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Wrestling Mostly a Male Sport – Sakshi Born in Conservative Surroundings – Most Unfavourable Gender Ratio for Females – Parental Encouragement – One Can'T Forget the Look of Determination - English Core

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Wrestling mostly a male sport – Sakshi born in conservative surroundings – most unfavourable gender ratio for females – parental encouragement – one can't forget the look of determination on her face in the last three minutes of the bout.

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उत्तर

A very good morning to jury members, friends and my fellow opponents. Today, I am going to speak for the topic 'our large population is not a cause of poverty but an asset, a resource'.

India has the youngest population in the world with a mean age of 24 years and also is the biggest provider of skilled manpower in the world. As more and more children are going to school now and getting educated, India provides maximum number of engineers to the world. It is also one of the largest markets for automobiles, high value foods, etc.

Large population means more intelligence that can be put to good effect and skilled population draws more projects from foreign companies.

I, therefore, agree with the view that our large population is not a cause of poverty but an asset as every hand can become an earning hand for the economy.

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2016-2017 (March) All India Set 2

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What made the old man shake his head and sigh?


Explain the use of the rhetorical device like the apostrophe by the poet.


What is the symbolic significance of the sun, sky and wind in the first stanza?


The air broke into a mist with bells,
The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.
Had I said, "Good folk, mere noise repels....
But give me your sun from yonder skies!"
They had answered "And afterward, what else?"

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

Explain“And afterward, what else?”


Fill in the blank with an appropriate word: 

The young man put the flute _______ his lips and began to play. 


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
“That only leaves October, November, and December,”’ said the Queen. "And after that, we shall have to begin all over again.”
“No, we shan’t,” said the King, “because I think twelve daughters are enough for any man and after the birth of dear little December I shall be reluctantly compelled to cut off your head.”
He cried bitterly when he said this, for he was extremely fond of the Queen.

(i) Why did the king change the names of his daughters so many times? 

(ii) In what way was Princess September different from her sisters?  What reason does the author give for this difference in their temperaments? 

(iii) Which unusual birthday tradition did the King of Siam observe? Mention some of the gifts that he gave. 

(iv) Why did Princess September put the Nightingale in a cage? What reasons did she give to the bird for putting it in a cage and then keeping it there? 

(v) How did the bird behave upon being locked in a cage? What is the message of the story? 


Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 

The child helped her mother to make breakfast. She washed the tomatoes.


You were a part of an organizing committee for an inter-school event that was very successful. You and the other committee members were congratulated and praised at the school assembly by the Principal. Write a letter to your grandmother telling her about the event and your feelings at being recognized and praised in front of the school. 


Words with the sound ‘ch’ as in ‘chart’ and ‘tr’ as in ‘trembles’ in the poem.


Discuss the following statement in groups of four.

“The landscape is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space.”


Your teacher will speak the word given below. Write against two new words that rhyme with it.
chop ______ ______


What happened to the crow in the end?


The trinity of democracy comprises three principles. Complete the web to show the trinity of democracy.


'Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy'. Fill in the boxes supporting this statement. Complete the following web diagram.


Write a summary of the poem with the help of the points given below:

  • Title
  • Introductory paragraph (about the poem/type/nature/tone)
  • Main body (central idea/gist of the poem)
  • Conclusion/opinions/views/appeal.

Chalk out detailed programme for the following occasion.

The Teacher’s Day programme in your school. 


Collect information from newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and books about any two famous sports women. Prepare their profiles. Use the following format.

Name Details
Date of birth  
State/Team she represents  
Sports/ Games she is associated with  
Debut (first entry)  
Best in her career  
Hobbies  
Awards/ Medals received  

Write about Your Favourite Sports person/Famous personality/Hobby/Recipe by starting your own blog.


Look at the picture and write a story.

If you cut down trees

Your children will pay the fees


Fill in the blank by choosing the preposition from the option.

The children walked ______ the bridge.


Find one word from the story that means

  1. to walk fast  ___________ .

In the sentence below the capital letter, comma, full stop and question mark are missing. Put these in the correct place.

every sunday i go for a walk have breakfast read story books listen to music and watch television


Bob’s life in the West was not a bed of roses. Give reasons.


Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary'?


Given below are hints about a renowned British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Write a biographical sketch on the author in not more than 80-100 words based on the information given below.

Name Arthur C. Clarke
Pen names Charles Willis, E.G.O’Brien
Birth 16 Dec 1917, England
Career novelist, television host, inventor, and film screenwriter.
Genre Science-Fiction, Television series, Film screenplay
Awards and Honours 1961, Kalinga Prize - an award given by UNESCO for popularising science Hugo and Nebula Awards Chairman of the Interplanetary Society Highest Civil Honour of Sri Lanka – ‘Sri Lankabhimanya 2005’
Titles Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov – ‘Big Three’ of Science Fiction ‘The Prophet of the Space Age’
Famous Works Childhood’s End 2001: A Space Odyssey Rendezvous with Rana

Do you think it is important not to be swayed by every passing mood?


Do you think you can afford to buy all of these at once?


Write a composition in approximately 350 – 400 words on the following subject:

(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)

Narrate an incident from your own experience when you helped someone to prepare a meal.
Explain what you did and what you gained from this experience.


Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on the following:

Describe an area in your city or hometown which is famous for its street food. Give details of the familiar sights and sounds you would experience on this street.


Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.

Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.


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