What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?
Solution and Explanation
A small shrine half protrudes from the stone platform on the river Bagmati’s bank. It is believed that when it emerges fully, the goddess inside will escape, and the evil period of the Kaliyug will end on earth.
Top Questions on Kathmandu
- Here is your diary entry when you visited Agra. Read the points and try to write a travelogue describing your visit to Agra and the Taj Mahal. You may add more details.
January 2003 — rise before dawn — take the Shatabdi Express at 6.15 a.m. from Delhi — meet a newly-married couple on train — talk about Himachal Pradesh — get off the train — enter the once-grand city, Agra — twisted alleys — traffic dense — rickshaws, cars, people — vendors selling religious artifacts, plastic toys, spices and sweets — go to the Taj Mahal — constructed entirely of white marble — magical quality — colour changes with varying of light and shadow — marble with gemstones inside — reflection of the Taj Mahal in the pond — school-children, tourists — tourist guides following people.- CBSE Class IX
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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
(i) The heart is a pump that __(send) the blood circulating through our body. The pumping action__ (take place) when the left ventricle of the heart__ (contract). This __(force) the blood out into the arteries, which__ (expand) to receive the oncoming blood.
(ii) The African lungfish can live without water for up to four years. During a drought it__ (dig) a pit and__ (enclose) itself in a capsule of slime and earth, leaving a tiny opening for air. The capsule __(dry) and__ (harden), but when rain ___(come), the mud ____(dissolve) and the lungfish____ (swim) away.
(iii) MAHESH : We have to organise a class party for our teacher. ___(Do) anyone play an instrument?VIPUL : Rohit__ (play) the flute.
MAHESH : __(Do) he also act?
VIPUL : No, he ___(compose) music.
MAHESH : That’s wonderful!- CBSE Class IX
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- “A slumber did my spirit seal,” says the poet. That is, a deep sleep ‘closed off’ his soul (or mind). How does the poet react to his loved one’s death? Does he feel bitter grief ? Or does he feel a great peace?
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- The text you read is a travelogue where the author, Vikram Seth, talks about his visit to two sacred places in Kathmandu. Imagine that you were with Vikram Seth on his visit to Pashupatinath temple, and you were noting down all that you saw and did there, so that you could write a travelogue later.
Record in point form • what you see when you reach the Pashupatinath temple • what you see happening inside the temple • what you do when inside the temple • what you see outside the temple • what your impressions are about the place.- CBSE Class IX
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- Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
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Questions Asked in CBSE Class IX exam
- What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
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- The fun they had
Use these adverbs to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
awfully sorrowfully completely loftily carefully differently quickly nonchalantly(i) The report must be read ________ so that performance can be improved.
(ii) At the interview, Sameer answered our questions _________, shrugging his shoulders.
(iii) We all behave _________ when we are tired or hungry.
(iv) The teacher shook her head ________ when Ravi lied to her.
(v) I ________ forgot about it.
(vi) When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled ________ and turned away.
(vii) The President of the Company is ________ busy and will not be able to meet you.
(viii) I finished my work ________ so that I could go out to play
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- The fun they had
- Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes them:
(i) in stanzas two and three?
(ii) in the last two lines of the poem?- CBSE Class IX
- The fun they had
- 1.The (site, cite) of the accident was (ghastly/ghostly).
2. Our college (principle/principal) is very strict.
3. I studied (continuously/continually) for eight hours.
4. The fog had an adverse (affect/effect) on the traffic.
5. Cezanne, the famous French painter, was a brilliant (artist/artiste).
6. The book that you gave me yesterday is an extraordinary (collage/college) of science fiction and mystery. 7. Our school will (host/hoist) an exhibition on cruelty to animals and wildlife conservation.
8. Screw the lid tightly onto the top of the bottle and (shake/shape) well before using the contents.- CBSE Class IX
- If I were you
- Discuss what these phrases mean to you.
(i) a yellow wood
(ii) it was grassy and wanted wear
(iii) the passing there
(iv) leaves no step had trodden black
(v) how way leads on to way- CBSE Class IX
- The fun they had