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प्रश्न
Who came to India from Portugal in search of pepper?
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उत्तर
Vascoda Gama came to India from Portugal in search of pepper.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Comment on the influence of English – the language and the way of life – on Indian life as reflected in the story. What is the narrator's attitude to English?
Read the story and complete the following.
When Revathi played her favourite raga, the plants began to move because, ____________.
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. |
Form suitable groups and discuss the following.
You have heard/read stories of Akbar and Birbal, Tenali Raman, Mulla Nasruddin. Recollect and write down the names of those stories.
Pick out those aspects of a story that you find a common in all their stories.
- Humour
- Supernatural event
- Wisdom
- Suspense
- Magic
- Beauty of Nature
- Wit
- Play upon words
- Sadend
- Violence
Discuss in groups and think about it.
Mention three occasions on which you have made someone else angry. What made that person angry? Can you avoid such things in the future?
Answer the following question in one sentence.
What does the man who misses all the fun do?
Name the following.
Ruler of Germany.
What made John Shepherd-Barron to come up with the idea of ATM?
Moles dig ______ to catch earth worms.
Why did the dogs feel scared when they saw the jackal?
