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Question
Why did the crowd gather by the side of the pond?
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Solution
The crowd gathered by the side of the pond to see the priest furrow his brow and chant.
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India, my India, where the first human eyes awoke to heavenly light! All Asia’s holy place of pilgrimage, great Motherland of might! World – mother, first giver to humankind of philosophy and sacred lore, knowledge thou gav’st to an, God – love, works, art, religion’s opened door.
O even with all that grandeur dwarfed or turned and can vaunt thy mighty name?
Before us still there floats the idea of those splendid days of gold; a new world in our vision wakes, Love’s India we shall rise to mould. India, my India, who dare call thee a thing for pity’s grace today? Mother of wisdom, worship, works nurse of the spirit inward ray!
(1) The poem is a ……………………
(a) Praise
(b) Prayer
(c) Story in the form of poem
(d) Song of condolence [Choose the correct alternative]
(2) What has India given to the world?
(3) How does the poet visualize New India?
(4) Give the rhyme scheme of the first four lines.
(5) Name and explain the figure of speech that dominates the poem.
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Choose any one event and draw a diagram to show what happened.
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You should admit your mistakes.
On any one page, note against the speech of every character what feelings it should show to bring out the meaning best. For example, joy, fear, anger, nervousness, friendliness, dislike, surprise, wonder, excitement, politeness, rudeness, cunning, curiosity.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
size - big _______________.
Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
When the students saw the question paper, they were ______.
Name the following.
Third-time winners of the Olympic gold medal for hockey.
Guess the meaning of the following word in the poem.
lined
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All the animals called the sparrow ______.
