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Kanwarani said that her husband has been seriously thinking to send the servants’ children, even the girls, to school. She tells her (Nandu Bai) that the income of the haveli has come down, and they cannot give employment to the servants’ children. However it is their moral duty to prepare them for a secured future. She does not want that anyone should think that Binniji can take any decision without the elders’ advice.

कन्वा रानी सा ने कहा कि उसके पति गम्भीरता से विचार कर रहे हैं नौकरों के बच्चों को स्कूल भेजने के लिये, यहाँ तक कि लड़कियों को भी। वह उसको (नन्दू बुआ सा को) बताती हैं कि हवेली की आमदनी कम हो गई है और वे नौकरों को बच्चों को रोजगार नहीं दे सकते। फिर भी यह उनकी नैतिक जिम्मेदारी है कि उन्हें एक सुरक्षित भविष्य के लिये तैयार करे। वह नहीं चाहती है कि कोई भी यह सोचे कि बिन्नी जी बिना बड़ों की सलाह के कोई निर्णय ले सकती हैं।

Given statement:

The Third World War, if it ever starts, will end very quickly with the possible end of civilization. It is only the misuse of nuclear power which will trigger it.

Now, we will examine the given inferences:

1) Nuclear power will be used in the Third World War. → True

2) There will be no civilization left after the Third World War. → False (as it is a possibility, not definite) 

3) The growth of nuclear power will destroy civilization in the long run. → False (as misuse of nuclear power is discussed not growth)

4) The Third World War will not take place.→ False (as the possibility of third world war is being discussed in the given statement. So, it is possible but not definite)

Hence, 'Nuclear power will be used in the Third World War.' is the correct answer.

Manji had crossed sixty years. Still her skin was smooth and unwrinkled. Her face was beautiful and her eyes had a meaningful expression. Her nose was finely chiselled and her mouth had a purse-like look. Though she gave the impression of being aloof, her soft speech and sweet smile drew people to her. Geeta loved her for her compassionate understanding of other people’s problems.

मानजी अपने साठवें वर्ष में पहुँच गई थी फिर भी उसकी त्वचा चिकनी और झुर्रियों रहित थी। उसका चेहरा सुन्दर था और आँखों में जीवन के प्रति आशा की अभिव्यक्ति थी। और नाक ऐसी सुन्दर थी जैसे छैनी से एक पत्थर की मूर्ति को तराश दिया हो और मुँह बटुवे जैसा प्रतीत होता था। उसे देखकर ऐसा लगता था मानो वह अलग-थलग रहने वाली व्यक्ति हो, किन्तु उसकी विनम्र बोली और मधुर मुस्कान लोगों को अपनी ओर आकृष्ट करती थी। दूसरे लोगों की समस्याओं को सहानुभूति से समझने के कारण गीता उनको प्यार करती थी।

Nandu Bua sa was Bhagwat Singh ji’s sister. Her unannounced visit to the haveli at an odd time shows her bad manners. Her rude and harsh voice surprises both the ladies and the maids of the haveli. She angrily tells Kanwarani sa that her old maid’s daughters disappeared from their duties since they started coming to Binniji’s classes. This shows that she wanted those poor maids to remain illiterate.

नन्दू बुआ सा भगवत सिंह जी की बहन थी। असमय पर हवेली में बिना पूर्वसूचना के आना उसके दुष्यचार को दिखाता है। उसकी तेज और उद्दंड आवाज हवेली की स्त्रियों और सेविकाओं दोनों को आश्चर्यचकित करती है। वह क्रोध से कन्वारानी से कहती है कि उसकी वृद्ध सेविका की लड़कियाँ अपने कार्य से गायब हो गई हैं जब से उन्होंने बिन्नी जी की कक्षाओं में आना शुरू किया है। इससे पता चलता है कि वह गरीब सेविकाओं को अशिक्षित ही रहने देना चाहती थी।

Kanwarani sa is the wife of Bhagwat Singh ji and mother-in-law of Geeta. She is short in size and looks weak. Her complexion is fair. She is gentle and soft spoken but is very strict. She loves the customs and traditions of the haveli and can do anything to maintain them. She loves Geeta and her soft corner for Sita (Lakshmi’s daughter).

कन्वारानी सा भगवत सिंह जी की पत्नी और गीता की सासु माँ हैं। वह नाटे कद की हैं और कमजोर दिखाई देती हैं। उनका रंग साफ है। वह नेक और मधुर बोलने वाली हैं परन्तु बहुत सख्त हैं। वह हवेली की परम्पराओं और रीति रिवाजों को पसन्द करती हैं और उन्हें बनाये रखने के लिये कुछ भी कर सकती हैं। वह गीता को प्यार करती हैं और सीता (जो लक्ष्मी की पुत्री है) के प्रति जो सहानुभूति गीता को है उसे भी पसन्द करती हैं। .

Rohit (a) asked Navi what he was doing those days. Navi (b) replied that he was studying in class XII. Navi (c) asked Rohit what his favourite subject was. Rohit replied that he (d) liked studying English. Rohit (e) asked Navi what he wanted to do after XII. Navi replied that he would prepare for medical entrance test.

The correct answer is Sikkim.

 Sava Dawa -

• This festival is celebrated to mark the birth, enlightenment, and the attainment of Nirvana of Gautam Buddha.
• Gautam Buddha - 

1. His full name is Gautama Buddha.
2. He was born in Lumbini, Nepal.
3. He is the founder of the " Buddhism religion".
4. He is also known as " Shakyamuni" or " Sage of the Skhaukya ".

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• The festival is celebrated on the full moon day of the fourth month of the Buddhist calendar.
• It is mostly celebrated across the street of Gangtok and commence their parade from Tsuk La Khang Monastery.
• The festival has been celebrated since 1950.

The Correct Answer is Telangana.

• Bathukamma is a festival of Telangana and celebrated by women, with flowers that grow exclusively in each region.
• The festival begins a week before the grand ‘Saddula Bathukamma’ (the grand finale of the Bathukamma festival) which falls two days before Dussehra.
• Bathukamma celebrates the inherent relationship between earth, water, and human beings.
• Bonalu is an annual festival celebrated in the twin cities Hyderabad and Secunderabad and other parts of Telangana state.
• Bonalu is celebrated usually during Ashada Masam that falls in July/August.
• Goddess Mahakali is worshipped in Bonalu festival. 

1. The woman shouted angerily and asked if he had no manners.

2. The doctor asked why he did not get vaccinated.

3. He asked me when he could get an application form.

4. The employer asked if he wrote a good hand.

5. The little girl asked if she might have a little more pudding.

6. The teacher asked what the rivers were that flowed through Bihar.

7. The examiner questioned who the first man was to fly in space.

8. He shouted what on the earth he meant.

9. The poet wrote what this life is full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.

10 The N.C.C. Officer asked me if I would like to attend the summer camp.

May you help me, please.

The correct answer is Kerala.

• Vishu, a Hindu festival, is celebrated in Kerala as the harvest festival and the astrological New Year of the Malayalis.
• Vishu indicates the movement of the sun to Aries or the Mesha Rashi and marks the day from which the farmers begin the plowing of land and other agricultural activities.
• In Sanskrit, Vishu means equal, which implies the day with an equal number of hours of day and night or the equinox.
• The day of Mesha Sankranti or Mesha Sankramam, Vishu is a family festival.
• It is a period dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is celebrated by worshipping Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna.
• Vishu Kani, Vishu Kaineettam, and Vishubhalam are the three most important aspects of the Vishu celebrations.
• As per the religious faith of the people on the previous night of the Vishu festival a Vishu Kani in the prayer room or worship area of the house before the idol of Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna by the eldest lady of the house.
• Vishu Kani is regarded as the symbol of good luck and prosperity by all Hindu Malayalis.
• Celebrated on the first day of Medam or the Malayalam month or between the months of April and May of the Gregorian calendar, Vishu symbolizes the beginning of the spring season. 

The correct answer is Arundhati Roy.

• The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy.

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• The God of Small Things was Roy's first book.
• She began writing the manuscript for The God of Small Things in 1992 and finished four years later, in 1996.
•  Arundhati Roy is the author of The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997.
• In the novel The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy is aiming to
  • Portray the differences that the Indian society casts upon its people because of being born under different circumstances; the rights you are supposed to have as a human no matter, the gender or class you are from, and for the sole reason of being a human.

• Two volumes of her non-fiction writing:-
  • The Algebra of Infinite Justice and An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire were published in 2001 and 2005 respectively.

(a) That the sun sets in the west, is a fact.

(b) Pay attention to what the teacher is saying

(c) I donot know the time when he will go to Krishna Memorial Hall.

1. The student exclaimed with sorrow that his friend was dead.

2. The boys exclaimed with delight that they would have a jolly holiday the next day.

3. He exclaimed with joy that she sang very well.
Or He applauded her and said that she sang very well.

4. The child exclaimed with joy that the flower was very beautiful.

5. The teacher exclaimed with disgust that I was a very lazy boy.
Or, The teacher exclaimed that I was a very lazy boy.

The students ought to obey their teachers.

The correct answer is Arundhati Roy.

• The God of Small Things won the Man Booker Prize in 1997. It was written by Arundhati Roy.
• She has received the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award in 2002, the Sydney Peace Prize in 2004, and the Sahitya Akademi Award from the Indian Academy of Letters in 2006.
• The other important works of Arundhati Roy include - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017), Walking with the Comrades (2011), The end of Imagination (1998).

• Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
• The winners of the Man Booker Prize from India are:
  • V.S. Naipaul - In a Free State (1971)
  • Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children (1981)
  • Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things (1997)
  • Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss (2006)
  • Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger (2008)

• Salman Rushdie won the Booker Award in 1981 with Midnight's Children and made the shortlist again in 1983, 1988, and, 1995.
  • Midnight's Children was also judged to be the "Booker of Bookers" in 1993 and "Best of the Booker" in 2008.

(a) can I carry your bag?

(b) It may rain in another hour.

(c) You should take regular exercise?

(I) William Shakespeare

(II) G.B. Shaw

(III) Congreve

(IV) Marlowe

(V) T.S. Eliot

 We must obey the laws of the country.

1. My father said that the sun rises in the east.

2. The teacher said that God helps those who help themselves.

3. Rahim said that Mohan had been suffering from fever for two days.

4. Hari told Anil that Prem Chand had written many novels.

5. My mother said that everybody must be honest.

(a) My father told me that two and two is four.

(b) He asked me where I was going.

(c) The teacher told me that man is mortal.

(a) The House is so small that it cannot serve his purpose

(b) It was very odd.

(c) He is sometimes foolish.

(a) R.K. Narayan

(b) Mulk Raj Anand

(c) Charles Dickens

(d) Thomas Hardy

(e) Anita Desai

(a) William Wordsworth

(b) John Keats

(c) Chaucer

(d) Dryden

(e) Alexander Pope

Name of five English Dramatists as follow- 

(i) Shakespear-Othello. 

(ii) Oliver gold smith-she stoopes to conquer. 

(iii) Congreve-The valley of the world. 

(iv) G.B. Shaw-Candida 

(v) Marlowe-Edward II

 Be careful lest you will fall into the mud.

Last week I went to a very polluted colony in my locality. There was plenty of garbages everywhere. Dirty water was flowing on the roads and street. It was impossible to spend a single minute without closing nose with hand or handkerchief. People living in this colony were becoming sick. Small children were suffering from many diseases. The life of the people of this colony was worse. The local authority should do to clean the colony and improve the lives of the resident. 

(i) He bade good morning. 

(ii) He ordered his servant to go away at once. 

(iii) He asked me if I could do that work. 

(iv) She said that she could speak English.

(i) Father blessed me that I might live long. 

(ii) The doctor advised the patient to take exercise daily. 

(iii) He asked where he lived these days. 

(iv) The captain advised the players to play well to win the match. 

(i) The father forbade his son to live in a bad company. 

(ii) She exclaimed with sorrow that she was ruined. 

(iii) He prayed that God might bless me. 

(iv) He proposed to his friend that they should go home. 

(a) Chaucer

(b) Milton

(c) John Keats

(d) P.B. Shelley

(e) Lord Tennyson.

Five English poet are follows:-

(i) John Donne.

(ii) Walt whitman.

(iii) W.H.Auden.

(iv) John Keates.

(v) Rupert Brooke.

(a) R.K. Narayan

(b) Raja Rao

(c) M.R. Anand

(d) Anita Desai

(e) Arundhati Roy

(a) may I use your phone?

(b) You must do your duty.

(c) I shall go to Delhi tomorrow.

Name of the five Indian English poet are as follows : 

(i) Rabindranath Tagore 

(ii) Sarojini Naidu 

(iii) R.K. Narayan 

(iv) Vikam Seth 

(v) Arundhati Roy

(a) It is so cold that one cannot go out.

(b) The brave alone deserve the fair.

(c) Is beauty of nature beyond description?

Raja Rao wrote the book "Kanthpura".

(a) He is so busy that he cannot go out.

(b) Everyone knows you.

(c) Does anyone like paying taxes?

(i) May is not as hot as June.  

(ii) I am so busy that I can not go out. 

(iii) I can never forget him. 

(iv) This is not impossible.

(a) The old man asked me if I knew him. 

(b) You told Mother that he had finished his work in time. 

(c) He exclaimed with joy that it was a very lovely picture.

(a) You are so proud that you cannot learn.

(b) The blind cannot see.

(c) Is it a foolish idea?

You cannot climb up this tree.

Sita asked Arun where he lived.

(a) John Donne. 

(b) T.S. Eliot

(c) Walter de la Mare

(d) John Keates

(e) W. H. Auden

(a) can you lift this box?

(b) She would be sixteen.

(c) Anybody can make mistakes.

They will not hold a metting.

(a) He is so slow that he cannot win.

(b) No man is immortal.

(c) Everyone would love his country.

(I) John Keats

(II) John Donne

(III) T.S. Eliot

(IV) Rupert Brooke

(V) K.N. Daruwala