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Read the passage and answer the following question:
What is 'Param Vir Chakra'?
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Solution
Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration. It is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or outstanding act of valor or self-sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.
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We sang our school fight song dozens of times – en route to Arlington National cemetery, and even on an afternoon cruise down the Potomac River. We visited the Lincoln Memorial twice, once in day – light, the second time at dusk. My classmates and I fell silent as we walked in the shadows of those 36 marble columns, one for every state in the Union that Lincoln laboured to preserve. I stood next to Frank at the base of the 19 foot seated statue. Spotlights made the white Georgian marble seem to glow. Together we read famous words from Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg remembering the most bloody battle in the war between the status : “………….we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom………..”
As Frank motioned me into place to take my picture, I took one last look at Lincoln’s face. He seemed alive and so terribly sad.
The next morning I understand a little better why he wasn’t smiling. “Clifton,” a chaperone said, “could I see you for a moment?”
(1) When did the boys visit Lincoln Memorial?
(2) What made the Georgian marble glow?
(3) What did the words: “………. We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom …………” remind them?
(4) Do you believe in building memorials? What kind should they be, if your answer is ‘yes’? If no, give reasons why you do not believe in memorials?
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Why is the poem entitled 'Hawk Roosting'?
Read the remaining part of the original story.
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
Words related to prize.
Identify the character/speaker.
Wake up. You've been sleeping for too long.
______hem the border.
Write the rhyming word.
save- ______
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