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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follon: 1. As a high school student, studying poetry can be a rollercoaster ride. This journey is punctuated by moments of profound appreciation for simpler pieces and intermittent frustration with more complex works. Let's be real here some poems are just plain confusing and no amount of re-reading seems to help decipher the intended meaning. The puzzlement that results from such instances can be both vexing and demotivating. If solving a riddle is what was intended, then playing Sudoku is a better option. One is led to ponder if obscurity was the goal. 2. Conversely, some pieces resonate with the reader's soul, stirring feelings of warmth, happiness and connection to the world. Often, these compositions centre on themes that are universally understood. such as love, nature, or faith. Being able to actually understand what the poet is trying to say can feel like a little victory and is a welcome relief after grappling with more perplexing poetry. 3. Then there are poems that are emotionally charged; the ones that make the reader curl up in a ball and ery or jump up and down with joy. One is left in awe of the poet's ability to convey emotion through words. Let's not forget the downright weird poems. These are the ones that defy categorization and leave the reader to their own devices in attempting to interpret meaning. The author's use of figurative language and unconventional imagery can create a sense of bewilderment that is either intriguing or off-putting. Regardless, the reader can appreciate the uniqueness of the work 4. Despite the wide range of emotions and reactions that come with studying poetry, it can be a rewarding pursuit. Not only does reading poetry allow one to appreciate the artistic beauty of the written word but also enables one to develop crucial critical thinking and analytical skills. The process of unlocking a poem's meaning can feel like cracking a code or solving a puzzle but the sense of accomplishment derived from mastering a challenging piece can be deeply gratifying. Finally, impressing an English teacher with a well-analyzed poem can be a source of pride and validation. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below. 1. Which of the following statements best describes the author's attitude towards studying poetry? (a) Finds poetry to be a frustrating and meaningless endeavor. (b) Believes that the emotional rollercoaster of studying poetry is not worth the effort. (c) Recognizes the challenges of studying poetry but also acknowledges the rewards it offers, (d) Feels that poetry is too obscure and abstract for the average person to appreciate. 2. What is the tone of the writer in the given lines from paragraph (1)? Rationalize your response in about 40 words. If solving a riddle is what was intended, then playing Sudoku is a better option. One is led to ponder if obscurity was the goal. 3. Complete the sentence appropriately. The author's use of vivid imagery in the paragraph (3), such as "curl up in a ball and cry" and "jump up and down with joy", greatly affects the reader because........... 4. The passage includes some words that are opposites of each other. From the sets (al-te) below, identify nee sets of antonyms 6) intriguing and off-potting (b) deciphering and interpret ) appreciate and appland (d) simple and challenging (e) emotions and veilings 3. Complete the sentener appropriately. We can say that the author's tone becomes more nemal and ebctice when discswing weird poems, compared to ather types of poetry because Based on the reading of the passage, examine, in about 40 words, how studying poetry can be like exploring a new city. 7. What is the message conveyed by Hina's experience, in the following case? Hima spends hours trying to analyze a poem for her ment and finally fowls a sense of accomplishment and pride, once she understands (a) Only those with natural talent for poetry should engage with it (b) Persistence makes studying poetry a rewarding pursuit (c) Study of poetry is guaranteed to impress others (d) The efforts of studying poetry are inversely proportional to the rewards gained. State whether the following lines display an example of a simple I complex / emotionally charged/downright weird, poem. The sun rises in the east, A new day begins, a fresh start. Birds chirp, nature wakes up, A peaceful feeling in my heart.
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The glitz and glamour at the biggest auto show in Delhi drew the highest number of footfalls ever. The show unveiled dreams and many of them had a green wrap this time. Amid the slew of small cars at the expo, held on January 5-11, was a line-up of electric and hybrid vehicles. Suddenly, e-vehicles have trudged up the popularity chart and become part of the business model of major automakers-both local and global. Some of them have finally looked beyond the conventional internal combustion engines and to a completely new genre of technology. ROLL NO. TYPE-1 Passage to test Inference, Evaluation and Vocabulary art Integration A NOTE TO THE TEACHER Orientate your class to the reading passage by showing them the pictures of a TESLA. You can take one from the website "https://www.tesla.com/. Next, show them a picture of the now ubiquitous e-rickshaw and say, "Now, I am going to show you a video of how an electric vehicle works" and take them to the following website:https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=GHGXy sikg 2. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, concerns about air pollution and more important, the OPEC oil embargo, kindled interest in e-cars. This got further impetus in California's Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate that demanded 2 per cent of California's vehicles to be zero emission by 1998 and 10 per cent by 2003. But the mandate waned due to technical and cost barriers. Sales plummeted and global carmakers such as Toyota rolled back their plans. Concern over high oil prices and stringency in pollution and climate regulations have once again spurred new interest in e-vehicles. Apart from being nearly noise-free, these are fuel efficient, as, technically the conversion of electrical energy into motive power is more efficient than burning fuel in an internal combustion engine. According to the California Air Resource Board, the estimated fuel efficiency of e-vehicles is three times higher than the conventional car. As electricity costs significantly less than oil, the operating cost per kilometre falls to a fraction of that in a petrol car. The other advantage of an e-vehicle is there are no oil filters, air filters or radiators, which otherwise need maintenance. 4. Several international organisations including the International Energy Agency forecast modest growth of electrification of the vehicle market by 2025 in a conservative scenario. This could increase to a quarter of the new vehicle sales by 2050. 6. High prices, limited range, slow investment in technology improvement and lack of charging infrastructure have significantly slowed the commercialisation of e-vehicles. 6. The battery is a major chunk of the cost of e-vehicles. It costs nearly 30 per cent of an e-bike's price. And it has to be replaced every two to three years. For an e-car, a battery costs INRs. 60,000 to INRs. 70,000. Source: Deum to Earth (Modified
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