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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
What was the purpose of these special days?
उत्तर
The purpose of these special days was to teach thoughtfulness − kindness to others and being responsible citizens. To make the children appreciate and understand misfortune, they were made to share in misfortune too.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in not more than 100 − 150 words.
How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets?
Some are Purple and gold flecked grey
For she who has journeyed through life midway,
Whose hands have cherished , whose love has blest,
And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,
And serves her household in fruitful pride,
And worship the gods at her husband's side.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Explain:
And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,
And serves her household in fruitful pride,
And worships the gods at her husband’s side.
And is mine one?' said Abou.
'Nay, or not so,'Replied the angel,
Abou spoke more low,
But cheery still; and said ,'I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves His fellow men.'
Read the lines given above and answer the following question.
What did Adhem ask the angel again when the angel told Adhem that he was “writing the names of those who love the Lord?”
To us the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground. You wander far from the graves of your ancestors and seemingly without regret. Your religion was written upon tablets of stone by the iron finger of your God so that you could not forget. The Red Man could never comprehend or remember it. Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors — the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.
Day and night cannot dwell together. The Red Man has ever fled the approach of the White Man, as the morning mist flees before the morning sun. However, your proposition seems fair and I think that my people will accept it and will retire to the reservation you offer them. Then we will dwell apart in peace, for the words of the Great White Chief seem to be the words of nature speaking to my people out of dense darkness.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What is the religion of the Tribal men? How is it different?
“If you are rested I would go,” I urged. “Get up and try to walk now.”
“Thank you,” he said and got to his feet, swayed from side to side and then sat down backwards in the dust.
“I was taking care of animals,” he said dully, but no longer to me. “I was only taking care of animals.”
There was nothing to do about him. It was Easter Sunday and the Fascists were advancing toward the Ebro. It was a grey overcast day with a low ceiling so their planes were not up. That and the fact that cats know how to look after themselves was all the good luck that the old man would ever have.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
When the narrator spoke to the old man about the pigeon cage, what does this reveal about him?
What do you think the mechanical hand was trying to do?
Find in the poem lines that match the following. Read both one after the other.
He recommends dogs.
Mr Gessler was spending his days with great difficulty. Give suitable arguments in favour of this.
Which ways did Soapy try to reach the prison in vain?
- What steps did he take to save himself?
- Did his plan work? How?
Why does the poet say, “I hope it doesn’t matter”?
Who says this to whom and why?
“But is it right, my son, to keep mum and not say what you consider just and fair?”
Who says this to whom and why?
“I can’t pay you a penny for the wretched beast you sold me.”
What decisions were given by Algu and Jumman as head Panch?
Give a synonym for ‘like’ in the context of the poem.
Why do rebels always contradict the others?
Why does the rebel demand for the rain when everybody is praising the sun?
What does this passage say about the speaker?
Who do you think Mr Nath is? Write a paragraph or two about him.
The Medicine Bag traces the narrator’s attitude to his Sioux Grandfather, from mild embarrassment to appreciation. Summarise the reasons for this embarrassment and the change. Write your answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.
- Reasons for embarrassment
- Specific reasons for the change in attitude
