CG Board Class 10 English Solutions Unit 1 Inspiration (Reading A) Patriotism are given below for Hindi Medium Students.
CG Board Class 10 English Solutions Unit 1 Inspiration (Reading A) Patriotism
Q. Pre-reading
1. Who is this famous person in the above picture?
Here are some of his utterances :
i. ‘Don’t read success stories, you will only get messages. Read
failure stories, you’ll get some ideas to get success.’
ii. ‘To succeed in your mission, you must have a single-minded
devotion to your goal.’
iii. ‘ Life and time are the world’s best teachers. Life teaches us to
make good use of time and time teaches us the value of life.’
Ans. He is Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. His full name is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.
2. Which of these observations do you like most and why?
Ans. I like all the observations, because it teaches us not to give up and be consistent about our work and studies.
3. What according to him are some of the most important steps that
Do we need to take it to get success in life?
Ans. According to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam the most important steps that we need to take to get Success are:
(i) Learning from failures. It gives us ideas to get success.
(ii) We should be focused to our mission and devoted to it.
(iii) The importance of life and time. Both of these teach us the values of each other.
Comprehension:
Answer briefly the following questions.
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Q.1. What is patriotism ?
Ans. Patriotism is immense love for one’s country. It just does not mean to die for the sake of the country but to show respect and love towards the country. Patriotism can be reflected from one’s action towards it.
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Q. 2. Why is the National Anthem not played in the cinema halls these days ?
Ans. The National Anthem is not played in the cinema hall these days. It was played earlier but it was found that people used to leave the hall midway, laughing, shouting and creating a racket.
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Q.3. Why did Nanaji take Ajit and Naina to Himapet ?
Ans. Nanaji took Ajit and Naina to Himapet for a picnic to show them Patriotism there.
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Q.4. Why did Akash decide to settle down in India ? What does it show about his character?
Ans. Akash decided to settle down in India because he wanted to serve his country. His words were, “My country has spent thousands of rupees in educating me. I have to repay this debt. The only way I can do it is by serving the people here. It showed his loyalty to his country from his character.
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Q.5. How did the villagers express their gratitude to the service provided by Akash ?
Ans. The villagers decided to pay homage to Akash. They launched a drive to collect donations for building a small hospital in the village.
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Q. 6. What difference do you notice between Akash and his friends ?
Ans. Akash thought about his country, village and the villagers. He wanted to serve his country as his country spent thousands of rupees educating him. He wanted to pay that debt off. On the other hand his friends were in America enjoying their luxurious life.
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Q. 7. If you were in Akash’s position what would you have done ?
Ans. If I were in Akash’s position I too would have done the same things as he did. Our actions could make big changes in the society and country. We should care and serve for our country and society.
Vocabulary-
(Note: For I Refer to Text-book)
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II. There are some words that are misspelled in the sentences below. Circle the words and correct their spelling:
1. In the party the childen were lafing, shauting, dancing and kreating a rekcat
2. Peeple vizit the gardan on weak days.
3. The vilajers dicided to pay hamoge to Akash.
4. Don’t pul the tale of the puppy! shouted the old men
5. The trafic single shoed the red light.
Ans. Correct Spelling:
1. children, laughing, shouting, creating, racket.
2. People, visit, garden, week.
3. villagers, decided, homage.
4. pull, tail, man.
5. traffic, signal, showed.
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III. Compound words
Look at the following words from the text :
break+fast= breakfast
battle+field=battlefield
grand + father = grandfather
Each of these words are compound words.
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Now complete the following compound words.
(i) Identity card.
(ii) Head master.
(iii) Pen stand.
(iv) Letter pad.
(v) Street light.
(vi) Book shelf.
(vii) Ink pen.
(viii) Black board.
(ix) Night lamp.
(x) Chain saw.
Grammar-
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1. Read the dialogues and choose the most appropriate options to complete the dialogues.
(i) Doctor: Take this medicine for a week and you’ll start to feel better.
Patient :………. I’ve used it before and it did not help at all.
Doctor: Are you sure? It’s the best in the market.
Patient: Yes I am. Can you please suggest some other medicine?
(a) Although
(b) In spite of
(c) But
Ans. (c).
(ii) Sarah: I can’t wait for you. You are coming, right?
Ramdeen: Yes………I have to work late; I’ll be there later.
(a) Though
(b) In spite of
(c) But
Ans. (a).
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2. Fill in the blanks with correct alternative:
(i) …………… the public’s anger, the government passed the new law.
(a) Nevertheless
(b) In spite of
(c) Even though.
(ii) You did very well in your test, …………………. I recommend you to practice reading some more for the next one.
- While
- In spite of
- Nevertheless.
- They decided to go ahead with the public,…………… the bad weather.
- While
- In spite of
- Even though,
Ans.
(i) In spite of, (ii) Nevertheless, (iii) in spite of
Listening-
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I. Listen to the story about Medicine Baba and put a tick (P) in the box
under his picture and the features/quality that describe him.
Qualities / Features
Doctor Hardworking
Handicapped Lazy
Young Inactive
Social worker Sincere
Study Skills-
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Q.Go through the time line given below and complete the information about
Phoolbasan Bai Yadav.
Phoolbasan Bai Yadav was born on 5 December …………..at Sukuldaihan, in
the Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh.She got married in childhood when she was just ………..years old and had education only up to the seventh standard.
Yadav’s social career started when she began taking part in the activities of the self help groups in the district. She faced many problems from family and society during these days.In ——————— she combined the activities under one umbrella by forming the non governmental organization (NGO), ———————————………………………………………………….. The organization has since grown to cover 12000 women self help groups with a reported total strength of over 200,000 members.The participating groups engage in activities such as health programs, education,sanitation and social reforms.
Ans. 1969, 10, 2001, Maa Bamleshwari Janhit karya samiti.
Project Work-
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Think of any one person in your area who may have inspired you and complete his/her profile.