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Question
Read the following sentence carefully and choose the correct meaning.
Fine feathers don’t make fine birds.
Options
You cannot use feathers to make birds.
You can judge something by its outward beauty.
Something that looks beautiful may not really be useful.
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Solution
Something that looks beautiful may not really be useful.
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Write a character sketch of Mrs. Van Daan.
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?
Complete the call-outs:
A.1)
Our world is an institution
Of environmental pollution
We choose not to care
For our future generations
And I for one am guilty
For buying the hundreds of electronic gadgets
That attracts the industries to produce like maggots
environmental pollution is at the heart of our planet
The forests are dying
Wildlife is crying
Millions of fish are dying
Mother earth is sighing
Tell me is it right
That we sleep well at night
Replenishing ourselves
For tomorrow’s greedy fight
Overcrowded trains
Overloaded brains
Where is the light? What is our plight?
While the river break their banks
And greedy industries play their polluted pranks.
A.2) Find the examples that show that we do not care for our future generation
A.3) Match:
Match the lines in Column ‘A’ with the figures of speech in Column ‘B’:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ | ||
| (i) | Our world is an institution | (a) | Personification |
| (ii) | Mother earth is sighing | (b) | Simile |
| (c) | Metaphor |
Identify the common characteristics shared by tribal communities all over the world.
Read other poems by Leigh Hunt, especially 'Abou Ben Adhem'.
Compare the messages in that poem with those in 'The Plate of Gold'. What do you observe?
Think carefully for a minute.
Jog your memory and recall all the things/objects on which you have seen wheels. Write them down
Was it right for the youngest brother to ask for a share in the money? Why?
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Why did Meena call the official 'Appa'? Do you think we need to be a family to care for others?
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