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प्रश्न
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
The newly planned city looks modern and amazingly beautiful.
पर्याय
True
False
उत्तर
The newly planned city looks modern and amazingly beautiful - False.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Select
Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternatives from those given in the bracket:
(i) The author was inspired and motivated to read ............................................ by the time she was eleven.
[Shakespeare, Chaucer, G.B. Shaw]
(ii) Every lesson .......................... ......... took was spiced with half a dozen or more anecdotes.
[Mrs. Rowlands, Sister Monica, Mr. A.N. Patil]
(iii) The teachers helped the narrator to become ..................................... . .
[confident, happy, independent]
(iv) Mrs. Cynthia Nesamani and Sister Monica gave .......................................... to the narrator.
[freedom to do what he wanted, advice to do something, instructions to produce better results]
In a way, one of the greatest gifts any teacher can give a student, I think, is to inculcate a curiosity to learn.
I've been incredibly lucky to have at least one such teacher at every stage in my life. The first was Mrs. Rowlands who taught me in primary school. She taught me to read without ever pushing me. She made me want to read more by giving 'me some of the most interesting children's books available. And although I still love to go back to those books from time to time, it was only because of her that I was able to read Shakespeare by the time I was ten, and Chaucer a year later.
In later years, it was Mr. A.N. Patil, my Marathi and Hindi Teacher who made a huge impression on me. Every lesson he took, was spiced with half a dozen or more anecdotes from a wide variety of subjects: among them history, politics, religion and sociology. I was, and still am in awe of his knowledge, which despite rather desperate attempts, I doubt I'll ever be able to match.
There have also been other teachers who helped me to try to become independent: to think and act for myself using my own judgement, which to my mind has been just as, if not more important, than actually learning anything.
After all, it's much too easy to become a completely useless repository of facts and little else.
Two teachers whom I remember in particular are Mrs. Cynthia Nesamani and Sister Monica, both taught me in school. The former, by and large, gave me a free rein to do what I wanted to do. I, being one of those people who dislike instructions, she helped me to produce much better results than I'd have otherwise done.
B2.Complete
Read the extract and complete the following:
The teacher can
(i) .............
(ii) ..............
(iii )..............
(iv).................
B3. Similar word
Look at the following sentences arid pick the word having similar meaning to the given word and rewrite:
(i) Spiced His conversation is always with a lot of humour. (made interesting, garnished, flavoured)
(ii) Repository
The library should not merely be a ................ of books. (store-house, reservoir, tank)
(iii) Inculcate
It is the responsibility of the parents and teachers to .......values in the child's formative years. (imbibe, give, show)
(iv) Incredibly
I have been .. lucky to have at least one such teacher at every stage in my life. (importantly, unbelievably, beautifully)
B4. Language study
(i) There have also been other teachers. They have helped me to try to become
independent. (Combine using 'who')
(ii) It was only because of her that I was able-to read Shakespeare.
(Rewrite beginning with: If it was not for her, ).
B.5 Out motivators
Look at the following table and complete it by presenting your own views
| Personalities | Influence on your life |
| (i) Teachers | |
| (ii) Parents | |
| (iii) Relatives | |
| (iv) Friends |
Attempt a character sketch of Otto Frank, Anne's father.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel
With mended glass, life bottle bits on stones.
(b) Explain: 'slag heap'.
(c) What future awaits these children?
(d) Name the figure of speech used in the third line.
What do elephants do to prevent water from evaporating ?
Briefly comment on:
The purpose of the author’s journey to Mount Kailash.
Look for a story, a poem and a newspaper article on environment conservation and see how the style of each is different from the other.
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to stand on one's feet
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul's mother and his uncle.
How have the three passions contributed to the quality of Russell's life?
Discuss the following in pairs or in groups of four:
Because India's tribal communities are basically bilingual there is a danger of dismissing their languages as dialects of India's major tongues.
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
Exceptionally talented people are born so; talent cannot be cultivated
State whether the following statement is True or False. Correct the false statement by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.
The poet repents planting the cherry tree.
Everyone admired the statue of the Happy Prince.
When we look at the sky, we find several objects. They stand for something or the other. Complete the following table by finding the significance of the given objects. One example is given to you.
| Celestial Bodies | Association |
| The Sun | Power, Heat, Energy, Commitment, etc. |
| The Moon | |
| The Rainbow | |
| The Stars |
Discuss with your partner and complete the web, highlighting the sad and gloomy aspects of life mentioned in the first part of the poem.
Write 3 to 4 lines about the following in your own words.
'Sushruta Samhita'
What do restive horses do?
Form groups and discuss what must have happened to the handkerchief. Write the story in your own words.
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is the centre of the play.
Choose the odd one out :
Flute, Snug, Quince, Cobweb.
Shakespeare’s poetry has come to be valued for its own sake on the stage. Comment with reference to the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
Portia had many brothers and sisters.
Write the following in short:
The events at the court.
How was the committee formed?
Form groups. Discuss the first two paragraphs. Try to present their content in the form of a series of conversations among the volunteers.
Turn the story into a play as a group activity and present the scenes in the classroom.
Write the following:
The sights seen through a railway carriage mentioned in the first stanza.
There were no old cities left on the earth.
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“Mighty thy Teacher must be and divine.”
Read the following words aloud and copy them in your notebook.
- idle
- enough
- exclaimed
- commotion
- astounded
- antics
- wander
- wielding
Read the poem and answer the following.
How would you like to eat your strawberries?
What common qualities did the three brothers have?
Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
- Form groups of 5–8. Then make pairs of groups. Decide which group will be hosts and which will be guests. Arrange mock parties in the classroom so that the roles of hosts and guests can actually be played out.
- Later on, hold groupwise discussions on how your party went. Make lists of the tips you followed and those you forgot to follow.
Look at the following expressions from the text. With the help of your teacher rewrite them in standard English. One has been done for you.
| 1. ‘Musta got away – whatt’d he like? | Must got away - what was he like?’ |
| 2. ‘Looky here, Joe | |
| 3. ‘No sign o’ nothing’ | |
| 4. ‘Back t’ the lines ye goodaam | |
| 5. ‘What was the idea of all them cops tarryhootin’ round the house last night. |
The taxi driver took away the narrator’s suitcase.
How were offerings carried during the ancient period?
What did Suresh ask Usha? Why?
Pick out the words which rhyme with the given words and write similar rhyming words on your own.
| 1. | far | ||
| 2. | fear | ||
| 3. | low | ||
| 4. | kind | ||
| 5. | remain | ||
| 6. | they |
Who inhabited the jungles that the train passed through?
Turtles are different from tortoises.
Rearrange the following jumbled sentences in the correct order.
- Payal’s house was a home for abandoned animals.
- It was a small ball of brown and grey.
- She found an owlet in one corner.
- Payal’s mother picked her up gently.
- Payal’s mother opened the carton.
- One day they got a carton.
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
- Where do you think the child is?
- What does ‘gathering brambles’ mean?
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
Each a glimpse and gone forever;
a. What is ‘each’ over here? Why is it gone forever?
One of the Lilliputians gave a ten minutes talk in Gulliver’s language.
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The hole in the ground was filled______.
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The hole became ______ and ______.
The girl was badly hurt.
Be humble like a _____.
The second daughter ________ the milet to a flock of birds.
The bird-catcher let the pigeon jump into the fire.
The official visited the rehabilitation centre daily.
Number the actions of Pandi and Nandhini in order.
Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
What is the name of the dealer?
Fill in the blank with rhyming word.
tree- ______
Rani thought of herself as a _______ engineer.
Whose word are these? Name the character.
“Utensils made of brass and tin for sale!”
What does she paint?
Why does the poet feel that the nose is a funny thing?
