NCERT class 10 (Words and Expressions 2) chapter 9 Answer। The Proposal। English Medium

Chapter 9

 Q.1. What do you understand by the word ‘anger’?

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Q.2. List any four strategies to manage anger.

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Q.3. How can you develop strengths of character as

given in the passage above?

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Q.4. Anger management helps you in (Tick the correct

answer.)—

(a) remaining always happy

(b) developing strength of character

(c) remaining stress free

(d) learning how to respond to the situation

Q.5. What is under our control? How can we make it a

positive one?

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Q.1. What is the physical violence that J. Krishnamurti

is talking about?

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Q.2. What is the violence that cannot be expressed?

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aggressiveness

brutality

exploded

vaporised

Look Up

and

Understand

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Q.3. War, the ultimate violence, could be due to (Tick

the correct options)—

(a) difference of ideas

(b) religious principles

(c) nationalities

(d) the feeling to protect a little piece of land

(e) all of the above

(f) none of the above

Q.4. How has J. Krishnamurti given the feelings of the

rich and the poor in the given paragraph?

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Q.5. What is the role of education in a human being’s

life?

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Q.6. How, as a student, will you create a new world?

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1. Some children are taken to a health clinic for a regular

checkup. Rewrite the sentences they speak in reported

speech. (Use complain, say, tell, ask, inquire, mention, etc.,

wherever necessary.)

Ashish : I feel sleepy all the time.

Neha : I get pain in my legs when I run.

Sonal  :  I’m fine.

Ritu : I had fever last week.

Akash : Why do I always cough?

Rehman  :  Should I walk everyday to keep myself fit?

Sumi : Oh, thank you, Doctor. Now I know the reason

for my constant stomach-ache.

Fun

Facts

Silent letter: H

Honest

Hour

Honour

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Fun

Facts

Tick-tock, not

tock-tick

Chit-chat, not

chat-chit

Sing-song, not

song-sing

•  Though ‘tell’ and ‘say’ almost mean the same, there are

differences in the usage of the two words. ‘Tell’ is always

followed by an indirect object but ‘say’ is not.

Example

I told my sister that she was right.

Ashish said he worked hard to achieve success.

•  We can use ‘ask’ with or without an indirect object.

Example

My mother asked (me) if I was ready for the party.

Madhu asked (the tailor) whether her dresses were ready.

 2.  Use ‘said’, ‘told’ or ‘asked’ to fill in the blanks in the following

sentences. One has been done for you.

Shilpi : Father, I want to go on a trip to Uttarkashi.

Shilpi told her father that she wanted to go on a trip to

Uttarkashi.

Archana : It is very hot in Jaisalmer.

Archana said that it was very hot in Jaisalmer.

(a) The Scientist ______________ that dinosaurs lived 230

million years ago.

(b) The teacher _____________ the students that she was

going to conduct a new experiment.

(c) Could you please___________me where the new bookshop

is located?

(d) The student _____________ (the teacher) if it was possible

is located?

(e) It is requested that he should___________the truth.

(f) Father____________ (his son) whether he had paid his

fees or not.

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1. Join the parts of the sentences given below and write

meaningful sentences.

(a) by giving ultimate/individual can transform everything/

expression to /the inner determination of an/the infinite

potential of human being

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(b) down many a time/but keep rising/that you may go/the

Sun teaches us

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(c) but how much love/much we give/we put into giving/it’s

not how

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(d)  fit for human habitation/would mould the world/the

citizens of tomorrow/into a globe

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(e) you must hear/to be a great leader /and pains of people/

the unspoken joys

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(a) Vanka went to bed early on Christmas Eve as___________

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(b) Why, of all people, did he write a letter to his grandfather?

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(c) How was his grandfather a very lovable person?

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(d) Vanka was beaten_______________________________times.

(e) Vanka was beaten because____________________________.

(f) What was Vanka prepared to do for grandfather if he was

taken away from the shoemaker?

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(g) He was sent to Alyakhin, the shoe-maker, to

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(h) Who does Vanka remember most at Christmas, next to

his grandfather?

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(i) How did he address the letter?

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(j) Did he sleep well after posting the letter? What did he

dream?

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1. Letters in the olden times were carried by mail coaches

driven by horses. How are they carried today? List the types

of letters sent by different means of transport.

Fun

Facts

Idiom

Bury the

hatchet — to

stop conflict and

make peace

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2. You have listened to the story of Vanka. Try writing an e-mail

to your grandfather describing your life. Have you ever felt as

bad as Vanka did? What did you do to feel happy again?

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3. a) You have read ‘A Letter to God’ in your textbook First

Flight. Lencho wrote a letter to God expressing his

desire. Did it reach God?

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 b) Do you think Vanka’s letter reached his grandfather?

What is the correct way to address a letter?

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c) Suppose Vanka and Lencho meet. Create an interesting

dialogue between the two. What encouraged them to write

letters to God and grandfather?.

Dialogue

Lencho : Hello! Vanka.

Vanka : Hello! How are you?

Sentences

Lencho : __________________________________________.

Vanka : __________________________________________.

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Vanka : __________________________________________.

Lencho : __________________________________________.

Vanka : __________________________________________.

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1. Suppose you were asked to find a groom or a bride for a

member of your family. What characteristics would you look

for in them? Make a list.

You can also talk to them to know what they think their

partner must possess.