II.Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions complete the statements given below: Oh! Defenders of borders You are great sons of my land When we are all asleep You still hold on to your deed. Windy season or snowy days Or scorching sun’s sweltering rays You are there guarding all the time awake Treading the lonely expanses as Yogis. Climbing the heights or striding the valleys Defending the desert guarding the marshes Surveillance in seas and by securing the air Prime of your youth given to the nation!! Wind chimes of my land vibrate your feat We pray for you brave men!! May the Lord bless you all!! – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. answer these questions A. The poem is dedicated to…………………
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B . What do they sacrifice for the nation?
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Your answer
C. What does Dr. Kalam express through the last two lines ?
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D. ”Scorching’ in the poem means……………………………….
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E. How the soldiers guard the country?
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Answer:
short answer
Explanation:
c short answer
Answer:
The answers to the given questions are as follows:
A.) The Soldiers
B.) The prime of their Youth, their comfortable life, their family and even their lives.
C.) Dr. Kalam expresses his prayers for the best wishes of the soldiers and asks for blessings for them from god.
D.) Severe/Very hot.
E.) In extreme weathers and at challenging landforms, the soldiers always guard the country without providing any excuse and dedicate their youth in the service of the nation.
Explanation:
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has written these lines dedicating his honor for the soldiers guarding the country. So, the first answer is found to be: A) Soldiers.
The soldiers sacrifice all of their comfortable life, their family as well as the prime of their youth in the service of their nation and do not hesitate to give up their lives in order to secure the borders of the country.
This will be the answer for the B) part.
C.) The last two lines- "We pray for you brave men!! May the Lord bless you all!!" express Dr. Kalam's respect and well wishes for the lives of the soldiers. The people of nation always pray for the well being of the soldiers and ask their respective gods to always keep their blessings with them (soldiers).
D.) The word "scorching" used in the poem means very hot and severe temperatures.
E.) The soldiers keep their foothold even in the most difficult of landmasses, be it desert, marshes, mountains or valleys and in the most extreme weathers, dedicating their youth to their nation.
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