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Read the following paragraphs of an op-ed piece published in The Hindu dated October 5. We thankfully acknowledge the contribution of Sri Krishnadas Rajgopal and The Hindu for this story. Why is a spectre of empty classrooms looming? What has the Supreme Court ruled on …
‘Machines don’t see gender’: India’s first female train driver on blazing the trail (This news item has been sourced from BBC dated October 4,2025.) Surekha Yadav joined the Indian Railways as an assistant train driver in 1989 “Machines don’t see gender; they see your strength,” …
A 20-day-old baby in Uttar Pradesh in India survives a tryst with death but plunges the whole nation into grief and shame Shahajahanpur in U.P has attracted global scorn as a newborn baby girl is retrieved from a pit – alive and crying in pain. …
Convert the following Direct speech to Indirect speech 1. The teacher asked the students, “How many of you have done your home tasks?” Ans .. The teacher asked the students how many of them had done their home tasks. 2. When asked, my mother …
A death sentence shakes India’s conscience to its core … A man with a macabre mind gets a death sentence for burning his young wife to death The wedding had happened just about a year ago. The husband, a resident of Udaipur, chose to incinerate …
Convert the degrees of the following sentences as shown in the question…… 1. The cobra is the most venomous snake in our country. (Convert to 2nd degree and 1st degree) Ans.. The cobra is more venomous than any other snake in our country. (2nd degree) …
A daring little girl defies death … Eight-year-old Adivasi girl survives night-long ordeal in her own school A story has emerged about how a class 2 girl had a close brush with a painful death in her own school. The girl had fallen fast asleep …
Questions and answers.. (It’s incomplete now. All answers will be posted by September 15) Thinking about the Text I. Answer these questions. “At last a sympathetic audience.” (i) Who says this? Ans ..Gerrard said this. (ii) Why does he say it? Ans .. Gerrard’s intention …
Convert the following sentences from Direct form to Indirect form. 1. Arupa asked her friend, “Do you think your mother will come today?”Ans .. Arupa asked her friend if she thought her mother would come that day. 2. Dinesh asked his colleague, “Where will you …
Convert the following sentences from Direct form to Indirect form… 1. Meena asked her friend, “Do you think your teacher will come today?” Answer – Meena asked her friend if she thought her teacher would come that day. 2. David asked his colleague, “Where will …