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The usual sight of grandpa and Sai playing together.

Sai’s drawing the attention of the

Sai told a story to her grandfather which was a fairy tale full of fun with dragons, princess, talking parrots and hidden gold. This story was her imagination. She was very much talented from her childhood. At the age of eight she had published her first book of fairy tales called ‘Mulancha Mera’She was attracted her classmates by telling stories. They not only listened to the fantastic story, but were ready to enact the roles and act as she directed. All the shows that Sai was a talented girl from her childhood.

Everyday the Emperor spent many hours in trying out new clothes. Therefore he was not able to give much time to the business of his kingdom.

Correct Answer is: c. a child

The Emperor thought that he will not only get a new set of clothes but he would be able to find out or judge who are fit or not for their post. So he felt it was an excellent idea.

The Emperor was very much fond of new clothes everyday. To him new clothes are more than anything else in the world.

d. magic tailors

c. Wearing new clothes

Sai’s grandfather was her good companion. She was inspired by him and developed her imaginative power to construct the stories. She learnt to respect the books and to keep the books without dog-ears from his grandfather.

Sai’s telling a story to her grandfather.

A little child cries out that the Emperor has no clothes on and he is as naked a baby.

The Emperor wears the new clothes and walks towards the balcony.

Sai was fascinated by wedding of dolls.One day when Sai came back from school, the whole house looked like a marriage hall. She was dressed as a bride’s mother. The band arrived, the bridegroom rode on a real steed All the children of the locality took part.

That is a magic clothes, only wise men can see but fools will not be able to see. Only those who are clever and fit for their jobs will see and those who are foolish and unfit for their work will not see. Like this it is different from the ordinary clothes.

The Special Assistant pays a visit to see how the weavers are preparing the new clothes.

The Chief Adviser visits the looms to inspect weaving

The two tailors visit the palace

The Emperor wants a different set of clothes.

This lesson is a short life-sketch of Sai Paranjpye, a famous theater personality from Pune. When she was 6-7 years girl, skipping along with an elderly gentleman. That gentleman was her grand-father Sir R.P.Paranjpye. He was India’s first senior wrangler. She lost her parents at young age. She was looked-after by her grand father. She grew up with her grandfather. She called him as Appa. Appa put simple mathematical questions and fables to her.The fables are fairy tales, Arabian nights and Birbal’s stories. She liked only stories not mathematics.

One day Sai asked her Appa to tell a story but he asked her to tell a story. She agreed. She told a fairy tale with dragons, princess, talking parrots, hidden gold, etc on her own. After hearing the story Appa asked where she had read it. She said that she had made up the story. He was very much impressed. From that day on wards it continued and it was

the beginning of a wonderful world of creativity. At that time she was 8 years old. She had published her first book of fairy tales “Mulancha Mera”. Her love for books grew with her. She learnt to respect books from her Appa.

Sai was too fat and her mates made fun of her and criticized that she is not fit for any games. Meanwhile she thought of a plan and called her mates and told a story of magic is¬land full of hidden treasure.. They were also ready to take roles and act as she directed. She was fascinated by dolls wedding, It is a traditional game in Maharashtra. One day Sai’s mother arranged a doll’s wedding. Sai became the bride’s “mother”. The ‘mother ’ that day, so fond of drama, grew up to become film maker and theater personality.

Although the house Paul and his family lived in was a pleasant one, the money they had was not enough to maintain the social position they had to keep up. The mother realised that father had no luck to make enough money so she decided to do something on her own. It was then that the house started whispering from every corner that “there must be more money The sounds started haunting the place and made Paul very uncomfortable and distressed and disturbed him. Though there were expensive gifts coming on Christmas, Paul could hear behind the shining rocking horse that “there must be more money It is plausible that Paul was schizophrenic and imagined the voices on being stressed due to their misery. As it is written in the text that no body said it aloud and there is no mention of anyone else hearing such voices, it is clear that Paul imagined his fears giving them voice. Paul's fear transferred into him through his mother constantly haunted him and became his driving force. The boy was oedipal and unknowingly wished to replace his father from his mother's life. 

So, the autistic boy drove his shinning horse ferociously until he “got thereand would be sure of the horse that would win the next race. There were times when he was not sure, so he would be careful. The gardener Bassett was his partner throughout. Later even uncle Oscar joined as such was the conviction with which Paul used to declare the winning horse's name, and the horse used to win in actual. Call it clairvoyance or sheer luck, which he aspired to have to prove to be worthy of his mother's luck, Paul made money by betting on horses and fi8nally left 80,000 pounds for his family by losing himself.

Smile: A facial expression indicating happiness

Grin: To smile broadly to indicate pleasure 

Grimace: An expression showing disapproval 

Sneer: To show that one has no respect for somebody by a facial expression.

Answer is (D) 

Total number of telephone numbers when there is no restriction = 10⁵ Also number of telephone numbers having all digits different = ¹⁰P₅ Required number of ways = 10⁵ – ¹⁰P₅ = 1000000 -10x9x8x7x6 = 1000000 - 30240 = 69760

There are 6 letter in the word “Monday”. These 6 letters can be permuted in 6! ways = 720 ways.

Six digit numbers can be formed in 6! = 720 ways.

The word MATHEMATICS consist of 11 letters: 

(M,M), (A,A), (T,T), H,E,I,C,S 

Case 1: In this case 2 similar and 2 similar letters are selected, number of arrangements 

= ³C₂ × \(\frac{4!}{2!\space2!}=756\) 

Case 2: In this case all 4 letters selected are different, number of arrangements = ⁸C₄ × 4! 

= 1680 

Therefore, total number of arrangement = 18 + 756 + 1680 

= 2454

There are 7 letters in the word COMBINE of which 4 are consonants and 3 are vowels (O, I, E). 

There are 4 odd places in a 7 letter word, so the number of ways 3 vowels can be arranged in 4 places = ⁴P₃ 

After arranging the 3 vowels, there are 4 places left (one at odd position and 3 at even positions). So the 4 consonants can be arranged in these 4 places in 4! ways. 

∴ Required number of words = ⁴P₃ × 4! = 4 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 96.

Answer is (C)

Given number of vowels = 4 and number of consonants = 5 We have to form words by 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

So, lets first select 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Number of ways of selection = ⁴C₂ x ⁵C₃ = 6 x 10 = 60 Now, these letters can be arranged in 5! ways.

So, total number of words = 60 x 5! = 60 x 120 = 7200

Correct option: (A) citation

Correct option: (C) Different in different languages

Correct option: (B) synonyms

Correct option: (C) Helianthus annuus

Correct option: (B) Solanum tuberosum

V alency of group 1 metals is 1 so it will react with oxygen (valency = 2) to form X₂O.

(1) hydronium

(2) hydroxide

(3) salt

(4) water

(5) hydrogen.

(a) The 1st period has two elements because the 1st electron shell of an atom c a n take a maximum of two electrons only. The 2nd period of the periodic table has 8 electrons because the maximum no. of electrons which can be put in the 2nd shell of an atom is 8.

(b) The elements in the same group show similar properties because they have similar electronic configuration (having the same number of valence electrons) whereas the elements of different groups have different electronic configurations (different number of valence electrons) due to which they show different properties.

(c) Fluorine and chlorine have been placed in the same group because both of them have 7 valence electrons.

(d) Merits of modern periodic table:

(i) The modern periodic table is based on the atomic numbers of elements which is the most fundamental property of elements.

(ii) It helps us to understand why elements in a group show similar properties but elements in different groups show different properties.

(iii) It explains the reasons for the periodicity in properties of elements.

(iv) It tells us why the properties of elements are repeated after 2, 8, 18 and 32 elements.

(a) hydronium

(b) hydroxide

(c) salt

(d) water

(e) Hydrogen

(b) Treaty of Rome

(d) Marshall plan

The teacher is relieved of the role of the station master when the train refused to move. The boy handed it to the teacher and told him to repair it. The teacher tumed it around in his hand and said he did not know anything about it.

The boy compels the teacher to act as a station master by threatening to tell the slapping incident to his parents. His duty was to blow the whistle when the train reached his station and ask the train driver to stop the train as there are many people who have bought tickets.

The teacher becomes desperate because he can’t make the train work. He was absolutely non-mechanical and he does not know what to do to make the train move.

The teacher becomes tired because he had done six hours of teaching at school during the day. He had lost his breath.

The teacher considers the boy a gorilla because he is very mischievous. He does not want to study and he disobeys instructions. The parents think the boy is a little angel, but the teacher knows he is a gorilla difficult to teach and manage.

The King knows pretty well that he will be executed very soon by Bolingbroke. So, he wants his will to be executed.

No, the outcome of war is not always fair.

A war is a long drawn affair. The conflict may continue even for years. Battles are small segments of a big war.

The teacher decides to reveal the matter to the parents because he is tired of the blackmailing by the boy. It is better to tell the truth to the parents and accept whatever punishment they give than stand the blackmailing by the boy.

The father had written a thesis on infant psychology for his M.A. The mother had studied a good deal of it for her B.A. It seemed they wanted him to treat the boy as if he was made of thin glass. The parents thought that no prohibition or repression should affect the boy’s mind. If you make restrictions and repressions, you will damage the child for life.