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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...

  Bholi Important questions for board examination Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) On the basis of your understanding of the story, sketch the character of Bholi. Ans) Bholi, whose real name was Sulekha, was a backward child. In her childhood she fell from the cot on her head and some part of her brain was damaged. She started speaking only at the age of five and that too with stammering. She also suffered from smallpox. She was always given worn out dresses of her elder sisters. Nobody cared of her. Her life showed a ray of hope when she started to go to school. Her teacher changed her into a confident girl. Its evidence came when her parents tried to marry her with an old lame and greedy grocer Bishamber Nath. Initially Bholi agreed. But when she came to know about the greedy nature of Bishamber Nath she refused to marry him. Everybody was surprised. Nobody could believe that she could take such a bold step. Actually it was her teacher wh...

 The Hack Driver Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) How did the narrator’s experience at new Mullion change his attitude towards Country Life? Ans) Narrator was a assistant clerk in a big law firm. He was sent to serve summons to the persons needed in different cases. He did not like his job. So when he was sent to new Mullion, he was very happy. There he met a friendly hack driver, Bill, who helped him in searching Oliver Lutkins. Narrator enjoyed Bill's company very much. He was impressed by the wisdom of the Bill. He loved his opinion about different people. He   appreciated the outlook of Bill towards the life. The simple and easy going life of country Influenced him so much that he started planning to settle in the new Mullion Q) Why was the narrator sent to new Mullions? How did Bill help him? Ans) Narrator worked for a law firm which needed a person, Lutkins, for a case. Lutkins had neglect...

  The hack driver Important questions for board examination. Q) What was the impression the hack driver made on the narrator when he first met him? Ans) Narrator was disappointed when he saw the muddy streets and wooden shops in New Mullions. The only agreeable sight was the hack driver. He was very friendly with a smiling face. It appeared that he was a man who loved people. Q) Who was Oliver Lutkins? Why were summons issued on his name? Ans) Oliver Lutkins was a countryman. He was needed as a witness in a case by  narrator's law firm. His witness can easily solve the case.   Firm issued many summons on his name but he refused all of them. Q) What was the deal between the hack driver and the narrator? Ans) Hack driver promised the narrator that he would help him in searching the Oliver lutkins because it was very difficult for a city man to catch a parson like Lutkins.And narrator would pay two dollar per hour for using his cart. Q) The narrator knew th...