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As a Member of the Student Council of ABC School, you wish to start a Laughter Club to develop the appreciation for humour among students. Write a proposal in not more than 150 words, outlining the steps you would take to make this club a success.
Concept: Writing Skills
With close reference to Act III, describe Alonso's response to the perceived loss of his son, Ferdinand. Write your answer in a short paragraph of about 100-150 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
How do Prospero, Ferdinand and Caliban perceive Miranda? Give one example of each of their perceptions, from the Acts studied, to support your answer. Write your answer in a short paragraph of about 100-150 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
Despite being a half monster and half human, Caliban comes across as superior to Stephano and Trinculo. Justify the statement with supporting evidence from the Acts studied in 200-250 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
Referring closely to any two instances from the Acts studied, show how music is used to influence the course of events/action in the play, Write your answer in a short paragraph of about 200-250 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
Describe the event that led the narrator, Shankar, to suggest digging the ground under the Deodar tree in the short story, Fritz. Write your answer in a short paragraph of about 100-150 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
Miss Meadows’ need for societal acceptance makes her overlook Basil’s insensitivity and shortcomings. Discuss with reference to the short story. The Singing Lesson is about 200-250 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
What do you think prompts the poet’s desire for a temporary escape in the poem, Birches? Why does he wish to come back to Earth? Write your answer in a short paragraph of about 100-150 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
What leads Mathew Arnold to tell his beloved, “Ah, love, let us be true’, in the last stanza of the poem, The Dover Beach? Write your answer in a short paragraph of 100-150 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
Show how Carol Ann Duffy presents a disturbing picture of confinement and exploitation in the poem, The Dolphins. Write your answer in about 200-250 words.
Concept: Writing Skills
How does John Brown convey his firsthand experience of war to his mother and evoke a deep emotional response in the readers? Justify your answer in about 200-250 words with supporting details from the poem, by John Brown.
Concept: Writing Skills
Potential resources are those resources that already exist in nature but are not used for the benefits of human beings.
Which one of the following represents Potential Resources?
Concept: Definition: Resources; Scarcity and Growth; Natural Resource Accounting
What is natural resource accounting?
Concept: Definition: Resources; Scarcity and Growth; Natural Resource Accounting
State any four functions of the Central Pollution Control Board.
Concept: Pollution Monitoring
Farah bought a flat in a new housing society shown below. The builder told her that the housing society integrated the best practices of rural and urban living.
- Identify the emerging style of living shown above.
- Why is this style of living preferred to an ultra-modern way of living?
Concept: Modern Schools of Ecological Thought
How did Gandhi’s advocacy of Khadi address the political, environmental and socio economic needs of Indian villages?
Concept: Traditional Agriculture in India
Read the following passage and answer the question given below.
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Despite being a major food producer with extensive food security schemes and the largest public distribution system in the world, India still grapples with significant levels of food insecurity, hunger, and child malnutrition. The Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2022, ranked India 107 among 121 countries. |
How is the problem referred to in the passage linked to the Green Revolution?
Concept: Traditional Agriculture in India
State any two advantages and any one disadvantage of Free Trade.
Concept: Trans-national Characteristics of Environmental Issues Using Case Study of Amazonia, Trade in Wild Life and Ozone Depletion
Mr. Saini owns an orchard. He is delighted to know that his new neighbour is a beekeeper.
In the light of externalities, specify the reason for Mr. Saini’s delight. Mention the term for the type of externality in the example mentioned above.
Concept: Traditional Agriculture in India
Read the conversation given below and answer the question that follow.
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The next time you take printouts unnecessarily or you throw a paper in to the bin, think for a minute as to how many trees have been felled to manufacture it and how much wastewater generated in the process for something you use so often every day. Can you take out some time from your everyday routine and devote it to starting a simple recycling program at your school or your neighbourhood? Not only you would save our planet from the torture of felling greenery, but you would also reduce generation and dumping of waste into the environment. |
Besides waste generation, paper manufacturing industry also degrades the quality of air and water. Discuss any two points to establish the role of State Pollution Control Board in mitigating the problem.
Concept: Pollution Monitoring
