Shikhas has three frocks that she wear when playing. The material is good, but the colours are faded. Her mother buys some blue dye and uses it on two of the frocks. What fraction of all of the Shikha play frocks did her mother dye?

Pavni's mother had just washed all the white clothes. She was telling her friend that the whiteness of white clothes was decreasing with every wash and even new white clothes appeared to be like old ones after a few washings. Pavni, who is a student of class 10, was listening to her mother's complaint. Pavni then went to the market and purchased a particular 'dye'. She asked her mother to dissolve a little of this dye in a bucketful of water and soak the washed white clothes in the solution of dye for some time. Pavni's mother did the same. After sometime, the clothes were taken out of the bucket, rinsed well and spread on clothes line for drying. Pavni's mothers observed that the whiteness of washed white clothes had increased a lot after applying a little of the dye. Pavni's mother did not know why on applying little of a certain dye to washed white clothes, their whiteness had increased manifolds. Pavni explained everything to her mother. (a) What could be the 'dye' applied by Pavni's mother to the washed white clothes by dissolving in water ? (b) What does the application of this dye make the washed white clothes look even more white (or shining white) ? Explain. (c) What values are displayed by Pavni in this episode ?

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Simi was a puppy. She was very cute, Asha found her crying in a park. When she picked her up, the puppy stopped crying and looked at her. Asha liked that glance of her and she decided to take her home. Her mother approved the idea. They together gave her the name 'Simi', and happily brought her home. So far nobody had trained the puppy, so Asha thought she should train her. Next morning she took Simi out and gave her some lessons. A trainer has to be a bit strict. So she punished her when she disobeyed and rewarded her when she did what Asha wanted her to do. On the whole, the training was not so difficult. In a week's time Simi became a good cultured puppy. Which of the following words mean : "... did what she wanted her to do"?

Meher was born fifteen years after her parents marriage. Her mother has been very protective of her from the beginning. A rich businessman, her father has never denied any of her demands. Even when she is asking for things that are unreasonable, her parents do not say no to her. When she plays with the friends, she insists on making the rules and often throws a tantrum if she loses to her friends. Her friends tolerate her because her parents give them a lot of gifts. This is an example of