Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Identify five to six qualities which make an ordinary person, loved and respected by all. Work in groups of five or six. Each group has to take up one quality and discuss the methods for imbibing that quality and identify the challenges that need to be faced.
Solution
Six qualities which make an ordinary person loved and respected by all.
- Politeness
- Listening
- Helpfulness
- Avoiding excuses
- Adapting to changes
- forgiveness.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Whom does ‘he’ refer to?
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What does ‘apple’ signify?
Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words.
Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his (i) ____________ and it ended. They became friends. But when he grew angry with his foe, he (ii) ___________ it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears and allowed it to grow. He (iii) _________ his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which (iv) __________ his foe to eat it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying (v) _________ under the tree.
Memorise the poem 'The River'
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing.
What is meant by ‘foliage’?
Through the flowers and foliage glancing,
Like a child at play.
Mention the figure speech used in the above line. Give various other examples from the poem.
Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that’s miles long,
Whose tail is compared here?
In the dust, they leave behind,
Could have started life on the earth,
Which resulted in mankind.
What does the word 'they' refer to?
If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
Pick out the rhyming words.
There are some who seem to fancy that for gladness they must roam,
That for smiles that are the brightest they must wander far from home.
According to them, when do they get bright smiles?
