Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Read and prepare a small presentation in about 100 to 150 words on the ideas of any two philosophers given below.
- Sant Dnyaneshwar
- Gautam Buddha
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- Kahlil Gibran
- Socrates.
Advertisements
Solution
Thoughts of Gautam Buddha
Gautam Buddha is known to all Indians as the founder of Buddhism who lived and taught in northern India in the 6th century B.C. Buddhism is a philosophy of life explained by Gautama Buddha. 'Buddha' means the enlightened one.
Gautam Buddha was not a god and the Buddhist philosophy does not involve any theistic worldview. The views of Buddha are solely aimed at liberating conscious beings from suffering. The core teaching of Buddhism are:
- The three universal truths: Shila, samadhi, prajnya
- The four noble truths: dukkha, samudaya, nirodh, magga.
- The noble eightfold path: right understanding, right thinking, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
These thoughts have motivated several people to lead their lives meaningfully and peacefully.
Thoughts of Socrates
Socrates was a Greek philosopher who lived during 469 - 399 B.C. in Athens. He was a famous and celebrated philosopher who led to the foundation of several streams of thought. More than a preacher, Socrates was a teacher who taught through the method of questioning. This method was known as 'dialectics' and further received popularity as the 'Socratic Method'.
During his philosophical tenure, Socrates established a number of notions. Some of them are given below.
- All virtue is knowledge.
- No one errs knowingly, no one errs willingly.
- All desire is for the good.
- It is better to suffer an injustice than to create one.
- A ruling is expertise.
Other than establishing these notions, Socrates also inspired a lot of young minds. Some of his famous pupils are Glaucon, Terpison, and Plato.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
A1. Order
Arrange the following sentences in the chronological order as they appear in the passage:
(i) On celebrations, parents can invest Rs. 200 and plant a sapling of a tree representing the child’s birth star.
(ii) He wants to create Brihat Panchvati.
(iii) He has been able to increase the areas of the Pavitra VanaVana.
(iv) Plans are afoot to create a Saptaswara forest.
Today, Reddy is one of the most well - known environment specialists in India. With his influence, he has been able to increase the areas of the Pavitra Vana and has plans to bring about awareness of Puranic trees and flowers for the knowledge of the Indian citizen.
He wants to create near the Pavitra Vana, a Brihat Panchavati so that parents can show their children the forest where Shakuntala lived or Sita spent her final days. There will also be a hillock where people can meditate. Plans are also afoot create a Saptaswara forest, pertaining to different ragas in music. Scientists have found that certain plants react in a particular way to different ragas. So in such a forest, when a musician performs certain ragas, the plants will reach in such a manner that it will benefit the audience, the musician and the whole environment. The other idea is an ecopark for children. On celebrations, like birthdays, parents can invest Rs. 200 and plant a sapling of a tree representing the child's birth star. The plant will also carry the child's name. The Pavitra Vana also houses a garden of Prophet Mohammed, which has some plants mentioned in the Holy Quran. There is the date plant - sacred to Islam - and the Mimosops elengi, the latter a highly fragrant variety. There is also the garden of Eden for housing plants sacred to Christianity, but the Pavitra Vana authorities have to procure most of them in the new sections.
A2. Find specialities
Write down the specialities of the following:
(i) Brihat Panchavati: ........................ ..... . .
(ii) Saptaswara Forest: ..................... ..... .............. . .
(iii) Eco-park: ..................................... . .
(iv) A garden of Prophet Mohammed:
A3. Antonyms Find antonyms for the following words from the passage:
(i) same
(ii) decrease
(iii) destroy
(iv) lost
A4. Language study
(i) He wants to create near the Pavitra Vana, a Brihat Panchavati. [Pick out an infinitive from the given line and use it in your own sentence]
(ii) Reddy is one of the most well-known environment specialists in India. [Begin with: Very few ………]
A5. Personal Response
Do you think one person alone can create an awareness towards environment conservation ? Support, your answer with appropriate reasons.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words :
Nancy Lammeter is a typical country girl. Comment.
What do elephants do to prevent water from evaporating ?
Give reasons for the following statement.
The author thought that his positive thinking strategy worked well after all.
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
Reality is what is directly experienced through the senses.
The episode has been narrated in a light vein. What social mores does the author seem to ridicule?
What do you infer from Darwin's comment on his indifference to literature as he advanced in years?
How does G. N. Devy bring out the importance of the oral literary tradition?
Make groups and discuss the following:
What inspired them to spend the best part of their lives to research and share their findings?
Breeding worms to use them to convert organic waste into fertilizer is called Vermiculture or vermicomposting.
Find out more about Vermiculture and how you can carry out the same in your garden/backyard, to fertilize your plants at home.
Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between a developing nation and a developed nation.
Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.
We Indians are obsessed with foreign things.
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.
Behrman was a hard-hearted person.
Read the story aloud (or present it) in groups of three - the narrator, the peacock, and the crane.
Shylock was not at all generous.
Can you think of a similarity between a raven and a writing desk? Write at least five differences between the two.
Make a time table of your daily routine
- On a school day
- On a holiday, and
- During examinations.
Start at the time you normally get up and list your activities
hourly: 7 am to 8 am, and so on.
Talk about your favourite season. (A one-minute activity.)
Read the passage and name the following.
He led the defense of Troy for nine years.
Write the following:
The sights mentioned in the third stanza.
There were no human settlements on the moon.
Read the following from the Language Study pages:
- adjective clause
- adverb clause
- noun clause
Find one example of each from the passages. (Note the linking word when you do that.)
Spot and write any three alliterative phrases or sentences from the poem.
(Alliterative phrases/sentences are those in which the same sound is repeated.)
Pick out from the poem, two lines each that reflect an optimistic (positive) attitude and pessimistic (negative) attitude.
Optimism :
- ______
- ______
Pessimism :
- ______
- ______
Find from the Internet and write down.
In which century did William Shakespeare write his famous plays?
The story has a very heart-warming and touching end. Now try to change the end of the story to make it sound very funny.
What did the husband want to do with the extra milk?
What did Gopal Bhand say he was doing?
Listen carefully and write all the words correctly.
You are right. Write it down in the right-hand corner.
Why is Great January annoyed with Holena and her mother? Does he help them?
Describe the following with the help of the (The Twelve Months) story.
Summer
Find out how the following game is played.
Kabaddi
List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.
You should try to talk most of the time whenever there is a discussion.
List the characters in the play.
Birds and animals
How did Helen Keller help other blind people?
Guess the meaning of the following word.
magnificent
__________________was the chief of all spirits
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
Why were the other passengers in the flight gazing at the writer?
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
Why does the poet tell us to speak gently to young children?
What challenges does Alice face and how does she overcome them?
He exercised with Louise every day.
Read the sentences and number them in correct order.
|
1. He wished to have Gopal with him. |
|
|
2. Salim felt that it should come from within. |
|
| 3. He thought he wouldn’t be able to finish it. | |
| 4. The old man worked tirelessly on the sculpture. | |
| 5. He realized that Gopal must learn to carve the finer details. | |
| 6. He had a strong wish to finish it in time. | |
| 7. Over days, he felt very weak. |
Sea turtles come to the shore to ______.
Complete the mind map given below
How can you balance your academic goals and your passion for sports or arts?
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
- Where do you think the child is?
- What does ‘gathering brambles’ mean?
Where is the poet going in the dream?
| Mr. Murugan is a farmer. He has a small piece of land and two bulls. He takes good care of his bulls as they help him in farming. Every morning, he takes the bulls for grazing. When it rains he ploughs the land with the bulls. As he has no one to help he starts sowing the seed before sunrise. He irrigates the crop till it grows. He reaps and binds the crop then takes it to thrash the paddy. Finally, with the help of the bulls, he takes the paddy to his house. |
Choose the main idea of the passage.
________ was a young talented doctor.
How was the rich man's house?
Circle the animals which are in the voyage.
Name the character or speaker.
"Why does Nandhini look so sad?"
The king gave______ seeds.
We shouldn't ______ ever.
Mugund learnt the art from his ______.
Why did he rub the circle again and again?
Who said – “Oh, my ears and whiskers? How late it’s getting!”
