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प्रश्न
Fill in the following empty boxes.
| Name | Location |
| Fort St. George | Chennai |
| Gingee Fort | ______ |
| Golconda Fort | ______ |
| Red Fort | ______ |
उत्तर
| Name | Location |
| Fort St. George | Chennai |
| Gingee Fort | Villupuram District |
| Golconda Fort | Hyderabad |
| Red Fort | Delhi |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How safe was the castle? How was it conquered?
Human greed led to the mighty fall of the citadel. Explain.
Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,
They seemed no threat to us at all.
Our only enemy was gold
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
With our arms and provender, load on load.
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
The wizened warder let them through.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
A little wicked wicket gate.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Our only enemy was gold,
Describe the garden during the night.
Name the bird that sings in the poet’s garden.
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound No other tree could live.
- Which tree is referred to in the above lines?
- How does the tree survive the tight hold of the creeper?
- Why does Toru Dutt use the expression ‘a creeper climbs’?
Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below.
“A gray baboon sits statue-like alone’’
What is the world compared to?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
- Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
- What are the characteristics of this stage?
- How does the boy go to school?
- Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line?
What has Ulysses gained from his travel experiences?
Why did Ulysses want to hand over the kingdom to his son?
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea...
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart
List the roles and responsibilities Ulysses assigns to his son Telemachus, while he is away.
How would the poet’s advice help his son who is at the threshold of the manhood?
What happened to the people who wanted too much money?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
“Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.”
- How should one face life?
- Identify the figure of speech in the above line.
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms.
- Can being in solitude help a strong human being? How?
- Identify the figure of speech in the above line.
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
Tell him time as a stuff can be wasted.
Tell him to be a fool every so often
- Why does the poet suggest that time can be wasted?
- Identify the figure of speech in the above line.
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
Tell him to be a fool ever so often
and to have no shame over having been a fool
yet learning something out of every folly
hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies
- Is it a shame to be a fool at times?
- What does one learn from every folly?
Explain how the poet guides his son who is at the threshold of manhood, to face the challenges of life.
Describe the posture of Napoleon.
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect
