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  1. Arrange the following incidents in a proper sequential order as they have occurred in Part - 1: (a) Writer realised that he was lost in the woods. (b) The  Langurs  saw the leopard. (c) The author was moving from the jungle as quietly as possible , finding his way through the thicket. (d) The author met a villager.  Ans :  (c) The author was moving from the jungle as quietly as possible , finding his way through the thicket. (b) The Langurs saw the leopard. (d) The author met a villager.  (a) Writer realised that he was lost in the woods. 2. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.  (a) Earlier Shaaz was in the field of finance. (b) BCRTI was founded out of the genuine urge to conserve the habitat of the wild life. (c) Shaaz failed to utilize the finance incurred out of tourism. (d) According to the local agriculturist seeing is more essential than listening  Ans:  a) Earlier Shaaz was in the field of finance.  True  (b) BCRTI was fou

  Q. 1 A Read the extract and do all the activities given below. A1. Complete the web chart. A2. Find the lines to prove the facts from the poem. a. Father is isolated from the society and family. b. Generation Gap A3. Write a character sketch of your father. A4. Find examples of transferred epithet and synecdoche. A5. Replace the words from the following lines and rewrite : Home again, I see him drinking weak tea Eating a stale Chapati, reading a book. Answers A.1 Bag stuffed with books falling apart Raincoat stained with mud Sticky Chappals Soggy shirts and pants Dimmed eyes Unseeing eyes A2.a. Father is isolated from the society and family. " Like a word dropped from a long sentence" b. Generation Gap " His sullen children have often refused to share jokes and secretes with him " A3. My father is a farmer. He works very hard. He wears paijama and kurta. His hands became rough with hard work. He works in the field. A4. Transferred epithet: humid monsoon night- The

  Unit 2.2  Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu Weavers weaving at break of day, Why do you weave a garment so gay? Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild, We weave the robes of a new-born child. Weavers, weaving at fall of night, Why do you weave a garment so bright? Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green, We weave the marriage-veils of a queen. Weavers, weaving solemn and still, What do you weave in the moonlight chill......? White as a feather and white as a cloud, We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud Vocabulary: halcyon - Kingfisher, a bird which has bright, colourful plumes. Plumes - Soft feathers. Shroud - a cloth in which a dead person is wrapped.   Introduction Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu is a short poem consisting of three stanzas having four lines each. The poet talks about three types of dresses that the Indian Weavers weave at three particular times of the day. Metaphorically each time and the dress weaved in that time symbolises a particular stage of life. The poe

   Brainstorming   (A1)(i) Go through the text again and describe the second innings of the writer in your own words.  (A2) (i) Read the text again and make a list of great Indian and foreign personalities who had a great impact on Achyut Godbole during his childhood. One is done for you. Poets                                   Vinda Karandikar, Mangesh Padgaonkar, Vasant Bapat Writers          Keshavsut, Mardhekar, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens               Musicians Pt Kumar Gandharv  Pt. Bhimsen Pt Jasraj Dramatists  Shakespear , Pt. Kumar Gandharv Painters Van Gogh, Mozar, Michael Angelo (ii) Find different techniques used by the writer to learn Science and Mathematics. One is done for you.  (a) The writer used to appreciate the inherent beauty of these subjects.  (iii) The writer faced numerous problems while communicating in English because-  (a) He had his entire education in Marathi.   (iv) The writer was completely stumped because his  (v) Read the text again and complete the

 Read the extract (poem) and do all the activities given below. A1. State whether the following statements are true or false. a. Somebody should be happier because you passed his way. b. Someone should remember you for speaking to him. c. There should be none to utter a kind word of you. d. You should give cheerful greetings to the friend. A2. "Is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?" Explain the meaning. A3. Write your ideas about tomorrow's goal. A4. 'toiling time' . Name the figures of speech. Find one more example of the same. A5. Compose a short poem by using words ' today, tomorrow and yesterday'. Write a poetic appreciation of the poem 2.4 ‘Have You Earned Your Tomorrow’ with the help of the following points. ·       About the poem / poet and the title ·       The theme ·       Poetic Style ·       Language /Poetic devices ·       Special features ·       Message, values, morals in the poem ·       Your opinions about the poem Answers :

 Extract No. 08 Page No. 84  [Lines, “After this ……… thinking big.” ] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow. A1. Complete :            Complete the table by writing down necessary information from the extract, a Autobiography                              musafir b Psychology                                      Manat c science                                          kimayagar d management                                  boardroom After this, I have written about 34 books in Marathi. Most of them have become bestsellers with tens of thousands of copies sold for each. However, it is not the sales or the money that is important to me as much as the fact that these books have brought about very good changes in the lives of thousands of readers. After reading my autobiography ‘Musafir’ and a book on Psychology ‘Manat’, hundreds have come out of depression and more than a dozen have given up thoughts of committing suicide and

 Voyaging Towards Excellence 7  Extract No. 07 Page No. 83   [Lines, “ I passed ………  began..”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow. A1. Choose :              Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentences. a) After passing out from IIT,the writer joined a non-violent movement for tribal called…… 1.Non –co operation.      2. Azad andolan    3. Quit India    4. Sarvodya b) The writer settled his career on……………………………………………….. 1.Information Technology    2. Scientist    3. Professor   4. Businessman     c) The writer believes that Nothing is impossible without  ……………………… 1. Ego        2. Arrogance    3. Team work    4. Attitude d) The writer’s first love was……………. 1. His wife.     2. to read & write    3. his lucrative job    4. Money      I passed from IIT, joined a non-violent social movement for tribals with Sarvodaya, participated in a peaceful satyagraha, went to jail for 10 days, came back to Mumbai, was j

  Extract No 06  Page No. 82 / 83  [Lines, “Coming back  ………  religion..”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow. A1. True or false :             State whether the following statements are True or false. a) The writer thought that passing the examination of life is more important than passing IIT Exam.   (T) b) The writer did not believe in discrimination.  (T) c) The writer’s group was interested in science and Technology only.  (F) d) Music, Literature, Painting were the regular subjects in the curriculum Of IIT (F) Coming back to my groups in IIT, my friends were not only more intelligent than me, but they were very well-read. They had interest in all the subjects like Science, Technology, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Philosophy, Anthropology, Archeology, Political Science etc. Our group was interested in all of these branches apart from all the fine arts such as music, literature, painting …. In short, our group was inter