Various chapters that talk about the futility of wars. The Homecoming: Short Story The skies turned dark and gloomy, as if affected by the ongoing war. It was the harshest and the fiercest the fight the world had ever witnessed. Meanwhile almost an entire country away Cressida prayed for the well-being of her husband- Joseph. […]
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The Great Mouse Plot by Roald Dahl
The Great Mouse Plot by Roald Dahl: Summary, Questions and Answers. The Great Mouse Plot: Summary The Great Mouse Plot is about a young Dahl (the author) and his friends who play a trick on the “loathsome” Mrs Pratchett, who runs a sweet shop in Llandaff, Cardiff. The author and his friends decide to teach […]
Physical and Chemical Changes: Understand the differences and concepts
Physical and Chemical Changes: Understand the concepts and differences. Find study notes, questions and answers. Explanation of physical change: Physical changes are usually about physical states of matter. It is a type of change in which the form of matter is altered but one substance is not transformed into another. The size or shape of […]
The railway children by Edith Nesbit
The railway children by Edith Nesbit: Summary, Questions and Answers. The Railway Children is actually a children’s book written by E Nesbit, and is nicely demonstrates the importance of a family and having a safety net. In the story, the father is falsely arrested for being a spy, and the loss of income of the […]
Tenali Rama and the Dream Kingdom
Tenali Rama and the Dream Kingdom is a folktale. This story is included in the Class-4 English literature syllabus for most ICSE schools. Tenali Rama and the Dream Kingdom: Summary According to folktales, Tenali Rama was a court-jester of King Krishnadeva-raya of the Vijayanagar Empire. Like Birbal, Tenali Rama was witty and intelligent who used […]
Foreign lands by Robert Louis Stevenson
Foreign lands poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. This poem is included in the Class-4 English literature syllabus for most ICSE schools. Foreign lands: Summary This poem describes what a child sees as he climbs to the top of a tree. To a grown-up person the things he sees may seem ordinary, but the child finds […]
The Hero of Haarlem (The Little Dutch Boy)
The Hero of Haarlem by Mary Mapes Dodge – Summary, question and answers. This story is included in the Class-4 English literature syllabus for most schools. ‘Netherlands’ basically means a low-lying country, where the ground is lower than the sea level. As a result, people build dykes all over the country to prevent sea water […]
Astrid Lindgren: Writer of Pippi longstocking and popular kids books
Astrid Lindgren is Swedish writer of Pippi longstocking and other popular childrens book. Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was a Swedish writer who wrote fiction and screenplays. She grew up in Nas, Sweden. Many of her books are based on her childhood memories and the landscape of Nas is reflected in her works. Lindgren was born in […]
Transportation and Infrastructure development in India: Geography Project
Good transportation network paves way for infrastructure development. Infrastructure development in India has contributed to modernizing industries and making her one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Different modes of transportation networks in India have gone a long way in connecting different parts of the country through various government-initiated projects and schemes. Major […]
Learn Indian and World History Through Movies
Learn history through movies. Movies on Mahatma Gandhi Oct 2 is celebrated in India as Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday (known as Gandhi Jayanti), a man who changed the course of the future of India, with his ideas of non violence. Gandhi (1982) While several movies have been made on Bapu, the most successful one was Richard […]
Social Science SST Subject Enrichment: Activities, Projects
Subject enrichment activities in CBSE are activities that help students learn more about a subject beyond the regular curriculum. Social Science (SST) Subject Enrichment Project Work Activity – Class IX Question: Theme: Be Inclusive in Thought and Action. Topic: Clean and Green is our Perfect Dream: Sustainable Development “Never doubt that a small group of […]
History of Architecture and Urbanism
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Tugendhat House (1928-1930) in Brno, Czech Republic is one of the pioneering examples of modern architecture in Europe that featured in the Modern Architecture: International Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1932 curated by Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Alfred Barr, and Philip Johnson for its exquisite ahead-of-its-time architecture that is […]
Business Economics: Concepts, Theories and Assignments
Business economics is the study of financial, organizational, market-related, and environmental issues faced by corporations. Business Economics encompasses: Study of scarcity, product factors, distribution, and consumption. Microeconomic analysis that involves understanding Supply and Demand, Cost Analysis, Market Structures and Consumer Behaviour Macroeconomic analysis that involves understanding Economic Indicators, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Global Economics Business […]
Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a book written for entrepreneurs and talks about how startups should go about launching their business. The author says that any startup should build a Minimum Viable Product, test it, learn from it, and build the next version. It should do this often during the product development. Write […]
Leisure (poem) by William Henry Davies
Leisure (poem) by William H Davies: Summary, explanation, meaning, analysis, question and answers. Although written simply, this is a very popular poem, and even those who read it a few decades back still recollect the poem because they can relate to it. Leisure: Complete Poem What is this life if, full of care, We have […]
Industrialisation in India: Notes and Solutions
Industrialisation in India: Study notes, questions and answers, projects (ICSE Geography). Industrialization is the process by which an economy transforms from an agricultural economy to one based on manufacturing of goods. Benefits of industrial change Increased job opportunities Higher innovation Increased production levels Improved standard of living Reduction in poverty Public vs Private Sector Public […]
ICSE Class 10 Math Project: Mathematical patterns in nature, architecture, designs
Question 1 Observe and record various mathematical patterns in nature/architecture/designs/floors and comment on their mathematical significance (Geometry). Introduction Shapes and Numbers have become the limelight of Mathematics-Research and now mathematics has grown from just solving sums to an experimentation and observation, finding relation to the real world and thus it involves science which brings us […]
Light travels in straight line: School science project
Experiment: Light travels in a straight line Materials needed: Torch, 3 cardboard pieces of the same sizes, Blackboard (or a black-covered book) Procedure: Make a hole in the three cardboards. First Setup: Place the 3 cardboards in a straight line. Place a torch at one end and a blackboard at the other end, with the […]
We are mere puppets in the hand of the almighty: Essay
ICSE / CBSE essay on the topic “We are mere puppets in the hand of the almighty”. Mankind has made tremendous progress in the last couple of centuries, and many of us today are raised in an environment where we are made to believe that we can control almost anything. The Covid-19 pandemic that has […]
CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) to act as single-point military advisor to PM on security issue
India now has a newly established Department of Military Affairs (DMA) headed by a newly created post, the CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) that will act as a single-point military advisor to the Government on all security related matters. This report takes a closer look at the need for creating such a post and how […]
