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English Language & Literature 9
CLASSROOM
ASSIGNMENT
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The
Reading (Passage)
ke all of us, he was used to
on the same route.
c) Besides indiscipline on roads, the author wives five other examples of puble indiscipline in India
One of them is lack of concern and courtesy for others. What are the other four
"One trip to Singapore or Canada brings out the desired result" (paragraph 9) which results
being referred to here?
Mocabulary (4 x 1 = Marks)
) Which word in paragraph 1 of the passage means the opposite of 'order)
Find a word in paragraph 2 of the passage that can replace the word 'surprised
Which word in paragraph 8 conveys the meaning 'hit or strike with great force
had. Which word in paragraph 9 of the passage means constant reminding' often in a boring way!
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Read the following passage carefully.
D'FOR DISCIPLINE
(1) A friend who went on a trip to Canada, came
drivers on the roads there. Like all of us h
disregard for anyone else walking or driving on the
(2) So he was astonished to see that the minute
road stopped at once; waited for him to cross: ever
(3) The first couple of times this thing happened, he
traffic. But the cars just waited patiently till he cro
putting his head out of the car-window to scream"
(4) Unfortunately, discipline is a trait lacked by ms
some time or the other, of dashing across the street
panic.
round?
How many of them slova
cthere are no cops around?
ped for trying to zip by
p by atate
stopping at a red ligh
a light, even
a cars and zip abe
ke a row of waiting cars.
eople crash queues ifth
sif they can
is. They do not
mofroad discipline, people crash qu
behind them
(5) Drivers are even less disciplined than pedestrians. H.
and intersections? How many stop at a red light, if the
(6) I've seen a Delhi driver arguing, when he was stoppe
liye red hai to tu ruk, mere liye to green hai."
(7) When discipline is inculcated in people, you see cars
traffic for miles around. Nobody tries to overtake a re
is no traffic coming from the opposite side.
(8) In India it's not just the problem of road discipline. per
They try clothes in a shop and leave them in a he
moment to hold the door and let it slam into the face of
the face of the person behind th
od spitting menace. Years
Tears of teacher
to Singapore
singly, one trip to Sing
the following questions,
(9) There's no point even getting into the littering and spittin
parents' scolding has failed to instil discipline. Sur
out the desired result.
Deepa Gahlot
ing his visit to Canada?
in drivers lack disciplineon
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following
Short Answer Questions (4 x 2 = 8 Marks)
(a) Which two things surprised the author's friend during his visi
(6) Cite any two examples from the text to show that Indian drivers
Answers
Answer:
1. Method of growing two or
more crops in a definite pattern
simultaneously on the same field.(13words)
4. Crops grown in rainy season.(6words)
10. Plants that are grown prior to crop and plants and mulched into the soil.
(two words)(11words)
11. The preferred agronomic
characteristic in cereals.(9words)
12. Process of crossing two plants of different species belonging to thesame genus(13words)
13. We can also improve crop varietyby introducing a ___ to get the preferred characteristics(4words)
14. A biotic factor that can reduce thecrop produce(8words)
2. Term used in relation with the
duration of sunlight.(11words)
3. Destroys soil fertility if used
constantly(11words)
5. Process of crossing two genetically dissimilar plants.(13words)
6. Method to kill pests that destroy
grains.10 words
7. System of farming which uses little or no chemicals. (two words)(14words)
8. A biotic factor that can reduce thecrop produce(9words)
9. Manure prepared by decomposition of farm waste using earthworms.(12words)
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