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Florence Nightingale was born in Florence in Italy on May 12, 1820. Her parents named her after the name of the city where she was born. Her sole ambition in life was to be a nurse and so she gave up all thoughts of marriage and personal happiness. She spent years visiting hospital after hospital. Day and night she visited every bed in the hospital to see that no patient was neglected and that all were as comfortable as possible. However hard she might have worked all day, every night she would take her lamp and move from bed to bed. "The lady with the lamp," the soldiers called her and that is the name by which the world has remembered her ever since.
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
It was nothing less than a letter to God.
“God,” he wrote, “If you don't help me, my family and I will go hungry this year. I need a hundred pesos in order to sow my field again and to live until the crop comes, because the hailstorm...”
Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland. He fought hard to free his country from the English, but was badly defeated. He hid himself in the mountains. One day, when hiding in a cave he felt very downhearted. He made up his mind to give up the struggle. Then he saw a spider trying to swing itself up on a long thread to the roof of the cave. It tried and tried, but always fell short. Bruce watched the little insect's effort. At the ninth attempt it succeeded. "Bravo!" cried Bruce. "Surely I can go on trying like the spider. I will try again. I will try again." And he did succeed and made his country free.

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Robin Hood was the leader of the company of outlaws who lived in Sherwood forest. His name was a terror to rich travellers, but he was loved by the poor, whom he saved from cruel landlords and often helped with money. The Sheriff of the nearby town was his bitter enemy. After many attempts to catch Robin Hood, the sheriff one day declared in the hearing of many people, “I am willing to give half of my wealth to anyone who will help me to catch Robin Hood.”
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
He wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a peepal tree, where he vowed to stay until enlightenment came. Enlightened after seven days, he renamed the tree, the Bodhi Tree (Tree of Wisdom) and began to teach and to share his new understandings.
When we enter New York harbour, the first thing we see is the Statue of Liberty. What impresses us most is its size and magnificence. Have you ever wondered how it came to be there? The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to mark the one hundred year anniversary of American Independence. In 1869, sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi began to plan his concept for the monument. Bartholdi envisioned Liberty as a strong and proud figure, one who personified not only the majestic Greek goddesses of the past, but also the working men and women of the present. Finally in 1884, the work was finished.
Describe the most important character of the chapter "A Triumph of Surgery" — Tricki, in detail.
Who has composed the poem "Dust of Snow"? What does the poet teach us through this poem?
Who was Nelson Mandela? What ideals did he set out for the future of South Africa in his inauguration speech?
Why was it not an easy task to rob Anil for an experienced thief like Hari Singh?
Write a character sketch of Hari Singh.
Write four lines of any poem prescribed in your syllabus. (Do not copy the lines given in the question paper.)
Write the central idea of the poem "Fire and Ice" in about 40–50 words.
Write the central idea of the poem "The Trees" in about 40–50 words.
Write the central idea of the poem "Fog" in about 40–50 words.
Who was responsible for poor condition of the dog named Tricki?
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
What is the greatest wealth of a nation in Mandela’s opinion?
Why was Lencho angry when he received the letter?
Change the following into passive voice:
He always helps the poor.
Punctuate the following:
how does this machine work asked the boy
Bring out Lencho’s immense faith in God.