Unit 4 - 4.5 The Old Man and The Sea Book Review — English STD 10 — Question

Complete the following:
(1) The cost of the fob chain was ____________________.
(2) Della went through the goods in the stores when __________________________________.
(3) Jim avoided checking the time on his gold watch in a public place because _________________________.
(4) The gift Della bought for Jim was ______________________________.

The following incidents in Stephen Hawking's life are given in jumbled order. Arrange the incidents in proper sequence as per their order of occurrence in Hawking's life :
(a) Hawking authored 'A Briefer History of Time' that contained the newest developments.
(b) Hawking's book 'A Brief History of Time' spent more than four years atop the London Sunday Times'.
(c) Hawking's book "The Universe in a Nutshell' offered an illustrated guide to cosmology's big theories.
(d) Hawking published the book 'A Brief History of Time' that offered an overview of space and time.

Name the following based on the passage. The person who touched and influenced the life of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

Arrange these incidents in proper sequence:
(a) The bearded man resolved to kill the king.
(b) The king executed the bearded man's brother.
(c) The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king.
(d) The king's bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man.
(e) The bearded man came out of the ambush.
(f) The king spent the night at the hermit's hut.

Fill in the blanks:
(1) Dr Kalam's message made an impact on the writer because of its _______and the _________it posed became his silent motivation.
(2) The _______of ____________lies in the answer to the question "What can I give?'

(a) Mary Kom had to gain __ kg in order to fight in the 51 kg event
(b) In 2012, India won ___ medals in the Olympics.
(c) Mary Kom usually participated in the ____ kg event.
(d) Mary Kom had decided to participate in the ____ kg event at the Olympics.

Write if the following statements are True or False:
(1) The writer thought that the lady was mean.
(2) The writer's tip was rather inadequate.
(3) The lady was now like a stone.
(4) The writer planned to have a heavy dinner.

Arrange the following incidents in Steve Jobs' life in proper sequence based on this passage:
(a) Jobs learned about serif and san serif typefaces.
(b) Jobs dropped out of Reed College.
(c) Jobs stayed as a drop-in for 18 months.
(d) Jobs used to sleep on the floor in his friend's house.

Fill in the blanks :
(a) Dr Kalam observed great ___________in Swami Sivananda.
(b) Dr Kalam's father believed in the value of ___________.
(c) Mahaswamiji gives education to famished ________, food to famished __________.
*(d) The essence of a happy life and a peaceful society lies in one sentence - ___________.

List the diseases that are caused by houseflies.