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The oil floats in the upper layer of water.

On placing the pin in bucket of water, the pin sinks. When placing the pin on a piece of newspaper and gently laying it on the surface of the water, then, after a while, the paper melts and it sinks in water.

The things which are measured in litres and brought to our home are milk, water, ghee, oil, buttermilk etc.

Oil is lighter than water and does not dissolve in it. Hence, the oil is seen on the surface of cooked vegetables and pulses.

The answer is (a) A convex lens has 4 dioptre power having a focal length 0.25 m

Positive value for focal length indicates convex lens.

With the decline of Mauryan empire, on the one hand Indian dynasties started to fight for their independent rule, on the other hand foreign dynasties invaded India constantly. During the late Mauryan period, the foreign invaders who invaded India from its North – West borderer. were the Greeks, the Shakas, the Hunas and the Kushanas.

The most important literary element in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is fantasy. The message conveyed in this story for children is about the value of questioning our identity. One can question one’s identity at any age, but Alice in particular, questions her identity throughout the story, which marks her transition from childhood to adulthood. It is symbolized by her physical changes in size and shape. As we read the story, we can even see Alice reflecting on how different she was before her adventure began.

1. (C) VIJ

2. (A) JAK

3. (D) KLL

4. (C) ISS

5. (A) HGF

One gardener had planted white roses by mistake. He then painted them red, as the Queen hated white roses.

Indian rulers Yashovarman and Balditya fought with the Huna ruler Tormaan. The Hunas were defeated by Yashovarman but they didn’t go back to their native place Central Asia. Rather they followed Hindu religion and culture. They became a part of it and got merged into it.

True

Magnification formula deals with the height of the image and the height of the object.

True

The Magnification equation is not changed for convex and concave mirror. The height of the object and the height of the image are taken positive or negative as per the nature of mirror.

The March Hare and Mad Hatter were having tea.

Correct answer is (b) tired

Pataliputra was related to Tamralipti harbour in the South.

The green Caterpillar was dressed in a pink jacket. He was sitting on the top of a large mushroom, smoking a bubble pipe.

The Dormouse was sitting between March Hare and Mad Hatter.

Alice was doing nothing, as her sister was reading a book.

1. There was a table set under a tree in front of the house.

2. ormouse was sitting between Mad Hatter and March Hare. It was fast asleep.

3. They were resting their elbows on the Dormouse, talking over its head and having tea

It was known by the name of “Silk route’.

The green Caterpillar was wearing a pink jacket.

Scholar Vasumitra supervised the fourth Buddhist council in Kashmir at Kundalvan.

Famous philosopher and scientist Nagarjuna who belonged to the court of king Kanishka, is known as ‘Indian Einstein’.

By accommodating the history of Greeks, Romans, Saxons, Celts, Palestians, Egyptians, Babylonians and the Aryans of India we can do so.

ग्रीक, रोमन, सैक्सन, सेल्ट, फिलिस्तीनी, मिस्रवासी तथा भारत के आर्यों के इतिहास को सम्मिलित कर हम ऐसा कर सकते हैं।

Some of the most valuable and instructive materials have been treasured up in India.

कुछ सर्वाधिक महत्त्वपूर्ण व शिक्षाप्रद तत्त्वों को भारत में संरक्षित रखा गया है।

In the study of our true selves India occupies a place second to none.

हमारे वास्तविक स्वरूप के अध्ययन में भारत किसी से भी दूसरे दर्जे का नहीं है।

Acts, thoughts and hopes are that which support, pervade and direct us.

कार्य, विचार व आशाएँ वे अवयव हैं जो हमें सहारा देते हैं, सर्वत्र फैलते हैं व निर्देशन देते हैं।

The Greeks, the Arabs, the Persians, the Mughals and the English have done so.

ग्रीकों, अरबों, फारसियों, मुगलों व अंग्रेजों ने यह किया है।

The rabbit did so to check the time.

We will find a field of observation that will repay amply careful research.

हम, अवलोकन के लिए एक पूरा क्षेत्र पाएंगे जो सावधान अनुसंधान का लाभ देगा।

It is so by its contrast and by its similarities.

ऐसा इसकी विरोधात्मकता तथा इसकी समानताओं के कारण है।

India has been most richly endowed with all the wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow.

भारत को समस्त सम्पदा, शक्ति व सौन्दर्य से भरा गया है जो प्रकृति उसे प्रदान कर सकती है।

Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” opens with a scene of Alice reading over her sister’s shoulder. Alice sees a White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and decides to follow him. In Wonderland, she meets an assortment of strange characters including the Cheshire cat, who advises her to attend to tea party thrown by the March Hare. After the Mad Hatter tries to cut her hair, Alice runs away from the tea party. She soon finds herself in a garden, where servants are painting white roses red to satisfy the Queen of Hearts. Alice is called upon to testify against a bad thief. When Alice says that she knows nothing about the crime, the Queen orders her execution. Alice wakes up at the last minute to realize that was all a dream.

Alice ran to the rabbit’s hole and peeped through the entrance.

She felt strange and realized that she would never get back to the right size

There was a tiny golden key on it.

Out of curiosity, Alice drank from the bottle that said ‘DRINK Me’. As she was hungry, she ate the cake that said ‘EAT ME’.

The various disciplines are : geology, botany, zoology, ethnology and archaeology.

वे विभिन्न विषय हैं : भूविज्ञान, वनस्पति विज्ञान, जन्तु विज्ञान, नृजाति विज्ञान व पुरातत्व विज्ञान।

The fable of the weasel changed by Aphrodite into a woman is very like a Sanskrit fable.

नीतिकथा, जिसमें एक वीजल को ऐफ्रेंडाइट नामक देवी द्वारा एक महिला के रूप में परिवर्तित कर दिया जाता है, एक संस्कृत नीतिकथा जैसी है।

In geology, there is work from the Himalayas to Ceylon; in botany, rich flora; in zoology, Indian forests and seas; in ethnology, it is a living ethnological museum: in archaeology, ancient Viharas and colleges.

भूविज्ञान में, हिमालय से श्रीलंका तक कार्य है; वनस्पति विज्ञान में, समृद्ध वनस्पति; जन्तु विज्ञान में, भारतीय वन व सागर; नृजाति विज्ञान में, यह एक जीवंत नृजाति संग्रहालय है; पुरातत्व विज्ञान में, प्राचीन विहार व महाविद्यालय हैं।

India is teemed with the coins of Persian, Canaan, Thracian, Parthian, Greek, Macedonian, Roman and Mohammedan.

भारत फारसी, कॅनान, प्रैशन, पार्थिअन, ग्रीक, मैसिडोनिअन, रोमन व मोहम्मदन सिक्कों से परिपूर्ण है।

They are popular education, higher education, parliamentary representation, codification of laws, finance, emigration, poor law. Thus, India can offer a laboratory for the disciplines.

वे हैं लोकप्रिय शिक्षा, उच्च शिक्षा, संसदीय प्रतिनिधित्व, कानूनों का कोडीकरण, वित्त, उत्प्रवास, कमजोर कानून। इस प्रकार भारत विषयों की एक प्रयोगशाला का प्रस्ताव दे सकता है।

Between these two India’s, the difference is of humane behaviour.

इन दोनों भारत के बीच जो अंतर है वह इंसानियत वाले व्यवहार का है।

Sanskrit literature opens before you large layers of literature, as yet almost unknown and unexplored. It allows you an insight into strata of thought deeper than any which you have known before. It is rich in lessons that appeal to the deepest sympathies of the human heart. The study of Sanskrit literature may at first seem tedious and useless to us.

संस्कृत साहित्य आपके सामने साहित्य की बड़ी-बड़ी परतें खोलता है, जो अभी तक लगभग अनजानी व खोज रहित हैं। यह आपको किसी अन्य विचार जो आपने अभी तक जाना है, से गहनतर विचार स्तर करने की अन्तर्दृष्टि प्रदान करता है। यह शिक्षाएँ देने में समृद्ध है जो मानव हृदय की गहनतम संवेदनाओं को छूती हैं । संस्कृत साहित्य का अध्ययन भारत में नीरस व लाभहीन दिखाई दे सकता है।

1. Anthropo (एन्थ्रोपो) = मानव से सम्बन्धित

Authropo is a prefix in anthropology.

2. Anthropocentric (एन्थ्रोपोसेन्ट्रिक) = मानव-केन्द्री

Anthropology is an anthropocentric science.

3. Anthropoid (एन्थ्रोपॉइड) = मानवाकार

No living being is anthropoid.

4. Anthropologist (एन्थ्रोपॉलजिस्ट) = मानव विज्ञानी

An anthropologist may be a good person.

5. Anthropomorphic (एन्थ्रोपॉमॉरफिक) = मानवाकार/मानवरूपी

No being is anthropomorphic.

(i) Legend (noun/संज्ञा) – famous person प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति

(ii) Legend (noun/संज्ञा) – प्राचीन कथा/किंवदंती/लोककथा

(iii) Legendry (adjective/विशेषण) – पौराणिक/सुप्रसिद्ध

(iv) Mythic (adjective/विशेषण) – कल्पित

(v) Mythical (adjective/विशेषण) – कल्पित

Correct answer is (b) India

When the bird starts flying inside the cage the weight of bird is no more experienced as air inside is in free contact with atmospheric air hence the cage will appear lighter.

A) Same size

Correct option is D) Enlarged