1. Eliminate : remove
2. Fathom : understand
3. Strategy : planning
4. Conquer : overcome
5. Appreciate : praise
6. Mishap : accident
7. Ecstasy : happiness
8. Regret : guilt
9. Converse : talk
10. Blame : Accuse
SECTION-B
Read the extract and answer the questions:[Select any two][Questions:7 to 10]
His intonation was nasal, exactly like Nani’s. It seemed as if it was Nani who was speaking. I moved back, a little worried. I had a friend, Dr. K.D. Kamble, a psychiatrist. I called him over.
1. How was Nana’s intonation?
Answer : Nana's intonation was nasal, exactly like Nani's.
2. What was Dr. K.D. Kamble?
Answer : Dr. K.D. Kamble was a psychiatrist
The crown pull influences the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in a positive way. It helps calm your nervous system and can also often take away a headache or stress induced stomach ache, as well as helping you think clearly.
1. How does the crown pull influence?
Answer : The crown pull influences the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in a positive way
2. Does the Crown Pull help us think clearly?
Yes, the Crown pull helps us think clearly.
The shift was gradual. I did not pay much heed to it that the first day but late it became more evident. Another day I caught him taking Nani’s cough syrup. He was measuring it by the capful, exactly the way Nani used to. I asked him, ‘What’s that you are doing?’
1. What was Nana doing like Nani?
Answer : Nana was talking Nani's cough syrup. He was measuring it by the capful, exactly the way Nani used to.
2. ‘pay attention to’ find similar word/phrase for it.
Answer : pay much heed to
It was a mistake not to take Nana, our grandfather, to the funeral of our grandmother, our Nani. ‘Go, take her away...whisper into her ears that I too am on the way, not far behind: tell her I will see her in the beyond.’ With heavy hearts we hoisted Nani’s bier over our shoulders. I turned to look, just once, and found Nana stepping away from the balcony into the room, pulling the door shut after him.
1. What was a mistake?
Answer : They did not take Nana to the funeral of their grand mother, it was mistake.
2. Nana went for the funeral of Nani. True or False.
Answer : False
He had lived with Nani for over half a century, seen her radiant face every day of those years. He must have been what, about eighty –five and yet he would find something to grumble at everything Nani did.
1. Nani’s face was .................., according to Nana. (radiant)
2. How long had Nana lived with Nani?
Answer : Nana had lived with Nani over half a century.
In order to have maximum energy available at the start of a busy day, use ‘I have no expectations and I will deal with whatever happens when it happens’ as a form of mantra. You will notice how your body starts relaxing at the thought of ‘no expectations’. This relaxation tells you that you have just stopped yourself from wasting valuable energy. You will feel calmer mentally and emotionally as a consequences.
1. What is the result of using mantra?
The result of using mantra is that body starts relaxing. We feel calmer, mentally and emotionally as a consequences.
2. What does the relaxation tell one to do?
The relaxation tells one that he has just stopped himself from wasting valuable energy.
I drove the good back to his home. He said that Nana was suffering from a sort of
dissociative personality disorder. The conditions was little understood, he said, and
there was no sure cure of it. He said, ‘We will keep at it, do our best. But at your
Nana’s age, that kind of recovery is nearly impossible.’
1. What was Nana suffering from?
2. Was there any cure possible for Nana’s suffering?
When life becomes too hectic, we can end up feeling mentally tied in knots. Nothing
seems easy and positive. Pessimism sets in and we cannot see a way out of
current problems. We can open a source of optimism with the technique of
anticipating success.
1. What happens when life becomes too hectic?
2. Which thing shows us the way out of our current problems?
The mind is the rational, logical part of you that helps you to make unemotional
choices, to store and retrieve information and to order and calculate. It is the
counterpart to the emotions. A good example of the interaction between mind and
emotions is exam nerves. Your mental capacity has helped you retain what you
have revised.
1. In what way does the mind help us?
2. ..............is the example of communication between mind and emotion.