SIBERIA Somewhere in Siberia 40 million years ago the sabre-toothed tiger flourished. It became extinct only about 10,000 years ago, and its descendants, the true tigers, began to extend their range, moving southward in search of more suitable habitats as successive phases of the Ice Age made Northern Asia uninhabitable. Today, deep in the snows of the Soviet… Read More »
BEGGING Long ago there was a blind beggar in Vienna. Every evening he begged in the streets. He loved playing his violin. Every evening he stood in a street and began singing and playing his violin. His dog sat by him. It held a cap in its mouth. People enjoyed listening to music. They felt pity for the… Read More »
9. Following is a conversation between Awn and Mona, Sandeep’s sister. Since Mona won’t be at home to convey the message to her brother, so she writes a message for him. Read the conversation and using necessary information, write the message in about 80 words. Arun: Hello, can I speak to Sandeep? Mona: Sorry! Sandeep’s not at home.… Read More »
7. Read the following telephonic conversation. Now write a message in 80 words. Put the message in a box. Manu: Hello, is it 27884336? Voice: Yes. May I know who’s calling? Manu: This is Manu Bajaj. Could I talk to Shushan Bajaj? I am a cousin of his. Voice: He is away on important business. He will be… Read More »
Selfish Giant Became Selfless So he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly, and went out into the garden. But when the children saw him, they were so frightened that they all ran away, and the garden became winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his eyes were so full of tears that… Read More »
Machines Machines have, in fact, become the slaves of modern life. They do more and more work that human beings did in the past. Think for a moment of the extent to which machines do work for you. You wake perhaps to the alarm of the clock or mobile. You glance at the machine by the bedside to… Read More »
CHEATING Cheating in the examination is a major defect of our educational system. The cheating has become so common that students consider it their birthright to use unfair means in the examination. The root cause of this evil lies in our schools. Short-cuts have replaced hard labour. Guides and notes are encouraged in place of textbooks. In all… Read More »
HUMAN EFFORT Books are, by far, the most lasting product of human effort. Temples crumble into ruin, pictures and statues decay, but books survive. Time does not destroy the great thoughts which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors’ minds. These thoughts speak to us through the printed page. The only effect of… Read More »
SCREAMED Read the Passage Carefully and Answers the Following Questions:- Phool Chand was cutting a branch of a tree in his field. While he was sawing it, a man passed by that field. The man stopped and said, “0 men! If you continue sawing that branch like this, you will fall down with it.” He said so because… Read More »
Vidyasagar Vidyasagar was a very generous and charitable man. From his earliest years, he helped the poor and needy to the utmost of his power. As a boy at school he often gave some of the little food, he had, to eat to another boy who had none. If one of his schoolfellows fell ill, little Ishwar would… Read More »
PASSAGE – 7 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions which are given below:- There are three main groups of oil, animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, these enormous creatures of the sea which are the largest remaining animals in the world. To protect the whale from the cold of Arctic… Read More »
Good Manners Good manners are not inherited. And they don’t come naturally to intelligent people. They have to be learnt and practised. They are based upon the concept of consideration for others. They are easy to acquire and there is nothing more profitable. Good manners are a necessary complement in every walk of life, especially in business. Organisations… Read More »
Walking For a student, walking is preferable to all exercises. The advantage of this mode of exercise is that it is simple. The apparatus is all at hand. You need not wait for the importation of machinery. It is in the open air that the lungs can at once receive the pure air of heaven and the eyes… Read More »
Fuel Read the Passage and Answers the Following Questions:- Fuel is a material that is burned in order to get heat and light and also to generate power. The Process of burning is a chemical reaction. A material combines with oxygen from the air and gives off energy. The energy is given off in the form of heat… Read More »
A Great Book The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. Any really great book we want to read the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time and every additional time that we read it, we find new meanings and new… Read More »