What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
There is a no animal inside the cage but a mirror where you can see yourself that means it wants to reflect that humans are the most dangerous animals who are more harmful to the nature. They are exploiting the environment for their needs and disturbing the whole ecosystem.
Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.
How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?
Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.
The odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.
The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.
Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?
Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?
The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.
Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.
(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”
Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?
What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?
Does Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-Harris?
What do you think are the reasons for the extinction of languages?
The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.
“The landscape is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space.”
The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.
Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.