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Admin On the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark Twain About the author .. In our childhoods, almost all of us read ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ with great delight. In fact, for most of us reading these books …
The Address by Marga Minco Complete Explanation for the short story included in the CBSE/NCERT Class 11 syllabus About the background of the story It’s a moving story dealing with the annihilation of a whole Jewish family barring a daughter who escaped death because she …
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse by William Saroyan Complete explanation for the short story included in the CBSE/NCERT Class 11 syllabus The story is set in Armenia which was a part of the Soviet Union. The mountains of Southern Caucasus roll over to …
Comprehension Exercise – 25. Study the article and answer the questions that follow. How an Internship Changed Everything for Me (The Wire) Last October, I interned for nine days, a seemingly insignificant period of time, at the Office of Mr. Harish Chandra Meena, the Member …
Comprehension Exercise – 24. Study the article and answer the questions that follow. Text sourced from BBC Olympiakos was Giannis’ team. He idolised their Brazilian forward Giovanni and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry. His and Thanasis’ playground commentaries featured them in the Champions League final rather …
Precis (Summary) Writing – 20 Creative Writing – 78 The following passages have a total of 398 words. Write its summary in less than 140 words. Passage France returned more than 400 stolen artifacts to the government of Pakistan on Tuesday, including ancient busts, vases, urns and goblets, …
Comprehension Exercise – 23. Study the article and answer the questions that follow. Giannis Antetokounmpo: NBA star’s rise from ‘hustling’ on Athens streets to MVP award As he perches his near 7ft frame on a bench press at the paint-peeled Filathiltikos basketball club, fate seems …
Comprehension Exercise – 22. Read the following news item and answer the short questions that follow. Article sourced from BBC Malaysian authorities have seized more than 5,000 baby turtles discovered in luggage at Kuala Lumpur airport. Two Indian men were arrested after the 5,255 red-eared …
Madam Rides the Bus by Vallikkannan Part i Valliammai is a 8-year-old village girl who has few friends to spend time with. She stands near the front door of the house and sees the people, animals, vehicles etc. passing by in either direction. Their sight …
Mijbil, the Otter by Gavin Maxwell Complete Explanation with Questions and Answers for the short story Mijbil, the Otter included in the CBSE/NCERT Class 10 syllabus A note to explain this story This lesson has been taken from Gavin Maxwell’s best-seller ‘The Ring of Bright …