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And a thousandth of an inch to give us play.Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line? - English

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And a thousandth of an inch to give us play.
Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line?

पर्याय

  • Once Machines are fed with fuel, they take a very long time to start.

  • Once Machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.

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उत्तर

Once Machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.

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पाठ 5.2: The Secret of the Machines - Exercise [पृष्ठ १५०]

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पाठ 5.2 The Secret of the Machines
Exercise | Q A. 9. | पृष्ठ १५०

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She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,

What made the cricket bold?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.

What would keep him alive?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

He wished only to borrow,
He’d repay it tomorrow.

Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines.


And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Who does the pronoun ‘you’ refer to here?


Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.

Their hands are ours, and in their lines, we read
A labour not different from our own.

  1. Who does ‘their’ refer to?
  2. What does the poet mean by ‘lines we read’?
  3. What does not differ?

Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.

Let us remember, whenever we are told
To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn.

  1. Who tells us to hate our brothers?
  2. What happens when we hate our brothers?
  3. What do we do to ourselves?

Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

It sat alone.
What happened there is still today unknown.
It is a very mysterious place,
And inside you can tell it has a ton of space,
But at the same time, it is bare to the bone.

  1. What does ‘It’ refer to?
  2. Pick out the line that indicates the size of the house?

Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

What happened inside that house?
I really don’t know.
I guess it will always be a mystery.

  1. Does the poet know what happened in the house?
  2. What is the mystery about the house?

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