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Answer the Following Question.“He Stood on His Head in Delight.”(I) Who Does ‘He’ Refer To?(Ii) Why Was He Delighted? - English (Moments)

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Answer the following question.

“He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(ii) Why was he delighted?

उत्तर

(i) ‘He’ refers to the bear, Bruno.
(ii) Bruno was delighted to see the narrator’s wife after three months of separation.

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पाठ 9.1: The Bond of Love - Thinking about the Poem [पृष्ठ ११९]

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पाठ 9.1 The Bond of Love
Thinking about the Poem | Q 2.2 | पृष्ठ ११९

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Save Tigers 
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He plants a friend of sun and sky;b
He plants the flag of breezes free;
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