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Floods in Uttarakhand in June 2012, wiped out hundreds of villages; people have been left homeless; sources of liveliness gone, no roads. In this hour of their need, all the countrymen must come forward to help. As a responsible citizen, write a letter in about 120 words to the Editor, The Times, N. Delhi, expressing your concern about the miserable condition of those who have been

uprooted. Make an appeal to the people to donate generously to the Uttarakhand Relief Fund.

Ashish


C-1/56, Maurya Vihar


Dehradun


12 June, 2012


To


The Editor


The Times


New Delhi – 110026


Subject: Miserable condition due to floods in Uttarakhand


Sir,


Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to bring to the notice of all the countrymen, the plight of the residents of Uttarakhand.


The recent floods left a devastating imprint on the lives of many, with hundreds of villages being wiped out. The floods dragged many out of their houses and left them with no livelihood. This miserable state of affairs are a cry for help.


As fellow citizens, it is our duty to help all those who are desperately looking for it. Small or big, a donation of any form could save a life. It is therefore requested of everyone to step forward and help those in need by making a valuable donation to the Uttarakhand Relief Fund.


Yours sincerely,


Ashish


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Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:

A nightingale, that all day long


Had cheered the village with his song,


Nor yet at eve his note suspended,


Nor yet when eventide was ended,


Began to feel as well he might,


The keen demands of appetite. When, looking eagerly around,


He spied far off upon the ground,


A something shining in the dark,


And knew the glow-worm by his spark;


So, stooping down from hawthorn top.


He thought to put him in his crop.


The worm, aware of his intent, harangued him thus, right eloquent ‘Did you admire my lamp, ‘quoth he, ‘As much as I your minstrelsy,


You would abhor to do me wrong,


As much as I to spoil your song;


For ‘twas the self-same power divine. Taught you to sing, and me to shine.


(William Cowper)


(a) How was the nightingale busy for the whole day?


(b) How did the nightingale recognize the glow-worm?


(c) Why did the glow-worm feel scared?


(d) With what words of wisdom did the glow-worm persuade the nightingale not to do him any wrong?


(e) Find word from the poem which means the same as ‘loudly appealed to persuade.’

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You are Anmol/Anamika, living away from home, for the first time in your life, in a boarding school in Gwalior (M.P.). Write a letter to your mother explaining how you are feeling, the food you eat and the way it is served in the hostel. Describe your experience in about 120 words; and request your mother to admit you to a day school back at home.

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Prices of food articles are increasing day by day and there is a wide gap between the wholesale prices and retail prices. Common man is suffering. The government is trying to control the prices. Write an article in 120-150 words on "Rising Prices” and give suggestions on how to control them. You may use the hints given below:

Hints - (40 per cent below poverty line, incomes of lower middle class very low, prices of food articles risen high, difficult to make both ends meet; steps taken by the government; causes of rising prices; your suggestions).

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India needs energetic and healthy youth to serve her but the school going children are turning lazy, obese and disease prone these days. You are Shobhit/Shobhna.Write a speech on the topic ‘School Going Children - why lazy ? in 120-150 words. You may use the hints given below :

Hints - (no physical activities, - instead of sports prefer video games, chatting


on internet, TV watching, - wrong food habits - used to junk food, soft drinks; effects - obesity, high blood pressure, over-weight; - need to live a disciplined life).