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Class 9th English The Rainbow Workbook Chapter 12 The Poet and the Pauper Question Answers

The Poet and the Pauper Class 9 Questions and Answers

The Poet and the Pauper Vocabulary and Pronunciation

A. Point out the difference in meaning and use the words/phrases in your sentences.
See workbook page 88.
Answer:
Do yourself.

B. Point out the difference.
e.g. Have you got a car? / Do you have a car?
(First one is American English and the other is British English) He lives on the second floor. / He lives on the third story. What colour is this? / What color is this?
There is no petrol in my car. / There is no gas in my car.
I like biscuits. / I like cookies.
Answer:
Do yourself.

C. Complete the sentence by choosing the second half . The first one is done for you as
1. What sort of philistine are you,
esquir?
respected sir?
Mr.?
sir?

2. His teeth-
shiver.
ctter.
loiter.
bitter.

3. I set out job-
haunting,
hunting
discovering
inventing.

4. Why stay indoors when there’s such a lovely garden to walkout.
walkon.
walk in.
walk up.
Answer:

sir
chatter
hunting
walk-up.

Listening Skill

A. Listen to the story of a greedy doctor how once he missed, a good offer, unfortunately.

See workbook page 90.

Make response to the following querries orally.
1. What might the doctor have felt looking at the wallet
2. Why did the lady feel humiliated?
3. How many notes were there in the wallet?
4. Who was in loss, the doctor or the lady?
5. What would he have thought later on?
6. If you. were a doctor what would have you done? Share your views with your classmates.
Answer:
Do yourself.

Speaking Skill

The following is an example of a conversation on telephone, use it for a mock talk on telephone. Arrange yourself in pairs: See workbook pages 90-91.
Answer:
Do yourself.

Reading Skill

Question 1.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

See workbook page 91.

(i) ‘the recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature’ implies that:
(a) Rabindranath Tagore owned a prize for his nobal deeds.
(b) He was awarded Nobal Prize, the highest form of international recognition in the field of literature.
(c) He won an award for his honesty.
Answer:
(b) He was awarded Nobal Prize, the highest form of international recognition in the field of literature.

(ii) ‘an opponent of colonialism’ refers to :
(a) Rabindranath Tagore’s struggle against the policy of acquiring . colonies and keeping them dependent.
(b) his fight with those who developed agricultural land into . colonies.
(c) his struggle for the rights of labourers living in unauthorized colonies.
Answer:
(a) Rabindranath Tagore’s struggle against the policy of acquiring . colonies and keeping them dependent.

(iii) ‘Self-imposed trial’ signifies :
(a) a hard and difficult task performed for a big gain.
(b) a task taken up to impress people.
(c) a challenging duty or task imposed upon oneself of one’s own volition without being forced.
Answer:
(c) a challenging duty or task imposed upon oneself of one’s own volition without being forced.

(iv) Rabindranath Tagore ranks with Gandhiji as one of the great heroes of India because
(a) He opposed colonialism.
(b) He was a man of strong determination and indomitable courage.
(c) All of the above.
Answer:
(c) All of the above.

Question 2.
Complete the following statements with relevant information given in the passage.

1. Rabindranath Tagore received the Noble Prize for………
Answer:
literature.

2. He devoted his own funds for the establishment of………..
Answer:
Shantiniketan School for peace at Bolpur.

3. Despite his sorrows and misfortunes, he moved courageously forward
Answer:
along the path of his mission for peace and happiness of mankind.

4. A person awakened to his own great mission can overcome grief and use
Answer:
expedience as a springboard to the next stage in a reatine life.

Question 3.
With the help of the information given in the passage, describe Rabindranath Tagore as :

(a) a literary figure
Answer:
He was awardee Noble Prize for literature, and highest intenation award.

(b) a nationalist
Answer:
He was an opponent of colonialism.

Language Practice (Grammar)
Study these sentences.

See workbook pages 93-95.

Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech.

Question 1.
He said, “I have done my best and can do no more.”
Answer:
He said that he had done his best and could do no more.

Question 2.
The old man said, “My sons, I am dying, I wish you to get all my wealth.”
Answer:
The old man addressed his sons and said that he was dying and he wished them to get all his wealth.

Question 3.
She said to me, “I thank you for the help you have given me.”
Answer:
She thanked me for the help I had given her.

Question 4.
“Do as I tell you at once”, said the teacher angrily.
Answer:
The teacher angrily ordered me to»do at as he told.

Question 5.
He said, ’Time is tip, you can go now.” .
Answer:
He said that time was up and he could go them.

Question 6.
I said to him. “I was doing my duty.”
Answer:
I told him that I had been doing my duty.

Question 7.
He said, “I shall go there.”
Answer:
He said that he should go there.

Writing Skill

A. Write a story for your school magazine. (50 words)
Answer:
Once two friends were passing through a jungle. One said that he was a true friend and believe in the theory a friend in need is a friend indeed. Suddenly a bear came. The first ran away and climbed a tree while the other lied on the ground holding his breath. The bear sniffed him and went away. The first who was on the tree came down and asked what did the bear do with him. The other, replied that the bear had advised him not to live with a friend who runs away in dagger.

B. Write about the peculiar traits of Kunja Bihari’s personality. (150 words)
Answer:
Kunj Babu was an idealist. He was not a practical man. He asked the pauper not to use the word hunger’. He advised him not to make a fuss so his hunger. He bade him go away and satisfy his hunger there. Though it was the time for dinner yet he was not ready to feed an actually hungry person. He told the pauper that the spring breeze would suffice,for all his needs. Soon after he scolds the servant for preparing the dinner late. He lacked coordination in his thoughts, words and actions.

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Class 9th English The Rainbow Chapter 4 Past and Present Question Answers

Past and Present Class 9 Questions and Answers

Past and Present Textual Exercises

Past and Present A Vocabulary

A. Infer the meanings of the following words from the context.
remember, peeping, light, spirit, heavy.
Answer:
Word – Meanings
Remember – to keep in the mind
Peeping – looking quickly and secretly
light- sunshine
Spirit – inner part of body which never dies.
Heavy – laden with worries and anxieties.

B. Make a list of words where V is not used as a prefix.
Answer:
Some words where V is not used as prefix :
Recent, recruit, reduce, refer, recur, refuge, refuse, regard, region, register, regret, regular, reign, reject, relate, relieve, religion, remain, remedy, remote, reptile, require, resist, respond, result.

C. Distinguish between the following words :
1. house – home
2. little – small
3. too – very
4. heavy – light
5. hard – hardly
Answer:

‘A nouse’ is a building in which people live.
‘A home’ is a place where people live with love and peace.
‘little’ means a short amount. ‘
Small means ‘not large in size’.
‘Too’ means ‘more than what is wanted or needed’.
‘very’ means ‘beyond a certain limit’.
‘Heavy’ means ‘which weighs a lot’.
‘light’ means ‘easy to lift’.
‘Hard’ means which is ‘firm when touched’.
‘Hardly’ means ‘almost not at all’.

D. Pronounce the following words :
living – leaving
born – barn-borne
farther – father
pulls – pools
where – were
Answer:
MP Board Class 9th English The Rainbow Solutions Chapter 4 Past and Present 1

Comprehension

A. Read the first stanza given below and answer the questions.

remember, I remember
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at mom;
He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day;
But now, I often wish the night
Had borne my breath away.

Questions :
1. Why does the poet remember ‘the house’?
2. What does ‘too soon’ and ‘too long’ refer to?
3. What does the poet desire?
4. Find out the lines which express the beauty of the sun-shine.
Answers :
1. The poet remembers the house because he was born there.
It was spacious and sun-facing.
2. ‘Too soon’ means ‘momentarily’. ‘Too long’ refer to a long while (long period of time).
3. The poet desires to die.
4. He never came a wink too soon. This line expresses the beauty of the sun-shine.

B. Read the second stanza given below and answer the questions.

I remember, I remember
The roses, red and white.
The violets, and the lily-cups-
Those flowers made of light!
The lilacs where the ribbon built,
And where my brother set
The laburnum on his birth-day,-
The tree is living yell

Questions.
1. Describe the beauty of flowers as depicted by the poet.
2. What objects of nature attract the poet most?
3. Find out the rhyming words in the second stanza.
Answers.
1. There are red and white roses, violets and lily cups. They seem to be made of light.
2. The flowers, the lilacs, the robin and the laburnum attract the poet most.
3. White—light Set—yet.

C. Read the third stanza given below and answer the questions.

I remember, I remember
Where I was used to swing,
And thought the air must rush as fresh
To swallows on the wing;
My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, .
And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.

Questions.
1. How did the poet enjoy the freshness of air?
2. Highlight the difference between past and present spirit of the poet.
3. What made the past pleasant?
4. Why is the present heavy for the poet?
Answers.
1. He wanted to enjoy the freshness of air on the swing.
2. The poet’s spirit in the past was joyful. His present spirit is full of tension and stress.
3. The surroundings made the poet’s past pleasant. He found joy all around.
4. Present in full of worries, despair, stress and aspirations. Therefore, the present is heavy for him.

D. Read the last stanza given below and answer the questions.

I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high,
I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky.
It was a childish ignorance,
But now it is little joy
To know I’m farther off from Heaven
Than when I was a boy.

Questions.
1. Which lines tell about the height of thin fir trees?
2. How does the poet compare childhood with manhood?
Answers.
1. The fir trees dark and high.
I used to think their slender fops .
Were close against the sky.
The above lines tell about the height of thin fir trees.

2. How does the poet compare childhood with manhood?

Childhood	Manhood
Childhood is the best period of one’s life. Every member of the house loves him. He gets all his needs fulfilled. He has least cares and worries. It is the period of learning, innocence and enjoyment:	Manhood is the period of earning one’s livelihood. Both the older people and the younger children depend on him. He fulfills the needs of his parents, wife and children. Manhood is full of worries, anxieties, aspirations and frustrations.

Speaking Activity

A. Tell the correct responses :
1. The poet remembers :

the car he travelled in
the house he was born in
the morning he spent

Answer:
1. the house he was born in.

2. The poet’s brother set the laburnum:

on his birthday
on Good Friday
on Christmas.

Answer:
on his birthday.

3. T. Hood says :

the air must stop
the air must blow
the air must rush.

Answer:
the air must rush.

4. It was little joy for the poet to think that :
the fir trees were dark and high
the ups of the trees were close against the sky .
he was farther off from heaven than when he was a boy.
Answer:
he was farther off from heaven than when he was a boy.

B. Narrate your own past experiences of an event which you do not forget even today. You can begin as :
When I was ………….. years old.
When I was living with my ………. at ………….
or
It was the month of ………………
Answer:
I was fifteen years old. I was living with my uncle at Ulak ‘ Nagar. It was the month of August. I bought a ticket for the day’s ricle in a tourist bus. All through the day; the buses gave me good rides. I had a glimpse of beautiful spots. The lady guide in the bus was telling the passengers about various places Just then, our driver took a sharp and sudden turn. The bus hit into a scooter. The driver lost the balance. The bus fell into a five feet deep trench. However, a big stone prevented the bus from a complete overturn. The passengers got minor injury but the scooter-born had died on the spot. The event is still green in my mind.

Writing Activity

A. We owe a lot to the nature. Write about the things you observe in the company of the nature. (50 words)
Answer:
Nature comprises the whole universe and every created, not artificial thing. Natural environment consists of all physical factors bestowed by the nature. It includes land, climate, minerals all such endowments without which the life on earth could have not been possible. It is thus the sum total of all non-living and inorganic matter such as land, air and water. We owe a lot to nature. We observe ‘ forests, rivers, valleys, mountains, fields etc. in the company of the nature.

B. Describe the activities you used to do as a little child.(150 words)
Answer:
The happiest period of my life was when I used to be a little child. I was the first issue of my parents. I was born after twenty years of my parents’ marriage. Naturally, I was a pampered child. Everybody in my house showered utmost affection on me. I used to touch the feet of my grand parents, parents, uncle, aunt and paternal aunts. I sought their blessings everyday. I used to go put for a daily morning walk with my uncle and aunt. I took my breakfast with my grandparents. I used to go to the nearby temple every morning.

I used to climb up my father; shoulders and dangled my legs. I used to play with toys or enjoyed the swing in the park. I used to say ‘Namaskar’ to everyone, I met. I used to play with small children of my age.

Think it over

(i) It is a general notion that childhood is the most memorable period of one’s life. Why is it so? Is it the carefree sporting or the love and care one receives or something else?
Answer:
There is no denying the fact that childhood is the most memorable period of one’s life. It is due to the careless sporting and the love and care one receives. Above all, it is due to the need of the parents. A childless couple is considered a cursed couple. Therefore every couple needs a child at the earliest. If the childbirth is delayed every family gets anxious. The parents shower their utmost love on the children. They pamper them. They give them the best food, clothing and shelter. They are treated like princes even in their huts. They are protected like a treasure at every step. Children are thought to be the support of one’s old age.

(ii) What lessons can we learn in the lap of nature?
Answer:
According to Wordsworth, nature is a great teacher. The rivers flow and the winds blow for the benefit of mankind. The trees and plants blossom not for the sake of themselves but for the benefit of others. The sunset, the rising moon and the twinkling stars have no selfish motive behind their activities. They teach us a sound lesson to be regular, benevolent, merciful, cooperative and friendly to others. They also teach us to be humble because human life is mortal. The falling meteors, leaves and flowers teach us the same lesson.

Things to do
Observe your natural surroundings. Make an entry of your observations in your diary. For example :

July, 07, 2007
New Delhi
Today when I went to the garden. I saw a butterfly, sitting on a flower. It kept on opening and closing its wings as if it was a book and the flower was reading it
Answer:
I went to the fields. I saw yellow mustard plants. They were blossoming and giving out sweet smell Bumble bees were humming sweet notes. The birds were chirping in the trees. The cuckoos / were warbling. Cool breeze was blowing. There were eye-catching ripples in the water of the river. The farmers were busy working ‘ in their fields. Bees were sitting on flowers.

Past and Present Additional Questions

Short Answer Questions (in about 25 words)

Question 1.
What is the main difference.between the present age and the old age?
Answer:
The old days were days of faith, blind and unquestioning faith. The present age is an age of disillusion, of doubt, uncertainty and questioning. Sometimes, injustice, unhappiness and global crucity oppress us. There is no love of family or friends.

Question 2.
Why is it not right to judge past events from the standards of the present?
Answer:
It is not right to judge past events from the standards of the present. It is because, to understand a person who lived long ago, we must understand

his environment
the conditions under which he lived and
the ideas that filled his mind.

Question 3.
Give the disadvantages of living in a small village.
Answer:
We have often heard that one can find heaven in the small villages. There is greenery all around. There is purity of life and the atmosphere is peaceful and healthy. I happened to live in a small village for six months. I found life full of disadvantages. There was a lack of medical facilities. There was not a single good school. The houses lack proper ventilation and they are dark and dingy. Opportunities of recreation and employment are nil. The civic amenities are not for them. Mud, mosquitoes, flies, furies of weather are in store for a villager. Life in a village is a great ordeal.

Question 4.
Give a brief account of the memories of your childhood.
Answer:
I remember my childhood days with love. We had a big farm. There were many trees full of fruits in it. I enjoyed eating mangoes in my own-orchard. Then I used to swim in a nearby canal. I took body-building exercises in the akhara (arena). I used to drink the cow milk in the evening and the butter-milk in the morning. I had a carefree life. My parents pardoned all my mischiefs and mistakes.

Long-Answer Type Question (In about 50 words)

Question 1.
‘Living in a big city is a Curse’ Elaborate.
Answer:
The villagers think that living in a big city is a blessing on earth. We should not ignore the importance of city life especially its facilities. Inspite of the glowing and golden life, life is very fast in a city. People suffer from tension and mental diseases. The din and noise rob the mental peace of all. There is pollution all around. Huge population turns the city into a big slum. There is a great shortage of housing. There is crowd even on the open spaces. It is very difficult to move on the roads. Water and air are contaminated. Life in a city is costly, artificial, unhealthy, meaningless and unsocial. Corruption and exploitation engulf fall. Nothing is fresh in a city. There is no fellow feeling or sense of cooperation and shame among the people.

Past and Present Summary in English

The poet remembers his house where the pretty flowers blossomed. The robin built its nest in the lilacs. The laburnum tree, which his brother set is still there.The poet used to swing. The fresh air, the summer pools and the very tall fir trees gladdened his spirit. He was ignored in childhood. His spirit no longer finds heavenly atmosphere there.

Past and Present Summary in Hindi

कवि अपने घर को याद करता है जहाँ सुन्दर फूल खिलते थे। गायक पक्षी, फूलों वाली झाड़ियों में अपना घोंसला बनाता था। उसके भाई द्वारा उगाया हुआ अमलतास का पेड़ अभी तक वहाँ है। कवि झूला-झूला करता था। स्वच्छ हवा, गर्मी के पोखर और अत्यधिक ऊँचे देवदार उसकी आत्मा को झकझोर दिया करते थे। वह बचपन में अज्ञान था। उसकी आत्मा को अब वहाँ स्वर्गीय वातावरण नहीं मिलता है।

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Word Power

(i) Encircle the odd one among the similar sounding words:
(असमान शब्द छाँटिए)
Answer:
MP Board Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Solutions Chapter 1 O Light! 1

(ii) Match the words with their meanings given as under:
(सुमेलित कीजिए)
MP Board Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Solutions Chapter 1 O Light! 2
Answer:
(1) → (c)
(2) → (d)
(3) → (e)
(4) → (b)
(5) → (a)

How Much Have I Understood?

(A) Answer these questions in one or two sentences
(निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर एक या दो वाक्यों में दीजिए।)

Question 1.
What is the sun?
(व्हॉट इज़ द सन?)
सूर्य क्या है?
Answer:
The sun is the source of light.
(द सन इज़ द सोर्स ऑफ लाईट।)
सूर्य प्रकाश का स्रोत है।

Question 2.
Who is the poem addressed to?
(हू इज द पोऍम अड्रेस्ड टू?)
कविता किसको सम्बोधित है?
Answer:
The poem is addressed to light.
(द पोऍम इज़ एड्रेस्ड टू लाईट।)
कविता प्रकाश को सम्बोधित है।

Question 3.
Whose life and soul is the light?
(हूज़ लाइफ एण्ड सोल इज़ द लाईट?)
प्रकाश किसका जीवन व आत्मा है?
Answer:
The light is the life and soul of sun.
(द लाइट इज द लाइफ एण्ड सोल ऑफ सन)
प्रकाश सूर्य का जीवन व आत्मा है।

Question 4.
Is the light wisdom’s daughter?
(इज़ द लाइट विज़डम्स डॉटर?)
क्या रोशनी (प्रकाश) विवेक की पुत्री है?
Answer:
No, light is not wisdom’s daughter.
(नो, लाईट इज़ नॉट विजडम्स डॉटर।)
नहीं, रोशनी (प्रकाश) विवेक की पुत्री नहीं है।

(B) Answer these questions in three or four sentences.
(निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर तीन या चार वाक्यों में दीजिए।)

Question 1.
‘Light is the form of knowledge.’ Elaborate.
(‘लाईट इज़ द फॉर्म नॉलेज’ इलैबोरेट।)
‘प्रकाश ज्ञान का स्वरूप है।’ विस्तार से बताइये।
Answer:
When a man sleeps he only sees darkness. He cannot do anything. But when light comes he wakes up. He can do anything. An ignorant person is like a sleeping person. When he gets knowledge, he becomes powerful. So’we can say that light is the form of knowledge

(व्हेन अ मैन स्लीप्स ही ओनली सीज़ डार्कनेस। ही कैन नॉट डू एनीथिंग। बट व्हेन लाईट कम्स ही. वेक्स अप। ही कैन डू एनीथिंग। एन इगनोरेन्ट पर्सन इज़ लाइक अ स्लीपिंग पर्सन। व्हेन ही गेट्स नॉलेज, ही बिकम्स पावरफुल। सो वी कैन से दैट लाईट इज द फॉर्म ऑफ नॉलेज।)

जब कोई व्यक्ति सोता है तो उसे सिर्फ अन्धकार दिखाई देता है। वह कुछ भी करने में सक्षम नहीं होता। परन्तु जब सूर्य का प्रकाश फैलता है तो वह जाग उठता है। तब वह कुछ भी कर सकता है। एक अज्ञानी व्यक्ति भी सोए हुए व्यक्ति की तरह होता है। जब ज्ञान का प्रकाश उसके अज्ञान रूपी अन्धकार को दूर करता है तब वह प्रबुद्ध हो जाता है। इस प्रकार हम कह सकते हैं कि ज्ञान प्रकाश का स्वरूप है।

Question 2.
Why does the poet long for the light? Give some references from the poem.
(व्हॉय डज द पोएट लाँग फोर द लाईट? गिव सम रेफरेन्सेस फ्रॉम द पोऍम।)
कवि प्रकाश की इच्छा क्यों करता है? कविता से कुछ सन्दर्भ दीजिए।
Answer:
The poet longs for light because he wants to know from the light, the following things :
(a) When was it born?
(b) Who made it?
(c) What is it?
(d) What is its nature?

“(द पोऍट लॉग्स फॉर लाईट बिकॉज़ ही वॉन्ट्स टू नो फ्रॉम द लाईट, द फॉलोइंग थिंग्स:
(a) व्हेन वॉज़ इट बॉर्न?
(b) हू मेड इट?
(c) व्हॉट इज़ इट?
(a) व्हॉट इज़ इट्स नेचर?)

कवि प्रकाश की कामना इसलिए करता है क्योंकि वह उससे यह जानना चाहता है कि वह कबं पैदा हुआ, उसे किसने बनाया, वह क्या है तथा उसकी प्रकृति क्या है?

Question 3.
The poet has used the word ‘she’. Who has this word been referred to?
(द पोऍट हैज यूज्ड द वर्ड ‘शी’। हू हैज दिस वर्ड वीन रैफर्ड टू?)
कवि ने स्त्री सूचक ‘वह’ शब्द का प्रयोग किया है। इस शब्द.का इशारा किसकी ओर है?
Answer:
‘She’ refers to mother nature.
(‘शी’ रैफर्स टू मदर नेचर।)
उसका इशारा प्रकृति माता की ओर है।

Question 4.
Find out the lines of the poem where the poet praises the light.
(फाइन्ड आउट द लाइन्स ऑफ द पोऍम व्हेअर द पोऍट प्रेज़ेज़ द लाईट।)
वे पंक्तियाँ ढूँढ निकालिए जिनमें कवि ने उजाले की प्रशंसा की है।
Answer:
The lines are-
The sun is the body, you are its life-spark.
Perhaps you are wisdom’s clarity.
Perhaps you are the form of knowledge.

Listening Time

Complete the following stanza.
(निम्नलिखित पद्यांश को पूरा करिए।)
Answer:
O Light, who are you?
Daughter of the sun?
No, you are the sun’s life, his soul,
We praise you in the sun.
The sun is the body, you are its life-spark.

Speaking Time

(1) The sun is the source of light. Think for other sources of light and talk about those sources.
(प्रकाश के स्रोतों के बारे में लिखिए।)
Answer:

Fire is the source of light.
Electricity is the source of light.
Moon is the source of light at night.
Candle is the source of light.
Stars are the source of light.

(2) In the morning when light spreads, darkness disappears. Discuss in groups and describe what happens when light fades?
(जब रोशनी कम हो जाती है तो क्या होता है वर्णन कीजिए)
Answer:

When light fades sun disappears.
When light fades it becomes dark.
When light fades moon and stars appear.
When light fades sky. becomes black.

Writing Time

Write the poem “O Light!” in prose form.
(कविता ‘ओ उजाले’ गद्यांश के रूप में लिखिए।)
Answer:
Students should do themselves.
(छात्र स्वयं करें।)

Things to do

(1) Make a list of the different planets of the solar system and draw a diagram in proper order.
(विभिन्न ग्रहों के नाम लिखो व चित्र बनाओ।)
Answer:
Different planets of the solar system are:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune.

Students can draw the diagram of the solar system themselves placing the planets in the above order.

(2) Light is the source of energy. Write at-least five different uses of light in our day to day life.
(प्रकाश के पाँच उपयोग लिखिए।)
Answer:
Uses of light:

Light makes things visible.
Light is the source of heat.
Light kills harmful germs in the atmosphere.
Light in the form of solar energy can be used to cook food.
Solar energy is used to obtain electricity through solar cells.

O Light! Central Idea of the Poem

The poet says that light is the soul of the sun. Later on he calls this light as wisdom and knowledge. The poet says that the nature is the enchanter, for it has created light. In the end the poet praises the light to prosper and bring the light of knowledge in this world.

O Light! Difficult Word Meanings

soul (सोल)-spirit of a person आत्मा; Praise (प्रेज़)-to express admiration प्रशंसा करना; life spark (लाइफ स्पाक)-life giving light जीवनदायी प्रकाश; clarity (क्लैरिटी)-the quality of being expressed clearly स्पष्टता; merge (मज)-combine मिलना; she (शी)-mother nature (symbolical use) प्रकृति; bewitcher (बिवियर)-one who puts a magical spell (जादू करने वाला); prosper (प्रॉस्पर)-to be successful, समृद्ध होना।

O Light! Summary, Pronunciation & Translation

[1] O Light, who are you?
Daughter of the sun?
No, you are the sun’s life, his soul
We praise you in the sun.
The sun is the body, you are its life-spark
When were you born, O Light?
Who made you?

(ओ लाइट हू आर यू?
डॉटर आफ द सन?
नो, यू आर द सन्स लाइफ, हिज़ सोल!
वी प्रेज़ यू इन द सन द सन
इज़ द बॉडी, यू आर इट्स लाइफ स्पार्क
व्हेन वर यू बॉर्न, ओ लाइट?
हू मेड यू?)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
हे रोशनी, तुम कौन हो?
सूर्य की पुत्री?
नहीं, तुम सूर्य का जीवन हो, उसकी आत्मा हो,
हम तुम्हारी सूर्य में स्तुति करते हैं।
सूर्य शरीर है, तुम उसके जीवन की चिंगारी हो
तुम कब पैदा हुईं, हे रोशनी?
तुम्हें किसने बनाया?

[2] O Light, what are you?
What is you nature?
Are you wisdom’s daughter?
But Wisdom sleeps.

(ओ लाइट, व्हॉट आर यू?
व्हॉट इज यूअर नेचर?
आर यू बिस्डम्स डॉटर?
बट विस्डम स्लीप्स।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
हे रोशनी, तुम क्या हो?
तुम्हारा स्वभाव कैसा है?
क्या तुम बुद्धि की पुत्री हो?
किन्तु बुद्धि तो सोई रहती है।

[3] Perhaps you are its clarity
Perhaps you are the form of knowledge.
O Light, for how long have you
befriended the sky?
And wherefore this love of it?
How do you completely merge in it?

(परहेप्स यू आर इट्स क्लैरिटी
परहेप्स यू आर द फॉर्म आफ नॉलेज
ओ लाइट फोर हाउ लांग हेव यू
बिफ्रेन्डड द स्काय?
एण्ड व्हेअर फोर दिस लव आफ इट?
हाउ डू यू कम्प्लीटली मर्ज इन इट?)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
शायद तुम उसकी स्पष्टता हो।
शायद तुम ज्ञान का प्रकट रूप हो।
हे रोशनी, तुमने कब से
आकाश को अपना मित्र बनाये हुए हो?
किस तरह तुम उसमें पूर्णतः समा जाती हो?

[4] She who made you all is a magician
She is enchanter, the bewitcher
We praise her
Prosper O Light. – Subramania Bharti

(शी हू मेड यू ऑल इज़ ए मेजिशियन
शी इज़ इन्चान्टर, द बिविचर
वी प्रेज़ हर
प्रॉस्पर ओ लाइट)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
वह जिसने तुम्हें बनाया पूरी तरह जादूगरनी है
वह मायावी मोहिनी शक्ति है।
हम उसकी स्तुति करते हैं
हे रोशनी, तुम खूब फलो फूलो।

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Woodman, Spare that Tree Question Answer Class 9 General English The Spring Blossom Chapter 14 MP Board Solutions

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Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Chapter 14 Woodman, Spare that Tree Question Answers

Woodman, Spare that Tree Class 9 Questions and Answers

Woodman, Spare that Tree Textual Exercises

Word Power

(1) Find out the words from text for the meanings given below
(अध्याय में से वे शब्द ढूंढ़िए जिनके अर्थ दिए गए हैं।)
Answer:

A large branch of a tree – bough.
A special cause for pride, respect or plea sure – glory.
Extremely tall or high and therefore impressive – towering.
A person (especially a man) who you are descended from, especially one who lived a long time ago – forefather.
Feeling or showing thanks because somebody has done something kind for you – grateful.

(2) Find the rhyming words for the following words from the poem.
(तुकान्त शब्द ढूंढ़िए।)
Answer:

tree – me.
bough – now
cot – not
ties – skies
shade – played
hand – stand

How Much Have I Understood?

Question 1.
Who do you think had planted the tree?
(हू डू यू थिंक हैड प्लान्टेड द ट्री?)
पेड़ को किसने रोपा था?
Answer:
Poet’s forefather had planted the tree.
(पोएट्स फोरफादर हैड प्लान्टेड द ट्री।)
कवि के प्रपितामह ने पेड़ को रोपा था।

Question 2.
Why does the poet want to protect the old oak from the woodman?
(व्हॉय डज द पोएट वॉन्ट टू प्रोटेक्ट द ओल्ड ओक फ्रॉम द वुडमैन?)
कवि बलूत के वृक्ष की लकड़हारे से रक्षा क्यों करना चाहता है?
Answer:
The poet wants to protect the old oak tree from the woodman because it had given him shade and his sisters played under the tree. Also he has childhood memories of the tree.
(द पोएट वॉन्ट्स टू प्रोटेक्ट द ओल्ड ओक ट्री फ्रॉम द वुडमैन बिकॉज़ इट हैड गिवन हिम शेड एण्ड हिज़ सिस्टर्स प्लेड अण्डर द ट्री। ऑल्सो ही हैज़ चाइल्डहुड मैमोरीज़ ऑफ द ट्री।)
कवि बलूत के वृक्ष की रक्षा करना चाहता है क्योंकि वृक्ष ने उसे छाया दी व उसकी बहनें वहाँ खेली। उसकी वृक्ष के साथ बचपन की यादें जुड़ी हैं।

Question 3.
Which line or lines suggest the tree mentioned in the poem is an oak tree?
(व्हिच लाइन और लाइन्स सजेस्ट द ट्री मैन्शन्ड इन द पोएम इज़ एन ओक ट्री?)
कविता में कौन-सी पंक्ति अथवा पंक्तियाँ बताती हैं कि वह एक बलूत वृक्ष है?
Answer:

Oh, spare that aged oak.
But let that oak stand.

Question 4.
What memories does the poet have of the old oak tree?
(व्हॉट मैमोरीज़ डज़ द पोएट हैव ऑफ द ओल्ड ओक ट्री?)
कवि की उस बलूत के वृक्ष से जुड़ी कौन-सी स्मृतियाँ हैं?
Answer:
The memories that the poet has are that when he was an idle boy, the tree used to provide its graceful shade for him to rest, his sisters used to play under the tree, his mother kissed him there and his father pressed his hands with affection under the same tree.

(द मैमोरीज़ दैट द पोएट हैज़ आर दैट व्हेन ही वॉज़ एन आइडल बॉय, द ट्री यूज्ड टू प्रोवाइड इट्स ग्रेसफुल शेड फॉर हिम टू रेस्ट, हिज़ सिस्टर्स यूज्ड टू प्ले अण्डर द ट्री, हिज़ मदर किस्ड हिम देअर एण्ड हिज़ फादर प्रेस्ड हिज़ हैण्ड्स विद अफेक्शन अण्डर द सेम ट्री।)

जब वह एक आलसी बालक था, तो उस पेड़ ने उसे सुस्ताने के लिए अपनी शीतल छाया प्रदान की, उसकी बहनें वहीं खेलती थीं, उसकी माँ ने उसे वहीं चूमा था तथा उसके पिताजी ने वहीं उसके हाथों को प्यार से दबाया था।

Question 5.
Explain the lines:
My heart-strings round thee cling Close as thy bark, old friend!
(एक्सप्लेन द लाइन्स:
माइ हार्ट स्ट्रिंग्स राउण्ड.दी क्लिंग
क्लोज़ एज़ दाइ बार्क, ओल्ड फ्रेन्ड।)
दी गई पंक्तियों को समझाओ।
Answer:
The poet means that he has great affection for the tree and his heart is attached to it as its bark. He loves the tree from the core of his heart and he considers it his friend. He is grateful for the services rendered by the trees.
(द पोएट मीन्स दैट ही हैज ग्रेट अफैक्शन फॉर द ट्री एण्ड हिज़ हार्ट इज़ अटैच्ड टू इट एज़ इट्स बार्क। ही लव्स द ट्री फ्रॉम द कोर ऑफ हिज़ हार्ट एण्ड ही कन्सिडर्स इट हिज़ फ्रेन्ड। ही इज़ ग्रेटफुल फॉर द सर्विसेज़ रेन्डर्ड बाइ द ट्री।)
कवि को पेड़ से स्नेह है व उसका हृदय पेड़ से उसी तरह जुड़ा है जैसे कि उसकी छाल। वह पेड़ को दिल से चाहता है व उसे अपना मित्र समझता है। वह पेड़ द्वारा दी गई सेवाओं के लिए उसका आभारी है।

Question 6.
Pick out the adjectives used in the poem.
(कविता में से विशेषण छाँटिए।)
Answer:
Old familiar, aged, idle, grateful, gushing, foolish, old, brave, close.

Listening Time

Listen to the poem ‘Woodman Spare that Tree’ read by your teacher and complete the following lines of the poem .
Answer:
Woodman, Spare that Tree!
Touch not a single bough!
In youth it sheltered me;
And I’ll protect it now.
‘T’ was my fore father’s hand
That placed it near his cot.
There, woodman, let it stand,
The axe shall harm it not.

Writing Time

Write a paragraph on ‘usefulness of plants/ trees in our day to day life.’
(पेड़ों/पौधों की उपयोगिता पर एक गद्यांश लिखिए।)
Answer:
Trees are very useful to us. They give us shade. They give us oxygen to breathe and take in carbon dioxide. They also cause rainfall and prevent soil erosion and thus balance the ecosystem. They provide food to the herbivorous animals. The wood of a tree is used to make furniture and paper is made from its pulp. We get fruits and vegetables from the trees. The leaves of some trees like neem and tulsi are used as medicine. The juice of the rubber tree is used in making rubber. Life without trees is not possible.

Things to Do

In this poem you have come across an ‘Oak Tree’. Go out into a park or big garden and find out the correct names of the trees you see there. Make a list of trees and compare your list with the ones that your friends have made.
Answer:
Students can do themselves.
(छात्र स्वयं करें।)

Woodman, Spare that Tree Central Idea of the Poem

This poem is a plea to save trees from destruction and their felling without considering the result. Trees serve human beings and also other living creatures in a number of ways. The poet warns the woodman not to cut even a single branch of tree. The oak tree was planted by his forefather and he has fond memories of the good times passed under the tree. The poet says that he will protect the tree with all his might.

Woodman, Spare that Tree Difficult Word Meanings

spare (स्पेअर)-refrain from hunting चोट करने से बचाना; bough (बो)-branch शाखा; shelter (शैल्टर)condition of being kept safe आश्रय दिया; hew (हिउ)cut काटना (कुल्हाड़ी से); gushing (गशिंग)-flowing बहता हुआ।

Woodman, Spare that Tree Summary, Pronunciation & Translation

[1] Woodman, spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough!
In youth it sheltered me,
And I’ll protect it now.

(वुडमैन, स्पेअर दैट ट्री!
टच नॉट अ सिंगल बो!
इन यूथ इट शेल्टर्ड मी,
एण्ड आई’ इल प्रोटेक्ट इट नाउ।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
लकड़हारे, उस पेड़ को छोड़ दो
‘एक भी डाल को मत छूना
जवानी में इसने मुझे आश्रय दिया
और अब मैं उसकी सुरक्षा करूँगा।

[2] ‘Twas my forefather’s hand
That placed it near his cot;
There, woodman, let it stand,
Thy axe shall harm it not.

(टवाज़ माय फोर फादर्स हैण्ड दैट
प्लेस्ड इट नियर हिज़ कोट;
देअर, वुडमैन, लेट इट स्टैण्ड,
दाय एक्स विल हार्म इट नॉट।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
वे मेरे पितामह का हाथ था
जिसने उसे अपने खाट के पास बोया था
वहीं, लकड़हारे उसे खड़ा रहने दो
तुम्हारी कुल्हाड़ी उसे नुकसान नहीं पहुँचाएगी।

(3] That old familiar tree,
Whose glory and renown
Are spread o’er land and sea
And wouldst thou hew it down?

(दैट ओल्ड फेमिलियर ट्री
हज़ ग्लोरी एण्ड रिनाउन
आर स्प्रेड ओवर लैंड एण्ड सी
एन्ड वुडस्ट दाउ हिउ इट डाउन?)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
वह पुराना सुपरिचित वृक्ष
जिसकी कीर्ति एवं प्रसिद्धि
दूर-दूर तक मैदान व समुद्र तक फैली है।
क्या तुम इसे कुल्हाड़ी से काट दोगे?

[4] Woodman, forbear thy stroke!
Cut not its earth-bound ties;
Oh, spare that aged oak
Now towering to the skies!

(वुडमैन, फोरबीअर दाय’ स्ट्रोक!
कट नॉट इट्स अर्थ-बाउण्ड टाइज़;
ओह, स्पेयर दैट एजेड ओक
नाउ टावरिंग टु द स्काइज।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
लकड़हारे, अपने वार को रोको।
उसकी जमीन से बँधे बन्धन को मत काटो,
ओह, उस वृद्ध ओक को छोड़ दो
जो अब आसमान तक ऊँचा हो गया है।

[5] When but an idle boy,
I sought its grateful shade;
in all their gushing joy
Here, too, my sisters played.

(व्हेन बट एन आयडल बॉय,
आई सॉट इट्स ग्रेटफुल शेड;
इन ऑल देअर गशिंग जॉय
हिअर, टू, माय सिस्टर प्लेड।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
जब मैं एक फुर्सती बालक था
मैं उसकी उदारता की छाया खोजता था;
अपने उमड़ते आनन्द में
यहाँ मेरी बहनें भी खेला करती थीं।

[6] My mother kissed me here;
My father pressed my hand
Forgive this foolish tear,
But let that old oak stand.

(माय मदर किस्ड मी हिअर;
माय फादर प्रेस्ड माय हैन्ड
फॉरगिव दिस फुलिश टीअर,
बट लेट दैट ओल्ड ओक स्टैण्ड।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मेरी माँ ने वहाँ मेरा चुम्बन किया;
यहाँ मेरे पिता ने मेरा हाथ पकड़ा
इन मूर्खता पूर्ण आँसुओं को क्षमा कर देना
पर इस ओक को यहीं खड़ा रहने दो।

[7] My heart-strings round thee cling,
Close as thy bark, old friend!
Here shall the wild-bird sing,
And still thy branches bend.

(माय हार्ट-स्ट्रिंग्स राउण्ड दी क्लिंग,
क्लोज़ एज़ दाय बार्क, ओल्ड फ्रेंड।
हिअर शैल द वाइल्ड बर्ड सिंग,
एण्ड स्टिल दाय ब्रांचेस बैण्ड।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मेरे हृदय के तार तेरे चारों ओर लिपटे हैं,
जैसे तेरी छाल तुझसे लिपटी है पुराने मित्र!
यहीं पर वन्य पक्षी गाना गायेंगे
और तब भी तेरी शाखाएँ झुकी रहेंगी।

[8] Old tree! the storm still brave!
And woodman, leave the spot;
While I’ve a hand to save,
Thy axe shall harm it not. – George Pope Morris

(ओल्ड ट्री! द स्टार्म स्टिल ब्रेव!
एण्ड वुडमैन, लीव द स्पॉट;
व्हाइल आई ‘ए हैण्ड टु सेव,
दाय एक्स शैल हार्म इट नाट।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
प्राचीन वृक्ष तूफानों के लिए अभी भी बहादुर हैं
और लकड़हारे यहाँ से चले जाओ
जब तक मेरे हाथ वृक्ष को बचाने को हैं,
तुम्हारी कुल्हाड़ी उसे हानि नहीं पहुँचा सकती।

MP Board Class 9th English Solutions

The Spring Blossom Textbook General English Class 9th Solutions

Am I a Child? Question Answer Class 9 General English The Spring Blossom Chapter 7 MP Board Solutions

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Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Chapter 7 Am I a Child? Question Answers

Am I a Child? Class 9 Questions and Answers

Am I a Child? Textual Exercises

Word Power

(a) Match these words with their meanings
(सुमेलित कीजिए।)
MP Board Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Solutions Chapter 7 Am I a Child 1
Answer:
(1) → (d)
(2) → (c)
(3) → (e)
(4) → (a)
(5) → (b)

(b) Write antonyms of the following words
(विलोम शब्द लिखिए।)
Answer:

lost – gained
adult – minor
behind – ahead
life – death
love – hate
half – full
now – later
away – near
tall – short
new – old

How Much Have I Understood?

(a) Answer these questions in one or two sentences:
(निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर एक या दो वाक्यों में दीजिए)

Question 1.
What do you mean by ‘my dream world’?
(व्हॉट डू यू मीन बाइ ‘माइ ड्रीम वर्ल्ड’?)
‘मेरा स्वप्न संसार’ से क्या अर्थ है?
Answer:
A child lives in the world of dreams that is childhood fantasies consisting of dolls and toys, fairies and princesses as in the tales.
(अ चाइल्ड लिव्स इन द वर्ल्ड ऑफ ड्रीम्स दैट इज़ चाइल्डहुड फैन्टेसीज़ कन्सिस्टिंग ऑफ डॉल्स एण्ड टॉयज, फेयरीज़ एण्ड प्रिन्सेसेज़ एज़ इन द टेल्स।)
बच्चे स्वप्नों के संसार में रहते हैं जिसमें गुड़ियाँ व खिलौने, परियाँ व राजकुमारियाँ होती हैं जैसे कि कहानियों में।

Question 2.
What does the poet find herself unable to see?
(व्हॉट डज़ द पोएट फाइन्ड हरसेल्फ अनेबल ट्र सी?)
कवयित्री खुद को क्या देखने में असमर्थ पाती है?
Answer:
The poet is unable to see the reasons for adult disputes.
(द पोएट इज़ अनेबल टू सी द रीजन्स फॉर एडल्ट डिस्प्यूट्स।)
कवयित्री वयस्कों के विवादों का कारण जानने में असमर्थ है

Question 3.
What will happen to the poet soon?
(व्हॉट विल हैपन टू द पोएट सून?)
कवयित्री को जल्द ही क्या होने वाला है?
Answer:
The poet will soon step into a new world, the world of adult life.
(द पोएट विल सून स्टैप इनटू अ न्यू वर्ल्ड, द वर्ल्ड ऑफ एडल्ट लाइफ।)
कवयित्री जल्दी ही एक नई दुनिया में कदम रखेगी, वयस्कों के संसार में।

Question 4.
Write any two lines of the poem you like most.
(राइट एनी टू लाइन्स ऑफ द पोएम यू लाइक मोस्ट।)
अपनी पसन्द की कविता की कोई दो पंक्तियाँ लिखो।
Answer:
Students can write any two lines from the poem that they like most.
छात्र अपनी पसन्द की कोई भी दो पंक्तियाँ लिखें।

(b) Answer the following questions in three to four sentences.
(निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर तीन या चार वाक्यों में दीजिए।)

Question 1.
Write the things that indicate that the poet is still a child.
(राईट द थिंग्स दैट इन्डीकेट दैट द पोएट इज़ स्टिल अ चाइल्ड।)
वह बातें लिखिए जिनसे पता चलता है कि कवयित्री अभी बच्ची है।
Answer:
She could not look after herself, she pays a half fare on a bus to school and the does not see the reasons for adult disputes.
(शी कुड नॉट लुक आफ्टर हरसेल्फ, शी पेज़ अ हॉफ फेयर ऑन अ बस टू स्कूल एण्ड शी डज़ नॉट सी द रीज़न्स फॉर एडल्ट डिस्पयूट्स।)
वह अपना ख्याल नहीं रख सकती, उसे बस का आधा किराया देना पड़ता है तथा उसे वयस्कों के विवादों के कारण समझ में नहीं आते।

Question 2.
Write the things that indicate that the poet is on the threshold of an adulthood.
(राईट द थिंग्स दैट इन्डिकेट दैट द पोएट इज़ ऑन द ऐशहोल्ड ऑफ एन एडल्टहुड।)
वह बातें लिखिए जिनसे पता चलता है कि कवयित्री वयस्कता की देहलीज पर है।
Answer:
She is tall, she understands adult talk, she doesn’t love the teddy and toys. This indicates that she is older than a child but there are some things which show that she is still not an adult. Hence she is on the threshold of adulthood.

(शी इज़ टॉल, शी अन्डरस्टैण्ड्स एडल्ट टॉक शी डजन्ट लव द टैडी एण्ड टॉयज। दिस इन्डीकेट्स दैट शी इज़ ओल्डर दैन अ चाइल्ड बट देयर आर सम थिंग्स विच शो दैट शी इज़ स्टिल नॉट एन एडल्ट। हैन्स शी इज़ ऑन द धैशहोल्ड ऑफ एडल्टहुड।)

वह लम्बी है, उसे वयस्कों की बातें समझ आती हैं, उसे खिलौने अच्छे नहीं लगते। इससे लगता है कि वह बच्ची नहीं है लेकिन कुछ ऐसी चीजें हैं जो ये दिखाती हैं कि वह अब भी बच्ची है। अतः वह वयस्कता की देहलीज पर है।

Question 3.
The poet is unable to understand the reasons of the disputes among adults. Why? Think and answer
(द पोएट इज़ अनेबल टू अन्डरस्टैण्ड द रीजन्स ऑफ द डिस्प्यूट्स अमंग एडल्टस। व्हॉय? थिंक एण्ड आन्सर।)
कवयित्री वयस्कों के विवादों का कारण समझने में असमर्थ है। क्यों? सोचो व उत्तर दो।
Answer:
The poet is unable to understand the reasons of the disputes among adults because at her age reasoning power is not developed. Children are innocent and simple. They forget their quarrels quickly.
(द पोएट इज़ अनेबल टू अन्डरस्टैण्ड द रीजन्स ऑफ द डिस्प्यूट्स अमंग एडल्ट्स बिकॉज़ एट हर एज रीजनिंग पावर इज़ नॉट डेवलप्ड। चिल्ड्रन आर इनोसेन्ट एण्ड सिम्पल। दे फॉरगेट देयर क्वॉरल्स क्विकली।)
क्योंकि कवयित्री की उम्र में बच्चे सीधे-सादे होते हैं। वे अपने झगड़े जल्द भूल जाते हैं।

Question 4.
Write the Central idea of the poem.
कविता का केन्द्रीय भाव लिखिए।
Answer:
The poem tries to find out the strange feelings of an adolescent. She has just left behind childhood but has not yet stepped into adulthood. She has a twinge of regret in the passing away of childhood and air of expectation for the approaching adulthood.

Listening Time

Fill in the missing words.
(रिक्त स्थान भरो।)
Answer:
(a) Am I an adult or a child?
No! Not an adult-I do not see.
The reasons for adult disputes;
I am safe in non-understanding.
But does that means that I am a child?

(b) Am I a child or an adult?
No! Not a child now it’s not a teddy I love.
His cherished position is taken.
Just because my toys have lost their value.
Does that mean that I am an adult?

Speaking Time

Using the given words, speak a few sentences?
(दिये गये शब्दों का प्रयोग कर कुछ वाक्य बोलिए।)
doll, teddy, dispute, honest, parents, child, look after, friend, responsibility, adult, games, play, helping dream world, marks, doubt.
Answer:
You can speak sentences as follows
आप इस तरह के वाक्य बोल सकते हैं।
Dolls and teddy lose their interest when a child is becoming an adult. He/She comes out of the dream world. He/She does not understand the reason of adult disputes.

He/She is unable to take one’s own responsibility and his/her parents look after him/her.

Writing Time

Question 1.
Make a list of things (games/food items/toys etc.) you liked when you were quite small and the things you like to do now. Compare it with your friends.
(उन चीजों की सूची बनाओ जो तुम्हें बचपन में पसन्द थीं और जो तुम्हें अब पसन्द हैं। अपने दोस्तों से तुलना करो।)
Answer:
Students should do themselves.
(छात्र स्वयं करें।)

Question 2.
Write the poem ‘Am I a Child’ in your own words.
(कविता को अपने शब्दों मे लिखो)
Answer:
Students should do themselves.
(छात्र स्वयं करें।)

Things to do

Question 1.
How can you help the adults in solving their disputes? List the ways in which you can help them.
(तुम अपने बड़ों के झगड़े सुलझाने में उनकी किस प्रकार सहायता करोगे? तरीके सुझाओ।)
Answer:
We can help the adults in solving their disputes by making them understand their real cause. We can also help them by making them realise that they are losing their peace of mind and valuable time due to them. We can also ask them to be analytical and find its solution.

Question 2.
Discuss with your friends and list their views on the following:
(निम्न पर अपने मित्रों से चर्चा करो व उनके विचार लिखो)

(a) Things that we gain or learn from our adults.
(बातें जो हम अपने बड़ों से सीखते हैं।)
Answer:
The views of your friends may be as follows:
We learn accepting responsibility, taking care of ourselves, discipline, good manners and moral values such as honesty, sympathy, being fair, etc.

(b) Things that we don’t like but we have to listen to.
(बातें जो हमें अच्छी नहीं लगतीं पर हमें सुननी पड़ती हैं।)
Answer:
We have to listen things such as-sit properly, behave properly, drink milk, don’t sit among adult’s talk, dont’t watch T.V. sitting too close to it and for so much time, wake up early etc.

Question 3.
Collect information about the faculties of studies pertaining to different careers.
(विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में कार्य करने के लिए की जाने वाली पढ़ाई के बारे में सूचना इकट्ठी करो।)
Answer:
Students can collect information about studies pertaining to careers such as journalism, medicine, engineering, teaching, software etc. themselves.

Am I a Child? Central Idea of the Poem

The poem tries to find out the strange feelings of an adolescent. She has just left behind childhood but has not yet stepped into adulthood. She has a twinge of regret in the passing away of childhood and air of expectation for the approaching adulthood.

Am I a Child? Difficult Word Meanings

ripple (रिपल) to move or to make something move in very small waves छोटी-छोटी लहरों में आगे बढ़ना या बढ़ाना; cherish (चेरिश) protect and care for someone or something स्नेहपूर्वक देखभाल करना; dispute (डिस्प्यूट)-a disagreement between two people, groups or countries विवाद; stride (स्ट्राइड)-to walk with long steps in a particular direction लम्बे-लम्बे डग भरकर एक दिशा में चलना।

Am I a Child? Summary, Pronunciation & Translation

[1] Am I a child or an adult?
No! Not a child now my dolls are gone;
My dream world has rippled away.
I am tall, I understand adult talk,
But does that mean that I am an adult?

(एम आई अ चाइल्ड और एन एडल्ट?
नो! नॉट अ चाइल्ड नाउ माई डॉल्स आर गोन;
माई ड्रीम वर्ल्ड हेज़ रिपल्ड अवे,
आई एम टॉल, आई अन्डरस्टेण्ड एडल्ट टॉक,
बट डज़ दैट बीन दैट आई एम एन एडल्ट?)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मैं एक बच्ची हूँ या एक वयस्क?
नहीं! अब एक बच्ची नहीं-मेरी गुड़ियाएँ जा चुकी
हैं। मेरे सपनों का संसार लहराते हुए आगे बढ़ चुका हैं।
मैं लम्बी हो गई हूँ, मैं वयस्कों की बात समझती हूँ।
पर क्या इसका मतलब है कि मैं वयस्क हो गई हूँ?

[2] Am I an adult or a child?
No! Not an adult-I could’t look after myself;
The understanding is just not there.
I pay a half fare on a bus to school,
But does that mean that I am a child?

(एम आई एन एडल्ट ऑर ए चाइल्ड?
नो! नाट एन एडल्ट-आई कुडन्ट लुक आफ्टर मायसेल्फ;
द अण्डरस्टेडिंग इज़ जस्ट नॉट देयर।
आई पे अ हाफ फेयर ऑन अ बस टु स्कूल,
बट डज़ दैट मीन दैट आई एम अ चाइल्ड?)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
क्या मैं एक वयस्क हूँ या बच्ची?
नहीं वयस्क नहीं-मैं अपनी देखभाल स्वयं नहीं कर सकती
अभी मुझमें समझदारी नहीं।
मैं स्कूल बस से स्कूल जाने का आधा किराया ही देती हूँ
पर इसका क्या यह मतलब है कि मैं बच्ची ही हूँ?

[3] Am I a child or an adult?
No! Not a child now-it’s not a teddy I love;
His cherished position is taken.
Just because my toys have lost their value,
Does that mean that I am an adult?

(एम आई ए चाइल्ड और एन एडल्ट?
नो! नॉट ए चाइल्ड नाउ-इट्स नॉट अ टेडी आई लव;
हिज़ चेरिस्ड पोजिशन इज़ टेकन।
जस्ट बिकाज़ माई टायज़ हेव लॉस्ट देअर वेल्यू,
डज़ दैट मीन दैट आइ एम एन एडल्ट?)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मैं एक बच्ची हूँ या एक वयस्क?
नहीं! अब बच्ची नहीं-अब मैं टेडी से प्यार नहीं करती;
उसकी प्यार से देखभाल अब नहीं रही।
क्योंकि मेरे खिलौनों ने अपनी कीमत खो दी है,
पर इसका क्या यह मतलब है कि मैं एक वयस्क हूँ?

[4] Am I an adult or a child?
No! Not an adult I do not see
The reasons for adult disputes;
I am safe in non-understanding.
But does that mean that I am a child?

(एम आई एन एडल्ट और अ चाइल्ड
नो! नाट एन एडल्ट-आई डू नाट सी
द रीज़न्स फोर एडल्ट डिस्प्यूट्स;
आई.एम सेफ इन नन-अण्डरस्टैडिंग।
बट डज़ दैट मीन दैट आई एम ए चाइल्ड?)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मैं एक वयस्क हूँ या बच्ची?
नहीं! एक वयस्क नहीं-मैं समझ नहीं सकती
वयस्कों के वाद-विवादों के कारण;
मैं ना समझ होने में सुरक्षित हूँ।
किन्तु क्या इसका मतलब है कि मैं एक बच्ची हूँ?

[5] Well, am I a child or an adult?
No! Not one or the other now;
One pace in front of childhood,
And one behind an adult.
Soon I shall stride into a new world,
The world of adult life. -Margaret Lawrence

(वेल एम आई अ चाइल्ड और एन एडल्ट?
नो! नॉट वन और दी आदर नाउ;
वन पेस इन फ्रन्ट ऑफ चाइल्डहुड,
एण्ड वन बिहाइन्ड एन एडल्ट।
सून आई शैल स्ट्राइड.इन्टू अ न्यू वर्ल्ड,
द वर्ल्ड ऑफ एडल्ट लाइफ।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
अच्छा, क्या मैं एक बच्ची हूँ या वयस्क?
नहीं! अभी न यह हूँ, न वह;
बचपन से एक कदम आगे,
और वयस्क से एक कदम पीछे।
शीघ्र ही मैं एक नये संसार में कदम रखेंगी,
जो वयस्क जीवन का संसार है।

MP Board Class 9th English Solutions

The Spring Blossom Textbook General English Class 9th Solutions

The School for Sympathy Question Answer Class 9 General English The Spring Blossom Chapter 3 MP Board Solutions

February 5, 2025February 4, 2025 by Prasanna

Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Chapter 3 The School for Sympathy Question Answers

The School for Sympathy Class 9 Questions and Answers

Word Power

(1) Correct the spelling of the following words:
(शब्दों की वर्तनी सही करके लिखें।)
Answer:

panioncom – companion
pplecri – cripple
fortunemis – misfortune
anityhum – humanity
fortcom – comfort

(2) Match the following words with their correct meanings
(सुमेलित कीजिए)
MP Board Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Solutions Chapter 3 The School for Sympathy 1
Answer:
(1) → (e)
(2) → (d)
(3) → (b)
(4) → (a)
(5) → (c)

How Much Have I understood?

Answer the following questions
(निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर लिखिए)

Question 1.
Why do you think the writer wants to visit Miss Beam’s school?
(व्हाय डू यू थिंक द राईटर वॉन्ट्स टू विजिट मिस बीम्स् स्कूल?)
तुम्हारे विचारानुसार लेखक मिस बीम के स्कूल क्यों जाना चाहता है?
Answer:
The writer wants to visit Miss Beam’s school because he had heard a lot about it.
(द राईटर वॉन्ट्स टू विजिट मिस बीम्स् स्कूल बिकॉज ही हैड हर्ड अ लॉट अबाऊट इट।)
लेखक मिस बीम के विद्यालय जाना चाहता है क्योंकि उसने उसके बारे में बहुत कुछ सुन रखा है।

Question 2.
When the writer arrives at the school, he sees something unusual. What is it?
(व्हेन द राईटर एराइव्स एट द स्कूल ही सीज समथिंग अनयूजुअल, व्हॉट इज इट?)
जब लेखक विद्यालय आता है तो वह कुछ असाधारण देखता है। वह क्या है?
Answer:
The unusual thing that writer sees on arriving at the school was that a girl of about twelve, with her eyes covered with a bandage was being led carefully between the flower-beds by a little boy of eight.
(द अनयूजुअल थिंग दैट राईटर सीज़ ऑन एराइविंग एट द स्कूल वॉज़ दैट अ गर्ल ऑफ अबाऊट वैल्व, विद हर आईज़ कवर्ड विद अ बैन्डेज़ वॉज़ बींग लेड केअरफुली बिटवीन द फ्लावर-बैड्स बाई अ लिटल बॉय ऑफ एट।)
असाधारण बात जो लेखक ने देखी वह यह थी कि आँखों पर पट्टी बाँधे एक बारह वर्ष की लड़की को आठ वर्ष का एक लड़का फूलों की क्यारी के पास रास्ता बताता ले जा रहा था।

Question 3.
In which part of the school does the writer meet Miss Beam? ‘………..her round figure was likely to be comforting to a homesick child’. What does this mean?
(इन व्हिच पार्ट ऑफ द स्कूल डज द राईटर मीट मिस बीम? ……….”हर राउण्ड फिगर वॉज़ लाइकली टू बी कमफटिंग टू अ होमसिक चाइल्ड’, व्हॉट डज़ दिस मीन?)
विद्यालय के किस भाग में लेखक मिस बीम से मिलता है? ‘उनका गोलमटोल चेहरा ऐसे बच्चे को सांत्वना देने वाला था जिसे घर की याद सता रही हो।’ इसका क्या मतलब है?
Answer:
The writer meets Miss Beam inside the school. The given lines mean that she had such a comforting motherly appearance that a homesick child got the feeling that she was the member of his/her family.
(द राइटर मीट्स मिस बीम इनसाईड द स्कूल। द गिविन लाइन्स मीन दैट शी हैड सच अ कमफटिंग मदरली एपिअरेन्स दैट अ होमसिक चाइल्ड गॉट द फीलिंग दैट शी वॉज़ द मेम्बर ऑफ हिज़/हर फैमिली।)
लेखक मिस बीम से विद्यालय के अन्दर मिलता है। दी गई पंक्तियों का अर्थ है कि उनकी गोल-मटोल काया एक माँ सदृश व इतनी मृदु थी कि बच्चा उन्हें अपने घर का सदस्य समझता था व उसे घर की याद नहीं आती थी।

Question 4.
Which word in paragraph 3 suggests that Miss Beam’s school is perhaps a residential School?
(व्हिच वर्ड इन पैराग्राफ 3 सजेस्ट्स दैट मिस बीम्स स्कूल इज परहैप्स अ रेजिडेन्शिअल स्कूल?)
अनुच्छेद 3 में कौन-सा शब्द यह बताता है कि मिस बीम का विद्यालय एक आवासीय विद्यालय है?
Answer:
The word ‘homesick child’ suggests that Miss Beam’s school is perhaps a residential school.
(द वर्ड ‘होमसिक चाइल्ड सजेस्ट दैट मिस बीम्स स्कूल इज परहैप्स अ रेजिडेन्शिअल स्कूल।)
शब्द ‘घर की याद से परेशान या बेचैन’

Question 5.
What does the writer see in Miss Beam’s school that surprises and pains him? Is he right in thinking that not all the children are ‘healthy and active’?
(व्हॉट द राईटर इन मिस बीम्स स्कूल दैट सरप्राइजेज एण्ड पेन्स हिम। व्हाय? इज़ ही राईट इन थिकिंग दैट नॉट ऑल द चिल्ड्रन आर ‘हैल्दी एण्ड एक्टिव’?)
लेखक जो मिस बीम के स्कूल में देखता है उससे उसे आश्चर्य और दुःख होता है। क्यों? क्या उसकी यह सोच कि सभी बच्चे स्वस्थ व सक्रिय नहीं हैं सही है?
Answer:
In Miss Beam’s school writer sees that all the children are not healthy and active. This surprises and pains him. No, he is not right in thinking that not all the children are healthy and active because what he saw was not true. Children were merely pertending.

(इन मिस बीम्स स्कूल राईटर सीज़ दैट ऑल द चिल्ड्रन आर नॉट हैल्दी एण्ड एक्टिवा दिस सरप्राइजेज एण्ड पेन्स हिम। नो, ही इज नॉट राईट इन थिंकिंग दैट नाट ऑल द चिल्ड्रन आर हैल्दी एण्ड एक्टिव’ बिकॉज व्हॉट ही सॉ बाज़ नॉट टु। चिल्ड्रन वर मेयरली प्रिटेन्डिंग।)

मिस बीम के स्कूल में लेखक देखता है कि सभी बच्चे स्वस्थ व चुस्त नहीं हैं। यह उसे आश्चर्यचकित व दुःखी करता है। नहीं, वह सही नहीं है क्योंकि जो उसने देखा वह सच नहीं था। बच्चे महज ऐसा नाटक कर रहे थे।

Question 6.
How does Miss Beam give the children an idea of suffering in the world? How is the blind day educative to both the blind and the helpers?
(हाउ डज़ मिस बीम गिव द चिल्ड्रन एन आइडिया ऑफ सफरिंग इन द वर्ल्ड? हाउ इज़ द ब्लाइन्ड डे एजुकेटिव टू बोथ द ब्लाइन्ड एण्ड द हैल्पर्स?)
मिस बीम बच्चों को किस प्रकार दुनिया के कष्टों के बारे में जानकारी देती हैं? नेत्रहीन दिवस किस प्रकार अन्धे व उसके सहायकों के लिए शिक्षाप्रद है?
Answer:
Miss Beam gives the children an idea of suffering in the world by arranging artificial suffering. The blind day is educative to both, the blind and the helpers as the blind needs assistance of others in everything so he feels the suffering of a blind man and the helpers learn the duty to help others.

(मिस बीम गिव्स द चिल्ड्रन एन आइडिया ऑफ सफरिंग इन द वर्ल्ड बाइ अरेन्जिंग आर्टिफिशियल सफरिंग। द ब्लाइन्ड डे इज एजूकेटिव टू बोथ, द ब्लाइन्ड एण्ड द हैलपर्स एज द ब्लाइन्ड नीड्स असिस्टेन्स ऑफ अदर्स इन एव्रीथिंग सो ही फील्स द सफरिंग ऑफ अ ब्लाइन्ड मैन एण्ड द हैल्पर्स लर्न द ड्यूटी टू हैल्प अदर्स।)

मिस बीम बच्चों को दुनिया के कष्टों के बारे में कृत्रिम रूप से कष्ट अनुभव करा कर कराती हैं। नेत्रहीन दिवस बच्चों को नेत्रहीन व्यक्ति के कष्टों का बोध कराता है क्योंकि उन्हें उसकी विवशता का अनुभव होता है व उसके सहायक दूसरों की मदद करना सीखते हैं।

Question 7.
In what way is the dumb day more frightening than even the blind day?
(इन व्हॉट वे इज़ द डम्ब डे मोर फ्राइटनिंग दैन ईवन द ब्लाइन्ड डे?)
मूक दिवस, नेत्रहीन दिवस से ज्यादा भयावह क्यों है?
Answer:
The dumb day is more frightening than the blind day because the mouth is not bandaged like the eyes on blind day, so the child must use his will power.
(द डम्ब डे इज़ मोर फ्राइटनिंग दैन द ब्लाइन्ड डे बिकॉज़ द माउथ इज़ नॉट बैन्डेड लाइक द आईज़ ऑन ब्लाइन्ड डे, सो द चाइल्ड मस्ट यूज़ हिज़ विल पावर।)
मूक दिवस नेत्रहीन दिवस से ज्यादा भयावह है, क्योंकि मूक दिवस पर मुँह पर पट्टी नहीं बँधी होती। बच्चे को अपनी इच्छा शक्ति का प्रयोग करना होता है।

Question 8.
On which day is sitting down a relief? Why?
(ऑन व्हिच डे इज सिटिंग डाउन अरिलीफ? व्हाय?)
किस दिन बैठना राहत वाला होता है? क्यों?
Answer:
On blind day sitting down is a relief because if a child walks, he feels that he may be hit by something any moment.
(ऑन ब्लाइंड डे सिटिंग डाउन इज अ रिलीफ बिकॉज़ इफ अचाइल्ड बॉक्स, ही फील्स दैट ही मे बी हिट बाइ समथिंग एनी मोमेन्ट।)
नेत्रहीन दिवस पर बैठना राहत वाला होता है क्योंकि चलने में किसी भी पल टकराने का डर होता है।

Language Practice

(1) Choose the correct verb form from those in brackets
(सही शब्द चुनो।)

The earth………………round the sun. (move, moves)
The dates………………..good. (taste, tastes)
The rain………..on your land. (fall, falls)

Answer:

moves
taste
falls.

Listening Time

Fill in the missing words in the space given.
(रिक्त स्थान भरिए।)
Answer:
Miss Beam laughed “Oh, no” she said, “She’s not lame really, this is only her lame day. Nor are those others blind it is only their blind day.” I must have looked very much astonished, for she laughed again. “There you have an essential part of our system in a nutshell. In order to get these young minds to appreciate and understand misfortune, we make them share in misfortune too. In the course of the term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deal day, one dumb day. During the blind day their eyes are bandaged, and it is a point of honour not to peep. The bandage is put on overnight, they wake up blind. This means that they need assistance in everything, and other children are told to help them and lead them about. It is educative to both of them-the blind and the helpers.”

Speaking Time

Answer the following questions seeing the diagram given in the book.
(पाठ्य-पुस्तक में दिए गए चित्र को देखकर निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर दो।)

Whose learning achievement is higher?
Do boys and girls differ in their feeling of patriotism?
Whose risk taking ability is higher?
Who are more creative?

Answer:

Girls
No
Boys
Girls.

Writing Time

Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about the lesson “School for Sympathy.”
(अपने मित्र को पाठ सहानुभूति विद्यालय के बारे में बताते हुए पत्र लिखो।)
Answer:
20, Budhwar Peth, Nagpur
12, December, 20…

Dear Mohan,

Hope you are fine there, I am also fine here. Today I am writing you this letter because I want to tell you about a school that does not teach thought but thoughtfulness. I read about such a thought provoking school in the lesson “The School for Sympathy’ in our text. I was really moved after reading it. It is about Miss Beam’s school and her innovative teaching method. In her school there is a blind day, a lame day, a deaf day and a dumb day for every child in the course of the term. It means that every child has to be a blind, a dumb, a deaf and a lame for a day so that he can experience himself the helplessness and problems of the disabled. It is educative to both the one who is disabled and the helper. The idea behind it is that only when we experience the state of the disability ourselves then only we really understand others miseries and sorrows.

After reading it I realized how unaware was I of others troubles and sometimes ignored them. It really touched my heart. You should also read it whenever you come here. Now.I am stopping to write. Rest is fine.

Yours as ever
Vikram

Things to do

Go to your school library and read any story about Helen Keller or any other successful blind/deaf/lame person and on the basis of your reading take notes and discuss it with your classmates. Ask your teacher to help you.
(अपने विद्यालय के पुस्तकालय में जाकर हेलेन केलर या अन्य किसी सफल अपंग या विकलांग व्यक्ति की कहानी पढ़िये। मुख्य बातें लिख लीजिए व अपनी कक्षा के अन्य बच्चों के साथ उन पर विचार करिये)
Answer:
Student should themselves read any story and make notes on their own or with the help of their teacher.
छात्र स्वयं करें।

The School for Sympathy Difficult Word Meanings

MP Board Class 9th General English The Spring Blossom Solutions Chapter 3 The School for Sympathy 2

The School for Sympathy Summary, Pronunciation & Translation

[1] I had heard a lot about Miss Beam’s school, but I did not get the chance to visit it till last week.

When I arrived at the school I saw a girl of about twelve, with her eyes covered with a bandage, being led carefully between the flower-beds by a little boy of eight. She stopped, and asked who it was that had come in, and he seemed to be describing me to her. Then they passed on.

(आई हैड हर्ड ए लॉट अबाउट मिस बीम्स स्कूल, बट आई डिड नाट गेट द चान्स टु विज़िट इट टिल लास्ट वीक।

व्हेन आई अराइव्ड एट द स्कूल आई सॉ अ गर्ल ऑफ अबाउट ट्वेलव, विद हर आइज कवर्ड विद अ बेन्डेज़, बीइंग लेड केअरफली बिटविन द फ्लावर-बेइज़ बाय अ लिटिल बॉय ऑफ एट। शी स्टॉप्ड, एण्ड आस्क्ड हू इट वाज दैड हैड कम इन, एण्ड ही सीम्ड टु डिस्क्राइबिंग मी टु हर। दैन दे पास्ड ऑन।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मैंने मिस बीम के विद्यालय के बारे में काफी कुछ सुन रखा था, पर मुझे पिछले सप्ताह तक वहाँ जाने का कोई अवसर नहीं मिला था।

जब मैं विद्यालय पहुँचा तो मैंने लगभग बारह साल की एक बच्ची को देखा जिसकी आँखों पर पट्टी बँधी थी और जिसे लगभग आठ वर्ष का एक लड़का फूलों की क्यारियों के बीच साथ लेकर चल रहा था। वह रुकी और उसने पूछा कि कौन अन्दर आया है और ऐसा लगा कि वह उससे मेरे बारे में वर्णन कर रहा था। फिर वे चले गये।

[2] Miss Beam was all that I had expected middle-aged authoritative, kind and understanding. Her hair was beginning to turn grey, and her round figure was likely to be comforting to a homesick child.

We chatted for a little while, and when I asked her some questions about her teaching methods, which I had heard were simple.

(मिस बीम वाज ऑल दैट आई हैड एक्सपेक्टेड मिडिल एजेड-अथॉरिटेटिव, कांइन्ड एण्ड अण्डरस्टेडिंग। हर हेअर वाज बिगनिंग टु टर्न ग्रे, एण्ड हर राउण्ड फिंगर वाज लाइकली टु बी कम्फरटिंग टु अ होमसिक चाइल्ड।

वी चेटेड फोर अ लिटिल व्हाइल, एण्ड व्हेन आस्क्ड हर सम क्वेश्चन्स अबाउट हर टीचिंग मेथड्स, विच आई हैड हर्ड वर सिम्पल।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मिस बीम जैसे कि मेरी अपेक्षा थी, मध्यम आयु की, दबदबा रखने वाली, दयालु और समझदार महिला थी। उनके बाल भूरे होना शुरू हो रहे थे, और उनकी गोलाकार आकृति किसी घर के प्रति अत्यन्त लगाव रखने वाले बालक के प्रति ममतामयी सकून देने वाली थी।

हम थोड़ी देर बातें करते रहे और जब मैंने उन्हें उनकी शिक्षण पद्धति के बारे में कुछ प्रश्न पूछे जो कि मैंने सुना था कि बहुत साधारण थे।

[3] “…….. We teach only those things that are simple and useful to pupils-spelling, adding, subtracting, multiplying, writing. The rest is done by reading to them and giving them interesting talks. There are practically no other lessons.

“…….. I have heard so much,” I said, “about the originality of your system.”

(वी टीच ओनली दोज थिंग्ज दैट आर सिम्पल एण्ड यूजफुल टु प्यूपिल्स-स्पेलिंग, ऐडिंग, सबट्रेक्टिंग, मल्टीप्लाइंग, राइटिंग। द रेस्ट इज़ डन बाइ रीडिंग टु देम एण्ड गिविंग देम इन्टरएस्टिंग टॉक्स। देअर आर प्रेक्टिकली नो अदर लेसन्स।

“आई हैव हर्ड सो मच”, आई सैड, “अबाउट द ऑरिजनेलिटी – ऑफ योर सिस्टम।”)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
हम केवल उन्हीं वस्तुओं को सिखाते हैं जो छात्रों के लिए सरल एवं उपयोगी हों-वर्तनी, जोड़, गुणा, घटाना और लिखना सिखाया जाता है। शेष अध्यापन पढ़कर होता है और बच्चों से मनोरंजक बातें की जाती हैं। इसके अलावा कोई प्रायोगिक पाठ नहीं सिखाया जाता है। मैंने कहा “मैंने बहुत कुछ सुना है आपकी यथार्थता के विषय में”।

[4] Miss Beam smiled. “Ah, yes” she said. “I am coming to that. The real aim of this school is not to teach thought but thoughtfulness-humanity, kindness and citizenship. That is the ideal I have always had, and happily there are parents good enough to trust me to try and put it into practice. Look out of the window for a minute, will you?”

I went to the window, which looked out on a large garden and playground at the back.

(मिस बीम स्माइल्ड, “हा, यस” शी सेड, “आई एम कमिंग टु दैट। द रीअल एम ऑफ दिस स्कूल इज़ नाट टु टीच थॉट बट थॉटफुलनेस-हृयूमेनिटी, काइन्डनेस एण्ड सिटीजनशिप। दैट इज़ द आइडियल आई हेव आलवेज हैड, एण्ड हैप्पिली देअर आर पेरेण्ट्स गुड इनफ टु ट्रस्ट मी टु ट्राय एण्ड पुट इट इन्टु प्रेक्टिस। लुक आउट ऑफ द विन्डो फोर अ मिनट, विल यू?”

आई वेन्ट टु द विन्डो, विच लुक्ड आउट आन ए लार्ज गार्डन एण्ड प्लेग्राउण्ड एट द बेक।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मिस बीम मुस्कराई, “अरे हाँ” वह बोली, “मैं उसी बात पर आ रही हूँ। इस विद्यालय का मुख्य उद्देश्य विचार सिखाना नहीं बल्कि विचारशील बनाना है जिसमें मानवता, दयालुता और नागरिकता समाहित हो। यह वही आदर्श है जो कि सदैव मेरे मन में रहा है, और खुशी की बात है कि अभिभावक मुझ पर भरोसा करते हैं और इसको अमल में लाने का प्रयास करते हैं।”

मैं खिड़की तक गया जो पीछे एक विशाल बगीचे और खेल के मैदान को दिखाती है।

[5] “What do you see?” Miss Beam asked. “I see some very beautiful grounds.” I said, “and a lot of jolly children. But what surprises me, and pains me too, is that they are not all healthy and active. As I came in I saw one poor little thing being led about because of some trouble with her eyes. And now I can see two more in the same condition, while there is a girl with a crutch just under the window watching the others at play. She seems to be a hopeless cripple.

(“व्हॉट डू यू सी?” मिस बीम आस्क्ड? “आई सी सम वेरी ब्यूटीफुल राउन्ड्स” आई सेड, “एण्ड अ लॉट ऑफ जॉली चिल्ड्रन। बट व्हाट सरप्राजेस मी, एण्ड पेन्स मी टू, इज़ दैट दे आर नॉट हेल्दी एण्ड एक्टिव। एंज़ आई केम इन आइ सॉ वन पुअर लिटिल थिंग बीईंग, लेड अबाउट बिकाज़ ऑफ सम ट्रबल विद हर आइज़। एण्ड नाउ आई केन सी टू मोर इन द सेम कन्डीशन, व्हाइल देअर इज़ अ गर्ल विद अ क्रच जस्ट अण्डर द विन्डो वाचिंग अदर्स एट प्ले। शी सीम्स टू बी अ होपलेस क्रिपल।”)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
“आप क्या देखते हो ?” मिस बीम ने पूछा। “मैं कुछ बहुत सुन्दर मैदान देख रहा हूँ।” मैंने कहा, “और बहुत से प्रसन्न बच्चे परन्तु जो मुझे आश्चर्यजनक लगता है तथा कष्ट भी पहुँचाता है, वह है कि वे सभी स्वस्थ व सक्रिय नहीं हैं। जब मैं यहाँ आया तो मैंने देखा एक छोटी बच्ची को थाम कर ले जाया जा रहा था क्योंकि उसकी आँखों में कुछ तकलीफ थी। और अब मैं और दो को इसी तरह की स्थिति में देख रहा हूँ जहाँ खिड़की के ठीक नीचे एक बच्ची बैसाखी पर दूसरों को खेलते हुए देख रही है। वह एक निराश द्विव्योग प्रतीत होती है।”

[6] Miss Beam laughed. “Oh, no”, she said, “she’s not lame really, this is only her lame day. Nor are those others blind, it is only their blind day.” I must have looked very much astonished, for she laughed again. “There you have an essential part of our system in a nutshell. In order to get these young minds to appreciate and understand misfortune, we make them share in misfortune too.

(मिस बीम लाफ्ड “ओह, नो” शी सेड, “शी इज़ नाट लेम रीअली, दिस इज़ ओनली हर लेम डे। नॉर आर दोज अदर्स ब्लाइण्ड, इट इज़ ओनली देअर ब्लाइंड डे।” आई मस्ट हेव लुक्ड वेरी मच एस्टोनिश्ड, फोर शी लाफ्ड अगेन। “देअर यू हेव इन एसेंशियल पार्ट ऑफ अवर सिस्टम इन अ नटशेल। इन आर्डर टु गेट दीज़ यंग माइन्ड्स टु एप्रिशिएट एण्ड अन्डरस्टेन्ड मिसफायूँन, वी मेक देम शेयर इन मिसफाळून टू।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मिस बीम हँसी। “अरे नहीं”, उन्होंने कहा, “वह वास्तव में लँगड़ी नहीं है, यह उसका केवल पंगू दिवस है। न ही वे दूसरे अन्धे हैं, यह उनका केवल अन्धदिवस है।” मैं बहुत अधिक आश्चर्यचकित दिखाई दिया होऊँगा क्योंकि वह फिर हँसी थीं। आपने हमारी पद्धति का एक आवश्यक भाग संक्षिप्त रूप में पाया। इन बाल मस्तिष्क को प्रेरित करने एवं दुर्भाग्य को समझाने के लिए हम उन्हें दुर्भाग्य में शामिल भी करवाते हैं।

[7] In the course of the term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day and one dumb day. During the blind day their eyes are bandanged, and it is a point of honour not to peep. The bandage is put on overnight, they wake up blind. This means that they need assistance in everything, and other children are told to help them and lead them about. It is educative to both of them the blind and the helpers.”

(इन द कोर्स ऑफ द टर्म एव्री चाइल्ड हेज वन ब्लाइंड डे, वन लेम डे, वन डीफ डे एण्ड वन डम्ब डे। ड्यूरिंग द ब्लाइंड डे, देअर आइज आर बेंडेज, एण्ड इट इज़ अ पॉइन्ट ऑफ ऑनर नाट टु पीप। द बेण्डेज इज़ पुट ऑन ओवरनाइट, दे वेक अप ब्लाइंड। दिस मीन्स दैट दे नीड असिस्टेन्स इन एव्रीथिंग, एण्ड अदर चिल्ड्रन आर टोल टु हेल्प देम एण्ड लीड देम अबाउट। इट इज़ एजुकेटिव टु बोथ ऑफ देम-द ब्लाइन्ड एण्ड द हेल्पर्स।”)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
शिक्षा सत्र के दौरान हर एक बालक का एक अन्धदिवस, एक पंगु दिवस एक बधिर दिवस और एक मूक दिवस होता है। अन्ध दिवस के दौरान उनकी आँखों पर पट्टी बाँध दी जाती है और यह एक प्रतिष्ठा की बात होती है कि वे झाँके नहीं। पट्टी सारी रात को ही बँधी रहती है ताकि वे एक अंधे की तरह ही जागें। इसका अर्थ है कि उनको सहायता की जरूरत पड़ती है और अन्य बच्चों को उनकी सहायता करने को कहा जाता है। यह अंधे व उनके सहायकों दोनों के लिए ही शिक्षाप्रद होता है।

[8] “Everyone is very kind, “Miss Beam continued, “and it is really something of a joke, although of course, before the day is over the reality of the disability becomes clear even to the least thoughtful. The blind day is, of course, really the worst, but some of the children tell me that the dumb day is the most frightening. There, of course, the child must use will-power only because the mouth is not bandaged. But come down into the garden and see for yourself how the children like it.

(“एवीवन इज़ वेरी काइन्ड” मिस बीम कन्टीन्यूड, “एण्ड इट इज़ रीअली समथिंग ऑफ ए जोक, अल्दो, ऑफ कोर्स, बिफोर द डे इज़ ओवर द रियलिटी ऑफ द डिस्एबीलिटी बिकम्स क्लीअर इवन टु द लीस्ट थाटफुल। द ब्लाइंड डे इज़, ऑफ कोर्स, रिअली द वर्ट, बट सम ऑफ द चिल्ड्रन टेक मी दैट द डम्ब डे इज़ द मोस्ट फ्राइटनिंग। देअर, ऑफ कोर्स, द चाइल्ड मस्ट यूस विल पावर ओनली बिकाज़ द माउथ इज़ नाट बेन्डेज्ड। बट कम डाउन इन्टू द गार्डन एण्ड सी फोर युअरसेल्फ हाउ द चिल्ड्रन लाइक इट।”)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
“यहाँ हर व्यक्ति दयावान है।” मिस बीम ने कहना जारी रखा,”और यह एक प्रकार का मजाक ही है। यद्यपि निश्चय ही, दिन समाप्त होने के पूर्व दिव्यांगता की वास्तविकता बहुत कम विचारवान को भी स्पष्ट हो जाती है। अन्धदिवस वास्तव में बहुत खराब है किन्तु कुछ बच्चों ने बताया कि मूक दिवस बहुत ही डरावना होता है। उसमें बालक को अपनी दृढ़ इच्छा शक्ति का पालन करना होता है क्योंकि मुँह पर पट्टी नहीं बाँधी जाती। परन्तु आप बगीचे में आइये व स्वयं देखिये कि बच्चे इसे कितना. पसन्द करते हैं।

[9] Miss Beam led me to one of the bandaged girls, a little merry thing. “Here’s a gentleman come to talk to you,” said Miss Beam, and left us.
“Don’t you ever peep?” I asked, by way of an opening.
“Oh, no”, she exclaimed, “that would be cheating! But i’d not idea it was so awful to be blind. You can’t see a thing. One feels one is going to be hit by something every moment sitting dawn such a relief.

(मिस बीम लेड मी टु वन ऑफ द बेन्डेज्ड गर्ल्स ए लिटिल मेरी थिंग। “हिअर इज़ अ जेन्टलमैन कम टु टाक टु यू” सेड मिस बीम एण्ड लेफ्ट अस।
“डोन्ट यू एवर पीप?” आई आस्क्ड, बॉय वे ऑफ एन ओपनिंग।
“ओह नो”, शी एक्सक्लेम्ड, “दैट वुड बी चीटिंग। बट आई हेड नो आइडिया इट वाज सो ऑफुल टु बी ब्लाइंड।. यू कान्ट सी ए थिंग। वन फील्स वन इज गोइंग टु बी हिट बाय समथिंग एव्री मोमेण्ट। सिटिंग डाउन इज सच ए रिलीफ।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
मिस बीम मुझे आँखों पर पट्टी बँधी एक बच्ची के पास ले गईं, एक छोटी प्रसन्न बच्ची।” यहाँ एक सज्जन तुमसे बात करने आये हैं”, मिस बीम ने कहा और हमें वहीं छोड़कर चली गईं।
“क्या तुम कभी बीच से झाँकती हो।” मैंने बात शुरू करने के इरादे से कहा।
“अरे नहीं”, वह बोल उठी, “यह तो धोखा देना होगा किन्तु मुझे पता नहीं था कि अन्धा होना कितना दुःखपूर्ण होगा। तुम किसी चीज को देख नहीं पाते हो। ऐसा लगता है कि तुम कभी भी किसी चीज से टकरा जाओगे। बैठना बड़ी राहत देता है।

[10] “Are your guides kind to you?” I asked.
“Pretty good. Not so careful as I shall be when it’s my turn. Those that have been blind already are the best. It’s terrible not to see. I wish you’d try!”
“Shall I lead you anywhere” I asked.

(“आर यूअर गाइड्स काइन्ड टु यू?” आई आस्क्ड।
“प्रेटी गुड। नाट सो केयरफुल एज आई शाल बी व्हेन इट्स माई टर्न। दोज दैट हेव बीन ब्लाइंड अलरेडी आर द बेस्ट। इट्स टेरिबल नाट टु सी। आई विश यू वुड ट्राय।”
“शाल आई लीड यू एनी व्हेयर” आई आस्क्ड।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
“क्या तुम्हारे मार्गदर्शक तुम्हारे प्रति दयालु हैं।” मैंने पूछा।
“काफी अच्छे। किन्तु इतने फिक्रवान नहीं जितना मैं होऊँगा जब मेरी बारी आयेगी। वे जो पहले से अंधे हैं, सर्वोत्तम हैं। नहीं देख पाना बहुत भयावह है। आप भी कोशिश करके देखिये न।”
“क्या मैं तुम्हें कहीं और ले चलूँ?” मैंने पूछा।

[11] “Oh, yes”, she said, “let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today’s over. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun. I guess. Having an arm tied up is a little more troublesome, because you have to get your food cut up for you, and so on, but it doesn’t really matter. And as for being deaf for a day, I shan’t mind that-at least, not much. But being blind is so frightening. My head aches all the time, just from avoiding things that probably aren’t there. Where are we now?”

(“ओह, यस”, शी सेड, “लेट्स गो फोर अलिटिल वाक्। ओनली यू मस्ट टेल मी अबाउट थिंग्स। आई शेल बी सो ग्लेड व्हेन टुडेइज ओवर। दी अदर बेड डेज काण्ट मी हाफ एज बेड एस दिस। हेविंग अ लेग टाइट अप एण्ड होपिंग अलाइट ऑन अ क्रच इज आलमोस्ट फन। आई गेस। हेविंग एन आर्म टाइड अप इज अ लिटिल मोर ट्रबलसम, बिकाज़ यू हेव टु गेट युअर फुड कट अप फोर यू, एण्ड सो ऑन, बट इट डज़ नाट रीअली” मेटर। एण्ड एज़ फोर बीइंग डीफ फोर अ डे, आई शांट माइंड दैट-एट लीस्ट नाट मच। बट बीइंग ब्लाइंड इज सो फ्राइटनिंग। माई हेड एक्स ऑल द टाइम, जस्ट फ्रॉम अवाइडिंग थिंग्स दैट प्राबेबली आरण्ट देअर व्हेअर वी आर नाउ?”)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
“अरे, हाँ।” उसने कहा, “आओ हम थोड़ी देर घूमने चलते हैं। आपको केवल आसपास की चीजों के बारे में बताना होगा। आज का दिन बीतने के बाद मैं बहुत प्रसन्न होऊँगी। अन्य बुरे दिन इतने बुरे नहीं होंगे जितना कि वह। एक टाँग बँधवा कर बैसाखियों पर वहाँ-वहाँ फुदकना बड़ा मजेदार होगा। मैं ऐसा अनुमान लगाती हूँ। और एक हाथ बँधवाकर थोड़ा कष्टदायी होता होगा, क्योंकि तुम्हें अपना भोजन अपने लिए काटकर खाना होगा। और अन्य बातें। खैर कोई बात नहीं। और जहाँ तक बहरा दिवस की बात है मुझे उसका बुरा नहीं लगेगा-कम से कम ज्यादा तो नहीं। किन्तु अन्धदिवस बहुत ही भयावह होता है। मेरा सिर दिन भर दुखता है केवल उन चीजों को नजरअंदाज करते हुए जो कि शायद वहाँ हैं ही नहीं। अब हम कहाँ हैं?

[12] “In the playground”, I said, “going towards the house. Miss Beam is walking up and down the terrace with a tall girl.”
“What has the girl got on?” My companion asked.
“I blue skirt and a pink blouse.”
“I think it’s Millie”, she said, “What colour is her hair?”
“Very light”, I said.
“Yes, that’s Millie. She’s the head girl. She’s very decent.”
“There’s an old man tying up roses”, I said.
“Yes, that’s Peter. He’s the gardener.”
“And here comes a dark girl in red, on crutches.”
“Yes”, she said, “that’s Berryl.”

(“इन द प्लेग्राउंड,” आई सेड, “गोइंग टु वर्ड्स द हाउस। मिस बीम इज़ वाकिंग अप एण्ड डाउन द टेरेस विद अटॉल गर्ल।”
“व्हाट हेज़ द गर्ल गॉट आन?” माइ कम्पेनियन ऑस्क्ड। “अ ब्ल्यू स्कर्ट एण्ड अ पिंक ब्लाउज।”
“आई थिंक इट्स मिली” शी सेड, “व्हाट कलर इज़ हर हेअर?”
“वेरी लाइट” आई सेड।
“यस दैट्स मिली। सी इज द हेड गर्ल, शी इज़ वेरी डिसेण्ट।”
“देअर इज़ एन ओल्ड मैन टाइंग अप रोज़ेज़” आई सेड।
“यस, दैट्स पीटर। ही इज द गार्डनर।”
“एण्ड हियर कम्स अ डार्क गर्ल इन रेड, आन क्रचेस।”
“यस,” शी सेड, “दैट्स बेरील।”)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
“खेल के मैदान में” मैंने कहा, “घर की ओर जा रहे हैं। मिस बीम, छत पर एक लम्बी लड़की के साथ टहल रही हैं।”
“उस लड़की ने क्या पहना हुआ है।” मेरी साथिन ने पूछा।
“एक नीला स्कर्ट व गुलाबी ब्लाउज।”
“मैं सोचती हूँ, वह मिली है” उसने कहा, “उसके बालों का रंग क्या है?”
“बहुत हल्का” मैंने कहा।
“हाँ वह मिली ही है। वह प्रधान लड़की है, वह बहुत सभ्य है।”
“वहाँ एक वृद्ध महाशय हैं वे गुलाबों को बाँध रहे हैं।” मैंने कहा।
“हाँ वे पीटर हैं। वे माली हैं।” और यह एक काली लड़की आ रही है वह बैसाखी लिए लाल कपड़े पहनी हैं।”
“हाँ” उसने कहा, “वह बेरिल है।”

[13] And so we walked on, and in guiding this little girl about I discovered that I was ten times more thoughtful already than usual. I also realized that having to describe the surroundings to another, makes them more interesting.
When Miss Beam came to release me I was sorry. to go, and said so.
“Ah!” she replied. “Then there is something in my system after all.”
I walked back to the town murmuring (incorrectly as ever) the lines :
Can I see another’s woe,
And not share their sorrow too?
O no, never can it be,
Never, never, can it be. – Simplified form EV Lucas

(एण्ड सो वी वाक्ड ऑन, एण्ड इन गाइडिंग दिस लिटिल गर्ल अबाउट आई डिस्कवर्ड दैट आई वाज टेन टाइम्स मोर थाट फुल अलरेडी देन युज्अल। आई अल्सो रियलाइज़्ड दैट हेविंग टु डिस्क्राइब द सराउडिंग्स टु अनादर, मेक्स देम मोर इंटरेस्टिंग।
व्हेन मिस बीम केम टु रिलीज़ मी आई वाज सारी टु गो, एण्ड सेड सो।
“आह!” शी रिप्लाइड “देन देअर इज़ समथिंग इन माय सिस्टम आफ्टर आल।”
आई वाक्ड बेक टु द टाउन मर्मरिंग (इनकरेक्टली एज़ एवर) द लाइन्स।
केन जाय सी अनादर्स वो,
एण्ड नाइट शेअर सॉरो टू?
ओ नो, नेवर केन इट बी,
नेवर नेवर केन इट बी।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
और हम इसी तरह चलते रहे, और इस छोटी बच्ची के निर्देशित करते हुए मैंने पाया कि मैं हमेशा से ज्यादा दूसरों के लिए दस गुना ज्यादा विचारवान बन गया हूँ। और मैंने यह भी महसूस किया कि दूसरों को आसपास के रहन-सहन के बारे में वर्णन करने से वह और ज्यादा दिलचस्प बन जाता है।
जब मिस बीम मुझे छोड़ने के लिये आईं तो मुझे वहाँ से विदा लेने में दुःख हो रहा था और मैंने उनसे यह कहा भी।
“अच्छा” मिस बीम ने उत्तर दिया, “तो फिर मेरी इस पद्धति में कुछ दम है।”
मैं निम्न पंक्तियाँ (हमेशा की तरह त्रुटिपूर्ण) गुनगुनाते हुए नगर की ओर वापस लौटा।
क्या मैं दूसरों के दुःखों को देख सकता हूँ, और उनके दुःख में भागीदार नहीं बन सकता?
अरे नहीं, यह कभी नहीं हो सकता,
कभी नहीं, कभी नहीं, यह नहीं हो सकता है?

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Class 9th English The Rainbow Chapter 10 Polonious Advice Question Answers

Polonious Advice Class 9 Questions and Answers

Polonious Advice Textual Exercises

Polonious Advice Vocabulary

A. Match the following :
1. beware – (a) credit
2. generous – (b) rules of behaviour
3. precepts – (c) careful
4. loan – (d) showy
5. gaudy – (e) willing to give freely.
Answer:
1. (c), 2. (e), 3. (b), 4. (a), 5. (d).

B. Explain the meaning of the following words in the poem.
oft, thee, thou, thy.
Answer:
Oft means often at short intervals, many times; frequently
The means ‘you’
Thou means ‘you‘
They means yours.

C. Pronounce the following words.
here, Shame, sail, steel, day, hear, same, sale, still, they
Answer:
MP Board Class 9th English The Rainbow Solutions Chapter 10 Polonious Advice 1

Comprehension

A. Read the following lines from ‘Give thy thoughts may beware of thee’ and answer the following questions.

Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion’d thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel,
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new hatch’d unfledg’d courage. Beware
Of entrance to a quairel; but, being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.

Questions
1. What advice has been given about a friend?
2. What should the young men do before materialising the thoughts?
Answers :
1. It has been advised that laertes should be familiar, firm and refined with his tested friends.
2. The young men should not express their thoughts. They should ’act thoughtfully.

B. Read the poem from ‘beware….. generous choice in that’ given below and answer the following questions :

Beware cf entrance to a quarrel, but, being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
Are of a most select and generous choice in that
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all-to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell; my blessing season this in thee !

Questions :
1. What does the poet say about the dress?
2. Discuss the disadvantages of borrowing and lending.
3. What has been said about night and day?
Answers :
1. The poet advises Laertes not to wear fancy, rich and gaudy clothes.
2. Both the loans and friends of the borrowers and lenders are lost.
3. As the night and day follow each other unfailingly, so also one must be true to one’s conscience unerringly.

Speaking Activity

A. Following are the two columns. In column ‘A’ we have what Polonious suggested to Laertes and in column ‘B’ the meaning of the suggestions ‘ which are not in order, you have to speak the original version loudly matching it with its proper meaning:

1. The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail.
2. Give thy thoughts no tongue.
3. The friends thou hast and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
4. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
5. Costly thy habits as thy purse can buy.
6. rich not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
7. Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
8. be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.

(a) Don’t be too vocal to disclose your secrets.
(b) Let familiarity not breed contempt.
(c) Don’t be extravagant.
(d) You have favourable environment.
(e) Money transaction affects friendship.
(f) Test the men to whom you are going to keep friendship. Once they are tested keep them dose to you for ever.
(g) Listen more speak less.
(h) Be properly dressed, a man is judged by his dress.

Answer:
1. (d), 2. (a), 3. (f), 4. (g), 5. (c), 6. (h), 7. (e), 8. (b).

Writing Activity

A. Suppose your father had given you the similar piece of advice as given in the text. Convey it in the form of a letter to your friend. (50 words)
Answer:
V&P.O, Garauli Khurd,
Distt. Gurgaon,
Haryana 7th July,
2007 Dear Rakesh,
My father has given me the following pieces of advise. Do not form a false opinion about your school and your school fellows. Never form an opinion about anything without giving it a trial. Never anticipate evils. Never find fault with others. Never think that the other people in the world would dance to your tunes. Learn to live and adjust with others. Always settle your differences in an amicable way with others. Never conceive a prejudice against others. Never find fault in others. Never laugh at the poor and the helpless. Don’t treat yourself to be a king’s son to dictate to others. I am sure they will help me face men and matters successfully in life. Rest when we meet.
Yours sincerely,
Gaurav Bharadwaj

B. Write a letter to your younger brother who is going abroad, suggesting him some precepts. (150 words)
Answer:
V&RO Sadhrana
Distt. Gurgaon,
Haryana
8th July, 2007
Dear Har Narain,
It gave me great joy to learn that you are going to Australia for further studies. I wish you the safest journey and career.
It is-my moral duty to instruct you in the rules of behaviour. A man of loose tongue and loose character is hated in every society. You should ever take a step with due thought. Test the people before befriending them. Be firm and refined in the company of your true friends. Never fall a prey to sensual pleasures. Avoid drinking or smoking. Never involve yourself in avoidable quarrels. Listen to others’ counsels patiently but act wisely. Don’t be wasteful. Fashion breeds passion. Simple living and high thinking alone pay in life. Neither borrow nor lend. Don’t forget your culture.
I hope you will act on my instructions.
Your elder brother
Raghubir Singh Vashishtha

Think it over

A. The elders advise youngsters so that they can minimize their mistakes. Think on the importance of their advice.
Answer:
Importance of Elders’ Advice.Youngsters are prone to making many mistakes. Some serious mistakes land them into trouble. The advice of the elders minimizes their mistakes. Elders have longer experience than youngsters. They have seen life from all angles. Their advice serves as a searchlight in the hours of trouble. Their advice most often serves as guidelines. He, who follows the elders’ advice never falters or suffers.

B. One who learns from his own experiences is definitely prudent, but one who learns from other’s experiences is always wiser. How far do you agree?
Answer:
Experience is a great teacher. The experience of many people is always greater than the experience of an individual, ‘Many minds, many thoughts’ is an apt quotation. One who learns from his own experiences is definitely prudent. Individual suffering sometimes turns one’s direction. But the experience of others always guides one to tread the right path. Even the blind can travel smoothly when they are led by men of eyes. Books are a storehouse of experiences of others. One who reads more books becomes more experienced and wiser.

Things to do

Make a list of advice you receive at home, in school and on the playground.

SI. No.	Place	Advice
1.	Home	Rise early in the morning. Touch your parents’ feet. Do your home work regularly.
2.	School	Always come in proper uniform. Obey the rules of the school. Be regular in your studies.
3.	Playground	Don’t injure your rival Don’t play foul. Obey your referee

Polonious Advice Additional Questions (in about 25 words)

Short Answer Questions

Question 1.
Give the importance of Good Manners in life.
Answer:
Good manners are a, key to success for every individual. . They help to win friends and maintain cordial relations among them.
All people like polite, disciplined and kind persons. Good manners , can make everybody happy and satisfied.

Question 2.
Give the role of fashions in one’s life.
Answer:
Fashions refer to a style of clothes, hair do etc. youngsters 5 are more crazy about fashions than others. Students adopt new fashions instantly. Fashions are a means of spending money for the rich. They become a harassment for the poor. Fashions have a great role in one’s life. They are a status symbol. The clothes often proclaim the man.

Question 3.
Give your views about the saying ‘Better alone than in Bad Company.’
Answer:
Bad company is more dangerous than a fierce enemy. It leads slowly and unawares towards wrong path and destruction.
Bad company spoils one’s life and ruins the career. Most of the drug addicts and criminals are products of bad company. A person is known by the company he keeps. Bad company tarnishes one’s image. It is difficult to resist the influence of bad company. Therefore it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Question 4.
‘Work is Worship’. Justify.
Answer:
We worship God to seek His blessings for success in our life. However, God helps those who help themselves. Idols worship is a futile practice. Great men are the products of only great works.The best way to pay them respect is to emulate them. Sincere work has magical effects. Man. is the maker of his own destiny.

Long Answer Type Questions (in about 50 words)

Question 1.
‘Honesty is the Best Policy’. Elaborate.
Answer:
Honesty is a godly quality. Honesty in thoughts, words and deeds saves one from scruples of mind. A liar has to tell scores of lies to prove his initial lie. Then there is always, the fear of being caught. Nobody trusts a dishonest man. Nobody would like to be associated with him. A liar is always held in contempt. Material things acquired through dishonest means seldom bring happiness. A dishonest man though rich lives in worries, stress and fears, on the other hand an honest man though poor leads a cheerful and contented life. It justifies that honesty is he best policy.

Question 2.
Uses of Tobacco and alcohol are harmful for health. Justify.
Answer:
One of the most widely spread of bad habits is the use of tobacco. It is smoked or chewed by men, women and even by children, almost all over the world. It is extremely difficult to get rid of the habit once it has been formed. Alcohol is taken in almost all cool and cold climates. Thus it is taken by people who live in the mountains. It is not a necessity for those who live in hot climates and plains of India. Alcohol is not necessary in any way to anybody.

Millions of people are beginning to do without it entirely. It should be avoided by the people in India altogether. Its regular use even in small quantities tends to create uncurable harm in many ways to various organs of the body. It lessens one’s energy, weakens the mental power and affects the liver. It is a slow but sure harbinger of death.

Polonious Advice Summary in English

Polonious asked Laertes to start sailing because the wind was favourable. He advised him to keep certain rules of behaviour in mind. Maintain your character. Den t express your views or act thoughtlessly: Be familiar, firm and refined with your tested friends. Don’t be pleasure-seeking. Prove heroic during quarrels. Hear others’ counsel but act wisely. Don’t wear gaudy clothes. Neither borrow nor lend. Obey your conscience to prove true to everybody.

Polonious Advice Summary in Hindi

पोलोनियस ने लियार्टेज से कहा कि यात्रा प्रारम्भ करे क्योंकि हवा अनुकूल थी। उसने आचरण के कुछ नियमों को मन में रखने के लिए उसे नसीहत दी। अपने चरित्र को बनाए रखना। न अपने विचारों को प्रकट करो और न ही विवेकहीनता से कार्य करो। अपने आजमाए हुए मित्रों के साथ मिल-जुलकर, दृढ़ तथा शुद्ध रहो। व्यसनी मत बनो। झगड़ों के मध्य वीरता का प्रदर्शन करो। दूसरों की सलाह को सुनो परन्तु बुद्धिमत्ता से काम करो। भड़कीले कपड़े मत पहनो, न उधार लो और न उधार दो। अपनी अन्तरात्मा का आदेश मानना और प्रत्येक व्यक्ति के प्रति सच्चे सिद्ध होना।

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Little Girls Wiser than Men Textual Exercises

Little Girls Wiser than Men Vocabulary

A. Match the words given under ‘A’ with the meanings given under ‘B’
A- B
1. stream – (a) noisy ill-tempered woman
2. catch – (b) understand
3. heads – (c) crowd of people or things all
4. A shrew – (d) moving in one direction barren land
5. fallow – (e) the front side of a coin,which often has the head of a king, queen, president etc on it.
Answer:
1. (c), 2. (b), .3. (e), 4. (a), 5. (d).

B. Use the following words in sentences pf your own. watch, look, except, folly, stains.
Answer:
God is watching you. I have no watch to see the time. Why is he looking at you? .
All the girls except Rajni are present.
It is a folly to backbite others.
Remove the stains from your hands.

C. Find single words in the lesson which have the meanings given below.
1. a way, course, or passage for liquids.
2. a Christian holy day in March or April when Christians remember the death of Christ and his return to life.
3. only just
4. not obeying a parent, teacher, set of rules etc.
5. close fitting nylon garments covering the foot and leg, worn v especially by women.
Answer:

Channel
Easter
soon
fancy
stocking.

D. If the word ‘’NEVER’ occurs before a pause or before a word beginning with a consonant (as in ‘never better’) then it is pronounced with no/r/ sound. If the immediately following word begins with a vowel, then /r/ is pronounced.
Now say-
better off, here it is, four or five, dark cloud Easter.
Answer:
For self-attempt.

Comprehension
A. Answer each of the following questions in about 25 words.
Who is younger, Malasha or Akoulya? How do you know?
Why did Akoulya run after Malasha?
Why did the girls dig the channel?
What made men laugh at themselves?
Answer:
1. The two girls met in a lane between two farm houses.The dirty water of the farmyards had formed a large puddle there. They were playing there :

2. Malasha is younger than Akoulya. The following lines give us the clue. the smaller one was going to step into the puddle, shoes and all, when the elder checked her ‘Don’t go in so, Malasha, said she.

3. Akoulya and Malasha got near each other. Malasha started splashing water. Akoulya asked her not to do so. Just then, Malasha plumped down her foot. The water splashed right on Akoulya’s frock, eyes and nose. Akoulya saw the stains on her frock. She got angry and desired to strike her. Therefore, Akoulya ran after Malasha.

4. ‘ Akoulya dug the channel through which the water could run out into the street. Malasha joined her. They dug the channel so that they could run each side of the little stream. They could also float a chip of wood in it.

5. The two mothers were quarrelling with each other. They had also come to blows. TK&men were also beginning to fight. Just then, they saw the water flowing trom the girls’ channel towards them. The men looked at the little girls. They were playing happily together. They had forgotten everything. It made men laugh at themselves.

B. Answer each of the following questions in about 50 words.

Question 1.
Do you agree with the author that girls are wiser than men? Elaborate.
Answer:
There are two girls in this lesson. Akoulya is older than Malasha. Malasha had splashed Akoulya’s frock. Akoulya ran after Malasha to strike her. Just then their mothers and male members of their family started quarrelling. However, the girls forgot everything. They started playing happily together again. The men bore feelings of enmity towards one another. It shows that girls are wiser than men. I fully agree with the author.

Question 2.
What made men forget their quarrel and calm down?
Answer:
The two girls forgot about their quarrel. They made a channel which ran into the street. They stood on opposite sides. Akoulya floated a chip of wood in the channel. She asked Malasha to catch it. The little girls ran straight into the group of men. The old Woman saw them. She asked the, men to be ashamed of themselves. The men felt ashamed on looking at the girls. They also forgot their quarrels, laughed at themselves and calmed down.

Little Girls Wiser than Men Grammar
A. Study the following sentences.

They had just come from church when they met.
She had hardly said this, when Malasha plumped down her foot so that the water splashed right on to Akouyla’s frock.

The underlined clauses are in past perfect.
Now read the following examples and underline the past perfect clauses in the given sentences.
1. The meeting had ended when we arrived.
2. He had just gone out when his friend called.
3. Long after, he confessed that he had made a fool of himself.
4. When I had read the book I was much wiser.
5. Mary, who had disappeared on her own business, soon rejoined them.
Answer:
The following are the past perfect clauses in the given sentences.

The meeting had ended.
He had just gone out.
that he had made a fool of himself.
When I had read the book.
who had disappeared on her own business.

Speaking Activity

A. Here are the dialogues from the lesson. Divide yourself in a group of five each. Assuming yourselves Malasha, Akoulya, ‘ Malasha’s mother, Akoulya’s mother and the old lady. Now repeat ‘ the related dialogues, in proper sequence.
Your mother will scold you. I will take off my shoes and stocking and you take off yours.

It is deep, Akoulya, I’am afraid !
Come, don’t be frightened.
Mind, don’t splash. Walk carefully.
You naughty dirty girl.
What are you beating my girl for?
Is it right to behave so?
Are you not ashamed of yourselves?

Answer:
Akoulya : Malasha, your mother will scold you. I will take 1 off my shoes and stockings and you take off yours.
Malasha : It’s deep, Akoulya, I’am afraid !
Akoulya : Malasha, come, don’t be frigtened.
Akoulya : Malasha, mind, don’t spla i. Walk carefully
Akoulya’s Mother : Akoulya, you naughty, dirty girl. Y
Malasha’s Mother : Akoulya’s mother, what are you beating my ; girl for?
Akoulya’s old Grandmother : To the gathering of men and women. y Is it right to behave so?
The old woman : Men, are you not ashamed of yourselves?

B. You are passing with your friend through a forest. You come across a stream. Discuss how you will cross it.
Answer:
Suppose I am passing with my friend through a forest and we come across a stream. It is very difficult to cross a stream without ascertaining its depth. I shall take a long sturdy pole to fathom the depth of water. I shall wade through shallow water and swim where the water is deeper. I shall journey hand-in-hand with my friend. We shall cross the stream with each other’s help.

Writing Activity

A. Write a letter to your friend describing the memorable event you and your grandparents shared- (50 words)
Answer:
610 Dichaon Kalan,
New Delhi-110043 17th July, 2007.
Dear Sham Lai,
Yesterday, I happened to travel to Mumbai along with my grand-parents. This journey was the most interesting and fastest means of transport for me. Everything below us looked like toys. Before landing the air hostess made an announcement. She declared me the winner of fifty thousand rupees for the day’s flight. It removed many problems of my grandparents. It was a memorable event for me. Rest when we meet.

Yours sincerely,
Devinder Kumar

B. Write on ‘Innocence is a bliss’. (150 words)
Answer:
Childhood is a great blessing on earth. It never returns in the life of a man again. It is a period of innocence. There is no care, worry, responsibility, stress or tension. The innocent person does not show any scowl on his forehead. He may be scolded, snubbed or rebuked but he never loses his mental balance or cool. The parents love the innocent children very much. All their mischiefs and mistakes are overlooked. He deserves pity and is is pardoned even for his gross faults. His fun and frolic are appreciated He earns strong affection. The innocent are treated like princes. All their needs are fulfilled. Seeds of his character are sown by his parents. An innocent person has a bundle of good qualities at his disposal. He is tolerant, for giving, forgetful, generous, cooperative and helpful He never picks up quarrels because he is not cunning. Innocence is really a bliss.

Think it over

A. Children play in small groups. They are emotionally attached to one another yet they sometimes quarrel. Try to remember an incident-in which you were involved.
Answer:
We are a group of seven children from our street. One day four of us were playing at cards. We were bosom friends and were emotionally attached to one another. All of a sudden, Rohit my rival blamed me for cheating in vain. I lost my cool and nick-named him. He got irritated and furious. He started abusing me. I caught him by the collar and he gave me a blow. The other players mediated. .We became normal and started playing afresh with the same zeal.

B. many a time the policy of ‘forget and forgive’ helps us. Think.
Answer:
Many persons in the modern age are slaves of ego. They pick up a quarrel at the slightest provocation. A liftman hurled a passenger out of the lift for not saying ‘please’. His action was condemned and he was fined. In the same way many small’ matters assume the shape of quarrels. If we lose temper on small issues, our fists would never be idle. The gutters of the city would also run with blood all day. We should follow Gandhi’s policy of nonviolence. It would avert all tension and mental stress. Many a time the policy of ‘forget and forgive’ helps us.

Things to do

There are five situations given in the chart below. Each situation calls for an action by the people. Write in the blank space what actually happens and what should happen. One is done for you.
Answer:

Situation	What generally happens	What Should happen
1. There is a road accident at a lonely place. A person is badly injured. He is lying on the road.	People avoid him and go away	People should help the injured person.
2. The Children of a colony want to play a badminton match. But they do not have money to buy shuttlecocks.	Nobody helps them with money.	People should help the children with money buy shattlecocks.
3. A little bey works in a tea shop. He wants to study. He is compelled to work due to poverty. He begs for help.	Nobody undertakes to bear his expenditure.	People should collect; money and pay foi his education.
4. A Small Puppy has fallen into a shallow pit. It is unable to climb out. It howls in anxiety.	People ignore the puppy and mind their own business.	People should lend a helping hand for the small pappy to climb out.
5. You have not completed your homework. You have just started doing it. Your friends call you for a friendly match.	you leave your home work and accompany your friends.	You should complete your home work first or after returning from the friendly match

Little Girls Wiser than Men Additional Questions

Short Answer Questions (in about 25 words)

Question 1.
What do you understand by co-education? Give its brief history ?
Answer:
‘Co-Education’ means ‘education of boys and girls learning together in the same school or college at the saihe time.’ It has recently become popular in India. However, it is not a new thing for us. In the good days, when ‘Ashrarm’ were the seats of learning, co¬education was in practice. In the Hindu scriptures, old records and legends we find a number of examples which show that co-education was all over the country. The practice continued till the coming of Muslims in India.

Question 2.
Why are poor girls in rural areas unwilling to go to school?
Answer:
Most of the girls belonging to poor families are unwilling to go to schools. When asked their parents would say that they want their daughters to be educated. They stay at home because their parents believe that the kind of education on offer is hot fruitful. Moreover, the risks are too great and real. Girls are sexually harassed sometimes by their fellow students or teachers or by strangers on the way. Poverty also plays its part.

Question 3.
Why should girls be taught?
Answer:
Education is the birth right of all. Girls are at par with boys in mind and physique. They no longer desire to remain dependent on their parents, brothers or even in-laws. They want to live free life from birth to death. Education is a means of earning one’s livelihood and living a meaningful life. An uneducated girl is a burden on parents, in-laws and the nation. Therefore, girls should also be educated. An educated girl means an educated family. Some girls are showing better result than the boys.

Question 4.
What is the status of women in the present day India?
Answer:
The position of Indian women is far better in present day India when compared with the women of some other countries. They have voting right. They are guaranteed equality with men. They can seek high education. The test which determines the sex of the foetus has been banned. The Sati Pratha and Child marriage do not exist now. Their literary rate is increasing. They can seek employment I and fight elections. Posts have been reserved for them. They can seek justice if they are harassed.

Long-Answer Type Questions (in about 50 words)

Question 1.
What is dowry system? What are its evils?
Answer:
Dowry refers to gifts and presents offered by parents on the eve of marriage to their daughters. Dowry custom has been a curse for India. The birth of girls is said to be a degree of money against the parents. The dowry rates are fixed for boys of different categories doctors, engineers, lecturers, businessman, executives etc. Merits of the girl have nothing to do in the settlement of marriage. Giving and receiving of dowry is a social evil and a gross crime. However, it is widely practised almost in every state and community.

Every eligible boy is for sale to the highest bidder. His parents dictate the terms and demand dowry. Such demands put the poor and helpless father of the girl in a tight corner. He may, borrow or steal but he has to spend over his daughter’s marriage. Sometimes constant demands are repeatedly made even after marriage. The bride is tortured and even burnt alive. This evil practice can be checked only through laws and proper education.

Summary in English

It was an early Easter. Water ran in streams down the village street. The dirty water ran through the farmyards. It had formed a large puddle. A small and a little bigger girl in new frocks met in a lane between two homesteads. The little one wore a blue frock and the other wore a yellow print. Soon they took to splashing about in the water. Akoulya (the older girl) checked Malasha from stepping into the puddle with shoes and stockings.

Both the girls removed their shoes and stockings. Both got near each other. Malasha plumped down her foot into the water. It spoiled Akoulya’s frock. Getting angry, she ran after Malasha to strike her. Malasha tried to run home. Just then Akoulya’s mother, happend to be passing. Akoulya told her about Malasha’s spoiling her frock. The mother struck Malasha hard. Malasha started howling loudly. Her mother came out. She scolded Akoulya’s mother. The two mothers had an angry quarrel and came to blows. They ignored the advice of Akoulya’s old grandmother.

Just then Akoulya wiped the mud off her frock. She returned to the puddle. She made a channel. The water of the puddle ran out in the street. Malasha joined her and helped her in the digging of the channel. The two girls ran towards each other. Then they joined the crowd. All the men and women felt ashamed. They left quarrelling and fighting over the girls playing happily together.

Summary in Hindi

ईस्टर का समय नजदीक था। गाँव की गलियों में पानी बह रहा था। गंदा पानी खेतों में बह रहा था। उससे बड़ा पोखर बन गया था। नई फिराक पहने हुए एक छोटी लड़की और दूसरी थोड़ी-सी बड़ी लड़की, दो घरों के बीच में एक गली में मिलीं। छोटी लड़की ने नीली और दूसरी ने पीले प्रिंट की फिराक पहन रखी थी। थोड़ी देर बाद वे एक दूसरे पर पानी के छींटे फेंकने लगीं। अकूलिया (बड़ी लड़की) ने मलाशा को जूते और जुराबें पहने हुए पोखर में घुसने से मना किया।दोनों लड़कियों ने अपने जूते और मोजे उतारे। दोनों एक-दूसरी के नजदीक आ गईं। मलाशा ने अपना पैर पानी में पटका। इससे अकूलिया की फिराक गंदी हो गई। नाराज होकर, मलाशा के ऊपर प्रहार करने के लिए वह उसके पीछे दौड़ी। मलाशा

ने भागकर अपने घर पहुँचने की कोशिश की। तभी अकूलिया की माँ वहाँ से गुजर रही थी। अकूलिया ने उसे बताया कि मलाशा ने उसकी फिराक गंदी कर दी है। माँ ने मलाशा के ऊपर जोर का प्रहार किया। मलाशा जोर से रोने लगी। उसकी मम्मी बाहर आ गई। उसने अकूलिया की मम्मी को बुरा-भला कहा। दोनों मम्मियों के बीच क्रोधपूर्ण झगड़ा होने लगा और हाथापाई हो गई। उन्होंने अकूलिया की दादी की नसीहत की भी अवेहलना कर दी।

तभी अकूलिया ने अपनी फिराक की मिट्टी झाड़ दी। वह दोबारा पोखर पर चली गई। उसने एक जलमार्ग बनाया।.पोखर का पानी बाहर निकलकर गली में आ गया। मलाशा उसके साथ जा मिली और उसने जलमार्ग खोदने में उसकी सहायता की। दोनों लड़कियाँ एक-दूसरे की तरफ दौड़ने लगीं। फिर वे भीड़ में शामिल हो गईं। सभी मनुष्य तथा महिलाएँ शर्मिंदा हो गई। खुशी-खुशी, साथ-साथ खेलती हुई अधिक बुद्धिमान लड़कियों की बाबत उन्होंने लड़ना और झगड़ना छोड़ दिया। .

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Word Power

(1) Find out the words from the text whose meanings are given below :
(अध्याय में से वे शब्द ढूंढ़िए जिनके अर्थ नीचे दिए गए 1)
Answer:

readiness to give things to others. – gene rosity
an address of honour used for a king – your majesty
tie – bond
like very much – appreciate
valuable – precious

(2) Fill in the blanks with the given words.
(रिक्त स्थान भरे।)

auspicius, bond, dynasty, Her Excellency, hesitation
Answer:
You may request Her Excellency without any hesitation because today is a very auspicious occasion for her. Her brother is coming for Rakshabandhan. It is a bond of love between a brother and a sister. He is from the Parmar dynasty.

(3) Choose five words to describe Humayun.
(हुमायूँ का वर्णन करने वाले शब्द चुनो।)
Answer:
Brave, sympathetic, large-hearted, hospitable, generous.

How Much Have I Understood?

(I) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.
(निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर एक या दो वाक्यों में दीजिए।)

Question 1.
Where had the messenger come from?
(व्हेयर हैड द मैसेन्जर कम फ्रॉम?)
दूत कहाँ से आया था?
Answer:
The messenger had come from Udaipur.
(द मैसेन्जर हैड कम फ्रॉम उदयपुर।)
दूत उदयपुर से आया था।

Question 2.
Name the kingdom to which Udaipur belongs.
(नेम द किंगडम टू व्हिच उदयपुर बिलांग्स।)
उदयपुर के शासकों का नाम बताओ।
Answer:
Udaipur belongs to the Rajput kingdom.
(उदयपुर बिलॉग्स टू द राजपूत किंगडम।)
उदयपुर के शासक राजपूत थे।

Question 3.
Who had sent the messenger?
(हू हैड सेन्ट द मैसेन्ज़र?)
दूत को किसने भेजा था?
Answer:
Queen Karnawati had sent the messenger.
(क्वीन कर्नावती हैड सैन्ट द मैसेन्ज़र।)
दूत को रानी कर्नावती ने भेजा था।

(II) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences
(निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर दो या तीन वाक्यों में दो।)

Question 1.
Why was Humayun surprised to find a messenger from Udaipur?
(व्हॉय वॉज़ हुमायूँ सरप्राइज्ड टू फाइन्ड अ मैसेन्जर फ्रॉम उदयपुर?)
उदयपुर से दूत आया जान हुमायूँ को आश्चर्य क्यों हुआ?
Answer:
Humayun was surprised to find a messenger from Udaipur because there was no connection of Udaipur with his kingdom. He was not able to predict the reason of his coming.
(हुमायूँ वॉज़ सरप्राइज्ड टू फाइन्ड अ मैसेन्जर फ्रॉम उदयपुरं बिकॉज़ देयर वॉज़ नो कनेक्शन ऑफ उदयपुर विद हिज़ किंगडम। ही वॉज़ नॉट एबल टू प्रिडिक्ट द रीज़न ऑफ हिज़ कमिंग।)
हुमायूँ उदयपुर से दूत आया देख आश्चर्यचकित था क्योंकि उदयपुर व उसके राज्य के बीच कोई सम्बन्ध नहीं था। वह उसके आने के कारण का अन्दाजा नहीं लगा पा रहा था।

Question 2.
What was Karnawati’s message to Humayun?
(व्हॉट वॉज़ कर्नावतीज़ मैसेज़ टु हुमायूँ?)
कर्नावती का हुमायूँ को क्या सन्देश था?
Answer:
The message was that Rani Karnawati had requested Humayun as her brother to help her in protecting Udaipur and her people.
(द मैसेज़ वॉज़ दैट रानी कविती हैड रिक्वैस्टेड हुमायूँ एज़ हर ब्रदर टू हैल्प हर इन प्रोटेक्टिंग उदयपुर एण्ड हर पीपल।)
रानी कर्नावती ने सन्देश में हुमायूँ से एक भाई की तरह उदयपुर व उसके वासियों की रक्षा करने में उनकी सहायता करने का निवेदन किया था।

Question 3.
Why did Humayun call the ‘Red thread’ a big thing?
(व्हाय डिड हुमायूँ कॉल द ‘रेड थ्रेड अ बिग थिंग’?)
हुमायूँ ने लाल धागे को एक बड़ी चीज़ क्यों कहा?
Answer:
Humayun called the ‘Red thread’ a big thing because it was a bond of love and affection between a brother and a sister.
(हुमायूँ कॉल्ड द ‘रेड थ्रेड’ अ बिग थिंग बिकॉज़ इट वॉज़ अ ब्रॉन्ड ऑफ लव एण्ड अफैक्शन बिटवीन अ ब्रदर एण्ड अ सिस्टर।)
हुमायूँ ने लाल धागे को एक बड़ी वस्तु कहा क्योंकि वह भाई व बहन के बीच स्नेह का बन्धन था।

Question 4.
What message did Humayun send to Rani Karnawati?
(व्हॉट मैसेज़ डिड हुमायूँ सेन्ड टू रानी कर्नावती?)
हुमायूँ ने रानी कर्नावती को क्या सन्देश भेजा?
Answer:
Humayun sent the message to Karnawati that from that moment onwards, Humayun, the Moghul Emperor was her brother. He was going to help his dear sister. It was a great honour for him to have a sister like her.
(हुमायूँ सैन्ट द मैसेज़ टू कविती दैट फ्रॉम दैट मोमेन्ट ऑनवर्ड्स, हुमायूँ द मुगल एम्परर वॉज़ हर ब्रदर। ही वॉज़ गोइंग टू हैल्प हिज़ डियर सिस्टर। इट वॉज़ इ ग्रेट ऑनर फॉर हिम टू हैव अ सिस्टर लाइक हर।)
हुमायूँ ने कर्नावती को सन्देश भेजा कि उसी क्षण से मुगल सम्राट हुमायूँ उनके भाई हैं। वे अपनी प्रिय बहन की मदद करेंगे। वे उनके समान बहन पाकर अति सम्मानित महसूस कर रहे हैं।

Question 5.
What did Humayun decide to do to help Rani Karnawati?
(व्हॉट डिड हुमायूँ डिसाइड टू डू टु हैल्प रानी कर्नावती?)
हुमायूँ ने रानी कर्नावती की मदद करने के लिए क्या फैसला किया?
Answer:
Humayun decided to prepare his army for the march and lead it himself to Udaipur.
(हुमायूँ डिसाइडिड टू प्रिपेअर हिज़ आर्मी फॉर द मार्च एण्ड लीड इट हिमसेल्फ टू उदयपुर।)
हुमायूँ ने सेना तैयार करने व उसका स्वयं नेतृत्व करने का फैसला किया।

(III) Who said to whom :
(किसने किससे कहा?)

Question 1.
“What is all this?”
(“व्हॉट इज ऑल दिस?)
Answer:
Humayun to the messenger.
(हुमायूँ टू द मैसेन्जर।)

Question 2.
“Love of a sister goes beyond human boundaries of class, creed and religion.”
(“लव ऑफ अ सिस्टर गोज़ बियॉन्ड ह्यूमन बाउन्डरीज़ ऑफ क्लास, क्रीड एण्ड रिलीजिअन।)
Answer:
Messenger to Humayun.
(मैसेन्जर टू हुमायूँ।)

Question 3.
“………. and duty does not think of gain or loss.”
(“…… एण्ड ड्यूटी डज़ नॉट थिंक ऑफ गेन और लॉस?)
Answer:
Messenger to Humayun.
(मैसेन्जर टू हुमायूँ।)

Question 4.
“I shall myself lead the army to Udaipur.”
(“आइ शैल माइसेल्फ लीड द आर्मी टू उदयपुर।”)
Answer:
Humayun to Karamat Ali.
(हुमायूँ टू करामत अली।)

Language Practice

(1) Fill in the blanks using the words given and the right form of ‘self’ and the verb
(रिक्त स्थान भरो।)
Answer:

Have you noticed? Meena often looks (look) at herself in the mirror.
Monti fell down and hurt (hurt) himself on the stairs.
Who’s Ramu talking to? I guess he’s talking (talk) to himself
They are organizing (organize) program themselves.
We are helping (help) ourselves.

(II) Frame suitable sentences using the following words:
(सही वाक्य बनाओ।)
Answer:
see – I see an orange.
show – I show what I am.
eat – I eat fruits.
feed – I feed my dog.
sit – I sit on a chair.
seat – There’s a seat vacant.
lie – I lie down on my bed.
lay – I lay down my books on the shell below.

(III) Complete the following sentences using must/should have to
Answer:

You must finish this work otherwise I’ll punish you.
I think you should go now.
We must invite Vineet in our party, as he has helped us a lot.
You should exercise to live a healthy life.
I have to work hard to score good marks.

Speaking Time

(a) Some topics are given. Students are asked to speak out on these topics one by one.
Topics :

Importance of forest
Wild life protection
Importance of tree.

Answer:
Students should do themselves.
(छात्र स्वयं करें।)

Writing Time

(1) Rewrite the story ‘Bond of Love’ in your own words.
(कहानी को अपने शब्दों में लिखो।)
Answer:
Once a messenger from Udaipur visits Moghul emperor Humayun’s court. Rani Karnavati had sent him with a ‘raksha sutra’ (a thread tied by a sister on brother’s wrist on the rakshabandhan day). She had requested him to. help her in protecting Udaipur and its people as the kingdom was in trouble. Humayun accepts it and becomes ready to save Udaipur and perform the duty of a brother.

(2) Give a character sketch of Humayun.
(हुमायूँ का परित्र चित्रण कीजिए।)
Answer:
Humayun was a kind and brave ruler. He is hospitable too. He understands Rani Karnawati’s feelings of love and affection and her need. He exhibits his affectionate nature by accepting the “raksha sutra’ sent by her and his large heartedness by getting ready to save Udaipur just by a message of Karnawati. He is also sympathetic and caring as he understands the trouble of people in Udaipur.

Things to do

Collect some information about Humayun and discuss it with your friends.
Answer:
Students can collect the information from books etc. and discuss with their friends.
(छात्र स्वयं करें।)

Bond of Love Difficult Word Meanings

generosity (जेनेरॉसिटी)-the fact of being generous उदारता; page (पेज)-a boy servant बाल परिचर; bow (बो)-to move head down झुककर; hesitation (हेजिटेशन)-to be in doubt हिचकिचाहट; submission (सबमिरान)-the act of accepting orders of the others समर्पण; auspicious (ऑस्पिशस) showing signs that is likely to be successful in the future शुभ शकुन, bond (बॉन्ड)-tie बंधन; dynasty (डाथनेस्टी)-a series of rulers of a country who all belong to the same family राजवंश; ponder (पॉडर)-to think सोचना।

Bond of Love Summary, Pronunciation & Translation

[1] This short play is a well-known event of Indian history. Humayun was a kind and brave Moghul Emperor. Once Rani Karnavati of Udaipur sent him ‘Raksha’ a thread tied by a sister on her brother’ wrist. Humayun accepted this symbol of affection and honoured the request of Rani Karnavati. he behaved like a real brother, who is always ready to help and protect his sister, whenever she is in difficulty or in need.
Humayun : Moghul emperor
Karamat : his commander
Page : Humayun’s servant.
Messenger : Rani Karnavati’s messenger
(When the curtain opens, Humayun is seated on the Throne. Karamat Ali is standing near him.)

(दिस शॉर्ट प्ले इज़ अ वैल नोन इवेण्ट ऑफ इंडियन हिस्ट्री। हुमायूँ वाज़ अ काइन्ड एण्ड ब्रेव मुगल एम्परर। वन्स रानी कर्णावती ऑफ उदयपुर सेन्ट हिम रक्षा अ थ्रेड टाइड बीय अ सिस्टर ऑन हर ब्रदर्स रिस्ट। हुमायूं एक्सेप्टेड दिसे सिम्बोल ऑफ अफेक्शन एण्ड ऑनर्ड द रिक्वेस्ट ऑफ रानी कर्णावती। ही. बिहेव्ड लाइक अ रिअल ब्रदर, हू इज़ आलवेज रेडी टु हेल्प एण्ड प्रोटेक्ट. हिज़ सिस्टर, व्हेनएवर शी इज़ इन डिफिकल्टी और इन नीड।
हुमायूँ : मुगल एम्परर
करामात : हिज़ कमान्डर
पेज : हुमायूँज सर्वेण्ट
मेसेन्जर : रानी कर्णावतीज मेसेन्जर।
(व्हेन द कर्टेन ऑपन्स। हुमायूं इज़ सीटेड ऑन थ्रोन। करामत अली इज स्टैण्डिंग नियर हिम।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
यह लघु नाटक भारतीय इतिहास की प्रसिद्ध घटना है। हुमायूँ एक उदार और बहादुर मुगल सम्राट था। एक बार उदयपुर की रानी कर्णावती ने उसे “रक्षा (राखी)” का एक धागा जो कि एक बहन एक भाई के हाथों में बाँधती है भेजी। हुमायूँ ने इसे प्रेम के प्रतीक के रूप में स्वीकार कर रानी कर्णावती के सम्मान की रक्षा की। उसने एक सगे भाई की तरह व्यवहार किया और सदा अपनी बहन की सुरक्षा एवं सहायता के लिए तत्पर रहा जब भी वह कभी किसी कठिनाई में होती या उसे कोई आवश्यकता होती।

हुमायूँ : मुगल सम्राट।
करामात : उसका सेनापति।
पेज : हुमायूँ का नौकर।
दूत : रानी कर्णावती का दूत।
(जब पर्दा खुलता है तब हुमायूँ अपने तख्त पर बैठा है। करामात अली उसके पास खड़ा है।)

[2] Humayun : It seems our efforts have succeeded and we have peace in our kingdom.
Karamat Ali : True, my Lord, People are happy due to your kindness, generosity and feeling for humanity.
(The page enters)
Page : Long Live, your Majesty!
Humayun : What’s the matter?
Page : A messenger has come from Udaipur.
Humayun : From Udaipur?
Page : Yes, my Lord!
Karamat : You mean that Rajput kingdom?
Page : Yes, your Majesty!
Humayun : I wonder what it could be. Let him in immediately with all due respect.

(हुमायूं : इट सीम्स अवर एफर्ट्स हैव सक्सीडेड एण्ड वी हैव पीस इन अवर किंगडम।
करामात अली : ट्र माइ लार्ड, पीपुल आर हैप्पी ड्यू टु युअर काइन्डनेस, जनरोसिटी एण्ड फीलिंग फोर ह्यमेनिटी।
(द पेज़ इन्टर्स)
पेज : लांग लिव युअर मेजेस्टी!
हुमायूं : व्हाट्स द मैटर?
पेज : अ मेसेन्जर हैज़ कम फ्राम उदयपुर।
हुमायूं : फ्राम उदयपुर?
पेज : यस माई लार्ड!
करामात : यू मीन दैट राजपूत किंगडम?
पेज : यस युअर मेजेस्टी।
हुमायूं : आई वॉण्डर व्हाट इट कुड मी। लेट हिम इन इमिडिएटली विद आल ड्यू रेसपेक्ट।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
हुमायूँ : ऐसा लगता है कि हमारे प्रयास सफल रहे हैं और हम अपने राज्य में शान्ति रख पाये हैं।
करामात अली : सही है, श्रीमान्, लोग आपकी दयालुता उदारता से और मानवता के प्रति आपकी सद्भावना.से खुश हैं।
(पेज प्रवेश करता है)
पेज : बादशाह सलामत, अमर रहें।
हुमायूँ : क्या बात है?
पेज : उदयपुर से एकदूत आया है।
हुमायूँ : उदयपुर से। पेज-जी, हुजूर।
करामत : तुम्हारा मतलब, उस राजपूत राज्य से।
पेज : बादशाह सलामत।
हुमायूँ : मुझे हैरानी है, क्या ऐसा हो सकता है। जाओ, उसे फौरन पूरी इज्जत के साथ अन्दर लाओ।

[3] Page : As you order, Your Majesty!
(The page leaves and return in a while, with the messenger in the dress of a Rajput from Mewar.)
Messenger : (bowing low) May your Majesty live long!
Humayun : I’m glad, Udaipur has remembered us. What’s the message?
Messenger : There’s a special message, your Lordship!
Karamat : You may give your message without any hesitation. His Majesty is really large-hearted.
Messenger : And because of that only Rani Karnavati has sent me.
Humayun : (With a bit of surprise) The queen of Udaipur! It’s really surprising that Her Excellency has remembered met! What’s her message?
(The messenger presents a highly decorated red thread and a chit.)

(पेज : एज युअर आर्डर युअर मेजेस्टी!
(द पेज लीव्ज़ एण्ड रिटर्न्स इन अ व्हाइल-विद द मेसेन्जर इन द ड्रेस ऑफ अ राजपूत ऑन मेवार)
मेसेन्जर : (बोइंग लो) मे योर मेजेस्टी लिव लांग।
हुमायूं : आई एम ग्लेड। उदयपुर हैज़ रिमेम्बर्ड अस। व्हाट्स द मेसेज़?
मेसेन्जर : देअर इज़ अ स्पेशल मेसेज, यूअर लार्डशिप।
करामत : यू मे गिव युवर मेसेज विदाउट एनी हेजीटेशन। हिज़ मेज़ेस्टी इज़ रीअली लार्ज-हार्टेड।
मेसेन्जर : एण्ड बिकॉज़ ऑफ दैट ओनली रानी कर्णावती हेज़ सेन्ट मी।
हुमायूं : विद अ बिट ऑफ सरप्राइज) द क्वीन ऑफ उदयपर। इट्स रीअली सरप्राइजिंग दैट हर एक्सीलेंसी हेज़ रिमेम्बर्ड मी। व्हाट्स हर मेसेज़?
(द मेसेन्जर प्रेजेन्ट्स अ हाईली डेकोरेटेड रेड थ्रेड एण्ड अ चिट)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
पेज : जो हुक्म, मेरे आका।
(पेज जाता है और थोड़ी ही देर में सन्देशवाहक को मेवाड़ के राजपूत की वेशभूषा में साथ लाता है।
संदेशवाहक (दूत) : (झुककर) महामहिम दीर्घायु हो।
हुमायूँ : हमें प्रसन्नता हुई। उदयपुर ने हमें याद किया है। क्या सन्देश है?
संदेशवाहक : एक विशेष सन्देश है, महामहिम।
करामात : तुम अपना सन्देश बेहिचक पेश कर सकते हो। महामहिम विशाल हृदय वाले हैं।
सन्देशवाहक : और इसीलिए रानी कर्णावती ने केवल मुझे भेजा है।
हुमायूँ : (थोड़े चकित होकर) उदयपुर की महारानी। यह मेरे लिए एक अचम्भा है कि महारानी ने मुझे याद किया। क्या सन्देश है?
(सन्देशवाहक दूत एक लाल रंग का सजा-सजाया धागा और एक पत्र प्रस्तुत करता है?)

[4] Humayun : What’s all this. (Raising his voice) You are standing free the Mughal Emperor. Do you realise that?
Messenger : (In humble tone) Your Majesty! Be pleased to listen to my submission.
Humayun : What do you mean?
Karamat : This red thread is a very precious thing. It is a sign of love and affection.
Humayun : How strange! Go on.
Messenger : Your Majesty! Rani Karnavati has sent you these things.
Humayun : Why! I can’t follow, Karamat, can you explain to me what this messenger is trying to say?
Karamat : Yes, your Majesty! Today is an auspicious day for the Hindus. It is the ‘Rakshabandhan’ day. This red thread is the ‘Raksha.’

(हुमायूं : व्हाट्स ऑल दिस (रेजिंग हिज़ वाइस) यू आर स्टेडिंग बिफोर द मुगल एम्परर, डू यू रिअलाइज दैट?
मेसेन्जर : (इन अ हम्बल टोन) यूअर मेजेस्टी! बी प्लीज्ड टु लिसन टु माय सबमिशन।)
हुमायूं : व्हाट डू यू मीन?
करामात : द रेड थ्रेड इज अ प्रेशियस थिंग इट्स अ साइन ऑफ लव एण्ड अफेक्शन।
हुमायूं : हाउ स्टेन्ज? गो ऑन।
मेसेन्जर : युअर मेजेस्टी! रानी कर्णावती हैज़ सेन्ट यू दीज़ थिंग्स।
हुमायूं : व्हाय! आई कान्ट फालो। करामात! केन यू एक्सप्लेन टु मी व्हाट दिस मेसेन्जर इज़ ट्राइंग टु से?
करामत : यस युअर मेजेस्टी। टुडे इन एन ऑस्पीशियस डे फॉर द हिन्दूज़। इट इस द “रक्षाबन्धन” डे। दिस रेड थ्रेड इज़ “रक्षा”)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
हुमायूँ : ये सब क्या है (अपनी आवाज ऊँची करके) तुम सम्राट के सामने खड़े हो। क्या तुम यह जानते हो?
दूत : (नम्र स्वर में) महामहिम! मेरे निवेदन को ध्यान से सुनिए।
हुमायूँ : क्या मतलब है तुम्हारा?
करामात : यह लाल धागा एक बहुमूल्य वस्तु है। यह प्यार मोहब्बत की निशानी है।
हुमायूँ : कैसी विचित्र बात है। आगे बोलो।
दूत : महामहिम! रानी कर्णावती ने यह चीजें आपके लिए भेजी हैं।
हुमायूँ : क्यों! मेरी समझ में कुछ नहीं आ रहा है। करामात, क्या तुम मुझे बता सकते हो कि यह दूत क्या कहना चाहता है?
करामात : हाँ, महामहिम! आज हिन्दुओं के लिये एक बहुत ही शुभ दिवस है। यह रक्षाबन्धन का दिवस है। यह लाल धागा “रक्षा” है।

[5] Humayun : What does it stand for?
Karamat : A woman blesses her brother by tying this Raksha on the brother’s wrist. It’s a bond of love and affection.
Messenger : And the brother returns the love by promising to protect his sister and help her in every way possible throughout life.
Humayun : Is that so? Then it is really a big thing. Does it mean that Rani Karnavati wants me to be her brother?
Messenger : Yes, your Majesty!
Humayun : But how can that be? She is a Hindu and we belong to the Great Moghul dynasty.
Messenger: Love of a sister goes beyond human boundaries of class, creed and religion. Once a person accepts to be a brother he always shows affection towards the sister.

(हुमायूं : व्हाट डज़ इट स्टैण्ड फोर?
करामात : अ वुमन ब्लेंसेस हर ब्रदर बाय टाइंग दिस रक्षा ऑन द ब्रदर्स रिस्ट। इट्स अ बॉन्ड ऑफ लव एण्ड अफेक्शन।
मेसेन्जर : एण्ड द ब्रदर रिटर्न्स द लव बाय प्रामिसिंग टु प्रोटेक्ट हिज़ सिस्टर एण्ड हैल्प इन एव्री वे पॉसिबल श्रू आउट लाइफ।
हुमायूं : इज़ दैट सो? देन इट इज़ रियली बिग थिंग। डज़ इट मीन दैट रानी कर्णावती वान्ट्स मी टु बी हर ब्रदर?
मेसेन्जर : यस युअर मेजेस्टी।
हुमायूं : बट हाउ केन दैट बी? शी इज अ हिन्दू एण्ड मी बिलांग टु द ग्रेट मुगल डायनेस्टी।
मेसेन्जर : लव ऑफ अ सिस्टर गोज़ बियोन्ड ह्यूमैन बाउन्ड्रीज़ ऑफ क्लास, क्रीड एण्ड रिलीजन। वन्स अ पर्सन एस्पेक्ट्स टु बी अ ब्रदर ही आलवेज़ शोज अफेक्शन टुवर्ड्स द सिस्टर।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
हुमायूँ : यह किस चीज़ का प्रतीक है?
करामात : एक स्त्री अपने भाई को उसकी कलाई पर यह रक्षा बाँधकर उसे आशीर्वाद देती है। यह प्यार और स्नेह का बन्धन है।
दूत : और इसके बदले में भाई यह वचन देता है कि वह आजीवन अपनी बहन की हर सम्भव सहायता करेगा।
हुमायूँ : ऐसी बात है? तो यह वास्तव में बहुत बड़ी बात है। तो क्या उसका मतलब यह है कि रानी कर्णावती मुझे अपना भाई बनाना चाहती है?
दूत : हाँ, महामहिम।
हुमायूँ : पर ऐसा कैसे हो सकता है? वह हिन्दू है और हम महान् मुगल चंगेज खान के कुल से हैं।
दूत : बहन का प्रेम वर्ग, धर्म और समुदाय की मानवीय सीमाओं के पार जाता है। एक बार जब कोई व्यक्ति उसका भाई होना स्वीकार कर लेता है तो वह सदैव अपना स्नेह उसके प्रति दिखाता है।

[6] Humayun : (With eyes closed, pondering). I see! This is really a great idea. (After a pause) Messenger, We definitely appreciate this. What’s the message? Karamat, read this chit.
(The messenger ties the ‘Raksha’ on Humayun’s wrist and hands over the chit to Karamat who reads it and tells the message.)
Karamat : Rani Karnavati requests you as her brother to help her in protecting Udaipur and her people.
Humayun : I know Udaipur is in trouble. But why should we get involved in this quarrel? What do we get out of it?
Messenger : You get the love of a sister, your Majesty! The love of a sister calls for duty and duty does not think of gain or loss.
Karamat : He is right, my Lord ! Here is a chance for your Majesty to win the hearts of these brave Rajputs.
Humayun : (Rising from his seat) Well, then, we behave as a true brother.

हुमायूं : (विद आइज क्लोज्ड पोडरिंग) आई सी दिस इज़ रियली अ ग्रेट आइडिया। (आफ्टर अ पाज) मेसेन्जर, वी डेफिनेटली एप्रीशिएट दिस। व्हाट्स द मेसेज? करामात, रीड दिस चिट।
(द मेसेन्जर टाइज द ‘रक्षा’ ऑन हुमायूँज़ रिस्ट एण्ड हैण्ड्स ओवर द चिट टु करामात हू रीड्स इट एण्ड टेल्स द मेसेज)
करामात : रानी कर्णावती रिक्वेस्ट्स यू एज़ अ ब्रदर टु हैल्प हर इन प्रोटेक्टिंग उदयपुर एण्ड हर पीपुल।
हुमायूं : आई नो उदयपुर इज़ इन ट्रबल। बट व्हाय शुड वी गेट इन्वाल्वड इन दिस क्वारल? व्हाट डू वी गेट आउट ऑफ इट?
मेसेन्जर : यू गेट द लव ऑफ अ सिस्टर, युअर मेज़ेस्टी। द लव ऑफ अ सिस्टर काल्स फोर ड्यूटी एण्ड ड्यूटी इज़ नाट थिंक ऑफ गेन और लॉस।
करामात : ही इज़ राइट, माई लार्ड, हिअर इज़ अ चान्स फोर युअर मेजेस्टी टु विन द हार्टज़ ऑफ दीज़ ब्रेव राजपूत्स।
हुमायूं : (राइजिंग फ्रॉम हिम सीट) वेल देन बी बिहेव एज़ अ टू ब्रदर।)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
हुमायूँ : (आँखें बन्द कर गहराई से सोचते. हुए।) हूँ मुझे भी पता है कि यह वास्तव में एक महान विचार है। (थोड़ी देर रुककर) दूत, हम निश्चित रूप से इस बात को पसन्द करते हैं। सन्देश क्या है? करामात इस कागज को पढ़ो।
(दूत रक्षा को हुमायूँ की कलाई पर बाँधता है और कागज करामात को दे देता है जो उसे पढ़ता है और सन्देश बताता है।)
करामात : रानी कर्णावती आपको एक भाई के रूप में उदयपुर व उसकी प्रजा की सुरक्षा प्रदान करने की प्रार्थना करती
हुमायूँ : मैं जानता हूँ कि उदयपुर कष्ट में है। किन्तु हम क्यों इस झगड़े में पड़ें? हमें इससे क्या मिलेगा।
दूत : आपको एक बहिन का प्रेम मिलेगा, महामहिम! बहिन का प्रेम आपको अपने कर्तव्य के लिए पुकारता है और कर्तव्य लाभ-हानि के बारे में नहीं सोचता।
करामात : यह बात सत्य है, स्वामी। यह महामहिम के लिए इन बहादुर राजपूतों के हृदय जीतने का एक अच्छा अवसर है।
हुमायूँ : (गद्दी से उठते हुए) तो फिर ठीक है। हम एक सगे भाई की तरह व्यवहार करेंगे।

[7] Messenger, go and convey my message to Rani Karnavati. Tell her that from this moment onwards, Humayun, the Moghul Emperor, is her brother. He is coming to help his dear sister. We consider it a great honour to have a sister like her.

Messenger : You are very noble, kind and large hearted, your Majesty! Rani Karnavati will always be grateful for this help in her hour of need.
Humayun : Karamat, be quick and prepare our army for the march. I shall myself lead the army to Udaipur.
Messenger : Long live your Majesty!
Humayun : Karamat, give some gift to this messenger and send some precious gift for our sister Rani Karnavati. Also, make available to him all things needed for a quick return.
Karamat : As your Majesty commands! (The curtain falls)

(मेसेन्जर, गो एण्ड कन्वे माई मेसेज़ टु रानी कर्णावती। टेल हर दैट फ्राम दिस मोमेन्ट ऑनवर्डस, हुमायूं द मुगल एम्परर, इज़ हर ब्रदर। ही इज़ कमिंग टू हेल्प हिज डीयर सिस्टर। वी कन्सीडर इट अ ग्रेट आनर टु ए सिस्टर लाइक हर।

मेसेन्जर : यू आर वेरी नोबल, काइन्ड एण्ड लार्ज हार्टेड, युअर मेजेस्टी! रानी कर्णावती विल आलवेज़ बी ग्रेटफुल योर दिस हैल्प इन हर अवर ऑफ नीड।
हुमायूं : करामात, बी क्विक एण्ड प्रिपेअर अवर आर्मी फोर द मार्च। आई शैल माइसेल्फ लीड द आर्मी टु उदयपुर।
मेसेन्जर : लांग लीव युअर मेजेस्टी।
हुमायूं : करामात, गिव सम गिफ्ट टु दिस मेसेन्जर एण्ड सम प्रेशियस गिफ्ट फोर अवर सिस्टर रानी कर्णावती। अल्सो मेक अवेलेबल टु हिम ऑल थिंग्स नीडेउ फोर अ क्विक रिटर्न।
करामात : एज युअर मेजेस्टी कमान्ड्स! (द कर्टेन फाल्स)

हिन्दी अनुवाद :
दूत, जाओ और हमारा सन्देश रानी कर्णावती तक पहुँचाओ। उनसे कहो कि इस क्षण से हुमायूँ, मुगल बादशाह उनका भाई है। वह अपनी प्यारी बहन की मदद करने के लिए आ रहा है। उनके समान बहिन को पाकर हम सम्मानित महसूस करते हैं।

दूत : आप महान्, दयालु और विशाल हृदय वाले हैं, महामहिम! रानी कर्णावती आवश्यकता की इस घड़ी में आपकी सहायता के लिए सदैव आपकी आभारी रहेंगी।
हुमायूँ : करामात, हमारी सेना को जंग के लिये शीघ्र तैयार करो। हम स्वयं इस सेना का नेतृत्व उदयपुर के लिये करेंगे।
दूत : महामहिम दीर्घायु हों!
हुमायूँ : करामात इस दूत को कुछ भेंट दो और हमारी बहन रानी कर्णावती के लिए कुछ बहुमूल्य सौगात दो। इस दूत के शीघ्र प्रस्थान के लिए तमाम आवश्यक चीजों को उपलब्ध कराओ।
करामात : जैसी महामहिम की आज्ञा है। (पर्दा गिरता है।)

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Bharat Our Land Class 9 Questions and Answers

Bharat Our Land Vocabulary and Pronunciation

A. New words are formed by joining two words. They are called compound words.
Examples : Policeman, washer man
Now, write some compound words beginning with ‘any—’ Example : anywhere .
(a) anyhow
(b) anytime
(c) anything,
(d) anyone
(e) anybody.

B. The poet has used words like ‘Himvant’ and ‘Ganga’, make a list of other words which are not English words in the poem.
(a) Upanishads
(b) Buddha
(c) Bharat
(d) Brahma
(e) Aryan.

C. Notice the difference in the pronunciation of these two words- ‘cease’ and ‘sees’.
Now, pronounce the following words :
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Answer:
For self attempt.

D. It is not describable to confuse/s/ and /f/ because many words are kept separate only by this difference. You must take special care with these phonemes (sounds). The replacement of /s/ by /f/ gives a bad effect to one’s speech.
Now ,listen,repeat and then write the following words in your notebook
so – show
sock – shock
ass – ash
mess – mesh
sort – short
sigh – shy
see – she
same – shame
Answer:
For self attempt.

Listening Skill

A. Listen to the poem ‘Sun’ by the same poet Subramaniya Bharati.
Answer:
See workbook page 2.

B. After listening to the poem recollect and answer the following questions (keep your book closed).

What’s the poem about ?
The poem is about the Almighty God.
What are the last two lines of the poem ?
You foster, you kill.
You give water, you blow the wind, all good to you.
If you find any difficulty in answering the above questions, read the poem again.

C. Listen to the lines of the poem ‘Bharat our Land’ and attention to the rhythm :

The mighty Himavant is ours.
The generous Ganga is ours.
The sacred Upanishads are ours.
The sunny golden land is ours.

Now say :

What are the major objects highlighted in the lines ?
Himalayas, Ganga, Upanishads, Land. ;
Make a list of some words you recall from the poem.
The Ganga is a holy river. There are four Upanishads. Great Himalayas lie in the north.

Speaking Skill

A. In the poem ‘Bharat our Land’ the poet praises our country. Getting inspiration from the same, let’s praise the following:

‘Madhya Pradesh-our state’
‘My sweet home’

You may use the following words/phrases : big/small, beautiful,
unique, specialities, memories, other things about it ‘
Answer:
Do yourself.

B. Life is like a journey. We meet many people in our life. They leave different impressions on us. Speak a few sentences:

about a close friend
about someone whom you met only once

Answer:
Do yourself.

Reading Skill

Read the poem carefully and answer the questions given below it.

See Workbook page 9.

Question 1.
What has our motherland given us ?
Answer:
Our motherland has given us many things such as the mighty Himalayas, the generous Ganga, sunny golden land etc.

Question 2.
Fill in the blanks using the word., from the poem.
The poem is about our ………………
Which saw father and mother ……………. and ……………..
A large number of ……………. lived their ………. lives and
Our mother …………… their words and …………………
Answer:
(a) country
(b) live, thrive
(c) ancestors, hoary, died
(d) lisped, grew in wisdom.

Question 3.
Find out words from the poem which mean the following.
(i) grey or white with age/very old ………………..
(ii) absorb ……………….
(iii) speech defect ………………..
(iv) bright/shining ………………….
Answer:
(i) hoary
(ii) suck
(iii) lisped
(iv) lustrous.

Writing Skill

A. Write a short composition, using the adjectives you have learned in the poem praising your city or place.
Answer:
I live in Indore, in Madhya Pradesh. It is the place where I was born and grew. It is a historical place. It has a great history. Many great men were born. They made this land known in the world. I love my city and feel proud.

B. Write the poem in prose form you have read in the text.
Begin like this : (150 words)
The Himalayas are our mountains. There is no equal of it on the earth.
Answer:
It is the source of many rivers such as Ganga, Brahmaputra etc. It is our protector. It protects us from many outer enemies. It also saves us from many unfavourable natural disasters. It brings cloud and rain. It makes the cool breeze blow, rivers and showers flow. We feel proud for having such a grand mountain symbolising our crown. It is the storehouse of a lot of herbs and other resources.

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