SENDING AGENTS:Â The Sultan sent his agents to all parts of the East to buy rare manuscripts and bring them back to Cordova. SEARCH : Sultan’s men were constantly searching the booksellers’ shops in Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad for rare volumes for the sultan’s library PRICE: When the books could not be bought at any […]
Why does Kara seek help from Miss Penluna to make contact with her missing mother? Miss Penluna and Kay were great friends and Karas’s mum brought injured birds to Miss Penluna. Kara sought help from Miss Penluna to make contact with her lost mum. She thought that maybe Miss Penluna might have a clue where
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Chapter 27 Q. Why did Felix ask Kara to keep the audience gripped? Ans. He wanted people to stay in the hall so that he could play the documentary made by Kay, Kara’s mum. He had unlocked the USB and was about to surprise the audience. Chapter 28 Elaborate on the words said by Karas’s
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Chapter 25 Q. Do you think the involvement of school administration, children and locals will help pressurize the trawlers owners to continue with the dredging ban? Elaborate on your point of view? Ans. I believe the involvement of more and more people will certainly help to increase the pressure on trawler owners. They need more and
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Chapter 23 Q. Narrate the incident of Kara guiding/escorting the mother Dolphin to meet her calf. Ans. Kara quietly reaches the shore in the middle of the night and steps into the water. Soon she feels the existence of the mother Dolphin. The Dolphin appears to be an underwater angel to Kara. Kara starts moving
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Questions/Answers Chapter 19 Q. What might have Kara felt when Carl said, “She’s (the calf) very sick? Don’t get your hopes up too much.”? Ans. Kara must have felt helpless, miserable and wretched. She desperately wanted to protect the albino dolphin which needed help. Albino dolphins are already endangered species and very few are left
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Questions/Answers Chapter 13 Q. Why was Kara annoyed when Jim informed Mr Andersen about the regatta race? Ans. Jim and his family have participated in the regatta quite a lot of times and won the tournament repeatedly as well. Now Jim is sharing this news with outsiders and Kara doesn’t like it. She is too possessive
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Questions/Answers Chapter 11 Q. Why do you think Kara is trying to ruin the picnic basket? Why is she so disturbed? Ans. Kara is not willing to sell Moana to Mr Andersen. She wants him to withdraw from the deal. On the other hand, Jim and Bev try hard to impress Mr Andersen by preparing
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White Dolphin (Questions/Answers) Chapter 8 Q. How did Daisy respond when she noticed Jake and Ethen making fun of Felix? What does this incident reveal about her personality? Ans. Kara and Daisy were present at Zagni’s when they spotted Felix arguing with a lady (his mother). Jake and Ethan were also present at the
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 COMPREHENSION Exercise – 1 CONDITIONS: The question of the choice of profession was not taken up seriously about sixty years ago. STUDENT Of PRESENT TIME Yes, a student of the present times can take up any trade that he/she likes. ADVANTAGE: The students who make the right choice of profession are always successful. NOT