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प्रश्न
What was special about the Arabian horse?
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उत्तर
The Arabian horse lived for 5 years which is quite unusual for any normal horse.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the question in 30–40 words.
Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?
What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?
Working in small groups of 4−5 students, go back over the two passages on Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and complete the table given below with relevant phrases or sentences.
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Points of Comparison/Contrast |
Santosh Yadav | Maria Sharapova |
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1. Their humble beginning |
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2 . Their parents’ approach |
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3. Their will power and strong desire to succeed |
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4. Evidence of their mental toughness |
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5. Their patriotism |
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Some are Purple and gold flecked grey
For she who has journeyed through life midway,
Whose hands have cherished , whose love has blest,
And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,
And serves her household in fruitful pride,
And worship the gods at her husband's side.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Explain with reference to context.
'All right!' you 'll cry.'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children?Please explain!'
We'll answer this by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One half their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Read the lines given above and answer the question given below.
According to the poet, what should be done to save children from the hypnotism of television?
Read the extract given below and answer tire questions that follow:
Trotter: (Leaning on the refectory table) Those simple actions took you rather a long time, didn’t they, Mr Ralston?
Giles: I don’t think so. (He moves away to the stairs)
Trotter: I should say you definitely - took your time over them.
Giles: I was thinking about something.
Trotter: Very well. Now then, Mr Wren, I’ll have your account of where you were.
(i) What 'simple actions' of Giles was Trotter referring to? Where had Giles been? Who had sent him there?
(ii) How did Christopher Wren account for his whereabouts at the time of tire murder?
(iii} Where was Paravicini at that time? What was he doing?
(iv) Whom did Giles accuse of having committed the murder? On what did he base this accusation?
(v) Mollie shared her suspicions regarding the identity of the murderer with Trotter, later in this scene. Whom did she suspect of being the murderer? What reasons did she give for the suspicion?
“Now Abbu Khan understood Chandni’s problem...” What was Chandni's problem?
What was Maya doing on her unexpected holiday?
Why was it necessary to train Kari to he good?
What do you know about Golu?
What surprised Mr. Purcell one day?
‘The monkey was scared and depressed’. Why? .
Make noun from the word given below by adding –ness, ity, ty or y
calm ___________.
The story ‘Taro’s Reward’ shows that Taro is thoughtful, hardworking and also wise. Read aloud the parts of story that show these qualities in Taro.
Answer the question.
What are the things normal people do that the poet talks about?
What does he carry in his hand?
What activities are dear to little children? Who does the child envy and why in the poem Vocation?
According to the speaker’s brother, where did the ghost hid himself?
How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
How did it help him next?
Study the following phrases and their meanings. Use them appropriately to complete the sentences that follow.
If you want to go out, I will ………….. the children for you.
