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Correct option is B) Bridge

Zebra crossing : These are alternate black and white stripes painted parallel to the road generally known as zebra crossing it is meant for pedestrians to cross the road from one side to another side.

Correct option is C) Red

Correct option is D) None

Road Divider is constructed with a cement block or drawn with paint to separate the road into two or more parts.

Answer is (d) -26

Answer is (c) (0,1,0)

I = ∫tan dx = ∫((sec x.tan x)/sec x) dx

Put z = sec x

dz = sec x tan x dx

 ∴ I = ∫dz/z = log|z| + c

= log|sec x| + c 

Drama is a Greek word meaning ‘act’ or ‘deed’. The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle used this term in a very influential treatise called the Poetics. In this text, Aristotle classified different forms of poetry according to basic features he thought could be commonly recognized in their composition.

The four periods of History of British drama are: 

1. Medieval Period or Early Period (11th to 15th Century)

2. Renaissance Period (16th to 17th Century) 

3. Restoration Period (1660 onwards) 

4. Victorian Period (1837 to 1901)

1. (Morality) Medieval period – Everyman (1490) 

2. (Comedy) Renaissance Period – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) 

3. (Tragedy) Restoration Period – All for Love (1677) 

4. (19th Century Morality) Victorian Period – An Enemy of the People (1882)

The four elements of drama are: 

1. Plot 

2. Characters 

3. Theme 

4. Stage directions

Plot is a logically developed chain of the events in a narrative. The events are arranged in such a way that the whole drama becomes an action. The plot of drama has six stages – Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Denouement or Ending. In short, Aristotle called plot as ‘a complete action’ and it means a plot consists of beginning, middle and end. The plot of a drama may be simple or complex.

A character is a person, an animal, or a supernatural power performing action drama or any literary work. The dramatists create the characters as per their intentions and needs. The characters which are used to represent a particular trait or quality are stock or static characters. The characters which change and have varied angle are called round or dynamic characters.

On the other hand, characterization is an art and the techniques a dramatist or a writer used to create and develop characters. The dramatists take every effort to bring the characters to life by establishing their relation with the characters. In short, characterization is the process through which the dramatists try to reveal the characters and their personal qualities.

The man introduces himself as a poor ballad singer who sings patriotic ballads for the sailors to earn himself a living.

On the dark night while keeping a watch, the man sings patriotic songs to which the sergeant says, “Stop that that’s no song to be singing in these times”. The man then explains to the sergeant that he was only singing to keep his heart up. The sergeant sympathetically says, “Well, you can sing if it gives you more courage”. However, when the man continues to sing the sergeant corrects the lyrics. They also further discuss about ‘Granuaile’.

(1) The character is sergeant. (Brave) 

(a) “I don’t want it. Bring it with you, He is irresponsible”. 

(b) Sergeant (after a pause) – no one.

(2) The character is the man. , 

(Major) (a) “I know well the man you are waiting for”. (Dominate) 

(b) “Will you let me pass or must I make you let me?”

(3) The character is the man. (Smart) 

(a) “Back to the town isn’t it?” (Brave) 

(b) “You need’nt ask me who I am, that placard will tell you”.

(4) The character is sergeant. 

(a) “Am I as great a fool as I think I am?” 

(b) “Indeed it’s a hard thing to be in the force, out at night and no thanks for it, for all the danger we’re in. And it’s little we get but abuse from the people, and no choice but to obey our orders, and never asked when a man is sent into danger”.

(5) The answer is the policeman .

(Obedient)(a) “You bade us to come back here and keep watch with you”. (Simple) 

(b) ‘You might want it. There are clouds coming up and you have the darkness of the night before you.”

The reasons for watching a drama live on the stage are: 

1. Live drama involves real people on real stage giving real experience to the audience. 

2. It boosts our literary knowledge and develops our understanding of drama. 

3. It has greater impact on our perspective towards life and helps to

(a) We don’t think of our society at large. If we catch the prisoner, Irish people will abuse us. They expect us to cooperate with the patriots as they are our own people. If we do not catch the escaped prisoner, the British Government will abuse us. In any case if we catch the prisoner or do not catch anyhow we are the one who are going to be abused.

(b) It was a good opportunity for the sergeant to show his honesty to the Britishers. He wanted to catch the escaped prisoner and also to get the reward.

(c) Those who stick to values and are not templed at all, are the people of principles. Such people don’t betray anyone. They are very brave and loyal.

(d) The sergeant was alone in the dangerous dark night. The man wanted to help the sergeant to keep a watch. He told the sergeant that he would help him in his task and would not demand any share in the reward that the sergeant gets for catching the escaped prisoner.

(a) Rs 240

Paint required = 25 kg + 15% of 25 kg 

= 25 kg + 0.15 × 25 kg = 28.75 kg

\(\therefore\) Number of 2 kg cans of paint required = 15

Cost of paint purchased = 15 × Rs 16 = Rs 240

Paul's mother was not satisfied with the yearly birthday gift of 1000 pounds for five years because she was an unsatisfied lot. She always had the feeling that she deserved a better treatment from life and this resulted in not showing any enthusiasm for the handsome birthday gift from Paul. Instead Paul started to hear more whispers from the house for more money.

He orders to find a new tailor to stitch his clothes.

The friendship of Paul and Bassett or to say more clearly their partnership was an affectionate relation between them. Bassett knew and understood what the rest failed to even notice. He brought all the news of racing horses to Paul and then the clairvoyant Paul will decide in his trance who was to be the winner.

Paul and her mother shared the most intimate conversation through eyes. Though they were not actually love bound to each other as in the first paragraph, the author says that it was the children and the mother alone who knew that there was no love in their relation, they knew it because they read in each other's eyes.

Paul and uncle Oscar became partners soon after uncle discovers that Paul has an uncanny knowledge that makes him predict the winning horse. However, there is more to it, he realises that the whole betting thing was making Paul nervous and was hampering his health. However, Oscar Creswell asks Paul on how to win by betting, to which the child innocently replies that he just knows who is going to win once he “gets there

Bassett and uncle Creswell shared a bond since long back. However, as Bassett had promised to Paul he never told about his betting to uncle Oscar as well. But later he found himself explaining things to Creswell and the three of them became partners.

Young Paul is restless at the beginning of the story because he was told by his mother that they were not lucky therefore don't have enough money to have a car and other luxuries of life. Besides young Paul had a feeling that deep down his mother was not as happy as she appeared to be. She blamed young Paul's father for not being lucky and making her unlucky as well because she was married to him.

The cricket’s merry-making in the gay season of summer has left him bereft of food at the onset of winter. This starvation and famine has made the cricket bold.

What I know about them is that they appear to be correct and our helpers. They pass nice and. sweet words which make us spell-bound. Later they cheat us. We lose something. So we should think well about what some boys say. We should analyse their words and find out the fact. We may, then, do what they say. 

If everything you touched became gold, would you be happy

King Midas was a very greedy king. Even though he was very rich, he always craved for more and more. Every day he prayed God for more and more. One day, God appeared before him and granted him a wish. Midas asked, “Give me golden touch – everything I touch should become gold.” God smiled and granted him the golden touch saying, “Anything that you touch will turn into gold.” The King was delighted with his good fortune. Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. He thought that he must be the richest man in the world.

But in the evening, when he sat down for supper, King Midas was not so happy. His food turned into gold the moment he touched it and’ he had to go to bed without any food! However, King Midas was too greedy to be sad about it. 

The next morning, the King’s daughter ran to hug her father. But alas! The minute she kissed him, she turned into a gold statue! King Midas, who loved his daughter very much, was very sad and he ran to the temple for help. He cried, “God, please help me, I don’t want to be rich anymore. I only want my beloved daughter back.” God changed everything back to normal. King Midas had learnt his lesson and was never greedy again.

Once there lived an Emperor. He was very fond of new clothes. He spent his money on getting new clothes for himself.

One day two men came to his court. They said they could make the most beautiful cloth in the world for the Emperor. The Emperor was very much pleased with their words. They also told the Emperor that their cloth was so special that only wise people could see it, but fools could not. The Emperor thought by wearing clothes made with that cloth, he could see who were wise and who were fools in his kingdom. So the Emperor gave them a lot of money and told them to begin their work at once.

The two men were given a special room for their work. In that room, they set up two looms. They acted to be working. But there was nothing on the looms. They asked the king to give them the finest silk and the purest gold thread. The king did so. But they put those in their bags and acted working at the empty looms until late at night.

One day the king sent his old minister to the weavers to know how they were getting on with his cloth. The minister entered their room. He felt surprised to see nothing on the looms and the men doing nothing. The weavers asked the minister how the cloth they made was. The minister thought that if he said the truth, he would be treated as a fool. So, though he could see nothing there, he said that the cloth was very splendid. 

Next time, the king went into the room along with his officers. Both the king and the officers could see nothing there. But they all said that the cloth was very beautiful.

At last the weavers said that the cloth was ready. They cut it with a huge pair of scissors in the air. They stitched the clothes with needles without any thread in them. 

They told the Emperor that the clothes were ready. The weavers said that they made the trousers and the coat for the king. The officers said that they were beautiful though they could see nothing there. Even the king could see nothing but he could not admit it.

The two young men asked the king to put on the new clothes that they had made. The Emperor took off all his clothes and pretended to be putting on the new clothes. He knew he wore nothing but did not complain because he would thought to be a fool if he said the truth.

The Emperor walked along in the procession. People in the street cried that the Emperor’s new clothes were beautiful. But a little child said that the king had got nothing on, at all. Then all the people there cried that the king had got nothing on. The king felt greatly ashamed and unhappy. He knew that the people were right. But the procession had to go on.

If the old minister had told the king the truth, he would have called that the minister a fool. And he would not have punished the weavers.

Once upon a time there lived a proud and foolish emperor who was very fond of wearing new clothes. He spent most of the time in trying out new clothes. So he had very little time to attend the affairs of the kingdom.

One day the emperor was in angry mood because he was not satisfied with the dresses which were brought by his Chief Adviser. 

He asked his Chief Adviser to banish all the worthless tailors of the country. He wanted new clothes and a tailor who can make him a different set of clothes everyday. The chief adviser informed that two weavers were waiting to see the emperor and they were magic tailors also. He ordered to bring them. The two weavers came and explained their wonderful clothes. To prepare the wonderful dress, they need finest silk, purest gold thread and several jewels. Emperor agreed to provide all they need. The weavers sew their magic dress which was not only beautiful to look, but also make the emperor to Judge his people. Because only wise, clever and fit for their jobs will see and those who are foolish,unfit for their work will not see the dress. The emperor considered that he will be able to find out who are fit to manage the affairs of his kingdom and who are not.The weavers were provided with a large quantity of silk, the purest gold thread and several jewels to decorate the dress.

Next day evening the chief Adviser came to see the weavers. Weavers were pretending to weave. They seem, to be working hard but he couldn’t seem, the clothes on the looms. The weavers described the color, pattern, design of the cloth. They exaggerated the beauty of the dress.The chief adviser positively responded to the weavers because if he said that he can’t see the clothes means he is a fool and not fit for his post. So he decided to send his Special Assistant to see what really happening.

Then the Special Assistant suspected the weavers. He was surprised that nothing was be there on looms. The weavers as usual praised the clothes as they did to the Chief Adviser. The Special Assistant also thought as the

Chief Adviser. The weavers told that dress would be ready by next morning. On the day of the procession the emperor came with his Chief Adviser, the Special Assistant and other courtiers to the Hall. The weavers took him to dressing room. All the people outside heard the low voices of weavers and emperor. The Chief Adviser requested to emperor that if he show himself on the balcony before the procession, the people will feel happy. The emperor agreed to come.

After dressing the emperor walking through the hall towards balcony. The courtiers show great surprise to see the emperor having little clothes. But no one says anything.

When the emperor reaches balcony, cheers stop all of a sudden and there is pin-drop silence. Then the little child crying out with laughter, look Daddy, the emperor has no clothes at all. Has the king become very poor? Doesn’t he have money to buy clothes”?

The Emperor has been described as proud and foolish, in addition to that he believed weavers talk without thinking. After that also he didn’t use his Commonsense while they were dressing him. Why didn’t he understood the pretendences of the weavers.

No, the king was not wise.

The Courtiers show great surprise to see the Emperor having little clothes on his body. But no one says the truth.

The Chief Adviser felt worried because he could not see anything. He had doubt about his own fitness for the post he was holding.

When the Emperor reached the balcony, cheers stop all of a sudden and there is pin-drop silence. But the little child crying out with laughter, said that the Emperor had no clothes on his body and did the king become so poor that he had no money to buy clothes.

The Emperor was so happy and agreed to his request and told after dressing he would come definitely.

The Chief Adviser requested the Emperor to show himself to the people before the procession sets out. Because they were waiting to see their emperor in new dress for long hours. The Emperor would come to balcony to please them.

The Adviser’s Special Assistant saw no threads, no cloth on the looms, so he was a fool, unfit a for the job, so he considered that it was the terrible experience for him.

The first weaver pretending to hold the invisible clothes in his hand and said that they are the coat and trousers. The Second weaver also pretending to hold the coat in his hand and said that is the overcoat. They went to dressing room with the Emperor and outsiders heard the rustling of clothes and low whispering voice of the weavers. Like this they did.

The Chief Adviser saw that the two weavers seem to be working very hard.. They were pretending to weave, but nothing was there on : the loom. So he was greatly surprised.

The weavers were very clever, they pretended to handle the cloth they were supposed to be weaving and asked his opinion about the color, design and pattern. They praised exaggeratedly. So he was confused and didn’t have courage to speak the truth.

The two weavers worked on the looms pretending to weave. Before that they put all the fine silk, golden thread and jewels in their bags and kept it secretly. But they didn’t put anything on the loom.

Sai’s first published book was ‘Mulancha Mera’, a book of fariy tales which means ‘my dream child’ or ‘ my favourite child’.

Once Sai told a fairy tale with dragons princess, talking parrots and hEdden gold., etc, to her grandfather while walking. By hearing this story he was very much impressed about her ability.