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Question
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
Stephen Hawking was a ______ (famous) Astrophysicist.
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Solution
Stephen Hawking was a renowned astrophysicist.
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.
Like rootless weeds, the hair torn round their pallor;
The tall girl with her weighed-down head.
(a) Who are these children?
(b) Which figure of speech has been used in the first two lines?
(c) Why is the tall girl's head weighed down?
(d) What does the word, 'pallor' mean?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) How could the peddler enter the forge without being noticed by the blacksmith?
(b) At Champaran what did the British landlords want from the sharecroppers?
(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?
(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.
(e) How did Evans have the last laugh at the Governor?
(f) How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW?
Read the Preamble of the Constitution of India given in your textbook. Pick out a word that refers to the following.
Brotherhood
Read the descriptions of the following from the story and describe any one of them using your own words.
- The ivy vine
- Behrman
- The last leaf that Johnsy saw
Discuss with your partner the different ideas connoted by the word 'season'.
- _______________________
- _______________________
- _______________________
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
He realised that making the body suffer was not ____________.
Write about Malti and Rima using the following points:
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| Appearance... | Appearance... |
| Studies... | Studies... |
| Singing... | Singing... |
| Attitude to others... | Attitude to others... |
| Weak points... | Weak points... |
Use details from the story and your own imagination when you write the above descriptions.
Who is wise according to you?
A turtle’s flippers help it to ______.
The pigeon flew away for dry twigs.
