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1. Many Biharis go to far-off places to earn a livelihood for their families. Such migration of large number of people often ——————-— (enriches, engulfs, ensures) their near and dear ones in deep sorrow. For a father to see his only son leave home to …
Writing Skill Development for Competitive Examinations (Passage sourced from NYT) Original Paragraph When I was a girl, my dad would ride his bicycle to the local ration shop in Chennai with a large plastic container, which he would have filled with kerosene. Model Answer As …
Writing Skill Development for Competitive Examinations (This has been sourced from Hindu dated March 29.) Original Paragraph The potential for development of a shipbuilding and repair cluster in Andhra Pradesh, which has India’s second longest coastline after Gujarat, has been a wasted opportunity for decades …
Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original These things are but toys, to come amongst such serious observations. But yet, since princes will have such things, it is better they should be graced with elegancy, than daubed with cost. Explanation Masque means …
Unit 5 You have read the story ‘The Snake and the Mirror’. Now read the poems given in the textbook, Beehive, ‘The Snake Trying’ (page 125) and ‘Green Snake’ (page 126). • Note the actions of these three snakes. Ans .. The snakes are just …
The Snake is trying Most of us think of snakes as fearsome symbols of death. But the snake in this poem is itself a victim. POEM .. The Snake Trying The snake is trying to escape the pursuing stick, with sudden curvings of thin long …
Unit 4 Look at the pictures and identify who they are. Write their names in the given spaces. The quotes against each picture may also help you recognise them. 1st picture … Rabindranath Tagore 2nd picture .. Albert Einstein 3rd picture .. Helen Keller 4th …
Kashmir and H.P. apple growers fear a flood of cheap New Zealand imports if duty is cut under trade deal [Sourced from The Hindu dated January 8. We thankfully acknowledge it.] In Kashmir, 15 lakh families are associated with the apple trade, and it generates …
Let’s Begin: The story of ‘The Little Girl’, in Beehive, is about the changing attitude of a girl child towards her father. • As you are grown up now, you may want to interact with your parents on many issues. How will you go about …
Make sentences with these words… Moderate as adjective .. a. Due to the failing health of the old man, the doctor prescribed a moderate painkiller for his swollen knee. Or b. After a prolonged period of fast economic progress, China’s GDP growth in the last three …