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English Assignment: Class - VI 1. Read The Following Passage Carefully and Answer The Questions That Follow: The Taj Mahal

1. Shah Jahan was deeply grieved by his wife's death - his hair turned grey with grief and he went into mourning for two years. 2. He built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife that would be absolutely unequaled in beauty anywhere in the world, sparing no expense or time. 3. Visitors approach the Taj Mahal fearing disappointment but it has never failed to amaze people with its beauty, which can be discovered again with each visit.

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English Assignment: Class - VI 1. Read The Following Passage Carefully and Answer The Questions That Follow: The Taj Mahal

1. Shah Jahan was deeply grieved by his wife's death - his hair turned grey with grief and he went into mourning for two years. 2. He built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife that would be absolutely unequaled in beauty anywhere in the world, sparing no expense or time. 3. Visitors approach the Taj Mahal fearing disappointment but it has never failed to amaze people with its beauty, which can be discovered again with each visit.

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English Assignment : Class – VI

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow:
The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful building in the world. About
three hundred fifty years ago, Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal as
the tomb for his wife.

Shah Jahan loved his wife very much. It is said that he remained in
mourningfor two years during which his hair turned grey with grief. He
vowed to build a tomb worthy of his wife’s memory something absolutely
without equal anywhere in the world. He just wanted the tomb to be
perfect. He did not care about time or money. He found the finest workmen
of Asia. Altogether, over 20,000 different men worked on the building. It
took over twenty-two years to finish it.

The building rests on a platform of sandstone. Four slender white towers or


minarets rise from the centre of the building. Around this large dome there
are smaller domes.

The building is made of white marble with inlays of coloured marble. It has
eight sides and many open archs. There is an open corridor just inside the
outer walls. From this corridor, the visitors look through carved marble
screens into the central room. The bodies of Shah Jahan and his wife lie in
the tombs below the room.
The Taj has been praised so much that most visitors approach fearing that
they might be disappointed. But, it hasn’t disappointed anyone. It can be
seen again and again and every time one visits it, one is able to discover
newer beauty in it.

A. Answer the following questions :

1. How was Shah Jahan affected by his wife’s death?

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2. Why did Shah Jahan build the Taj?

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3. What kind of tomb did Shah Jahan want to build?

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4. What fear do visitors carry in their hearts when they go to see the
Taj?
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B. Write true or false for the following statements:


1. The Taj Mahal is Octagonal in Shape.

2. The main building of the Taj is built of sandstone.

3. 20,000 men took about 22 years to complete the Taj Mahal.

4. The number of minarets rising from the centre is six.

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2. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that
follow:

Beauty
Beauty is seen
In the sunlight,
The trees, the birds,
Corn growing and people working
Or dancing for their harvest.

Beauty is heard
In the night,
Wind sighing, rain falling,
Or a singer chanting
Anything in earnest.

Beauty is in yourself.
Good deeds, happy thoughts
That repeat themselves
In your dreams,
In your work,
And even in your rest.

A. Answer the following questions:

1. What four things does the speaker find beautiful during the day?

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2. In what two things does the beauty of a human being lie?

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3. What three sounds does the speaker find beautiful during the

night?

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B. Find words from the poem which are close in meaning to the
following:

1. breathing out slowly and noisily expressing tiredness or sadness.

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2. singing a religious song or prayer.

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3. great sincerity.

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4. a performing art of rhythmic movement.

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