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'Luck is necessary for success in life'. - English Elective - NCERT

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'Luck is necessary for success in life'.

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There are many who believe luck is important and one may find many such who believe in hard work. It is not thought that those who believe in luck do not work hard. It is just that they believe in “do your best and God will do the rest, However, there are those who completely blame their fate for everything and do not do anything to change or improve it. Still, there are people that believe that hard work is greater than luck and that it has the power to change destiny. One may find various beliefs around them and it depends on what they chose to believe in.

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पाठ 1.3: The Rocking-horse Winner - Talking about the text [पृष्ठ ३५]

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एनसीईआरटी English (Elective) - Woven Words
पाठ 1.3 The Rocking-horse Winner
Talking about the text | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ३५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

He asked. Boy, did he ask! First he asked me for a chance, then he asked nearly all the people he came across if they wanted to buy a telephone system from him. And his asking paid off. As he likes to put it, “Even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while.” That simply means that if you ask enough, eventually someone will say ‘yes’.

He cared. He cared about me and his customers. He discovered that when he cared more about taking care of his customers than he cared about taking care of himself, it wasn’t long before he didn’t have to worry about taking care of himself.
Most of all, Cowboy started every day as a winner! He hit the front door expecting something good to happen. He believed that things were going to go his way regardless of what happened. He had no expectation of failure, only an expectation of success. And I’ve found that when you expect success and take action on that expectation, you almost always get success.
Cowboy has made millions of dollars. He has also lost it all, only to get it all back again. In his life as in mine, it has been that once you know and practice the principles of success, they will work for you again and again.
He can also be an inspiration to you. He is proof that it’s not environment or education or technical skills and ability that make you success. He proves that it takes more: it takes the principles we so often overlook or take for granted. These are the principles of that Ya Gotta’s for success.

Question:
(1) What was the cowboy’s motto?
(2) What did the cowboy learn after he lost millions of dollars?
(3) Why did the cowboy firmly believe that asking would pay off?
(4) When you expect success and take action on that expectation you almost always succeed. [Name the part of speech of the underlined words]
(5)
(a) He cared about me and his customers. [Rewrite using ‘not only ……………….but also’’]
(b) Cowboy has made millions of dollars [Add a question tag]

(6) In what way is the cowboy a source of inspiration for you?

 


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Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.  
Like rootless weeds, the hair torn round their pallor;
The tall girl with her weighed-down head.
(a) Who are these children?
(b) Which figure of speech has been used in the first two lines?
(c) Why is the tall girl's head weighed down?
(d) What does the word, 'pallor' mean? 


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(b) Why did Gandhi tell the court that he was involved in a 'conflict of duties' ?
(c) How do we get joy from life which is otherwise full of sorrows ? (A Thing of Beauty)
(d) For Aunt Jennifer, what do the tigers symbolise ?
(e) What made the chief astrologer place his finger on his nose ? (The Tiger King)
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To what end have humans used their superior intelligence ?


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  • the thought was almost revolting

  • an expanse of pure white serenity

  • a turning-point

  • accepted her seclusion with resignation

  • a veritable bedlam of chirrupings

  • frivolous rebukes

  • the sagging skins of the dilapidated drum


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Find from the poem, positive qualities to fill up the web.


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Think deeply and write. Is the poet really discouraging the youth from becoming vets? Explain your response.


Say WHY. . . . . .

Ramanujan had to be hospitalized.


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.


Read the following words. Write the words that are combined to make these words.

  • faraway
  • nobleman
  • whoever
  • moneylender 
  • sometimes

Add ten more words to the list on your own. Each of the component words must be meaningful.


Write one line about the following with the help of the poem.

wind in the autumn evening 


Read: ‘Just So Stories’ and ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling.


Form groups of five. Discuss how you can complete the rest of the story without referring to Part II of the story. 


Choose a suitable heading for each announcement from those given below. 

(Change in School Hours, Cleanliness, Story-telling Competition, Lost and Found, Warning, Football Match)

1.

6 July 2015

        It has been observed by the Head Boy and Head Girl that certain classes do not clean up their classrooms before leaving. If any class is found untidy and littered after school, that class will be detained the next day after school hours up to 4 pm. Please take note of this.

2.

      Tomorrow, that is, on the 10th of July, the school will close an hour earlier, as the teachers have to attend an important P. T. A. meeting. So please inform your parents to arrange to pick you up at 2 pm instead of 3 pm.

3.

      On Sunday, 12th July 2015 there is a football match between classes VIII and IX, on the school ground. The match will begin at 9 am. All students are invited to come and cheer their favorite team. Please come on time, so that the players are not distracted.

4.

      The school has organized a Story-telling Competition for Classes V, VI, and VII from 21st to 25th of July. The competition will be held in the school hall at 10 in the morning. Children may select -

  1. A fable
  2. A folk-tale
  3. A fairy-tale
  4. A True Story
  5. A Funny Story

     Three prizes will be given for each category.

      The time limit is 3-5 minutes. Those who wish to participate may contact Mrs. Sanjana Mohite for other details. They must register their names with her before the 16th of July.

5.

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Please stay away from that fence.

6.

        A cycle key with a blue key chain has been found on the ground. Whoever has lost it can contact the clerk Mrs. Neena Pinto and see if it belongs to him/her.

How did the middle brother use rice?


Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.

Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;

  1. Whom does the word ‘me’ refer to?
  2. What kind of life does the poet want to lead?

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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  
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I drink coffee thrice a day. ______


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What is the size of the screen?


Kani took Teddy out for a ____.


Why did Jana have a nightmare?


Rani and Divya informed the happening to the ______.


Where did the rabbit go?


What does the poet want us to do at night?


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