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Given below are some questions based on reading of the play 'Julius Caesar'. These
questions are not for testing in the Exam. These are for a deeper understanding of the
play and the characters.
a) Why was the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar hatched?
b) Was Caesar really ambitious? Find evidence from the play to support your answer.
c) What was Cassius' motive for murdering Julius Caesar?
d) Why was it essential for the conspirators to include Brutus in the conspiracy?
e) What were the mistakes made by Brutus that led to the failure of the conspiracy?
f) Comment on Caesar's friendship with Antony.
g) Write a brief character sketch of Antony.
h) What is the role of Julius Caesar's ghost in the play, Julius Caesar?
i) Why does Antony call Brutus 'the noblest Roman of them all'?
j) How do Brutus and Cassius meet their end?
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Based on your reading of Wangari Maathai’s interview answer the following question :
What is the importance of indigenous flora and fauna ?
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Based on your reading of Wangari Maathai’s interview answer the following question :
How did the campaign to save environment lead to the empowerment of women ?
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Based on your reading of Wangari Maathai’s interview answer the following question :
What transformation did Wangari Maathai see in people and the environment ?
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A reporter covers the event of the assassination of Julius Caesar in the senate. Giving graphic details and a catchy headline, write the newspaper report in about 200 words.
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Match the ‘environment words’ with their meanings.
| Words | Meanings |
| (a) ecology | (i) A person who advocates preservation and careful management of natural resources. |
| (b) habitat | (ii) The variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. |
| (c) herpetologist | (iii) The relationship of living things to one another and their environment, or the study of such relationships. |
| (d) extinct | (iv) Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs forming dense thickets along tidal shores. |
| (e) aquifer | (v) A place where a population lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living. |
| (f) naturalist | (vi) A zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians. |
| (g) biodiversity | (vii) Having no living representative. |
| (h) mangrove | (viii) An underground geological formation, containing water. |
| (i) conservationist | (ix) A person who studies plants and animals, especially outdoors. |
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Identify an area in India that needs efforts on a war footing to conserve the bio system. On the model of Wangari Maathai’s efforts, prepare in groups a power point presentation covering the environmental problem, causes, effects and solutions. Each student in the group should present a part of the presentation.
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After reading the interview ofWangari Maathai, you are inspired and motivated to do a summer training under her at one of the Research Stations. Write an email to Wangari Maathai. In your mail describe Wangari’s influence on you and your desire to work under her and why you should be given a chance to work under her.
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Read the inputs given as I and II and have a class discussion on ‘Food Wastage’.
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In this unit you will use the words which help to identify things – to say whether they are known or unknown to the listener, which one(s) the speaker is talking about, whether the speaker is thinking of specific examples or talking in general. You will also work with words which say ‘how much’ or ‘how many’.
There are twenty determiners in the grid given below. Encircle these determiners.
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Articles
1. The building that I visited today is a museum.
2. A building in which antiques are kept is called a museum.
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- Bangkok is ___ capital of Thailand.
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- Australia, ................ country in the southern Hemisphere, has produced some world-class sportspersons.
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- ___ fruit seller does not earn much during the rainy season.
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- ................... girl who lives at the corner of our street has been selected for the
civil services.
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- Many countries rely on ___ type of cocoa produced in Ghana for their chocolate products.
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Now that you have each read one of the stories above, first complete the appropriate column of the table below. When you have done that, ask the other two students in your group about the stories you have not read. For example, ask “In which country did your story take place ? What type of pollution is there ?” When it is your turn to give information, only do so when the other two students ask you questions. As you receive the answer, complete the other two columns.
| D.1 | D.2 | D.3 | |
| Country | |||
| Cause(s) of pollution | |||
| Who is responsible? | |||
| Consequences | |||
| What do you think should be done to solve the problem ? |
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- The Amazon is considered to be ___ largest river in the world, in terms of volume of water.
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- .............. Punjab, .......... important state of North India, has five rivers flowing through it.
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Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- 1950 is ___ year in which India became a republic.
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