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CBSE BOARD EXAMS:
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NOT BE 'FAILED'
AFTER TERM 1
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TOP 3 BUZZ
OF THE DAY
VIDYUT MOHAN
ENVIRONMENT
India set to update 2030 climate named among Prince
targets under Paris Agreement William’s Earthshot BSE has clarified that it

Prize winners C would not be 'failing' any

student - in the sense
that no fail, pass or repeat would
be given to the student for any
Delhi-based entrepre- subject. The fail and pass would

A neur's agricultural waste

recycling project was
named among the win-
ners of Prince William's inaugural
Earthshot Prize, dubbed the 'Eco
Oscars', at a gala ceremony in London
on Sunday evening. Vidyut Mohan-led
Takachar was named the winner of
It
was among five
worldwide winners of
the prize, created by
William, the Duke of
Cambridge, to reward
people trying to save
the planet
1
Takachar was named a
winner for its technology,
which reduces smoke emis-
be announced only on the basis
of the cumulative result, which
would be computed after Term 2
examination are
completed.However, the Board
sions by up to 98 per cent, aimed at has said that while no 'fail' or
helping improve the air quality that cur- pass would be awarded in Term 1
rently reduces the affected population's - the performance in Term 1
life expectancy by up to five years would impact the final 'fail or

A
the GBP 1 million prize for its cheap
fter months of pushing back, India is set to update its 2030 cli- technology innovation to convert crop pass' once both the term exami-
If scaled, it could cut a billion tons

2
mate targets under the Paris Agreement. India is considering cut- residues into sellable bio-products in nations are complete. Also, since
ting down almost by half the amount of greenhouse gases pro- of carbon dioxide a year, "a win Term 2 is expected to be a sub-
the "clean our air" category.
duced for every dollar of economic activity by the end of the decade. for India's farmers in the fight jective paper (all conditions
 The Earthshot Prize's name  Each year for the next against climate change" remaining conducive), then the
is a reference to the decade, the prize is awarding marks of the MCQ would surely
 India’s updated nationally determined contributions or Costa Rica emerged as the winner
NDCs, as commitments by countries under the Paris
Agreement are referred to, could include a commitment to
reduce the emissions intensity of the economy by at least
46 to 48 per cent from its 2005 levels
"Moonshot" ambition of 1960s
America, which saw the then-
President John F Kennedy,
pledge to get a man on the
GBP 1 million each to five
projects that are working to
find solutions to the planet's
environmental problems
3 in the "protect and restore
nature" category for a scheme
paying local citizens to restore natural
determine whether the student is
passing or failing in the Board
exams. Term 1 scores might carry
upto 50% weight in the final
ecosystems that has led to a revival of result, it added.
 Building on its enhanced renewable energy target of Moon within a decade
the rainforest (SOURCE: TIMESNOW)
450GW, India could pledge to increase the share of non-
fossil fuel sources in its energy generation capacity to at
least 60 per cent, with the possibility of raising it to 65
per cent, by 2030
Facebook rolls out end-to-end NEWS IN
encrypted chat backups to WhatsApp
CLUES
Answer: MELBOURNE. The
city, which has been under
BOOK the longest lockdown in the
hatsApp's end-to-end Facebook has offered end-to-end
JK Rowling releases Christmas book
about 'being lost and found'
arry Potter author
W encrypted chat back-
ups for iOS and
Android are here! As
per The Verge, social media giant
encryption for chats for years, but
with this new change, users will be
able to get the same level of encryp-
tion with their backups too.
Which was the first
non-European &
non-American city to
world due to Covid-119 ,
announced that it was lifting
the stay-at-home orders. It
has been under six lock-

H JK Rowling has released

her first children's
Christmas book, inspired by lock-
Facebook announced that the compa-
ny has started rolling out end-to-end
encrypted backups to WhatsApp.
Reportedly, the feature will be rolling
out "slowly" for people on the latest
version of the app.
host the Olympics?
downs totalling 262 days or
nearly 9 months, since March
2020. It’s named after the
down and her son David's town of Melbourne in
beloved cuddly toy pigs. CLUE 1: It’s named after the Derbyshire, UK, where
'The Christmas Pig' is a
WHAT'S NEW birthplace of the founder of Thomas Cook, founder of the
story about "being The backed-up WhatsApp chats eponymously named travel
lost and being found, get stored in iCloud or Google a travel agency. agency Thomas Cook was
about loving and being Drive, but that could be handed
loved, about what stays over by Apple or Google to law CLUE 2: It is Australia’s born. It hosted the Summer
Olympics in 1956, becoming
with us and what falls enforcement if compelled. However, with the new change, the users will second largest city. the first city outside of
away," the author be able to secure their WhatsApp cloud backups with a password or a 6-
Europe and the US to host
said. "It's also 4digit encryption key, which means that no third person, but you will be CLUE 3: It was unofficially
able to access the backup the quadrennial games.
about hope and
endurance,"
once known as Bearbrass.
she added.

SPACE
NASA sends Lucy mission to seek out
Cricket fans can now
solar system's 'fossils' watch ICC Men's T20
World Cup matches live
on the big screen at PVR
M
ultiplex
chain PVR
Cinemas,

I
which has
n a novel bid to seek out the origin of our solar system, the US
space agency has launched the Lucy mission, the agency's first to bagged the rights for the
Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. live screening of cricket
 The  The Indian team, matches during the ICC
 Lucy will circle back to the Earth three times for gravity
assists, making it the first spacecraft to return to the
T20 World Cup that led by skipper Virat Men's T20 World Cup 2021,
Kohli, will play their will be screening all the
vicinity of Earth from the outer solar system started on October The matches will be screened in over
India games of the ICC
 During its 12-year primary mission, Lucy will explore a 17, will continue till first match against 75 cinemas in 35 plus cities, including
Men's T20 World Cup 2021,
record-breaking number of asteroids, including a flyby of November 14 in the Pakistan on along with the semi-finals New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and
one asteroid in the solar system's main belt and seven
Trojan asteroids near Jupiter UAE and Oman October 24 and final. Ahmedabad, the multiplex chain said
 02 It’s not that I am so smart, it’s just that I stay with the
problems longer.
-Albert Einstein
MOCK PAPERS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2021

MULTIPLY EFFORTS TO CLASS: XII - 2020-21

SUBJECT:

GET A PERFECT SCORE

MATHEMATICS (ISC)
Time Allowed: 1½ Hours
Maximum Marks: 80

PRACTICE PAPER SET BY RAGHAVAN BADRINATH, GITANJALI SCHOOL, HYDERABAD

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Q1) The relation defined in the set of in- i) If Cij is cofactor of aij, then the value iv) The angle between a & b
tegers as aRb Û a£b is
a) reflexive b) not symmetric
of C12 + C31
a) 5 b) –25 c) –5 d) 25
a) sin-1 ( 2
3Ö`29 )
b) cos-1
2
3Ö`29( )
c) transitive d) all the three ii) The value of det |A| =
a) 50 b) –50 c) –20 d) –10
c) tan-1
( 2
3Ö`29 )
d) None of these
Q2) If Aij is cofactor of aij ; then the val- iii) The value of x+y+z is
ue of a) 2 b) 3 c) 6 d) None of these Q29) A Company produced a product

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2 2 1 iv) The value of det |AdjA| is with Rs 12000 as fixed costs. The vari-
A21 + A32 If A= 3 4 2 a) 125000 b) 2500 c) 50 d) 400 able cost is estimated to be 30% of the
1 1 1 total revenue when it is sold at a rate
a) –2 b) 2 c) –4 d) 0 Q24) The line parallel to of Rs. 20 per unit.
x–1 = y+1 = z–1 i) The profit functions is equal to
dy 1 –2 3 a) 14x – 12000 b) 26x – 12000
Q3) If x = 4t² & y =8t, = at t = 2
dx and passing through (1, –2, 3) c) 14x + 12000 d) 26x + 12000
a) 2 b) 0.5 c) – 2 d) – 0.5 x–1 = y+1 = z+3
a)
1 –2 3 Q30) The demand function for a prod-
Q4) A.At is a x–1 = y+2 = z–3 uct is given by p=16 – 4x then the mar-
b)
a) identity matrix 1 –2 3 ginal revenue function is a __ function
b) a symmetric matrix x+1 = y–2 = z+3 a) neither increasing nor decreasing
c) d) None of these
c) a skew symmetric matrix 1 –2 3 b) decreasing c) increasing d) constant
d) None of these
a) – 2 b) 6 c) 2 d) 6 then the value of f(3)+f(–2)+f(7)= Q25) Find the value of l so that the Q31) The average cost function for a
4 3 a) 33 b) 38 c) 30 d) 59 vectors company is given by
x¹
2x – 3 "
Q5) If f(x) = &
2 d 3
Q13) dx (sin² x)= Q21) If f(x)=x²+1 and g(x)=2x–3 " xÎR 2iˆ - 3jˆ + k
ˆ & 3iˆ - 2j+
ˆ lkˆ AC = 2x – 4 – x . the marginal cost
g (x) 3x – 2, then f (g(2))= are perpendicular when output is 10 units
a) 2 sinx b) sin2x c) cos²x d) 2cosx i) The values of x for which f(x)=17 is
a) 0.8 b) 10 c) 16 d) 8 a) 4,0 b) –4, 0 c) 4, –4 d) 16, 0 a) –12 b) 13 c) – 8 d) 0 a) 15.7 b) 157 c) 36 d) 2.03

Q6) If f(x) = x² – 4x +5, then f(x) is ______
at x = 5
a) stationary b) decreasing
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a a² bc ii) The number of real roots of the
Q14) b b² ca = equation f(x)=g(x) is Q26) The angle between the lines pass- Q32) The cost function is C= –10+10x –
c c² ab a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) more than 2 ing through the points (2, 5, 8), (3, 6, k) x² and Revenue function is R = x² – 2x,
iii) The value of f (g(2))= and (–2, –3, 1), (1, 0, 4) is 90°, then then break even output is

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c) increasing d) None of these 1 a a² a a² a³ 1 a a² a) 7 b) 2 c) 5 d) 4 a) 1 b) 2 c) 6 d) 8 a) 1, 5 b) 1, 4 c) 1, 3 d) 1, 2
a) 1 b b² b) b b² b³ c) b 1 b² iv) The range of f(x) is
p 1 c c² c c² c³ c c² 1 a) R b) (0 ¥) c) (1 ¥) d) (1 ¥)
Q7) f(x) = cos 2x, " xÎ 0 [ 2 ] is a d) none of these
Q27) The unit vector in the direction of
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a+b, where a=2 i+
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ˆ j+
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ˆ 4kˆ & b =iˆ + jˆ + 2kˆ
Q33) The unit demand function is x =
28 – 4p Where x is the no. of units de-
a) Injective function Q22) An open box with a square base manded and p is the price per unit .
b) Many one function Q15) If f(x)=x² + 3 and g(x) = 2x + 4, have to be made using c² cm² of card 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ ) b) 1 ( 3i+2j+6k
ˆ ˆ ˆ) Then answer the following
a) ( 3i+2j+6k
c) constant function then the value of x for which f(x)=2g(x) board, then 7 49 i) The revenue function in terms of p
d) None of these a) 1, 5 b) –1, 5 c) 1, –5 d) –1, –5 i) The volume of the box is ˆ ˆ ˆ ) d) None of these 28–4p
c) ( 3i+2j+6k a)
1 1 p b) 28p – 4p²
a) (c²x – 2x³) b) (c²x – x³)
dy Q16) The slope of the tangent to the 4 4 ® ® ® c) 14 – 2p d) 14p – 2p²
Q8) If x² + y² =4, then at x= Ö`3 is ˆ ˆ ˆ b = 2iˆ -3j+4k
Q28) If a =2i+2j+k ˆ ˆ c=2i-3j
ˆ ˆ
dx curve y=x² –4x+3 at P(3,0) is 1
c) (2c²x – x³) d) (c²x – x³)
a) 1 b) – 1 c) Ö`3 d) –Ö`3 a) 0 b) 12 c) –12 d) 2 4 then answer the following ii) The marginal revenue in terms of x
dV i) The vector of magnitude 6 units, which a) 28x – 4x² b) 14x – 2x² c) 14x – x²
¾¾¾ ii) The value of x for which dx 0 ® ® ®
Q9) If A is of order 2 and det |A|= 4, Q17) If y=ln (x+Ö x² + 1) then dy/dx= is parallel to the vector 2a +b –3c is 1
d) 7– x
then det |3A|= 1 c c cÖ`2 6 1 2
¾¾¾ ¾¾ a) b) c) d) None of these a) (10j + 6k) b) (10j + 6k)
a) 108 b) 36 c) 12 d) 4 a) Ö x² + 1 b) Ö x² +1 Ö` 6 Ö`3 Ö`3 Ö`34 Ö`34
x 1 2 3 iii) Marginal revenue at x = 40
Q10) If A ={1,2,3,4} & B ={a,b,c,d,e} c) Ö¾ ¾ ¾¾
x² +1 d) x+ Ö x² +1 iii) The nature of the stationary point
c)
Ö`34
(10j + 6k) d)
Ö`34
(10j + 6k)
a) –5280 b) –13 c) –1040 d) –2640
then number of one –– one function a) Maxima b) Minima
a) 1024 b) 625 c) 120 d) 20 Q18) If AB=3I and order of A and B c) Point of inflexion d) None of these ii) The equation of line passing through iv) the actual revenue from selling 11th
are 3, if |A|=9 then |B|= iv) The Stationary value of V is A and B whose position vectors are re- item
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d a) 81 b) 9 c) 3 d) None of these c³ c³ c³ c³ spectively a & b a) 3.5 b) 1.75 c) 7 d) None of these
Q11) dx (sin–1 x + cos–1 x) = a) b) c) d) ® ®
6Ö` 3 12Ö` 3 3Ö`3 4Ö`3 a) r = (2+2t) i + (2–3t)jˆ + (1+4t)k̂
2 1 Q19) The point on the curve y=x²–6x+ ® ®
a) 0 b) 1 c) ¾¾ d) ¾¾ b) r = (2–2t) i + (2+3t)jˆ + (1–4t)k̂ These questions are meant for practice

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Ö1– x² Ö1– x² 7, where tangent is parallel to y=2x+3 2 -1 3 ® ®
a) (3, 2) b) (2, –1) Q23) Given A= 1 2 4 , c) r = (2) i + (2–5t)jˆ + (1+3t)k̂ purpose only. Students are advised to check for-

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3 1 a c) (4, –1) d) None of these 4 3 1 d) none mat, syllabus and marks for Board test papers

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Q12) If b 2 -2 2x+1 if x <1 9 x ® ® ® with their teachers. Questions have been given
3 c 1 Q20) If f (x)= x² if 1£ x £ 5, B= 17 & X= y iii) If a ^ (b+lc) then value of l is
by teachers and NIE is not responsible for them.
is a symmetric matrix then a+b+c 4x–1 if x>5 13 z a) 1 b) –1 c) 2 d) –2

Turn adversities to your DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT:

advantage & advance LIGHT A WAVE OR PARTICLE?
Change always happened when humans were INTERFERENCE, DIFFRACTION AND POLARISATION OF LIGHT
challenged. The roads we travel are not always
beautiful with picturesque sceneries, lush green MY EXPERIMENT
forests on either sides or blue skies above.
I will be demonstrating Setting Up the Experiment

T
he double slit experiment where a ball has hit the second
BE DETERMINED TO REACH shows the wave nature of wall, what do you expect to this experiment. We To observe the effect, we need
light, which adds on to the see? We expect to see 2 strips should expect to see an to point it at a screen
YOUR DESTINATION
particle nature of light to get of marks roughly the same
interference pattern
M ost often they are dotted with potholes and humps, we
may have to go up and down hills
and mountains. Still, we all take
the wave-particle duality of
light.
shape as the slits.
BUT which is caused by
Albert Einstein showed us the light interfering

a road to reach our destina-
tion. Even when a tree
falls on the road or it
starts pouring, if
we’re determined to
reach our destina-
and march ahead. In life, we face adversities
tion, we would find a all the time, from the time of birth till the last Initially, as a teacher, I had
way around, a better
way, wait till it’s time we face a problem, we will never go
cleared or walk
through it.
LEARN FROM
CHANGES CAUSED BY
THE PANDEMIC
GEAR UP TO
CLEAR HURDLES
O
bstacles may block our paths for a
while but we overcome them
breath we take. But if we give up each
ahead but if we consider it as energy to
fuel us up, we will see light at the
end of the tunnel.
we can also describe light as
FACE PROBLEMS
being made up of individual
CRITICALLY, CREATIVELY
particles of energy: photons.
T
come
hose who face a situation
critically and creatively
up with new ideas.
This is necessary to account
for something called the "pho-
toelectric effect". When you
shoot a very specific wave-
several issues to tackle. But I length of light at a sheet of
started thinking of ways to metal, the metal emits elec-
deal with each challenge trons: particles that are elec-
and developed new methods to trically charged. This is the
tackle them. photoelectric effect.
Then comes the Double Slit
experiment. It is one of the
SEE OPPORTUNITIES IN
most famous experiments in
ADVERSITIES physics. It demonstrates that
N
ow shine a light at the
wall with two slits. As with itself.
the wave passes though
both slits, it essentially splits Materials Used Observation
into two new waves, each
spreading out from one of the
1) Laser pointer with a green
dot (532±10nm)
slits. These two waves then
interfere with each other. Here we can see the interference
Bright spots on the screen pattern. Pictures I took of my
show the areas where the light experiment
wave interfere constructively, 2) A mounting
ie, they add on to each other. stand
The dark regions show the
destructive interference of
Comparison of pointer without
light waves, ie, where the can-
cel each other out. When the slits and same pointer with
3) A home- double slit
light meets a screen placed

I f you hold a knife by its sharp edge, surely you will

cut your hand and bleed, but if held by the handle
A dversities are like stones that
life throws at you. Pick them up
and build a strong foundation on
little particles of matter have
something of a wave about
behind, you will see a striped
pattern, called an interference
made double
slit using
them. To start off, imagine a pattern. It looks like: tape (size of
it can be used right. The pandemic has wreaked havoc in which you can build your life or wall with two slits in it. Imagine slits approx.
our lives but we have found ways to overcome the chal- place them under your feet as step- throwing tennis balls at the 0.3mm) Showing similarities with waves
lenges it brought – our classes are now online, we have ping stones but don’t throw them wall. Some will bounce off the in water
found new ways of entertainment, we have learnt new away because they are opportunities wall, but some will travel
skills to spend our time fruitfully, we have learnt to to make things new Conclusion
through the slits with easily
appreciate simple things in life and to nuture the and better. understood trajectories. If We can notice the dark So finally, we can observe the interference pattern which
environment around us.
there's another wall behind the spots and the bright spots, proves the wave nature of light, and now we can
first, the tennis balls that have showing destructive and conclude light behaves as a wave.
Rosemary Joy, Special Educator, Innovative Learning Lab, Centre for Holistic travelled through the slits will constructive interference
Learning and Development of Children, Assisi Vidyaniketan Public School, Ernakulam hit it. If you mark all the spots Shreyas Dutta, class XI, DPS Whitefield, Bengaluru
of light waves.
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SCHOOL IS COOL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2021
It’s not just a place where you get to learn Einstein’s Theory of
Relativity. It’s also a place where you can think beyond the
classroom. Hence we say, SCHOOL IS COOL!
03
Activities galore at Birla
High School Junior Section
GANDHI JAYANTI EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS Emblem at Sarnath, mangoes hi and Agra to see various decade was shown to the chil-
of Ratnagiri, the lotus at shapes. For example Konark dren.

V
irtual trips are a great
way to see the world. At
Birla High School we
try to extend the awareness of
our boys beyond books while
relating their experiences
with lessons in their text. To
the delight of the nursery
children they were taken on a
Nagercoil Lotus Garden , the
majestic Royal Bengal Tiger
at Sunderbans and the Great
Banyan Tree at Botanical Gar-
dens.The virtual trip was
made with the help of Google
Earth, Google Maps, YouTube
as well
Temple (circle), Taj Mahal
(rests on a square base) etc. At
Red Fort the Indian flag was
hoisted and the National an-
them was sung for the spe-
cially challenged children.
Students of class II went
for a virtual field trip to Ma-
sai Mara National Reserve in
The students of class IV
answered to the call of the sun-
dari trees in the Sunderbans.
They gained interesting and
informative insight about the
flora and fauna of the land.
One could almost feel the wet
and damp air and all eyes were
hooked to catch a glimpse of

T
he students of class IV C, Birla High School con- virtual tour to Serengeti Na- Kenya to celebrate World Na- the elusive and magnificent
ducted a virtual assembly on Gandhi Jayanti on 1st tional Park, Tanzania, and tional Conservation Day resident of these forests- the
of October 1. The purpose of this special assembly Oceanographic Aquar- related to the topic ‘Wild Royal Bengal tiger.
was to attain an engrossing concoction of education and ium in Spain through Animals.’ Seeing the an- Class V students during

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entertainment wherein the students would be able to at- Class Flow. They saw imals in their natural their trip from Gangotri to he students of class I of Birla High
tain a holistic under- an incredible variety habitat and a video of Gangasagar-Journey of a Riv- School participated in an Exchange
standing of the pivotal of wild animals and a safari trip in a hot air er-through Google Earth trav- Programme with SJKT SEAPORT
life journey of Mahat- sea creatures in balloon, learning facts elled along the course of the Tamil Primary School, Malaysia. Stu-
ma Gandhi, one of the their natural habitat about the Masai Mara river and learnt about reli- dents of both the
most notable figures of and learned many in- tribe and solving an exit gious, economic and cultural schools shared infor-
modern Indian history. teresting facts about ticket in the form of a Google activities that have grown on mation about the cul-
Through a comprehen- them. form helped to enhance their the banks for several cen- ture, heritage, food,
sive depiction of Gand- On the occasion of 75th GK quotient. turies. They were amazed to language and festivals
hi's life, the special as- Independence Day, the young as Google Class III had a unique bird see the Gangotri glacier and of their country. They
sembly traced the evo- patriots of kindergartens ex- Arts and Culture and pre- watching field trip through understood and how the riv- also went on a virtual
lutionary basis and the plored “Incredible India”. sented through Nearpod. Google Earth to Santragachi er gets its yearlong supply of trip around their
contemporary rele- They viewed river Ganges at Students of class I wel- Jheel, Salim Ali Bird Sanctu- water from the melting snow. school.
vance of the Gandhian Devprayag, our national Tri- comed Miraitowa, Tokyo ary in Goa and Bharatpur - The teachers were glad to A quiz session on Kahoot was organised by the guest
ideology. This virtual as- colour fluttering high at the Olympics Mascot to attend a Keoladeo National Park. A see their children rejuvenat- school which was enjoyed by all. The students of both the
sembly disseminated information on this iconic figure and Red Fort, the beautiful pea- virtual field trip around our video of the bird man of Chen- ed and happy after these in- schools actively participated in an informal interactive ses-
his immense achievements that have influenced countless cock at the Mughal Gardens “Incredible India”. They trav- nai regularly feeding 400 to 600 teresting and adventurous sion which was quite interesting. Overall the programme
individuals all around the globe. in New Delhi, the National elled to Odisha, Chennai, Del- parakeets twice a day over a trips. was thoroughly enriching for the students.

PA R VATA S A N A
HOW TO DO and strength. This posture pose). How to do parvatasana? other in this upward stretched
Special Durga Puja Assembly in city schools
PARVATASANA? has three variations to Let's see the method- position of arms. Either interlace
The mountain pose. As the provide all-round stretch STARTING POSITION: the fingers or keep the palms
name suggests, it and twist to spine. It Sit in Padmasana / joined. Keep the hands close
derives the benefits is a cultural Asanas Sukhasana, keeping the to the respective ears,
from the qualities for lateral (upward) hands at their respec- abdomen maintained in
of a mountain- stretch of the tive sides. Chest normal contour and back
stability, fixity spine (classic thrown well forward, straight. Avoid bending
keep the neck the arms at the elbows
BENEFITS OF YOGA straight, the
abdomen in normal
and wrists, keeping
them stretched and
1 Corrects minor postural defects of the spine contour, the chin straight. Maintain this
DELHI PUBLIC
and straightens the muscles of the back. drawn in and eyes fully stretched posi- SCHOOL RUBY PARK

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2 Stretches all the abdominal and pelvic mus- focused on a single tion (palms joined), for
point straight 6 seconds, retaining he pre-primary students
cles and loosens the hips. of Delhi Public School
ahead. the breath (final posi- Ruby Park, Kolkata, cel-
3 Exercises the inactive waist zone, and helps
CLASSICAL POSE tion). Returning to ebrated Durga Puja on the
reduce belly fats and flabby abdomen. virtual platform, to mark the
METHOD: starting position: exhal-
4 Internal organs in the abdominal region get victory of ‘good’ over ‘evil’
Inhaling, in 3 sec- ing, in 3 seconds, first and to celebrate the epitome
proper massage-improved blood circulation; onds, raise both the turn the palm position of power, ‘Shakti’, with great
viscera normally rest on the pelvic floor. arms together, from outwards and then, enthusiasm. Maa Durga, who
their respective keeping the arms is ‘Shakti’ incarnate, is be-
5 Prolapse (slipping down) of the uterus is lieved to have profound in-
improved by providing natural support to the sides, for an straight, bring it down to fluence on our lives. an innovative play, that had a The programme conclud-
viscera. upward stretch. the sides to The programme included modern touch and showed the ed with a vote of thanks,
Join the palms complete 1 vibrant performances by the significance of each day of the where the students sought
6 Blood circulation in the vertebral region to each round. little members of the school, five-day fiesta. The students the blessings of the goddess
improves, and the efficiency of the nerves to usher in the spirit of the staged colourful dance per- and wished everyone a joyful
festival. It began with a wel- formances, sang devotional Durga Puja. The efforts of the
coming out of the vertebra is improved. come address by principal, songs and recited a poem young ones were indeed
7 The unnatural curvature of the spine and Joyoti Chaudhuri, followed by based on the theme. praiseworthy.
minor displacements of the vertebrae are Courtesy: The Yoga Institute
corrected. The Yoga Institute was founded on 25th December, 1918 by the founder, Shri Yogendraji. It RUBY PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL
found a permanent base in Santacruz, Mumbai, in 1948.

Yoga should be practiced under the supervision of Yoga Guru. The views expressed in the above article are those of the author and the newspaper takes no responsibility for it.

A CAREER FULL OF ZEAL

A brilliant mind whose ground-
breaking work with DNA is usually
associated with two men, James
Watson and Francis Crick credited for
discovering the double helix structure
important advances in the science of
coal and carbon during WW2, and
became one of the best
virologists in the 20th
century. It is because
to an untimely death at a tender age of
37 due to ovarian cancer, exacerbated
by the fatal X ray radiation
in her lab, she would have
been eligible to win two
D urga Puja is celebrated across In-
dia to worship goddess Durga. Dur-
ga is also called ‘Adi Shakti’ or the
final/ultimate power. It is a five-day fes-
tival celebrated during autumn. The fes-
tival symbolises the victory of goddess
of the DNA. of her contributions to Nobel Prizes, like Marie Durga over the demon Mahishasura thus
In an era where women’s opinions DNA sequencing, X-ray Curie. However, she had no signifying the victory of good over evil.
were given little to no importance, she crystallography and regrets as colleagues Durga Puja is also a harvest festival
commemorating goddess Durga as the
always firmly chose to stand her viruses that today’s pointed out; even during creator of the universe and the provider
ground; whether while attending a col- researchers are able to her last months with pain of food. Thus the students of Ruby Park
lege against her conservative father’s use tools such as DNA and agony she would crawl Public School bowed their head and
wishes or withstanding the hostile sequencing and X-ray up to her lab to continue prayed to the Almighty to illuminate their
storms her male colleagues sent her crystallography to her research. As a budding conscience. The programme started with
a beautiful ‘shloka’ chanted by Sounab
way for pursuing a research career. She investigate viruses researcher, I wish to Dutta of class IX A followed by a Ganesh
was a tireless investigator of nature’s such as SARS-CoV-2. imbibe the Vandana of the pre-primary section. Var-
secrets who enjoyed what she did. Had she not passed away due same enthusiasm and zeal ious dance and songs were performed to
She worked across all three sci- she had for her career. usher the season of ‘Shorot’. The assem-
bly attained it's pinnacle with the Maha-
ences, focussing on what mattered MADIHA KHAN, IBDP Year 2, laya stothra followed by collated art work
most to the society. She made The Heritage School,
ROSALIND FRANKLIN of students through a slide presentation.
 A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by own.
Adam Gilchrist, Australian Cricketer
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2021

ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2021

Spurred by victory over Bangladesh, team will look to build

on win as they take on Papua New Guinea

B
uoyed by their stunning vic-
tory over Bangladesh, Scot-
land will be keen to keep the
winning momentum going
when they take on Papua
New Guinea in the T20 World
Cup in Oman on Tuesday.
Chris Greaves’ magnificent
all-round display, that saw him hit a 45 off 28
deliveries before snaring two crucial wickets,
helped Scotland notch a six-run victory over
Bangladesh in their opening clash, while debu-
tants Papua New Guinea were handed a 10-
wicket thrashing by co-hosts Oman in the tour-
nament opener.
Scotland were in a spot of bother at 53 for
six before Greaves led a brilliant lower-order
fightback, stitching vital partnerships with
Mark Wyatt (51 runs) and Josh Davey (27 runs)
to help his side set a respectable target.
BATTING COLLAPSE
A CONCERN
The batting collapse up front will be a cause of
concern for the Scots, four batters at the top
failed to go beyond the five-run mark with cap-
tain Kyle Coetzer and Michael Leask scoring
ducks. They would need to take more respon-
sibility going ahead.
The bowlers did well to keep the pressure
on the opposition from the beginning and wick-
ets at regular intervals sealed a memorable vic-
tory for the Scots in the end.
However, despite ending on the winning side
skipper Coetzer conceded that the side is capa-
ble of better performances. “We understand
that we have to play extremely well to beat sides.
We certainly didn’t play to our full potential,”
Coetzer said. A win on Tuesday will put Scot-
land in strong position to head to the Super 12s
stage.
On the other hand, Papua New Guinea, who
were hoping to end their 12-match losing streak
FORMER CHAMPS LANKA
FACE NAMIBIA
Namibia is making their debut in the tournament,
taking on 2014 winners Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi.
While Sri Lanka and Namibia may have contrasting
histories in the tournament, both will traverse
unchartered territory when walking onto the
ground at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. As Namibia
end an 18-year wait to return to global tournament
action, Sri Lanka enters the First Round stage of
the 16-team tournament for the first time, and will
face a new challenge of high-pressure preliminary
action. To add intrigue to the match-up, the pair
face off for the first time in T20I cricket.
NETHERLANDS, IRELAND EYE
WINNING START
Group A’s fascinating balance offers plenty of
qualification hope for Ireland and the Netherl-
ands as they prepare for their opening ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup fixture in Abu Dhabi. Both teams
are talking a good game, and their aspirations of
making it into the second stage of the tourna-
ment are highly achievable, with each squad con-
taining more than enough to trouble pool
favourites Sri Lanka and fellow Group A hopefuls
Namibia. The Dutch arrive without much by way
of warm-up time for their strongest side. As for
Ireland, the full potential of the squad that has
travelled to the tournament is slightly uncertain.
Many of the golden generation, who established
the Irish as a white-ball force, particularly in 50-
over cricket, have now moved on to retirement
and coaching.
in white ball cricket, were completely out-
played in all departments. Going ahead, not
only will they have to win against Scotland,
they will also look to improve their net run
rate which currently stands at -3.135.
The side will need to do some serious think-
ing ahead of the next game. Barring skipper
Assad Vala, who hit a half century and Charles
Amini’s (37), the PNG batters struggled and were
guilty of giving away their wickets in clusters.
It wasn’t a great outing for the bowling unit
either, the skipper used seven bowlers but none
could trouble the opposition. They will have to
regroup fast.
Looking ahead, Vala said “We just need to
focus on ourselves and not worry about Scot-
land and Bangladesh at the moment, because it
was down to us that we didn’t do well today be-
cause we didn’t execute our plans.”
Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer has said that
the six-run upset win over Bangladesh came
Kyle Coetzer
about because of a “lot of planning behind the
scenes”, given that the side had barely played
any competitive games coming in and the pan-
demic leaving their preparations in a disarray.
BANGLA MUST WIN NEXT
Bangladesh, meanwhile, take on Oman in des-
perate need of a win, and for skipper Mah-
mudullah, it was their batting that faltered in
this encounter, with Mushfiqur Rahim’s dis-
missal for 38 proving the crucial moment in
the match. Handed a rude shock in their open-
er, Bangladesh will have to sort some self-con-
fessed batting problems and play as per their
reputation. They came into the tournament as
the sixth-ranked team, which had beaten New
Zealand and Australia at home. AGENCIES

Photo: ANI

JUVE continue to climb ANSU inspires BARCA to victory

With fours wins on the go, the team moves into Valencia falter as Barcelona navigate a storm for a
seventh spot while Roma remain on fourth winning start to the big week ahead

J
uventus continued Juve coach Massimiliano Alle- up to take on

their climb following
a disastrous start as
Moise Kean’s first-half
goal clinched a 1-0 win
over Jose Mourinho’s Roma.
Wojciech Szczesny saved a
penalty from Roma midfielder
Jordan Veretout just before
half-time as Juventus made it
four wins on the bounce, mov-
ing up to seventh. “I like 1-0, as
it’s a good result, especially as
we kept another clean sheet,”
PERFECT NAPOLI RECLAIM TOP SPOT
Napoli returned to the top of Serie A
after Nigerian international Victor
Osimhen scored the only goal in a
hard-fought 1-0 win against Torino.
AC Milan had moved to the top of the
table after beating Hellas Verona 3-
2. But Napoli moved back to the
summit after Osimhen, who scored
gri said. “Roma are a techni-
cally good team, they have a lot
of quality and caused us prob-
lems early on, then we scored
a good goal and improved as
time wore on.” Roma remain
fourth but have lost three of
their past five outings.
Atalanta have easy win
Atalanta were easy 4-1 winners
against Empoli as they warmed
for his country in a 2-0 win against
the Central African Republic in World
Cup qualifying last week, headed the
81st-minute winner. “It was the most
important goal of my career. I’m so
pleased. The atmosphere at the sta-
dium was incredible,” said the 22-
year-old Nigeria striker.
A
nsu Fati games, Barca were behind inside his left foot around Ansu’s left
Manchester came to the the first five minutes. leg and while he touched the ball,
United at Old r e s c u e Ansu was Barcelona’s bright- the decision stood. Depay rifled
Trafford in the Champi- again by est spark. In the 13th minute, he in from the spot.
ons League on Wednes- scoring a was clinical, squaring up two Va- Ansu was replaced by
day. Veteran Slovenian sensational goal and earning a lencia defenders before playing Philippe Coutinho and Valencia
forward Josip Ilicic, re- penalty in a 3-1 victory over inside to Depay and bursting be- pushed, as Soler’s pull-back need-
called after suffering Valencia as Barcelona got a tween both of them. He took the ed a crucial intervention by Ger-
from a combination of big week off to a winning ball back, looked up and whipped ard Pique. But Barcelona navi-
a knee injury and de- start. Memphis Depay slam- the ball from the left of the area gated the storm and as Valencia
pression, scored the med in the spot-kick and Phil- and inside the far right-hand post. fizzled, they struck a third, Cou-
opener, his first goal of the ippe Coutinho, who came on Gaya did well to prevent tinho converting from close
season. Ilicic, 33, got his sec- for Fati, added a late third. Sergino Dest tapping in at the range, before Aguero made his
ond with a rasping shot on Ansu went off with Va- back post but next Gaya hooked long-anticipated debut. AFP
26 minutes but Federico Di lencia still chasing an equ-
Francesco pulled a goal aliser, an indication of how SEVILLA IN THIRD SPOT
back for the home side. Four Ansu important he is for Wednes-
minutes into the second Fati day’s Champions League Sevilla edged up to third in La Liga determined performance they
half, Atalanta took a 3-1 lead game against Dynamo Kiev. after a second-half goal from Rafa delivered so often last season.
when 19-year-old Empoli de- Moise Barca sit bottom of the Mir was enough to give them a bat- They edge ahead of Atletico Madrid
fender Mattia Viti scored an group, so a victory over Kiev tling 1-0 win away at struggling on goal difference, three points
Kean
own goal before the visitors is all-but essential. Celta Vigo. After being beaten by behind early leaders Real Sociedad
wrapped up the win when Granada before the international with a game in hand. Celta sit 16th,
Colombian forward Duvan
Zapata got his 100th Serie A
Barca fall behind break, Sevilla got back to winning with seven points from their first
ways with the kind of resilient, nine matches.
goal. AGENCIES For the third time in six
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Q U IZ T IM E ! Q3: Which of the following

teams have failed to win
even a single ODI?
Gamechanger of the Season
award in IPL 2021. Which other
award did he win?
a. Orange cap
b. Most Valuable Player
a. Rani Rampal
b. Suraj Lata Devi
c. Varsha Soni
c. Man of the match
a. East Africa d. Madhu Yadav

Q1: For which of the following

sports is the term Ring not b. Namibia
d. None of the above

used for ground/ space?

a. Boxing
c. USA
d. All of the above Q6: Which Indian player
became the highest Q8: Who are the current world
No. 1 mixed doubles pair
in BWF World Rankings?
ranked badminton player in the
b. Gymnastics world in April 2018? a. Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan

c. Ice Hockey
d. Baseball
Q4: Which team bagged the
Fair Play Award in the
2021 IPL?
a. Ajay Jayaram
b. H S Prannoy
b. Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara
c. Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan
c. Srikanth Kidambi d. Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota
a. Rajasthan Royals
d. Sourabh Verma
b. Chennai Super Kings ANSWERS: 1. d. Baseball 2. c. 2

Q2: How many medals has the

India men’s hockey team
won at the Commonwealth Games
c. Sunrisers Hyderabad
d. Punjab Kings Q7: Under which captain did
the Indian women’s hockey
3. d. All of the above 4. a. Rajasthan Royals
5. b. Most Valuable Player
6. c. Srikanth Kidambi
till date? Harshal Patel team win 3 consecutive gold
7. b. Suraj Lata Devi
medals in 3 years in different
a. 8 b. 6 c. 2 d. 5
Q5: Cricketer Harshal Patel
won the Purple Cap and
Photo: ANI
events? 8. d. Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota