Tuesday, February 11, 2025

A Thing Of Beauty 12th Eng Questions and answers, Vocabulary, poetic devices

Poem-4 

A Thing Of Beauty By John Keats 


Q1. List the things of beauty mentioned in the poem.

Ans: Everything of nature is a thing of beauty and a source of pleasure. Some of them are: the sun, the moon, old and young trees, daffodil flowers, small streams with clear water, mass of ferns and the blooming musk-roses.Mighty heroes and their tales. All of them are things of beauty. They are a constant source of joy and pleasure.


Q1. सुंदरता की चीजों की सूची बनाएं जो

कविता में उल्लेख किया गया है।


उत्तर: प्रकृति की हर चीज सुंदरता की चीज है और आनंद का स्रोत है। उनमें से कुछ हैं: सूर्य, चंद्रमा, पुराने और युवा पेड़, डैफोडिल फूल, साफ पानी के साथ छोटी धाराएं, फर्न का द्रव्यमान और खिलते हुए कस्तूरी-गुलाब। पराक्रमी नायक और उनकी कहानियां। ये सभी सुंदरता की चीजें हैं। वे आनंद और आनंद के निरंतर स्रोत हैं।



Q2. List the things that cause suffering and pain.

Ans: Life is a tale of tears as a rule,It is not bed of roses but also a bed of thorns.There are many things that cause us suffering and pain are; our sad days and the death of noble people,bad health and some miserable days in our life. Our unhealthy and evil ways also give birth to so many troubles and sufferings. 

प्रश्न 2. उन चीजों की सूची बनाएं जो दुख और दर्द का कारण बनती हैं।


उत्तर: जीवन एक नियम के रूप में आंसुओं की कहानी है, यह गुलाब का बिस्तर नहीं बल्कि कांटों का बिस्तर भी है। कई चीजें हैं जो हमें पीड़ा देती हैं और दर्द हैं; हमारे दुखद दिन और महान लोगों की मृत्यु, खराब स्वास्थ्य और हमारे जीवन में कुछ दयनीय दिन। हमारे अस्वस्थ और बुरे तरीके भी बहुत सी परेशानियों और कष्टों को जन्म देते हैं।



Q3. What does the line, ‘Therefore are we wreathing a flowery band to bind us to earth’ suggest to you?

Ans: It is only because of beautiful things that bind us to earth.There is so much pain and suffering in the world no one would be willing to live here.but Thing Of Beauty offers us a healing balm.The colourful flowers attract us and make us to live on this earth.

 The link of man with nature is constant and unbroken. Beauty helps man connect with earth.

Q3. यह पंक्ति, 'इसलिये हमें धरती से बाँधने के लिए एक फूलदार पट्टी पर माल्यार्पण कर रहे हैं' आपको क्या सुझाव देती है?


उत्तर: यह केवल सुंदर चीजों के कारण है जो हमें धरती से बांधती है। दुनिया में इतना दर्द और पीड़ा है कि कोई भी यहां रहने को तैयार नहीं होगा। लेकिन थिंग ऑफ ब्यूटी हमें एक उपचार बाम प्रदान करती है। रंग-बिरंगे फूल हमें आकर्षित करते हैं और हमें इस धरती पर रहने के लिए मजबूर करते हैं। प्रकृति के साथ मनुष्य का संबंध निरंतर और अटूट है। सुंदरता मनुष्य को पृथ्वी से जोड़ने में मदद करती है।




Q4. What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?

Ans: There are many things that bring us troubles and sufferings. 

That dampen our spirits.

However, ‘some shape of beauty brings love and happiness in our lives in spite of such unpleasant things. A thing of beauty removes the pall of sadness and sufferings. It makes us love life.


प्रश्न4. क्या कारण है कि मनुष्य मुसीबतों और कष्टों के बावजूद जीवन से प्रेम करता है?

उत्तर: ऐसी कई चीजें हैं जो हमें परेशानी और कष्ट देती हैं। जिससे हमारे हौसले पस्त हैं।

हालांकि, 'सुंदरता का कुछ आकार ऐसी अप्रिय चीजों के बावजूद हमारे जीवन में प्यार और खुशी लाता है। सौन्दर्य की वस्तु दुखों और कष्टों को दूर कर देती है। यह हमें जीवन से प्यार करता है।



dampen -disheartened निस्र्त्साह करना

spirits- souls - आत्मा

Q5  Why is 'grandeur' associated with the 'mighty dead"?


Answer:


The 'mighty dead' were very dominating and powerful people during their own times. They were

'mighty and great because of their achievements. Our eyes are dazzled by their noble works. We

imagine that the mighty dead forefathers will achieve grandeur on the doomsday. Therefore, grandeur and 'mighty dead' are associated with one another.


Q5 'शानदार' को 'माइटी डेड' से क्यों जोड़ा जाता है?

उत्तर:

'माइटी डेड' अपने समय में बहुत ही दबंग और ताकतवर लोग थे। वे अपनी उपलब्धियों के कारण 'शक्तिशाली और महान' थे। उनके नेक कामों से हमारी आंखें चमक उठती हैं। हम कल्पना करते हैं कि पराक्रमी मृत पूर्वज प्रलय के दिन भव्यता प्राप्त करेंगे। इसलिए भव्यता और 'माइटी डेड' एक दूसरे से जुड़े हुए हैं।


 Dooms-Tragedies दुखांत

dazzled-blinding चकाचौंधा


Q6. Do we experience things of beauty only for short moments or do they make a lasting

impression on us?

 Answer:

By being in contact with the things of beauty, we feel happy as they create a lasting impression on us. At the outset, the poet makes it clear that a thing of beauty is happiness forever. It is a source of constant pleasure and joy. Its beauty never diminishes or declines. Its loveliness keeps increasing with.

Outset - beginning शुरू में 

Q6 .क्या हम सुंदरता की चीजों को केवल कुछ पल के लिए अनुभव करते हैं या वे हम पर स्थायी प्रभाव डालते हैं?

उत्तर:

सौन्दर्य की वस्तुओं के सम्पर्क में रहने से हमें प्रसन्नता का अनुभव होता है क्योंकि वे हम पर अमिट छाप छोड़ती हैं। शुरुआत में, कवि यह स्पष्ट करता है कि सुंदरता की चीज हमेशा के लिए खुशी है। यह निरंतर आनंद और आनंद का स्रोत है। इसकी सुंदरता कभी कम या कम नहीं होती है। साथ ही इसकी शोभा बढ़ती जाती



Q7. What image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?

Ans. The poet uses various images to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth.He mentions various beautiful things which are present around us in nature like the Sun, The moon, trees, daffodils ,small stream of water, made forest brake, musk roses



प्रश्न7. पृथ्वी की सुन्दरता का वर्णन करने के लिए कवि किस चित्र का प्रयोग करता है?


उत्तर। पृथ्वी की सुन्दरता का वर्णन करने के लिए कवि विभिन्न छवियों का उपयोग करता है। वह विभिन्न सुंदर चीजों का उल्लेख करता है जो हमारे चारों ओर प्रकृति में मौजूद हैं जैसे सूर्य, चंद्रमा, पेड़, डैफोडील्स, पानी की छोटी धारा, वन ब्रेक, कस्तूरी गुलाब


Question8. What is the message of the poem "A thing of beauty"?

Ans. Thing of beauty is a joy forever. It makes us forget the sorrows and suffering of the world. It gives us peace of the mind and health of the body. It makes our painful stay on this earth bearable and thus a thing of beauty provides us shelter and 

comfort. It leaves a permanent impression on our mind.It is a constant source of happiness and pleasure.


प्रश्न8. "सुंदरता की चीजें" कविता का संदेश क्या है? 

उत्तर। सुंदरता की चीज हमेशा के लिए खुशी है। यह हमें दुनिया के दुखों  को भूलने में हमारी मदद करतीं हैं । यह हमें मन की शांति और शरीर का स्वास्थ्य देती है। यह इस धरती पर हमारे दर्दनाक प्रवास को सहने योग्य बनाती है और इस प्रकार सुंदरता की चीज हमें आश्रय और आराम प्रदान करती है। यह हमारे दिमाग पर एक स्थायी छाप छोड़ता है। यह सुख और आनंद का निरंतर स्रोत है।



Question9.

What does the poet mean by "An endless fountain of immortal drink/ pouring on to us from heaven brink"?

Ans. The poet says that God has given us numberless things of beauty. They are a source of joy forever. The poet compares them to an endless fountain of immortal drink. It is as if this fountain were pouring into us from heaven's brink.It leaves a permanent impression on our mind.


प्रश्न9.


कवि का क्या अर्थ है "अमर पेय का एक अंतहीन फव्वारा/स्वर्ग के कगार से हम पर डालना"?


उत्तर। कवि कहता है कि ईश्वर ने हमें सौन्दर्य की असंख्य वस्तुएँ दी हैं। वे हमेशा के लिए खुशी का स्रोत हैं। कवि उनकी तुलना अमर पेय के अंतहीन फव्वारे से करता है। मानो यह फव्वारा स्वर्ग के कगार से हम में बरस रहा हो। यह हमारे दिमाग पर एक स्थायी छाप छोड़ता है।


Question 1.

The poet talks about ‘grandeur’. Whose grandeur is he talking about?

Ans.Dooms of mighty dead

Question 2.

‘Sheep’ could also be a reference to

Ans.Human beings

Question 3.

What is ‘sprout a shady boon for sheep’?

Ans.Trees old and young

Question 4.

‘Spite of despondency’ refers to

Ans.Sadness and depression

Question 5.

‘Full of sweet dreams’ means

Ans. Pleasant and peaceful sleep

Question 6.

Beautiful things never ‘pass into nothingness’ means that they

Ans.Never fade away


Question 7.

What is inhuman in life?

Ans. Self centred tendency and inability to rise above shallow circles


Question8.

What does morrow mean?

Ans.The next day


Question 9.

What removes pall from our life?

Ans Nature’s beauty


Question 10.

What is the effect of immortal drink?

Ans.Immense joy and happiness

Question 11.

What is the endless fountain and what is its effect?

Ans.A thing of beauty is endless fountain and it gives happiness

Question12.

What does Endymion do to seek goddess?

Ans.Wanders through forests and under the sea


Question 13.

Where did the poet and Endymion live?

Ans.On mount Latmos

Question 14.

From where has this poem

" A Thing Of Beauty" been taken?

Ans.From Keats work- Endymion- A poetic Romance.

Q15.Who is Cynthia in the Poem

Ans. Moon Goddess 


ANNOTATIONS

1-Bower Quiet - peaceful shady place under tree पेड़ों के नीचे शांति में छाया

2-Morrow- every morning 🌅 हर सुबह

3- Wreathing -preparing तैयार करना

4- Band- garland फूलों का हार

5-Despondence-dejection,despairदुख तकलीफ

6-Gloomy- sad दुख भरे दिन

7- Searching -Experience अनुभव

8- Pall- covering पर्दा

9-Dark spirits - sad souls दुखी आत्मा

10-Rills- small streams छोटी छोटी नदी

11-Grandeur- magnificence गौरवशाली

12- Dooms-Tragedies दुखांत

13-Fountain- brook झरना

14-Brink- edge किनारा

15-Mighty dead- very powerful dead‌ शक्तिशाली पूर्वज

16- sprinkling - scattering   बिखेरना

17-shady boon - shelter आश्रय

18- Nothingness - A thing of no value बेकार

19- Covert- shelter in bushes झाड़ियों में आश्रय


Poetic devices 

1-Rhyme scheme: aabbc (forever, never, keep, sleep, breathing)


2-Alliteration: Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in series Sleep-Sweet

eg.We Wreathing'noble nature,

band to bind,some shape, simple sheep,cooling Covert,

3-Metaphor:  eg.Bower Quiet,flowery band,Heaven's brink,Sweet dreams,The pall, Dark spirits

4-Anaphora-      Anaphora is the repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines.

eg.Of noble nature…..

Of all the……

Q5- Oxymoron -the reader's attention through the pairing of opposing or contradictory words

eg.Mighty dead

Old young

6- Inversion-

a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed,

eg. are we Wreathing..

7-Images- the name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses

eg.Clear rills,tree old and young, fountain, The Sun, The moon, daffodils,....

8- Antithesis -Contrasting or combining two terms, phrases, or clauses with opposite meanings.


eg.Trees old and young ,



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Sunday, February 9, 2025

Class Test -9th English -2024-25

Class Test -9th Iswaran/ A House In Not A Home


Q1.Read the extract and answer the following questions 

A.There is a richly wooded forest all around. The logs are hauled on to the lorries by elephants. They are huge well-fed beasts. When they turn wild even the most experienced mahout is not able to control them. 4m


(a) The speaker of the above passage is……


(b) It can be inferred that the speaker was a master storyteller.(True/False)


(c) The most experienced mahout is not able to control…….

(d) Find a word from the passage which means 'pulled'.

(i) Logs. (ii) Hauled

(iii) Mahouts  (iv) Control


B.They made me promise that when that happened I would still come by and visit them from time to time. I understood the psychology in what they were saying, but I took some comfort in it nonetheless.4m


(a) Who does 'they' refer to?

(i) The narrator's schoolmates

(ii) The narrator's old teachers

(iii) The firefighters

(iv) None of these


(b) They had told the narrator that…….

(c) They made the narrator promise to…….

(d) The speaker took great comfort in what they were saying.

(True/False)



Q2.Answer the following questions any five 2x5=10


A.How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create on his listeners?


B.Why does the narrator say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra's living quarters?


C.Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?


D.What does the narrator notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother's reaction? What does she do?


E Why is the narrator deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity


F.The cat and the narrator are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story? Where was the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?


Q3.Drug addiction is becoming very common among our youths. Perhaps some of the young find this life too burdensome. To escape this they take drugs. Write an article in about 100-150 words on the topic 'The Evil of Drug Addiction'. 


Use the verbal inputs.

(Drug addiction very common among youth…. neglect…. them taking drugs system ….no employment keep our youth away to be evolved) caused ….parents too strict ….start employment based educational

frustrated

Or

Write a short story in 200 – 250 words, with the help of the cues given below. Give a suitable title to the story.

Going to Mumbai by train to attend the marriage of a friend ….. got stuck in a traffic jam ….. reached the railway station late ….. boarded a wrong train ….. realised after two hours ….. now you … … …


Q4.Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct modal verb (can, could, may, might, must, should, shall, will, would)

  1. I ___ finish my homework before dinner. (obligation)
  2. Neha ___ take this white umbrella; it looks like it will rain. (advice)
  3. ___ I borrow your pencil for a moment? (permission)
  4. She ___ be home by now, but I’m not sure. (possibility)
  5. If I were you, I ___ apologize immediately. (suggestion)
  6. They ___ be here any minute. (certainty)
  7. He said he ___ help me with my project next week. (future intention)
  8. ___ you like some coffee? (offer)
  9. We ___ leave early tomorrow for the trip. (necessity)
  10. You ___ not speak to strangers. (prohibition)








Answers:

  1. must (I must finish my homework before dinner.)
  2. should (Neha should take this umbrella; it looks like it will rain.)
  3. May (May I borrow your pencil for a moment?)
  4. might (She might be home by now, but I’m not sure.)
  5. would (If I were you, I would apologize immediately.)
  6. must (They must be here any minute.)
  7. will (He said he will help me with my project next week.)
  8. Would (Would you like some coffee?)
  9. must (We must leave early tomorrow for the trip.)
  10. must (You must not speak to strangers.



A Speech On Farewell Party -2024-25

A Speech On Farewell party 


Negative thoughts will spoil your goals,always do your best to, replace every negative thoughts with positive one.


Honorable Chairman, venerable Principal Mam, Coordinator,Worthy teachers and entire loving students, A very cheerful and warm good Morning to all of you.


The teacher is like rising sun that comes to fill darkness and empty space of minds with the light of education 


Students, As we know the role of a teacher is  in life. Teacher plays many roles, a teacher is father, philosopher, guide and friends in students Life. Sometimes, being a teacher, if a teacher has been strict and tough with you or he has scolded you or punish you, it doesn't mean that he is against you, or he doesn't favor you it means he is preparing students for forthcoming



As you know only a few days are left of board exam, during these days time will be very important


Time once lost never will come.


Time is given to all humans equally but only a few use it wisely that makes a lot of differences between whom we call fortunate or unfortunate. Use it sensibly, focus on your revision with all energy and achieve a brilliant academic performance



Students your sweet memory will be always in our heart. As you have left a good legacy, of a brilliant academic performance and in sports achievements, which are indeed acknowledged and remembered by school in anecdotal records.


Be positive and optimistic, be leader and role model to your juniors, Be the good ambassador and messenger of the school, a place where you have spent so many years along with us. Try to highlight and glorify the name and fame of the school, management and your teachers with your good conduct,


Respected Chairman Sir, Honorable principal Mam, Coordinators, my colleagues and loving students of 1very important2th class, Very good afternoon/ Morning to each and every one present over here.



With this I give my best wishes and best of luck to all of you


Thanks have a nice goodbye to all my loving xii class.

Thanks.

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Class Test 9th.Eng. Kathmandu,On Killing a Tree,No Men Are Foreign -25


Q1.Read the extract and answer the following questions 
I indulge myself mindlessly, buy a bar of marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement (rubbed with salt, chilli powder and lemon); a couple of love story comics, and even a Reader's Digest. All this I wash down with Coca Cola and a nauseating orange drink, and feel much the better for it. 4m
(a) The author indulges himself by buying
(i) a bar of marzipan
(ii) a couple of love stories
(iii) a Reader's Digest
(iv) all of these
(b) The author washes down the food with
(c) He feels nauseating after having the orange drink.
(True/False)
(d) Find a word from the passage which means 'disgusting'.

Q2.Q1.Read the extract and answer the following questions 4m

It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it. It has grown Slowly consuming the earth, Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing Years of sunlight, air, water, And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.

(a) A tree absorbs........

(b) 'Slowly consuming the earth' means....,...
(c) 'Leprous hide' means.........

(d) Choose the word from the stanza which is a synonym of 'soaking'.

(i) Consuming
(ii) Absorbing
(iii) Feeding
(iv) Sprouting

Q3.Read the extract and answer the following questions 4m

They, too, aware of sun and air and water, Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war's long winter starv'd. Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read A labour not different from our own.

(a) 'They' refers to..........
(b) We all enjoy the same sun, air and water.
(True/False)
(c) 'Are fed by peaceful harvests' means.....
(d) "War's long winter starv'd" is an example of:
(i) Simile  (ii) Repetition
(iii) Metaphor(iv) Personification

Q4.Answer the following questions (any four)
2x4=8
A..whenever we are told to hate our brothers..." When do you think this happens? Why? Who 'tells' us? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say?
B.How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same?
C.Can a "simple jab of the knife" kill a tree? Why not?
D.What does the poet mean by 'the strength of the tree exposed'?
E.What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?
F.What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?

Q5.As Johnsy from ‘The last Leaf’, make a diary entry expressing your feelings after you came to know about Mr. Behrman’s death and his masterpiece . 5m

Q6.Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. Do any five. 5m

1-is a / of time / they / waste / think / that playing

(2) important/games / studies / are as / as.   (3) a student / to both / proper / should / attention / pay

(4) can./ life / only / succeed / he / in / then

5) beautiful / Masha / dog / is a /young.

(6) praised / she / be / to / likes.

(7) policemen / group / works / of /with a / she






English Confluence by CLGautam 

Wednesday, 28 December 2022
10 PM
Greenwich

Dear Diary,
I found out today that Mr. Behrman passed away following a severe pneumonia attack. I couldn’t understand why he would risk his health by going outside in the rain in the middle of the night.

I had been waiting for the last leaf on the vine to fall, but it never did. I then realised that the leaf on the vine had long fallen off but Mr. Behrman had painted the leaf and put it up there during the night.
It was Mr. Behrman’s masterpiece responsible for my survival. This friend of mine lost his life while trying to save mine.
Therefore,I decided not to give up, and eventually I was able to slowly recover. Thanks to an elderly man. May his soul rest in peace.

Johnsy


Bunch Of Question And answer XI English

Q1 Why did Grand Mother hate music? Ans. She believed it was the monopoly of harlots and beggars, not meant for gentlefolk or respectable pe...