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Midnight Visitor Chapter 3 The Midnight Visitor
CBSE Class 10
Footprints without Feet
Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) Chapter 3 - The Midnight Visitor
By- Robert Arthur
midnight visitor
Introduction to the lesson
Ausable, a secret agent, is expecting a very important report. Another secret agent, Max, threatens him with a pistol, demanding the report. Does Ausable outwit him?
The story is about a secret agent, Ausable who has spent an evening with a writer named Fowler who had expected that as he would be meeting a secret agent he would be looking into a lot of adventure. But instead, he rather gets bored when he meets Ausable as the things that happened were exactly the opposite of what he had imagined. How Ausable gets rid of his unexpected guest proves his expertise as a secret agent.
The Midnight Visitor Summary
The story is about a witty secret agent named Ausable. He was with a writer named Fowler throughout the evening as Fowler was interested in spending time with a secret agent but when he spends time with Ausable he realizes that he is exactly the opposite of what he had imagined and that he was a bore. Ausable then told Fowler that he had been thinking wrong and that soon he would be looking at a report that would change the country’s future. Then Ausable takes Fowler to his room and when they entered the room a guy with a gun named Max was standing in the room. He asked them to be comfortable until the reports about the missiles arrived in 30 minutes as he was there to steal the reports. This was the first adventure out of many that Fowler had expected when he had thought of meeting a secret agent. While they were talking, Ausable started with a story about how a guy had entered from the balcony last month below his room. While this talk was going on, a sudden knock was heard at the door. Ausable said that it must be the police as he wanted them to check on him after sometime because he wanted to make the reports that were coming in extra secure. Max, pointing his gun towards them, said that he would be waiting in the balcony and that Ausable should send away the police otherwise he would shoot them and even take the risk of being caught by the police. As the doorknob is turned, Max jumps out of the window and a loud scream is heard. The door opens and a waiter comes in and says that he has brought the wine that Mr. Ausable had ordered. He keeps the bottle, tray and glasses on the table and leaves. Fowler is surprised and asks him about the police to which Ausable replied that there was no police. Then Fowler asked what about the person who was waiting in the balcony outside the window to which Ausable replied that the person would not return and that there was no balcony there. This shows the quick wit of Ausable as he took advantage of the situation and made Max nervous due to which he jumped out of the window without thinking and looking down. He had jumped from the top floor of the hotel and would have possibly died. This is how Ausable outwitted Max and saved himself from a very dangerous situation.
The Midnight Visitor Question and Answers
Q1. How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?
Ans. When Ausable says that he had complained to the hotel management earlier as well about someone entering the room from the balcony that was below his room, Max started thinking that had he known there was a balcony, it would have been much easier for him to get to Ausable’s room. Ausable then tells Max that he wanted extra protection for the papers that were supposed to come in that day and that he had informed the police who were knocking on the door, checking on him. This made Max very nervous and he thought that he would wait for the police to go on the balcony. Without realizing, he jumped out of the window and did not realize that there was no balcony. So the way Ausable thinks calmly and quickly makes the story a lot more convincing.
Q2. How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Ans. Ausable is different from other secret agents because he was very fat, lived in a room on the top floor of a gloomy French hotel and could only speak French passibly although he had been living in Paris for over 20 years. His voice still had an American touch to it . He used to receive messages via telephone instead of dark eyed beauties getting him his messages. So he was very different from the way other secret agents are.
Q3. Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?
Ans. Fowler is a young writer who comes to meet Ausable. He is bored sitting with Ausable in a music hall as he had thought that the country’s secret agent would be thrilling and exciting but nothing of that sort happened. After some time when they were coming back to Ausable’s room, Fowler saw a man holding a gun standing in the room. So that is when he feels that the life of a secret agent can be exciting.
Q4. How has Max got in?
Ans. Max had got in with a masterkey or passkey.
Q5. How does Ausable say he got in?
Ans. Ausable says that he thought that Max had got in through the balcony. He said that it was a nuisance as it was not even his own balcony and that it was the second time somebody had got in using that same balcony.
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The Adventures of Toto The Adventures of Toto - CBSE Class 9 English Moments Lesson 2
Summary
The writer’s grandfather liked to collect animals and had a zoo at home. Once he bought a monkey named Toto from a tonga driver for a sum of five rupees.
Toto was kept secretly as the grandmother disliked animals. Toto was very mischievous. When the writer and his grandfather hid Toto in a cupboard, and tied him to a hook, he broke the hook and caused havoc in the room. The next day, when he was kept in the servants room along with other animals, he did not let them sleep all night.
As grandfather had to go to Saharanpur for work, he decided to take the monkey along with him. He carried Toto in a strong bag made of canvas and closed the zip nicely so that Toto could not escape. Toto made unsuccessful attempts to get out of the bag, which made the back jump and roll. This aroused the curiosity of fellow passengers at the railway station. At the Saharanpur railway station, when grandfather was getting his ticket checked, Toto peeked out of the bag and smiled at the ticket collector. As the ticket collector declared that it was a dog, grandfather had to buy a ticket for 3 rupees, much to his annoyance.
When toto was accepted by grandmother, it was given a place in the stable along with the donkey- Nana. Toto did not get along with nana as well.
Toto enjoyed taking bath in warm water during the winter season. One day, he almost boiled himself when he jumped into a kettle of boiling water.
One afternoon, Toto ate the family meal of pulao. He threw the empty dish from the tree and it broke it into several pieces.
Toto’s mischiefs grew by the day and grandfather no realized that they could not keep him at home. Finally, he found the same tonga driver and sold Toto back to him for a sum of three rupees.
Question and Answers
1. How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
A. The writer’s grandfather liked to collect animals and had made a zoo at home. One day, he saw a red - coloured monkey tied to a trough with a tonga driver. He liked the monkey and wanted to add it to his collection. He bought Toto from the tonga driver for a sum of five rupees.
2. “Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
A. The writer says that Toto was pretty. He had bright, shining eyes which were full of mischief. His teeth were like pearls. He had a long tail which was like a third hand for him. The writer’s grandfather felt that a tail added to the beauty of an animal. So, Toto was thought to be a pretty animal.
3. Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
A. Grandfather took Toto along with himself to Saharanpur because as he was mischievous, it was not safe to leave him alone at home. A bag made of strong canvas material was arranged. Some straw was placed in it. Toto was placed inside the bag and the bag was sealed with the zipper.
The ticket collector did not accept grandfather’s claim that Toto was not a dog. He called it a dog and charged a ticket fee for it because only dogs were allowed to travel on trains. If Toto had to travel by train, then, he would have to be termed a dog.
4. How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
A. Toto would check the temperature of the water by inserting his hand in it. Then he would step into the tub, one foot at a time. Finally, he would sit in it, with his face out. Then he would rub soap on his body. When the water became cold, he would jump out and run to the stove in the kitchen to dry himself.
He had learnt this way of bathing from the writer.
On day, Toto jumped into a kettle of water kept on the stove for boiling as he found it warm enough for a bath. As the water grew hotter, he thought of ascending but the cold weather made him go back into the kettle. Toto kept on doing this for a while till he was spotted by the grandmother. She pulled him out of the kettle in time or else he would have boiled himself that day.
5. Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?
A. The author says that Toto was not the kind of pet that they could keep for long because he was extremely mischievous. He destroyed many things - he tore the wallpapers, clothes and curtains. He broke dishes too. The family could not afford all this and so, decided to get rid of Toto.
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Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 Q1. What was the demand of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi that was refused by the Britishers?
A. Rani Lakshmibai wanted the company to accept her adopted son as the legal heir of the state of Jhansi but that was refused by the Company because of their policy of Doctrine of Lapse.
Q2. What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?
A. The converts had the right to inherit their ancestral property even after being the adopted son.
Q3. What objections did the sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were asked to use?
A. The new cartridges introduced in the army were greased with animal fat of cow and pig which had to be chewed off before using. This was against the religious sentiments of the Indian sepoys so they refused to use it.
Q4. How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
A. The last years of the Mughal emperor were very miserable. He was tried and imprisoned for his role in 1857 revolt. He died in Rangoon jail.
Q5. What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
A. Following are the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers:
3.Most of the Kings had lost their authority and power. Residents were appointed in their courts. So, nobody could plot against them.
2.Due to the policy of subsidiary alliance, Indian kings were not allowed to keep their own army.
3. The decline of the Mughal Empire.
Q6. What impact did Bahadur Shah Zafar’s support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?
A. Bahadur Shah Zafar’s support to the rebellion provided a big support to the commoners and the rulers. Peasants and zamindars of villages rose up against the Britishers as they were deprived of their rights over their lands and on the other hand, the local rulers wanted to safeguard their territories and wanted to rule under Mughals. Similarly those rulers who due to doctrine of Lapse were not given the right over their territory, saw this as an opportunity to regain their power over their territory.
Q7. How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?
A. The Britishers changed some of their policies and allowed the landowners to the traditional rights over their land and also stopped collecting taxes from them.
Q8. In what ways did the British change their policies as a result of the rebellion of 1857?
A. Following were the changes made in the policies by the Britishers after the 1857 revolt:
* The power was passed on to the crown from the East India Company.
* The Governor- General was now known as the Viceroy of India which means he was now the representative of the crown in India.
* All the rulers were assured that their territories would never be annexed and they could pass the ownership to their adopted heirs also. But they had to acknowledge the supremacy of the Queen.
The British started giving importance to the culture and customs of the Indians.
* The ratio of Indian soldiers decreased and British soldiers in the British army increased.
*The recruitment from Bihar, Awadh, Central and South India was stopped. Rather, Gorkhas, Sikhs and Pathans were recruited.
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Chapter 2, Trees(English reader) Poem on Trees, In this Poem it is told how a tree keeps itself safe till it bears fruit.
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Chapter 2 -Brave in Life, brave in death Story of Neerja Bhanot,who was a brave girl ,who saved 360 passenger's life while the plain was hijacked.
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MATH
Addition count the star and add them
Mr. Madan Lal
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cursive capital and small letters write cursive capital and small letters from A to O
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Chapter 1,The boy and the robber Chapter -1 ( The boy and the robber)
answer 1 :-tell the truth.
answer 2:- Otanes' mother said these words.
answer 3:- Otanes' parents wanted him to study in a famous School in a distant city so they sent him there.
History chapter 2 Nationalism In India
1 Mark Questions
1. Which of the following in true with reference of Satyagraha?
(A) It emphasized the muscle power
(B) It emphasized the Power of truth
(C) Gandhiji successfully fought the racist regime of South Africa with the novel method.
a) Only A is true
b) Only B is true
c) Both A and B are true
d) Both B and C are true
Ans. d) Both B and C are true
2. At which place congress session of September 1920 held.
a) Nagpur
b) Calcutta
c) Lahore
d) Madras
Ans. b) Calcutta
3. Who was the leader of the Peasant Movements of Awadh?
a) Alluri sitaram Raju
b) Baba Ramchandra
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) None of the above
Ans. b) Baba Ramchandra
4. Under which act the Plantations workers of Assam were not permitted to leave the tea garden?
a) The Rowlatt Act
b) Cripps Mission
c) The Inland Migration act
d) The Inland Emigration act
Ans. d) The Inland Emigration act
5. Name the leaders who founded Swaraj Party?
a) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
b) CR Das and Jawaharlal Nehru
c) CR Das and Gandhiji
d) CR Das and Dr B.R Ambedkar
Ans. a) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
6. At which of the following place did Gandhiji make salt out of sea water
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Wardha
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Dandi
Ans. d) Dandi
7. Who wrote ‘Hind Swaraj?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Jawaharlal Lal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Patel
Ans. c) Mahatma Gandhi
8. Which incident forced Gandhiji to halt the Non – cooperation movement?
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) The Rowlett act
c) Chauri Chaura
d) Arrest of Alluri Sitaram Rammaya
Ans. c) Chauri Chaura
9. Who among the following led the civil disobedience movement in Peshawar ?
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
b) Mohamad Ali
c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
d) None of the above
Ans. c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
10. Who first created the image of Bharatmata?
(a) Abanindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Rabindra nath Tagore
d) None of the above
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Ans. (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
11. Who was the leader of the peasants in the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh?
Ans. Alluri Sitaram Raju
12. Which pact reserved seats for Dalits in the provincial and central legislative assembly?
Ans. Poona Pact
13. Which political party formed within the congress to argue for return to councilelections?
Ans. Swaraj Party
14. Why did Gandhiji begin fast unto death when Dr B. R. Ambedkar demanded separateelectorate for Dalits?
Ans. Separate electorate would create divisions in the society.
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15. Name the leaders that formed the Swaraj Party?
Ans. Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das
16. In which year did Gandhiji decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act?
Ans. 1919
17. In which year was kheda Satyagraha organized?
Ans. 1917
18. Name the object which was found to be a powerful symbol according to Gandhiji thatcould unite the nation.
Ans. Salt.
19. Name the place where Non Cooperation movement was called off?
Ans. Chauri Chaura
20. When was police fired in united province at peasants near Rae Bareli?
Ans. on 6 January 1921
21. In which year Ahmedabad mill worker’s Satyagraha was organized?
Ans. 1918
22. Name the rebel leader of tribal people of Andhra Pradesh?
Ans. Alluri Sitaram Raju
23. Who was M.R. Jayakar?
Ans. He was member of Hindu Mahasahba, who strongly opposed the efforts of compromise during all Parties Conference in 1928.
24. What is Begar?
Ans. Begar is a type of labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.
25. Which name was given by Gandhiji to the Dalits?
Ans. Harijans or the children of God.
26. When and where was the second round Table conference held?
Ans. The second round table conference was held at London in December 1931.
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27. What were the effects of non cooperation on the economic front?
Ans. Foreign goods were boycotted, Liquor shops picketed and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfire many traders refused to import foreign cloth the import of foreign cloth reached to half.
28. What were the causes for the gradual slowing down of the Non- co operation movementin the cities?
Ans. (1) Khadi was more expensive than the mill produced cloth and the poor could not afford it.
(2) British institutions were boycotted but the process of establishing Indian institutions was slowso the students and teachers started joining the British institution again.
29. Describe the main events leading to civil disobedience.
Ans. 1) World wide economic depression
2) Simon commission was constituted in 1929 and no Indian member was appointed.
3) Lord Irwin announced that Dominion State would be granted to India.
4) At the Lahore congress session resolution for purna swaraj was passed.
30. What did freedom mean to Plantation workers in Assam?
Ans. 1) Right to move freely in and out of their enclosures.
2) Retaining link with their villages
3) They were not allowed to leave the tea garden without permission which they wanted.
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History - Chapter 2 Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
Question 1. What were the social, economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905?
Answer 1.
Social Conditions:
About 85% of Russia's population was into agriculture. Workers were a divided social group. Some had strong links with the villages from which they came. Others had settled in cities permanently.
Workers were divided by skill. Despite divisions, workers did unite to strike work (stop work) when they disagreed with employers about dismissals or work conditions. These strikes took place frequently in the textile industry during 1896-1897, and in the metal industry during 1902.
In the countryside, peasants cultivated most of the land. But the nobility, the crown and the Orthodox Church owned large properties. Like workers, peasants too were divided. They were also deeply religious. But except in a few cases they had no respect for the nobility.
Economic Conditions:
The vast majority of people in Russia were agriculturists. About 85 percent of the Russian empire ís population earned their living from agriculture cultivators produced for the market as well as for their own needs and Russia was a major exporter of grain.
The industry was found in pockets. Prominent industrial areas were St Petersburg and Moscow. Craftsmen undertook much of the production, but large factories existed alongside craft workshops.
Many factories were set up in the 1890s when Russiaís railway network was extended, and foreign investment in industry increased. Coal production doubled and iron and steel output quadrupled.
In Russia, peasants wanted the land of the nobles to be given to them. Frequently, they refused to pay rent and even murdered landlords. In 1902, this occurred on a large scale in south Russia. And in 1905, such incidents took place all over Russia.
Political Condition:
Socialists were active in the countryside through the late nineteenth century. They formed the Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1900. This party struggled for peasant's rights and demanded that land belonging to nobles be transferred to peasants.
Social Democrats disagreed with Socialist Revolutionaries about peasants. Lenin felt that peasants were not one united group. Some were poor and others rich, some worked as labourers while others were capitalists who employed workers.
Given this differentiation within them, they could not all be part of a socialist movement. The party was divided over the strategy of the organisation. Vladimir
Lenin (who led the Bolshevik group) thought that in a repressive society like Tsarist Russia the party should be disciplined and should control the number and quality of its members.
Russia was an autocracy. Tsar was not subject to parliament. Liberals in Russia campaigned to end this state of affairs.
Together with the Social Democrats and Socialist Revolutionaries, they worked with peasants and workers during the revolution of 1905 to demand a constitution.
One day over 110,000 workers in St Petersburg went on strike demanding a reduction in the working day to eight hours, an increase in wages
and improvement in working conditions.
When the procession of workers led by Father Gapon reached the Winter Palace it was attacked by the police and the Cossacks. Over 100 workers were killed and about 300 wounded.
The incident, known as Bloody Sunday, started a series of events that became known as the 1905 Revolution.
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Social Science: History - Chapter 1 The French Revolution
Question 2. In what ways was the working population in Russia different from other countries in Europe, before 1917?
Answer 2.
About 85 percent of the Russian empire's population earned their living from agriculture. This proportion was higher than in most European countries.
For instance, in France and Germany, the proportion was between 40 per cent and 50 per cent.
In the empire, cultivators produced for the market as well as for their own needs and Russia was a major exporter of grain.
Russian peasants were different from other European peasants in another way. They pooled their land together periodically and their commune (mir) divided it according to the needs of individual families.
Question 3. Why did the Tsarist autocracy collapse in 1917?
Answer 3.
In 1914, war broke out between two European alliances - Germany, Austria and Turkey (the Central powers) and France, Britain and Russia (later Italy and Romania). This was the First World War.
In Russia, the war was initially popular and people rallied around Tsar Nicholas II. As the war continued, though, the Tsar refused to consult the main parties in the Duma. Support wore thin.
Anti-German sentiments ran high, as can be seen in the renaming of St Petersburg - a German name- as Petrograd.
The Tsarina Alexandra's German origins and poor advisers, especially a monk called Rasputin, made the autocracy unpopular.
The First World War on the 'eastern front' differed from that on the 'western front'. In the west, armies fought from trenches stretched along eastern France. In the east, armies moved a good deal and fought battles leaving large casualties. Defeats were shocking and demoralising.
Russia's armies lost badly in Germany and Austria between 1914 and 1916. There were over 7 million casualties by 1917.
As they retreated, the Russian army destroyed crops and buildings to prevent the enemy from being able to live off the land. The destruction of crops and buildings led to over 3 million refugees in Russia. The situation discredited the government and the Tsar. Soldiers did not wish to fight such a war.
The war also had a severe impact on the industry. Russia's own industries were few in number and the country was cut off from other suppliers of industrial goods by German control of the Baltic Sea.
Industrial equipment disintegrated more rapidly in Russia than elsewhere in Europe. By 1916, railway lines began to break down. Able-bodied men were called up to the war. As a result, there were labour shortages and small workshops producing essentials were shut down.
Large supplies of grain were sent to feed the army. For the people in the cities, bread and flour became scarce. By the winter of 1916, riots at bread shops were common. In February 1917, the government suspended the Duma.
Military commanders advised Tsar to abdicate. He followed their advice and abdicated on 2 March.
Question 4. Make two lists: one with the main events and the effects of the February Revolution and the other with the main events and effects of the October Revolution. Write a paragraph on who was involved in each, who were the leaders and what was the impact of each on Soviet history.
Answer 4.
February Revolution:
In February 1917, food shortages were deeply felt in the workersí quarters. The winter was very cold & there had been an exceptional frost and heavy snow. Parliamentarians wishing to preserve the elected government were opposed to the Tsar's desire to dissolve the Duma.
On 22 February, a lockout took place at a factory on the right bank. The next day, workers in fifty factories called a strike in sympathy.
In many factories, women led the way to strikes. This came to be called the International Women's Day.
On Sunday, 25 February, the government suspended the Duma. Politicians spoke out against the measure.
Demonstrators returned in force to the streets of the left bank on the 26th. On the 27th, the Police Headquarters were ransacked. The
streets thronged with people raising slogans about bread, wages, better hours and democracy.
The government tried to control the situation and called out the cavalry once again. However, the cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators
An officer was shot at the barracks of a regiment and three other regiments mutinied, voting to join the striking workers. By that evening, soldiers and striking workers had gathered to form a 'soviet' or 'council' in the same building as the Duma met. This was the Petrograd Soviet.
The very next day, a delegation went to see the Tsar.
Military commanders advised him to abdicate. He followed their advice and abdicated on 2 March. Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a Provisional Government to run the country. Russiaís future would be decided by a constituent assembly, elected based on universal adult suffrage. Petrograd had led the February Revolution that brought down the monarchy in February 1917.
In April 1917, the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia from his exile. He and the Bolsheviks had opposed the war since 1914.
He declared that the war be brought to a close, land be transferred to the peasants, and banks be nationalised. These three demands were Lenin's 'April Theses'.
Popular demonstrations staged by the Bolsheviks July 1917 were sternly repressed.
Meanwhile, in the countryside, peasants and their Socialist Revolutionary leaders pressed for a redistribution of land.
Land committees were formed to handle this. Encouraged by the Socialist Revolutionaries, peasants seized land between July and September 1917.
October Revolution:
On 16 October 1917, Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and
the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power. A
Military Revolutionary Committee was appointed by the Soviet
under Leon Trotskii to organise the seizure. The date of the event
was kept a secret.
The uprising began on 24 October. Sensing trouble, Prime Minister
Kerenskii had left the city to summon troops. At dawn, military men loyal to the government seized the buildings of two Bolshevik newspapers. Pro-government troops were sent to take over telephone
and telegraph offices and protect the Winter Palace.
In a swift response, the Military Revolutionary Committee ordered its supporters to seize government offices and arrest ministers.
Late in the day, the ship Aurora shelled the Winter Palace. Other vessels
sailed down the Neva and took over various military points. By nightfall, the city was under the committee's control and the ministers had surrendered.
At a meeting of the All Russian Congress of Soviets in Petrograd, the majority approved the Bolshevik action.
Uprisings took place in other cities. There was heavy fighting - especially in Moscow - but by December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow-Petrograd area. The Bolsheviks were opposed to private property.
Most industry and banks were nationalised in November 1917.
The land was declared social property and peasants were allowed to seize the land of the nobility The Bolshevik Party was renamed the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).
In November 1917, the Bolsheviks conducted the elections to the Constituent Assembly, but they failed to gain majority support.
In January 1918, the Assembly rejected Bolshevik measures and Lenin dismissed the Assembly. He thought the All Russian Congress of Soviets was more democratic than an assembly elected in uncertain conditions.
In March 1918, despite opposition by their political allies, the Bolsheviks made peace with Germany at Brest Litovsk.
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MCQ Test of lesson 2&3 Civics [5/1, 10:22 PM] Vikram Singh: Test of Chapter -2 Understanding Secularism |
Civics Class 8th Social Science (S.St)
Q.1- Which one of the following is a fundamental right?
(a) Right to freedom of religion
(b) Right to property
(c) Right to work
(d) All of these
Q.2- The rights provided by constitution are called:
(a) Governmental Rights
(b) Optional Rights
(c) Economic Rights
(d) Fundamental Rights
Q.3- What was the names of two non-secular countries? a. Saudi Arabia
b. Israel
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Q. 4- Explain the meaning of coercion.
a. Force by legal authority
b. Force by parents
c. Force by Law
d. None of these
Q.5- What was the names of the Muslim dominant former French colonies.
a. Tunisia
b. Morocco
c. Algeria
d. All of these
Q.6- What was the reason behind abolition of the evil practice of untouchability?
a. To end the Muslims in India
b. To end the discrimination
c. To end the poverty
d. None of these
Q.7- What is the status of U.S legislature in the matters of the religion?
a. Prohibit making new gender law
b. Prohibit making new reservation law
c. Prohibit making new religion law
d. None of these
Q.8-From where did immigrants come to France in 1960’s?
a. Algeria
b. Tunisia
c. Morocco
d. All of the above
Q.9- In February 2004, which country has prohibited the wearing of conspicuous religious or political signs by the students?
a. France
b. India
c. America
d. None of these
Q.10- Which country didn’t allow non-Muslims to build their worship places?
a. India
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Pakistan
d. None of these
[5/2, 6:32 AM] Vikram Singh: Test of Chapter – 3 Why Do We Need a Parliament ?
Civics Class 8th Social Science (S.St)
Q. 1- For what period of time the President of India holds office?
(a) 6 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 7 years
Q.2- What is the position of President in the executive?
(a) Head executive
(b) Constitutional head of government
(c) Constitutional head of state
(d) Head of party in power
Q.3- When was the EVM used for the first time?
(a) 2007
(b) 2004
(c) 2003
(d) 1990
Q.4- What does universal adult franchise mean?
(a) Right to vote
(b) Right to freedom
(c) Right to equality
(d) Right to adult freedom
Q.5- The parliament of India has how many houses?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 3
Q.6- What is another name of Rajya sabha?
(a) Parliament
(b) House of people
(c) Council of states
(d) None of these
Q.7- What do you mean by the Houses of people?
(a) Lok sabha
(b) Vidhan sabha
(c) Rajya sabha
(d) Parliament
Q.8- What is a Parliament?
a. Legislature
b. Upper house
c. Supreme courts
d. None of these
Q.9- What is the full form of EVM?
a. Election Valid Machine
b. Electronic Voting Machine
c. Election Voting Machine
d. None of these
Q. 10. What is Zero Hour?
a. Begins at 2 o’clock
b. Begins at 12 o’clock
c. Begins at 0 o’clock
d. None of these
Vikram Singh
2020-05-02
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2020-05-02
10TH-A
ENGLISH
Discursive Passage [5/1, 7:06 AM] Vikram Singh: A discursive passage has less ambiguity. The passage will talk about various topics at random that appear to have no connection with one another. It is often a challenging task to follow the changes in subject. A factual passage provides good clarity on the topic being discussed.
[5/1, 10:23 PM] Vikram Singh: CBSE Class 9th & 10th English Passages for Comprehension – Discursive Passages
Read the following passages carefully:
Passage :
1.The art of reading right
Reading Comprehension (RC, as it is normally called) is the most peculiar section in almost all scholastic, entrance and employment tests. The skills in RC make a lot of difference to one’s chances of good grades/selection.
2. Most students find it difficult to tackle topics that are diverse from the field they are in or they are comfortable with. So one needs to develop a taste for even the most obscure and boring topic on this planet. For success in RC one should be able to understand. And even with an average speed one can succeed if one implements the strategies.
3. Broadly speaking, RC passages can be classified in a few categories. Fact based RC is the simplest form of RC. These types of passages have lot of information in the form of names, numbers etc. In this type of passages one should read very fast.
4. Don’t try to memorize any facts, numbers or names etc. In fact there is no need to even remember them. Just make yourself familiar with the structure of the passage. Just see in which paragraph author is talking about what. Mark it. Then when you go to the questions, identify in which paragraph information regarding that question is mentioned. Go to that paragraph, read the numbers, names etc. and mark the answer.
5.Inference based RC is the toughest form of RC. Here the passage is fairly tough to understand. This includes passages on topics like Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy, etc. Most of the students will be comfortable attempting these passages at least in RC. The reading speed is fairly slow in this type of passages. The way to master this type of passages is to read them again and again while practising.
6. Topic based RC includes passages on any particular topic like economics, astrology, medical science, etc. Generally what makes -these passages tough is usage of technical terms. If a topic is new to us then presence of technical term scares us even if they are defined in the passage. For success in this type of passages we need to have a fan-understanding of the definition of the term if it is defined in the passage. Read that definition twice if you need to. But don’t worry about technical terms if they are not defined in the passage. Assume them to be non-existent and proceed. Key principle in these passages is that don’t go to the next line unless the previous line is clear.
7. Reading passage first and then questions is the most popular strategy for RC. While answering the question you may come back to the passage to find answer as you have just read the passage initially and not crammed it. But you should not come back for each and every question. If you come back for majority of questions then you haven’t read the passage properly. The key to success for this strategy is that you should understand the passage very well. We will suggest students to follow this technique from the beginning and work upon this.
8. Reading questions first and then passage is the strategy followed by a few students. They just look at the questions and not options. The objective is that after seeing the questions when you read the passage then you read only that part carefully where the answer is given. The flaw with this is that you will not be able to remember all the questions. Besides this, this strategy fails when there are questions that require understanding of the passage.
Answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option: 6
1. Most students find Reading Comprehension difficult because……………………….
(a) the language is tough
(b) the vocabulary is difficult
(c) the style is too involved
(d) the topics are
unrelated to their interest
2. Fact based RC is the easiest because……………………….
(a) it is written in simple language
(b) there are no allusions
(c) it contains information
(d) it can be memorised easily
3. For answering a question on RC, one should……………………….
(a) memorise the facts, figures, etc.
(b) mark what the author is talking about in the para
(c) mark the essential details of the passage
(d) remember the names, numbers, etc.
4. Topic based RC is tough as……………………….
(a) it contains technical terms
(b) it is based on different topics
(c) it demands instant understanding
(d) one can’t read them fast enough
5. Careful reading of the passage is essential for……………………….
(a) answering difficult questions
(b) saving time and effort
(c) proper understanding and answering correctly
(d) selective identification of relevant parts
6. The word ‘diverse’ in para 2 means……………………….
(a) similar
(b) same
(c) variety
(d) different
B. Answer the following questions in brief:
7. What should one do for finding the right answers?
8. Why is topic based R C tough?
9. Which step is considered more essential for finding right answers? Why?
10. What is the most popular strategy for solving Reading Comprehension(RC)?
Vikram Singh
2020-05-02
19
2020-05-02
9TH-A
ENGLISH
Discursive Passage [5/1, 7:06 AM] Vikram Singh: A discursive passage has less ambiguity. The passage will talk about various topics at random that appear to have no connection with one another. It is often a challenging task to follow the changes in subject. A factual passage provides good clarity on the topic being discussed.
[5/1, 10:23 PM] Vikram Singh: CBSE Class 9th & 10th English Passages for Comprehension – Discursive Passages
Read the following passages carefully:
Passage :
1.The art of reading right
Reading Comprehension (RC, as it is normally called) is the most peculiar section in almost all scholastic, entrance and employment tests. The skills in RC make a lot of difference to one’s chances of good grades/selection.
2. Most students find it difficult to tackle topics that are diverse from the field they are in or they are comfortable with. So one needs to develop a taste for even the most obscure and boring topic on this planet. For success in RC one should be able to understand. And even with an average speed one can succeed if one implements the strategies.
3. Broadly speaking, RC passages can be classified in a few categories. Fact based RC is the simplest form of RC. These types of passages have lot of information in the form of names, numbers etc. In this type of passages one should read very fast.
4. Don’t try to memorize any facts, numbers or names etc. In fact there is no need to even remember them. Just make yourself familiar with the structure of the passage. Just see in which paragraph author is talking about what. Mark it. Then when you go to the questions, identify in which paragraph information regarding that question is mentioned. Go to that paragraph, read the numbers, names etc. and mark the answer.
5.Inference based RC is the toughest form of RC. Here the passage is fairly tough to understand. This includes passages on topics like Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy, etc. Most of the students will be comfortable attempting these passages at least in RC. The reading speed is fairly slow in this type of passages. The way to master this type of passages is to read them again and again while practising.
6. Topic based RC includes passages on any particular topic like economics, astrology, medical science, etc. Generally what makes -these passages tough is usage of technical terms. If a topic is new to us then presence of technical term scares us even if they are defined in the passage. For success in this type of passages we need to have a fan-understanding of the definition of the term if it is defined in the passage. Read that definition twice if you need to. But don’t worry about technical terms if they are not defined in the passage. Assume them to be non-existent and proceed. Key principle in these passages is that don’t go to the next line unless the previous line is clear.
7. Reading passage first and then questions is the most popular strategy for RC. While answering the question you may come back to the passage to find answer as you have just read the passage initially and not crammed it. But you should not come back for each and every question. If you come back for majority of questions then you haven’t read the passage properly. The key to success for this strategy is that you should understand the passage very well. We will suggest students to follow this technique from the beginning and work upon this.
8. Reading questions first and then passage is the strategy followed by a few students. They just look at the questions and not options. The objective is that after seeing the questions when you read the passage then you read only that part carefully where the answer is given. The flaw with this is that you will not be able to remember all the questions. Besides this, this strategy fails when there are questions that require understanding of the passage.
Answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option: 6
1. Most students find Reading Comprehension difficult because……………………….
(a) the language is tough
(b) the vocabulary is difficult
(c) the style is too involved
(d) the topics are
unrelated to their interest
2. Fact based RC is the easiest because……………………….
(a) it is written in simple language
(b) there are no allusions
(c) it contains information
(d) it can be memorised easily
3. For answering a question on RC, one should……………………….
(a) memorise the facts, figures, etc.
(b) mark what the author is talking about in the para
(c) mark the essential details of the passage
(d) remember the names, numbers, etc.
4. Topic based RC is tough as……………………….
(a) it contains technical terms
(b) it is based on different topics
(c) it demands instant understanding
(d) one can’t read them fast enough
5. Careful reading of the passage is essential for……………………….
(a) answering difficult questions
(b) saving time and effort
(c) proper understanding and answering correctly
(d) selective identification of relevant parts
6. The word ‘diverse’ in para 2 means……………………….
(a) similar
(b) same
(c) variety
(d) different
B. Answer the following questions in brief:
7. What should one do for finding the right answers?
8. Why is topic based R C tough?
9. Which step is considered more essential for finding right answers? Why?
10. What is the most popular strategy for solving Reading Comprehension(RC)?
