Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Childhood - Part 3

23rd April, 2020
Day 3

Good morning gentlemen!

"There is no elevator to success. You have to work hard."

The above quote will inspire you to work hard and achieve your desired goals. You will be inspired with a motivational quote everyday in the blog and that is how we will commence our period of English.

I hope that you all are keeping in the best of your health. Life seems tough staying in home these days? But trust me, you are blessed than many. Count your blessings.

In yesterday's class, we completed the description of our poem 'Childhood'. I hope you have well understood the poem. If there is any doubt, you can ask me in the comment section.

Today we are going to do MCQs, RTCs and Short answer type questions in our TWO PERIODS.

You can use the same blog for both the periods. 


Before we start with today's content, let us recall our learning objectives.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this poem, the students will be able to

Ø  understand, enjoy and appreciate different genre of English writings 
Ø   know about the poet and his contributions
Ø  enhance vocabulary
Ø   have better understanding of rhyme scheme and other poetic devices
Ø   know that Childhood is a bliss
Ø   think when and where has the childhood gone
Ø  know how childhood is innocence while maturity leads to individuality, rationalism and gaining understanding of hypocrisy

We will start the day doing these MCQs related to the poem.
(Copy them in your notebooks)

Multiple Choice Type Question

Q.1 In the poem childhood, the poet wants to know

a) the day he became responsible
b) the day he became an adult
c) the day he became wise
d) the day he lost his childhood

Q.2 One can find one’s lost childhood in

a) an album
b) a forgotten place
c) the face of a child
d) a remote place

Q.3 The poet is in ___________ mood.

a) reflective
b) sorrowful
c) Sad
d) surprised

Q.4 The poet longs for

a) an infant’s face
b) childhood innocence
c) childhood freedom
d) maturity   

Q.5 Childhood is lost when we attain

a) freedom
b) happiness
c) wisdom
d) maturity

Q.6 Name the poet of the poem.

a) William Wordsworth
b) Markus Natten
c) Shirley Toulson
d) Elizabeth Jennings

Q.7 ‘They talked of love and preached of love, But did not act so lovingly.’ What is reflected here?

a) Satire
b) Hypocrisy
c) Imagination
d) Humour

Q.8  Which poetic device can’t be found in the poem?

a) Hyperbole
b) Alliteration
c) Refrain
d) Antithesis 


Short Answer Type Questions

Q.1  What according to the poem is involved in the process of growing up?

Q.2 What is the poet’s feeling towards childhood?

Q.3 What did the speaker learn about the existence of heaven and hell?

Q.4 How did the speaker realize the hypocrisy of the adults?

Q.5 How does the poem expose man and presents him in true colours?

Q.6 How does the poet repent on his loss of childhood?

Q.7 The poet has asked two questions one is about the time and other is about the place. Why has he used these questions?
Q.8 What does the Hell and heaven stand for?
Reference to context
When did my childhood go?
Was it the day I ceased to be eleven,
Was it the time I realized that Hell and Heaven,
Could not be found in Geography,
And therefore could not be,
Was that the day!

Q.1 What is the age of the poet? 
Q.2 What is poet's mood?
Q.3 Why does the poet suspect science in connection with his losing his childhood?
Q.4 What did the poet realize when he was twelve years?


When did my childhood go?
Was it the time I realized that adults were not
all they seemed to be,
They talked of love and preached of love,
But did not act so lovingly,
Was that the day!

Q.1 Name the poem and the poet. 
2 What did the poet realize about adults?
Q.3 How did adults ‘seem’ to the poet when he was a child?
Q.4 Why does the poet think that he had lost his childhood?

When did my childhood go? 
Was it when I found my mind was really mine, 
To use whichever way I choose, 
Producing thoughts that were not those of other people 
But my own, and mine alone 
Was that the day!

Q.1 What do you understand by 'my mind was really mine'?
Q.2 Which stage of life is the poet in? 
Q.3 What thoughts of the poet has been revealed here? 
Q.4 What does 'Producing thoughts that were not those of other people' mean?   

Where did my childhood go? 
It went to some forgotten place, 
That’s hidden in an infant’s face, 
That’s all I know. 

Q.1 Why is the poet eager to know the lost place of his childhood? 
Q.2 Where is the poet able to find his lost childhood? 
Q.3 Choose a word which is synonym to 'conceal'.
Q.4 Identify the rhyming scheme of the above stanza.

The work above has to be divided in two periods. Kindly make sure you utilize these two periods in completing the work given to you. If any doubt or query, kindly post it below in the comment section. 

To gain today's attendance, kindly write any two poetic devices used in the poem along with their examples.    


Tomorrow, we will be starting with a topic of writing section. 

Till then

Stay Safe

Be blessed. 

God bless you all!

86 comments:

  1. Utkrist Gupta
    11-D
    present
    1) Repetition (refrain): “Is a group of verse or a phrase which gets repeated throughout the poem.” Here “When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2)Alliteration – “My mind”; “Whichever way”; “That, they, “the time.”

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  2. Good morning sir Anas Saad.
    the poetic device are HIPOCRISY and rationalism

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  3. Aaron Isaac Khakha
    11D
    Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”

    Inversion – “when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a structure, most commonly the subject-verb word order”, is known as Inversion. Here, “To use whichever way? I Choose.”

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  4. Anshuman jaison of class 11D is present

    Hypocrisy – II Stanza – when he found out that the adults preached one but practised another. They preached love but were not so lovable

    Rationalism the poet rationalizes that it would have gone when he was eleven and when he found out that “hell and heaven could not be found in geography”,

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  5. srivatsa davuluri
    1)Repetition (refrain): “Is a group of verse or a phrase which gets repeated throughout the poem.” Here “When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”

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  6. Good Morning Sir,
    Shaun Lawrence of 11-D

    Antithesis-That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
    Inversion- How wonderful the weather is today.

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  7. Jaskeerat Singh (11-D) - Present
    1)Repetition (refrain): “Is a group of verse or a phrase which gets repeated throughout the poem.” Here “When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”

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  8. Tanmay Jain
    11-D
    1.) Antithesis - Where two opposite words are used together in a sentence
    E.g.- Hell and Heaven
    2.) Inversion- when the subject-verb order is reversed
    E.g.- To use whichever way I choose.

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  9. ADITYA VOHRA 11-D present
    Repetition: ““When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    Alliteration; “My mind”; “Whichever way”; “That, they, “the time.”

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  10. Good Morning Sir,
    Sarvesh Kumar of 11-D)
    1)Hypocrisy – II Stanza:
    "Was it the time I realised that adults were not
    all they seemed to be,
    They talked of love and preached of love,
    But did not act so lovingly.
    2)Repetition (refrain):
    “When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”

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  11. Tanuj Pant
    11 D
    1)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”
    2)Hypocrisy – II Stanza – when he found out that the adults preached one but practised another. They preached love but were not so lovable

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  12. Tathastu Bagchi 11D present
    1) Repetition (refrain): “Is a group of verse or a phrase which gets repeated throughout the poem. Here “When did my childhood go?,,“Was that the day?”
    2)Alliteration – “Whichever way”

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  13. Tanuj Pant
    11 D
    1)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”
    2)Hypocrisy – II Stanza – when he found out that the adults preached one but practised another. They preached love but were not so lovable

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  14. Good Morning Sir
    Ratnango Ghosh
    11 D

    1. Inversion-'to use whichever way I choose"
    2. Antithesis-"hell and heaven"

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  15. RISHIT GUPTA OF 11-D present
    Repetition: ““When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    Alliteration; “My mind”; “Whichever way”; “That, they, “the time.”

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  17. Good morning sir. This is SHAMBHAVA S. (11D)
    Alliteration - : "that, the" "whichever way"
    Enjambment - "But my.... was that the day"
    Antithesis- "Hell and HEAVEN"

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  18. Pulkit Kohli 11-D Present
    1)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”
    2)Alliteration – “Whichever way”

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  19. Lakshya Gunjan
    11-D
    1)Hypocrisy – II Stanza – when he found out that the adults preached one but practised another. They preached love but were not so lovable
    2 Antithesis - Where two opposite words are used together in a sentence
    E.g.- Hell, Heaven

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  20. Good Morning,
    This is Joseph James Nedumpara of XI D.
    1. Antithesis-Two opposite words are used in the same sentence in the poem
    2. Refrain-A group of words which is repeated in a poem

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  21. Good morning sir
    Avikam Gupta
    11-D
    Repetition
    Alliteration is a rhetoric device.. .. Heaven

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  22. Bhumik Tandon
    11D
    1)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” in this poem - Hell and Heaven
    2)Refrain:- in all paragraphs except last

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  23. good morning sir
    sami ansari 11D
    present
    Anthesis-like hell and heaven
    alliteration-he had his thoughts

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  24. Replies
    1. Alliteration- my mind, whichever way
      Antithesis - Hell and heaven

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  25. Artham Pedneker 11-D
    present

    Refrain –

    refrain-
    When did my childhood go?
    Was that the day!

    Antithesis –
    Hell and Heaven

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  26. Good morning sir
    AMAL ROY JOSEPH 11D
    Present
    Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”

    Inversion – “when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a structure, most commonly the subject-verb word order”, is known as Inversion. Here, “To use whichever way? I Choose.”

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  27. GOOD MORNING SIR
    TEGHVEER SINGH 
    CLASS 11-D
    PRESENT 
    Repetition: ““When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    Alliteration; “My mind”; “Whichever way”; “That, they, “the time.”


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  28. OYSTER DCOSTA 11 D PRESENT SIR
    1)Antithesis-Man proposes, God disposes
    2)Hypocrisy-If you say you’re worried about the environment, it’s hard to drive one of those gas-guzzling SUVs without being accused of hypocrisy.

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  29. Good morning sir,
    Yumn Jame 11th D present.
    I) Hypocrisy in 2nd Stanza – when he found out that the adults preached one but practised another. They preached love but were not so lovable
    II)Antithesis - Where two opposite words are used together in a sentence
    E.g.- Hell, Heaven

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  30. Sir, please explain the difference between Refrain and Repetition

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  31. Good morning sir
    Samarth Jain
    11 D
    Present

    1)anthesis-hell and heaven
    2)inversion - to use whichever way I choose

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  32. Good Morning Sir,
    This is Amit S Sahu 11D

    1. Antithesis - Hell and heaven
    2. Alliteration- My mind, whichever way, that they, the time

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  33. Good morning sir
    Samuel DM 11-D
    Present

    1) Repetition: ““When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2) Rhyme Scheme – the rhyme scheme used is ABBCCD.

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  34. Celestine Saji
    In the first Stanza-
    Antithesis is used as there is a contrasting effect when the poet mentions hell and heaven
    To choose whichever way I choose in this the subject verb order has been reversed therefore inversion

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  35. Good Morning Sir
    Dhruv Ghoshal 11 D present

    The two poetic devices are
    1. Rationalism – the poet rationalizes the lost childhood when he was eleven and when he found out that hell and heaven don’t exist and are not found in the geography.

    Was it the day I ceased to be eleven,
    Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven,
    Could not be found in Geography,

    2. Refrain –
    When did my childhood go?
    Was that the day!

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  36. Good morning sir
    Rahul Bandhu
    11D
    Repetition (refrain): Here When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?
    Alliteration – My mind,Whichever way

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  37. Good morning sir
    Anugrah Singh 11D
    Present

    Two poetic devices used in the poem:-
    1. Alliteration-eg.,My mind
    Whichever way
    2. Refrain-eg., When did my childhood go?
    Was that the day!

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  38. Good morning sir
    Albin Chandi 11 D
    Present
    The two poetic devices are.......
    Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”

    Inversion – “when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a structure, most commonly the subject-verb word order”, is known as Inversion. Here, “To use whichever way? I Choose

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  39. shreyas aditya baksi
    11 d present sir
    1)refrain-when did my childhood go? was that the day!
    2)inversion-to use whichever way i choose

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  40. Good Morning Sir
    Soham Kulkarni
    11 D
    1. Inversion-'to use whichever way I choose"
    2. Antithesis-"hell and heaven"

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  41. Sushant Kumar 11D
    1)Repetition (refrain): “Is a group of verse or a phrase which gets repeated throughout the poem.” Here “When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”

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  42. Good Morning sir
    Suchit Bhatnagar 11-D present

    1. Refrain:when did my childhood go? was that the day
    2. Alliteration: My mind, Whichever way

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  43. Vatsal Aggarwal 11D
    PRESENT
    When did my childhood go? Was that the day!

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  44. Good Morning Sir
    Yashas Yadav 11-D
    Two poetic devices:-
    (1)Alliteration- 'Whichever Way'
    (2)Antithesis- 'Hell and Heaven'

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  45. Good Morning sir
    Tuhin Raha 11- D present
    1) Repetition- (here)"where did my childhood go?"
    2) Antithesis- (here)"Hell and Heaven"

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  46. Shreyansh Puri
    11-D

    1)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”
    2) Alliteration- My mind, whichever way, that they, the time

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  47. Siddharth karnish 11-D
    (1). Hypocrisy stanza 2 :
    Was it the time i realised that adults were not,
    all they seemed to be,
    They talked of love and preached oflove,
    but did not act so loving.
    (2). Repetition (refrain):
    "Where did my childhood go?....was that the day?"

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  48. Armaan Singh class 11th D
    Inversion-'to use whichever way I choose"
    Antithesis- 'Hell and Heaven'

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  49. Aashish Parker XI-D Present
    1)Repetition (refrain): “Is a group of verse or a phrase which gets repeated throughout the poem.” Here “When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven

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  50. Anugrah Steve Massey 11D present.
    1. Alliteration- the time, that they
    2. Antithesis- hell and heaven

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  51. Albin G Koshy
    11-D
    present
    Alliteration - though they thought that they were thieves
    Simile - his eyes were as bright as a diamond

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  52. Good morning sir
    Satwik Shrey 11-D
    1)Repetition (refrain): When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven

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  53. Krrishvarshney 11d present
    Alliteration- the time, that they
    2. Antithesis- hell and heaven

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  54. Sir,
    Send the answer key of MCQs and value points for short answer Questions.

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  55. Sushant Kumar 11D
    1)Repetition (refrain): “Is a group of verse or a phrase which gets repeated throughout the poem.” Here “When did my childhood go?...... “Was that the day?”
    2)Antithesis: “is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.” Here, “Hell and Heaven”

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  56. Tanmay Jain
    11-D
    Present
    7th period

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  57. Good afternoon sir,
    Celestine Saji,
    Present
    7th Period

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  58. ADITYA VOHRA 11-D present
    7th period

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  59. Tathastu Bagchi 11D present for 7th period

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  60. Good afternoon sir
    Anugrah Singh 11D
    Present for the 7th period

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  61. Good afternoon sir. SHAMBHAVA S. present for 7th period, 11-D

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  62. Good afternoon sir
    TEGHVEER SINGH 11D 
    Present for the 7th period

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  63. Good morning sir
    Avikam Gupta
    11-D
    Present sir 7th period

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  64. Good Afternoon Sir
    Soham Kulkarni
    11-D
    7th Period

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  65. good afternoon sir
    Artham Pedneker 11-D present for 7th period

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  66. Good afternoon sir
    OYSTER DCOSTA 11 D PRESENT

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  67. Good afternoon sir. Anugrah Steve Massey 11D present for 7th period.

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  68. Good afternoon sir
    Rahul Bandhu
    11D
    Present for 7th period

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  70. Siddharth karnish 11-D
    (Present). -for 7th period

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  71. Good Afternoon Sir
    Yashas Yadav 11-D
    Present (for 7th period)

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  72. Ratnango Ghosh
    11 D Present
    7th Period

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  73. Arvin Prince 11D present (7th period)

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  74. Good morning sir
    Albin Chandi 11 D
    Present for 7the period

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  75. Shreyansh Puri
    Attendance for 7th period

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  77. Samarth Jain
    Attendance for the 7th period

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  78. Good afternoon Sir,
    Amit S Sahu 11D Present for the 7th period

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  79. Good Morning,
    This is Joseph James Nedumpara of XI D.

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