How can we help beggars/abolish begging ?

During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff ?

Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?

Sergei says “I am happy that my words have taken effect.’’ Why does he say so ? Is he right in saying so?

Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?

Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice ?

How does the poet imagine her to be, after death? Does he think of her as a person living in a very happy state (a ‘heaven’)? Or does he see her now as a part of nature? In which lines of the poem do you find your answer?

The passing of time will no longer affect her, says the poet. Which lines of the poem say this?

“A slumber did my spirit seal,” says the poet. That is, a deep sleep ‘closed off’ his soul (or mind). How does the poet react to his loved one’s death? Does he feel bitter grief? Or does he feel a great peace?

Here is your diary entry when you visited Agra. Read the points and try to write a travelogue describing your visit to Agra and the Taj Mahal. You may add more details.

The text you read is a travelogue where the author, Vikram Seth, talks about his visit to two sacred places in Kathmandu.

Imagine you are giving an eyewitness account or a running commentary of one of the following : (i) a game of football, cricket or hockey, or some sports event (ii) a parade (e.g. Republic Day) or some other national event

Discuss in class the shrines you have visited or know about. Speak about one of them.

(iii) MAHESH : We have to organise a class party for our teacher..............(Do) anyone play an instrument?

The African lungfish can live without water for upto four years. During a drought it ............. (dig) a pit and ............. (enclose) itself in a capsule of slime and earth, leaving a tiny opening for air.

The heart is a pump that ............. (send) the blood circulating through our body. The pumping action ............. (take place) when the left ventricle of the heart

Punctuation Use capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas and inverted commas wherever necessary in the following paragraph :

Now fill in the blanks with suitable words from the ones that you have formed.

Use the suffixes -ion or -tion to form nouns from the following verbs. Make the necessary changes in the spellings of the words.

A communal war broke out when the princess was abducted by the neighbouring prince.

“To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.” Why does the author say this?

How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets?

Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupatinath temple.

The author has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples each of :

What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?

What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other hawkers?

Name five kinds of flutes.

What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?

The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?