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• I don’t eat candy. I don’t eat cake. 

Neither do I eat candy nor cake. 

• I don’t like John. I don’t like Peter. 

Neither do I like John nor Peter 

• He did not come. He did not call. 

Neither did he come nor call. 

• He does not drink. He does not smoke. 

Neither does he drink nor smoke.. 

• She did not like Rome. She did not like Paris. 

Neither did she like Rome nor Paris.

C. astrophysicist.

D. All of these three

B. Issac Newton

The disabled child is posing a great problem to the world. The most prevalent 5 forms of disability are physical impairment, chronic illness, mental retardation and sensory disabilities. Recognising this global problem the General Assembly of the United Nations had declared 1981 as the International Year of the Disabled Persons with the keynote theme of ‘full participation and equality’. Its resolution lay down five principal objectives for improving the condition of the disabled: (1) Helping in their physical and psychological adjustment s to their surroundings; (2) To provide proper training and assistance to get job; (3) Encouraging study and research projects to help them; (4)Educating and informing the public of the rights of disabled persons; (5) Promoting effective measures for prevention of disability.

Every citizen should be aware of the plight of disabled children. Much can be done as regards for prevention, protection, immunisation, etc. Immunisation camps should be organised and parents should be made aware of the fact inadequate nutrition may cause disability. The involvement of public in the remedial work and rehabilitation can also help to do solid work in the field. Individuals can show care for the disabled children by spending some time with them.

It is a great thing to bring light to their dark world. Reading aloud to children in a blind school, contacting the mothers of physically handicapped and helping them in this task also will go a long way in this direction. Every area can organise a special play-group and other children should accept their disabled friends and play with them. Prevention and protection from disability can reduce suffering.

Answer is A. allegory

The writer asked Stephen Hawking if I he found it annoying that someone like him came and disturbed him in his work. To this query, the scientist replied in the affirmative, frankly and honestly. Then, he smiled his one-way smile and this was what endeared him to the writer. The writer felt that he was looking at one of the most beautiful men in the world.

Stephen Hawking was a great scientist, an astrophysicist. But he was disabled – completely paralysed, confined to a wheelchair. He wrote the book A Brief History of Time. He could express himself only through a computer.

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A. he looked like a still photograph.

‘Before you, like a lantern whose walls are worn so thin you glimpse only the light inside, is the incandescence of a man.’

1. has been drumming

2. has been

3. to lie

4. sleeping

The writer thought that there was a choice. Stephen Hawking could have chosen to leave everything, and be sad and depressed. He could have sulked. However, he chose to live creatively knowing the reality of his disintegrating body.

Jharkhand is the largest iron ore producing state.

Most of the copper of India is mined in Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Balaghat (M.P.), Alwar, Jhunjhnu (Rajasthan). Khaman in Andhra Pradesh, Chitrakoot and Hassan in Karnataka and Sikkim also produce some copper.

Three fourth of coal reserves are found in the Damodar Valley. Raniganj, Jharia, Gridihi, Bokaro arrd Karanpura are major coalfields in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar states. Coal is also mined in Singarauli, Suhagpur and Raigarh in Chhattisgarh. Singareni (Andhra Pradesh), Talcher (Orissa) and Chouda (Maharashtra) are other coal fields.

Bauxite deposits are found in many areas of India. Jharkhand, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh are the main producers of Bauxite. Good quality Bauxite is mined in Kolhapur district (Maharashtra).

During the last few years, the Bauxite deposits of Orissa have been developed. The largest aluminium plant of Asia (with a capacity of 8 lakh tonnes alumina and 2.25 lakh tonnes aluminium) has been set up in this state.

Firdaus Kanga – a writer and journalist – had come in a wheelchair from India in order to write about his travels in Britain. On the suggestion of his guide, Kanga planned to meet the most brilliant and completely paralysed astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking in Cambridge.

1. These words show the writer’s intense eagerness to see Stephen Hawking.

2. The writer had come all the way from India to write about his travels in Britain.

3. The writer was expecting that he would hardly get ten minutes to meet Stephen Hawking. Instead of that, he got half an hour time for the interview. Because of this unexpected permission, his anxiety turned into nervousness and he felt weak all over.

4. According to the writer, seeing another disabled achieving something huge makes a disabled person stronger.

Kanga phoned Stephen Hawkings house from a phone booth. There he talked with Stephen Hawkings assistant and requested him to arrange a meeting with Stephen Hawking. Luckily he was allowed half an hour for the s interview.

Confined to his wheelchair, Stephen Hawking looked like a still photograph. We could see his head twisted sideways into a slump. His torso seemed shrunk inside the pale blue shirt. His legs seemed hanging useless and his eyes which could speak, looked still, and they were saying something huge and urgent-it is hard to tell what they wanted to convey.

The writer felt guilty talking to Stephen Hawking every time because in doing so, he forced him to respond, which was a painful job for him. There he tapped at the little switch in his hand, trying to find the words on his computer with the only bit of movement left to him. His eyes would often shut in frustrated exhaustion. The writer could feel his anguish but he had no option.

1. I had asked him earlier what he thought was the best thing about being disabled. He replied that he didn’t think there was anything good about being disabled. Then I said that I thought that he did discover how much kindness there was in the world.

2. I said that a lot of people seemed to think that disabled people were chronically unhappy, and I expressed my view that I know that was not true myself. Then I asked him if he was often laughing inside. About three minutes later, he responded that he found it amusing when people patronised him. I asked him further if he found it annoying l when someone like me came and disturbed him in his work.

1. For ‘the best thing about being disabled’ Stephen Hawking replied that he didn’t think there is anything good about being disabled.

2. The writer could not tell the intensity of Stephen Hawking’s enthusiasm in replying his question because the voice synthesiser could not convey any inflection, shades or tone of Stephen Hawking’s speech.

3. The writer looked at his watch every now and then to watch the time as he wanted to make every minute of the allotted time count.

4. In the end the writer felt a huge relief s and exhilaration in the possibilities of his body. Now he felt that even if he would never walk, or even stand, it did not matter to him.

1. 1. living

2. kept

3. forcing

4. to respond

2. 1. to think

2. are

3. know

4. Are, laughing

North Eastern plateau of India is considered as one of the rich mineral areas of the world, others have no minerals.

(1) His anguish could be felt by me.

(2) It is found amusing when I am patronised by people.

(3) One of the most beautiful men in the world was being looked at by me.

(4) No inflection could be conveyed by his voice synthesiser.

(5 ) A huge relief and exhilaration was felt by me.

(6) Much good is not done by it.

(7) What they are good at should be concentrated on by them.

Coal is the major source of power for industries. It is important for iron and steel, and chemical Industries. India has huge reserves of coal. 3/4th of coal reserves are located in Damodar valley. Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have also coal fields.

Nationalisation of coal fields. After independence, coal industry has been nationalised. Its main aim is to protect the coal labourers from injustice.

Importance of coal. Light brown coal is of great importance for India. It has been useful for producing electricity and gas. Oil can be obtained from it. Mini thermal plants have been set up near coal fields. The electricity produced thus is connected with national electric grid. It saves time and expenditure both.

Production: In 1951, coal production was 3.5 crore tonnes. Now it has increased to 333.58 million tonnes.

Problems:

• There is shortage of high grade coal.
• Fire accidents have taken the lives of several labourers.
• Coal fields are found at great depth. Its mining is expensive.
• The technical development of coal production is slow.

India has huge iron ore reserves. It is of good quality, namely Haematite and Magnetite iron ore. This has 60 to 70% iron ore content. So it has a great demand in the international market.

Areas: Iron ore is found in many areas. India has, an iron ore reserve of 1757 crore tonnes. One-half of the reserves are found in Singhbhum (Jharkhand) and Keonjhar,

Bonai, Mayurbhanj (Orissa). This is the largest iron ore belt of the world. It is also found in Bihar, Chhattisgarh. Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka states.

Special attention was paid to the rural electrification after independence. Schemes were launched jointly by States and Electricity Boards. More than 5 lakh villages were electrified till 2000. 98 lakh tube-wells were installed. About 84% of villages were electrified. In Punjab all the villages have been electrified. To supply electricity in areas of scheduled castes and tribes, priority is being given. It will provide a multipurpose development of the villages.

1. The way we organise ourselves and our living spaces in a place Is called a settlement. 

2. Airport. 

3.  In an aerotropolis the airport functions as a city In Its own right. Many facilities like hotels, shopping, entertainment, food, business conferencing etc. are provided. 

4. (i) Bengaluru International Airport 

(ii) Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) and 

(iii) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad).

1. There is growing population in the cities. 

2. People who migrate to the city looking for work occupy land without necessary permission and build on it in the way they can afford with no help or facility from anyone.

3. In the plan these places may be demarked for a different purpose. Thus they won’t get the status of colonies. 

4. These may not receive many public amenities. People here are poor.

5. Thus slums are formed. 

6. When government evict the people from there, the compensation paid may not be sufficient. 

7. Again they occupy new location without necessary permission and these slums go on increasing.

(1) As soon as the walking tour was done, I rushed to a phone booth.

(2) If you have grown up disabled, you get fed up with people asking you to be brave.

(3) You are so lazy that you will not draw a cheque.

(4) I’ve been without any choice.

(5) Since I felt guilty every time, I kept quiet.

(6) People patronise me and I find it amusing.

(7) It mattered very little that I would never walk, or even stand.

Urban settlement: Towns where people did not work in agriculture

B) increase in population

1. To understand this, we need to look at these basic concepts:(i) site (ii) situation (iii) the history of the place. 

2. Sites refer to the characteristics of the place its topography, altitude, water characteristics (the places with lakes, rivers, underground water, etc., types of soils, security, shelter from natural forces, and so on. 

3. Shivaji chose Pratapgadh because of its altitude from where all the surrounding areas could be seen. 

4. Situation describes the connections with other places. 

5. Visakhapatnam is located on the coast and connects Andhra Pradesh to many places in and outside of India. 

6. Coastal places were of immense significance for colonial powers because they could build ports there.

Potential oil-bearing area extends over 10 lakh 700 km. in India ; (almost 1/3rd of area of the country). It includes the Ganges-Brahmputra plain, coastal belts, Gujarat plains, Thar Desert and Andaman Nicobar inlands.

Position at the time of Independence. At the time of independence, oil was found only in Assam. Oil refinery was set up at Digboi. It was a small oilfield. But it worked for about 100 years.

Oil-exploration after the independence. Oil exploration was started to meet the growing demand. Oil and natural gas was discovered in off-shore regions of Gujarat and Gulf of Cambay. Oil was found at Bombay (Mumbai) High at a distance of 115 kms from Mumbai coast. At present, it is the largest oilfield of India. A mobile drilling platform ‘Sagar Samrat’ from Japan was used to explore oil. India extended this oil region. New oilfields have been discovered in off-shore regions of deltas of Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery. New oil reserves have been found in Assam.

The main problems are:

1. The consumer centres are situated away from bower generating centres. It becomes expensive to layout grid system.
2. Some part of electricity is lost on the way.
3. Due to some fault in the grid system electricity supply is stopped.

In unitary government, all powers are given to central government by constitution, whereas there is a division of powers between center and states in federal form of government.

I think 104 and 108 services have made a difference to the above situation. Hiring an Ambulance from private is very expensive. But 108 reaches the patient within a short time, takes him/her to the nearest hospital by providing medical aid. 104 service creates awareness in the rural people. And they give medical assistance to needy people.

Coal and oil are exhaustible sources of power. These will not last long. On the other hand solar power is an inexhaustible source of power.

It provides unlimited power, when oil and coal will be exhausted, solar power will be used.

Distinction on the basis of three points between Unitary and federal system: 

1. Difference (distinction) of centralization of powers and their distribution: 

In unitary government, there is no division of powers between centre and states in constitutional context. In this system, all powers lie with central government, whereas in federal system, there is a division of powers between center and state governments through a written constitution and both are independent in their respective field. 

2. Difference on the basis of form of constitution: 

In the states having unitary form of government, constitution may be of any form— written, unwritten, rigid or flexible, whereas in the states having federal form of government, constitution has mandatorily to be supreme, written and rigid. 

3. Difference on the basis of size of state: 

Unitary government is suitable for small states, where there is uniformity in respect of language, religion, culture, etc., whereas federal government is suitable for big states, where the people from different religions, languages, cultures and ideologies live.

(A) better nutrition

Dr. Watson pretended to have some other appointment. Thus he avoided accompanying Mr. Smith during his visit to Holmes.

Correct option is D) fifty

A) Metropolitan cities

A) Metropolitan city

Iron ore is found in the districts of Raigarh and Bilaspur in Jharkhand.

The organisations are:

• Oil and Natural Gas Commission (O.N.G.C.)
• Oil India Limited (O.I.L.)
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (H.P.C.)
• Gas Authority of India Limited (G.A.I.L.).