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Look at the following situations the writer was in. He could have avoided the situation and saved himself. - English

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प्रश्न

Look at the following situations the writer was in. He could have avoided the situation and saved himself. Glance through the write up again and comment on what the writer should have done in the following situations.

  1. Gilson asked the writer to bring a tie.
  2. On the day of arrival, the writer had no time to think about the tie.
  3. The writer remembered about the tie when the bus was leaving for the airport.
  4. The writer walked down in search of the shop.
  5. The writer rushed out with the tie in a paper bag.
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उत्तर

  1. Gilson asked the writer to bring a tie?
    Having accepted to bring a tie. The writer should have completed his shopping in time to procure it. He could have avoided his last-minute purchase.
  2. On the day of arrival, the writer had no time to think about the tie?
    The next day he saw the ties bearing various letters. But the shop were closed, the day being Sunday. He should have tried on Monday.
  3. The writer remembered about the tie when the bus was leaving for the airport.
    The writer should not have risked to go for buying a tie at the eleventh hour. He could have ignored it for want of time and convenience.
  4. The writer walked down in search of the shop.
    It was unwise to go in search of the shop when it was time for him to report at the airport.
  5. The writer rushed out with the tie in a paper bag.
    He had to buy ten ties instead of one. He could have avoided the tension of rushing out to the airport and pay double to the taxi.
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पाठ 2.1: The Night the Ghost Got in - Exercise [पृष्ठ ३९]

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पाठ 2.1 The Night the Ghost Got in
Exercise | Q 10 | पृष्ठ ३९

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Read the following passage and complete the activities given below :

A1 Find out :
Find from the passage the related words to the sea and write them.

ON FIERCE monsoon nights, about one and a quarter-mile off the Mumbai harbor, there have been occasions when 52-year-old Bikaji Ramchandra Dhuri is the only man on the sea. From the watchtower of the Prongs Reef Lighthouse, which is surrounded on all sides by the Arabian Sea, he has heard the sea rage like a possessed spirit – the darkness dispelled only by the beam of light flung across the waters from the tower he mans.

Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast, as a majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned. Built-in 1871, the Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s  Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse and is located at a strategic spot on the western coast, marking the entrance to the busy Mumbai Harbour. It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks off the harbor, which the lone Colaba lighthouse could not illumine on its own. “Even now, during nights, for fishing vessels without any gadgets, it’s the soft light from this tower which directs us to Mumbai,” says Vinayak Koli, a boatsman who helps ferry people and also goes on fishing expeditions.

Throughout the year, Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch, when he is relieved by another keeper. In the monsoon, it becomes his home for three months. “We call it the Kalapana as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days, with basic supplies – and the revolving light that keeps the sea awake,” he says.

A2 Fill in the following information using words from the passage :
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on _______.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for _______ at a stretch.
(iii) _______ is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the _______ lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.

A3 Read the words and find out the similar meaning words from the passage :
Violent Scattered Place of shelter for ships Shine light

A4
(i) “We call it Kalapani as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days”, he says. (Use ‘that’ and rewrite the sentence)
(ii) It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks of the harbor.
(a) was it? (b) wasn’t it? (c) is it?
(Select the proper tag and rewrite the sentence)

A5 Personal Response
Imagine you have to spend a night in a lighthouse. Narrate your experience.

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