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Give reasons for the following statements.
The article has been titled ‘Silk Road.’
Answer :
The article has been titled Silk Road because the author was travelling through the area in the mountains where the Silk Road of ancient times used to pass connecting Tibet to China.
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The account has only a few passive voice sentences. Locate them. In what way does the use of active voice contribute to the style of the narrative.
NCERT - English HornbillExplain the use of the adjectives in the following phrases.
(i) shaggy monsters
(ii) brackish lakes
(iii) rickety table
(iv) hairpin bend
(v) rudimentary general stores
NCERT - English HornbillThe narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:
A flawless half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky. Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.
NCERT - English HornbillWhat do the following utterances indicate?
(i) “I told her, through Daniel ...”
(ii) “It’s a cold,” he said finally through Tsetan.
NCERT - English HornbillNotice this construction: Tsetan was eager to have them fixed. Write five sentences with a similar structure.
NCERT - English HornbillHow is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
NCERT - English HornbillIdentify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.
NCERT - English HornbillDoes the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?
NCERT - English HornbillGuess the meaning of the following words.
Kora, drokba, kyang
In which language are these words found?
NCERT - English HornbillDoes the poem have a consistent rhyme scheme?
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