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Question
Answer in your own words.
What did Revathi discover about her balsam plants?
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Solution
Revathi discovered that her balsam plants were growing well and looked healthier than the other plants at the far end of the courtyard. She also discovered that when she was playing her violin, they would move their stems, bending slightly towards her.
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B1. What does the poet want us to do in the following situation?
(a) While struggling ………..
(b) While making money ………
(c) While dreaming ………………
(d) While losing …………..
It's doing your job the best you can,
And being just to your fellow man;
It's making money-but holding friends,
And being true to your aims and ends.
It's figuring how and learning why,
And looking forward and thinking high;
And dreaming a little and doing much,
It's keeping always in closest touch.
With what is finest in word and deed,
It's being through, yet making speed;
It's daring blithely the field of chance,
While making labour a brave romance.
It’s going onward despite defeat
And fighting staunchly, but keeping sweet;
It's struggling on with the will to win,
But taking loss with a cheerful grin.
B2. Achieving Success
Hints given by the poet to become successful are
(a) Doing your job the best
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
B3. Poetic Device
Select the appropriate rhyme scheme for the 3rd stanza.
(1) abab
(2) aabb
(3) aaba
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to give vent to
What is the Rhyme scheme of stanzas 1 to 3 and the last two stanzas?
How does it differ in the remaining stanzas 4 to 7?
Have you ever given up on something good? Share your story with your friend.
Describe the following with the help of the (The Twelve Months) story.
Summer
Guess the meaning of the following word.
beautify
Mention the things that the grandfather imagined.
drenched – thoroughly wet
He is drenched to the skin. ______
Jaswant was captured alive.
