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| 3401. |
\'My grandmother accepted her seclusion with resignation \' explain |
| Answer» The author’s grandmother “accepted her seclusion with resignation” means she accepted her loneliness without any complains. She spent her days of loneliness by engaging herself in the wheel-spinning activity, reciting prayers and feeding the sparrows. | |
| 3402. |
Why does the narrator call his grandmother a winter landscape ? |
| Answer» The author compares his grandmother\'s beauty with the "pure white serenity" of a winter landscape. She imbibed that "peace and contentment" in her appearance and beauty. | |
| 3403. |
note making From book hornbill the green Sahara |
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| 3404. |
What is true about yin? |
| Answer» The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots in Taoism/Daoism, a Chinese religion and philosophy. The yin, the dark swirl, is associated with shadows, femininity, and the trough of a wave; the yang, the light swirl, represents brightness, passion and growth. | |
| 3405. |
Tears are produce tear gland which keeps the eye |
| Answer» All\xa0tears\xa0come out of\xa0tear\xa0glands, or lacrimal (say: LAH-krum-ul) glands, found way up under your upper eyelids.\xa0Tears\xa0wash down from the glands and over your\xa0eyes. Some of the\xa0tears\xa0drain out of your\xa0eyes\xa0through\xa0tear\xa0ducts, or lacrimal ducts. These ducts are tiny tubes that run between your\xa0eyes\xa0and your nose. Your\xa0tears are produced\xa0by\xa0lacrimal glands\xa0located above your\xa0eyes.\xa0Tears\xa0spread across the surface of the\xa0eye\xa0when you blink. They then drain into small holes in the corners of your upper and lower lids before traveling through small channels and down your\xa0tear ducts\xa0to your nose.\xa0 | |
| 3406. |
Why Crocker Harris is not like the other teachers? |
| Answer» Mr Crocker Harris was a very strict teacher. Acorrding to the school of Taplow the results are to be declared by the headmaster on the last day, unlike Mr. Crocker Harris no other teacher obey this rule, so that the child may not be stress avout the result . but our crock was very obedient to rules so he does not disclose the result | |
| 3407. |
But is it true regarding ordinary Masters? |
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| 3408. |
What kind of Bond Crocker Harris has with other students? |
| Answer» According to Taplow, Mr. Crocker Harris was a strict disciplinarian. Students were afraid that any misconduct might affect their grades. From Taplow\'s dialogue we also get to know that Mr. Crocker Harris was a man who strictly adhered to the rules of the school much unlike the other teachers. He never disclosed the results till it was announced by the headmaster. However, Taplow liked Mr.Crocker Harris as he believed that the man was not a sadist. He felt pity for Mr. Crocker Harris and described him as \'shrivelled up inside\'.\xa0 | |
| 3409. |
Why do you think taplow mimic Mr crocker Harris? |
| Answer» Taplow mimicked Mr. Harris because while narrating an incident to Mr. Frank, the science teacher, he got emotionally carried away and did Mr. Crocker Harris’s mimicry. Mr. Frank liked this mimicry so much that he asked Taplow to do it once more; Taplow did it again. So, Taplow had to mimic Mr. Crocker Harris. | |
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What steps did the narrator take to get ranga married with Ratna ???Give answer in 120 words. |
| Answer» In the story Ranga\'s Marriage, The narrator "Shyama"\xa0felt that Ranga and Ratna were suitable match for each other.He won\'t get them married. So he arrange a meeting in which Ranga met Ratna and got impressed with her melodious singing. He manipulated the thing in a clever way and made Ranga fell in love with her. He finally got them married and succeed in his plan. | |
| 3411. |
Explain " washed their terribly transient feet ".( A photograph) in 30 words |
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Answer» This context signifies the transient(LAsting for a short time) life of human beings whereas on the other hand the nature is immortal and eternal.While humans change due to their growth and ultimatley die the objects of nature like sea, ocean etc. never change. Means washed their temporary muddy feet |
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Plz answer fast n properly ? |
| Answer» Question is not given.. | |
| 3413. |
"What has happened is disgraceful,believe me" says the narrator. What does he refer to? |
| Answer» According to the narrator, young people in the village are ignoring their mother tongue Kannada and speaking in English, which is a disgraceful event. Rama Rao\'s son speaks in English to the old woman selling firewood. She does not understand his words and goes away muttering abuses for wasting her time. Rama Rao\'s son felt it against his prestige that he should talk in Kannada to a poor woman. | |
| 3414. |
What does the narrator refer to the Black Hole of Calcutta? |
| Answer» The narrator refers to Ranga\'s courtyard as the Black Hole of Calcutta because the teeming masses had congested that small space into a similar sort of structure where more and more people seemed to be swallowed up as they went in. The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in the old Fort of William of Calcutta where British prisoners of war were held captive by the nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah. The inhabitants had to live in close quarters, crammed together in a small space. The situation was similar in Ranga\'s courtyard which had witnessed a huge turnout due to the arrival of the accountant\'s son from the city. | |
| 3415. |
How did the old lady satisfy herself about Ranga? |
| Answer» The old lady ran her hand over Ranga’s chest and looked into his eyes. She was satisfied to find the sacred thread still on him. She was happy that he had not lost his caste. | |
| 3416. |
What happened when Ranga returned to his village from the city of Bangalore? |
| Answer» Ranga’s homecoming was a great event. The crowds milled around his house to see whether he had changed or not. People were quite excited as the boy was returning home after studying English at Bangalore. Everyone was surprised to see that Ranga was the same as he had been six months ago, when he had first left the village. | |
| 3417. |
What exactly had happened 10 yrs ago? How imp was it then? |
| Answer» Ten years ago, the English language was not very popular in the village. People hardly knew how to speak in English. Only, Ranga\'s father had the courage to send his son to Bangalore to study. This was therefore a great event. | |
| 3418. |
What does the narrator say about Hosanalli? |
| Answer» The narrator lived in a small village hosahalli in the state of Karnataka.The narrator said there is not even a shadow of their village on the map and there are\xa0mango trees in his village are famous for their sourness.Narrator means merely eating these fruit can make anyone cough. | |
| 3419. |
Comment on the title of the story of Ranga\'s marriage |
| Answer» The title of the story is quite appropriate and suggestive. It at once sums up the theme of the story. The whole story has one central issue Ranga’s marriage. It begins with Ranga’s refusal to marry just then and ends with his blissful married life. All the incidents contribute to the central theme.The writer has presented the working of a young educated Indian’s mind and heart. He is easily influenced by the English way of life and customs. He wants to adopt them in his own life as well. The narrator, who is his well-wisher takes deep interest in him and takes active steps to wean Ranga away from the fantasy of love-marriage. By arousing his interest and fascination in a young girl, Ratna, he makes Ranga agree to marry her. Thus Ranga’s one condition for marriage is fulfilled—he knows the girl and loves her. She does not fulfil the other condition of being a mature girl in twenties—she is just eleven at that time. | |
| 3420. |
why did Gordon Cook decide to undertake the round the world journey? |
| Answer» The author undertook the sea journey to duplicate round-the-world-voyage undertaken by Captain James Cook 200 years ago. The narrator and his wife had great interest in seafaring. To complete the journey successfully, the narrator and his wife practiced and honed their sailing skills for 16 years in the rough British waters. The author had got a special boat, Wavewalker built for this purpose. | |
| 3421. |
discribe the physical appearance of the grandmother |
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Answer» Answer :- The word Cardboard used in the poem "A Photograph" refers to the photograph of the poets mother enjoying a sea-holiday with her two cousins when she was twelve years old. The cardboard stands for the frame that supports and holds the photograph. It signifies that life is transient and what remains is an insignificant piece of paper. Answer :- In "The Potrait of a lady" by Khushwant Singh , the authors grabdmother was short,fat and slightly bent in stature. Her silvery white hair was scattered over her wrinkled face. Khushwant Singh remembers her hobbling around the house in spotlesa white clothes with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other busy in counting her beads. It was diffucult for the author to believe that once she too was young and pretty because he had always known her as an old woman. She had been the same for the past twenty years. To the author she was beautiful but neither young nor pretty. What is cardboard |
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| 3422. |
Why mourad is considered as natural descendant of the crazy streak in the tribe |
| Answer» Mourad was considered to be the craziest among his family members because he was considered to be the natural descendant of the crazy streak in the tribe. He was unlike his father Zorab, a practical man but quite like his ancestor Khosrove who was temperamental to say the least. In their family, a man could be the father of his son\'s flesh but that did not mean he was the father of his spirit too. the distribution of the various kinds of spirit in their tribe had always been capricious and vagrant. Mourad enjoyed being alive more than anybody else who had ever fallen into the world by mistake. He would steal a horse not out of malice or greed but just to take care of the animal or enjoy its company. What the world would term as scatterbrained but in actuality, he was a kind, generous and independent spirit who only answered to the callings of his heart. | |
| 3423. |
how does author describe his grandmother? |
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Answer» The author\'s grandmother was strong willed women. She take care of his grandson. In the story “The Portrait of a Lady” the author draws a very beautiful portrait of his grandmother. He spent his childhood with his grandmother in a village. She was not adapted to the modern lifestyles. She was her grandson’s bosom friend. The author says that she was like any other grandmother –old, short, fat, white haired, with wrinkled skin, back stooped with age, loving, caring and above all deeply spiritual. He heard people saying that she was very beautiful in her younger days. However, she was all same from the time he has seen her. She used to walk around the house putting one hand in her back and counting the beads in her rosary in the other. The author said that his dead grandfather’s look did not match his grandmother’s beauty. The author’s grandmother was a strong-willed woman. She not only took care of herself but also her grandson. She used to take him to school, which was attached to a temple. While the author was attending his class, she used to read books in the temple. She helped him in his studies also. She was disposed towards charity. She not only fed animals and birds, but she also loved them. Other than his grandson, they were her company. She did not love music as she considered it was for harlots and beggars. She was a lady of less words and more work.\xa0 |
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| 3424. |
What was the change in the grand mother |
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| 3425. |
Why were people of hosahilli excited to see ranga |
| Answer» Hosahalli didn’t have many people who knew English. Ranga’s father was the first one who had enough courage to send his son to Bangalore to study. He was coming back to the village. Naturally, his homecoming was a great event for the villagers. People rushed to have a look of Ranga. They were satisfied that he was the same Ranga as he had been six months ago.The villagers had assembled to assess if Ranga had changed as a person after coming back from the city. But everyone was surprised to see that Ranga was the same s he had been six months ago when he had first left the village. An old lady who was near him, ran her hand over his chest and looked into his eyes to comment that he had not lost his caste. The crowd melted away once they had ascertained that Ranga had not changed. The people were religious and close to their roots. | |
| 3426. |
What does the word cardboard denote in the poem A photograph |
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Answer» the word cardboard in the poem refers to the photograph of the poet\'s mother enjoying a sea holiday with her two cousins when she was 12 years old. the cardboard stands for the frame that supports and holds the photograph it signifies that life is transient and what remains is an insignificant piece of paper. In the\xa0poem, the\xa0word\xa0\'cardboard\' stands for the frame that supports and borders the\xa0photograph. The\xa0photograph\xa0shows the\xa0poet\'s\xa0mother as a twelve year old girl with two of her cousins, Betty and Dolly. The\xa0word\xa0\'cardboard\' has been used to depict that the\xa0photograph\xa0is many years old. |
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| 3427. |
What was franz expected to be prepared with for school that day? |
| Answer» 1.\xa0What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?AnswerFranz was expected to be prepared with participles that day as Mr. Hamel had told the class that he would be taking a test on the topic that day. | |
| 3428. |
Why was the old woman in chapter birth was so tensed? |
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Answer» pta ni Hii Isha from where |
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| 3429. |
Everyone on the boat did contribute to save the wave Walker justify |
| Answer» It is quite true, after the Wavewalker was irreparably damaged by the colossal wave, everyone on-board contributed to save it. Not only the elders on the boat worked hard, kept nerves, and cooperated with one another, the six year old son, and the seven year old daughter behaved courageously and bravely also in the face of the storm. The six year old son Jon reassured his dad that he was not afraid to die if he could be together with his family. So these fearless words motivated the author to do his best to save the damaged boat. The author was really a great sailor as he repaired the damaged boat, steered it and made it steady in the raging storm. Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler, the professional sailors hired in S. Africa helped the narrator in tackling the Southern Indian Ocean. They proved to be real saviours when the ship had been flooded with the sea water. They pumped like madmen to keep the water levels reasonably low. Each and every person on Wavewalker did their best to save the boat. Their courageous efforts were nothing but sheer hard work, keeping nerves, and cooperation. So, they survived the disaster. | |
| 3430. |
Why did not grandmother like the music education in city school? |
| Answer» Grandmother did not like music education in city school because according to her point of view music is not meant for gentle folk , she regarded music as for harlots and beggars. | |
| 3431. |
Why did the grandmother disapprove of things they taught at the English School |
| Answer» The grandmother didn’t like the English school in the city. It was totally different from the village school that was attached to the temple. She was sad and disturbed. They didn’t teach anything about God and the scriptures at the new school. Nor was she interested in science. She hated music lessons given in the new school. | |
| 3432. |
In about 120-150 words give a brief character sketch of the grand mother |
| Answer» Grandmother" was an old wrinkly woman, who couldn\'t have grown older. She was short, plump and slightly bent. She always wore a white saari, with silver locks covering her face, due to which the narrator describes her as being a "winter landscape in the mountains". She has a calm, gentle and reassuring face.In his childhood years, the narrator lived with\xa0his grandmother. He describes her as a\xa0goodfriend. She would wake him up on school days and prepare him a simple breakfast .She had asympathetic attitude towards animals . She carried several stale chapattis with her\xa0for the villagedogs . When she was in village she used to feed dogs but as and when she came to the city shestarted feeding the sparrows. She was a religious\xa0woman , as she spend her\xa0time in temple inreading the scriptures .She was a woman\xa0who love her traditions and culture.\xa0With her one hand,she was always telling the beads of her rosary. She spent most of her time reading the holy bookswhether at home or in the\xa0temple. She spent her time in\xa0spinning wheel and reciting her prayers also. She never omitted to\xa0sing her prayers. | |
| 3433. |
Who were Murad and arham |
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Answer» Aram and Mourad are the two characters of summer of a beautiful horse.Aram is known as a narrator of this story. He is extremely mindful and also understands the financial conditions of the house.Mourad is the cousin of the Aram who has a passion for horse and also has compelling to the horse. Cousins brother |
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| 3434. |
Note making solution |
| Answer» Step 1 :\xa0(i)Read the passage carefully.(ii)Try to get the theme and subject of the passage. You may ask yourself: “What is this passage about?” This will provide you the gist.Step 2 :\xa0Read carefully. Identify main ideas and important supporting details.Step 3 :\xa0Make notes of the main ideas under headings and add sub-points under sub-headings.Step 4 :\xa0Use proper layout/format, e.g.,(a) Indented, linear form(b) Sequential form(c) Tabular form(d) Flow chart(e) Pie chart, graphs or diagrams, etc.Step 5 :\xa0Use recognisable abbreviations wherever possible | |
| 3435. |
Explain line and the laburnum subsides to empty in poem laburnum top |
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Answer» In the last line of the poem, “The Laburnum Top”, a poem by Edward James, the poet is portraying the unexpected silence which comes on the laburnum tree when a small singing bird, with yellow feathers on the wings, called “Goldfinch” left the tree and flies away after feeding its young ones. The bird was on the tree for quite a time and the tree was lively and noisy due to its presence but after its departure, the tree again becomes calm and quiet. Hai sir Hii |
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| 3436. |
Compare and contrast Mrs Dorlings characters.Chapter Address.give answer in 150 words |
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Write the character sketch of grandmother from the chapter the potrait of a lady |
| Answer» In this story narrator describes his grandmother as old woman. People said that she had once\xa0been young and beautiful but according to author her grandmother had been old ever since hehad seen her the author could not imagine her as a child or as a young and beautiful lady. Forhim she was his grandmother, a woman who had been always old and never young. She wasshort, fat and slightly bent. Her face was a\xa0full of wrinkles . Narrator maintains that she was\xa0beautiful because she was kind, warm, loving, attentive and caring. The author’s grandmother was strong woman in character and was very religious too. She was always dressed in\xa0a spotlesswhite dress.In his childhood years, the narrator lived with\xa0his grandmother. He describes her as a\xa0goodfriend. She would wake him up on school days and prepare him a simple breakfast .She had asympathetic attitude towards animals . She carried several stale chapattis with her\xa0for the villagedogs . When she was in village she used to feed dogs but as and when she came to the city shestarted feeding the sparrows. She was a religious\xa0woman , as she spend her\xa0time in temple inreading the scriptures .She was a woman\xa0who love her traditions and culture.\xa0With her one hand,she was always telling the beads of her rosary. She spent most of her time reading the holy bookswhether at home or in the\xa0temple. She spent her time in\xa0spinning wheel and reciting her prayers also. She never omitted to\xa0sing her prayers.She did not like the\xa0western learning by his grandson .She\xa0was also against learning of music.She was left alone when\xa0narrator went abroad but she passed her time with spinning feedingsparrows and reciting prayers .She felt happy when narrator came back after a long time. Shemade her ill by beating the\xa0drum in happiness .She was so devoted to religion that in her lasttimes she pray. | |
| 3438. |
previous knowedge |
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| 3439. |
What significance does war have on the events in story. Chapter -address.give answer in120 words |
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| 3440. |
What are homophones and homonyms |
| Answer» The word\xa0homophone\xa0comes from the Greek word homos (=same) and phone (=voice).\xa0Homonyms\xa0can be words that sound the same but have different meanings. List of\xa0homophones. Try to read the following words aloud when you look at their meaning. They should sound identical. | |
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What was the author\'s profession chapter 2 hornbill... |
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Answer» Hm Arshpreet kaur, are you from brahmdutt school....Please give me the answer of my question of physical subject... He was 37 year old business man. He was a businessman यह कथन किसका है-"जीवन में तनावो का सफल अनुकूलन ही शारीरिक शिक्षा हैं"।Do you know answer of this question..?If you know then plz write this ans. |
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| 3442. |
Why was the history teacher Mr.Braun angry with Albert Einstein? |
| Answer» When a question was asked to Einstein instead of answering that question he is rather express his ideas and thoughts . He also argued with the history teacher .In fact instead of appreciating the ideas of Einstein the teacher got annoyed and angry with Albert Einstein | |
| 3443. |
What is the importance of Man in the landscape? |
| Answer» It is a source of communication that brings the cosmos together. He is \'the eye of the\xa0landscape\' as it is\xa0man\xa0who has the wisdom to distinguish between the good and the evil, between beauty and filth. | |
| 3444. |
why does the poet contrast the sea with transient feet |
| Answer» The lines, ‘And the sea, which appears to have changed less’ depicts that the sea have stayed the same over the years. It has not changed at all.These lines suggest a sharp contrast to the mortal human life. Human life is transitory and temporary whereas the sea symbolizes permanence, immortality and eternity. The poet makes use of the phrase ‘terribly transient feet’ to highlight the ephemeral nature of human life. | |
| 3445. |
Character sketch of Aram, Mourad, uncle khosrove, John byro 120 words each |
| Answer» Google pe sarch kar lo | |
| 3446. |
What is the message conveyed through the poem my childhood |
| Answer» In the poem My childhood poet Markus Natten wants to convey the message that when we loss our childhood we also loss our innocence and gains individuality and we get aware about adults nature and hypocrisy. | |
| 3447. |
Different children lose their childhood at different ages comment |
| Answer» Dot,n sure but i think the age is very main affect to change the thinking by childhood to human | |
| 3448. |
What concept of childhood emerges out of the poem? |
| Answer» The poem childhood is a beautiful piece of work.It takes us back to our own childhood.It reminds the readers of their childhood and their memories.The carefree nature and the worry free life are the key concepts of the childhood that are emerged from this beautiful poem about childhood | |
| 3449. |
what were the child\'s opinion regarding adults? |
| Answer» The child in the poem Childhood does not think highly of the adults. They say that the adults tell us to preach love but fail to do so themselves.Hence, the child calls the adult hypocrites who say something but do something else.the child interprets that the adults talk about love but they do not preach so themselves and ends up calling them hypocrites. | |
| 3450. |
What different friend explanations does the poet offer regarding vanishing of childhood ? |
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