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प्रश्न
Read the given extract (Act III)
Complete the following table.
| Sr. No. | Character | Supportive Character | Incident |
| 1. | Dr. Stockmann |
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| 2. | Peter Stockmann |
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| 3. | Aslaksen |
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उत्तर
| Sr. No. | Character | Supportive Character | Incident |
| 1. | Dr. Stockmann |
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| 2. | Peter Stockmann |
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| 3. | Aslaksen |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the text below and summarise it.
The Great Desert Where Hippos Once Wallowed
The Sahara sets a standard for dry land. It’s the world’s largest desert. Relative humidity can drop into the low single digits. There are places where it rains only about once a century. There are people who reach the end of their lives without ever seeing water come from the sky.
Yet beneath the Sahara are vast aquifers of fresh water, enough liquid to fill a small sea. It is fossil water, a treasure laid down in prehistoric times, some of it possibly a million years old. Just 6,000 years ago, the Sahara was a much different place.
It was green. Prehistoric rock art in the Sahara shows something surprising: hippopotamuses, which need year-round water.
“We don’t have much evidence of a tropical paradise out there, but we had something perfectly liveable,” says Jennifer Smith, a geologist at Washington University in St Louis.
The green Sahara was the product of the migration of the paleo-monsoon. In the same way that ice ages come and go, so too do monsoons migrate north and south. The dynamics of earth’s motion are responsible. The tilt of the earth’s axis varies in a regular cycle — sometimes the planet is more tilted towards the sun, sometimes less so. The axis also wobbles like a spinning top. The date of the earth’s perihelion — its closest approach to the sun — varies in cycle as well.
At times when the Northern Hemisphere tilts sharply towards the sun and the planet makes its closest approach, the increased blast of sunlight during the north’s summer months can cause the African monsoon (which currently occurs between the Equator and roughly 17°N latitude) to shift to the north as it did 10,000 years ago, inundating North Africa.
Around 5,000 years ago the monsoon shifted dramatically southward again. The prehistoric inhabitants of the Sahara discovered that their relatively green surroundings were undergoing something worse than a drought (and perhaps they migrated towards the Nile Valley, where Egyptian culture began to flourish at around the same time).
“We’re learning, and only in recent years, that some climate changes in the past have been as rapid as anything underway today,” says Robert Giegengack, a University of Pennsylvania geologist.
As the land dried out and vegetation decreased, the soil lost its ability to hold water when it did rain. Fewer clouds formed from evaporation. When it rained, the water washed away and evaporated quickly. There was a kind of runaway drying effect. By 4,000 years ago the Sahara had become what it is today.
No one knows how human-driven climate change may alter the Sahara in the future. It’s something scientists can ponder while sipping bottled fossil water pumped from underground.
“It’s the best water in Egypt,” Giegengack said — clean, refreshing mineral water. If you want to drink something good, try the ancient buried treasure of the Sahara.
Staff Writer, Washington Post
Look up the dictionary for the meaning of the word ‘diaspora’. What do you understand of the Indian diaspora from this piece?
What do you think is the message that the author seems to convey through the story?
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________one's word
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul and his uncle.
Explain the line:
Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
Replacing old machines with new is better than getting them repaired.
Love is presented as the subject or the doer of actions in the poem. Why do you think the poet has used this form rather than involving human agents?
Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.
Answer in your own words.
What message does the poem convey to all of us?
Answer in your own words.
How did the plants react to the fast rhythmic music?
State whether the following statement is True or False. Correct the false statement by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.
The cherry tree did not take long to grow.
A bridge connects people on either side of a river or valleys in cities or villages. Discuss with your partner the importance of a bridge to both the cities and the villages and complete the table.
| Cities | Villages |
Doctors who do special advanced study of specific parts of the body have special terms.
In your group try to match the specialist doctors with who / what they treat.
| Specialists | Who/What they treat | ||
| 1. | Dentist | a. | bone |
| 2. | Cardiologist | b. | brain/with spine |
| 3. | Ophthalmologist | c. | small kids |
| 4. | Orthopedic | d. | teeth |
| 5. | Pediatrician | e. | animals/birds |
| 6. | Neurologist | f. | eye |
| 7. | Veterinarian | g. | heart |
Find out from a vet or from a website, what precaution a vet has to take when he/she is called to treat wild, dangerous animals?
Make point-wise notes of the same.
Use the letters in the word MATHEMATICIAN to make 4 letters/5 letter and 6 or more letter words, within a time limit fixed by your teacher.
With the help of the internet and other sources, obtain more information about the critically endangered birds and animals in India. Find the names of their sanctuaries.
Divide the story into different sections to show the different events and time periods in it. Give a suitable title to each section.
Visit a library:
Read stories about Gautama Buddha. Relate one story in the class.
Write about one occasion when you have behaved like -
Mr. Nobody
List the lines that begin with 'Here' or 'And here'.
Also, list the sentences or phrases that begin with ‘And there’.
These phrases and sentences tell us about things that appear one after the other as the carriage moves. Can we tell which ones are closer to the train and which ones are at a distance? How?
Answer in your own words.
How many chores did the ancestor from 1800 have to do?
Pick out three examples of interrogation (rhetorical questions) from the poem.
Explain in your own words the point that each one makes.
| Interrogation | Explanation |
| (1) | |
| (2) | |
| (3) |
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“O Holy Master, bless us with thy song !”
Rearrange the following in their proper order as in the poem. Write the serial number against each line:-
(a) The Ostad sang the Malkous Raga enchantingly.
(b) Akbar followed Tansen, dressed miserably.
(c) I request you to sing such a song that will I experience unmatched joy.
(d) Ostad was nowhere to be seen.
(e) O Divine Teacher, please gift us the joy of your song.
(f) One day, the singer sang Deepak Raga in the court.
(g) Akbar expressed his wish to meet the Teacher.
(h) He experienced heavenly delight.
(i) Tansen sings to please the earthly king but Ostad devotes his songs to God.
(j) She sang Raga Malhar, which had a cooling effect.
Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
When the students saw the question paper, they were ______.
In what season does the story take place?
Find out how the following game is played.
Kho-Kho
Guess the meaning of the following word.
fragrant
Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the following passage by the using the phrases given in the box.
| youth to old age | up or down the hill | to hurry nor move away | |
| high adventure | joyful | mourn | looking ahead |
The poet wants to live his life __________, willing to do something. He neither wants __________from his goal. He does not want to _______ the things he has lost, not hold back for fear of the future. He instead prefers to live his life with a whole and happy heart which cheerfully travels from __________. Therefore, it does not matter to him whether the path goes __________, rough or smooth, the journey will be __________. He will continue to seek what he wanted as a boy - new friendship, __________ and a crown (prize). His heart will remain courageous and pursue his desires. He hopes that every turn in his life's journey will be the best.
Answer the following question in about 100-150 word.
Describe the funny incident that caused the confusion in the house.
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
When did the writer remember the fact that he had to buy something for Mr. Gilson?
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
What is the humour element in the above incident?
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears. Mrs. Krishnan …………………....…..
Dr. Krishnan ……………..…......…….
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
Just wait till zigzag settles down in this new home. Visu………….................………………
Aravind and Maya…….……………….
With their treasure, the boys would buy ______ in Eidgah.
The wind hurried and passed through the ______
Which mode of transport did Fogg choose?
What was the reaction of the inhabitants?
Match the planet with its feature.
| 1. | Mars | blue ice giant |
| 2. | Saturn | red storm |
| 3. | Jupiter | red planet |
| 4. | Neptune | ring and moons |
They rode back home quickly.
Match the following.
| treat everyone | love each of her child |
| nation | no inner boundaries |
| kind | not divided as people |
| country | alike |
What happened to the two girls at the end of the war?
According to the Indian army, Jaswant is still serving.
What did Anitha eat in the expo?
Master trained Akilan on a ______.
Anbu got ______ fish this week.
Write the rhyming word.
goat
What was the message on the chit?
What is the name of the girl?
Choose the correct answer.
The king looked for a______.
How did Bala help Amma and sisters?
What does she paint?
Match the following rhyming words.
| 1. | earn | glow |
| 2. | fend | day |
| 3. | slow | learn |
| 4. | play | end |
Before going to bed that night, Chris gave his new teacher a ______.
Choose the right word.
Tansen was a famous ______.
From where did the naughty boy come?
What are the details not to be revealed in public domain?
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
