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147, Mayur Vihar 

New Delhi 

11 April 20×× 

The Editor 

Hindustan Times 

New Delhi 

Subject : Evoking Awareness Towards Solar Energy 

Sir 

Through the columns of your reputed newspaper, I wish to make people aware of the growing need and demands for solar power. We all know that our earth is showing signs of a patient in declining health and this is due to the excessive pollution on our planet. Man has a desire to live a luxurious life and for that, he is over consuming electricity. He doesn’t realize that the overuse will exhaust the resources of our planet. We must conserve electricity which is the need of the hour. 

This conservation can only be done if we start using solar power systems. Various kinds of solar systems like solar cookers, solar lanterns, solar heating and cooking systems, solar water heaters, etc., are available in the market. 

These solar systems are non-polluting. They are economical and are available in different sizes. So, I request you to publish this letter in your newspaper in order to make people aware of the need for conserving electricity and limiting electricity bills. The public must pay attention to the dire need for switching over to solar energy. 

Thanking you 

Yours sincerely 

Divyansh

(i) Mirror is the speaker of the line.
(ii) Most of the time mirror has to pass its time by looking at the opposite pink wall.
(iii) Personification
(iv) As the mirror spends most of the time with the pink wall, so it becomes its part of the heart.

(i) The frog
(ii) The Nightingale
(iii) The speaker refers it as poor because she is dead
(iv) She died when the veins of her neck bursted.

(i) It measures time in hours, minutes and seconds.
(ii) Wristwatch is easily available in different shapes and sizes.
(iii) Some prefer flat wristwatches while others like round.
(iv) It is worn by all age groups.

The drama ‘Julius Caesar’ by William Shakespeare. 

Antony, a friend of Caesar claims allegiance to Brutus and the conspirators after Caesar’s death in order to save his own life. Later however, when speaking a funeral oration over Caesar’s body, he spectacularly persuades the audience to withdraw its support of Brutus and instead condemn him as a traitor. With tears on his cheeks and Caesar’s will in his hand, Antony engages masterful rhetoric to stir the crowd to revolt against the conspirators. In this way, without war or any weapon, he made the Roman mass on his side and avenged the death of his dear friend Caesar.

                              The Diary of a Young Girl  

The hideout had promised their life but somehow killed their spirit. The Frank family received a call-up notices. The family got scared. The vision of the concentration camps and lonely calls were frightening. So, they decided to go into hiding even if it had to be a month earlier than what had been planned. 

In the hideout, the families could live. It promised them life. Anne and her family also thought to have the annexe as a place to hide. However, Anne often felt bad as the miserable physical and emotional conditions of the annexe-I and confinement bothered her. She missed being able to see the nature and the sky. People had to live in severe conditions. Anne didn’t have privacy. Living through the fears of war was a terrible thing. All the residents got tired of the atmosphere of horror all the time. They had almost forgotten how to laugh. The habitants of the annexes lived under tension affecting their everyday live.

                                   The Story of My Life 

Benevolent aspect of nature thrilled her, but soon she learnt that nature could be ferocious also. Once she and her teacher were returning from a walk. The weather grew warm and humid. They stood under the cool shade of a tree. With her teacher’s help, Helen sat amidst the branches. Miss Sullivan went to fetch lunch and Helen was all alone. Suddenly, weather changed and a thunderstorm was imminent. Helen felt paralysed and frightened and she wanted to get down from the tree. She clung to the branch with all her might as the tree swayed and strained. The branches lashed about her. She felt as if she would fall and at that very moment. Miss Sullivan came and helped her down. Helen had learnt a new lesson that “Nature wages open war against her children and under softest touch hides treacherous claws”. She learnt a great lesson that life is not always pleasant and one should be prepared for the risks and stakes also.

                        The Diary of a Young Girl 

After Anne’s father advised her against visiting Peter too often, she decides to write a letter to him expressing her true feelings towards her parents. She makes it clear to her father that she has reached the stage where she can live entirely on her own without parental support. She points how she had spent days in bitter, hard struggles, without their moral support, that had made her feel herself independent, a separate individual and not in the least responsible to any of her parents. She further explains how they closed their eyes and ears when she was in difficulties. What she received by being boisterous were nothing but warnings. This makes Anne justify her stand of being boisterous. She says that she was only boisterous so as not to be miserable all the time. She had been reckless so as not to hear that persistent voice within her continually. In other words, she had been veiling her true feelings by her bold attitudes. Anne says, she had played a comedy for a year and a half when she stayed at the ‘Secret Annexe’. Yet, she had never grumbled, nor did she lose her courage. By being so, Anne feels, she has won the battle over her parents and she has become independent in mind and body.

As days grew into months and months to years, there was a great change in Anne’s attitude. She realised herself to be growing more and more mature. Under one such time, she turned over the pages of her diary. She found that the letters written about her mummy were written in a rage and they reflected only her hatred towards her mother. It was true that the mother and the daughter did not understand each other very well, but Anne knew that her mother indeed loves her. Now Anne felt that the only way to tackle her mother is to keep her mouth shut whenever she felt angry. Anne realised that mummy used to be annoyed with her because she landed in many unpleasant situations. Because of her worries, mother grew nervous and irritable and snapped at Anne. But, as days passed by, both had become tolerant to each other. What gave Anne comfort was that the hard words for mummy were only written on the paper and not said aloud. For, it would have hurt mother more.

Otto Frank was Anne’s father. Anne was deeply attached to him. Anne always looked up to her father as it was only through him that she was able to retain the family bonds. However, Anne’s deep attachment to her father also reveals her jealousy of her elder sister, Margot. Anne writes, “I don’t love anyone in the world but him.”  Otto Frank is an individual, who never runs away from the responsibilities. His wife and both of his daughters are well taken care of by him. When the S.S. sends a call up notice for Margot, he arranges for the family to move into the hiding so that his daughter Margot is not taken away by the Germans. He had been arranging to move into hiding along with his family for a long time, as Anne records in her diary. Besides, Mr. Otto Frank does maintain a standard of living, even in the hiding. Mrs. Frank and both their daughters are provided with books to keep their knowledge updated. The children in the family do a course in shorthand. Margot even opts for a course in Latin. Besides, Mr. Frank takes care that the ‘Secret Annexe’ is furnished as far as he can make arrangements at the time the family moves into the hiding. Thus, Otto Frank comes out to be an ideal husband and father.

                            The Story of My life

In the winter, Helen visited to a New England village. It was her first opportunity to enter into the treasure of snow. There were frozen lakes and vast snow fields. She was surprised to see that trees and bushes were bare with hardly a leaf here and there. The birds had flown away and their nests were filled with snow. The whole place looked barren and lifeless. 

One day, the wind was cold and a snowstorm followed. Tiny flakes began to fall silently and softly from above. The next morning all the roads were hidden under snow and no landmark was visible. 

One day, Helen made her way with difficulty to the pine grove. The trees stood motionless draped white in snow. Their twigs sparkled like diamonds as the rays of sun fell upon them. The light was so dazzling that it penetrated even Helen’s blind eyes. Their favourite amusement during that winter was tobogganing. In Helen’s words, it was ‘exhilarating madness’ and a joyous experience. 

So, Helen called her ‘North Visit’ a treasure house of a new beautiful world.

(i) The habit of reading cannot be inculcated by force.
(ii) Students need to be given an exposure to the world of books.
(iii) Parents can do this by keeping books at home.
(iv) Your words become positive because they keep your thoughts.
(v) Your words become your behaviour because they keep positive thoughts.

Mr. John P. Spaulding of Boston was Helen’s wellwisher. He had been very kind and tender to Miss Sullivan and Helen. Helen’s happiness got eclipsed by the news of the death of her friend, Mr. John P. Spaulding of Boston, who died in February, 1896. He was the one who tried to make everyone happy. He was specially kind and sympathetic to Miss Sullivan and Helen so long as he was alive and took watchful interest in their work, they could not be discouraged. His death left a vacuum in their lives, never to be filled.

(a) the (b) a (c) an (d) had been (e) for

Incorrect         Correct
(a) that           who

(b) or             and                                                                         
(c) the           their
(d) the           a
(e) their         the

(a) saw (b) the (c) into (d) on (e) then

53, C-4C
Janakpuri
New Delhi
Date: March 20, 20xx
M/s. Aryan’s Book Depot
Nai Sarak
New Delhi
Subject: Replacement of the books
Dear Sir,
I am shocked to inform you that the books sent by you are badly damaged. I think, assistant had not packed them with proper care. Some books are of old editions. They are torn and the pages are all scattered or missing. It has become quite necessary for me to return the books. You are therefore requested to replace them and send the new books with great care. In thetransaction, no fault lies on us. So you are requested to bear the cost yourself.
Details of the damaged books are as follows:

I hope you will be careful in future and send the books at the earliest.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully,
Sumit/Sumita

12/L Agra Cantonment, 

Agra. 

20th May, 20xx 

The Manager, 

Oberai International, 

Lucknow  

Subject: Hiring details of the Lawns 

Dear Sir, 

The wedding reception of my younger sister has been fixed to be performed on 30th May, 2018. We want to conduct the wedding reception on the lawns of Oberai International, Lucknow on 30th evening. The wedding party may comprise around two hundred heads, including children. Moreover, we may also need to double-bedded rooms facing the lawns. I expect you are to arrange for the reception, catering, service and the decoration for the occasion. The ceremony may continue up to the early hours of 31st May, 2018.

 Kindly furnish the following details regarding the arrangements. 

1. Catering cost per head 

2. Service charges 

3.Decoration charges, including the decoration of the stage and the ‘mandap’. 

4. Room charges for two double-bedded rooms. 

5. Amount of advance money to be paid. 

6. Any other relevant information concerning the wedding reception. Kindly reply at the earliest or phone: 23456626 

Yours faithfully, 

Nandu/Nandini

Credit sales of goods.

A statement.

The term maturity refers to the date on which a bill of exchange becomes due for payment.

Correct  answer :True.

A statement of affairs is prepared from incomplete records, which shows estimated values of assets and liabilities.

Large business.

Matching concept states that expenses incurred in an accounting period should be matched with revenues during that period.

Posting is the process of transferring the entries from the books of original entry to the ledger.

(i) Cheques issued by the bank but not yet presented for payment.

(ii) Cheques paid into bank but not yet collected.

• Stephen Spender wants the people in power to rescue slum dwellers from poverty and oppression .

• He wants that children should be given opportunities to explore the world with its gifts and bounties.

• He wants the children to acquire proper education and create their own history.

• The astrologer had predicted that the hundredth tiger would be the cause of Maharaja's death .
• The Maharaja challenged the astrologer that what if he killed the hundredth tiger also.
• At this the astrologer promised to cut his hair, burn all his books and leave the profession

20 Loyad Street

London

Dear Richard,

Today I went to see Colonel Allyn who is Jessie‘s father. As the time of meeting the old man neared, I started feeling nervous. I was repetitively reminded of Jessie‘s statement that her father would never accept me as her life partner. Though I would not give up, I was scared. This is a secret I share with you. The gentlemen showed pride in his personality and I had to gather courage to speak out the purpose of my visit. I told him that I had come to seek permission for the hand of his daughter. I could hardly look at his face and struggled to keep eye contact with him.

The colonel was a jolly good fellow and shared many anecdotes and humorous stories of his younger days. The meeting lasted for two hours and by then I knew I had impressed the old man. Colonel Allyn gave his nod to see his daughter and my battle was half won. I was sure I would get Jessie. Truly speaking I enjoyed the meeting.

I was very eager to write to you about this meeting and share my feelings. I will be let you know every detail as things proceed. Rest is fine.

Yours

John A Pascud

• Derry is bitter about life and people. 

• Has no faith in the goodness of people. 

• So when he says that he likes the sound of raindrops on roof Mr Lamb comments that some humanness is still left. Life has not distorted his vision totally.

Sohpie's real world

• Sophie the protagonist- a teenager belongs to the poor socio economic background

• she doesn’t own a decent house.

• her brother Geoff is an apprentice mechanic

• her father worked hard for a living

• her mother had a crooked back due to the house-hold burden

• both her parents as well as her brother lacked sophistication

• she is earmarked for working in a biscuit factory

Sohpie's fantasies

• Sophie lives in a world of her own

• she wants to start a boutique

• she wants to earn money by becoming a manager, an actress or even a fashion designer

• 'areas of Geoff’s life’ which are unknown to her hold a special fascination for her

• she fantasizes and goes to places in her imagination

• she is fond of hero worship and fantasizing

• her hero is an Irish player Danny Casey

• dreams of meeting him and taking his autograph

• is so much obsessed with meeting him

• starts believing her imaginations as real

• she crosses the border of normalcy when she tells her family that she actually met him and that he wants to take her on a date

• nobody believes her

• then she actually goes to the place and literally waits for him to appear

• feels disappointed

• she still believes that she had met him.

• The peddler had been living a despicable life of poverty, despair and frustration

• he repaid the crofter’s hospitality by stealing his earnings

• he repaid the ironmaster’s invitation to the manor house by giving a piece of his mind when the latter talked of taking the matter to the sheriff.

• the meeting with the ironmaster’s daughter was a turning point in his life.

• the kindness , the concern and the understanding that she showed him touched the core of his heart and transformed his way of thinking.

• the ironmaster’s daughter understood that he needed security and succor

• she convinced her father to allow him to stay on in their house to share the Christmas cheer.

• she restored his dignity and self worth

• she treated him like a captain of the army though she was aware that he was a common tramp.

• when the girl treated him like a Captain, he spontaneously behaved like a real Captain.

• he left a rattrap as a Christmas gift for her and enclosed a letter of thanks and confession in it.

• leaving behind the stolen money to be restored to the owner, he redeemed himself from his dishonest ways

• he emerged as an altogether transformed person

Jessie was a good looking graceful, charming elegant girl. He falls in love with her at first sight. She was the daughter of a Colonel and was well aware of his social status. She was very protective about the name of the father and did not give any chance to John who had been following her. She was smart and observant and ultimately tells Pascud that he was wasting his time as her father would surely refuse him. She did not give any undue advantage to strangers as she knew the limits of her freedom. She was also very fond of her father and respected his authority. She was modern in thought and could travel alone. She was traditional too as she did not give liberty to anyone to come near her without her father‘s approval.

She was a loving daughter and a loving wife after she married John Pascud. Her modern and traditional traits together made her a woman of high status in the eye of her husband.

Jerome is the main character of the novel as well as the narrator. He is young, single, hypochondriac, middle class man living in London. Above all he is a peace and leisure loving person. He wants to pass his life in a peaceful environment in the village. Because of this he suggests his friends that they should pass the holidays in the natural surroundings of the village. He is fond of History & literature and spends much of his time daydreaming about the days when knights roamed the country side of England. This day dreaming sometimes gets him into trouble when he does not pay suitable attention to what he is doing. Jerome like his two friends on the boat trip is a little vain and conceited, but he realizes it and pokes gentle funs at himself, his friends and the habits of others like them through his anecdote, where he and his friends are often the butt of ego –skewering jokes.

The author has aversion to work and to some extent he is a lazy character. He is a shirker and thinks that hard jobs are meant for youngsters only. In order to avoid work he makes every reason for his ailments. He openly declares he has every disease except a house maid knee. He is religious and philosopher type person.

Georgewas a heavy and huge man employed at a bank- where the only work his friends thought he did was, sleeping. He is quietest of all. He had some knowledge of the world and would give sensible advice and suggestions as the article to be carried on the trip-clothes, food etc. He is not very particular about his clothes and appearance.

George was not very intellectual and did not like spending much thought on trivial matters. He had no enthusiasm for work and was the last one to offer to do anything that required physical labour. He was an idler and wanted to stay ―away from the world with its sins and temptations‖. He was not very quick witted. He loved laughing at others but did not enjoy it when the joke was turned on him.

However he was fun loving and was ready to try anything new. During the high-end party George was keen to play the banjo, but he played quiet badly and turned a cheerful song into a mournful song. He had some knowledge of cooking as he made a healthy Irish stew

Harris, like George and Jerome, too, says that he finds that he has fits of giddiness. This is due to overstraining. So he loves to go on a boating journey. Like Jerome, Harris poses to do things sincerely and with dedication. But it is not so as is seen in packing. He usually takes the charge of doing the things but puts the burden on others. He says that he knows the path of old maze in the Hampton court but he does not. Due to lack of seriousness he confuses the whole group in the maze. The lady with the baby rightly calls him 'impostor‘. Harris loves visiting tombs and graves. It is his great desire to visit Mrs. Thomas‘s tomb because he is fond of reading inscriptions and epitaphs. Harris is a poor singer of comic songs. How he makes an ass of himself in singing the comic songs proves this fact. He is a light-hearted person. He disappears with his pie, yet cracks jokes with George and Jerome. He is a bad cook as is seen in his preparation of scrambled eggs. However he is fond of sea rowing than river rowing. He feels restless when hungry.

2(sin⁶θ + cos⁶θ) - 3(sin⁴θ + cos⁴θ) + 1 = 0

2((sin³)²θ + (cos³)²θ) - 3((sin²)²θ + (cos²)²θ) + 1 = 0

2(1) - 3[1/(cos²)² + (cos²)²] + 1 = 0

2 - 3 + 1 = 0

3 - 3 = 0

0 = 0

Nominal value of 1 share = Rs 100

Nominal value of 75 shares = 100 × 75 = Rs 7500 

Dividend% = 9%  

∴ Dividend = 9% of Rs 7500  

= 9/100 × Rs 7500 = Rs 675 

Let market price of 1 share = Rs y

Then market price of 75 shares = Rs y  

Profit% on investment  = 12% 

12% of 75 y  = Rs 657  

⇒ 12/100 × 75 y = Rs   657 

Let market price of 1 share = Rs y  

Then market price of 75 shares = Rs 75 y  

Profit% on investment = 12%  

12% of 75 y = Rs 657  

⇒ 12/100 × 75 y = Rs 657 

⇒12/100 × 75 y = Rs 657 

⇒ y = Rs   75

A.P. : -3, 4 ........

a = -3

n = 36

d = a₂ - a₁

= 4 - (-3)

= 4 + 3

 = 7

Using formula, 

an =  a + (n -1)d

= -3 + (36 - 1)7

= - 3 + (35)7

= -3 + 245

= 242

The given quadric equation is 3x² - 5x - 2k = 0, and roots are real and equal

Then find the value of k.

Here, a = 3, b = -5 and c = -2k

As we know that D = b² - 4ac

Putting the value of a = 3, b = -5 and c = -2k

= (-5)² - 4 x (3) x (- 2k)

= 25 + 24k

The given equation will have real and equal roots, if D = 0

Thus,

25 + 24k = 0

24k = -25

k = -25/24

Therefore, the value of k = -25/24.

4 electrons are there in the outer orbit of an atom of sulphur.

 6 atoms of oxygen are there in one molecule of Glucose.

(B) Convex lens

Unit is the commercial unit of electric energy.

The number of groups in the modern periodic table is 18.

The far - point for the normal vision is 25 cm.

(B) Anodising

Sustainable management is a resource management technique which aims to conserve the resources, use them efficiently and avoid their misuse for individual purposes such that they are conserved for future.

Reuse is better than recycle because : 

(i) Reuse saves energy by using material again without any changes. 

(ii) Reuse prevents environmental pollution. 

(iii) Reuse saves time as same material is used again.