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Why Do Dolphins Cover Their Long Noses with Sponges Or Shells ? - English Core

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Why do dolphins cover their long noses with sponges or shells ? 

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Dolphins cover their long noses with sponges or shells because there are many spiny creatures and  sharp rocks that could otherwise injure them. 

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Answer any four  of the following questions in 30 - 40 words each:      

(a) What does the poet's smile in the poem, 'My Mother at Sixty-six' show?

(b) Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds ... ." In the context of Mukesh, the bangle maker's son, which two worlds is Anees Jung referring to ?

(c) Though the sharecroppers of Champaran received only one-fourth of the compensation, how can the Champaran struggle still be termed a huge success and victory?

(d) Which article in McLeery's suitcase played perhaps the most significant role in Evans' escape and how?

(e) Why does Derry’s mother not want him to go back to visit Mr. Lamb?

(f) What considerations influenced the Tiger King to get married?


In ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ how did the Franks and others celebrate two festivals, Hanukkah and St.  Nicholas Day in the Annexe ? 


How is the social life at Raveloe different from that at Lantern Yard ? 


Comment on the indifference that meets Iona's attempts to share his grief with his fellow human beings.


Find from the story one word for the following.

a very narrow passage between buildings ______


Make groups and discuss the following:

Did they themselves suffer from those problems/setbacks?


Find proof from the poem for the following.

The colour imagery in the poem.


Given below are various professions in column A and in column B, the nature of work in respective professions. Match the columns.

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(i) Anaesthetist (a) Specialist in the treatment of problems concerning the position of teeth and jaws.
(ii) Pharmacist (b) A person who designs buildings and supervises the process of constructing them.
(iii) Orthodentist (c) A person who is in charge of a newspaper or of a part of a newspaper.
(iv) Dermitologist (d) The medical study of the skin and its diseases.
(v) Architect (e) A person who has been trained to prepare medicines and sell them to the public.
(vi) Chartered Accountant (f) A person whose job is to give drugs which makes the person not feel pain especially in preparation for a medical operation.
(vii) Editor (g) A person who is engaged in the profession of accounting and examining the statements and records of accounts.

Find sentences from the play related to the given points.

The tension between different loyalties

  1. It’s little we get but abuse from the people, and no choice but to obey our orders.
  2. ________________________________
  3. ________________________________
  4. ________________________________

Who do you think benefits most from commercial advertisements?


Read the story and write about the following in short.

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2. The book is torn ____________
3. The door is ajar. ____________
4. The buttons are pulled from the shirt ____________
5. The pins are scattered. ____________
6. The door is still squeaking. ____________
7. There are finger marks upon the door. ____________
8. The ink has spilled over. ____________
9. Boots are lying around. ____________
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Add a few more things to the list in the above table, using your own ideas and experience.


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Epics are long poems that ______________________.


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When the students saw the question paper, they were ______.


The narrator searched for three days to buy ceramic paint.


What should we learn from our teachers?


When are we in a state of trance?


Ridleys come to lay their eggs in the month of January.


Amma bought the vegetables from the______.


A school-going girl writes the diary account.


Where did the space shuttle land?


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Meena's village was hit by waves on a______.


Who were the guest to Kani’s home?


What did Kani realize in the story?


Match the rhyming words.

1. say fall
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How does she move the brush?


The brush ______ to her will.


Why was Chris worried?


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