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प्रश्न
'Whose roots lay deeper than our lives' – what aspect of human behaviour does this line reflect?
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उत्तर
A banyan tree's life cycle is a unique one, it grows as an epiphyte. It may live for more than 200 years or even 400-450 years. In contrast, average human life is of 70-80 years. It is clearly visible that one banyan alone may survive generations of humans. Banyan has strangled roots knotted in its trunk that grow for centuries. It transcends human life and rolls and grows with the knowledge that it witnesses all the while. The poet has subtly juxtaposed a human life to that of a banyan. For all its mythical hugeness that makes it an enigma a human is thrown into utter bewilderment and surprise for all the knowledge that it secrets away inside its vast trunk, which grows with its aerial roots that grow to reach the ground. They resemble the lives that it has lived again and again witnessing all the human lives that descended and perished with time standing tall and erect.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the extract and do the following activities:
A1 Complete :
| Night |
Morning |
| (i) | (i) |
| (ii) | (ii) |
There was a roaring in the wind all night;
The rain came heavily and fell in floods;
But now the sun is rising calm and bright,
The birds are singing in the distant woods;
Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;
The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;
And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters
All things that love the sun are out of doors;
The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth;
The grass is bright with raindrops-on the moors
The hare is running races in her mirth;
And with her feet she from the plashy earth
Raises a mist; that, glittering in the sun,
Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
A2 What do the different birds do? Discuss.
A3 The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth. (Name and explain the figure of speech)
Answer the following in 200-250 words :
Describe Ms. Sullivan's teaching methods?
Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?
Tick the statement that is true.
The story is an account of real events.
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________one's word
Discuss in pairs or in small groups
What does a novel do?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I make friends easily.
What strong qualities possessed by them, could have helped them achieve success and fame, all over?
Arrange the following set of words in the alphabetical order in your notebook.
ship, small, successful, scoldings, stone, saving, someone, stood, streets, still, screamed, sat, seemed, saint, share.
Answer in your own words.
How did the plants respond when Revathi played her favourite tune?
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.
Answer the given question in your own words.
To whom did the Prince gift the two gemstones of his eyes?
Think deeply and write. Is the poet really discouraging the youth from becoming vets? Explain your response.
Match the terms in ‘A’ with their explanation in ‘B’.
| 'A' | 'B' | ||
| (1) | tooth- extraction | (a) | a cut made for surgery |
| (2) | cardiac | (b) | having length, breadth, and depth |
| (3) | sedative | (c) | plastic surgery |
| (4) | tumor | (d) | related to the heart |
| (5) | incision | (e) | a control unit for a robotic surgery |
| (6) | a console | (f) | removing a decayed tooth |
| (7) | 3-D | (g) | a substance that makes a person sleep |
| (8) | Cushing clip | (h) | an extra growth in the body |
| (i) | a device to stop blood loss in neurosurgery |
Human beings can learn from honey bees ______.
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a giraffe
Read the passage and answer the following question:
What is seen on the obverse and reverse of the PVC medal?
Compare the features of a comedy and tragedy.
State the difference between poetry and drama.
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Read aloud/Enact the play.
Choose a 'question' through your own observation. Try to follow the scientific method to find the answer to that question. Take the help of your teacher/parents to set up the experiment.
Find one example of the following given below from the poem: Simile.
What is the difference between a 'dream' and a 'daydream'?
Write a short note/story based on the ill effects of pollution.
Find two examples of the following from the lesson.
A Command
The poem has rhyming words at the end of the lines. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words in each stanza.
What did the Judge tell Ahmad?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
So let the way wind up the hill or down, O'er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy: Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown,
- How is the way of life?
- How should be the journey of life?
- What did the poet seek as a boy?
What do you understand by the mother’s act of throwing the shoe?
Answer the following question in about 100-150 word.
Narrate the extensive search operation made by the policemen in the house.
How is Karagattam performed?
What game did Anne choose to play?
‘My tongs are like a tiger among toys.’ It means ______
Read the letter again and write a few lines on each of the following.
- things that the coach taught….
- transformation in the child……..
- things that amazed the writer……..
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
Words related to prize.
Usha took shelter in the ______.
They may have______ in______.
- soft
- vain
- fear
- joy
- love
- heard
- toiled
- mild
- good
- sand
- life
- harsh
Identify the character/speaker.
I'll see you later at the Queen's croquet game.
Have you ever had a strange dream? Share your dream in the class.
Role play
Put students in pairs to role-play a conversation between:
- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
Read the “Story of Self Sacrifice and Bravery” once again and complete the flow chart.
Can a courageous man be defeated? Why?
The boy was rather unsympathetic to his sister.
The boy and the girl were taken by the cavalry to explain their action.
Match the rhyming words.
| filth | farmer |
| cook | harm |
| charm | wealth |
| armour | look |
How did the second daughter use the grain?
How can we make our nation proud?
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
Crowd - ______.
What robot will you make? Why?
Choose the odd one out.
His father wanted him to do well in ______.
How did he lose his hand?
The official and his wife liked______.
Kamali gave her savings to______.
Choose the correct one.
Rooster
Which problem do you think you can solve with art? How?
Match the following items from column-A with those column-B:
| Column 'A' | Column 'Non-Textual' |
| (a) Geoffrey Chaucer | (i) Trinidad |
| (b) Daniel Defoe | (ii) Wuthering Heights |
| (c) V.S. Naipaul | (iii) Robinson Crusoe |
| (d) Emile Bronte | (iv) The Canterbury Tales |
Write the compound words from the picture.
 |
 |
| ______ | |
