Question:
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The Indian National Congress () (INC, often called Congress) is a broad-based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th-century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants. The Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. 

The Congress is a secular party whose social liberal platform is generally considered on the centre-left of Indian politics. The Congress' social policy is based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya—the lifting up of all sections of society—which involves the improvement of the lives of economically underprivileged and socially marginalised people. The party primarily endorses social liberalism — seeking to balance individual liberty and social justice, and secularism — asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings. 

After India's independence in 1947, the Congress formed the government at center in most instances, and many regional state governments. Congress became India's dominant political party; , in the 15 general elections since independence, it has won an outright majority on six occasions and has led the ruling coalition a further four times, heading the central government for 49 years. There have been seven Congress Prime Ministers, the first being Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–64), and the most recent Manmohan Singh (2004–14). Although it did not fare well in the last general elections in India in 2014, it remains one of two major, nationwide, political parties in India, along with the right-wing, Hindu nationalist, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). In the 2014 general election, the Congress had its poorest post-independence general election performance, winning only 44 seats of the 543-member Lok Sabha.
1. What is INC?
2. Was INC ever independent?
3. Who did they break free from?
4. Who was the leader?
5. what happened in 1947?
6. How many prime ministers were there?
7. Who was the first one?
8. and the most recent one?
9. why did congress perform slowly in elections?
10. How many political parties are there in India?
11. what are they?

Numbered answers:
1. Indian National Congress
2. yes
3. Great Britain
4. Mahatma Gandhi
5. India gained independence
6. seven
7. Jawaharlal Nehru
8. Manmohan Singh
9. unknown
10. two
11. Bhartiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress


Question:
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Flying a kite can be dangerous. When I was eight years old I went to the park with my dad to fly my new kite. We stood on the top of a hill and tried to catch the wind. It took us almost half an hour, but we finally got the kite into the air. As it lifted into the sky, the kite caught the edge of my jacket and I was pulled up into the wind with the kite. I flew higher and higher into the air until I my dad looked like an ant on the ground. The park was beautiful from up high, and I could see our car getting smaller. I flew all the way out of the city and over the lake. Eventually, the wind started to die down and I fell closer to the water. I called out to some people on a boat and they sailed over so I could land on their boat. I told them about my adventure and they sailed me back to land, where my dad picked me up. He took me out for ice cream and we went home.
1. Why did they go to the park?
2. Is she a little girl?
3. where were they standing?
4. why?
5. what happened to her
6. where did she go
7. where did she land
8. How long had she had this kite?
9. did the kite fly right away?
10. how far did she fly
11. how did she get down?
12. was anyone around when she came down?
13. did they help her
14. how
15. how did she get back to her dad?
16. how did her dad look from up in the sky
17. what kind of snack did they have
18. where did they go after?
19. how did the people know she needed help
20. how was she pulled off the ground?

Numbered answers:
1. to fly a kite
2. yes
3. a hill
4. for wind
5. she was pulled up
6. in the air
7. next to water
8. she just got it
9. no
10. out of the city
11. the wind died
12. yes
13. yes
14. let her land on their boat
15. the people took her
16. small
17. ice cream
18. home
19. she yelled to them
20. the kite


Question:
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It's Sunday. Children don't go to school on Sundays. But Kate gets up early in the morning. "It's my birthday. I'm eight years old today." she thinks, "Where are Dad and Mum? I want to know what they can give me for my birthday." Her father and mother are not at home. They are going shopping. And now they are talking about what to buy for Kate. ---- Dad: How about the doll? It looks nice. I think Kate would like the doll. ---- Mom: I don't think so. She is not a little girl. I think she likes a new dress. Girls often like new dresses very much. ---Dad: But she has a few new dresses and some new blouses. Oh, I think she must be very happy to have a box of colorful pencils and some picture books. Do you think so? ----- Mom: Yes. Let's go over there and buy them.
1. What day is it?
2. What is special about Sundays?
3. What is special about this particular Sunday?
4. Whose birthday?
5. Who is the story about?
6. How old is she?
7. Are her parents home with her?
8. Where are they?
9. Who are they shopping for?
10. Do they agree on what to buy her?
11. What does her dad first want to buy her?
12. Does the mom agree with him?
13. Why not?
14. Why does she want to get her a dress?
15. Does the dad agree?
16. Why not?
17. Do they ever agree on anything?
18. What?
19. Whose idea was that?
20. What time of the day is all this happening?
21. Should they shop earlier next year lol?


Numbered answers:
1. Sunday.
2. Children don't go to school
3. It's my birthday.
4. my birthday
5. Kate
6. eight years old
7. no
8. Shopping
9. Kate
10. Yes
11. doll
12. No
13. She is not a little girl, she wants a new dress.
14. Girls like dresses.
15. No
16. She has a few new dresses and some new blouses.
17. Yes
18. box of colorful pencils and some picture books
19. Dad
20. early in the morning
21. Yes