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Explanatory note in Hindu Editorial dated September 5 titled ‘Warning on Warming’ ———————————————————————————————— Alarm bell rings as earth gets warmer Angst mounts as global warming inches towards calamity ———————————————————————.———————————– ‘Limiting Overshoot ’-the report prepared by the United Nations Environment Program has sounded a chilling warning. It says …
On Umbrella Morals By A.G. Gardiner Introduction .. A. G. Gardiner is obviously sad at the way dishonest and immoral people bring disgrace to the society and demean human values. To drive home his point, he has cited a couple of real-life situations where honest …
Of Seeming Wise by Francis Bacon IT hath been an opinion that the French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. But howsoever it be between nations, certainly it is so between man and man. Meaning … There is …
Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats First stanze of the poem … Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fring’d …
Toba Tek Singh Two or three years after Partition, the governments of Pakistan and India decided to exchange lunatics in the same way that they had exchanged civilian prisoners. In other words, Muslim lunatics in Indian madhouses would be sent to Pakistan, while Hindu and …
The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett Complete Questions and Answers for the Jim Corbett masterpiece. Go through it to enhance your understanding of the text. Long Questions 1. What was the procedure laid down by the government to report a case of …
Uneasy Homecoming by Will F Jenkins Questions and Answers (AECC BLOCK – 01) 1. Where was Connie’s house located? Would you call it a lonely house? Answer – Connie’s house was situated in one side of the bay where very few were there. No doubt, it …
The Way to Equal Distribution by Mahatma Gandhi Questions and Answers (AECC BLOCK – 02 : Prose) 1. What do you know about non-violence? Answer – Non-violence is a lofty trait that makes a person to resolve his conflicts by adopting persuasion, reason, tolerance, love, …
A Call to Youth by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Questions and Answers (AECC BLOCK – 02 : Prose) 1. What is democracy? What is or what should be the spirit of Democracy? Answer – Democracy is a political philosophy that imbibes the values of equality, empathy and …
Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley Original Text with Question and Answers. This poetry is prescribed in the British Romantic Literature Course for in the BA English Curriculum. Poetry I O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose …