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Question
'A lie can run round the world before truth has got its boots on.'
The above quotation expresses how fast rumours spread.
Talk with your group about some recent rumour, when people believed at first and suffered for it, later.
Solution
There was a rumour recently in my locality, about a travel company that was promising people a world tour at just ₹ 50,000. It had begun from a man’s misinterpretation of a newspaper advertisement, which stated that the company was offering a discount of ₹ 50,000. In no time, people were ready to book the tour for themselves.
They started contacting the company, in a rush, so that they didn’t miss the wonderful offer. On hearing the rumour, a conman thought of playing a trick. He claimed to be an employee of the company and started collecting money from people in advance. He even presented a fake Identity Card of himself, made fake bookings for the people and even gave them fake receipts for the payment they had made. He took as many bookings as he could in a week and asked people to visit the company’s office in a week’s time to discuss further details. After a week, when people started showing up at the company’s office, they found out that the man never worked there and that the whole thing was a scam. More than 15 families fell victims to this scam and vowed never to believe in any such rumours again.
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| Group A | Group B | ||
| i. | Sitaram was looking out for any job... | (a) | holidaying in Kashmir |
| ii. | According to Mrs.Bhushan.. | (b) | to go home and come back the next day. |
| iii. | Govind Ram was... | (c) | that might suit Nathu. |
| iv. | The manager told the customers... | (d) | it was the hottest summer in the history of Pipalnagar. |
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- ____________ tour
- ____________ shop
- ____________ window
- ____________ leg
Write in your own words a few sentences about the following:
Mrs. Shrivastava
Write in your own words a few sentences about the following:
Seth Govind Ram
Write in your own words a few sentences about the following:
Sitaram
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Give one example of a rumour which seemed to be fact in the beginning, later it was proved false.
