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— to listen to the sitar by Pandit Ravishankar

— to request Pandit Ravishankar to come home and play sitar for her brother Anant.

— wanted to fulfil her brother’s last wish

Detailed Answer :

Actually, Smita wanted to a fulfil her brother’s last wish to attend the concert. So she thought that she would request Pandit Ravi Shankar to play the sitar at their house so that her brother Anant could be happy.

— Science

— an exciting adventure

— major reward is discovery itself

— get freedom, camaraderie and independence instead of money.

Detailed Answer : 

Despite low income, some people choose to become scientists because they find science to be an exciting adventure where the reward comes from the discovery itself. Scientists get freedom camaraderie & independence instead of money.

— The artists, great mastros

— play usually in big auditoriums

— have busy schedules

— yet agreed to play sitar for Anant

— wanted to fulfil Anant’s last wish.

Detailed Answer : 

Indeed, the visit of the artists was unusual. Both Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha were famous and busy artists who performed in big auditoriums. They never performed at anyone’s place. But in this case, it was different. It was an exceptional case and they agreed to perform to fulfil Anant's last wish.

— That he could use the weapon Sakti against but one enemy and it would kill him whosever he may be.

— Once this killing is done, this weapon would no longer be available to him but would return back to Indra.

Detailed Answer : 

While granting the boon to Karna, Indra laid the condition that he (Karna) could use the weapon Sakti against only one enemy and it would kill him whosoever he might be and, once that killing was done, that weapon would no longer be available to him; it would return to Indra

— The Gift of the Magi—O. Henry

— Della said this to Jim.

— When Jim came home, he stared at her. She could not understand his expression.

— She told him that she had her hair cut off and sold it because she would not have lived through Christmas without giving him a present — and that her hair would grow out again — awfully fast.

Detailed Answer : 

Lesson : The Gift of the Magi 

Writer : O' Henry 

Della said these words to her husband, Jim. She got her beautiful hair cut, and sold them to arrange money for her husband's christmas gift. When Jim came home in the evening and saw her hair gone, he stared at her with a strange expression. She couldn't understand his expression. She tried her best to explain things to him, saying that she had her hair cut off and sold because she wouldn't have lived through christmas without giving him a present. To pacify him she said that her hair would grow again, awfully fast.

— The Eyes are not Here — Ruskin Bond.

— The narrator said this to the girl.

— The blind narrator was trying to pretend to be normal sighted to the girl who was travelling with him in the same compartment of the train.

— When the girl asked him to look out of the window — he moved to the window — making a pretence of studying the landscape — said that the trees seemed to be moving while they seemed to be standing still.

Detailed Answer :

Lesson : The Eyes are not Here

Writer : Ruskin Bond

The narrator posed this question to the girl, who was blind and was his fellow traveller in the same compartment of the train. The narrator, who himself was blind, decided that he would try his best to make it apparent that he was not blind. So he was trying to pretend to that girl. When the girl asked him to look out of the window, he moved to the window ledge, making a pretence of studying the landscape. In this effort he made a mistake. He posed the above given question to the girl i.e. whether she had noticed that the trees seemed to be moving while they seemed to be standing still.

(a) Don Anselmo

(b) to the children of Rio en Medio

(c) because whenever a child was born in Rio en medio, he had planted a tree in the name of that child.

Detailed Answer : 

(a) ‘An old man, Don Anselmo' is the speaker here . 

(b) According to him, the trees belong to the children of Rio en Medio. 

(c) He feels that the orchards were actually for the children. Whenever a child was born in Rio en Medio, he had planted a tree in the name of that child.

Correct option (A) — Personification

 Correct option (B)— Meat—Meet

Correct option (C) — Solar energy is cheaper than most other forms of energy.

Correct option (A) — A cure for many deadly diseases is being desperately searched by researchers.

The number ‘44’ indicate  Autosomes

My sister got 80% in Maths test.

— A silent march — no slogans — no shouts — did not cross barred area — not arrested.

Detailed Answer : 

Babu and Manju were a bit disappointed with the silent march of the students. They were expecting slogans and shouts which normally a protest has, but the march had ended peacefully without any slogans and shouts of violence. They did not cross barred area, nor did they show any aggression. So they were not arrested.

(a) The Captain’s little daugther.

(b) When the captain lost his confidence as the ship was caught in a storm.

(c) The sailor regained faith and confidence, prayed, reached the shore safely.

Detailed Answer :

(a) The Captain’s little daughter is the speaker here.

(b) When the captain lost his confidence as he and his men were caught in a storm while sailing in the sea.

(c) These words lifted sailor's faith and spirit and they were able to anchor safely in harbour.

The package containing books and records  was delivered last week.

It is enthroned in the heart of kings :

It is an attribute to God himself;

And earthly power doth then show likest God’s

When mercy seasons justice.

Then let not what I cannot have

My cheer of mind destroy :

Whilst thus I sing, I am a king.

Although a poor blind boy.

And it grew both day and night;

Till it bore an apple bright;

And my foe beheld it shine,

And he knew that it was mine.

The Jazz player — pathetic appearance — old, wrinkled face — dressed in old shirt, old jacket and old necktie — old shoes having papers in them — when playing saxophone, — forgets himself — appears as if he was sent to preach the old Gospel of Jazz — no longer a man but a bird — mind reaches higher place — when stops — back to his poor life.

Detailed Answer : 

The Jazz player has a pathetic appearance. He has a wrinkled face and closed eyes full of worries. His collar frayed faded blue old shirt turned dark with sweat. Old necktie is undone and drops, old jacket is holding his sagging stomach. He had rundown shoes having paper in them. His unshaven face shows pain. There lies an old saxophone across his chest. The Jazz player is a poor man. He cannot afford to buy new shoes so he wears old shoes in which he has stuffed paper in order to feel comfortable. His face is full of wrinkles and is unshaven. The Jazz player is proud of his race. He is proud to be a Black man. Though, into the beginning of the poem the Jazz player is shown to be a poor man who is full of worries and pain. But later, when we see him playing saxophone, we realize that he is a man who knows that he has been sent into this world to preach, to give a religious message. He is to preach the Black Gospel of Jazz. He begins to preach through the music coming from the saxophone and feels that he is not a black man but a bird which flies higher and higher with the music and its notes. But once the music is over, he is back to reality and feels that he is the same black man again, back to his poor life.

Because he had passed all his life on earth without doing a scrap of useful work.

Andracles was sick of his cruel master who treated him badly. So, he ran away into a forest.

— Lochinvar said that his love for Ellen had ebbed like a tide because he had denied his suit.

— That he had come there only to drink a cup of wine and to dance.

— There were maidens more beautiful than Ellen in Scotland who would gladly be his bride.

Detailed Answer : 

Ellen's father didn't suspect Lochinvar's intentions because he convinced him by saying that his love for Ellen had, now ebbed like a tide, after he denied his suit. He further said that he had come there only to drink a cup of wine and to dance with his daughter before her marriage. He also convinced him by telling him that there were maidens in Scotland, more beautiful than Ellen, who would gladly become his wife.

— Very common in South India-very often sadly neglected in their maintenance. 

— Cheering sight when they are full. 

— Shallow—but less evident because the water is silt-laden and throws the light back-the bottom, therefore, does not show up. 

— Play a vital role in South Indian agriculture. 

— Some are suprisingly large and it is a beautiful sight to see the sunrise or sunset over one of them.

 — The colour of the water of the rainfed tanks varies with the nature of the earth of the catchment area.

Detailed Answer : 

Rainfed tanks are very common in South India. They are quite shallow but since the water is silt-laden and throws the light back, the bottom is not clearly visible. These tanks are very important for agriculture. Some of the tanks are huge and the sight of the sun rising or setting over them is really beautiful. The colour of the water of these tanks varies due to the silt which is suspended in it. The finest particles of soil remain floating in the water whereas the larger particles settle down.

People went to watch the cruel act of a slave being thrown before a hungry lion.

By telling him that Marion would not give the tart to just anyone, it had to be the same messenger who had come for the pie or none at all.

Detailed Answer :

Jean convinced Pierre to do so by telling him that Marion would not give the tart to just anyone. He told him that Marion would give the tart only to the same messenger who had come for the pie and not to anyone else.

— If a year is divided into four seasons — spring, summer, autumn and winter — the poet compares his stage of life to the second last season before the end of the year i.e. autumn.

— Secondly, he uses the stages of a day i.e. morning, noon, evening, night — compares himself to be in the evening stage before night closes up everything in sleep.

— Thirdly he uses the image of fire with four stages — fuel, flame, ember and ash; puts himself in the ember stage to represent his aging body before death.

Detailed Answer : 

Comparing his aging body, the poet says, if a year is divided into four seasons-spring, summer, autumn and winter, he is approaching the autumn of his life when only a fews leaves are left on the bare branches and birds, no longer, sit on them and sing. Then using the imagery of the stages of the day-morning, noon, evening, night, he compares himself with sunset i.e. the evening stage before night closes up, when everything is in sleep. He feels that he is close to death. Then he uses the image of fire with four stages fuel, flame, ember and ash. He compares himself to the fast fading embers, which are lying on his ashes of the youth. He puts himself in the ember stage to represent his aging body before death.

— Hanif’s mother Hema Aziz had a touring job — out very often — would leave children alone to take care of themselves — taught them the message.

Detailed Answer : 

Hanifuddin lost his father when he was only eight. His mother, Hema Aziz was a vocal artist. She had to tour a lot for her performances and so had to leave her three sons to look after themselves in her absence. In such a way, she taught them that one’s duty is the most important thing in life.

— Pasteur filled some bottles with soup — took some to a little hotel bedroom where the air hardly ever changed — broke their necks off so that air could enter freely — sealed them up again after a few minutes.

— Took some bottles into a field and did the same.

— Took some bottles on the top of mountain and did the same.

— Result : bottles opened in the hotel bedroom — soup mouldy.

— Those opened in the field — mouldy, but not quite so bad.

— Those opened on the mountains — no germs at all.

Detailed Answer : 

Pasteur filled some bottles with soup. He took some into a hotel bedroom where the air was hardly changed, broke their necks so that air could enter and then resealed them. He then took some bottles to a field nearby and repeated the procedure. He finally went to the top of a mountain and did the same. When the bottles were examined later on, it was found that soup in the bottles kept in the hotel bedroom had gone completely mouldy, the bottles kept in the field were mouldy but not quite so bad, but those kept on the mountain had no germs in them at all. This proved that pure air is different from stale air.

By sitting on the blood-stained feathers to hatch them into a toddling chick.

Detailed Answer :

The female Sarus crane tried to bring its male partner back to life by sitting on the blood-stained feather to hatch them into a toddling chick.

— Poverty is not an impediment in worshipping God.

— Our body iteself — which houses the soul in it — is the temple of God.

— All the material things are subjected to destruction in the course of time.

— All that does not move or sway according to the will of God has a great fall one day or the other.

— The spiritual, the one that moves according to God's will, is permanent. 

Detailed Answer : 

In this poem, Basavanna conveys the message that poverty is not an impediment in worshipping God as our body itself is the temple of God which houses the soul in it which is imperishable, on the other hand, all the worldly things perish with time. He further says that all-that doesn't move on way according to the will of God has a great fall one day or the other; whereas the spiritual, the one that moves according to God's will; is permanent.

 Correct option (B) absentmindedness of scientists

The dead body of the male Sarus crane.

Detailed Answer :

In the poem 'To a pair of Sarus Cranes', the dead body of the male Sarus crane is compared to dirty linen.

— loves 

— had visited

— Both the male and the female sarus cranes were flying in the sky in the morning and the male bird was shot dead by the hunters. The Female bird could not bear the sorrow. In agony and desperation she encircled the sky in movements of grace over the disgraceful death of her partner.

— When the killers went away with the kill, she descended to the scene of death and expressed her grief in long and short cries.

— She picked a few blood stained feathers and sat on them to hatch them into a toddling chick.

— In her grief she forgot to eat or drink and pined away for her lost mate and finally died.

Detailed Answer : 

In this poem the poet described the intense love of the female Sarus crane, towards its partner through the description of grief of the female bird who pines away to death after its mate had met its end at the hands of cruel hunters. Both the male and the female Sarus cranes were flying in the sky in the morning when the male bird was shot dead by the hunters. In agony and desperation, she encircled the sky in movements of grace over the disgraceful death of her male partner. When the killers went away with their kill, she descended to the death scene and expressed her grief in long and short cries. She picked a few blood stained feathers kissed them and then sat on them desperately to hatch them into a toddling chick as if she would bring him back to life. In her grief she forgot to eat or drink and pined away for her lost mate and finally died.

— The poet remembers the sacrifices made by his mother which made him a man.

— Feels sorry for his mother who was in the grave — who couldn't see her son whom she gave life.

— Even if the gates of the grave are opened she cannot recognise him.

— Only his soul's face can recognise her as she had done a lot for him.

— He regrets that he was not able to repay his mother who underwent a lot of pain and sufferings for his sake.

— His mouthless body in the womb leeched on his mother and he is indebted to her.

— He regrets that he has done nothing for the happiness of the womankind as gratitude to his mother.

— When men triumph over women and trample women's rights, he has never tried to bring women out of such situations

— He does not want his mother to come out of the grave because he is ashamed to show his face to her

 Correct option (c) to come 

 Correct option (c)would have

Sequence of points

Accuracy of language

Detailed Answer : 

Rabidranath Tagore, also known as Gurudev in Bengal, was born on 7th May, 1861. His father’s name was Debendranath Tagore and mother’s name was Sarla Devi. He was a writer, painter and a singer. His notable works are Gitanjali, Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Sonar Bangla etc. He was awarded Nobel Prize for lietrature in 1913. This great man died on 7th August, 1941.

— He should know that all men are not just.

— For every enemy there is a friend.

— To have faith in his own ideas.

— To be gentle with the gentle and tough with the tough.

— Not to follow the crowd blindly.

— To filter all he hears on a screen of truth.

— To laugh when he is sad.

— To be aware of too much sweetness.

— To sell his strength and intelligence to the highest bidders, but never to sell his soul.

— To stand and fight for the right.

— To have courage to be impatient and patience to be brave.

— To have sublime faith in himself and in mankind.

Father asked Ravi to go to the railway station at 4 P.M. and bring his grandpa.

Ravi replied to his father that he would and told him not to worry.

— Spelling ‘exhibit’

— Punctuation : ![Exclamatory mark]

Detailed Answer : 

Whales are normally gentle. Many whales 

(a) exhibit strong family ties. The young ones remain with their parents for up to fifteen years or more. How wonderful it is (b)!

Format of the letter 

Matter 

Language

Detailed Answer :

Z.N. Colony

Mysore

April 12, 2018

Dear Brother,

It was a very exciting moment when we came across the good news that you have won a gold medal in the State Atheletic Meet. I congratulate you on your golden success on behalf of all the members of your family and your friends.

Moreover, you have broken your own record in 100 m race. You have not only made us and your school proud but also brought laurels to the state. After a long lag of five years, our state has been able to grab the gold medal in this event. Papa had a talk with your coach. He told him that you are now toiling hard for National Games.

I am sure your hard work will definitely bear fruit. And then one day you will make even our country proud by representing India in Common Wealth Games.

Being inspired from you, I have also started practising day and night for my event, i.e. 200 m race, in sports stadium though keeping pace with my studies.

Everyone at home and in our colony is eager to welcome you. Looking forward to see you soon. With love

Yours affectionately

Deekshith

i.You were absent and it disappointed us. (Compound sentence)

                       or

You were absent and we were disappointed.

                   or

You were absent so we were disappointed.

We were disappointed because you were absent.(Complex sentence)

                    or

As you were absent we were disappointed.

ii. How did Dr. Radhakrishnan pursue his education?. 

iii. I would have attended your wedding, if you had given me advance intimation.

You either send an,  SMS or give me a call after you reach your place.

 Correct option (B) man and the land

— It is highly dangerous for the well being of humanity.

— The price is paid in ecological terms (improvement of resources).

Detailed Answer :

The writer says that the model of development based on consumerism is suicidal as we'll have to pay the price in ecological terms as natural resources will become scarce.

The damage, caused by extreme consumerism will leave nothing, standing on this earth. So it is highly dangerous for the well being of humanity