Students and Teachers Forum

Copper is used for electrical wiring because it is a good conductor of electricity and because of its ductilie .....

 Also the pans need to be chemically unreactive so that they do not alter the flavor of the food. Most materials that are conductive enough to heat evenly are too reactive to use in food preparation, hence to reduce this, .....

17th Magh 2074 Kirtipur, Kathmandu
Dear Sister, I received your letter yesterday and knew that you are fine there. In your letter, you have asked that how health affects education. Well, I am going to mention .....

(ii) No head = (T,T) , n(no head) = 1      probability of getting no head = n(no head)/n(S) = .....

Here, 3/y + 5/x = 30/xy    or, (3x + 5y)/xy = 30/xy   or, 3x + 5y = 30 .............. (i) And 4/y + 3/x = 27/xy or, (4x + 3y)/xy = 27/xy or, 4x + 3x = 27 .............. (ii) Hope you can now solve by using matrix .....

Now, slope of 5x + 7y - 12 = 0 is m' = -5/7 So, slope of our required equation is m = 7/5 [ using perpendicularity ie. m'm = -1] Required equation is passing through (1, 1) and has slope m = 7/5 ie, y - 1 = 7/5(x - 1) [ using: y - y1 = .....

 Here, earning form business =  Rs. 374           earning from job = Rs. 306. Now, Mrs. Rawal earning percent from business to job = (375/306) x 100%                 .....

Statement Reason 1) <BMA = 90o Line passing from vertex of a triangle to the meeting point of the orthognals of two other sides of the triangle is perpendicular to third side. 2) <ABM  = < DCA  .....

According to one reasoning, the physical changes that take place in a gradual manner around us over a period of 28 days in a full lunar cycle, happen within a short duration of 2 - 3 hours. These sudden ‘out of the ordinary’ changes can .....

10.

Read the poem and answer the questions given below.
 

Did I Miss Anything? 

Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here
we sat with our hands folded on our desks
in silence, for the full two hours

Everything. I gave an exam worth
40 percent of the grade for this term
and assigned some reading due today
on which I’m about to hand out a quiz worth 50 percent

Nothing. None of the content of this course has value or meaning
Take as many days off as you like:
any activities we undertake as a class
I assure you will not matter either to you or me
and are without purpose

Everything. A few minutes after we began last time
a shaft of light suddenly descended and an angel
or other heavenly being appeared
and revealed to us what each woman or man must do
to attain divine wisdom in this life and the hereafter

This is the last time the class will meet
before we disperse to bring the good news to all people on earth.
Nothing. When you are not present
how could something significant occur?

Everything. Contained in this classroom 
is a microcosm of human experience
assembled for you to query and examine and ponder
This is not the only place such an opportunity has been gathered

but it was one place
And you weren’t here
           Tom Wayman


Write if the statements are true or false

a. Classroom teaching provides students with knowledge helpful for the exam.

b. The teacher is angry with students.

c. The absent student is loved by the teacher very much.

d. The teacher satires the absent student by saying that his absence will not matter to him.


Answers: a. True b. True c.  False d.  .....

11.

Read the passage and answers the following questions
 

Yogamaya: Poet, Teacher, Insurgent

“Yogmaya had a two-pronged agenda, not just one,” explained Manamaya. “Her first target was the cultural and religious oppression of the time. Her second object was our ruler, the Prime Minister, who along with his generals allowed corruption and inequality to prevail. Our master, Shakti Yogmaya, showed us how these two evils are intertwined, and she feared neither.” 

Yogamaya launched a brilliant and a daring political campaign from her base in the hills of East Nepal. It took place during the 1930s, and ended in 1940 with her death, along with sixty eight of her followers who one by one followed her into the thundering current of the Arun River. After leading a campaign for reform and justice, Yogmaya finally confronted the ruler with an ultimatum: “If you do not grant us justice, we will die,” she declared.

Juddha Shamsher responded by sending his army to round up the protesters.

The tragedy that resulted remains a stain on the government.

The Nepalese authorities covered up the episode and banned all mention of her. Her campaign was thoroughly expunged from the nation’s historical record and almost lost to its political consciousness. But the powerful verses composed by Yogmaya, the hazurbani, survived. And there lies the story.
I am the child in your lap.
You are the babe in mine;
There is nothing between us, nothing at all.
Your eyes have tears, just like my own.

On the surface, these lines may appear to be politically innocent, they are not. They embody the very principle of equality. They call for parity and mutual respect. They are tender reminders of the sensitivity of all of our common needs, joys and sufferings.Manamaya uttered another of Yogmaya’s verses filled with praise of nature and also love of land, or homeland.
Supreme among peaks, this our Himalaya
From where waters flow, Arun merges
 And with Barun,  flows on
To mingle with Irkhuwa.
 
 These lines hint her political goal to move towards equality. Her effort to 
challenge the system is opposed by priests, the public, and the government. 
 But still Yogamaya attacks.
Virtue, stained by greed.
Justice, undone by bribes.
Though innocent, we lost.
Thus, we’re twice punished.
 
 Eventually, Yogamaya’s teachings became a comprehensive utopian ideal, 
 linked with a non-violent political strategy she devised to bring it about. It 
 began four decades before the United Nations sponsored an international 
 convention on women, before the current generation of American feminists 
 was born, and even before Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent 'Quit India' 
 movement (a campaign to rid India of British occupation) was underway,

But Yogamaya’s movement went further because it included a call to end injustice against women and girls.


find the single word from the passage

a. Unfair and cruel treatment by a powerful person or government.

b. Someone who has official power over a country.

c. A series of actions intended to produce political or social change.

d. Closely related or connected to each other.

e. A final demand, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relation.

f. A group of people who publicly show their opposition to something such as a law or policy.


The answers are: a. Oppression b. Prime Minister c. Campaign d. Followers e. Ultimatum f.  .....

12.

Read the passage and answers the following questions
 

Yogamaya: Poet, Teacher, Insurgent

“Yogmaya had a two-pronged agenda, not just one,” explained Manamaya. “Her first target was the cultural and religious oppression of the time. Her second object was our ruler, the Prime Minister, who along with his generals allowed corruption and inequality to prevail. Our master, Shakti Yogmaya, showed us how these two evils are intertwined, and she feared neither.” 

Yogamaya launched a brilliant and a daring political campaign from her base in the hills of East Nepal. It took place during the 1930s, and ended in 1940 with her death, along with sixty eight of her followers who one by one 
followed her into the thundering current of the Arun River. After leading a 
campaign for reform and justice, Yogmaya finally confronted the ruler with an ultimatum: “If you do not grant us justice, we will die,” she declared.

Juddha Shamsher responded by sending his army to round up the protesters.

The tragedy that resulted remains a stain on the government.

The Nepalese authorities covered up the episode and banned all mention of her. Her campaign was thoroughly expunged from the nation’s historical record and almost lost to its political consciousness. But the powerful verses composed by Yogmaya, the hazurbani, survived. And there lies the story.
I am the child in your lap.
You are the babe in mine;
There is nothing between us, nothing at all.
Your eyes have tears, just like my own.

On the surface, these lines may appear to be politically innocent, they are not. They embody the very principle of equality. They call for parity and mutual respect. They are tender reminders of the sensitivity of all of our common needs, joys and sufferings.Manamaya uttered another of Yogmaya’s verses filled with praise of nature and also love of land, or homeland.
Supreme among peaks, this our Himalaya
From where waters flow, Arun merges
 And with Barun,  flows on
To mingle with Irkhuwa.
 
 These lines hint her political goal to move towards equality. Her effort to 
challenge the system is opposed by priests, the public, and the government. 
 But still Yogamaya attacks.
Virtue, stained by greed.
Justice, undone by bribes.
Though innocent, we lost.
Thus, we’re twice punished.
 
 Eventually, Yogamaya’s teachings became a comprehensive utopian ideal, 
 linked with a non-violent political strategy she devised to bring it about. It 
 began four decades before the United Nations sponsored an international 
 convention on women, before the current generation of American feminists 
 was born, and even before Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent 'Quit India' 
 movement (a campaign to rid India of British occupation) was underway,

But Yogamaya’s movement went further because it included a call to end injustice against women and girls.
 


Find the similar meaning to the following words.

a. Rebel

b. Started

c. Fold/Fearless

d. Movement

e. Improvement

f. Fairness/Impartiality

g. Asserted/Announced

h. Answered/Replied

i. Erased /Removed

j. Documentation

k. Blameless

l. Inclusive

m. Ongoing /In progress


The answers are: a. Insurgent b. Launched c. Daring d. Campaign e. Reform f. Justice g. Ultimatum h. Responded i. Round up j. Record k. Innocent l. equality m. .....

Again, fifth term, t5 = a + 4d    [ nth term tn = a + (n -1)d]            twelfth term, t12 = a + 11d According to question, t5 + t12 = a + 4d + a + 11d = 130   .....

Here,        c o s2θ/2 - cosθ/2 +  1/4 = 0   or, (cosθ/2)2 - 2.cosθ/2(1/2) + (1/2)2 = 0 or, (cosθ/2 - 1/2)2 = 0 ==> cosθ/2 - 1/2 = 0    .....

 Here,      tan α  = cot α or,  tan α = 1/ tan α or,  tan2α = 1 or,  tan2α - 1 = 0 or, (tanα - 1)(tanα + 1) = 0 ==> Either,  .....

Here, √3 tanθ - 3 = 0     or, √3 tanθ = 3   or, tanθ = 3/√3   or, tanθ = √3  or, tanθ = tan60∘   or,   θ = .....

17. Read the passage and answer the question given below:
 
Yogamaya: Poet, Teacher, Insurgent

“Yogmaya had a two-pronged agenda, not just one,” explained Manamaya. “Her first target was the cultural and religious oppression of the time. Her second object was our ruler, the Prime Minister, who along with his generals allowed corruption and inequality to prevail. Our master, Shakti Yogmaya, showed us how these two evils are intertwined, and she feared neither.” 

Yogamaya launched a brilliant and a daring political campaign from her base in the hills of East Nepal. It took place during the 1930s, and ended in 1940 with her death, along with sixty eight of her followers who one by one followed her into the thundering current of the Arun River. After leading a campaign for reform and justice, Yogmaya finally confronted the ruler with an ultimatum: “If you do not grant us justice, we will die,” she declared.

Juddha Shamsher responded by sending his army to round up the protesters.

The tragedy that resulted remains a stain on the government. The Nepalese authorities covered up the episode and banned all mention of her. Her campaign was thoroughly expunged from the nation’s historical record and almost lost to its political consciousness. But the powerful verses composed by Yogmaya, the hazurbani, survived. And there lies the story.
I am the child in your lap.
You are the babe in mine;
There is nothing between us, nothing at all.
Your eyes have tears, just like my own.

On the surface, these lines may appear to be politically innocent, they are not. They embody the very principle of equality. They call for parity and mutual respect. They are tender reminders of the sensitivity of all of our common needs, joys and sufferings.

Manamaya uttered another of Yogmaya’s verses filled with praise of nature and also love of land, or homeland.
Supreme among peaks, this our Himalaya
From where waters flow, Arun merges
 And with Barun, flows on
To mingle with Irkhuwa.
 
These lines hint her political goal to move towards equality. Her effort to challenge the system is opposed by priests, the public, and the government. 
But still Yogamaya attacks.
Virtue, stained by greed.
Justice, undone by bribes.
Though innocent, we lost.
Thus, we’re twice punished.

Eventually, Yogamaya’s teachings became a comprehensive utopian ideal, 
linked with a non-violent political strategy she devised to bring it about. It 
began four decades before the United Nations sponsored an international 
convention on women, before the current generation of American feminists 
was born, and even before Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent 'Quit India' 
movement (a campaign to rid India of British occupation) was underway, But Yogamaya’s movement went further because it included a call to end injustice against women and girls.


a.Who is Yogamaya? Who is Manamaya ? How did Manamaya know Yogamaya ?

b.What were the two main reasons that made Yogamaya a rebel? And, Where and when did she start her movement?

c.What was Yogamaya's demand? How did Yogamaya die?

d. What were two evils according to Yogamaya ?

e. what was Yogamaya's ultimatum to the ruler? And, what was the response?

f. What did the Nepalese authorities do to uncover Yogamaya's movement?

g.What is the Hazurbani? How is it popular?

h.Why do you think Yogamaya stopped her revolt?

i. Before what popular movements did Yogamaya begin her movement?

j. After Yogamaya's death, What might have been the reaction of the government?

k. Yogamaya's preaching was in the form of poetry. what have you understood from the given verses?

l. What lesson did you learn from this text?

Answer: a. Yogmaya was a teacher, a poet and a rebel; and master of Manamaya. Manamaya knew Yogmaya as she was her master. b. Yogamaya started to rebel from her base in Eastern Nepal during the 1930s and the two main reasons were:   .....

Solution: Given, At 300 C, weight of solute = 80 gm Solubiliity = 40 Weight of solvent (water) = ? We know that,  Solubility =  Weight of solute     ⨉ 100             .....

You may have seen frogs near pond or pools. Frogs feed on different insects including mosquitoes. If the frogs are killed or exported, the number of insects (mosquitoes) increases. This creates an imbalance in the .....

Also, 760 Watt = 1 HP or, 1 HP = 760 Watt      or, 4 HP = 4 ⨯ 760 Watt or, 4 HP = 3040 Watt So, an electric device has power 4 HP means it can do 3040 Joule work in 1 second.  .....

21. Read the passage and answer the questions below:
Parents
 
“Dad! I’m going to meet my e-mail friend.”

“When?” I asked.

“Now.”

“I’m coming with you.”

“No, I’m going alone.”

“Look, Anuja...”

“You are obsessed dad. Nothing is going to happen to me.”

Anuja , my daughter is only 13. She spends most of her time on computer 
chatting with her friends and sending e-mails. She has many e-friends. A couple of days ago she told me about her new e-friend. She is 12 and Anuja is very fond of her. And now she is going to meet her. I warned her about bad people who fake themselves as teenager, chat with girls like her and seek opportunities to take advantage of innocent girls. But she doesn’t listen to me. 

She thinks I am an old man who is overprotective of his daughter, a man who sees ghosts in every dark corner. 

“Look, honey. I’m not saying you can’t meet your friend. All I’m saying is let me come with you. I will not out of the car first and if I see a girl of 12 
waiting, I’ll do some window shopping and you can go and meet her. But if there is no girl, we will wait for 10 minutes and then come back. OK?”

“This is ridiculous.” She stamped her feet.

“Why? Is it because I’m 60 years old? Or is it because I’ve a big belly? Or 
because there are no hair on my head that you’re ashamed of going out with 
 me?” I tried to joke.

“Oh Dad, you’re impossible.”

“You look like a boy in your new out fit.” On the way, I commented on her 
dress.

“Dad! I think I must tell you something.”

“I’m listening.”

“I’m not a girl... I mean I’m not a girl for the girl... I mean the friend I am going to meet.”

“You lost me.”

“Sorry. What I want to tell you is that I chatted with her as a boy.”

“You mean you pretended to be a boy to this girl?” I stared at her and the car swerved a little which I controlled.

“Yes, she knows me as a boy.” 

“God!” I tried to digest this new information.

When we reached the place I got out of the car and walked around. There was no girl in sight. Some hundred meters away, a car with dark windows was parked on the other side of the road. On the nearby playground, some boys were playing cricket and a couple of cows were munching dried hay. I looked at my watch and started pacing up and down the road. I looked at the car and started walking again. The car started and sped away. I again consulted my watch. Ten minutes up: no sign of any girl. I walked to my car, got into it and said. “You see, I was right. There is no one here. The girl you chatted on the internet must 
 have been a fake.”


Next day, at lunch time I retold the whole event to my colleague, Dhurva.
“So you think that some bad guy was trying to approach your daughter?” He smiled.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Let me tell you why the girl friend of your daughter didn’t appear at the meeting place. It was because her mother came with her in a car before you reached there. The mother was watching if there was really a boy of 13. But all she could see was an old man with a big stomach and a bald head lurking around the meeting place. So she didn’t let her daughter get out of the car. She just drove the car back home.”

“You mean… You mean she saw me and…” I stammered.

“Yes, she saw you. Do you know what she said about you?” He laughed.

“She said that she saw a lecherous old man with an evil leer on his face…”


a. What is Anuja like ?
b. What is her father like?
c. What did Anuja inform her father?
d. Why did Anuja call her father obsessed?
e. What was her father's suggestion?
f. What did her father say about bad people?
g. What did her father insist for?
h. What did her father notice on the other side of the road ?
i.  Why did her father tell Anuja that her new friend was a fake?
j.  Did Anuja meet her friend? why not?
k.  Dhow did her father feel at the end?
l.  Who do you think is clever - Anujas's father or the mother of Anujas's friend?
m. Do you think Anujas's father was caring? why ? why not?give reasons.
n. Give another suitable title to the story.
o. Where is Anuja going.?
p. Why did Anuja tell her secret to her father?
q. Write down the major traits of Anuja's father?
r. Why could Anuja meet her friend?
s. What is the moral lesson of this story?
t. Who is Dhruba? why is he laughing listening to Anuja's father?

a. Anuja is only 13 who spends most of her time on the computer. b. He is an old man who is overprotective of his daughter. c. She informed that she is going out to meet her e-mail friend. d. She called him obsessed as he is overprotective of .....

a. an b. had c. would suffer d. so e. were buried f. would get g. at h. became i. work  j. didn't .....

23. Read the poem and answer the question:
 
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
 
 I wandered lonely as a cloud
 That À  oats on high o’er vales and hills,
 When all at once I saw a crowd,
 A host, of golden daffodils;
 Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
 Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

 Continuous as the stars that shine
 And twinkle on the milky way,
 They stretched in never ending line
 Along the margin of a bay:
 Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
 Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
 The waves beside them danced; but they
 Out did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,
 In such a jocund company:
 I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
 What wealth the show to me had brought:

 For oft, when on my couch I lie
 In vacant or in pensive mood,
 They flash upon that inward eye
 Which is the bliss of solitude;
 And then my heart with pleasure Fills,
 And dances with the daffodils.
                                          William Wordsworth


1) Answer the following questions.

a.Who is compared with a cloud in the poem?
b.What does the poet see while wondering?
c.What was the poet doing when he saw the daffodils?
d.Where did he see the daffodils?
e.How was his mood before he saw the daffodils?
f.What was the the poet's reaction when he saw the daffodils?
g.What word does the poet use to compare the daffodils with?
h.The poet dances with the daffodils. Why?
i.About which jocund company is the poet referring to?
j.What words does the poet use to show that there were plenty of daffodils?
k.What are the different things that poet compares the daffodils with?
l.What kind of state does the poet describe in the last stanza?
m.Which wealth is referred to by the poet?
n.What happens to the poet when he is some time in a pensive mood?
o.Give another title of the poem?
p.Where are the daffodils according to the poem?
q.What is the theme of the poem?

2. c True Because he compares it in the second stanza of the .....

Here,  Frist term =  a = 3 Second term =  6 Common difference =  d  = 6 - 3  = 3 Let last term be 192 = l , then  l = a + ( n -1 ) d  or, 192 = 3 + 3n - 3 or, 3n = 192 or, n = 64. Hence 64th term .....

25. Read the poem and answers the questions given below.
The Chimney Sweeper
 
When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep!
So your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep.
There’s little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,

That curled like a lamb’s back, was shaved: so I said,
“Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head’s bare,
You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.”

And so he was quiet, and that very night,
As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight!
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,
Were all of them locked up in coffins of black;

And by came an angel who had a bright key,
And he opened the coffins and set them all free;
Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run,
And wash in a river and shine in the sun.

Then naked and white, all their bags left behind,
They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind.
And the angel told Tom, if he’d be a good boy,
He’d have God for his father and never want joy.

And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work.
Though the morning was cold,
Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.
 
William Blake
(Source: The English Romantic Poets, An Anthology, edited with an Introduction by Promod K. Nayar)

Answer the following questions.

m. What did the angle tell to Tom?
n. What Is the meaning of the last poem?
o. Why do you think Blake included this poem in a volume called song of innocence?
p. Why did the speaker cry?
q. What is the job of the character tom Dacre?
r. Who sold the speaker and why?
s. How was the sight of the night that tom had?
t. What do you think there might be in their bag?
u. At what condition tom get joy?
v. What did the angel tell to Tom?
w. At the end of the poem what was the message given to Tom?
x. Why was tom happy through the morning was cold?
y. What is the theme of the poem.?

.....

26. Read the poem and answer the questions.
 
Did I Miss Anything? 

Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here
we sat with our hands folded on our desks
in silence, for the full two hours
Everything. I gave an exam worth
40 percent of the grade for this term
and assigned some reading due today
on which I’m about to hand out a quiz worth 50 percent

Nothing. None of the content of this course has value or meaning
Take as many days off as you like:
any activities we undertake as a class
I assure you will not matter either to you or me
and are without purpose

Everything. A few minutes after we began last time
a shaft of light suddenly descended and an angel
or other heavenly being appeared
and revealed to us what each woman or man must do
to attain divine wisdom in this life and the hereafter

This is the last time the class will meet
before we disperse to bring the good news to all people on earth.
Nothing. When you are not present
how could something signi¿  cant occur?

Everything. Contained in this classroom 
is a microcosm of human experience
assembled for you to query and examine and ponder
This is not the only place such an opportunity has been gathered

but it was one place
And you weren’t here
            Tom Wayman


Answer the following questions:
a. How does the speaker in the first stanza spend time for the full two hours?
b. What does the speaker say about the exam and the quiz in the second stanza?
c. What does the speaker say in the second stanza to prove that being in the class is important?
d. What does the speaker say about the content of the course in the third stanza?
e. What does the angle or other heavenly being reveal?
f  What does the last stanza suggest?
g What does the term 'microcosm of human experience ' refer?
h. What is the central idea of the poem?

Answers: a. The speaker simply sits in silence with his hands folded on the desk. b. The speaker says that he has given the exam with 40% of weight and he has to read and      prepared a quiz. c. The speaker says that .....

Here,  Frist term =  a  = 5,  Common difference =  d  = 11 - 5 = 6 So, S7 = n/2 {2a + 6d }  [ since, Sn = n/2 { 2a + (n - 1) d } ]           = 7/2 { 2 x 5  + 6 x 6 .....

   Words                                                       Similar meanings a. value  .....

The difference between armed revolution and mass movement is shown in the table below: Armed Revolution Mass Movement Armed revolution is a violent act by the use of weapons. Mass Movement is a non-violent act which is .....

We have given,  f(x) = y = 4x - 5 Range = y = { - 1, 7} Domain= x = ? When, y = -1,  - 1 = 4x - 5 ==> 4x = 4 ==> x = 1 When y = 7. 7 = 4x - 5 ==> 4x = 12 ==> x = 3 Hence , Domain = { 1 , 3 .....

If any of the family members are addicted to the drugs then there will be a constant tension in the family. The family will disintegrate and the society will suffer. The use of drugs will result in the well being of the addict. He or She who .....

The causes of drug addiction are as follows: - The domestic violence can lead a youth to drug addiction. - The involvement in the bad company may lead a person to drug addiction. - Due to illiteracy, people are involved in drug .....

The international drug trafficking is the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of illegal drug internationally. In other words, the global marketing of illegal drug is what we call international drug trafficking. It is one of the .....

Drug addiction is a condition characterized by an overwhelming desire to continue taking a drug. Drug abuse is the habit of taking the illegal drug. Similarly, drug abuse is the .....

In the above diagram, three complete waves are produced, thus the frequency is 3 Hz. Hence, the frequency of sound wave is 50 Hz means 50 complete waves are produced in one .....

f. The poet in the third stanza remembers the place where he used to swing. He also remembers about his flying feathers. g. The poet as a child used to think about the slender top of the fir tree as close to the heaven which he .....

Peeping - looking at something secretly and for a moment Morn - morning Wink- a light that flickers of flashes quickly on and off Borne - carried/tolerated Laburnum - tree with yellow flowers Swallows - small birds with long pointed wings and .....

38. Read the article given below and do the activities that follow.
Yogamaya: Poet, Teacher, Insurgent
 
“Yogmaya had a two-pronged agenda, not just one,” explained Manamaya. “Her first target was the cultural and religious oppression of the time. Her second object was our ruler, the Prime Minister, who along with his generals allowed corruption and inequality to prevail. Our master, Shakti Yogmaya, showed us how these two evils are intertwined, and she feared neither.”

Yogamaya launched a brilliant and a daring political campaign from her base in the hills of East Nepal. It took place during the 1930s, and ended in 1940 with her death, along with sixty-eight of her followers who one by one followed her into the thundering current of the Arun River. After leading a campaign for reform and justice, Yogmaya finally confronted the ruler with an ultimatum: “If you do not grant us justice, we will die,” she declared. Juddha Shamsher responded by sending his army to round up the protesters.

The tragedy that resulted remains a stain on the government. The Nepalese authorities covered up the episode and banned all mention of her. Her campaign was thoroughly expunged from the nation’s historical record and almost lost to its political consciousness. But the powerful verses composed by Yogmaya, the hazurbani, survived. And there lies the story.
I am the child in your lap.
You are the babe in mine;
There is nothing between us, nothing at all.
Your eyes have tears, just like my own.
 
On the surface, these lines may appear to be politically innocent, they are not. They embody the very principle of equality. They call for parity and mutual respect. They are tender reminders of the sensitivity of all of our common needs, joys and sufferings.
 

A. Answer the following questions:
   a. Who is Yogamaya?
   b. How did Yogmaya die?
   c. What were her two agenda?
   d. What were two evils according to Yogmaya?
   e. Where did Yogmaya launch campaign?

A. a. Yogamaya is a freedom fighter. b. Yogamaya died by rounding up from the armies of Juddha Shumsher in the thundering of Arun river. c. The two agenda were; cultural and religious oppression of the time, and the ruler, the Prime     .....

a. We can get Mangalsen by walking eight hours from Sanfebagar.  b. In monsoon, the road is closed. In other word, the road is opened for particular time of year.  c. A bridge is under the construction across the Budhiganga river. After .....

Cubical expansion: Cubical expansion occurs when the volume of an object increases due to change in its .....

2) A constant volume gas thermometer: a) A constant volume gas thermometer is composed of a bulb filled with a fixed amount of a dilute gas that is attached to a mercury manometer. A manometer is a device used to measure pressure. b) This .....

You may have learned the relation between Celsius scale and Fahrenheit scale. It is given below: C   =  (F-32) 5            9 or, F- 32 =  9 C             .....

You know that alcohol thermometer has alcohol as a thermometric liquid and mercury thermometer has mercury as a thermometric liquid. Alcohol has a lower freezing point than mercury. Pure ethanol (alcohol) freezes at -1150C, while mercury .....

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The coefficient of the linear expansion (∝) is the ratio of increase in length to its original length per degree rise in temperature. So, the coefficient of the linear expansion of copper is 17 ⨉ 10-6 0C means - the .....

46. Read the poem and answer the questions given below:
 
The Chimney Sweeper

When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep!
So your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep.
There’s little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,

That curled like a lamb’s back, was shaved: so I said,
 “Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head’s bare,
 You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.”

And so he was quiet, and that very night,
As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight!
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,
Were all of them locked up in coffins of black;

 And by came an angel who had a bright key,
 And he opened the coffins and set them all free;
 Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run,
 And wash in a river and shine in the sun.

 Then naked and white, all their bags left behind,
 They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind.
 And the angel told Tom, if he’d be a good boy,
 He’d have God for his father and never want joy.

And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work.
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.
     William Blake
  (Source: The English Romantic Poets, An Anthology, edited with an Introduction by Promod 
 K. Nayar)

a.why did the speaker cry?
b.what does the expression 'that curled like a lamb's back 'mean?
c.who sold the speaker and why?
d.how was the sight of the night that tom had?
e.what is the job of the character to Dacre?

Answers: a. The speaker cried because his father sold him to chimney sweeping profession when his mother died. b. It means that the chimney sweeper named Tom Dacre's hair was as curly as the wool on the back of a lamb. c. The speaker was sold .....

The poem is about a dilemma that the speaker has faced. He has roads between two choices. He compares both the roads. He takes a long time to take the final decision. It is difficult for him. Finally, he chooses the less .....

13. Doesn't .....

Here,  Radius of cylinder = r = 6cm/2 = 3cm Volume of cylinder = π r2 h = π 32 x 6 = 54π cm3 Let R be the radius of cone , Then height = H = 4R Volume of solid = Volume of cone + volume of .....

Here,  tanθ = cot5θ or, tanθ = tan(90o - 5θ)    [ since, tan(90o - A) = cotA] or, θ = 90o - 5θ or, 6θ = 90o  or, θ = 90o/ 6 = 15o Hence, required acute angle = .....