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प्रश्न
Why gaps are left between buildings during construction?
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उत्तर
Gaps are left-between building during construction to reduce the risk of fire.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Discuss in pairs and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?
- Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram?
- What did his father say to this?
- What do you think his words mean? Why do you think he spoke those words?
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
He plants the glory of the plain;
He plants the forest's heritage;
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see___
These things he plants who plants a tree.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Who is being referred to as the unborn eyes?
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In black and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood,
Or so the story's told.
Their dying fire in need of logs;
The first man held his back.
For on the faces around the fire,
He noticed one was black.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Explain with reference to context
To us the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground. You wander far from the graves of your ancestors and seemingly without regret. Your religion was written upon tablets of stone by the iron finger of your God so that you could not forget. The Red Man could never comprehend or remember it. Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors — the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.
Day and night cannot dwell together. The Red Man has ever fled the approach of the White Man, as the morning mist flees before the morning sun. However, your proposition seems fair and I think that my people will accept it and will retire to the reservation you offer them. Then we will dwell apart in peace, for the words of the Great White Chief seem to be the words of nature speaking to my people out of dense darkness.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
How do the White feel about their dead people?
Answer the following question.
Why was the bear looking sorry for himself in the evening? Why did the cook get angry with her mistress?
Grandmother’s prophecy was that the tiger
Mark the right answer.
Discuss in small groups
• If you want to give away something of your own to the needy, would it be better to ask your elders first?
Discuss in small groups
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Answer the following question.
Why did the king want no more talk about the hilsa-fish?
Give the character sketch of the lady in The Bear Story’.
How was the tiger cub fed?
What made the ghost believe Vijay Singh was dead?
Who do you think or understand what the talking fan wished to convey?
Who oiled the motor?
Discuss plan A, B and C and the reasons for their respective failures.
What does the poet refer to ‘meadow houses’?
Word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows. Complete the following phrase with a suitable word from the box.
a _______________ of sticks
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the phrase in earnest mean here?
Multiple Choice Question:
How are thoughts like prisoners?
