Balbharati solutions for English 8 Standard Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.4 - Three Visions for India [Latest edition]

Read the Preamble of the Constitution of India given in your textbook. Pick out a word that refers to the following.

Brotherhood 

Complete Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam’s profile with information picked from the lesson.

PROFILE - Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

1. Title:
2. Profession:
3. Branch of science:
4. Important position in Government held:
5. His three visions for India: 

Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between a developing nation and a developed nation.

Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between self-reliant and self-assured.

Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between our strengths and our achievements.

Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between farm and granary.

Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between a remote-sensing satellite and a natural satellite.

Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.

Indians respect the freedom of others.

Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.

It is time to see ourselves as a developed nation.

Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.

We Indians are obsessed with foreign things. 

Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.

In Israel, the media have a positive outlook and self-respect.

Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.

India has many amazing success stories.

Pick out some sentences from the lesson that convey a general truth.

Find out from the internet the poem ‘Song of Youth’ by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

1. Copy it down in your notebook and write its theme in your own words.
2. Using information from your school library or the Internet, prepare a Profile of any great Indian Scientist.

Say whether each of the verbs underlined below, are Finite or Non-finite.

We lack the confidence to see ourselves as developed nations.

Say whether each of the verbs underlined below are Finite or Non-finite.

We stand first in producing milk.

Say whether each of the verbs underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.

I want to live in a developed India.

Say whether each of the verb underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.

We prefer buying imported things.

Say whether the verb underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.

Indians never try to force their way of life on others.

Say whether the verb underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.

Having invaded India, they captured our land.