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Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did Richard Ebright raise a flock of butterflies?
Concept: The Making of a Scientist
Answer the following question in 30-40 words.
Why is Coorg called the land of rolling hills?
Concept: Coorg
As a reader do you sympathise with Matilda? Give reasons from the text to support your answer.
Concept: The Necklace
How is the Goan baker still an important part of the life of a Goan village?
Concept: A Baker from Goa
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Matilda was very proud of her beauty and charm and this led to her downfall. Elaborate.
Concept: The Necklace
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Who are paders and why are they friends of children?
Concept: A Baker from Goa
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
Contentment in one's life is very important to lead a peaceful life. We should be happy with what we have and should not crave for what we don't have. Matilda suffered in life because she was not content in her life. Her desires led to her disaster. What do you learn from her mistake in life?
Concept: The Necklace
The credit of Bholi's transformation to Sulekha goes to her teacher. Elaborate with reference to the text.
Concept: Bholi
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Valli was an extra-ordinary girl who had self-confidence and courage to realise her ambition by planning and drawing on her spirit of adventure. Discuss in reference to the chapter 'Madam Rides the Bus'.
Concept: Madam Rides the Bus
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Destiny had been cruel to Bholi yet she made a place for herself in a conservative society. Discuss.
Concept: Bholi
How does Buddha bring about a different perspective in Kisa Gotami's understanding of life?
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
What did Kisa Gotami do after the death of her only son?
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
“As ripe fruits are in danger of falling early, so mortals when born are always in danger of death’. With this statement of the Buddha find out the moral values that Kisa Gotami learnt after the death of her child.
Concept: The Sermon at Benares
The following paragraph has an error in each line. Identify the error and write its correction against the correct blank number. The first one has been done as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Air pollution is emerging like a | e.g. | like | as |
| global problem among the world. | (a) | ______ | ______ |
| Much of our cities have | (b) | ______ | ______ |
| industries which is responsible for 20% of the pollutants. |
(c) | ______ | ______ |
Concept: Spotting Errors
Read the following conversation and complete the passage that follows:
Neha: I'm really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow.
Nanita: Yes, after a long time we will be meeting our friends and teachers.
Neha told Namita (1) ______ looking forward to the class picnic ______, Namita agreed that after a long time. (2) ______ friends and teachers.
Concept: Direct-Indirect Speech
Natalya and her father Chubukov 'turn around' when Lomov puts his proposal in the open. As a reader briefly describe what you think of Natalaya and Chubukov from the play "the Proposal".
Concept: The Proposal
The following paragraph has an error in each line with a blank. Write the correct and the incorrect word in the blanks provided. The first one has been done for you.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| A first Indian woman physician | e.g. | (a) A | The |
| Anandibai Joshi graduated at 1886. | (b) ______ | ______ | |
| About 125 years later, Indian women had start to outnumber men in |
(c) ______ | ______ | |
| admissions of medical colleges. | (d) ______ | ______ |
Concept: Spotting Errors
Read the conversation and complete the passage that follows:
| Ritika: | Can I borrow your Math book for a couple of days? |
| Mohit: | Yes certainly, I have already studied for the test tomorrow. |
Ritika asked Mohit (1) ______ for a couple of days. Mohit agreed and said that (2) ______.
Concept: Direct-Indirect Speech
Select the correct option to complete the narration of a dialogue between Raj and his wife:
| Raj: | I have invited my friends for dinner. |
| Wife: | I'll invite my friends too. |
Raj told his wife that he had invited his friends for dinner. The wife added that ______.
Concept: Direct-Indirect Speech
Identify the error in the statement given below and supply the correction:
Use the given format for your response.
| Error | Correction |
The evil of begging is very common into our country.
Concept: Spotting Errors
