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(a) (i) The king was blind and required Kaha’s blood for his eyes.

(b) (ii) The bird took pity on the old man and wanted to help him.

(c) (iii) The fisherman fumbled when asked about Kaha.

(d) (iv) Kaha saved the fisherman from the King’s wrath.

(a) He was conflicted between the king’s reward and his gratitude towards the bird.

(b) The fisherman invited Kaha to his house for a feast in order to thank her for everything.

(c) To have a large amount of money. 

(d) He was worried about his supply of fish as the bird would be killed.

(e) Greedy, a traitor / betrayer /deceiver 

(f) The bird flew away along with the fisherman clinging on to her leg.

(i) alight

(ii) Grabbed/catch

(a) The poet wants man to come to a state of stillness and silence and introspect on how his present choice is impacting his wellbeing in the long term. 

(b) The poet fears lest his advocacy of stillness be mistaken for his advocating death. So he wishes to clarify his stand. 

(c) ‘No truck with death’ is an idiom which means having nothing to do with. Here the poet means that he has nothing to do with death. 

(d) ‘It’ here refers to inactivity that the poet is talking about. It is all about life because it is meant to make our life better. It is not about death.

(a)(i) The king was blind and required Kaha’s blood for his eyes. 

(b)(ii) The bird took pity on the old man and wanted to help him.

(c)(iii) The fisherman fumbled when asked about Kaha. 

(d)(iv) Kaha saved the fisherman from the King’s wrath.

• The wrong doers get punished for their sins and the righteous get rewarded for their faith and patience

• Dunstan dies leaving behind the gold which lawfully comes back to Silas

• Godfrey does marry Nancy but they are childless

• Silas is blessed with the coming of Eppie who fills his life with love and kindness

• Eppie refuses to let Godfrey adopt her and calls Silas her father

M-114, Mount Kailash 

Kanpur 

7th October, 2018

The Editor Times of India 

Sub: Cricketers taking the family and friends to matches

Dear Sir, 

Following the great debacle in with the West Indies cricket tour, the BCCI is planning to restrict the players from taking their families or friends during the cricket tours. Players spend their valuable practising hours with their spouse exploring the city which is not good for the players as well as for the team India as a whole. Players might be over¬concerned about the requirements of their wife and girlfriend. The touring time should be fully focused on the game and on winning, instead of other house hold concerns. Players might try to impress their loved-ones sitting in the audience row and lose their focus on the ball and the game. They might also feel the urge to get back to have some more time with their family instead of having a winning strategy.

It needs to be noted that this preferential treatment is accorded to only the cricketers. Why are athletes who participate in events elsewhere not given the same facilities? It is high time that this expensive and useless practice is discontinued. 

Thank you 

Yours sincerely

Navtej

A. TITLE: Anaconda: Fact Or Fiction? 

NOTES: 

(a) Introduction to Ana: 

1. belongs to python family 

2. can grow over 30 ft 

3. use camouflage 

4. non-poisonous 

5. massive weight 

6. powerful 

(b) Habitat: 

1. South America 

2. warm, watery environ 

3. found in rainforests, grasslands 

(c) How Ana kills prey: 

1. coils around prey 

2. uses teeth to keep prey in grip 

3. suffocates and chokes prey 

4. swallows 

(d) Birth of Ana: 

1. thru vivipary 

2. gestation pd—six months 

3. up to forty babies 

(e) Young Ana: 

1. 2 ft 

2. fragile 

Key to Abbreviations 

ana : anaconda 

pd : period 

thru : through 

ft : feet

B. SUMMARY 

Anaconda belongs to the python family and can grow up to 30 feet. They are nonpoisonous, powerful, have massive weight and use camouflage. They are found in south in warm watery environment. They thrive in rainforests, grasslands and scrublands. To kill its prey the Anaconda coils round it and then suffocates it by the powerful constrictions of its weighty body. Anaconda breed through vivipary. It gives birth up to forty babies of about two feet. The babies are fragile. They reach maturity in three to four years.

• Kemp as a hero - he's smart and quick to action- After Griffin escapes from Kemp's trap, Kemp quickly explains to Adye how they can capture him: dogs, locked houses, and powdered glass on the roads. 
• but is foolish too- he sends out a note to the police, without thinking that the Invisible Man might intercept it
• not brave- When the police fight the Invisible Man, Kemp runs away 
• Kemp is almost a plot-mover of sorts- gives Griffin a reason to tell his back story
• is a scientist: wants to be part of the Royal Society , the famous scientific organization
• he is a traitor for Griffin as he is decent and sensible enough to cheat and get him caught by the police

• two societies are at the heart of Silas Marner: and , drastically opposed to each other
• Lantern Yard- experienced the transformative force of the Industrial Revolution
• Raveloe- rural and intimate and changes very little from generation to generation
• Marner’s exclusion from Lantern Yard’s society, his initial willful distance from Raveloe’s society, and his eventual inclusion in this society cause his losing and regaining of faith
• by caring for Eppie, Marner adjusts to Raveloe society, acquiring the customs and beliefs of his new home.
• traditions defines Raveloe’s unique identity and society over generations
• at the end of the novel, Marner and Eppie travel to Lantern Yard. The village has transformed into a great manufacturing town
• men on the streets of Lantern Yard are too busy to stop and assist Marner and Eppie
• Eppie and Marner are both happy at the end of the novel because of the connections they have formed with each other and with Raveloe society.

• stranger furious when Mrs. Hall accused him of stealing money, unveiled himself
• panicked people ran outside  
• Mr.Jaffers came with the warrant to arrest him- A fight ensued between the stranger and him
• Mr.Jaffers got brutally beaten up  
• invisible man subdued with the help of Mr. Hall, Mr.Wadgers and others
• but before anyone could suspect, the Invisible Man took off all his clothes
• they were no match for him- Anyone who tried to catch him was hit 
• Mr.Jaffers tried to get hold of him but was so forcefully hit that he was rendered flat on the gravel

Griffin’s strange appearance—his bandaged face, the serviette and the goggles coupled with his rude behavior made him an object of speculation in the town of Iping. Some called him ‘piebald’ while others thought him to possess supernatural powers. Children called him ‘bogey man’. Some even perceived him to be a terrorist. Mrs. Hall preferred to call him an ‘experimental investigator’. All this happened because no one was sure about the stranger’s purpose in Iping and his life. His appearance too evoked many questions which Griffin chose not to answer. Moreover the Iping community was small, nosey and prone to gossip. Griffin’s rude and taciturn manner was quite off putting and offensive to the people of Iping.

Mamer’s betrayal at the hand of his best friend, William Dane, reminds one of the Biblical story of David and Bathsheba. King David is so enamored of Bathsheba that he causes her husband, Uriah, to fight on the front lines of battle in a hopeless cause. When Uriah is killed as expected, David marries Bathsheba. Similarly, William sets Marner up for his expulsion from the church in order to marry his friend’s betrothed. Marner interprets William’s first act of two-facedness toward him as merely an execution of William’s “brotherly office.” Brothers tend to fight for patrimony. In the novel, however, Silas Mamer survives and is the one who goes into exile, not the betrayer William. Marner is the one who becomes an outsider. This upending of the traditional story suggests the injustice of Lantern Yard, where the innocent are banished and the guilty thrive.

Eliot’s uses of flashbacks allow the plot to progress and provide a deeper understanding of the characters and their motives especially to understand Marner and his actions. For example, in Part One, the author flashed back a full fifteen years to provide us with Silas’ time in Lantern Yard. Through this flashback, we come to understand Mamer’s current emotional state while he is living in Raveloe, and the fact that his views have been colored by betrayal. The reader comes to know about Silas’ time in Raveloe, where he had respect, much money and society. His fortune changed with his betrayal by William Dane who proved instrumental in changing Silas’ fortunes. Thus Silas lost his friend, his love and his place in society. Traumatized he even left the town and came to live like a recluse in Lantern Yard.

Dr Kemp is chased by Griffin. Kemp tries to take shelter in Mr. Heelas’s house but entry is refused by Mr. Heelas. So he takes the road and starts running towards the police station. When he comes near the pub, Jolly Cricketers, he sees a tram arriving. Kemp calls for help and at once the tram driver, his assistant and the people of Jolly Crickters start chasing Griffin. Kemp takes a sharp turn near a sweet shop where Griffin catches him. After a bit of struggle Kemp is able to catch hold of Griffin’s neck and someone strikes Griffin with a spade. Griffin is siezed by the mob and they shower kicks and punches on Griffin. The sweet shop owner hits Griffin with a stick after which Griffin shouts ‘mercy’ ‘mercy’ and his voice chokes and he dies and slowly his dead and naked body becomes visible. In this way Griffin’s brief life comes to an end.

Griffin is the model of science without humanity. He begins his road to decline in college when he becomes so obsessed with his experiments that he hides his work lest anyone else should receive credit. When he runs out of money, he kills his own father—a crime that makes the rest of his crimes pale in comparison. He goes from scientist to fanatic when he begins to focus all of his attention merely on the concept of invisibility and neglects to think about the consequences of such a condition. H.G. Wells is concerned that science cannot be used in absence of morality. While he clearly disaproves of Griffin’s ambition sans morality, he has created Kemp, a representative of a man of science with a social and moral conscience. By pitting these against each other and showing the death of Griffin after Kemp’s effort to chase him, Wells makes the theme amply clear that scientific advancements cannot exist without ethics.

I. (a) (4) all of the above. 

(b) (4) all of the above. 

II. (a) India as a democratic nation has the experience of providing leadership to over one billion people with multi-language, multi-culture and multi-religious systems.

(b) India is a country which has over the years learnt to evolve and maintain a unique unity amongst diversity. Thus it has inspired the world.

(c) India and European Union can bring together a doctrine of global cooperation built over the foundation of regional collaborations and core competencies of nations. 

(d) Dr. Kalam has brought from India, a message to start three important IndoEuropean missions which can contribute to global peace and prosperity.

(e) It is important to ensure that the fruits of development reach all the sections of society to ensure social justice and equality. 

(f) Extremism worldwide is due to some earlier real or perceived historical enmities, tyrannies, injustice, inequalities, ethnic issues and religious fundamentalism. 

III. (a) cohesive (b) extremism

The relationship between Squire Cass and his sons can be characterized as the relationship an administrator has with two bad, lazy, ineffective, and difficult employees who also happen to be related by blood to him. Hence, it is twice more difficult to fire an employee who is related by family. 

Squire Cass was very clear with his sons, especially Godfrey, that he did not trust either of them enough to administer the Red House. The sons also knew that they would never match up to their father’s expectation because none of them had the work ethics, the strength of morale, nor the attitude to take over a job as well as their father did. 

Hence, it is the relationship of master and servant, soldier and commander, boss and employee what is characteristic of the father/son connection in the Cass clan

Total number of three digit numbers are : 459, 495, 549, 594, 945, 954 = 6 

(i) P(multiple of 5) = 2/6 = 1/3 

(ii) P(multiple of 9) = 6/6 = 1/1 

(iii) P(ending with 9) = 2/6 = 1/3

Using the distance formula, √(x₁ - x₂)² + (y₁ - y₂)²

√(x - a)² + (y - 0)² = a + x

(x-a)² + y² = (a + x )²

x² + a² - 2ax + y² = a² + x² + 2ax

- 2ax + y² = 2ax

y² = 2ax + 2ax

y² = 4ax

Using the distance formula, √(x₁ - x₂)² + (y₁ - y₂)²

√(x - a)² + (y - 0)² = a + x

(x-a)² + y² = (a + x )²

x² + a² - 2ax + y² = a² + x² + 2ax

- 2ax + y² = 2ax

y² = 2ax + 2ax

y² = 4ax

(a) if she had booked the rooms in the Hotel for their holiday. 

(b) that she had asked them to book a double room on the tenth floor. 

(c) why she had asked for a room on the tenth floor. 

(d) that the view from there was really great.

(a) he had called him six times. 

(b) he had been cleaning his room. 

(c) he couldn’t stop cleaning to answer his phone. 

(d) he had been cleaning his room so he could find the phone.

(i) Not all service sectors are growing equally well. Service sector in India employs different kinds of people. 

(ii) At one end, there are limited number of services that employ highly skilled and educated workers. At the other end, these are very large number of workers engaged in services such as small shopkeepers, repair persons, transport persons, etc. 

(iii) But in terms of GDP, The service sector emerged as the highest producing sector in India replacing the primary sector. 

(iv) In 1973, share of tertiary sector in GDP was almost 35%, which increased to more than 50% in 2003. 

(v) As income of people rises, they begin to demand many more services like food joints, tourism, shopping malls, etc. 

(vi) Particularly this area, the post decade IT sector or BPOs provided Jobs to many urban educated unemployed youth too.

(i) (a) Two ways of creating awareness are: 

•  Door to door campaigning. 
•  Nukkad natak/any other methods 

(b) Rain water harvesting: It is one of the most efficient method for recharging the underwater table. It is a process by which rain water is collected and stored to ensure recharging of aquifers. It can further be used for agriculture and irrigation. By this, we can reduce our dependence on storage dams. 

There are generally two ways of rainwater harvesting: Surface run off harvesting and rooftop rain water harvesting. 

(ii) Following are the advantages of water harvesting at the community level: 

(a) Water stored during rainy season can be used as and when required by the community. 

(b) Ground water level increases due to recharging.

Explanation of Core Schemas, cognitive distortions 

Therapy Description: 

• The therapist uses questioning, which is gentle, non-threatening disputation of the Ayesha’s beliefs and thoughts. 
• Questions such as “why should everyone love me” will make Ayesha thinks in a direction opposite to that of her existing negative thoughts. 
• This helps her gain insight into her dysfunctional schemas, and she is able to alter her cognitive structures. 
• Achieving this cognitive restructuring reduces anxiety and depression

Total number of outcomes = 6 

Number of favourable outcomes = 2

P(getting a number less than 3) = \(\frac{2}{6} \) 

= \(\frac{1}{3}\)

n(s) = Total number of alphabets in English = 26. 

n(E) = Total number of consonant in English alphabet = 21

Probability (Chosen letter is a consonant) = \(\frac{n(E)}{n(s)}\)

= \(\frac{21}{26}\)

In month of November 4 sundays are fixed. 

But there are two extra days. They may be {(Sun, Mon), (Mon, Tues), (Tues, Wed), (Wed, Thurs), (Thurs, Fri), (Fri, Sat), (Sat, Sun)} 

Number of favourable outcomes = 2 

Required probability (5 sundays) = \(\frac{2}{7}\)

In any randomly selected year, the Month of November will have 30 days.
Now out of these 30 days, we will have 4 complete weeks (i.e. 28 days) having 4 Sundays.
For the remaining two days, we have the following possibilities:
(i) Saturday and Sunday,
(ii) Sunday and Monday,
(iii) Monday and Tuesday,
(iv) Tuesday and Wednesday,
(v) Wednesday and Thursday,
(vi) Thursday and Friday,
(vii) Friday and Saturday.
Thus, the possibility of having a 5th Sunday = \(\frac{2}{7}\).

Total number of outcomes = 6 × 6 = 36 

Favourable outcomes = {(1, 1)(1, 2)(1, 3)(2, 1)(2, 2)(3, 1)} 

Number of favourable outcomes = 6

P(less than 5) = \(\frac{6}{36}\) = \(\frac{1}{6}\)

Perimeter = πr + 2r 

= (π +2)r 

= 36

36/7 r = 36

r = 7

Diameter = 14 cm.

The correct answer is (b) 137.

Explanation:

In the given AP, t₁ = -3 and t₂ = 4

d = t₂ - t₁ 

= 4 - (-3) 

= 7

t_n = a + (n-1)d

t₂₁ = (-3) + (21-1)(7) 

= 137

Let the ten's and the unit's digit be y and x respectively. 

So, the number is 10y + x. 

The number when digits are reversed is 10x + y.

Now, 7 (10y + x) = 4(10x + y) 

2y = x  ............(i)

Also     x - y = 3   .......(ii)

Solving (i) and (ii), we get

y = 3 and x = 6.

Hence, the number is 36

Given, mass of the object, m = 10 kg, Height, h = 50 cm = 0.5 m

(i) As potential energy is given by PE = mgh

= 10 x 10 x 0.5 = 50 J

(ii) From law of conservation of energy,

Total energy of the ball just before dropping = total energy of the ball just on touching the ground 

⇒ KE + PE of ball just before dropping = KE of ball just on touching the ground = KE= 50 J

(iii) As , we know KE = 50J
so, 1/2 mv² = 50
v² = 50 x 2/10 = 10

In case of movement of a charged particle the magnetic field is created around the path on which the charged particle moves.

(i) Yes, a thin beam of a-particles (which are positively charged) is like straight conductor carrying current in the direction of motion.

(ii) No, as neutrons carry no charge so no magnetic field would be created around its path.

Placenta is a disc like structure attached to the uterine wall. The placenta is formed of two sets of minute finger like processes, the villi. It acts  as the linkage between the mother and the growing embryo.

Function: The placenta allows diffusion of substances from the mother to the foetus(oxygen, Nutrients such as glucose/amino acids/vitamins/mineral ions) and from foetus to the mother(carbon dioxide and urea).

Placenta also acts as an endocrine gland. It produces the hormones called oestrogen and progesterone.

Some sources of noise pollution are as follows:

(i) The sound produced by loudspeakers and crackers.

(ii) High volumes of televisions.

(iii) Sound produced by horns of vehicles.

Solution Y is a stronger acid.

Hem – Enough seam allowance, Even width, No puckering, 

Seam – Matching thread, Continues stitches, Interlocking or French seam.

Placket – Deep enough to provide easy wear, Sufficient fasteners, Underlap not visible on the right side, 

Zipper – Matching colour, Neat finish, Should run smoothly, 

Pleats – Have sufficient material to be deep, Fall evenly, 

Women played a crucial role in the anti-imperial struggle in Vietnam. Women who rebelled against social conventions were idealised and rebel women of the past were likewise celebrated. Trieu Au was a popular figure in nationalist tales. In the 1960s, women were represented as brave soldiers and workers. They assisted in nursing wounded soldiers, constructing underground tunnels and fighting the enemy. Interestingly, between 1965 and 1975, 70-80% of the youth working on the Ho Chi Minh trail were women.
Compared to this very direct and active participation of Vietnamese women in the anti-imperial struggle, India women did not play a very dynamic role in the nationalist struggle of India against Great Britain. They followed Gandhian ideals of boycotting foreign goods and picketing liquor shops, but mainstream politics was controlled by men; although women like Sarojini Naidu, Kamla Nehru and Kasturba Gandhi were keenly involved.

STUDENTS OF VIETNAM 

I. The teachers and students did not blindly follow the curriculum. 

II. The teachers while teaching criticized their text. 

III. The students of French should occupy front seat in the class. If they refused, they were expelled. 

IV. The students fought against the colonial government’s efforts to prevent the Vietnamese from qualifying for white-collar jobs 

V. Started journals and magazines 

VI. Got the help from leaders 

VII. Tonkin school incidence

Internal dimension of the problem of Jammu and Kashmir: 

• The Internal dimension of the problem of Jammu and Kashmir revolved around article 370 of the Indian Constitution. This special status has provoked two opposite reactions. There is a section of people outside J&K that believes that the special status of the state under article 370 does not allow full integration of state with India. This section feels that article 370 should be revoked and J&K should like any other state of Indian Union. 

• Another section mostly Kashmiris, believe that the autonomy conferred by article 370 is not enough. A section of Kashmiris have expressed at least three grievances in this regard: 

I. First, the promise that accession would be referred to the people of the state after the situation created by tribal invasion was normalized has not been fulfilled. This has generated a demand for Plebiscite.

II. Secondly, there is a feeling that special federal status guaranteed by article 370, has been eroded in practice. This has led to the demand for Greater state Autonomy. 

III. Thirdly, it is felt that democracy which is practiced in rest of India has not been similarly institutionalized in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 

The reasons responsible for the congress spilt were :

i. (A ) Indira Gandhi’s growing differences with the Syndicate: The Syndicate had played an important role in the installation of Indira Gandhi as the Prime Minister by ensuring her elections as the leader of the parliamentary party. These leaders expected Indira Gandhi to follow their advice but Indira Gandhi gradually attempted to assert her position within the party and chose her trusted group of advisors from outside the party. She stated sidelining syndicate. 

(B) She got the congress working committee accept the Ten Point programme in May 1967.while the syndicate leaders formally approved this left wing programme , they had serious reservations about the same. 

(C) Morarji Desai resigned as Deputy PM and Finance Minister, as serious differences arose between The two leaders over Indira Gandhi’s decision of abolition of “Privy purse” and several other big socialist measures and her encouragement to V V. Giri to file his nomination for Presidential elections. 

 (ii) Immediate cause : Presidential elections ,1969: 

(a) The post of President of India fell vacant in 1969 after the death of Zakir Hussain. Despite Mrs. Gandhi’s reservation, Syndicate managed to nominate her long time opponent, N. Sanjeeva Reddy, as the official candidate for the ensuing Presidential elections. Indira Gandhi retaliated by encouraging the then Vice President V.V.Giri to file his nomination as an Independent candidate. 

(b) Despite syndicate’s resistance, the PM openly called for a “conscience vote” which meant that MPs and MLAs should be free to vote the way they want. 

(c) The elections ultimately resulted in the victory of V.V.Giri, the independent candidate and the defeat of Sanjeeva Reddy, the Official Congress candidate. This led to the spilt of the congress into two partiesCongress (R) and Congress (o).

The political ideology of the Communist Party of India at the time of Independence. 

i. The basic question that troubled the party was the nature of Indian Independence. Was India really free or was freedom a sham? 

ii. Soon after Independence, the party thought that the transfer of power in 1947 was not true independence and encouraged violent uprising in Telangana. 

iii. In 1951 the communist party abandoned the path of violent revolution and decided to participate in the approaching general elections. 

The strategy of staying as far removed from the dominant power as possible is also known as hide strategy. 

The main purpose of Operation Enduring freedom-2001 was to punish all those behind 9/11 attack, mainly Al Qaeda and Taliban regime. 

The first world was Capitalist countries and the Third world was Developing countries.  

(i) 1-Phenylmethanamine.

(ii) N,N-Dimethylmethanamine.

1. 4Zn + 10HNO₃ (dil) → 4Zn(NO₃)₂ + N₂O + 5H₂O
2. Br₂ + F₂ → BrF₅
3. 2I^–(aq) + O₃(g) → I₂ + O₂

Zone refining