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प्रश्न
Spot and write any three alliterative phrases or sentences from the poem.
(Alliterative phrases/sentences are those in which the same sound is repeated.)
उत्तर
- I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance. Sound of 's' and 'g' is repeated.
- I bubble into eddying bays. I babble on the pebble.
Sound of 'b' is repeated. - By many a field and fallow.
Sound of 'f' is repeated.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) What did M. Hamel tell them about the French language? What did he ask them to do and why?
(b) Why does Asokamitran call Subbu, ‘a charitable and improvident man’?
(c) How did the instructor turn Douglas into a swimmer?
(d) Why did Sophie like her brother, Geoff more than any other person?
Answer any four of the following questions in 30 - 40 words each :
(a) What kind of gold did the people of Seemapuri look for in the garbage ? (Lost Spring)
(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)
(f) On the seventh day after the American soldier was found by Dr. Sadao two things happened. Why did Hana feel scared of the second ?
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
What were the lessons of life learnt in her younger days that Kumudini carried into her adult life?
Shylock demanded a pound of Antonio’s flesh.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Why is the tollbooth called a ‘phantom’ tollbooth?
From the passage, find all the words and phrases used to describe the ‘monster’.
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
What is the data about?
How did the second daughter use the grain?
Why did Jana chase the squirrel?