Written as per the revised syllabus prescribed by the Maharashtra State Board
of Secondary and Higher Secondary
  Education, Pune.

STD. IX
English

Kumarbharati
 

 
Fifth Edition: April 2016
 

 
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Contents 
No. Topic Name Page No. UNIT SEVEN: SPORTS AND
UNIT ONE: HUMAN RELATIONS ADVENTURE

1.1 What Counts is Trying 1 7.1 Fear at the Top 222

1.2 Red Rose 8 7.2 Krushnaa Patil Scales New Heights! 226
1.3 How My Life Changed its Course 18 7.3 India: The King of Kabaddi 234
1.4 You are Right, Baby! 31 UNIT EIGHT: HUMOUR
UNIT TWO: SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY 8.1 Job Responsibility 239
2.1 Abort, Retry, Ignore 41 8.2 My Uncle Podger 244
2.2 The Plasmoids 49 8.3 Healthy Humour 252
2.3 Laughter-The Effective Medicine 58 RAPID READING SECTION
2.4 Mint 69
01 A Nail 261
UNIT THREE: TRAVEL AND TOURISM
02 Quick Man Tan 264
3.1 Life is a Journey 77
03 The Image 269
3.2 Travel like Maharaja 82
04 Sports Day 275
3.3 Purandar 96
3.4 Salty Surf and Golden Sand 109 WRITING SKILLS
UNIT FOUR: PEOPLE 01 Unseen Passages 279
4.1 My Mother 121 02 Expansion of Idea! 287
4.2 Meeting the Mahatma 126 03 Letter Writing 289
4.3 Sant Gadge Maharaj 140 04 Dialogue Writing 292
4.4 Success, Bit by Bit 151
05 Report Writing 294
UNIT FIVE: ART AND CULTURE
06 Speech Writing 296
5.1 Raksha Bandhan 161
07 Views and counterviews 298
5.2 Auspicious and Aesthetic Folk Art 165
5.3 Rhythms of a Maestro 174 08 Information Transfer 300
5.4 Fantastic Mr. Fox 183
UNIT SIX: NATURE
6.1 And My Heart Soars 191
6.2 To Loathe or Not to Loathe 195
6.3 Behold … The National Bird! 205
6.4 A Short Monsoon Diary 215

Note: Textual questions are represented by * mark.

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What Counts is Trying Chapter 1.1: What Counts is Trying

 
  ‐‐ Steve Jamison
 

important than winning. One should never give up.

Glossary
Neither should one be satisfied with what one has
done. One should not reduce one’s efforts and
champion (n) winner, victor should not fail to support others.
counts (v) consider in a particular way One should surely play with an aim of winning. But
haul (n) distance or route which one if he has to lose, he should lose like a champion by
travels in a particular journey giving a tough fight, because trying and putting in
heartbreak (n) intense sorrow or grief efforts to achieve success is more important than
lasts (v) continues for a particular period achieving success.
of time Aids to Comprehension
miseries (n) sorrows, great unhappiness
toss (v) throw carelessly Extract 1
E1. Pre-listening activity
Paraphrase
1. Make a word register from the extract for the
The poem is a word of advice given by a parent to several feelings of a person in the game of life.
his child who is playing his first game. The parent Ans: happiness, miseries, joys, heartbreaks.
hopes that the child should not win for the sake of
his parents, but to experience winning. Read the extract from line (1 to 22) on page (4) of
The player at the winning moment feels that the your textbook and answer the following
whole world belongs to him. He adds that the feeling questions. (A9)
of winning and the winning moment is short lived, [This is your first game ………………..
but its experience and learning do last. ………………On how the ball bounces.]
The parent tells the child that the experience one
comes across while playing sports is similar to that E2. Global Understanding Questions
of life. It has different emotions like happiness,
miseries, joys and heartbreaks. 1. State whether the following sentences are
true or false. Correct the false sentences.
He says that similar to a game, life is full of i. The father wants his child to win to
uncertainties. In sports, one doesn’t know how long make name of the family.
one will remain in the game because it is a matter of Ans: False. The father wants his child to win
chance. A player may be tossed out within the first for his own sake.
few minutes or may play for a long time.
ii. The father says that winning is nice.
One may give his best performance to become a
hero or just turn out to be zero, without any score. Ans: True
One’s performance depends on chance and how the iii. The father says that at the end what
ball bounces (the circumstances faced on the remains is what we have learned from
ground). the game.
The parent wants the child to learn the lessons of life Ans: True
through the game and to face the upcoming
2. Read the extract and name the following.
challenges of life. Life is a serious game where one
needs to face what comes before him and keep on i. The person who advises the child in the
giving his best. poem.
ii. The thing that lasts after the moment of
No doubt winning is fun and enjoyable, but winning winning passes.
is not the point. Having a desire to win is more Ans: i. The parent ii. Learning
   
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3. Fill in the blanks with words from the extract. hard and win the next matches. I will not forget
i. Values and Principles learnt by a person to congratulate my opponent on his victory.
in life _______ forever.
3. Mention the different feelings that one
ii. Very few people readily agree to hold
experiences while playing a match.
on to the long ______ of struggle and
Ans: One experiences mixed feelings while playing
patience in the journey of life.
a match. If the team is on the verge of
Ans: i. last ii. haul winning, there is a lot of excitement and thrill.
E3. Comprehension Questions Feeling of joy and happiness fill the hearts. If
the team is on the verge of losing, there is a lot
1. Why does the father want his child to win of anxiety and despair. There is tension and
for his own sake? sorrow in everyone’s mind while playing the
Ans: The father wants his child to win for his own match.
sake in order to experience the feeling of
victory as it is a good feeling. E5. Vocabulary

2. How does one feel on winning? 1. Match the words in column A with their
Ans: On winning one feels that the whole world meanings in column B.
belongs to him. Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
i. Game a. Extreme distress
*3. What cannot be predicted? ii. Hope b. Happening unexpectedly
Ans: The performance of a player in a game cannot
iii. Learn c. An activity done for
be predicted.
amusement or sports.
4. What does the speaker mean when he says iv. Heartbreaks d. A feeling that something
‘too much depends on chances’? desired may happen.
Ans: The speaker means that there are uncertainties v. Chance e. Gain knowledge of or
in a game as well as in the life of a man. One skill in.
cannot predict what would happen in the next
Ans: (i  c); (ii  d); (iii  e); (iv  a); (v  b)
moment, be it a game or life. Hence, one must
be prepared to face the unforeseen situations. 2. Give the antonyms for the following words
from the extract.
*5. What is the parent preparing the child for? i. lose ii. death
Ans: The parent is preparing the child for the iii. sorrows iv. leave
unforeseen situations in life. There are many v. villain
miseries, sorrows and misfortunes in one’s Ans: i. win ii. life
life. The parent wants his child to face them iii. joys iv. stay
boldly without any fear. v. hero
E4. Personal Response Questions E6. Grammar
1. What are the possibilities in a game? Name and explain the figure of speech in the
Ans: One cannot be sure on how an individual sentences given below.
would perform in a game. A lot depends on 1. Because winning’s nice.
chances. It may happen that one may be tossed Ans: Personification: ‘Winning’ is given the
out in the first five minutes, without being human quality of ‘being nice.’
able to do anything for his team. On the other
hand, one may stay for a long haul to give his 2. It’s a good feeling.
best and bring victory to his team. Ans: Personification: ‘Feeling’ is given the human
quality of ‘being good.’
*2. What will you do when you are on the verge
3. Like the whole world is yours.
of losing any match?
Ans: Alliteration: The sound of ‘w’ is repeated to
Ans: First of all, I will not lose hope till the end of
create pleasing musical effect.
the match. I’ll try to put in all the possible
efforts to win the match. But even then, if I am 4. They’ll toss you out in the first.
going to lose the match, I will lose like a Ans: Synecdoche: The whole (they) is used to
champion. I will make up my mind to work designate the part (rival player).
   
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5. You might be a hero or you might be E3. Comprehension Questions
absolutely nothing.
Ans: Antithesis: Two opposite ideas of ‘being a hero’ *1. Is the speaker talking only about the game?
and ‘being nothing’ are used in the same sentence. What else is he talking about?
Ans: No, the speaker is not only talking about the
Extract 2 game but he is also talking about life.
E1. Pre-listening activity *2. What kind of a game is life, according to
*Read the extract and complete the following. the speaker?
You may work in pairs. Go through the poem Ans: According to the speaker, the life of a man is a
and write down. (A8) serious game.
i. What is the point *3. How is the parent preparing the child to be
ii. What is not the point ready to accept defeat in his life?
Ans: Ans: The parent advises the child to put in all his
What is the point What is not the point best efforts and play with a desire to win. But
Wanting to win Only winning unfortunately, if he has to taste failure, then he
Not giving up should do so like a champion. He should not
Never being satisfied with have any regrets of not giving his best.
what you have done
Never letting up *4. What message does the poet want to give?
Letting anyone down Ans: The poet wants to convey the message that
one should positively aspire for success and
Read the extract from line (23 to 48) on page (4,5) work hard to attain it. Even if one fails in his
of your textbook and answer the following attempt, he should accept his failure as a
questions. (A9) champion.

[I’m not talking about the game, ……………… E4. Personal Response Questions
……………What counts is trying.] *1. ‘Winning is not the point’. Why do you
E2. Global Understanding Questions think does the poet say so?
Ans: Winning is fun. It gives us joy but it is short
1. Choose the correct alternative with lived. What lasts long is the values and lessons
reference to the passage. learnt and qualities developed in us in the
i. The speaker compares the _____ to life. process of achieving success. The real joy is in
a. sports b. game the passionate pursuit of victory and not the
c. tournament victory itself.
Ans: b. game
*2. What is the significance of the title of the
ii. The speaker says that what counts is poem?
_______. Ans: No matter what is the outcome of the
a. winning b. learning performance, one must try to give one’s best.
c. trying One must put in all the best and possible
Ans: c. trying efforts in any task or activity that he has taken
2. Fill in the blanks with words from the extract. up. A whole hearted active participation is
i. A person always reaches to the pinnacle more important than winning. Success is short
of success who is never _______ with lived but what one learns in the process of
his own performance. achieving success is long lasting.
ii. The one who learns from his own
*3. Imagine that you are about to appear for
mistakes and moves forward becomes
your Board exam / any competitive exam.
the _______.
How would your parents encourage you?
Ans: i. satisfied ii. champion
Ans: My parents always encourage me to work hard
3. Make a word register from the extract for and not to fear about the competitions or
words related to game. exams. They advice me not to think of the end
Ans: win, play, champion, toss, ball, bounces. result, but to focus on what is under my
   
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control. They insist that success can’t be far
Textual Activities
away if I am preparing in a systematic and
planned manner, with a positive & optimistic *A1. Good and Bad Sportsman
approach.
Working in pairs, write the qualities of a
E5. Vocabulary sportsman (good sportsman and bad sportsman)
in the web by filling the call outs.
1. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their
meanings in column ‘B’ Ans:
 
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’ Cooperation Perseverance
i. Best a. Meet a demand, desire,
need.
ii. Run b. Compete against in a  
Punctuality
Confidence
sport or contest.
iii. Satisfied c. The highest quality Good
Sportsman
iv. Play d. Move at a speed faster
   
than walking Optimism Responsibility
Ans: (i – c); (ii – e); (iii – a); (iv – b)
 
Tolerance  
Discipline
2. Give the antonyms for the following words
from the extract.
i. trivial ii. alive
iii. boring iv. down
v. uncertain  
Selfishness   Over
confidence
Ans: i. serious ii. dead
iii. fun iv. up  
Deceitful
v. sure  
Desperation
E6. Grammar Bad
Sportsman
 
Name and explain the figures of speech in the Indiscipline
 
sentences given below. Rudeness

1. Because every game is life.  

Lethargy  
Pessimism
Ans: Metaphor: There is indirect comparison
between ‘game’ and ‘life’.
*A2. My Experience
2. But, that’s what you do with serious things.
Ans: Personification: ‘Things’ are given the Look at the following points share your
human quality of ‘being serious’. experience in about 6 – 7 lines.
i. The first game you played in your life.
3. Wanting to win is the point. Ans: The first game I played in my life was ‘chess’.
Ans: Alliteration: The sound of ‘w’ is repeated to I was eight and had the passion to win. My
create pleasing musical effect. father was an inspiration behind me taking the
game who taught me all the tactics and moves
4. Never letting anyone down is the point.
involved in it.
Ans: Inversion: The sentence is not in proper
grammatical sequence. The correct ii. Your feelings when you won a match.
grammatical sequence is: The point is never Ans: When I won the match, it was the best feeling
letting anyone down. of my life. I felt as if I had conquered the
whole world. I wanted to share the feeling
5. But lose like a champion. with everyone and was eager to receive my
Ans: Simile: There is a direct comparison between award which would showcase my dominance
‘lose’ and ‘champion’. in the game and my sheer talent.
   
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iii. Your feelings when you lost. *A5. One-liners
Ans: Even though I lost, I learned a lot, because the
Divide the class into six groups. Write one liners
experience not only made me realize my
related to life and discuss the one liners within
potential but also gave me opportunities to
groups and make a presentation in the class.
overcome my weaknesses.
Ans: Life is an ice-cream, enjoy before it melts.
iv. Your preparation and readiness. Life is an adventure, dare it.
Ans: I practiced all my moves thoroughly for the Life is beautiful, but not a bed of roses.
finals. I also analyzed my opponents previous Life is a book, the more you read, the more
victories to have an idea about his strengths sense it makes.
and weakness. I also took some time for *A6. Prepare a Poster
meditation, so that I could have my focus and
attention on the game. You know, for success, trying is important along
with many other things. Complete the following
v. Is winning always important? with your own expressions.
Ans: Yes, winning is important but the most What counts is _____
important is the journey towards achieving the What counts is _____
goal. What counts is _____
*A3. Winning and Losing What counts is _____
What counts is _____
Share your experience with your partner about the Ans:
game you played last. Now, use the words given
below and categorise them into two columns.
happy, sad, dejected, angry, jubilant, determined,
overjoyed, frustrated, low, proud, in air.
Ans:
When you won When you lost
happy sad
jubilant dejected
overjoyed angry
proud frustrated
in air low
determined
*A4. Listen and Check
First look at the words of advice normally given
by the parents. Ask one of your friends to read
the poem aloud in the class. As you listen choose
the advice given by the parent to the child in this
*A7. Vocabulary
poem.
Work in pairs and match the phrases/idioms
i. Don’t be afraid
given under Column A with their meanings given
ii. Lose like a champion under Column B.
iii. Perform your best Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
iv. Pray before you start i. Turn up a. In order to help
v. What counts is trying somebody
vi. Don’t give up ii. Giving up b. To accept something
vii. Don’t cry iii. Letting up c. Happen especially
viii. Blame others for your failure by chance
iv. Letting anyone d. It happens
Ans: ii, iii, v, vi
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v. For one’s sake e. Continue to be in a Ans: Repetition: The words ‘game’ and ‘life’
place are repeated for greater poetic effect.
vi. Take what comes f. Accept something
vi. A serious game. Dead serious.
vii. Played out g. Failing to help or
Ans: Repetition: The word ‘serious’ is
support
repeated for greater poetic effect.
viii. Stay for h. Stop trying to do
something vii. Wanting to win is the point. Not
ix. Run with i. Making less efforts giving up is the point.
Ans: Repetition: The expression ‘is the point’
Ans: (i – c); (ii – h); (iii – i); (iv – g); (v – a);
is repeated for greater poetic effect.
(vi – b), (vii – d); (viii – e); (ix – f)
viii. Never letting up is the point. Never
*A8. The Point
letting anyone down is the point.
Ans: Refer page no. 3. Ans: Repetition: The expressions ‘never
letting’ and ‘is the point’ are repeated
*A9. Read the poem again and working in for greater poetic effect.
pairs/groups answer the following
questions. *A11.Sound Alike

Ans: Refer page nos. 1 and 3. Find the words following each other with a
similar sound. Write them and discuss with your
*A10.Repetition
partner the following and write.
Search for the lines in the poem that are repeated
1. Purpose 2. Effect
and write them. Now discuss with your partner
the following and write: 3. Call it as Alliteration
i. And what lasts is what you’ve
1. Purpose of the repetition. learned.
2. Effect of the repetition. Ans: Alliteration: The sound of the letter ‘l’
3. Look at the punctuation. is repeated for a pleasing effect.
4. Call it as Repetition.
i. I hope you win, I hope you win for ii. And what you learn about is life.
your sake, not mine. Ans: Alliteration: The sound of the letter ‘l’
Ans: Repetition: The expression ‘I hope you is repeated for a pleasing effect.
win’ is repeated for greater poetic effect. iii. There’s no telling whether they’ll toss
ii. There’s no telling what’ll turn up, you out in the first five minutes.
There’s no telling whether they’ll toss Ans: Alliteration: The sound of the letter ‘f’
you out . is repeated for a pleasing effect.
Ans: Repetition: The expression ‘There’s no
iv. On how the ball bounces
telling’ is repeated for greater poetic
effect. Ans: Alliteration: The sound of the letter ‘b’
is repeated for a pleasing effect.
iii. You might be a hero or you might be
absolutely nothing. v. Wanting to win is the point
Ans: Repetition: The expression ‘might be’ Ans: Alliteration: The letter ‘w’ is repeated
is repeated for greater poetic effect. for a pleasing effect.

iv. I’m not talking about the game, my vi. Because it’s not winning that counts,
child. I’m talking about life. What counts is trying
Ans: Repetition: The expression ‘talking Ans: Alliteration: The letter ‘w’ is repeated
about’ is repeated for greater poetic effect. for a pleasing effect.
v. Because every game is life. And life is *A12.Comparison
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1. What is compared to what?
Frame your own response for the statement given
Ans: Life is compared to a game.
below.
2. What is common in both? Lose like a ________.
Ans: Both are uncertain and unpredictable. Ans: Lose like a winner.
3. Why is such a comparison made? Note:
Ans: Both ‘life’ and ‘game’ depend on the element Repetition and Alliteration not only serves to
of ‘chance’. So, such a comparison is made. emphasize the meaning but also increases the
4. What is the effect when you compare? musical effect.
Ans: Comparison results in simplification of an *A14.Read
abstract idea.
Read the poem again and complete the following
5. Is it direct comparison? statements.
Ans: No, It is not a direct comparison. i. Lot of things in life according to the poet,
6. What is it called? depend on ______.
Ans: When the comparison is not direct, it is ii. The poet is talking about _____ and not about
implied comparison. Implied comparison is _____.
called as Metaphor. iii. According to the poet, life is a _____ game.
iv. Winning is not the point says the poet but
*A13.Comparison _____ to win is the point.
Lose like a champion v. The poet wants us to lose like a ______.
Ans: i. chance ii. life, game
1. What is compared to what? iii. serious iv. wanting
Ans: Losing is compared to a champion. v. champion
2. What is common in both? *A15.There are many similarities and differences
Ans: Dedication, commitment and hardwork is between ‘life’ and ‘sports’. Categorise them.
common in both. Ans:
3. Why is such a comparison made? Similarities Differences
Ans: Such a comparison is made because winning is between Life and between Life and
not important but the desire to win is Sports Sports
important. One should accept the defeat like a  Sports are optional
 Full of uncertainties whereas there is a
champion and should not stop one’s struggle
 Struggle compulsion to live the
and hard work for winning.
 Hard work life.
4. What is the effect when you compare?  Joys and sorrows  Sports are played for a
Ans: By comparison, the similarities between the  Victories and few hours or days but life
two terms enables you to understand them defeats is to be lived till death.
more clearly.  Teamwork and  The end of the game or
cooperation sports decides the
5. Is it direct comparison?
 Enjoyment and winner and loser.
Ans: Yes, it is a direct comparison.
responsibilities Winning and losing
6. What is it called? cannot be easily
Ans: A direct comparison is called as Simile. defined in a man’s life.
Compare A12 and A13 and frame your own  A game is played
responses. against an opponent
i. ‘Life is a game’. team. A life is lived
‘Life’ is compared to ‘game’ in an indirect with near and dear ones.
manner. It is an example of Metaphor.
ii. ‘Lose like a Champion’.
‘Losing’ is directly compared to a ‘champion’.
It is an example of Simile.
   
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Information Transfer
 

Information may be in the form of text, pictures, graphs, flow-charts, tables, etc. The conversion of information
from one form to another is called as Information Transfer.

 Non-verbal to Verbal :
This includes conversion of information represented in the form of graphs, family-tree, tree-diagrams, pie-
charts, tables into paragraphs.
Rules:
1. A title or heading should be added to the paragraph.
2. A logical sequence of information should be covered in the paragraph.
3. All the information given in the diagrams should be covered in the paragraph.

1. Read the following school timetable and prepare a short paragraph describing it.

Time-Table for students of Std. IV-A.

Time Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

12:501:30 p.m. Eng Hin/Mar Eng Hin/Mar Eng Hin/Mar

1:30  2:10 p.m. Maths/Geog Hist Maths/Geog Sci Hist Sci

2:10  2:50 p.m. Eco Eng Hin/Mar Eng Sci Hist

2:50  3:10 p.m. BREAK

3:10  3:50 p.m. Sci Maths/Geog Eco Hist Maths/Geog Maths

3:50  4:30 p.m. Sci Pracs. Drawing Sci Pracs. Craft Sci Pracs. Drawing/
Craft
4:30  5:10 p.m.  NCC/RSP/   NCC/RSP/ 
Scouts Scouts

Ans:

School Time-Table for students of Class IVA.

The table gives us information about the Time-Table of the entire week for class IVA students. In the first
half of the time-table, they have lectures in English, Hindi, Marathi, History, Geography, Maths, Economics
and Science. The lectures start daily at 12:50 p.m. and get over early on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. Each lecture has a duration of 40 minutes. Lectures on languages (English, Hindi, Marathi)
are held everyday. Classes are continuous till 2:50 p.m., after which there is a lunch break for 20 minutes.
Science practicals and creative (drawing, craft) classes are held thrice a week, every alternate day. The
frequency of Social Service Classes (NCC, RSP, Scouts) is twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. On
these days, the school gets over by 5:10 p.m.
   
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2. Read the following Pie-chart and write a verbal paragraph on it.
Other

Commercial 8%
8% Factories
35%

25%
24%
Residential
Farming
(Use of electricity  By different Sector)
Ans:
Electricity consumption by different sectors.
The given Pie-chart gives a representation of the Electricity Consumption by different sectors.
Factories use the highest percentage of electricity, i.e. 35%. The Commercial and Other sectors use the
least, i.e. 8%. The Farming sector uses 24% while the Residential sector uses 25%. Factories sector
consumes 11% more electricity than the Farming sector.
3. Read the following tree diagram and prepare a short paragraph regarding Mr. Roy’s family.
Mr. Roy and Mrs. Roy

Neeraj and Dhanashree Dewin Rohita and Srinivas

Son (A doctor, Daughter-in-law Son (Computer Engg. Daughter Son-in-law
works in (A doctor, works in U.S. Earns $ 2,000 (works in an (A businessman)
private hospital.) in pvt. hospital) per month.) office in Delhi)

Priyanka Shweta
(Studying in S.Y.M.B.B.S) (Studying in 5th std.)
Ans:
Mr. Roy’s Family
There are nine members in Mr. Roy’s family. Mr. Roy, Mrs. Roy, their two Sons Neeraj and Dewin,
Daughter Rohita, Daughter-in-law Dhanashree, Son-in-law Srinivas and grand daughters Priyanka and
Shweta.
Son Neeraj and his wife Dhanashree are both doctors and work in a private hospital. They have a daughter
named Priyanka who is studying S.Y.M.B.B.S. Mr. Roy’s second son Dewin, a computer engineer is in
U.S. and earns $ 2,000 per month.
Mr. Roy and Mrs. Roy have a daughter, Rohita, who works in an office in Delhi and her husband, Srinivas
is a businessman. They have a daughter, Shweta, studying in 5th Std.
 Verbal to Non-verbal:
This includes conversion of information given in the form of a paragraph into tables, flow-charts, pie-
diagrams, etc.
1. Using information given in the extract, complete the table given below:
Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October, 1869. He completed his law from England and returned back to
India. He was keen on helping the poor and down-trodden. He is internationally known for his work in
South Africa where he fought against racial discrimination. He began the Satyagraha Movement and
   
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initiated a major agitation in the form of a Non-Cooperation Movement against the Britishers in 1930,
followed by the Quit India Movement in 1942. He was killed by a fanatic on 30th January, 1948. He was
given the title ‘Father of the Nation’.
Name:
Date of Birth:
Academic qualifications:
Aim of life:
Work in South Africa:
Two major movements:
Title given to Gandhiji:
Date of death:
Ans:
Name: Mahatma Gandhi.
Date of Birth: 2nd October, 1869.
Academic qualifications: Law from England.
Aim of life: To help the poor and down-trodden.
Work in South Africa: Fought against racial discrimination.
Two major movements: Non-Cooperation and Quit India Movement.
Title given to Gandhiji: Father of the Nation.
Date of death: 30th January, 1948.
2. Represent the information given below in Non-verbal form.
The Granulocytes present in blood are of three types  Neutrophils, Eosinophils and Basophils.
Neutrophils constitute 70% of total WBCs. Nucleus is multi-lobed containing 3 to 5 lobes. Granules in
cytoplasm take up neutral stain.
Eosinophils constitute about 3% of the total WBCs. Nucleus is bilobed. Granules in the cytoplasm take up
acidic stain.
Basophils constitute about 0.5% of total WBCs. They show twisted ‘S’ shaped nucleus. Granules in the
cytoplasm take up basic stain.
Ans:
Features Neutrophils Eosinophils Basophils
1. % of total WBCs. 70 03 0.5
2. Nucleus. Multi-lobed Bilobed Twisted
(3 to 5) (2) (‘S’ Shaped)
3. Stain taken up. Neutral Acidic Basic
3. Read the information given below and change it into non-verbal form.
New Delhi, capital of India, has an area of 1,483 sq. km. U.P. and Haryana are its neighbours. It has a
literacy rate of 81.7% (Males 87.3%, Females 74.7%). Generally, people speak Hindi, Punjabi, English and
Urdu. It is known for its Roshnara festival, Shalimar, Qutub, Mango festivals, Winter Carnival and Garden
Tourism.
Ans:
Name of City: New Delhi.
Area: 1,483 sq.km.
Neighbouring States: U.P. and Haryana.
Literacy rate: 81.7% (Males  87.3%, Females  74.7%).
Languages spoken: Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, English.
Famous for: Roshnara festival, Qutub festival, Shalimar festival, Mango festival, Winter
Carnival and Garden Tourism.

   
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