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Chapter 7: Packing** **Thinking about the Text** **I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30–40 words).** 1. **How many characters are there in the narrator’s story about packing? Name them. (Don’t forget the dog!).**     * **Answer:** There are four characters in the narrator's story about packing. They are Jerome (the narrator), George, Harris, and Montmorency (the dog). 2. **Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?**     * **Answer:** The narrator volunteered to do the packing because he felt he knew more about packing than any other person living. He thought he could boss the job and have George and Harris potter about under his directions. 3. **How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?**     * **Answer:** George and Harris reacted by readily accepting his suggestion. George spread himself over the easy-chair, and Harris cocked his legs on the table. No, Jerome d...

Chapter 6 in "Beehive" is **"My Childhood"** (an extract from "Wings of Fire" by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam). Chapter 6: My Childhood** **Thinking about the Text** **I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.** 1. **Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?**     * **Answer:** Abdul Kalam’s house was on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram. 2. **What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.**     * **Answer:** Dinamani is likely the name of a local newspaper. The reason is that Abdul Kalam used to try to trace the stories of the Second World War in the headlines of Dinamani, and later he helped his cousin Samsuddin distribute it. 3. **Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?**     * **Answer:** Abdul Kalam’s school friends were Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan, and Sivaprakasan.         * Ramanadha Sastry became the high priest of the Rameswaram temple.         * Arav...

Chapter 5 in "Beehive" is the poem **"The Snake and the Mirror"** by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (translated from Malayalam). (Correction: "The Snake and the Mirror" is a prose chapter. The poem after "A Truly Beautiful Mind" is "The Lake Isle of Innisfree". If you're following sequence, Ch 4 was "A Truly Beautiful Mind", so Ch 5 should be the poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" followed by the prose Ch 5 "The Snake and the Mirror". Let's assume you mean the prose chapter.) Chapter 5: The Snake and the Mirror** **Thinking about the Text** **I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30–40 words).** 1. **“The sound was a familiar one.” What sound did the doctor hear? What did he think it was? How many times did he hear it? (Find the places in the text.) When and why did the sounds stop?**     * **Answer:** The doctor heard the sound of rats moving about in the room above. H...

Chapter 4: A Truly Beautiful Mind** **Thinking about the Text** **I. Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you.** | | Paragraph Number(s) | | :-------------------------------------- | :------------------- | | (i) Einstein’s equation | 9 | | (ii) Einstein meets his future wife | 7 | | (iii) The making of a violinist | 3 | | (iv) Mileva and Einstein’s mother | 10 | | (v) A letter that launched the arms race | 15 | | (vi) A desk drawer full of ideas | 8 | | (vii) Marriage and divorce | 11 | **II. Who had these opinions about Einstein?** 1. **He was boring.**     * **Answer:** Einstein's playmates. 2. **He was stupid and would never succeed in ...

Chapter 3: The Little Girl** **Thinking about the Text** **I. Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with the items in Column B.** | A | B | | :------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------- | | 1. fear or terror | (i) father comes home | | | (ii) speaking to father | | | (iii) going to bed when alone at home | | | (iv) father comforts her and falls asleep | | | (v) father stretched out on the sofa, snoring | | 2. glad sense of relief | (i) noise of the carriage grows fainter | | 3. a "funny" feeling, perhaps of understanding | (i) father comes into her room to give her a goodbye kiss | | | (ii) watching her parents on a...

Chapter 2: The Sound of Music** **Part I: Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound Without Hearing It** **Thinking about the Text** **I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.** 1. **How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?**     * **Answer:** Evelyn was seventeen years old when she went to the Royal Academy of Music. (Though some sources might suggest she was just under 17 when she auditioned). The text says "She was seventeen when she went...". 2. **When was her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?**     * **Answer:** Her deafness was first noticed when she was eight years old. It was confirmed when she was eleven years old. **II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (30–40 words).** 1. **Who helped her to continue with music? What did he do and say?**     * **Answer:** Percussionist Ron Forbes helped her to continue with music. He began by tuning two large drums to different no...

•The first chapter in "Beehive" is **"The Fun They Had"** by Isaac Asimov. Here are the NCERT solutions for this chapter: **Chapter 1: The Fun They Had** **Thinking about the Text** **I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.** 1. **How old are Margie and Tommy?**     * **Answer:** Margie is eleven years old and Tommy is thirteen years old. 2. **What did Margie write in her diary?**     * **Answer:** Margie wrote in her diary, "Today Tommy found a real book!" 3. **Had Margie ever seen a book before?**     * **Answer:** No, Margie had never seen a real book before. 4. **What things about the book did she find strange?**     * **Answer:** She found it strange that the words преступлений stood still instead of moving the way they did on a screen. She also found it strange that when they turned back to the previous page, it had the same words on it that it had when they read it the first time. 5. **What do yo...

पाठ 17: बच्चे काम पर जा रहे हैं (कवि: राजेश जोशी)** **प्रश्न-अभ्यास** 1. **कविता की पहली दो पंक्तियों को पढ़ने तथा विचार करने से आपके मन-मस्तिष्क में जो चित्र उभरता है उसे लिखकर व्यक्त कीजिए।**     * उत्तर: कविता की पहली दो पंक्तियाँ ("कोहरे से ढँकी सड़क पर बच्चे काम पर जा रहे हैं। सुबह-सुबह") पढ़कर मन में अत्यधिक ठंड और धुंध से भरे सुबह के समय का चित्र उभरता है, जिसमें छोटे-छोटे बच्चे मजबूरी में और उदासी के साथ काम पर जा रहे हैं। यह दृश्य अत्यंत दयनीय, हृदयविदारक और समाज की संवेदनहीनता को दर्शाता है। 2. **कवि का मानना है कि बच्चों के काम पर जाने की भयानक बात को विवरण की तरह न लिखकर सवाल के रूप में पूछा जाना चाहिए कि 'काम पर क्यों जा रहे हैं बच्चे?' कवि की दृष्टि में उसे प्रश्न के रूप में क्यों पूछा जाना चाहिए?**     * उत्तर: कवि की दृष्टि में इसे प्रश्न के रूप में इसलिए पूछा जाना चाहिए ताकि:         1. समाज इस गंभीर समस्या के प्रति जागरूक हो और अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी महसूस करे।         2. यह प्रश्न लोगों को सोचने पर विवश करे क...