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Who Was 'He'? What Evidence is There that He Was Not Used to Facing the Entire Class? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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प्रश्न

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: 

"He was not accustomed to facing the entire class and speaking out aloud. He knew that he did not have a flair for making speeches. However, he had worked hard on his assignment and had written it from the depth of his heart." (India's Heroes-Anonymous! 

(i) Who was 'he'? What evidence is there that he was not used to facing the entire class? 

(ii) What was the assignment? How was our assignment different from the others?

(iii) Who was the first person to feature in 'his' assignment? What did 'he' say about him? 

(iv) Who was the General Manager of the Taj Hotel ' What role did he play?

(v) What, according to this speaker, is the only true religion in the world? What human qualities have I been highlighted through 'his' speech? 

संक्षेप में उत्तर

उत्तर

(i) out of syllabus

(ii) out of syllabus

(iii) out of syllabus

(iv) out of syllabus

(v) out of syllabus

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