourite sport? Do you play any sport?
What does Lynd actually wonder at?
Name a few things that a person remembers easily.
How do psychologists interpret forgetfulness?
What is the commonest type of forgetfulness, according to Lynd?
What is common about the ‘angler’ and the ‘poet’?
What are our memories filled with?
How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?
You have borrowed a branded cricket bat from your reluctant friend for an outstation match. After returning home you realize you have absent-mindedly left it in the hotel room. Write a letter of apology and regret to your friend.
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 made the author ignore his friend’s warning?
What did the falling of the hammer indicate?
The narrator could not pretend to have made a mistake in bidding. Why?
Explain how the narrator got out of the tight corner that he was in.
Work in pairs. Look at the mind map below and add a few other features of democracy you can think of. Share your answers with the class.
- e.g. sharing and caring
Given below is a list of items or features you find in a good school. Study the list and classify the items as individual and common.
textbooks – uniform – smart classroom – laboratory – competent teachers – library – mid-day meals – blackboard – stationery – playground – sports equipment washrooms
| Individual | Common |
| e.g. textbooks | playground |
Who does the speaker claim to represent?
Students are instilled with some of the essential values and skills while at the universities. Enumerate them.
You were one of the fresh graduates at the convocation function of the University. You had the rare privilege of listening to the enlightening speech of Dr. Arignar Anna. Write a letter to your friend highlighting the core ideas of his speech and the impact of the speech on you.
Describe the fluttery cascade of things tumbling from the bag.
Why did the author’s concern over tobacco shift to his finger?
How did Bryson free himself from the crash position?
‘… But, when it’s my own - well, I think hysterics are fully justified’ – How?
Bring out the pun in the title ‘The Accidental Tourist’ (one who happens to travel by accident or one who meets with accidents often on his or her trips!).
As a fellow passenger of Bill Bryson on the flight, make a diary entry describing his clumsy behaviour during the trip and the inconveniences caused to others as a result of his nervousness.
