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Once upon a time, there lived a skillful archer in a city. Though he was short in ‘ height and had a crooked back, none could beat him in archery. One day he thought, “I am good enough to join the king’s army, but he would never take in because of my short stature and hunched back. I must look for someone tall and powerful, and then I can enter the king’s army as his page.”

One day, the little bowman found the kind of man he was looking for. He “was a tall and powerful man and used to dig ditches to earn his living. The bowman approached him and said, “The days of your misery are over! I am the best archer of this country and worthy of being a part of the king’s royal army. But, I may get rejected because of my height and crooked back. So, 1 need your help. You will immediately be recruited in the army because of your physique and you can then introduce me to them as your assistant. I will do the work that you will be given to do and we shall divide the pay between us. This way both of us will be able to live comfortably.”

The tall man gladly agreed. Together they reached the king’s palace and sent word to the king that a famous bowman was there to meet him. The, king met the bowman and being impressed by his towering personality, joined him in the royal army. The little man’s dream had come true. He was now a part of the royal army, though disguised as the assistant of the big man. In those days, there was a man-eater tiger on the loose in the jungle. The king sent for the big man and ordered him to kill the tiger. The big man told the little bowman what the king had said. They went to the forest together and soon, the little bowman shot the tiger dead. The king was extremely impressed by the heroic act of the big man and rewarded him with expensive gifts.

Some days, later, a wild elephant came on the city roads and started killing the people. The big man was asked to go and kill the elephant. The big man carried the little bowman on his shoulders and as always, the little bowman hit his target and killed the elephant. The king was full of praise for the big man and gave him a reward. The big man started treating the little man as his servant and spoke him very rudely. The little bowman was very sad.

A few days later, the king of the neighbouring country attacked the kingdom. The king at once sent his army. The big man was mounted on a majestic elephant and was wearing shining armour. The little bowman knew that the big man could not shoot, so he also took his bow and arrow and quietly sat behind the big man on the elephant.

When the big man saw a huge enemy army in front of him, he started to shake with fear. The little bowman asked him to keep sitting quietly, but the big man was so nervous that he jumped off the elephant and ran back to the city from the battle-field.

The little bowman led the elephant fearlessly into the battle-field and killed many of the enemies with his unmistakable shots. All the soldiers were motivated by the little man’s act of bravery and they soon forced the enemy army to withdraw itself. The king now understood that it was the little bowman who was the read hero. He made him the chief of his army and also rewarded him with rich gifts.

Correct Answer is : (d) 13

Hi, I am Indu. Every summer we go to my grandpa’s village. He has a lovely farm. This summer too, we will go there. I will ride a horse. I will climb trees and will go fishing and pick up flowers also. I will feed the lovely animals.

1. Hello, I am Karim. Every summer we go to Chennai to visit my grandparent But this summer, we will not visit them. We will go on a tour to Singapore. We will d0 of shopping there. We will visit all the sight-seeing places in Singapore. We will stay there for ten days.

2. Hello, I am John. This summer I will go camping with my classmates and we will climb up trees. We will make campfires and will sleep in tents. But it will last only for a week. Then, like every summer I will read books and will watch TV at home.

Yes, the little man will support the big man.

The bowman approached him and said, “The days of your misery are over! You will immediately be recruited in the army because of your physique and you can then introduce me to them as your assistant. I will do the work that you will be given to do and we shall divide the pay between’ us. This way both of us will be able to live comfortably.”

a. The microspore mother cells of the sameplant  shall be 20.

(c) Pentamerous

The little man was very wise. He was a skilled archer too. But he was unhappy with his crooked back. His strong desire was to join the army. But he knew that he would be refused to join the army because of his crooked back. He thought, “How unlucky fellow I am! Though I am a skilled archer 1 could not fulfil my wish. Oh, God! Why did you give me this crooked back? What can I do now? Shall I go to the king and request him to take me into his army? No, it is not good. He should not give me the job because of my crooked back. 

Oh, God! Please show me a way to join the army. If I don’t get a job in the army, my life is futile. What will happen if I assist a strong man? Why can’t I use a strong man to join the army? Yes, it is a good idea! I must find out a strong man and ask him to take me as his assistant. Then we will go to the king and he will give jobs to both of us in the army. Thank God! You have given me a right idea. Now, I am hopeful of fulfilling my wish.”

1. My mother will not assign work to me.

2. He will not get the job.

3. We shall not buy another house.

4. The doctor will not see you very soon.

5. He will not leave tomorrow.

The little bowman was afraid that the king would reject him as he was short and had a crooked back.

a) a) wise, b) archer 

b) a) assigned, b) equally 

c) a) happy, b) killing 

d) a) kingdom, b) bravery 

e) a) received, b)ready 

f) a) received, b) honour

(b) Equistae

a) thought, because

b) would, search 

c) greetings, your 

d) Immediately, meet 

e) received, ready 

f) people, chief

(c) Perianth

1. (i) carpel

2. (ii) ovary

3. (ii) stamen

4. (ii) B

5. (i) A

1. (iii) six

2. (i) budding

3. (ii) multiple fission in plamodium

4. (i) fragmentation

5. (i) binary fission

1. We see two canals in waterways: Suez Canal and Panama Canal.

The purpose of construction of Suez Canal is to avoid the long route along Cape of Good Hope in Africa. This canal reduced the distance of travel by thousands of kilometres between Europe and Asia.

The purpose of construction of Panama Canal is to avoid the long distance route between Eastern coastline and Western coastline of North America. This canal provided a short cut to connect two coastlines.

2. The two major cities in India connected internationally through airways are Delhi and Mumbai.

1. Africa and South America show lesser use of air routes.

2. The continents of Africa and South America have lesser use of rail route because in both the continents physical factors like climate and relief are not favourable for development of rail route. Due to the mountains, hills, dense forest and desert in these areas, the construction and maintenance of the railway line is difficult and expensive.

3. The Trans-Siberian Railway connects two continents i.e., Asia and Europe.

4. Compared to the northern part of Australia, southern part is having levelled land, equable climate, urbanisation and industrialisation. Therefore, concentration of transport routes is more in the southern part of Australia.

5. South America and Africa do not have continuous internal rail routes because some areas in these continents are densely forested and extensive areas are covered by deserts and mountains.

The male gonads in human beings are a pair of testes.The testis lies in a sac outside the abodominal cavity called scrotum. The function of testis is to regulate the production of sperms and secretion of male hormone, testosterone. The female gonads in human beings are pair of ovaries located in the abdominal cavity near the kidneys. The ovaries perform dual functions of:
(i) production of female hormones oestrogen and progesterone.
(ii) production of female gamete ovum/ova.

One male nucleus fuses with one female gamete or egg. This process of fusion of male and female nuclei is called syngamy.

No, trade of wheat will not take place in between A and B because both are producing wheat.

Male sex hormone is testosterone and female sex hormone is oestrogen.

Organisms bearing both the sex organs in the same individual are called bisexual. Example, Hydra, Mustard.

Yes, trade will take place between C and D in condition (b) because C country produces tea and D country produces coffee. Since they produce different products – tea and coffee, they will exchange their products through trade.

(i) Absolutely not. We should exhibit humane approach&ehaviour and should not treat them as isolated.
(ii) One should be aware about the mode of transmission of disease, danger of sharing needles, transfusion of contaminated blood, etc'
(iii) Sympathy for fellow human being, care, humane nature.

Firstly, both countries are producing wheat and therefore, if their production of wheat is sufficient for their population, trade will not take place.

Secondly, per capita production of wheat in country A is less than country B. As a result, the cost of production of wheat in country A is more than B country.

Under the above conditions if country B is ready to export wheat to country A, country A will get wheat from B at the lower cost than the production cost in their country and trade in wheat will take place and both countries will be economically benefited and can improve their economy.

Planning reduces the negative impact and boosts the positive impact for sustainable development of a destination.

(i) Big families can be one of the reasons. Only small family gets good health and education unlike that of a large family.
(ii) The Government has initiated the 'Hum do hamare do' programme to provide family planning counseling, etc.
(iii) Caring nature, responsible.

The answer is (d) all mirrors irrespective of their shape

Correct option is  (a) Human element

Topographical maps of survey of India.

The answer is (b) B

• Light bends towards normal when it passes from air to glass. 
• Light bends away from normal when it passes from glass to air. 
• This is appropriately shown in figure (b).

Ray of light strikes the mirror at an angle of 60°. 

⇒ It will make an angle of 300 (900 – 600) with the normal. 

∴ Angle of incidence = 300. 

Now, By laws of refraction; 

µ = \(\frac{Sin\,i}{Sin\,r}\)

Angle of incidence is 60° 

Refractive index of glass slab is 1.5 

Putting the value in the above equation, we get 

1.5 = \(\frac{0.866}{sin\,r}\)

On solving the above equation, we get 

sin r = \(\frac{0.866}{1.5}\)

Angle of refraction, r= 35.26° 

Thus the angel of refraction is 35.26° from the normal.

Correct option is  (a) activity

1. pre-determined

2. Routine

(d) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Between 1980 and 2010 transportation in the Atlantic Ocean declined by almost 50%, whereas sea transport in the Pacific Ocean has increased considerably. There is slight growth in the sea transport in Indian Ocean. There is no change in sea transport in Mediterranean Sea during the same period.

1.Top

2. Management

Correct option is  (c) synonymous and different.

(c) Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A.

1. Others

2. Maneggiare

Management is an art of getting things done through others.

No. We cannot use rear view mirror in place of plane mirror. The reasons are: 

1. In plane mirror we can see our images. 

2. But in rear view mirror we cannot see our images. So there is no use to use rear view mirror.

The answer is (d) Fig. D

In case of concave mirror, an incident ray is parallel to principal axis passes through F after reflection.

(i) Management

(ii) Middle level

(iii) Management as a Science

(iv) Top level management

(v) Middle level management