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Describe Miss Stapleton's first encounter with Sir Henry in about 125 words

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Sir Henry made his acquaintance of Miss Stapleton at a lunch event organised at the Merripit House. From the moment he saw her, he appeared to be strongly attracted by her and the feeling seemed to be mutual. He referred to her again and again on the walk home and since then, hardly a day had passed when Sir Henry did not meet her. They were always inviting each other to their houses for dinner.

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2013-2014 (March) Delhi Set 1

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

A1. True or False
State whether the following statements are true or false: 
(1) The author's new house was situated at Bangalore.
(2) The writer was delighted because their new house, was the biggest they ever lived.

One of the advantages of growing up in an Army household was the frequency with which we moved. 'Postings' came with predictable regularity every three years. What was unpredictable and therefore exciting was the suspense. Where would we go this time? Ambala, Pune, Dehradun, Allahabad, Tejpur, Bangalore, Yo! ............ In my short span of thirteen years we had moved lock. stock and barrel eleven times!
Every move meant change. New journeys, new places, new schools, my new books, new uniforms, new friends and new houses. We lived in tents, bashas, Nissen huts, flats and bungalows. No matter what the shape and size of the dwelling, mother soon put her own special stamp on it and transformed it into a familiar place - our home - complete with bright yellow-curtains, coffee-brown carpet, assorted pictures, hanging ferns and potted palms - providing a comforting sense of continuity in our essentially nomadic life.
I was thirteen, the year we moved to the Cantonment at Allahabad. In stark contrast to the razzle-dazzle of the city's commercial areas like Katra and Chowk, the Cantonment was a quiet, orderly place with broad tree-lined roads that still carried the names of long-dead Britishers. Our bungalow was on a sleepy by-lane called MacPherson Road. When we first saw it, my brothers and I were delighted. It was by far the biggest house we had ever lived in. The task of furnishing those huge, echoing rooms daunted Mother.

A2. Complete 
a. The broad tree-lined roads were named after.............................
b. Katra and Chowk are .............................
c. Mother was daunted with the task of................................. .
d. The suspense was exciting because the posting was.........................

A3. Personal response
What do you think are the problems faced by those who change households frequently.


Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:

(a) What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day?
(b) What shocking experience did Douglas have at YMCA pool?
(c) Why does Kamala Das compare her mother to 'a pale winter's moon'?
(d) What rich bountry has the heaven given us? (A Thing of Beauty)
(e) Why did the Maharaja have to pay a bill of three lakh rupees to the British jewellers?
(f) What problem did Roger Skunk face when he went to play with his friends. How did he solve it?


When and how did the people of Iping grow suspicious of the invisible man ? 


Give reasons for the following statement.
The author thought that his positive thinking strategy worked well after all.


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Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between a remote-sensing satellite and a natural satellite.


Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.

In Israel, the media have a positive outlook and self-respect.


Write four reasons why animals in a zoo suffer more than those who live free in the wild. 


Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.

(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)

as ______ as a giraffe


Discuss the following question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.

Think of the people you like. Do you like them because they have a fair (white) skin or because of some other qualities? List those qualities.


Antonio had gone on a long voyage. 


Visit a library:

Read stories about Gautama Buddha. Relate one story in the class.


Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination. Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form. You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc. 


Write a short note on ‘money’.


Identify the character or speaker.

I will tie you neck and feet together.


Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.

Nothing goes right with the folks you meet
Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.

  1. What is the opinion about the folks you meet down the street?
  2. What does the word ‘gloomy’ mean here?

The parents noticed some changes in the child. What were they?


He exercised with Louise every day.


Grandfather helped grandma out with the gardening because he______.


Mithali is one of the women players to score seven consecutive 50s.


Match the planet with its feature.

1. Mars blue ice giant
2. Saturn red storm
3. Jupiter red planet
4. Neptune ring and moons

Vicky's father bought a______ robot


Write the rhyming word.

one


Fill in the blank with rhyming word.

anthill- ______


Nithin's mom said that Bala's father is a ______ magician.


Read the passage 3 times and colour the trees for each time.

Trees help us in many ways. The colour green is calming and heals your worries. By planting and caring for trees, we help improve our surroundings, as they give fresh air. When air is dirty the people of Delhi suffered a lot. But people of Madhubani district in Bihar have shown how art can be used to make our air clean. So that people made paintings on trees to stop people from cutting the trees.


One day Chris tried to draw a ______.


Who came to Akbar’s court?


How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal?


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