VASANTRAO NAIK: Historical Fact to Remember THROUGH OTHERS' EYES FROM THE GOLDEN PAGES OF HISTORY

                    VASANTRAO NAIK:

         Historical Fact to Remember

       THROUGH OTHERS' EYES FROM THE GOLDEN PAGES OF HISTORY

In the words of.......

SHRI. RADHAKRISHNA R. RUIEA

(Ex-Chairman, Millowners' Association, Bombay)

  Since his assumption of the Chief Ministership of the State in December 1963, Mr. Vasantrao Naik has been making earnest efforts to promote agricultural growth so that the State may become self-sufficient soon in its requirements of foodgrains and industrial raw materials. Mr. Naik was probably the first among the Chief Ministers to realise the importance of agriculture to the Indian economy and to formulate his policies on the basis of that conviction. Mr. Naik is most competent to speak on agriculture and allied subjects. Though a lawyer by training, he is by birth, upbringing and outlook a peasant. He has lived and laboured among the agricultural class and is fully conversant with its problems. He is convinced that India can become self-sufficient in foodgrains and in such essential raw materials as cotton and has set out to prove this by galvanizing the farm economy of his own State. He does not spare himself. His energy is indeed amazing. He works every day of the week from 9 a.m. to 1. a.m. Even so, he is always good tempered and soft-spoken. The burden of responsibility that has fallen upon him, is staggering and yet he is calm and unperturbed. He is always pleasant and persuasive and has never been harsh either in word or deed. His mental equipoise is indeed remarkable. He adds to this rare quality a quiet competence which greatly helps him to take quick and right decisions even on the most momentous issues. I do not want to smother Mr. Vasantrao Naik with superlative praise, but I do wish to take this opportunity of wishing him a long and active life so that he may continue to serve the State and the country with characteristic wisdom and moderation.

     

श्री.  राधाकृष्ण आर. रुइआ

(माजी अध्यक्ष, मिलोअनर्स असोसिएशन, मुंबई)

  डिसेंबर 1 9 63 मध्ये महाराष्ट्र राज्याचे मुख्यमंत्री म्हणून त्यांची पदभार सांभाळल्या नंतर श्री वसंतराव नाईक शेती वाढीस प्रोत्साहन देण्यासाठी प्रामाणिक प्रयत्न करीत आहेत. जेणेकरुन लवकरच राज्य आन्नधानौयाच्या बाबतीत स्वयंपूर्ण होईल.  अन्नधान्य आणि औद्योगिक कच्च्या मालाची गरज लक्षात घेऊन  श्री. नाईक कदाचित भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्थेच्या शेतीचा महत्त्व समजून घेण्यासाठी आणि मुख्यमंत्रीांच्या नात्यावर आधारित धोरणे तयार करण्यासाठी मुख्यमंत्र्यांतील आजतगायतचे पहिले निष्ठावान मुख्यमंत्री आहेत. या नात्याने श्री. नाईक शेती व संबंधित विषयांवर बोलण्यासाठी सर्वात सक्षम नेते आहेत.  ते अभ्यासू वकील असले तरी, ते जन्मातः शेतकरी कुटुंबातील आहे,  त्यांनी ग्रामीण शेती जवळून बघितलं शेती त्यांच्या समस्यांशी पूर्णपणे ज्ञात आहेत. त्यांना विश्वास आहे की भारत अन्नधान्य आणि अशा कच्च्या कच्च्या मालामध्ये परिपूर्ण बनू शकतो आणि स्वतःच्या राज्याच्या शेती अर्थव्यवस्थेला गॅल्वनाइझ करून हे सिद्ध करता येईल. असा त्यांचा गाढ विश्वास आहे. त्यांची काम करण्याची  ऊर्जा खरोखर आश्चर्यकारक आहे.  आठवड्याच्या प्रत्येक दिवशी ते सकाळी 9 . ते 1 पर्यंत काम करतात. तरीही, ते नेहमीच चांगले आणि सभ्य असतात. त्याच्यावर जी जबाबदारी आहे त्याचा भार खुप मोठा आहे आणि तरीही ते शांत आणि स्वस्थ आहे. ते नेहमीच आनंददायी आणि प्रेरणादायी असने हा त्यांच्या स्वभावाचा स्थायीभाव आहे.त्यांचे

शब्द किंवा कृतीत नेहमीच  अनुकूल असतात . त्याचे मानसिक कौशल्य खरोखर उल्लेखनीय आहे. त्यांच्या अशा या दुर्मिळ गुणवत्तेमध्ये शांत क्षमता कौशल्याची जोड आहे. ज्यामूळे ते अत्यंत महत्त्वाच्या विषयांवर अगदी जलद आणि योग्य निर्णय घेण्यास तत्पर असतात . मी श्रीमान वसंतराव नाईक यांची अशी उत्कृष्ट स्तुती करने अतिशयोक्ती ठरू नये.  परंतु मी त्यांना दीर्घ आणि सक्रिय राजकीय वाटचालची शुभ कामना देऊ  इच्छितो.ते सदैव  ते राज्य आणि देशाची सेवा आपल्या वैशिष्ट्येपूर्ण अशा संयम व अभ्यासू व्यक्तीत्वातून अविरत होत राहील.
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Specimen Activity Sheet Unit Two: Family 2.1 I ran into a stranger

             Specimen Activity Sheet

                    Unit Two: Family 

           2.1    I ran into a stranger 

Q.4  Read the extract and do the activities that follow (Lines I to 17)                 8 -marks

Extract-  [Coursebook Page 29/ line 1-17]

 I ran into a stranger as he passed by 

"Oh, excuse me please" was my reply. 

He said, "Please excuse me too; wasn' t even watching for you." 

We were very polite, this stranger and I. 

We went on our way and we said good-bye 

But at home a different story is told, 

How we treat our loved ones, young and old 

Later that day, cooking the evening meal. 

My daughter stood beside me very still 

When I turned, I nearly knocked her down

 "Move out of the way," I said with a frown

 She walked away, her little heart broken. 

I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken. 

While I lay awake in bed, 

God's still small voice came to me and said,

 "While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use.

 But the children you love, you seem to abuse. -

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 A1. Describe

 Describe with evidence from the poem how we treat strangers and our loved ones differently          (2) 

A2 Poetic Device: Figure of Speech

 Find out an example of the figure of speech "Antithesis' from the extract and explain it                   (2) 

A3. Personal Response 

Write down two instances at which your mother treated you harshly and state wh intention was behind it. (2)

A4. Creativity

 Frame four poetic lines on the following situation using a rhyming pattern: 

 "While introducing great personalities, we praise them very highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking about our friends we may not follow the same trend." 

                   Model Answers  

 Q.4. Al: Describe 

When we run into a stranger, we immedistely say sory as the mother and the stranger did in the poem. "Oh, excuse me please," was mother's reply He said "Please excuse me too, wasn't even watching for you But at home we are very casual and treat our family members roughly The mother, in the poem, after accidentally knocking her little child shouts at her, saying "Move out of the way." 

 A2: Poetic Device: Figure of Sperch "How we treat our loved ones young and old Two contradictory words, 'young' and 'old' are brought together for the poctic effect It is called Antithesis

 A3: Personal Response

 Probable reasons for mother treating her child roughly may be : --The mother may be very busy her daily chores.

--The mother may be lost in her thought.

---The mother may be unaware of her child standing behind her.

--- The mother may be in a great hurry

 (Accept any two responses or even other than the above-mentioned responses if they are reasonably relevant)

 A4: Creativity

 While ntroducing great personalities----- a

We flatter and praise their qualities--- a 

 But while speaking about our friends, --- b 

Do we really follow the same trends?  --- b  

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Specimen Activities On Seen Extract For Practice -- 1.3 The Turning Point Of My Life

                    Specimen Activities 

             On Seen Extract For Practice 

         1.3 The Turning Point Of My Life

 Q l (A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the activities that follows:                                            (12 Marks)

  A l.  Complete                                              (2)

 Complete the following sentences with factual information from the extract. 

I) The writer felt emancipated when------------

ii) The writer regained his health ----------

iii) The Book Society chose the novel and ---------------

iv) The aim of any individual about the job is to   -------------

Extract-- (Coursebook Pg. No. 15)) 

    I  lost myself in the ferociousness of my purpose. I would not be beaten, I would not give in. I wrote harder than ever. At last, towards the end of the third month, I wrote finis. The relief, the sense of emancipation, was unbelievable. I had kept my word. I had created a book. Whether it was good, bad or indifferent I did not care.

  I chose a publisher by the simple expedient of closing my eyes and pricking a catalogue with a pin. I dispatched the completed manuscript and promptly forgot about it.

   In the days which followed I gradually regained my health, and I began to chafe at idleness. I wanted to e back in harness.   

  At last the date of my deliverance drew near. I went around the village saying good-bye to the simple folk who had become my friends. As I entered the post office, the post master presented me with a telegram-an urgent invitation to meet the publisher.I took it straight away and showed it, without a word, to John Angus. 

   The novel I had thrown away was chosen by the Book Society, dramatized and serialized, translated into 19languages, bought by Hollywood. It has sold millions of copies. It altered my life radically, beyond my wildest dreams... and all because of a timely lesson in the grace of perseverance. 

   But that lesson goes deeper still. Today, when the air resounds with shrill defeatist cries, when half our stricken world is wailing in discouragement: "What is the use...to work...to save...to go on living...with Armageddon round the comer?" I am glad to recollect it. The door is wide open to darkness and despair. The way to close that door is to go on doing whatever job we are doing and to finish it.

   The virtue of all achievenent, as known to my old Scots farmer, is victory over oneself. Those who know this victory can never know defeat.  

A2. Explain                                                    (2) 

The writer says, The relief, the sense of emancipation, was unbelievable." Explain what the writer means by it.

 A3. Guess                                                      (2) 

Read the following sentence: 

--------------------and all because of a timely lesson in the grace of perseverance. The sentence means -----------------

A4. Vocabulary                                           (2)

 Give antonyms of-

 (i) defeat

 (ii) discouragement 

 (iii) forgot

 (iv) despair

A5. Personal Response                              (2)

Explain the various things one has to do to achieve victory over oneself.

A6. Grammar                                               (2)

Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:

 I)  I dispatched the completed manuscript  and promptly forgot about it.

             (Make it a simple sentence.) 

ii) As I entered the post office, the Post        master presented me with a telegram.                       (Use "No sooner".) 

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Specimen Activity Sheet -Q1 seen extract

                 Specimen Activity Sheet 

                       Std. XII English

                           SECTION-1

(Reading Skills, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-mnaking and Summary)                                                                              12 Marks

                         (Seen extract) 

 Q1 (A) Read the first activity, Read the extract and then do all the  activities.                   

 A l. True / False                                        (2)

 Read the following sentences and write down true sentences.

 I) Reuben wanted to buy gold necklace. 

ii) He needed five dollars.

iii) Reuben's father could give him five dollars to keep the thing aside for him. 

 iv) Reuben requested the shopkeeper to keep thw thing aside for him.

 In 1945 in Bay Roberts, Canada, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the price-five dollars-was far beyond Reuben Earle's means Five dollars would buy almost a weck's groceries for his family. Reuben couldn't ask his father for the money. Everything Mark Earle made fishing, Reuben's mother, Dora, stretched like elastic to feed and clothe their five children. Nevertheless, he opened the shop's weathered door and went inside. Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack shirt and washed out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, "but I don't have the moncy now. Can you please hold it for me?" "I'l try." the shopkceper smiled. "Folks around here don't usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while." Reuben respectfully touched his wom cap and walked out into the May sunlight.

  The bay rippled in a freshening wind that ruffled his short hair. There was purpose in his loping stride. He would raise the five dollars and nott tell anybody. Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea. He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in burlap sacks from a local factory. Sometimes the sacks were discarded in the flurry of building, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents apiece. That day he found two sacks, which he took to the rambling wooden factory and sold to the man in charge of packing nails The boy's hand tightly clutched the small five-cent pieces as he ran the two kilometers home. Near his house stood the ancient barm that housed the family's goats and chickens. Reuben found a rusty baking-soda tin and dropped his.coins inside. Then he climbed into the loft of the barn and hid the can bencath a pile of sweet-smelling hay.

 A2  Find Out

 Find out income sources of Mark Earle's family from the extract                                           (2) 

A3. Suggest

 Read the following sentence and write down what the words folks" and 'things' suggest. 

Folks around here don't usually have that kind of money to spend on things'.                 (2)                                           

 A4. Vocabulary 

 Match the words in columo A' with their meanings in column 'B' 

Column " A "                         Column "B 

 1) flurry                            a)made waves 

 2) folk                             b) part of sea that                                     cuts into a shoreline

3) rippled                         c) people 

4) bay                   d) short sudden spell of                                                         activity 

A5 . Personal Response                       (2)

Explain the kind of relationship that you have with your pareats. 

A6. Grammar                                            (2)

 Rewrite the following sentences in the ways Instructed :

1)  Reuben could not ask his father for money.     (Use 'be able to)  

 2) Hearing the sound of hammering from   aside street, Reuben bad an idea. 

               (Rewrite it using 'and') 

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              Specimen Answer Sheet 

 Q.1. (A)  A1. True/False 

ii) He needed five dollars.

iv) Reuben requested the shopkeeper to keep the thing aside for him. 

 A2. Find out 

I) fishing 

ii) tending goats and chickens

 A3. Suggest 

I) The folks were very poor.

ii)  The things were very expensive.

 A4. Vocabulary

 Match the words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B 

Column 'A'                 Column 'B'

  1) flurry           ( d)  short sudden spell of                                         activity 

  2) folk               (c)people

  3)  ripped         (a) made waves 

  4) bay               b)  part of sea that cuts in                                   a shoreline.

 A5. Personal Response 

Accept any reasonably correct answer. 

 A6. Grammar 

1) Reuben was unable to ask his father for money.

Reuben was not able to ask his father for money.

2) Reuben heard the sound of hammering from aside street and he had an idea.

  

Uses of Prepositions -

Prepositions of time show the relationship of time between the nouns to the other parts of a sentence.

Common preposition of time: On, at, in, from, to, for, since, ago, before, till/until, by, etc. are the most common.

AT, ON, IN

AT:

At always indicates an exact and specific time.

Example:

• I started working at 10 AM.
• The movie starts at 6 PM.
• The shop closes at 30 AM.

Note: Exceptions are that we say – at the weekend, at night, at Chrismas, at Easter, at the moment, etc.

On:

On generally indicates a fixed date or a day.

Example:

• I’ll see her on Friday.
• He broke a record on Monday morning.
• I have a meeting on 25 October. 

In:

In generally indicates an indefinite and unspecific time of months, seasons, years, centuries, etc.

Example:

• I will get a holiday in December.
• Murphy was born in 2001.
• I love playing cricket in summer.

Note: Some very common exceptions are – in the morning, in the evening, in the afternoon, in five minutes, in six days, in two years, etc.

FROM....TO ,  UNTIL,  SINCE,  FOR

From....to:

From....to  indicates a fixed time-span with the beginning and the end.

Example:

• I worked there from 2010 to 2017.
• I usually work from Saturday to Thursday.
• I will stay there from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Until/till:

Until/till indicates a specific or unspecific time/event up to a point.

Example:

• They will not return until Friday.   
• Wait for me until I return.
• I do not give up until I am succeeded.
• I will be there until Monday.

Since:

Since indicates a time-span beginning in a time in the past and still continuing in the present (now).

Example:

• Alex has been in the village since Sunday.
• He has been suffering from fever since Friday.
• Robin and Susan have been friends since childhood.

For:

For indicates a period of time (amount of time) in the past, present or future.

Example:

• He stayed there for four days.
• I will be staying there for five months.
• I will work with them for a year.
• He was standing there for a long time.

BEFORE, AFTER, DURING, BY

Before:

Before indicates a prior event/ period of time from a point. 

Example:

• Robin was very nervous before the interview.
• I want to leave before lunch.
• These batsmen should not get out before the tea break.
• Before going, close all the window.

After:

After indicates a following event/period of time from a point. This preposition is the exact opposite of before.

Example:

• Robin felt confident after the interview.
• I want to leave after lunch.
• After playing football, we went home.

During:

During indicates a period of time throughout the course or duration of any event or action.

Example:

• Robert was sleeping during the film.
• They don’t talk during dinner.
• I don’t usually smoke during office time.

By:

By means ‘within the extent or period of; during’ something.

Example:

• I will complete the assignment by Sunday.
• He will return by 6 PM.
• I will submit the list by 11 AM.

Prepositions of Places and Direction Usa Prepositions of place show the relationship of place between the nouns to the other parts of a sentence.

Common prepositions of places & direction:On, at, in, by, from, to, towards, up, down, across, between, among, through, in front of, behind, above, over, under, below, etc. are the most common.

IN, AT

IN:

In indicates something to be present in a place or enclosure. It does not say particularly where but gives an enclosure to the noun it connects with.

Example:

• Your shirt is in the closet. (Does not indicate an exact place)
• He lives in Australia.
• Alex works in that building.

AT:

At indicates an exact place.

Example:

• He is at the door.
• I am standing at 13/4 George Street.
• He is at home.

ON, ABOVE, OVER 

ON:

On indicates a position above but touching the object.

Example:

• The phone is on the table. (Phone is touching with the table)
• He is on the third floor.
• Sit on the sofa.

ABOVE:

Above indicates a much higher position than the preposition on does. It also indicates something out of reach.

Example:

• The sky is above my head.
• Hold your hands above your head.
• Stars are above the sky.

OVER

Over means a position between on and abovewhich is not touching.

Example:

• There are clouds over the hills.
• A bird flew over my head.
• My flat is over that shop.

UNDER, BELOW

UNDER:

Under is the opposite of on and means ‘below the surface of’ something.

Example:

• The cat is under the table.
• The carpet under my feet is very soft.
• That book is under my glasses.

BELLOW:

Below indicates something at a slightly lower position than what under indicates.

Example:

• I have a scar just below my right eye.
• Do you see the line below the paper?
• Please, don’t write below this line.

TO, FROM

TO:

To indicates a motion in the direction of a place.

Example:

• He went to college.
• We are going to Mexico.
• We walked from the farm to the beach.

FROM

From indicates the point of place at which a motion, journey, or action starts.

Example:

• He came from England.
• We walked from the beach to the farm.
• He drove here from Atlanta.

INTO, OUT OF

INTO:

Into indicates a motion towards/going inside something. It has many uses.

Example:

• He came into the house.
• The police broke into the bar.
• My car crashed into a street sign.

OUT OF:

Out of means the opposite of into. It indicates a motion towards outside of something.

Example:

• He is going out of the town.
• Get out of my house.
• Please, remain out of this. (Not indicating a place but an issue)

THROUGH,  ACROSS, BESIDE,  IN FRONT OF,  BEHIND, TOWARDS,  BY

THROUGH:

Through indicates a motion in the middle of something.

Example:

• We drove through the tunnel.
• They came through a forest.
• He came through a wedding gate.

ACROSS:

Across means going to the other side of a river or road or something straight.

Example:

• He went across the river.
• I walked across the road.
• My house is across the bank. (There is a road between the house and the bank)

BESIDE:

Beside means at the side of/ next to something.

Example:

• The car beside the cycle is mine.
• He is standing beside the shop.
• I will always be beside you.

IN FRONT OF

In front of means a position facing someone/something.

Example:

• He parked his car in front of my house.
• I have a pool in front of my resthouse.
• He was nervous in front of me.

BEHIND:

Behind means at the far side of something (might be out of sight). It is opposite of in front of.

Example:

• He parked his car behind my car.
• I have a pool behind my house.
• Go behind that tree.

TOWARDS:

Towards means a motion in the direction of something literary or metaphorically.

Example:

• Take five steps towards the post and stand there.
• They moved towards the Labour Party.
• I walked towards the car when you were standing.

BY

By means ‘near to or next to’ something or someone.

Example:

• He has a house by the river.
• I was standing by the car.
• My flat is by the saloon.

UP, DOWN

UP:

Up means a motion towards a higher place or position.

Example:

• We were climbing up the mountain.
• Lift your hands up.
• John is going up to London. (From a lower place of the country)
• Climb up the stairs.

DOWN:

Down indicates the opposite meaning of up. It means a motion towards a lower place or position.

Example:

• He was walking down the river.
• I am climbing down the hill.
• Go down the stairs.

BETWEEN, AMONG

BETWEEN:

Between indicates something/someone to be in the middle of two other things or persons.

Example:

• Alex is sitting between Robin and Robert.
• The cat is between the two boxes.
• This matter is between you and him.

Among:

Among indicates something/someone to be in the middle of three or more other things or persons.

Example:

• Alex is sitting among the patients.
• He is the best among them.
• Among all the people, John had the courage to speak up.