Unit 2 - 2.3 Connecting the Dots — English STD 10 — Question

What failed to pressurize Mary Kom during the Olympics?

List the examples Kailash Satyarthi gives to show how the world is interconnected.

Complete the following:
(1) Mr Satyarthi's vision as a child was _____________________________________________.
(2) The foreign activists of equal rights mentioned in the speech are ______________________.
(3) Mr Satyarthi requests the listeners to ____________________________________________.
(4) According to Mr. Satyarthi, ____________________________________________________.

Write the significance of the following years, as given in the passage:
1970 -
1980 -
2009 -
2012 -

State whether you agree/disagree with the following statements:
(i) The hermit handed over the spade and sat down.
(ii) The king wasn't feeling sorry for the hermit.

Complex Factual Activities :
(1) Complete the following:
(a) _____________________________________________ shaped Dr Kalam's thoughts on religion.
(b) The site in Thumba was selected for building the space research centre due to __________________________________________

What did OGG do for Mary Kom?

Match the words in Column 'A' with associating words given in Column 'B':

'A'	'B'
(1) Science and faith	(a) Created by fact and faith
(2) Sclence	(b) Success of socicties
(3) Better Planet	(c) Betterment of humanity
(4) Creations and Discoveries	(d) Believers of science and religions
(5) Conflict	(c) Solves questions, discovers truth, conceives inventions

Complete the following table:

Name of person	Values
(a) Pramukh Swamiji	_____________________.
(b) Professor Brahma Prakash	need for living a _____________life
(c) Father Pereira and Dr Sarabhai	________________.
(d) Swami Sivananda	__________________.
(e) Dr Kalam's father	_________, the value of ____________.
(f) Mahaswamiji	____________, spirit of __________.

Explain what the use of the word 'sank' suggests about the narrator's feelings.