1 Formative Assesment – I- 2012 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER CLASS Xth English - Communicative SECTION B (Writing- 20 marks) Q 5 Use the notes in the following box to write a paragraph of about 100 words. (4 Marks) Trip to Goa Wonderful place-open houses-eco-friendly People- friendly‚ happy-go-lucky Landscape-picturesque‚ beaches‚ clear blue water Restaurants- delicious sea food Sightseeing- ferry.bus‚ motorcycles available on rent Carnival- colourful‚ music ‚dance‚ fun and frolic Q 6. Your
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0The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India The Great Gatsby: A Rich Man in India Reasoning for title – story is similar to Great Gatsby. He’s trying to interview the richest man in India‚ but his reputation is very contradicting – fraud or the truth? Tells his story about childhood and how his dad was considered a fraud‚ then he built up the school after his father stepped down. Originally he wanted to do things with cigars‚ then it went South and now he has a real cigar business
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other dry regions around the world‚ but only a few are recognized as being of value to humans and animals. Aloe barbadensis is significantly at the top of the aloe species. The earliest reference to its use can be found in the famous Egyptian Ebers Papyrus‚ which dates back to 1500 BC and is widely regarded as one of the earliest documents‚ the western Materia Medica. The Egyptians referred to it as “the plant of immortality”. However‚ it is more than likely its been commonly used for centuries before
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MATH TRIVIA When is a billion not a billion? Did you know that the American system for naming large numbers is not the same as the British system? What we call a billion‚ they call a thousand million. And what they call a billion‚ we call a trillion! And it continues from there. After a million‚ we do not agree on any of the names for large numbers. The chart below summarizes the differences. Number Power of 10 American Name British Name 1‚000 103 thousand thousand 1‚000‚000 106
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discovered it showed that these ancient Pi values were within one percent of it’s actual value‚ which is incredible considering the resources that weren’t available yet like we have today. The oldest documented record of Pi was in the Egyptian Rhind Papyrus‚ a scripture that was written during these ancient times. This was found to be dated to around 1750 BC. This surprised me the most. How were these ancient cultures able to calculate what Pi really was without the technology we have today? Around 250
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Speech 101 Midterm Study Review Chapter 1 1. 2. 3. Ranked first among the skills of college graduated sought by employers 4. The oldest known handbook on effective speech was written on papyrus in Egypt some 4‚500 years ago. In classical Greece & Rome‚ public speaking played a central role in education and civic life. The great Roman leader Cicero used his speeches to defend liberty & wrote several works about oratory in general. In recent years‚ communication researchers have provided an
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I. GEOGRAPHIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF AFRICA A. Location 1. Africa is the world’s second largest continent with an area of 30‚ 368‚ 609 km2 including adjacent islands. Most of its island is plateau. 2. The continent of Africa is centrally located on the earth’s surface and lies between the Atlantic Ocean in the West and the Indian Ocean in the East. 3. Africa has five distinct regions. The main regions are North Africa‚ West Africa‚ East Africa‚ Central Africa and South Africa. B. Topography
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Wu‚ Jocelyn Mrs. Shurtliff GNST 2020 Survey Of Western Art 26 August 2012 Statue of Khafre In the extensive subject of art history‚ there are pieces of art that echo the period it was created in‚ the history of land and its people‚ and still stand to this day as a age-old reminder of the significance and value of a once era. Though early art‚ before the Common Era‚ has a large number of quantities that do in fact represent the ‘pieces’ there are a certain few portions of art that‚ in its
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Amun began as a minor god of Thebes‚ whose fortune was linked to that of the local Theban rulers. As they grew in importance so did Amun‚ eventually reaching the status of "Supreme God." Good morning teachers and fellow students‚ today I will be speaking to you on the growth in power of Amun and the Amun priesthood‚ and their political implications. Taylor Ray Ellison tells us that Amun’s growth to that of a national god mirrored the growth of Thebes‚ and gradually played an increasingly important
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Adam Kvederis Chinese Contributions to the Modern World H. Stansbury HUM111 6/3/13 The ancient Chinese have made many invaluable contributions to both technology and culture. Originally‚ a tribe of stone tool using hunter-gatherers‚ this civilization evolved into a sophisticated people who harnessed the command of gunpowder‚ medicine‚ and the arts among other things (Sayre‚ 2012‚ pg 208). Although little remains from China’s early history‚ the luxurious items carefully buried with royalty
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