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प्रश्न
Why did his travel companion curse and mutter?
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उत्तर
Mr. Sletherby’s travel companion was a young man of about twenty-two. He cursed and muttered because he had lost his valet along with the family crest. He claimed that he did so foolishly to seal a letter. He had forgotten to collect the valet.
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Your school is hosting an Inter-School Quiz Competition.
Write out a notice to be displayed in your school, giving all the details about the event.
Who holds ‘all the growth of our land’? Which land has the poet in mind?
What point is the author trying to make?
What are the poetic devices (figurative language) in the poem? How do they contribute to the meaning/how do they effect the poem?
What is the rhyme of ‘The Patriot: An Old Story’?
You had been waiting outside the examination hall. Describe what you saw and the sounds you heard when you arrived at the place. What were your feelings? Describe how the scene changed once you entered the hall and the examination started.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The poet's mother was stung __________ a scorpion.
The programme ran________six hours.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice.
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(ii) What are the three qualities of mercy which the speaker has stated just before the extract?
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How does the author succeed in raising crucial social issues not through open criticism but through subtle suggestion?
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- _________________________
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Mayor Peter Stockmann persuades Mr. Hovstad and Mr. Billing from printing the article.
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You may describe your feelings and reactions using other words than those given here
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______ do you have for breakfast?
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- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
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| play | stop | buy | learn | see | meet | learn |
| be | eat | go | travel | start | read | visit |
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on approval
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| Anil: | What type of book is it? |
| Sunil: | _____________________ |
Write a composition (in approximately 400 – 450 words) on the following subject.
Life
