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Question
The black kite may start a fire because
Options
it is a fire bird.
it is hungry and looking for food.
it likes to watch fleeing animals.
it eats only cooked meat.
Solution
It is hungry and looking for food.
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Read the following passage and do the activities:
A1 True or False:
Rewrite the following statements and state whether they are ‘true’ or ‘false’.
(i) Mashelkar’s mother did menial work to bring him up.
(ii) Mashelkar’s father died when he was twelve.
(iii) Mashelkar was born in a very rich family.
(iv) Tatas added much value to Mashelkar’s life.
I start with my greatest guru-my mother. I was born in a very poor family and my father died when I was six. We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work to bring me up. Two meals a day was a tough challenge. I studied under street lights and I walked barefoot until, I think, I was twelve. I remember when I passed the seventh standard and I wanted to go into the eighth standard, our poverty was such that even to secure 21 rupees for secondary school admission became a big challenge. We had to borrow from a lady, who was a housemaid in Chaupati in Mumbai. That was the tough life I had.
In fact, I remember, my passing the SSC Examination-i.e. 11th standard. Those days it used to be not 10th standard or 12th standard but 11th standard. I stood 11th among 1,35,000 but I was about to leave higher education and find a job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just 60 rupees per month and would you believe that 60 rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life that I have been able to stand here today before you to speak to you.
I am on the Board of Tatas now and it is very interesting that the same Bombay House where I used to go to collect that 60 rupees per month now one goes and sits there like a Director on the Board of Tata Motors. The turn that these 40 years have taken is very interesting. It has all been possible because of the chance I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother. She gave me the values of my life. She was one of the noblest parents I have met in my life.
So, my greatest guru was my mother. My second guru was Principal Bhave, about whom I made a mention earlier. He taught us Physics. Because it was a poor school, I remember, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of Science.
A2 Complete:
Complete the following sentences and write:
(i) Mashelkar was inspired by his greatest guru _______
(ii) Mashelkar studied under _______
(iii) Principal Bhave taught _______
(iv) The scholarship by _______ Trust helped him in higher education.
A3 Find the meaning:
Choose the appropriate meaning of the underlined words from the given alternatives:
(i) We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work.
(a) skilled
(b) hard
(c) unskilled
(d) of low status
(ii) Because it was a poor school, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of science.
(a) do a cheap experiment
(b) introduce new things
(c) avoid
(d) try hard
(iii) I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother.
(a) firm saying
(b) being inspired
(c) being inspected
(d) being instigated
(iv) That was the tough life I had.
(a) difficult
(b) soft
(c) cheap
(d) simple
A4 Match:
Match the following sentences with their tags:
| 'A' | 'B' | ||
| (i) | I stood 11th among 1,35,000 |
(a) | aren’t I? |
| (ii) | I am on the Board of Tatas | (b) | didn’t we? |
| (iii) | It was a poor school | (c) | didn’t I? |
| (iv) | We moved to Mumbai | (d) | wasn’t it? |
A5 Personal Response:
“Mother is the greatest Guru.” Discuss.
Answer the following question in 200-250 words:
What is the main theme of 'The Diary of a Young Girl'?
What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.
Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to take issue with
Considering that this is an excerpt from a lecture, how does the commentary provided by the speaker string the arguments together?
Make sentence of your own using the following expression.
put up with:
Read the poem below and fill in the gaps, choosing appropriate pairs of rhyming words, to make them meaningful.
|
Little things Little drops of water, Thus the little minutes, Little deeds of kindness, |
(love - above / sand - land / be - eternity)
Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER
beneath the boughs
Answer the following question in short.
Why did Pundit Shahane visit Vijaynagar?
The characters are a part of the stage setting. How does this reflect when the characters of the play range from the Duke and the Indian boy to the faeries?
Think carefully for a minute.
Jog your memory and recall all the things/objects on which you have seen wheels. Write them down
Write any three of the silly remarks made by the characters other than Alice. Write why you think the remark is silly.
List the various people and places mentioned in the passage. The places Milo visits and the people he meets have unusual names. Write the meanings of those names.
List the characters in the play.
Human characters
List the characters in the story and write a few lines about each of them.
Where was the author when he heard the noise?
The terrorists asked Neerja to collect the passports of the passengers because ______.
Vasantha could not see the rescue operation because ______
Identify the speaker/character.
Stop ship. Drop anchor. Quick!
Fill in the table given below.
| S. No | Problems faced by the hatchlings | Effect | Solution |
| 1. | Pollution | Survival of sea turtles becomes difficult. | Reduce the usage of plastics. |
| 2. | Predators | ||
| 3. | Human Activities |
The wild boar got up from its daybed because it was disturbed by another boar.
How did the third daughter use the grain?
The hut was very ______.
Match the following.
| 1. | garden | very small |
| 2. | trash can | hungry and tired |
| 3. | old man | well maintained |
| 4. | hut | earthen pot |
| 5. | gruel | wasted food |
______is good at cooking.
Match the rhyming words.
| 1. | flow | know |
| 2. | grow | week |
| 3. | seek | blow |
Guess how would the sparrow pull the elephant and the crocodile.
Name the places that Tenzin’s family lived in.
Draw the garden of your dreams.
