Balbharati solutions for Integrated 7 Standard Part 3 [English Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 3.5 - News Analysis [2023 edition]

What is the meaning of 'invigilators'?

Who is conducting the test?

Discuss the following in groups of four or five:

Why is closed footwear (shoes, socks) not allowed in the examination hall? 

Discuss the following in groups of four or five:

Why has the institute not allowed electronic gadgets in the hall? 

Discuss the following in groups of four or five:

What other measures can be taken to prevent copying?

Why is this news published in newspapers?

Guess the meaning of 'most highly paid'.

Guess the meaning of 'revealed'.

Guess the meaning of 'sign films'. 

What word is used for the following in the news item? 

Film Industry

What word is used for the following in the news item? 

Something on which a lot of money is spent.

Guess why 'Ant' is a big-budget movie.

Can you think of other reasons for Ritika's decision?

What will be Ritika's reaction to this news?

Guess the meaning of 'mankind'. 

Which words or phrases in the news refer to the earth?

Which of the following problems do you believe is the most serious?

1. climate change
2. overpopulation
3. epidemic diseases

Discuss this in groups of four or five using your mother tongue and English.

Discuss the following statement with the help of your teacher. 

We have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live.

Discuss the following statement with the help of your teacher.

We will have built colonies amid the stars.

Discuss the following statement with the help of your teacher.

Right now, we have only one planet.

Prof. Hawking wrote about the problem in the Guardian.

Why is it given as 'news' in other papers? 

Go through a few specimens of any major newspaper. You will see that each page usually carries only a certain type of news. The types are decided according to region – city, state, nation, world, etc; and also according to the nature of the news – political, cultural, science related, financial, sports related, etc. Read all the news items given on pages 71 to 73 and decide the types to which each belongs.

What other items do you find in a newspaper besides news? 

Within two minutes, tell as many words as possible, related to the following word:

news

Within two minutes, tell as many words as possible, related to the following word:

TV

Within two minutes, tell as many words as possible, related to the following word:

radio

Within two minutes, tell as many words as possible, related to the following word:

mobile

Guess the meaning of 'flock'.

Guess the meaning of 'followers'.

Why is there a question mark in the heading? 

Which part of the news is reliable? Which part may not be reliable? How do we learn that? 

Will Miribaba and his followers like the news?

What should you do when you fall ill?

Imagine how this news item helped people understand the truth – that Miribaba’s powder cannot cure diseases. Write the story about it in short, in your mother tongue. 

Write your own impressions about the news items given in (a), (b), (c), and (d) in the table below. 

Write a letter to your Class Teacher or the Principal of your school to make any one of the two following requests.

You wish to start a news bulletin for your school/ class. It will be a one-page bulletin to be published every week. A different group of students will manage the preparation of the bulletin every time.

Write a letter to your Class Teacher or the Principal of your school to make the following request.

Your school library subscribes to a few newspapers. Your class wants old issues of the newspapers for some educational activity in the classroom. You are required to make cuttings / news clipping. Therefore, the papers cannot be returned to the library but you will use them in a responsible manner. Use the format of a formal letter given below.

Hold a discussion in the classroom about the differences between printed newspapers, radio news bulletins, TV news bulletins. Discuss the merits, demerits, and popularity of each.