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Read the passage. Then answer the questions that follow We all sneeze sometimes. Sneezing is a reflex that your body does automatically. That means you cannot make yourself sneeze or stop one once it has started. When you sneeze, you body is trying to get rid of bad things in your nose, such as bacteria. You have extra germs when you have a cold, so you sneeze a lot more. You might also sneeze when you smell pepper! Inside your nose, there are hundreds of tiny hairs. These hairs filter the air you breathe. Sometimes dust and pollen find their way through these hairs and bother your nasal passages. The nerves in the lining of your nose tell your brain that something is invading your body. Your brain, lungs, nose, mouth, and the muscles of your upper body work together to blow away the invaders with a sneeze. When you sneeze, germs from your nose get blown into the air. Using a tissue or "sneezing into your sleeve" captures most of these germs. It is very important to wash your hands after you sneeze into them, especially during cold and flu season. Do you ever sneeze when you walk into bright sunlight? Some people say that happens to them often. Scientists believe the UV rays of the sun irritate the nose lining of these people so they sneeze. If someone nearby sneezes, remember to tell them "Gesundheit!" That is a funny-looking word which is pronounced "gezz oont-hite." It is the German word that wishes someone good health after sneezing. Answer the following questions based on your reading: Q1. Which parts of your body work together when you sneeze? Q.2. Why do people sneeze a lot more when they have cold? Q.3 What does the German word 'Gesundheit' mean? Q 4 Why do people sneeze when they walk into bright sunlight? Q5 Find the words in the passage which mean the same as i. Attacking foreign place ii. Happening by itself without
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1. Our brain, lungs, nose, mouth, and the muscles of upper body work together when we sneeze.

2. When we sneeze we are trying to get rid of bad things, and when we have cold we have lot more germs so we sneeze more.

3. "Gesundheit!" means wishing someone good health after sneezing.

4. Scientists believe the UV rays of the sun irritate the nose lining of these people so they sneeze

5. i. Invading

ii. Automatically

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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow  The Narmada, also called Rewa is a river in central India and the fifth largest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third largest river that completely flows within India after Ganges and Godavari. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India and flows westwards over a length of 1,312 km before draining through the Gulf of Cambey (Khambat) into the Arabian Sea. It is one of only three major rivers in peninsular India that runs from east to west it is the largest west flowing river. The River Narmada flows through a gorge of Marble rocks in Bhedaghat in Jabalpur, India. The water fall is called the Duandhara, the fall of mist, it flows for 3 km in a deep narrow channel through the magnesium limestone and basalt rocks called the Marble Rocks  The source of the Narmada is a small tank called Narmada Kund located on the Amarkantak hill in Madhya Pradesh. The river descends from the Amarkantak hill range at the Kapildhara. The Narmada happens to be one of the most sacred of the five holy rivers of India; According to a legend, the river Ganges is polluted by millions of people bathing in it. To cleanse herself, Ganges acquires the form of a black cow and comes to the Narmada to bathe in its holy waters. Legends also mention that the Narmada River is older than the river Ganges. There are many fables about the origin of the Narmada. According to one of them, once Lord Shiva, the Destroyer of the Universe, meditated so hard that he started perspiring. Shiva's sweat accumulated in a tank and started flowing in the form of a river - the Narmada. Another legend has it that two teardrops that fell from the eyes of Lord Brahma, the Creator of the world yielded two rivers - the Narmada and the Son. Answer the following questions based on your reading: 1. What is another name of river Narmada? 2. According to an old legend, why and in what form did the river Ganga go to Narmada? 3. How did the river Narmada originate? 4. Where do we find the source of river Narmada? 5. Find the words from the passage which mean the same as: a. A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides- b. A hindi word for the fall of mist c. come down from d. Pure and pious
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow You flip through the channels for the fourth time and realize that once again there's nothing on television that grabs you. Not a problem! Throw on some running shoes and comfortable clothes and go for a run. One of the coolest things about the sport of running is that you don't need expensive equipment. All you need is a good pair of running shoes and a safe environment. But just because you don't need much equipment don't be fooled into thinking the sport of running is easy. No one wakes up and decides to run a marathon without training. Running requires discipline, perseverance, and concentration. It's a sport that's good for your body and mind. Running strengthens your heart, lungs, and muscles. It develops coordination and makes you more aware of your body. Running also gives you energy by increasing your oxygen intake, and it improves your immune system so you don't get sick as easily. It can even help you stay more focused in school because exercise helps you to think more clearly. How do you get involved in the sport if you don't know much about it? Most schools offer cross country and track programs, but there are also running clubs open to all ages. A simple Internet search can help you find some in your area. The programs show you how running can offer competition or just be for fun. They also teach runners to set realistic goals and take care of their bodies. Runners have great respect for each other because they know how difficult the sport can be. If you go to a race, you'll see people cheering for all the runners, from the first place finisher to the last place finisher. Running isn't always about how fast you are or how far you're going. It's about getting out there and doing it. Participation is more important than competition, and effort is recognized over talent. Answer the following questions based on your reading: 1. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph in this article? a. Running is one way to keep your body healthy. b. You don't need expensive equipment to be a runner. c. Running for fun is better than running in a competition. d. There are many running clubs and teams you can become involved in. 2. What is the author's main purpose for writing this passage? a. to give historical information about runners b. to teach readers how to become great runners c. to persuade readers to try running d. to compare and contrast running and watching television 3. Which are the three main qualities that the sport of running requires? 4. Write about four benefits of Running for the Health and Mind
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Read the passage. Then answer the questions that follow We all sneeze sometimes. Sneezing is a reflex that your body does automatically. That means you cannot make yourself sneeze or stop one once it has started. When you sneeze, you body is trying to get rid of bad things in your nose, such as bacteria. You have extra germs when you have a cold, so you sneeze a lot more. You might also sneeze when you smell pepper! Inside your nose, there are hundreds of tiny hairs. These hairs filter the air you breathe. Sometimes dust and pollen find their way through these hairs and bother your nasal passages. The nerves in the lining of your nose tell your brain that something is invading your body. Your brain, lungs, nose, mouth, and the muscles of your upper body work together to blow away the invaders with a sneeze. When you sneeze, germs from your nose get blown into the air. Using a tissue or "sneezing into your sleeve" captures most of these germs. It is very important to wash your hands after you sneeze into them, especially during cold and flu season. Do you ever sneeze when you walk into bright sunlight? Some people say that happens to them often. Scientists believe the UV rays of the sun irritate the nose lining of these people so they sneeze. If someone nearby sneezes, remember to tell them "Gesundheit!" That is a funny-looking word which is pronounced "gezz oont-hite." It is the German word that wishes someone good health after sneezing. Answer the following questions based on your reading: Q1. Which parts of your body work together when you sneeze? Q.2. Why do people sneeze a lot more when they have cold? Q.3 What does the German word 'Gesundheit' mean? Q 4 Why do people sneeze when they walk into bright sunlight? Q5 Find the words in the passage which mean the same as i. Attacking foreign place ii. Happening by itself without
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Read the prose carefully and answer the questions based on it:- It was a scorching summer. The small court room was very hot. The clerks were feeling very tired and hungry. It was nearly time for the 'lunch-break' and the judge felt relieved when the last case came up. A fat and short man about 40 years was brought before the judge. He was accused of stealing a cheap watch from the house of a wealthy man. There was a single witness who had seen that man outside that house one dark night. On further questioning, the witness declared that he wasn't very sure whether this was the man he had seen. Thus, the judge decided to dismiss the case due to lack of adequate proof. All this while, the short fat man had a very 'foolish' expression on his face and he kept looking at the judge very stupidly as if he hadn't understood anything. Seeing his 'confused' expression, the judge asked him politely if he wanted to say or ask anything. The man nodded his head and asked, "Excuse me Sir but do I have to give back the watch or not?" On the basis of your reading the prose, complete the following sentences:- a) Why did the judge feel relieved when the last case came up? b) The charge against the man was that ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… c) The judge dismissed the case because………………………………… d) Choose the correct meaning of the words given and write only the correct option in your answer sheets : 1. Scorching………………… (i) cold (ii) very hot (iii) freezing (iv)warm 2. adequate (i) enough (ii) lacking (iii) deficient (iv) less
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Read the prose carefully and answer the questions based on it:- To feel, assume, and think big is a great feeling. Since it pleases my heart and mind. When I have guests at home. I glance through the pairs of foot wears left behind. I get tickled to try on my small little tender feet I try once, twice and thrice. I feel so happy with colourful fancy foot wears and my desire to become big increases!! I take interest in adult attires, fashions that they walk with. Right from the choice of the fancy Bindies, Bangles and the matching discoloured jeans I watch the trend. I imagine myself in that particular dress. I get so obsessed even with then mannerisms like, nodding the head. Using the tips of my tongue while speaking, shrugging of the shoulders, etc. When my mother calls me Munna or Munni or when my teacher addresses dear child, my heart breaks and refuses to accept that I am so small. Why can't they treat me as an adult! My worry is my shirt and pants that I have outgrown and passed to someone who needs them. Why can't my mother realize that I have grown and become bigger only at times of my mistakes? My mother points out raising her finger at me stating that the blunder that I have committed is unpardonable as I am setting an example for the younglings at home. I want to be big both physically and mentally so that people at home and in school treat me as I desire and deserve. On the basis of your reading the prose, complete the following sentences:- a) What is the great feeling that the child gets when he glances through the footwear left behind? With what does the narrator get obsessed? b) When does his dream shatter? Who does shatter his dreams? c) Why does the narrator think that he is grown? d) Give the opposites for the words given below small, disinterest
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Read the prose carefully and answer the questions based on it:- Once upon a time, a farmer was returning home from his farm. On the way, he saw a bird with a wounded wing. Kind as he was, he picked it up and brought it home. He began to nurse it though his quarrelsome wife scolded him bitterly for wasting his time on the bird. In a few days, the bird's wound healed up and once again, it was able to fly about. The bird didn't want that his wife for its sake should rebuke the farmer any more. So, when the farmer was away in his farm, it flew away and reached its nest. All its companions welcomed its return. When the bird told them about the farmer, they praised the farmer for his kindness. When the farmer came home, he felt sad to find that the bird had gone. He had grown very fond of it and felt very upset without it. He went in search of the bird and finally reached its nest. The bird's companions greeted the noble farmer and praised him for what he had done for their friend. As a token of their thanks, they gave him a small box telling him not to open it till he got back home. Having reached home, the farmer opened the box. How happy he was to find precious stones in it! When his wife saw it, decided to go to the birds. She hoped for a reward for her too. The birds had known about her unkind nature and her dislike for birds. They gave her a box, which was full of toads and scorpions. When she opened it, they jumped at her and stung her all over. She was badly injured. Soon, she realized the value of being kind. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions briefly:- a) Where was the farmer coming from and what did he see on the way? b) What did he do to the bird? c) How did the birds punish the farmer's wife? Choose the correct answer d) The lesson we learn from the birds is- (i) to nurse the bird (ii) to praise the farmer (iii) to be kind (iv) to get a reward. e) The birds gave a reward to (i) the nurse (ii) the farmer (iii) the farmer's wife (iv) the companions
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Read the prose carefully and answer the questions based on it:- Self reliance is a sure key to success and happiness since the self reliant person always depends on his own self meaning, depends on his own energy, capacity to work, prudence. So he becomes the master of his own and the circumstance in which he lives. So the calmness, certainty, confidence are the properties dominate his life and make him self possessed. His desire to meet the challenges force him to explore, as he believes in freedom of thinking. The slavery keeps away from him. The solace otherwise known as self satisfaction attributes the special strength to him in addition to his optimism, decisiveness and boldness. The net result is they become quick in their action and remain steadfast in their decision. The trend to be the masters and makers of their destiny never looks for lame flimsy excuses. The ideas originate in them and success or victories are their routine achievements. Everyone around the self reliant person shares all the happiness when the milestone is covered. Before we conclude we are made to think to make the life heaven or hell lies in one's hand. Therefore runner of the life claims to be the competent where as other one who is dependent is sure to end up using crutches On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions briefly:- (a) What is self reliance according to the narrator? (b) State any 3 advantages of being self reliant. (c) What are the two important roles that help the self reliant person play? (d) What would be the fate of depend person according to the narrator? (e) Find the word from the passage which mean the same :- Petty reasons
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions suitably:- To be mischievous is the nature of children at times but remain in constant in the mood is disturbing. The state of being is caused by many reasons which are physical, mental and chemical. The question of physical reason is caused when the body is set to idleness. Excess of relaxation, proving right the saying "Idle mind is devil's workshop." As the mind without preoccupation, entertain the undeserving thoughts, thereby causes indulgences in unwanted deeds. It becomes a mental aspect when uncurtailed freedom given remains the source of distraction sometimes they become the victim of Brain Washing. It becomes chemically caused where there is imbalance in the body on account of secretion of any hormone in excess and sometimes tapeworms in the stomach, cause restlessness end up in mischievous behaviour. There are different types of mischief exist among the young children. One is just to be harmless, entertaining by nature that does not cause anybody any harm meant for the slip from one's memory. The other is harmful since they are by nature cause the hurt as they are premeditated, preplanned by nature leaving the situation very sarcastic. The other mischief had done impulsively sometime cause the damage physically. So one is supposed to be mischievous using the power of discretions simple remarks that one witty, friendly earn the good will of other is an ideal one. How to be witty, mischievous and remain benign lies in the heart which needs an art to tame and practice. Avoid making remarks on one's physique or weakness. However crafty the mind one can always have the positive fun filled remarks that might discourage the person from being crafty or cunning. In the course of time, one learns to be cordial and friendly. The other way is giving a person time to think for one own self and keep the self in the place of an offended. By being extremely cordial in the Gandhian way the person with such tendencies can be cured of. So it is necessary that both adult and the children learn to be conscious of the consequences that could arise on account of the mischief intend to be played on. Read the passage given above carefully and complete the fill in the blanks with the right choice:- According to the writer the mischief by nature that exists among the children is (a)……………but when it remains permanent causing harm to others is (b)…………………. The mental aspect of being mischievous comes when an individual is given excess (c)…………… The (d)…………….mischief is aimed at the entertainment where as the other is (e)…………….leaving the situation very sarcastic.
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Read the Passage and answer the questions given below 1. As a young girl Mary Read's mother made her dress up as a boy, in order to claim an inheritance for which only a boy was eligible. 2. Although it wasn't a very clever plan, Mary's grandmother was led to believe that she had a grandson. She sent the family money until her death. After her death Mary continued to wear the clothes of a boy and would clean the shoes of the people that passed by to earn some money. 3. When she grew up, she joined the military as a seaman on an English warship and later became a foot soldier in Flanders. She later joined a horse regiment and it was here that Mary fell in love with one of her fellow-soldiers. She had to admit that she was a girl. The others thought it was a humorous situation. On their wedding day, Mary and her husband were given wonderful gifts and they settled down to run an inn called the Three Horseshoes. 4. Her husband died at a young age and Mary put on her men's clothes and returned to sea. The ship sailed for the West Indies, where it was attacked by a pirate ship captained by Jack Rackham. Mary joined the crew and became rich quickly. 5. One day the governor of one of the islands heard that Rackham and his crew were close by. He sent an armed sloop to capture them, but as soon as they saw the enemy, the pirates started shooting. When they saw that they were going to lose the battle, they ran and hid below deck. Mary and another female pirate stayed on deck to fight, but they were soon overpowered and brought to trial. She was sentenced to hang, but escaped the noose by dying of fever in prison. Now answer the following questions: Question 1: Mary Read was raised as a boy. TRUE FALSE Question 2: Mary ... to earn a living. cleaned shoes washed floors washed windows begged Question 3: Mary fought as a foot soldier in ________ Question 4: Mary owned a _______ after she was married. Pub ship shoe shop horse Question 5: ... serve in the military. Seamen Pirates Teachers Butlers Question 6: "The other soldiers thought it was a HUMOROUS situation." This means that they thought it was ... funny sad strange stupid Question 7: Mary was travelling to the ... when the ship was captured by pirates. West Indies Madagascan Peninsula Cuban Republic Jamaican Islands Question 8:Read paragraph 3 and find A synonym for PRESENTS
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Read the Passage and answer the questions given below Scott's last expedition 1. It was 50 degrees below freezing point. The wind was howling as a group of five exhausted men were pushing their way through the snow. They wanted to be the first ones to reach the South Pole. 2. The leader of the group was Robert Scott. Many weeks earlier, their ship had anchored on the coast of Antarctica. A base camp was erected and some of the group remained behind while the others started out towards their destination. 3. Scott and his party undertook the nine hundred mile journey to the South Pole. Their thousand pound sledge was pulled by ponies. It carried their food, clothes and tents. The bitter cold was too much for the poor animals and within a few days they became sick and had to be shot. All the equipment on the sleigh was essential and had to be hauled by the men. 4. The men became weaker by the day. It was icy cold and yet it was still summer in Antarctica. 5. One day they came across tracks in the snow. They were the tracks of men, animals and a sled. Could it be that people from another country were ahead of them? They were to find out shortly. 6. Two days later, on 18 January 1912, Scott and his party reached the South Pole, only to find a small tent supported by a single bamboo cane flying a Norwegian flag. With heavy hearts, Scott and his men started back. 7. Scott wrote in his notebook, "We will hasten home with all the speed we can gather. All the day-dreams must go; it will be a wearisome return." He knew that his party was not looking forward to this journey. Ahead of them lay the nine hundred mile walk back to the base camp. 8. The next few days were awful. The men became weaker and were only covering a few miles a day. Their hands and feet were frozen and there was little food and nothing with which to heat it. 9. One of the men died after having fallen and that left only four. 10. Before too long another member of the group became ill. One day he walked out into the snow never to return. He did not want to slow the others down or be a burden to them. 11. Now there were only three men left to complete the rest of the journey. They were brave, but realized that they would not be able to continue for much longer. 12. On 21 March a blizzard broke. The snow fell and gale force winds blew hard. The storm lasted for four days and eventually their food was finished. The men became weaker. Scott wrote in his diary: "I do not think we can hope for better things now. We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far." They were only eleven miles from their food and fuel supply. 13. Seven months later a search party from the base camp found the snow-covered tent. Inside they found the bodies of three men. 14. The search party raised a great cairn of ice over the bodies and placed a cross made from skis on top, to remind others of Scott and his companions' bravery. Now answer the questions that follow: Question 1: Scott and his party saw a _____ flag. Question 2: One man walked out into the snow because he ... wanted to reach the South Pole went in search of food didn't want to slow the others down was sick and tired of the cold Question 3: We know everything about Scott's journey because ... one man survived to tell the story Scott recorded everything in a diary we can follow his footsteps in the snow the expedition was recorded on video Question 4: A word in the passage that means the same as NOUGHT DEGREES Celsius, is ... Question 5: A word in the passage that means the same as LITTLE HORSES, is ... Question 6: A word in the passage that means the same as NOT STRONGER, is ... Question 7: A word in the passage that means the same as BITS OF ICE THAT FALL FROM THE SKY, is ... Question 8: When Scott wrote: "the end cannot be far" he meant ... they were going to die they would reach their food supply shortly they could see that the world was flat the evening was near
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