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Read the following stanzas and answer the questions that follow : STANZA 1 The trees inside are moving out into the forest, the forest that was empty all these days where no bird could sit no insect hide no sun bury its feet in the shadow the forest that was empty all these nights will be full of trees by morning. Questions :  (a) From where are the trees moving out into the forest?   (b) Why can’t birds sit in them or insects hide in them?  (c) How was the forest ‘all these nights’? (d) Are these trees useful for birds and insects? (e) What three things can not happen in a treeless forest? (f) Explain the poetic device in ‘no sun bury its feet’. (g) Why are there no shadows in the forest? (h) Explain ‘enjambment’. (i) Explain ‘anaphora’. Answers : (a) The trees are moving out from inside the house into the forest. (b) Birds can’t sit in them and insects can’t hide in them because these trees have been confined in houses and are not in the f

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Question 1. Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the book’? Answer: There were books for everything, from anteaters to Zulus. Books taught people what to do, how to do, when to do and why to do. They explained, educated, directed and decorated. No wonder that it was called the eta of books. Question 2. Who tried to invade the Earth in the twenty first century? Answer: Martians tried to invade the Earth in the twenty first century. Read and Find out     (Page 63) Question 1. Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the book’? Answer: There were books for everything, from anteaters to Zulus. Books taught people what to do, how to do, when to do and why to do. They explained, educated, directed and decorated. No wonder that it was called the eta of books. Question 2. Who tried to invade the Earth in the twenty first century? Answer: Martians tried to invade the Earth in the twenty first century. Page 65 Question 3. What guesses are made by Thi

Question 1. Why is Bholi’s father worried about her? Answer: Bholi was not like other children. She fell off a cot as a child due to which her brain was slightly damaged. She learnt to speak very late and used to stammer. Her face and whole body was covered with pockmarks. Thus, her father was worried about her marriage prospects. Question 2. For what unusual reason is Bholi sent to school? Answer: As Ramlal was a government official and the Tehsildar had asked Ramlal to send his daughters to the new school in his village, Bholi was sent to school just to satisfy the Tehsildar. As Randal’s wife felt that sending girls to school affected their marriage prospects adversely, she did not want to send any of her daughters to school. However, Bholi, with her pock-marked face and dull brain would not be possible to get married anyway, so Bholi’s parents decided to send her to school to satisfy the Tehsildar. Page 55 Question 1. Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school? Answer: