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New Activity Based Study of Prosecco, poetry and RR Std 12th and 11th Ms Mable, your teacher, has recently retired after thirty three years of service to the school/college. You have been asked to interview her for the school/college magazine. Prepare a list of questions for the interview. 4 Marks Scheme of Marking Questions relevant to the situation 2 Proper sequence of questions 1 Language, style, grammar 1 1. Welcome Ms. Mable Madam. I am Rohini. Best wishes for the retired life ahead. How do you feel retiring after such a long service ? 2. Tell us how did you begin your career? 3. How did you differentiate teaching profession from other profession? 4. What pleasant memories do you have of the school/ college? 5. What changes have come in the school and students in the last 33 years? 6. What do you think about use of technology in education, digital school? 7. Any advice for the young teachers and students? 8. Finally what plans do you have after retirement? Frame 8 interview questi...

Question Bank Activities on Around the World in 80 Days  5 C Answer in about 50 words to the questions on Around the World in 80 Days given below. (2×2 marks) 1. Explain how the author has made use of International Date Line and time zones in his novel. Ans : Phileas Fog accepts the challenge of going around the world in eighty days. The members of the Reform club in England accepts the wager for twenty-thousand pounds. Fog goes around the world. He goes through Brindisi, Suez, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hong Kong, Yokohama , San Fransico, New York  and Liverpool. He thinks that he has missed the deadline of eighty days and hasn’t reached London. His companion Passepartout  learns that their journey through the different time zones had gained them a day. They reached London a day before the deadline. The author has aptly used time zones in his novel ‘Around the World in Eighty days.’  2. ‘Money was never a concern for Mr. Phileas Fogg; it was for honour he accepted the wager.’...

The Ragged Man pretended to start toward town but stopped to comment on the face on the poster, saying that he knew the man well. Interested, the Sergeant’s changed his mind about sending the Ragged man away, and insisted that the stranger stay to furnish more information about the fugitive. The Ragged Man described a dark, dangerous, muscular man who was an expert with many weapons, then he hinted at previous murders of policemen on moonlit nights exactly like the present one. The Sergeant lets the Ragged man stay with him Frightened, the Sergeant gladly accepted the Ragged Man’s offer to stay with him on the wharf to help look for the escaped murderer. Sitting back-to-back on a barrel to have a full view of the dock area, the two men smoked pipes together to calm the Sergeant’s nerves. The Sergeant confessed that police work was difficult, especially for family men, because the officers spent long hours on dangerous missions. Accompanying the Sergeant’s lament, the Ragged Man started...