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प्रश्न
Read 'The City Planners' by Margaret Atwood.
उत्तर
Do it yourself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the follow ing extract and answer the questions given below:
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
(1) What makes a nation strong?
(2) According to you, what makes India a strong and powerful nation?.
(3) Write down the rhyme scheme used in the extract.
(4) What does the phrase 'others fly ... ' mean?
Attempt a character sketch of Margot Frank as shown in ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’.
When and how did the people of Iping grow suspicious of the invisible man ?
Have you known someone like the author’s grandmother? Do you feel the same sense of loss with regard to someone whom you have loved and lost?
This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
What are the issues it raises?
List the distinctive features of the tribal arts.
What two things are compared in the poem?
Comment on the physical features of the hawk highlighted in the poem and their significance.
Comment on the subtlety with which the poet captures the general pattern of communication within a family.
Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.
Pick out words from the poem to fill in the web diagram. They should be related to the theme in the web.
Discuss the activities carried out by a farmer.
Correct the following statement.
The last leaf was a real leaf that survived.
Write 3 to 4 lines about the following in your own words.
The Robotic Surgery
Suggest what you would do in the following situation:
You are going through a crisis that is making you short-tempered and impatient, due to which you end up causing harm to your family and friends. They have started complaining about it quite often.
Think carefully for a minute.
Jog your memory and recall all the things/objects on which you have seen wheels. Write them down
What were the three things that Sushruta discovered?
Bassanio was very rich.
An activity:
Speak fast, think faster! Form groups of 4-6. Discuss each of the following topics. Then each person in the group should choose a topic and speak about it for one minute. Try to say as many sentences as you can in that time
What is not likely to happen or will never happen...
‘It won’t rain in the classroom... I won’t ever see a live dinosaur... The sun will never set in the east...’ etc.
Prepare charts for each one of the asanas described in the passage. Use the following points :
- Name (in English, in your mother tongue)
- Meaning in English
- General information
- Steps and pictures
- Benefits
From the poem, find three lines that use comparisons.
• ______ • ______ • ______
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a fish.
List 5 of the sounds that you like.
Why does the poet say that the dewdrops greet the dawn?
Guess the meaning of the following word.
pleasing
Miranda was brought to the island ____________ years ago.
Where was the author when he heard the noise?
What do you understand by the mother’s act of throwing the shoe?
What will happen to the bird in imprisonment?
‘ If only her son were there, it would have been a different kind of Eid’! What had happened to her son?
What were the children doing beside the stone wall?
Identify the character/speaker.
Go to my cottage and fetch my gloves and fan.
Read these lines and answer the questions given below.
With lutes in our hands ever-singing we roam,
All men are our kindred, the world is our home.
- Who does ‘we’ refer to? What do they have in their hands? What is its name?
- How are the men in the world related to the singers?
Why was the elephant owner happy with the deal?
What qualities of Mr. Phileas Fogg are highlighted in this extract? Support your answer with suitable examples.
Turtles come ashore to lay eggs
What is the poem about?
There is a connection between the rhyming words and rhythms of the train. Present your views about it.
Identify the speaker/character.
"Don't let us down now, Gulliver; we need your help."
Why did the farmer have to travel far?
Did Tabaqui receive a warm welcome from the pack of wolves? How do you know?
Vicky's father bought a______ robot
Vicky decided to ______ the robot at the end.
A man in ______ clothes stopped near him.
His father wanted him to do well in ______.
Why did the audience cheer?
Choose the best answer.
Suddenly there was a______.
Divide the following word.
hotel
Parents never let us get ______.
Name the character or speaker.
"Do you have a fever?"
Why did Tenzin cry every day?
Why did Jana’s friends stop her from going near the tree?
Rani and Divya informed the happening to the ______.
What did the children buy with money they have?
How long did the competition take to reach the final?
Name the animal and sound it makes.
Match the rhyming words.
| 1. | say | fall |
| 2. | go | day |
| 3. | all | grow |
Why did Bala go to Chennai with his father?
How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal?
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
