Write two words using the root word, 'anthro'.

Read the following paragraph and answer the question.

Necessity forces us to try all our sources. Our social setup is such that our demands give birth to our necessities and our inventions satisfy our necessities. Inventions make life real. Our scientific and technological inventions clearly reveal that each invention is the product of the necessities of man. Man invented cloth to satisfy his necessity to clothe himself. He constructed houses in order to live in them. The invention of electricity satisfied his need for light. Thus, it can be found that there can be no inventions without unavoidable necessity.

a. Why did humans invent things?

Read the following paragraph and answer the question. Hobbies are often thought of as activities for people who lead quiet relaxed lives. However, people with full, busy and stressful lives may need hobbies more than the average person, and benefit greatly from having hobbies in their lives. Hobbies bring many benefits that usually make them more than worth the time they require.

a. Who needs to have hobbies?

Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets and fill in the blanks.

a. The college aims to be a world center of _____________ in the field of computer science. (excel) b. Please __________ your PIN immediately. (memory) c. I wish to learn the art of ______________ in the summer holidays. (photo)

Write the one-word substitutes for the following ones.

a. Person who looks at the negative side of everything.

b. Medical study of skin and its diseases.

c. One who does not believe in the existence of God.

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Silent valley is a tropical rain forest area at the southern end of the Western Ghats in the Malabar region of Kerala. It is one of the richest biological and genetic heritages in the world. The government of Kerala proposed a hydro-electric project which had a potential for employment. But there was an instant campaign against the project as it posed a threat of extinction to the large variety of biological species which have evolved over hundreds of years. Many individuals and organizations opposed the project. The success of the campaign in saving the silent valley indicates the stand that development should not be at the cost of environment.

a. What is the Silent Valley?

b. Why were individuals and organizations opposed to the project?

. What is the antonym of ‘success’ ?

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

If nobody else is going to invent a dish washing machine, I will do it myself!” proclaimed Josephine Cochran, the American inventor of the dish washing machine. She was born on 8th March,1839. She designed the first model in the shed behind her house with the assistance of the mechanic, George Butters, who later on became her first employee. Her dishwasher was the first to use water pressure instead of scrubbers to clean the dishes. It was a hand operated mechanical dishwasher and mainly bought by hotels and large restaurants . It was only in the 1950’s that the general public started buying it.

a. Who invented the first successful dishwashing machine?

b.Why do you think she made George Butters her first employee?

c.What was the principle used in the dishwashing machine?

Write one inflection to each of the following words.

a. open

b write

c. know

d. tell

e. come

Use the following words and write two words each, one using a prefix and another one using a suffix.

a) qualify

b) happy

c) judge

d) pure

e) comfort

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During an earthquake the ground moves up and down and from side to side as a result of a release of energy form the Earth’s crust. The seismograph is an instrument that makes a record of seismic waves caused by an earthquake, explosion, or other Earth-shaking phenomenon. British scientists, Sir James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Gray, and John Milne, studied earthquakes and devices to record them whilst working in Japan. This resulted in the invention of Milne’s horizontal pendulum seismograph in 1880. The idea of having networks of standard seismographs all over the world was promoted by Milne in the late 1800s. Seismographs are designed to measure the movement of the Earth’s crust during a quake. The main component is a large inertial mass suspended by a spring in a frame attached to the bedrock. When the ground shakes, the frame moves and the inertial mass do not. The varying distance between the mass and the frame is recorded, and this provides details of the quake. Initially the recording was done by a pen on a moving paper chart, but today digital records are produced. Seismograph networks led to the discovery of the Earth’s liquid core in 1905, the discontinuity between the crust and mantle in 1909, and the small solid inner core in 1936.

a. What happens to the ground during an earthquake?

b. Who studied earthquakes in Japan?

c. How can the details of the quake be analyzed?

d. When was the liquid core of the Earth discovered?

e. What items were used initially for recording the movement of seismic waves?

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

The Parliament of Religions began on 11th September, 1883. It was held in a large hall, called the Hall of Columbus.The speakers sat on a platform. There were more than sixty of them and they had come from the different countries in the world. Swamiji sat in the front row. About seven thousand American men and women sat in the hall. They had come to hear these famous men speak about their religions. One after the other they spoke. Swamiji felt a little frightened. Never before in his life had he spoken before such a big crowd . At last, he got up and walked to the front of the platform. Swamiji wore an orange coloured dress. He had a big yellow turban on his head. His face shone as if it was full of light. In his mind, he bowed down to mother Saraswati, the goddess of learning. He asked for her blessing. Then Swamiji stepped forward and said, “Sisters and brothers of America”. At once, the listeners burst into a storm of applause. They clapped their hands again and again. They would not stop! They were very happy to be spoken in that friendly way by a man who lived on the other side of the world.

a.How many speakers and listeners were there in the Parliament of Religions?

b.Why did Swamiji feel frightened?

c.Why were the listeners happy with Swamiji’s address and how did they respond?

d.Whom did Swamiji pray and why?

e. How was Swamiji dressed?