Author name: Prasanna

Haryana Board 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb Poem 4 Chivvy

HBSE 7th Class English Chivvy Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.
(i) When is a grown-up likely to say this?
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
Answer:
Grown-up is likely to say when child is around three to four years.

(ii) When are you likely to be hold this?
Say thank you.
Answer:
You are likely to be told to say think you when you are around five to six years.

(iii) When do you think an adult would say this?
No one thinks you are funny.
Answer:
This is told when one learns to understand things.

Question 2.
The last two lines of the poem are not probhibitions or instructions. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?
Answer:
Now the adult is in a confused state if the child is now grown-up and is about to enter his teens. In this stage he is on the verge of mak-ing out choices and taking his own decision.

Question 3.
Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem? Is it important that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?
Answer:
Grown-ups have the habit of giving such instructions infact they feel they are very sensible and want the best out of children. It is must to teach children good manners so that they can set an example before others.

Question 4.
If you had to make some miles for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least live such rules. Arrange the lines as in a poem.
Answer:
Leave us free, let us breathe Air, we are the future of tomorrow, can’t we take our deci-sion, we shall not let you down.

HBSE 7th Class English Chivvy Important Questions and Answers

Make Sentences:
stare, noise, straight, interrupt
Answer:

• Stare : Why does he always stare at you?
• Noise : Don’t make so much noise.
• Straight : Stand and sit straight if you want to correct your posture.
• Interrupt : We should not interrupt when two people are talking.

Chivvy Poem Stanzas for Comprehension

STANZA – 1

Grown-ups says things like :
Speak up
Don’t talk with your mouth full
Don’t point
Don’t pick you nose
Questions:
(i) Who are Grown-ups?
(ii) To whom are the words being spoken?
(iii) Which word is repeated again and why? Are these instructions very sensible?
Answer:
(i) Grown-ups are elders and parents.
(ii) The words are being spoken to the children.
(iii) The word‘Don’t’ is being repeated again and again to give effect of negativism.
(iv) No, they are not very sensible.

STANZA – 2

Sit up
Say please
Less noise
Shut the door behind you
Don’t drag your feet
Haven’t you got a hankie?
Take your hands out of
your pockets
Questions:
(i) Do you think that these instructions are necessary?
(ii) What does these instructions show about the speaker?
(iii) Write any two more imsperative verbs as used by the speakers?
(iv) What must be the age of the listener?
Answer:
(i) No, these instructions are just ridiculous.
(ii) These instructions show that speaker must be a kind of dominant person.
(iii) Keep Get
(iv) The listeners must be around four to five years.

STANZA – 3

Pull your socks up
Stand up straight
Say thank you
Don’t interrupt
No one thinks you’re funny
Take your elbows off the table
Can’t you make your own
mind up about anything
Questions:
(i) Now the instructions have been turned harsh. What does this indicate
(ii) In these lines, in which stage is the listener?
(iii) Write the opposite of straight?
(iv) Which is the word rhyning with ‘Up’?
Answer:
(i) This indicates that the listener has turned around eight to nine years old.
(ii) The listener in these lines is in school goingt stage.
(iii) Opposite of straight is curved.
(iv) The word rhyming with up is interrupt.

Chivvy Poem Translation in Hindi

1. Grown-ups …………………….. you nose.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- बड़े लोग ऐसी बातें कहते हैं बोलो अपना मुँह रख कर मत बोलो, धूरो मत, इशारा मत करो, नाक में अंगुली न डालो

Word Meaning : Stare-to look continously = घूरना, Pick your nose-move your finger in the nose = नाक में अंगुली डालना।

2. Sit up………………………… your pockets.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- बैठ जाओ नम्रता, से बोलो कम शोर करो, अपने पीछे दरवाजा बंद करो, अपने पैर मत घसीटो, क्या तुम्हारे पास रुमाल नहीं है? अपनी जेब से हाथ बाहर निकालो।

3. Pull your …………….. about anything?
हिन्दी अनुवाद- अपनी जुर्राब ऊपर करो, सीधे खड़े हो धन्यवाद करो, बीच ने हस्तक्षेप मत करो, कोई नहीं सोचता कि तुम मजाकिया, अपनी कोहनी मेज से हटाओ। क्या तुम खुद नहीं कर सकते? हर बात पर खुद ध्यान दो।

Chivvy Poem Summary in English

In this poem the poet wishes to highlight the tact that how children get fed up about the instructions given regularly. Grown-ups keep on starting each sentence with the word ‘Don’t’. Infact all the talks are negative or imperative. These instructions make the child feel very fed up.

Chivvy Poem Summary in Hindi

इस कविता में कवि इस बात पर जोर देना चाहता है कि किस तरह से बच्चे दिए गए निर्देशों से परेशान हो जाते हैं। बड़े लोग हर वाक्य का ‘ऐसा न करो से आरंभ करते हैं। बल्कि सारे वाक्य नकारात्मक व आदेशात्मक रूप में होते हैं। इन निर्देशों से बच्चे बहुत तंग हो जाते हैं।

HBSE 7th Class English Solutions

Haryana Board 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb Poem 3 The Shed

HBSE 7th Class English The Shed Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Answer the following questions
(i) Who is the speaker in the poem?
Answer:
The poet Frank Flynn is the speaker in the poem.

(ii) Is she/he afraid or curious, or both?
He is both afraid as well curious. He is afraid of the ghost and curious to know the truth.

(iii) What is she/he planning to do soon?
Answer:
He/she is planning to take a peep one day and take a look in the shed.

(iv) “But not just yet…” suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else. Choose the word which seeems right to you. Tell others why you chose it.
Answer:
The poet shows fear in depth of his mind. He can not gather courage to go inside the shed lest some ghost should attack him.

Question 2.
Is there a room in your house or a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone, and never at night? If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others heal all about it.
Answer:
Yes, in our house there is a basement. We are always afraid to go to that place. Infact this place is not fully complete So it is a house for dogs, cats, rats as well as for spiders, cocroaches. Getting into such a place is a great venture and lead may to any accident.

HBSE 7th Class English The Shed Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Where does the ghost hide, according to the brother?
Answer:
According to the brother, the ghost hides under rotten floorboards.

Question 2.
What does the brother threaten the ghost will do?
Answer:
The brother threatens that the ghost would jump out and chop off poet’s head.

Question 3.
Which word in the poem means :
(a) see secretely
(b) rusted and old
(c) the joints of a door
Answer:
(a) peep
(b) rotten/rusty
(c) hinges

Question 4.
Which insect lives in the shed?
Answer:
A spider lives in the shed.

Make Sentences:
Use the following words in sentences of your own:
staring, inside, listen, dusty, dare
Answer:

• Staring : I saw someone staring at me.
• Inside : Let us go inside and have dinner.
• Listen : Listen to the bells of the temple.
• Dusty : I cleaned the dusty door.
• Dare : You should not dare to argue with your teacher.

The Shed Poem Stanzas for Comprehension

STANZA – 1

There’s a shed at the bottom of our garden With a spider’s web hanging across the door, The hinges are rusty and creak in the wind. When I’m in bed I lie and I listen,
I’ll open that door one day.
Questions:
(i) What is the position of the shed?
(ii) How can we say that shed is not often used?
(iii) Where is the poet at the moment?
(iv) What is the poet eager for?
Answer:
(i) The shed lies in the bottom of the garden.
(ii) The spider’s web is hanging across the door and the hinges are rusty.
(iii) At the moment poet is in his room.
(iv) The poet is eager to enter the shed.

STANZA – 2

There’s a dusty old window around at the side
With thre cracked panes of glass,
I often think there’s someone starting at me
Each time that I pass,
I’ll peep through that window one day.
Questions:
(i) What is the condition of the shed?
(ii) Who is ‘I’?
(iii) What feeling does he get?
(iv) Why does poet not keep through the window every time?
Answer:
(i) The shed is dusty and its window panes are broken.
(ii) T is the poet Frank flynn.
(iii) He feels as if someone is staring at him.
(iv) The poet is afraid that there might be a ghost in the shed.

STANZA – 3

My borther says there’s a
ghost in the shed
Who hides under the rotton floorboards,
And if I everdare to set food inside
He’ll jump out and chop off my head,
But I’ll take a peek one day.
Questions:
(i) What does brother feel?
(ii) What quality does the poet wish to highlight?
(iii) Do you think the story about ghost is true?
(iv) What does word ‘But’ indicate?
Answer:
(i) Brother feels that there is a ghost in the shed.
(ii) The poet wishes to highlight that he is a brave person.
(iii) No, this story is figment of imagination.
(iv) The word, ‘But’ indicates that inspite of all possibilities the poet will look inside the shed.

STANZA – 4

I know that there isn’t really a ghost,
My brother tells lies to
keep the shed for his den;
There isn’t anyone staring or
making strange noises
And the spider has been gone from his web
since I don’t know when,
I’ll go into that shed one day soon,
But not just yet…
Questions:
(i) Why does his brother tell a lie?
(ii) Infact who is making noises?
(iii) Where has the spider gone?
(iv) What does ‘yet’ mean?
Answer:
(i) His brother tells a lie so that he can keep a shed for himself.
(ii) Infact the noises are being made by the spider.
(iii) The spider has gone to hide below the wooden board.
(iv) ‘Yet’ means that the time is not suitable.

The Shed Poem Translation in Hindi

1. There’s a …………………………. one day.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- बगीचे के तल में एक गोदाम है उसके दरवाजे से मकडी का जाल लटक रहा है। उसके कब्जे पर जंग लगा है और हवा चलने पर आवाज करता है। जब मैं बिस्तर पर लेटा रहता हूँ तो आवाज सुनता हूँ। एक दिन मैं वह दरवाजा खोलूँगा।

Word Meaning : Hinds-movable joint of adoor = कब्जा, Creak-sound made by doorn आवाज, Rusty-reddish crust formed on iron by oxidation = जंग।

2. There’s a ………………………… one day.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- एक तरफ धुल से ढकी खिडकी है जिसके तीन काँच के टुकड़े टूट चुके हैं मुझे हमेशा लगता है कि कोई मुझे घूर रहा है। हर बार जब मैं गुजरता हूँ मैं एक दिन खिड़की से घूरूँगा।

Word Meaning : Dusty-covered with dust = धूल से भरा हुआ, Cracked-broken = टूटा, Panes of-pieces of glass = काँच के टुकड़े।

3. My borther ………………………. one day.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- मेरा भाई कहता है कि गोदाम में भूत है जो कि सड़े हुए फर्श के नीचे छिपा बैठा है, और अगर मैं कभी भी पैर अन्दर रखने की हिम्मत करूँगा तो वह कूद कर मेरा सिर काट देगा, पर मैं एक दिन झाँकूगा।

Word Meaning: Rotten-in bad state = सड़े हुए, Chop-to cut = काटना, Dare-to venture = दुःसाहस करना।

4. I know ……………………………. just yet…
हिन्दी अनुवाद-मैं जानता हूँ कि वहाँ वास्तव में भूत नही है, मेरा भाई उस गोदाम को अपना घर बनाने के लिए झूठ बोलता हूँ। कोई भी न तो घूर रहा है और न अजीब आवाजें कर रहा है। और मकड़ी अपने जाल से चली गई है जबकि मैं नहीं जानता कब, मैं बहुत जल्दी उस गोदाम में जाऊँगा। पर अभी नहीं

Word Meaning : Staring-to look constantly = घूरना, Strange-In a different manner = अजीब।

The Shed Poem Summary in English

In this poem we get description of the shed. A shed is at the bottom of our garden and spider’s web is hanging across the door. The poet lies in the bed to listen to the sounds. In the shed windows are dusty and panes of glass are cracked. The poet peeps through the window. Poet’s brother feels that there is a ghost in the shed who hides under the often floor boards. The poet is sure that there isn’t ghost but a spider who is making a noise.

The Shed Poem Summary in Hindi

इस कविता में हम एक गोदाम का वर्णन पाते हैं। गोदाम हमारे बगीचे के नीचे है और मकड़ी का जाल दरवाजे से लटक रहा है। कवि लेटा इन आवाजों को सुन रहा है। गोदाम में खिड़कियाँ मिट्टी से भरी है और खिड़कियाँ टूटी हैं। कवि खिड़की से झाँक रहा है। कवि का भाई महसूस करता है कि गोदाम में कोई भूत है जो सड़े हुए फर्श के नीचे छिपा है। कवि को पूर्ण रूप से निश्चित है कि वहाँ भूत नहीं है बल्कि एक मकड़ा है जो शोर कर रहा है।

HBSE 7th Class English Solutions

Haryana Board 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb Poem 2 The Rebel

HBSE 7th Class English The Rebel Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Answer the following questions.
(i) If someone doesn’t wear a uniform to school, what do you think the teacher will say?
Answer:
When some one doesn’t wear a uniform, teacher will say that next time we should not do so and regularity is a must.

(ii) When everyone wants a clear sky, what does the rebel want most?
Answer:
Rebels want rain when there is clear sky.

(iii) If the rebel has a dog for a pet, what is everyone else likely to have?
Answer:
If the rebel has a dog for a pet, what is every one else likely to have? Everyone is likely to have a cat when rebels have a dog.

(iv) Why is it good to have rebels?
Answer:
Rebels act as critics who always keep things under control.

(v) Why is it not good to have rebels?
Answer:
If one is a rebel then one will always be tensed.

(vi) Would you like to be a rebel? If yes, why? If not, why not?
Answer:
No, I world not like to be a rebel. As rebals do not get respect but a point of criticism.

Question 2.
Find in the poem an antonym (a word opposite in meaning) for each of the following words.
(i) long
(ii) grow
(iii) quietness
(iv) sober
(v) lost
Answer:
(i) Short
(ii) Die
(iii) Noisy
(iv) fantastic
(v) found

Question 3.
Find the given lines that match the following. Read both one after the other.
(i) The rebel refuses to cut his hair.
(ii) He says cats are better.
(iii) He recommends dogs.
(iv) He is unhappy because there is no sun.
(v) He is noisy on purpose.
Answer:
(i) The rebel refuses to cut his hair when every one has short hair.
(ii) He says cats are better when everyone loves dog.
(iii) He recommends dogs when every one loves cats.
(iv) He is unhappy because there is no sun when he wishes for sun.
(v) He is noisy on purpose when everyone wishes to be quiet.

HBSE 7th Class English The Rebel Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What is the rebel likely to do if others wear a uniform?
Answer:
The rebel will wear fantastic clothes.

Question 2.
Pick out words from the poem which is synonymous to the given words or phrases.
(a) to choose something over other
(b) to make comment
(c) appreciating and applauding
Answer:
(a) preference
(b) remarks
(c) praising

The Rebel Poem Stanzas for Comprehension

STANZA – 1

When everybody has a short hair,
The rebel lets his hair grow long.
When everybody has long hair,
The rebel cuts his hair short.
When everybody talks during the lesson,
The rebel doesn’t say a words.
Questions:
(i) Who are rebels?
(ii) What do rebels do when every body has short hair?
(iii) What do rebels do when every boy talks during the lesson?
(iv) Choose the word which is opposite of Retain.
Answer:
(i) Rebels are those who try to do everything is opposite direction.
(ii) When everybody has short hair, rebels wish to have long hair.
(iii) When everybody talks during the lesson rebels don’t say a word.
(iv) Cuts

STANZA – 2 

In the company of dog lovers,
The rebel expresses a preference for cats. In the company of cat lovers,
The rebel puts in a good word for dogs. When everybody is praising the sun,
The rebel remarks on the need for rain.
Questions :
(i) How do rebels react to cat lovers?
(ii) What do rebels wish for when there is sunlight?
(iii) What do rebels wish for when there is rain?
(iv) Choose the word which is opposite of presence?
Answer:
(i) Rebels wish to have company of dog-lovers.
(ii) Rebels wish to have rainfall.
(iii) Rebels wish for sunlight
(iv) Absence.

The Rebel Poem Translation in Hindi

1. When everybody …………….. hair short.
हिन्दी अनुवाद – जब सब के छोटे बाल होते हैं विरोधी चाहता है कि उसके बाल लम्बे हो जाए।

2. When every……………….adisturbance.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- जब सब पाठ के समय सब बात करतें हैं विरोधी एक भी शब्द नहीं कहते जो पाठ के समय कोई भी बात नहीं करता विरोधी परेशानी उत्पन्न करते हैं।

3. Whenevery body……..dresses soberly.
हिन्दी अनुवाद – जब सब यूनीफार्म पहनते हैं विरोधी रंग-बिरगें कपड़े पहनते हैं। जब सब रंग-बिरंगे कपड़े पहनते हैं विरोधी सादे कपड़े पहनते हैं।

4. In the ………………………………. for dogs.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- कुत्ते को प्यार करने वालो के बीच विरोधी बिल्ली के लिए झुकाव दर्शाते हैं। बिल्ली से प्यार करने वालों के बीच विरोधी कुत्तों के लिए अच्छा शब्द कहते हैं।

5. When everybody ………. absence of sun.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- जब सब सूर्य की तारीफ करते हैं विरोधी वर्षा की जरूरत पर टिप्पणी करते हैं। जब वर्षा का अभिनन्दन करता है। विरोधी वर्षा की अनुपस्थिति पर पछतावा करते हैं।

6. When every body ………………….. a book.
The rebel goes to the meeting.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- जब सब सभा में जाते हैं विरोधी घर रहकर किताब पढ़ते हैं जब सब घर पर रहते हैं और किताब पढ़ते हैं विरोधी सभा में जाते हैं।

7. When every body ………………… be one.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- जब सब कहते हैं, ‘हाँ कृपा’ विरोधी कहते हैं, ‘नहीं धन्यवाद’ सब कहते हैं ‘नहीं धन्यवाद’ विरोधी कहते है, हाँ कृपा कीजिए। – यह बहुत अच्छा है कि हमारे पास विरोधी हैं तो तुम इन में से एक होकर अच्छा महसूस नहीं करोगे।

The Rebel Poem Summary in English

In this poem rebel protests against everything. If one has short hair, he wishes to have long hair. If every body talks during a lesson, rebel keeps quiet. When every body wears a uniform, rebel dresses in fantastic clothes. In the company of dog lovers, rebel prefers cats. When everybody greets the rain rebel wishes for sun. when every body stayes at home, rebel goes to the meeting. So infact rebels keep everything in level.

The Rebel Poem Summary in Hindi

इस कविता में विद्रोही हर कविता के विरुद्ध आवाज उठाता है। अगर किसी के छोटे बाल हैं, तो वह लम्बे बाल की कामना करता है। जब सब लोग यूनीफार्म पहनते हैं तो विरोधी रंग बिरंगे कपड़े पहनना चाहते हैं। कुत्तों को प्यार करने वाला हो तो विरोधी बिल्लियों की परवाह करते हैं। जब सब लोग वर्षा का आगमन करते हैं तो विरोधी सूर्य की आशा करते हैं। जब सब लोग घर पर रहते हैं तो विरोधी मीटिंग पर जाते है। इसलिए विरोधी हर बात को संयम में रखते हैं।

HBSE 7th Class English Solutions

Haryana Board 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb Poem 1 The Squirrel

HBSE 7th Class English The Squirrel Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Why does the poet say the squirrel “wrote question mark for tall”? Draw a squirrel, or find a picture of a squirrel sitting on the ground. How would you describe its tail?
Answer:
Poet finds the tail of the squirrel as a question mark because of the shape it bears. It’s tail is long, bushy and curved.

Question 2.
Do we usually say that an animal ‘wears’ a tail? What do we say? (Think: Does an animal wear a coat? Consult a dictionary if you like, and food out how ‘wear’ is used in different ways).
Answer:
We usually say that animal has a tail not that animal ‘wears’ a tail. Wear is used to indicate to have and to cover.

Question 3.
“He liked to tease and play”. Who is teasing whom? How?
Answer:
Children liked to tease and play with the squirrel. They run around the tree and hide behind the tree.

HBSE 7th Class English The Squirrel Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Give the rhyming word for way.
Answer:
Play.

Question 2.
Which other animal has a curved tail that is never straight?
Answer:
Dog.

Make Sentences:
Wore, Straight, Tease, The other way
Answer:
(a) Wore : I wore a pretty dress on my birthday.
(b) Straight : Sit straight otherwise you’ll spoil your posture.
(c) Tease : Don’t tease the little dog.
(d) The other : You have come in the way wrong direction, go the other way.

The Squirrel Poem Stanzas for Comprehension

STANZA – 1

He wore a question mark for tail,
An overcoat of gray.
He sat up straight to eat a nut.
Questions :
(i) Who is ‘He’?
(ii) What is the shape of questions mark?
(iii) What is the colour of skin?
(iv) What does he like to eat?
Answer:
(i) lie is a squirrel.
(ii) The squirrel’s tail is a question mark.
(iii) The skin is grey in colour.
(iv) He likes to eat a not.

STANZA – 2

He liked to tease and play,
And if we ran around his tree,
He went the other way.
Questions :
(i) Who is the author?
(ii) What does he enjoy?
(iii) Who are ‘We’?
(iv) What does this action of squirrel show?
Answer:
(i) The author is ‘Mildrid Bowers’ Armstrong.
(ii) He enjoys teasing and playing.
(iii) ‘We’are the children.
(iv) This action of squirrel shows action that squirrel is very active.

The Squirrel Poem Translation in Hindi

1. He were a question mark for tail,
An overcoat of gray.
He sat up straight to eat a nut.
हिन्दी अनुवाद – उसने पूँछ के लिए प्रश्न चित्र लगागा उसकी खाल भूरे रंग की हैं वं्ष सीधा बैठ कर मूँगफली खाने लगा।

2. He liked to tease and play,
And if we ran around his tree,
He went the other way.
हिन्दी अनुवाद् – उसको छेड़ना और खेलना पसंद था अगर हम उस पेड़ के चारों तरफ दौड़ते वह दूसरी तरफ चला जाता”।

The Squirrel Poem Summary in English

Squirrel is sitting on the trunk of a tree and eating a nut. It’s tail looks a question mark. Squirrel has a grey skin and likes to eat a nut. He likes to go around the tree and play.

The Squirrel Poem Summary in Hindi

गिलहरी तने पर सीधा बैठ कर मूँगफली खा रही है। उसकी पूँछु प्रश्न चिह्न की तरह लगती है। गिलहरी की खाल गूरे रंग की है और वह मूँगफल्ली खाना पसन्द करती है। वह पेड़ के चारों तरफ जाकर खंलना चाहती हैं।

HBSE 7th Class English Solutions

Haryana Board HBSE 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb & An Alien Hand

HBSE 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb

HBSE Haryana Board 7th Class English Honeycomb Prose

• Chapter 1 Three Questions
• Chapter 2 A Gift of Chappals
• Chapter 3 Gopal and the Hilsa-Fish
• Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom
• Chapter 5 Quality
• Chapter 6 Expert Detectives
• Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk
• Chapter 8 Fire: Friend and Foe
• Chapter 9 A Bicycle in Good Repair
• Chapter 10 The Story of Cricket

HBSE Haryana Board 7th Class English Honeycomb Poem

• Poem 1 The Squirrel
• Poem 2 The Rebel
• Poem 3 The Shed
• Poem 4 Chivvy
• Poem 5 Trees
• Poem 6 Mystery of the Talking Fan
• Poem 7 Dad and the Cat and the Tree
• Poem 8 Meadow Surprises
• Poem 9 Garden Snake

HBSE 7th Class English Solutions An Alien Hand

HBSE Haryana Board 7th Class English Supplementary Reader An Alien Hand

• Chapter 1 The Tiny Teacher
• Chapter 2 Bringing Up Kari
• Chapter 3 The Desert
• Chapter 4 The Cop and the Anthem
• Chapter 5 Golu Grows a Nose
• Chapter 6 I Want Something in a Cage
• Chapter 7 Chandni
• Chapter 8 The Bear Story
• Chapter 9 A Tiger in the House
• Chapter 10 An Alien Hand

Haryana State Board HBSE 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Chapter 9 Desert Animals Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

Haryana Board 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Chapter 9 Desert Animals

HBSE 6th Class English Desert Animals Textbook Questions and Answers

A. Talk to your partner and say whether the following statements are true or false.

Question 1.
(а) No animal can survive without water.
(b) Deserts are endless sand dunes.
(c) Most snakes are harmless.
(d) Snakes cannot hear, but they can feel vibrations through the ground.
(e) Camels store water in their humps.
Answers:
(a) No animal can survive without water. (True)
(b) Deserts are endless sand dunes. (False)
(c) Most snakes are harmless. (True)
(d) Snakes cannot hear, but they can feel vibrations through the ground. (True)
(e) Camels store water in their humps. (False)

Question 2.
Answer the following questions:
(a) How do desert animals survive without water?
Answer:
The desert animals find different ways to survive without water. Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows. The darkling beetles catch drops of moisture on their legs. They lift them into the air and make the drops trickle down into their mouths.

(b) How do mongooses kill snakes?
Answer:
Mongooses swiftly dodge the strokes of the snakes. They go on torturing the snakes till they (the snakes) get tired. Then they quickly dive in for the kill. In this way, the mongooses kill the snakes without getting hurt.

(c) How does the hump of the camels help them to survive when there is no water?
Answer:
The hump of the camels helps them to survive when there is no water in the following manner :

• It acts as storage container.
• They are full of fat and don’t store water.
• The fat from the hump nourishes the camels.

B. Read the words/phrases in the box. With your partner find their meanings from the dictionary.

harsh, conditions, harmless, survive, intruder, threatened, predators, prey, continually.

Fill in the blanks in the following passage with the above words/phrases.
All animals in forests and deserts struggle to __________ in __________.Though most of the animals are __________, some are dangerous when __________. If an is noticed, they attack or bite to save themselves. They struggle __________ for food and water. Some animals are called __________ because they __________ on other animals.
Answer:
All animals in forests and deserts struggle to survive in harsh conditions.Though most of the animals are harmless, some are dangerous when threatened. If an intruder is noticed, they attack or bite to save themselves. They struggle continually for food and water. Some animals are called predators because they prey on other animals.

Question 1.
Which is the longest rail line in the world?
Answer:
The Trans-Siberian line in Russia.

Question 2.
Which is the slowest animal?
Answer:
The snail is the slowest animal

Question 3.
Which is the largest church in the world?
Answer:
Basilica of New York in Vatican city, Rome.

Question 4.
Which is the largest temple in the world?
Answer:
Angkor Vat in Cambodia.

Question 5.
Which is the largest port in the world?
Answer:
New York Harbour is the largest port in the world.

Question 6.
Which is the largest democracy in the world?
Answer:
India is the largest democracy in the world.

Question 7.
Which is the lightest gas?
Answer:
Hydrogen is the lightest gas.

Question 8.
Which is the largest Railway Station in the world?
Answer:
Grand Central Terminal in Park Avenue, New York.

Question 9.
Which is the largest University building in the world?
Answer:
The University of Riyadh in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Question 10.
Which is the longest wall in the world?
Answer:
The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world.

Question 11.
Which reptile changes its colour?
Answer:
Chameleon changes its colour.

Question 12.
Which is the largest mammal?
Answer:
Whale is the largest mammal.

HBSE 6th Class English Desert Animals Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Define a ‘Desert’.
Answer:
A ‘Desert’ is the region with an annual rainfall of less than 25 cm. The vegetation is very thin there. Deserts occur in very hot or very cold conditions.

Question 2.
Give the names of eight deserts with their countries.
Answer:

Question 3.
Name some desert plants.
Answer:
The following are some desert plants:
Cacti, century plant, cereus, creosote bush, mosquitoes, ocotilla etc.

Question 4.
Give the types of deserts.
Answer:
Deserts are of many kinds. Some deserts are mentioned below.

• Some deserts are endless seas of rolling sand dunes.
• Some deserts are rocky or pebbly. They are dotted with small bushes.
• Some deserts are sprinkled with colourful flowers during the spring.

Question 5.
What do you know about snakes?
Answer:
There are more than 2300 kinds of snakes around the world. They range from fifteen centimetres to eleven metres in length. Most of the snakes are quite harmless. A few types of snakes are very poisonous. They can kill a human being in a single bite. Most snakes lay eggs. Some snakes give birth to their young.

Question 6.
What do you know about mongooses?
Answer:
Mongooses hunt in group. The preying animals are their enemies. They give twittering or alarm calls to sound other mongooses when they get into danger. They can kill snakes without getting hurt. The whole group rears their kittens.

Question 7.
What is a ‘desert’?
Answer:
A ‘desert’ is the region with an annual rainfall of less then 25 cm. The vegetation is very thin there and they occur in very hot or very cold conditions.

Question 8.
What are different types of deserts?
Answer:
Some of the types of deserts are the following:

• Some deserts are hot while others are cold deserts.
• Some deserts are endless seas of rolling sand dunes.
• Some deserts are rocky or pebbly. They are dotted with small bushes.
• Some deserts are sprinkled with colourful flowers during the spring.

Question 9.
Write about any two adaptations of animals in the desert.
Answer:
(i) The gerbils (a kind of desert rat) spend the hot day in cool underground holes. Darkling bettles catch drops of water on their legs.

(ii) Camels have winter coats to keep warm and shorter, tidier coats to keep cool in summer.
A camel can drink upto 30 gallons of water at a time.

Question 10.
Write any three notable features about snakes.
Answer:

• There are more thans 2300 different kinds of snakes in the world
• Some are upto 11 metres long
• Not all snakes are poisonous. Most snakes lay eggs, but many of them give birth to their young.

Desert Animals Passages for Comprehension

Passage – 1

And strange ……………… the spring.
Questions:
(i) Which strange insects have been referred to here?
(ii) What do they catch on their legs?
(in) What happens when they lift the drops of moisture in the air?
(iv) What types of deserts are mentioned in the above passage?
(v) Use the word ‘until’ in your own sentence.
Answers :
(i) The darkling beetles have been referred to here.

(ii) They catch drops of moisture on their legs.

(iii) When they lift the drops of moisture in the air the drops trickle down in their mouths.

(iv) The following three types of deserts are mentioned in the above passage.

• Endless seas of rolling sand dunes.
• Rocky and pebbly dotted with small bushes.
• Sprinkled with colourful flowers during the spring.

(v) Wait here, until I return.

Passage – 2

Most snakes ………….. lightning speed.
Questions :
(i) Are all the snakes harmful?
(ii) What can the very poisonous snakes do?
(iii) Do all the snakes lay eggs?
(iv) Where does the evil looking snake live?
(v) How far can its frightening rattle be heard?
Answers:
(i) No, most snakes are quite harmless.
(ii) The very poisonous snakes can kill a human being with just one bite.
(iii) No, many snakes give birth to their young.
(iv) The evil-looking snake lives in rocky deserts of America.
(v) Its frightening rattle can be heard as far as thirty metres away.

Passage – 3

Like most ………………. animals whole.
Questions :
(i) Who is ‘it’ in the above lines?
(ii) How does it hear things?
(iii) What would happen if somebody shouts?
(iv) Where do the rattle snakes live?
(v) What do all the snakes do?
Answers :
(i) ’It’ in the above lines refers to the rattle snake.
(ii) It hears things through vibrations in the ground.
(iii) It would not hear if somebody shouts.
(iv) The rattle snakes live across the American continent from Canada to Argentina.
(v) All the snakes swallow the animals whole.

Passage – 4

They like to …………….. for the kill.
Questions:
(i) Who like to hunt together?
(ii) Who can prove danger to the mongooses?
(iii) How do the mongooses warn one another?
(iv) What can the mongooses do when the snake strikes?
(v) What are the mongooses famous for?
Answers:
(i) Mongooses like to hunt together.
(ii) Hawks, eagles and large snakes can prove danger to the mongooses.
(iii) The mongooses warn one another with a special alarm call.
(iv) The mongooses can dodge when the snake strikes.
(v) Mongooses are famous for killing snakes without getting hurt.

Desert Animals Translation in Hindi

1. (i) Deserts are…………… burrows.
मरुस्थल, पृथ्वी पर सर्वाधिक सूखे स्थान होते हैं और कई बार वे महीनों या वर्षों तक भी बिना वर्षा के रहते हैं। परंतु मरुस्थल के पशु भी बिना पानी के या तप्ति धूप में काफी लंबे समय तक जीवित नहीं रह सकते है। इसलिए, इस विषम स्थिति से निपटने हेतु उन्हें विभिन्न विकल्प (तरीके) ढूँढ़ने पड़ते हैं। उदाहरण के तौर पर गोबिल नाम के सरीसृप, दिन का गर्मी वाला भाग भूमि के अंदर बने हुए बिलों में गुजारते हैं।

Word-Meanings–Survive-to outlive, जीवित रहना। Scorching-burning hot, झुलसती हुई। Different-various, विभिन्न। Coping-tachling, निपटना। Burrows-holes in the earth, बिल, मांद।

(ii) And strange …………… the spring.
और अंधियारे भौरे कहलाने वाले विचित्र कीटाणु अपनी टाँगों के ऊपर नमी के कतरों को पकड़ने में माहिर होते हैं, फिर वे उन्हें हवा में उठाते हैं जब तक वे कतरे टपक-टपक कर उनके मुँह में नहीं गिरते हैं। सभी मरुस्थल, लुढ़कते (घूमते) हुए रेते के टीलों के अंतहीन सागर नहीं हैं। कुछ चट्टानों वाले तथा कुछ कंकड़ों वाले हैं जिनमें कहीं-कहीं पर छोटी झाड़ियाँ उगी हुई हैं जबकि दूसरों (मरुस्थलों) में वसंत ऋतु में रंग-बिरंगे फूल खिले हुए होते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Strange-odd, faci Moisture-slight wetness, नमी। Trickle-drip, टपकना। Endless-having no end, अंतहीन | Dunesmounds of sand, रेत के टीले। Dotted-marked, चितिह। While-on the other hand, जबकि। Sprinkled-here) scattered, बिखरे हुए।

2. (i) There are…………… their youngbk.
संसार में 2300 से अधिक, विभिन्न प्रकार के साँप हैं जो केवल 15 सेंटीमीटर से लेकर 11 मीटर तक की लंबाई वाले हैं। अधिकांश साँप बिल्कुल हानिरहित हैं-परंतु कुछ ऐसे हैं जो इतने विषैले हैं कि एक बारे उनके काटे जाने से ही मनुष्य मर जाता है। अधिकांश साँप अंडे देते हैं परंतु बहुत से साँप बच्चों को जन्म देने वाले भी होते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Kinds-types, प्रकार। Around-in every direction, इधर-उधर। Ranging-Chere) placed in order,, वर्गीकृत। Quitetotally, पूर्णतः। Poisonous-venomous, जहरीले। Just-only, केवल।

(ii) In the dry, …………… lightning speed.
अमरीका के सूखे, चट्टानी मरुस्थलों में एक कुरूप साँप रहता है जो बड़ा बदनाम हैं उसकी भयानक खड़खड़ाहट तीस मीटर की दूरी तक सुनी जा सकती है, और वह बिजली की गति से प्रहार कर सकता है।

Word-Meanings-Rather-somewhat, कुछ-कुछ। Bad reputation-ill-fame, बदनामी। Frightening-dreadening, डराने वाली। Rattle – clatter, खड़खड़ाहट। Lightning-electric flash in the clouds, बिजली।

3. (i) But the …………… ready to bite.
परंतु रैटल साँप या कई बार झनझनाने वाला साँप कहा जाने वाला साँप कहा जाने वाला साँप जहाँ तक संभव होता है मनुष्यों से बचना पसंद करता है। वह अपनी पूँछ को ऊपर उठा लेता है
और उसे खड़खड़ाता है जब कभी वह परेशान होता है, इस आशा में कि घुसपैठिया दूर चला जाएगा। फिर भी, यदि उसकी चेतावनियों की अवहेलना की जाती है और वह भयभीत महसूस करता है, तो वह कुण्डली मारकर काटने के लिए तैयार हो जाता है।

Word-Meaning-Prefers-likes better, safu क पसंद करता है। Avoid-evade, टालना। Possibly probably, संभवतः। Upright-straight, सीधी। Intruder-one who enters with out permission, घुसपैठिया। However-even then, तथापि। Ignored over looked, अवहेलना करना, नजर अंदाज करना। Threatened-terrified, भयभीत। Coil-twist in circular shape, कुंडली मारना।

(ii) But the …………… Argentina.
परतु खड़खड़ाने वाला सॉप स्वयं अपनी पूंछ द्वारा किए हुए शोर को नहीं सुन सकता है। अधिकांश साँपों की तरह, वह भूमि में हुए स्पंदन द्वारा चीजों को सुनता है। यदि कोई व्यक्ति नजदीक में चल रहा होता है तो साँप उसकी हरकत को महसूस कर सकता है। परंतु यदि उसी व्यक्ति को चिल्लाना पड़े, तो वह तनिक भी नहीं सुन सकेगा। रेटल साँप अत्यधिक साधारण प्रकार के होते हैं
और वे दूर-दूर तक फैले हुए जीव हैं जो कनाडा से अर्जेन्टाइना तक अमेरिकन महाद्वीप के ठीक दाहिनी ओर रहते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Vibrations-oscillation, quivering, कंपन, स्पंदन। Ground-earth, भूमि। Movement-motion, गति। Widespread-spread toagreat distance, दूर-दूर तक फैले हुए। Continentmainland, main continuous body of land, महाद्वीप।

(iii) They feed …………… without eating.
वेचूहों, वोलों, चुहियाओं, गिलहरियों और बहुत से दूसरे छोटे विभिन्न शिकारी जीवों को खाते हैं। रेटल साँप अपने शिकार को जहर द्वारा मारते हैं। सभी साँपों की तरह वे अभागे जानवरों को समूचा निगल लेते हैं। कुछ साँपों को सप्ताह में एक से अधिक बार खाना पड़ता है और बड़े अजगर जैसे कुछ (साँप) बिना भोजन किए हुए एक वर्ष या उससे भी अधिक जीवित रह सकते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Variety-different types, विभिन्न प्रकार के। Prey-game, शिकार। Chipmuks small ground squirrels having light and dark stripes, हलकी तथा काली धारियांवाली छोटी गिलहरियाँ। Venompoison, forgi Swallow-to take inside the body, निगलना। Unfortunate-unlucky, अभागा। Wholeentire, समूचा। Python a very huge snake, अजगर।

4. Mongooses like…………… creatures.
नेवले, इकठे मिलकर शिकार करना पंसद करते हैं, परंतु वे हमेशा नजदीक में रहने वाले खतरनाक शिकारी जानवरों की तलाश में रहते हैं। वे बिलों को अपनी थुथुनी से कुरेदते हैं, अपने पंजों से चट्टानों को उलटते हैं और अपने तेज पंजों से भूमि को खुरचते हैं, पट्टीधारी नेवले देखने में बड़े मनमोहक लगते हैं। वे अफ्रीका के बहुत से भागों में आमतौर पर दिखाई पड़ते हैं। वे लगभग बीस की टोली में भौंरों, झींगुरों और अन्य छोटे-छोटे जीवों को भोजन के रूप में तलाश करने के लिए घूमते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Together-in company, एक साथ। Lookout-search, तलाश। Predatorsthose who prey on others, शिकारी जीव। Pokingthrusting, pushing, दूंसते हुए। Scratchingscraping, खुरचना। Claws-thorny nail of a beast, पंजा। Banded-having a strap, पट्टी-दार। musing-interesting, enjoyable, मनोरंजक। Forage-togo in searchoffood., भाजन की तलाश में जाना। Creatures-animate beings, जीव।

5. They like to …………… suspicious.
वह एक साथ मिलकर शिकार करना पसंद करते हैं और जब कभी वे चट्टानों या झाड़ियों के पीछे पहुँच जाने के कारण एक दूसरे की दृष्टि से ओझल हो जाते हैं तो यूं-धूं की पुकारने वाली आवाज करके एक दूसरे के संपर्क में आते हैं। वे बाजों, चीलों या बड़े साँपों के खतरे को देखकर शकित होते ही, सावधान करने वाली अपनी विशिष्ट पुकार द्वारा एक दूसरे को सचेत कर देते हैं।

Word – Meanings- Whenever–at whichever time, जब कभी। Sight-the range ofeyes, दृष्टि। Twittering-making tremulous noise, चहकना। Special-of unique type, विशेष! Spot-find out, पता लगाना। Suspicious-full of mistrust, संदेहयुक्त, शंकायुक्त।

6. Mongooses are……………. for the kill.
नेवले, बिना स्वयं आहत हुए, साँपों को मारने के लिए सक्षम होने के लिए प्रसिद्ध हैं। उनकी प्रतिक्रियाएं इतनी तेज होती हैं कि जब भी साँप प्रहार करता है वे हर बार उसे चकमा दे देते हैं। वे निरंतर स्वयं को कष्टदायक बनाए रखते हैं जब तक कुछ देर के बाद साँप थक नहीं जाता है। वे मारे जाने वाले साँप (शिकार) के ऊपर टूट पड़ते हैं। Word-Meanings-Hurt-injured, आहत होना। Reactions-reciprocal, प्रतिक्रिया। Dodge-trick, चकमा देना। Continually-persistently, निरंतर। Nuisance-something troublesome, कष्टदायक।

7. All the female mongooses have their kitten at about the same time. They are raised by the whole group in a den made inside an old termite mount or hollow log. When most of the adults are out looking for food, one or two males stay behind to stand guard until the others return for the night.

सभी मादा नेवलियाँ एक ही समय पर बच्चों को जन्म देती हैं। समूचा, दल किसी मांद में दीमक के पुराने टीले पर या किसी खोखले लकड़ी के लठे में उनका पालन पोषण करता है। जब अधिकांश प्रौढ़ लोग, भोजन की तलाश में बाहर चले जाते हैं तो एक या दो नर पीछे ठहर कर तब तक चौकसी करते हैं जब तक दूसरे रात को वापिस नहीं आ जाते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Raised-brought up, पालन-पोषण करना। Den-a wild beast lair, मांद। Termite-whiteant, दीमक। Mount-mound,टोला। Hollow-accwity, पोला स्थान। Log-unknown bulky timber, लट्ठा। Guard-watch, चौकसी।

8. Another animal …………… keep cool.
एक दूसरा पशु जो मरुस्थल में रहता है, वह है ऊंट। बहुत | हजार वर्ष पहले, पहली बार, ऊँटों को पाला गया था। जंगलों में, ऊँट प्रायः तीस की संख्या वाले छोटे दलों में रहते हैं। गर्म रहने के लिए, ऊँटों के पास लंबे खुरदरे बालों वाले सर्दी के कोट होते हैं (खाल होती है) और गर्मियों में ठंडा रखने के लिए छोटे साफ कोट होते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Domesticated-tamed, पालना। Wild-jungle, वन। Usually-normally, सामान्य रूप से। Shaggy-rough, भद्दा। Tidier-more clean, अधिक साफ-सुथरा।

(ii) Athirsty camel…………… water at all.
प्यासा ऊँट, तीस गेलन पानी पी सकता है अर्थात् ऊपर तक भरे हुए पाँच-सो गिलास-केवल दस मिनट के भीतर। फिर भी सामान्य रूप से वह आवश्यकतानुसार मरुस्थलीय पौधों से नमी प्राप्त कर सकता है और बिल्कुल पानी पीये बिना दस महीनों तक जीवित रह सकता है।

Word-Meanings-About-nearly, लगभग। Normally-usually, सहज भाव से।

9. (i) There are two …………… full of fat.
ऊँट, दो भिन्न प्रकार के होते हैं। मिडरी के नाम से जाने गए ऊँट का केवल एक ही कूबड़ होता है। दूसरे को बक्टीरिया ऊँट कहते हैं और उसके दो कूबड़ होते हैं। कूबड़ भंडारघर की भूमिका निभाकर मरुस्थल में जीवित रहने के लिए जानवर (ऊँट) की सहायता करते हैं। परंतु वे पानी को इकट्ठा नहीं करते हैं-जैसा बहुत से व्यक्ति गलती से सोचते हैं-वे चर्बी से भरे होते हैं।

Word-Meanings-Hump-a hunch protuberance on the back of a camel, कूबड़। Containers-bins, पात्र।

(ii) This fat nourishes the camels when food is scarce. If they have nothing to eat for several days, their humps shrink as the fat is used up. There are many other ways in which camels are adapted to desert life. Their mouths are so tough that even the sharp thorn cannot pierce through.

यह चर्बी ऊँटों को पोषक आहार देती है जब भोजन की कमी हो जाती है। यदि उन्हें कई दिनों तक खाने के लिए कुछ भी नहीं मिले तो उनके कूबड़ सिकुड़ जाते हैं ज्यों ही चर्बी समाप्त हो जाती है। अन्य बहुत-से तरीके होते हैं जिनके द्वारा ऊँट मरुस्थली जीवन के अभ्यस्त हो जाते हैं। उनके मुँह इतने कठोर होते हैं कि पैना काँटा भी उनमें छेद नहीं कर सकता है।

Word-Meaning-Nourishes-sustains, nurtures, पोषण करना। Scarce-scanty, short, न्यून, कम। Several a few, कई। Shrink-contracts, सिकुड़ जाती है। Adapted-made suitable, अभ्यस्त होना। Tough-hard, कठोर। Pierce-make a hole, छेद करना।

Desert Animals Summary in English

Deserts are the driest places on the earth. Sometime they do not get rains for long periods. Even the desert animals need water. The gerbils live in cool underground burrows during the hot part of the day. The darkling beetles suck drops of moisture. We find small bushes and colourful flowers in rocky and pebbly deserts.

There are more than 2300 different kinds of snakes around the world. Most of them are quite harmless. A few of them are poisonous. Most snakes lay eggs. The rattle snake of the deserts of America tries to avoid the people. It coils round to bite whenever it finds itself in danger. It rattles its tail to warn the people. It feels the movement of a person through vibrations in the ground. It has no hearing power. They feed on small animals. They eat weekly. A python can survive for a year or more without eating.

Mongooses search for dangerous ravenous animals. The African banded mongooses are amusing animals. They travel in group to search their food. In case of danger, they warn one another with a special alarm call. While killing snakes, mongooses do not hurt themselves. They dodge the striking snake tactfully. They guard their kittens jointly.

The camel is also a desert animal. Some of them are domestic animals. The wild camels live in groups. Athirsty camel can drink thirty gallons of water. It also gets moisture from desert plants. It can also survive upto ten months without drinking water.

The Dromedary camel has only a single hump. The Bactrian camel has two humps. The humps serve the camels as storage containers. They are full of fat. The fat nourishes the camels in the absence of food. The fat from the hump is used up when they have nothing to eat. They have tough mouths.

Desert Animals Summary in Hindi

मरुस्थल, पृथ्वी पर सर्वाधिक सूखे स्थान हैं। कई बार लंबे समय तक वहाँ वर्षा नहीं होती है। मरुस्थल के पशुओं को भी पानी चाहिए। गोर्बिल नामक सरीसृप दिन में गर्मी के समय भूमि के भीतर ठंडी मांदों में रहते हैं। अंधियारे भौरे नमी के कतरों को चूसते हैं। हमें चट्टानों वाले तथा पथरीले मरुस्थलों में छोटी झाड़ियाँ और रंगीन फूल दिखाई पड़ते हैं।

संसार में 2300 से अधिक विभिन्न प्रकार के साँप पाए जाते हैं। उनमें से अधिकांश बिल्कुल हानिरहित हैं। उनमें से कुछ जहरीले हैं। अधिकांश साँप अंडे देते हैं। अमरीका के मरुस्थलों में पाया जाने वाला रेटल साँप लोगों से बचना चाहता है। जब कभी वह स्वयं को खतरे में पाता है तो काटने के लिए कुंडली बना लेता है। लोगों को सचेत करने के लिए वह अपनी दुम को खड़खड़ाता है। यह भूमि में होने वाले कम्पन द्वारा व्यक्ति की हरकत को महसूस करता है। इसमें श्रवण शक्ति नहीं होती है। वे छोटे पशुओं को खाकर गुजारा करते हैं। वे सप्ताह में एक बार खाते हैं। अजगर बिना भोजन किए एक वर्ष तक जीवित रह सकता है।

नेवले, शिकार करने वाले खतरनाक पशुओं को ढूंढते हैं। अफ्रीका के पट्टी धारी नेवले बड़े मनोरंजक पशु होते हैं। वे दलों में भोजन की तलाश में जाते हैं। खतरे के समय वे चौकन्ना करने वाली विशेष आवाज द्वारा एक दूसरे को सचेत कर देते हैं। साँपों को मारते समय वे कभी चोट नहीं खाते। वे बड़ी युक्ति से आक्रामक साँप को चकमा दे देते हैं। वे अपने बच्चों की मिल कर रखवाली करते हैं।

ऊँट भी एक मरुस्थली जानवर है। उनमें से कुछ पालतू जानवर हैं। जंगली ऊँट, टोलियों में रहते हैं। प्यासा ऊँट, तीस गेलन पानी पी सकता है। वह मरुस्थली पौधों से भी नमी प्राप्त कर लेता है। वह बिना पानी पीये हुए दस वर्षों तक जीवित रह सकता है।

मिडरी ऊँट का एक कूबड़ होता है। बक्टीरिया ऊँट के दो कूबड़ होते हैं। कूबड़, ऊँट के भंडार घर होते हैं। वे चर्बी से भरे हुए होते हैं। भोजन के अभाव में चर्बी, ऊँटों का पोषण करती है। जब उन्हें खाने के लिए कुछ भी नहीं मिलता है तो कूबड़ की चर्बी समाप्त हो जाती है। उनके मुँह कठोर होते हैं।

Haryana State Board HBSE 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

Haryana Board 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree

HBSE 6th Class English The Banyan Tree Textbook Questions and Answers

A. Complete the following sentences:

Question 1.
The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because ________.
Answer:
The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because grandfather could no longer climb it.

Question 2.
The small gray squirrel became friendly when _________.
Answer:
The small gray squirrel became friendly when he found that the narrator did not arm himself with catapult or air gun.

Question 3.
When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel ________.
Answer:
When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel became quite bold and was soon taking morsels from his hand.

Question 4.
In the spring, the banyan tree ________, and ________ would come there .
Answer:
In the spring, the banyan tree was full of small red figs, and birds would come there.

Question 5.
The banyan tree served the boy as a ________.
Answer:
The banyan tree served the boy as a crude platform.

Question 6.
The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree ________.
Answer:
The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree reading or resting.

B. Answer the following questions:

Question 1.
“It was to be a battle of champions.” (8)
(i) What qualities did the two champions have? Pick out words and phrases from the paragraph above this line in the text and write them down :

Answer:

(ii) What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the fight?
Answer:
The cobra raised three of his six feet off the ground. He spread his broad, spectacled hood. The mongoose bushed his tail. The long hair on his spine stood up. These were the things that the cobra and the mongoose did to show their readiness for the fight.

Question 2.
Who we the other two spectators? What did they do? (Did they watch, or did they join in the fight)?
दूसरे दो दर्शक कौन थे? उन्होंने क्या किया? (क्या वे देखते रहे या वे युद्ध में शामिल हो गए?)
Answer:
The other two spectators were the Myna and the jungle crow. First of all, they settled on the cactus and watched the outcome of the fight. In the end, they took part in the proceedings. Both of them tried to dart at the cobra whose back was bitten by the mongoose.

Question 3.
Read the descriptions below of what the snake did and what the mongoose did. Arrange their actions in the proper order.
(i) ceased to struggle
(ii) tried to mesmerise the mongoose
(iii) coiled itself around the mongoose
(iv) struck the crow
(v) struck again and missed
(vi) struck on the side that the mongoose pretended to attack

• grabbed the snake by the snout
• dragged the snake into the bushes
• darted away and bit the cobra on the back
• pretended to attack the cobra on one side
• refused to look into the snake’s eyes
• sprang aside, jumped in and bit.

Answer:

Question 4.
(i) What happened to the crow in the end?
अंत में कौए के साथ क्या घटना घटी?
Answer:
The crow failed to pull up in the mid-air. He could not turn back. The cobra struck the crow back with his hood and snout. The crow fluttered his wings for a while. Then it was dead.

(ii) What did the myna do finally? (17)
अंत में मैना ने क्या किया?
In the end, the myna flew on to the cactus. The injured and defeated cobra dragged itself into the bushes. The myna dropped to the ground. She peered into the bushes. She gave a shrill cry and flew away.

HBSE 6th Class English The Banyan Tree Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Name some fruit trees that you have seen.
Answer:
I have seen the following fruit trees :

1. Apple trees
2. Cherry trees
3. Fig tree
4. Banyan tree
5. Neem
6. Mulberry
7. Pear
8. Guava
9. Mango tree
10. Pomegranate tree
11. Acacia tree
12. Mahogamy
13. Palm tree
14. Tamarind
15. Teak.

Question 2.
Name the parts of a tree.
Answer:
The following are the names of some parts of a tree :

1. Root
2. skin/bark
3. fibre
4. branch
5. leaf
6. stone
7. thorn
8. fruits
9. pulp
10. flower
11. trunk.

Question 3.
Name some birds.
Answer:
The following are the names of some birds:

1. Owl
2. parrot
3. peacock
4. goose
5. duck
6. hen
7. kite
8. eagle
9. sparrow
10. crow
11. nightingale
12. cuckoo
13. pigeon.

Question 4.
Name some animals.
Answer:
The following are the names of some animals.

1. Cow
2. buffalo
3. ox
4. camel
5. dog
6. cat
7. deer
8. horse
9. monkey
10. Elephant
11. fox
12. goat
13. sheep
14. jackal
15. zebra.

Question 5.
Name the parts of day and night.
Answer:
The following are the names of the parts of day and night.

1. dawn
2. sunrise
3. morning
4. forenoon,
5. noon
6. afternoon
7. dusk
8. sunset
9. night
10. mid night.

Question 6.
Write a few lines on your garden.
Answer:
We have a small garden. It is divided into many plots. Plants of different kinds can be seen on all sides. Flower pots are kept in order. There are different kinds of flowers in our garden. Roses and marigolds give out sweet smell. There are shady and fruit trees all around. I spend my holidays in my garden. I study there. The garden presents a charming sight.

Question 7.
Name the seasons. Which season do you like and why?
Answer:
Winter, cummer, spring, autumn, rainy season and hemant are the names of the seasons. I like the spring season most. It is the king of all seasons. It is neither cold nor hot. Everything looks fresh and beautiful. Flowers bloom and trees put on new leaves. Mother earth wears a new look. This season has a healthy effect on the body and mind. Sunny days and cool nights have their own charm.

Question 8.
How are trees important for us?
Answer:
Trees are very useful in our daily life. They give us shade, timber, fire wood and fruits. They give shelter to birds. They purify the air. They absorb carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. Flowers make the atmosphere colourful. They bring rains. They preserve soil. They give us rubber and gum. They are green gold. They are a source of income.

Question 9.
Why are mongoose called amusing animals?
Answer:
Mongoose are called amusing animals because they are often found

• poking their noses into holes
• overturning rocks with their paws.
• scratching the ground with their sharp claws

Question 10.
Why do mongoose travel in groups?
Answer:
Mongoose travel in groups because they like to hunt together keeping in touch whenever they go out of sight behind rocks or bushes by twittering and calling.

Question 11.
How are the kittens of the mongoose raised?
Answer:
The kittens of the mongooses are raised by the whole group in a den made inside an old termite mount or hollow log. When most of the adults are out looking for food, one or two males stay behind to stand guard until the other returns for the night.

The Banyan Tree Passages for Comprehension

Read the passages carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Passage – I

Its spreading ……………… world below.
Questions :
(i) Who is the narrator of the above passage?
(ii) Which tree is referred to here?
(iii) How old was the tree?
(iv) From which place could the narrator spy on the world below?
(v) Give the opposites of’pleasure, older and thick’?
Answers :
(i) Ruskin Bond is the narrator of the above passage.
(ii) The banyan tree is referred to here.
(iii) The tree was more than sixty five years old.
(iv)The narrator could spy on the world below from behind the thick leaves of the banyan tree.
(v) Pleasure – pain
Older – younger
Thick – thin.

Passage – II

Half way up and a cobra.
Questions:
(i) Where had the narrator built his crude platform?
(ii) When did he spend his afternoons there?
(iii) What did he usually do on the platform?
(iv) What did he view one afternoon?
(v) Give the opposites of’crude, hot, up and below?
Answers:
(i) The narrator had built his crude platform half way up the banyan tree.
(ii) He spent his afternoons there when it was not too hot.
(iii) He usually read books on the platform.
(iv) One afternoon he viewed a fight between a mongoose and a cobra.
(v) Crude-refined, fine
hot-cold
up-down
below-above.

Passage – III

The warm …………………. the cobra.
In a clearing ……………… face to face.
Questions:
(i) Why had everybody entered his house?
(ii) What was the narrator feeling?
(iii) Where did. he like to go then?
(iv) Where did the cobra come from?
(v) Where did the mongoose come face to face with the cobra?
Answers:
(i) Every-body had entered his house because of warm breezes.
(ii) The narrator was feeling sleepy.
(iii) Then, he liked to go to a pond for swimming.
(iv) The cobra came out of a clump of cactus.
(v) The mongoose came face to face with the cobra under the banyan tree.

Passage – IV

Though the …………….. of them.
Questions:
(i) Who were the combatants?
(ii) What were they unaware of?
(iii) Who were the two other spectators?
(iv) Where had the spectators settled?
(v) Give the opposites of arrival, both and well.
Answers:
(i) The mongoose and the cobra were the combatants.
(ii) They were unaware of the narrator’s presence in the banyan tree.
(iii) The two other spectators were a myna and a crow.
(iv) The spectators had settled on the cactus.
(v) Arrival-departure.
Both-neither
Well-bad.

The Banyan Tree Translation in Hindi

PART – I

1. (1) Though …………… butterflies.
हालाँकि घर और भूमि, मेरे दादा-दादी की थी. फिर भी वह विशाल (भव्य) पुराना बरगद का वृक्ष मेरा था मुख्य रूप से क्योंकि पैंसठ वर्षीय दादा, अब उसके ऊपर नहीं चढ़ पाते थे।

उसकी फैली हुई शाखाएँ, जो जमीन तक लटकी हुई थीं और दोबारा जड़ पकड़ गई थी और जिनसे कई टेढ़े-मेढ़े रास्ते बन गए थे, मुझे असीम आनंद प्रदान करती थीं। उन्हीं में गिलहरियाँ, घोंघे और तितलियाँ निवास करती थीं।

Word-Meanings-Grounds-land, भूमि! Grand-parents grandfather and grandmother, दादा और दादी| Magnificent-pompous, grand, विशाल, शानदार। Chiefly-mainly, मुख्य रूप से। Spreadingstretching, फैली हुई। Forming-making, बनाना। Twisting-winding, मुड़े हुए। Passages-paths, रास्ते। Pleasure-joy, खुशी।

(ii) The tree …………… world below.
वह वृक्ष घर से अधिक पुराना था, दादा से भी अधिक आयु का था, और उतना ही पुराना था जितना देहरादून। मैं उसकी शाखाओं के बीच मोटे-मोटे (घने) हरे पत्तों के पीछे स्वयं को छुपा सकता था और नीचे के संसार को चोरी छिपे देख सकता था।

Word-Meanings-Thick-dense, घने। Spy-to look secretly, चोरी-छिपे देखना।

3. (i) My first …………… from hand.
सलेटी रंग का गिलहरी का एक छोटा-सा बच्चा मेरा पहला मित्र था। अपनी पीठ को मोड़कर और हवा में झू-तूं की आवाज करता हुआ, प्रारंभ में उसकी गोपनीयता में दखल देने (आक्रमण करने) के कारण वह मुझ से खींजा हुआ (कुद्ध) दिखाई पड़ता था। परंतु जब उसे पता लग गया कि मेरे पास न गुलेल है और न ही तमंचा तो वह मेरा मित्र बन गया। जब मैंने उसके लिए केक के टुकड़े और बिस्कुट लाने शुरू किए तो वह और भी बहादुर चन गया और तुरंत ही हाथ से टुकड़े लेने लगा।

Word-Meanings-Arching-curving, वक्र बनाना। Sniffing-drawing up air in audible manner, सू-सू की आवाज करना या सूंघना। Resent-to dislike, to feel angry about, घृणा करना, क्रुद्ध होना। Invasion-attack, interference, आक्रमण, दखल Privacy-seclusion, गोपनीयता। Catapult-acon. trivance for discharging stones etc. Total Air gun-Shot gun, पक्षियों को मारने वाली बंदूक। Morsels-small pieces of food, भोजन सामग्री के टुकड़े।

(ii) Before long, …………… a human.
थोड़े समय बाद ही वह मेरी जेबों को टटोलने लगा और जो कुछ उसे मिलता उससे अपनी मदद करता। (उसे खा लेता)। वह बहुत छोटा-सा गिहलरी का बच्चा था, और उसके मित्र तथा संबंधी शायद सोचते थे कि वह मूर्ख है और हठीला है जो एक
मनुष्य पर विश्वास करता है।

Word-Meanings-Before long-after a short time, थोड़े समय बाद। Delving-going deep into, searching, अंदर घुसना, तलाश करना। Probablypossibly. संभवतः। Headstrong-insolent, (हठी)। Trusting-relying on, भरोसा करना।

4. In the spring, ……………thegarden.
वसंत ऋतु में, जब बरगद का पेड़ छोटे-छोटे फलों से भर गया तो सभी प्रकार के पक्षी उसकी शाखाओं में जमघट लगाने लगे-प्रसन्नचित और लालची लाल-तली वाली बुलबुल; तोते, मैना और कौए एक दूसरे के साथ झगड़ते रहते थे। फलों की ऋतु में, बरगद का पेड़, बगीचे में सबसे ज्यादा शोर-शराबे वाला स्थान होता था।

Word-Meanings-Figs-fruit of the banyan tree, (अंजीर), बरगद के फल (गूलर)| Kinds-types, प्रकार। Flock-gather, इकट्ठे होना। Cheerful-gay, प्रसन्नचित। Squabbling-quarrelling, झगड़ना।

5. Half way up …………… treelibrary.
पेड़ की आधी ऊँचाई पर मैंने एक भद्दा-सा मंच बना लिया था जहाँ मैं दोपहर के बाद का समय तब बिताता था जब अधिक गर्मी नहीं होती थी। और अपने कमरे से एक गद्दा ले जाकर तथा पेड़ के साथ सटकर मैं वहाँ पढ़ाई कर सकता था। Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn तथा, The story of Dr. Dolittle, कुछ मेरी पुस्तकें होती थीं जो बरगद के वृक्ष पर मेरा पुस्तकालय बनाती थी।

Word-Meanings-Crude-rough, भद्दा। Propping myself up-leaning against, सहारा लेकर तथा झुककर। Cushion-stuffed pillow, गद्दे, तकिया।

6.When I did …………… acobra. – जब पढ़ाई में मेरा मन नहीं लगता था तो पत्तों के बीच से मैं नीचे भूमि पर देख सकता था। और एक विशिष्ठ दोपहर बाद मैंने उन भारतीय जंगली तथा श्रेष्ठ जीवों की कला का प्रत्यक्ष दर्शन किया, जो कि एक नेवले और कोबरा के बीच लड़ाई थी।

Word-Meanings-Below-under, नीचे। Particular -main, विशेष, Wilds-jungels वन।

PART – II

7. (i) The warm ……….for the cobra.
समीप आती हुई ग्रीष्म ऋतु की गरम हवा (लू) के कारण माली समेत सभी लोग घर के भीतर चले गए थे। मैं, स्वयं भी उनिंदा महसूस कर रहा था और सोच रहा था कि क्या मुझे पोखर (जोहड़) में जाकर रामू के और भैंसों के साथ तैरना चाहिए, जभी
मैंने एक भारी काले कोबरे को नागफणों के झुंडों में से सरकते हुए आते देखा। उसी समय झाडियों के भीतर से एक नेवला निकला और सीधा, कोबरा के पास गया।

Word-Meanings-Breezes-winds, हवाएँ।। Approaching-coming near, नजदीक आते हुए। Including-along with सहित। Drowsy-sleepy and dull, उनींदा, निद्रालु। Wondering-getting amazed, अचंभे में पड़ा हुआ। Pond-awater reservoir, जोहड़, पोखर। Huge-enormous, quite large, बहुत भारी, विशाल। Gliding-mowing smoothly. सरकते हुए। Clump-group of bushes or trees, झाड़ियों या पेड़ों का झुरमुट। Cactus-hawthorn, नागफण। Emergedcaine out, बाहर आया। Straight-without bend or curve, सीधा।

(8) In a clearing ……………champions.
बरगद के पेड़ के नीचे चमकीली धूप में साफ की हुई जगह पर वे आमने-सामने आ गए।

कोबरे को यह बात भली-भाँति पता थी कि सलेटी रंग का तीन फुट लंबा नेवला, चतुर, आक्रामक तथा माना हुआ लड़ाका है। परंतु कोबरा भी, निपुण तथा अनुभवी योद्धा था। वह तेजी से हिलडुल सकता था और रोशनी की गति से प्रहार कर सकता था और उसके तेज, पैने जहरीले दाँतों के पीछे, घातक जहर से भरी हुई थैली थी।

वह वीर योद्धाओं (चैम्पियनों) का युद्ध होने वाला था।

Word-Meanings-Clearing-apiece of land cleared of bushes, साफ की हुई भूमि। Beneathunder, नीचे। Bright-shining, चमकीली। Superbgrand, excellent, उत्तम। Aggressive-attacking foremost, आक्रामक| Skilful-artful, expert, कलाकार, निपुण। Experienced-seasoned, अनुभवी। Swiftlyquickly, तेजी से। Strike-tohit, प्रहार करना। Sacsbags, pouches, थैली। Fangs-long sharp teeth of a snake, साँप के लंबे तथा पैने दाँत। Deadly-causing death, घातक) Champions-the prefeets of players, वीर खिलाड़ी।

(9) Hissing defiance, …………… stood up.
फूत्कार द्वारा ललकारते हुए, अपनी चिरी हुई जीभ को बार-बार लपलपाते (अंदर-बाहर करते हुए, छह फुट की लंबाई वाले शरीर में से कोबरा ने अपने तीन फुट शरीर को जमीन से ऊपर उठाया और आँखों वाले अपने चौड़े फण को फैलाया। नेवले ने अपनी दुम फैलायी। उसकी रीढ़ के लंबे बाल खड़े हो गए।

Word-Meanings-Hissing-making a sharp breathing sound, कुंकार मारते हुए। Defiance-rebellion, challenge, resistance, विद्रोह, चुनौती, अवरोध। Forked-pronged, चिरा हुआ। Darting-moving quickly (suddenly), लपलपाती (अंदर बाहर आती जाती) हुई। Raised-lifted, उठाया। Ground-earth, भूमि। Spread-extended, फैलाया। Broad-quite wide, चौड़ा। Spectacled-(here) eyed, आँखों वाला। Hood-covering for the head, फण। Bushed-spread, फैलायी। Spine-asharp projection on the back, मेरुदंड, पुट्ठा पीछे का भाग।

(10) Though the……………of them.
हालाँकि योद्धाओं को पेड़ में मेरी उपस्थिति की जानकारी नहीं थी, तत्काल उन्हें दो अन्य दर्शकों के आगमन की खबर हो गई। एक मैना थी तथा दूसरा जंगली कौआ। उन्होंने युद्ध के लिए इन तैयारियों को देखा था और उसके परिणाम को देखने के लिए वे एक नागफण के ऊपर बैठ गए थे। यदि वे केवल तमाशा देखने से संतुष्ट हो जाते तो वह सब, दोनों की भलाई में होता।

Word-Meanings-Combatants-fighters, योद्धा। Unaware-ignorant, अनजान। Arrivalappearance, आगमन। Spectators-those who watch something, दर्शक। Preparations-previous arrangements, तैयारियाँ। Battle-war. fight, युद्धा Watch-view, गौर से देखना। Outcome-result, परिणाम। Content-satisfied, संतुष्ट।

(11) The cobra……………the attack.
कोबरा, स्वयं को बचाता हआ खडा रहा और नेवले को गलत चाल खेलने के लिए विमोहित करने हेतु आहिस्ता-आहिस्ता हिलता रहा। परंतु नेवले को अपने शत्रु की शीशे जैसी, पलक न झपकनेवाली आँखों की शक्ति का ज्ञान था और उनका सामना करने की बात टाल दी। इसकी बजाए उसने अपनी दृष्टि एक ऐसे बिंदु पर जमाई जो कोबरे के फण से एकदम नीचे थी और हमला करना आरंभ कर दिया। – Word-Meanings-Defensive-protective measure, प्रतिरक्षा। Swaying-moving, हिलना। Mesmerise-bewitch, to hypnotise, सम्मोहित करना। Opponents-enemy’s, शत्रु की। Unwinkingunblinking, बिना झपकी लिए। Refused-rejected, अस्वीकार करना। Instead-in its place, इसके बदले। Gaze-look, दृष्टि।

(12) Moving ……………outofreach.
तेजी से आगे बढ़कर जब तक वह कोबरा की पहुँच के ठीक अंदर नहीं चला गया, कोबरा ने एक तरफ मुड़ने का बहाना किया। तत्काल कोबरा ने प्रहार किया। उसका बड़ा फण इतनी तेजी से नीचे आया कि मैंने सोचा कि अब नेवले को कोई भी नहीं बचा पाएगा। परंतु छोटा जीव (नेवला) एक तरफ छलांग लगाकर साफ बच गया और कोबरे जैसी तेजी से आगे बढ़ गया, और साँप की पीठ को काटकर फिर तेजी से उसकी पहुँच के परे चला गया।

Word-Meanings-Forward-ahead, आगे। Until-by the time, जब तक। Pretended-offected, बहाने बाजी का। Immediately-instantly, तुरंत, तत्काल।

(13) At the same……………cactusplant.
जिस समय कोबरा ने प्रहार किया, ठीक तभी, कौए और मैना ने स्वयं को उसके ऊपर फेंका, परंतु वे बीच हवा में जोर से टकरा गए। एक दूसरे को भला-बुरा कहते हुए वे नागफण के पौधे पर वापिस पहुँच गए।

Word-Meanings-Moment-while, a short span of time, पल! Hurled-threw violently, whirled, वेग से फेंका। Collide-dash, टकराना। Shrieking-shouting, चौखना।
A few drops of blood glistened on the cobra’s back.

(14) Theeobrastruck……………eactus.
(i) कोबरा की पीठ पर खून के कुछ कतरे (बिंदु) चमकने लगे।
कोबरा ने प्रहार किया परंतु वह चूक गया। फिर, नेवला एक तरफ छलांग लगा गया, फिर अंदर की तरफ कूदा और काट लिया। फिर से पक्षियों ने साँप के ऊपर छलांग लगाई परंतु उसकी बजाए एक दूसरे से टकरा गए और चीखते-चिल्लाते, सुरक्षित नागफण पर जा टिके।

Word-Meanings-Glistened-shone, चमकने लगे। Sprang-jumped, उछलकर पहुँच गया। Diveddarted, झपटे, छलांग लगाई। Bumped-collided, dashed, टकरा गए। Course-position, स्थिति।

(15) The third ……………difference.
तीसरे दौर में भी वही बात हुई जो पहले हुई थी, परंतु उनमें एक नाटकीय अंतर था।

The crow and …………… crow’s body.
कौए और मैना ने अभी तक गतिविधियों में भाग लेने का दृढ़ संकल्प करते हुए कोबरा के ऊपर छलांग लगाई। परंतु इस बार वे न तो आपस में टकराए और न ही अपने लक्ष्य तक पहुंच सके। मैना उड़ी और अपने ठिकाने पर पहुंच गई। परंतु बीच हवा में कौए ने ऊपर की तरफ बढ़कर वापिस मुड़ने का प्रयत्न किया। वैसा करने में पक्षी को जो एक सैकिंड का समय बीता, कोबरे ने अपने सिर को उलटा झटका दिया और पूरी शक्ति से प्रहार किया, उसकी थूथनी धमाके से कौए से टकराई।

Word-Meanings-Determined-resolved, दृढ़ संकल्प किया। Proceedings-further activities, अग्निम गतिविधियाँ। Mark-target, लक्ष्य। Perch-aplace high up, ऊँचा स्थान। Whipped-lashed, प्रहार किया। Snoutlong projecting nose, wit Thudding-dashing

(16) I saw the bird flung nearly twenty feet across the garden. It fluttered about for a while, then lay still. The myna remained on the cactus plant, and when the snake and the mongoose returned to the fight, very wisely decided not to interfere again!

मैंने पक्षी को बाग में लगभग बीस फुट की दूरी पर फेंका जाते हुए देखा। यह कुछ क्षणों तक अपने पंख फड़फड़ाता रहा, फिर शांत लेट गया। मैना, नागफण के पौधे पर रही और जब सौंप और नेवला दोबारा लड़ने के लिए आए तो उसने बड़ी बुद्धिमानी से यह निर्णय लिया कि दोबारा उनके बीच अड़चन नहीं डालेगी।

Word-Meanings-Flung-thrown, फेंका हुआ। Nearly almost, लगभग। Fluttered-flapped the wings, trembled, पंख फड़फड़ाए, काँपता रहा।
Thecobra was…………… struggle.
कोबरा, कमजोर पड़ता जा रहा था और नेवला निडर होकर उसकी तरफ बढ़ा, अपनी छोटी टाँगों पर स्वयं को ऊपर की तरफ उठाया और बिजली जैसे झटके के साथ बड़े साँप को थूथनी से पकड़ लिया। कोबरा ऐंठ गया और भयानक तरीके से शरीर को पटकता रहा (उसे पीटता रहा) और यहाँ तक कि स्वयं को नेवले के साथ लिपटा लिया। परंतु सब व्यर्थ रहा। बेचारा दुखी होकर उग्रता से व्यग्र होकर लटकता रहा जब तक साँप ने संघर्ष करना नहीं छोड़ा।

Word-Meanings-Weakening-losing strength, शक्ति क्षीण होना। Snap-spring, झपट्टा। Writhed-turned in pain, तड़पना, छटपटाना। Fright ening-dreadful, भयानक। To no avail-useless, व्यर्थ। Grimly-fiercely, उग्र रूप से। Ceased-stopped, ठहर जाना।

He then smelt…………… bushes.

(17) The myna……………away.
फिर उसने काँपती हुई लंबाई के साथ सूंघा (अपने काँपते हुए शरीर के पास पड़े हुए खून को सूंघा), फिर अपने शरीर को फण के साथ लपेटा और स्वयं को खींचता हुआ झाड़ियों के भीतर चला गया।

मैना ने बड़ी सावधानी से जमीन पर छलांग लगाई, इधर-उध र फुदकी, सुरक्षित (काफी) दूरी से झाड़ियों में झाँककर देखा और – फिर तीक्ष्ण चिल्लाहट में बधाई देते हुए उड़ गई।

Word-Meanings-Quivering length- length of trembling body, काँपता हुआ शरीर। Gripped-held tightly, मजबूती से पकड़ा (जकड़ा)। Cautiously-attentively, सावधानी से। Hoppedsprung up and doun, फुदका। Peered-gazed, घूर – कर देखना। Shrill-sharp piercing, तीक्ष्ण, कर्कश।

The Banyan Tree Summary in English

PART – I

There was a banyan tree in the house of the narrator’s grandfather. It was older than the house and the grandfather. It had spreading branches. Squirrels, snails and butterflies lived among them. The narrator could hide himself in its branches.

A small grey squirrel became the narrator’s first friend. It took cakes and biscuits from his hand. It even searched his pockets. Birds of all kinds flocked into the branches of the tree when it was full of small red figs. Bulbuls, parrots, mynas and crows quarrelled with one another.

The narrator had made a rough platform in the trees. He read books and rested there. He also looked at the world below from there.

PART – II

One warn afternoon, the narrator was feeling sleepy. He desired to go to a pond to swim. Just then he saw a huge black cobra emerging from a clump of cactus. A mongoose also came there. They came face to face beneath the tree. Both the fighters were superb champions.

The cobra raised himself three feet off the ground. He also spread his broad hood. The mongoose bushed his tail. The long hair on his spine stood up. Amyna and a jungle crow also came there.

They settled on the cactus to see the battle. Both the cobra and the mongoose struck swiftly. The mongoose proved smarter. He bit the snake on the back. The cobra also struck hard. Just then the myna and the crow hurled themselves on the cobra in vain. The cobra struck at the mongoose but missed. Again the birds dived at the snake in vain. During the third round also they failed to dive at the cobra.

The myna flew to the cactus. The crow remained in the mid air. Before the crow could turn back in the air, the cobra struck him with great force of his head. It killed the crow.

The cobra’s strength weakened. The mongoose overpowered the cobra. The cobra coiled itself about the mongoose in vain. It stopped struggling. Then the defeated cobra dragged itself into the bushes. The myna congratulated the mongoose and flew away.

The Banyan Tree Summary in Hindi

PART – I

लेखक के दादा के घर में एक बरगद का पेड़ था। यह उस घर तथा दादा की आयु से बड़ा था। इसकी शाखाएँ फैली हुई थीं। गिलहरियाँ, घोंघे और तितलियाँ उनमें रहती थीं। लेखक भी स्वयं को उनके बीच में छुपा सकता था।

एक छोटी, सलेटी रंग की गिलहरी, लेखक की पहली मित्र बन गई। वह उसके हाथ से केक और बिस्कुट ले लेती थी, वह उसकी जेबों को भी टटोल लेती थी। जिस समय, वृक्ष छोटे-छोटे लाल फलों से लद जाता था तो सभी प्रकार के पक्षी उसकी शाखाओं के बीच जमघट लगाया करते थे। बुलबुल, तोते, मैना और कौए एक दूसरे से झगड़ने लगते थे।

लेखक ने पेड़ के बीच एक चबूतरा (बैठने का स्थान) बना रखा था। वह वहाँ पुस्तकें पढ़ता और विश्राम करता था। वह वहाँ से नीचे के स्थान (संसार) को भी देखा करता था।

PART – II

गर्मी की एक दोपहर बाद लेखक को नींद आई हुई थी। एक पोखर में जाकर तैरने की उसकी इच्छा हुई। तभी उसने नागफण (की झाड़ियों) – के झुंड के अंदर से एक भारी काले कोबरा सांप को बाहर निकलते देखा। | एक नेवला भी वहाँ आ गया। वे पेड़ के नीचे आमने-सामने आ गए। दोनों योद्धा उत्कृष्ट वौर खिलाड़ी (विजेता) थे।

कोबरा ने स्वयं को भूमि से तीन फुट ऊपर उठाया। उसने अपना चौडा फण भी फैलाया। नेवले ने अपनी पूंछ फैलायी। उसकी रीढ़ की | हड्डी के ऊपर लंबे-लंबे बाल खड़े हो गए। एक मैना और एक जंगलौ कौआ भी वहाँ आ गए।

वे युद्ध को देखने के लिए नागफण (की झाड़ी) के ऊपर बैठ | गए। कोबरा और नेवले (दोनों) ने तेजी से प्रहार किया। नेवला अधि क चुस्त सिद्ध हुआ। उसने साँप की पीठ को (दाँतों से) काट दिया। कोबरा ने भी जोर का वार (प्रहार किया। तभी मैना और कौए ने स्वयं को व्यर्थ कोबरा के ऊपर फेंका। कोबरा ने (नेवले के ऊपर) प्रहार किया परंतु वह व्यर्थ हो गया। पक्षियों ने दोबारा कोबरा पर झपट्टा मारा परंतु वह भी व्यर्थ रहा। तीसरे दौर में भी वे कोबरा के ऊपर झपटने में निष्फल हो गए। मैना, उड़कर नागफण के ऊपर पहुंच गई। कौआ, हवा में झूलता रहा। इससे पहले कि वह हवा में वापिस घूमता, कोबरे ने अत्यधिक ताकत से | उस पर अपने फण से प्रहार किया। इससे कौआ मारा गया।

कोबरे की शक्ति कमजोर हो गई। नेवले ने कोबरा के ऊपर काबू पा लिया। कोबरा ने व्यर्थ ही नवले को लपटा। उसन सघर्ष करना समाप्त कर दिया। फिर हारा हुआ कोबरा स्वयं को घसीटता हुआ झाड़ियों में पहुँच गया। मैंना ने नेवले को बधाई दी और उड़ गई।

Haryana State Board HBSE 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Poem 8 What if Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

Haryana Board 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Poem 8 What if

HBSE 6th Class English What if Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
(i) Who is the speaker in the poem?
Answer:
Shel Silverstein is the speaker in the poem.

(ii) With your partner list out the happenings the speaker is worried about.
Answer:
The speaker is worried about the following main happenings.

• If he becomes dumb at school.
• If the swimming pool is closed.
• If he fails.
• If everybody dislikes him.
• If the fish doesn’t bite the bait.
• If his kite and pants are torn.
• If his parents get divorced.

(iii) Why do you think she/he has these worries? Can you think of ways to get rid of such worries?
Answer:

• He should try to mix up with the teachers more and more.
• He should go to some other swimming pool.
• He should work hard.
• He should behave properly with others.
• He should buy fish from the market.
• He should buy another kite and get his pants mended.
• He should try to bring his parents together.

Question 2.
Read the following line :
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear Can words crawl into your ear? This is an image. The poet is trying to make an image of what she/he experiences. Now with your partner try and list out some more images from the poem.
Answer:
The following is the list of some more images from the poem :

• pranced and partied.
• sang their song.
• green hair growing on chest.
• head starts getting smaller.
• Teeth don’t grow in.
• everything seems to swell.
• night time strikes again.

Question 3.
In groups of four discuss some more ‘whatifs’ that you experience in your day to day life and list them out.
(i) __________________
(ii) __________________
(iii) __________________
(iv) __________________
(v) __________________
(vi) __________________
(vii) __________________
(viii) __________________
And now write a poem of five or six lines with the ‘whatifs’ that you have listed.
Answer:
1. Whatif the earthquake comes at dawn.
Everybody will come down in the lawn.

2. Whatif the lights go and it becomes dark.
The children will cry and dogs will bark.

3. Whatif my cycle gets punctured on the way.
I shall go to the park and enjoy the whole day.

4. Whatif your own friends cheat you
First I will beat them and then beat you

5. Whatif your brother palls your ear
I’ll bite him without any fear.

6. Whatif it doesn’t rain this year?
I can clothing, I shall only bear.

7. What if I fail in the test?
Next time I shall try to do the best

8. What if I lose my purse?
There will be none for me to curse.

HBSE 6th Class English What if Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Are there times when your mind fills with fear? Have you ever thought, “Whatif something dangerous happens to me or the people around me? ”
Answer:
Yes, there are many times when my mind is filled with fear. Human mind is full of fancies. I am also not free from whims. Many a time I have thought what would I do if something happens to me or around me.
(Such happenings are incidents of looting, kidnapping, terrorism, earthquake etc.)

Question 2.
What happens when somebody goes to the bed thinking something?
Answer:
One should try to make his mind free from thoughts and tension before going to bed. But it is not in one’s power. Different types of thoughts haunt one’s brain at night. His sleep is disturbed. He has to spend the night restlessly.

Question 3.
The poet thinks of all the possible negative happenings.
(a) Can you make a list about happenings, that on occurrence could have a negative impact on the life of people?
Answer:

• if he is dumb in school
• if he gets beaten up
• if there is poison in his cup
• if nobody likes him
• if he doesn’t grow taller
• if his head starts getting smaller
• if his parents get divorced.
• if his teeth doesn’t grow straight (you may add your own answers).

(b) What does this highlight about thoughts of mankind?
Answer:
The thoughts of mankind served around negative aspects of life. They keep thinking about things that have never happened or are less likely to occur. We do not think about the present situation but get an undiscovered future.

What if Poem Stanzas for Comprehension

Question 1.
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song;
Questions:
(i) What was the poet doing last night?
(ii) What came to the poet?
(iii) Give the rhyming words in the stanza.
Answers:
(i) The poet was lying last night in his bed.
(ii) Some whatifs came to the poet.
(iii) here-ear long-song

Question 2.
Whatif I’m dumb in school?
Whatif they’ve closed the swimming-pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there’s poison in my cup? Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Questions:
(i) What is the poet’s worst worry?
(ii) What can poison in the cup cause?
(iii) Give the rhyming words in the above stanza.
Answers:
(i) The poet’s worst worry is to get sick and die.
(ii) Poison in the cup can cause death.
(iii) school-pool up-cup cry-die.

Question 3.
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me? Whatif I don’t grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Questions :
(i) Does the poet want to fail in the test?
(ii) Does he like to be disliked by everybody?
(iii) Give the rhyming words in the above stanza.
Answers :
(i) No, he is afraid of failing in the test.
(ii) No, he does not like to be disliked by anybody.
(iii) test – chest me – we taller – smaller.

Question 4.
What if the fish won’t bite?
What if the wind tears up my kite? What if they start a war?
What if my parents get divorced? What if the bus is late?
What if my teeth don’t grow in straight?
Questions :
(i) What would happen if the fish doesn’t bite?
(ii) What is the biggest problem for the poet?
(iii) Give the rhyming words in the above stanza.
Answers :
(i) If the fish doesn’t bite (the bait), it won’t come out.
(ii) Legal separation of parents is the biggest problem for the poet.
(iii) bite-kite late – straight.

What if Poem Translation in Hindi

“What if the ………….. “Whatifs”.
“क्या होगा यदि पृथ्वी, सूर्य के चारों ओर घूमना छोड़ दे?”
“क्या हो जाएगा यदि, सूर्य प्रातः नहीं उदय हो?”
यह कविता इसी प्रकार की “यदि वाली” कुछ बातों की चर्चा करती है।

Word-Meanings – Revolving-circling, चक्कर लगाना। Around-on all sides, सभी तरफ।

1. Last night, …………… Whatif song : पिछली रात, जब मैं विचारों में डूबा हुआ यहाँ पड़ा था, तो मेरे कानों में कुछ ‘यदि वाले ‘ प्रश्न गूँजने लगे
और वे रात-भर कूद-फांदते (जश्न मनाते) रहे
और अपना पुरानी ‘यदि वाला’ वही गीत अलापते रहे।

Word-Meanings-While-during the time, जबकि Lay-was lying, लेटा हुआ था। Crawledcreeped, रेंगते हुए आए। Pranced-jumped/danced happily, sprang up on hind legs, कूदना-फाँदना। Partied-enjoyed, आनंद मनाना।

2. Whatif I’m ………….. to cry?
क्या होगा यदि मैं स्कूल में बोल नहीं पाऊँगा
(या कुछ काम नहीं कर पाऊँगा)?
क्या होगा यदि तरण-ताल को बंद कर देंगे?
क्या होगा यदि मेरी पिटाई हो जाएगी?
क्या होगा यदि मेरे कप में जहर डाल दिया जाएगा?
क्या होगा यदि मैं चीखना-चिल्लाना शुरू कर दूँगा?

Word-Meanings-Dumb-unable to talk or do tasks, बात करने या काम करने के अयोग्य। Closedshut down for ever, सदा के लिए बंद करना। Poisonvenom, विष। Cry-to shout, चीखना-चिल्लाना।

3. Whatif I …………… likes me ?
क्या होगा यदि मैं बीमार हो जाता हूँ और मर जाता हूँ?
क्या होगा यदि मैं उस परीक्षा में फेल हो जाता हूँ?
क्या होगा यदि मेरी छाती पर हरे बाल उग जाऐंगे?
क्या होगा यदि मुझे कोई पसंद नहीं करेगा?
Word-Meanings-Sick-ill, बीमार। Flunkfail, निष्फल होना। Likes-appreciates, पसंद करना।

4. Whatif a bolt ………….. up my kite ?
क्या होगा यदि बिजली मुझ पर गिर जाती है?
क्या होगा यदि में लंबा नहीं हो पाता हूँ?
क्या होगा यदि मेरा सिर छोटा होने लग जाता है?
क्या होगा यदि मछली अपने चारे को नहीं खाती है?
क्या होगा यदि हवा मेरे पतंग को फाड़ देती है?
Word-Meanings-Bolt-thunder bolt, वज्ञ Lightning-electric flash in the clouds, तड़ित, बादलों से प्राप्त बिजली। Strikes-hits, प्रारा करना। Tears updamages, फाड़ देना।

5. Whatif they in straight?
क्या होगा यदि शत्रु युद्ध छेड़ दें?
क्या होगा यदि मेरे माता-पिता तलाक ले लेते हैं?
क्या होगा यदि बस देरी से आएगी?
क्या होगा यदि मेरे दाँत सीधे नहीं बढ़ेंगे?
Word-Meanings-War-battle, यु द्ध। Divorced-legal separation, तलाक ले ना। Straight-without bends / curves, सीधे।

6. Whatif I …………. strikes again!
क्या होगा यदि मेरी पैंट फट जाए?
क्या होगा यदि मैं कभी भी नाचना नहीं सीख पाऊँगा?
प्रत्येक बात गर्वीली लगती है फिर भी
क्या होगा यदि रात को दोबारा वही ‘यदिवाली’ बातें
मुझे परेशान करने लगे।

What if Poem Summary in English

What will happen if the sun stops revolving and rising?
While lying on bed, the poet thought what would happen….

1. if he fails to speak or do his hometask?
2. if the swimming pool is closed?
3. if he is beaten?
4. if his drink is mixed with poison?
5. if he starts crying?
6. if he falls ill and dies?
7. if he fails in the test?
8. if green hair grows on his chest?
9. if everybody hates him?
10. if he gets struck with lightning?
11. if he remains dwarfish?
12. if his head starts shrinking?
13. if the fish doesn’t bite (the bait)?
14. if the wind damages his kite?
15. if the war is started?
16. if his parents get separated?
17. if the bus gets late?
18. if his teeth grow curved?
19. if his pants are torn?
20. if he is unable to dance?

All of the above things look rubbish. The poet prays that such a night should not strike his brain again!

What if Poem Summary in Hindi

क्या होगा, यदि सूर्य घूमना और उदय होना छोड़ दे?
पलंग पर लेटे हुए कवि ने सोचा कि क्या होगा-

1. यदि वह बोल नहीं पाए या अपना गृहकार्य नहीं कर पाए?
2. यदि तरण-ताल को बंद कर दिया जाए?
3. उदि उसकी कस कर पिटाई हो जाए?
4. यदि उसके पेय पदार्थों में जहर मिला दिया जाए?
5. यदि वह चिल्लाना शुरू कर दे?
6. यदि वह बीमार हो जाए और उसकी मृत्यु हो जाए?
7. यदि वह परीक्षा में फेल हो जाए?
8. यदि उसकी छाती पर हरे बाल उग जाएँ?
9. यदि सभी उससे घृणा करने लगें?
10. यदि उसके ऊपर बिजली गिर जाए?
11. यदि वह बौना रह जाए?
12. यदि उस का सिर (दिमाग) सिकुड़ने लगे?
13. यदि मछलियाँ चारे को नहीं खाएँ?
14. यदि उसके पतंग को हवा फाड़ दे?
15. यदि युद्ध छिड़ जाए?
16. यदि उसके माता पिता का संबंध विच्छेद हो जाए?
17. यदि बस के आने में देरी हो जाए?
18. यदि उसके दाँत टेढ़े-मेढ़े जन्मे।
19. यदि उसकी पतलून फट जाए?
20. यदि नाचने में वह असमर्थ हो जाए?

ऊपर दी गई सभी बातें बकवास लगती हैं। कवि प्रार्थना करता है कि वैसी रात दोबारा उसके दिमाग को परेशान न करें!

Haryana State Board HBSE 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Poem 7 Vocation Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

Haryana Board 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Poem 7 Vocation

HBSE 6th Class English Vocation Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Your partner and you may now be able to answer these questions.
(i) Who is the speaker in the poem?
Who are the people the speaker meets? What are they doing?
Answer:
Rabindranath Tagore is the speaker in the poem as a school going child. He meets a hawker, a gardener and a night watchman. The hawker is selling his bangles. The gardener is digging the ground. The night watchman walks up and down the street. He is guarding the dark and lonely street.

(ii) What wishes does the child in the poem make?
Why does the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman?
Pick out the lines in each stanza, which tell us this.
Answer:
The child wishes to be a hawker, a gardener or a watchman.
The hawker can go anywhere at any time. He is not bound to go at any place at a certain time. He can return home at will. The child wants to be a hawker.
The garuener does whatever he likes with his spade. Nobody can punish him for his dusty clothes. He suffers the strokes of sun and shower as long as he desires. The child wishes to be a gardener who works unchecked.
The watchman walks freely up and down the dark and lonely lane. His shadow alone is his companion. He is the master of his own self. The child wishes to enjoy life freely like a watchman.

(iii) From the way the child envies the hawker, the gardener and the watchman, we can guess that there are many things the child has to do, or must not do.
Make a list of the “do’s and don’ts” that the child doesn’t like. The first line is done for you.
The child must The child must not
Come home at a get his clothes dirty in
fixed time the dust
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
Answer:
The child must The child must not
come home at a get his clothes dirty in fixed time the dust (go to school at a be late for school, fixed time hurry on miss his route take a particular road be late for home avoid sun and shower do what he likes Now add to the list your own complaints about the things you have to do, or must not do.
I must
get up early every morning, take a regular bath.
Catch the school bus in time, stay in school full time.
I must not
disobey my parents, break the school discipline, shirk my home work, disturb the other students.

(iv) Like the child in the poem, you perhaps have your own wishes for yourself. Talk to your friend, using “I wish I were”….
Answer:
I wish I were
Different people have different ambitions. I wish I were a doctor. I do not aim at earning more and more money. My sole aim is to serve the poor and helpless people. I shall charge nominal fees from poor people especially widows and the aged. I shall take pleasure in removing the pains and troubles of the patients. I would work in a village. I shall spend my life in serving the suffering humanity. It will also prove to be a source of my living.

HBSE 6th Class English Vocation Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Write a few lines on ‘The Policeman’.
Answer:
The policeman is a useful public servant. He catches bad characters. He maintains law and order in his area. He guards our life and property. He patrols the streets. He clears the traffic jams. They are always with us and for us.

Question 2.
Write a few lines on ‘The Farmer’.
Answer:
A farmer grows crops in his fields. He sows seeds and waters his fields. He weeds out wild grass from his fields. He works hard all the  year. He is the backbone of the nation. He leads an honest and simple life. He produces grains for us.

Question 3.
Write a few lines on ‘The Coolie’.
Answer:
A coolie works in the railway station.
He carries the luggage in and out of the railway station. He wears a red shirt and white trousers, He puts a brass badge on his left arm. It bears his licence number. He arranges good seats for those who pay him extra money. He knows no holiday. He works like a beast of burden.

Question 4.
Write a few lines on ‘The Barber’.
Answer:
The old barbers carry a small tin box which contains the implements of his trade. He goes from door to door to shave the people. The new barbers run their own saloons. He cuts the hair with his machine, comb and scissors. Old barbers are good informers and messengers.

Question 5.
Write a few lines on ‘The Juggler’.
Answer:
The juggler carries a fat bag on his shoulder. It contains many magic items. Sometimes he is accompanied by a couple of monkeys. He shows his tricks. His basket tricks are most surprising. The spectators fail to understand his tricks. They offer him money when he starts begging.

Question 6.
Write a few lines on ‘The Beggar’.
Answer:
Some beggars go begging from door to door. Others sit on the road sides, outside temples and busy places. They are an object of pity. They wear rags and even bandages soaked with blood. Their pitiable cries rouse pity in the people. They throw coins in their begging bowls.

Question 7.
What is common between the hawker, watchman and gardener?
Answer:
The hawker, watchman and the gardener are all workers performing vocational tasks as they like or want to. They perform their tasks freely. There is no one to guide them or instruct them on how to perform their tasks.

Question 8.
Can you guess the period in which Rabindranath Tagore might have written the poem? Why do you think so?
Answer:
Rabindranath Tagore might have written poem in the period when British Raj ruled it and they were not free. Through the words of a small child he is spreading the message of the desire of freedom between the common masses. After seeing each dutiful work he wants to perform his tasks freely and hot under anyone’s control. He wants to be carefree.

Question 9.
Illustrate the scene in which the watchman walks.
Answer:
The watchman walks up and down in a dark and lonely lane in a street with the street lamp which looks like a giant with one red eye.

Vocation Poem Stanzas for Comprehension

Question 1.
When the gong sounds ten in the morning and I walk to school by our lane,
Everyday I meet the hawker crying, “Bangles, crystal bangles!”
There is nothing to hurry him on, there is no road he must take, no place he must go to, no time when he must come home.
I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in the road,
crying, “Bangles, crystal bangles !”
Questions :
(i) Who is the speaker of these lines?
(ii) When does he walk to school?
(iii) Whom does he meet everyday?
(iv) What does the hawker sell?
(v) How is the hawker a free man?
Answers:
(i) The child Tagore is the speaker of these lines.
(ii) He walks to school at 10′ O’clock in the morning.
(iii) He meets a hawker everyday.
(iv) The hawker sells bangles.
(v) The hawker is a free man because he is not bound to be any where at a particular time.

Question 2.
When at four O’clock in the afternoon, I come back from the school,
I can see through the gate of that house
the gardener digging the ground.
He does what he likes with his spade, he soils his clothes with dust, nobody takes him to task if he gets baked in the sun or gets wet. I wish I were a gardener digging away at the garden with nobody to stop me from digging.
Questions :
(i) When does the child return from school?
(ii) Whom can he see through the gate of a house?
(iii) What is the gardener doing?
(iv) How does he soil his clothes?
(v) Why does he get baked?
Answers:
(i) The child returns from school at four O’clock in the afternoon.
(ii) He can see a gardener through the gate of a house.
(iii) The gardener is digging the ground.
(iv) He soils his clothes while he digs the ground.
(v) He gets baked because he has to work in the scorching sun.

Question 3.
Just as it gets dark in the evening and my mother sends me to bed,
I can see through my open window the
watchman walking up and
down
The lane is dark and lonely, and the
street-lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head.
The watchman swings his lanterns and walks with his shadow at his side,
and never once goes to bed in his life.
Questions :
(i) When does the child go to bed?
(ii) What does he see through the open window?
(iii) Where does he walk up and down?
(iv) How does the street lamp stand?
(v) Who gives company to the watchman?
Answers:
(i) The child goes to bed as soon as it is dark in the evening.
(ii) He sees the night watchman through the open window.
(iii) He walks up and down the dark and lonely lane.
(iv) The street lamp stands like a one/eyed giant.
(v) The watchman’s shadow alone gives him company.

Vocation Poem Translation in Hindi

When the …………… crystal bangles !”
जब प्रातः दस बजे का घंटा बजता है उस समय मैं अपनी गली से स्कूल जा रहा होता हूँ, तो
मैं प्रतिदिन, “चूड़ियाँ, पारदर्शी चूड़ियाँ!” चिल्लाते हुए एक फेरी वाले से मिलता हूँ।
जल्दी नाम की कोई बात उसमें नहीं होती है, उसे जरूरी तौर पर किसी सड़क पर नहीं जाना पड़ता है, उसके ऊपर किसी विशेष स्थान पर जाने की बंदिश नहीं है और किसी निर्धारित समय पर घर पहुँचने का उसके लिए कोई बंधन नहीं है।
मेरी इच्छा है कि मैं भी एक फेरीवाला बन जाऊँ और सारा दिन सड़क के ऊपर “चूड़ियाँ, पारदर्शी चूड़ियाँ” चिल्लाता हुआ गुजारूँ।
Word-Meanings : Gong-metallic bell, घंटा। Lane-a narrow street, तंग गली। Hawker-pedlar, फेरीवाला। Crystal-transparent, पारदर्शी। Wishdesire, इच्छा करना।
When at four ………….. from digging जब दोपहर बाद चार बजे मैं अपने स्कूल से लौटता
हूँ तो मैं घर के गेट से माली को देखता हूँ कि वह मिट्टी खोद रहा होता है।
वह जो चाहता है अपने फावड्े से करता, वह रेत में अपने कपड़ों को धूमिल कर लेता है। उसे कोई दंडित नहीं कर सकता है।
बेशक वह धूप में झुलस जाए या (पानी से) तर हो जाए। मेरी इच्छा है कि मैं एक माली बन जाऊँ, बाग को खोदता

रहूँ और खोदने से मुझे कोई नहीं रोक पाए।
Word-Meanings : Through-by means of, from end to end, किसी माध्यम के द्वारा, के रास्ते से होकर।
Digging-excavating, खोदना। Ground-earth, भूमि। Spade-a shovel, a tool for digging ground, फावड़ा, कस्सी, कुदाली। Soils-spoils, makes dirty, गंदा करना। Takes to task-punishes, दंडित करना। Bakedscorched, झुलसना। Wet-drenched, पानी से तर होना।
Just as it …………… my lantern.
जब सायंकाल में अंधेरा होता है और मेरी मम्मी मुझे सोने के
लिए पलंग पर भेज देती हैं, तो खुली हुई खिड़की के बीच से मैं इधर-उधर टहलते हुए एक चौकीदार को देख सकता हूँ।
सुनसान अंधेरी संकीर्ण गली में गली का लैंप अपने माथे के ऊपर एक लाल आँखवाला दानव की तरह खड़ा है।
चौकीदार, अपनी लालटेन को हिलाता हुआ अपनी परछाई के साथ-साथ टहलता रहता है।
और अपने समूचे जीवन में कभी भी (पलंग पर) नहीं लेटता है।
मेरी इच्छा है में गली में टहलने वाले उस चौकीदार की तरह बन जाऊँ और अपनी लालटेन से अपनी परछाई का पीछा करूँ।
Word-Meanings : Watchman-night-guard, पहरेदार, चौकीदार। Giant-a very tall and sturdy person, दानव। Swings-rocks in an irregular manner, हिलाता है। Shadow-reflection, परछाई। Chasing-pursuing, going behind, पीछा करना।’

Vocation Poem Summary in English

The child goes to school at ten every morning. He sees a hawker who sells bangles. The hawker is free to go at any place any time. He can return home any time. The child returns from school at four in the afternoon. He sees a gardener working with a spade. His clothes are spoiled. Nobody can stop him from working. The child sees a watchman walking up and down the dark and lonely lane at night. His lantern is his only companion. The child also wishes to be free like them all.

Vocation Poem Summary in Hindi

बच्चा, प्रतिदिन प्रातः दस बजे स्कूल जाता है। वह किसी फेरी वाले को देखता है, जो चूड़याँ बेचता है। फेरी वाला किसी समय भी कहीं पर भी जाने के लिए स्वतंत्र है। वह कभी भी घर लौट सकता है।
बच्चा, स्कूल से दोपहर बाद चार बजे लौटता है। वह फावड़े से काम करते हुए एक माली को देखता है। उसके कपड़े गंदे हो गए हैं। उसे कोई भी, काम करने से नहीं रोक सकता है।
बच्चा रात को अंधेरी और अकेली गली में इधर-उधर घूमते हुए एक चौकीदार को देखता है। उस की लालटेन ही उसकी एक मात्र संगी है।
बच्चा भी, उन सभी की तरह स्वच्छंद होना चाहता है।

Haryana State Board HBSE 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Poem 6 The Wonderful Words Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

Haryana Board 6th Class English Solutions Honeysuckle Poem 6 The Wonderful Words

HBSE 6th Class English The Wonderful Words Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
With your partner, complete the following sentences in your own words using the ideas in the poem.
(i) Do not let a thought shrivel and die because ___________.
(ii) English is a ___________ with words that everyone can play.
(iii) One has to match ___________.
(iv) Words are the ___________ of thought.
Answer:
(i) Do not let a thought shrivel and die because you lack the way to express it.
(ii) English is a wonderful game with words that everyone can play.
(iii) One has to match words to thoughts.
(iv) Words are the food and dress of thought.

Question 2.
In groups of four discuss the following lines and their meanings :
(i) All that you do is match the words To the brightest thoughts in your head
(ii) For many of the loveliest things Have never yet been said.
(iii) And everyone’s longing today to hear Some fresh and beautiful thing
(iv) But only words can free a thought From its prison behind your eyes.
Answer:
(i) Clothes lend beauty to the form (body). In the same way even the brightest thoughts should be expressed in the choicest words.

(ii) Everybody does not hold the power of words. Beautiful ideas spring up in everybody’s brain. However, the people lack rich vocabulary. Therefore, they keep mum and do not express their superb thoughts.

(iii) Most of the people preach old and stale ideas. The masses are sick of them. They aspire to hear some genuine and heart appealing things. Lofty thoughts enlighten the human brains.

(iv) Thoughts gush out from fertile brains. But they remain imprisoned there. Most often, they fade and die there. Words alone find an outlet for them. They are liberated only when they are matched with words. Expression of thoughts in words provides them life.

HBSE 6th Class English The Wonderful Words Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Why is the poem named ‘The Wonderful Words?
Answer:
The title of the poem is quite appropriate. Words have magical power. They lend life, beauty and motion to thoughts. They give outlets to thoughts. They feed, nourish and clothe the thoughts.

Question 2.
What is the fate of certain thoughts and why?
Answer:
Certain thoughts are very useful and beautiful. They spring up in the brains of shy or unlettered people. They fail to give an expression to their thoughts. As a result, the thoughts become stale. They fade and die with the passage of time.

Question 3.
Define’A Word’.
Answer:
‘A word’ is a combination of letters or sounds. It may be a printed symbol of vocal sounds. It has a meaning. So it can be used grammatically without outer help. It forms an independent unit of a language.

Question 4.
Define ‘A Language’.
Answer:
‘A language’ is a system of sounds and words. It is used by men to express their thoughts and feelings. Different groups of people (nations, communities etc.) speak different languages.

Question 5.
What is the poet’s calculation about thoughts?
Answer:
The poet calculates that thoughts germinate in everybody’s brain. If they are not matched with words, they fade and die. In this way, many valuable thoughts die unheard. Even the fresh and genuine thoughts do not reach the people’s ears. It is surprising that all of us think but fail to express the thoughts.

Question 6.
Justify the title ‘The Wonderful Words’.
Answer:
The title of the poem is quite appropriate as it indicates the significance of words. They are miraculous and only they have the power to express thoughts in the best way. Our thoughts shall remain submerged in our mind until words lend life to them and bring them to birth. Our thoughts can only be provided motion through the magic of language. Hence, they are wonderful, amazing.

Question 7.
‘They give it its body and swing.’ Explain.
Answer:
Words nourish and clothe the thoughts. Just as, food and dress are important for a person’s life; similarly words are important to let your imprisoned thoughts free. They provide flow to the thoughts so that they stand with firmness and give them absolute fluency.

Question 8.
What is the fate of the thoughts kept to ourselves and why?
Answer:
The thoughts that are kept to ourselves shrivel and die because we cannot say it or lack the confidence to do so. Hence they continue to perish in the confinement behind our eyes.

Question 9.
What is the fate of thoughts that are let out of our mind?
Answer:
When our brightest imaginative thoughts are let out with the precise and accurate arrangement of words, they come out miraculously clear and true. The thoughts seem to be handsomely groomed, hence free from the confinement of our brains.

Question 10.
Why is the brain compared to a prison?
Answer:
The brain is compared to a prison where thought are kept in a confinement. They are kept in bonds and these thoughts can only be voluntarily let out.

Question 11.
What do words provide the thoughts?
Answer:
Words provide body and fluent motion to our thoughts.

The Wonderful Words Poem Stanzas for Comprehension

Question 1.
Never let a thought shrivel and die For want of a way to say it For English is a wonderful game And all of you can play it.
Questions
(i) When does a thought fade or die?
(ii) Which language provides a wonderful game?
(iii) Who can play the game of words?
Answers:
(i) A thought fades or dies if it is not expressed in words.
(ii) The English language provides a wonderful game.
(iii) All of us can play the game of words.

Question 2.
All that you do is match the words To the brightest thoughts in your head So that they come out clear and true And handsomely groomed and fed For many of the loveliest things Have never yet been said
Questions :
(i) What should the brightest thoughts be matched with?
(ii) Where do the brightest thoughts spring from?
(iii) What happens to many lovely things?
Answers:
(i) The brightest thoughts should be matched with suitable words.
(ii) Brightest thoughts spring from one’s head (brain).
(iii) Many lovely things remain unexpressed.

Question 3.
Words are the food and dress of thought
They give it its body and swing And everyone’s longing today to hear Some fresh and beautiful thing
Questions:
(i) Where do the thoughts find food and dress?
(ii) What does everybody aspire for?
(iii) What do the words provide the thoughts?
Answers:
(i) Thoughts find food and dress in words.
(ii) Everybody apsires for fresh and beautiful things.
(iii) The words provide body and movement to the thoughts.

Question 4.
But only words can free a thought From its prison behind your eyes May be your mind is holding now A marvellous new surprise ! Questions :
(i) Where does the thought stay?
(ii) Why is the brain compared to a prison?
(iii) What may your mind be holding now?
Answers:
(i) The thought stays in the brain.
(ii) The thoughts remain in bondage in the brain. Therefore, the brain is compared to a prison.
(iii) Our mind may now be holding some amazing thoughts.

The Wonderful Words Poem Translation in Hindi

Never let …………… play it.
किसी विचार को इस कारण से न सिकुड़ने (मुरझाने) दो और न ही मरने दो
क्योंकि उसे व्यक्त करने का तुम्हारे पास साधन नहीं है।
क्योंकि अंग्रेजी भाषा का एक विस्मयकारी खेल समझो और तुम सभी उसे खेल सकते हो।

Word-Meanings : Never-at no time, कभी भी नहीं। Shrivel-shrink, fade, सिकुड़ना, मुरझाना। Want-lack, absence, अभाव, अनुपस्थिति। Waymeans, तरीका, साधन। Wonderful-surprising, amazing, विस्मयकारी।
All that …………… and fed-
दुन्हें अपने मस्तिष्क में उपजे शुभ्र विचारों के साथ केवल शब्दों का मिलान करना पड़ेगा
ताकि वे स्वच्छ, सच्चे,
सुंदर तरीके से परिपक्व रूप में व्यक्त हो जाएँ।

Word-Meanings : Match-associate, united, मिलान करना, जोड़ंना। Brightest-most glaring, शुभ्रतम। Head-brain, मस्तिष्क। Clear-fresh, ताजा, स्वच्छ। Handsomely-in a beautiful manner, सुंदर ढंग, से। Groomed-fed and taken care of, पुष्ट किए हुए।

For many ………….. beautiful thing
क्योंकि बहुत-सी सुंदरतम बातें
अभी तक कभी भी नहीं कही गई हैं
शब्द, विचारों का भोजन तथा वस्त्र हैं
वे उसे शरीर (रूप) तथा प्रेरणा (झूला) देते हैं
और वर्तमान काल में प्रत्येक व्यक्ति कोई नवीन तथा सुंदर
बात को सुनने के लिए लालायित रहता है।

Word-Meanings : Lovliest-prettiest, most delightful, मनोहरतम। Dress-clothing, apparel, वस्त्र, पोशाक। Body-form, रूप। Swing-movement, गति, प्रेरणा। Longing-aspiring, लालायित होना। Freshgenuine, novel, मौलिक, नवीन।

But only …………. new surprise !
परंतु केवल शब्द ही तुम्हारी आँखों के पीछे दिमाग की कैद
में फँसे हुए विचारों को मुक्त करा सकते हैं
संभवतः इसी समय तुम्हारे मस्तिष्क में कोई विस्मयकारी नया
आश्चर्य उलझा अटका हुआ हो।

Word-Meanings : Free-liberate, मुक्त करना। Prison-jail, place of confinement, कारावास। Behind-on the back of, पीछे। Holdingcontaining, निहित रखना। Marvellous-amazing, विस्मयकारी। Surprise-wonder, आश्चर्य।

The Wonderful Words Poem Summary in English

Thoughts fade or die if they are not expressed. Expression of thoughts depends on selection and arrangement of words. Glaring thoughts should be matched with suitable words carefully. Many beautiful thoughts, most often remain unexpressed.

Words nourish and clothe the thoughts. Everybody aspires to hear fresh and beautiful things. Thoughts remain imprisoned in brain if the words do not express them. Everybody’s mind is full of amazing thoughts.

The Wonderful Words Poem Summary in Hindi

सारांश
यदि विचारों को व्यक्त नहीं किया जाए तो वे मुरझा जाते हैं या मृत हो जाते हैं। विचारों का व्यक्त करना शब्दों के चयन तथा आयोजन (विन्यास, व्यवस्था) पर आश्रित होता है। शुभ्र विचारों का उपयुक्त शब्दों के साथ सावधानीपूर्वक मिलान किया जाना चाहिए। बहुत से सुंदर विचार प्राय: बिना व्यक्त किए हुए रह जाते हैं।

शब्द, विचारों की पुष्टि करते हैं तथा उन्हें लिबास पहनाते हैं। सभी व्यक्ति नवीन तथा सुंदर चीजों को सुनना चाहते हैं। विचार, मस्तिष्क में कैदियों की तरह पड़े रहते हैं यदि उन्हें शब्दों द्वारा व्यक्त नहीं किया जाता है। प्रत्येक व्यक्ति का मस्तिष्क विस्मयकारी विचारों से भरा हुआ होता है।