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  Sermon at Benaras Important questions for board examination. Answer following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Describe the journey of Siddhartha Gautama becoming the Buddha. OR Q) When Siddhartha saw a sick man, an aged men, a funeral procession and a monk, he left his home and go out in search of enlightenment. What lesson about life do we learn from this episode?   Ans) Siddharth Gautam was born in a royal family. He lived a luxurious life. At the age of twelve he was send for learning sacred Hindu scriptures. After four years he returned back. He was married and lived a happy life for ten years. One day, while going for hunting, he saw he a sick man, an old age person, a funeral procession and then a monk. Before it, he was unaware of the harsh reality of the life. The miserable conditions of man impacted him so much that he left home in search of answers to mysteries of life. He wandered for seven years. Finally he sat under a Peeple tree and ...

  Madam Rides the Bus Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Curiosity is the mother of all learnings and discoveries. Valli had an urge to know about the city. Her keen and close observation made her intelligent, confident and mature. What do you learn from her character? OR Q) What was Valli’s deepest desire? How did she plan for it? OR Q) How did Valli planned her journey? What qualities of her were revealed by it? Ans) There was an hourly bus service from Valli’s village to the nearest town. The bus passed through her house. She saw the bus with new passengers every time. This rose her interest in riding the bus and visiting the town. Slowly it became her deepest desire. She planned meticulously for her first journey. She had three challenges . Firstly, to gather the information about the bus journey and the town. For this she started to listen carefully the conversation of passengers and the neighbours. S...

  Mijbil the Otter Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun loving animal who needs love? OR Q) Discuss various qualities of the Mijbil. Ans) Mijbil made friendship with the author in just a few days. He was very curious and took interest in his surroundings. He was intelligent . He escaped from the bedroom and reached the bathroom, where he played with the water. Later in the corridor he tried to open the tap. He devised a game . He put a ball or marble on the higher side of tilted suitcase and rushed on other side to catch it before the ball reached.   He didn’t like the confinement . He hurt himself in the effort of escaping, when author put him in the box for importing to London. He was naughty and created a nuisance in the aircraft. He was fun loving and developed the compulsive habit of galloping through...

  Making of a Scientist. Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Analyse the character of Richard Ebright in your own word. Ans)   Richard Ebright was very good observer and collector. In kinder garden he collected butterflies. He also collected rocks, fossils and coins. He had a driving curiosity along with a bright mind. The book ‘The travels of monarch X' opened a new world to him. He started raising butterflies and tagging them. He was a boy who learnt from his failures. In 7 th standard when he could not win the prize, he was not disappointed. Rather he analysed and learnt that winners needed real scientific experimentation. Next year he corrected himself and got the prize.   Later he used this method of scientific inquiry to solve many more problems like reason behind 12 gold spots on monarch pupa, secret of similarity between viceroy and monarch butterflies, the study of DNA structure ...

  Making of a Scientist. Important questions for board examination.   Q) What role did mother play in making of a scientist Richard Ebright? Ans) Mother encouraged his interest in learning. She took him on trips. She bought him many equipments like telescope, microscope, camera and mounting material that helped him in his queries. Mother arranged different activities for him so that he remain engaged in learning. Q) What changes were brought about after Ebright got the book “The travels of monarch X?" Ans) This book was a turning point in the life of the Ebright. In the book Dr. Urquahat   invited the readers to tag butterflies and trace their journey. Ebright raised flock of butterflies from egg to Caterpillar to pupa to adult butterfly. This gave him a hint of what real science was. Q) Why could Ebright not win in school fair when he was in 7th grade? And) Ebright could not win the prize because his work was only neatly presented models and slides. He ...

  The Book that Saved the Earth.   Important questions for the board examination.   Q) Why is the twentieth century called the Era of books? And) In the 20 th century many books were published. There were books available on every topic from anteaters to Zulus. That’s why it is called era of the books. Q)What type of person is Think Tank? Ans) Think tank was the commander in chief of Mars Space Center. He wished to be addressed by a long salutation. He was very arrogant person. He consulted only mirror. He never allowed Noodle to take credit for his ideas. Q) How does Think Tank interpret the nursery rhymes on mistress Mary? Ans) Think tank surprised to know that maids were grown in the garden. He thought that earthlings had developed the technique of mixing Agriculture with mining. They could grow rare metals like silver and high   explosives. He ordered noodles to contact invasion fleet to stop the attack. Q) How does Think Tank interpret the ...

  Bholi Important questions for board examination Q) What do you know about sulekha (Bholi) from the text ? Ans) Sulekha was the youngest girl of Numberdar Ramlal. She was ten months old she had fallen off the cot on her head and some part of her brain was damaged. She remained a backward child and came to be known as bholi. When she was two years old she had an attack of smallpox. Her entire body was disfigured by black pock-marks. She could not speak till she was five, that too with stammering. Other children made fun of her. Q) Give the details of Ramlal’s family. Ans) Ramlal was a Numberdar. He had seven children - three boys and four girls. It was a prosperous farmer family and there was plenty to eat and drink. All the children were healthy and strong except Bholi. She was a backward child. Q) Why did the tehsildar   come to Ramlal’s village? What did he ask Ramlal to do? Ans) Tehsildar came to Ramlal's village to inaugurate a girls primary school. He ask...