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Comprehension Exercise – 4 Creative Writing – 40 Comprehension exercise for Class VIII and IX CBSE, BSE, ICSE board students Passage When Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a recent election meeting in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he was compelled to make a …
Hunger by Nasira Sharma Introduction …. The story is set in Afghanistan. This cursed country has been embroiled in coups, big power rivalry, internecine warfare, internal strife, and religious chauvinism for a very long time. The unending conflict has plagued the country for nearly 50 …
The Lotus-Toru Dutt (1856-1877) Love came to Flora asking for a flower That would of flowers be undisputed queen, The lily and the rose, long, long had been Rivals for that high honour. Bards of power Had sung their claims. “The rose can never tower …
Her Head by Joan Murray Near Ekuvukeni, in Natal, South Africa, a woman carries water on her head. After a year of drought, when one child in three is at risk of death, she returns from a distant well, carrying water on her head. Explanation …
The Tree by Phillip Larkin The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. Meaning … It is spring time. New tender leaves appear on the branches as the tree …
Princess September by W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham traveled widely in Southeast Asia and the Far East. Obviously, he was a keen observer of life, society, and culture of the people living in these lands. His mastely-written novels The Gentleman in the Parlor and …
God lives in the Panch by Munshi Premchand THE STORY ……………… Who are the two main protagonists of the story …. The story revolves around the enduring friendship bond between Jumman Shaikh and Alagu Chowdhary. The two were very good friends living in the same …
If Once You Have Slept on an Island In this poem, the poet, Rachel Layman Field, describes how a stay in an island affects the inhabitant. In course of living in the island, the appearance changes little and the name remains the same. In the …
Letter Writing – 4 Creative Writing – 35 Letter to Collector for road connection From The villagers, Munibag village Taluk –Shahabad Jhansi To The Collector Jhansi District Jhansi April 15. 2018 Sub: Request for a tar road connection to Muninag Sir, We, the villagers of …
The Bet by Anton Chekhov — with questions and answers It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been …