Class 8 english chapter 11 question answer Bihar board
B. LET’S COMPREHEND
3.1 . THINK AND TELL
Answer the following questions in a word or phrase .
1. What was the name of the play ?
Ans . Shrawan Kumar .
2 . Who played the role of Shrawan Kumar ?
Ans . The author .
3 . Name the director of the play .
Ans . A student of class IX .
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4 . From where did King Dasharath appear on the stage ?
Ans . From behind the curtain .
Q.5 . Who were playing the ole of the blind parents of Shrawan Kumar ?
Ans . Two boys . One of them was Bodhraj ..
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D.2 . THINK AND WRITE
B.2.1 . Tick ( the right answer from the options given :
1. The lead character of the play was :
( a ) Dasharath
( b ) Shrawan Kumar
( c ) Balraj
( d ) Bodhraj
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2. Bodhraj played the role of :
( a ) father ( b ) mother
( c ) uncle ( d ) grandfather
3. The blind parents were :
( a ) nervous ( b ) hungry
( c ) tired ( d ) thirsty
4 . The high pitch of Shrawan Kumar’s voice was :
( a ) pleasing ( b ) annoying ( c ) stunning ( d ) charming
Ans . 1. ( b ) , 2. ( b ) , 3. ( d ) 4. ( c ) .
B.2.2 . Answer the following questions very briefly :
Q.1 . What role did the writer play ? What impressed the writer most and why ?
Ans . The writer played the role of Shrawan Kumar . The spectacles that the director of the play wore impresed the writer most . Wearing the spectacles , the director , who was a student of class IX , looked like an intelligent person . It impressed the writer most .
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Q. 2. How was the stage decorated ?
Ans . The stage was decorated by dhotis and sarees to give the look of a flowing river . The dhotis and sarees were brought by the students who acted in the play from their homes .
Q.3 . What did the director ask the two boys to do ?
Ans . The directors asked the two boys to keep their eyes closed all the time and sit in the middle of the stage facing the audience . The two boys were play ing the role of the old blind parents of Shrawan Kumar .
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4. What did king Dashrath think Shrawan Kumar to be ?
Ans . King Dashrath thought that an animal might be drinking water in the river . He thought Sharwan Kumar to be the animal .
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B.2.3 . Answer the following questions in about 70 words :
Q.1 . How do you think the boy might have felt on getting the lead role ? What efforts did the actors of the play put in ?
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Ans . The boy , the author , should have felt very nice on getting the lead role of Shrawan . The actors used dhotis and sarees , brought from their homes , to produce the effect of a flowing river .
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Q. 2. Why were the audience giggling in the middle of the play ?
Ans . The actors made so many mistake . In the middle of the play , the two boys , acting as Shrawan Kumar’s old blind parents opened their eyes time and again . One of the boys who acted as the mother , his sarees pallu fell down and his shaven head became visible . This made the audience giggle in the middle of the play .
Q. 3. Why did the boy playing Shrawan Kumar get up in the middle of the play ?
Ans . He forgot that king Dashrath had to say something to his old blind parents . And his parents had to curse him . He forgot all the dialogues to be con tinued and he got up in the middle of the play . This also made the audience laugh .
Q.4 . If you were in the role of Sharwan Kumar , how would you have reacted to the giggling of the audience ?
Ans . In such a awkward situation any artist would become nervous . I think , I would also have become nervous at the giggling of the audience .
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C. WORD STUDY
C.1 . Correct the spelling of the following words :
performence thristy stoped audiance imediately arow stoodent apeared claping kurtain sudenly whisling
Ans .
Incorrect wards Correct words Performence Performance
Thirsty Thirsty
Stoped Stopped
Audiance Audience
Imediately Immediately
Arow Arrow
Stoodent Student
Appeared Appeared
Claping Clapping
Kurtain Curtain
Whisling whistling
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C.3 . Find out the words from the lesson which are the opposites of the following words.
Then , use these above words in sentences :
bless , denounced , later , remembered , fell
Ans .
Words Opposite words
Bless. Curse
Denounced Applauded
Later Earlier
Remembered Forgot
Fell. got up
Use of these words in sentences .
Bless- Being pleased with him , he blessed him .
Curse- Being angry on him , he cursed him
Denounced -His acting was poor , so he was denounced .
Applauded -His acting was good , so he was applauded .
Later- He will come later , let’s go .
Earlier- You came earlier than the fixed time .
Fell -The boy fell down on the road .
Got up -The boy who had fallen , got up soon .
C.4 . Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box . You can change their form as needed .
spectacles , command , fetch , laughter , immediately , parents , giggle
1. She ………….. at my jokes .
2 My father can’t read the newspaper without his ………
3 He came to me ……….. to help me . 4.The commander must ………….. in a loud and clear voice .
5. Let me introduce you to me …………..
6. I saw a clown in the circus and burst into…….
7 . In the remote villages of India , people still …………. water from the well .
Ans . 1. giggled , 2. spectacles , 3. immediately , 4. command , 5. parents , 6 . laughter , 7. fetch .
D. GRAMMAR Read the following sentences carefully :
1 . I was in class IV when I gave first stage performance at my school .
2. A bucket full of water has been where Shruwan Kumar goes to fetch water for blind parents .
You see there are two simple sentences in sentence 1. They are ( 1 ) I was in class IV and ( 2 ) I gave first stage performance at my school . They have been combined by using a conjunction ‘ when ‘ . Similarly sentence 2 also consists of two sentences . They are ( 1 ) A bucket full of water has been put and ( 2 ) Sharwan Kumar goes to fetch water for his blind parents . They have been combined by cusing another conjunction ‘ where ‘ . Genrally , we combine two or more sen tences by using these conjunctions . They are – and but , or , because , as , so , therefore , when , where , that etc. Relative pronouns such a who , which and that are also conjunctions .
D.1 . Combine these sentences into one by using appropriate conjunctions :
1. She is poor . She is honest .
2. He worked hard . He passed the examination .
3. I’ll phone you . I arrive .
4. The boys sang . The girls danced .5 . Do. I do .
6. I have a friend . He is an engineer .
7. She thanked me for the book . I gave her .
8. He lives in a house . The house is very small .
Ans .
1. She is poor but honest .
2. He worked hard so he passed the examination .
3. When I’ll arrive , I’ll phone you .
4. The boys sang and the girls danced . 5. Do as I do .
6. I have a friend who is an engineer . 7 . She thanked me for the book that I gave her .
8. The house he lives in is very small .
G. TRANSLATION :
Translate the following sentences into your mother tongue :
1. The spectacles that he wore was enough to impress me with his capa bilities .
2. A bucket full of water had been put where Shrawan Kumar went to fetch water for his blind parents .
3.One of them , Bodhraj , who was playing the role of mother , was wearing his mother’s sari .
4 . I saw the arrow going straight towards the roof .
5 . I fell flat on the stage and started crying .
6. Suddenly the audience burst into peels of laughter .
7 . I had become so confused that I didn’t know what to do .
Ans .
1. वह जो चश्मा पहनता था , मुझे उसकी क्षमताओं के बारे में प्रभावित करने के लिए पर्याप्त था ।
2. अपने अँधे माता – पिता के लिए श्रवण कुमार जहाँ पानी ढूँढने जाने वाला था , वहाँ एक बाल्टी में पानी रखा हुआ था ।
3. इनमें से एक बोध राज , जो माँ की भूमिका में था अपनी माँ की साड़ी पहने था ।
4. मैंने तीर को बिल्कुल सीधे , छत की ओर जाते हुए देखा ।
5. मैं मंच पर चित गिरकर रोने लगा ।
6. अचानक ही दर्शक ठहाके मारकर हँसने लगे ।
7. मैं भ्रमित हो इतना घबड़ा गया था कि मुझे समझ में नहीं आ रहा था कि क्या करूँ , क्या ना करूँ ।
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