02 “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”GÉRARD DE NERVAL, FRENCH WRITER AND POET ACTIVITY

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CURRICULUM EXERCISESQ1. What is Critical pressure ratio?

Q2. Fill in the blanks:The discharge of steam in a convergent-diver-gent nozzle __________ after the throat (i.e. inthe divergent portion of the nozzle).

Q3. Identify the place in thefollowing picture:

Answer:(1) Critical pressure ratio is the pressure ratio where the flowis accelerated to a velocity equal to the local velocity of sound in thefluid. The critical pressure ratio is also defined as the ratio of pressureat the throat to the inlet pressure, for checked flow when Ma = 1. (2) A) remains constant (3) Badab-e Surt, Iran

Boisterous (adjec-tive): (Of people,animals, or behav-iour) noisy and fullof life and energy.

Synonymous words:Lively, active, ani-mated, exuberant,spirited, bouncy,frisky, excited,overexcited, in highspirits, high-spirit-

ed, ebullient,vibrant, etc.Examples: She had fun tak-ing 20 boisterouskids for a swim. The nursery chil-dren were exuberantthroughout thesinging session. The school teamwas full of energyand active at thetournament. The kids werebouncy and friskywhen the bell rang.

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PARDALOTEThese are very small,brightly coloured birdsnative to Australia, with

short tails, strong legs, and stubby bluntbeaks. The name isderived from a Greekword meaning "spot-ted". Pardalotesspend most of theirtime in the outerfoliage of trees, feeding on insects and spi-ders. Pardalotes forage on the foliage oftrees for insects, especially psyllids (plantlice), and sugary exudates from leaves.

BIRDS

Q.1) The name of theLaccadive, Minicoy andAmindivi islands waschanged to Lakshadweep byan Act of Parliament in___.

A. 1973 B. 1947 C. 1967 D. 1950

Q.2) The members of theRajya Sabha are elected by____.A. the people B. elected mem-bers of the legislative assem-blies C. Lok Sabha

D. elected membersof the legislativecouncil

Q.3) The members of thepanchayat are ____.A. nominated by the districtofficer B. nominated by localself-government minister of thestate C. nominated by the blockdevelopment organisation D. theelectorates of the respectiveterritorial constituencies

1. A) 2. B) 3. D)

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Q.1) I am to reach afixed place. If I travel ata speed of 3km/hr, Ishall reach late by40minutes. If I travel ata speed of 4km/hr, Ishall reach early by30minutes. How far am Ito go?A. 12km

B. 14km C. 10km D. 15km

Q.2) The differencebetween the largest andthe smallest numberformed by the digits 8,0,6,0,1 isA. 73062

B. 70632 C. 72036 D. 76032

Q.3) `232 is dividedamong 480 childrensuch that each boy gets40paise and each girlgets 60 paise. Howmany girls were there?

A. 150 B. 300 C. 100 D. 200

ANSWER: 1.14 km 2.76032 3.200

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COVID-19IT ALL STARTED INDECEMBER 2019

Then we did not think of quarantine.As the Covid virus spread,It caused panic and dread,Washing hands became an obsession,and staying at home ; our passion, Everyone around said think positive,It is a pandemic but will surely become recessive, We did not doubt it for a minute, and took it in the right spirit, We accepted Facebook challenges and tried new dishes,initially they were some hiccups and many glitches,but as time moved on,The glitches were gone, Like birds of a feather,

We all flocked together, We clapped, we lit many a candle,but our hopes we never let dwindle, This time has come and this time will go,but our togetherness as the SGI family will nevercease to grow, We salute the Covid warriors,Who created the Virus barriers, to keep us safe and secure, and remain protectedfrom the Corona furore, So the elderly, young and teen, to enjoy life, stay in quarantine, Wear masks, gloves and wash your hands withsoap, and in God above never ever lose hope !

HEAD MISTRESS, Madhu Sharma, Shanti GyanInternational School, Goyala Vihar

I AM CORONA VIRUS Which spread very fast, Irrespective of Religion,

Gender and Caste. My symptoms resemble with

SwineThe solution to cure is only Quarantine.You don’t know my symptoms,What you know is Swine FluYou don’t know my ability toinfectYou don’t even have a slightestClue.Masks and gloves are the tools,Which are used to make mefool.Wuhan is the motherland of mine,My siblings are SARS and Swine.

I belong to a virus family,You should cure me very timely.I may enter your body through your mouth,Leaving behind not even a single doubt.When Humans play with nature,

It gives birth to different creatures.Humans made nature polluted,

Nature made me to get this sorted.Quickly develop some kind of

vaccine,And start behaving with morediscipline.If you want to keep me away,Preserve the beauty of nature

in a polite way.KARTHIK BAURAI, NK Bagrodia

Global School, Dwarka

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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020

PM Modi, while interactingwith CMs, is learnt to have

suggested that states should ex-plore the possibility of attract-ing investments in view of thelikelihood of many companiesexiting from Chinese cities in

the wake of coronavirus. Thegovt has also blocked the au-

tomatic route for FDIfrom nations whichshare land borderswith India (readChina).

I t will be difficult for Tokyo to host the Olympic Games nextyear unless there is an effective vaccine against the coron-

avirus, the head of the Japan Medical Association said. “I am notsaying that Japan should or shouldn't host the Olympics,

but that it would be difficult to do so,” JMA presi-dent Yoshitake Yokokura said. He also advised in-

creasing testing.

A s some US states and European countries moved grad-ually to ease their limits on movement and commerce,

the intensifying outbreak in Brazil - with 211 million peo-ple - pushed some hospitals to the breaking point, withsigns that a growing number of victims now dying at home.Brazil officially reported about 4,500 deaths and around67,000 confirmed cases.

India has emerged the topthree nations in the world

in terms of military expen-diture, though the US spendsmore than 10 times and Chi-na almost four times its de-fence budget. Global think-tank SIPRI 's data shows theglobal military expenditurerose to $1,917 billion in 2019.

INDIA NOW 3RD-BIGGEST MILITARYSPENDER IN WORLD: THINK-TANK

TOKYO OLYMPICS NEXT YEAR DIFFICULT WITHOUT COVID-19 VACCINE Israeli scientists

have developed amodel to explain theunique properties ofthe most distant objectever imagined in theSolar System. Thiswill shed new light onthe formation ofKuiper Belt objects– asteroid-like ob-jects at the edge ofthe Solar System – and will help scientists better understandthe early stages of the Solar System’s formation. The researchis led by a team from the Faculty of Physics at the Technion-Is-rael Institute of Technology.

Anew study backedby Harvard sug-

gests that it is the bestpreventive way tokeep depression atbay. This is the reasonwhy most sportsper-sons are less prone todepression. Engage insome physical activi-ty everyday - go for awalk, jog or run if youdon’t want to do prop-er exercise.

ISRAELI TEAM EXPLAINS PROPERTIESOF MOST DISTANT OBJECT IN SPACE

WANT TO KEEP DEPRESSION AT BAY?EXERCISE FOR 35 MINUTES

M any scientistsbelieve clon-

ing may offer a wayto de-extinct specieswiped out by humanactivity. In Australia,researchers have al-ready laid many ofthe building blocksto resurrect the thy-lacine, while in Rus-sia scientists inSiberia are workingon a scheme to holdback the collapse ofthe permafrost byrecreating the ecology that existed in the region 12,000 years ago,complete with woolly mammoths.

CLONING MAY OFFER A WAY TO DE-EXTINCT SPECIES: STUDY

In his latest interview, the actoropened up about the upcoming in-

stallment of ‘Thor’ franchise andeven went on to state that it has “oneof the best scripts” he has read inyears. Calling it director Taika Wait-iti at his “most extreme” he said, “Ifthe version I read is the one we getrunning with, it's going to be prettyinsane." The movie, the fourth in theaction franchise, reunitesHemsworth with TessaThompson.

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BE READY TO WOO COMPANIES QUITTING CHINA: PM MODI

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IS BRAZIL THE NEXT BIG HOT SPOTAS OTHER NATIONS EASE UP?

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Dutee Chand is an unhappyperson these days. She is

counting her losses postthe Tokyo Olympics post-

ponement due to theCOVID -19 pandemic andthe resulting lockdownin India. The loss is notonly monetary butthe time she invest-ed in preparing for

the Games sinceOctober last.

OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS HIT HARD,DUTEE CHAND COUNTS LOSSES

SPORTS

SPACE

HEALTH

The sweeping, au-thoritative and gen-uinely intelligent

thriller — the sort of nov-el in which the author em-ploys a bulldozer and ascalpel at the same time —is a rare specimen.Lawrence Wright’s secondnovel, ‘The End of October,’is one of these. The fact thatit’s about the world in shockand ruin because of a virussimilar to the one that caus-es COVID-19 makes it readas if it’s been shot out of acannon.

Wright is known as theauthor of nonfiction bookssuch as “The Looming Tow-

e r :Al-Qaeda

and the Road to9/11,” for which he

won a Pulitzer Prize.

Why read it?It is a great deal of learn-ing about viruses and theirpolitical and social horrors.There is the joy of compe-tence — his own as a writer,and the scientific andmoral competence of manyof the characters he’s in-vented. Read this to knowhow the author has dealtwith humanity comingto a boil.Read the plotsummary andmore of the review:Click here

Bookmarked: A novel for coronatimes ‘The End of October’

Sports stars go ‘live’ amid pandemicDelighting fans across the

world, a number of sportsstars have taken to various

social media platforms to show a

glimpse of their life off the field.According to an AFP report, starsfrom Karim Benzema to the Brazil-ian legend Ronaldo and even Rafael

Nadal, who initially struggled withInstagram, are dropping their ha-bitual discretion to interact livewith their followers.

KARIM BENZEMA: One of themore popular stars is Benzema,who posts videos on YouTube

as ‘Nueve Live’ - a playon his shirt number,and has more than

33 million Instagramf o l l o w e r s . H i s

broadcasts haveattracted asmany as 130,000viewers livewith hundreds

of thousandsmore catching up

later.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND RAFAELNADAL: Novak Djokovic andRafael Nadal have swappedtheir racquets for microphonesand cameras. Djokovic hasworked his way through the up-per echelons of men’s tennis ina series of live chats.

RONALDO: Ronaldo, thepresident of Valladolidin La Liga, has inter-viewed FIFA presidentGianni Infantino andalso talked to fellow RealMadrid GalacticosDavid Beck-ham, RobertoCarlos, IkerCasillas andLuis Figo. Read moresports sto-ries here

COVID WARRIORSCLASS XI BENGAL STUDENT’SGAMECHANGER MASK➤ A class XI student from Bengal’s Purba (East)Bardhaman district has come up with a mask that maybe a game-changer in the treatment of COVID-19patients, and her design been shortlisted in a national

competition.➤ Digantika Bose, a student of Vidyasagar SmritiVidyamandir Branch 2 in Memari, has come up witha ‘Air Providing and Virus Destroying Mask’ thattook her seven days to develop. After seriesof tests, the Ministry of Science andTechnology has asked for the student’s

permission to take forward her innova-tion in the war against the virus.➤ Bose had submitted her mask

design in the ChallengeCOVID-19 Competition (C3)

organised by the NationalInnovation Foundation (NIF).

➤ A virtual classroom created by students from GovernmentCollege of Engineering in Kannur, Kerala, to make learn-ing easier and intuitive in COVID-19 times has won$10,000 (approx Rs 7.6 lakh) as winner of the 72-hour online hackathon called CODE19. ➤ iClassroom has been created by 19-year-oldAbhinand C and 20-year-old Shilpa Rajeev.➤ With iClassroom, students and teach-

ers can interact with each other,clear their doubts, mentor oth-

ers and conduct online class-es," said Abhinand. Shilpa

added: "We built thisplatform as a practical

solution for all learning com-munities to interact with each other,

share resources and keep track ofprogress in selected courses.

KERALA STUDENTS WIN CODE19HACKATHON WITH VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

RIP KING OFMODERN CLASSICS

A man who was characterised by hisability to entertain and deliver, Khanwas associated with many films and asurfeit of talent. The role in 'PaanSingh Tomar', was great. D.PURNIMA, class IX , SBOAMatriculation HSec, Coimbatore

WE LOST AN 'ERA' TODAY: We havejust been left with fond memoriesof an actor who we would haveloved to grow up watching. ‘TheAmazing Spider-Man’ was myfavourite. SHAURYA GUPTA, IX, JayshreePeriwal Global School, Jaipur

LUNCHBOX WAS ICONIC: This filmmade the industry sit up and takenotice. Khan will not be forgottenfor a longtime.AASHNAA MEHTA, Class X, BKBirla Pub. Sch, Kalyan, Mumbai

PHENOMENAL: Released in 2005,‘Rog’ was a brilliant film and Khanwas exemplary. So much to learnfrom him. HINA NAELA, XII, G D Goenka Public School, Lucknow

GRASSROOTS ACTOR: 'Hindi Medium',which became a sleeper hit inIndia, was my favourite. DRISHTI S ASHER, class X,Gregorian School, Ernakulam

DEATH FEELS PERSONAL: This is forthe first time an actor's deathfeels personal. Watched ‘AngreziMedium’ yesterday and can'tdescribe how awesome he was in it. SHIVANSH GAIROLA, IX, DehradunWorld School, Nathuwala,Dehradun

VERSATILITY AT ITS BEST: As'Champak' Bansal in 'Angrezi

Medium', he was inspiring.Irrfan will always beremembered and loved.INAYAT KAPOOR, class XII,

Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula

BIG LOSS: Irrfan’s acting in ‘HindiMedium’ made the movie a big suc-cess. His demise is a huge loss.MOKSHA MAHESHWARI, class X,Udgam School, Ahmedabad

SIMPLICITY ICON: As an actor, he didcomplete justice to his roles. Hisdry wit and simplicity make a last-ing impression.VIVEK A, class X, The HyderabadPub School, Begumpet, Hyderabad

PAR EXCELLENCE: From Billu VillasPardesi to Pi Patel, the legendaryactor was a true example of versa-tility. RUPAM SHUKLA, class XII, SunriseEnglish Medium School Kolkata

LUNCHBOX IT WAS: I feel his role asSaajan Fernandes in ‘The Lunchbox’was his best. He shows us the hustleand bustle of the city of Mumbai.ANANYA RAO, class X, VidyashilpAcademy , Bengaluru

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