Up Board English for Class X

Saturday, 27 June 2020

Parts of Sentence


Letter: Letter is he smallest unit of a language. In english language, there are 26 letters- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

वर्ण या अक्षर: भाषा की सबसे छोटी इकाई letter होती है। अंग्रेजी भाषा के वर्णमाला में 26 अक्षर होते हैं।

Letters are of two types- Vowel and Consonants.

Vowel: There are 5 letters- a, e, i, o and u.
Consonants: There are 21 letters- b, c , d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z.

Letters दो प्रकार के होते हैं- स्वर और व्यंजन।
स्वर 5 होते हैं और व्यंजन 21.

Words: A group of meaningful letters is called word. Such as- book, teacher, pen, pencil etc.

शब्द: अक्षरों के सार्थक समूह को शब्द कहते हैं। जैसे- book, teacher, pen, pencil आदि।

Sentence: A group of words which makes complete and clear sense is called a sentence.
शब्दों का ऐसा समूह जो स्पष्ट और पूर्ण भाव प्रकट करता है sentence कहलाता है।

For example: Ravi goes to school daily.

He has no mercy.

Are you blind?

Please open the door.

May you live long!

Parts of Sentence (वाक्य के भाग)

Every sentence has two main parts- subject and predicate.


















Thursday, 17 October 2019

The Enchanted Pool -C. Raj Gopalachari

The Enchanted Pool

Yudhishthira waited for his brothers in anxiety and thirst. ”Can they have been subjected to a curse or are they still wandering about in the forest in search of water? Can they have fainted or died of thirst?” Unable to bear these thoughts, and driven by an overpowering thirst, he gave up waiting and started out to look for his brothers and the pool hoping that he might find them. 



Meaning of Difficult Words:



Anxiety : Feeling of uncertainty and fear about future (चिन्ता)

Subjected : Brought under the influence of (प्रभाव के अधीन)

Curse: अभिशाप

Wander : To go from place to place (इधर उधर भटकना)

Faint : To become unconscious (मूर्छित होना)

Overpowering : Very strong (तीव्र)

Gave up : छोड़ दिया



Yudhishthira proceeded in the direction his brothers had taken and kept on walking through tracts full of wild bear and spotted deer and big forest birds till he came upon a beautiful green meadow, around a pool of clear water. But when he saw his brothers lying there like flagpoles, unable to restrain his grief, he lifted his voice and wept.



Meaning of Difficult Words:



Proceed : to go forward (आगे बढ़ना)

Direction : दिशा

Keep on : continue (जारी रखना)

Tract : area of large forest ( )

Spotted: चितकबरे

Meadow : pasture land (चारागाह)

Restrain : control, hold back (रोकना)



He touched the faces of Bhima and Arjuna, as they lay so still silent and mourned, "Was this to be the end of all our vows? Just when our exile is about to end, you have been taken away. Even the Gods have forsaken me in my misfortune."



Meaning of Difficult Words:



Mourn : express sorrow (दुःख प्रकट करना)

Vow : solemn promises (प्रतिज्ञा)

Exile : (वनवास)

Forsake : abandon, to leave one in a helpless condition (बेसहारा छोड़ देना(

Misfortune : bad luck (दुर्भाग्य)



As he looked at their mighty limbs, now so helpless, he sadly wondered who could have been powerful enough to kill them. Then he too descended into pool, drawn to the water by an overpowering thirst. At once the voice without form warned.



Meaning of Difficult Words:



Mighty : strong (शक्तिशाली)

Limbs : अंग

Wonder : surprise (आश्चर्य)

Descend : उतरना

Overpowering : very strong (तीव्र)

“Your brothers died because they did not heed mu words. They tried to drink water without answering my questions. Do not follow them. Answer my questions first and then you can quench your thirst. This pool belongs to me.”

Meaning of Difficult Words:
Heed= pay attention to
Quench= प्यास बुझाना



It did not take Yudhishthira a moment to understand that these could be no other than the words of a Yaksha and guessed what had happened to his brothers. It took him no time to see a possible way of bringing them back to life. He said to the bodiless voice: “Please ask your questions.”

Meaning of Difficult Words:
Moment= पल
Guess= अनुमान लगाना
Happen= घटित होना


The voice put questions rapidly one after another.

“What rescues man in danger?”

“Courage”

“By the study of which science does man become wise?”

“Not by studying any – ‘Shastra’ does man become wise. It is by association with the great in wisdom that he get wisdom.”

The Yaksha asked, “What is swifter than the wind?”

“Mind.”

“What is more faded than a dried straw?”

“A sorrow – stricken heart.”

“What be friends a traveler ?

“Learning”

“Who is the friend of one who stays at home?”

“The wife.”

“Who accompanies a man in death?”

“Dharma, that alone accompanies the soul in its solitary journey after death.”

Meaning of Difficult Words:
Rapidly= शीघ्रता से
Danger= खतरा
Rescue= बचाना
Courage= साहस
Association= संगति
Wisdom= बुद्धि, बुद्धिमान लोग
Swift= तेज
Sorrow stricken heart= दुःख से व्याकुल हृदय
Accompany= साथ जाना
Soul = आत्मा
Solitary= अकेला



“Which is biggest vessel?”

“The earth, which contains all within itself, is the greatest vessel.”

“What is happiness?”

”Happiness is the result of good conduct.”

“What is that, by giving up which man becomes loved by all?”

“Pride, for if man gives up being proud, he will be loved by all.”

“What is the loss which yields joy and not sorrow?”

“Anger, if we give up being angry, we will no longer he subject to sorrow.”

“What is that, by giving-up which a man becomes rich?”

“Desire. If man gives up being greedy, he will become wealthy.”

Meaning of Difficult Words:
Vessel = पात्र
Conduct = आचरण
Yield = बढ़ाना
Give up= छोड़ना


“What makes one a real ‘Bhahmana?’ Is it birth, good conduct, or learning? Answer decisively.”

“Birth and learning do not make one a Brahmana; good conduct alone does. However learned a person may be, he will not be a ‘Brahmana’ without giving up bad habits. Even though he may be learned in the four Vedas, a man of bad conduct falls to a lower class.”


“What is the greatest wonder in the world?”

“Every day men see creatures depart to Yama’s kingdom; and yet those who remain want to live forever. This truly is the greatest wonder.”



Thus, the Yaksha put many questions and Yudhishthira answered them all. In the end the Yaksha asked “O, King one of your dead brothers can now be revived. Who do you want to come back to life?”

Meaning of Difficult Words:
Decisively = निश्चय पूर्वक
Creature = प्राणी
Depart = प्रस्थान करना, मर जाना(यहाँ )
Remain= रह जाना
Revive = जीवित करना




It took Yudhishthira a moment to think and then he wished that the cloud-complexioned, lotus-eyed, broad-chested and long-armed Nakula, laying like a fallen ebony tree, might arise.



The Yaksha was pleased at this and asked Yudhishthira : “Why did you choose Nakula in preference to Bhima, who has the strength of sixteen thousand elephants? I have heard that Bhima is most dear to you. And why not Arjuna, whose strength in arms is your protection? Tell me why you choose Nakula rather than either of these two.”

Meaning of Difficult Words:
Complexion= शरीर का रंग
Ebony = आबनूस का वृक्ष
Preference = अपेक्षा
Protection = रक्षा



Yudhishthira replied: “O Yaksha, ‘Dharma’ is the only shield of man and not Bhima and Arjuna, If ‘Dharma’ is given up, man will be ruined. Kunti and Madri were the two wives of my father. I am alive, a son of Kunti and so she in not completely bereaved. In order that scales of justice may be even. I ask that Maderi’s son, Nakula may revive.”

The Yaksha was most pleased with Yudhishthira’s impartiality and granted that all his brothers would come back to life.



It was Yama, the Lord of Death, who had taken the form of the Yaksh so that he might see Yudhishthira and test him. He embraced Yudhishthira and blessed him; then he disappeared.

Meaning of Difficult Words:
Shield= रक्षक
Bereaved = दुःखी
Justice = न्याय
Impartiality = निष्पक्षता
Embrace= गले लगाना
Disappear= अंतर्ध्यान हो जाना


Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Syllabus for session 2019 - 2020

Prose
  1. The Enchanted Pool by C. Raj Gopalachari
  2. A Letter to God by G. L. Fuents
  3. The Ganga by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  4. 4. Socrates by Rhoda Power
  5. Torch Bearers by W. M. Tyburn
  6. Our Indian Music: Stories and Anecdotes by R. Srinivasan
Poetry
  1. The Fountain by James Russell Lowell
  2. The Psalm of Life by H. W. Longfellow
  3. The Village Song by Sarojini Naidu
  4. The Nation Builders by R. W. Emerson

Supplementary Reader
  1. The Inventor Who Kept His Promise 
  2. The Judgement Seat of Vikramaditya by Sister Nivedita(Adapted)
  3. My Greatest Olympic Prize by Jesse Owens
Grammar, Translation and Composition

I. English Grammar

1. Parts of a sentence
2. Kinds of sentences
3. The Verbs :Transitive and Intransitive Verb
4. Primary Auxiliaries (Be, Have, Do)
5. Modal Auxiliaries
6. Negative Sentences
7. Interrogative Sentences
8. Tenses : Form and Use
9. The Passive Voice
10. The Parts of Speech
11. Indirect or Reported Speech
12. Word Formation
13. Punctuation and Spelling
14. Completion of Sentences

II. Hindi to English Translation

III. (A) Long and Controlled Composition
(B) Letter and Application Writing
(C) Unseen Passages