Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Velu stood on the platform but he felt “as if he was still on a moving train.” Why?
Advertisements
Solution
After a long train journey, Velu was too tired. Moreover, he was not able to sleep also. That is why Velu, while on the platform, was feeling as if he was still on a moving train.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in the tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?
Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears.
Mark the right answer.
What did Mr. Mukerji say? Did it comfort Bepin Babu, or add to his worries?
Answer the following question.
“He becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness in this large universe.” This awareness defines an emotion mentioned in the first paragraph. Which is the emotion?
In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/phrases reflect the changed mood?
Answer the following question.
Complete the following sentences taking their appropriate parts from both the boxes below.
(i) There was his assistant on the line …
(ii) You get fed up with people asking you to be brave, …
(iii) There he was, …
(iv) You look at his eyes which can speak, …
(v) It doesn’t do much good to know …
|
A |
|
.
|
B |
|
(i) Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was
(a) improbable.
(b) impossible.
(c) unforeseeable.
(ii) Pick out two lines from stanza 2 to justify your answer.
What are the two ways in which the hills appear to change when the mist comes up?
Complete the following sentence.
It looks like a fashion display on the slopes when ________________________.
Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against statement below.
Whatever he said was truth itself.
Mark the meaning that best fits the word or a phrase in the story.
brightening
Winter has been presented like a story with its own characters and their activities. Describe the story in your own words.
The little child’s hands and feet had marks of nails. Who does the child remind you of? Give a reason for your answer.
“... that year I did not step out onto the field.” What was he busy doing that year?
Ranji sees his adversary in the bazaar.
What does he actually do, and why?
Who was the better swimmer? How do you know it?
What surprises the warrior?
What did he do with the remaining jalebis?
What is Duttada expected to do on his return from London?
which salient features of the ancient education system of india made it globally renowned?
