Question

Read the passage carefully and complete the activities:   

B1. Complete the following sentences.   [2]

1. Let us march from ignorance ______.
2. Kailash Satyarthi says that today he sees thousands of ______.
3. Close your eyes and feel ______.
4. Let us universalise ______.

B2. Complete the following web.   [2]

TODAY, beyond the darkness, I see the smiling faces of our children in the blinking stars. TODAY, in every wave of every ocean, I see my children are playing and dancing. TODAY, in every plant, in every tree, and mountain, I see our children growing freely with dignity. Friends, I want you to see and feel this TODAY inside you. My dear sisters and brothers, as I said many interesting things are happening today. May I please request you to put your hand close to your heart - close your eyes and feel the child inside you? I am sure you can - Now, listen to that child. Listen, please. Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King calling on us. Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalize justice. Together, let us globalize compassion! I call upon you in this room, and all across the world. I call for a march from exploitation to education, I call for a march from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace. Let us march from ignorance to awakening. Let us march from darkness to light. Let us march from mortality to divinity. Let us march!

B3. Write the noun forms of the following from the passage.   [2]

1. dark - ______
2. exploit - ______
3. educate - ______
4. ignore - ______

B4. Do as directed.   [2]

1. Let us democratise knowledge. (choose the correct question tag and rewrite the sentence using it)
   1. will you? 
   2. shall we? 
   3. Isn’t it? 
   4. wasn’t it?
2. May I please request you to put your hand close to your heart? (underline the ‘infinitive’)

B5. Personal Response:   [2]

What does honourable Kailash Satyarthi suggest us to do?

Answer 1

B1.

1. Let us march from ignorance to awakening.
2. Kailash Satyarthi says that today he sees thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther Kings calling on us.
3. Close your eyes and feel the child inside you.
4. Let us universalise justice.

B2. 

B3.

1. darkness
2. exploitation
3. education
4. ignorance

B4.

1. Let us democratise knowledge, shall we?
2. May I please request you to put your hand close to your heart?

B5. Recalling the names of the world’s greatest leaders, Kailash Satyarthi suggests that together we should make knowledge and justice available to all. By means of education, evils like poverty, slavery, and violence can be defeated. He calls upon everyone to march towards awakening, light, and divinity.