Class-9 English Chapter-10 Kathmandu

EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

15/02/2021        CLASS-9          SLOT-2
English
Chapter-10
Kathmandu
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I. Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases.

Question 1.Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.

Answer:Pashupatinath and Baudhnath Stupa.

 Question 2.The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?

Answer:Com-on-the-cob and marzipan.

 Question 3.What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?

Answer:The flutes tied on the top of the flute seller’s pole.

Question 4.Name five kinds of flutes.

Answer:The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri, the breathy flutes of South America, the high pitched Chinese flutes.

II. Answer each question in a short paragraph.

Question 1.What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other hawkers?

Answer:The author finds a difference in selling the articles. The flute seller does not shout out his wares. He makes a sale in a curiously offhanded way as if this was incidental to his enterprise.

Question 2.What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?

Answer:People believe that when a small shrine emerges fully on Bagwati river, the goddess inside will escape, and the evil period of the Kalyug will end on earth.

III. Answer the following questions in not more than 100-150 words each.

Question 1.Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupatinath temple.

Answer:At Pashupatinath there is an atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’. Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs roam through the grounds. There are so many worshippers that some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside by others pushing their way to the front. At the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu, there is a sense of stillness. Its immense white dome is ringed by a road. Small shops stand on its outer edge. Most of the shops are owned by Tibetan immigrants. There are no crowds and this is a haven of quietness in the busy streets around.

Question 2.How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets?

Answer:The author says that Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets. There are fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques. Film songs blare out from the radios, car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low, vendors shout out their wares. The author buys a com-on- the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement. He also buys coca cola and orange drink.

 Question 3.“To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.” Why does the author say this?

Answer:The author says this because he is aware of the fact that music appeals to senses. It gives pleasure to every listener. The flute seller does not sell only one kind of flute. He has various types of flutes that represent different customs and culture. The flute seller is a wise sales person. He does not shout out his wares. He plays melodious tunes which fascinate others. Mankind does not have multiple appearances and shapes. It is universal and cosmopolitan. Music soothes everyone’s heart irrespective of their caste, colour and creed. So the author says that to hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.

 

Thinking about language

Question 1.Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meanings in column B.

A                                             B

(i) break out                             (d) to start suddenly, (usually a fight, a war or a disease)

(ii) break off                            (a) to come apart due to force

(iii) break down                       (f) stop working

(iv) break away (from someone)         (b) end a relationship

(v) break up                             (e) to escape from someone’s grip

(vi) break into                          (c) break and enter illegally; unlawful trespassing

Question 2.Use the suffixes -ion or -tion to form nouns from the following verbs. Make the necessary changes in the spellings of the words.

Example: proclaim-proclamation

Question 3.Now fill in the blanks with suitable words from the ones that you have formed.

1.      Mass literacy was possible only after the of the invention printing machine.

2.      Ramesh is unable to tackle the situation as he lacks imagination

3.      I could not resist the temptation to open the letter.

4.      Hardwork and dedication are the main keys to success.

5.      The children were almost fainting with exhaustion  after being made to stand in the sun. 

Class-5 English Chapter-11 Kalpana Chawla

 

EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

13/02/2021        CLASS-5          SLOT-2
English
Chapter-11
Kalpana Chawla
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New words

1.      Voyage

2.      Astronaut

3.      Confined

4.      Flying club

5.      Attitude

6.      Mantra

7.      Respectively

8.      Spacecraft

9.      Fascinated

10.  Commercial

11.  Determined

12.  Pursuit

13.  Reluctantly

14.  Mere

15.  Doctorate

 

A.    Answer the questions:-
Que-1 Where was kalpana chawla born?
Ans-1 Kalpana was born on 1july,1961 in karnal, a small town of Haryana in India.

Que-2 How did kalpana get fascinated by the stars?
Ans-2 At summer nights the family slept in the courtyard under the stars.She would be fascinated by them.

Que-3 Why did kalpna study aerospace engineering?
Ans-3 Kalpana was so excited about flying,she chose the branch  of aeronautical  engineering for study.


Que-4 Why did kalpana go to become a rocket scientist and astronaut?
Ans-4  She took admission in the master’s course in aerospace engineering in Texas in United States (of America).

Que-5 What Experiment did the scientist perform on Columbia STS-107 Mission?
Ans-5 The research scientist studied the Insects, fishes, crystals, waves, fire along with themselves in space for 16days.

Class-9 Science Chapter-9 Force and Law

 

EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

13/02/2021        CLASS-9          SLOT-2
Science
Chapter-9
Force and Laws of Motion

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Question 1. Which of the following has more inertia:

(a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size?

(b) a bicycle and a train?

(c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?

Answer:(a) A stone of the same size

(b) a train

(c) a five-rupees coin

As the mass of an object is a measure of its inertia, objects with more mass have more inertia.

Question 2. In the following example, try to identify the number of times the velocity of the ball changes.

“A football player kicks a football to another player of his team who kicks the football towards the goal The goalkeeper of the opposite team collects the football and kicks it towards a player of his own team”.

Also identify the agent supplying the force in each case.

Answer:

 The velocity of football changed four times.

Question 3. Explain why some of the leaves may get detached from a tree if we vigorously shake its branch.

Answer: When the tree’s branch is shaken vigorously the branch attain motion but the leaves stay at rest. Due to the inertia of rest, the leaves tend to remain in its position and hence detaches from the tree to fall down.

Question 4. If action is always equal to the reaction, explain how a horse can pud a cart?

Answer:4 The third law of motion states that action is always equal to the reaction but they act on two different bodies.In this case the horse exerts a force on the ground with its feet while walking, the ground exerts an equal and opposite force on the feet of the horse, which enables the horse to move forward and the cart is pulled by the horse.

Question 5. Explain, why is it difficult for a fireman to hold a hose, which ejects a large amount of water at a high velocity.

Answer:5 The water that is ejected out from the hose in the forward direction comes out with a large momentum and equal amount of momentum is developed in the hose in the opposite direction and hence the hose is pushed backward. It becomes difficult for a fireman to hold a hose which experiences this large momentum.

Question 6. From a rifle of mass 4 kg, a bullet of mass 50 g is fired with an initial velocity of 35 m/s. Calculate the initial recoil velocity of the rifle.

Class-4 English Chapter-11 The Apes

 

EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

13/02/2021        CLASS-4          SLOT-2
English
Chapter-11
The APES
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New Words

1.      Apes

2.      Primate

3.      Mammals

4.      Hurriedely

5.      Identify

6.      Placental

7.      Secure

8.      Troops

9.      Mammary glands

10.  Grasping

11.  Gregarious

12.  Fringe

13.  Resemble

14.  Posture

15.  Knuckle

 

1.Answer the following questions:-
Que-1 What is the difference between monkeys and apes?
Ans-1 Apes do not have tails while monkey and langoors have tails.

Que-2Compare a ape with man?
Ans-2 Apes walk in both hands and feet. Men walk erect The feet of apes can grasp branches of trees like hands of man.The feet of man cannot grasp the branches of trees. The backbone of the apes form a simple arch. But the backbone of men have an S-Shaped curve

Que-3  Who is the most intelligent among apes? Why?
Ans-3 Chimpanzees are more intelligent than the other apes. They have a brain of 300 grams in their body  weight of 80 kilograms

Que-4 Who is the most strong and powerful among apes?
Ans-4  Gorilla is the most strong and powerful among apes.

Que-5 What things can a chimpanzee learn from man?
Ans-5 The young chimpanzee can be trained to learn manyu things to wear clothes and eat at the table.

Que-6 Who are primates?
Ans-6The apes, along with monkeys and men, belong to the primate

Class-7 Social Science Civic Chapter-23 The State Goverment

 

EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

13/02/2021        CLASS-7          SLOT-2
Social Science
Chapter-23
CIVIC –The State Goverment
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 D.Answer the following questions:-

Que-1Write a short note on state legislatures.

Ans-1 The state legislature are the law making authority of the state most of States have only one house in their legislatures. i.e legislative Assembly or vidhan Sabha. While some others have two houses. The vidhan Sabha or legislative Assembly. i.e the lower house and vidhan parishad or legislative council i.e the upper house..

 

Que 2 How does a bill become a law?

Ans-2 If the bill is introduced in the vidhan parishad it goes through three readings after which it is sent to vidhansabha. If the vidhansabha also approves it it is sent to the Governor for his approval after which it becomes law.

 

Que 3 What is a money bill? How is it past?

Ans-3 A  money bill can originated in the vidhansabha only. A Minister introduce it with the governors consent for stop after the vidhan Sabha passes it it is sent to the vidhan parishad. The vidhan parishad cannot delete the bill for more than 14 days after which it is considered as passed by both the houses and send to the governors approval.

 

Que-4Describe the structure of bureaucracy in a state?

Ans.4A Bureaucracy is a large administrative organisation that handles the day-to-day business of a government bureaucracies have four key characteristics

                        A clear hierarchy,specialisation and division of labour and a set of formal rules or standard operating procedures.

 

Que-5 Paper who is the constitutional head of a state?

Ans-5 The chief minister is the real head of a state all the powers of the Governor are exercised by him.

 

Ques-6 Paper who appoints the judges of the state high Court?

Ans-6The president appoints the judges of the state high Court in constitution with the Governor.