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(a) The best option for the company to arrange large number of saplings is by vegetative reproduction, through cutting of tea plant, or by tissue culture methods. 

(b) The company must provide adequate salary to its workers. They must be made to work only for fixed hours, which can be rotatory in nature, healthy working environment must also be provided. 

(c) The incentives received from cover can be distributed amongst the workers, their working environment can be made happy and healthy so as to motivate them to put extra efforts. They can be made a part of planning and management, where their ideas and opinions can be valued.

(a) The company must pay the minimum wages prescribed by the Government to its workers. In addition, the company must arrange for housing, good sanitation and safe drinking water for its workers.

(b) The company can establish a school in the township for the children of the workers and a hospital for a medical facility to the workers and their families. The company can also share a percentage of its profit with the workers to motivate them to give their best for the project.

(c) The company can arrange fund by any of the following ways :

(i) Contribution from the owners.

(ii) Loan from the banks.

(iii) Raising fund from the public.

(iv) A combination of the above three methods.

1. Lower part of uterus is called cervix.

2. The sac-like structure present outside the body and which contains testes is

called scrotum.

3. Male gemetes are produced inside testes.

4. Development of baby (foetus) takes place inside uterus.

5. The time between fertilisation and birth is called pregnancy.

The two main types of hormones – sex hormones and growth hormones – influence  adolescent age in humans. The adolescent period shows rapid changes – physical,  emotional, cognitive and social. Sex hormones in this age make the sex organs active  and child reaches puberty. Many physical changes in girls like breast development,  growth of body hair, onset of menstruation, growth spurs and in boys like growth of body  hair, growth spurs, change in voice, muscle development etc. occur. Adolescence is  also a very emotional time for teenagers. Hormones bring about mood changes and  increased sexual urges. Teenagers become self-conscious in social circles.

(i) Grafting in rose & Layering in Jasmine. 

(ii) 

(a) It is cheaper, easier and more rapid method of propagation.

(b) Better quality of plants can be maintained.

(c) Produce seeds with a prolonged period of dormancy.

(d) Traits or characters of the parent plant are preserved.

Which of the following glands is responsible for bringing about changes during adolescence in boys and girls?

1. pituitary

Correct answer is (d) Mouse

a. Free and Open source

The correct answer is (a) 100kPa

The correct answer is

(b) 2000m/s

The Operating System and application Software are available in two forms. 

They are:

1. Free and Open Source. 

2. Paid and Proprietary Software

1. Reservation System. 

2. Attendance System. 

3. Billing System. 

4. Report card Generator

1. System Software (Operating System) is software that makes the hardware devices process the data inputted by the user and to display the result on the output devices like Monitor. 

2. Without the operating system, computer cannot function on its own. 

3. Some of the popular operating system are Linux, Windows, Mac, Android etc.

The correct answer is (c) v_a = v_rms

Correct answer is (a) Android

Hardware: 

1. Hardware is the parts of the computer which we can touch and feel. 

2. Hardware includes input and output devices, Cabinet, Hard disk, Mother Board, SMPS, CPU, RAM, CD Drive and Graphics card.

Software : 

1. Software are programmed and coded application to process the input information. 

2. The software processes the data by converting the input information into coding or programmed language.

3. Touching and feeling is not possible. But, we can see the functions of the software in the form of output.

Some Tamil poems affirm that there is only one God worthy of being worshiped. The God is the Hero-Stone recalling the fall of a brave warrior on the battle field. A stone was fixed at the place where some big warrior fell dead. Since he died, he became a martyr. Death in battle was held to lead the soldier straight to heaven. The hero-stone gave strength to the people in general and the soldiers in particular.

Karikal was the greatest among their earliest Chola kings.

Udaiyanjeral (who flourished during the second century AD), Nedunjeral and Senguttuvan.

The Kangaroo was willing to take the Duck to new places. But it objected to the wet cold feet of the Duck. The Kangaroo said that would make him ill. But the Duck had a solution. It got socks, a coat, and cigars ready to save them from cold.

Both the Kangaroo and the Duck were happy in the end. The Duck was happier as its desire to see places was fulfilled. The Kangaroo too was happy as it could help his friend.

Scholars hold various theories regarding the origin of the Dravidians. Some are of the view that they were foreigners, probably belonging to the Mediterranean race, who entered through the north-western passes and settled in India, about the beginning of the Neolithic Age. Other scholars believe that they were the original inhabitants of India.

The poem is basically humorous. But it has valuable messages too ! Desire to see new places is a natural way to better oneself. Seeking others’ help promotes cooperative living. Foreseeing the problems and providing solutions is a good lesson.

‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’ is a poem with a touch of humour. It was the creation of a British poet called Edward Lear. The Duck says that it is bored with its life in the pond. It wants the Kangaroo to carry it around the world. The Kangaroo says that the Duck’s cold and wet feet will make him ill. The Duck says it has a solution to that problem. It will wear socks. It will also have a coat and smoke. Then the Kangaroo asks the Duck to sit on his tail. The Kangaroo hops around the world thrice with the Duck sitting on his tail. The poet leaves the question – as to who is so happy? – to the reader!

‘Silappadikaram’ and Manimekalai’ are two famous epics of Tamil literature.

The pairs of rhyming words in the poem are: 

1. crown – down 

2. way – say 

3. blind – find 

4. bare – there

The major occupation of the people of the South African grasslands is sheep rearing. Apart from this, dairy farming and mining are the other important occupations of the people of this region.

The cattle farms in the North American grasslands are known as Ranches.

(i) The sound of the letter ‘s’ is used repeatedly.

(ii) The sound of the letter ‘a’ in the word ‘as’ is used repeatedly.

(iii) The sound of the letter ‘t’ is used repeatedly in the words ‘two’ and ‘to’. The sound of the letter ‘p’ is used repeatedly in the words ‘up’ and ‘puli’.

The line signifies the importance of the opportunity which is waiting for us. We should not be concerned with whatever has happened in the past, as it is all over and it is considered as dead. Rather than looking into our past, we should concentrate on our future.

According to the poet, the future waits for those who are ready to accept, courageously, the challenges of a new beginning in life.

If I were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, I would show elements like a patch of lush green grass stretching far and wide, small flowers growing all over the plain tossing their heads, brightly coloured butterflies happily fluttering, a rainbow stretching across the sky.

I would also show a tree-lined road, and under the blue sky I would show boys and girls walking down the road enjoying themselves in the rain. I would use all sorts of colours. Green being promment, I would also use shades of bright colours to depict life, liveliness and joy in nature during spring.

The temperate grasslands of North America are called the Prairies.

My favourite season is winter as with the cold that it brings, it also brings an opportunity to sit by the fire-place and read my favourite book. The snowclad landscapes look divine and radiate peace. What a pleasure it is to eat in this season! Keeping myself warm under the quilt and sharing roasted peanuts with my siblings is a passtime that brings immense joy.

You should draw the blinds of the window and peep out at the silver moon at night in order to find the lonely man.

Yes, the poet emphasizes hard work and perseverance.

Following expressions from the extract illustrate the same:

i. Here is a brand-new trial right at hand.

ii. The future is for him who does and dares

iii. Get in the fight and face it unafraid.

iv. Take courage, be brave and drive ahead.

By this line, the poet means we should forget the sorrows and loss that we have experienced in the past.

The rhyme scheme used is abab.

The rhyming pair of words are:

i. Despairs-dares

ii. Hand-stand

iii. Aid-unafraid

iv. Be-history v. Dead-ahead

vi. Banned-stand

• A beautiful night 
• The people were enjoying 
• When the clouds were making noise and thundering. 
• But I was sitting along with no one aside. 
• My feelings were at night just like a sea tide. 
• It started raining and I cried 
• It started raining and I cried

In time of rain when rain and life are new, the butterflies lift silken wings to catch a rainbow cry and trees put forth new leaves to sing in joy beneath the sky as passing boys and girls too go singing down the roadway.

Legend: 

In the 1820s, the Bavarian astronomer Franz Von Paula Gruithuisen claimed to have glimpsed entire cities on the moon with his telescope. He wrote that the ‘lunarians who lived there had built sophisticated buildings, roads and forts. Most of his colleagues scoffed at his assertion, but he eventually got a small lunar crater named after him.

Sir William Herschel, a prominent British astronomer and composer, also thought aliens lived on the moon and made regular observations about the progress of their construction projects. In 1835, when the New York Sun published a series of fraudulent articles about the supposed existence of life on earth on the moon (pulling off the so-called “Great Moon Hoax”), it falsely credited Herschel’s son John, a famous astronomer in his own right, with the shocking discovery.

Special names of the moon in different languages:

• Sanskrit: Himanshu 
• Marathi: Chandra
• Hindi: Chand 
• French: Lune German: Mond

• White (Poem in cloud) 
• Swirling clouds and shimmering sunlight, 
• Shifting in between dim and bright 
• Could stare all day and just night, 
• Spectacular delight, 
• Unable to fight, 
• Amazing night, 
• Outranks night, 
• Just right 
• White.

Meaning of Repetition: Repetition is a figure of speech in which the same words/expressions are repeated to create poetic effect.

Example:

‘What has been, has been…’

Here, the expression ‘has been’ is repeated in the same line to create poetic effect.

Yes, the poet emphasizes hard work and perseverance.

Following expressions from the extract illustrate the same:

i. This is another race that you have planned.

ii. Start anew and win successes.

iii. And there is much of work and strain and stress.

The title of the poem “Start Where You Stand” also indicates hard work and perseverance.

i. ‘Forget the buried woes and dead despairs’.

Here, the words ‘woes’ and ‘despairs’ are given the human quality of being ‘buried’ and ‘dead’.

ii. ‘Yesterday is dead’.

Here, the word ‘yesterday’ (the past) is given the human quality of being ‘dead’.