“There is a historical reason behind both these oddities.” In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that mean the same as ‘oddities’.

The old farmer was a kind person. He loved his dog as if it was his own baby. He fed it with fish with his own chopsticks and all the...

“Cheery confidence” and “inexplicable hopefulness” are the two phrases which respectively show that the author’s friend knew what he was doing and was absolutely sure that it was good.

1. the royal residence 2. solitude 3. indispensable 4. invent 5. effortlessly 6. thick and fast

(i) He mentions two social groups of Rameshwaram – Orthodox Brahmins and Muslims.  Yes, these groups were easily identifiable. Kalam wore a cap, which marked him as a  Muslim. Ramanadha...

1. took to be true without proof (1): Assumed 2. based on reason; sensible; reasonable (2): Rational 3. the usual way of doing things (3): Custom 4. a strong desire arising from within...

1. The two temples the author visited in Kathmandu were the Pashupatinath temple and the Baudhnath stupa.  2. ‘All this’ refers to buying a bar of marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob roasted in...

(i) a yellow wood: The yellow woods represents the season of autumn. Autumn also stands for old age and inactivity. The poet could be symbolically talking about his later stages...

Jody was filled with emotion after he found the fawn. When he stroked its neck, the touch made him ‘delirious’. When he realised that it was his fawn now, he...

(i)getting punishment of standing in the corner of the classroom (ii)Leaving the playground after the bell strikes for the next class to begin